The Sun. — London, England, 1834-02-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have repea►edly adverted to the inequality of the land tax, and stated the arguments for a more just distri bution of its pressure. In some districts it is felt as a heavy burden ; in others the sum raised under that name hears so small a proportion to the value of the property on which it is assessed, as to be scarcely worth notice. Thus the whole sum assessed on the extensive, populous, and wealthy county of Lancaster, including Liverpool (the second commercial town in the kingdom), Manches ter, Preston, Bolton, and several other considerable towns, is only 20,989/., while the cities of London and West minster (without including the county of Middlesex) pay 1116,491/. But the assessments on smaller dis ricts, towns, or parishes, are still more disproportioned to the value of their respective property. Thus the large and wealthy city of Bath pays only 433/. 6s. as land tax, while the decayed town of Winchilsea (in which there are not more than forty or fifty inhabited houses) is as sessed at 405/. But to come nearer home. We find that some of the parishes in the metropolis are assessed at a large per tentage on their valued rental, while the charge in others is almost nominal. In the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, the land tax amounts to Is. 3d. in the pound ; in the pa rish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, to 2s. 4d ; while in Mary'ehone it is only a small fraction of a farthing ! Jpon the above-mentioned parish of St. Andrew, Hol horn, and St. George the Martyr, whose rental amounts only to 116,0001., the sum of 9,018/. is levied, while Marylebene pays only 492/. out of a rental of 720,0001. ! This tax, it is well known, was imposed and assessed by the 4th of William and Mary, the provisions of which Were continued by successive statutes till Mr. Pitt's Act, of 1798, under which it has ever since been collected. Its first distribution was no doubt intended to be equal, and might have approached to equality; but the total change which has since taken place in the property of particular districts within more than a century and a quarter—a change produced by the successful cultivation of land then lying waste, by the t stablishment of manu facturing towns where no manufactures then existed, and even by the erection of populous cities, or quarters of cities where no building had then com menced—renders the ancient assessment totally in applicable to present circumstances. As well might the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the present day propose to recur to the old plan of fifteenths and subsidies, as retain the assessment of the land tax made upwards of a century ago. These facts have been again pressed upon our attention by a meeting of the governors and directors of the united parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George- the. Martyr (on which the assessment falls with severe , pressure), who have resolved to petition Parliament for a total abolition, or a more equal distribution, of the land tax. Their petition, along with a printed statement railed their " case," now lies before us. Both papers are remarkably well drawn up, and are calculated to produce a strong impression. One of the chief objections, or rather the only objection, to any change which would equalize the distribution of the tax, is the pledge of a perpetual arrangement which seems to be implied in the perenis.ion granted to proprietors by the Act of 1798 to redeem tl•eir land-tax. On this subject we may quote the following passage from the "case" of the petitioners, without having room at present to enter ourselves on the discussion : " Difficulties have been suggested to an equalization of this tax, by reason of the transactions which have taken place under the Land-tax Redemption Acts; but it is submitted, that no objections can be raised if the properties whereon the land-tax has been redeemed are continued exempt; and as an adjustment must sooner or later be effected, when those places upon which the tax now presses so heavily become fur ther decayed, and consequently unable to raise the quota as sessed upon them, it will be better to arrest the evil at once, and secure to the revenue all the benefit capable of being derived from a fair assessment. " The sum directed to be raised for land-tax in England and Wales, by the statute 38 Geo. 111., is 1,989,6731., of which the amount redeemed is under 720,000/., or little more than a third ; and it is estimated, that if the unredeemed portion of the tax were equalised, at a rate of Is. in the pound, an increase to the revenue would accrue from it of 1,500,0001. a year, and if also the future assessments were to be made according to the alterations of property, a much stronger in ducement would exist for all persons to redeem, and thus the tax might be got rid of altogether."— Times. The Ministry received not one but " three warnings" last week—such warnings as ought to make them sensible, if not thoroughly infatuated, of the instability of power not founded upon principle—not exercised for any higher or nobler object than that of the selfish aggrandisement of the party who enjoy it, consequently having no moral strength, no hold upon the respect or affections of a think ing or enlightened people. The first warning was upon the motio❑ of Mr. Harvey fur a Committee on the" Pen sion List." The second, on the motion of Lord Chandos for relief to the agricultural interests. The third, on Sir Elia aril Knatchbull's motion for the discharge of the order relative to the case of Mr. Baron Smith. On the two former of these motions the Ministry had such small ma jorities as to show that the sense of the House was de cidedly against them ; those majorities being loss tha❑ the number of Ministers actually in the House. and voting in their own defence. In the last case the Ministers, as the public are aware, were willing to sacrifice one of the best friends of order, peace, and, we will add, of libe ral government in Ireland, to propitiate the reckless agi tators who would have dragged as a criminal from the Bench the upright and venerable Judge, whose great offence was his intrepid denunciation of the factious violence that threatened to dissolve the very elements of society. In this instance the Cabinet, with the exception of Sir James Graham, acted the part of men not only re gardless of principle, but bereft of understanding. The House of Commons, however, haying had time to reflect upon the injustice committed in the first instance, and being enabled, through the aid of the press, to perceive the pernicious consequences of the precedent which it was about to establish against the independence of the bench, retraced its steps, and restored the intended victim to that unsullied purity of reputation at which political malevo lence aimed its envenomed but unavailing shafts. I❑ this instance Ministers seemed to have courted dishonour, and to have rushed at the heels of Mr. O'Connell into dis. graceful defeat. But now that Ministers have been de feated their retainers of the press pretend that the charge against Mr. Baron Smith was not entertained as a ministerial question. If it were not taken up as a ministerial question, the