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understand little.- To move them material or moral interests must be suffering. lam not blind, how ever, as to the state of a society, in which opposite and heating doctrines are everywhere broached. I do not blame the doctrines; but I see in this the evident manifestation of an interest aggrieved, which finds a vent in words. Thus with us, rightfully or wrongfully, the Monarchical interest is alarmed ; and I see the proof of it in the language of the M - narchicat writers. The Liberal interest is uneasy, and I see the proof of it in the language of the r:riters devoted to the cause of liberty. These two interests are in presence, and, like two powers about to declare war, they begin by an appeal to their rights; they publish their manifestoes. This is la grave situation—a situation which it is for the Go vernment to observe, but which you, Gentlemen, are unable to cure. What, in short, is demanded from you ? Not to satisfy one of these interests by mea sures which appease it, which would he above your means, but to punish the voices which are raised for its defence. If, however, there is one thing which ought to be held more sacred than mother, it is, that he who conceives himself op pressed should be allowed to complain; if there is one thing which more than any other irritates men, it is the continuance of oppression and the punish ment of complaint. Then the imaginations of men kindle ; then martyrdom is sought for, is demanded ; the most pure, the most noble martyrdom, because it is the most disinterested species of glory. Hence, look at these writers under accusation; how they face you; how they defend each other ; how they persist in their political faith. Opinion sustains them against your rigours; it consoles them, and your judgments are powerless with regard to it ; a few evil, a serious evil for society, when punish 'extent ceases to be deemed disgraceful, when the bar of the accused is no longer humiliating, while it ag grandizes, when it honours. To an authority more elevated than yours it belongs to find the remedy. Instead of condemning, Gentlemen, join your voices to ours; let us raise them together to the God of our country; let us demand of him to enlighten and protect France."—(Strong sensation.)—ln the course of his speech M. Margin entered into a long disquisition, in which he attempted to show that Monarchy and Aristocracy were incompatible with each other; that down to the Revolution the great object of all the Kings of France had been to weaken and destroy the Aristocracy; and that it was impossible that the authority of the Government could be otherwise than weakened by the existence of an Aristocracy. "Is it not obvious (he said) that if a strong Aristocracy was placed alongside of the public Functionaries, there would be a constant struggle of authorities, and that the Throne would lose a part of its power? Assuredly, if the Revo lution has produced good, it has been in destroying all the petty subaltern powers, and throwing them into the hands of the Prince, to be afterwards dis tributed and withdrawn by him at pleasure." At this sort of irritating warfare the Government must lose, for the Press, which it is attempted to put down, is the Press of the nation.—Morn. Chron. There are persons, we understand, who give out that Ministers are not only not annoyed, but upon the whole are rather gratified by being out-voted the other night on the question of the reprehensible pen sions bestowed on the sons of two of their own body. If this be so, though we rather doubt it, it is an instance of Spartan virtue, which, in this age of grasping selfishness, would be quite refreshing. There is one circumstance, however, which not only strengthens our credulity upon the occasion, but which converts the defeat in question into one which they must have most unwillingly sustained, and it is this--that it was easy to have avoided the defeat by not doing the acts which have led to it. The Rouse of Commons has deliberately declared the grant of those two pensions to two sons of Cabinet Ministers' to be an improper, we were going to say a profligate, waste of the public money ; and we ask, can a Ministry meet with a more decided and more galling defeat than this, that a House of Commons Which the country has seen sanctioning so many acts of useless and wanton expenditure which it ought to have condemned, finds this Ministerial job so rotten as to be beyond the reach of even its all complying sanction ? We trust that this vote will not turn out to be a mere tub thrown out to the whale, but that having begun this work of retrenchment in the families of the Ministers themselves, the House will have both the virtue and the courage to look at home, sad purge some of its own Members, who are not Cabinet Ministers,'" the much larger and not less objectionable drains which they possess upon the public purse. It would be a curious document, could it be produced accurately made up—a list of the number and amount of the Members of both branches of the Legislature, who are, by themselves and their relatives and connections, quartered in some way or another upon the public crib. Various at tempts have been made to do this. Formerly even the Red Book used to tell us something about the matter; but that kind of uncourteous information is now withheld; and every man moving in the world is left to fish out the information from his own re sources. Suffice it to say that the amount is enor mous, to say nothing of the large head of expec tion, and of " hope deferred," which has so pow erful an influence on the actions of all men. The country, we are persuaded, would be delighted to see the Ministers take up the vote of Friday night in the true and honest spirit of retaliation—not against those who voted in the majority, but those who left them in a minority upon the occasion. It was the stayers•away who took the 9001. a year from the two scions of the Cabinet. How many thou sands might the same persons, with equal justice, be made to disgorge, if the Ministers were to say to them, " You thought the pensions to our two sons too objectionable to support; so give back to the country the ten times more objectionable sinecures and pensions whch some of you and some of your fa milies and connections derive from the public taxes. As your spirit of economy has begun with u., let us, in return, demand that it should reach your selves." Language and practice like thin would be both wholesome and just, and the best result which could ensue from the majority of Friday last.