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B i o 2 ta m n o y . , with 14 2 g to Agricu,ture. - afFlitkiist 13,,, 4, 1 , on the CULTURE and MANAGEMENT Wish plates, kk EE S• By W. FORSYTH. Itti4 ,1-1/ a , 79, 6ZiacCali','S GARDENER; containing tit' ' Aethode of Gardening, &c. &c. N 1 a 2 t u ni r n a . 1 )1 1t ~ Y si p Ntr, ''•dit* • 111 .1 ,' of AGRICULTURAL GHYNIIS F T ou R r Y th . '4l 16,. 'MPH RY DAVY, Bart. Svo. Cki i:,(4 Al`tkEßS' SOCIETY, 71, LEADEN -44,Tb HALL-STREET. f l _ , best. , Nob i . i. ll -) RN EL L res yect u I) solicits the , 41 :fiec t .,,, , i 3P and Gentry to inspect the largest and +4, 4 1 4 . a t tt. ftt of Cabinet and Upholstery Goods I ktlyeto4,4ll,,,tae CABINET-MAKERS' is enrolled SOCIETY, ag r i ee l: ! ti lt rl 4 e torf°P! City, which founded for the s l u l p . po rn rt 0 4 etitta armament, a . k t4 Pt n d get nent of industrious /l A let t , h . a .l n es ies p , 4 1 l '44, ty l ' l ' le . , only the very best --r . u. , , NA, M ekness, old age, rfo who i survivorsea. fo t r o its b Trustees, t h E u eR Tl, and or tSecretary,reet of . /, 1 , , By order an oi l City. „,,ti t THOS. HASL , . 61 7",.. 3 11, , , four- 71,, Servants'l.. ede n 1 ia ll- s chest 4itt'kr4 h..... - " L a a") .E..3 15 o! drawers , krtZ;'44-,, Stem 1 6 01Mahogany Pembroke £2 2 0 1 16 0 t ,t• ii,t4 Orniture 315 0, table , 1,-44ii-,,,, ore s nature mattress •Ca t -ta t , 1 1 f E sl i a g h h o t g ui 7 h y t7 di ffi . i n n i ayt n c g chh ta a b ir le s ...... 3 5 1 3 0 0 6 10 0 I,l'lliiiPQ4. t) tit ...... 1 1 (ip 1 t.e i lla o r s eq t s a ideboard 6 10 0 t o ii 4 l 3. 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(upwards).,6 ° 0 et i:VBarrnrzretfarie, , c e, tl i o n rn ex d c uAt an al e i e d smell. _.,....__ 4 it ar, • --- r at to, named GILL the son of a flume It th.. l, ne ar 11 ,.. SON, char- '', bas ~..":.n, and him•elf the occupier l f, _ g!CI W lt h be 7 coined before the Stamford 11 ag ,90,1 c heck n g the who obtained cash for rezuo °r 3,,,,, Person . , ,) Lord the ' uQHFIy ,),,,'"l., purporting to he signen ' therk, t c k La s ;A -1-Ittstly ri , ho cashe y the be hi d . uetitii ed • 1 t!f. has• rk w o i s f t r v a ° t r e n s e , for the Bost on .14 ; , Zt e noteu which were given aw ay 4,,,, e TT) and it has . been ascertaine d that ft e par.loo of :he b o y r th e mes b e ' ° ,.. o ntri haVi o t , t , t r h e . li e geB9 eXaMined 3 se uevoy see t r otie . clerical ge , 0 0d. te '" lqa' r h os oke to t • nt ei on In a f at greet length e , tile ,pr nt , c lc. I tharinr, tert o t be o ek d e t a hey c 0 "gir dent n Chet 6 it „d derstl'" t reso it •efore he i s ach°V and n. f ., je 0 9 ar e and P c , oc eo, t heir 191— t a re tile'', 0 j 0 t ly eX!', )r th e ii n tla o ye s u Prf s sei tu on s voto,, 10. T° ° To Co. i a c:o• ,,.. _ll 1i0t.513" 1 0 ,,..... 1 7 !ievo, s l " r r i a nd , hum , 2 0 ;35 ' p r m - lictto n 0 [totter oi Stockton 'I'eCS h Coa l ins dilfortiN e 2 S. . w.: ..r. ........... •. .............. ......... ......... .. o. 12,6(34.) 71).) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. STIPENDIARY CONSULS. (Extract of a Letter from Gibraltar, March 25.) WESTERN CIRCUIT.-TAUNTON, APRIL 9. Well may Lord Palmerston promise his electors economy in the department of Ambassadors and Secretaries of Legation, and their next a-kin, the Consuls—the latter being, like the former, nominee, of the aristocracy, since salaries have been assigned them. Both the political and commercial agents, as at present constituted, are of no real service to the countty ; on the contrary, their incapacity, with very few exceptions, is a positive hindrance to bu siness in the way of all who have to do with foreign countries. When you approach one of these func tionaries, he endeavours to cloak his ignorance of his duty by assuming pompous airs, and puts him self into a defensive attitude, to be as little troubled with you as he can help. Pampered animals like, they are constantly at some ludicrous antic or other, to the amusement, and not seldom to the amaze ment of byganders. Consul Hunter (Sir John) at Madrid, had a printed paper of his °an composition, a sort of " principles of politeness," a la Chererfield, which ht put into the hand of every Englishman who did not come dressed by a Bond-street tailor, a lesson how to behave himself before that finished gentle. man, Sir Henry Wellesley, the then Ambassador, and the Spanish authorities with whom he might have business to transact. This S . r John was the nominee of a Scotch boroughmongering Provost. While Cadiz was occupied by the French army, the English Consul, Mr. Brackenbury, in admiration of the exploits of the " haro of the Trucadero," gave grand ent rtainments, dinners, balls, and sup pers, to the General and Staff of these French mer cenaries, as it were to insult the Spanish people, by celebrating the downfall of their independence. A public agent of England spending his ample salary in feast rig French soldiers, while actually engaged in inflicting injury and insult on England herself, in the destruction of the liberty and prosperity of a friendly State ! And this revolting spectacle —revolting to true English feelings—exhibited in the first city of Spain, the scene of action, the very spot on which the last effort of the Spanish cause had just expired under the knife of these French assassins; their hands red with blood--the best blood of Spain—sitting down to public banquets, paid for with money drawn from the English taxes. The Spaniards took these doings of the English Consul as a confirmation of what they had alroady suspected from reports, industriously circulated by the Duke of Angouleme, in his promenade across the Peninsula, that England was a consenting party to the French invasion of their