defensive explanation which Sir James Graham gave of his vote wou'd not only ❑ot have been necessary, but unseason able and obtrusive. The gist of that explanation was, that the Ministers had previously come to a unanimous resolution to oppose Mr. O'Connell's mo tion, and that afterwards they suddenly changed that determination and made an evolution to the opposite side, when he fell out of the ranks, and did so, he declared, as his only means of preserving his independence of cha racter. Now, if the question were not a Ministerial one, Sir James Graham would have knot n that every Mem ber of the Cabinet was free to vote as he pleased, with out being obliged to give reasons to account for an appa rent act of mutiny to the command of Lord Alfhorp. Indeed, a Ministerial paper subsequently stated that the example established in the case of Sir Henry Parnell, on the Russian-Dutch loan job, would not be followed, as if the non-dismissal of the First Lord of the Admiralty from the Cabinet were a stretch of indulgent consideration on the part of his colleagues, though his offence was the same as that of the Honourable Member for Dundee; hut unless there was Ministerial constraint on the votes of the Members of the Government there was no insub ordination. Besides, until the Ministers were defeated, all the journals which usually support the Government treated the question as a Ministerial one. The chief Morning Paper that supports them, but which on this occasion preferred the view which the insubordinate Sir James Graham and Mr. Spring Rice took of the question to that of their colleagues, thus spoke on Friday :—" Upon the whole of this question, we are deeply concerned at the course which his Majesty's Ministers have thought them selves on this occasion compelled to follow—to us it ap pears, though a well-intentioned, a most erroneous course. It is not the first time Ministers have bad the mis fortune to cause regret, not altogether unmixed with astonishment, at their extreme and gratuitous subser viency to requests which ought not to have been com plied with, or commands which ought to have been decidedly, but most respectfully disobeyed." Who gave the Ministers the commands here alluded to?—let us see. The same journal proceeded as follows :—" The Court is an appendage to the Monarchy, but neither a responsible Minister nor a great nation can, nor ought, to be an appendage to the Court. Be that as it may, nothing was ever more humiliating than to see a well meaning, and, i❑ many points, an estimable Administra lion, ignorant of its own intrinsic strength, and acting as it it were conscious it lived by sufferance only. It mor tifies the true friends and steady supporters of a reform Government to see its direction vacillating, and its foot• steps tottering, crutching itself up one day by Radicals and next by Tories, that it may, at last, be divided by both, and possibly smashed between them. In one short week a triumph has been achieved for Irish anarchy, and for ultra-Tory corruption." Here we see the charge of Mr. O'Connell against Mr. Baron Smith treated pre cisely on the same footing in reference to the Cabinet, as Mr. Harvey's motion relative to the pension list—that is, both are treated as Ministerial questions, the one being supported, and the other opposed, not by some Members of the Ministry, but by the Administration itself. Yet the Morning Paper from which we have quoted the above passage declared, the very next day, that is, the day after the defeat of Ministers, that the change in favour of " Irish anarchy" was not treated as a Ministerial ques tion ! But, passing that by, w hen their admiring friends give such an account of the vacillation, imbecility, and want of fixed principle which mark the policy of the Whig Ministers, what more severe criticism can be levelled at them by the independent portion of the press ? We will only add to it, that, if the " reform Ministry" does not become a reformed Ministry, the nation will look out for more faithful stewards of its interests. In plain lan guage, it will have hoaester men! —Morning Herald. We are not enabled to add any information with respect to the intentions of Sir William Horne. Marylebone is hotly canvassed, in the belief, no doubt, that he will see cause to change his mind. We presume Ministers will avail themselves of their brief respite to agree upon some system of action more in accordance with the ordinary maxims of prudence than that on which they acted dur ing the past week. It may or may not be creditable to the House of Commons occasionally to vote one thing one day and another the next; but it never can be creditable to a Ministry to allow one portion of them to be seen speaking and voting against the rest. Cabi net discussions ought not to be continued out of the Ca binet. If Mr. Littleton is opposed in Irish questions to day by Sir James Graham and Mr. Spring Rice, we may expect Lord John Russell and Mr. S anley to be moving a vote of censure on Lord Palmerston for his foreign policy. The Scripture says, a house divided against itself cannot stand. What Sir James Graham may think we know not. But we have no wish to make matters worse by any remarks of ours. It may easily be conceived that cause of offence has been given and offence has been taken. We trust all may yet be well, and that the past will only be remembered to avoid splitting en the same rock in future. It would indeed be greatly to be lamented if well-intentioned men, in whom the country has great confidence, and who have made such progress in many questions of vital importance to the nation, could not avoid scene like those of last week. Mr. Spankie is a dangerous adviser for Sir James Graham ; and least the latter should be so far carried away by the Learned Ser geants Toryism, aslto forget that he has colleagues, it would lie well if he were to take precautions. But we will say no more.—Morning Chronicle. CORPORATION COMMISSION. On Thursday Commissioners Sir FRANCIS PALGRAVIC, JARDINK, Etc Is, and Maxim Am, sat at Guildhall to resume the examination of witnesses. THE CASE OF MR. MIHAIL SCALES. The Town Clerk received from the Commissioners the following communication on the 7th last.