— Morning Herald. • It must seem rather extraordinary that the very moment when so large a grant from the national purse has just been made for the annual charge of the British Museum, should be selected by the Trustees, and followed up by an announcement, for altering the hours, and thereby circumscribing the convenience of those who may wish to resort to its public library. We should rather have thought that, instead of contracting the few facilities the public possess in this respect, they would have been en larged ; and that the best return that could have been made to his Majesty for the munificent done,- tion of the late King's library to the nation, would be to open its treasures to the public, whose pro perty it has become, at all reasonable hours, and in deed under as little possible restraint of every kind as its secure preservation would require. It is true that, by an intimation, the Reading-room of the Museum shall, after the 25th inst., be open from 11 to 5, instead of from 10 to 4; the number of hours remain the same, but the convenience to many is far otherwise. Observing, by the way, that it is pecu liarly mel apropos in the Managers of this place to fix the commencement of the literary day later just at the period when the natural day is earlier, we ob ject decidedly to confining the hours to those which may do very well for mere idle loungers, but which are totally opposed to the convenience of real stu dents and such as wish to resort there for useful and profitable literary purposes. We do not ourselves see why the hours might not be greatly extended— viz. from daylight to dark, or at any rate from six to six in the summer, and from nine to four in th e win ter half-y ear . And if this impose a greater labour upo n th e atten d ants t h an t h e presen t number can ",undergo, there could be no great difficulty, we should think, in providing one or two more out of the nu merous men of talent wanting employment in this great metropolis. An annual charge of from 2001. to SOW. would wholly cover this. At present there ..~~~ is, as those who visit the Museum must hare ob served, a sleepiness among some of those connected with it, which the late hours of this new regulation will not tend to remove; and we confidently look to the large body of high and influential persons who are the Trustees of the Institution to show that they, at least, are awake to the claims which the public ) who are the owners of the place and its con ttnts, have to every possible facility of access to this great national repository of literature.—Morning Herald. When we alluded the other day the extraord nary inconsistency on the part of Mr. Peel in re sisting two years ago what he now advocates with all the zeal of a convert, our recollection did not serve us either as to the precise time when he stated his objections to the trade in beer being thrown open, or the expressions of which he made use upon the occasion. In the pamphlet, however, from which we gave some extracts yesterday, entitled " A Few Words on Ike Licensing System," we are supplied with both. By referring to the debate of the 21st of May, IS2B, it will be found that he indulged in the following remarks:— " An Honourable Member has asked, why the sale of beer and spirits should not be put upon the same footing as bread and cheese. Nothing is more natural, upon the first view of the question, than that such should be the case ; but, upon reflection, we must take into considera • tion the different effects produced by the use of beer and spirits, from the effects of bread and cheese. It is unneces sary for me to state that the former, if taken to excess, produces intoxication, and that therefore some regulation with respect to their sale is necessary. If we were to throw open the sale in the manner alluded to by Hon. Members, we should soon find it necessary to retrace our steps." Now it is perfectly true that Mr. Peel did not bring forward the proposition for a Select Committee to sanction the throwing open of the trade in Beer; but he is a Member of the Government which has put its seal to the measure, and notwithstanding his previous declaration, must have concurred in its pro priety. Now we ask the Right Hon. Gentleman on what grounds he can defend such a change of opinion ? Can he say that the public good calls now in the year 1830 for what was inconsistent with it in 1828 ? It matters little to us what de fence the Right Hon. Gentleman may set up; but it matters much to the country that those who are entrusted with its government should keep faith with it—that it should have confidence in them— and that their conduct should be such as to entitle them to its confidence. Now how stands the matter with Mr. Peel and the Licensed Victuallers? In May, 1828, he not only gave a pledge to the whole trade, that, so far as he was concerned, there should be no more interference with their property, but expressed a decided opinion, that were the system to be altered, and a free trade to be attempted, the Legis lature would be obliged to retrace its steps ; yet, in March, 1830,without any change of circumstances to justify a change of sentiment, we find him, as a member of the Government, abetting the very mea sure against which he had previously stood pledged ! Now what will be the consequences of such conduct on the part of the Right Hon. Gentleman ? Let the author of the pamphlet to which we have already referred state the result. " Upon the faith of laws constantly acting upon the principle of licensing, individuals have embarked a vast property in the purchase of such houses, and others in the materials and stock necessary to carry them on. Even so late as the 15th of July, 1828, the date of the passing of Mr. Estcourt's sill, was the principle sanctioned and acted upon. That Bill, passed after the deliberation of