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'pot, •with equal or greater facilities for transacting the. money business of that great manufacturing district ; but it is much doubted whether the capital and union requisite for the purpose may be fouTid„ Whatever the issue of that object may be, it is tolerably Clear that a competition in banking is commencing which requires to be carefully watched, lest the excessive issues of paper, whiclvit naturally tends, should• bring on another crisis in the country.— Tinies. There is no denying that a considerable degree of glOom at present overcasts the political horizon" of this Kingdom. It i 3 not to he concealed that the revenue ie deficient, and that trade, manufactures, and agri culture, are in a languid state. To all this is added the severe "affliction of the Noble Personage who has so long presided over the Councils -of the Nation, • with great wisdom and - unimpeached integrity, involving - an apparent necessity for a change of tnen, if not of measures, and for the predominance -4 eine - of the two parties whiCh;iholigh United under m? seem unwilling- to 'brook the of either. gecording to - the - differetiCcOnstruetion - of men's . r.nin:di•theif - view this scene with the - eye of- hope -Or':oficlespair. To some there appears no termination but a t uationarbankruptey, with' an absolute necessity ill in ; - whilst others - recollect" that' the same language rhi_ilheen-heldand the same predietiOns-uttered" at nu-, IDerons'periodi of our - history,: and that' these- periods e been notwithstanding Succeeded by seasons of l lniu l 2ii : prosperity: For our own: IWe look "'upon t!le'ilistreii - as merely ternporary; - and . we do not think matters bad enough t - procure=' td -- any one, the • Senate's" thanks for not despairing -of 'the . "state.. '(:/c this, however; we shOuld feel touch more 'assured, Wereitin our' power to 'repel , the assertion so:often made, that we live in a kingdom divided against itself, Itbeang the policy r :of the.ootintry:t_o_p:clucle...from the ' • :Pggts of citizenship one-third or one-fourth of its pct inNjati°l, • a,nd to force them .to identifY theniselves Cline,-measure with Continental' natiOns, prp ssiug the s,tme faith, and with..WhOM We mad - be;On tlie eve of , War, there is no doubt much more ,cause for anxiety tnan -there would be, did Ireland contribute- one-third to the strength as she does to the populatiOn of the Empire. . nut the wisdom of Parliamei;t has declared her wrongs undeserving of redress, and we, as well as the Catholics, must bow to their decision: - - It is very customary•to ascribe - the present distress . to the system of Free Trade,, and to the liberal policy of his Majesty's Ministers: That this is altogether an erroneous inipression, we are fully satisfied ; but much as We respect their talents and their good intentions, We neve r approved. of their conduct during the com mercial. panic of last year.. Instead of endeavour ing to check that panic, they added to it in 'a - most tut accountable-manner ; and that with the perfect concur rence of their political opponents; who were desperately inclined to fOree.the.'s . Ante . .Preicriptiona on' Seotland, though her currency was avowedly in the most:healthy state. Indeed the . Whole legislation of •that , period will scarcely - be believed in • future - ages and it is to those mistakes, and to the. violent contraction of the circulating medium, that our present misfortunes may •he justly ascribed. As to the - Free Trade system, we are quite certain that thousands ascribe to it all our present difficulties, without the slightest conception of what it means, and upon the erroneous assumption that .• we could have continued during peace the over bearing system, of our Navigation Laws. This is denied positively by Mr. CANNING, Mr. Hus xtssoN, and others, whose intellect is on a par . with that of any men in this country, and whose means of information are evidently better ; and surely their authority is superior to that of irrespon 4ible ,persons, uttering random sentiments and con • lectures about matters that they so seldom un derstand. It is quite the fashion to talk of these tw o Right Honourable Gentlemen as if they w ere beardless youths, new fangled with the doc trines of political economy, heard for the first time At Mr. MAccur.,Locies Lectures ; instead of being m en advanced in life, and who passed their early days in the society of those illustrious persons whom names confer honour even upon Britain ; and of ."° ll l they may well say, with NESTOR, . talking of 44 1 • agli e n a . r y companions, that they will never see such men For our part, we believe them to be sincere ..• well-wishers of their country, we know them to be pos 'sesed of first-rate ability and information , and we are t herefo re inclined to trust to their opinions , rather t Ilan to the flippant observations of every would-be statesman. g re re t Slave Trade in the Brazils seems to be proceeding with than ; between the 21st and 27 th o f December no less 1155 Slaves entered the port of Bahia alone from Africa. t taltor Chronicles of the 22d February have been received, 'calm e Y contain uo intelligence of the least impor,nee. The was blowing strongly from the S.W., attended with thunder. - • nr A ici ll Irish P aper men ti ons that five millions of ball - I re ',,Res have been sent to the different regiments throughout There is a strange coincidence , said the M ar qu is of g son readin it, between this . Uumlierand that of the Catho. ea in Ireland. A. Gentleir.an last_ w e ek .sowilehere-..aplis..g3tle landlord; we v ytetcb et i ~L . ,,, inhabited by "'"u ; Southwark which was -inhabited an Ins entered - one of tho.she family; and L e l E apart me outerving two to assist yotr? inmates of the large" pie . Th. - • ' lt ' "iced, ‘, Why do you. not w ' fe r ePlied cc Oeh, Sir, the .pigs.belPng 1-elokers. get the room for 1 taking 12-the'plgg. as 7 efts rent, for of . : the I A est cuTl ---Thau. a species ladia Islands, ;Ile fi e t d 6 ovezed, was: tler- Agog " n d rabbit. °l i th e t -, .lamest quadruped . .... I , a --avY, an animal a PearentiT between . from the - -• of moderate size :and 'at a -considerable distance mostly very ge %,,ontinents 1 .. ' and these the: rat s 5m a 11 .... et, . ~, lave very few quadrupeds,. . 