The Sun. — London, England, 1830-11-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It must he acknowledged by friend and foe, that the new, Athninistration has accedeil to office, at a time of titieoinnfini difficulty. , We are sincerely re- loctant ter increase that difficulty by urging Mini, tent too irrittetuou.ly forward towards the discharge of duties , however manifest, or towards the fulfil- Anent of their undisputed and solemn pledges; F ., till less' would we throw obstacles in the way of either: but,. distressing ua is the state of the Coittttryy and in ionic respects alarming, tt must tht4ver help to smooth' and facilitate .the course tot which they are about to enter, if the suggest to his M h jesty' s Mi r+isters the means best TrActilated to fix for thou- solve* a favourable prepossession in the tiiitadt of the people of England, and a WittfIVICSS in an: public to give them credit for • honourable intentions 'on every point,—by artieg honourably, provided it bespeedily, on 01/C. H m eyond all doubt the les n for n reform of Parliament its the Main and prime neeessity under which this country labours. ifoot all, the abuses and grievances which hayteliorne down upon the nation for ages past may botriticed essentially to the want of virteravg inde pendence in the great controlling river. The few having tee much voice in the melting of laws, or in the *eleetion of rulers,,and the many too little, has throWn the double weight of sword and purse into the smile of the oligarchy, and made that pith people kick the brain. It is a long while sittre CM, truth was distovered,end displayed tecrgeticelly in speech and writing by intelligent men throughout the ern pire; but it ia not very long-since the people to , :gers to entertain hopes of acting successfully upon that kuowledge,.beestute the facility of communication through the press,' and' that of co-operation by means of meetings and varieties, had not yet been 50 far matured as to teach the people that they need bet unite to be irresistible. The erescrit Parliament was elected by a nation bent resolutely on reform of Parliament. The late Minister was at once hurled bora his sear, from the moment in which he be• • trayed a spirit inimical to that vast object on which England had become decided end unanitriclm The existing Ministers owe to their promise of a Reform the sole chance which croaks there of being able to carry on public business without a dissolution of Parliament,---e measure which, besides endangering the public peace, might grievously oppress errs bermes the representatives of counties in all parte of the. Kingdom, anti, under the present Anti , union, pbrenzy among the • Irish, might inflame that demagogue-ridden race to open insurrection. On the fulfilment, then, in due season - I y his Mal. jetty's Ministere, of their pledge of Piebitmentury reform, we rest as confidently as oft the continuance of the Monarchy itself. The single point of hesi tation ii,—hew to bring it forward with the roost resesonable prospett of an easy triumph within the walls of Parliiment itself; and the best 'certainty, when attained, of its proving it future benefit to the nation. It is therefore :indispensable to the practical success of any scheme of Parliamen tary Reform, that it should be calmly, steadily, dill. gently, and deeply meditated, before it be exposed to the ' inspectiors of fri e nd s or enemies. If we were invited , to counsel statesman--much more a dosen statesmen tIO this most vital question —.We should say, let them propose at the eat lit et day to Parliament, a resolution emhoicieg some broad and unequivocal principle of Reform in the House of Commons, from which neither they nor /heir semi sort could afterwards flare to flinch ; but let not tlei tails of any kind be forced on precipitately, lest they might trot bear a deliberate and serotinizing examine- tints. By too soots recomteviding a complete system of Parliamentary Reform, rite ponciple„itselfmight be brought int* discredit ;'beceuse the 41)4 and the Legiilitture would have to setesideor elter that which Ilimistershadgot up in haste. As cordial frientli, 'therefari to that great principle,we iyould begin with a steely. of ameooretioownicn must operate powerfully era remove oltjettleinsagulest a Reform of Poliement in the bream 'of., thnse who now resist ;hat principle as much from mercenary and sordid, ns (rem arbitrary or:aristocratic motives. Begin with ofoonomieol Refera#,....cut away the pabulum of fold ambition, the prey of rapacity, the stimulus to corruption, anti half your Work a s Parliamen tary reformers is already done. We shall touch bite briefly on the various heads of retrenchment which must offer themselves to a bold and, patriotic Statesman, and leave our hints to fight their owe Wiry With . the community,. Ministers ought to cut down their own large salaries at the outset. The . Lord Lieutenency atireland ought to be got rid of expeditiously us! the forms and intricacies of :•public businestrwilL permit.' The Duke of North ' - , ;ismberland some time since mode a liberal sacrifice 'of lit least . One-fourth of the income of that un wieldy office ;.and' by' wily of illustration of the 'view which we; have above . brought (inward, the extinction of whole will be in so far facilitated, es the piece of /Aril Lieutenant must be henceforth touch less an ebiret of desire to needy Noblemen, larld of contention among the different interests which a CShinet.has to consider and conciliate. We have heard, but cannot Arm positively, that Lord An. glesea 'will be the l a st Lord Lieutenant, arid tha t his'appointment is but a preliminary to the almost immediate abolition of that 'ancient but worn-out rat& bee been alleged on respectable autho rity, that the Vice-Treusurerahip of Ireland bad been improved by the Duke of Wellington into st place of considerable labour and efficiency ; Pt least we have beets told that its late possessor, the Knight of Kerry, neither found it a sine- cure - no i made it : 7 e - o. If, however, the busi ness can be doeit through clerks, without the cost of a salary of 2,5001., per annum, the public has en un doubted right to the benefit. of