The Sun. — London, England, 1831-02-02 00:00:00

FOOT PAVEMENT OF THE STRAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—As your excellent Piper was a few Months ago. made the medium of some remarks pro-and con, respect ing the experimental use of a new description „of foot pavement, which had been then lately , laid in tie Strand, ne,,rly in front of your own office, I world, with your per ,tate a simple fact, resulting from the. observation el '"Y"'lf aml s,veral of my neighbours, which, in my Lcmile o , inion, speaks volumes in favour of the stone. striking contrast between the new stone (Scotch, I believo,) and the Yorkshire pavement is this, that in damp weather I observe the former remains perfectly dry an I NV hen die litter is saturated with water and covered with mud. This is a consideration of no small moment to the public generally, hut more especially to us trade , inep, as materially contributing to the comfort of our customers, and c onsequently promoting our own interests. The ohj,ct of these remarks is to attract the notice of the 10c7,1 authorities, and particularly of our public spirited so , vt-vor, Mr. Cadegan. to the subject, in order that if in other r,spects the stone is found to answer, my neighbours may, in c•onmon with myself, reap the benefit of its ge neral adoption in the parish. With many apologies for this intrusion on your valuable columns, I remain your constant realer, AN INHABITANT OF THE STRAND. TIIE CEIURCI-I-TITIIES-POOR LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sig, The present critical state of this kingdom crliv firtli every w e ll-meaßing Englishman to state fairly his , p ioiru,s, and as the whole of the grievances the people so lotullcomplain of cannot be treated simultaneously, I beg t, ycu with the following remarks on our Pro t. tent Clergy as a body, connected with our poor laws; which r, . marks, if you think well to insert in your truly ind,pendent and most usefil Paper, I shall be glad, as my oh;t-ct is, that every fair argument may be made use of to shex the necessity of the Government hearing fairly all sides., and not let any body of men, be they whom they may, live unc,nstitutionally upon the hard earnings of the peoplo, which pervert the intentions of all our truly gucri instituti , ns. Our inother church I hope will never by the people be left to fail into lißreApect. To insure its permanent ascen d,mcy, the people and Government have only to look strlct,y after the conduct of its Ministers, and see they do their i-toty as becomes them, and not suffer the sacred chit raoer a clergyman ought to possess disgraced, by finding SO many of its members of the present day foremost in our brawls of contested elections, as well seated upon our I),.ncl,es as magistrate?, political writers in newspapers, . in short, thirsting daily after power, place, and pen sion, and pith aities of church livings, which the meanest cdpacity of the present day loudly cries out against. I speaking, Mr. Editor, s)f . the Protestant Church as a b o dy riot individually, as many of our Church Clergy I )(now. are meek, humane, gaud men, and truly prais•- v. °Ft; y. The old •ttaiu on the character of the Clergy as a body, I wiii to removed, viz. the charge brought vgainst them tiai‘y of having se . zed upon the poor marl's right in the titi.ea, anciently granted by our forefathers, for the tape - chi! poses of maintaining and upholding our places of wersaip, the pone and needy, and the Clergy them selitea, all of which tithes have been sequestered by the Clerey for their sole use and benefit, and the people again called upon, out of their hard earnings, to maintain their poor, and euoptirt our places of worship. Surely for the character sake of our Clergy, and the reverence we lipid our Church in, the Government cannot too p:oinptly ' , move this stain from our Clergy, by remo dJlitoy their income ; and as I am much attached to the right the pestpla have to know what they pay their money for, I yet Lope to see tie voice of the people in each palish ap • point their own Clergy ; but I would have the Govern ment fir m iu seeing the Clergymen duly paid, and enabled to live indepetient as their sacred duty demands they a l ooi ll 010, and on no account allow them to trade and Inaffic with the people. .1 contend, Mr. Editor, that the occupiers of land should not be It to lie eiiaded by the Clergy for the tenth of prodace, by which system all stimulus to improve ment is par ,lystl. itt the aliseace of a letter mode of paying the Clergy, Jet the rate of their incomes become chargeable upon the owner -nf the land, houses, &c., and not the ocupiers, as it is stsninst COM OIVII sense to expect the clergyman and his parisleitmera can n eat in charity on a Sunday, when tliev have been squalibling all the week over the tithe. Fearing I may occupy too much of your valusble time an y Paper, I will hasten to make a few remarks on our poor laws, which I consider may be easily improved, and no individual suffer by it, unless it is the profession Gf the law, whose practitioner& it would much diminish in number ; and that by removing at one sweep all the pro ceedings of disputed settlement cases which daily disgrace our Cootts, and help to break down all sense of truth in the pauper, as five shilling.; will induce him to swear himself to any parish tt.e present race of guardians of the poor wish ifirti to be removed to—in short it is considered, I sun sorry to say. fair to get rid cf a pauper by any means, sn that the law is kept clear of. My plan t r effeet en immediate Reform in the poor law:, would be, to do away all settlements from the pea mut ;moment but what were obtained by birth ;—let every child, /jell and poor, from the present time, follow his parents' settlement, and by whittle remove the present curse sta the poor man as the low now stands, viz. gaining set tlements by hiring for twelve months, apprenticeships, or renting ten pound per annum. Let nothing but tie parents' set than: tit exist, and you then give the paar man a chance, who lives out of the parish he may belong to, by gond condoet to induce his em ro-,er to let him land, &c.. which self-defence, be the poor mania conduct ever so good, as the law now stands, fothicis, as the master says I cannot encourage this roan, fir it I let him land, 1 shall make a settlement, conse ou ntly not only injure myself but my neighbour: as such, the law of settlement as it now stands not only narrows tic poor non's means of gaining bread, but whet is still werse, narrows the heart of man to moan. Again, a poor man requiring temporary relief in a parish lie deem not belona to. In place of receiving relief when necessary, and making his own parish refund under nn from a Magistrate, the reverse is. the palish officer applied to, gives some trifle, then takes the poor applicant to a Magistrate, swears him to his settlement, packs him and his family into a pass-cart, trots him over to his and there leaves him to the frowns of those be is thus thrown amongst; and his lord and master the parish officer, by sending him to break stones or sonic ceiter description cf work for a bare existence, thinks he will drive the poor man again into the world, to seek Letter fere, and more humane treatment. Settlements by hiring, renting, and apprenticeship, orate not rid of, half the present expense on parishes would be saved, which is DOW spent in officers dancing attend. ance on Magistrates for orders of removal, and expensive litigations growing out of the same : in fact, the removal of paupers, I have no doubt, has been one great means of increasing the number of the gentlemen of the law, say some thousands, which, I think, is not one of the least enila vos to lay to the present practice of administee ing th • poor laws. A PROTESTANT. N.D. When vested rights in tithes ran honestly be shown, suet) as private e ndowments', in such caaes tat the value of the said living be set out upon said estate in land, I y proper Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament, or the etelowtnent valued and charged upon the estate, and land I ntl-chased in other districts to uphold the said endow sinoit ; hut on no account allew the tithe of the oceopier's produce tci be subject to said tithe. THE " LA'rITAT FAMILY."