'e' . 3 Theory ' o the Earth. REP ;--" My -A TEt OP -pp. - HUSBAND. te ' r magant of ' a .„ - ,. if ..„ A lANIIt -,c Wl t li whom, after my rhelease from ti l , c,, '., jaid the wise man, u u k n ed d re d direful, ....ore day a dd res sed Tripoli, me received a dower of-a n _ in a reproachful tone, d tan t a e d b ,' " A l t e roin uat . t r ait 1 tY tem, • wretch whom my father • dinars?" ~ y e 3 ,,, 1 8/} :ey e ; u oi he Franks at the cost of ten delivered from the i "4hundre d.7-41i n e t c h el% enslaved to you 'for firephed, ~ I am the same ,wretch whom he . for ten dinar 3, and - I. °f Persia. was a wager 'f ade a fortnight . ago,. 'lime bet Ween two gentlemen, that the one' should row to Brighton t int eight hours, with four men, within' three - weeks, the wind thea xvh! t.itne being ~ . S.W., as it continued till Friday _,:e!kudytenty veered. rountt to • the east; consequently, at last, when five " 1 , ,, e , ,A k in the afternoon, one, of the, gentlemeo, with four stout - - _ N.', ?,.departe,d from here in a small galley, the 4riel, with wind . ar e tid e in their favour. The Chain Pier was to be the landing P a a e• . The opposite party, after seeing the other off, departed in P°'it (l ' aig Q• and arrivdd ;list in time to witness file triumphant 2p.; at ri allot v t al e,i n t f . the yietoriout party, one hour and a. quarter before the ~,: m ou nter t e o • a boT v l ae o2rogoar was f or 70/. the bets dependio g on it - A great number of persons collected ~,:, , 7* , ;: „: to u, •5 setti " If 41 ' 1 ton Paper. ;:..,.. ng o .-- mg i THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock Consoliopened at 82, but soon evinced weakness, and gradually drooped to 811 t, their present price. - There appears :to be a fidgetty feeling among the Bulls, as if some screw was loose, and the market seems heavy. The rumour of Mr. Canning's resig nation is again mentioned in the City, but to which little credit is attached. India Bonds are 54 6 ; and Exchequer Bills, 34 5 pm. This being settling day in the Foreign Funds, little is doing but squaring accounts, which appear likely to go off smoothly. Mexican Bonds are quoted at 69-1 1; Colombian, 39* 40 ; Pe ruvian, 34* s*; in the other Foreign Securities scarcely any variation since yesterday. Shares continue in a very unsatisfactory state to the holders ; Anglo Mexican are 40 ; and United Mexican, 13 12 dis. ;. in the other speculations the price has not varied as to quotation', but nothing has actually been done to authorise any other as the price. Three per Cent. Consols, 81-i ; Ditto for account, 81i ; . India Bonds, 54 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 34, 5 pm. FOREIGN Ft:NM—Brazilian, 65* 6 ; Buenos Ayres, 50 2 ; Chilian, 86 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 39. 40 ; Danish, 601 1 ; Mexican-5. per Cent. 66i 7*; Ditto, 6 per Cent. 69i *-; Peru vhn, 34* ; Portuguese, 75 6 ; Greek, 16 *; Russian, 87 *; Spanish, 12 *. - Mutzs.—,Anglo Nlexican, 40 dis. ; United Mexican, 13 12 dis. ; Pasco Peruvian, 1415* dis. ; Real del Monte, 70 80 pm. ; Tlaxpuxaliva, 25 85 pm._; Brazilian, pm. ; Bolivar, par 1 pm.4.Colonalaian 1618 per Share ; Potosi, 27 9 per Share. -- Two o'-Clock. Consols are .81*, buyers ; 4 per Cent., 97. A report is ire circulation that a certaitr weatthy speculator in the funds poeseasion of information that_bien Miguel has started from Vienna •for Madrid. For the credit- which is to be attached to - this we cannot vouch.. THREE 0' CL 0 CA: Consols, 81 T - FOUR o'CLOCIC—CLOSING PRICE. Consols 81/i Danish Bonds 61 Do. for Ac. 811 _ Greek Do. 1824 161 Brazilian Bonds 65 --__ Mexican Do: 1825,: 691 Buenos Ayres Do. PeruVian Do. 84 1 2 : Gillian Do. Russian Do. _Columbian; 1824, 40 _ Spanish Do. 12- 1 • • ffiPPINPr INTELLIGENCE;--..(Tt!ii‘ DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S.... • DEAr., MARCH 14.—Wind Anse reinain the 'Clyde, Munro,. from India; ihe Eliza, Grant, from Charleston ; the Indemnity, Goodlake, from Demerara„ the Clei'eland, HaVe lock, from the Isle , of France ; - the Java, from India; Wm. Pitt, Roberts, from Sayannah. Arrived from London, the St. Da,gd, for Bombay ; the Alceste, Tell, for Tobago ; the Rosliri Castle, Hepburn, for Jamaica ; the Raikes, Pesley, for ,ditto ; the be- . merara, Venables, for Demerara. All remain, with the fleets of outward and homeward bound. . . Powrsmonnt, MARCH W.N.W.:—Arrived, Choke, Wheatley, from St. Dorr - ngo; the Jane reported as having been on shore at Port Sal, and plundered by nativeS, -is not. the Jane, Hogg, which vessel was safe at Berbice. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind W.—Arrived the Alfred, Ledston, from Lisbon; Colombian, Delano, from London to New York ; and the Waterloo, Manners, from London to Madras. ' FAL:HOT:TIT, Mallen 13.—Wind 1 .V.,-:-,Pnt back, the British Merchant, Stephens, for Teneriffe. Sailed the Francis Freeling, Gibbs, for Lisbon. DovEl, MARCH I.4.—The Martha of Tuff, of Sunderland, from Newhaven, struck the Knock this-morning,- beat .off and sunk in deep water, crew save.l. CLYDE, •MA cIII2. —A rrived th;! - Claremont, Horner, from Bombay, and Lard Castlereagh, Anderson, - from Demerara. GaAvEsEwn, MAncit ..14.