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SPIRIT OP TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Several of the Ministers went to their offices yes terday for the last •tirne The new Ministers are to receive the Seals of Office this forenoon. They will appear in their places in the two Houses this day. We stated on Saturday, that the law ap pointments were not so definitively arranged as the others. The principal difficulty, to which we then alluded, has been overcome. MiS Brougham will be sworn in this day, arid take his seat in the house of Lords at four o'clock. The long tenure of popu levity of Mr. Brougham in the House of Commons, - rainy have produced in him a reluctance to leave it for a station which is coveted by every lawyer. Perhaps he is the only man who ever hesitated one second as to the acceptance of the Chancellorship.. The highest judicial elevation, no doubt, brings with it cares and discomforts; but how- fewlhere are, who, contem• plating a Peerage, and the immense patronage con nected with the -Chancellorship, would for one moment fix their regards on the reverse of the picture? The Duke of Richmond is not to be Master-Gene ral of the Ordnance. He is, however, to take office, and it is thought that he will most likely be Master of the Horse. Sir James Mackintosh is to be Judge Advocate, and not Mr. Robert Grant. The latter gentleman, we believe, will be Under Secretary for the Colonies. Other appointments are not yet de finitively settled. The list which we gave on Satur day requires some other amendments. Lord Auck land is the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Clime Grant is President of the Board of Con troul, and Sir H. Parnell is Vice-Treasurer for Ireland. We omitted to mention that Lord Duncannon is Secretary at War, and Mr. Pou let Thomson Vice-President of the Board of Trade. The new men enter on office under circum stances, which, in one sense, may be considered fa vourable, and in another unfavourable. Their pre decessors (with a single exception, perhaps) are little respected, and they have nothing to fear in the way of comparison. But then the internal state of the country is one of peculiar embarrassment. The expectations of the people are high ; and much, consequently, will be expected from a popular Ad ministration. Repeals of taxes and retrenchment will be expected, and, above all, Parliamentary Re form. The Aristocracy suffer greatly in popular esti mation on account of their possessing what is deemed an improper controul over the representation. • As landholders, no man in this country objects to them ; It is in their capacity of owners of boroughs. But the question is—will they renounce that power over the representation which is the cause of so much dis content throughout the country Ministers have, however, agreed to make the attempt. Prudence demands on the part of those who possess borough influence great moderation at this conjuncture, because, if they should succeed in throwing diffi culties in the way of Ministers, they would only accelerate their own ruin. The Treasury Boroughs will, of course, be against Ministers in their plans of economy and reform. It may be a question whe ther a dissolution should not precede the discussios of the question of Reform, that it may be supported by the influence which naturally belongs to the Go vernment.—Morning Chronicle. We call the attention of our readers to an account in another column, of a meeting of owners and oc• cupiers of land, held at Rochester, on Friday last. The meeting was coiled by the Earl of Darnley, and was attended by his' Lordship, Lord Clifton, some of the magistrates of the ,divisiOn, many gentlemen of the neighbourhood, and a great number of the yeomanry. Lord :Darnley stated to the meeting that be had been asked, if a regiment of 'Yeomanry were raised in West Kent, to take the command of it. Mr. Bentley, the Chairman of the Kent agri culturiste, stated .that cavalry were insufficient to preVent the midnight incendiary- from pursuing his work of destruction; that there were sufficient means %tired in the civil power to put down the tumultuous meetings that, heVeteken place; and that unpopular as Yeomanry Caealry,ncno are, their re establishment would produce an. excitement in that district, which, he was happy to say, did not then exist. The meeting agreed with Mr. Bentley, and a resolution, pledging those present to be in readiness to act for the preservation of the peace under the di, swami of the. Magistrates, was adopted. But another rcia4lllloa was coupled with this, against which Lord Manley in vain struggled, and which was carried by a large majority, declaring that the inability of the farmers to subsist their labourers decently was mainly occasioned by the excessive taxation " to which they, in common with the rest of the com munity, are burdened, and the odious anti impolitic tithe-tax to which they alone are liable," and , as a remedy for these evils was only to be expected from a Reform in Parliament, expressing a hope that, under a popular Monarch, and with the prospect of a Ministry pledged to liberal measures, the time had at length coma when that salutary measure would no longer be withheld. Lord Darnley, not in the best taste. threw the apple of discord among his hearers, by introducing the merits of the Aristrocrecy and the Church into his speech. The virtues of the I louse of Peers had nothing to do with the question. Because the Members of the House of Peers are vir tuous, that is no reason for withholding from others their just rights. The yeomanry of the country are not hostile to the just rights of the Aristocracy; but they are hostile to the abuses which enable the boroughmongers to strip them of their property. — The meeting is important, from the influence it will have over the country.