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Terms for the Course (Subjects included), Five Guineas Por particulars, apply to Mr. Harrison, 11, Stephen's- Green, or to Mr. Benson, 31, York-street. To the GOVERNORS of ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL. Aly Loftus AND GENTLEMEN, IN again offering myself as CANDIDATE for SURGEON to your HOSPITAL, I beg leave to silne.; the following Document. I have the honour to be, My Lords and Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant, W. W. SLEIGH. Chapel-str ee t, Grosvenor-square. <<l bc,g leave to state, that Mr. Sleigh's high attain ibent3 as a Surgeon qualify him, in no ordinary manner, t 0 discharge the duties of the Office he aspires to, with no hitnsclf and friends, than advantage to the " M. J. TIERN7N, Dart. Physician to the King." I° THE GOVERNORS OF THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. - - YY Loans, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN, BEG leave most respectfully to offer myself of to your no ti ce as a CANDIDATE for the OFFICE P HYSICIAN to the Middlesex Hospital, vacant by the 'e2ignatioll of Dr. Southey. Although I have riot ventured to trouble you by a per -3,: :nal ca nvass unt i l an actual Vacancy h as b een announce d , nay intention of coming forward as a Candidate on this theSSlon has l ong b ee n generally known, and has afforded ' e Govern ors an o pportunity of enquiring into my cha -4%!,r and prof.Nsional qualifications. ' t gives me great satisfaction to be allowed to assure ' n u, that I have the cordial support of the Physicians of t:ttr excellent Charity, whose Colleagfte I am most anxious bee tme. And I can confidently promise you, that if tau ' l l2ll think fit to honour me with your choice, you will ,r,nae earnest in youvo to alleviate the sufferings o f poor whom have confided to my care, and to y A— ,„ l l° l '@, according to my ability, the opportunities which goo afforded : se for the advancement of medical science. 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SOTHEBY has tile honour to announce 1 1 the Catalogues are now ready for delivery, and may he had (price 35.) of Mr. Parker, Oxford ; Mr. Deighton, Cambridge ; Mr. Laing, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Hodges, Dublin ; Messrs. Robinson. Liverpool ; Messrs. Robinson and Bent, Manchester ; Messrs. Payne and Foss, Pail-mall ; Messrs. Longman and Co., Paternoster-row ; Mr. Murray, Albemarle-street ; Messrs. Arck, Cernhill ; and Mr. Clarke, Bond-street. PERFORMANCE OF SACRED MUSIC AT SAINT BRIDE'S CHURCH. A Selection of Sacred Music was yesterday per formed, at St. Bride's Church, Fleet -street, in aid of the funds of the City of London School of In struction and Industry. The principal vocal performers were—Madame Caradori, Miss Cawse, Miss H. Cawse, and Miss Stephens ; Mr. IS raharn, Mr. Philips, Messrs. Hawes, Horncastle, Terrail, and E. Taylor. The performers in the chorusses were assisted by the celebrated Lancashire female chorus singers, and the young gentlemen of the Chapel Royal and St. Paul's Ca thedral. Mr. F. Cramer acted as leader of the band, which was numerous and select ; and Sir George Smart presided at the organ, to which a long move ment had been added expressly for this occasion. The first part of the performance consisted of a selection from Handel's Sacred Oratorio of the Mes siah, with the a dditional accompaniments by Mozart, and commenced with the recitative of " Comfort ye, my people," which was ma g nificently sung by Braham. The recitative, " For behold darkness shall cover the earth," together with the accompa nying air, " The people that walked in darkness," has been long admired as a splendid specimen of mu sical expression. The sound is strictly an echo to the sense. In the commencement, the notes stagger forth, with a blind and uncertain power, like people who grope and stumble in the dark. All is Cim merian obscurity—a darkness which may be felt— till the measure suddenly changes, and a flood of mu sical light pours upon the sense. It is the melody of light and shade.