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DAY.) hear Scotch uenee of the 'all, to give , ndance were Y, and Lord der Fraser, a n-fields, and mv, a Lieut.- rice ; and the late John legal pt o •ing extensive ond Barnbar al sales, con rhich he onc e proceedings ho managed § behalf ; and n the respon dings, `which the excellent thing was t the Court :ireurnstances to reitnburbe expressing at tremely hard h Mr. Fraser n Mr. Fraser he appellant, is interrupted although he agular hard- House could been pursued At, however, pay this debt, is well as iu ulance, it was It would evi re that course. his client was mounted with property of payment by any person so 'reser, and lie eh a form as nterfere in his o be affirmed !al, which in rater-side grass the soil. HIS DAY.) :.—Saile I his Lnd Georgina, T. E.--Arrived Villiams, from 6ephyr packet, ember, Monte Arrived the 15th February, ) the Amelia, •om Palermo; Meridian, from —Arrived, the does ; Marshal perion, Lenny, James, Cook, )in Charente ; ved in Clonghy lamage, having Lloyd's at Rio ship Lightning 11, to endeavour Thetis frigate, AY.) 'CLOCIC this morning. February, and ary, have been n Coffee-house, reports of the nt length. On ssing the pro fish, and the for the encou id seal fisheries, venue of Lower at 162,000/.--4 r experiencAl at that the brave ,ly 38,000 men ssians, who had 3d with th;s in s; and General ,rsaw to his sol murderous con ake repose, and durable force to )ass the Vistula, thaw still con lolence, and an defended by the hat canton, the rose the Vistula, tid that he pro a consult on the 76i 77 for the went up to 77k, 67% 2 (196) dills, 19 21 AST ONE. _ at the cantent e , ort says it brin g , 4 91 . 6C/e t.. . , but e xpress °ten o f Na y to the Stoc k e course of the p u nt ; at present OLIOUSIy . Waiti o of Au str i a to the rotation of their y, state that B on . 0001. sterling, of good property 0' CL 0 cic. PRICES. +s6t 1825..., 20 n, 1825 3 62 ai • 1 ..., 1 .... 16i. :h smalle r m en Th . e . L„ ncers with wa le ', the* , at 00 hor, e b a of any E uro c ' pean f ictive ho rses have a , "in ing th e el "' " 4 earbi ne is died to th e I , saddle, iy a auaalder.belt, e carrie s it. l. ia ear. RIOT AT DUNDEE. (From the Second Edition of the New North Briton, of Wednesday, dated Half-past Four.) We have just heard that there has been a very serious riot in Dundee. Two or three persons had been appre hended and lodged in the Police-office for some petty off e nce (according to the judgment of the mob at least), on Monday evening, when there was an illumination ; and, as we understood the story, a tumult took place yes terday, when the rioters broke into the Police-office, rescued the prisoners, and committed other outrages, the p trticulars of which have not reached us ; hut it is said the mob has completely maste:ed the authorities, and is domineering over the town. to what effect or for what ob jects we know not. The Procurator-Fiscal has come here to-day to communicate with .the Sheriff of the county. (FARTHER PARTICULARS. ) We have just seen a gentleman direct from Dundee, who has favoured us with the following particulars : The police interfered with a party of the inhabitants who were dragging an old boat, which they had got from a ship-master, to the cross, and which they intended to form part of a bonfire on Monday i veiling. A general mob and riot immediately took place, and from 20 to 30 of the rioters were taken to the 1 3 , , 1ice office, where thi y re mained during the night, and till the evening of yesterday. During the day groups of persons were assembling in the neighbourhood of the Police-office, and early in the even • ing they beset the office, and demanded the release of the prisoners. The Deacon of the Conveners, finding the mob increasing, and fearing their threats to set the Police office on file, thought it expedient to comply with their demand. He procured a smith, who broke open the door, by his authority, and liberated their companions. This was no sooner done than the mob took possession of the Police-office. They set fire to the books and papers, and entirely burned the interior of the building. At seven o'clock this morning every thing was quiet. No lives were lost, and no farther injury sustained. It is impossible to condemn, in terms sufficiently se vere, outrages of this description ; and when we see such things as took place at our own door on Monday evening, We are more and more convinced of the necessity of our authorities calling out and organising an extensive and efficient constibulary force of the respectable citizens, who, we are convinced, only need to be invited in order to form such a body. The police establishment is only adapted to every-day peace and quietness, and the high constables are too few in number, and too much scat tered, to be of any use on an emergency. In every ward of police there should be persons sworn in, sufficiently numerous to convene, in a few minutes, in any and every quarter of the city, to check any tendency to riot in its commencement. Our worthy Sheriff, we are told, un attended by even a single peace-officer of any description, witnessed the devastations by the rascal rabble on Monday evening, without being able, by any understood arrange ment, to call forth the support of the numbers of re spectable persons in the s'reets, who, if required by any person in authority, would in five minutes have repressed the turmoil, apprehended every one of the blackguards, and prevented all the mischief which has been done. We are assured that a gentleman of the highest respectability offered on Monday to the Magistrates to co-operate .with them either as a justice of the peace pr a constable, and to get others to join him in preserving the public peace ; but. this was politely declined. The impotency of the conservators of the peace on Monday evening is the most significant comment on such an occurrence. And, how ever unwilling to make reflections on public functional ies acting to the best of their judgment, we must say that ours have not, on this occasion, done their duty, and that they have incurred serious responsibility. '~ I tiii DUNDEE-ILLUMINATION RIOTS. (Front the Dundee Cuurier.) The news of the English Reform Bill having passed a second reading by a majority of one, was received here on Saturday last ; and early nu Sunday morning large placards were posted through the town in the following terms : " The boroughmongers are defeated and condemned ! in spite of their own interested votes ! ! The speedy and final triumph of Reform is certain ! ! ! Let all Dundee be illuminated on the night of Monday first, from seven till nine o'clock. There is to be an illumination in Edinburgh on that night." Every one, as he read this flaming mandate, inquired who has ordered the illumination ? Who has published the placards? And almost all concurred iu denouncing it as one of the most impudent