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LAW I N TELLIGENCE: --(THI S DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. The LORD CHANCELLOR came down to his room at half -past eleven o'clock, and the public were ad mitted to him at twelve o'clock. )TATTER OF THE REV. EDW. FRANKS, A LUNATIC. and . HEALD renewed the discussion in this matter, Yig LORDSHIP referred it to the Master, to in quire whether it would be right and proper for the committee of the Lunatic to file a bill for the purpose of having certain questions set at rest arcing upon the validity of some annuities and in° ttgages, and directed the petition to stand over till aft.er the Master had made his report, with power to . 1, 6 the matter b e f ore t h e Court again, and that " Committee should keep a distinct account be tween the rents and profits arising from the mort gaged estates, and the amount from the annuities. V ICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. INJUNCTIONS. Mr. SWAN STERN h av i ng appl i e d t hi s morn i ng f or 4 :; ex-parte injunction to restrain certain members the a Partnership f rom i nter f er i ng i n an y wa y. w ith d Partnership concerns, on t h e groun d s of miscon duct on their part, The V ICE-CIiANCELLoR observed, that the ut 910st he could do in this case was to allow the plain tiff t o give notice of hi s mo tion for a future day; and e t ven this, sa i d his Honour, I do w i t h great reluc re. An id ea appears to h ave gone a b roa d, t h at Court has jurisdiction to restrain the commis- Itn of every wrong, no matter o f w h at d escr i pt i on. is o nly wher e th e wr ong would be irrep ara bl e , that this Court can interfere; and God forbid that t jurisdi ct i on should be carried to greater lengths. u m aY give notice for Saturday. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. 39IICICWORTH V. WALKER- Mr. SCARLETT stated that this was an action brought upon a bill of exchange for 101. accepted by the defendant, drawn by a person named Meares, and indorsed by him and a Mr. Anderson to the Plaintiff. It appeared in evidence that the defendant being indebted to Meares, accepted the bill, which was afterwards paid over to the house of Coombe, Dela field, an d C o. Soon after the bill was so paid over, , Ltd three days before it fell due, Walker paid _ M eares the 10/. with t h e un d erstanding that he was Dhave th e bill ta k en out of the hands of Coombe, elafield, and Co. and delivered up to him. It ap vared) however, that Meares had not done as Mr. alker expected, and when the bill became due, it wa s presented and dishonoured. Subsequently Mr. Anderson advanc2,l money to Meares, which ena bled him to take up the bill, and the bill having Come into Anderson's hands he indorsed it to the Plaintiff. Mr. REILLY contended that the bill being taken 11 . P after i t was due, the pla i nt iff cou ld have no more tight to sue upon i t than Meares h a d , w h o, h av i ng en paid, cou ld not ma i nta i n an act i on. "'he Court having concurred in this view of the ea se) the plaintiff was nonsuited. T , SIKEITH V. ARCHER, THE ELDER. i s all was an action brought by the plaintiff, who of ll "toy public and scrivener, to recover a sum It for wo r k an d l a b our d one . 4 d dr aPPeared, that the plaintiff's b r othe r p a id hi s " 8 to the defendant's daughter, whilst he was 4 "in h' • g articles to a scrivener and notary public, a'urnival's Inn, and that he had transacted, and lv t i t i ! Paid fo r a cons id era bl e port i on o f t h e b us i ness, I ,lth the plaintiff now charged against the defendant. " Plaintiff was introduced to the defendant by the 4 0 ther to d o some b us i ness f or hi m w hil st t h e bro er ',resin, and had been paid for the business done 4t th at time. It aeared that besides the circum ll ee Dthat some of pp the items now charged were paid r the brother, the plaintiff had inserted two items f a der false dates. The business to which they re i!rred h av i ng b een execute d b e f ore h e rece i ved h i s ten se, as a scri ve n e r. L i nder th ese c i rcumstances t h e p l a i nt iff' s C ounse l to 4 lented to a nonsuit. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. BAINBRIDGE v. BARLOw. ta: n rhis was an action for recov er y o f th e l oss sus 'fledconsequence of the breach o f a contr a ct for tirt lber. lh the sp r i ng , 1825, the defendant engaged to fur -1411 to the p laintiff a cargo of Canada timber , of a 4 mercha ntable.quality. The cargo accordingly n..— rea in the Commercial Docks in July, 1826; but ta m e part o f i t was not o f a goo d qua li ty . Wi t h e - 0 1/ Paet to _the extent of the badness of it, and the 415aquent loss, there was a great difference of opinion 4 7ng the witnesses. Two gentlem en who surveyed the e _rge for the plaintiff, gave it as their opinion that a Inaiderable portion of it was entirely rotten, some c IPPy, and coarse, and by no means good mer uantable timber, and estimated the loss upon the Ole t ie ,at 3661., while another of the plaintiff's wit iassea, considered the loss would only be 177/. 12s. i t i l ,• On the other hand, three of the defendant's ti re Z sa ca, who were timber brokers, thought the u th ou gh pon the whole, a good . merchantable cargo, lots they admitted there might be some trifling 0f Which were not entirely unobjectionable. One hl . : t he . to considered some lots marked rotten by the - al l survers, as the best part of the cargo, ,t 1 c ould only m ake an allowance of 14 1 . for the Iv i,a loss, while a nother would allow 401. The CHIEF JUS TICE expressed his astonishment co ntradictory evidence of the witnesses; and rl,llle th e - capitulating an d commenting upon it, left zuestiter on entirely i n th e bands of the Jury. for ti t t f ntiff.