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7 C ' ~~ ENCE• on the night of So. lessrs. 'Machin, Di. Covent garden, by and it now only re , r which the offeno I owing to the coo , the prosecutors, 191 Vie , and whose namei l ed the confidence of 3 placed as a g rd uardi id on the night is, and, during the ma the remises, hung immediately This fact, yid' ature, induced Mr. to believe that Fla 'ledge of the rob in the necessity of Mr. ;Machin felt so ted his assent. From leq uen tly transpired, Thomas, and G the result of which his participation in of his accomplices, Le substance of that down in writing ; facts disclosed are as of list Saturday y lived as porter in e him and proposed .curse of that night , and admit two o f whom h e bad met them at Ls an inducement to e should receives half ig agreed to hi AC it twelve oclock on gnat being given, he ad admitted the two and the sale-roos, noney and jewell sal e-r ubes d e sks, which they (-driver, one of the ver that an outside to to a ne w coati ny d behind him. Te hich the y took the 4 0 Les from beh ind u• with the jewellery vas" in their poeke" of two hours on the 'emained outside all they should be dis to bed, leaving the re discovered, he pen, W hi te once gir)ce Lau so ld the prope.rty i he wasp roml,e4 be received w as si%; the lad expre§se' ;le in custody at thee !ffect of hi s state a` Spragg, White,Oci, n into custody, at, ~ ' examination in pit' r i , until. Tuesday tw and, been traced 1° LS proceeded to alr stolen exceeds 5001' he ox belOng i 4 RE, shown as 05 Derbyshire Ag ricul• ttdned the enorrnoag stone ; it is 3 ly the first judge.; °I in this country I°l. bought as lean stecl‘ IChatswofthe far IVer been fed 0„ bay eke. It will be foot t sugar 10 Fra ll.Ce :self with all the E old establishenth in and expen.ive th ere is a b eau ll' tift" rachine, and a We ilensing and eve! • Quarterly Jo —Mr. Coop has more of mystery' Th e Red Rover . profess to he the sev time , from time to 1 delivers here WY', the 4 , Water itch' t whether she Ore' 'd, to he r e%tr Vle immander, ore le I.—A scene o f $, l orougit on ibUrsK ° I M o sEs, landlord t, ied a person aoa b 9 o f t b years ago, ; be had carried ° iorough for the 15!: verity, and baPPY 1.01",:,, 12" t h a t state o. „I by the arrivafe fro of ;,, a first Wiv V,' of ne, node bei, Ad named their bqe an hour before toi'd lately took horse 5 you'd in a feK boo e .it of the uneielcr of las not been 10coe as to the life oi be should eertainlY t o f —Correspoade°- 0 0 —The ttllll' an e nd ; the ,Pil'rrerJ ) t he P V work at a great rnetOld lraroo) been withhe ;",he from the tiive LI day week, and beer, ractiee has hr' t ! ople as could °ooe t o go regOlaa the td for some weei‘,oDtY was upward, of e ie t oy ascertained. Ittj(el of hurnall a rty , and the teri lo ,h e (two) W W I ;D O 6l Y (at Stalybridge 3 ~,e • earnings, bad ed to wkieh the I r o ,r , with the paltrY , since the eo oo' . , the in one week th an r idge the hsvd9 ectio t h e larger Olict he t be it empl o y tneot 1 ` to give t heft, A PO , ' t r r respecting or-, bustle and 1),,10ve d both ifi3ste. test satisfae,ti(Pity to tivity and hillr,chere m a stranger. in mills will 00 1 ' T'3 4 '' rtroi carter, 0 1 S. J. s, COOPer' 1,1010°11:irty°, ~01) nphelby, of 1,0 lgl Plymouth, C,rcc, nys navtil se) coop, pl .e, Islington, • vive s treet, seve re tbe..l ptv , after a uldlese:t, 53 1.3- 'of 000;, •V. South, EA, T°l Y OUS C; ; / ) losnoS. f t ART INDIA HOUSE, J AN UARY 26, 1831. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the 4 UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS ot 4r.9LAND, TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do give notice, Sk tic at the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's At W ill he SHUT on TUESDAY, the Sth March next, li th t ee o'clock, an d OPENED aga i n o n Ti t uasnAT, the following. kti c i tli r , AatP a ril QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the L 4, 'OAIPAT.4Y will be held at their House in Leaden tieix:atreet, on NI ‘,7 IDNISDAY, the 23d March next, at ili en o'clo c k i n t h e f orenoon. h at i a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY H tt e "eld at th e i r H ou s e in Leadenhall-street, on WED (kr n 3 : k Y, the 13 t h A pr il nex t, f rom Ni n e o'clock in the sir DIRECTORS until Six in the evening, for the ELECTION Y titt : ECTORS of the said Company for A d e ni .„ ° - that th e LIST o f th e MEMBERS of the said T t ;"PanY Will be ready to he delivered at this House on ' 4 "; the 29th March next. PETER AUBER, Secretary. . A —.... A T a numerous and highly respectable owN M EETING OF MERCHANTS AND SHIP we ERs, held at the City of London Tavern, Bishops •street, oia the 18th of February, W ILLIAM THOMPSON, Esq., Alderman, M.P. It in in the Chair, Was moved by George Richard Robinson, Esq., M.P., seconded by John Bainbridge, Esq., and carried with 1. That one dissentient voice ; Ch a "at the a nn ounc e ment by the Right Hon. the i ht n eellor o f t h e E xc h equer o f th e i n t e ntion of His Ma ctTs Governm en t t o propose to Parliament an important r4t i°4 in the scale of duties relatively payable on the th-ePotirta.tion of Foreign and Colonial Timber, a change of Isi i , u t'es on Wine, and a tax of 11b. per lb. on Cotton, tin dunes reference to its quality, value, or place of produc 41' together with the omission of all relief to the dis , di: j 'e , of the West India Colonists, has excited among in , e 41 : 1 2 41 s of all classes connected with British shipping and , sl 4r "tal int erests t h e utmost surpr i se , cons t erna ti on , an d i t 'tit 171 s moved by George Frederick Young, Esq., se conded by Nathaniel Gould, Esq. and carried t una -2 ni rnowilv • . That it. . • the l is the opinion of this Meeting, that should l' , Pr , ° Posed measures pass into law, they will be produc il'it- ° L inevitable destruction of some of the most valuable sli t ' is 't' of British Navigation and Colonial Commerce, po r i t ,_"Y obvious result, inffict . serious injury on many ini ihat'ut branches of domestic industry dependent . thereon . ; tio r the Proposed departures from the principle of protec ' tu t , ' ol3 iitish shng and colonial interests, will not be p oi ,,P e nsatell by the advantages anticipated by the sup -Iti i i" l of these measures, either to the State in revenue, of fur in price, or to the nation in the extension it te : el / 1 11 commerce - and that their application to those I N 'sts at the present ' period, when they are suffering tinted at and depression unexampled in extent and li:iun would be alike unjust and impolitic. W as moved by J. D. Powles, Esq., seconded by Henry Bliss, Esq., and carried unanimously; . tli ki That impressed with these convictions, while we tli„, 4 n ail factious or party motives, or any desire to de llo:4a due share of the public burdens, this Meeting, coin seitC,uf individuals practically and intimately acquainted in n t hose branches of commerce to which the propositions 111, 14 „"tion refer, feels it a sacred duty to protest against sil 44 optio n of those measures, and earnestly to appeal to , 4 „ Pet soris int eres t e d i n th e prosperity of British shipping h y '' e Catl on i es to come forward promptly and unite d ly, an d ti sn v i e tY effort o f p e tition, remonstrance, and constitu -114 I s a ° PPosition, to endeavour to induce the Ministers of / t ' , alma to abandon them. i t Wa d moved by Aaron Chapman, Esq., seconded by . ex ander Gillespie, Esq., and carried unanimously; ad to T hat a C omm i ttee b e now a pp o i n t e d, with power di Nt o r , ' such measures as may appear to them most expe- It f i'r carrying i n t o effect the object of this Meeting. Wl4 moved by John Marshall, Esq. seconded by George 4 ~r , Shedden, Esq. and carried unanimously ; stir , hat the following Gentlemen be requested to con litts!'e t he Committees, with power to add to their num .