—At the end of the first Part Mr. Mather, the Organist of the Church, gratified the Assembly with a fine extemporaneous perform anL e on t'ie organ, and considering the disadvantages under which he laboured, the organ having been al tered for this occasion, we have seldom heard a more pleasing display of science. The second part consisted of Atwood's Corona tion Anthem ; sel,ctions from Haydn's Oratorio, " The Creation ;" some of Handel's most favourite performances ; and three compositions, from the works of Sir John Stevenson, Guglielmi, and Bee thoven. The duet " Hear my prayer" was delight fully sung by the two Misses Cawse ; and Braham did full justice to " Luther's Hymn," aided as he was by the organ accompaniment of Sir George Smart, and the trumpet obligato of Mr. Harper. One of the most delightful pars of the pe-fo-mance was Madame Caradori's singing of the air " Gratias agimus," assisted as it was by Mr. Willman's asto nishingly sweet execution on the clarionet. The performance was respectably and numerously attended, we should think not fewer than 1,200 persona were present. THE MELODISTS. The First Annual Concert of the Melodiste took place, yesterday evening, at Willis's Rooms. Nearly the whole vocal strength of the metropolis assisted to give it. brilliancy and effect, and the assembly was one of the most fashionable we have ever wit nessed. The Society was instituted in 1825, for the pro motion of melody and ballad composition, and to accomplish this object, writers are invited to contri bute poetry, which, when approved, is submitted to the composers, to he set to music; Tuch pieces as are adopted are published, and the profits of the work apportioned to the writer, composer, and the party who shall make it popular by singing it in public. In conformity to this plan, several beauti ful MS. compositions were yesterday performed at the first Concert of the Society, together with some of the most popular of our modern airs ; and when we state, that of the vocal favourites, Miss Paton, Mr. Braham, Mr. Sinclair, Mrs. Geesin, Mr. Broad hurst, Signori De Begnis and Torri, Mr. T. Cooke, Miss Roche, Mr. Pearman, and Mr. Duruset, as sisted—and that of the instrumental performers, Mr. Parry, Mr. Willman, and Mr. Watson, were pre sent, it will be unnecessary to add, that the per formance altogether was most successful. In the first act, a very sweet and plaintive ballad was sung by Miss Roche. It is the composition of Mr. Alexander Roche, and possesses much merit. The finale of the first part was " The Chough and Crow." Between the two acts, M. Sedlatzek, first flute performer at Vienna, whose skill has gained him a high reputation on the Continent, played a Fantasia on this delightful instrument; and Mr. Willm a n executed various national airs on the cla rionet, with very great effect. The long-established favourite, Mr. Nicholson, also delighted the audience by his unrivalled performance. The second act contained many beautiful com positions, particularly a MS. trio, by Watson— " Sweet Melody." In this act, Miss Paton was in troduced, and was, as usual, received in a gratifying manner. Signor de Begnis amused the audience by his comic powers, and was universally encored in the " Savoyard." His execution of Mozart's celebrated " Non piu Andrai," evinced the perfect skill of the master. Our old favourite, Mr. Broadhurst, sang but one song—the song to which he gives a depth of feeling and character, beyond which music can scarcely go—" My ,ain kind dearie 0!" which speaks to the hearts of all who hear it. There was no Orchestra, but the singers were ac companied on the grand piano by Messrs. Watson and T. Cooke. The first hereditary Duke created in England was the Black Prince, by his father, Edward 111., in A.D. 1336. The Duchy of Cornwall, then bestowed upon him, thenceforward became at tached to the eldest son of the King, who is considered to be dux natu,s. The Duchy of Lancaster was soon after conferred on his third son, John of Gaunt ; and thence arose the especial privileges which these two Duchies still in part retain. In the following reign, 21 Richard 11., Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, was so created for life. In the reign of Eliza beth, in 1572, the Ducal order was extinct, nor was it r‘vived till the creation of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, by James I. Wednesday an Inquest was held at the Port man Arms, Park-place, Mary-la-bonne, on the body of Mr. W. Turner, aged 50 years, who hung himself. It appeared tl_lat the deceased had been an Attorney in good practice, and for several years resided with his wife and family in Park-place. Within the last few years lie met with considerable pecuniary losses, and became much reduced in consequence. These losses had affected his mind, and he often declared that lie found it impossible to attend with proper energy to his professional pursuits. On Monday morning he hung himself in his bed-room.— Verdict, Insanity. LITERATURE. CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY.-pp. 353. Another volume (being the fourth) of this in teresting Miscellany, has just appeared, and fully realises the promise which its Editor held out at the commencement of his undertaking. In con sists of the well-known shipwreck of the Antelope, and the stay of Captain Wilson among the Pellew Islanders ; as also of the arrival and death of Prince Lee 800 in England. To this, in the same volume, is appended the deeply affecting account of the mutiny of the Bounty; of the suf ferings of Capt. Bligh and his crew during their voyage across the Pacific ; together with the sub sequent discovery of the mutineers at Piteairn's Island. The bare mention of two such capti vating voyages, being both included in the same volume, will, we think, be sufficient to insure it very general attention. HOOD'S NATIONAL TALES.