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' , -,„ \ ---. .1• - t , ca , ',•, - ,, i 3 1 1 , 1 %3 ) •1 . ... ,:,. 1 , i ~, ,1 i Aue....,1 ' _,,,. - --t• , . ~ . / $. ! . ..1. r , 'oz., -`,,,,, - - :.••• ' 11 • 1 % - " :77*.,..„-i, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. this day was published, in small Sen., with several nettes, price 10s. 6d. bound, JOURNAL OF THE HEART. Edited by the Authoress of " Flirtation." Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington street. HOUSE OF LORDS—(LAST 741011 T.) In the absence of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat en the Woolsack. lot IM .:beloW THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL of SCIENCE, LITERATURE, and ART, No. XIV. Edited at the ROYAL INSTITUTION, By W. T. BRANDE, Esq. Will be published with the Magazines on the Ist of July. Coltman and Bentley, New Burlington street. New Edition, in Three Vols. 12mo. 21s. CALEB WILLIAMS. A Novel. By W. GODWIN, Esq. Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington-street. Of whom may be bad just published by the same Author, CLOUDESLEY. A Novel. Three'Vole. This day was published, THE THIRD AND CONCLUDING VOLUME OF B OURRIENNE'S MEMOIRS OF NA POLEON. " These Volumes must continue to the latest ages to be records of invaluable interest."—Literary Gazette. Co!burn and Bentley, New Burlington-street. This day were published, complete in 2 vols. with a Por trait of the Author, and numerous other Plates, price SOs, CAILLIES TRAVELS to TIMBUC TOO. " This Work must excite great public curiosity in every quarter of the Globe."—Literary Gazette. "M. Caillie is the first European who has succeeded in the attempts to penetrate to Timbuctoo, and returned, in spite of the perils interposed by the climate, to commu nicate all the information he has collected."—Evening Paper. Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington-street. This day was published, complete in Four Vols. Svo. with a Portrait and an engraved fac-simile of the original laration of Independenvair.` EMOIRS and CORRESPON LVI of THOMAS JEFFERSON, late President of ' ate United States. " This publication is inestimable, and will have a ma terial influence upon human affairs for many generations." *--Court Journal. " The work must undoubtedly form a part of every historical library."—Spectator. N. B.—Vols. HI. and IV. may be had separately, to complete Sets. Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington-street. RUSSIA. SECOND EDITION, considerably improved• Thi s d a y was published, in 2 large vols. Svo. with 70 Plates, price 2/. 2s. hound and lettered, GRANVILLE'S TRAVELS to ST. PETERSBURGH. " Dr. GrAnville's skill we'have beard, and believe to be considerable. He is a man of the world, and we have a high opinion of his sagacity. Petersburgh is the theatre for the display of Dr. Granville's descriptive powers, and graphical illustrations; and we do mot hesitate to say that his picture of St. Petersburgh,' contains the most co pious and detailed description of this extraordinary city, 'which has hitherto been laid before the public."—Quar terly Review, published January 1829. 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Printed for William Blackwood, No. 45, George-street, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. Of who►n may be had, by the s:►me Author, 1. RECORDS of WOMAN; with other Poems: the Thirsi Edition, fo.dscap, Svo. fis 6d. 2. The FOREST SANCTUARY; with other Poems. Second Edition, with Additions, foolscap Bvo. Ss. 6d. FALSE PLAY AT CARDS. This day was published, by William Blackwood, Edin - burgh ; T. Cadell, Strand ; and sold by M. Stevens and Sons, Bell-yard, Lincoln's-inn, London; and all the Booksellers, price 3s. 6d. A REPORT of the CASE of PATER SON v. SHAW, for a Libel, in imputing to the Plaintiff a Charge of False Play at Cards, tried at Edin burgh on the 7th inst. ; with an Appendix of Documents, containing, among others, the proceedings before a Court of Honour—the Royal Company of Archers, and the Edin burgh Troop of Yeomanry, and a correspondence with the General Officers of the Archers. RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT. THE celebrity which this highly esteemed place of fashionable resort has of late years ac quired, and the consequent increased demand for accom anodati,n, renders an early application desirable to such of the Nobility and Gentry as propose to avail themselves of the peculiar advantages which Ryde affords, not only in the facility for Sea Bathing, but in the pureness and salu brity of the climate, and of the unequalled beauty of the Scenery by which it is surrounded. Families wishing to take houses, &e. will be suited, free of expence. Letters post-paid, addressed to Mr. Coleman, house and estate and yacht agent, Union•street, Ryde, will meet im mediate attention. Commodious Steam Boats to and from Portsmouth and Sonthampton four times a day. CROOKHAM, NEAR THATCHAM, BERKS. Valuable Freehold Estates, nearly Nine Hundred Acres, extensive Manor, ai:ounding with Game, Courts Leet, Courts Baron, Quit Rents, Fines, Fishery, &c., Recto rial Tithes and valuable Common Rights. An eligible Property for Residence or Investment. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. JOHN ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) At Girraway's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley, Cornbill, on THURSDAY, July 8, at Twelve, in One Lot, AValuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, LAND TAX REDEEMED, comprising The CAPITAL MANOR of CROOKHiM, Extending over about THREE THOUSAND ACRES, Well stocked with Game, with the Courts Leet, Courts Baron, Quit Rents, Fines, and Heriota, The CROOKHAM MANOR FARM, With a Substantial and Commodious Brick-built Farm house, seated on a fine commanding eminence, embracing extensive and highly interesting views over a richly diver sified Country, upon a Lawn with Shrubbery, good Garden, Farm Yards, Barns, Stables, Cow-house, Cart Lodges, Rick Yards, and all requisite Agricultural Build ings, Cottages, Gardens, and Outbuildings, and nearly NINE HUNDRED ACRES of capital Meadow, Arable, and Wood Land, bounded by the river Kennet on one side, in which there is a consi derable extent of Fishery, in the occupation of, and on _Lease to Peter Gret n, Esq., a highly respectable tenant, together with the Rectorial Tithes of the said Lands. A valuable COMMON of nearly SIX HUNDRED ACRES intersects this Property, and in the event of an Enclosure would be highly beneficial to the Estate, which •is contiguous to the capital Market Towns of Reading and Newbury, close to water carriage, with excellent Roads in all directions ; the neighbourhood highly respec table, and only about Fifty-four Miles from London, With a constant conveyance by coaches to and from the Metropolis. A considerable quantity of valuable PEAT is under part of these Lands, which makes capital Manure, for which there is a ready sale. To be viewed by applying to Mr. Green's Bailiff, on the Premises, of whom particulars may be had ; at the King's Head,. Thatcham ; Pelican, Newbury ; Falcon, Theale ; Crown and Bear, Reading; Castle and Windmill, Salt- Hill; of Messrs. Broughton and White, solicitors, Great AlarlborouA-street ; at Garraways ; and of Mr. Robins, 170, Regent -street, where Plans of the Estate may 1 be been. No. 11,787. This day was published, the Fifth Edition, in two vols. foolscap, embellished with a Portrait and fac-simile, and printed uniformly with Lord Byron's works, price only 4s. 6d. per volume, LORD I3YRON'S CONVERSATIONS with CAPTAIN MEDWIN, noted during a resi- deuce with his Lordship at PISA. Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington-street. Of whom may be had in a few days, in one vol. small 8vo• CONVERSATIONS of JAMES NO RTHOOTE, Esq. R.A. By WILLIAM HAZLITT. " The precepts here of a divine old man I could recite." ARMSTRONG. This day was published, neatly printed, in 181 no., price 3s. board, T HE GARLAND ; a Collection of Poems. Second Edition. By HENRY BRANDRETH, Jun., Author of I. FIELD FLOWERS; a Collection of Poems. Price 7s. bds. 2. SYLLA ; an Historical Drama, in Five Acts, from the French of M. Jouy. Svo.,Price 3s. 6d. 3. THE GENTLEMAN CIT ; a Comedy, in Five Acts, from the French of 11Ioliere. 18mo. Price Is. 4. PORTLAND ISLE, ODES, and other Poems, Bvo. T. and G. Underwood, 32, Fleet-street. ' HE PHA ING DRIVING IN HIS 67—T*1y-seven FASHIONS for JULY tIIC - COLOURED VIEW of ALOIERS —Sateen COSTUMES of the ALGERINES---and an esteemed and correct LIKENESS of MAJESTY ; Ted Plates in all, of the most interesting, novel, and beau tiful description, comprise the embellishments of the WORLD OF FASHION, and the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE OF FASHIONS. Both Works will con tain Five Plates, and the price of each Magazine will be, as usual, only Two Shillings. Such a phalanx of En gravings was -never before given in any puldication. To receive the best impressions immediate orders should be given. Published by Mr. Bell, No. 3, Cleveland-row, opposite St. James's Palace, London ; and may be had of all Book sellers. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. Yesterday a Special General Meeting of the Pro prietors of Shares in the above undertaking was held at the City of London Tavern ; Mr. Wm. SMITH, M.P., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Meeting had been called to give the Proprietors all the information re lative to the general business of the Thames Tunnel, and to communicate the issue of the steps adopted to ascertain whether the work could be completed in any other way than originally commenced. The Secretary, Mr. BIRKETT, read the Directors' Report. It stated that— " At the previous Special General Assembly in June 1829, the Proprietors were pleased to pass the following resolutions—viz. " That it is expedient to . empower the Directors, and they are hereby empowered, to adopt any other mode of carrying on the work, preserving the same dimensions and internal appearance, with equal strength, which shall appear to them likely to ensure its completion, and to treat with, engage, and em ploy any party or parties who may be willing to carry on and contract for the same, on such terms as shall appear to the Directors to warrant the expectation of obtaining a sum sufficient for the accomplishment either of the Tunnel alone, or with the necessary approaches thereto, and who shall pr►duce security for the performance of such contract or contracts. " The Directors have in consequence held their regular meetings to receive any proposals which the publication of those resolutions might still occasion, but none of any promise has been made, save that of Mr. Vignoles. " The Directors have since had correspondence and conferences with that gentleman ; and he having finally offered specific . terms, anti a guarantee to the amount of 15,0001. (such guarantee to be to the satisfaction of your Directors) that the Tunnel should be finished to the shaft in Wapping, the Directors proceedeu to lay the whole of Mr. Vig noles's plan before three scientific gentlemen for their opinion of its efficacy. These gentlemen were approved by both parties—James Walker, Esq., William Tierney Clark, Esq., and Peter Barlow, Esq. They have considered the whole of the former process by examining the assistant engineers and the operative workmen, have seen the result of the various borings of the river, inspected the present situation of the