-, k b FOR THE SHITPING INTEREST. ',',...;bert Barry Mr. Aaron Chapman Mr. George Palmer •,...illiani Cotten -John W. Buckle -k , ~,... 'Tindall \j ° l l , , ert Carter - John Pirie 41%?arC(11)'kun lian -John Marshall - - e Ge . org l e F. Young T homas Forrest. t it% c FOR THE WEST INDIA COLONIES. ti'k l i, e li rt, e 1)1r. I Barklay Mr. George Shedden 1- Innes - Alexander. kr, P i !. THE. BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. :%"...17„"t' BainbridgekMr. James Dowie Mr. Robert Gillespie ...t try Bliss —N. Gould -A. Gillespie It ~,, ' 'I. Chapman -J. D. Powles. /7 moved by James Dowie, Esq. seconded by Edward Th' u rY Chapman, Esq. and carried unanimously ; lip It Petiti ons to b ot h H ouses o f P a rliament, founded that th th e abo ve R eso l ut i ons , b e i mme di a t e ly prepared ; and It w ° Members p resen t he requested to support the same. al moved by Joshua Hart, Esq. seconded by Robert T h Barry, Esq. and carried unanimously ; I kle ni l , tt the Tha n k s o f thi s M ee ting be given to the several ''‘'o r s„ —er i of the House of Commons now present. for their this g Sod intention of supporing the Petition of +eeting inkind the Commons House t of Parliament. '4 WILLIAM THOMPSON, Chairman. M aths Chai rman h av i ng le f t t h e Ch a i r , it was t a k e n by Itip:'liel G ou ld , E sq. w h en ' mo ved by Edward Rule, Esq. seconded by Thomas Porrest, Esq. and carried unanimously lho: t the Thanks of this Meeting be given to William *ith 1 : ',.. 4 )0, Esq. Ald erman an d M.P. for the kindness ''' ea, i i it ielt he co nsen t e d t o t a ke th e Chair on the present b as -4 ' and for the ability and impartiality with which Presided over the business of the day. ''' . --...,..c51g ... 1 ... 1, ed) NATHANIEL GOULD, Chairman. tA NI .„ IL Y LIBRARY OF FRENCH CLASSICS. ~,,,sBRs. TREUTTEL, WURTZ, and °fa p r ,':, will commence the publication, early in March, , 4 it ''''N . CH FAMILY LIBRARY, in Bvo. with Por rrs„sp' 64 a plan of unprecedented cheapness and elegance. 44 Y "u ses and Advertisements will be issued in a few Col% Ord ers received by all Booksellers in Town and -'-'--- ry ' s-30 , Soho-square, Feb. 18, 1831. C Ope ell ' STATE, LAW, and REPRESENTATION. th ee , 1 0 e4 through ou t f rom th e latest Official Returns, by P ' b . ri ginal Editor, ad complete in One Volume, by°. 1- )l.l lack cloth, with a characteristic Frontispiece, C at, 41 . 1 , • EXTRAORDINARY BLACK V; comprising a complete exposition of the u "en , Patronage, and Abuses of Government in , State, Law, and Representation. Aob h e ,,, lll4 ek Book, usually called the " Reformer's . Bible," °ften ieprinted hut never corrected since . its first I ll tir e- „"," IS‘)0 •it is now offered to the public, as an '"er Work, - and at two-thirds of the price of for- A uhitsh ed by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. D U 15 th of February, in One large Volume, thick Bvo., price 255., ptiNBA It and BARKER'S GREEK rc Li r t d ENGLISH LEXICON.—A GREEK and k 'bil 14,, LEXICON for the use of Schools and Col ti ' l4 ifi e g a variety of Critical, Philological, and , ti kt matter, not hitherto found in any Greek Dic trttr,t):;in.Al,o an ENGLISH and GREEK LEXICON, '4 ad „ - K number of Idiomatic Phrases, for the use of ianced Students. dna Y FORGE DUNBAR, A.M., F. R. S. E., A ti r i ° , fe "nr of Gre e k i n th e U n i vers i ty o f Edinburgh ; -im p ll• BARKER, E sq ., o f Th e tf or d, Norfolk. t : t 'd for Maclachla n an d St ewar t, Edinburgh ; and si n and Alarshall, London. N -..:„........ CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, , 71, LE A DEN HA L L.STREET. Nobility, 7%t '3l` T IIIJRNELL solicits the W 7%t N., Gentryand Public, to inspect the largest and 6 . 6 e " 01 Stock of CABINET : and UPHOLSTERY th ' S S in England, warranted of the best Materials of % 'Niety', p , ott e w orkmanship, (suitable for all purposes, from t stli ge to the mansion,) enrolled agreeably to Act of 4 4 t h 'bent, and is founded for the support oindustri t ou s s t Il icl 4 : i :, l ' WhO ail combine to produce only the very beat d ' t ," the I -est p 'til rices. The Funds of the 4 ri li ' l'' P t nside f:r its members in sickness and old age, !N r ,' !nd fa r survivors at death. The Society . beg t . o . bllt 4,,'lneere thanks to their numerous Patrons, 11 "_i ii hs t}l, kh3lltY, Nobility, and many of the first Families i L'ltoit,'-,gdn'ti, &I. the ' extensive and generous patronage 4 9 th,!' nn them during the last fourteen years, and hope t t h t ! . I, a 4 t . n r 5141..411,1e endeavours t:a meri . t future favours ; Grit Zib" , ll 1 "me eirnestiv solicit a trial, as the only .., t : L bli,? ' l l li ie l 4 ,. the merits . and decided advantages of thin fo rke d ‘tri a nent t t , ,an be fairly es 'Hated. Every article is k . . ,, ikt,,,,, '' lowest ready money price, and from which 4 e nbs are made, they are all warranted, and if a 'llitt.kPl'ettrsezeltange,l within twelve months, free from i t , is, kk ti b A Print e d list of articles and prices will be for Y lett tr, Post-p a id on l y. ?1 t ‘tsi tll-t rßy rder of the Trustees, "h eet O . THOS. HASLER, Secretary. • • ."1. , / J lvi'( . l4 4 v — " J- ) —t .i.-; . .1.9 ~.., .. . • i t • • ig i.: ~.....,...' . ~ /4 . ) y .116 F S: , 9, , t: I , ----:7,:-•;-'. ) 0-0 I- z j "•• •'". .: 1 1 " - ''....11 4 ,--,- ~, ,Nr . . . .-- , ‘• • - --, _ - , ‘I ~,,A. . ,- ,-,- ,- - ,_, ~ 1 , •,..., i . ''• 4i , . 11 , - , ' ' C-' _>• 1 • , .''',,s' 4 . rirt---.4#,P • ' - , x \ I \ , -,,,,,•:,,..,,_ , / ", .—.. ...:- it, s , (x. w‘,__ ~4,t• ---,,,,,,,, , nn „.:,..,,.,.,.,.., ~ ,•„„Qp.,,,,,..,, , ~, „,e„ 7•L'4".l' • •''/,'' Ft .. , •4'7 .--- • • . ..• ------....„,...., .a . ...,. - ' - ' :i4t.i:':',,;..r-,-:•• ' - ----. . •••••,- - 8--13- , . '1 , . ' ( ,i- ) • ..• (:) :,'`7.--4--..1.V.0... f - , . // ii., , ,.4) ),_. •:l t 1,;1i',. ---' 7: . ' - ..- irtff '. IlfirrPki; a t I PIIIII: l' M (-)iN \ 4t ° -11:-.L.