--A Cone s3,lnient calculates, from official documents, the number of barristers at 1,13 4 , whose fees constitute nea.rly 15 p e r cent. of the Ivlmle exp.!uces I.tv suits ; conveyancers and pleadtrs, 14'2; London attorney, 9,342 ; country ntternev,:, 2, 7 32 ; •total number of "gentle men learned in the law," in England an:l Wales, 13,348, being 453 more than there were on thl.lst of January, 1830. For the 10 years ending in 1830, the attorneys paid in duties on articles of clerkship, admi.sious, and yearly certificates, nearly one million one hundred thousazd poun:ls sterling ! KNACKERSN ovrLE GliosT.—lt has seldom fallen to our lot to nutlet! a " ghost story' which Ivim gained greater ground in the belief of the deluded pea santry that; the one we ::re shout to record. A little girl, about 1:2 years of pr, the vi c ti m of a d e signing woman: it WOUA FeVlll, flept apart from her parents, and bearing, upon various OCCASitrus,frig . l.tful noises, as if proceeding frota tia•cicr tie heti on wheli ske lay, suffered so much a gitation aad a l a r : n, that ire; mental f acu l t i es h ave be come impairt , l, aad she refuses ‘04.11 meat and drink. Ileitee the t the told by the credulous and vulgar—_ " The child's both witc'h and watchl, , .? As usual, the Clergyman has been called , with the p ar i s h o w:table, to " lay the ghost , " which proves (by her ow n iconf ssion) to be a Wonrin, whose diabolical spirit could Itit:l:ten an innocent child for the sake of punishing its Site is about to bt. brought up for examination bforee RALPFI FitaNco, Esq., when we hope she will with a punishment commensulate with her de btrt-.—/roin a Correspcnclent of the Plymouth Journal. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. Office of the Lord Chamberlain to the 2B, Queen, B: Queen's House, . e'ss, , Jan. 1I!. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE DRAWING-ROOM AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The ladies who propose to attend the Drawing-room to be held on Thursday, the 24th of February next, are requested to bring two cards, with their names thereon written, one to be left with the Queen's Page in attendance, and the other ro be delivered to the Queen's L , :rd Chamberlain, who will announce the names to her Majesty. And those ladies who arc to be presented are hereby informed that it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the name of the lady who is to present them, should be sent into the office of the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen before twelve o'clock on Saturday, the 19th February, in order that E they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation, it being her Majesty's command that no presentations at the Drawing-room shall be made through the Lord Chamberlain, unless the name of the lady presenting, with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered, as before directed, cor responding with the names sent into the office of the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen. No lady can be received by her Majesty, but in conformity with the above regulations. Lord Clyvnberlain's-Office, Feb. I. List of Collar Days My observed by the Knights of the seve ral Orders who have been installed,•or received the Sovereign's !loyal Warrant dispensing with Installation :—February 24, St. Matthias, the Queen's Birth-day kept —March I, St. David.— March 17, St. Patrick.—Easter Sunday.—Easter Monday.— Easter Tuesdity.—April 23, St. George—April 25, St. Mark.— May 1, St. Philip and St. Jaines.May 28, the King's Birth-day Kent.—May 29, Restoration of the Royal Family.—Whit Sunday. —Whit Monday.—Whit Tuesday —June 26, his Majesty's Ac cession to the Crown.—June 29, St. Peter.—July 23, St. James. —August 24, St. Bartholomew.—September 21, St. Matthew. — October 18, St. Luke—October 28, St. Simon and Jude.—The sth of November.—November 30, St. Andrew.—December 21, St. Thomas. At the Court at Brighton, the 31st day of January, 1831, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. William George Earl of Errol, and the Right Hon. Richard William Earl Howe were, by his Ma jesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. Duchy of Lancaster, Jan. 31. The King has been this day pleased to appoint Peregrine Edward Towneley, of Towneley, Esq. to be Sheriff of the county Palatine of Lancaster, for the year ensuing. At the Court at Brighton, the 31st day of January, 1831, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Sheriffs appointed by his Majesty in Council for the year 1831. Bedfordshire—Samuel Charles Whitbread, of Cardington, Esq. Berkshire—Charles Eyston, of Kist Hendred, Esq. Buckinghamshire--Henry Andrewes Uthwatt, of Great Linford, - - Esq. Cambridge and Huntingdonshire—John Bendyshe, of Knees- worth, Fsq. Cheshire—Sir Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley, of Hooton, Bart. Cumberland—John Taylor, of Dockray-Hall, Esq. Cornwall—John Hearle Trernayne, of Heligan, Esq. Derbyshire—Sir Charles Henry Colvile, of Duffield, Knt. Uevonshire—Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey, of Tawstock, Bart. Corsetshire—The Honourable Henry Dawson Darner, of Milton Abbey. Essex—William Davis, of Leyton, Esq. Gloucestershire—Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, of Flaxley- Abbey, Bart. Herefordshire—John Arkwright, of Hampton-court, Esq. Hertfordshire—Augu,tus Smith, of Ashlyns-hall, Esq. Kent—Baden Powel, of Speldhurst, Esq. Leicdstershire—George John Danvers Butler Danvers, of Swithland, Eq. Lincolnshirc—l lenry Bacon Hickman, of Thonnock-house, Esq. Monmouthshire—William Hollis, of Mounton, Esq. Norfolk—John Angerstein, of Weeting, Esq. Northamptonshire—Beriali B Afield, of Norton Hall, Esq. Northumberland —George Silvertop, of Minster Acres, Esq. Nottinghamshire—Thomas Moore, of Ruddington, Esq. Oxfordshire—Sir Henry John Lambert, of Aston, Bart. Rutlandshire—Thomas Birch Reynardson, of Essendine, Esq. Shropshire—Sir Edward Joseph Smythe, of Acton Burnell Park, Bart. Somersetshire—Thomas Shewell Bailward, of Horsington Esq. Statfbrdshire—Thomas Fitzherbert, of Swinnerton Park, Esq. County of Southampton—Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, of Tich borne Park, Bart. Sutiblk—John Read, of Primrose-hill, Holbrook, Esq. Surrey—Harvey Combe, of Cobham Park, Esq. `Buzzes—William Courthope Mabbott, of Uckfield, Esq. Warwickshire— George Lucy, of Charlecotes, Esq. Wiltshire—Paul Methuen, of Corshain-house, Esq. Worcestershire--Osman 'heard.), of Bromsberrow-place, Esq. Yorkshire—Sir Henry Goodricke, of Ribtone,hall, Esq. SOUTH WALES. carmarthenshire—FAiward Hamlyit Adams, of Middleton-hall, Esq, Pembrokeshire.-John Mirchouse, of Brownslad, Esq. Cardiganshire—John Palmer Bruce Chichester, of Llanhadarn- faw'r . , Esq. Glarnorganshire—Richard Hoare Jenkins, of Lanharran, Esq. Breconshire—Fuller Maitland, of Garth, Esq. Radnorshire—Richard Duppa, of Llanshay, Esq. NORTH WALES. Anglesca—Owen Owen, of Llanfigael, Esq. Carnarvonshire—Rice Thomas, of Coedhelen, Esq. Merionethshire—Hugh Lloyd, of Cefnbodig, Esq. Montgomeryshire—Robert Maurice Bonner, of pcdynfol, Esq. Denbighshire—Wilson Jones, of Gelligonan, Esq. Flintshire—Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, of Hawarden-Castle, Dart. War-Office, Feb. 1. Ist Regiment of Life Guards,---Lieut. T. Medwin, from the half pay of the 24th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice G. W. Fox Lord Kinneird, who exchanges ; Corporal T. Taylor to be Regimental Quartermaster, Feb. 1, 1831. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Corporal H. Turner to be Regimental Quartermaster, Jan. 1. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—J. C. Kearney, Gent., to be Cornet, by puretia.se, vice Hodge, who retires, Feb. 1. 3d Dragoon Guards.-. Lieut. C. A. Sheppard, from the 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice \V. H. B. J. NVilson, who retires upon the half-pay of the New South Wale: Veteran Companies, receiving the difference, Feb. 1. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—W. B. Hinde Gent., to to Cornet, by purchase, vice Iromid., appointment has not taken piare, Feb. I. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign R. Lloyd to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vir Ilarvey, deceased; Gentleman Cadet M. R. Pinfold, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Lloyd, Feb. 1. 