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cREP in ye the 'o o ' with es, of whir Ind st De'ph nsider poes ids vi 1 to bo; heart! early al e for ar niodicsi e is so tidn; or Health rith his neweel g down vho are tious to ' otunda im, olct ionable shows listen. e Un • 1 under OA Sl4 C, con' various 'extern nes are only of us and iterary re just NS.-- )f this valu- e, with ry day t price ::lasse 9 iety o f works Ls the volent tine mend Lnd the lut sub. %ES 10 4 4 4 0 4 4 5 0 1 10 other. X 33 5 4 4 3 15 4 4 4 10 1 10 se sta. £3 10 4 5 4 0 4 4 5 5 1 10 ham, a said r, and mire, 1 this Very ram's bad M. M. [bed Has the on ilvg OOS COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) 't he LORD CHANCELLOR Way again engaged till hail ileven o'clock, in h:e private room, in the matter of ' 44 Ward. TIE X!N l b Si'Alr.N V. MENDIZADEL. said that the importance of this and the importance of the doctrines connected " it, bad induced the parties to state to his Lordship ,It they proposed, as a dernier resort, to have the opinion the House of Lords. Under these circumstances, he ° Ped that his Lordship would suspend the order he had they undertaking to be prepared, on the very first tl his Lordship would have the goodness to name for the ding of the appeal in the House of Lords. His Lord 'lP Was aware, not only of the amount of the sum in 4 e%tiost, but, of othei Soma equally large, the fate of °lth would have to abide the event of the present suit. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was perfectly clear the ?ication could not he granted. It was not only in terms 'lng to stay the order pending the appeal, but in sub °l'ee a reversal of the order that had been pronounced. t Would do all in his power to advance the appeal, if 14 ,.t would be of any advantage to the parties. gia Loausiatr then proceeded with the part heard 'Peal of Stocken v. Stocken, relating to the construction k deed of settlement. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour, the AlAsTErt7of the ROLLS, did not take 1 % at this morning till 20 minutes to 11, having had attend the other Judges for the purpose of finally llog the new orders for the regulation of the practice t he Court , of which we understand there are upwards 70. JUDGMENT....-SIIER ATT v. BENTLEY. Kis HONOUR pronounced judgment in this case, in 1, 11 the bill was filed, in order to have the epinion of Court relatiVe to the proper construction of a will. The bt4 tor, after bequeathing two legacies to persons whom named with remainder over to his wife, gave to his „e, her heirs, executors and administrators, the i g 2le of his real and personal estate, and then he 1 6 , ' 11 1, not quite consistently Frith what he had previously kted, that the legacies formerly given should not be paid Its year after the death of his wife. He then introduced 144, singular provision—"lf my wife should die in my 'ttitrie then e whole of my real and personal estates II go accordin th g to her appointment.” Afterwards be seeded to give certain legacies, and to devise the residue 1 , his r ea l an d persona l e state after the death of his wife. 1 : 0 U strange and inconsistent, therefore, it would be , i f eCourt was to lead this will according to the terms in o ik 'ich it w a s expressed ; for after giving to his wife i%lutely. , -after giving to her appointment if she its his lifetime—be gave legacies and devised the v i l idoe of his real and personal estate to be paid dher death. It was the duty and the object of ; f l Curt always if possible to avoid setting asidee eect Will on the ground of uncertainty. There were two ; 111 1Cipl es whi c h e na bled him to come to a different cons 4 lion in the present case. The first principle was where 1 4 , 1 tneral intention was discoverable, although it appeared t , 4 inconsistent with particular terms which occurred in :ttent parts of the will ; the Court would reject such 1.4 1 on the presumption that the testator had 'er not known, or had mistaken the time , in p art of j o t phraseology ; and, in the next place, the latter part of bill, if inconsistent with a former part of it , wa s a l wa y s :„ 4 to prevail to the opinion of the C. urt. Upon the .`"Ae, therefore, and taking those two principles into l ' , %ideration, his Honour was of opinion , that by the lift to his wife, her heirs, executors, and administra 15;V the testator only meant to give not what was the th 4 ieffects of the words, but only the absolute disposal of Ole property during her We ; because be afterwards gave het legacies, and the residue after her death. WHEELER V. HILLS. 