many sessions, during which the Act of 3 reorge IV. was continued from time to time, until a permanent measure could be agreed upon, was considered to put the Licensing System upon a firm and secure footing. Publi cans therefore invested their capital in the business, large sums were paid for the purchase of good wills and stocks; and the publican bad every reason to anticipate that re ward for his labour bestotved, and his capital invested, which the laws of his country held out to him, and which every man has a right to expect. Yet in less than two years from that time he finds his trade ruined, his property destroyed, and every hope blasted, by the proposed measures of the Government. " There are, it appears, 42,531 public-houses in Eng land and Wales, or one to every 247 persons, men, worsen, and children. Each of these public-houses we are told is worth, on an average, 201. a•year more than if they had not the licence. Here then is a property of a million a-year to be destroyed—property in the hands of private individuals, invested by them upon the faith of existing laws, not of modern introduction, but which have been the invariable law of the land fur now nearly three hundred years. This is to be swept away without remorse; and the announcement of the intended Act of spoliation is hailed by the Parliament of an enlightened nation with cheers and shouts of congratulation!" Now, as the Scripture saith, " What shall be done to the man who has done this thing ?" 'What shall be said of his honesty and good faith ? Verily, while Sir James Scarlett is Attorney-General we shall not trust ourselves with the answer, which every man of sound feelings and sound principles would give; but we will make bold to add, that if such is to be the conduct of the Administration, no man's property is safe. He who is rich to-day may be poor to-morrow, and the man who relied upon the faith of the most solemn pledges for his pro perty remaining entire, be turned out a beggar on the streets. Shame on such tergiversation. The man who is guilty of it can never command the respect or confidence of any one.—Morning, Advertiser. The last number of the Foreign Quarterly Re view contains an article upon the " Present St a t e o f _ _ _ the Netherlands," which, in a statistical point of view, possesses considerable interest. It has been got together with the most praiseworthy diligence from various original sources, independently of a list of nine published works in different languages, which it places in review order at the head of the article. Upon the subject of his treatise the Re viewer remarks, that " formerly the importance of any Power could with difficulty be measured other wise than by the size of its army, the strength of its fortresses, and the intimacy of its alliance with other States." Political economy and statistics, he ob serves, are the two main pillars upon which hence forth every superstructure of history must be raised. " Statistics," he adds, "are the exposition of the effective components of any political society, country, or place; and it is by their aid that we are enabled to observe and distinguish the working of moral and physical causes with the necessary degree of accu racy." In the selection of a community to illustrate by this favourite science of the Reviewer, it must be confessed he has exercised his choice in a manner which cannot fail to be interesting to this country. Its propinquity alone would impart a degree of im portance to it ; but that consideration is, in the case of the Netherlands, heightened by the peculiar cha racter of a great portion of its inhabitants, and the circumstance of its being a kingdom of only fifteen years' establishment. The Netherlands, it is well known, were formed into one independent State under the present reigning family by the Congress of Vienna. We shall avail ourselves of a few of the interesting results deduced by the writer from vo luminous data, for the information of our readers. " The surface of the Netherlands bears the propor tion of a one hundred and fifteenth part of the whole of Europe. Its superficies is one-ninth that of France, and two-sevenths that of the island of Great Britain. In bonniers or hectares of land (two and a half acres each) it possesses 6,198,137, making in acres 15,495,342. France can boast of 53,533,426 hectares, and Great Britain of 22,411,760. Of these there are in a state of cultivation in the Ne therlands 4,653,636, France 46,000,000, Great Bri tain 12,980,000. The roads and canals of the Ne therlands cover one twenty-sixth of its whole sur face. They are ten times more numerous than in France; and, in point of population, its soil is much more thickly peopled than either Great Britain or France. As nothing can be more interesting than comparative statements of this kind, we make no apology forgiving thetn. By returns for the year 1826, the entir e population, divided by the number of hectares, gave 9,822 inhabitants to every square myriametre of 10,000 hectares. In England and Wales ( Scotland is, comparatively speaking, a waste and unpeopled land), the number upon the same space was 8,107, and in Fiance only 5,900. — The progression of population since the formation of the kingdom in 1815, for ten years, is evinced by the numbers for 1815 of 5,424,502, and 6,013,478 for 1825, the increase in the period being 588,976. For five years preceding 1828, the average annual addition was computed at the rate of 10,982 per million. This rate of increase is greater than that of Russia, Austria, or France, which, being more thinly peopled States, ought, according to received principles, to augment their population more rapidly. It is, however, less than Prussia, Great Britain, and the Two Sicilies, whose rates of increase are 27,027, 16,667, and 11,111 per mil lion. Although the births, as compared with the popu lation, are greater in the Netherlands than in France or England, the deaths are also greater. Thus in the Netherlands there are 100 births to every 2,807 inhabitants; in France 100 in every 3,168; and in Great Britain in every 3,534. The deaths are as as follows :--- Netherlands. Franc.:.. Great Britain. 