17th Foot—Lieut. H. Carew, from the half-pay of the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Allsopp, who retires, re ceiying a commutation allowance, Feb. 1. 26th Foot—Lieut. It. J. E. Rich, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, Who retires ; Ensign A. E. Shelley to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Rich, l.eb. 1. 29th Foot—Ensign W. Hemphill, from the 66th regiment, to be Ensign, vice Judgson, who exchanges, Feb. 1. 31st Foot—Lieut. R. Travers, from the half-pay of the New South Wales Veteran Companies, to be Lieutenant, vice Shop paed, appointed to the 3d Dragoon Guards, Feb 1 . 54th V00t.,-Lieut.-Col. J. Reed, from the 68th Regiment, to be Lleutenant-Coioncl, vice R. Murray, who retires upon half-pay of the Coldstream Foot Gnarls ; Lieut. W. R. Farrant, from the half-pay of the 35th Regiment, to he Lieutenant, vice It. G. C. Coote, who exchanges, Feb. 1. 66th Foot —Ensign J. C. Judgson, from the .9th Regimmt, vice Hemphill, who exchanges, Feb. 1. wit Foot—Lieut.-Col. T. Barrow, from the half-pay of the Coldstrean} l9ot Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice heed, appo inted to tit - 6 54th Foot, 78th Foot---D. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M un ro, appointed to the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. 92d Ditto—t.ieut. R Pitcairn, from the 7th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Mackrell, appointed to the 24.1 ot, Feb. 1. BREVET.—The under-mentioned Cadets, of the Hon. the East India Company's Service, to have temporary rank as Ensigns daring the period of their being placed under the command of Colonel Pasity s of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions it, the j - ; eart of Sapping and Mining :—Gentleman Cadet J. Cunningham ; Gentleman Cadet T. H. Sale; Gentle man Cadet S. E. 0. Ludlow ; Gentierean Cadet W. Graham ; Gentleman Cadet P. Brougham ; Gentleman Cadet J. Inverarity. Jan. 20. Commiszions in the Ist Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Ca valry, 44041 by the Lord, Lieutenant of the County of Oxford. T. A. W. Parker, %overt., to be Lieutenant, vice Lord Villiers, promoted ; Cornet the richt. ff. Walker to be ditto, vice Lord Norreys, promoted, Jan. 24. Commissions in the Uxbridge Volunteer liniintr , , signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Atidaieset. T. it Rlphcs, Esq. to be Captain, Jan. 19; W. Rayner, Esq. to be Second Captain, Jan. ;H. Norton ' Gent. to be Lieute nant, Jan. 20; T. 11g..siey, Gent. LL. D. to be ditto, Jan. 21; C. Webster, Gent. to be tinsrgp, Jan, 20; C. King, Gent. to be ditto, Jan. 21. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Tl-10 ij A S STEVENSON, Chesterfield, joiner. GEORG f.; LE, Cardiff; Glamorganshire,brick-merchant BAIiKRUPTCY ENLARGED. ANGUS MACDONALD and ARCHIBALD CAMP BELL, Regent-street, army-agents, from Dec. 24 to Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. }BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SAMUEL WEBB, Reading, builder. BANKRUPTS. DAVID JONES, Caftwy . cl, Gwyddelwern, Merionethshire,j victualler, to surrender March 10, at eleven, at the Lion Inn: Bala, Merionethshire. RICHARD TIP lON, Gloucester scrivfaier, 15, and Warch 15, at eleven, at the Fleece inn, Cheltenham. Tonifins and Mayliew, Stanle-Inn, London ; Ward, Cheltenham. WILLI:4IV. WHITE, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, upholsterer, rib. R, at the office of Messrs. BurLury and Lain- Pray, solicitors, Leamington Priors, 11, and March 15, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, War Wick: iitrlitiry and Lampray ; Mey rick and Cox, Red Lion-square, Lopata". yi.,I.ANCIS WILLIAM PADDON, Plyrno.ath, printer, Feb. 14, 15, and March 15, at eleven, at the, King's AVMs Ply moot , Skitike, Plymouth. ROBERT H.OI3'J 14 . l Manchester, silk-mercer, Feb. 17, 18, and March 15 , at two, at Rig Albion Hotel, Manchester. Hind marsh arid Son, Manchester; faind t earsh and Son, Crescent, J ew in-street, Cripplegate. EDWARD H A WKSWORTH, Upper Bridge, I.,pii;n• Thong, VOrkshire grocer, Feb. 10 , at six , 11, and Mar c h 15; g tea, at the Pack.litaras? ; Huddersfield , Yorkshire. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, London,- 42longhs and Norton, HudAersfield. ROBERT THOM-SON; Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 22, , and March 15, at two, at 1.4e.e _Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Mlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, B. , edford-row, London ; Houghton and Broadhurst, Liverpool. ROBERT !git), Plymouth, printer, Feb. 16, ii, arm. March 15, at eleven, ai tl.e C omme r c ial Hotel, Plymouth. ' Blake, Essex-street, Strand London; Prideaux, Plymouth. JAMES KIDD, BrOok . .Greeii-teirace, Hammersmith, baker, Feb. 4, at three, 11, at tw9, ;41 Marcil 1,5, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Lave , ,Bropk Greenlterraoe Hammer smith. A O I - 1N JACKSON, Shad Thames, Horslydown,coal-rnenahant, Feb. eleven, 18, at twelve, an March 15, at eleven, at the Court of Co:arissioners. Rattenbury, St. John's, Southwark. JOSEPH COU'i,STOCK, Reigate, Surrey, miller, Feb. 4, 18, and March 15, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Luttly and Son, Dyers' Hall, Dovrgat.-,till ; Hart, Reigate. JAMES It A LPH A 150 !ITER LO N ' , Great Ormond-street, dyer, Feb. I I, 1 8 , and March 15, at ten, atTlst Ceurt of Commis_ Iler Feb JOI D.; PEAL'Sr, Sidbury, De v onshire, victua , . sioneis. BePtham, Freernan'i-court, Cornhiil. and March 15, at tvi,lve, at the Globe Hotel, Exeter. Daw, Exeter ; Dyne, Lineoliic WILLIAM HA RIMER, Wigan, L?ncashire, coacli-maker, Feb, 0, at six, 1 0 , at ten , and March IT, at t.::;elve, at_ the office of Battersby and Banks, Wiga n. Battersb y and Ban:„. Wi f, gan ; Norris, Allen, and Anthony, John-street Bedford -row. ST lA FFORDSPL WarpOrd-court,ThrogmOrton-street, merchant, Feb. 8, at eleven, 18; at twelve, and' March 15, at eleven, at the Court of CornitiisSiodera.' Tr.m.pler and Co., Great 'rower-street. DIVIDENDS. J. Rogers, Knightsbridge, victualler, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the C.;,!irt of Commissioners; J. Coppock and C. Cross, Gutter. lane, Cheapilite silk-warehousemen, Feb. 22, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners; I. Waring, Somerset-place, Middlesex, fac tor, Feb. t.l•2 ' t'.t two, at the Court of Commissioners ; J. Grave* Langbouni Chambers, merchant, ..", ob. 22, at twelve, at the Couri of Commissioners; T. C. Biggs, Itussia-row, silk manufacturer, Feb. B, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners • . G. Kieckhoefer, Islington, dealer, Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court oftommis, sioners; IL Mayne, Jermyn-street, St. James's, banker; Feb, 22, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners ; J. Scott and M. Ellis, Cateaton-street, warehousemen, Feb. 25, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners ; B. Biggs, Walworth, Surrey, surveyor, Feb. 25, at one, at the Court of Commissioners; H. Stansbie, Birming ham, paper-dealer, Feb. 22, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Bir mingham; D. Walters, Swansea, Glamorganshire, linen-draper, Feb. 24, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Bristol; J. Meredith, Prescot, Lancashire, innkeeper, Feb. 22, at one, at the Claren don-buildings, Liverpool ; W. Hudson, Birmingham, victualler, Feb. 22, at twelve, at Wilday's Royal Hotel, Birmingham ; F. Wyatt, Plymouth, grocer, March I, at two, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport ; J. T. Wilde, Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, grocer, Feb. 24, at one, at the Angel Inn, Rotherham, York shire ; J. Goodehild, sen., Low Paillon, Durham, J. Jackson and W. Jackson, Dowgate ha f, London, J. Goodchild, jun. High Pallion, Durham, J. Jackson, Appleton, Durham, and T. Jones, sen., Greencroit, Durham, bankers, March 2, at twelve, at the Bridge Inn, Bishopwearmouth. CERTIFICATES—FEB. 22. T. Manley, Wentworth-street, Whitechapel, sugar-refiner; E. R. Thomas and J. D. Watford, Fenchurch-street. brokers ; G. S. Greening, Sheffield, draper ; T. Plummer and W. Wilson Fenchurch-street, merchants ; W. Padley, Tetford, Lincoln_ shire, brewer; J. Hagart, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, tea-dealer; H. Fryer, Sunderland near the Sea, Durham, ship-owner ; J. Tripin and G. Armitage, Doncaster, coach-makers; P. Hill, Greek-street, Soho, picture-dealer; J. Walker, Portsmouth, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Ward and T. Sutton, Wolverhampton, grocers ; I'. and and W. Jennings, Pleasant-row, Pelham-street, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, jacquard-machine-manufacturers; P. P. Bouverie and H. F. S. Lefevre and Co., Haymarket, bankers ; G. Bangley, W. Nott, .1. Evans, and G. B. Over, Budge-row, wholesale stationers; S. Sidden, sen., S. Sidden, jun., and T. Sidden, St. Margaret, Kent, timber-merchants ; W. Oliver and T. Stone, Bristol, tea-dealers ; J. and T. Bishop, Nottingham, merchants ; J. Goddard and J. Brown, Kingston-upon-Hull, harness-makers ; G. Clare and R. L. Wynne, Liverpool, hop_ merchants ; J. Williams and A. H. Geary, Shrewsbury, tailors; J. Giflbrd, Netherbury, Dorsetshire, and A. Hull, Dowlish, Somersetshire, flax-spinners ; R. and J. Kay, Manchester, woollen-manufacturers; R. Earushaw, sen., Roal, J. Moody, Knottiugley, and J. Farrar, Whitley, Yorkshire, packet-boat owners ; H. Hunt and J. Green, Brook-street, Grosvenor square, surgeons ; J. and W. Gwillim, London-wall, chymists ; K P. Fordham, North Audley-street, and R. Bright, South Audley-street, surgeons ; J. McKinley and M. Stevens, Chester, linen-drapers ; W. King and S. Were, Copthall-court, attorneys; R. Midgley and H. Wilkinson, Colne, Lancashire, hat-manufac turers ; H. and NV. Houldsworth, Glasgow, and P. Fairbairn, Leeds, machine-makers ; J. Guthrie, T. and C. Dearnaly, Mas. brough, Yorkshire, carriers ; W. Dyer and G. Choat, Braintree, Essex, cabinet-makers ; S., T., and H. Swift, Huddersfield, cloth-drawers; J. McClure and J. Cooper, Cheadle Bulkeley, Cheshire, silk.th rowsterti. FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. (From the Ladies' Museum for February.) WALKING DRESS. A dress composed of claret-coloured gros de Naples; the cor sage mane up to the throat, sits close to the shape, and is finished round the top by four scallops of the same material, corded round with satin. Sleeve ala Medicis ; the cuff is scal loped to correspond with the bust. A rouleau of the fur of the grey squirrel goes round the border of the dress. The hat is of green velvet ; the crown, which is of the melon form, is par tially covered with a drapery of the same material, and adorned by five ostrich feathers, white tipped with green ; they are placed in different directions. The muff and boa tippet are of the fur of the grey squirrel. MORNING DRESS. A dress composed of rose-coloured gros des lodes; corsage of a three-quarter height, to fasten behind. The upper part of the sleeve is excessively full, the lower part sits close to the arm, and is ornamented at the wrist with a rich but very light black silk trimming, disposed ala Clievaliere. Apron of dark green gros de ,Naple, made with braces, which cross in drapery folds, and are ornamented with epaulettes. The apron is trimmed with satin points to correspond in colour ; they are headed by a rou, leau. The cap, of a simple but elegant form, is composed of rose-coloured velvet, and trimmed with black blond lace, so ar ranged es to be very much off the face; the strings are of black and rose-coloured striped riband. EVENING nuEss, A dress of rose-coloured satin, figured in green and gold ; the corsage is cut low, and arranged in drapery, so as partially to dis play a blond lace Aemiselle. Manche a la Mainlenon : it is of the beret form, very large, and ornamented on the shoulders, and at the bottom, with blond lace ; the latter trimming is disposed in the style of an antique ruffle. The head-dress is a beret corn. posed of white and gold gauze, intermixed with rose-coloured- gauze ; the part next the face is adorned with emeralds. The scarf is of white gauze ; the ear-rings burnished gold. (From the Gentleman's Magazine of Fashions.) ♦ MORNING DRESS. A sky-blue morning coat; the skirts are cut large and full; the lappels are long, narrow at bottom and wide at top, and rather puckered, with a short broad collar ; this coat is intended to button over the breast ; the sleeves are made with a fly, with three gilt buttons; it is made without pocket flaps. The waist. coat is of black velvet; it is made with a narrow rolling collar, plain gilt buttons, and bound with a silk cord. The trowsers are called pantaloon-trowsers, from their beingbetween trowsers and pantaloons; they are cut accordingly, fitting the shape easily from the hip to the bottom. ♦ RIDING DRESS. This coat is made single.bceasted, without the usual outside pocket flaps • the pockets are therefore placed inside ; the buttons should be bronze gilt, and the collar of velvet. AN EVENING DRESS. The eoat is sky-blue, the breast of which is not full, and roll ing completely back to the bottom ; to produce this, the collar and breast must be on the inside stiff, and thickly wadded ; the skirts are rather shorter than those of last month, and rather wider at bottom. Thewaistcoat is of buff crape cashmere, made up without binding, and with a square turn-back collar. The trowscrs are of black kerseymere ; they tit the shape tightly down the leg and thigh, and are worn without straps at bottom. A MILITARY FROCK COAT. The edges are trimmed with rich mohair braid ; the breast or namented with French frogs and loops, hooks and eyes fasten it down in front ; the cuffs are trimmed with the same braid, in an Austrian knot or crow's foot ; tile s}iiris can he lined with buff serge or of the colour of the coat. The trowsers of buff kersey, with gaiter tongues, are cut moderately large, and button up in front. WORCESTER PARLIAMENTARY RE- FORM, At a meeting of tl:e Members of the Worcester Political Union, and other inhabitants of the city of Worcester, and neighbourhood, held on Monday, January 24, the following Petition to the House of Commons, praying for Parliamentary Reform, was agreed to : TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT AS SEMBLED. THE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED MEM BERS OF THE POLITICAL UNION, AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER, AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, . _ Slieweth,—That your petitioners perceive, from painful ex. perience, that your Honourable House, instead of representing the opinions, feelings, and interests of the great body of the people • instead of being the safeguard and p ro tector of the rights, and privileges of the nation at large, has become subservient to, and the representative of, the will and power of an overgrown Aristocracy (not of that ancient and honourable Aristocracy who established and defended the liberties of the people, but of that Jew and boroughmongering Aristocracy, alike the enemies of the King, of the ancient Aristocracy, and of the people) ; and under whose influence your Honourable House has abetted and supported every wicked and tyrannical Minister of the day. That your Honourable House has, by a series of acts, com menced, forwarded, and upheld, a most wanton, profligate, and monstrous expenditure of the public money ; which, wanton, pro. fligate, and monstrous expenditure of the public money has mainly tended to benefit, enrich, and increase the influence of a corrupt boroughmongering Aristocracy. Your Honourable House has accordingly uniformly agreed to acts for the benefitting the said boroughmongering Aristocracy and other traltickers of seats in your Honourable House, by the keeping up of all useless places, unmerited pensions, sinecures, an immense st aiding army, and in officering that immense stand ing army as well as navy in the most extravagant Manner ; all of which acts h ye tended to produce that greatest of all national evils,—that greatest of all monuments of the folly, corruption, and aegenera:y of your Honourable House—the NATIONAL DEBT. Here ycur petitioners make one remark : they think it a little strange that your Honourable House should occupy so much of your valuable time, session after session, in dismissing measures to deprive the poor industrious famishing labourer and artisan, when out of employ, of a scanty parochial pittance, and