-2 vols. 1827. There is some quaintness of style, and no little humour, in these pleasant volumes, the idea of which is manifestly borrowed fro.n the " Decameron" of Boccacio. The tales, twenty- - four in number, are of various characters—some humorous, some mold or didactic, some down right tragic, some sentimental, and some uxo rious. Those of a humourous cast are the most to our taste, for Mr. Flood has so completely identified himself in our minds with his excellent " Whims and Oddities," that we cannot for the life of us imagine him any other than a wag ; we could as soon fancy Liston an Adonis, or Mr. Joseph Hume a poet. As a specimen of his serious style, we would recommend the reader to turn to Mr. Hood's first tale, entitled the " Spanish Tragedy," where he will be delighted at every page with a choice as sortment of murders, trap-doors, banditti, fo rests, daggers, thunder-storms, and clocks strikine twelve. In " The Two Faithful Lovers of Sicily," he will be melted with the sufferings of a virtuous couple, who were cast away on a desolate island, but after the usual allowance of misfortune, were married, and lived very happily afterwards ; a conclusion, by no means the necessary consequence of matrimony.— " The Tale of the Harem," is a well told humorous story, and affords a fair specimen of Mr. Hood's style of narrative. We are sorry that we cannot afford room to extract it, but our limits warn us to a close ; so we will just observe, that the present volumes are each fraught with entertainment, and that the former in particular is introduced by a piquant ably written preface. MUSIC. " LA GAITIL," A SET OF NEW AND FASIIIONABLE QUADRILLES, WITH THEIR PROPER FIGURES, SELECTED FROM .MERCIDANTE'S OPERA OF ELIZA. E CLAUDIO. BY J. P. Pixis.—These Six Melodies 'are so well adapted to their newly intended uee, as to induce our entire appro bation of their present form; and if this is the first of a forthcoming series of Quadrille*, to he extracted from cele brated Italian Operas, the lovers of Quadrille Dancing can not hut feel obliged to the projector of so eligible an under taking. The resource is ample, if not inexhaustible ; and nothing will be required but selections equally good with the one before us, and arrangements for the piano -forte, at once as well calculated for their avowed object, and for the impravment and amusement of piano-forte prac titioners. " TRUE TA/VE," A GERMAN AMETTA, -ADAPTED EY J. BAWNETT.---The words of this little sir, which is in the ballad style, are translated by Mr. Logan, and by no means deficient in the principal requisites of lyric-poety, delicate diction, and ease and smoothness of metre. The melody, the composer of which is not announced, bears evident marks of a free and pleasing fancy; and the pia•io-forte accompaniment is arranged in a style favourable to the voice and the gene-11 effect. With the modulation into the minor of the original key, and the relative major of that minor, we are much pleased, as well as with the easy and national manner in which the original scale is resumed, and the pleasantly volatile passage that con cludes the whole. FOUR GRAND WALTZES FOR VIZ PIANOFORTE, BY FRANCIS 1-lornuiss.—We find in these Waltzes some prettily turned ideas, ideas which have the merit of not only being pleasingly conceived, hut artfully introduced, and judiciously relieved. Considering that their very cha racter as waltzes necessitated a uniformity of time or mea sure, they are very varied, and farther from fatiguing the ear than a succession of imilar movements might be ex pected to prove. We must not omit to observe, that the general cast of these passages is such as to render them useful exercises for the instrument for which they are ex pressly designed, and that they merit our recommending them to the attention of juvenile practitio: ers. On Thursday evening and Friday morning, a vast number of foreign vessels, loaded with grain, arrived in the roads, for Leith. We were much interested by the performance of Alfieri's tragedy of Primo Bruto last night, at the great concert room in the King's Theatre. Signer Pistrucci supported the chara..:ter of Brutus. In all his scenes he commanded the attention of an audience both numerous and elegant, and in many of them his very energetic acting produced the liveliest demonstrations of applause. In the first act his declamation on the tyranny of Tarquin, and