--11.',4'311' No. 11,994. LONDON, SATURDAY EV ley-square, milliner—G. Seaman, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, liver}-stable-keeper. PAIUNERSIIIPS DISSOLVE n. H. Madden and T. W. Ward, Bread-street, Cheapside, wine merchants —B. Woolfield and H. Woolfield, Birmingham, factors —J. and J. Harrison, and W. Heys, Pincock-bridge, Lancashire, shopkeepers—J. Hilder and NV. Young, Robertsbrulge, Sussex, timber-merchants—S. Bentley and M. Cooper, Ashby_de_la_ Zouch, milliners—G. Thorne and J. M. Wood, Norwich, orna mental painters—J. and E. Fletcher, and J. M. Holl, Ironmonger. lane, Cheapside, merchants—Christian and Co., Garlick-hill, wholesale tea-dealers—J. Whiteside and C. Thornton, Lancaster, cabinet-makers—J. Gibson and Co., Liverpool, curriers—Shaw and Co. Nottingham, lace-manufacturers—Yates, Brothers, a n d Co., Liverpool—Mills and Barrow, Branden-street, Bermondsey, manufacturers of patent water-proof polished leather—WT. For_ rest, L. Addison, and W. Woodward, Runcorn, quarrymen--j. Fairbank and Co., Thornton, Yorkshire, worsted spinners —F. T. West and W. H. Freeman, Commercial-road, Lambeth, coal_ merchants—M. and \V. Oakes, man uf a cturers of edge-tools—E. and E. Stock, St. Helen's, Lancashire, linen-drapers—Dovenor and Co., Layerthorpe, Yorkshire, stone-masons—W. Dunslay and J. Bulmer, York, maltsters—Morris and Aldred, Liverpool, liquor-merchants—A. and H. Holroyd, Leeds, merchants—Pike and Garnham, Red Lion-street, Holborn, drapers—J. Ilighman and Sons, Bristol, plumbers. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF SUGAR The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returnsjnade:in the week ending Feb. 15, is flt;s. per cwt., exclusive of the duties of customs paid orpayable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OF HOPS.—Feb Si Els. 101. Os. to 14'. 14s. 8/ N. 8/. I4s. to 9/. 03. 8/. Ss. 91. N. to 11/. Os. 01. Os. 15!. Os. to 181. Os. W. Os. 8!. Os to 121. Os. 41. 4s. 81. 8s to 111. Os. V. Os. 81. Os. to 81. Bs. 81. Os 9/. Os. to 10/. Os. PRICE OF OIL. Kent Pockets . Sussex Ditto Fssex Ditto Farnham Ditto, Fine.,,,, Seconds Kent Lags Essex alto.. Sussex Ditto Rape Oil, brown Os. Refined £5O 0 Linseed Oil 32 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 11 11 Rape Cake, per ton WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Feb. 17. Hay ---... Wi.Od. to SOs. Od. I (lover —6O:. 0.1. to 100 s. Od. Od. to 40, Od. SHEEP SKINS. 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. I Downs Is. 6d. to 2s. rd. Welch Is. 01. to Is. Kidneys _ Scotch Reds. . Marsh Champions . Oxnobles and Shaws PRICE OF POTATOES.—Feb. IS. 01. N. to 4/. Os. per ton. 31. 15s. to 4/. Os. ditto. 41. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. 31. ss. to 31. 10s. ditto. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. 8utt5.......—.50 to 561 b.... 15 22 Ditto--60 to 661 b....,. 16 23 Dressing 14 16 Fine Coach Hides 16 18 Crop Hides, 35 to 4111 b. 13 11 Ditto 40 to 451 b 14 16 Ditto PRICE OF RAW FAT, Price of Tallow (as stated by the LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Tanned Horse Hides... 15 18 Spanish Ditto 20 23 Per dozen. Calf Skins., :38 to 4411 b. 15 18 Dit to 50 to 7011). 20 2(i Ditto 70 to 801 b. 18 21 Small Seals, Greenland 201 21,1 per stone of 811).—Feb. 18. Tallow Melters) 9,1(1. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, i s as follows : Candles, per doz. 7s. Pd. to Bs. Oki. Moulds, per dozen —9s.(ld. PRICE OF TALLOW, St Town Tallow 50s. Od. Yellow Russia 495. Od. White Soap Ditto 475. °d. Melted Stuff . 355. OA. Ditto Rough 28s. Od. COAL MAlt G'l'.—Feb. IS Beaumont. 3ls. 6d. Walls End Russell's...—. Xls.Cd Ord's Redhugh 6 Lambton Primrose...... 33 0 34 0 Walls End Hetton 34 9 Willington _ .31 3 W. E. Cleveland--. 29 0 Walls End Bell and Co. 31 9 Culm Walls End Brown's—. 31 0 Halbeath ....... 27 0 Walls End Gosforth— 34 0 Ditto Haverland—. 24 0 Ditto Heaton 33 0 Silkston Ditto Walker 33 0 SI ips at market, 40—Ship 30 0 sold, 101A-Unsol ci, 293 A. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING TH Per Quarter. Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater Qristol Chesterfield Derby Devizes Doncaster Dorchester Exeter Gloucester H u ngerford Leicester . Romsey Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet Sherborne Taunton Yeovil .. Per Bushel. Shrewsbury .... .. 70 76 64 82 46 80 54 72 60 68 72 80 82 87 66 70 60 76 64 79 72 74 69 77 56 70 56 78 56 68 56 70 60 72 48 76 fig 76 s. d. s. d. 111 3 12 01 Barley. Oats, 40 45 29 43 30 43 23 31 36 40 36 48 42 47 28 44 34 50 35 40 28 32 38 48 30 44 28 45 32 36 36 34 42 33 43 11'2 40 36 42 s. d. s. d. 66 69 BRIGHTON, FEB. 17. Beans. 42 43 38 44 38 52 28 36 36 40 46 52 42 45 40 84 28 46 40 47 36' 43 38 48 38 48 36 46 47 36 48 36 48 38 46 38 44 8. d. s. d. 00 00 Wheat. WEEK. AP, &c. per 1121b.—Feb. 18. Yellow 765. Od. Mottled— 82`4. Od. 84s. Od. Gray es 14s. Od. Good Dregs-,...«,... ss. Od. This day was published, the Second Edition, 2 vols. 12mo. 18s. boards, or V. 10s. hound in morocco, THE FORMS OF MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland, together with the Psalms of David. To which Are added, the First Lessons, to be read on Sundays, and the Second Lessons, as are appointed to be said every Morning and Evening in the year. The whole arranged in the order in which they are used, the first volume containing the Morning, and the second the Evening Service. Printed for J. HatcLard and Son, 187, Piccadilly. 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" This work deserves the name, pir excellence, of the Lady's Sketck Book."—Globe. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. Downing-street, Feb. 15, IKil. The King has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, K.C.8., to be Governor and Commander-in- Chief of British Guiana, comprehending the Colonies of Deme rara, Essequibo, and Berbice. The King has been pleased to appoint Captain James Sterling, R.N., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Aus tralia. Lord Chamberlain's Office, Feb. 5. The Lord Chamberlain has appointed John Hamlin Borrer, of Woodmancote, in the county of Sussex, Esq., one of the Gen tlemen of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Chamber. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. H. Stock, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. :4. K Fernie, Esq., to be ditto, Jan. N. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. J. B. Hoy, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 3. H. W. Powell, Esq. to be ditto, Feb. 3. New Forest Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry. It. Aitchison, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Jan. 4. Romsey Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry. \V. S. Stanley, Esq. ' to be Captain, Feb. S. G. Eyre, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 8. C. J. Hall, Gent., to be Cornet, Feb. 8. Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Suftblk. Sir H. Parker, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 1. R. B. de Beauvoir, Esq., to be ditto, Feb. 1. J. F. Leathes, Esq., to be ditto, Feb. 1. G. Gataker, Esq., to be ditto, I•eb. 1. R. Dalton, Esq. to be ditto Feb. 1. E. P. Montagu, Esq. to be ditto, Feb. I. J. Garden, Esq. to be ditto, Feb. 1. K Bridgman, Esq. to be ditto, Feb. 1. H. J. Oakes, Esq. to be ditto, Feb. 1. J. H. Heigham, Esq. to be ditto, Feb. 1. F. \V. Campbell, Esq., to be ditto, Feb. 1. H. Wilson, Esq., to be ditto, Feb. 4. H. Logan, Esq , to be ditto, Feb. 10. J. H. Powell, jun.. Esq., to be ditto, Feb. 10. East Suffblk Regiment of Militia. E. Beckham, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Feb. 1. West Suffolk Regiment of Militia. D. Carter, Gent. to he Lieutenant, Feb. 7. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County 01 Warwick. C. Leigh, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 1, 1830. The Right Hon. 0. Archer Earl of Plymouth to be do., Jan. 11. The Right Hon. William Earl of Craven to be ditto, Jan. H. The Right Hon. John Lord Dormer to be ditto, Jan. 18. S. 'l'. Galion, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 19. T. Caldecott, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 19. A. F. Gregory, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 19. J Phillips, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 20. F. L. Holyoake, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 20. H. Elliott, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 20. J. F. Ledsam, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 20. I. W. Lillingston, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 24. W. S. Dugdale, Esq. M.P. to be ditto, Jan. 27. 1). Heming, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 25. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. I. W. Lillingston, Esq. to be Captain, Jan. 24. J. W. Whateley, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Jan. 12. G. Unett, Gent. to be Cornet, Jan. 24. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dorset. Dorset Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry. Sir E. B. Baker, Bart. to be Captain, Jan. 30. J. Goodden, Esq. to be ditto, Jan. 30. G. F. Ryves, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Jan. 30. W. C. Medlycott, Gent. to be ditto, Jan. 30. H. K. Seymer, jun., Gent. to be Cornet, Jan. 30. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Flint. Flintshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Hon. (Major) C. Napier, half-pay, to be Lieutenant, Feb. 8. G. Brooke, jun. Gent. to be ditto, Feb. 8. R. J. Mostyn, Gent. to be ditto, Feb. 8. (Captain) E. F. French to be Cornet, Feb. 8. H. L. Rigby, Gent. to be ditto, Feb. 8. E. Pemberton, Gent. to be ditto, Feb. 8. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. James Geddes, Gracechurch-street, merchant. NVilliam Byrne, Trinity-place, Charing-cross, army-agent. George Palmer, Epping, Essex, schoolmaster. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS CHARLES DE LACOUR, Burton-crescent, dia mond-merchant, to surrender March 1, at one, 8, at twelve, and April 1, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Swift, Carey street, Lincoln's-inn. CHARLES HOUGH, Monmouth, printer, March 4, at six, 5, and April 1, at ten, at the King's Head Inn, Gloucester. Newman, Cheltenham ; Merediths and Reeve, Lincoln's Inn. GEORGE INSOLE and RICHARD BIDDLE, Cardiff, Gla morganshire, brick-makers, March 1,2, and April 1, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Hornbv and Towgood, St. Swithin's-lane, London ; Towgood, Cardiff. GEORGE SHAW, Birmingham, plater, March 2,3, at eleven, and April I, at two, at Wilday's Royal Hotel, Birming ham. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalfe, Lincoln's-inn-fields; Elkiuton and son, Birmingham. RICHARD JENKINS, Newport, Monmouthshire, coal merchant, Feb. 28, March 1, and April 1, at eleven, at the office of Messrs. Prothcroe and Phillips, Newport. Pl a tt a nd Hall, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn, L on d on. SAMUEL COOMBS, Jun., Saint Wolloa, Monmouth, coal merchant, Feb. 28, March 1 , and April 1, at two, at the Offices of and Phillips, Newpo r t, M onmou th s hi re , Newport; Platt and Hall, N ew Boswell court, Lincoln's Inn, London. JOHN BRIDGE, King's Lynn, Norfolk, b u ild er, F e b . Pr o Messrs.her andPr Prot i h ) e i Phillips, ps 24, and March 31, at eleven, at the Globe In n , Ki ng ' s L ynn. Pitcher, King's Lynn; Clowes, Orme, and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple. DIVIDENDS. March IS, J. Bull, \V. Banks, and G. Brysons,King-Gstrreet_ Cheapside, wholesale linen -dra p ers—March 11, C . Worts, Wap ping High-street, ship-chand ler —March 11, W. Prince, Grace church-street, slopseller—March 25, M. Stevens, Richmond, Surrey, glazier—March 15, J. Winder, Leicester, draper—March 15, J. Brough, Ki ng -street, St. James's , victualler—March 15, C. Gregory, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars-road, cabinet maker—Feb. :2'2, J. P. Neale, Bennett-street, Blackfriars-road, bookseller—March 11, 'S. Ilalentz and J. Baker, St. James's street, dealers inlready-made linen—March 11, J. Miller, Cathe rine -court, Tower-hill, merchant—March 14, N. Brooks, Dover dale, Worcestershire, mercer—March t. 12, J. T. Gregson, Liver_ pool, v i c tualler—March 5'3, S. Hargreave s, Liver p ool, tailor— March 14, B. li. Watson, Rocklodge, Durham, cure-merchant March 11, R. Roe and C. Moore, Bristol, merchants. CERTIFICATES--Msiten 11. G. C. Wilkinson, Bristol, con f ec tioner —J. Meredith, Prescot, Lancashire, innkeeper—M. Pott, Heaton-Norris and Manches ter, coach-proprietor—E. Skiller, Rochester, victualler—S. Gear, Nottingham, tialmonger—M. A. Sbirreff, Mount-MO, peat. RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. el. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Best Heitors& Steers 3 03 4 I Ordinary 00 2 0 iliddlings...2 4 2 8 Market Calf-- 6 6 each. NING, FEBRUARY 19, 1831. COURT CIRCULAR. A conference on the affairs of Belgium was held by the :Ministers of the Great Powers yesterday, at the Foreign. office. It Wal attended by Prince TALLEYRAND, the French Ambassador, Prince LIEVEN, the Russian Ambas sailor, the Austrian Ambassador, the Prussian Minister, the Baron DE WEISSENBURG, Minister from Austria, and Viacount PALMERSTON. A deputation from Lancashire of the merchants and manufacturers engaged in the cotton-trade, healed by Lord STANLEY, one of the members for the county, had an in terview with Viscount ALTnokr yesterday, at the Treasury. A deputation of the London calico printers and whole sale drapers, among whom were Messrs. LAWRENCE, JAMES, BA LA MAN, and Cony ga, had an interview yes terday at the Treasury with the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER. Viscount MELBOURNE gave a grand dinner yesterday at his residence to Prince TALLEYR AND, the French Am bassador, and others of the Foreign Ministers, and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry. Earl HowE, Lord Chamberlain to the QUEEN, arrived at his residence in South Audley•street on Thursday night, from Brighton. FRENCH PLAYS. The performances at the Haymarket have acquired a new interest by the accession of M. BOI7FFE, from the Theatre de Nouveaut6s. M. BOUTFE is one of those cqmedians who possesses a large stock of that dry humour which tends to the preservation of his character in perfection through out the pieces be acts in, and to keep the audience in con stant laughter. On Thursday he acted Theophile, in the vaudeville of Le Marchand de la Rue Saint Denis, and was very original in the scenes of the shop, as " Neveu du Magasia" in the first act, as well as in the second, when, in a fit of extacy, he jumps on the bench, and mounts the Mayor's seat, to the great consternation of the Court keeper. BOUFFE is not certainly on a level with POTTER ; but he has sufficient merit to make him a va luable acquisition to this theatre, particularly as most of the present corps are old stagers; and, whe❑ LA PORTE is absent, an attraction is much wanted. We shall be glad to see Mademoiselle FAT, or some addition to the fe male part of the company, which, at present, contains no actress of any great merit, nor, except, perhaps, Made moiselle FLORVAL, of any very charming appearance. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is seldom without very painful emotions that we can look at any of the numerous aspects which Ireland and her miserable inhabitants present to us. When one evil begins to disappear, the horizon is soon overcast by its successor. The forms and de tails of Irish calamity are endless : but its leading outline seems to be, that it either alternates between the extremes of agitation and privation, or under goes them both at once. Let any man look over the report of last night's proceedings in the I-louse of Commons, and a-k himself whether taking into account what he must recollect to have occurred within the last ten years in the wretched country alluded to, whether any, the most hapless and de graded state of humanity known to exist on earth, contains a parallel degree of suffering to that which was brought before Parliament by Mr. Dominick Browne, and borne out in its most dreadful circum stances by Mr. Stanley, Minister for Ireland. But what shall we say to the statement—the official state ment—of the Irish Secretary, that out of a landlord rental in two baronies, amounting to 14,0001. per annum,the donations offered to the starring poor were just 1001.? One hundred pounds ! 1-140th the frac tional part of those fitrits of their toil wrung from the poor unhappy creatures, and exported from the country which produced it, to pamper the heartless appetite of some far-distant voluptuary, who would have dared to wonder, we suppose, had the miser able population so outraged by his inhumanity, pre ferred the rights of nature to those of law, and broken out into wild insurrection ! What a brand of infamy is infi;cted by the statement of Mr. Stanley, that in the wretched district alluded to, " the local s ubscriptions were next to nothing, and the rents were at the very highest !" What a pic ture of Irish landlords ! and yet evidently not over coloured, for Sir R. Peel, who is well-acquainted, admitted its accuracy ! A poor rate was recom mended by 11r. John Smith. Mr. Stanley an nounced a measure to be in contemplation, of which we have already spoken, and the details of which we may take some early opportunity of laying be fore our readers, as in one sense, and that a va luable sense, a variation of the principle of poor rate, —one which does not hold out charity as the meed of idleness, but which exacts labour and industry, on works of public usefulness,as the necessary conditions of relief. When it is considered that in England— even the most prosperous and well-administered counties—the fund set apart for the poor exceeds 2s. in the pound, or I-10th the average rental, and that in Ireland our unfortunate fellow-creatures, in their destitution, 'are cut off with 1-140th, in a part of the island also where the rents are comparatively low, the land little productive, and the population scanty ; it is some comfort to be satisfied that hence forth the rents of the 11,000/. a-year absentees, will, in spite of them, be made to contribute to the alle viation of poverty ; public works, undertaken after adequate investigation, and under the controul of the Government authorities, will be paid for by assessments on the neighbouring estates, so that the grinders of the poor may themselves be subjected to the millstone ; and it must be confessed, that in a country so devoid of communications as not to possess a single practicabk; road, on a line of coast which, with its sinuosities, extends to 150 miles, there is ample field tor employment of the people on solid and pert - I - moat improvements. —Times. The approach of the Ministerial disclosure of the plan of Parliamentary Reform, naturally draws out the enemies of the measure. A grand effort has been made in the Quarterly Review, to stem the torrent of public opinion. After an interval of a few weeks only, a fresh number of that Journal (No. 88) ap pears this day, for the avowed purpose of delivering an Anti-Reform article in time for the fight. The note of preparation for this article has for some days been loudly sounded. As far as workmanship is concerned, this political manifesto is able. The writer is evidently of the school of reasoners; and hi s production forms a curious contrast with that of Dr. Southey on the state of the country, in the last n umber. Before noticing any of the arguments of this opponent of Parliamentary Reform, we may mention that a sort of lecture is read, towards the conclusion, to no less a man than Sir Robert Peel, for not supporting the great Duke, as lie ought to have done, in his hostility to Reform. " Nor is even the late Administration itself," says the writer, free from the blame of deficient concert (or the appearance, at least, of deficient concert) among its i o:v m r e m e r Members. Ei t h er no d ec l ara ti on whatever on the question ofßel ic revoice nn should a have h e b e e o n p e m o o d g e by of the th head of the Government Session of Par supported in that declaration he au gh tonby le concurrent l to have tot bee of his colleagues. In either case, the great restorer and conservator of European peace, the illustrious Duke of Wellington would not have been left alone to bear the brunt of popular outrage; much sub sequent embarrassment might have been saved— very possibly the change of Ministry might have been altogether prevented. Every man has his peculiarities. The Duke of Wellington's tactics were, on this occasion, somewhat too bold for Sir Robert. The latter thinks a straight-forward course ought to be avoided even when nothing is to be gained by a round-about one. He was in his ele ment when assigning as a reason for proving and punishing the corruption at Evesham, that they might prove " to any future constituent body—if the existing constituent body were to be changed— that they would be visited with punishment, if at any future period they were found to be justly c hargeable with corruption." He will, the Re viewer may rest assured, never bear the brunt of popular outrage if he can