yet it should never occur to the recollection of your Honourable House of the necessity and propriety of taking away the pay of that long, gripveus, and disgraceful list of State Paupers, who have fattened of the vitals of the country, not one of whom but is otherwise well circumstanced in life, and the generality of whom have not rendered the State any real service. Your petitioners, with all due submission to your Honourable House, conceive it more disgraceful to be a State Pauper than a parish pauper, inasmuch as the former is the cause of a great portion pf the distress, wretchedness, and starvation of the latter. This wanton, profligate, and monstrous expenditure of the public money, has, b")'Your Honourable House, been followed upby an unjust, oppressive, and overWbeiming system of taxa. thm—a taxation,? parallel to which cannot be found in any State, kingdom, or empire on the face of the globe ;—a taxation that is rapidly impoverishing, degrading, and sinking the middle and working classes of his Majesty's subjects into one general mass of misery and ruin. Your petitioncis e;re of oginion that this -hitherto wanton, profligate, and monstrous expenditure cf the money—this hitherto unjust, oppressive, and overwhelming System of - ..a.;» - ;ion, are not only rapidly impoverishing, degrading and sinking the middling and working classes of his Majesty's subjects into one general mass of misery and ruin, but also producing the greatest discontents—the most alarming fears, and frightful consequences tliroughout the whole community. Thousands of individuals, wh . o'formerii vc;:e peaceful, happy, and loyal sub jects, are:now, through Suffering innumerable privations, and being plunged into the deepest distress, driven to deeds of despe ration, so that the foundation of society is undermined, and the peace and prosperity ofthe kingdom endangered thereby. • "rq prevent this approaching misery and ruin—to remove these disconttliti; alarming fears, and frightful consequences, With which the nationli threatened,.- to avert all these crying evils, your petitioners beg, entreat, and iippldre your Honourable House to retrace your steps, by lopping oft all unnecefarypl,4ces, un merited pensions, and disgraceful sinecures--by enforcing the most rigid economy in every branch of the expenditure—by (hie most instead of increasing, the army--by reducing that enor mous load ut taxation ; but above all, by promoting such a Ra dical Reform in the representation of the people in your Honour able House, as shall restore to thee,; their long lost rights, liber ties, and privikges—such a Reform ai shall for ever deprive all rotten boroughs from returning Members to yoUr`Honourable 14Ouse-,Aliat shall give a snore equitable and 'extensive sufthige to the productive classes of the kingdom_that shall materially shorten the doration of Parliaments—and' that shall - be suited to the increased $61(410414 told' eli.•ilized age in which we live. Such a Reffinti that shall efifible every elector conscientiouslY to exercise his sutitage in voting by ballot; so 'that 'geocl patriotic= and intelligent men may be returned to your Honourable liouscee the honour and welfare of the country advanced thereby,-- that England may become, not in name only, but in reality, " the Pn,•:v of surrounding nations, and the admiration of the wor ld." Ycktr petitioners are aware that vote by ballot is disliked —is dreaded by ttio bortmghmongering Aristocracy and other nal &kers in seats in yoUr Honourable House, because it is un - English. Your petitioners Certai n ly - must ;;.lieve that the be rouglimongering system at electio.:s, with all its fl4,ant train cf evils—hribcry, perjury, and other accursed practiCes, is' not nn-Engiish—that persecuting and ruining whole families by the borougismorigerimi; faction, because the heads of such families have been'persons of integrity, and voted from p u re motives, is not un-English, but peculiarly English ; your p e titioners are Aware that a - lavish - and- excessive expenditure—that an i;yefb(Vins. , system of taxatibii—tlfit an astonishingly large national debt, gcc. '&e. are things - width' are not • nil-English, but peculiarly English ; aril the sponer your Honourable HpMie makes them un-English the better, - And for the attalnment of the above-mentioned objects, your , pet i t i one rs would earnestly pray your Honourable House tol take such immediate steps as your Honourable House may in its wis dom deem proper. And your petitioners will, as in duty bound, ever pray, &e. ROYAL COLLEGE OF kiIYSICII.A(.. The first meeting of the College of Physicians was held last night. It was attended by a vast number of the learned and- celebrated of all professions. Among the more distinguished visiters we observed the Lord Chan cellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lon don, Earl Stanhope, Lord Tenterden, the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Vaughan, Mr. Jus tice Park, Mr. Justice James Parke, the Attorney-Gene ral, Mr. C. W. Wynn, Sir R. Inglis, together with many gentlemen well-known to the literary world. We should think that there were pre►ent quite as many barristers as members of the medical profession. Sir Henry Halford read to his learned audience a paper, of which the subject was " the effect of diseases upon the mental faculties." The dissertation was forcibly and not uneloquer•.tly worded, and the learned President contrived to render it not only quite intelligible, but also entertaining to those who were uninitiated alike in the mysteries and the nomenclature of medical science. In the course of it, Sir Henry Hal ford took occasion to speak of what course he considered it prudent for the physician to adopt towards a patient of whose recovery no hopes were to be entertained. He said, that, for his own part, he always kept in view that it was his duty to preserve the life of a patient as long as pos sible, and that for that reason he did not communicate to the patient himself the extent of the danger that impended over him. From the friends and relatives of the patient, how ever, Ile never concealed the melancholy truth ; they had a right to know the worst : but if to prolong the life of a patient were the duty of the physician, it was obvi ously es incompatible with that duty as it was inconsis tent with humanity, to alarm the sufferer and to ag gravate his disorder by exhibiting to his view the awful image of approaching death. The Learned President then adverted, in illustration, to the case of his late Ma jesty. The Prime Minister, he ►aid, had been informed as early as the 27th of April that the seat of his Ma jesty's disease was the heart, and that an effusion of water upon the lungs was to be apprehended. This fact, hew ever, was not communicated to the King ; nor was it deemed advisable, for the sake of the Royal patient, that the information of it should be disseminated in any way from which it was likely to be conveyed to him. It was not until the month of May that he had an opportunity of explaining to his Majesty the nature of the disease; and this opportunity was furnished by the inquiries of his Ma jesty himself, who desired that be might be informed of the cause of the sufferings he endured. The King, upon learning the danger of the disorder, immediately prepared himself for death. Having set his house in order, he re ceived the sacrament, and, from the altninistration of that holy office, declared that he bad received the greatest com fort and consolation. Nothing could he more happy than this disposition of his Majesty's mind, and he (Sir H. Halford) then betook himself to explaining, as favourably as possible, every new symptom which the disorder pre sented, By pursuing this course his Aljesty's cheerful ness was preserved, and he died without being disturbed by the prospect of approaching dissolution. Indeed, it might he said of his Majesty, as it had been said of one of the Roman Emperors, that he appeared not to have died, but rather to have fallen into a deep and placid slumber. MEETING FOR THE REPEAL OF THE ASSESSED TAXES AND REFORM. This morning a meeting was held in the Parochial School-room of Lambeth, for the purpose of petitioning . the Legislature for the repeal of the assessed taxes, a re duction in the public expenditure, and fin• a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament, Mr. ROFFEY, Churchwarden, in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that in consequence of two re quisitions having been sent to the Churchwardens for the petitioning of Parliament for Reform, and for a repeal of the assessed taxes, which were most numerously signed, they had called the present meeting. Mr. FALL wished to know why the notice of the meet ing had not been given in the Church and held in the Ves tryhall of the parish. It might be supposed that the parish, containing as it did 75,000 inhabitants, were, not as a body, in favour of Reform and reduction of taxes. The CHAIRMAN explained that the meeting was held in that room, because it was thought that the Vestry-hall would not be large enougli. The VESTRY CLERK, in answer to some observations respecting* the objections t.) holding the meeting in the Vestry-ball, said that the Rector had refused to allow that Vestry to be made use of for political purposes.