Tunnel, and received from Mr. Vig noles himself the explanations of his plans for pro ceeding with the Tunnel. " The return to the references made to them is condemnatcry of the plan of Mr. Vignoles, and stated that the plan of Mr. Vignoles could not be carried into execution. " The Directors deem it their duty to take the opinion of the Proprietors as to the future conduct of the affairs of the Tunnel. - " " It will be in the recollection of the Proprietors that the opinions communicated either for remedying the effects of the accidents, or for carrying on the work, have been very numerous, amounting to up wards of 400 ; but none have been so persevering in confidence of success as that of Mr. Vignoles. It is but justice to this gentleman to say, that not only has he taken a great deal of pains to accom plish his projects, but was actually at considerable expense in the examination which he deemed neces sary for his own personal satisfaction. " But the failure of this plan, by such a condem nation of it, renders it impossible fcr the Directors to adopt it, and leaves them with only the satisfac tion of having, in conformity with the resolution of June, 1829, given full opportunity for other talents, besides those of the present engineer, to proffer their service. " Since the determination of the referees, a direct application has been made to his Majesty's Govern ment, and the Directors have received the reply which they must confess they anticipated. " The substance of the answer was, that though the Duke is of opinion that the Tunnel is a magni ficent work which may eventually be very useful, he considers it impossible for Government, under the present circumstances of the country, either to pur chase or to make any advance on account of it, as it is incumbent on him to avoid any expense which is not necessary or immediately useful to the country. " His good-will is manifest in the manner in which he speaks of this undertaking, and he would doubt less in his individual capacity, though not officially, favour any reasonable and promising mode which the Proprietors or the public might attempt to finish this work ; but the Directors are not at present pre pared to propose to this Court any such mode by which the same could be expected. " The only plan for finishing the Tunnel which now remains for the consideration of the Proprietors seems to be that of Mr. Brunel, to which, therefore, with its corresponding estimates, the Directors would again call the attention of the Proprietors, with the view of enabling them, under the present circum stances, to form their ultimate judgmen , ." The CHAIRMAN observed that, with respect to the communication with Government, it was expected that, from the known partiality of the Duke of Wel lington (Or the project, he would, on further applica tion, be induced to come forward, but the answer of the Duke put that matter at rest. The Dirt eters, therefore, were at present destitute of any means for carrying on the Tunnel. Two or three schemes had been proposed. The money the Company had re maining was small, 4,5901. in Exchequer bills, with a very small balance at the banker's, &c. The Company was in the receipt of from 401. to 501. a-week from LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1830. the exhibition of the Tunnel, to provide for keeping the Tunnel dry. If it were thouglit proper the Tunnel might be shut•up entirely, or keep.it open as heretofore, or to advertise it for sale. All hopes of assistance from Government at present must be wholly abandoned. A warm discussion arose on a question being pressed by a Proprietor, as to whether the Board had applied to Government to assist the Company, in consequence of a letter written by his Grace in 1829 to Lord Althorp, in which the Duke of Wel lington expressed his opinion that if the circurr stances of the country were such this year as could admit of his interference, he would aid the Board, if money could not be advanced, in carrying on a Bill to raise the money by lottery. The CUAIRMAN explained that a direct applica tion had been made by the Board to the Treasury. The answer of the Duke of Wellington had given a most positive denial. With respect to the plan of a lottery as an alternative, he could only say such plan had never been regularly proposed, and he (the Chairman) would state that he would not have been the medium of asking such a thing of Govern ment. Mr. PULLY said if a lottery could be adopted to raise funds to complete the _ work, it would be a voluntary contributiou, and be knew there were most respectable 'persons in the city who would come forward. Mr. MARTIN, a Director, answered that the plan of a lottery would be the last plan, as by Govern ment abolishing such a system, which had brought in thousands, a sort of protest had been given that money lotteries should not again be allowed in this count The. ry CHAIRMAN read a passage from the Duke of Wellington's letter, though the document was pri vate. It was to him (Mr. Smith). The Duke said " You are a Member of the House of Commons, and you must be well aware of the impossibility of either purchasing or making any advances for the Tunnel." He felt assured that a plan of a lottery would not be supported in Parliament. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON thought it would be advisable to petition Parliament for a Bill, and thus the question would be set at rest. A long discussion ensued on this subject. A PROPRIETOR thought it advisable that the question should be put at rest as to the mode in which the Tunnel should be finished. He moved a resolution that Mr. 13runel's plan was the most eligible to complete the Tunnel, when money could be obtained. After a protracted discussion between Sir Gre gory Letter, Mr. Martin, and Sir Edward Co drington, in which Mr. Brunel's character was can vassed, and exonerated from blame in not com pleting the Tunnel in conformity with the estimates, the resolution was adopted. Thanks were returned to the Chairman and Di rectors, and the meeting adjourned. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. War-Office, June 22, 1530. 111Emona NDU3I. —The half-pay of the under-mentioned Officers has been cancelled from the 22d instant inclusive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their Com missions : Ensign Edward Smyth, half-pay 14th Foot; Lieut. T. W. Aird,. half-pay Royal Aiiican Corps; Ensign Wm. Graham, half pay Unattached ; Ensign J. Milliken, half pay RoyarStaff Corps; Lieut. J. Clark, half-pay 26th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon G. S. Jenks, half-pay 10th Light Dragoons; Ensign J. M. Graham, half-pay Unattached ; Lieut. J. S. M'Culloch, half-pay 29th Foot ; Lieut. W. Wood, half pay 63d Foot; Lieut. H. W. Roberts, half pay Sth Garrison Battalion; Cornet W. Seymour, half pay Royal Waggon Train ; lieut. W. Barwick, half-pay 45th Foot; Lieut. R. S. Orde, half-pay 29th Foot; Lieut. T. Jenour, half-pay 93d Foot; Lieut. C. Sullivan, half pay Unattached ; Lieut. J. T. S. Waring, half-pay Sth Foot; Assistant-Surgeon W. B. Lynn, half pay 1 lth Foot; Ensign R. N. Bruce, half.pay Ist Garrison Bat talion. The half-pay of the under-mentioned Officer has been cancelled from the 25th May, 1830, inclusive, upon his receiving a commuted allowance for his Commission : Apothecary T. Morton, half-pay. Whitehall, June 19, 1830. The Kiwi, has been pleased to appoint Dr. George Cook to I Daci of the Alost Noble and Most Ancient Order of the Thistle and Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland, in the room of Doctor William Lawrence Brown, deceased. The King has also been pleased to appoint Doctor Thomas Chalmers to be one of his Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland, in the room of Dr. Thomas Sumer viPe, deceased. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Thomas Dainty, Northampton, grocer. Onisiphorus Paul, East Grinstead, Sussex, plumber. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Samuel Plumbe, Great Russ,ll-street, Bloomsbury, surgeon. BANKRUPTS. John Owen, Chiswell-street, Finsbury, licensed victualler, to surrender June 29, at eleven, July 2, at twelv-, and 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Clarke, Basinghall-street. John Fox llardwell, Cheapside, warehouseman, June 25, at twelve, July 13, at ten, and August 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Legge, Rolla buildings, Fetter-lane. Ft ancis Walker, Knaresborougb, Yorkshire, grocer, June 29, at six, 30, at ten, and August 3, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Knaresborough. 131,kelock and Fiddey, Sergeant's inn, Fleet-street, London ; Richardson, Knares borough. Richard Carlile, Ashburton, Devonshire, serge manu facturer, June 28, 29, and August 3, at eleven, at the Globe Hotel, Exeter. Anderton and Scott, New Bridge street, Blackfriars, London ; Terrell, Barton, and Small, Exeter. James Puckeridge, Draycott, Wilcot, Wiltshire, farmer, July 2,3, and August 3, at eleven, at the Duke's Arms Inn, Marlborough, Wiltshire. Eyre and Coverdale, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Woodman, Marlborough. Thomas Allinson and John Williams, Manchester, coal merchants, July 3, 10, and August 3, at two, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Appleby and Charnock, Raymond-build. ings, Gray's Inn, London ; Whitehead, Manchester. Amelia Wright, Louth, Lincolnshire, currier, July 5, at seven,6, and August 3, at eleven, at the Crown and Wool packs Inn, Louth. Hicks and Morris, Gray's Inn-square; Allison, Louth. John Adams, Preston, Lancashire, tailor, July Ih, at five, 15, and August '3, at ten, at Mr. Turner's office, Preston. Norris, Allen, and Anthony, John-street, Bed• ford-row; Turner, Preston. WilliaM Locke, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, innkeeper, July 2, at two, 3, at eleven, and August 3, at nine, at the Six Bells Inn, Bury St. Edmund's. Wing, Bury St. Edmund's ; Austin, South-square, Gray's Inn. William Snowden, Hallow, Worcestershire, builder, July 2; it - s,x, 3, and August 3, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Worcester. Byrne, Exchequer-office, Lin coln's Inn ; Brookes and Hays, Tewkesbury. REVIEW OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. On the arrival of the Sovereigns at the spo• fixed upon for them, the ensign was unfurled, and a salvo of guns announced their presence; and the whole Russian army then assembled was seen drawn up in three lines, extending as far as the eye could reach. The sun glittered on their arms, and on the drawn sabres of the cavalry, to a distance that appeared almost imaginary. The eye had scarcely time to comprehend so vast a spectacle, when a single gun fired from the height where we stood was the signal for three hurrahs from the troops. Even at this distant day these hurrahs sound freshly in my ears : a second gun gave the time for a general salute. The cannon and musketry began at once, and the fire ran along the three extended lines, showing more distinctly than any thing else could have done the vast space they occupied, by the dis•• tant flashes and retiring sound of the musketry. I forget exactly how long a time was necessary for three rounds from these saluting tens of thousands. We rode down the hill, and the Russians broke from their lines grand into columns of re giments ; and no one but a soldier can conceive the beauty of this great simultaneous change. A spot was then fixed upon for these masses to march by the Sovereigns ; and the Emperor of Russia putting himself at the head of the leading regiments, thus formed in column, marched past, and saluted the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia ; then placing himself by their side to see the rest of the army go by. The whole of the day was only sufficient to give time for a re formation into line, and an opening of ranks, along which the cavalcade of Monarchs and their immense suite rode. The Emperor of Russia appeared greatly oc cupied with the Duke of Wellington (who was' at this period our Ambassador at Paris), as if anxious for his opinion of what was passing before them ; and his whole attention was given to him when not taken up with his fair compa nions, who rode on both his flanks. Thus closed the first day, never to be forgotten by those who witnessed the grand military display it presented. Great dinners at different bivouacs were given on the ground ; and my party of ladies and friends will make me long remember the day. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Lowrie Cole, and various military friends, met together in the evening at my quarters, full of admiration of the movements they had seen ; and I well re member the Duke of Wellington saying tome, " Well, Charles, you and I never saw such a sight before, and never shall again : the preci sion of the movements of those troops was more like the arrangements of a theatre than those of such an army. I never saw any thing like it." Much, however, as the Duke was struck with the extraordinary perfection of the Russian for mations, lie was by no means satisfied with their slowness ; and I remember a remark from him, " that his little army would move round them in any direction whilst they were effecting a single change ;" an opinion which all who heard it re echoed.—From Lord Londonderry's Narra tive of the War in Germany and France. ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE REGENT MURRAY AND THE GORDONS.—The Earl of MURRAY drew up on a rising ground, the small phalanx of south land men in whom be could confide, and commanded the northern clans, whose faith he doubted, to commence the attack on the GORDONS. They did so, but with no de sire of making a serious impression ; and recoiling from the charge, came running back with their antagonists close behind them on MuaaAv's band of spearmen, who re ceived both fliers and pursuers with levelled lances. The onset of the GORDONS, made in the highland fashion, with drawn swords and disordered ranks, was unequal to the task of breaking so firm a battalion. The assailants retired in disorder; and the instant they did so the neigh bouring clans, who had begun the fight, anxious to secure the favour of the victors, turned their swords upon the repulsed party, and endeavoured to atone for their former flight by making slaughter amongst those before whom tffey had just retreated.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cy clopedia. DIV 1I ENDS. R. Burbery and G. J. Wigley, Coventry, ribbon-manu facturers, July 23, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners —W. Kelleway, Norwich, woollen-draper, July 20, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Plenty, West Smithfield, ironfounder, July 20, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Truss, jun., Upper Halloway, lapi dary, July 20, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Shackle, Milk-street, Cheapsicle, hosier, Julyl6, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—C. Willett, Brandon, Suffolk, linen-draper, July 20, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—J. and C. Tapp, Wigmore-strreet, Ca vendish-square, coach-makers, July 13, at •ten, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Sherrin, Street, Somerset shire, inn-holder, July 15, at six, at the George Inn, Bridgewater—J. Knit,bs, Oxford, inn-keeper, July 15, at eleven, at the house of R. Bertram, Town Hall, Oxford— W. Hartin, Bridgenorth, Shropshire, linen-draper, July 14, at two, at the Plough Inu, Much Wenlock, Shrop shire---W. Armstrong, Birkenhead, Cheshire, draper, July 14, at eleven, at the office of Mr. R. Frodsham, Liverpool—W. Walker, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, butcher, July 17, at ten, at the Court House, Castle of Knaresborough—J. 0. Johnson and J. O'Callaghan, Li verpool, merchants, July 14, at two, at the office of Mr. Thompson, Liverpool—J. Blankland, Newport, Shropshire, grocer, July 19, at ten, at the Union Hotel, Newport—E. W. Whittenbury, Leeds, Yorkshire, woollen-manufac turer, July 17, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds--M. Johnson, Leeds, woollen cloth-merchant, July 17, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. CERTIFICATES-Jtruy 13. W. 0. and J. Dickenson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mer chants—W. Dangerfield, Cheltenham, victualler—J. How ard, Warrington, Lancashire, sail canvas-manufacturer-- W. Cartwright, Oxford-street, horse-dealer—W. Elvidge, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer—T. Walker, Manchester, innkeeper—J. Stevens, Plymouth, culm-merchant_J. L. Stevens, Plymouth, coal-merchant--J. Golding, East street, Walworth, bookseller—J. Hudson and T. Busher, White Lion-street, Spitalfields, silk-manufacturers—W. Ridley, Gateshead, Durham, dealer in marine stores—J. Hilton, Rushden, Hertfordshire, farmer—G. Brown, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street, scrivener—T. Hill, Wapping-wall, Middlesex, ship-chandler—J. Reynolds, Portugal-place, Dog-row, Middlesex, carpenter—J. Bar• ker, Tooley-street, Southwark, bacon-factor, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Johnson and Co. Lisson-giove, Marylebone, shoe.