— _ " Municipal Corporation for England and Wales." " London, Feb. 17, 1834. " Sir,—The Commissioners of Municipal Inquiry propose to attend at Guildhall, as undermentioned, to receive such in formation as may be tendered on the following points : " Saturday, 22d inst., at 11 o'clock, the case of Mr. Scales. " Monday, 24th inst., at 10 o'clock, the general state and prospects of the city, and the proposed amelioratio►► of its go_ vernment and institutions. " And I request you will have the goodness to communi cate those appointments to the Common Council and other authorities of the city. " I have the honour to remain, Sir, " Your obedient humble savant, " Mr. Town Clerk." " F. PALGRAVE." As soon as the Commissioners took their seats yester day, the City Solicitor entered the room and handed to each of them a paper of which the following is a copy : " In the King's Bench, in the case of Michael Scales, plain tiff; and Sir John Key, &c., Aldermen, defendants. " To John Blackburn, Sir John Patgrave, &c., Commissioners appointed to inquire into the existing state of the Municipal Corporations in England and Wales. " Gentlemen,— I am directed to give you notice on behalf of the defendants in this cause, in consequence of a letter which you have sent to Henry Woodthorpe, Esq., expressing your intention to inquire iuto the case of Mr. Scales, that the said case is now pending before his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, in an action against the said defendants, and that if you inter meddle herewith by hearing or giving publicity to any ex park statements, or otherwise prejudicing the matter in controversy, you will respectively be held responsible for all consequences. " I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " W. L. NEWMAN, Attorney for the said " defendants, Guildhall. " Dated this 19th February, 1834." THE GRESHAM COLLEGE ESTATES. The Commissioners expected witnesses to attend in the course of the morning to give evidence rel 'tire to the Gresham College Estates. They had not been long seated when they received the following letter, addressed to Sir Francis Palgrave:— " Mercers'-hall, Feb. 19, 1834. " Sir,—Your letter of the 17th instant, requesting my at_ tendance at Guildhall to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, when the Com missioners of Municipal Inquiry propose to investigate the Gresham Trust, has been duly laid before the joint Gresham Committee, and I am directed, in reply, respectfully to request the favour of being allowed to refer you to the printed report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Public Charities of England and Wales, after a laborious investiga. tion into the management and trust of Sir Thomas Gresham's estate. I beg leave to enclose you a copy of this report, and which, I believe, will be found to contain all the information required by the Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of Municipal Corporations. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient humble servant, " JAS. BARNES, Clerk of the Gresham Committee." " Sir Francis Palgrave, &c. &c." _ . Mr. Woodthorpe informed the Committee that the Court of Common Council had determined to petition Pediment for the repeal of the 10th of George IV., in order to enable them to get rid of Honey-lane market, and to appropriate it to the purposes of the London Cor• poration School, the whole management to be in the Common Council, and to give the proceeds of the Corpo. ration Charity Estate, amounting to 9001. a year, to the support of the school. An instruction was also given to the City Lands' Committee to confer with the Committee on the Gresham estate on the expediency of introducing some clauses in the proposed Bill, authorizing the Gresham lectures to be delivered in some part of the city of Lon don not connected with the Gresham property, and at other times, than at present adopted. Mr. Commissioner DRINKWATER-The lecturers dis pute the right to change the time or place. Mr. Woodthorpe said that such was the case. Sir James Scarlett and Sir Edward Sugden were of opinion that the lectures might be given anywhere within the ju risdictio❑ of the City, but that the time could not be altered without the consent of the lecturers. They after wards gave an opinion that neither time nor place could be altered without the consent of the lecturers. Mr. Woodthorpe handed in the ordinances under which the lectures were originally regulated, which were dated 1597, one year after Lady Gresham died, and when the city came into possession of the Gresham estates. There was a good library in the Gresham lecture-rooms, but be was not aware that it was public. Mr. Tickner—lt has frequently happened that there were no lectures give❑ because there were no auditors. Mr. Woodthorpe—Frequently it so happened, but the lectures are now better managed. It was notorious some years ago that they were very ill attended, with the exception of the music lectures, which were generally well attended. lam not aware what accommodatio❑ there is in the lecture room fur the public. I have never been at a lecture. I have tried many times, but found the door locked. Mr. Conansissioner DRINKWATER-How did the large debt due from the Gre,ham estate accrue ? Mr. Woodthorpe said, that pursuant to an account made out, it was proved that by the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, the moiety the Corperation received out of the estate was 3,094/. ss. per annum, out of which four lecturers were paid, and certain gifts to almsmen given. When the Royal Exchange was destroyed by fire the Corporation and the Mercers' Company advanced money to rebuild it, including 7,0001. for ground purchased ; the city advanced 26,7001., of which 6,700/. had been repaid, leaving a debt due to the city since 1708 of 20,000/. with interest. Some further advances had been made by the Corporation for the late repairs of the Royal Exchange. The lectures commenced in 1597, and in 1679 it appeared, by the minutes of the Court of Aldermen, that the salaries of the lecturers were suspended, because the court had heard that they did not reside in the city, and in the following year the salaries were again suspended in consequence of their neglecting to give lectures. By the will of Sir Thomas Gresham, the !ectures were to be delivered daily " for the instruction of youth in useful knowledge." A complaint was made in 1708 of the uncertain hours at which the lectures were given, by which parties could not know when to attend, and the Ccurt of Aldermen summoned the Committee, through the Lord Mayor, to give redress, and to obtain the reading of the lectures according to the will. The Court of Common Council used to regulate the Exchange hours, but now the Gresham Committee gave orders upon the subject. 11r. Scott said, the additional debt due to the city from the Gresham estate was for the recent improvements. The original advance was 26,7001. between 1668 and 1672. The debt now due was 20,000/., with interest from 1708. The interest was cleared out of the surplus trust fund up to 1708. The interest now due, at 5 per cent., was 125,500/. up to Christmas last, without the principal, making together 145,5001. Besides this there was a recent advance in general repairs of the Exchange, which cost 56,000/. The advance on the part of the Corporation was about 15,000/. This was about eight years since. That sum had been reduced to 8,000/. out of the moiety of the surplus which belonged to the city. The advance was made by the Chamberlain, at the rate of four per cent. He did not know whether the money advanced by the Mercers' Company was equal to that advanced by the city. The surplus of the city moiety was only applicable to pay off the debt of the city and interest, after the late outlay for repairs bad been dis charged. The money was advanced by the Chamberlain out of the balances in his hands on the credit of the sur plus of the Gresham fund. The Chamberlain never cre dited the city cash with the advance to the rebuilding of the Exchange, and the repairs. It was made in the character of d private banker, at the request of the Gresham Committee. Mr. Commissioner DRINICIVATER asked what the na ture of the charge on the Orphans' Fund for the Mercers' Company was ? Mr. Scott said there was a grant of 3,000/. a year for 35 years to the Mercers' Company by Act of Parliamen of