tricks that ever was practised upon the inhabitants of this place. The Justices on Mon day found it was too late to forbid the illumination, and accordingly issued a handbill, stating that they had re ceived a requisition to have the town illuminated, and that an illumination would take place. The illumination was general—people preferring to be at the expence of a few candles rather than have their property destroyed. Boats, tar-barrels, &c., were passed along the streets and burned—several windows which were not lighted up were smashed, notwithstanding the injunction of the Justices, which were in this instance also defied. Towards midnight the chief disturbances were confined to the High-street, where an immense crowd was collected, and a bonfire made out of the remains of a boat and a number of tar-barrels and other combustibles. About half past eleven the Police Commissioners observing that the crowd .hewed no disposition to disperse, and that the fire was industriously fed from all quarters, and the burning faggots occasionally thrown about in all directions, inter fered in older to prevent the fire from being kept up, and, aler telling the crowd that they hail alloyed them hitherto every liberty, exhorted them to forbear from throwing on more fuel and to go home quietly. For this purpose the pensioner-constables and police officers formed a circle round the fire fur about half an hour. The more daring of the crowd, not relishing this, made an attempt front the west side of the street to push the constables into the fire, which they resisted, and cleared away the crowd in that direction with their batons. Hostilities being thus commenced, stones and other missiles were collected and thrown at the Commissioners occasionally, but the fire was put out by throwing on water, and part of the re mains taken away, although the policemen eligaged in this duty were very roughly handled by the mob. Up to this time we viewed 'the proceedings of the crowd. About half-past twelve the crowd bad removed from opposite Budge's Hotel to the entrance to the Police Office, where the contest continued for some hours; the constables dispersed, leaving the police officers to manage as they best could. They recited into the lane leading to the office, and occasionally burst out and secured the most active among the crowd. During the whole of the evening the police officers behaved with the greatest propriety, executing their orders with coolness and decision. They were, however, few in number when compared with their assailants, and they were at times beaten hack, and the windows of the office were smashed to pieces. About 40 of the rioters were apprehended and lodged in the Police Office, and repeated attempts were made to force it and rescue the prisoners. It was not till four o'clock on Tues day morning that the streets were cleared. The darkness rendered it difficult to identify the offenders, and ,they have all been set at liberty but three, who have been given over to be prosecuted by the Procurator Fiscal for the county. On Tuesday, crowds collected in various parts of the town dining the day, and the detention of the prisoners in the police office, was a general subject of conversation. In the evening, au attack was made on the office (which is situated behind the Town-house,) and the dour forced —an old lamp-iron being uscd as a battering-ram. Having effected an entrance, the pris oners were set at liberty ; t the mob were not satisfied with this achievement, as they proceeded to gut the office ; and e ver y form, was la t e rn, or other article that could he lifte d or torn up, was carried to the street and burned. A great number of the windows of the Town-house were broke during the riot, but the building is otherwise uninjured. What services did my Lord SiDmouvi ever render to the people? What benefit, either as to its ho nour or political consequence, did be ever confer on the country to entitle him to a p• nsion of 3,000/. a-year? He was certainly Speaker of the House of Commons for many years, but was he not the Speaker of the Minister more than that of the country, and did he not desert and betray that very Minister, his great protector, from ex vanity--dreaming that he was capable of directing the affairs of a great empire? Enabled by feeding the bigotry of a poor insane Monarch to master his mind, and becoming the tool of an ignorant and wicked faction, he constituted himself Premier, made a disgraceful peace, and then renewed hostilities with France, incapable of directing them, and was finally driven from his seat by the repeated charges of Messrs. Ronsorr and Nicnor.t.s. As one of the most mischievous of men—as one of the meanest that ever was elevated to the peerage—as the most ignorant and most evil-disposed Alinister that Eng land was ever accursed with, is it that he receives a pen sion of 3,0001. a-year ? He owes much to his country, but. his country owes nothing to him. He has now sunk and may s o on s i n k into his grave nto insignificance , there 1 t him rest. Ho will have no monument.-- Times. BISHOP OF ELY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR,—In a statement which I observed, a few days since, in one of the Morning Papers, respecting the multi tudinous preferments held by the .sans and sons-in•law of the Bishop of Ely, I observed the living of Leverington valued at only 5001., whereas I have good reason to be lieve that, even at this time, it is worth 2,0001., as a few years back it was very near 3.0001. Surely this living, which has not had a resident incumbent for years, but has always been left to a stipendiary curate, becau,e it is situated in a disagreeable part of the country , is, of itself, a sufficient maintenance for a minister of the church, and affords a wider field for the exertions of a minister of the gospel than one nun can satisfactorily perform. Whilst on this subject, I would venture to recommend to t:.ese reverenl pluralists the perusal of certain passages in the Ist Book of Samuel. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Bella] : they knew not the Lord. rd : forW hereforen en the a si b n ho o r f r t ed th hey e oounftgerminegnowf a th s e v im ery rd great before the Lo " Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel. d And he said un , o them , why oye such thinas ? For I hear of your evil dealings by all th is p eo p le. Nay, my sons ; it is no good report that I hear : ye make the Lord's people to transgress. " if one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him ; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him ? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them. " And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, did I choose you out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer up upon mine altar, to wear an ephod before me? " Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people ? " But now the Lord saith, 'be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." I refrain frotn quoting the terrible judgment which is in the same place denounced against the greedy sons of Eii, but would strongly recommend the above mentioned parties to read it, and re-read it, without delay, and repent ere the ark be taken from them. I sin, Sir, your obedient servant, PAULUS APOI.LOS. The LORD MAYOR has appointed the Bishop of CARLISLE to preach the Spital Sermon on Easter Monday at Chriat Church, Newgite ; and the Rev. H. MELVILL, the celebrated preacher, late Fellow und Tutor of Pei erhonse College, Cambridge, to preach on Tuesday, at the same place. • THE EASTER DINNER.—Among the guests of the LORD MAYOR at the grand Easter Dinner, will he his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, all his MA JESTY'S Ministers, the Lord Chancellor of England, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Lord Advocate of Scot land, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The Marquis CAMDEN stated in the House of Lords, on Monday, that " a great portion of the inha bitants of Kent were not in favour of the Reform Before we accuse the Noble Marquis of falsehood, we would ask him what he means by the term "a great portion ?" If he means one in five hundred or a thousand, we will grant that he is right. —Kent Herald. Mr. GRANT will, on the re-assembling of Par liament— nam-ly, on the 15th instant—move "that notice be given to the East India Company, which is required by the Act 53d Get). 111. c. 155, s. 3, as preliminary to the termi►►ation of their Charter." Mr. JEPIISON has given notice that, after the Easter Recess, he shall move a resolution declaratory of the expediency of making provision in the Reform Bills, or in a specific measure, " requiring that all Members returned to serve in Parliament shall, before they take their seats, • make oath that they have not, directly, or indirectly, been guilty of bribery at their election." And a very sensible resolution too—but we apprehend the Hon. Member must have a reformed Parliament before he can carry his re solution. The Commons re-assemble on Tuesday, the 12th April ; and there are already sixty-three Orders and thirty-nine Notices en their books, engaging each day as far as the 17th May ; awl, though only one day is named fir the Notices and Orders, many of them Will occupy several days. The EngVsh Reform Bill, for instance, ac cording to Mr— HUME, will occupy ten days in the Committee. On Wednesday night, or, rather, on Thurs day morning, when the House had been nearly " left to RICKMAN and to LEE"-- . ind to the SPEAKER—a new writ was ordered for Mahon, in the'room of the liberal ex- Attorney-General, Sir James Scalia, who, having sighed again " to take office under the Crown," has ac cepted the Stewardship of his MAJESTY'S " Chiltern Hundreds," the salary of the just steward of such place being46s. 6d. petl.annum ! The electors, it is said, in tend to vote the iigid defert-ler and honest administrator of ex-olficios, anit the upholder of rotten boroughs, their thanks," and " a thousand tears." ‘., SIR CHARLES W ETHERELL'S LAST.-" So the Loan CHANCELLOR sits to-morrow, I hear," said a Noble Lord this morning to the Member for Borough bridge. " Yes," replied the latter, " and be will be the first Judge that his sat on Good Friday since PONTIUS PlLATE.—Morning Paper. This is an old joke ; it was said by MINGAY of Lord KENYON, who either sat, or wanted to sit, on Good Friday, on some urgent occasion. To the credit of the Barristers of the Mid land Circuit, we have great pleasure in stating, that out of sixty persons only eleven would sign a petition in favour 01 Reform.—Morning Post. ! ! ! In the last list of Members who have johied the " National Association," in Paris, is the name of " LAU RENT, wounded seven times in the days of July, and 35 times before. Rue Beaubourg, No. 21." FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF COVEN 'Mr.—This morning, precisely at nine o'clock, the re mains of this venerable Nobleman were removed from his late residence at the corner of Engine-street, Piccadilly, for interment in the family vault at Croome, Worcestershire. The Earl of AsHBURNIIAM, since the death of his father, took his seat in the House of Lords, fur the first time, on Wednesday last. By order of Admiral DE RIGNY a plan has been adopted in the nsvy, with a view to prevent the sailors' clothes from being injured. The cupboards in which they are kept are to be lined with tin, and the cor responding part of the deck above them is to be covered with lead, to prevent the infiltration of water.—Le Temps. We are informed the Royal Adelaide per formed th e vo y age f ro m M arga t e to London, a distance of neatly 80 mil e s, in five hours and seventeen minutes, on Tuesday last, being the quickest passage ever made. We are enabled to state, on most respectable authority, that great quantities of wool;, of middling and low qualities, have been contracted for in a growing state, in Austria, at a considerable advance on last year's prices. —Leeds Atellipeneer. THE VICEROY OF HANOVER. AND THE LATE H A NOVERIAN LEGATION.—The late Hanoverian Legation in this country, which has been abolished in con sequence of the appointment of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE to be Viceroy of Hanover, with full powers to act, ex cept in very few instances, t ithout requiring the sanction of the KING, consisted of a Minister of State (Count MUNSTER MUNHOVEL, G.C.H. and G.C.8.), Counsellor to the Legation (Baron 111 u NCH A ussEN), Privy Councillor of Legation (Sir LEWIS Mor.t.tun, K. H.), Secretary (H. G. GOLTRRMANN, Esq.), and Consul-General (Sir JOIIN HALL, ICH.). A considerable reduction of ex penditure is consequently accomplished ; but, as we be lieve the charges of the Legation were defrayed from the Hanoverian treasury, his MAJESTY'S German subjects will not derive any advantage that tn iy arise from the abolition of the Count's Ministry. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, independent of the handsome intome he receives as Governor of the family territory, is in the re his Royal Highness having obt a i ne d an eugmen tceipt of 27,0001. per annum f rom t h e Civil List of this country, o f 6,000 1 . a year on his marriage. 13 Tli.—Tite Worcester J ourna l , 2 3d Oc tober.tiuS3o an nounces that on Tu es d ay , at Droitwich, sirs.°ipi lliniu:irs seas d e liv e r e d of a son and Imr e . t who was very economical of his wine, o N e a r bi descantinganDean, man, oie day on the ext raor di nary per formance remarked that th e poor fellow could see no more than , ‘that bottle." "N o wonder at that, Sir," repl ied a M i nor Canon, " for we h a v e seen no more than that bottle all the afternoon." AN ODD A Ca UITTAL.