help it. He will never astound his hearers by any of those flights of im pud:•nce or audacity on which the Noble Duke ventured, when our matchless Constitution, rotten boroughs, and all, became the subject of his far famed eulogy. The Reviewer sets out with no ticing the astonishing unanimity in the country on the question of Parliamentary- Reform : " To what, in the name of wonder (says he), are we to ascribe all this sudden choice of unanimity? Is Parlia ment less competent to perform its functions now than it was a year ago? Or by what new process of reasoning has the conviction of its efficiency been brought home at length to minds, which, up to the present moment, had stubbornly resisted every argument ofits impugners? Has the influence of the Crown, or of the Aristocracy been gaining ground of late in the Lower House, or are those influences less controuled than formerly by the force of public opinion, so that a fresh infusion of popular elements has become necessary to preserve the balance of the Con... stitution ? Quite the contrary. It has !teen manifest to all the world, fora long time past, that if the balance of the Con stitution be in danger, it is from the preponderance of the opposite scale. What better proof, indeed, need we seek of the actual predominance of all popular voices in the Le gislature, than the position which this very question of Reform itself has now assumed ? No man surely can seriously profess to believe that the House of Commons is at this moment, in obedience to the call of the people, prepared to commit an act of political suicide, absolutely to surrender the privileges by which a majority of its Members hold their sects and their influence, and have the effrontery to maintain in the same breath, that public opi nion is not represented in that House of Commons." _ That public opinion has been gaining ground in the House of Commons is no doubt true, and that the entertainment of the question of Reform proves the fact is equally true. It is not during debility and weakness, but when the stimulus of strength and vigour is felt, that men are disposed to be com bative. The question is not whether public opinion is or is not gaining strength, but whether the people are not entitled to avail themselves of their growing strength to free their institutions from abuses, from which they suffer in their proportion. All strength we know, resides in the people; but it does not follow that the people should be constantly obliged to rouse themselves to great and inconvenient exer tions to operate on the fears of those who hare in terests hostile to those of the people, and who are only deterred by popular demonstrations from avail ing themselves of their power, under the Constitu tion, to carry abuses to an extreme. The Reviewer, as was to have been expected, notices the failure of all the attempts at a Constitutional Monarchy on the model of that of England : " Looking to experience shine," says the writer, " in deed the results are enough almost to fill the friends of rational liberty with de-pair. The construction, more especially of what is called a Constitutional monarchy, as that form of Government is commonly understood, a Go vernment, namely, composed of three distinct powers in dependent of each other, and mutually checking and ba lancing each other, is, in truth, a problem that yet re mains to he solved. There is not, see believe, at this moment in existence a Constitutional monarchy of more than thirteen years standing except our own ; and that, we need scarcely say, does not come strictly within the de finition, but is distinguished from all the others by innu merable anomalies, the growth of time and accident, which do not admit of being easily transplanted, and are probably, indeed, as little applicable to the condition of most other nations, as would he the federal democracy of America to any feudal country in an advanced state of lization, where the price of labour is low, and that of land high. Of the several free Constitutions established since the war of the French Revolution, two have already perished, others have been violently assailed, and all are at this moment menaced. To judge from the complaints against them, scarcely one has been working' satisfac torily." We have more than once said, that the theory of the English Constitution laid down by popular English writers is false, for such a monster could not exist for a month. England is not a Constitu tional Monarchy, but an Aristocratical Republic, with a hereditary President, under the title of King. That there is a popular infusion in the ruling body does not alter its character ; for the aristocracy have a majority ; and, in all cases in which the order has a common interest, it commands a majority. The King can only act with the aristocracy; so that he is riot a distinct and separate power, but a part ne cessary to the completion of the political machine. All the Constitutional monarchies have been at tempts to construct a system, in which mo narchy, aristocracy, and democracy should ba ' lance each other, and they have merged either into monarchy or democracy. It is the popular infusion which has preserved the British aristocra tical republic. All history proves that an aris tocracy can only be kept from feuds by the ►ieces sity of uniting to make head against the democracy. In countries where they have had nothing to dread from that quarter—as in Poland, for instance—fac tion has constantly broken out in bitter hostility.— By receiving constant accessions of the new rich from the ranks of the people, the English Aristo cracy, kept on the alert by the popular part of the system, have been enabled to maintain their ascen dancy. That this ascendancy is to the people a most expensive machinery, is a point as to which there can be little question ; the weight of the bur dens pressing on the country is a proof against which there is ►►othing to be said. Ever since the Revolution of 1688, which terminated the warfare between the King and the aristocracy, the Go vernment has been carried on with the principle of cramming the possessors of Parliamentary interest. Occasions for war have been sought, public opinion has been corrupted at the fountain-head by interested parties,civil and military establishments have been in creased to meet the wants of the governing few, and thus a National Debt has been created, the magni tude of which, while it presses severely on the people, threatens at the same time to destroy the aristocracy, by limiting their power to obtain the means of corruption on which their ascendancy rests ; for the power of the aristocracy under the English Constitution is in very few cases quite direct, but rests on the fiction of popular suffrage. The patron, even of a close borough, is only the head of a firm, with all the members of which he is obliged to share, according to their influence, the good things obtained by his Parliamentary interest. The collection of the Revenue, the Government Offices, the Navy, the higher stations