- manufacturers—C. Oldaker anti B. Murrell, Evesham, Worcestershire, bankers—M. and H. Baxter, Tottenham court-road, milliners—J. Ectersley and S. Thompson, Manchester, iron-fmnders—G. Freeman and W. Jack son, Russia-row, Milk-street, Cheapside, machine-makers —W. Whitfield and A. C. J. G. L. De Boullancourt, Keppell-street, Russell-square, surgeon dentists—R. Hunter and Co., Singapore. DESTRUCTION OF DARNLEY.—LMARY and DARNLEY left Glasgow in company, and reached Edin burgh on the 31st of January. The KING'S illness was assigned as a reason for quartering him apart from the Palace where his wife and child resided. A solitary house, called the Kirk of Fidd, in the suburbs of the city, where the colege is now situated, was appointed for his recep tion. Many regularly visited him, and sometimes s'ept in the same house. On the Monday before his murder, sl.e passed the evening with him until it was time to attend a masque which was to be given in the Palace, on the oc casion of a wedding in the Royal household. About two in the morning of Tuesday, BOTHWELL, with a selected party of desperate men, opened the under apartments of the Kirk of Field by means of false keys, and laid a lighted match to a quantity of powder which had been previously placed beneath the KING'S apartment. After a few anxious moments had passed, llonrwELL became impatient, and despatched one of the ruffians who was pre• sent to see Whether the match was still burning. The accomplice did not hesitate to obey the commission, and returned with information that the light was still burning and the fire would presently reach the powder. After this the party waited calmly till the house blew wip, when BOTHWELL retired, satisfied that, as the price of this enor mous crime, he had purchased a title to the hand of a Queen. There is reason to believe that several of the principal Nobles and Statesmen were previously acquainted with the bloody purpose.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cy , clopccdia. PRICE 7D. ESCAPE OF QUEEN MARY FROM LOCHLE VEN. Fate had reserved to Queen Mary an addi tional chance for repairing her broken fortunes. In Lochleven Castle she was surrounded by those most deeply interested for the Earls of Murray and of Morton, and most irrelined to support the power to which they had been raised. But there was one person among them who beheld her confinement and her distresses with an eye of compassion. This was a youth named George Douglas, brother of the lord of Lochleven, who, captivated by her beauty, touched by her sorrow, and seduced by her promises, laid a plan for her escape. This was discovered by his brother, Sir James, who expelled the plotter from the castle. Undismayed by this miscarriage, George Douglas lingered on the shores of Lochleven, to assist the Queen in any subsequent effort. Mary was not long in making such an attempt. She entered a boat disguised in the attire of a laun dress, but was discovered, from her repelling the endeavours by the rude boatman to pull off her veil with arms and hands far too white to belong to one of her assumed character. Again the Queen was replaced in her island prison, but about the same time a second ally in the garrison was won over to assist her escape. This was a lad of seventeen or eighteen, called William Douglas, otherwise the Little Douglas, a relative, probably, of the lord of Lochleven. This little Douglas, so named from his tender years or low stature, gave her his assistance to escape by night from the castle and island in which she was immured. He stole th© keys for this purpose, set the royal prisoner at liberty in the middle of the night ; to prevent pursuit, locked the iron gates of the castle upon its inmates, and flung the keys into the lake as he towed her to land. George Douglas, already mentioned, Lord Seton, and a party of the Hamiltons, received the Queen on the shores of the lake, and conveyed her in triumph to Ha milton, where her friends hastened to assemble an army, and form an association for her defence. —Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cycloptedia. BATTLE OF DRESDEN. No troops could have signalised themselves more than those of the allies engaged in this day's combat ; and if it had been physically pos sible to have carried the place under the circum stances, they would have accomplished it. Un fortunately there were no breaches practicable for the troops to enter; and the artillery, al though brought up at the close of the evening to within one hundred paces of the wall, was unable to batter it, or make any material impres sion. From the best calculation, the loss of the allies was under 5,000 men ; and in this at tack the Austrians chiefly suffered. The sortie of the enemy was a prelude to a more general engagement, which took place on the following morning, on the 27th. Bonaparte having a strong force in Dresden, at least 130,000 men, determined on attacking the allies, who occupied a very extended position on the sur rounding heights. The enemy had great ad vantages in their disposition for attack. Dresden bristled with guns, was in their rear ; while their communications were not intersected. If they made an impression, they could follow it up ; and in case of failure could withdraw in security. The allied troops, if - victorious, could not pursue under the guns of the fortress. One of the worst days ever seen added materially to the em barrassment of the allies, who had arrived at their positions by rapid marches, through bad roads and defiles ; and their supplies of every kind it was difficult, if not impossible, to bring up. Availing himself of the advantages above stated, Napoleon displayed an immense number of field-pieces on the morning of the 27th ; and heavy cannonading on both sides formed the ' chief feature of the