—A girl w as tr i e d i e e r but it of black silk stockings, that they were odd ones, she that two do not make a pair, is was acquitted. Arguing , that a dead duck was nut a as good as the Irish decision, country contemporary is b la e s i t n g w e p e r k o proved uponstealing d duck decision was not an wro ng; the celebrated ' 1* h one, solemnly delivered duck.- Country En is • • Irish decision, but an 9 A „i ze s, within these lain from the Bench at Worcester three or four years.) Paper. Tea COURT CIRCULAR...;,f - • Prince LEOPOLD is entertaining a select - party of the nobility and gentry,,on a visit to his residence, at Clare mont. • • The Duke and Michels of GLOUCESTER have presented the Choral Fund with a donation of 107. The Fren'eh Ambr.ssador, a ccompanied by M. PERRIER, who has recently arrived in town from - Paris, visited Earl GREY yesterday, at the Treasury, and had a long confer ence with his Lordship. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office, from Lord AYLMER, the Governor of Lower Canada ; and 'also from Sir J. COLBORNE, Lieutenant- Gov, rnor of Upper Canada. COLCEIES rER ELECTION. • (RECEIV . ED TIIIS MORNING.) The hopes, of the Corporation party have been some what dimped by the non-appearance of their candidate, Sir Wm. Curtis, who was expected to arrive in the town on Thursday morning—but who, from some cause not yet explained, has thought proper to keep away from the longing embraces of his civic supporters. Mr. Mayhew gains ground on the poll ; and it the London burgesses stand true to the pledges they have given him, there is very little doubt that he will be the sitting Member. State of the Second Day's Poll, Friday : - Mr. Mayhew Sir Wm. Curtis Majority for Mr. Mayhew —2l STEAM POWER. Every day More and more develops the vast and in creasing powers of steam, which is, in fact, in the pre sent day only in its infancy. The Times has lately a•l -vocated the importance of building a number of steam vessels for purposes of war. But a question seems to have escaped the acute writers in that Journal—of what use would steam vessels be in war, that is, in a naval conflict, if the paddles be not protected against. the shot of the enemy. A single cannon-ball fired against a steamer might, and probably would, disable her, if it slid not place her at .the mercy of the foe. How is this to he avoided ? Why, the paddles must either be protected by a covering, im penetrable to cannon-balls, or they must be placed in a different position, or some other propelling means must be discovered. On this subject it would i.e well if practical men would exercise their ingenuity. That very great ' improvements may - and will be introduce:l in steam engines cannot be doubted. The very best models at present seem to be much more complicated in their machinery than they will need to be, when they have undergone the test of further time, experience, and ingenuity. The greatest improvement which has been made in steam engines, of late years, has been the substitution of metallic for packed or hemp pistons, and even in metallic pistons there has been found no inconsiderable Jiff-rence. We recollect that an investigation took place about a year and a half ago. relative to the comparative merits of two pistons, one a patent, by Mr. Barton, the other by a Mottershead. The Society had been inadvertently led into the error of decrying Barton's piston, on the ground that it " scored and destroyed the cylinder." The result of the investiga tion proved the r verse, and the Society has been subject to no small degree of obloquy since, in consequence of the blunder it made, and its subsequent confession of ignotance. If, therefore, an improvement .of so much value has been made in pistons, what improvements may we not expect yet to take place in other material parts of the machinery of steam-engines? The subject is alto gether one of momentous importance, bath to scientific men and the public generally. In the event of a war, steam will be doubtlessly employed as au off,nsive and de leusive power ; and any tax tending to cripple that power, when it may be said to be scarcely more than in embryo, must be exceedingly injudicious. We beg leave to throw out this hint to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Would France or America, at the present moment, think of im posing a tax upon steam-vessels ? If we can abstain from so doing we ought. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROXTON PARK RACES. WEDNESDAS, 341ARCH30.—Matek for 100 sovs.—Mr. Lyne Ste phens' Bolivar beat Lord Southampton's Lepanto.—One mile. The. Billesdon Coplow Stakes of 2.5 sovs. each, h. ft —Two miles. Gentlemen riders. Lord Gardiner named Tommy 'l* ickle Mr. Gilmour named Meretrix Two others started, nine others drawn,—Won by a neck. Handicap Stakes of 10 Boys. each, half ft. with 20 added.—Once round. Mr. Hungerford's Captain Ongley's Foxcote Two drawn.—Won easy. Match, SO sovs.—Mr. Lyne Stephens' Bolivar beat Mr. Stanley's Sportsman. A Plate of 50 sovs. given by the Inhabitants of Melton Mowbray, added to a Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each.—Once round. . Mr. Burton's Post Captain Sir James Boswell's Meretrix 2 Lord Anson's Dunton 3 Mr. Walker's Columbus . 4 Hon. Mr. Ongley's gr. g. by Swap S 'The Skurry Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added.—A little less than a third of a mile. Lord Southampton's Lepanto I Mr. i avis's Vivid Mr. Hungerford's Lucifer 3 Mr. Arnold's Lady Godiva t A Forced Handicap of 10 sovs. each.—One mile. Mr. Hungerford's Camillus I Hon. slr. Ongley's gr. g. by Swap Three others started. - HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PRESENT WERE. His Majesty's Stag Hounds meet on Monday, at Farnham Com mon ; and Friday, at the black Dog at Belt:Alt—at half -past ten. The Surrey Stag Hounds meet on Tuesday, at the George Inn, Farnborough,. and Saturday, at the Griffin, Kingston. '1 he East 111 at Fox Hounds meet on Monday, at Ashley; and Thursday, at Petharn Kennel—at ten. The Cambridge Hounds meet on Tuesday, at the Stow Fo x , and Friday, at Brampton Wood. The Puckeridge Hounds meet on Wednesday, at Birchanger and Friday, at Baniingtou-street—at half-past ten. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds meet on Tuesday, at Nassington Lodge ; and Thursday, at Moorbay Lawn—at ten. Sir Richard Sutton's hounds will meet on Monday. at Legsbv ; Tuesday, at Blankney ; Thursday , at Girsb y House ; an d Satur - - day, at the Green Man—at eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds meet on Monday, at Bradley ; Wednesday, at Rothwell Cover; Friday, at Willingham House; and Saturday, at the Kennel—at eleven. The Albrighton Hounds meet on Monday, at Wittymoors Wednesday, at Shattertbrd Gate; and Frida y , at Clent Kennel at half-past ten. The Montgomeryshire Hounds meet on Tuesday, at the Ken nel ; and Saturday, at Ystmcolwyn—at ten. General GASGOYNE, judging , from some lengthy notices that the Gallant Member has entered on the Commons' Notice Book, intends, after gathering strength and spirits during the holydays, to be very busy with the English Reform Bill; for, Ist, he declares he will move that it be an " instruction" to. the Committee on the said Bill, that, in any alteration or transfer in the elective franchise of the United Kingdom proposed by the Bill, the Bill should maintain the same relative propor tion, as to number of representatives for each distinct part of the United Kingdom, as was established and set tled at the time of the Union between England and Scot land, and also at the time of the Act of Union between Great Britain. and Ireland—a Froposition which, if car- . ried, with the piesent intention of adding to. the number of Members for ScAland and Leland, would lead to a pretty considerable addition (instead of large diminution, as is now proposed) to the number of Members for Eng land. 2. The aforementioned Gallant Legislator next proposes another " instructor" to the Committee, " au thorising them" that they have power to insert a clause audio; icing (again) any city, town, or borough, having a population of not less than 150,000 " resident inhabi tants"), (not absent inhabitants"), and a consti tueucy of not less than 12,000. voters, to 'send four re presentatives to the reformed Parliament!;" in other words, to allow Liverpool to send four Members, which, consi dering the virtuous anxiety shown by that incorrupt, in corrupting, and uncorruptible place, to tend two Member!: ought to be, and no doubt will be, properly and imined 2 " ately attended to. A meeting of the creditors of PRIOR, late of the firm of 111Eux and Co., brewers, was held a few days since at the Bankrupts' Court. The chief assignee, Mr. YOUNG, presided, and stated that he had to make a com tnunication from the firm of 111Eux and Co., who had made a proposition that they would pay over to the credi tors a sum of 5,041/. Ss. 4d. in full satisfaction of all cla ins. Mr. MottEcocx (an assignee) spoke agaiost agreeing to the proposition. He had heard that in the first four years of the co-partnership of MEux and Co. in which Paton was connected, the profits of the concern were not less than 61,0001., and that PRIOR'S share would be 6,700/. That amount had been drawn down by Paton to 6,000/., since the accounts of the firm were made out, Vaunt having received a salary of 1,0001. a year, besides his share of the profits. PRIOR was to have brought a •um of money into the concern, which he had not done UP to the time he absconded. He thought that as in general breweries had latterly worked to a profit, the creditors Ought to have a more correct knowledge of the actual state of the accounts between PRIOR and the firm of igrox a nd Co- A lengthened discussion took place upon the question, and ultimately tha proposition was negatived. altmwolawststaoid:nre tila 'that the 2 7,0 total claims against the bankrupt THE ARMY. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. LIEUTENANT - GENERA L-Roberts, East India Cotn• pany'a Service, Wrexham Lodge, Bucks. MAJoR-GENERAL—N. M•Leod, lost in'a steam-packet off Swansea. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL-Tucker, late Royal Irish Artillery, Dublin. CAPTAINS-Ridgeway, half-pay 36th Foot, Liverpool; Speer, half-pay Ist Foot, Dungannon; Lilievre, half-pay Newfoundland Fencibles, Canada; Peers, half-pay 92d Foot ; Vassar, half-pay Ist Provincial Battalion of Militia. LIEUTENANTS - Butler, 39th Foot, on passage from New South Wales ; Mathew, 49th Foot, Berhampore, Bengal ; Fleming, ditto, ditto ; Moss (Adjutant of Leeds Recruiting District), Leeds ; Walker; half-pay, 7th Foot, Bordeaux ; Raymond, half-pay 57th Foot ; De Rava riere, half-pay 60th Foot, Dominica ; Moorhead, half.pay 69ih Foot; WKay, half-pay 3d West India Regiment; Weatherstone, half-pay Canada Fencibles, Quebec; Brooke, sth Royal Veteran Battalion, York, Upper Canada; Hug ;up, half-pay 7th Foot; Champion, half-pay 12th West India Regiment. Co RNET —Griffiths, halfitay Waggon Train, Jersey. PAYMASTER -Armstrong, half-pay 21st Foot. _ QUARTERMASTERS — D av e n port, half pay 16th Dra goons ; Kenny. half-pay 32d Dragoons ; Hayes, half-pay 2d Fencible Cavalry ; Christian, half-pay 2d Alanx Feneibles. Su RG EON—Thompson, 4th Dragoons, Kirkee, Bombay. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT—Assistant Commis sary General Corbin, half-pay, Guernsey ; Assistant Commissary General Pecco, half-pay, Corfu. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year en- suing, viz.:— FOR GOVERNORS. JOHN HORSLEY PALMER, Esq., Governor. ANDREW HENRY THOMSON, Esq., Deputy Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. John Bowden, Esq. • Sheffield Neave, Esq. John Cockerel], Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. James Pattison, jun., Esq. Samuel Drewe, Esq. John Henry Pelly, sq. George Dorrien. Esq. Charles Pole, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Henry Porcher, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Richard Mee Raikes, Esq. Samuel Halbert, Esq. John Baker Richards, Esq. ' William Manning, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq. William Mellish, Esq. William Thompson, Esq. and Humphrey St. John Mildmay, Alderman. Esq. 'Samuel Thornton, Esq. Morris, Esq. 'Thomas Warre, - - , . The elrction of the Governor and Deputy Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the sth, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 6th inst., from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. To NASCENT AND NON-NATE ANTIQUA RIANS.—The following statement may be matter of curio sity to antiquarians yet unborn—the HEARNS and GROSES of some future age. The particulars are taken from a long tax-office return made to the House of Commons in the present year, recording the annual value, or rental, at which the Crown Surveyors estimate the mansions of divers Lords and Landlords in rating them to the King's taxes : Bath Hotel £losolEaten Hall £3oo Plough, Cheltenham B5O Wentworth House SOO White Hart, Bath 000 Castle Howard .. ....... ... ...:100 Shuckey, Oil Ship,Bright - n 7501 Blenheim 3OO Bishop and Cooper's, Bath 850 Trentham (Marquis of Staf- Lee's, Cheltenham 650 ford) 300 Lacy's Hotel, Manchester... 600 Wilton 300 Haine's, Cheltenham 550 Knowsley (Earl herby) 3OO Richardson's, Manchester... 500 Nettleden (Countess Bridge- Parson's, Brighton WOl water) ........... .............. 300 Woburn Abbey,. 6oolHatfield (Salisbury's) 250 IN LONDON. Bank of England £2595 United Service Club. ...... .Xl5OO East India House 2500 Athenwurn 1400 Mansion House. 1501 • rockford's 1200 British Museum 950 London Tavern 1000 Marquis of Stafford 3900 Duke of Wellington, 1000 —Aehentrum. THE • LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORSHIP OF GIBRALTAR.