George 11., to make good losses which they had incurred through the trust, and from a tontine which almost ruined them. He spoke this from hearsay, for the grant had ceasad a long time since. The surplus revenue of the city's moieties of the Gresham estate was only sufficient to pay the interest of the debt of 20,000/., so that they con sidered it a bad debt so far as the principal was concerned. Mr. Taylor—ln fact the Gresham committee have squandered away their means to the extent of 20,000/. The statue of Charles in the Exchange had been burnished up, and other expenses had been incurred. Mr. Pritchard, in reference to the lectures, said that he had attended twice, but always found the door shut. He stated that the Mercers' as well as the Gresham Com mittee were desirous of making the lectures more public. It was mentioned the day before to the Lord Mayor in Common Council, that a requisition was now on foot to move the lectures to -a more convenient place. It was wished to move the lectures to the Corporation School, which it was resolved to apply to Parliament for an Act to empower the city to build upon the site of Honey-lane market. THE NATIGAIION COMMITTEE. Mr. Tickner attended to give evidence relative to the Navigation Committee, of which hi had been long chair man. There had been some nautical men on the com mittee, and it had been found that such appointments had been injurious, as they had in general some interests op posite to other interests. The interests of the city were conflicting. The docks were opposed to the wharfingers and lightermen. The docks above the port were opposed to the docks below. In the case of the coal trade, which was so enormous, the trade was increasing so much that it was difficult to arrange the navigation of the Thames except by persons in frequent connexion with trade. The captains of the colliers were opposed to the docks, and the watermen and lightermen to the steam ves sels ; so it would be seen that it would be impossible to have nautical men on the committee without their having some bias. The Navigation Committee was wholly im partial. Mr. Tickner spoke further in praise of the ma nagement of the port of London. THE DUTY ON COALS. Mr. Woodthorpe had observed an error in a letter ad dressed to the editor of the Times that morning, relative to the duty levied on coals in the port of London. It was stated, and that statement might mislead the public, that the duty was now 3s. per ton. Now the city charges on owls amounted only to Is. id. per ton. Adjourned to Saturday. The Commissioners resumed their sittings on Saturday morning, at Guildhall (City), at the usual hour, when the Court proceeded to the case of Mr. Alderman Scales and the Court of Aldermen. The first witness named was Mr. Fyars, a freeman of London ; and Mr. Scales, in person, was examined on the subject of his rejection by the Aldermen, with all the particulars of which the public are sufficiently familiar. Mr. Taylor said the City did no: concur in the pro ceedings of the Aldermen. Many of the Wards had op posed them, and particularly the Ward of Farringdon Without. Mr. Scales inculpated the City, because it was with the City funds the proceedings were carried on against hint. Mr. S. was then about to enter on the question of the City tolls, sewers, &c., but the Commissioneks having previously fixed ➢Monday for that portion of the inquiry, Mr. Scales desisted, and promised to attend this day. SHAFTESBURY.—More than a thousand signatures have been affixed to the Lay Declaration from the parishes in this town and neighbourhood : in some instances there has not been a single exception in a whole parish.—Dorset County Chronicle. THE DUCHESS OF ABRANTES' LIVES OF CELEBRATED WOMEN.—" This is no slight task for a Duchess; but after writing her own Memoirs, and in them those of the Court of N tpoleon, the transition to the Memoirs of the Celebrated Women of all Ages was perhaps felt by Madame Junot to be only natural. The subjects of the Memoirs i❑ the First Part are those of Madame Buonaparte (Mere), of whom she writes in the spirit of a lady of the bedchamber; Lady Jane Grey; and two ferocious women, Zuigha, an African queen, and Donna Catalina de Enanso, surnamed the Man-Ensign. The records of the frightful career of these two heroines throw a horrid light upon the state of society in Spain and Portugal during that period. The history of the Man Ensign is more like a romance than a biography. The work is printed in two editions, of octavo and folio sizes (price 3s. 6d. and 10s. 6d.)"—Spectator. The Second Part of this valuab!e and interesting work, to Ise published the Ist of March, we understand, will contain the Lives and Portraits of Catherine the First Anna ; Boleyn ; Beatrice Cenci ; and Madame de Stael. INTERVIEW OF THE DEPVTATION FROM NOTTINGHAM WITH EARL GREY, IN FAVOUR OF THE CHURCH. —On Monday last, by appointment, the depu tation waited upon Eat! Grey, at his residence in Down ing -street, and were most courteously received. Mr. Horsfall introduced the business, and presented the decla ration to the Premier, who, after reading it, expressed his full concurrence in the sentiments therein advocated. Mr. Hicklin then explained the ❑ature of the circum stances which led to the meeting, and the objects contem plated by the memorialists ; after which Mr. Flewker begged to endeavour to remove from his Lordship's mind any erroneous impressions that might have originated i❑ the presentation of a memorial by Mr. Howitt and Mr. Hunter. The deputation begged to assure his Lordship that the memorial alluded to did not express the sentiments of the most influential Dissenters of Nottingham, for the more respectable portion of that body had declared their regret at the violence of the proceedings in Parliament street chapel. It was further stated to his Lordship, that the more moderate party of Dissenters had expressed a desire to draw up a declaration very different in its cha racter from the one preserve l by Alr. Hewitt and his friend as the sentiments of the Nottingham Dissenters. Earl Grey replied, lie was very glad to hear such was the case, and he expressed much surprise at the " wild notions" (as his Lordship termed them) which Mr. Howitt advocated. The Premier further inquired, whether there were not, even among the Dissenters, many who entertain, d senti ments in accordance with those contained in the declaration before him? To which it was replied, that although some classes of conscientious Dissenters could not consistently sign a memorial which advocated the union of church and , state, there was a numerous and respectable body in Not tingham who strongly deprecated such violent measures as had lately bee❑ adopted; and there were also unquestion ably some who would gladly push forward any change in the existing order of things, no matter how sweeping, or under what pretence. Earl Grey then observed, that as he had before remarked to Mr. Howitt and his friend, he had ever been, and always should be, ready from principle to relieve Dissenters from any real grievances which might be found to press upon them ; but if their present efforts were intended as an attack upon the church, he should strenuously resist them. He took it for granted that the declaration which bad just been put