country, as con certed with the Doke of Wellington, at Cie Con gress of Verona. In vain did the English residents tell the citizens of Cadiz that it was but an act of sheer folly of theConsulond that it ought to be viewed in no other light. The Spaniards set it down, in sober sadness, as a gratuitous insult to their fallen fortunes by the Tory Government of England. Such outrage to all decency has no parallel, ex cept that committed by King George the Fourth, when in his midnight orgies he drank a bumper to the success of the Duke of Angouleme, then con ducting the French army across the Pyrennees, in the Bourbon crusade against Spanish liberty. This Cadiz Consul abovementioned is the nominee of some electioneering corporator of the immaculate borough of Liverpool—a quid pro quo from Mr. Canning, in a contested election in the good old times of boroughmongering. Had any one insinu ated the exercise of undue influence to the Thoht Hon. Gentleman, now 6t. Stephen's would nave resounded with his rhetorical indignation in repelling the charge ! How the flashman of the Tories would have bullied, and fumed, and ranted on the purity of his Liverpool electors ! But here we have ►n a tangible shape a life annuity of fifteen hundred pounds sterling (salary and fees)—a sinecure, in fact, granted under false pretences. Of this an nuity ten years—fifteen thousand pounds—are al ready paid, and ten or twenty years mote probably in reversion. Only thirty or forty thousand pounds of the public money to one gentleman for doing nothing ! The salary of the Cadiz Consul was re duced last year three hundred pounds ! but the place is still worth a thousand a year and upwards. I could fill a volume, with what I have seen and heard, of injuries inflicted on the best interests of England by her own accredited agents, in their ignorance and folly. British residents abroad look to a reformed Parliament to abate this nuisance ; but I have my misgivings, when I see the present monstrous union of Whigs and Tories. If the pau pers of the aristocracy are to continue quartered on the people for bread, without work, in the shape of Envoys and Secretaries, let their allowance be shortened to a scale of rational living, for which less than half the present expenditure would be more than sufficieat. Let us not be subjected to the double mortification of witnessing the rioting extravagance of the Lord Charleses, and then be called on to pay the bill. As to stipendiary Consuls, they must be got rid of, root and branch. Let the business be restored to its old footing of employing local merchants of respectability, who will act with advantage and credit to their country, and without salaries. For as long as there is emolument, that can, by any possibility, be turned into jobs and sinecures, it will be seized by the harpies of corrupt in fluence. That job of jobs, the Rio Janeiro Consul ship, of which so much has been said in and out of Parliament, was the handywork of Lord Westmore land, as a provision for one of his numerous offspring quartered on the public; who for many years suc ceeded in levying illegal and unprecedented contri butions on British trade—nothing less than a per tentage on the amount of all invoices of cargoes by English ships, besides fees and other emoluments, to the tune of fourteen thousand pounds sterling a year. This imposition, so discreditable to the Rio merchants for not having opposed it at the outset, was at last resisted ; but the Parliamentary influence of the Noble Lord got it legalized by an act of the " collective wisdom" smuggled through the Hon. House at unseasonable hours. The Consul, now backed by an Act of Parliament, treated the Bra zilian merchants with renewed scorn, and went on filling his coffers in the large way, until the affair was taken up in the House of Commons by Mr. Hume, I believe, who shamed even Tory Ministers out of the scandalous job. The emoluments of this place were then " regulated," but not till the Con sul had realized two hundred thousand pounds; and disdaining any longer to mix with vulgar shopkeepers in Brazil, he retired to England to enjoy his splendid fortune in otium cunt dignilate. .Tobn Giblett and Harry Penny were indicted for having in their possession a certain bill of exchange far 2001., directed to Messrs. Masterman and Co., ,nd having the endorsement Jones and Co., a, d George Burnett Giblett for having counselled aid ',leiter] the said John Giblett and Harry Penny to forge the same. After hearing evidence, the Learned Jutice 4ummed up, and the jury found all the pr'sone , s Guilty; and they were sentenced to be transported for life. The JUDGE, in passim► sentence, observed that the Act of Parliament would not allow him to use Any discretion—it was imperative—or he should have thought it his duty to have passed a slighter sentence upon John Gihlett, who, he considered, liad been made the tool of his elder brother, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, APRIL 11. REX V. FRANCIS IVILCOCK. The defendant is a toll-c,ll,ctor at Kensington vate, and had insisted on charging a toll of three pence for a remarkably fine donkey beionginv, to Thomas Jessop, upon the plea that it was not a dookey,but a horse. The proper toll is only three halfpence. For this imposition he was fined in a penalty °fsl, at Mtrlborouah-street office. Against This conviction he had given notice or an appeal to the Sessions. Owing to some informality in the non-return of his rkcognizances to the sessions, the Court could not entertain his appeal, and the con• victim' was consequently affirmed. The complain. ant was referred to Marlborough -street office to ob tain the enforcement of the penalty, to a moiety of which he is entitled. In ans•w•er to an inquir y from