1130 deaths to 3,931 inhabitants 4,000 Upon this state of the tables of births and deaths, the Reviewer observes that " it is highly satisfac tory to think that if Great Britain gives birth to a smaller number of citizens, she preserves them better —a conclusion which the healthiness and clean liness of our country readily induces us to adopt." In discussing the comparative healthiness of diffe rent spots, the Reviewer shows that the estimate founded on experience in that in Holland, at the age of forty, the probable duration of human life is twenty-six years, at Amsterdam twenty-two, at Brussels twenty-four, Paris twenty-one, and London only eighteen. The writer hazards no opinion upon the causes of the superior value of life at Amster dam and Brussels over other large cities; but as the disproportion is still more remarkable in favour of the Dutch and Belgians in respect of the lives of children, lie thinks it possible that that may be owing to the greater care paid to their infants by the mothers of those nations; who for the most part nurse their children themselves. It was a remark of M. Benoiston de Chateauneuf, that for preserving the life of children care is every thing, and climate little or nothing. Having disposed of the question of population by throwing every light upon it that past records could avail him for that purpose, and pointing out several palpable errors in the existing doctrines, the Reviewer proceeds to the considera tion of the resources of the kingdom. These he divides tinder the three great heads of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. Upon these branches of national industry there are some curious and im portant results, as compared with the productions of this country, which ive shall extract upon a future occasion.—Morning Post. The Ministerial Journals of Saturday and yester day labour under a serious paroxysm of despondency and beg most piteously for mercy towards Mr. Peel and his Majesty's Ministers. It is a cruel thing, they intimate, to see such excellent persons badgered night after night about matters of money, and little items of alms given to the deserving sons of poor lords who cannot provide for their children otherwise. What is all this dejection caused by, think you, good reader? By Ministers being in a minority of 18—that is, 139 to 121—against a vote of 9001. a-year to the meritorious sons of Lord Melville and Lord Bathurst, who for doing literally nothing have received this sum between them from the exhausted purse of the public, which these Noble Lords have always preferred dipping into instead of their own. These Noblemen have been so long saddled on the nation that they deem it quite be neath their dignity and importance to maintain their children at their own expense. They are so much accustomed to draw upon the Trea sury that they cannot stoop to draw upon their own bankers for the support of their families;—and, consequently, as soon as the Hon. Mr. Henry or Mr. Charles can write their names to a receipt they are thrust into some comfortable cor ner of the estimates where they feed on the taxes, keep their cabriolets and sometimes something else, and are subjected to no toil whatever except the annoyance of calling quarterly to receive their pen sions. So far as Mr. Dundas and Mr. Bathurst are concerned this abuse of the public money was put an end to by the vote of Friday night. The pen sions of these " young gentlemen," as Sir R. Heron called a youth of forty and another of twenty seven, were struck out of the estimates, and Mini sters received a hint that such transactions, as they now excite disgust out of doors, can no longer be tolerated even by a corrupt Parliament. It is thi s division which has produced the dejected tone to which we have alluded. But this despondency in spires us with hope. A few such votes —a few such prunings of the pension list—a few such re primands, will convince Mr. Peel that the Parlia ment can discover sources of retrenchment of whi c h for good reasons he chooses to be oblivious. Th e John Bull, which, at the cost of consistency and decency, ratted with the apostate Tories, has, in con sequence of this vote (f o r B u ll delights in the pen sion list), made the following humble appeal to the old supporters of the Administration : "They may depend upon it that they have no other safe or honourable course but a union with the Government. If they really think that men can be found to undertake the Government in whom they have more confidence, or of whom they may fancy they have less to complain than his Majesty's present Ministers, let them boldly direct their whole, continuous, and undivided efforts to place such men in the councils of the King; be cause it seems to us essential that the influence of the Crown and of the aristocracy should be inseparably united —essential for the prosperity of public affairs, and for the individual honour of the aristocracy itself. But if, as w e firmly believe, there is no possibility of forming a conser vative Government under any other leaders than the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel—then, as friends we implore, and as constituents we venture to require, that the Tory gentlemen should forgive (if they cannot forget) by- gone dissensions and minor differences, and should unite again in one irresistible body in the maintenance of the princi ples on which alone the administration of the affairs of this country can be safely conducted !!!" Oh dear ! is it come to this ? Was it only on Saturday last that Mr. Peel and his friends dis covered, for the first time, that they could repose no confidence in, nor rely upon any efficient support from,the Whigs, the Liberals, and the Radicals ? Was it only on Saturday that they became conscious of their feeble situation, and the hollowness of the support to which they have hitherto trusted ? Truly it must be a serious thing to be in a minority, and see the sons of two Cabinet Ministers stripped of their pensions 1 But the humble remonstrance and earnest solicitation of our friend of the Bull are not likely to be heeded. He may " venture to require" the Tory gentlemen to "forgive ;"but we trust the Tory gentlemen will neither forget nor forgive, nor under any circumstances ever again