such 4 Sevin* The public boards are kept up at en enormous and need less expense. The puke of Wellington tried his hand at them, and dittisomething, but not. half enough. Instead of being what the lively audacity of Mr. Canning's imagination represented them, so many cradles for infant 'Stateemen, they are, in too many cases, but easy chairs for decrepitude, or • pillows whereon helpless and high-born beggary raay indulge its contempt for those an whose bread it fattens. Ler& of the Admiralty—of the Treasury ......ComMiesioneri of the India Board, of which the ?Ade boKibitie* is dime by the' Chief. ; Commie*ionet alimeComeniesioners of Excise and Customs, and Stemps, and Noy Board, and V Board, and Woods sod Voreete, and Ilisekney 'Coaches —all might b e di m i n i s h e d b y at least two.th irds'oitheir number. So the diplomatic, serviee, pruned, us it ‘v its, and to a considerable' *Went, by Lord Abet- , deem, will admit of a much greater retrenehinent, and the public business be incomparably better executed than at present. What, du such men tes Sir Charles Begot end 1,40 Burghersh do ua an equivalent for their prodigious salaries ? • The dignity of Great Britain it not: hi* upheld,by tine ; laced licoriee, nor her diameter by fashionable manners; nor are her rights endieterests best un derstood or defended by ignorant, feeble, frivolous, or arrogant personages, because they may happen to be the expensive tiepin:we, !Wolters, or toad of courtiers. Again, was there ever such a nest for vo• racious vermin us the Royal Household, treks several ramifications of complex and barbarous, stipettluity ? What use ha 4 the King of .linghind ,fore *et of Lords, by way of menial servants, 11 1 4 0 u; reditaty legislators, judges, over a frete•people—Yet domestics of a limited monarch, at so many thou _ltalia each per Annum, for wearing out their lives in ifiumme yawning attendence on , a, King' who' reels oppressed by their .contiguity to his person. Theo ' 0 , 0 have the bitchy of Lsecatter, with a huge ithitio—niust 'that - abuse of the Oldie 'resonate continued ? The Lieutenant-Crefieral of the Ord metres, conderimed' not twelve months ago, Ity the' ''whets liberel:oppositioe'•in Parhament,whet be •voitnoe of that P! To change to another brunch, for many, of the extravagance visible in ell our institutions the eateries of the Judges— sie they professed to be, on et:count of the 'high prices of an widos of consumption, Ought they no t to be lowered after the fell in prke o every thing that was tha laticiA o todO or purdno4oo —every thing, we may well subjoin; but justice it self, which costs as much eis ever ? We had as food Judges, and as speedy redress o f wrongs , w h en the Judge's' salaries were but 3,6001: per annum, as now when they are 5,5001. At least I,oooe. etyerr ought at once to be struck off the trey 'tst these learned perionages. nett Ibr tail; irtny,—kept up, as it is, to its pres'ett bkAtulard, on the plea of send ing 'ratites kit it to rot away periodically in our nurreeleon% colonial garrisons I What need have, OVe co)enies of garrisons of regular trove, 110:e particle larly since the liberal voli' , 4 our relations with America will . have Ilk effect of improving their con dition'? 'INN paper has frequently recommended the the inferior police of our island colonies should he left to a militia, paid by thetneei%eas and that whatever udditional defetett '%Viis demanded should be provided for sty fin increase of our naval sque. drone stationed in all quarters of the globe. This arrangement would admit of a rednction of one sixth of the standing army of treet Britain. We repeat, let the Mit'Satere reform Parliament by all means.; attd 'let them begin by a sweeping ccono• ritkal Worm —Timm On presenting two petitions for Pettilaffientary Reform, and the alrelititti negro slavery, Earl Grosvenor tlltlatil to the attack made on the Lord Chancellor in the House of Commons, with the view of giving him an opportunity ;to 'reply. The attack made on his LeTesTlip by Mr. Croker is so generally d olid*e(and even by the fri e nds of th a t • getttleman) to have been a failure, that it was hardly necessary to bestow farther attention on Ir. His Lordship, so called upoti has tier; Zoitid not avoid noticing the subject. He disclaimed having ever stated en Malibu, of not severing himself from the repeenentation of Yorkshire; but, at the period Nyben he was said to have made such a statement; he no more contemplated the possibility of his being prevailed upon to quit the ttatioli he then held for that he now occupied, than he at the present mo ment fabeitti he should ever go back to that House l i horn which the favour of his Majesty had raised him. However, the best vindication of the Noble and Learned Lord is, that (waiving t h predilec tions) his elevation will g ive him additional means of tifeetint the relerins end improvements for which, at 'representative of Yorkshire, he had pledged him self to contend. When I accepted (said his Lordship) the high Mike to which I have been called, / did to in the full and per fact conviction, thit fat• from disabling ins to discharge my antS, to my country—far from rendering my services kiss enicient, it but enlarged the sphere of my utility. The thing which dazzled the most in the prospect which opened to my few was not the Rea-tsar tisleigiour of the place, but because it gaited to afford me, if I were ho nest-.on which >i could rely—if I were consistent—which I knew to be a matter of absolute necessity in my nature— if I were as able as lam honest and consistent—a field of exertion more extenthd. That by which the Great Seal dazzled my eyes, and induced nra to quit a station which, till this time, I deemed the Most proud which an English man could enjoy, was, that it seemed to hold out the gra tifying prospect, that in serving my King I should be the batter able to serve my country (Bear, hear.") Let us extend to the Noble and Learned Lord the same cord:l4lgal which has been given to his colleeguesthat he has accepted dice, not for the sake of mere personal advantage, but with a view to serve the country in a critical emergency. The use which he shall snake or power will either be his hest jurtifieatitM, or his strongest condemnation for accepting it.