—,Attired the Fly, Sampson, from St. Michaels; the Neptune, Harrington, .'.tom Madras ; Friends, BartleVrom Brest. Sailed. the Spheriod, Ilarriptt, for St. Vin cent's ;_ the London,`Brockington, for Newfoundland. - Extract of a Letter from .Robert Pockley, Master of the Briton, dated.Bstagode, Istiaf October. Anchored in Suterranna, "'on the 28d of September, and sailed thence yesterday. I fOund the Griffin, Gibson, there ; no oil. Sailed from Suterranna on the 28th. The-Griffin is the only whaler I have spoken with during my stay at Suterranni. A large prow arrived from the Wand of Solor, the captain of her Made the follo - wing communication to the king, viz.:—That an English ship was wrecked near Solor, about three weeks previous. He described her as being half full of oil, bilged, and nearly full of water ; only one mast standing, and a great number of iron-bound casks floating around her.—He did not speak with the crew, but saw them escape in five whale-boats, and steer westward, most probably for some port of Java. Ido not think there is any rea son to doubt the authenticity of the statement,' however incorrect it may be in particular. The Elizabeth, Connell, from Dublin to Glasgow, is_ totally wrecked near Belfast: The William, Jameson, from Ulverstone to Glasgow, was driven on shore near Ramsey, Isle of Man, on the 7th inst. ACCIDENTS OCCASIONED BY THE LATE STORM. During the dreadful days of Saturday the Sd and Thursday the sth current, many shepherds made most hair-breadth escapes, while fearlessly braving every danger in wearing their flocks from the weather-side of the hills. In the extensive tract of country, stretching around Sandquhar and Lead-hills, the storm raged with dreadful violence ; and ' one poor fellow, of the name of James Bryden, was found dead at Todholes, parish of Kirkcon nel, within 200 yards of his own door. He perished on the Sa turday, and his body was not found till late the following day.— With the exception of the point of one of his shoes, the deceased w 29 completely immersed in snow, and his faithful dog was found lying under his right arm. The affectionate animal lied suffered dreadfullY , b ut weak and al most dying as it was, it evinced an' unwillingness to be separated from its master. Poor Bryden was mu ch respected, and has left a widow and two children. Anoth e r shepherd, belonging to Mr. M'Call, of Uliside, though missing on Saturday, was notfound till the following morning. He had fallen down from cold and exhaustion, and though immediately carried to the nearest house, warmed and fed, it was long before he 'could tell what had befallen him. A third shepherd, though very nearly frozen to death, was found standing in an erect pos ture, but deprived alike of consciousness and feeling. At Min flock, h ali'vnel betwixt • Sanquhar and Wanlockhead, a man was found dead by the way side. His narneis not known, but he came from P aisley, and travelled as a mendicant, and was ,sup posed to be of rather weak intellects. David Caldew, labourer, Caldbeck, who had been working at the roads,' endeavoured to . get home on the fatal Sd of Mardi; hut' he was overtaken by the storm, and sank to rise no more, before he had tra velled many miles; He has left a wife 'and six • Children.— On the same awful James Brown, a most extensive and respectable shoe-maker in Kilmarnock,-and who has many relatives in this quarter, perished, while endearotiring to return home. The above detail is perf e Hy accurate , as far It , i t goes, and has heal - taken /ram a letter written by .the Rev. - Andrew Hamilton, miniater"..Kihnarnock. A woman, .whose name we have not learnt, but, who was liougekeeper to Mr Muir, school master; lquirkirk, dropped down- dead while looking at the men w h o were cutting the snow. Hannay Harkness, wife Of Tho Mai Harkness, residing near Heathwood, perished on the 2d, on Corrie Common, - and at no great distance from - her own house. In the course of Sabbath One of her sons passed - and repassed the spot. where she lay, but the vital spark had_previously fled, and from the depth of the snoiv . no *fel her body was visible. Two wo 'men, it - is said, were dug out 'of a'sVreath: near Kellhead toll-bar, and there is a report- of a: woman - having fallen a victim to the storm somewhere between Annan and Lockerby.—Dumfries Courier. • 4- • - THE Siva - H.—F our Q'clock on Wednesday we were visited by a second storm of wind and snow , w hich was very violent while it lasted. In the - course - of the night - the gale increased, and it Was fearful - to hear the trees groaning under the double burthen of a strong north-easter, and a temporary covering both of falling and drifted snow. The windowi of every house, whether in town or countryi were d r ift, that dsy7lieit.Cottld hardly peep _ so-bespatter e d and plastered with the through the casement, and we never in our lives looked out on a more appalling scene. A ge ntleman, who happened to sup out on Wednesday, in the immediate vicinity of this town, gives a vivid description of the violence of the .storm. . The wind raved. with ungovern able fur'y, scattering in its course, and whirling as high as the tops of the trees, whole mounds of drifted snow, and seemed to threaten instant death to every living thing. After great exertion, —:exertion not unattended with da.nger,—h e reached Castle-street, antlaithoxiiii he could almost walk blind-folded to the spot, it re quired the minutest local knowledge to tell which way his own house—so completely bad the storm levelled all distinctions, by covering with a plaster of driven snow every door, front, and window. Altogether, we question whether such a fearful night has been exwießcecl in. Scotland during the l a st q ua rto of a century.