—Anether vacancy has occurred in the Royal Household by the appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir WILLIAM lIOIisTON, G.C.8., one of his AIAJESTY'S Grooms of the Bedchamber, to the Lieutenant-Governor ship of the fortress of Gibraltar, the venerable General Sir GEORGE Dort, the present Lieutenant-Governor, returning home. Sir WIL' lAM is a distinguished officer, and filled the same situation in the household of the late SOVE REIGN as he occupies in his present MAJESTY'S establish ment. Ile salary and emoluments of the Lieutenant- Governorship of this garrison, are estimated at about 4.500/. per annum. The salary of the office which the Gallant General relinquishes is only lOU per annum. According to the rules of the service, he retains the pay and allowances of the Colonel-in-Chief of the 20th Regi ment of Foot. As this corps is serving in India, it is considered a very lucrative command, and cannot fall short of - 1,200/. per annum - . The Governor of Gibraltar (Lord CHATHAM) is in the receipt of 5,0001. per annum, as the salary and emoluments of that military. prize. We understand that active arrangements are being made in Kent, to return another staunch Reformer for that county, with the present Member, Mr. HODGES, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament upon Lord J. RussELL's Bill. The feeling in favour of Reform through out the county is almost unanimous, and amongst the warmest friends of the measure are many who have hitherto been the supportera of Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL, and who are impressed with the necessity of the Bill's passion, deeply vedeclared their determination to support on y su a s o s o c heandil Lave as will advocate it. PROSPECTS OF A GENERAL ELECTION.— In contemplation of this event, the electors of the county, and the various represented towns of Kent, are already engaged in busy speculation, if not in actual preparation, for returning Reform candidates. Sir EDWARD KNATCH BULL will certainly go out. His friends will do well to advise hint to withdraw, for every part of the county will be in active combination to replace him by a gentleman pledged to a Reform. In another column we have pointed to various individuals who are talked of as likely to be put in nomination. To these we may add the name of the late High Sheriff, E. RICE, Esq., who is in favour of the Bill. Indeed there can be no doubt of the success of any candidate of adequate respectability who is of decidedly liberal principles. For Canterbury the two present Members are secure beyond ail doubt. At Dover the Liberal and Government interests will return two Reform c indidates. The present Members for Hythe are safe, identified with Reform as they now are. In Sand ;rich, Maidstone, and Queenborough, the Liberals ate on the alert. Kent will do her part, if the struggle come, toward: securing the great object of an united people's wishes.--Kent Herold. VORACITY. OF THE PIKE.— As a gentleman was trolling in the neighbourhood of this borough, on monday best, hi s bait was seized by a pike weighing from three to four pounds. Aft. .r having given the fresh water shark sufficient play, what was his surprise when, on winding up the reel, he perceived au enormous pik e we i g hing at least from between 25 to Nibs. at the end of his line. The utmost caution was u se d to secure the fish, but at the very moment lie was an the poi n t o f b e ing landed, lie pride a sudden plunge, and dis gorge d the pike whic h had originally seized the bait, which it appears had no so oner been hooked than it was itself seized by a larger fish of its men species.—Stanford Bee. S UPP LY OF PURE FILTERED WATER TO THE Alrraorous.—The members of the Corporation have now before them several plans for supplying the metro polis with pure water, and the complaints of acknow• hedged impurity having greatly increased, it is, we under stand, their intention to make the greatest exertions to meet the necessity. Amongst the suggestions which are looked upon with much curiosity is one which would, at no very distant period, have appeared quite chimerical. It has been proposed to form separate fibres under the bed of the rives Thames itself, competent to furnish a quantitn of pure water equal to the consumption of each company, and within the reach, at a moderate outlay, of any new companies which may be formed hereafter. The welts, on each side of the river within a certain distance, are affected by the rise and fall of tide, which fact proves that they derive a supply by filtration from the river. They give a water wholly untainted with animal or vegetable matter, and only impregnated with mineral or saline mat ter where it had passed through earth containing such matter. It has been proposed, in consequence of the as serted efficacy of filtration thus produced in the Thames water, to obtain a similar supply by means of a filtre con structed on th e same natural pr i nc i p l e wi d er th e b e d o f th e river itself, which might be wade of materials not con. taining mi nera l matter that can pass in solution with the water. It is calculated that the deposit of mud on the sides of th e Thames not reaching below the low water mark, and•the bed of the river throughout being generally a clean porous gravel, the mud will puddle in, and close the pores of the gravelly bed on which it lies, above the low water mark, so that the filtration into the neighbour ing well s must take place below low water mark. A fil tering low the b e d o f the river, through wh i c h a ma i n p i pe ot chamber i s t h ere f ore propose d t o be co n s t ruc ted be tunnel will conduct'the filtered water into a well on tbe river sid e , w hi ch , may be taken from thence by the presen t steam power on shor e , aad.delivered out by tbe mains and "Inches now l a id d own b y t h e ex i s ti ng Wat er companies. LENT ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. KINGSTON, MARCH 31. William Andrewi; aged 19, and Joseph Easton, aged 21, were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of George Michael Wilson, in Kennington, and stealing therein diamonds and jewellery to the value of 500/. ; and Charlotte Deans was charged with reeeiving the same property, knowing it to have been stolen. The prosecutor s'atel that his premises had been broken open and a considerable amount of property stolen therefrom, between the night of the 27th and morning of the 28th of December last. He bad seen the two male prisoners at his shop window before the night of the robbery. The case being most conclusively proved against all the prisoners, they were found Guilty. Deans, who said that Ann Barrow, like herself, was a common prostitute, was sentenced to be trate ported for 14 years. Sentence was not passed upon the male prisoners. TA U 11r T 0 IV, ALI RCH 31. The Ass;zes commencedi yesterday. Forty-three causes have been set down for trial iu the Nisi Prins Court. The whole number of criminal charges for trial amounts to upwards of 200. Thomas Searle:, aged 49, was charged with having cut and wounded his