—(Shame.) Mr. MOORE said, that the subject they were now met to consider was—a subject which bad for a long time been pressed upon Parliament; they nos?, he thought, haul the dawn of relief before them. They hail a Ministry p!erlgsd to Reform and Retrenchment, and a Monarch who was anxious to promote the good of the people. The late Ministry had openly deelated their teeline a g ainst Re form, and his M tjesty deserved the thsnks of the people for having dismissed those Ministers.—(Cheers.) He had proposed several resolutions, which he thought would meet the object of the meeting. The principal points they were met to consider were, Reform, Economy, and Re trenchment.—(Cheers.)---If our rulers are honest in their intentions, they would not object to that meeting embo dying their grievances in the petition. The Hon. Gen tleman then proceeded to point out the abuses of the present representative system and took a review of the proceedings in both Houses during the late war, and contended that if the people had been fairly represented, they would not now have been burdened with a debt of 800 millions. He thought that in the times he had alluded to, as well as at present, there was nn divosition to overturn the British Government, as had been stated by Mr. Pitt when lie ad vocated the necessity of war by putting down what be called the extension of French principles. After some further remarks upon the mode of selling seats in the Commons House, he observed that the borough property alone was represented in the House of Commons. He thought the Ministers ought to be supported, as they would have a difficult task to perform, opposed as they would be in both Houses, and they should be contented with any Reform which might be offered. He had omitted in his resolutions every thing about the ballot. He was one of those who thought that every Englishman should go up boldly and vote for whom he pleased, and not go to poke his head in a hole as if he were afraid or ashamed of what he did.—(Loud applause.)—lf the full representation of the people could not be had without the ballot, he perhaps should approve of such mode of election. He then made some observations upon the necessity of retrenchment. The next subject was the assessed taxes, and he described them as an extremely imperious and impartial. They pressed upon the trader severely, and tended to increase bankrupts and insolvents. The King must have his taxes, and the tradesman suffered. He should be glad to see the day when an Englishman would not be base enough to accept the (Bee of a tax collector.—(Great cheering. )--He then read a series of resolu tions, which stated the satisfaction of the meeting at the change of Ministry—that the thanks of the people his Majesty was entitled to for such change—that the pre ent evils of the porde were owing to the bad constitu tion of the House of Commons—that the elections to the House of Commons should be more free—that the people would be fairly represented if the right of voting was ex tended to persons assessed at 101. per annum—that this meeting will support the Ministry—that the exposure of the Civil List has shown the people that the motley of the State was taken to fatten placemen, &c.—that a large re duction mutt be made in taxes, particularly the Assessed Taxes—that petitions be preaeuted to the King and P4r- Lament, &c. The resolutions were then read seriatim. hlr. FALL hoped the parish would reform themselves, and moved a resolution to the effect, that in order that this petition to Parliament may have the more weight that the parish should reform themselves, by reducing ex pence!, abolishing useless places, getting rid of bad ser vants, fkc.—(Cheers.) Mr. MOORE rose to order, and some discussion tools phice upon the subject of Mr. Fall's 'notion. Mr• Moore ohjscted to the motion, but Mr. Fall persevered in his motion, as an amendment to the first resolution. Mr. DEwEs thought a special vestry should be called for this purpose Mr. FALL'S amendment was not put, the Chairman dechring that it was not in accordance with the object of the meeting. _ . • The original motion was then put and carried unaui mously, TURKISH MUSICAL, GUSTO.—A modern traveller informs U', that the band of an English Ambas sador at Constantinople once performed a concert for the entertainment of the SULTAN and his Court. At the conclusion it was asked, which of the pieces he preferred. fie replied, the first, which was accordingly recom menced, but stopped, as not being the tight one. Others were tried With as littler success, until at length the band, almost in despair - of discovering the favourite air, began tuning their instruments, when his 'Highness instantly exclaimed; " Inshallak, Heaven l e praised, that is it!" The Turkish Prince may be' crewed, when it is known that at the commemoration of Ilkwnut , in 1784 , , Dr. BuRNEY thought the mere tuning of that host of instru ments more gratifying than the ordinary performances to which he had beep accustomed.—ilannonicon. 4-, 'PARLIAMENTARY REFORk. (Abstract of the Spectator's Tabhs.) 204 English boroughs return 406 members to the House of Commons ; 76 of these boroughs (returning 152 members) have a smaller number of voters than 100 each, and 44 of them (returning SS members) have a smaller number of voters than 50 each. 12 Welsh boroughs return 12 members. 34 Irish boroughs return 35 members. 66 Scotch burghs (Town Councils) return 15 members. 40 English counties return SO members. 12 Welsh counties return 12 members. 32 II ith counties return 64 members. 30 Scotch counties (parchments) return 30 members. Nominees. 122 English members are returned by themselves or their kindred ; 140 English members are returned by other patron!, Open Borough. , . 140 English members are returned for open boroughs. Patronage of Peers. 89 Peers are patrons of 123 boroughs in Engl uol, Wales, and Ireland, returning 175 members. Patronage of Commoners. 65 Commoners are patrons of 70 boroughs, returning 99 members. Government Patronage. Government has six boroughs, returning nine members. Thus it appears that 29:3 members are returned, not by the people, but by the patron ige of Peers, Commoners, and the Government—to say nothing of the Scotch re presentation, which is thoroughly rotten, and of the commanding influence of Peers and great Commoners in the county representation of England, Ireland, and Wales. When these are taken into account, it will appear that a very great majority of the House of Commons (which consists of 658 Members) is returned by the influence of less than two hun dred Peers and Commoners ! It will farther be seen that of the 204 English boroughs, 76 of them are so insignifi cant either in their total population or in their nutnber of voters, as to have fewer than 100 electors each, and 44 of these boroughs have even fewer than 50 electors each. This is a striking proof of the dec ty in the representative system—the effect of " the great innovator," Time. The 45 Scotch members are returned by between 3 and 4,000 voters in the whole. When to the glaring defects in the representative sys system indicated by the above statements, are added the bribery and corruption practised, in consequence of the mode in which the votes are taken—the prolonged continuance of elections, with all their riot and de bauchery—the difficulties of voting in counties, and the nuisance of non-resident voters—we may well exclaim, how vast a space is there for reformation !