the character of the tyrant, was conceived in the best style. The ap peal of Brutus over the dead body of Lucretia, where rage,at the conduct of the ravisLe‘hich ~ a nd, grief for the fate of his victim, are artfully mingled, was recited with a discriminating feeling; bile it gave to the hope of revenge its utmost force, kept in view all that a deep felt sorrow demanded. In the last act, Signor P. succeeded extremely well. The judgment on his treacherous sons, was, in the end, delivered with great vehemence,--a vehemence which the Italian poet seems to have introduced, for the purpose of overbearing the ordinary feelings of nature—feelings that must be supposed likely to triumph, unless the mind be wrought up to a high pitch of excitation. Signor Pistrucci 's adjuncts were all performed in a creditable manner. The gentleman who per sonated the younger son of Brutus, played ex tremely well. After the tragedy Signor Pis trucci proceeded to his " improvizatione " task. There was a great run upon hi s b a nk ; but he met every demand fairly. Ladies called for a descant upon " love," and (the subject is easy) he at once obeyed their command. Gen tlemen, who had in the course of the evening heard much of liberty, called for a poem on that theme, and were gratified without difficulty. In short, Pistrucci exhausted the imagination of the challengers, while his own treasury appeared to be as full as ever ; and when a whole phalanx attacked him, each giving a single word which was to he rhymed to, and a poem to be conned upon this very slight founda tion, he took, as Falstaff says, their eleven points at once, met them fairly, and defeated them. The amusements of the evening were well attend, ed, and well received. SHAKSPERIAN JUBILEE. (Third and last Day.) STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, THURSDAT MORNING. _ _ Yesterday terminated the amusements of this me morable Jubilee, which had excited so much curio sity, and has ; afforded unqualified delight to many thousands of individuals. The town was not very full of country visitors, but the attendance of the principal families at the Morning Concert, at the White Lion Rooms, was more numerous than that at the Public Breakfast, the previous day, and it is the only fault of the Committee, in this commemo rative ceremonial, that they did not adopt Shaks peare's Hall for the purpose. The Concert, both in the vocal and instrumental parts, was well sustained by amateurs, and performers from Mr. Raymond's company, who exerted themselves in so able a manner AS to please a crowded audience nearly four hours. Soon after the Concert had closed, the Theatrical Company left the town in a carriage, drawn by six horses, preceded by the military band,aiid escorted by a number of the town's-people,who thus strongly testi fied their approbation of the Corps Dramatique for the atention and support they had given to the pageant. Mr. Ryan's Equestrian Troop also occasionally pa raded the town ; and, between the Concert and Ball, many parties visited the birth-place of Shah speare, and his funeral monument in St. Mary's Church, where a great number of names were re gistered in the books kept for that purpose. The Ball in the evening commenced at eight o'clock, in Shakspeare's Hall, which, in addition to the deco rations used at the dinner, displayed the several banners bearing the names of Shakspeare's Plays, carried in the Pageant on Monday, and brilliantly illuminated, internally and externally, with many thousand variegated lamps. The company was very numerous and respectable, and the dance was going on when our account left. It was supposed that this Festival would have been attended by a much greater number of persons, but for some misunder standing that arose, partly owing to the diffidence of the Committee, who were unwilling to extend their promises too far. So greatly, however, is the satisfaction felt by all parties, that many individuals have already sub scribed to the next tl:ennial meeting, which it is intended will be on a scale of unparalleled magnifi cence ; all the characters of Shakspeare are to be in troduced, awl the subscription will be general all over the kinzdoro. FRENCH COURT NEWS. PARIS, APRIL 23.