---Morning Chronicle. We call the attention of our readers to a letter from St.:Petersbergh, from a gentleman in that city, who has hie Btll opportunity of knowing all Mal is going on there. It will be seen from his account that de signs are, Or rather perhaps were (for the change of Ministry in this country will probably have had its effect on the Emperor), entertained by Russia hos tile•to the interests of the civilized parts of Europe. When we consider the deelaration made by the King of . Tlollend, of the assurances he bud received from his Allies as to the observance of treaties---imply tog tnat he was not at liberty to consent to the se. paration of:Belgium from Holland, on account of the interference of his Allies—with the account of our correspondent from St. Petersburg!), and the reference to treaties in the King's Speech, at the opening of` Parliament, we are disposed to believe that some foul conspiracy has been planned by the great Pewers, which Englund, if not a party to, must at least have connived at. The change 'of Ministry will probably .frustrate the designs of the great Powers; for there is a material di ff erence be tween a good understanding between England and France, and a good understanding between England and .the great Powers, should they interfere with Belgium and Francs'. The Powers with which Russia might, in that Mt!, have influence to co operate, may now be deterred from so doing. We wish we were as sure of the intentions of the late Ministry with, regard to the designs of the Holy Alliance as we ere sure of those of the. present. But every day serves to place their conduct in a more suspicious light. The designs which have been hatching by the Powers, and the degree in which the late Ministers encouraged them, may never, perhaps, be fully known; but we confess we could wish some pains were taken to get at the hots torn of the business. The Kittg of Holland must have been buoyed up with hopes or promises of some kind, otherwise he would hardly have acted and spoken as he has done.—Morving Chronicle. Among the numerous pamphlets to which the present political crisis has given birth, there is one just published by Longman and Ridgway, entitled, " The .Result of the Change of Administration, or what the new Ministry has to look to," which is eminently distinguished front its predecessors by two prominent features—an absence of strong poli ' tical bias, and an extensive fund of information on the various national topics of which it treats. The title would lead one t 6 imagine that the object of 1 , the pamphlet was to compare the talents and views of the late Administration with those of the present, and to point out the knotty questions, and political difficulties, which the latter will have to encounter in carrying its pledges into effect ; but an exa mination of its pages will convince the reader that the induction from the title is only correct in so far as the last half of It is. concerned. The pamphlet is, in fact, neither more or less than en enumeration of the various questions which press themselves at the present moment open the attention of Parliament and Majesty's Government, accompanied by observations emi nently judicious respecting the object to be aimed at, and the extent to which Reform • is either des eirable, or, us yet, is possible of attainment. In the spirit of these observations every sound mind must agree. There must be retrenchment, us the author observes, not in the Civil List only, but in every other department of the public expenditure, because the value of money has risen, and the tante quantity Of it will now purchase more of the. product of in dustry than it would have done during theleign of the Bank restriction—there must he a reduction of taxe s , us we)) es a new application. of the prin ciple of taxation, and precisely for the double reason, chat the country now pays more in taxes, in conse quence of the chenge in the value of money, than the fair rewrite of industry will afford, and be cause en ignorant' Legislature has imposed taxes on ertieles which might not to have been taxed, and left those untaxed which ought to have borne the burden -and tintilly, 'there must be a Reform in the representation of the People in Parliament, because the present representation is deficient in the qualities necessary for legislation, and 'thole who compose do not Jeri ye their credentials from the people, but directly from family connection and influence, or the amount of meney which may he lodged by or for them their Woken). All these matters are trotted by the author of the pamphlet, as well as many others, SUCh as t h e Bank Charter, the Corn Laws, Om. ; but all with 'eehrineett and-temper, with judg 7 • meet and information. The former qualities are not ,particularly requisite at the present moment, in -se far as the public taste is concerned; but the latter are much wanted, and our author will satisfy the most inquisitive on every topic of which he trtatt. As a sample of the ptteiiphiet we give his obser, %•attohb un RELIEF FROM TAXATION., " If persons were not in debtor if the Stet ittelf were not in debt, a rise in the ital 6 'ti;" money would produce comparatively rule pressure. But the money-price of the tkxed becoming every day less, while the money amount of the tax remains the same, the latter presses every day more heavily upon industry. To a person in trade, however, a rise in the value Of &one)/ Makei future returns unequal tts his present engagements, unless he tan matte Op I),y increase in quantity for deficiency, in price of the irtieles in ivhich he ,dealt. !tee we find that our exports have nearly doubled wince t ie year 1810. But though 'etipnriers may be V,lio; relPtet: by getting back upon tile 'ek!sorrealon the tax paid upon the article ex porter!, the producer for home consumption, and the home consumer, are not so relieved. Either, therefore, so much less must be consumed, and, by necessary consequence, so much less must be produced, or the taxes must be dimi nished in proportioo to the rise in ,tll.. value of money. By such