—sec may add, how vast are the obstacles which a reforming Adminis tration has to overcome! Among the great borough proprietors or patrons, we find the following 'Bor. Memb. Marq. of Aylesbury 2 4 D. of Buckingham 3 5 Marq. of Cleveland 3 6 Bor. Memb. D. of Devonshire 4 5 Earl of Fowls . 3 5 Earl Radnor . 2 3 D. of Rutland. . 3 4 Earl of St. Germai n 's 2 4 Mr. A. Baring . 2 3 Mr. Buller . . 2 3 The Holmes family 2 4 Mr. Pitt . . . 3 4 . - Earl Fitzwilliam 3 5 Earl Grosvenor . 4 Marg. of Hertford . 4 Earl of Lons 4 ale 4 6 D, of Newcastle. 4 D. of Northumber- land . . . 2 4 Motions on the subject of Parliamentary Reform in the House of Commons, siuring the last fifty years. 1782 By Mr. Pitt . . . . negatived by 20 1782 By Mr. Sawbridge. • . ditto . . 88 1783 Mr. Pitt . . . . . ditto . . 144 1785 Ditto ditto . . 74 17. 1 0 Mr. Flood . . . withdrawn 1793 Mr. Grey, now the Premier negatived by 214 17.17 Ditto . . . ditto . . 165 1800 Ditto . . . . ditto . . 142 1809 Sir F. Burdett : . . ditto . . 59 1810 Hon. T. Brand . . . ditto . . 119 1812 Ditto . . . . . ditto . • 127 1812 Marquis of Tavistock 1817 Sir F. Burdett . . . ditto . . 188 1818 Ditto . . . . . ditto . 100 1819 Ditto • . . . . ditto . . 415 1821 Mr. Lambton, now Lord Durham ditto . 12 1821 Lord Jahn Russell . . ditto . . DI 18`21 Ditto . . . . . ditto . . 105 1823 Ditto ditto . . 98 1624 Ditto 1825 Hon. Mr. Abercromby • ditto . . 24 1824 Lord John Russell . . ditto . 124 1829 Marquis of Blandford . . ditto . . 74 1830 itto ditto . . 113 1830 Mr. O'Connell . . . ditto . . 306 PERIODICAL LITERATURE. [From the near approach of Parliament, and a press of other matter, we are compelled to be brief with our Li. terary notices. LIBRARY OF THE FINE ARTS. Though this work addresses itself to but a limited class of readers, we have little doubt that among that class it will become popular. It is, in fact, a library—though a miniature one—of the fine arts, blending sound criticism with original essays on the subject. In this number we find a re-publication of the author of Pelhant's Cambridge Prize Poem on Sculpture, which is one of the best University prize poems we ever read. The couplet descrip tivii of the Statue of Hercules is full of poetic beauty. " And calm in stern repose (his labour done) Stands, like a sleeping storm, Alcmoma's son." JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL INSTITU- TI oN. A digest of mechanical, chemical, and mathema tical experiments, and, indeed, of science generally, detailing more especially those particular branches of it in which the Royal Institution of Great Bri tain is most interested. LAW MAGAZINE. This is a production the result of infinite labour, experience, and ability. The analysis of Lord Brougham's Local Courts' Bill is shrewd and learned, and the Life of Lord Mansfield penned in a very fair and spirited style. GERMAN POETICAL ANTHOLOGY. A very impartial collection of the choicest fugi tive pieces of the more modern German poets, preceded by a judicious critical preface, detailing the rise and progress of German poetry from the earliest recorded period down to the present pro lific rm. Mr. A. Bernays is the editor of this work. BLACKWOOD'S QUARTERLY JOUR NAL OF AGRICULTURE. A periodical wholly devoted to practical subjects, giving a history of the latest agricultural improve ments, and accompanying that history with per tinent explanatory engravings. Farmers and agri culturists generally will find their account in subscrib ing to this useful miscellany. EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. An intelligent digest of Oriental maters, which to the An g lo-East-India community must possess considerable interest. lIARMOIVICON. An interesting work for the drawing , room,giving aPCOUnt of all r he meritorious pieces of music that have appeared in January• LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRATIONS of the WAVERLEY NO PARTS 9 and 10. These beautiful landscapes, engraved by the Finder's from paintings by some of our first modem artists, form a handsome addition to the edition (by the author) of the Waverley Novels. They are worthy-,—the majority of them--to vie with our best engravings. On Monday night Mrs. CHATTERLEY having refused to perform the part of Aldabella, in Fazio, 5163 TAYLOR undertook the part at a very short notice. An apology was made for this substitution of ladies, by Mr. 13.kaTLEv, previous to the commencement of the ae cond act. The l a dy h as , i t i s sa id , b een put on the forfeit list for SOL—The matt er w ill, h oweve r, it is said, afford some emolum en t t o th e gentlemen of the long robe. An " u n t owar d event " too k pl ace at the alt ar of our p ar i s h on M onday morn i ng l as t, d ee ply afflictive to the feelin gs o f two young aspirants for the joys of matri_ au , Y. A young gentleman, in his 19th year, an officer in a regiment of Light Dragoons, and a member of a higltly•respectable family in this county, was in the act of tying the connubial knot with a frail cyprian, with whom he had formed a blissful intimacy at Leamington, when the ceremony was suddenly interrupted by the api e trance an I rude interposition of a, police-officer, acting under the pa rental authority of the gallant's father. Notwithstanding the protestations, supplications, and imprecations of the disappointed pair, he bore off his prisoner to prison ; from whence, on Tuesday last, he was, under strong escort, con veyed to his father's houie.--Birminglialn Journal. - • IRELAND. t?.44,stocearettr.s or s•! (From Saunders's News Letter of M0 . n . 1 7 , ) g - i l itit i,; iet ; et.. t.. c : ::. eu: .:, .. i COURT OF KING'S BENCH, '" i " .. ` bitr Cent- .8 • . 81 THE MORNING REGISTER. The ATTORNEY - GENERAL addressed their L ..., T it ce .rst Ann. 17: In the c ace of the King against Michael St§ ol96 v li tur" - 1826 o C f ou j r a t nu h a a r t y l ,beteinttpleasedattachment Staunton, the printer and proprietor, and also st s/ • ilk '', 1 86 2 .. publisher, of a newspaper entitled the Morning giell 4l l 5, j 4. unless cause be shown in four days. The pre§ ol l, .." . 1' 7O to prono pronounce should d n oisrsdueer ag o o si T elot li i 13.72 ... I ,1 t 1 ° !o n : g i 4 1 l os 5 9 n . : .t o . : : : cation was, either that the advice of that order W. Z i t - t ees op iromi , been had should be deemed good service, sr that di elf - 4 4 , 1 1. ~..tan Bones , ships would, on the facts which he (the Attorney' iv g*t.;, '"B"thi should lay before the Court, substitute service. ir on a lzl Bond, torney-General then went hate the f ac t s o f the 04 : tit: thi alt B onds ::: which, o ' o o l o p _ 444 th il t l24 The CHIEF JUSTICE said, if the Act of Polio, s o Bonds ******** - which you have referred, m a k es th e service goo' Qunc ,??- 5 .., t ) 4 „,. aa. .......... there is no ned of the application. ot bin . can B ATTORNEY- e GENERA L—But the officer will 001 , i . lea. onds •,... the affidavit. i 0 tt letts OF SH tat atoce CHIEF JUSTICE--Then you cannot come in he re; 5 0,144, 1 ,... do, a question will arise on the construction of t1i! . .4 r. l3 itt - OZ O im e „P• Min - 1 Judge BURTON—It often happens that eoP ; ;Je, ..,........., "`4o Lialr e .i ng c -- made for a defendant at his house, that the servispoia pre os ol k t ,,k 8 1. toc EICES Or I him, but there must be some violence used, to person serving the order from getting in, or It ' 0 4 1 °, 15 . 3k ner cent. sworn that his voice was heard, otherwise the COu" i Oit4; 44 ck, 3% per I r A 1 Ike New act on it. or 4.. Cent ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Under those eircumsta§ al /.._ tleh Lordships will not pronounce any rule on my p_,..r-4°ol-'l''Ft4d(L-711 ---3 G par ts plication, as I will on Monday morning move - t o° 1 ik,eb. Vpreeckn.t. on other grounds. .otie Deb. 4 ' THE KING V. ' O'CONNELL. f : 4,4.... ,. co uK sE We understand only one of the traversers ()":" tbitt,p . itare Redmond) has pleaded the general issue and not i It il tt4 , saght...._ i i t the others have filed special pleas and demurreVitetp u' .. . different parts of the indictment bearing en th ellto7,ore i respectively.: It is said the Attorney-General wi ll o o ` IN, i',i• a • .. 