into Ilia hand did not go to oppose the correction of any abuse, or the removal of any cause which had given occasion of complaint in some respects against the church. To this it was replied that such questions must necessarily be left for the consi deration of the Government. Mr. Hicklin also begged it to be understood as the wish of the body whom the depu tation represented, that in the Parliamentary discussion of any question connected with the church his Lordship would keep steadily in view the leading principles laid dow❑ in the declaration. To which remark Earl Grey observed that such was the intention of himself and his colleagues. In any measure which might be proposed he should cer tainly endeavour to a aintain the stability and increase the efficiency of the church, as he was fully convinced of the ❑ecessity and advantages of a church establishment. After expressing to his Lordship their thanks for the kind con descensio❑ with which they had been received, the depu • to ion rose and withdrew. The deputation also wish to record their grateful sense of the courteous and cordial manner in which their business was facilitated by the advice of the Earl of Lincoln..../Vottinytham Journal. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 22. REGISTRAR'S OFFIC E. •••• BIGG AND HANSARD. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN informed the Lord Chancellor that he held in his hand an affidavit of his client's (the solicitor to the plaintiff in this case), stating that he had obtained an order calling upon the defendant to pay a sum of money into this Court. It was regularly sent to the Registrar's office to be drawn up, but, owing to the great pressure of business in that office, he was unable to get it done until after the time allowed for the order had ex pired. It had, therefore, become a mere nullity. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, in consequence of a strong recommendation from the Committee of the House of Commons to reduce the number of clerks in the Regis trar's office, he (the Lord Chancellor) had been induced to try the reduction as an experiment. He had received complaints from the Registrars, that in consequence of the reduction of the number of clerks, the business of their offices could not be regularly attended to. He had taken it into his most serious consideration, and believing it to be detrimental to the interest of the sui . ors, he should restore the full number. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN asked his Lordship if he could not do something for his client, to remunerate him for the loss? The LORD CHANCELLOR assured the Learned Counsel that any affidavit bis client might think proper to make should meet with his most serious attention. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 21. ST. AGNES COPPER HINE ASSOCIATION. CAMPBELL V. IrLE)IING. The plaintiff, Colonel John Campbell, brought this action aeainst the defendant for money had and received from a person named Jones, under peculiar circumstances. Mr. POLLOCK stated that the defendant and a person named Jones, having entered into a mining concern in Cornwall, called the East Pink Mines Association and the United St. Agnes Mines, opened an office in Pope's Head alley for the sale of shares. In conet quence of an adver tisement in the Times, Colonel Campbell purchased one hundred shares in the mining concern for 5,0001. The money was paid by Jones to the defendant, Mr. Archibald Fleming, Chairman of the Company. The latter, how ever, received 1,6001. of the sum as a debt due to him from Jones, and said he would carry over the balance to the mining account. The shares sold were said to be the property of Mr. Alderman Brown, of Northampton, who was desirous of raising a marriage portion for his daughter, but upon inquiry Colonel Campbell discovered that state ment to be utterly false. The shares had never been in the possession of Alderman Brown ; on the contrary, it appeared that Mr. Brown, a licensed victualler, had been the holder of 50 shares in the mine concern, 20 of which he sold to Fleming in 1824 at Si. a share. Thirty he sold to another person at prime cost, namely , 2 /. a share. As Colonel Campbell had been called upon for 50/. a share, and induced to pay that sum by a false account of the capital of the Company entered in a book, he thought himself justified in applying to a jury for redress. The learned counsel called witnesses, at the conclusion of which, Sir JAMES SCARLETT submitted that the plaintiff must be nonsuited. The case had been opened as a fraud on Col. Campbell, got up between Fleming and Jones, but it was clear upon the evidence that Mr. Fleming was no party to the fraud, and that he could not be liable. Plaintiff nonsuited. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 22. (Sittings at Guildhall. before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) BAY LIS V. KNIGHT AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for the injury which his brig, Swallow, sus tained by the running of her down by the Venus ste liner, of which the defendants were proprietors. On the 11th of June last the Venus steamer was pro ceeding on one of her usual trips to Herne Boy, and while going down the river came in contact with the brig Swallow, which she ran down. The sole question was, whether the brig had not come across the Venus, instead of the Venus coming across her. The jury found a verdict for the defendants. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 22. (London Sittings at Nisi Prises, before Lord LYNDHURST and a Common Jury.) HALLETT V. BAILEY. The plaintiff in this case was a tailor, in South Nlelton street, and the defendant a Colonel in the Army, hi,;hly connected. The action was brought for 211., the alleged balance of an account for clothes made for the defendant, and for furnished lodgings let to defendant in plaintiff's house. The defendant was arrested in the autumn of last year for the amount. Evidence was called to prove that the plaintiff was a man of rank and fashion, that the clothes furnished to him were not charged exorbitantly, and that the defen dant had ackowledged the account for lodgings and clothes to he correct. No witnesses were called for the defence, but several items were disputed in the cross-examination, with a view to show that the real debt, which was under 201., had been raised to 211., in order to enable the plain- tiff to arrest the defendant. A plain blue cloak, with a very ordinary black collar, was produced in Court. It was charged 101. 10s. in the bill. Plaintiff's foreman said there were three yards of cloth in it at 325. a yird ; six yards of silk, at 4s. 6d. a yard ; and a collar worth 103.6 d. The materials amounted to Si. 3s. 6i1., and the witness swore he did not consider 51. 