tliiti4aOtN, the iivehtie will be a gainer ; for ss peatltieire, in the case of exported articles, seek to matte up by increase of quantity for decrease of prices, tin will the producers for home consumption ; find in Proportion as industry is relieved, the ineatin of eitiployment will be increased, WA ietians of employment will furnish the in v ians of additional consumption ; so that in place of fall. ing off, the public revenue will be increased by the in creased amount of the smaller tix paid upon the increased consumption. " The administration which preceded the preterit Were not_inattelatiVe Consequence,. Taxes producing 19s. Id. in 1820, were repealed in, and sub sequent to, 1822, before 1827. But the bite Ministry outstripped their predecessors in this respect. By the repeal of the leather and beer duties last session, relief has been given to industry to an extent infinitely beyond the amount of these taxes; tholigh these amounted to more thah bile-half of the former sum. Much, however, yet remains to he done. To give full effect to the repeal of the beer doles in the making of a wholesome beverage, and also for the improvement of the distillation of malt spirits, the malt duty should be modified. The duties on glass, soap, and candles should lie !evened ; and the duties on brieka and tiles, and on printed cottons, should be alto. gether repealed. When the taxes of excise shall be so mo dified as not to press upon inCustry, then the dutu s of customs should be revised, Ito as to minister to the comforts of the people, and to increase the etchatage of the products of their industry spina articles im- Ortrl ; but it is first of all necessary, by giving theft additional employment, to give them the means of pur chasing comforts. The subject is of great importance, and requires much consideration. We raise every year between fifty and sixty millions in the shape of taxes. This is a sum spared from the general returns of our industry, tt hich, perhaps, cannot be less than at the rate of he or six hundred millions per annum. But our debt is under eight hundred millions ; and large as it is, it need to give us no little concern, if industry were nut pressed upon in a manner which, it is consoling to know, may be removed. A landed proprietor *mild not think himself heavily bur thened, if his debt were less than the amount of two years' rental of his ester. It is not, therefore, the want of means, but the mal-conformation of them, that occasions pressure; and this real-conformation consisfs chiefly in vicious legislation, which deranges the application of capital and the operation of industry, by the effects of our corn and poor laws, and by levying taxes in a manner which represses or limits industry." The " Corn Laws," which form the next article of discussion,. Will require it separate notice—the subject being by far too involved for a summary like the present—and we therefore pass on, for the pre sent, to the author's concluding observations, in which we cordially join t— " 1 have thus given a rapid outline of some of the lead ing topics which will come before the present Parliament, for the purpose of showing that the question now is not, who is for or against the Ministry ? but who is for or against the best interests of the country ? The power of prerogative was succeeded by the influence of patronage. The efficacy of the latter has p issed away. What talent can now attain for itself in this country is so much beyond any thing in the gift of a Minister to bestow, that those despise the gift who are most capable of rendering him service. Ile must now look to the sound opinion of the thinking part of the community. He may always rrly upon it. But to possess it he must also deserve its sup port. Let the Members of the present Administration take 'warning by what has befallen the Administration they bane succeeded. If they take the course, and pursue the measures necessary for the well being of the country, they may retain their places, but if they do otherwise than promote the interests of the country at Imge, without re gard to any other interest whatever, they will ere king share the fate of their immediate predecessors."---Ahrning Advertiser. It will be seen, from what took place in the House of Lords last night, that Elul Grosvenor conferred a great benefit, not on the Lord Chancellor only, but on the public generally, by putting a question, in a friendly manner, to his Lordship, respecting the -upposed change in his opinions, in consequence of his elevation to the Woolsack. The Noble Baron (Brougham) replied in a calm and dignified manner which leaves nothing to be desired by his friends, either on the score of discretion or of principle, With respect to the former it will be observed in proof, that he stated nothing as to the intentions of the Government of which he is now a member; while, with regard to the latter, nothing can be more explicit, satisfactory, or characteristic. We refer our readers, however,tot he speech of the Lord Chancellor, as infinitely more satisfactory than any thing which we could say on the subject.--Morning Advertiser. When an inquiry into the state of the country relative to the existing distresses were prayed for, in numerous petitions to both Houses of Parliament, last year, we supported the prayer of those petitions, because we were of opinion that things could not go on much longer as they had done for some time without being productive of some great na tional calamity. We had seen accumulating eVi• deuce, from day to day, of the increasing wretched ness and misery of the rural population. We had seen that, whatever occasional and temporary gleams of prosperity inspired with transient hopes the ma nufacturing . classes, the labourers in husbandry were continually and progressively getting into a worse condition. We entreated the Government over tuid over again to inquire into the causes of the mi sery and privation which so severely tried the loyalty and patience of vast masses of the people. We strengthened our appeal by giving publicity to the facts which, collected as they were from various quarters, made it clear to all who were not incurably infatuated, or