—Morning Chronicle. There has not been, within our memory, a re signation of an entire Cabinet, upon which public opinion may be said to have borne so directly and so powerfully, us that of the `Duke of Wellington and his colleagues. It must, nevertheless, be acknow ! , ledged, that in, no instance was a change effected in public opinion so absolute, so obvious, and so sudden, as that which his Grace experienced within a single fortnight, Vk hieh he had the Misfortune to produce by his own words, and to disregard utterly until it struck and overwhelmed him. So long as the Duke of Wellington moved in harmony with the predominating spirit of the nation, he was the most popular of all public servants. Notwithstanding the murmurs of a bigotted snd narrow-minded ruction, lie lost nothing in the eyes of the country generally by his Catholic Bill or his Dissenters' Bill, while the earnest he had afforded of a desire to retrench, even before his hutnune and considerate abolition of the Beer -tar, and the credit he thus obtained as an economist, down almost to the eve of t h e late meet ing of Parliament, were such, that not more than six wee k s ago h e nev er showed himself to ths people without being loudly cheesed. The revulsion, 44 we have said, was most capricious on the part the people of England. The Minister, instead of the national colours under which he had served since his accession to office, Seemed all at once to hoist an unconstitutional ensign, to desert with it to the lead-quarters of the rotten borough system, and to aggravate this , unhappy dereliction, by an attempt, atter the fashion of former times, to fix upon the neck of the country a pledge of supporting a large amount of civil list, inaccessible to any dart at trllew viation or revision, during the whole reign of his present Mejesty . The Duke, then, has fallen-m-for u fall it is; there is no evidence (though suspicion there may be) that his Grace would ever have re signed, if in his power to avoid it. What, then, is the lesson to be drawn from this downfall of a man, celebrated, esteemed, admired, until very lately en deared to his countrymen, and, in spite of every failure, immortal in the records of England nod of Europe ? Tim Nihon is an important one for those who succeed in office the baffled Administration of the Duke of Wellington.— The ex igency to which thaltew Ministry owe their admission to power, is not one produced by Court intrigue, or by mere party triump hs it is founded on that opinion which caused te overthrow of a o overi n t ient r hostile to reterm, not enough zealous for retrenchment, end supposed to he, thottgit per haps un j ui dly, tint quite unpartitti as between tint interests of freedom, and prerogative in the colicerns, of foreign nations. By the tide, of opinion, thee, floated into office, A is upon it they must continue to buoy .themselves, or they will inevitably perish.] The composition of the Grey Ministry is possibly as good as the present state of parties would admit of, confining the selection to public men who are likely - to agree on most political questions, and espe cially in the enforcement of those great principles which constitute the rallying points for all reflecting and disinterested minds at the actual crisis of the , world. We do not attach high importance to the fact, that the lists of new Ministers in circulation embrace not merely the larger portion of the yet ascertained Parliamentary talent now existing in the country, with the two 'exceptions of Lord Lynd hurst and Mr. Peel, but the whole of it. Want , which have more than once betrayed themselves among men of considerable ability as public speakers, may we hope not be chargeable upon the infant Government we mean those of sagacity in council, promptitude in action, and steadiness see diligence in the conduct of daily though subordinate matters of administration. It is, perhaps, upon the last of these points, even if apparently the least mo mentous, that the most serious apprehensions might now with some reason be entertained. The Tories have, for almost half a century, filled all the offices under Government; so that amongst many mono polies from which the public interest has suffered, by no means the least injurious has been the mono poly of official experience, tact, and readiness, by a single party in the State, to the exclusion of a fair share of it by any and every other : nor is the opera tion of such a circumstance upon the course of public business under a Whig Administration confined to the mere slowness or imperfection with which the machine of State, through the rawness of its con ductors, moves on. Besides experience in the Whig who supersedes the Tory subaltern, there may be, front many years of close connexion with Tory patrons, something not far short of treachery in the Tory underling who, from generosity or in difference, is left in place, and trusted when he ought in prudence to be superseded. This we would recommend a newly-appointed Ministry to consider. For working heads of departments we feel a delicacy about prejudging any man. Lord Althorp is, we believe, a man of steady industry, as well as sound good sense. Lord Palmerston has had long experience at the head of a difficult de partment, and if we may judge by his public speeches, is a man of liberal politics with regard to foreign nations. Lord Ooderich has had before now suf ficient acquaintance with colonial affairs to save him the labour of elementary inquiry upon the subject, and, though totally unfit to lead and govern, it would be unfair to withhold from him the praise of industry as well as good temper. Of Lord Melbourne, as Home Secretary, little more need be said than that as Secretary for Ireland he was not looked up to for superior energy or efficiency, and yet his present office requires indefatigable industry and vigour. Mr, Charles Grant is accused of indolence: of want of ability never. Of the remaining members, we may just observe that Lord Grey and Mr. Brougham are both known to the country more as opposition leaders turn as practical statesmen, but that they both acme into power at this moment, pledged in the most solemn manner to their Sovereign and the country, as advocates of the most unflinching re trenchment, and of a principal of reform adopted without reference to its operation on political friend or foe. The new Lord Chancellor stands more peculiarly bound before the world, not only to Parliamentary reform, but to execute on a broad and mighty scale, a plan of reform in the jurispru dence of the empire, of which, when he shall have overcome the difficulty, we shall be the first to tvcribe to him the full and abundant honour. But the first and lust subject of solicitude for the new Ministers must be, that they accede to office by ca pitdation with the people—they. Mgt redren our grievances, or be for ever ruined. The Administra tion, except in two or three and not important par ticulars, may be considered as completely formed. The writs will be moved for this day, and the liouse will adjourn (probably) for a week : the ad plummet cannot be very long, or money will be wanted-for the exigencies of the Estate. THE NEW MINISTRY. The following list is not complete, but it is car. rect as fur as it goes:— First Lord of the IfeasurY Earl Gary. Lord Chancellor Mr. ligovoil Am. Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Ai:moue. Ilorne Secretary Lord Algunnws. Foreign Secretary Lord PA VW REIRIN, Colonial Secretary.. ~.. ... .................. First Lord of the Admiralty-- President of the Council • Marquis of Lsssoinvisg. Lord ,Privy Seal . Lord DvaaAm. Lord- Li eutermnt of Ir el and,— .. ....... Chief Secret:try for Ireland Mr. STANLEY. Attorney-General Mr. Dussiss. 'lire Solicitor-General Mr. Masc. ConnuanderAn-Chief Lord Ilixt„ President of the Board of Trade Lord AUCKLAND. President of the Board of Control Mr. C. GRANT. . ... illLca;')r Il.TDuchiof Lancaater, Lord I lot.rANO. 'lle Lord Chamberlain Duke of Dia°:vomit. Lord Chancellor of Ireland Lord 11.usgzrr. Atlorney..General of Ireland. .......... Mr. PENNEPATHEIL Mr. Ern't an El.fid and Mr. Seam Rio: are to be joint Sem brie* of the Treasury. The Duke of Richmond is certainly to be in the Cabinet, hot has us yet declined to accept any place. His reluctance to office arises from an extreme and delicate feeling of disinterestedness. It is supposed, however, that his colleagues will insist on his ac cepting some office, deeming it wrong, on general grounds, to have more non-official members in the Cabinet. Lord Carlisle is in this predicament. His Lordship is a member of the Cabinet, without ac cepting an office. It is expected, therefore, that his Grace will take some place, such as that of the Pay master-General, which is still unoccupied. Mr. Poulett Thomson, though he has two places, that of the Treasurer of the Navy and Vice-President of the Board of Trude, is only to draw the salary of one of them. The same arrangement as to salary is observed in respect to Lord Auckland, who is Pre sident of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint ; and Mr. Ponsonby, who is a Lord of the Treasury and Irish Vice-Treasurer. Lord John Russell, we understand, is to be Paymaster of the Army. The Secretary at War, it is understood, will be Mr. Robert Grant ;• and Sir James Niacin- tomb, Judge Advocate. The Ministers kiss hands to-day at half-past two o'clock, and the Lord Chan cellbr takes his seat in the Lords at five.—Tilaes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION4IOUSE. Several boys► were brought before the LORD MAYOR, in the course of last week, charged with having committed robberies. In some Instances, the prisoners were accused of having encouraged other children to rob their parents and musters, and there perhaps never were exhibited more deplorable instances of the total absence of moral feeling. The acknowledgments of guilt were made, and the de tails of the various cases of plunder were told, with as much indifference as if they formed part of the sanctioned education of the unfortunate poor creatures. Gcowe Wood, a boy about 14 years of age, was charged by his mater, Mr. Barlow, of 47, Cannon street, with having appropriated to his own pur poses the sum of W. Hs., which had been given to him to take to the Stamp-office. The Loup MAYOR committed him to prison for trial. HUGHES'S TRAVELS IN GREECE AND At. is p N i A ,—The second edition in Bvo. of this valuable work tai Greece which has taken its stand as an universal coin• panion to the Grecian historians and poets, is illustrative not only of the topography awl antiquities of Albania, the !Norco, and the Archipelago, but is equally comprehensive as regards tint cradle of the Muses, Sicily. fly the pub lication of the second edition (in 2 vole. Hvo.) the exten sive design of the Author is fulfilled; and no scene of any famous event, no mountain or valley, lake or river hal lowed by the poets,—no renowned edifice, or magical piece of sculpture is left unexplored or unexamined by actual research on the spot. While the narrative of lir. ' litionits's travels, anti the abundance and liveliness of his personal anecdotes, attract the curiosity of the idlest reader, students of Grecian literature and art obtain from a perusal of the volumes a satisfactory commentary on obscure points, a refutation of erroneous theories, and it confirisiation of many impui Wit circumstances which, though true, have l•een, for lack of competent itive4tigation, opeit 111 doubt, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nev. 20. THE KING V. NEVILLE. This case came before the Court, on an appeal against a conviction under the Act of the 10th Geo. 11. c. 28. The defendant, Mr. John Garside Neville, was the proprietor of a theatre at Manchester, and having carried on performance there without a licence, an information was laid against him, and he was con victed by the Magistrates. Mr. STAMM and Mr. PFEIL addressed the Court in support of the conviction. Mr. COURTENAY was heard on the other side. He contended that the jurisdiction of his Majesty to grant letters patent, and that of the Lord Chamber lain to grant a licence for the performance of thea trical entertainments, were confined to the city of Westminster, or the place of the Royal residence; and that in other places the subject was at liberty to perform such entertainments at his pleasure. An offence against a limited jurisdiction could not, he contended, be committed beyond the limits of that jurisdiction. At common law every ono had a right to act plays wherever he pleased. It was not ne cessary for the defendant to show any authority un der letters patent from the King, or licence from the Lord Chamberlain. He stood upon his common law right. Lord TENTERDEN had no doubt that the convic- Lion was right. In some places it was found that the expense of obtaining letters patent, or a license from the Chamberlain, was too great, and therefore the Act of the 28th George c. 30, was passed to authorise the granting of a license by the local Magistrates under certain limitations and regula- Lions ; so that that which was before unlawful, was made lawful by this Act of Parliament, and if tl►e defendant bad produced a Magistrate's license under this Act, that would have been an answer to the case against him. The other Judges expressed their opinions seri ati►n to the same effect ; and the rule for quashing the order of Sessions was discharged. MR. BROUGHAM. At the sitting of the Court to-day, Mr. Brougham made his final bow to their Lordships. The whole Bar rose and returned the obeisance of the Learned Gentleman as he quitted the Court. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 20. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. TUE EXECUTOR OF EWING. A rule had been obtained in Hilary Term last, calling on the defendants to show cause why they should not pay to the Commissioners of Stamps probate and legacy duties, amounting to 26,000/., under the following circumstances :—The testator, who died in 1827, possessed of property to the amount of 700,0004, partly in America, partly in France, and partly in Russia, left a will bequeathing two-thirds of the residue of his property to his nephew (Mr. Ewing), and one-third to his niece (Mrs. Curwood), after the discharge of his debts and other legacies. The executor to the will having paid the debts and legacies out of the English pro perty, had the property which was in the American funds transferred to the residuary legatees, who were residing in that country, by power of attorney, without having paid the legacy or probate duties, as required by the Statute ; whereupon the present proceedings wore instituted. Mr. BROUGHAM (with whom was Mr. LYNCH) appeared this day to show cause against the rule, contending that as the property was in a foreign country, it was not within the meaning of the Sta tute, nor liable to the duties in question. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with vi hom was Mr. Altos) replied, that this being personal property, it should be subject to the /ex denneilli not to the lex loci rei The LORD CHIEF BARON, in delivering the judg ment of the Court, observed that this was a ques tion of great importance, not only to the parties im mediately concerned, on account of the magnitude of the sum at stake, but also to the public at large.— The question . was, whether this property wa s within the c onstruction of the Act of Parliament which imposed a certain duty on the property of a testator. Under all these circumstances, his Lord ship was clearly of opinion that the property in ques tion was liable to the payment of the probate and le gacy duties. Barons BAYLEY, GARROW, and VAUGHAN, took the same view of the subject, and the rule for the payment of the duties was made absolute. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday evening an inquest was held in the committee-room, in the workhouse, Walbrook, before 11r. PAYNE, on view of the body of Mary Ann French, aged G. Mrs. Mary French, the mother of the deceased (who, from a state of exhaustion, arising from the shoc4roduced by the loss of her daughter, was obliged to be supported into the room), stated, that she resided at No. 11, Sherborne-lane ; that on Friday afternoon her daughter received a letter, and, on opening it, said, " Thank God, my dear mother, here is a letter from my dear James. Oh ! false disgraceful man ; I shall never be happy."— After reading it for some time she put it into her bosom, and appeared like a distracted girl. She afterwards went out to get some tea, but did not return home until twelve o'clock, when she intro duced to her a gentleman, to whom she handed a chair. Witness asked him how he could think of paying his addresses to her daughter, when he knew that he was a married man. Deceased then clung round him, when the latter admitted he was a mar ried man. Witness instantly ordered him to quit her house. He said he would, but desired her first to examine the reticule she then held in her hand belonging to her daughter, as there was poison in it. She examined it, and found two papers contain ing "Epsom salts ;" upon which the gentleman left. In a short time after the deceased was taken ill. Witness said, " Good God, my dear girl, what have you been taking ?" " Arsenic," she replied, and requested to have some tea. A seven o'clock the following morning she expired in agony. The gentleman alluded to by the last witness being in attendance, stated to the Jury that from the circumstance of having met the deceased nine months ago at a party, he bud since had several interviews with her, :and corresponded with her ; and that on Friday evening, by her urgent request, he again met her, and repeated to her his determination of not seeing her again, stating, as a reason, that he was a married man. Ile then took her into a coffee-house, where they had some wine. Deceased then pulled out his last letter, 'and upbraided him for what he had written, and throwing something into the glass, drank off the contents. Witness imagining she had taken poison, seized hold of her band, to possess himself of the phial, but found nothing. Il e t he n accompanied her home, when in the way thither she acknowledged she had been seduced by a gentle man named S—t. Witness stated to the Jury that he was not married, but had said so to the de ceased, who lie perceived was th e d aug h ter of re spectable parents, to prevent any bad co nsequences . The Jury here recalled the mother, who admitted the fact of her daughter having been seduced by the person above named. Verdict—to Insanity.” The Quotidienne mentions that the Princess roma NAC, the wife of the ex-Minister, was delivered of a daughter on the Nth instant. Her labour bad been so se• vere, that serious app . rehensions we re enterta i ned for her life. NORTIICOTE 8 LIVE OF TITIAN. _This interesting biography will he gladly received by the devo tees both of Art anti Literature. it is the portrait of a toaster by a mister. The volumes include a variety of curious correspondence front the pens of vAIIAKI, MICHAEL ANOFJ.O, A 14 NiiiAL CA RACCI, am! many other distinguished characters, alluding an in s i g ht into the private life and habits of TITIAN and his roost celebrated contemporaries. The venerable biographer's commits on art, more particularly those which relate to our. own country, will doubtio,a he read with considerable interest. The work is enriched by a floe portrait of Timm; from a drawing by Intwelf, taken at the advanced age of oittety nine ! An account of the eltep.d . ceuv re of this celebrated toaster, renders this work still more worthy o f perusal. MEET/NC; IN SURREY. At a general meeting of the inhabitants or Egham, on Tuesday last, the 16th inst., a variety of resolutions were entered into, purporting that it was their firm conviction that the late fires did not origi nate in any ill spirit among the inhabitants, but had been the work of distant and foreign incendiaries. A liberal subscription was immediately entered