—The evening party, which took place yesterday in the King's apartments, was attended by upwards of 1,200 of the most distin guished individuals in society. Their Royal High nesses she Duke, Duchess, and Mademoiselle d'Or leans, and the Duke de Chartres, were present. Immediately after his entry, his Majesty traversed the different saloons, and addressed many individuals in the most affable and gracious manner. The Dauphin, the Dauphiness, and the Duchess of Berry, have likewise displayed that extreme con descension which ever accompanies the deportment of the B9urbons. The King proceeded at last to the gallery of Diana, where a score of card tables had been prepared, and were early occupied by Ladies and high Dignitaries. His Majesty returned into the saloon of his Cabinet, to take a hand at NI hist, and had for' his partners the Prince of Castel cicala, the Neapolitan Ambassador, Baron Uchtretz, the Minister Plenipotentiary of Saxony, and the Viscountess de Vaudrcuil, a lady in attendance on the person of the Dauphiness. The Ministers retired about half-past nine. Their Eminences the Cardinals Duke de la Fare, and P r i nc e de Croi, stayed much later. The Grand Officers of the King's Household, the Prince Tal loyrand, and others, followed the King at his derm ture:which to o k pl ace ab o ut eleven o'clock. Amon g st the Peers of France invited to the King's party, were the Chancellor, the Marquis de Semonville, and Viscount Chateaubriand. Amongst the Deputies, were Messrs. Raves, Cassimer Perrier, de Lezar dine, de Beaumont, de Romans, Benjamin Constant, de la Bourdonnaye, Royer Collord, Ducasse, de Borgius, Randot, and Daiguillon. The soiree broke up at half -past eleven o'clock. COLOMBIA. (From the Bogota Gazette of Jan. 28, 1827.) "TO THE FRYSIDVIT OF THE CHAMBER OF SENATE, LUIS A. BARALT. " The reply of your Excellency, of the 29th ult., in which you manifest to me your determination not to take upon yourself the charge of the Govern ment, as requested by me, in my letter of the 22d of the same myna], is certainly very painful to me. " My health every day is getting worse, and my medical attendants assure me, that I ought to ab stract myself from all public business. Even if there were not this powerful reason, the present state of our beloved country places me at a distance prom the Supreme Magistracy. " Who, however but the Congress, or in their de fault, the Liberator, can decide the question between you and myself, and remove the doubts which are occasioned by the Articles 62 and 68 of the Con vention ? I shall forthwith send an account of this affair to his Excellency the Liberator, if the Congress be not installed to-morroa ; and on whatever day the Congress may unite, I shall most certainly de liver up the offic , ! I hold to the President of the Senate. " I must not omit to state to your Excellency how grateful to my feelings has been the lionourabit, manner in which you are pleased to speak of me in the letter before acknowledged. To merit the good opinion of respectable citizens has always been, and is still, my ambition—and to receive such a tribute, in my favour, from your Ex cellency, who unites all the qualities of a good man and sound politician, is to me a source of consolation and pleasure. l e r c a es o t n t . he ass ( u s r vz. an n c e e d o ) f my most distinguished " FRANCISCO DE T. SANTANDER.% con"si NIEETISGS OF CREDITORS. J., Hackney L cura o au N fmts D : O G N ., \Dvlv.:::b.,—MosnAv, APRIL 30.—(At the Court o Commissioners, 13asinghall-street.) lo' Jefferson R.,Pickering ... 10 Hatfi:ld, .j., 11 Roberts, T., Manchester .... 11 Cambridge COUNTRY DT A.IIY.—INIosuAY, APILII, 30. Anderson, R., Manchester—Star, Manchester Beaumont, H., Liverpool—Porrest and Co., Liverpool Bennett and Co., Kidderminster—White Hart, Hartlebury 10 Cox and Co. Kingston-upon-Hull —Dog and Duck, Kingston 1 Croardill, H., St. Stephen's—Guildhall, Canterbury ll Gill, T., Stourport—Hart, i hrtlebury Gregory, w,, M anc h ester —St a r, M..nchester lO Lamb, J., Liverpool—Star and Garter, Liverpool ll Moorsorn, NV., Scarborough—Talbot, Scarborough lO Morley, NV., Manchester —Star Manchester Morton and Co., Wellingborough—Town-hall, Wellingboro' 12 Pitt, 11., Liverpool—George, Liverpool ?fowling 8., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds 0 Thorley and Co., Solford—lVliite's, Manchester 2 Thompson, 1., Bilston—Littleton Arms, Penkridgc ll Woodward, H., Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield l2 The specie brought by his Majesty's ship Tweed, is less in amount, and the whole cargo far less valuable, than has been reported. Some merchants who have agents at Portsmouth have received statements of the freight, which amounts to 1,200,000 dollars, and 315 scrolls of cochineal, making the total value of the cargo about 300,0001. instead of a million sterling. It is not known what portion of this specie is the Government remittance, but it is believed to he not less ti - 500,000 dollars. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 27.-*--UNIVERsITY ELEC TION.