wilfully blind, that poverty and de basement were extending their pestilent ravagea to all parts of the kingdoM ; and that not only the com fort and iridepentleoce of the industrious classes had perished from the land, but that the mnr.Xlity- s 4e . simple virtues—the sobriety and love of order which had distinguished them, were rapidly disappearing under the withering iofinerce of hopelessriegradat Our arguments had no effect on politicians of narrow minds and callous hearts ; and even almost all the newspapers that had at first gained popularity by af fecting a zeal for the interests - and rightsof the public, applauded the Government for their reckless disdain of the petitions and sufferings. of the people ! Nay, they went so far in their servile ador at i on o f power as to prostitute its smiles by flin g i ng r idi cule, or pouring out abuse upon all Members of both Houses of Peri:einem, :who performed the honest duty of warning the Government of the danger of the country, and advising them to take steps to avert it before it was too late. Their prophecies, like those of Cassandra, were equally remarkabl e for the incredulity with which they were received, and the accuracy with which they have been verified, The Duke of Wellington and - Sir-Hobert Peel did not think it necessary that Government should take any step which would have the effect of showing the people that Government felt - sympathy for their dis tress, although they could Hot afford them any immediate relief. The men to whose - wisdom the destinies of • the :ration were intrusted had time enough to write volames of diplomatic absurdity upon the affairs of Greece or Portu gal, or to regulate the little manontvres of official intrigue, but they had no leisure to devote to an in vestigation of the causes of popular diatreis. '' that subject they were stern,- cold, i nexora bl e , and the petitions of the people were eontumeliously spurned. The conduct of the last Parliament may be said to harp lode the people desperat e although it did pass the solitary and splendid measure of relief called the " Beer Bill," which was the great result of the legislative labours of last ..B.essioM A writer ,who has lately published a parnphlet on the state of the,countiy; under 4he tithe of A Letter to the Duke of Itichtnond; has the following just passage, in reference to this part of the subject :—" Had the inquiry prayed by your Grace's motion of the 18th of March last, been permitted to proceed, I am per suaded it would have been productive of much ad. vante,ge. Tim attettipta eellith have been made to benefit the bountry seem to have prriceeded upon mistaken views of the tietutil cohditioli of thb people. Does the . Mihistei Stippete that a retitle , . turn even 66 per bent. itt the price of beer would efford relief to the labouring population ? The price of beer is a matter of sad indifference to a man with a wife and family, who can barely earn 51, a week, or receives that pittance from the parish funds. It is not cheap beer that the people of England want f it is employment ) ot the means of earning the necessaries of life." If beer were as cheap as water, We do hot see how drunkenness is to improee the Condition of the petiple ) either in point of bomfort or Morality. We said the conduct of the last Parliament made the people desperate— we regret that it has done so—we regret that the people did not wait to see what reliefs new Parlia ment, under the auspices of a new Ministry, would or could afford them. An appeal to •foree can only aggravate their misery, •and delay the operation ot emistitittiotud tedtess..-416riiing herald. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCE!, Nev. 20. SCOTT V. IRVING. The principal question in this case was, whether an underwriter had a right, as against his principal, the assured, to set off a debt due from the broker who effected the insurance, to the underwriter. The action was on a policy of insurance on goods by the ship Union. It had been effected by a broker, named Mitchel, Oil account of the plaintiff, who re• sided at Glasgow. The defendant was one of the underwriters. A loss having taken place, an adjust ment was made with Mitchell, acting as the.broker or agent of the plaintiff, and by that adjustment the plaintiff was declared to be entitled to 100/. " pay able in a month." A settlement took place within the month, Mitchell received 641. from the de fendant, and had credit for 461. iu his account with the defendant, that being the balance against him in respect of premiums. Mitchell was acting for the plaintiff under a general autbotity as broker, but having become insolvent ! no .part of the . 1001. was paid to the who therefore brought his action to recover that sum from the defendant.- The, questions upon these Cacti; were,—first, whether the defendant .had a right to set off, as against the plaintiff, the 46L ; and secondly, whether the payment of the Md. was a good payment on the plaintiff 'a account. Mr. CAMPBELL argued the-case on the part of the pliintiff, and Mr. NinLl on the part of the de fendant. The COURT were of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to have the verdict entered for 461., and for that sum only. The underwriter, their Lord ships observed, was a debtor of .the assured, and the authority to the broker was always to be taken prima facie as an authority to receive in money. Mitchell, therefore, was to be considered as the plaintiff's agent to receive the 1001, in money. HALTON V. COVE. Lord TENTERUEN delivered the judgment of the Court in this case. The action, his Lordship said, had been brought by the rector of the rectory of Woolhampton, in Berkshire, to recover the profits of that rectory, received by the defendant after the plaintiff had become the incumbent. The defendant had many years ago been presented and admitted to the rectory of Woolhamptom. Not long after his institution and induction, he was presented to an other benefice, which he accepted, without obtain ing any dispensation . from the Bishop. Both bene fices bring under value in the King's books, the ef fect of the defendant's acceptance of the second be nefice was to make void his right