daughter, Elizabeth Searle, wish intent to murder her. It appeared that the unhappy prisoner had been in a state of religions madness, in consequence, as he alleged, of a sermon which had been preached at the parish church of Thorn, by a Mr. Watts, and every word of which sermon the prisoner thought to have been addressed to himself. He became impressed with the con viction that be had committed a sin against the Holy Ghost, and that therefore he could never obtain ' forgiveness either in this world or the next; and for months before the commission of the offence he kept his family in a continual state of arprehension for his personal safety. On the 25th of September last he took his (laughter, a child only twelve yews old, up stairs in his house, and asked her if she would wish to go to Heaven arid, upon the child saying the father kissed her affectionately, after which he cut her throat to a considerable extent, under the ear, in the muscular part, and inflicted other wounds upon other parts of her body. Another of his daughters, nine years old, hearing the cries of her sister, ran to the room, and in attempting to seize the knife, was wounded in the hand. It seemed, however, that the attempt to commit so enormous a crime had, in some degree, awakened the unhappy parent from the horrible delusion under which he had laboured, and in consequence of which he believed that he had been commanded to kill his daughter by the express directions of the Holy Ghost. Some persons came to the assistance of the child, and on remon,trating with the father, he expressed the greatest horror at the attempt which he had made. The child, who was now called as a witness, stated some of the above-mentioned facts, in a manner which excited the interest and sympathy of every person in Court. When her examination had been concluded, the prisonsr, who had no Couesd, was asked by the Judge if he had any question to ask of the witness ? The putting of the question induced the litle girl to look round, and her eyes no sooner had fallen upon her father, whom she had not pre viously seen, than she burst into tears and instantly fainted away. Another of the prisoner's daughters who deposed to some facts tending to show the pri soner's insanity at the time of committing the act, was so much affected as to be scarcely able to speak. She said that he was the most affectionate of bands and of parents, and had always been peculiarly fond of the child whom he attempted to kill. The Jury acquitted the prisoner upon the ground of his being insane at the time of committing the act, and he was ordered to be detained in cus tody until the King's plesure could be known upon the subject. The prisoner is a labourer, and the father of seven children. He got h most excellent character from some persons, besides the members of his own family. THE KING V. DUNN. This was an indictment for a libel. The plaintiff is a Mr. Howe, churchwarden of the parish of Walcot, in Bath. The defendant is a re spectable brewer in the same parish. The libel was in the form of a letter addressed to the Very Rev. Archdeacon Moysey, the Rector of the parish of Walcot, and was in the following words:— " October 12, 1830. " I have been informed that you are going to bring one criminal before the public, I hope you will bring two more : one for seducing two sisters, the daugh ters of a once respectable farmer at Lansdowne, which brought them to poverty, misery, and affliction. After investigation you will be expected to give your opinion in the public papers, which will oblige your", obediently, " A PARISHONER." In order to prove this letter to be the hand-writ ing of the defendant, the prosecutor and tivo or three other of the persons engaged in transacting the affairs of the parish were called. They deposed that they believed the letter to be in the hand writing of the defendant, from the form of the d's and t's, as well as from the fact of the word pa rishioner being spelt without a second i. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. GL 0 UCES TER, MARCH 31. The Judges arrived here from Monmouth yester day evening, and opened the Commission. This morning their Lordships attended the Cathedral, escorted by the ijigh Sheriff, Sir T. C. Boevey, Bart. There are 28 causes entered for trial at Nisi Prins; but not one Special Jury case, nor are any expected to be of any importance. The As sizes are expected to last all next week. No case of public interest was disposed of to-day. YORK, MARCH 31. Charles Briggs, James Briggs, and William Mar shall, were indicted for having wounded William Lyall, with intent to maim, wound, or do him some other grievous bodily harm. For the prisoners an alibi was set up, but the prosecutor swore positively to the two Briggs.. The 'ury found those prisoners Guilty, and acquitted Marshall. The Learned JUDGE had some doubt whether an indictment: for wounding, with intent to do some bodily harm, could be supported by evidence which showed an intent to murder, and reserved the point. It is said that his Excellency the Lord-Lieu tenant has expressed his intention of visiting the county of Clare, in order to obtain a knowledge, from personal ob servation, of the condition of that part of the country. We understand that his Excellency wilt take his departure on Saturday, accompanied. by Mr. Sergeant O'LoannaN.— Dublin Morning Register. At the chairing of Mr. MAURICE (MON.. NELL, as Member for Clare, there was rather an Irish specimen of an appropriate emblem in the dispLy of one of the banners which had served upon a similar occasion for O'Goastati MAnorr, and on which was inscribed " O'GORMAN SIAHON, the champion of his country." Mr. O'CONNELL has addressed a letter to the Chairman of an anti-Union n•ceting of the tailors of the city of Cork, in which the Hon. Gentleman indig nantly denies that he has thrown overboard his sale= for the Repeal of the Union. " Even (he says) if I were to declare against the Repeal of the Union, there are (►hanks to God for it) millions of Irishmen who would not submit to my dictation, or that of any ram, hut who would, de spite of every effort of mine to the contrary, continue to seek for a restoration of that domestic legislature to Inland which they properly deem essential to her prc.sperity." WEDDED LIFE.