-LDinnfries Courier. • - ELECTION COMMITTEE.--(THIS DAY.) CRAIL BURGHS, - &c. ' The Burghs of Kilrenny, Pittenweern, Craii, Anstruther Easter, `and Anstruther Wester,, collectively return one Member of Par. liament. The Member returned at the last election was James Balfour, Esq., against the validity of whose election Sir Wm. Rae, the unsuccessful candidate, and Mr. Bruce, one of the elec tors, petitioned, on the grounds of the Magistrates and other of ficers of the burghs having been irregularly elected. The Committee sat yesterday, to inquire into the merits of the petition. Mr. Sergeant Spankie, Mr. Adam, and Mr. Kay, appeared on bettif of the sitting Members ; Messrs. Harrison, Law, and Robertson, on the part of the Petitioners. Mr. HARRISON addressed the Committee this day. He observed, that the objections taken by Counsel on the other side, were merely technical, and did not at all bear on the merits of the case. His learned friend, Mr. Sergeant Spankie, had insisted, that as no appeal had been. made to the Court of Sessions against the election of the Officers of the Burghs, within two months after they had taken places as required by the 16th of Geo. IL, there was no remedy, but he (Mr. Honiara) hoped the Committee would go into the merits of • the case, and not be guided by such flimsy objections. All Committees of the House of Commons which ever sat on such occasions decided on the fair and substantial merits of complaints, . : uninfluenced. by technical objections. , The CilautssAw asked Mr. Harrison if he could produce any precedent, analogous to, the present, which would serve as a guide to tbe.Committee ? • Mr. 71-lAesisat; > replied in the negative, observing that the Scotch laws differed so widely from the English, that no similar ease-could occur in-this country, but that Committees had always decided on the rights of the elective franchise, without reference to what had been done in the Courts below. A MExase asked if this case had been discussed in the Courts below ? • Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE replied in the affirmative, stating that it had been decided in favour of the elections. z ilaanzsoll obseryed, that the Committee was not to be guided by the decisions which took place at the Court of Sessions, as they were appealed from to the House of Lords, and final judg ments not yet pronounced. It would appear very aukward the Committee were to decide one way and the House of Lords another way.; he again pressed them not to decide on a formal oh jectiou but on the rights of the Elective Franchise. Strangers" were 4eu ordered to withdraw, the Committee having deliberated for half an hour, - • . - —The CliAtalitAN announced, that the question respecting elec:- tion of the officers in the Burgh of Pittenweena, having been de cided in the : Court of Session, the Committee did not.deeni it proper to,rwa:eany further inquiries into it. • Me. Heaitisox•urged the propriety of .adjourning the question, until the:Chancellor should should give judgment in the appeals., His Lordship had taken home the papers on Tuesday night-411inch laughter)—and had promised to give judgment within this Week. (Loudlaughter): If the judgment of the House of Lords should be against his clients, it would be decisive of the merits of the pe tition. Mr. Sergeant. SCANKirs objected to the adjournment. Any person who knew the Lord Chancellor must be aware that no reliance should be placed on his promises to give judgment, inde pendently of which, the Committee ought not to be bound by it ; they should judge for themselves. The question of adjournment being decided in the negative by the committee, Mr. -HARRISON prayed for a re-hearing of Counsel on behalf of the petitioners, which, being refused, it was announced, on be half of the petitioners, that.theywould not press their opposition further; whereupon The Committee having deliberated for a few minute, The CILAIRMAN declared their decision to be—that Jame!! Balfour, Esq. had been duly elected to serve in the present Parlia ment, and that. the petition of Sir Wm. Rae and Bruce, o 1 Edinhurgh, Advocate, was nut frivolous or vexatious. COMMON COUNCIL, GmLDHALL-(THIS DAY. Mr. TICKNEIA presented a petition from the inhabitants of Shoe lan6, Holborn; praying that the New Fleet Market might be proceeded in, or that they might not be hindered in their business by the obstructions from pulling down houses, &c. --- He then stated the propriety of going through with a work which the City had begun, and the injuries the petitioners received iii their trade. The Report from the Committee of Improvements was then read, and stated, that in consequence of not being able to make terms for the workhouse and burying grounds of St. Andrews, Holborn ; it bad been found necessary to contract the intended limits of the market. The money in hand would therefore be amply sufficient to perform the necessary operations, and would leave a surplus of 1,0001. Mr. FAVELL concurred in the report, and considered the City bound in honour to go through with the work they had begun. . Mr. Alderman WOOD regretted the necessary restrictions, as it would defeat one of the great objects of the markets, namely, the convenience of trade. The want of room in the.city was the cause of so many tradesmen having left it for the west end. The worthy Alderman commented at great length on .the advantages of a great north road, and would rather the market would have been on the original plan. - DixoN ridiculed the idea of another " Great North Road," and contended that the City should rather expend 45,000/. on Blackfriars-bridge, than on St. Andrew's burial-ground ; and moved that the propriety of the measure should rather be referred to the. Committee of City Lands. .He then opposed the motion, because though bound in honour to perform the .work, it would he the ruin of their finances.