-Sir John Ccpley being elevated to the Peerage, by the title of Lord Lyndhurst, his seat as Representative of this University is of course become vacant. We announced last week that Mr. Bankes and Mr. Goulburn had declared themselves candi dates; and on Saturday Sir N. C. Tindal arrived here to solicit the suffrages of the Members of the Senate. The three candidates, with their numerous friends, have been actively engaged in the canvas, and an arduous contest is expected. It some what remarkable that the candidates are all of the same College, and that their principles on the im portant question of Roman Catholic Emancipatiot, •tre similar. It is well known that when Mr. 13ankes came forward on a former occasion, in opposition t o two candidates who were favourable to that measure, ha was returned by a triumphant majority; and with respect to Mr. Goulburn, he has uniformly supported the interests of the Protestant Establishment, with zeal and ability. Although we are not aware thw Sir N. Tindal has hitherto exerted his talents in the debates on the subject, et his name stands regis tered in the last division on the question, as the op ponent of the Catholic claims. His Majesty's miniature frigate Vic,forine, which does not much exceed in length a Thames wherry, during the early part of the last week. was taken into dock to be painted, gilt, and re fitted, preparatory to her being launched for the summer excursions on Virginia Water. She is a perfect model of her kind, and was originally built by a Captain in the Navy, for his own use. COMPOSITION OF ASSESSED TAxEs.---We beg to remind our readers who compounded fu their taxes under the former acts, that if they in tend to renew their composition for the addi tional terms as allowed by a recent Act of Parlia ment, they must give notice to that effect before the Ist of May next. The proper notices, with full instructions, may be had from the several Surveyors of Taxes. We mention this, because we understand much uncertainty has prevailed with regard io the time of giving notice, and the forms to be complied with.—Derby Mercury. Joseph Sauveur, the eminent French Mathe matician, was twice married ; the first time lit took a very singular precaution—he would no meet the lady till he had been with a notary t( have the conditions which he insisted on reduced into writing, for fear the sight of her should leave him sufficiently master of himself. This, says Dr. Hutton, was acting very wisely, and like a true mathematician, who always proceeds by rule and line, and makes his calculations when his head is cool. SEVERE SNOW STORM.—Since our last publication, we have had one of the most severe snow storms which has been experienced in this country, at so advanced a period of the season, since 1809. It began to snow early on Mon day morning, and continued till about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Out-door labour of every description has been suspended. The fall of snow has been nearly equally heavy in every direction. The Dunfermline coach reached Queensferry considerably behind her time, and coull get no farther. The Biggar coach set out at her usual hour (six o'clock), but the snow was so deep, and the drift so strong, that they found the attempt to proceed hopeless, and re turned. At mid- day yesterday the snow in the fields ran from twelve to fifteen inches deep.— At half-past one o'clock this morning the snow again descended in heavy flakes, and continued to fall without intermission till our paper went to press.—Scotsman. ROBBERY.—A few evenings ago, the shop window of M. le Mot, dealer in fancy snuffs, &c. in the vicinity of Leicester-square, was rob bed of a number of fashionable boxes, principally bearin g highly-finished portraits of the Ex- Members of the Cabinet. The unfortunate pro prietor was inconsolable at his loss, till Wednes day, when he received the following doggrel Epistle of Condolence by the Twopenny Post : " Dear Monsieur Le Mot, We've taken a lot Which all know too long kept their station ; Therefore, do not grieve, But this counsel receive, Let thy losses teach thee resignation !" [Morning Paper.] GRAND SKIP CANAL.—The making of a grand ship-canal from London to Portsmouth, it is understood, is to take place, supported by several Government offices, the East India Com pany, the Bank of England, several other public establishments, and the commercial and shipping interests. Two surveys have been made for that purpose—one by Mr. Cundv, and another by Messrs. Rennie and Giles. The survey of the former begins at Deptford, opposite the London docks, through Kennington, 'Wandsworth, by Morden church, to Epsom-common, Leather head, Docking, Ockley church, Arundel, and from thence to Spithead, making a distance of about 75 miles with only four locks. The prin cipal difference between Messrs. Renni e an d and Giles's survey, and that of Mr. Cundv, that the former gentlemen would take the canal f:oni Leatherhead common through Guildford instead of Dorking, the objection to which is, that it is five miles fu r th er , b ut b ot h