in the Army, the Colonies, the Church—all must be open to the members of the various corporations, because the conditions of obedience to the will of the patron is access to the public money in one way or other. The Reviewer objects to the Reform which he assumes to be in contemplation, that it breaks in o►► the ascendancy of the aristocracy. He states— " That Ministers are prepared to shake their political existence on a proposition for at once, bred manu, dis franchising a certai❑ number of the least populous of the old boroughs, and filling up the vacancy by enabling an equal number of the most populous places, now strangers to elections, to return Members to Parliament; for extend ing the borough -elective franchise generally to copyholders and householders ; for placing the system of county elec tion in Scotland on a footing similar to that which prevails in England—in other words, depriving the aristocracy and landed gentry of Scotland of their inherited and just in tluence—we might almost say, in several counties, of ail efficient influence whatever—and poss►bly for shortening the duration of Parliaments ! * a In the first place, it would be a Reform commencing at the wrong endue iiefertaa directed especially spiral that braucil of tk representation whose corruptions, ac_•ordiog to the arguments of the Refin•mere themselves, are the least extensively pernicious : we mean the close boroughs.— Those boroughs are in general the property either of Peers who nominate to them, or of the Commoners themselves whom they return ; and they are free at least from the reproach of maintainin g i ❑ idleness a de graded and demoralized pauper population, living by the sale of their votes. It is in its influence on the hilts and happiness of the lower orders in a large class of those boroughs which are commonly consider e d open, that the operation, indeed, of our borough syste m is really felt as a grievous practical evil. * * Another objection to the selection of the close borou g hs as the first subjects of legislative experiment, is, that the measure in regard to them involves a question of compen sation, MICA, without a contempt for individual inte rests, unexampled in the history of Parliament, it will be impossible for the Legislature to overlook. That the pos session of a freehold, which invests its owner with an in fluence securing to him the nomination of one or more Members of Parliament, should be a❑ object of general desire, is not very surprising. No law on earth, indeed, could prevent such an influence from constituting a part of the money value of the freehold ; nor is it in the least necessary to its doing so that the person acquiring such a freehold by purchase should contemplate any corrupt traffic in the seats which it places at his disposal ; nor even that seats should be a marketable commodity at all. There can he no legal offence in buying or selling the freehold ; nor yet in paying a iari'cr price for it, in consideration of the influence which it conveys ; nor yet in the honest exercise of that influence. Nothing but the most wilful perversion of intellect could confound this class of trans actions with the corrupt sale and purchase of seats. There is the same difference, indeed, between the two cases, as between the sale or purchase of an advowson and an act of simony." It has been more than once observed, that the people would be great gainers by a direct payment of two or three millions to the aristocracy, because, in order to enable them to derive so much circuit ously, much more is uselessly squandered. Thus, for instance, the rank and file are paid for, that the aristocracy may receive the pay of officers—a useless colony is kept up, that a Lord Charles may receive the salary of Governor, &c. &c. The same thing may be said of the boroughs. If the close boroughs are so valuable because bribery may be dispensed with in them, why not declare that the possessor of a certain freehold should have at once the power of nominating two Members of Parliament ? The patron of the borough, if freed from the machinery, might either be generous to the public, by giving his votes gratuitously—which he cannot do at present without ruining himself, for he must be at the expence of the machinery—or by the dimi nution of expence, he could afford to take a smaller remuneration from the public. At present the Corporations are kept up at a heavy expence to some party. There are, the Reviewer truly states, but two systems of Government ; one in accordance with the will of the people, and one capable of controul ing the pi ople. The great advantage of the British Constitution, according to him, is, that it admits of a controul of the people. " That system of Go vernment must be wanting in a most essential point which is incapable of protecting, the peep Ie from themselves, of resisting clamour from without, and securing to the country the practical fruits of the wisdom and knowledge engaged in the direction of - its affairs." What is the difference between this principle and that of the Governments of the Holy Alliance ? Merely this, that the Holy Alliance affords a more perfect check against the increase of the destroyin g ► power. The infusion of the po pular principle into the British Constitution, how ever weak in its direct operation, by the constant appeals to the people, to whom it bends, en lightens, and consequently stimulates the people, who thus gradually become acquainted with their strength. The diffusion of knowledge is the destruction of the ascendancy. What have not the people gained in strength since the com mencement of the French revolution ? And how is it possible for the aristocracy to prevent the further growth of the antagonist power which will at last overcome them ? " What can be the motive (says the Reviewer) of all these sudden conversions to the cause of Parliamentary Reform ? The answer is short enough, and must be on the lips of every one who is nor afraid to look at the truth. It is the dread of physical force. The events of the three days of July, at Paris, have given, for a time, to popular insurrection, a predominance of character such as it probably never possessed before, at any period of the history of mankind. If, then, public opinion has been constantly acquiring strength since the days of the American revolution—if, in the collisions between the few and the many, the many have always risen from every pressure with augmented power—how is that (the Reviewer pro poses) to reconcile with this increased power and this increased intelligence, the willingness to be pro tected from themselves, that is, to be controuled by men who claim to be independent of them ; to be governed, not according to their own views, but the views of these who claim the right of con trouling them ? It is clear, that if you instruct and enlighten a man, you do not render him more dis posed to resign blindly to others the management of his affairs. The High Church Clergy, as being part of the Aristocracy, were nor, therefore, such fools in exerting themselves to retain the people in ignorance. But instruction is no longer the ques tion,—the people possess it. Every year the power of opinion must be more formidable. No man pro nounces willingly sentence of incapacity on himself ; arid, therefore, the aristocracy may sophisticate as much as they please about protecting the people from themselves, the people will assert their right to controul those who have the management of their affairs—they will allow to no set of men the power of taxing them at pleasure and expending their money at pleasure : they will repeal the in sulting arrogant claim to treat them as perpetual minors. Call the fear of the ascendancy what you please—the fear of physical force or the fear of moral force—that fear is not unreasonable, for the people have only to will and they must be victo rions.