__ew minutes' deliberation, the Jury found e plaiD ama ges, 1911. TH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. BANK OF ENGLAND. I."AN ACCOUNT of Mossy paid or payable at the BANE of ENGLAND for the MANAGEMENT of the PUBLIC DEBT, in the year, 1826 ; together with an Account of all Allowances made by the Public to the Bank, or charged by the Bank against the Public, for transacting any Public Service in the year 1826 ; describing the nature of the Service, and the Amount charged thereon in the said Year, and including the sum of 4,0001., under the denominatien of House Money or House Expenses, and also the sum of 1,899/. 3.. 5d., under the denomina tion of Charges of Management on South Sea Stock ; and stating the Aggregate Amount of the whole. Charge for management of the unredeemed Public Debt, for one year ending the sth April, 1827, being the annual pe riod at which the accounts are made up as directed by the Act 48 Geo. 3, c. 4 £249,777 8 84 Ditto, ditto, for one year ending ditto, on sundry Annuities transferred to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, for the purchase of Life Annuities, per Act 48 Geo. S and subsequent Acts 2,671 1 44 Ditto for receiving Contributions towards funding 8,000,0001. of Exchequer Bills, for the service of the year 1826, at the rate of 4001. per million 3,200 0 0 Charges of Management, being part of an entire yearly Fund of 100,0001. enjoyed by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, originally by thee. Act of the sth and 6th of William and Mary, c. 20, confirmed to the said Governor and Company by seve ral subsequent Acts ; and lastly, by the Act of the 39th and 40th Geo. 3. c. 28, as per return made to the Hon. House of Commons, on June 21, 1816 Ditto, ditto, on 4,000,000/. South Sea Stock, purchased by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, of the South Sea Company, and trans ferred by them to the said Governor and Company, in pursuance of the Act of the Bth Geo. 1. c. 21, and which charges of management were assigned by the said South Sea Coin ' pany to the said Governor and Com pany, out of a sum of 9,397/. 9s. 6d. per annum, then paid by the public to the said South Sea Company for charges of management on their funds; as per return made to the Hon. House of Commons, on June 21, 1816.. 4,000 1,898 £261,546 13 6 H. HASE, Chief Cashier. 2. An ACCOUNT of the TOTAL AMOUNT of all BALANCES of PUBLIC MONEY in the hands of the BANE, for the year 1826 ; stating the Average Amount in each fif teen days. Total £101,142,513 Average WM. DAWES, Accountant-General. 3. An ACCOUNT of the AMOUNT of ADVANCES made by the BANK of ENGLAND to GOVERNMENT on Exchequer Bills, and all other Securities, including Exchequer Bills, Deficiency Bills, Navy Bills, Victualling Bills, &c. on August 26, 1826, and February 26, 1527. [E MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MA RKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. i X. c Z. P. Lowland Mead.ilay 5 0 i g o to 6 6 t 80 Clover H upland to ..... Oat Straw 20 2 4 2 2 8 R3re-grass Hay .... . 5 0 6 6 Wheat Ditto A good supplY > and a steady trade; prices as last quoted. _,. SMITH ..... B. ~t FIELD. ... 0 5 L owland Mead. Hay 3 15 15 to 4 . 1 Upland Ditto .... 15 Rye-grass Hay . ... 415 515 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Meadow Hay ss. per load low t Clover Hay and Straw no alterat, Th- X. s. s. Cloy. Hay generally 5 oto 6 15 Do, extra tine 0 0 7 0 Oat Straw ll9 2 2 Wheat Ditto 2 2 2 6 ?r th an last quoted ; in prices of ion. Supply good, and trade dull. le Letter Carriers were not dispatched from Lombard -street, this mornin g till much beyond their usual time, in consequnce of the late ar rival of the Mail Coach from Edinburgh, which wa s delayed by a heavy fall of sno n w b on ar . the morn ing of the 24th instant, near Dunbar. Th e King of Spain, on Holy Mond a y, p assed shove two hours in the Co nvent of St. Jerome, j‘tuated near the Prado and Itetiro. He en tered alo ne i n to the cell of the Prior, w i t h whom he c onversed for a long time. He thence pro .ietileded to the Itetiro, where the Ifantas were. ar ea' after, one of the King's groom s ar tti\i''l3 bringing .. quantity of roast game. Their h i A'Telses after partaking of a collation with o l , B l — laiesty, returned to the palace towards seven - •°eic in the evening. The next day, the two c ° rt II g ll e s e Princesses went to a collation at the (41:vent de las Salefas. I.:At an Inquest which was held yesterday, alt i ll 'Pehous e , on the body of a new-born female the t, which was discovered by some boys on w ,e, revious day in Limehouse Fields, an j _ l ue to all appearance had never breathe d , a for7inan put th e f o ll ow i ng quest i on to Mr.Wal ,, b a surge on , w h o h a d exam i ned the bo d y : ° lou think, or can you inf orm me , if its parent s are Irish?" (Loud laughter.) Mr. Wel f:rd /eplied t h at he b e li eve d it was impossible the " mere in s p ec ti o n of th e fetus to dis cover mere of its parents. Aug. 26, I Feb. 26, 1826. 1827. Out of sums issued for the payment of Di vidends Exchequer Bills issued Exchequer Bills purchased Advanced towards the purchase of an An nuity of 53.5,7401. for 44 years, per Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 22. 056,287 1,865;315 8,327,000 1,064,440 3,014,906 6,:5:2,000 7,813,493 8,707,615 Total 19,668,981 H. HASE, Chief Cashier. 