put themselves in the power of a man who as he has deceived them once—deceived them most grossly, most perfidiously and unpardonably —may deceive them again. No, no, John, this cannot:be. The Tory gentlemen have too much honour, too much spirit, too much independence, to support a Minister who had the ingratitude to abuse their con fidence, to disgrace their principles, to betray their trust, sully his own character, and disparage theirs, merely that he might retain office under the Duke of Wellington and preserve for his family all the valuable situations they hold at the pleasure of the Crown. The Tories would damn themselves for ever by such conduct. They must, for their own sakes, stand aloof from the apostates, and leave Mr. Peel to his fate. The Right Hon. Secretary must be left to the tender mercy of the factions on which he has hitherto based his majorities. He must seek support from those who in their hearts h a t e him personally—hate his principles—despise his family envy his situation, and who would, if they had the power, kick him out of office to-morrow with undis sembled scorn. He must trust for his majorities in favour of the taxes to those patriots who will be called to account for such votes at the next election. lie must fortify the extravagance of the Government by retaining those jolkers among:the Whigs who are sent to Parliament for the Purpose of cutting down extravagance. He must resist reform by the aid of persons who are elected by reformers. He must trust to his own hacks—to his own bro thers and cousins—to such persons as Twiss, Holmes, and Cr9ker— to such financiers as Goal burn and Herries—to such recondite clerks as Planta, the Masters in Chancery, and all the small, the needy and place-bonnd dependents of the pub lie offices. In a word he must not expect support from Tory gentlemen, or gentlemen of any party. But there is something connected with this vote against the pensions of Mr. Dundas arid Mr. Bathurst which we do not understand. The affair of Mr. Frankland Lewis was a much worse and more serious job, inasmuch as 3,0001. a-year ex ceeds 900/. Where were the tax-cutters when Ministers palmed this useless hack upon the coun try ? Where was the brigade of Lord Althorp when the greater job was carried and the lesser job defeated ? We beg pardon—perhaps the corps was not formed—or there may have been:private reasons. Mr. Lewis affected the odour of whiggery, and it is not pleasant to be severe upon one's friends. How ever, it is not our intention to complain. We re ceive the 9001. gladly—it is a perfect God-send to the country—it will buoy up the sinking spirits of he people, and materially assist, like the repeal of the cider tax (25,0001.), in enabling the poor man to have a capon boiling in his pot and a sovereign sleep ing in his pocket. For these reasons most grate fully do we return our thanks to his Majesty's oppo sition I. Ca ira !—Morning Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, 31.iscu 27. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, AT THE RELATION OF COLSTON AND BOLAND AND OTHERS, V. LORD STRADBROKE AND OTIIERS. This was a motion that the information filed in the cause might be taken off the file, and that the solicitors by whom it had been filed might be ordered to pay the costs of the motion as between solicitor and client. Mr. HORNE and Mr. NORTON appeared in sup port of the motion, which was opposed by Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL, for the relators, by Mr. SKIR ROW for Sir Robert Sidney, one of the attornies, and by Mr. D. W. HARVEY the other attorney, against whom costs were prayed personally. Mr. HORNE, being absent in the Vice-Chancel lor's Court when the motion, which had been fixed for this morning, was called on, it was opened by Mr. NORTON, who stated, that it arose in the matter of a charitable institution for the support of 16 aged persons in almshouses, at Boyton, in Suf folk, which was known by the name of Warner's Charity. In the year 1736, a benevolent lady of the name of Warner, had bequeathed certain estates to trustees, for the establishment of this charity, and directed that the annual rents should be applied, —first, for the erection of the almshouses, and then for the support of ten poor persons, with a direc tion that the surplus should be applied for the pay ment of the debts of poor insolvent parishioners of Boyton, not exceeding 10/. In the year 1786 it was found that by the changes which had taken place in the value of property, the rents of the estates had far exceeded the objects of their destination, and an information was filed in this Court, upon which a scheme was adopted for extending the number of alms-people to 16. The trustees had been changed from time to time, and the management of the charity was in their hands. In 1828, the Charity Commissioners appointed by Parliament made a report, and included the charity in question in that report. It was thus found that Mr. Crabtree was the acting secretary for the cha rity, and a surplus of funds was in his hands to the amount of between 4,0004 and 5,0001. New truf tees were appointed, and among them the present defendants to the information. The Commissioners, after giving a very full statement of the resources of the charity, and its objects, expressed their disap probation that so large a sum had been allowed to remain in the hands of the receiver, and recam- mended that steps should be taken for the further regulation of the charity, and for adapting it to its means. In July last a petition was presented to the Vice-Chancellor, on behalf of two tenants under the charity, of the names of Bedinton and Millar; and sit prayed the formation of a new scheme by the Ma- ter, for the regulation of the charity. Mr. Crabtree, the secretary and treasurer of the charity, had in vested a sum of between 4,0001. and 5,0001. in the funds, for the benefit of the charity, and that sum was now yielding interest for the benefit of the charity. In consequence of the petition so presented to the Vice-Chancellor, an order had been made re- ferringir to the Master to inquire whether it would be fit and proper thata newscheme should be formed for the charity. Not withstanding this