battle. Charges in various parts were made, as well with Russian and Prussian, as Austrian cavalry, and they distin guished themselves highly ; but the main bodies of the infantry in both armies did not come into contact. The weather was hazy ; the rain in cessant. The action was sustained at all points under the heaviest disadvantages ; and towards the middle of the day a catastrophe occurred, ‘vhich awakened more than ordinary sensibility and regret throughout the allied army. General Moreau, while in earnest conversa tion with the Emperor of Russia on the pro gress of operations, had both his legs carried off by a cannon-shot (the ball piercing the body of his horse). Thus the good cause and the pro fession of arms sustained a heavy loss. It was impossible not deeply to lament the hard fate of an amiable man and gallant soldier, whose ta lents, patriotism, and courage were doubted and decried, and his life cut short by his own coun trymen.' The enemy continued his efforts on the position of the allies till the evening, when finding he could make no impression, the action ceased. The battle cost the allies 6 or 7,000 men the enemy must. have suffered more. In one charge of Russian cavalry against infantry and a battery, a great number of prisoners were taken, though the guns were not brought off.—Lord Londonderry's Narrative of the War in Ger many and France. A fatal instance of the dreadful disease of hy drophobia occurred last week at Taunton, in the ca,e of Capt iin GILLAM, an officer in the half-pay of an infautry regiment; and so rapid was the progress of the malady, that, from the first seizure till the fatal result, only about 30 hours elapsed, the symptoms having first appeared at s'x o clock in the morning of Tuesday the 15th, and death, in this its most shocking form, having ensued on Wednesday the 16th, about noon. It has not been pre• cisely ascertained when and under what circumstances the unfortunate gentleman received any injury from a dog, though it is said that one of his friends has some alight re collection of his having made a complaint to that effect on returning a few months since to Taunton, after an ab sence of some duration in London, &e. The disease, however, was most clearly developed, so as to leave no doubt of its character on the minds of the very emi nent medical and surgical gentlemen, who atte i nded the case with unremitting diligence from its commencement to its close. The patient was calm and intelligent, it is said, in the intervals of his paroxysms, but was wholly unconscious of the nature of his disorder. In one of the seizures of the malady, on Wednesday morning, the poor sufferer inflicted a bite on the hand of a hair• dresser, who was employed in shaving hie head, but an, injured part was promptly cut and cauterised by the ex perienced surgeon in attendance, and no danger is ap prehended from the wound. Capt. GILLAM was a widower, and has left a son.— Western Flying Post. Petitions were presented by Lord CLIFDIN from the parish of St. Mary Axe, against the punishment of death for forgery; also from the Roman Catholic inhabitants of a parish in Carlow, against the Vestry Act. By Lord LORTON, from Croydon, against the punishment of death for forgery. By Lord CHOI, MONDELEY, from Bridgewater, to the same effect. By Lord KING, from two parishes in Northampton, to the same effect. The Duke of RICHMOND moved for a return of the woollen rags imported into this country from the year 1828 to the present time. Also an account of the sheep and lambs' wool imported and exported during the same period.—Ordered. Petitions were presented by Lord Melbourne, from the parish of St. Bartholomew, Exeter, against ibe punishment of Death for Forgery; by Lord Goderich, from Norwich, to the same effect, and alArt om Stockport, to the same effect; by Lord Calthorpe, from Colchester, to the same effect; by the Marquis of Lendonderry,from the Members of the Established Church at I-lelridge, to the same effect; by the Marquis of Lansdowne, front upn , rards of 800 bankers residing at Edinburgh, Sheffield, Glasgow, and se veral other places. FORGERY BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—My Lords, in moving the second reading of this Bill, I am anxious to call your attention to the circumstances under which it comes to your notice. As your Lordships are probably aware, it is little more than a hundred and twenty years ago since the crime of forgery was made punishable with death; for it was shortly after the Revolution that the first statute to that effect was enacted. The punishment was at first confined to a forgery of the paper of the Bank of England. In 1728, however, a large addition was made to the amount of capital-punishment ; by extending the pro visions of that law to all securities, and transferable money papers whatever. From that period many years have never elapsed without adding to what I must call a most sanguinary code. Each year, as the revenue progressively advanced, every department of the public service teemed with annual legislation on the subject. Each department, or the head clerk of each department, had his suggestions to make ; and the consequence of this has been that there are ►:ow about 120 statutes aglinst forgery on the books,. and out of these, upwards of 60 inflict the penalty of death. To give your Lordships some idea (though it is not my intention to enumerate all these statutes) of tiie extent to which this has been carried, and o which a wiliing or rather a careless legisla ure has lent its assistance, I might state as a curious instance, that even the forging of what they call at the Admiralty Mediterranean Papers, by which persons seek to protect themselves against the plunder and piracy of barbarous