4. An ACCOUNT of the NUMBER of BRANCH BANKS of the Bartz of ENGLAND that have been eetabliThed under the Act of 7 Geo. 4, c. 46. Four, viz. :—One at Gloucester, One at Manchester, One at Swansea, and One at Birmingham. The Bank cannot state what number of Joint Stock Banking Companies have been established under the above mentioned Act. WM. DAWES, Accountant-General. Bank of England, April 7, 1827. LIGHT, PILOTAGE, HARBOUR, and DOCK DUES. AN ACCOUNT showing the total Amount of Money paid out of the Public Revenue np to the sth January last, to any Corporations or Individuals in Great Britain, under the several Heads of LIGHT, PILOTAGE, HARBOUR, and Docic Dols, in Compensation to such Corporations or Individuals ; of the Difference between those Dues on British and Foreign Vessels, in cases in which the latter are exempted by Treaty from the Payment of such Difference : Lights Pilotage 21,572 10 5 Harbour Dues (including Sca vage Dues) 65,429 7 8 Dock Dues 9,424 17 7 Total £160,615 16 1 WILLIAM IRVING, Inspector-General of Imports and Exports. Inspector-General's Office, Custom-House, London, April 6, 1827. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MIDDLEHAM RACES. MalinAr, APRIL 23.—The Craven Stakes of 10 cove. each, p. p. Two year olds sst. 101 b.; three, Sat.; four, 9st. 91b. ; five, six, and aged, 9st. 11b. The Craven Course. Hon. E. Petre's bay c. Saladin, by Selim, 4 yrs. Scot. 1 Mr. Stephenson's br. c. Billy Watson, 3 yrs 2 Duke of Leeds's b. c. Sirius, by Wisker, 3 yrs Mr. Riddell's ch. c. Hartpury, 2 yrs Hen. T. 0. Powlett's gr. c. Sauey Dick, 2 yrs Mr. T. Edmundson's ch. f. sister of Ringlet, 2 yrs 0 Ld. Kelburne's b. c. by Percy, 2 yrs 0 Mr. Johnson's b. f. Vesta, by Governor, 3 yrs Mr. Smith's ch. g. Smacksmooth, by Comus, 2 yrs 6t04 on Sirius-5 to 4 agst. Saladin. A beautiful race with the first four, won by half a neck. The Bolton Stakes of SO sous. each, h. ft. ; colts, Sat. 31b. ; \ fillies, Sit. One mile and a h alf. Mr. Riddell's b. f. by X. Y. Z. Mr. P. Musgrave and Mr. Claridge paid forfeit. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1827. _ (CONCLUDED FROM OUR PAPER OF YESTERDAY.) FRIDAY.-The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. colts, Est. '7lb. fillies, Sit. 21b. D.M. the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the Stakes. D. of Portland's c. by Tiresias—Oriana D. of Grafton's br. c. Latimer, by Merlin—Piquet D. of Grafton's ch. c. Zoffani, brother to Zinc D. of Grafton names Mameluke, by Partisan D. of Grafton names b. c. Chrysalis, by Orville Mr. Greville's f. Maria, by Waterloo—Belvoirina Lord Exeter's ch. c. Atticus, by Comus—Athenian's dam Lord Exeter's ch. c. by Soothsayer—Folly Mr. Batson's f. by Partisan—Jessy Mr. Rush's b. c. by Merlin--Rhoda Mr. Dodington's ch. f. by Woful—Spindle Mr. Rogers's br. c. Chieftain, by Clinker—Corinne Lord Grosvenor's br. c. Christmas, by Blucher—Plover Lord Grosvenor names ro. f. by Rainbow—Scheherasade Mr. Dilly names Mr. Gauntlett's Gamelius, by Whalebone Mr. Dilly names Mr. H. Jones's b. c. Pandarus Lord Warwick names Mr. Kirby's bi. c. Othello Lord G. H. Cavendish's c. by Partisan —Cat Gen. Grosvenor's b. c. Half-moon, by The Flyer Sir J. Shelley's c. Maresfield, by Antar—Taviny Mr. Wyndham's Gaberlunzie, brother to Elfrid Mr. Biggs names Mr. Mihaer's f. Millicent, by Comus Duke of Rutland names c. Carthusian, by Comus Mr. Blagrave names Apollo, brother to Nicolo Match—R.M. 200, h. ft. Lord Exeter's ch. c. Atticus, by Comus, Bst. 71b. Gen. Grosvenor's b. c. Half-moon, by The Flyer MORE COINERS.—A man and a woman were yesterday taken into custody at a house in Little Chesterfield -street, Mary-la-bonne, as they were in the act of colouring and polishing base coin. In the house was found an immense quantity of counterfeit half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences, in different stages of perfection. These, with a quantity of apparatus and tools, were with the prisoners conveyed to Hatton- Garden, where they were privately examined. The male prisoner was fashionably dressed ; the female passed for his wife. When the officers entered the room the woman fainted, and the male prisoner, with the utmost coolness, ob served, " So you have found me out then, have you ?—Well then its all over with me—take me where you like." FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. Yeaterday was the anniversary: of Oil; birth day of the Duchess of Gloucester; *hen her Royal Highness completed her 51st year, upon which occasion the. Duchess of Kent gave -a dejeune in honour of the day, at her apartments in the King's Palace, at . Kensington, to the dif ferent Members of the Royal Family. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence left their residence in Bushy-park, early yesterday morning, accompa nied by the Princess Augusta, v,ho has been staying on a visit to her Royal relatives for some time past, and came to town. The Duchess of Clarence, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Augusta, arrived at the Palace at Ken sington together, about half past one o'clock. The other Members of the Royal Family present at the entertainment were, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Glocester, the Princess Sophia, the Princess Sophia Matilda, the Princess Victoria, and the Princess Feodore. The Royal party separated soon after three o'clock ; the Duchess of Glocester and the Princess Augusta went to gether to visit the King, at his Palace in St. James's. The Princess Sophia Matilda took her departure in her carriage and four, for her seat on Blackheath. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence and the Princess Augusta returned to Bushy in the afternoon. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester dined with the Archbishop of York in the evening, at his residence, in Grosvenor-square, and after wards, accompanied by his Grace, honoured the performance of the concert of Ancient Music with their presence. The Duke of Devonshire had an audience of the King yesterday. The Earl of Darlington visited the Duke of Sussex yesterday morning, at his apartments in the King's Palace, at Kensington. The Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Bristol, Lord Graves, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Wynn, Viscount Granville, Lord Seaford, and Mr. Herries, visited Mr. Canning yesterday at his re sidence in Downing street. Mr. Canning went twice to see the King. The Duke of Clarence went to the Admiralty yesterday, when Viscount Melville delivered to his Royal Highness the official papers attached to the office. His Royal Highness afterwards transacted business there. £►THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S LEVEE. — The Duke of Wellington, as Commander-in- Chief, held a Levee yesterday, at his Office, in the Horse Guards. The following Generals, and about fifty other Officers, paid their respects to his Grace, viz.:—General Fuller, General Moncreiff, Lord Ramsey, Lieutenant-General Sir F. Robinson, K.C.8., Lieutenant-General Slade, Lieutenant-General Sir John Byng, K.C.8., Lieutenant-General Sir John Oswald, G.C.8., Major-General Sir Thomas M'Mahon, K.C.8., Major-GeneralDalbiac, Major-General Sir Lof tus Otway, Major-General Adams, and Sir John Osborn.—After holding the Levee his Grace transacted business with Sir Herbert Taylor. Viscount Dudley and Ward commenced transacting business, for the first time, yesterday morning, as Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs, at the Foreign-office in Downing-street. Earl Bathurst transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. Mr. Draffen, the King's messenger, was sent off on Monday night from the Colonial office with despatches for the Honourable General Ponsonby, the Governor of Malta. Mr. Dawson and Mr. Hobhouse, the'Under Secretaries of State, attended yesterday at the Home-office to transact business: Prince Lieven had a dinner party yesterday, at Ashburnham House, Dover-street. The Duke of Northumberland gave a grand entertainment, on Tuesday, at Northumberland House, to the Marquis of Graham, the Earl and Countess Woronzow, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Chichester, Lord and Lady Lovaine, Lord and Lady Cawdor, Lady H. W. Wynn, Lord Ducie, Hon. P. Ashburnham, Mr. and Mrs. Barrington, &c. The Countess Listowel has issued cards of invitation for a grand ball on the 10th May, at Kingston House, to meet the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. Mrs. Wm. Gosling has issued cards for a ball, on Thursday, 17th May, at her house in Port land-place. Two gentlemen walking down towards West minster, and discussin g the new arrangements, saw Lord in great danger of being thrown from a high-mettled steed, which he could not manage. " Pray, what is his Lordship to be (said one of them) in the new Ministry ?" I should think (said the other) he wishes to be Master of the Horse." A new light seems at last to have broken in upon the Hanover-square gentry, for they are having gas lamps raised almost profusely near each other, and on both sides of the way, at the top of Piccadilly :—Royal commands to promote such amendments in furtherance of the improve ments at Hyde Park Corner, of course, can have have had nothing to do with such illumination of vestry intellect. If it have, it is devoutly to be wished that the same influence may have a little sway to accelerate the amendment of the dan gerous state of the roads, from such spot to Knightsbridge, as the overturning of coaches is by no means pleasant to see or experience. We understand the King's. Statue will be erected in about a month or six weeks. It is now at Mr. Chantrey's residence at Pimlico.-- Brighton Herald. Yesterday there was a rehearsal at Drury-lane Theatre, of the new Opera, to be produced next Tuesday. It is called The Turkish Lovers, and includes all the music originally composed for Il Turco in Italia, but much of which has never been given in this country. Rophino Lacy has arranged and adapted the whole to the pecu liar character of the English stage. The cho russes are most effective, and Braham and Fanny Ayton are delighted with the parts assigned to them. The comic strength of the Opera rests with Miss Kelly and Harley, who are also much pleased with their characters. SYMMETRY.—The father of the celebrated Paul Jones was gardener to Lord Selkirk, and amongst other peculiarities, was remarkable for his great fondness of what he called symmetry. Thus, if he planted a shrub in one part of the garden, he would set another in a corresponding situation for symmetry. At the end of the lawn were two summer-houses exactly alike. One day his Lordship walking in this place, saw a boy's head peeping out of each. " Hey, Mr. Jones," said he, " who is that boy locked up in the summer-house there." " Please your Lord ship, it is a young rogue that I caught stealing in the orchard, and I've locked him up till your Lordship came." " But," said Lord Selkirk, "I see your son's head in the other summer house—he has not been stealing surely." " Oh ! no, my Lord, I only put him there for symme iry."