to hold the rectory of Woolhampton, and give a right to the patrons to present to that benefice. The patrons exercised their right by presenting the plaintiff to IVoolhump ton, and the defendant having refused , to give tip possession, the plaintiff brought quare impede! against hiM, and recovered. The defendant having at length relinquished, the plaintiff was instituted and inducted, and then brought the present ac tion, to recover the profits of the living; and he claimed to be entitled to those profits, either from the time of his being presented to the benefice, until the defendant gave up possession, or from the time of the bringing of the quare inspedit, when the de fendant had notice of the plaintiff's title. The Court, his Lordship said, were of opinion upon these facts, that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. —Poslea to the defendant. TILE KING V. ADY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that in this case a rule had been obtained by Sir James Scarlett, calling upon Mr. Charles Ady to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him fur circulating a certain placard reflecting on the character of Mr. Pane, one of the Members for the county of Oxford. The rule had been obtained on affidavits, stating that prior to the publication of the placards in question, some very gross imputations had been cast upon Mr. Pane, in certain anonymous letters which had been sent to him, and also in a paragraph in one of the newspapers. Neither the anonymous letters nor the paragraph in the news papers had been traced to the knowledge of Mr. Ady, but it was supposed that he was the writer of them, from the circumstance that some of the ex pressions which they contained coincided with the language of the placard. Mr. Ady denied in the most positive terms that he had any knowledge of the letters or the paragraph. Ile did not deny, however, that he gave directions for the printing of the placards, nor did 'he (the Learned Counsel) mean to deny that the expressions which the pla cards contained, though extremely: obscure, were of a libellous character. Mr. Ady'a only desire tie present : was to hive it distinctly understood, that at the time he gave instructions for printing . the pla cards, he had not the least, suspicion 'that he was making himself the instrument of reflecting in any way on the character and conduct of Mr. Pane. He swore, that until the newspaper containing the paragraph alluded to was put into •his' hands since the rule was moved, for,..he had 'never seen the paragraph, and had no knowledge :whatever of it. He expressed his regret In the strongest, terms that h e s hould have been betrayed into , a went of cau tion, and. given publicity to statements which had caused pain to the feelings of M r . P ane an d t h e ot h e r persons mentioned ln the affidavit. WlLLtnsts, on the same side, said that Mr. Ady had been on terms of friendship with the individual who furnished him with the manuscript for e rn a t r years. He had n o reason w h atever to sup- at the manuscript contained any erroneous catement. He now expressed deep • regret for !laving inadvertently been the cause of giving pain to any of the parties. lie had been betrayed by his friend whom, from what be had known of .him, he believed to have been incapable of a di s h onoura bl e ieti he w hl o i tdd ehadmade promise to th a t indi v id ua l that not disclose his name : And that w as the reason, and the only reason, why he now felt u t P ll ' at the defendant, per t h e s t i h r e j, c , o s u ( l , t A l ri n t o u t T g T i v s e ai i d t , vowe d to excuse hims e lf by saying ce ieirig that the rule must ,be absolute, h a d ended. that he had been deceived by an old and intimate friend. He would not, however, be let off so:cheaply. Lord TENTERDEN- . --The rule must be made ab solute. We believe it is certain that Mr. CHARLES w yNN hai been named Secretary at War; and that Lord SANDO) 4 is to be the Secretary of the lodia Board. It is s i nderstood that the Plan of Reform contemplated by Mi eitteta will prove of a far more extensive nature than m any prow hare eurutiee4,..Afereirte Chronicle, PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. GAME, ABSTRACT or A BILL TO CONSOLIDATE 'AND AMEND THE LAWS tINT ENGLAND RELATIVE TO GAME AND TO AUTHORIZE TUE SALE OF GAME. The. preamble recites the numerous Acts io be repealed. _ _ _ Clause I. Enacts that the word " Game" shall be deemed to include Hares, Pheasants, Partridges, arotise, Heath or Moor Game, Black Game ' and Bustards; and that the words " Lord of a Manor, Lorifillip, of itoyalty, fir reputed Manor, Lordship I 44 or royalty," shall throughout this Act be deemed toinclude a lady of the same respectively. IL If any person (whether qualified or not to kill Game as hereinafter mentioned) shall kill or take, or use any dog, gun, net or other engine or instrument for the purpose of killing or taking any Game on a Sunday or Christmas Day, or shall trace any hare in the snow, or shall at any time put or place any poison or poisonous ingredient with intent to destroy or injure any Game in any open or in closed ground where Game usually resort, such person shall on conviction thereof before two Jus tices of the Peace forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum to be determined. And if any per son shall kill any Partridge between the first day of February and the first day of September in any year, or any Pheasant between the first day of February and the first day of October in any year, any Heath Fowl commonly called Black Game, in England (except in the county of Somerset or Devon, or in the New'Forest in the county of Southampton) be tween the tenth day of Dec. and the twentieth day of August, or in the county of Somerset or Devon, or in the New Forest between the tenth day of December and the first day of September, or any Grouse between the tenth day of December and the twelfth day of August, or any Bustard between the first day of March and the first day of September, or shall ,kill any Wild Duck, Teal, or Widgeon in any , place of resort for the same between the first day of June and the first day of October, or if any person authorised to deal in Game by virtue'of this Act shall buy or sell, or knowingly have in his pos session any bird of Game, from the respective days in each year on which it shall become unlawful to kill such birds PI Game, or if any person shall buy or sell, ,or knowingly have in his possession any bird of Game after the , expiration of a certain num ber of -days from the days in each year on which it shall become unlawful to kill such birds of Game, every such person shall forfeit for every' head of such Game so killed or taken, sold, or found in his house, is sum to be determined. . 