--Two stories illustrative of this state of existence in the higher circl--s have just been published under the above general title. The first •of these, called " The Wife and Friends," exhibits some sin olar examples of that spirit of intrigue which, while it is thought to be fashionable and harmless, too often ends in the deepest and most irremediable miseries. And the second story, "The Married Mari," slims that an eager search after what is called a good match, is pretty are to lead to a very ill-assorted union. The work is ascribed •to a lady inferior in rank only to the Rc.yal family. It can not fail of popularity among the fair. 777 -- . SINGULAR TRIAL OF VIRTUE. In the the year 1512, Va!4ltitt 'azi : :l4 - fillinber of Yucatan, and fell int‘aelfan. his companions were v f xr ti,io - , - *Ahii a ii \o c whom ds Of.the aiI:PIN . . ... .. , who, being cannibals, iciirted Valdivia - ifrid4o i his countrymen, save o,lt:a. grand . feaStle d he Isityint,hile,orcsacwiqause Jeronimoantl h I t bje . ; (4 . s4 : iiir il,,,,li4,. Mr. Washington Irving gives the following curious account :—" He was a native of Ecija, in Andalusia, and had been brought up to the church, and regularly ordained, ani shortly afterwards had sailed in one of the expeditions to San Domingo, from .whence he had passed to Darien. He proceeded in'a different mode from that adopted by his comrade, he sailor, in his dealings with the Indians, and in one more suited to his opposite calling. Instead of .play ing the hero among the men, and the gallant amongst the women, he recollected' his priestly obligations to humanity and chas tity. - Accordingly, he made himself - a - model of,meekness and obedience to the cacique and his warriors, while lie Closed his eyes to the charms of the infidel women. :Nay, in the latter respect, he reinforced his cleri cal vows by a solemn promise to God to resist all temptations of the flesh, so be might he delivered out of the hands of those Gefitiles. The Cacique had remarked his unexampled dis cretion with respect to the sex, but doubted his sincerity. - After laying many petty temptations in his way, which Jeronimo resisted with the self-denial of a saint, he at length determined to subject him to a fiery ordeal. He accordingly sent him on a fishing expedition accompanied by a buxom damsel of fourteen years of - age ; they were to pass the n;glit by the sea ' side, so as to be ready to fish at the first dawn of day s , ~and Were but allowed one 'ham mock to - .sleep in. It was an embarras sing predicament; not apparently to the Indim beauty, but certainly to the scrupulous .Je ronimo. He remembered, however, his double vow, and, suspending his hammock to two trees, resigned it to his companion ; while, lighting a fire on the sea-shore, he stretched himself before it on the sand. It was, as he acknowledged, a night of fearful trial, for his sandy couch was cold and cheerless, the ham mock warm and tempting ; and the infidel dam sel had been instructed to assail him with all manner of blandishments and reproaches. His resolution, however, though often shaken, was lever overcome ; and the morning dawned upon dm still faithful to his vow. The fishing over, he returned to the residence of the cacique, where his companion, being closely questioned, made known the triumph of his self-denial be fore all the people. From that time forward he was held in great respect ; the Cacique especially treated him with unlimited confidence, intrusting to him the care, not merely of his house, but of his wives, during his occasional absence. PLEASANT DESCRIPTION OF SPANISH TRAVELLING COMPANIONS. wasl b w r a im s m no in t g ti f l u e sole occupant llofyoun young girls, of t s,w who o t ,A c .e o r a e ch : it going a short distance from the city, partly for the sake of the ride, but chiefly to take leave of one of their number, who was to keep on to Madrid, whither she was going to serve a Con desa. I soon found, from their conversation, that two of them were daughters of the old man. The eldest, a close-built, fast-sailing little frigate, with an exquisitely pointed foot, a brilliant eye, and a pretty arch face,—not at all the worse for two or three pock-marks,---was the newly-mar ried wife of the zaaal ; the one who. was now about to leave her riorne, for the first time, was a younger sister of the bride; and 'the :rest were cousins and neighbours. They had all grown up together, and now, as they were whirled furiously down the hill side that leads away from Toledo, were as merry as crickets, laughing, giggling, and shouting to such of their ac quaintance as they passed. By and by, how ever, we got to the bottom of the valley, and began to toil up the opposite ascent. The excitation of the moment was over, and they remembered that, at the top of the hill, they were to part with Beatriz. Their laughing ceased, and the smiles passed from their counte nances,—a painful expression came instead, and, when the coach at length stopped, they were all in tears. Poor Beatriz ! she - cried and kissed them all ; and when they got down from the coach, and left her all alone, she sobbed aloud, and was half ready to follow them. Margarita, the eldest sister, seeing poor Beatriz so much afflicted, begged her husband to let her go along and come back the next trip. Andres would not, at first, listen to the proposal, but fastened the door. When she began, however, to grow angry at the refusal, he took the trouble, like a thoughtful husband, to explain how inconvenient it would be for her to go without any prepara tions ; if she had but spoken in the morning or the night before, the thing would have been easily settled. All these reasons availed nothing. _Margarita grew more and more vexed, until Andres was driven from his resolution. He slowly opened the door, sating, with a half-dis pleased air, " Entre usted !" Contrary' to all reasonable calculations, she stirred not a'step to ' wards accepting the rifer, and her embarrass ment and vexation seemed only to grow greate: at thus losing the cause of her displeasure. By this time, the old man, who had thought it was all over when he had kissed the children, began to grow impatient, and gave the word of command. Away went the mules. An dres would not part in anger. lie went to receive a farewell kiss from his wife ; but Margarita turned away pettishly, striking her little foot on the ground, and shaking her head as though she would hare torn her mantilla. Without more ado, he left her to,her, ill humour, and, overtaking the coach, caught. the left mule by the tail, and leaped to the wooden platform beside his father. Meantime, Beatriz and I put our heads out of the window ; she from interest and atrection,4 from curiosity. The girls re mained where we left them, throwing up their handkerchiefs and sending after us a thousand kind words and well-wishes. Margarita alone stood motionless in the same place, with her head turned from us. Gradually, however, she moved round to catch a sight. of us, and, when she saw that her husband was not looking at her, seemed to be sorry for what she had done, shookhcr fan at him fondly, and cried out at the top:of voice, " Until we meet, Andrew !"--"' Rast a la vista Andres !" But it was too late, he w ould not hear, and, beating the mule nearest him with great euorgy, we were soon descending the bppo aite bill. The last I saw of Marg a rita, she had hid her face in her hands, a nd her co nions mpa . .4 were drawl round to 0_ er c onsolatio Young American's Year i n Spain her ■ i}4 6 3 14 41 3