7 rtt, ....... Is sight enter upon the arguments on the special plea§ 1 0 aN nx murrers. ' 7 11 ' 1 . _ 4,..•.• ......... . c ot ki r en Maine, I \4 4 ,l< e t r uble, liZto ... ttve A. t §114 111••• •• • •... d .. o .... .... .. .. . Leanri . - ....tar... ....... "" • 11 01.4 1 a 11 W ATE a I.,„..._.2_l______Lintil THE KING V. O'CONNELL. The indictment in this case contains thirty-one 71, the fourteen first counts contain charges of severs ) , ; o ri violations of the s e v era l p roc l ama ti ons thereiti 6 o, counts to the 29th incl us i ve , con t a i n c h arges of o i conspiracies to violate the proclamation, toph; a circulate seditious libels, to excite disaffection, anli 01 semble unlawfully; the SOth and 31 s t coun ts are d' lawfully assembling for the purpose of excitiogo tent and disaffection against the laws and le i Government. The course adopted by the traversers is a n i)tel one only, Redmond, has pleaded not guilty to the this is the course which, generally speaking, P lo t would have suggested as the safest for all. Mr. ° y i pleaded to all the counts in which mention is coe d ( proclamations, that there are and never were such motions, and he has pleaded not guilty to the rc ' counts. Messrs. O'Connell, Lawless, Dywer, 1 ' Clony, and Barret, have demurred to the 14 fitta and to the 30th and 31st, and pleaded not guil`l . ; remainder. Thus , as lawyers say, issue in fact P. on some, and issue in law on others of the chargels, measure of demurring is, we are informed, sing° o if any one of ti e 16 counts demurred to, be h t d valid, that in, to contain a sufficient charge in point judgment must pass on the party demurring, and ,i meat follow, without the intervention of a jail trial of truth of the facts contained in that cone:, traverser: bad pleaded to the counts they have 11 06 to, a jury must have been impannelled to try the ca even though they finind the facts against the t, 1 1 0 4 1 the objection to the legality of the charges wouloi mained, and been availabl e by m o tio n i n arrest 71 went. It is therefore apparent, that for some h o other, one line of defence, one chance of escape , 4 0 thrown away, and the f a te of the tr a vers e rs so P garde the charges demurred to, staked, on the ii 4 bill or in other words, though the traversers migh t sisted the Attorney-General on the two distio o l of law and fact; they have declined that which l l o subjected the evidence to the consid era ti o n of sib i' reduced the case to the mere questions of law ; W i ; to Mr. Redmond's pleas, and the pleas of the - 4, which refer some of the charges to a jury, or sly whether the Attorney-General will submit the! . ., while the questions of law or' the ether char d under consideration of the Court, but we belie f . h o may do so if he pleases. It is, however, o hsetV if the counts demurred to, or any of them, coon': charges, the conviction of the parties demurral:Of the result of the determination of the Court, s p iol case it is not impossible that the Attorney Go o" decline to proceed to trial with th e p a rties ' 1 namely, with O'Connell, Reynolds, LawlroV Dwyer, and Barret, their conviction on the co` ' mitred to, or on any of them, and the punishz"..o l quent upon it, which is fi n e and imprisonment, l'#. cretion of the Court may be deemed sufficient f" r '' poses of justice. On the merits of the kg Bl 'foi l raised by the demurrers we are not competent!'" opinion, we are informed that most of theta '&00, impugn the view of the law laid down by the. , expressed by Mr. Justice Jebb as its opinion 011 the Grand Jury on the first day of term. ttg WE DNESDAY russels Pal with the pro( which notl debate on the 28 th • but td RR from Congress to , ! be saddled k i e lts to h ave t h e number of °CC UPy SOM , Sittin g wit ' •he f n s'' 44'4. 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Soho ti:` The * II I n° ki t zetile c°° Aar ti f th: eY tn hti o , Nt bk tit, 1 of th e - utai ' e tween tib i -4 , e, tn e ;.,foalac THE BALLOT. TO THE EDITOR OF T1L.4 ,.. ,- S alei SIR,-It is not my inte n ti o n to a d ve rt to o °tr vantages which would result from the adoptioOpsf lot at the election of our re p resen t at i ves in I Al . b Ol 0 to underrate the evils incident to that s ystem ;so to point attention to the important circuit*" tlts . , / has been too much overlook e d i n thi s discussi °i ldf r advantages would be nati ona l, w hil e the °, would be personal. Duplicity of conduct of , ,p , tiered to a certain degree and to a certain ext eo le inconveniences may be experienced, but these +A and moral effects, and attach an exclusive 0501 the individual. Avoidable and temporary i° 6o o4lls! they neither menace the stability of our CO% tafj threaten irreparable inj u ries on soci e ty. I.4l i ter therefore strongly distinguished from those of of laments and Universal Suffrage. The reasons whi c h m u st preclude the adoeis°ll:o measures, in our day at least, are reasons of_li,,i and of paramount importa nc e. Co-exte o : greater growth of intelligence, and a wide r oc r r o yi means of information, must be the diffusion J r wisdom and of moderation, ere such a radi our civil polity cm be productive of any otbWii ) a ruinous vaccillation in measures, both of f ° ii mestic administration. The vis niedicatris , ..," remedial power inherent in society, r enders system, if uniform and s t ea dy, infinitely Pr °tOotoidi purposeless and flu c t ua ti ng course w hicl, tv 0 /,/ ensue if the caprice of the multitude were c ° ,lol' 1 tutor. No measure of enlarged and libersl a ribe the Catholic question, could be carried ; ar' f stre,, minds of the age, those who are in advance , ° _.a ir t , run of opinion, would in vain endeavour to ~ 7 0 0 .1 1 forward in the paths of enlightened imP r° olllll should, in fact, only change our masters; iste , ri the tirnor: us and selfish imbecility of the M o res:a , of wealth and rank, we should hue as a P °l3 d 01 0 ( 1 on a wise Administration the prejudices n o se, i s . of the uninformed million. Can evils like t e d 0, 1 4 1 , any evils appertaining to the state, be chaq ‘e oo' tion of the Ballot ? Bad Grey has said, P: f t bs." I Reform should be the advantageand s afety ° .•0 0) tion. Does the Ballot even touch, much 1 7 re Orly Constitution? It is a question on the l ee of • ceedings to he adopted in making a Inet,taa t tl e joi estate ; and the mode recommended does ! ego .6 ,4 its power, either to the persons of the reP to el i e; i representatives, except in so far only am To t t"sl chile is thereby rendered more perfect. ro ad 0 of this right should be perfectly free, is c° d a sh, , cent some boroughnumgers of a certain LO O7lO, haps, will have the audacity to contend s o g s Vl by IS the democracy should be checked, 0 , 0 00101 4 agreed to and clearly defined, but by 0 1 at tbyd, ruption and intimidation which are plate to rat So far from the Ballot having a teot te WIXOM equipoise of the powers existing in _ ip alPi e ,, l d, would in reality act as a conservative Pc ci , to v - 0 .A stitution ;'for how is the purity of electerieoctio:, pi sperved, unless by throwing open an extent, dangerous to the political eq;,,,oseef mical to the best interests of the co c i s rge to e v , the electors of Liverpool free from ° fl e a 01, ' s c o t tion, though they are between four ° f o rni"" e a, ," 0 ,) number, and how few towns ought to it . sh e o p 1 body anything nearly so numerous. , vres t `, l O, incident to the Ballot, whether they b! t i i s cs i ifT "oil no bearing whatever on the great poli_ d 1 11 %1,04 1 c community; and if, on the other a h'S e l i k 1 0 te 'eSV arising from it have a favourable t o e d po lierf o jet o f," is it wise, is it expedient, is i, g ° , on ° pce l Yo golden opportunity which will `Ads by ' 9 lo" f e i v. eiliating the reformers of every g.svb' c th e f thing to all, and by granting the lc ie bicb to fro consider the most estimable of an ' do bY,, i; the ..ilibrioreits, It is, in fine, recommended to ad°P tu a o , s°' the Legislature itself.--I am, Sirs Y° th e „ no ts t Idy"e !lover /ley". t er,rd to th e to t i, 1 - 7 ti c "t and r' N • tl I A 4 at l anal ti,itrangetner !in ltt a %tat, f It • tha tadt t ace tu ipebsably