7s. too much to charge for fashion ; there was very little work in the cloak. The Jury found for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Saturday an elderly female, named Christiana Guth, whose intellect some years ago abandoned her in conse quence of disappointed affections, was brought before the Loan MAyon by the parish officers of St. Martin Orger. She had in her arms a waxen doll, which she hugged with remarkable fondness to her bosom, over the mouth of which she had been found pouring gruel with the care and solicitude of a mother. The officers stated that the deranged woman was the daughter of a merchant, who had been very respectable, and that fifteen or sixteen years ago the death, they be lieved, of a beloved person completely broke her under standing. Commercial misfortunes pressed upon her father, who died without being able to make provision fur her; but a gentleman who resi•ected the family entered into bond to support her in Bethlehem hospital, and there she remained in a hopeless state of insanity up to the pre sent time. Her parish was Islington ; and the gentleman who had hitherto maintained her at his own expense, finding that the incumbrance was a very serious one, de termined to hand her over to the parish officers. She, of course, was removed from Bethlehem, which she consi dered to be her own mansion ; hut the parish officers of hlington refused to take her under their care, and she wandered about the streets with her waxen babe, and ex hibiting the most unequivocal symptoms of a distempered brain. The LORD MAyoti said that the parish officers of Is lington must receive the poor woman if sLe really be longed to them. It was stated to his Lordship that Mr. Laing, of Hatton garden police-office, sanctioned4he rejection of the officers, and said that if the overseers of St. Martin Orger took the woman to the Islington workhouse he would order them to be indicted. The LORD MAI - oft—Well, I'll try what an order of removal will do. The total helplessness of the unfortunate woman requires that a summary course should be adopted. I regret that the gentleman who has hitherto supported her is no longer disposed to continue his work of charity ; but I think the bond he has entered into still binds him. MARYLEBONE. REMOVAL OF HACKNEY COACH STANDS.--JOhn James, the driver of the hackney_coach, No. 1,508, was charged with plying for hire in Great Quebec-street, New road, which was formerly a coach-stand, but which has been removed to Salisbury-street, Portland-town, by an order from the Ves , ry of Marylebone. Many of the coachmen, dissatisfied at the new station assigned to them, still continue to ply at the old spot. The Magistrates, under a local Act of Parliament fined the defendant los. and costs. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. THE Dux Or GLOUCESTER FINED.— Yestei d Byers, the informer, summoned his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, before Messrs. DYER, CONA NT, and HALLS, for an infringement of a particular Act of Parliament. Colonel Higgins attended on behalf of his Royal Master to answer the complaint. -- 'I be offence appeared to be that a cart belonging to the Duke of Gloucester had not a board with the name and surname of the owner painted on it, and affixed on the off side of the cart as well as at the back part of the vehicle. _ The Gallant Colonel admitted that such was the fact ; and, on the part of his Royal Highness, particularly re quested that no lenity should be shown to the Royal Duke in case an offence was established against him. Mr. DYER. said the case appeared to be an exceeding slight one, and, had the defendant been a poor man, the Bench would have considered that a fine of a shilling suffi ciently met the offence ; but, as his Royal Highness had specially requested that no regard should be paid to the dignified rank which he held, but that he should be dealt with in a more rigid manner, because in a situation which ought to prevent him from pleading ignorance in mitigation, they bad determined to inflict a fine of 20s. and costs. The fine was immediately paid. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, FEB. 22. George Adams, Thomas Nemer, Patrick Nowland, and Michael Tierney, were capitally indicted for assault ing on the King's highway, with intent to rob, George Proctor. Alter hearing evidence at length, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty again 4 all. Thomas Jones, a bookseller, was arraigned on several indictments charging him with embezzling divers sums of money, to the amount of upwards of 201., the property of his master, Francis Whestley. The prisoner persisted in his plea of Guilty although advised to retract it. The RECORDER then sentenced him to eighteen months' hard libour in the House of Correction. William Wood was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Ball, and stealing therein some articles of jewellery, his property.—Verdict, Guilty. James Pearson was charged with stealing, on the 7th of January last, a hearth-rug, a blanket, and two pieces of green baize, from the house of Mr. Abraham Ellice, Com mercial-road. Mr. Abraham Ellice deposed to the articles produced being his property. The evidence of a Miss Lee in livour of the prosecution excited much laughter in Court. Witness was proceeding to detail the information she had received from her mother on the subject, when-- Mr. C. PHILLIPS, counsel for the prisoner, interrupted her by saying that she must not tell the Court what her mother had told her. Miss Lee—But, indeed, I will. Mr. Prmurs—But, indeed, you will not, Miss Lee. Miss Le e—l will tell his Lordship the truth. Mr. PHlLmrs—But you must tell the truth according to law. Miss Lee—l will tell it according to the law at Lam beth Office.—(Lsughter.) Mr. PHILLIPS—But Lambeth law will not do here. Miss Lee—l will not tell the Counsel for the prisoner any thing. Mr. PHILLIPS—But, indeed, you must, Miss Lee.— (Laughter. ) Miss Lee repeated that she would tell the truth to the Court, but not to the Counsel for the prisoner. Mr. PHILLIPS—Why, Miss Lee, if you go on in this way, you'll never get a husband.—(Laughter.) M!ss Lee—That would be of no great consequence.— (Laughter.) Mr. PHILLIPS—Why, I should think that to a lady of your age !witness appeared about forty), it must be a matter of very great consequence.—(Loud laughter.) Several witnesses were then brought forward on behalf of the prisoner, who gave him a good character for honesty for some years past. The jury found a verdict of Guilty. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, FEB. 22. Edward Archer, a portly-looking personage, was in dicted for assaulting Martin Hussey. The prosecutor, a curious-looking little ❑ u tn, said the defendant was a broker, a hawkerof tea, a writer of letters, server of writs and processes; i❑ short, he was known as the legal adviser of Paddington. Witness having rec , ived a lawyer's letter on the subject of a debt of 2/. tis. went to the defendant for advice, and was told to take ❑o notice of it. He did so, and the next day he received another. He was told to take no notice of this, and followed the advice. Next day came a copy of a writ, and again he consulted this " legal adviser of Paddington," who told hint not to be uneasy, for he would make it all right for 2s. Not having any silver witness gave him half a sovereigt., but received no change. After this he received a declara tion and notice of trial, when becoming seriously alarmed he went to a really respectable legal adviser, and, acting upon the advice he then received to settle the action, he found be had to pay 71. 9s. instead of 21. 