111. Every person not being seized of an estate in possession for term of life, in any lands or tene ments 'either freehold or copyhold or both, of the yearly . value of a mum to be determined, or not being iossessed of a term of years granted for ninety-nine years or for any longer term, in any lands or tenements of the clear yearly value of a siam to be determined or net being beneficially en titled to a certain annual, income arising out of ex chequer bills or of 'some of the public funds; shall be deemed to he not' duly qualified to kill Game. But Lords of Manors shall be qualified to kill Game within their own Manors, IV. Occupiers of a given number of acres of land may be authorised by their landlords to kill the Game on the hinds in their own occupation. Such authority to be given in a certain form, and to be registered with the Clerk of the Peace, who is to give a certificate of registration. V. Lords of Manors may permit unqualified per sons to sport on the wastes within their manors. Vl.' This Act not to qualify a mortgagee who is not in povession, nor to affect any existing agree ments respecting Game, nor any rights of forest, chase, or warren. VII. This Act not to affect any of his Majesty's Forest Rights, &c. VIII. Nor to extend to any cattle-gates or right of commons. Any Lord of a Manor or. any Steward of the Crown of any Manor appertainin g to his Majesty, may appoint persons as Gamekeepers, to• preserve or kill the Game. IX. Deputations to kill Game to be made by the Lords of the Manors, Sac. X. Contains the regulations respecting the tip pointtnent of Gamekeepers in Wales. Xl. This Act not to affect the existing laws re specting Game Certificates. XII. Qualified persons and Gamekeepers (if nu thorised in writing) may sell Game to licensed dealers. XIII. Justices to bold a Special Session yearly for granting licenses to persons to deal in Game. XIV. Licensed persons to notify their licenses to the Quarter Sessions ; and licenses to be void for want of notification, or if the party becomes an inn keeper, carrier, Btc. _ XV. Innkeepers msy bell Game for consumption in their own house. XVI. Persons licensed to deal in Game must take out a certificate with a duty of 2/. The duties to be paid to Collector of Assessed Taxes, and the receipts to be ti:hanged for certificates. The pe. nalty for dealing in Game without II certificate, 201. XVII. Collectors to make out lists of persons who have obtained Licenses to deal in Game, and to a ff ix such lists on the Church d oors . The hits to be open to inspection. The duties hereby granted to be levied in the same manner as under the Acts relating to Game .Certlficates. XVIII. Dealers in Game to put up a board with the words, " Licenaeti to deal in Game," and to keep an account of all Game received for sale. XIX. Licensee to be void for any offence against this Act. XX. On complaint on oath made against Dealers in Game, two Justices may order them to produce their booki. The penalty of non-production of books, or for false entries therein, 501. XXl.—The penalty on unqualified persons killing game, to be hereafter determined. XXII,-.,The penalty for destroying or possessitig the eggs of Game, &c., to. be hereafter determined. XXIII. The penalty for illegal possession or ille gal sale of Game, to be hereafter determined. XXIV. Justices, and Lords of Manors, within their manors, may take away game, dogs, &c. from persons not authorised to have or use the same. a Anne, c. 14, a. 4. XXV. Gamekeepers to be authorised by warrant duly obtained to search for Game unlawfully ob• tained, or seise dogs, &e , unlawfully used to kill game. XXVI. No person to enter on any land for the purpose of- killing game without the permission of the landlord. Persons so trespassing not quitting When required, or refusing to give their names and abodes, may be apprehended and fined. XXVII. Any person entering land with a gun, &c., or found with game in his possession, shaq be presumed to have entered to kill game. XXVIII. The provisions as to trespassers not to apply to persons hunting or hawking. XXIX. All penalties to be paid to the overseers of the poor. XXX. The Justices of the Peace by whom arty person shall be summarily convicted to pay any sum of money for any offence against this Act, msy adjudge that such person than pay the same either immediately or within such period as the said Ju►- tices shall think fit; and that in default of payment at the time appointed, such person shall - be impri soned, with or without hard labour, as to justices shall seem meet, for any term not exceeding two Months where the amount to be paid, together wish costs, shall not exceed five pounds, and for arty term not exceeding four months where the amou►it, together with costs, shell not exceed ten .pournitt, end for any term not exceeding six months in any other case ; the imprisonment to cease in each Of the cases aforesaid upon payment of the amount and costs. XXXI. In proceedings under this Act, it shall not be necessary to negative' the particular qualificationa. XXXII. As to persons destroying game or rab bits by night, to Ire committed for the first offence for any period not exceeding three calendar months, and to be kept to hard labour, and at the aphelion, of such period shall find sureties, himself la tea pounds, and two steeds' in five pounds esell i ttotte surety in ten pounds, for his not so offendlagftrio for the space of one :yea! , next to case of nor finding such stiretiii,'ltialthe Mho imprisoned and kept to hard lebour for thifspsee of six calendar months, unless such sitretiei Wiesner found; and perfons io offending a: wood 00 to be committed for any period not exceeding , lender months, there to be kept to herd labor, And at the expiration of such period -te.'101:1410lielf himself in twenty pounds, and Iwo stiretiesin ten pounds each, or one surety in twenty ponadsdiebis not so offending again for the apace 01,1140e 8 " next following; and in case of not= findisloc" sureties, shall be further imprisoned ,ettrl,kept! hard labour for the space of one year, tub sureties are sooner found; and pews. tniov ing a third time shall be guilty of 4, 1014 01101/ ne „ . 