Mr. Broughton he said he was willing to sell his donkey for 31, and that it was 13 hands high. The remaining appeals disposed of doling the (lay related to parish affairs, and were of no public interest. Extract of a letter from Horsham :—" About a quarter past eight in the evening of Sunday s'en night a shock of an earthquake was felt here. A' some house e, the shock was much more perceptible than others. Many persons thought that a principal beam bad given way, and others that some person was in their houses. In the shops the articles seemed falling ; and the scales were put in motion. Many were engaged examining their premises in the utmost alarm. Mr. Huasx's hall-bell rung ; at Denne the pictures moved, and a bird fell from the perch in the cage. At Sir T. SHELLEY'S and Mr. TREDCROFT'S they were much alarmed. We were among those who knew nothing of it till the next morning."—Sussex Advertiser. THE COTTON TRADE.—In France, in 1831, the cotton spun was 74,000,0001 b., besides the British yarn smuggled through Flanders. In Alsace power looms are increasing fast. Average wages of spinners, ss. Sd. ; hours of labour 12 to 14. In Switzerland, in 1831, the cotton spun was 18,816 0001 b. No. 40 costs 14id., when cotton is Sd. 3 sths, wages, 4s. ; wages in si milar mills in Britain, Bs. 4d. In the Prussian and Rhenish Provinces, in 1830, the cotton spun was 7,000,0001 b. Power-looms have been profitably intro duced. In Saxony cotton-spinning is just commencing, and fast augmenting; in 1831 there was spun 1,200,0001 b. of cotton ; average wages, 3s. 6d. They spin as cheap as the British as high as No. 50 warp, and No. 80 weft. In Lombardy, in 1831, the cotton spun was 4,000,0001 b. In Austria it is fast advancing ; in 1831, 12,000,0001 b. ; average wages, 3a. 9.1. In India the new mill, 12 miles . , mule earns ; his wears In the United States, in 1831, the cotton spun was 77,550,0001 b. CONDITION OF WOMEN IN ENGLAND. — The youth is accustomed to trade, and sees no reason why he should not drive a good bargain in a wife, as well as in other affairs. Mother as well as daughter is resolved that so " respectable" a suitor, who is " well to do in the world," shall not slip away from them if they can help it. The female has not the privilege of " making offers," and therefore thinks it her duty to accept, if she possibly can, the first which comes, lest she should not get another. But it so happens, that the process of courtship affords no means of enabling the parties to acquire a knowledge of each other's character. Some one once replied, on being asked the character of a woman, " that he had not been married to her." He was right, and so must the matter continue under present regulation. The lover makes his visits at stated intervals, perhaps every evening, or less frequently, and if bad-tempered he can shy away. He approaches not except in smiles, and in his most engaging garments ; he can put what cheat he pleases upon the lady, he may court two at once, but the lady, having less freedom, ia obliged to have recourse to more art. Be she well or ill, cheerful or ill-tempered, she must submit to be courted whenever the lover chooses to make his appear ance, and she dresses her countenance in smiles accordingly. • 4 • There the lover sits, while the lady tats or knits, and discourses on such things as Providence has forced on his knowledge, till Mamma escapes for ten mi nutes to give orders for tome " company" supper ; and then the lovers do their tenderness till she returns. The principle of giving dinners and suppers as a matter of mercantile marriage business has become so common in more c asses than one, that a man of refinemeht would almost starve rather than partake of the food of above one person in a hundred—family men or women. " Sir," said a blunt old man, " when do you mean to propose for my daughter? You have dined at my house fin) , times a ithin the last eighteen months, and it is time you decided on something." The gentleman, who was a " diner-out" by profession, made his bow, and retired.—Monthly Repositsry. MURDER OF THE BOY ROBERT PA vioLt.—The Middlesex Grand Jury were occupied the greater part of yesterday in investigating a bill of indict ment preferred against FREDERICK MARSHALL, GEORGE EVANS, and WILLIAM TAYLOR, charging them a ith the diabolical murder of ROBERT PAVIOCR. The indictment contains two counts only, and i. not special in form ; the first count contains a charg- that they did inflict divers wounds and brui-es on ROBERT FAVIOUR, of which he did languish and die ; they are also charged with causing his death by suffocation and drowning. There are no less than 25 witnesses named on the hack of the indictment, a ll of whom were sworn in Court to give evidence before the Grand Jury. About four o'clock in the afternoon the Grand Jury came into Court, and returned the bill a true one against all the prisoners. The bill was immediately sent down to the Old Bailey, where it is expected it will come on for trial this day. HOUSE-BREAKING. — Saturday night the dwelling-house of Mr. MORGAN, surgeon, St. Martin'.- lane, was entered through the attic window, and a jewel lery case, containing several articles, stolen ; among which were two pair of coral earrings, one ditto Ling fine gold earrings, one ditto pearl tops with imitative drops ; a fin• gold brooch, set with stones (pearl and ruby), and topaz centre; one mourning brooch, box and glass centre, con taining hair; a six-row coral necklace, green stone snap; a large cornelian brooch, set in fine gold, twisted border; a mourning ring, enamelled, brilliant in centre, set round with pearls, name engraved at the back, " HENRY Jaat- METT, aged," &c. ; five rings ; one small fine gold bucket, set round with emeralds and pearls. Also three sovereign and 21. 