petition, and the order which had been made upon it, and the in quiry which was now in a course of progress, Messrs. Sidney and Harvey had thought fit to file the informa tion now complained of; the only difference between which and the petition then in Court was, that the information prayed for an account of the surplus funds which had in fact been applied. On that in formation being presented to the attorney, he heard Counsel (Mr. Norton and Mr. Skirrow) on the matter, and ultimately decided that the proceedings should be suspended, with liberty to the defendants to make such application to the Court as they might be advised. The parties who now made this motion had therefore taken this course as being the one most likely to reach the justice of the case. The Learned Counsel detailed the evidence in support of the motion, by which it appeared that the relators to the information filed by Messrs. Harvey and Sidney were very poor persons, without any apparent means of living. The principal affidavit on the other side was that of Mr. D. W. Harvey, which detailed the reason that induced him to institute these proceed ings, stating that all his inquiries to procure informa tion respecting the charity had been made in vain, and the present proceeding had been resorted to in consequence. Mr. HORNE, in support of the motion,characterized the information as a proceeding got up by the so licitors solely with a view to costs, and wholly un necessary, because every honest and useful purpose that could be desired respecting the charity, might already be gained by means of the petition which the Court had entertained, and which was then pending. _ _ Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was quite im possible that the motion could be sustained. Mr. D. W. HARVEY then addressed the Court. He would trouble the Court with no observations upon the law of the question, but would confine himself to the facts, and especially to the imputation thrown out that the relators had been set up by him to attack the character of the trustees, and that they were to be indemnified from the payment of costs. It was further insinuated, that the object of this proceeding was to put money into his (Mr. Harvey's) pocket. He was surprised at these observations as coming from Mr. Horne. That Learned Gentleman, who had once filled a seat in the House of Commons, (although he confessed he could not recollect any pro position which,during his short stay there, he had made either for improving the administration of that branch of the law in which he was constantly engaged, or for correcting any other of the abuses which were on all hands confessed to exist), ought to have been quite as ready to believe that men could be found who were ready to devote themselves to the protection of the oppressed, without any other reward than the credit which naturally belonged to such exertions, and the consciousness of having merited it. That this was a case which called for the strong animad version of the Court he admitted, and that there were guilty parties before the Court he knew. The culprits in this case were those who had presented the petition with the view of deceiving the Attor ney-General, and who had supported this petition by affidavits. The learned ex• Member for helstone (Mr. Horne) had said he was a wholesale reformer, and that he beat up for abuses with a view of put ting costs into his own pocket. The obvious weak ness of this charge spared him the trouble of refuting it. Before he addressed a circular to any individual, or took any proceeding whatever, he had sent a let- ter to the Duke of Wellington, explaining his de sign. This letter was 'dated in July last, and com menced by stating the writer's belief that economy and public good were the main objects in view in every wise and good Government. It then ad verted to the public charities of the kingdom, and lamented the accumulated expenses of the inquiry before the commissioners. There were in the king dom upwards of 50,000 charities, of the annual value of about two millions, not above one quarter of which was properly applied. The commissioners had reported upon 20,000 charities, and the expenses already exceeded 200,0001. Of these 20,000 cha rities, two-thirds were awaiting decision, and the law costs exceeded 10,0001. The letter concluded by stating that the writer was prepared with a plan by which all further expense to the country on this head might be saved. The noble Duke answered this letter immediately, and in consequence he (Mr. Harvey) communicated to him the details of his plan. The Learned Gent. next alluded to the in formation he had filed in furtherance of his object, and stated that he had never filed a single informa tion without the advice of counsel. He expressed his firm determination of pursuing the course he had already marked out, and of sending out more circu lars if he found that those enormous abuses conti nued to exist. He was satisfied that some good had already been done, and instanced the case of a cha rity established for the redemption of slaves on the coast of Barbary, and stated that he had in that case filed an information, and made a poor sailor a relator. The result had been, that the charity had admitted having a sum of 100,000/. in their hands, and now consented to bow to the decision of the Court. In the present case such a course should be pursued. Mr. HORNE replied, and said he supposed, what ever might be the fate of the motion, the objects of Mr. Harvey would be accomplished by having the opportunity of making a speech in that court; and that, as he understood the expedient of the circulars had not quite answered his hopes, a report in the newspapers would give a fillip to hunters of abuses, in which that gentleman dealt. The LORD 'CHANCELLOR said it was quite clear the motion could not be sustained. The defendants had asked for costs as between solicitor and client; but as that would not have been granted under any circumstances, he ordered them to pay only the common costs to their adversaries. This case occupied the whole day. BOARD OF EXCISE COURT, MARCH 27. ADULTERATION.