into, and the gentlemen, yeomanry, and inhabitants of the parish agreed to form themselves into a mounted and foot patrol, to be placed under the superintendence of a Committee appointed for that purpose. MEETING OF THE MAGISTRATES OF SURREY. Some days ago a meeting, consisting of a few of the magistrates of the county of Surrey, took place at the residence of Lord Arden, to consider the ex pediency of convening a general meeting of the ma gistracy of the county, for the purpose of deliberat ing upon the present alarming state of the rural population of that and the adjoining counties. At this preliminary meeting, a requisition was agreed to and signed, and immediately put into the hands of Lord Arden, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, upon which his Lordship directed Mr. Lawson to issue a circular to the effect that the magistrates should meet at the Spread Eagle, in Epsom, on Saturday, the 20th instant, at twelve o'clock precisely. In compliance with the above requisition, a meet ing was held at the time and place therein mentioned, and with the view of laying before the public a full account of its proceedings, reporters were sent from this establishment, who were refused admittance; and we have since learned that et the preliminary meeting of Lord Arden's, the question of publicity or privacy was brought under discussion, when the gentlemen present, or at least the majority, were de cidedly opposed to any publication of the proceed. ings of the then contemplated meeting. Without infringing the rule laid down by their Worships, or at all approaching within hearing of their voices, we are enabled to state that Lord Arden (as might naturally be expected from the office which he fills in the county) presided on the present occasion. Mr. DENISON, one of the members for the county, moved a series of resolutions, which are given under neath, and pressed upon the consideration of his brother Magistrates the necessity which there existed fora combined and efficient plan of proceeding for the intimidation of offenders, and the protection of property, at the same time using every possible means rather to reform than to punish. Mr. BRISCOE agreed that the state of the county indisputably demanded the interference of all who felt, as every honest and impartial man must, that person and property ought to be respected, and that the Magistrates would be grievously wanting in their duty, did they not exert, upon an occasion so mo mentous, an extraordinary degree of vigilance and activity. Though entertaining those sentiments, he could not, without much qualification, concur in the resolutions which had been proposed for the adop tion of the meeting. He professed himself decidedly the advocate of conciliation, and should be opposed either to harsh measures or harsh expressions, until means of conciliation had previously been tried; for his full persuasion was, that the people in the main were sound, and though they might have some reason for discontent, and much suffering to en counter, the peasantry of that county could, by, measures of conciliation, be easily restored to tran quillity; but, above all things, they should receive ample and equal justice. Mr. H. SUMNER addressed the !meeting, recom mending firmness and unanimity amongst his brother Magistrates in maintaining and enforcing the laws. Sir R. FREDERIPIC thought the present emer gency called for most energetic measures. In his opinion the resolutions were not strong enough. A long and desultory conversation followed, in which several Magistrates took part, amongst whom were Lord &saner, Mr. Crawford, Mr. H. Drum mond, Colonel Wood, and others, many of them communicating details of various outrages com mitted in the districts where they respectively re side; from which it may be collected generally, that the districts of Woking and Blackheath, and most of those on the borders of Sussex and Hampshire, are the chief scenes of discontent and outrage. It would seem the universal opinion, that to those offences against the law there were two parties —one, the agricultural labourers, who are in real distress ; and another, the small larmers, who are disposed to urge their poorer neighbours to the commission of excesses, in the hope that by such means they may succeed in getting rid, of tithes, and diminishing the mount of rent. Towards the end of the conver tuition, in the course of which the above particulars were elicited, Mr. Dituststosar moved an amendment to one of the resolutions, which, like all the other amendments moved during the day, was negatived. In the course of the observations, however, which Mr. Drummond made in support of his amendment, he suggested the probable advantage of means being taken to procure for the occupiers of cottages small allotments of land, which should suffice, but not more than suffice, for the necessities of tenants of that class. He was enabled to state from personal observation, and from intelligence upon which he could rely, that many amongst the most intelligent of the people them selves were persuaded of the good likely to result from the adoption of such a plan ; and were a dis position mice shown to make a beginning in that way, it would have the immediate effect of calming much of the irritation which unhappily existed. It was a matter of notoriety that cottage land now bore a higher rent than farmers land, and he con ceived it to be demonstrable, that until the two rents made some approximation towards each other in amount, nothing like tranquillity or peace could be permanently established. The foregoing will, we have reason to know, be found a correct outline of what took place. There was, we understand, as is usual on such occasions, a great deal of loose conversation and much repeti tion; but from a source that may be relied on , we understand embraceth a t i every su important bstanthe abovepartal ic w ar i ll be f con nected with this meeting. The following are the resolutions proposed by Mr. DENISON, and said to have been unanimously agreed to by the Magistrates assembled :- 4. Reeolved,—That this meetiog, taking into their con sideration the late diabolical proceedings of incendiaries in this and other counties, whereby great quantities of agri cultural produce and other property have been destroyed, and feeling bow deeply such practices, if continued, mutt injure the industrious poor, both by increasing the price of provisions, and throwing them out of employment in pro