- After some further observations, the question whether " the Report should be received and the Market proceeded with forth with' was put, and carried almost unanimously. PROGRESS OF THE REFORMATION Yesterday, two men and two women conformed in Cavan Church. Yesterday, four persons conformed to the Protestant Faith in Castiepollard Chum& On the same day, two perssns (females) publicly renounced the errors of Popery in the Parish Church of Killanne, county Wexford. On Sunday, the 4th instant, four men and one woman re nou:;ced the errors of Popery in St. John's Church, Sligo. On the same day, two women, mother and daughter, publicly renounced the errors of Popery, in the parish Cl;J:ch of Clorrs, M county_onaghan. - At Limerick, on Sunday week, five persons presented themselves as communicants at the Cathedral in that City. They were ad vised, however, by the Rev. Gentlemen in attendance, to postpone partaking of the Sacrament until the next monthly opportunity..-. Dublin Evening Mail. „. MEETIN.G 07 NAVAL OFFICERS,--A Meeting of Gentlemen Connected. with the Naval and Marine Services.was adVertisecl to be held this day, at the Thatched house Tavern, 'St. James's street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro priety of establishing a Junior Naval Club; hut it appeared that the plan was not sufficiently mature, and indeed that the proposal for establi , hing the new institution was not generally known, as a. very few officers attended who separated, without making any con siderable progresi, towards the .object of the 'ORCESTER 'MARCH 14.—We are sorry to state that Mr..Barop Garrow left the Criminal Court in this city thii eVidetillyjabouring'tind e r considerable indisposition.— It Was, we believe, an attack _of the gout. His Lordship expressed' his hope that he should be able t o resume his official duties 6- , . morrow ; hOwever that is considered by no means certain. -” NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. —A letter from Mr..' Douglas, the botanist, to Dr. Hooker, recently re ce i ve d, d a t e d from the Gr e at Falls, tm the Colombia River, contains the fol lowing paragraph :-" There is here a _Mr. •Mitcledd,- who spent the last five years at Foyt Good Hope, on the Mackenzie River He informs Me, - that if the., nafives, with whom he -is perfectly acquainted, are worthy of credit: 'there is "a North-west Passage. They deicribe a very large-riV:efi thi4 nibs parallel with the Mac, kenzie, and falls into the: sea near I c y et*, at the month of which there is an - establishment on an island, where ships come to trade. They assert that the people are very wicked, having hanged se veral of the natives to the rigging. — They wear their beards long. .-:-Some reliance, I should think,. may be laid on their statement, as Mr.' Macleod showed us some Russiari coins, combs,. and seve ral articles of hardware,' very different from those furnished by the British Company. Alr. Macleod caused the natives to assem ble last summer, for the purpose of accompanying him in his de parture for Hudson's Bay. The sea is said to be open after July." In consequence of its having appearedin evidence given befcre the Coroner's Inquests holden on persons dying with in the King's Bench and Fleet prisons, that several instances of a very distressing nature have occurred from there being no regular medical attendants attached to those places, Government have de termined to appoint a surgeon who is to take the charge of the poorer classes of debtors in both the above prisons. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. FRANKLAND V. BANK OP ENGLAND. BROWNE V. DE TASTET...--LOPEZ V. DE TASTET. These two cases were again in the paper to-day for judg ment, but hie Lordship said he could not get through them.— With respect to the first, it was an extremely heavy case, some of the exceptions being amazingly difficult to deal with ; and as to the latter, the Court could not conceive how any notion could have been formed that there was any equity on the part of the de fendant, about the plaintiff's bill of costs that had been paid. The two cases would have to stand till Saturday. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. LORD MANSFIELD. His LORDSHIP said he had got the minutes, as proposed on one side in this case, and he wished to know whether this set of minutes was agreed to on both sides. Mr. HORNE said, by no means ; and that though his clients had likewise handed a. set, lest they should have been misplaced by his Lordship's attendants, he would direct that another copy should be furnished. - - His Loansumintimated that if this were done, he would dis pose of it on Saturday. ATTORNEY-GANERAL V. SKINNERS' COMPANY. This matter occupied a considerable portion of time, upon a dis cussion respecting the alteration of some parts of the minutes. Sir Henry Judd directed a surplus of his property to go to the Skinners'. - Comiiany,' -after disposing of a great deal of it to charities. - -, 'That Company was to visit annually the Tunbridge School, for which they were to receive forty shillings. The property had greatly. increased -in value. and the eatablishrnent much . increased in expence. Upon a refer ence:to, - the Master lately, he had allowed 2001. for defray ing the annual visitation, and it was contended. to-day, that if that 2001, was-tel?e paid, it waa•to come out of the surplus going to the Company. - T4lt