—Brighton Herald. BURY, LANCASHIRE. MEETING ON THE CORN LAWS, &c. In November last a requisition, signed by sixteen ' iespeetable inhabitants of Bury, was presented to the Constables of that town, praying them to call an early meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, to consider the propriety of petition ing the two Houses of Parliament for a revision of the Corn Laws. This requisition was presented on the 13th, and on the 18th large placards graced the walls of the town, appointing the 24th instant for the day of meeting; on which day Mr. HARRISON took the Chair, and resolutions were passed to peti tion the two Houses of Parliament for a total repeal of the Corn Laws. Another requisition was the other week presented to the above Constables, signed by twenty-four inhabitant householders, pray ing them to call another meeting, to petition the two Houses for a total repeal of the Corn Laws, Annual Parliansents, &c. Th's the Constables hav ing refused to do, the requisitionists themselves ap pointed a meeting on the '23d instant for the above purpose. A meeting in consequence took place in the Union-square on Monday last,, at which about 2,000 persons were present. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH being called to the Chair, read the requisition, de tailed the object of the meeting, and exhorted every one to be orderly. He then read a series of resolu tions, which, he said, would be submitted singly to the consideration of the people present, and it would of course remain with them whether they were ac cepted or rejected. Mr.PAntes addressed the Meeting, and took a survey of the effects produced on the manufactures of the country, by the issues and withdrawal of paper by the Bank of England, and of the mischievous effects of the tithing system, and of the Corn Laws, on the agricultural interest of the country. He observ ed, that tithes were less injurious when originally instituted, than at the present day; for formerly, the tithe was divided into three parts : one portion of which was appropriated to the support of the poor; another to the building and repairing the temples of religion; and a third to the support of the clergy. But now, the clergy seize the whole, compel the people to build and repair the churches, and throw the poor for support on the parish rates. He ap pealed to the Meeting if this was honest, on the part of those who professed to show them the high way to Heaven. If any one stepped forward to ex pose abuses in the church, he was immediately de nounced as a deist, or an atheist, but he would have the persons who heard him, bear in mind that there was a material difference between attacking religion itself, and those who under its pretended sanction covered the grossest vices and impositions. The clergy, however undeserving, take the whole of the tithe, though the poor are starving; they roll in their gilded equipages, and bid you be patient under your 'sufferings ; tell you those sufferings are the effects of the divine displeasure ; at the same time, these men know that the Deity has blessed the land with plenty, and that plenty is kept from youand your starving family, by laws which have their sanction. He should advocate annual Parliaments, universal suffrage, and to prevent bribery, election by ballot : a total repeal of the tithing system, an equitable ad justment with the public creditor, and the abolition of all unmerited pensions and sinecures. Mr. Fox then came forward, and congratulated the meeting on the Corn Laws being made the pri mary subject of discussion. The tax on bread (said he) is one most severely felt by the labouring popu lation of the country, for whilst they deprived the industrious man of his food, they also shut out the foreign merchant from our markets. Whom, he asked, do they benefit ? Not the farmer ! not the labourer ! not the nation at large ! none but the aristocracy of the country. They raised their al ready enormous rentals, at the exponce of the whole remaining community. They, together with taxa tion, had reduced the weavers to actual starvation; and unless some speeder change took place, other trades would be soon reduced to the same level. They raise the price of food, shut out the foreign merchant from our markets, and consequently deprive the industrious man of that employment by which only 'he can obtain an honest livelihood. Such laws would have no existence if the people were repre sented. He did not doubt but some of the tools of the boroughmongering faction were staring him in the- face , but he cared not for them. Parliaments, to be beneficial, ought to be an nual. In that case, if you get a bad represen tative, you can send him packing at the end of twelve months, and twelve months were long enough to be duped by a knave. Lord Cas tlereagh would have persuaded us it was im practicable to extend the elective franchise. But when your self-styled representatives want you to represent them in the field of battle they can number and find you to a man. He was convinced that the election by ballot was the only means of preventing the exercise of corrupt influence. He here related the practices of the Whig and Tory coalition on that town on an election taking place. He saw by the papers that the increase of revenue on printed goods the last quarter was, 17,0001.; if that duty *ere taken off, would it not increase the demand for prin ted goods ? if the duties on spirits were not so high, would not their consumption be greater ? so it would be with all taxed commodities. But in England, the very light of Heaven is taxed.