surveys arc equally practicable. The canal is to be 150 feet in width, by 30 feet in depth. The expellee estimated at 4,000,0001. and it will employ 20,000 workmen for four years. Whilst the enemies of Catholic Emancipatior prognosticate the dreadful consequences which would probably attend the admission of the Ca tholics to the senate, and to high judicial and military stations, they seem to forget that the English Government has countenanced and sup ported the Catholic religion, not only in Canada, but in other dependencies. Abroad we are wonderfully tolerant. Not only do we counte nance and support various religious, but we abso lutely patronise almost every system of jurispru dence known to the civilized world ; nay, we ex tend our toleration further, and patronize that which every other people has rejected. In Canada we govern by the laws of the old French monarchy. In South Africa by the Dutch law. In the East Indies by the laws of Mohammed and the Koran. In the Mauritius by the Code Napoleon. In the lonian Islands by the civil law of the Romans. In the West Indies by the Dutch and Danish laws. Under all these various systems of law, justice is equitably administered, and yet no man can possibly be allowed to administer any of them judiciously, unless he happen to be of a particu lar creed in religion ! ! ! Was there ever any absurdity equal to this ?—Edinburgh Review. Counsel having been further heard in this case, in which there is a prosecution for perjury pending, The LORD CHANCELLOR deferred - pronouncing any opinion upon the case until to-morrow morning. After repeating what his Lordship has already re lated respecting Lord Thurlow's practice of hearing counsel on that side in favour of which his mind had been previously made up, with a view to their suggesting objections which had not before occurred to him ; his Lordship added, bursting into tears, " I feel deeply grieved at leaving you all, gentlemen of the bar."—(His Lordship's utterance here failed him for a few seconds. • He then proceeded) :—" I do not pretend that my mini was so constituted as not to htive led to delays sometimes, which have been grievously felt by many parsons; but (con zinued his Lordship, striking his hand upon the arm of his chair) I have always found it infinitely more difficult to do, than to despatch business ; and any persons who have attended this Court, must have found how much more difficult it is to make a proper end of a cause, than to get it out of the paper. This must be my apology to the public for whatever delay may have been guilty of,—l have laboured, both •lay and night, to endeavour to decide right, rather than to be too precipitate." His Lordship then illuded to tine criminal proceedings instituted in chili case, and observed, that he ‘vould not say m a word until he first considered whether what he miknt say would not affect those very sei ions proceeding', which were pendirg in another place. wri,J,B3LIT r. T DUXE or P,r.,17F0P.7. By the consent of the parties oo both sides, one •)r two alterations-wem-inede in th wcrd of the irder of taxation, pronounei by his Lordship in ~ his case, and Mr. Wellesley W2l allowed to attend the taxation at his own expence. nArras COITUS. Afr. KNIGHT said he had a ci,;Aion to make, under circumstances which left him ►+o ?-I. , froative but to nuke it before hit Lordship. It was for a writ of iaberzs corpus to bring up a bankrupt from NA',r wick jail. The Lotto CrtAxezut.oa could not refu s e it ; but his Lordship put it to Mr. Knight's client, if he would take the order irom him when he col :id nor ier►r the case afterwards. Mr. KNIGHT ha bad no' opportmity to with 4:lient on the i -, :ibject. The LORD CHANCELLOR-1f you press fcr it must grant it, for the statute obliges ma to to so. At to my refusal disqualifyinq me front hdding: ,office, I should not much care «boot that nov laugh)—but I own to you that I should not :nueb 'lke to pay the penalty of ;;ft-i. too. His LORDSHIP pro raised to giro judgmen - . in " Browne o. De Taste.," and several other osses, to-morrow. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, AP:m, Großca EaQ. V. CITANDos Ev.i. A C.3`7Hlrg•s:. When this rause watz called on to be argued, Mr. HORE, who appe:uefl for the de;'eadatits, odd, th,lt he was cornpktely taken by surpiise, ai;Ll fad no brief to put him in posseeiseri of the case. The attorney for the defendant was in the country, And had forwarded an stating that he was not aware that this cause had been set dolvn for hearing, and praying that it might stand over. Mr. Coa, who appeared also for the ticks:id:ants, said that he was in the same pedicameet as his Learned Friend Mr. Horne, as he had no brief to instruct him u to the merits of the case, a circum stance entirely owing to the fact that