eurp/us, without any trust, amounted yearly at present to-7001. His Loansure . thought .the Court could not permit more to be paid for the visitation under the will than 2!. ; if -the Skinners' Company chose to fare sumptuously, and : apply 2001. for their dinner, they would have to do that at the, risk of being called upon hereafter to-account for the 19S1. annu ally..i. The best decree his• Lordship had ever known made, was `made . hy a Lord Mayor of Loridon;'upon - a'diapitte respeOting the precedency of the Skintiera' and the Merchant Tailors' Companies, to the latter of which,'he (the Lord Chancellor) belonged. The dispute Wei :referred" to 'the Lord Mayor; " and , he decreed - that thi'tivo Conipinies Shetild - dine With each other- once everylyear'; that Tailors- dined With the Skinners, the first toast shonld' ',after the liealth of his Majesty was drank, " The Merchant Tailors" and Skinriera' Companies."— And that when the "•latter .dined With the former, the toast should be--- , " The Skinners' and Merchant Tailors' Coin- . -paiiies."'-,(Mtichliughter.):---The Matter was'at last.cirdered to stand' over Registrar'S book \i'as produced, that it might be seen Whit fell from the Conk-at the time the decree was pro: nounced. 11fr:-HbitwE believed that When the book of that day was pro duced, it would appear that no judgment had been pronounced at all, for that the Registrar had been so attentive; as not to have taken any thing down, but the short hand writer would show what the decision was. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. JUDGMENT. HITCH V. BARTLETT. A motion was made some time back that the bill filed in this cause be struck off the file, and that the costs of the suit be paid by Mr. Humphreys, the plaintiff's solicitor, or that he be directed to produce the plaintiff within a reasonable time, so that she might be properly identified, and that in the mean time she find security for the costs. Several affidavits were made in support of the application, and the case sought to be made out by them was, that no such person existed al Elizabeth Hitch, the plaintiff, on the record, but that she had been set up by a Mr. Branning, for the purpose of evading a provision in the will of his mother-in law. It appeared that Branning's mother-in-law, who was much displeased with him for his conduct to his wife, determined that he should enjoy no part of her property. Wit!: this view, in de vising her property to her daughter, Mrs. Branning, she expressly restricted her - in case she should die before her husband, from leaving him any portion of it. Mrs. Branning shortly before her death made a will, in which she devised the estate in question to Elizabeth Hitch, the present plaintiff, and a hill was filed by her for the purpose of getting possession Of it. The defendants, on whose behalf the present motion was made, insisted that Elizabeth Hitch was a fictitious person set up by 11. 13ranning, in order that he might, through the agency of her name, evade the will of his mother-in-law ; and it was sworn, on the part of tke applicants, that he had used undue influence with his wife, and compelled her to devise her property to this fictitious person for that pur pose. Various circumstances were stated in support of this elle- I gation ; and, among other things, 'it was sworn that Mr. Humphreys had refused to give up the-residence of his client.; that at one time she was represented as residing at Stoke-Newing ton, and at another as living in John-street, Islington. The V/CE..CITANCELLOR gave judgment this morning. He said that he had allowed the matter to stand for several days, not because be had the slightest intention of granting the application; but that an officer of the Court might have the opportunity of making explanatory affidavits, as to certain charges of a veryserious and grave nature, affecting his character as a Solicitor. His Honour could - not have granted' the application to the full extent, no matter how .true the allegations of the applicants might have been, and for this reason, that the plaintiff, Eliz. Hitch, had been admitted to probate in the Ecclesiastical Court and therefore was entitled to sue in this Court until that probate was recalled. Whilst that probate remained in force he had no authority to direct the Bill to be taken off the file, hiasnmeli ai.lae was bound to conclude that -it had been -Properly granted-:-then as to that part of the appliCation which`prayedthat the plaintiff be compelled to give seen- . rity for costs, His Honour Was of opinion that there were not grounds for his making such an order: Much of the confusion in the case was occasioned rather by the great number of affidavits filed on both sides than by any fraud on the part of the plaintiff. He must, therefore refuse to compel her to find security for costs..— But, as Mr. Humphreys had acted improperly in refusing to give up her residence,' he had given just grounds for suspicion, and so far the jealousy of the applicant was well Warranted. His Ho nour, therefore, in dismissing the application, would do so with out costs. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. At half-past eleven o'clock this day, when the unopposed cases were disposed of, Mr. Commissioner LAW abruptly retired from : the Court, in consequence, we understood, of an express, an nouncing the alarming illness of his lady. Shortly afterwards, he sent a notice that he would attend at two o'clock. The Court was unusually crowded this morning, in conse quence of William Benbow's name being on the list of applicants for this day; but owing to the Commissioner's 'absence his examination was adjourned, till ten o'clock to-morrow. He•is to he opposed, we understand, becanSe: he does not in his schedule, put a value on the bones of the Celebrated Thomas Paine, which B er ibow, it is said, 'preserves as precious and venerable relics in his cellar ! POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN-SQUARE. OESTRUCTMN AT THE KING'S THEATRE.