—Reduce the tax ation, and we can stand low wages, and meet any foreigner, in any market yet. But there are other abuses in the state—there is the disposal of the Crown lands. Mr Lord Lowther, for instance, holds lands for which he pays 501. a year, and 50,0001. would be given for them any day; but, by some sort of political hocus pocus , my Lord keeps possession ; and if the Ministers of the day send down a note to my lord, saying, "your presence in the House is re quested on such a day,"—away packs my Lord, if it be twelve o'clock at night, and down goes any revi sion of the Corn Bill. The Clergy have been alluded to; they are, many of them sons, relatives, or dependents on the Aristocracy. Indeed, where is a place worth having in Church or State, but you find some of them, one son in the Army, another in the Navy, and another in the Church, and all reaping rich harvests from the pockets of the people. They recommend charity, and see their fellow-countrymen clothed in the black gaiters and cast-off rigging of the soldier—that cloth ing his hard earnings have gone to purchase when new. After making some remarks on the state of Ireland, and the King's visit to that ill-starred country, he hoped that the country would right again. He was glad to see his Majesty act independent of his Ministers, who had deserted him in time of need; and thought Mr. Canning had shown a disposition to follow a different line of policy; and concluded by hoping that the present would be a new sera in the annals of this country. Mr. JOHN CAMERON then addressed the Meeting, and detailed very eloquently the immense revenues of the Church in England and Ireland, and the mis chievous effects the undue influence of the Clergy produced in Ancient Greece and in Modern States. He, for one, thought that eight or nine millions an nually to these patterns of piety, for showing us the way to Heaven, was rather too much.Hrigehts,if recom mended un i on among the people, and did not de spair of th e i r u l t i ma t e ly regaining their they acted with firmness. Mr. CARGAN followed, and gave a statement of the numbers of the Members of the Commons House of Parliament returned by Peers, by Govern ment, and rotten Boroughs. The number of Church Livings the Peers had in their gift ; the expences of the Army, &c.; which our limits will not allow us to detail. He gave his cordial support to a Radical Reform in church and state, nothing short of which, he was certain, would save the country from ruin, and prevent our trade being driven from our shores. The following Resolutions were each moved and seconded by different individuals, and passed unani mously by the Meeting :- I.—That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that this country is suffering under a state of starvation, such as was never before experienced in the annals of the nation. 2.—That it is the duty, as well as the interest of every Englishmen, but more particularly of the labourer and roe, , hanic, to search out the cause of those evils, and to step forward in a fearless, manly, and legal wanner, to assist in removing them ; and to attempt the restoration of his country to prosperity and happiness. 3.—That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that it is the want of a just representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament that has been the principal cause of our distress ; and as it is the right, so it is the duty, of every Englishman to endeavouf, by every practicable means, to obtain and secure the right of nominating those who are to make laws by which he is to be governed. 4.—That nothing less than a total repeal of the Corn Laws can secure to the English manufacturers for foreign markets the full enjoyment of the fruit of their ingenuity and industry, nor place them on a level with the foreign manufacturers ; because these laws greatly enhance the price of our food, and diminish the means of foreigners to pay for our manufactures. s.—That a nation can neither be prosperous or happy, when the industrious labourer who produces, and is the only source and foundation of wealth, cannot procure for himself the absolute necessaries of life ; and who must in cessantly toil, not to reap or enjoy the fruits of his own ingenuity and industry, but to support in idleness and luxury, a certain privileged class, who produce nothing, but like unto a swarm of locusts, eat up, and devour every thing ; from which unnatural state of things, the in. evitable consequence is overwhelming taxation, and re strictions on Foreign Corn, levied for the sole purpose of paying unmerited pensions and sinecures,—for protecting the interests of the already opulent Landowners,—and for the maintenance of a large standing army in the time of pro found peace ; not to fight with foreign enemies, but on the centrary, to appease the calls of a hungry and starving po pulation with bayonets, instead of bread. 6.—That this Meeting is unanimously of opinion, that a church establishment, or a religion recognized by law, is perfectly ridiculous, and has been productive of the most ruinous consequences ; and further, it is the firm convic tion of this Meeting, that every system of religion ought to stand or fall by its own intrinsic merits. 7.—That this Meeting considers the institution of tithes as derogatory to every principle of justice, and utterly at variance with the true interests and happiness of mankind ; and that the further continuance of such a nefarious sys tem can only be considered as a gross imposition, an insult and burlesque on the improved and improving intelligence of the present age. B.—That this Meeting is of opinion that, without a very great reduction of the Debt, falsely called National, a total repeal of pensions, grants, and emoluments, not merited by well-known public services, an equitable adjustment of all contracts between man and man, that the inhabitants of this nation are doomed to suffer greater privations than they have heretofore suffered, and greater than they ever intend to bear, without making a strong effort to better their condition by all legal means in their power. 9.—That this Meeting is of opinion that the Legislators in both Houses of Parliament have completely set the people at defiance ; and that it behoves the people, in all parts of the nation, to come forward, and boldly demand their right of voting for such a Legislature as shall feel an interest in defending them from such an Oligarchy, and that will at tend to and carefully watch over their rights and interests. 