68. He now thought himself entitled to claim his Bs. change, but in stead of getting it was threatened to be laid across the I,p and lapped, and to be horsewhipped, and, finally, was sa luted with a mop-handle till it was broken across his shoulders. Not content with this, defendant, meeting him afterwards on Paddington-green, went up to hint and said, " I'll put you into the Crown office, you little wretch ; and if you have 1001. I'll make you spend it all in a couple of months ;" and he proved as good, or perhaps, more truly speaking, as had, as his word, for he actually com menced proceedings i❑ the King's Bench, alleging he was the assaulted party. Verdict Guilty. Sentenced to pay 51. to the King, which he immediately did. , . B IRMI NGHAM DECLARATION.—The sig natures appended to the declaration of the laity in favour of the Established Church amount to about 11,000. As the declaration simply states the attachment and respect of the signers to the Church of England numbers of Dis,en. tern, including several preachers among the Weskyan Me. thodivs, have spontaneously come forward to sign it.— Birmingham Advertiser. The forthcoming novel called " The Guerrilla," is from the pen of Mr. Trueba. It will c intain, we hear, not only an anima'ed picture of the peseta state of Spain, which, coming from a Spaniard, may be relied on for its fidelity, but a development of many interesting circum• stances in the life of Mina, and in that of many other patriot chiefs, whose adventures in their respective enter• prises, have assumed a highly romantic chat acter. The author was the personal friend of several of the late mar tyrs for their country's freedom, and in " The Guerrilla" will be embodied many of those striking and curious par• ticulars which that friendship has put into his possession. On Monday evening an express arrived in this city and gave information that the farm-yard of Mr. Dadds, of Shitling, near Wiugham, was on fire. The Kent, Norwich, and Phoenix fire-engiues immediately started ; but ere they arrived, the flames had gained such an ascendancy as to reader their exertions comparatively useless. Scarcely a vestige of property has been saved, ex cept a shed or a stable ; the dwelling-house, barn, a wheat, a hay, and four straw stacks having been totally destroyed, as also some pigs and four heifers, which were on the premises. No doubt it was the work of an incendiary. There were not much above a hundred people then as sembled, but they increased to above a thousand. The prevailing feeling seemed to be a remarkable guardedness, a kind of reverse, or repressed thinking; there was very little conversation, and less noise than could have been ex pected from such a number. Wages hereabouts have lately been reduced lhd. a week. The damage is about 500/.-- Kent Herald. • A POACHER. -A son of Mr. Griffiths, of sawaLglays:: a n d i m ehs a ac d ew o nk c d , na l‘ gs l c o eu n ny t d g oi o nn nae g thf r r y e :h m same r e, a h es b pg o or u to. t u n t h e ground and t haen dyo weeks g uth ao, instantly went thither and found a partridge yet warm, and the flesh from its throat pecked off lie put the bird into his co it pocket, leaving the neck dangling outside. As the youth passed through a gate in the field he felt something pulli ng at his pocket, and then discovered that the hawk had pur sued him, and was boldly plucking at the head of the part ridge which was hanging from his pocket. The winged poacher afterwards sat in an attitude of defiance upon the gate-post.—Bath Herald. HOWITT'S BOOK OF THE SEASONS.—Mr. Howitt's work, under this pleasant and attractive title, will be especially bailed with welcome by the lovers of nature at the present period of the year, which is peculiarly the season of promise. Nature is now putting forth her early claims to the admiration and love of man : the diurnal light is increasing, and the underwoods are manifesting their young and tender buds as heralds to the „corning glories of spring. The birds are also beginning to sound their first gratulations at the termination of winter. Hope, in short, is the universal sentiment connected at this pe riod with the progress of nature ; though without s agreeable a monitor as Mr. Howitt, the greater part of the charms of the external world would be unenjoyed, cause not known. The admirer, therefore, of the boun ties of Providence, should read the " Book of the sons" as a guide and enhancer of his pleasure, which will surely be increased by its pure and eloquent details. Files of Quebec Papers to the 22d, and Mon treal Papers to the 25th ult., have been received, but their contents are totally uninteresting ; the winter had set in in good earnest, and the river was passable at all the usual places. By a private letter from 'Montreal, however, received by a mercantile house in the city, we regret to learn that the Castle of St. Louis, at Quebec, the resi dence of the Governor in Chief, had been destroyed by tire. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. ... Wheat. Barley. , Oats. 0 ....... .. —...--- -----,--. I -------- Per Quarter. I s.to s. s. to s, s. to 5. ~,• .., 6. Carlisle.,... '47 .15 _ 1 7 .... 4u Hexham................. 148 52 24 28 18 2 0 4 ", - ; is" . Morpeth .............,.... 137 45 25 27 15 1 , 8 , '" 38 Newcastle (Staff.) Penrith --,........—...... I 49 --- 26 --. !„' .. 38 Sheffield —,........,...... — 48 30 .-- nr ," ,;-; 44 Winchester ,46 55 24 28 18 .." -- d. a sd. Northallerton.---.. 7 0 9 3 3 6 4 6 3 3 4 0 5 0 6 6 5 38 . d (10 . 5 387 . d 06 9. si 1 693 . s gi d o, . 5 321 . d ot . s 2 . 3 . , . . ( i, (07 360 300 5t0ne..—....--.• 116 8 21 ,0 0 , 11 8 743 66 6 0 28 4 7 0 0 00 3 4 87 6 8 66 3 1 9 0 g g 6 (:),, 0 6 33. 5 6 u Warwick .............. 1 89 99 30 46 20 Per 8011. 6 10 4 6 60 8 8 0 4 6 6 4 7 g • 9 CCSl R )B:aa rc wPrr nar h nnhebi m arsararemir o ßddat n ugil7a s d liesehnt leil ...."..... ;1 1 0 16 6 8 6 9 0 5 0 6 4 8 8 b o 8 0 Stockton ..................... 111 3 13 6 8 6 9 0 4 0 4 8 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-- .F,e4;* 2kne 501. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sufiblk....-4. 44 ' 31 : 7 :: fine 4 0 L Lin. and Cam.......... .-..5. 425, t 4 _404. - Lo., to 465. fine -_- val. _-- F, L ie ir i c a il d ns a h n i d re s ....... l . l .....l . • • • • ..! 1 . 5 . ." -.....___ . WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-F c b•-fine Red, Norfclk and Sufiblk -s. 445. to 4Ss. fine 50s. Lin. and Cam. ......... -s. 425. to 475. fine 491• White --s. 475. to 525. fin e 555. Yorkshire -s. 425. to 465. fine 0 5 . , --- Foreign, Red - 4" 385. to 471 fine 555• Barley, Norfolk and W Shuiffteoli -s. 9. 4 71 . . to ° 509• finnnee 321551: - Yorkshire Wold ........................ 259 to s. fine 395. Foreign ... ....4, to ..41. fine --s. Beans, Old - New 355. to 395. fine 409. Oats, Potato 199. to 225. fine 23 1 . - Poland -s. 17s. to 19s. fine 20s. - Me 1 . a ing Shelling . .s. to Os. 10g~ Per 14 1: Malt 3ss. 395. fine 428. per Loa. Rapeseed fine 19s. 126: t t o o 189• fitine • SCO' 'CH M .RKET Wheat. Barlep al Aberdeen 40 Berwick 30 Coldstream 35 t upar 48 Dundee 50 Elgin 40 I n v er n 38 Kelso . 37 48 Perth 50 The size of tli 21 '23 16 18 26 19 31 30 33 24 2 6 05 26 23 19 29 23 26 sure val 14 18 13 12 14 14 18 22 0) 25 16 20 15 17 12 14 16 20 20 22 ies th roil 21 IS 21 25 20 -•••• 22 26 30 31 23 36 23 26 18 23 44 0 48 43 i 22 hout EDINBURGH COR . We had a large supply of the sales were not brisk. Oats. pease. Beans. Wheat. Barley. 