portion as their employers become ruined, do recommend that the utmost vigilance be exerted in every district and part of the county, by voluntary associations or otherwise, in order to discover and bring to condign punishment such atrocious and inhuman violators of the law. This meeting also, taking into their consideration that great numbers of persons have tumultuously assembled to gether, under pretence of demanding an increase of wages a nd a reduction of rent and tithes, do declare their deter mination to enforce the laws by every means in their power against all persons who shall be guilty of such outrages, and recommend to the Magistrates, in their divisions, to hold their Petty Sessions weekly, and to swear in special constables under the authority of the Statute 1 George IV., for the preservation of the peace. At the same time this meeting is desirous of evincing its unfeigned sympathy with the sufferings which the circumstances of the times may have imposed on many of the working classes of so ciety, and of expressing their readiness to concur in such measures as may be thought conducive to their relief, as fur as the same shall be consistent with the general welfare. That it he recommended to the Magistrates to corn. municate to the Lord Lieutenant, at his residence in St. James's-place, London, the particulars of all such outrages, and all fade relating thereto, as shall come to their know ledge, in their respective neighbourhoods. 44 the Clerk of the Peace be desired to inform the Clerks to the several Petty Sessions of the days of the wee k on which, and the places where, the Magistrates bold their respective Petty Sessions, and the names and places of residence of their Clerks." The Magistrates present were, as we are informed, Lorde Arden (the Lord Lieutenant), Monson, and Eastnor ; the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Roscawen, Sir R. Frederick and W. Jolliffe, Bark., Mr. W. J. Denison, 11 . 1. P., Mr. J. J. n r i eoe , , li. Drummon,i, EN., M. R. Jackson Nottige, Rogers, Spicer, H. Sumner, W. IL Sumner, Knife, Trotter, Crawford. Pucker, Allen,Ravenhill, Young, &itch, T. Holland, Rev. W. Holland, 'Messrs. Pollen, Heb berden, Shaw, Budgen, Huthland, Barnard, Lambert, (lose, Mangles, Page, Reeves, Horner, Ridley, Edgell, Penryn, Nicholson, Master, Mayne, Steer, Woolley, Courtenay, Turner, Warrington, Wightwick, Dunlop Coles, Williams, Price, Ward, Painter, 'Weston, Hoare, Ch;►lloner,Therntou, Kenrick, Wellbank, Alcock, and Reid. We understand that on Friday, during the greater part of the afternoon, and until night, an immense multitude of the peasantry was assembled in Wok ing; the ostensible object of their coming there wa► to consult about the payment of Mr. Boscawen's tithes, though, upon the authority of a gentleman conversant with that district, it may be stated that not five of the tithe-payers were present. Mr. Drummond, a Magistrate of the coo tity,went amongst them, and, after a considerable time, succeeded in inducing them to disperse. Towards the latter part of the day, no small number went off to another assemblage, which took place in the county of Sus sex, on the same day. The people of Woking, when questioned as to the nature and objects of their assemblage, said they were forced to do what they did by the men of Horsham, whom they durst not disobey. Another of the objects which they pro fessed to have in view was to procure the liberation of some persons who were confined at Dorking, and a large body of them followed a leader, dressed in a smockfrock, who conducted them forward, with the cry of " To Dorking—to Dorking." WEST KENT MEETING. On Tuesday last a placard was circulated in Rochester, inviting "the owners and occupiers of land in that division to meet at the Bull Inn, on Friday next.' Upon inquiry at the printer's, it was learnt that this placard, which was without sig nature, was published at the desire of the Earl of Darnley. At one o'clock his Lordship, accompanied by Lord Clifton, some of the Magistrates of the Division, many gentlemen of the neighbourhood, and a great number of yeomanry and others, en tered the room, and immediately addressed the meeting as follows : Gentlemen,—When 1 consider the responsible situation in. which I am placed, living in the midst of you, and acting as a Magistrate within this dis- 1 trict, I have felt it my duty to call you together, to state to you distinctly sad fully the dangers to which property is exposed at the present alarming crisis, and to ask your advice as to the best means of pro-1 tecting that property. It is a source of sincere satisfaction to me, that this division of the county has not been visited with the disturbances that have taken place in other parts of it. We have compa ratively felt little of the general distress. It is not to be denied, that the agricultural interest has been depressed here by the two :unfavourable harvests of 1828 and 1829, but the last harvest has been a prosperous one. I cannot expect that the depression can be at once removed, but I trust the affairs of the farmer have taken a better turn, and will con tinue to improve, if we can preserve the county from the baneful effects of lawless violence and nocturnal incendiaries. But independently of these fires, we have to guard against meetings for the purpose of extorting higher wages. If once we yield to threats these demands will increase, and end only in the total destruction of property. Amongst other means of checking these lawless proceedings, the re-esta blishment of the yeomanry cavalry has been desired by authority. I have been asked, if a regiment of yeomanry were raised in West Kent, whether I would take the command ? Under any other cir cumstances I should, as considering myself rather too old for such an undertaking, have declined; but upon consideration I answered I was ready, in case it should be formed, to take the command, and that my sons were also ready. Here the matter rests. But supposing the corps to be embodied. I do not contemplate that it will be called upon to act. It would be our duty, before we used the sword, to employ every mild method to induce them to return to their duty—(llear, hear)—but if this extremity which I can scarcely contemplate, should occur, I trust that we should be willing even to die, should the welfare of our country require it. I should not feel it my duty to say any thing further on the sub ject, had it not been for an accidental meeting at the