4 awl be liable, at the discretion of the Colette ~. transported beyond the seas for Sevin yisolien imprisoned and kept to hard labour foe evermi 4 t exceeding two years. hy XXXill. Persons taking game lefE ll night may be apprehended. Such 06Mo-rowing arrest guilty of a misdemeanor, anatiabspOble. by night, for the purpose of " XXXIV. Three persons enterinthOld Sort" shall be guilty of a misdemeanor;lnd trinspartoble. XXX V. For the purposes of thia Aet, the nigll shall be deemed to commence at the tOtilli nn° the fi rst hour after sunrser, and to , conclude at tae beginning of the lust hour before; XXXVI. The Justice mar alinSMool tie rill charged to appear before himself,: tit its itee Justices of the Peace, as theesisellayleill,lll ell time and place to be mimed in sOClsb,ol9ty, bits, XXX V 11. The prOseciitiOn j 0;10 rnt'em— 'latiOo eta punishable upon summary ' cow l wo ithiti three calendar months after_ tbittillime_L go of the offence; and the prosecution of , 0• 1 1 r hin punishable by indictment., to .eoretniscel orit els twelve calendar , months afteitheernetniseieoo offence. of XL. A N c o i m su a rn y m ot a )p ry ea . l e . onvietio.a ' XXXVIII. Convictions to be loterogu: s 7 . . B°.. deb reeistered, and kept as XXXIX. AT/ person who b 1 aggrieved by any summary.colilitlOt!i :1# Peer therefrom shall be quashed foi wing orini l t e i his removed by certiorari tar otherkfries?' ll) `,.., Majesty's superior Courtsof p l e t a l s or for XII: This ,Act not to vibe trespescon land. A t o. Seca so'd or XLII. This Act not to tineifu Ireland. OFTORPI' MONTHLY REPORT . d.r.liares oustotol ar THE COMMISSIONERS Of W. •••••- • orim, oo, An Account showing the Qinintitirto, .rCnnf lens she and Flour, imported into tht UMW! V i ii oniaa Month ended Ist Nuri na bar,-IRSP• , twa which Duties have been' paid for trolow;ritioipini during the same Month., sad . the t".ltitotte!ev in Warehouse at the cleat thirtot ..„ 6 .00,1),1% (Published in conformity to the Mk isee. bttbit IP 14 Specter of Corn, Grain, 'Meal, and Flour. i Tpot Azr e 0. 4 . 0 „ t. eitleb raio . i , onus 00 ri Btiropt• . 1 , I VISI. Qr ‘-- 7 - Itut 1 • MS Q. 'wiPikr - so , IV 6 1 i ! I rj I t ' i , 1.- , '' 'r:/ OOP . •••• ,r,• : ; , 1,1,11 to 1410 e 1 CIO. Ail!dp,, Ciffs44lb. 4010 g' it4alf !, 10 ;41 0 t jl9 a a k ita , 0, cal t . Wheat ***** [Utley.. ......... Rye ....... Pease Beans Maine or Indian COlllll, ..... Huck _ Beer or m a •i:6•••••• Total of eoin an Wheat hies], o flour Barley r.r«.. Ostrnea Rye Meal Indian Meal rfluantitiei Imported is the Mont Imported from - Foreign Countries. Qrs. Bus. Wheat ....... 06,6( 5 Barley - ...•......»..... 15,585 Oats . ................... 7 2 Rye ....... . ........ 5,Z3 Pease .................. CBI 4 Bean' .............. 4,155 9 Wire or Indian • Corn. .. .. ..... 0.10 1 ) Baer or WP : a gg: ... *. Total of Com and ' Grain ' • • Ovc* 9091 0. IS ..••• • '9OO .. u Whc.it Meal, Flour Barley Oatmeal .....«.••••••• Rye Meal. ........ Indian Meal ..... Total of Meal and: ..... 51,'.351 8 Quantifier chorged with Do ontopt ion in . the Unit 9 ed M on th entitd.ov, .1 A Month ondlorfilo. , Thf find ' ' of, And TO' t rt ,d f r om ported fro" , TOO - iiritilh Countries. ,sinittilltnot;,l4:, ..;,, ..... 07ro. -------"--'7.976111u4. ....C::1-471,0 0. - • i 4,437 4 ... 11 49„.5t0 3 ,tell , 4 .... 104 3 *'• . 1 a 2,758 4 I 818 3 -sy 0 51 1 1 0 ... 0 , _ 6 05,007 3 140 ° , 000 ,16. CArts. qrs. lb- 61' g ri. ID: got 9 Al 6;65 2 27 0 41 . (Pai , . '0 11 _ ,A IQuantitles remaining ,01. :;71'.., United K * ingdo lvt , - 4 ilklita° " . 0 V °l : itnilttedfrOM h . i Inman ir, llo ,„ i t 0( . i Countries. fr u aie: ltia i..... , it 11111NW11111111.11111 .01111110 iiio sal e. ~,4 ~,,„, $ 6 iksoi s ..„ 34.118 7 .. , ~, , ',,, , 4 .... ~ 0 1/ 4 • ~ .... i , r;,,i• 4,193 4 ♦,;„„ , ~,,,,, 137 4 . T ,„„: , 4 -. 257,611 7 ' 1414 ~. 4060 4* 641 1 Corts. qrs. lb, Ce lt ~ . . .....kor 22,508 fl 11 'we-- ..„; .• 1 .. . ' '1... ' ..........12 .... 0 , _,,,,, 4 Spectei of Coro.. Grain t Neal, and r lour. Wheat •....„.... oats Rye Pease Beans /Baize or Indian Corn •• •.•. Buck Wheat ... . ..... Veer or Bin ...... Total of Corn and Clain Wheat Meal, or, Flour ...... Raley Flour Oanneal . . ......» Rye Meal Ind Soot Total of Meal and! Specie/ of Corn, Meal, and Total of Meal and Flour It ' r pt By order of the Controaw,ria vo T. Y.11:070,f Cuitorn-Houee, Laodoo, Nov? 4 s uo O gi n hi tteh t r i . i s e 2s 2:d BIRTHS. . ~. 00), ' s * in ill at e . t* in li:4 H inewdlYst::::r::s4:4l"l4.llJ:: thP lady of S. E. Petronj, .. 'q or • "t, 1 On the 26th inst. at Eustonitsot I ' . ''''' . . a^ ► SOWS, En. GI a Inn. . • ' - On 2iitb lint, at WMOIVAtillit1111:09. t , ' .1 1 n : ir.tosei fin dl44; of.Cateaton-street, to Mori?, oiell oP . 1 — 1414 0 King street, Snow-hill, snd AlbrightflOr . 1 , . On the 2tith last. at Chistbsstai j:^ hilijol, !OP Esq., late Ouniniasioner of tho SO* '4l-1,409'} garet, third daughter of Jpeeph Gadotorr 400 cheater, and flascernbt, Surrey. k I,y'Ll i fir On the 24th nit. at C4pgrose, Yarittsl...o. •Eiw the Archbishop of York, the fletn, tiod'f',4 Han s LothridraN4r'ejrnuo°4 the. ) ;r ti a ' n vas.P4Erttttiall°l49' ~ of Thoinu Dunconbt, Es+ ;' " al DIED ', , 0 0, ar , This morning George Boyd, the stew ' ~,,ic Barry Baldwin Esq. M.P. aged )4 rissOl' OL On the 2bth s inst. at Kennington-00W: 40,,iits eldest daughter of Major D. E. JohnliP4 ' *III giment of Foa. ~ ' tt 1 4 P'' Oo the 26th inst. Chariot Portifordr. Isq. of his Majesty's CLIO,OIPII. • , ... 4. PAINT ND AND PUNILIStIND Wr AtiAllpiA4lo* sPit S UN Otrtes, 10, . fistit