121. in a small square pasteboard (blue mottled) Lox.--Saturday night the dwelling-house of Mr. MAO aNnAdY.,,Avlear several e a n r - t l i a c n l ees, of p c al ate s id e l ; ern were a brown great lwe o as t b e therefrom.—Saturday brokenfrom .a—n dSentered, Ber mondsey, monalsey, was entered by means of skeleton ke y s, and six silver tea-spoons; k amongstshallootnh , s . e o v a e t, ral li a n r e t s icl w es it s h tol b en lac ; one silver table-spoon, marked "R. M. S. ;" a pocket hook, containing a gold wedding-ring, and various other articles; some money, a red silk scarf, a piece of pork, and a japanned canister containing tea.—Monday morn ing, about 11, the room of WILLIAM TOWERS, first floor, 76, Morienouth-street, Seven-dials, was entered by means of skeleton keys (the front door being left open), and a number of articles stolen. Is dun colour Thibet shawl with broad border, a green China crape shawl, and other articles of wearing apparel.—Police Gazette. PALISSOT once said to Madame CORANCEZ " Since I have read Racine I have given up the idea o writing tragedies. I shall now write a comedy." " Then you have not read Moliere," ',plied the lady. A short time since a respectable farmer's daughter, whilst on a visit to a friend's house, near Houghton-le..Spring, b, came enamoured of a schoolmaster s and as the feeling was reciprocal the joyous pair, after a six-days' courtship, were made one•twain in the holy bonds of matrimony. The father of the bride, on learning what had taken place, provided a wedding feast for his household, but the revels were most inopportunely interrupted by a declaration from the farmer's isian-servant, that lie had been privately married to the lady a short time before ! It would require the pencil of a HOGAATII to describe the eclaircissement ; the rich prize was left in possession of the astonished dominie for several days, and was only given up to her original lover and husband after a treaty to which several functionaries of the village were parties.—Newcastle Journal. ) 6 . 06 a -;/ /-,,/ *t; -k . ...„,, ',•.:.„ ~ ( 9 .., , ~ \,..,::::: : i:s1...:.,1::Irl..1;4:)-Zi _ ,- 1: 111 7 ; 4 4 1, 1 - \‘..,1 ::::: tt, ' • ' ' ' - ' 4 .4,'" , %4;,,Z. , ' :,: ~ f."...pet, ""'"'AIIIIF ' ' ••• .- 4' . 4 , ;:, 'AI . , ' nit . '•- i.„ ,--; . QAT •1- - , ~. 3 .:-.. :- ~_......0t '''''N r ;I'' [ , i- , .. ',..,,: J .: \ , • //7 ) ~ ~ , \ , ( • , '"4k - - - --'''' ," r , • l', . ', ' 0 •• • 9V fl, . kt"' ~ ,v,- t.,_ ..,-- ~,. 1 . '', k • - fic? . .icl•-- /40,44 /„ , ~, ,;:.s.•-•'._ ----.- / V' , ----,:-V s- - ,•,:. 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Having beeti much amused, however, with the genealogies of some of the Members, as well as surprised at the pains -taking inquiries the compilers must have instituted to discover particulars so curious, we (lave extracted a few for the gratification of our readers, merely striking out the addresses of the which irlwc w ,teli3 i rbtß t riehi l ot ri l evefeyrth t rteh,c i tte e :Hnuibo, p :yori ib,ien:jsie.weiceni present tir s toe.A:il t f,atr, l l: ) le,:l e :S},: y ,iiehid Laitc r s,E; : itor, irge i ,i ) aiyt r tri ici e it,i,sti s ,lobi e inle, i ,:i i i:) : :::viv iaatu.sirssi Baron in: : as, to brother ( to e; of Lord Abercromhy ; married Miss Leigh, of High the Court of Exchequer in Sc,rtland before its suppreS.. give the Reform Act a fair trial ; is friendly to a shorter duration of Parliaments ; and will support election by ballot, if it should be found that the elective franchise cannot otherwise be fairly exercised. He sat for Caine in four Parliaments, and has a pension of 2,0001. per annum for the loss of his office. Br.AcKsroNE, WILLIAM SEYMOUR, is a descendant of the great lawyer whose name he bears, and a Conser vative. GALLEY, THOMAS, is descended from the regicideof that nan.. Of Whig principles. He fiat latt fo,. Crick lade in 1831. FLEE -moor), PETER HESKETH, is the head of the Heckeths of Roe-ail Hall. It was but rec.ntly that his assumed the name of Fleetwood ; is descended through the female line from Genera! Fleetwood. Was elec,ed without giving pledges, in consequence of his a:lterates ter in the town and neighhoarhood, and has no canes nexion with any political party. Has been High Sheriff of the county. Gaarraer, JAMES, eldest son of the celebrated orator, and brother of the Member for Meath. Of Whig priori-. plea. Mr. Grattan was introduced to public life by the late Earl Fitzwill , ain ; and it is chi• fly by the influ ence of that nobleman's family, which has vast estates in Wicklow, that Mr. Grattan is returned. Has sat for the county since 1820. GRATTAN, HENRY, son of the celebrated orator, and brother of the Member for Wicklow. A barrister. Mr. H. Grattan differs in politics from his brother, being a Repealer ; and in his address he cal s upon the voters to atom' " by the family that always stood by Ireland—that always opposed the tithes, and it: the field opposed the Union." Sat for the city of Dublin in 1826 having previously unsuccessfully contested i' in 1830 he was thrown out by Mr. Shaw, the present Member for the University of Dublin. GROTE, GEORGE, a banker, and merchant. We may mention as a matter of curiosity, that Mr. Grote is said to be descended from Hugo Grotiusi, one of whose sons, a merchant, came over from Amsterdam, and settled in London ; since which, some one or other member of the family has been a distinguished mer c',aat of the city. A Radical Reformer ; in favour of free trade, vote by ballot, triennial Parliaments, the immediate abolition of slavery, the repeal of the corn laws, a reduction of expenditure down to the scale of 1792, the repeal of the assessed taxes and the taxes on knowledge, and church reform. Mr. Grote has put forth publications on the Bank Charter, Greek History, Reform, &e. &c. MACNAMARA, Major WILLIAM NUGENT, father of the Member for Ennis. Is descended from the ancient Admirals of Munster, whose office is said to have ori ginated the name " Mac.na-mara," or " Son of the Sea." Was second to Mr. O'Connell at the duel in which that gentleman shot Mr. D'Esterre. A Re pealer. He sat for the county since 1830. MARTIN, JOHN. An East India Proprietor and London Banker Mr. Martin is the son of the celebrated James Martin of Overbury, called the Andrew Marvel of his time, who was returned f or th e b oroug h of Tewkesbury in nine Parliaments with out exp .