10.—That petitions, embodying these Resolutions, be presented to both Houses of Parliament, and that Lord King be requested to present that for the Lords, and Mr. Hume that for the Commons House of Parliament. 11.--That a vote of thanks to his Majesty George IV., be passed, for the independent manner in which be has acted, in refusing to be ruled by his late advisers, and for raising Mr. Canning to the Premiership, in opposition t, their arbitrary will. 12.--That tke thanks of the Meeting be given to the Requisitionists who calla the Meeting, and to those gen tlemen who have taken an active part in the business 0 , the day. Six hearty cheers were then given, and the Meeting dispersed peaceably. PROGRESS OF THE REFORMATION. Two women conformed yesterday, at St. John's Church, Fishamble-street.—Dublin Evening Mail. Two persons, males, publicly conformed yester day, atTooterstown Church, Cross-A venue.—.lbid. Three females of respectable appearance yeitter day renounced the errors of the Church of Rome, and publicly conformed to the doctrines of the Esta blished Church, in the parish Church of Denn, it! the County Cavan. —lbid. Yesterday, three men renounced the errors of Popery in Delgany Church, County of Wicklow.— Saunders's News-Letter. On Sunday last, four persons publicly renounced the doctrines of the Church of Rome in the Church of Achonry.—Sligo Journal. On Sunday, eight individuals (one male and seven females,) publicly read their recantation from the Roman Catholic Church, and conformed to the Pro testant Faith, in the Parish Church of this town.— Ballina Impartial. COMMON COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. HARTLICY produced the Report of the Committer. on the Bankruptcy Lawe, and moved that the same might be approved of, and, in pursuance of the recommendation therein contained, that a petition be presented to both Houses of Parliament, praying for au alteration of these Laws. Mr. FAYELL supported the motion. He certainly thought that there were a great many abuses resulting from the state of the law on the subject at present. He would mention a circumstance which happened to himself about thirty years ago. When proving a debt before the Commissioners on a bankrupt estate, he took the liberty of adverting to some abuses which he thought had been allowed to pass unnoticed, but no sooner had he opened his mouth than he was immediately stopped short by the Commissioners, because he could not make a specific charge against any body. When leaving the room, however, he was tapped on the shoulder by a Jew, who told him he thought he might gain more by betraying his accomplices in guilt than by his perjury. From the information derived from the same Jew, it was discovered that, on the same esta of fivete,debts t were housa p n r d ove p d oun fr d om : blrrela Jewsnd ex tenttowhtoheneverhad a farthing's claim on the estate, and who made the af fidavits for other persons for ss. each. He (Mr. F.) men tioned this circumstance to show what gross frauds were practised under the present system. Mr. Dixow could not at all agree to petition Parlia ment on the subject, as the finances of the Corporation could not at present bear the expences. He therefore moved, as an amendment, that the subject might be ad journed till the next Meeting. After some remarks pro and con by several Members, the adjournment was carried by a considerable majority. Several petitions of no public interest were then presented, after which the Court adjourned. On one of the gates of the city of Agrah, is the following inscription The first year of the reign of Julef, two thousand husbands were voluntarily separated by the Magistrate. The indignant Emperor abolished divorce in conse quence. Next year there were in Agra]; three thousand marriages less, seven thousand cases of adultery more; three h un d re d women were b u rnt for having poisoned their husbands ; seventy-five men were burnt for the murder of their wives, and three million of rupees worth of furniture was broken in domestic squabbles. The Emperor re-established divorces." A coal brig belonging to Sunderland, was wrecked on our beach, opposite West-street, on the morning of Tuesday last. She was a very old and rotten vessel, and we should suppose not at all sea-worthy. The weather was not very boisterous at the time, although there was a fresh breeze, but her rigging having gotten entangled with those of a sloop which lay along side of her, it was impossible to get her off' to sea. She is entirely wrecked ; and her fragments strewed the shore and surface of the sea for a considerable distance in front of the town, The hull of the above brig (the Venus) was sold yesterday after noon. It is expected, should the weather prove favourable, to get the sloop to sea again.—Brigh ton Paper. Herefordshire is so purely an agricultural country, that it does not contain a single steam engine. A fine esplanade is being made in front of Brunswick-terrace, and it is in contemplation to widen the whole line of road on the West-cliff.