-POISONOUS INGREDIENTS. This was an information against John Nan's, a licensed retailer of beer and spirits, and landlord of the Brewers' Arms public-house, Brewers' Quay, St. Olave's, Southwark, for having in his possession a quantity of colouring or adult ering matter contrary to law. The COMMISSIONERS said the case was clearly proved, and that the defendant had been convicted on a former occasion. The judgment therefore was, that he should pay the mitigated penalty of 20/. HYTHE ELECTION, MARCH 26. This day came on the election for one Baron to serve in Parliament for the town and port of Hythe, in Kent, in the place of Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, deceased. It was strongly rumoured that three candidates had started, viz. John Loch, Esq., Chairman of th e E ast I n di a C ompany , Si r Brook Bridges, Bart., and a son of Sir Egerton Brydges, but it was pretty we ll k nown t hi s morn ing, by the friends of the former gentleman, that he was the only fighting man in the field. A feint was, however, made by some out-dwellers residing at Canterbury, to get an opposition in the person of Richard Halford, Esq., of that city; but when he arrived he found the ground so pre-occupied, that any attempt at success would have proved futile. John Loch, Esq. was proposed . by George Finnic, Esq., Deputy Mayor, and seconded by Mr. Thomas Mount, of Aldington. The MAYOR inquired whether any freeman had any friend to nominate as a candidate, which being answered by a dead silence, he said he would take the sense of the freemen in favour of Mr. Loch by a show of hands, which was unanimous; and he was therefore declared by the Mayor duly elected, amidst the most deafening cheers—upon which Mr. Loci here rose and said—Gentlemen, I have no words to express my feelings upon the pre sent occasion ; indeed, I feel that my heart is com pletely overflowing with gratitude to you for the ho nour you have just conferred. I can only- repeat what I have before said upon the subject of retrench ment and the support of your local rights. I shall go into Parliament as an independent man, with my hands quite unfettered, and every vote I give will be an, independent and conscientious vote. Gen tlemen, I again repeat my thanks, and hope to be better acquainted with you. I wish you and your families every health and happiness.—(Cheers.) MONTHLY REPORT OF CORN, BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS. An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, 110 1 4 and Flour, imported into the United Kingdom in tb4 Month ended Ist March, 1830, the Quantities npdr ei which Duties have been p a id f or H ome C onsumpt iOt during the same Month, and the Quantities 74:mini* in Warehouse at the close thereof. . (Published in conformity to the 6th sec. of the Act 9th Geo. 1q c. 60.) Quantities Imported in the United Kingdo o in the Month ended March 1, 1830._ Species of Corn, Grain Meal, and Dour. Total. EXPEDITION AGAINST ALGIERS. Letters received by the Aleteor steamer, arrived from the Mediterranean, communicate some infor mation respecting Algiers, with which we have hitherto been unacquainted. It appears that the Dey, is straining every nerve to give the French expedition a warm reception. The fortifications have been surveyed by European engineers, em ployed by the Dey, to whose suggestions he has lent a ready ear, and the batteries on the seaside are now deemed impregnable. The Dey's corps of ob servation, amounting to 85,000 men, 30,000 of which are of the new organization (disciplined after the European manner), have been maintained for the last s'x months in constant readiness to act, with all the requisite materiel for a sturdy contest with a nation to whom they have an hereditary dislike, and however presumptuous it may seem, it is, never theless, true, that the raw-boned Algerines court the opportunity of trying their Damascus blades against their formidable enemies, and point to Acre as a proof what Mussulmen can do in the breach against the French bayonet. In fact, the enthusiasm of the Mahometans is at the highest pitch. Inspiring songs are sung in the streets of Algiers, and the Dey has said that should the town be invested by the French, all the women will be sent into the interior, and having laid up provisions for two years' siege, he will defy the utmost power of France. It is clear that the capture of Algiers will be no easy matter, though we read in the French Journals that a division of the Dey's territory has already been agreed upon between France and Egypt. Little or no danger may be dreaded from attack by sea, and the obstacles on the land side are of a formidable description. The Mussulman is no contemptible enemy behind his batteries. The French will find it difficult to keep up a regular communication between the land and sea forces; and they will not be able to procure supplies from the interior, as that will be occupied by the flying African corps, which will cut off al), stragglers or small detachments. The climate will also be found inimical in the low lands behind the:city, where water is scarcely to be had, and the beat is oppressive.— Devonport Telegraph. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER (Dr. Monk) is to have the stall in Westminster Abbey, and wflich is to be permanently attached to that poor See. A most lamentable case of hylrophobia has just occurred at the Lord Howick public-house, in Wool wich. In the early part of January, the servant of Mr. LATRAICT, the landlord of the Lord Ilowick, was attacked by his master's dog, and, upon his giving an alarm, Mr. L.'s nephew went to his assistance, whom the dog bit be fore he could be secured. 'I he animal showing symptoms of hydrophobia, was immediately destroyed. The neigh bours advised both the sufferers to take the Birling medi cine, which Mr. LAPRAICL'S nephew prudently did ; but the waiter refused to resort to any remedy ; and on Satur day last he was attacked with the dreadful malady, which terminated in his death on Wednesday, in the most excru ciating torments. Mr. L.'s nephew, we are happy to say, is still enjoying the best health ; but the fatal result of the rabid disease on his follow-sufferer has very naturally caused him the meet intense anxiety. Wheat Barley Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or Indian Corn Buck Wheat...