the attorney for the defendants had not received due notice that this cause was in his Honour's paper. in consequence of impediments which had occurred, and for which the other side could best account, this cause had been delayed for a period of three years to the great hardship of the defendants. He, therefore, hoped that his Honour would fiuffer the hearing to stand over for the reason stated. Mr. SUGDEN, who appeared for the plaintiff, hoped that his Honour would grant no such indulgence. Neither of the Learned Counsel at the other side were provided with a brief, and they, therefore, had no right to address the Court at all. It was idle for this attorney to state that he had no notice that the plea was intended to be ergued, and still more idle for him to allege that the plaintiff had caused the hearing to be delayed. The Attorney himself was guilty of culpable neglect in not attending to the case. The Vicx-ClueecreaDe. observed, that delays in Chancery had been so justly complained of, that it became the bounden duty of the Court to oppose itself with firmness to ally measures tending to retard the proceedings of the Court, and as far as he (the Vice-Chancellor) was concerned,he was determined to discountenance any wilful neglect on the part of solicitors or those by whom they were engaged. It was well known that pleas and demurrers were al ways disposed of at the sittings when they were set down for hearing, and, therefore, the solicitor in this cause could not excuse himself by stating that the plea had stood over for three years. His Honour then intimated that he should overrule this plea. Mr. HORNE hoped that the Court would hear the strong affidavit of the attorney, who was a most re spectable man. The learned gentleman observed, that this was a most important cause, involving pro perty to a considerable amount, and also a title, that of Lord Leigh, which was now the subject of pro ceedings in the House of Lords. The VICE-CIIANCELLOR.--I shall overrule this plea, with liberty, however, to the attorney to pro duce another affidavit ; and if he can show that he has not been guilty of gross neglect and negligence, his excuse nsay then be admitted. I must again re peat, however, and I beg that it may be attended to, hat it is my intention at all times to discountenance delay, whether occasioned by parties themselves or by their agents. In the course of the day, Mr. HO NF, Mr. SHAD WELL, and Mr. CIE, appeared for the defendants, having in the inter im received their In iefs, and the cause was again celled on. Mr. HORNE, having apologised to the Court for the delay which was occasioned, said that he had only just received his brief, and if he failed to state the case of his clients as fully and clearly as he ought to do, he hoped the Court would excuse him. Mr. Con: then opened the pleadings. It appeared that the plaintiff in this case, George Leigh, Esq., claimed to be the lineal descendant of the Right Hon. Edward Lord Leigh, of Streelegh, in Al ar wickshire ; and he sought, by a bill of discovery, to obtain possession of such documents, and other evi dence, as would enable him to pursue an a 2tion of ejectment in a Court of Law, which he had wrought tgainst Chandos Leigh, Esq., son and heir of James Leigh, Esq., who helri possession of extensive estates in Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Cheitei, and North umberland, under the will of Mrs. Mary Leige,sister of the before-mentioned Lord Leigh. _ Mr. HORNS then stated the effect of the answer which had been put in. The defendant mak: tained that the claim of the plaintiff was barred at kw, in consequence of the fine and recovery suffe-ed in 1806, after the death of Mr. Thomas Leigh, either of Mr. Chandos Leigh, the gentleman now in pos session of the estates. Mr. SUGDEti replier' and contended, on the au ho. rite of several cases which he cited, that the plea was untenablr, both in form and substance. Mr. TRESLOVE followed on the same aide; after which Mr. HORNE replied, contending that the cases Ns hich the Co,:usel at the other side bad produced did not support their case. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said he should look over the cases to which Counsel had referred, and deliver his judgment on a future day. It was enacted by the Long Parliament, that every person should retrench one meal a week, and pay the money thereby saved into the public treasury. This whimsical tax produced 608,400'. in six years, during which it continued. Bsin FOB BOMBAY DIRECT, g a PPointed t o Sail on the 15th June next, from Gravesend, THE fine Teak Ship RECOVERY, 600 Tons Burthen, HENRY C. CHAPMAN, Com- MlMer, lying in the West India Export Dock. F or Freight or Passage apply to the Commander ; or to JOHN CHAPMAN and. CO. 2, Leadenhall-street.