— Brighton Herald. LITERATURE. NAPOLEON IN THE OTHER WORLD. p.p. 406. Loadon, 1827. This is a well-written, but somewhat obscure book, confused in its conception, laboured in its execution, yet everywhere evincing marks of a well-informed mind. It professes to be a ma nuscript, found by a Chinese at the tomb of Na poleon. On opening it, this Chinese discovers that it contains a record of the conduct and conversa tions of Buonaparte in the other world, reported (to use a characteristic phrase) by himself ; and bearing, of course, on many of his most noted achievements, extenuating some, denying others, and indirectly, by comparing them with the acts of his illustrious predecessors, giving them the superiority. This, at least, we gather fi om a first perusal ; but whether there be any further recon dite meanings contained in the volume, (and we shrewdly suspect there are) we cannot say— for the execution is so ill-contrived, the charac ters so numerous, inconsistent, and shadowily pourtrayed, and their introduction—if we except a select few—so perfectly superfluous, as to defy all comprehension. Scarcely a man or woman who has figured in the world, from the eighth to the eighteenth century, even up to the present 1827—provided he or she be no longer living, —is omitted in these pages ; they all too converse with Napoleon, whom the author thus affords himself an opportunity of vindicating. In the opening a Genius is represented as showing Buoy. a parte the existing state of the other worlds, among which is that allotted to conquerors. Here the " illustrious departed" meets many of his old companions, but by what act of justice he alone escapes, while thousands infinitely less culpable are represented as suffering, the author's own conscience must decide. After going the rounds of about two dozen upper hemispheres, and contrasting with regret the good he did with what he might have done ; after conversing with Prince Schwartzenburgh, shaking hands with Madame De Steel, and forgiving Lord Castle. reagh, the penitent Napoleon, his purgatory com pleted, is permitted to enter the realms of ever lasting bliss. So far so good, that a penitent should be forgiven is all perfectly natural, but, unfortunately, Napoleon is represented throughout the work, as little better than a maudlin hypocrite ; his repentance therefore looks more like indigestion than conviction. We are surprised at this, for the author is mani festly well read, and even partial to his hero ; bow comes it then that the impression left upon his readers is that Napoleon was merely an ill used, inoffensive little gentleman, not a man of iron mould," but one endowed with le most simpering sensibilities. There are some people (the class,'by the bye, is rather nu merous) whose very friendship is hazardous ; who, with the kindest dispositions in the world, ire yet, from a certain want of tact and fore thought, liable to perpetual misconstruction, and who invariably ruin those whom they would most wish to serve. Our author is one of these; ';is " curiosa infelicitas" is really extraordinary ; he has written a book with the avowed object of 'ulogizing the Emperor, yet proves himself one of his bitterest enemies. " Pol me occidistis imici" said the ill starred wight in Horace; Ne soleon may say the same. ,It is not, however, so much in detached pas sages as in the tendency of the whole book that this spirit evinces itself. The author seems to have grappled with a subject too lofty for his •omprehension ; and the translator—for it is a translation, we perceive—is manifestly in the same predicament. Another defect in the volume , s its want of object. The conversations tell 'iothing—lead to no conclusion—point no moral —they are simply specimens of Royal chitscbra, (very royal indeed) and in the instance of she nettle of Waterloo, are incorrect. Napoleon de •;erves a far better commentator. With all his lefecta—and let it never be forgotten that these were, for the most part, of a noble stamp—he was a man of magnificent intel lect, and one in whom the better feelings of nature preponderated. A dispassionate peru sal of the numerous volumes which record his later (and in two instances) his early days, will prove that he has been shamefully misrepre sented. He was the enemy of England, it is true, but should that make him a demon ? He was ambitious, but should no allowance be made for an infirmity, which, dormant in the base, quickens only in superior natures? He was ade spot, but never yet did a warrior ascend the throne by such guiltless means, or during his reign extend so zealously the glory and the prosperity of France. It has been the fashion to compare him with Cesar ; no comparison, we think, can exist between them. Success in the Roman's time, especially in war, was as much the result of for tune as of skill ; in Napoleon's more scientific sera it could only be obtained by desert. The mind of Caesar, though versatile, was vain, trifling,capri cious, and in more instances than one, contemp tibly effeminate; that ofßuonaparte was profound, inflexible,and,aboveall,comprehensive. Csesar was a Dandy; witness hiscommentaries, which, though fraught with a certain fashionable elegance of style, are yet sleepy, insipid, and devoid of character. The language of Napoleon, on the contrary, (to say nothing of his National Code) was terse and stern, always masculine in conception, and not unfrequently sublime ; resembling in this last re spect the Chippewa American chiefs, whose war harangues, as Hunter assures us, are models of lofty thought. In fact the whole character of this first of warriors will bear the most inqui sitorial scrutiny, and, if studied, with a view to improvement, will inculcate the noblest moral. It will show the lowly and the discontented that the paths of ambition are fraught not so much with danger as with misery ; that the super-emi nent in literature, in war, or in the cabinet, are super-eminent also in sorrow ; and that even in the midst of their proudest triumphs, in the midst of those very successes which have drawn on them the admiration and the envy of the world, that even then— modio do route Isporam Lurgit amari aliquid plod in ipsia floribus angel. 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