--Robert Sheppard, coachman to Mr. Mumford, the stage proprietor, at Kennington cross, appeared before D. GREGORIE, Esq., charged with ob structing the free passage to the theatre, and also assaulting the officer in the execution of his duty. He was convicted in the pe nalty of 405., with Os. 6d. costs, and crdered to find bail for the assault on the officer. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) .. . . H AY MARKETS—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ' '.• ' ST. JAMES'S. -Lowland Meadow Hay.f4 otos 0 I Clover Hay £4 1008 10 Upland Ditto Bye-grass Hay SMITHFIELD. • ' Lowland Meadow HayX3. 15 to 4 15 Upland Ditto Ityc 7 grass Hay New 'Meadow' Hay !rest Clover and‘test Meadow Ha' prices of Straw, and the middling Supply limited, and trade dull. Clover Hay generally £4 15 to 6 10 Do. extraordinary fine 0 0 615 Oat Straw Wheat Ditto 214 .1 19 ss. per load lower than last quoted; id inferior kinds of Hay stationary. MANCHESTER, MARCH 13.—The change in the wind has bionght into . tiverptiol an abundant stock of cotton, which has not, however, materially dePressed the price, the,con sumptionbeing considerable, and prices very low. The same is felt on Manufactured goods, Which are constantly wanted. A number of London and other buyers are now in the market, for finished cloths; but they have not yet purchased in sufficient quan tities-to give animation to the market. Considerable disappoint ment is therefore felt, that at this season of the year, when the demand was expected to be great, it should not justify the hopes that ire entertained. In yarns there is very great dnlness, and some depreciation in prices. The accounts from abroad are not at all cheering ; and it is feared_ that the demand, if at all consi derable this year, will not be felt so early in the season as the wants and the wishes of the spinners require. THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday afternoon, at a quarter before two o'clock, his Ma joty arrived in his travelling chariot, with outriders, escorted by a party of the 17th Lancers, at his Palace in St. James's, from his Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. The King appeared La excel lent health. Soon after his arrival, his Majesty held a Court, at which (it being the first Court since the lamented decease of the Duke of York) all who att en d e d appeared in full mourning, according to the King's comm a nd s . The Yeomen Guard wore crape round their hats; their pac tisans were also covered with crape; they had also black stock ings, gloves, &c. The Yeomen Usher's silver stick was likewise covered with crape. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops ~f Oxford, Lincoln, and Chichester, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Master General of the Ordnance, the Lord Privy Seal, the Chancellor af the Exchequer, the Secretaries of State for the Home anti Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Controul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the House hold, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Recorder of London, Lord Beresford, &c. The Bishop of Chichester was introduced to his Majesty, Ana kissed ha-.ds, upon being appointed to be Clerk of the Closet. The Rev. Dr. Lloyd did homage before the King, UP° 32 being elected to the Bishopric of Oxford. Mr. Secretary Peel and the Bishop of Chichester (as Clerk of the Closet) assisted at the ceremony. Dr. Kaye, late Bishop of Bristol, also did homage, Upon his being tranals.ted to the see of Lincoln. His Majesty then held a Privy Council, at which some altera tions were made in the pricked list of Sheriffs for the present year. Mr. Greville attended ah Clerk of the Council. The Recorder of London was admitted into the presence of the King in Council, when he .made a report of the convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the December and January Sessions, when the law was directed to take its COMO upon Wingfield, Ke.ates, Young, and the two Devises. His Majesty gave audiences to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Mr. Secretary Peel, Earl Harrowby, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Beresford. Earl de la Warr, and Sir Andrew Barnard, were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Court closed about a quarter before six o'clock, and a few minutes after, - his Majesty left the Palace in his travelling chariot, on his return to the Royal Lodge; Windeor Park. - AS - the King left the Palace, his Mejesty was loudly cheered by a - numerous assemblage of respectable 'persons who bad collected round the garden gate. " - - ORATORIO.-COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. A Grand Cantata of the late lamented Weber was performed last night at this theatre, to which Miss Paton, Miss H. Cawse, Phillips and Braham, did all possible justice; the latter also sang an Elegy on the composer of .Der Freischutz (the words of which were manufactured by A Mr. Planche) with great charm:. teTistic tenderness. Among the chief vocal performers appeared Miss Andrews, who delighted the audience not less by the bril liancy than the science of her execution, she was very well re ceived, and, when her diffidence has a little worn off, will be as undoubted acquisition to the theatre.—The whole of the evening's performance went off extremely well. The house was well filled, but not crowded. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL.—Lord Liverpool has had a good night. MR. CANNING.—The Right Hon. Gentleman it improving rapidly, partly from the applicatinn of a blister a few days since. Dr. Holland and Dr. Warren held a consultation this morning at half past twelve o'clock, after which their report was, "Mr. Canning has had a good night, and is a good deal better this morning." Emily Marchioness of Londonderry entertained an elegant circle of the haut ton'yeaterday at her house in St. James's. square. Tht Marquis of Clanricarde entertained a large party at dinner yesterday at.hia house in St. James's-equate. Baroness Willoughby d'Eresby entertained a dis tinguished party at dinner oa Tuesday, at her house, Whitehall. Among whom were—the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, the Dowager Countess of Clare and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon ' Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Lord Auckland, Sir Wm. Rumbold, Bart., Colonel and Captain Drummond, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Calcraft, &c. An idea prevails in very well-informed quarters, that the King will make up any deficieney necessary to pay the Duke of York's debts. The House of Commons, it is at present under stood, will adjourn fur the Easter Recess, on the 12th, to the 94th of April. In the-list of the majority who voted against Sir Francis Burdett's motion on the Catholic Question, we omitted to insert the name of Mr. Greene, the Member for Lancaster. In consequence of the recent appointments of Com wiander-in-Chief and Constable of the Tower, which his Majesty has been pleased to confer upon his Grace the Duke of Welling ton, requiring his constant and unremitting residence and attention in town, the Duke has i isposed of the farming stock and agricul tural implements upon his farms near Strathfieldsay, Hants. The sale took place on Tuesday. A/ Separate Meeting of Catholics was held a few days since at the Corn Exchange Hotel, Dublin, to take into con sideration the means necessary to be pursued for Catholic Eman cipation., After au animated discussion (in the course of which a letter was read from Mr. O'Connell, advising a petition for the repeal of the Union,) the Meeting adjourned sine die. The house at Calcutta, the failure of which was lately adverted to, is that of Mercer and Co., a native house, whose connexions are chiefly in India. The outstanding de bts are said to amount to 50 lacs of rupees, more than half a million sterling, of which sum nearly the moiety is claimed by one house, which is s c ess ove io r n e,: s b o y t a ha u t 'a a rr v a e n r ; Ljuadrdiveindte, dividend d w v il a l r r io e u m s ain Tll i r t it is ies sai i o d, p pos session, the other creditors. , I/FLURY-LANETHEATRE.--A hundred pound. share in.Drury.lane Theatre, together with a personal free-admis sion for life, was yesterday. sold, at the Auction Mart, for 80 guineas. The share entitles the purchaser to whatever interest may be produced to the theatre from the rent of 12,0001. pay able by Mr. Price; the lessee, after all the debts of' the theatre shall be discharged. A .renter's share in the same theatre (beld for nearly 70 years, and entitling the purchaser to ls. Sd. every night of performance), and also a transferable free-admission, admitting t) all kinds of performance, were knocked down at 285 guineas. A similar lot was afterwards sold for 270 guineas. All the Drury-Lane people are hard at work on Rossini's Turk in Italy. Mr. R. Lacy is the adapter. Mr. J. Russell is to play the Turk, and Miss Stephens, Mrs. Geesin, Mr. Brehm, and Mr. Horn, support it,in other characters. It is rumoured that Mr. Eeerton is in treaty for the Surrey, which has been managed this season as if the lessees were aiming at a short reign. Mr. Lowndes is about publishing the play of Riche lieu, which was acted at Covent Garden last year. in a mutilated state, un ler the damning title of The French Libertine. NOVEL INTRODUCTION TO THE GREEN•ROOM or DRURY-LANE THEATRE; OR, GREEN-ROO3l An actor, entirely new to the boards of Drury, though not abso. liitely so to part of the Metropolis, was, on Saturday evening last, introduced to the ladies and gentlemen of the above establishment; -his debut was a triumphant one, and the caresses he received from the fair hands of the beauteous houries that . crowded round him, was calcidated to raise the envy of many a longing beau ; in other words, the fine young lion, bred at Exeter 'Change, was intro duced, under the auspices of Mr. Gibbon, and highly amused the company by his gentleness and playful tricks. ALARMING INTELLIGENCE.—We copy the fol lowing from the Freeman's Jincrnal, of this morning On Friday, after the arrival of the packet bringing an account of the defeat of the Catholio question in the House of Commons, orders were aent, to the Pigeon-House to forward 5,000,000 rounds of musket ball eartridge to the different garrisons throughout the c omrtry."—This appears to us a very useless precaution.; seeing that all that was necessary tolinsure peace and tranquillity was to get an order from the Attorney- General, for three or four Pre lates, and some score of 'Priest,s, to preserve both.—Dublis Evening Mail. . TERMINATION OF A FEVER.—A gentleman hear ing of the death of another, " I thought," said he to a person iu company, "you told me that Tom Wilson's fever was gone off. " Yes," replied the latter, " I did so, but I forgot to mention that he was gone off along with it." A person meeting a farmer, during a shower of rain after a long drought, congratulated him by saying it would make every thing spring• out of the ground. " God fbrbid," said the " for I have got two wives there." •