• nse. O f Reform principles; is in favour of the immediate abolition of slavery. O'CONNOR, DENNIS, commonly called the O'CONNOR. DON. Son of the late Member for R. , scommon, and looked upon as bead of one branch of the O'Connors. To our Eoeljsb.leadere .nm,. , t tree,, • of rntY„y„wail,, ..ily..tomr,it...ik.sLlPPPied to be a the head of the O'Connor family by the Spanish settlers in Ireland ; others, with more probability, conjecture it to be derived from the word dun, which described the colour of the garments or the standards of this particular family of O'Connors, and served to distinguish it from that of the Red O'Connor.. Is favourably inclined to a repeal of the Union ; is an advocate of the amendment of the jury laws, the mitigation of the criminal code, a of thetithe system, more e equal distribution and h of church te removal property,of Irish the extinc tion griev ances. First sat for the county in 1831. OTERRALL, RICHARD MORE. The title of More, at tached to this gentleman's name, is used as a mark of distinction, somewhat in the same manner as we have already explained that of Don, attached to Mr. O'Con nor's name, to be. It means " Great," and is heredi tary in the head of the O'Ferralls. A Reformer ; is in favour of the abolition of tithes, the removal of the th the e st i r l y rate, estitute t p h o e o e r s , ta a b n l d ishen o m e tof a revision legal of fe pr g o r v a is n i d on j u f r o y r system. Has sat for the county since 1830 . RIDLEY, Sir MATTHEW WHITE, Bart., is descended from Bishop Ridley, burnt in the reign of Queen Mary. Born in 1778 ; married in 1803, Laura. youngest daughter of George Hawkins, Eq. A banker at New castle, and owner of ex•ensive col li e ries in the neigh bourhood of that town. Is of Whig principles ; in favour of a fixed duty on foreign corn , but aga i n st the immediate abolition of slavery, and also the vote by ballot ; has sat for the borough since 1812. SHERIDAN was dining one day at PETER 11OORE'S with his son Tow, who was at that time in a very nervous, debilitated state. The servant, in passing quickly between the guests and the fire-place, struck down the plate-warmer. This made a loud rattling, and caused Tow SHERIDAN to start and tremble. PETER MOORE, provoked at this, rebuked the servant, and added, " I suppo4e you have broken all the plates!"—" No, Sir," wild the servant, " not one." "No " exclaimed SHERIDAN, " then, it, you have made all the noise tOr nothing."—Mirror. BEAUTIES OF THE COURT OF CHARLES ll.—This work promises to excite even more interest than any of Mrs. JAMESON'S former productions. It was a fortunve circumstance for the public gratification that Prince LEOPOLD did not take from the hands at the Artist tie drawings from which these splendid engravings have heen made, and which were painted from the originals by desire of the late lamented Princess CHARLOTTE. The size of the plates is six inches by four and a half—and the work form., independently of the great interest of the His totical Memoirs, as a literary production, a complete and exquisite drawing-room suite of portraits. COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS.—The number for April of this cheap and select library of modern fiction, compliers the " Chelsea Pensioners," by the well-known author of the " Subaltern." The first and second number consisted of " Tremaine" and " Pelham," and the fourth number, to appear the Ist of May, will contain Mr. BuLwan's celebrated story of the " Dia , vined." This collection will b- entirely confined to the works of distinguished authors of the last 20 years. and being published at only about one third of the original c i‘t, the success of the undertaking may be expected .o be ;rester than that of any of the other monthly libraries. FRENCH GENEROSITY.—The number of :n f , u . g c e ce e s a f itapresentrevolts s ag a in s ti n France, tyranny,ce, who have borne therwi m se ars in suffered in the cause of liberty, amounts to between 8,000 and 10,000 persons. The French Government, with a gene iosity rarely equalled, has obtained from the Chambers ior their support, a sum of five million francs, or ahout 200,0001. This exemplary act of beneficence received, not only the support of the Legislature, but was antici p tted by the zealous wishes of the people of France. Extract of a letter from a passenger on board o p n ; ,s p b a e r e t r. o , f , the London, dated Calcutta, Oct. 31 :—" Had we been kept out a few days longer we should have been burnt ; the coals, our dead weight, got wet in the gale, heated, and grated, and on the day of our arrival here, on o pening - he hold, smoke issued forth. The cargo was discharged i•ith all haste, and about 100 natives aided the crew to ide in water, and then discharge the coal; for four days the ship was in jeopardy, sod twice they car . Pe on a body red-hot coils in two p►rt" of the hold, u Inch blkzed up on being opened, and was only got the betta of . by pump.. i the g cin4rgtOvodaantndagtehdr,"pafeerticonfl ri water so into o f tibleodsgh; LONDON, FRIDAY EV HNING, A PRI L 12, 1833. BANK CHARTER REPORTS. The time now draping near for some detertnina- tion en the part of Government respecting the Barth Charter, rumours on the su'ject are beginning to circulate freely in the city, anti as a strong disposi tion has been shown in the case of die East India Company to adopt liberal principles, people here ma disposed to expect a similar course in dealing with the other great corporate body and monopoly—tle Bank of England. It is for this reason, probably, that the current reports lean so much to that view of the question ; but, be that as it may, we shall state what they are, without further guarantee for their authenticity than that they are spread, and h a ve obtained credit in the fir-t circles or the mo neyed interest. 