— Beer or Bigg Total of Corn and Grain Wheat Meal, or Flour Barley Flour Oatmeal Rye Meal Indian Meal Total of Meal and Flour Specles of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Hour. Wheat Barley Oats Rye Pease Beane Maize or Indian Corn Buck Wheat Beer or Bigg Total of Corn and Grain Wheat Meal, orl Flour Barley Flour Oatmeal ltye Meal Indian Meal Total of Meal and Flour , Species of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour. Wheat Barley Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or Indian Corn Buck Wheat Beer or Bigg ..... Total of Corn am Grain Wheat Meal, or Flour Barley Flour Oatmeal Rye Meal Indian Meal The Produce I of, and lm. forted Posses.C rom British slobs out of Europe. Qrs. Bus. 110 7 69 4 180 3 Cwts. qrs. lb. 21 9 14 Imported ftom Foreign Countries. I Qrs. Bus. 5,502 5 72 2 9 5 87 0 41 4 6 5 3,719 5 Cats. qrs. lb. 17,481 3 4 17,481 3 4 Qrs. Bus. 23;4,007 7 66,131 1 437,689 2 26,430 0 9,316 7 2,880 3 1,187 2 2,117 3 21 3 14 17, Quantities charged with Duty sumption in the United I< Month ended March 1. 183( Imported from' Foreign Countries. The Produce of, and Im. ported from, British PosSes sions out of Europe. Qrs. Bus. 257 1 X 69 4 Qrs. Bus. 3,6 IS, 4 72 2 9 5 156 4 41 4 0 5 $,900 0 Cwts. qrs. lb 17,506 2 for Home Co o ' ingdom in $b Total Qrs Bus. 123 3 72 2 2 3 4 6 91 1 41 4 6 5 16 0 3.58 0 Cwts. qrs. Ib.l 54 3 15 326 5 Cwts. qrs. lb. 16 2 14 54 3 15 Ifi 2 14 Qrs. 73 1 3.90 4 72 2 2 S 4 6 160 5 41 4 6 5 ' 16 0,: 681, 5 Cwts. qrs.4l6 71 9 '7l 2 !Quantities remaining in Warehouse in th e United Kingdom on March 1, 1830. The Produce of, and Im. n p ioit r i t s e i cl i !:r o o s m se;.. sions out of Europe. Imported from Foreign Countries. Qrs. Bus, 2,632 6 154 2 TotaL 83,810 1 2,787 0 Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. 81,831 2 131 476 1 7 i 3 0 1 Total of Meal and Flour 81,833 2 13 476 1 7 Qrs. no s ' 240,640 5 68,151 1 437,689 2 26,430 0 9,501 1 2,880 3 1,187 2 2,117 3 796,597 1 Cwts. qrs. 111* 52,306 0 3 82,309' 3 By order of the Commissioners, T. WHITMORE, Sec- Custom-House, London, March 24, 1880. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. • Bean s Per Quarter. Ashburn ~.....«.,..,.,. 56 62 34 36 24 28 42 44 , 31 , Basingstoke 52 80 24 36 19 25 35 4 .% • Bath . 4B 76 24 41 20 30 38 3v, Bridgewater 62 68 24 37 20 - 32 Bristol 64 68 34 35 22 26 38 44 Chesterfield . 52 66 27 33 16 28 us 4i Derby Devizes --, . 56 72 24 42 29 31 32 48 Doncaster 60 70 26 34 16 25 45 40 Dorchester.. 5l '76 30 33 24 34 - 5 4 Exeter - 72 34 36 22 24 44 , 48 G10uce5ter............ 58 68 30 36 19 25 34 4.1, Hu ngerford 56 80 ! 9 40 19 32 37 40 Leice5ter....,,.,.,..,,. - 64 - 30 - 22 - 43 Newbury 50 84 19 40 17 32 28 4 2, Romsey 54 68 25 33 19 26 - Shaftesbury - 61) - 31 - 28 - 4 : Shepton Mallet 48 62 26 33 20 26 40 . . Sherborne...-....... 56 64 26 34 20 28 40 Ay, Taunton- 40 74 18 38 18 28 36 Yeovil 60 68 34 38 22 24 44 40, Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d . s. d. s. d. s. d, 5.1 Shrewsbury 90 10 2 40 58 40 58, 0 0 0 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Mareb 26. There is a fair arrival of Wheat fresh up the river tbie morning, and a better supply from the farmers than for the last three weeks. Fine fresh Wheat obtains fully 10 $ Friday's prices, but all secondary and inferior samples are exceedingly dull sale, and to effect sales to any exten t lower prices must be submitted to. Oats are ratbef dearer. Barley of all descriptions is in demand at an ad' vattee of is. to 25. per quarter, and there has been more inquiry for Malt at improving prices. Good hard Bettli f are Is. per quarter higher. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suftblk...sBs. 625. to 655. fine 705. New 60s. 645. to 688. fine '73s. White Old 63s. 655. to 725. 6ne 755. ----- Ne w 50s 565. to 60s. fine 638. Foreign, Red .51s. 61s. to 675. fine 71$. White 625. 675. to 711. fine 755. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 3ls. to 365. fine 391. - Lincolnshire 2Bs. to 31s. fine 355. - Yorkshire Wold 2Bs. to 31s. fine Us. --- Foreign to - fine -5. Beans, Old - New 335. to 345. fine 375. Oats, Potato 2ss. to 275. fine 31s. -- Poland 225. 235. to 245. fine 295. -- Friesland and Small 2ls. 225. to 245. fine go. Mealing l2d. to 1354 d. per Stone. Shelling 3ls. to 328. 6d. per Load. Malt 3Bs. 40s. fine 435. per Load. Rapeseed - MINING INTELLIGENCE Tons. .003, Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday 3,828 11 Average Produce ° Quantity of fine Copper 3ll 6 Amount of Sale, 22,0511. 18s. 6L1.-AverageSteuldard, 1041. 13s. BIRTHS. On the 28th inst. at Chatham-place, the lady of Heygate, Esq., of a son. On the 26th inst. Mis. H. Goschen, of Stoll' Newington, of a daughter. On the 26th inst. in Sloane -street, the lady of tb e Rev. Francis Thackeray, Minister of Belgrave Chapel, of a daughter. On the 24th inst. at the Elms, Worcester, the lady 1 Capt. Mailing, R. N., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th inst. at Newington, J. F. Turner, Esq. II Elizabeth, only surviving daughter of the late T. Prase Esq., of Walworth. On the 27th inst. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Cad G. Wakefield, late of the 36th R eg t. to L ou i sa , fi v daughter of the late Holland Watson, Esq., of Conglet 4 " Cheshire. On the 27th inst. Mr. Geo. Nicholls, of , Crown An a Horse-shoe Wharf, Upper Thames -street; to Agnes, (laug h : ter of the late Robert Dewer, Re q . of Great George•streg" Bermondsey. DIED. On the 28th inst. Eliza Garrow, only daughter of F. Lettaom, Esq., and the beloved grandchild of Mr. Bare Garrow, aged 17. On the 26th inst. at Kensington, Mrs. Dykes, late ° 1 New Bond-street. On the 27th inst. in Park-road, Regent's-park, ee l 20, after a long and severe illness, Augusta Maria &PO daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Graves, and niece of Lord 54 and Sele. On the 27th inst. at Belmont-house, Vauxhall, TbO ' Evance, E,q. a g e d 81, one o f th e Bench e rs of th e Middl e Temple, and upwards of 50 years Recorder of Kiagsta v upon-Thames, and late one of the Justices of the Folic' office, Union-hall. 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