powers, was made subject to the penalty of death. This being the state of the queztion, it is impossible that any in dividual, having his mind turned to the state of the criminal law in this country, should not feel anxiotn!to ffect a reformation in respect to a subject so im poitant at onca to the interests of the country, and the administration of justice; and I can have no doubt that the Right Hon. Baronet who now pre sides over the Home Department (and who has at tended to those subjects in a manner so honourable to himself, and so beneficial to the public for a length of time) had his attention very early directed to the state of these laws. For myself, I can say, that during the short time I presided over the Home Department, I called on all the public departments to digest the state of the law connected with forgery, with a view to effect a consolidation of those laws, reserving for subsequent consideration that still more important alteration which is now presented to your Lordships in this Bill. The Right Hon. Baronet to whom I have already alluded was the originator of the measure which is now brought forward before your Lordships, and it presents, as moulded by him, a most important and beneficial change in the law of the country, by the simplicity which it will be the means of introducing into that law —or, in other words, by adopting the principle of consolidating under one head every thing which has regard to this peculiar subject, by which means every one will be etribled to see to what species of offence the penalty of death is attached. But it is my duty to state to your Lordships, that this Bill comes now recom mended to your attention with material alterations, extending far beyond anything that was contem plated by those who were its original authors. Of course very tittle is necessary to induce your Lord ships to adopt that general principle of the measure which goes to simplify the law on the subject, and bring it back from that mass of enactments which has hitherto disfigured the question, so as to define the principle on which the law has awarded the last and severest punishment which it is in its power to inflict. But while lam aware that there is a great difference of opinion with regard to the degree to which this mitigation should extend, and that it has been carried in this to an extent which will, perhaps, meet with considerable opposi tion, I cannot help feeling that it imposes on me the duty of stating at this stage of the Bill, that after the best consideration I have been able to give to the subject, I think it right to propose to your Lordships the adoption of the Bill in its present shape, and to the extent to which I have already alluded. I will, however, beg leave here to say, that in urging your Lordships to adopt this exten sive abolition of the punishment of death, I do not do it from entertaining any of that feeling which I know is prevalent among many respectable persons in this country, that it ought not to be in the power of any Legislature to annex that punishment to any crime short of murder. For myself, I entertain no such opinion, for I am convinced that it is within ' the scope and right of society to inflict that punish ment in defence of itself and its property. But at the same time before this last punishment is inflicted a necessity for it should be thoroughly made out ; and it ought to be a matter of grave consideration with the Legislature, which is the most effectual mode of reducing any particular crime; and whether they do not, by severity, outstrip the crime so far as to defeat themselves; remembering always, that there is a point in the race between the protection of property and crime, when the severity of their penalty becomes the protection of the criminal. I have, then, to ask your Lordships, whether we ought not to consider the infliction of penalties, under these circumstances only; and whether, by making the punishment more than commensurate to the crime, we are not withdrawing all opportunity for the reduction of the crime. The uncertainty of execu tions is another point worthy of our consideration ; for, without pretending to lay bare the bosom of the criminal, and to analyze what his motives may have been, I think that if there is any one circumstance which, without reasoning too hypothetically, we may be certain of, it is that the first thing v%hich a man who is meditating the commission of a crime does, is to consider whether it is possible for him to escape altogether. That, certainly, is the first consideration which weighs with him; it is the point which will influence him mo,t in what he does. How far this penalty of death is commensurate with the crime, I will not detain your Lordships to consider. I am willing to Orbit that, in the artificial state of society in which we live, crime becomes of an enormous weight in the community ; but, for this very reason, it ought to weigh with your Lordships, whether so heavy a penalty is the most efficacious mode of re ducing crime in general, of ral the or present Bill. B this one in particular, ate n which is the this occasion we have not to reason theoretically; for we are able to do it practically, from facts fur nished by experience, and that experience within the range of our own recent legislation. I have, with a view not only to influence your Lordships, but to make up my own mind, looked into the re turns which have been presented at different times to this House, and to the House of Commons, with regard to the state of the Criminal Law. With re spect to the clime of forging, it does happen that there is a different mode of administering the law in 3 10 5 0 9 0 4 10 vt. 3. Od• to ft.d 0. Ob. 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