'l'ne first point stated is that the monopoly of the Bank of England, as a banking establishment is in tended wholly to cease with the expiration of the present charter; it being understood by this, than other banks, with no Imitation in the number of partners, may be formed throughout the country, and in London itself, without any legislative inter ference, except against the issue of paper money, to whatever extent private enterpise may determine. The great privilege meant to be conceded to the Bank of England under the new arrangement is that it shall possess the sole privilege of issuing paper for the circulation of England and Wales; such issues, however, being managed under very strict regulations, and the immediate control of Government, so as to guard the public effectually against any ahuse of this important privilege. Fur ther, and, perhaps, still more essential protection will he given by complete publicity to all the ac counts and proceedings of the Bank, and this will he done at short intervals, probably once a fortn;ght, or not less frequently than once a month. This publicity will include the issue of notes, dis tinguishing the Bank post-bills, the amount of bullion, the discounts, deposits, and in fact, all the important transactions of the establishment. It is the sums total alone, however, that will be required, and hence this important document, which may be come the guide and the rallying point to all commer cial operations of the country, will not occupy an entry of more than a few lines in the London Gazette. All country bank paper, of whatever description, throughout England and Wales, is intended, if the current information may be relied on, to be put out of circulation within a limited time, and declared illegal. But country banks will not on that ac count cease to exist. Their paper circulation will consist solely of that issued by the Bank of Eng land ; but as a compensation for the ditninurion of the profit arising from the circulation of their own notes, an arrangement is to be made under which the proprietors of such banks will be supplied with Batik of England notes, on proper security, at a very low rate of interest, some say 2f, and others 2 per cent, only. The difference between that rate and 5 per cent. which the country banker can ge nerally obtain in his own neighbourhood, will con stitute his chief profit, and probably a sufficient one for men of wealth and real capital. This, it may be remarked by the way, is a part of the plan detailed by Mr. Horsley Palmer, in his celebrated circular of 1827, which gave rise at the time to so much re mark, both in and out of Parliament. From this source a large additional picofit will no doubt be derived by the Bank of t✓ngland, and it is intended further that it shall retain the management of the public debt, the payment of the dividends, and hold the balances of public money as at present. n( 1,, ;•: , gains will without doubt accrue to the Bank from the competition it will be enabled to sustain with banking establishments of every other description, arising out of its long-established character, arid in- fluerice with the public; and this circum•tance has probably been considered by Ministers in the terms on which the privileges above detailed are, it is said, to be granted ; which are, that the Bank shall pay to Government the annual sum of '250,0001., in ad dition to the loan of the capital and other payments at present made by the corporation. We give these as the current and well-accredited rumours on the subject, without, however, vouching for their authenticity. We believe that they will prove to have a considerable portion of truth in them. The reports further state, that the Bank directors have declined accepting another charter on such terms ; but this is considered more to relate to that particular condition by which they are called on to pay 250,0001. annually, than to any of the others mentioned. How far the measure would prove an acceptable one to some of tile private bankers, both in town and country, may be a matter of some doubt ; but we have met hitherto with no reason for supposing that it will not be approved of by the commercial interest, and indeed the moneyed interest generally.— Times. On Wednesday the celebrated Sir WILLIAM COURTENAV, who by his abilities and eccentricities has reached the acme of popularity among the industrious and other classes residing in this city (Canterbury), was removed from Westgate-gaol, by habeas corpus, to the King's Bench, his friends having obtained an order from the Court. Sir WILLIAM lett here for town under the charge of Mr. WELLARD, the gaoler. An immense mul titude congregated to witness his departure; lie addressed them from the roof of the coach, amid loud and cordial greetings, and expressed his intention of returning again on Thursday or Ft iday next.— Kentish Gazette. PARISH OF ST. LUKE.