Market-room in this city, where my son, Lord Clifton, introduced this subject. Upon that occa sion lie was met with opposition. A resolution was passed to the effect--that it was incumbent upon the landlords and clergy to lower their rents and tithes. I now speak as a landowner, in the presence of some of my tenants, and say that I am not conscious of ever having asked more rent than the land was worth. I think much of the distress of my tenants (and no landowner has more excellent ones, whether us farmers or individuals) has passed away. Every farthing of my rent has been paid—l know it was not from their lust years' profits, but they have had their days of sunshine as well as rain. I know they have to provide for the poor, and I shall always be ready to meet them half way. Let me take the liberty, upon this occasion, to cau tion you not to be led astray by the cry attempted to be raised against the Aristocracy and the Church. That there are abuses in both, I am ready to admit. It is impossible but that, in a body of between three hundred and four hundred individuals, who compose the House of Peers, there will be some instances of unworthy conduct; but allow me to ask, where will you find in any body more instances of exemplary domestic or public virtues, than are to be disco vered in the individuals who compose the House of Peers ? You all know the fatal consequences of pulling down the aristocracy two hundred years ago. Some of you are old enough to remember the hue and-cry against the aristocracy in France forty years ago. That clamour, which, 1 am sorry to say, has not yet subsided, ended, as you rill know, in revo lution and anarchy. In the French aristocracy the abuses were greater than any which ever existed in England ; and us to the dignitaries of the Church in France, many were professed infidels; but let me remind you, that at the first French revolution, the very men who originated the cry to pull down the aristocracy and the church of that country were the first whose blood flowed upon the guillotine. The result is absolutely inevitable, that those whose object it is to overthrow the aristocratical branch of the Constitution must be the first who will perish in the destruction. I am, and ever have been, a reformer in theory, both in Church and State. I consider that the Members of the House of Com monsought to be the representatives of the people, not to be nominated by the aristocracy. In the church, I think the disgraceful practice of pluralities ought to be altered; but I believe the abuses, both in church and state, may be removed by Constitu tional means. As to the tithes of the church, 1 consider that we all hold our property by the same tenure, and if Otte species of it is to be changed, where shall we stop ? We shall proceed till we are involved in confusion and anarchy. I have only to add, that if the force I have mentioned should be re organised, I shall be happy to place myself at their head. --(Cheers.) Mr. BENTLEY..--It is admitted, that cavalry are inefficient to prevent the midnight incendiary from pursuing his work of destruction; and, 1 contend, that, independently of a military force, there are sufficient means vested in the civil power to put down the tumultuous meetings that have taken place, and I cannot but concur ill the opinion expressed elsewhere, that they ought not to have been suf fered to exist. Unpopular as the yeomanry cavalry now are, I think their re-establishment would excitementpro diluceansto les t now t tiisexist. I hope district, which, 1 ant happy to ay, there fore, that the Noble Lord will turn his attention to some plan of civil association for the protection of property and the preservation of public peace. All here, I ant convinced, would gladly concur in such a measure. With regard to the resolution passed at the Corn-market, recommending landlords to abate their rents, the Noble Lord will do me the justice to admit, that, at a private interview, previously to that meeting, I urged to his Lordship the expe. iv, , dieney of ouch a measure. Allusion has Will by his Lordship to the cry which he eoneeok been raised for putting down the ch u rc h ; pills well known that I have uniformly urged gr i policyofthe tithe laws,. on account of ihel itillueice upon agriculture, but no one ea accuse me with being the advocate of :pout:fiat , if have always winsitted the claims of lay iniprop,. to a full indemnity, as well as the right of the to a life interest in their present incomes. ' ~_ Noble Lord observes, that all property is held same tenure. The: clergy I admit, holds by the best possible title—the law of the kaidillil it should be remembered that, as the law gtri IT CAN ALSO MODIFY AND TAXI AWAY,--(lkirir The tithes were given for the advaneemeat e f It: . , ligion, and when that object is not roma '. , ,P 1 tiwht heo religion iucgactuallyhhth hardihood iaretob defeated, Lordship abolished.tinjured 0 d b y e inbay t yy h . s e i hi tithe s AsaTi,aai ; it yeo system t the t e mihoei r rniii. s cut io :j 7 eimot h isan ee n c d : 7oll.: cracy, I trust his remarks are not applicable to ,ti nt I am, I hope, incapable of opposing thi pr's amv m tic e att a nhi s r l yie pirecaehivafeartnolrmttyhpaefearicreooteidnov:uitvweiatomulutolioodtfinbvaeetishif;neojruieeyrioodeousi:o ist.:fr(otoces.hen;nyet.i Mr. LARKIN, although he considered tn. /SO. it was put down, yet questioned the nos:ell:Y*ord expediency of re-establishing it. H e disarovrLd eIY desire of pulling down the aristocracy. ile ow the " 1. ways been an advocate for the reform, butilt destruction of the Constitution; nor is the sil t applicable to him, who desires only the torrICA M , abuses. With regard to tithes, a apeeloi lt e li pa perty in which all here are interested, b.., ,"" Mr. Bentley had properly described thett tom" " It is the abuse of that property, a in Ai 0 Dr. Phillpotts, that causes so much dimstittsritiss in the country.—(Cheers.) ' - ' - moil Mr. BAKER thought that some pla n of PP I ~,,x , A ' tion for the protection of property should be NM into. He conceived that employment for the Feu' was principally wanted. flake so 0 Lord CLIFTON concurred with , Mr. -----_, ... the expediency of forming Mao; t! corP s T Y'i r manly, or a civil association, as a rellOok r ains .