-31Orning Chronicle. The expedition under the command of Cap tain BErcurr to the Pacific and Behring's Strait was one of those grand enterprises connected with Polar discove ries which have conferred such honour on the Briti+h Go vernment by who! , e order it was undertaken. Captain BEECIIEY'S voyage was designed to co-operate with the land expedition under Captain FRANKLIN ; and the vo lume which the former officer is about to publish will form an indispensable part of the series of works of which those of Captain PAltax are the most numerous; though the approach to the Pole by the South S , as, confers a new and irresistible attraction on the narrative of Captain BEECHEN'. On Tuesday and Wednesday the harbour of Leith exhibited a novel and interesting scene. In place of the water of Leith, as is usual when the tide is out, seeking its way to the ocean under the vessels like a small burn almost lost in the mud, it came roaring down a mighty river, covered with large pieces of ice, and threatening de struction to every thing that stood in its course. Fortu nately the flood was foreseen by the shippers in the har bour, who had their vessels all well moored, and we are happy to add that, with the exception of a few trivial ac cidents, little or no damage was sustained. In order to give our readers a better idea of the critical situa tion of the vessels exposed, we shall quote the words of a gentleman who was on board a schooner on Tuesday night—namely, that the incessant dashing of the ice against the vessel resembled the hammering of a number of carpenters, but more violent. —Edinburgh Observer. Died, at Antrim, on the Ist instant, in the 40th year of his age, JOHN WILSON, one of the most sin gular characters to he found in society. In the constitu tion of his mind, the Author of his being was pleased to withhold from him the gift of sound reason ; hut he had other gifts of a remarkable kind, which grently endeared him to all who knew him—his heart was ardently devoted to GOO. Attired in a red coat (for this was the colour he particularly fancied), he attended public worship every Sabbath, with a punctuality which many of the gifted sons of reason would do well to observe. Whatever pence he received as gifts from well-wishers, he gave for missionary purposes ; and, with dispositions the most gentle, and a deportment the most inoffensive, he was regarded by the people of Antrim with affectionate feelings—and the numbert. iLratyclie:CEEES:isiFia PRICE 7D. 26 32 24 30 22 3t 22 26 24 26 24 30 33 36 24 30 22 35 23 27 24 32 25 33 21 30 21 34 21 25 18 '26 20 26 21 30 22 24 s. d. s. d. 60 76 His MAJESTY gave audience this morning to Baron MUNCHAUSEN. Their MAJESTIES took an airing this morning in a carriage and four, with outriders, and continued on the drive for several hours. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX took an airing this morning for some time. The LANDG RAVINE and Princess AUGUSTA drove through various parts of the town. Lord FIFE has arrived at the Palace this evening. _ . Mademoiselle D'EsTE took her departure for London this evening. Colonel and Mrs. Fox are amongst the de partures also. Their MAJESTIES took a carriage airing yesterday, both looking remarkably well. Several of the Household have left for St. James's. Their MAJESTIES have had dinner and evening parties each day. On Wednesday, Earl DELAWARE, Lord JOHN TOWNSHEND, Baron MuNcnAusEN, Lady WARREN, Sir ROBERT and Lady OTWAY, Count and Countess MuN thß. Captain ROGERSEIELE. and Lord BELFAST had the honour ablining with their MAJESTIeS. This day their MAJESTIES honoured the following dis tinguished persons by an invitation to the Palace to dinner: viz., the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. WINDSOR, Lord and Lady MATILDA WYNYARD, Mr. and Mrs. ELLISON, Mrs. FITZHERBERT, Mr. and Mrs. VERNON, Colonel BUR GOYNE, Lord and Lady JAMES O'BRIEN. Lady WARREN, Mr. and Mrs. JERNINGHAM, joined the Royal Party in the evening. The Queen's private band was in attendance. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. REGULATIONS FOR, MOTIONS ON SEAL DAYS, The Loan CHANCELLOR stated, that in consequence of the representation which had been made to him during the last sittings at Westminster regarding certain inconve niences arising from the then existing regulations as to Counsel moving on seal dais, he had fully considered the subject with the Judges of the other branches of this Court, and had in the result made the following two orders for the regulation of the bar, and which, he believed, met with the full concurrence both of the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor. Mr. VIZARD was now directed to read the orders, which were these :—First, "It is ordered that each Counsel shall, according to his precedence, and in his turn on seal days, be allowed to make two ,notions, and no more, viitil all the Counsel shall have made their motions. Dated 18th Feb. 1831." Secondly. " It is ordered that in each notice of ►notion to be made upon or after the third seal, after last Hilary Term, before the Lord Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor, the name of the Counsel to make the motion, or the nalmi of one of the Counsel who are to support it, shall be specified; otherwise the notice of motion shall be void. Dated 18th Feb. 1831." Mr. HUNT was taken ill in the House of Commons on Wednesday night, and was advised to have recourse, by his medical attendant, to a warm bath ; but he was not enabled to attend the house on Thursday night. Mr. HUNT is a nun of early hours, and the late sittings of the Commons do not agree with gentlemen of his habits. INDICTMENT AGAINST NIR. COBBErT.-- About half-past two o'clock on Thursday the London Grand Jury came into the Sessions Hall with a considerable nutn ber of bills, which they had, in the course of the morning, found ; amongst which was one against Mr. 'WILLIAM COBBETT, arising, as we understood, out of the publication of some of his late addresses to the agricultural population, published in his Weekly Register. A Bench warrant, sign e d by Mr. Baron BAILEY and Mr. Justice BOSANQUET , was immediately jawed fur his apprehensions Polled