-The meeting of the vestry to appoint the parish officers for the year took place on Tuesday, as usual ; the senior churchwarden, Mr. BAILEY, in the chair. On more than one occasion during the meeting discussions arose about the organ in the church of St. Barnabas, a new church in this parish, for which a grant was voted ; but the discussion did not prevent the renewal of the salary to the organist by the vestry. Mr. Iticirstotin accused the vestry committee or putting up their list of persons proper for parish officers some for the sake of the fine, who were quite sure not to serve ; the justification of which was that an old inha bitant of the parish, who had never served in any parish office, ought to pay in some way far the services of others. The various officers, with the exception of the organist o' St. Luke's (put off till a future meeting) were appointed. The vestry clerk, who, according to Mr. RICHMOND'S showing, had saved the parish about 5001. a year by not charging for his extra labours, was reappointed. RARE BlRD.—Last week a bird of great rarity in this part of the kingdom was shot by a gentle hian of Boston—the Water Ouzel, or Water Creek, or Water Crow. It is a solitary inhabitant of the mountain• ous parts of Wales and Scotland, and its habits, as de scribed by LIMN. us and BEWICK, are extraordinary, as similating a little to what we hear the olden inhabitants of this part of Lincolnshire ascribe to the dancing parties of the roughs and reeves which were the tenants of our morasses in the East and West Fen, previous to their en closure. BEWICK says, " This species is removed from the place it has hitherto holden, in all systems, among the land birds; its manners and habits are peculiar to itself. It is chiefly found in high and moun tainous parts of the country, and always by the sides of brooks and rocky rivers, particularly where they fall in cascades, or run with g•eat rapidity among stones and fragments of broken rocks ; there it may be seen perched on the top of a stone in the midst of the tor rent, in a continual dipping motion, or short courtesy often repeated, whilst it is wstching for its food, which consists of small fishes and insects. The feathers of this bird, like those of the duck tribe, are impervious to water, w w i t t• h r o e u l iit s n ty sustaining the e l e ast continue ao n injury. i t time t the tn o t s h t a s t flui d i ngu tar trait in its character (and it is well authenticated) is that of its possessing, the power of walking in quest of its prey on the pebbly bottom of a river, in the same way and I with the same easo as if it were on dry land." What is still further remarkable, this bird is not webfooted, but has the legs and toes short and strong, like those of a crow.—Boston Herald. INLAND NAVIGATION. The value of canal property will be considerably enhanced by the results of a series of experiments nn the Paddington Canal, which were completed cm Tuesday last. These experiments were instituted for the purpose of determining whether the additions' power required to move a boat at a higher rate of speed would be, as had been assumed, found to ln equal to the squire of the velocity to be attained ; and whether the increased velocity of boats, of t: proper construction, would produce a correspond. ing or a reduced agitation of the water. By the first proposition it had been understood that it it require a force of one hundred horses powei to propel a boat at the rate of ten miles an hour, it would require the application of power equal to that of 223 horses to increase he , peed to only 15 miles per hour. The incorrect n es s of this theory has been most satisfactorily demonstrated by the present experiments, whiei , have established the fact, that the necessary addition of power is materially less than the hitherto pre sumed ratio; which is no doubt occasioned by the rising of the boat upon the water at the higher velo- eitieS. Nor were the observations as to the agita thin of the water less satisfactory in determining the fallacy of the commonly received opinion, that in creased speed must produce much increased surge and washing of the calml hanks; for there was not found to be a variation of more than one inch between the speeds of three miles, and of 13 miles per hour From these important results it is evident that a much more speedy transit of light goods and passengers by canals, may be eff-cted with perfect safety to the banks—at a reduced cost of conveyance—and with a very considerable addition to the profits of canal proprietors. These interesting experiments were made with a wrought-iron boat, 70 feet long by 51 feet wide, such as are used in the Monkland anti Paisley Canals, under the immediate direction of Mr. Macneill ; and, as we understand, chiefly at the expense of Mr. Telfourd, to whom, as an engineer, the country is so much indebted, and of Colonel Page, a gentleman who is an extensive holder of canal property. As practical illustrations, they were conducted on a larger scale, at much higher ve locities than any which had been hitherto made, and were completed with the utmost minuteness of observation. There were present at the preliminary experiments on Saturday which some of our contemporaries mistook for the comparative series— Mr. Babbage, General Wilson, who is in the ser vice of Russia, Mr. Telfourd, Captain Basil Hall, Mr. Gordon, and several other scientific men, among ,vhom were many members of the institution of Civil Engineers. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 10. —The transactions in cotton to-day amount to 2,000 bales, of which 300 are in Brazils, in Pernams, &c., from 94d• to 9 d. ; Bahia , , Bid. to 81d. ; and Maranhams ' 9d. to 98 1. ; the remaind e r are in American descript io ns, from 61d. to tsid. A case of extraordinary vicissitude, suffering a nd peril is presented in the disasters and disippointments which have befallen the passengers who embarked last autumn at New York in the brig Amelia, for New Orleans. It will he recollected that soon after they sailed the cholera broke out among the passengers, and it was deemed advisable to put into Charleston. In endeavouring to effect that object the Amelia was driven ashore at Folly Island, where the passengers landed, and were subjected to a rigorous quarantine in consequence of the disease among them, all intercourse with or approach to Charleston being strictly forbidden. After remaining some time on Folly island, the authorities of Charleston nroviry original destination, and they accordingly emliarke t2hiTilE 20th of November last, in the schooner Cicero. Alisfor tune still followed them, and on the morning of the fourth day, the captain being mistaken in his reckoning, the Cicero was totally wrecked off Walker's Key, and the passengers, 37 in number, lost every thing. By means of the boat, and the scattered spars, all succeeded in reaching the key, ex cept two of the men, printers by profession, named WILLIAM LAWRENCE and WILLIAat MURPHY, natives of Ireland, both of whom met a watery grave. After remaining 15 dabs on the key, living on shellfish aid weeds, they were spared the sufferings r if starvation by the appearance of the schooner Friends' Delight, a wrecker, who took them on board and conveyed them to Nassau, New Providence, where some little charity was extended to them. At this place they made an engagement with Captain KELLY, of the schooner William, who kindly offered his services to convey theta to New Orleans. They left Nassau on the 11th of January, but having contrary wind, and the quantity of provisions furnished to them being very small, they were compelled to hug the land, with the intention of putting into the first port. They made the Pensacola light on the night of the 29th of January, but the wind blowing a perfect hurricane from the west, they were compelled to stand off, in which movement the schooner succeeded, after having her sails torn to pieces. Finally, on the 4th of February the William was enabled to enter the harbour of Pensacola. The editor of the Gazette of that place states that this last enterprise upon the sea has been attended with little less of suffering-to those unfor tunate people than their previous attempts, having been nearly all the time on an allowance barely capahle of sus. s ta in in ce ing th i , l e f i e r . or ' i f g h in u a s, i after t.iiib a ark p , e ti r o ir of about lild at New Ne five , m in on t th he s course of which they have been twice wrecked, besides undergoing other perils of the sea, and the suffering of impending starvation, they have not yet reached their ulti mate port of destination.—Bultirpore American. SHOCKING SUICIDE AND SINGULAR IN VESTIGATIONs—Oa Wednesday evening an inquest was held at the Cumberland's Head Tavern, City-road, on the body of Mr. JOHN SMITH, aged 58, an artist of conside. rable wealth, who resided at 1, Smith's-buildings, City road. Mr. WOOLLER attended on behalf of Mr. STONE, son-in-law of the deceased. From the evidence of Mr. W. SMITH, brother of the deceased, it appeared that on Wed nesday, the 3d instant, his brother appeared unwell, and talked " rather queer." By desire of a Mr. STIRLING, a friend who lodger in the house, he slept with the deceased, and Mr. STIRLING remained in the room till 5 o'clock in the morning. Shortly after, the deceased got up, and said he was certain there were thieves in the garden, and he wen. down stairs to see if the doors were secured. On his return he threw up the window, saying he wanted air, and in a few minutes the witness saw him sitting on the o utside sill of the window, from which he immediately rolled into the yard, a distance of nearly 18 feet. The witness called up Mr. STIRLING, and they found the de ceased groaning and bleeding from the left ear ; he died on Sunday evening. The witness's opinion was, that the deceased was not aware of what he was doing at the time, but was eitbor in a dream, or labouring under some delusion. Mr. STONE, the son-in-law, had separated from his wife, an only daughter, who lived at her father's hous-.—Mr. STIRLING, wine,nser chant, or. coming forward, described himself as son •in law . of the dec e as e d, and then as adopted son-in-law. and then admitted he was no relation. Mr. STIR LING said the deceased had rec ived some threatening letters from Mr. STONE, who, on Wednesday morning, sent a messa ge , th a t it the d e ceased did not come and see him, he would n o t stop some legal proceedings which were going on. This seemed to have a great effect on the de ceased. Mr. STIRLING said he had lived or ten months in the house with the deceased. Mr. WOOLLER asked urn if he did not live with Mr. STONE'S Wife, the de r eased's daughter ; but the Coroner told him be need not ~newer the question. Mr. BROOKS, surgeon, said the de, ceased had complained to him of having received threaten ing letters, and on Wednesday morning he found him labouring under strong excitement. All he could get from him was " delusion and reality," " reality and delu sion." On opening the head of the deceased, he found a fracture which had caused his death. The brain was also diseased, and from its state he would infer that the deceased was easily excit e d. Th e Cor on er said the Jury should be particular in ascertaining the state of mind of the deceased in cases where large property was concerned, as in the event of their returning a verdict of felo de se, the pro perty would he forfeited.--The Jury found a verdict of .6 Temporary Insanity."—Mr. WOOLLER said Mr. STONE wrote to deceased relative to some property, which Mrs. STONE had taken from him. Mr. STONE bad commenced proceedings for a divorce.