31s Cd 3h Od First s7s Cd 325 Od 2 1, 8 d Od tg Od Second sos Od 27s Od 19s Od Ws ~,,, tOd Qua fallow, r teru c ‘1 A) t.... f .3 1. 0 5 Third 42s Od 21s Od 16s Od 25, u" 2 ' Is C d• Potatoes. 1711 b. 0 5 0 0 Beef, per lb. Os. 3; d.to Os .6d. Fresh Butter, lb. 6.10 d. to 0 • , Mutt0n................... 0 3 , 4 , 0 6 Salt Ditt0,........., Veal --- —..,...... 0 8 1 0 Ditto, per cis t. 711 0 , 0 Pork _0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 7 ~' 6 Lamb, per qr. 2 0 2 6 OatStrawikpl.) 7 0 ,i 6 PRICES 3 0 0 : P o :01'1510145, &C• 6 6 EDINBURGH MEAL Wheat H ßa a r y le l y 1 Y5 iit t tt . t ......... :: 0 67 7 00 0 9 N MARK 'all kinds ( wr.—Feb. >I Grain ti IY, and There was a middlingsupply and the sales were dull, at last s Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal LI 8 0 Second ditto 1 6 0 Barleymeal 1 4 0: Peasenseal . 1 4 0 Pot Barley—No. I, per cw t. --------- , MA UK ET.--Feb. IS. if oatmeal at this day's Market, reek's prices. Per Stone of I4lb. IMP , • First Oatmeal .......... X 0 . 1 6 Second ditto ............ 0 6 Barleymeal ........ ....... 0 1 • Peasemeal " .... . ... .. ~_ 0 1 1.-2 d. 14 s _3d 16,....p___ .. __tt1... i. a. , • . • i GLASGOW CORN The arrivals of Grain are me tion in prices. A 6._ ,1 ' .' Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 2641 b. S. --'.,.. pi 0 British,sold 260t028 0 Irish ......... .......... 14 00 '16 0' -- new 22 0 25 0 British l4 0 ' Canada, free ..... ... 28 0 29 0 Beans, per 2601 b. ... 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English — 0 0 Pease, Scottish ... 15 2 140 " Scottish 2O 0 22 0 Oatme al,Oer 1401 b. 13 u 430 ' Irish MARKETaerate, and .—Feb. 19. altcra we note no CORNWALL. MARKETS. nts 7 9d. TRURO—Wheat (average) 19s.9d.—Barley, 91 6d.-- ,, a --, figs. . • 10 ., .......- ST. AUSTELL—Wheat, —s. to 20s.—Barley, Os. to • 7s. to 7s. 3d. bats , 9s. P ENZANC E—Wheat, 19s. to :I.os.—Barley, to 105 ..... . „ 4 „.. lbs. to 7s. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to sid. — P ork, Od. to 0 Butter, 12d. per lb. nd....01011 I. 4uNCEST ON—Wheat (average) I9s.6.l.—Barley, 9s''' 6s &I.—Beef, 5-O.—Mutton, 6d. G , od ...Oats, Os. LISKEARD—Wheat, —s. to '.. , 05. Od.—Barley, --• • BODMIN—Wheat (average) 19s.—Barley, to 6s. 6d. 7 , Od• HELSTON—Wheat, 10s. 6d.—Barley, 95 Od. _ ...Bei to 1 0 . ST. COLUMR—Wheat, 19s. to —s.—Barley , I ° . '• int' Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb. Oct. Tons. Cwt MINING- INTELLIGECE' 9 403 Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday , ~,, 0 ......e....... "..• icul i, 0 Os. 0d...03tg , Average Produce Quantity of fine 1134 I3f. Amount olSale, 14,307/. 13, 6a.—Averag9 Standar, . .1 E HA MILTONS.-ThiS new novel, by 1 "; author of " Mothers and Daughters," will aPP ear i .je few diys, it is said to be written in the author's best at) and to apply peculiarly to the manners and characters ° the present day. BIRTHS. John On the 22d inst., at Packwood House, the lady °` - Is James, a e sioo t ig h , en.n e , s r ,t,t s , lifii t i; o as n q:d , . 69: E ttuhh s 3g q iiih . :. ~ tiss:o t t. r: f . : o a aaftt s aoßcnoa. son, r w r e o s e , k t , h n e e l a a r d C y a o r f l i W s l ei,llti7e 1 :::::: 7 lowingO , Q W t w Oeln n ft 18th h t t l i d l ic e e a h1 . 17dt. ins t . , Mrs. v ' Edgard el Wa h r e ci f . Heawood, of the Grammar School, Sevenoaks, of a '°"' Mandersou, late of nosft the . , at HMouns.s Company'sc l rgh, th the shiplady of ~.,•,, J. f t " a son. o i c ISCIf On the 20th inst., in Half.moon-street, Piccadilly, '''" of T. P. L. Hallett, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, of a son. itef. o f the On the 17th inst., at Speen, Berks, the lady James Edward Austen, of a son. MARRIED. 11 j i to; , to ~ 0 On the 20th inst., at Cranford, Mr. Thomas Flock of Horselydown, to Miss Charlotte Maligned. of t he I° place. 110° 4 Henry Vade, Esq , to Harriet, youngest daughter of j -l' thi O n n co t i h n e be 2 . o E th sl i . n , sct.o,pagtr,Swt.e,Gleo,orrgkeslll:lloVer-SqUaret ~.4.000 11a rls' On the 26th of August last, at St. George's Church, ; eoo , Augustus Frederick Oakes, Esq., of the Hon. East Inda t ' 0 parry's Horse Artillery, to Fanny, daughter of the lat e e Dalby, Esq., of Leicester. c As ton, ~° l. On the 6th inst., Mr. Joseph Barnett, Yeoman °' , I ;harilr'' the parish of Remenham, Berks, near Henley-0n" ;. for; Oxon, to Hannah, relict of the late Mr. Thomas W 3t ` ti ler 01 merly of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and daug " the Rev. T. I'. Slapp, of Old Buckenham, Norfolk. 1 0 leb" to e' g On the 19th inst., at Christ Church, St. Mary George Knight, of Bridge-street, Farnham, SurreY' plac e' Lamport, relict of Mrs. Thomas Lamport, of the same w e On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover.square!";goet cial license, the Right Hon. the Earl of Glengall, to IP 'Monist', Lauretta, the youngest daughter of the late William __. rTesP"--C-antr°l Df . I°lj. '` • gensp i e 1 00' • " 9 4 ' 17 v eld I ‘, 4c, 06 ' t :1 Age A . Ir, Fo §l7 a ughte'll, Gran ° . relict. of t bs an o o e be Tic (' COl° rlel t fotlf - ttl 4rodoil, Esq., of Woodford, Essex, DIED. H e ath, rel ict of On the 19th inst., at Paris, Mrs. Heath, Esq., late of Queen -square. John M' On the 19th inst., at Broome, near Donang,• Ewart, Esq., of that place , and of the Beeches, Stiss'" On the 20th inst., Mr. W. Abercrombie, Of crescent, Bedford -square, in his 68th year. On the 16th inst. , in Bisho p stei g nton, Devon, MO' Curteis, aged 54, relict of the late William Curteir , Croom's-bill, Blackheath. On the 6th inst., at Riverhead, in Kent, Mrs. Judith aged 77. Drowned on the 17th ult., in crossing Mill Cre ek ' Cincinnati, United States, Mr. Arthur Fletcher, age d p t of Joseph Fletcher, Esq., Liverpool, and confidential "t-. the house of Brown, Hanson, and ee „, Co., New Broad -rtr „ '1 'f young man whose integrity, vi r t ues , an d amiable ( 101- endeared him to his employers and all who knew hil°' dal On the 17th inst., at D aw li s h , I sa b e ll a , youngest Citl of the late Rev. Willi am Villi ers R o bi nson , Rector ° f Underwood, Northamptonshire. reh' On the 20th inst., at Cheltenham Mrs. Hey man ' An! Henry Heyman, Esq., of Queen.square,' Bl o omsbu r y - the • Priory, Roehampton, and man y y ea rs Consul for Towns. v ear, th' On the 20th inst., at Leamington, in his Cray n ' Arthur L. L. Kaye, Rect of Thornton, tr , On the 13th inst., Eliza Sophia, eldest claugh f ter ° Mansel, of TJpway, oret, aged 5. e, On the 18th inst., D in s her sth l yat ? year , Eleanor e rnd ot daughter of the Rev. G. Hemming, Rector of Litt' Essex. „ n ett, On the 17th inst., in Woburn-place, John Pe" er' Secretary to Lloyd's, in his 56th year. d -One' an fa' On the 24th of December, on his return to ,- '' i neng 3 ' count of ill health, Lieut. Samuel Matlock, of the - OP pi, gineers. Jal ins On the 17th inst., in Upper Norton.street, Mr. gri4 • , in his 38th year. ore' • On the 19th inst., in Arundel.street, Pan ton 5411 " • ye ar. re , Grace Nichol!, formerly of Bushy, Herts, in her 8.4,13 t On the 18th inst., in her sth year, Eleanor I s o poop daughter of the Rev. G. Hemming, Rector of Litti W t s, i d° ! 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