„A. the protection of property. He was equi li r'''' - 4 with his father to devote himself to the semi _,.....5e ' his country. He admitted that them were OM" both in church and state, but insisted that * re , were constitutional methods of teetifying !Jr' : Mr. DUNBAR spoke at great lellth; BAK to pro' Lord DARNLEY then requested - r ',,,, ~, " ia pose a resolution for the formation' s ' ,;"_::. 0 that tion, which that gentleman did, teas ergt_tesdinto those present pledged themselves to be "p r r ilder t he to act for the preservation of the Pe l l"' coom ittee direction of the Magistrates ;" lulu 1 , 1 I . WO was appointed to form arrerstemeots I°Llh, . rgeeguntlleemtioenn, present. Whilst wog then in r 7 70 Whilst this resolution was prepoing, .;,,t. Mr. BENTLEY begged to submit on. to ther;:ts ing, which, if he had before entertititiKaOlswwfn „..1 upon the propriety of doing, some observatelr's." bad been made that afternoon bad eonsPr/.... moved. He then read the followings esollitwiz " That the situation of the fannen, uAble 31 ..;:r0 i e from the pro fi ts of their farms, to afford sdetlr for the decent subsistence of the numerous I#. Ail depend upon th em for support , is hi g hly di :;"-te inability is mainly occasioned by the excessive teSslnty, which they, in common with the rest of the !Int: is are burdened, and the odious and impolitic tithe e w v ili iis ch is tite to y be elone ez liable; l a iec re tedo ! y an f d ro u m t a be ßef rensd orgL a ig :4 / 6 rilir so earnestleut , tlihi hope pmeeeti that,n c u a n n d n e o r t separate apop u a wi t o h: ar. dt r i _..._.. r . : ; 00_,..N. : confirm the affections of his people, and wiT sirs_r i :oo, of a Ministry pledged to liberal ineaturek, the at length arrived when the pkasinfr exptagur2; , 11 1 u L p o o A r a d D t co h a e n i sonably be indulged shat that salutliT ~ 4 7' longer be withheld frornsindrerioffrOtor• cc _,...., ist of the compan_y proper, of the meeting. first B°lintei and allow his. Lordsn'? to pass the resolution, d in the eame manner I both should he passe h his Lordship Om t leng lea th ve it t w he as ro p o r m op ' o b se utd o sigl id ir.eo e yrisd ra w b al l . e ..tan d yse i t e rs e its u s w e to l o ort hairr t ve n el e e t n te rit er x o is i u p T i t e ion a ei the previous question, stating, gat t of the seolie 7 that he was not opposed to mos- - .. 8 ___ A 0 OW it contained, though, if he were al p o ur" t he iss. cite, he should object to the exere.SSl • 14 e pp the ,,l e.i tn i The resolution was at length carried by i j °thy. Thanks were then Nod tiyhitinossisroteodoothf: mation. -- _-...te given to his LordshiP hileelP COON' Per Quarter. Carmarthen...—. orpeth Penrith Sheffield Winchester --... Per Willie. Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton Stafford Swansea Warwick Per liolL Barnardcastle Durham ww..rwow.memr Richmond Stockton CRY CORN W. DURING 1.±5.1 Wheat. to I. 69 65 52 72 50 6 0 66 50 66 cd. 70 90 99 103 7 0 9 3 90 94 79 94 90 100 Barlop r. to s• 40 ... 03 31 37 ea 5 1 8 i . d , 4 4 60 60 0 6 46 60 09 4 4 49 4d S° 140 166 IS 0 180 15 0 10 0 15 0 16 6 wt.. tO ; • 40 • 01 6 6 • •". g 9 49 04 .0 41 so d. 14 :0 g id 9 9 36 39 10 It 0 38 39 It 0 96 4 It i 0 144 gfi 0 ■ 66 1 0 i t: 60 101,10 0 0 a - 9 0 ` 'it 7g 9 6 6 10 8 6 9 ° 0 0 1 0 0 MARS I ‘ l los 7 l WAKEFIELD CORN MA 0 010 _. g oo di. The arrival of Wheat fresh up the rive! , bso tor ;(0101 . the farmers have brought a better supr l l, i i `..;,. yikt, , - ...; past; there has been a fair demand OZ.! oats Visili i 7V scriptions at an advance of ls. per Tu ar n d Sii oll oid w It the rates of last week. The Norfolo 4,.....0pd0111 , 003 .034 , to work more kindly than any other I r a ite thtw, ,d 0 0 I preferred by our maltsters, and Will . net V.;. - ii. IrLsts o6 met ready sale, at an improvement Or : 1 1 1 .,!;01sair; am,. sorts have gone o ff more freely at aAt f,„ c e of w a _ r sOoA, Beans are scarce, and in demand at an . 11..7 1 , 0 f• W. A . Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sufibiltr or sp. tO Will Lin. and Cava. ........•i A ~,,,,, to igt,„A •qs. 0% 0 10; WO .....................=v—Fohreitie:ro,:kashecd7. ..................................... 01, 0 1 "7, Se : ;11 0: 404. 7 1 , White ........•••• Oh gga SOM Barley, Norfolk and Suftblic ...... .. ...•..' $ O, 0 ,g o e a .,,,a. ---- Lincolnshire .. ....... ....... .....•••• 1 os, 0 0 ; 4 . 111." Os. ---.-- Yorkshire WOW ...... ..... .... ... • . .„,a, 0),A 6 0 0 d o* --- Foreign .... ......... .. ..... ...« ...... '''' ego telo, 0 g o. Beans, -- Small ..........04.041. $ 0, 011 1 .. y fr Oats, Potato . :. .....»....«•«.» »_,,, SP. 4° , 4 ,0. I ) —...-- P01and.......... ....,.............--; las.lm.pet/Or .....—. Friesland and " gni . all ............ 0 71, 4.; 0. 1 4 7i pit —.-- Stealing ........ ..... ..... ........ ..... Wi se iii . pitt Tiss , Shelling ................ .......... .......••••• 5 71 00 a 01, PO I Malt 4gt• $' J. - . RoPeaeed .............. ........ ... 1/7 1 01 . 411 ' °‘. Of t ' 0 -,.- ------ . 03, 0 MINING INTELR!,..O6,7turOdil II it Quantity of Copper ()re told at Ilegirul" "—; ~...••••"° PI. 0 , Average Produce ........ ....... .. .... ... .......••• ............... P^ Quantity of tine Copper ....... .. ........ .14 , Amount of Sale, 13,5441. lb', Od A.vera" P al BIRTHS. • tb. - Te...kalutit On the 18th inst. at Halleplace,_ Pc l ," --1 ear pad of E. 0. Clayton East, Esq., of a datie.7 l :Aallth ' On the 17th inst. at Aldrearkee 1 " --- -A Ipf Bouverie, of a son. rs ___,,„,, tile Oa the 19th inst. at 13ensbaehouse, SP"'' of A. Macdonald, Esq., of a sou. l o fA. 0 04/ ° On the 18th inst. at Highbury, the hPI Esq., of a son. MARRIED. th , 0 ".• 0 0 81 ' On the 20th inst. at !Ye t, Mr. a Yt"$.10.110"" daughter of Wm. 11. Budd, Esq. of Wool" i ll i : e o: k n d . t a h u e ghte l2 r th of i s ta ir t. Waitilia(milonstittirolf,ern:Arof 1:::bosui CO ir t aw F. ii. lIAIPin. EN., of the lion. East India Serrioer ms ' s ? Bart. 11 1 1 4' On the 20th inst. at St. Margaret's, WM' S. vs. , " ::, to Laura Anne, daughter of the Rey. Pr. Great Dean's-yard, Westminster. • At * DIED. fits oSr On the 20th inst. in Chapel4treet, 0 111 h h, ,r , ' 1 Win. Sheldon, Esq., in t h e 87th year 0. •-• Ilencher of the Hoo. Society of tray nn* ( fi' '. On the 18th inst, John Henry, second son Buxton, Esq., M.P. in his nth year.. f , 11 , 30 0 fg P aged Neill,ntb t( t ) :1 1 : i i i :1 11 9 8r Idthaht l, t t : r fin o tfStaKiiiierb;tir7itept°llov: : Nf l i t i r laj :_ r i gt l , :fi _ 1' , 15 1-: : : ~ i i , n -- -- ii y titt ° ' ' PRINTED AND PURI-100D BYDIVivi,... .7 p „ o l4‘ T" SUN OFFICE, 11*, Srsom I.3''' i i i t ~,:. ..