4 1 1 4 this case the tiled --- bythe committee of a , 01 11 !kti e , the object of which was to establish a pArtnership C'ti bad been subsisting between him and the defendant k • upwards of two years after the former had been found f anatic, and to have the usual consequential accounts 4 en between the parties. The cause went off upon an I t : l . " l llerdent out of doors, and an allowance of 1,2601. agreed to be paid to the estate by the continuing " Pit tner, but without any costs of the suit. Ale. BICKERSTITII, on the part of the plaintiff, sub ,,,,tted that the costs should be allowed out of the fund bad been recovered, but stated at the same time r ,' 4 % he felt some difficulty as to the jurisd i c tion of the s-uurt upon this point. His Horiouß said he could, without the assistance of Master, declare that the arrangement would be bene tial for the lunatic, and directed the costs to be paid out the recovered fund. :CE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Rio Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR did not take his 14 t fill a quarter before eleven o'clock, having, as we ,i b( terstood, to attend another conference with the Lord b itocellor and Master of the Rolls relative to the new "dem. IN RE THE SURREY MISSIONARY SOCIETY. ii* HoNouß, on coming into Court, stated that he had t eed the petition and affidavits in this case, (the short f 4 t1 4 of which, it will be recollected , w e g ave t tile days ago,) and his opinion was that it was net :cessary to have any reference to the Master to ascertain heth er the two Charitable Societies mentioned were the ° ieties intended by the will of the testatrix. 1118 HONOUR said there could be no objection to have th e order drawn up according to the minutes that bad prepared, and directed accordingly. -4 031 Art AND O THERS V. DARToK.—CARPENTER'S SCHOLAR ' S SPELLING ASSISTANT. KINDERSLEY applied upon notice for a special It lunction to restrain the defendant, Mr. Darton, from t i ling Carpenter's Scholar's Spelling Assistant. From e statement of the Learned Counsel, it appeared that Nu t . Longman some time since had purchased the copy ' ; i ght from Mr. Carpenter of his Scholar's Assistant , which , b ough the book was small, was worth no less a sum than - '°oo/. The defendant, who had adopted the pru d e nt course „ tot appearing to oppose the injunction, had sold a work Vii , li t b e d in Ireland, similar in every respect to that of " I t• Carpenter's, and following the system ado p ted therein, s t et, o f taking monosyllables then dissyllables with accents the first syllable, then trisyllables with accents on the b ad syllable, and so on. Mr. Darton stated that he tu l d sold the work entirely through inadvertence, and su bmitted to any order which the Court might think rr °Per to make. His HoNoue., after examining the two publications, ht:ited, that it was impossible to discover any difference l'ireen them, and he should therefore grant the injunc t 104 asked.—lnjunction granted. THE EARL OF AUTON AND OTHERS V. HOBART. The arguments an this part beard motion, the facts of t, hich we shortly stated yesterday, were resumed to-day, ' 12(1 had not concluded when our reporter left. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury. THE KING V. MILLINGEN AND OTHERS. At the sitting of the Court this morning the SOLICITOR -131/TERAL addressed the Jury at great length on behalf of the defendants, Joseph and Charles Millingen, father It tld son. He was followed by Mr. POLLOCK on behalf of the defendant Norton. The case will probably last the * hole of the day. REPEAL OF THE UNION.—It iS reported that Mr. O'Connell, in advocating, at the meeting of Par l'atnent, his favourite doctrine of a repeal of the Union, in tends to base his arguments mainly upon the facts exhibited, and th e statements made, by Sir Jonah Barrington, in his lately-published history of that important measure. MEETING OF THE OPERATIVES.—A public keeting of the operatives of this town, called by handbill, *5 4 held on Friday evening last, in the large room at the Durham oz Inn, for the purpose of considering the pro priety or impropriety of forming an auxiliary society fur this town, to be called " The Society f or Promotin g National Regeneration." At seven o'clock, the room was *ell filled, and by half-past seven (the time Mr. Samuel lit 'larriott, a joiner and a member of the Trades' Union, took t he chair), it was crowded almost to suffocation. The Vice-p res id ent , Mr. Quin, also a mem b e r of the Trades' Union, taking his seat at the other end of the room, the Chairman opened the business, by reading over a number °, f resolutions, contained in a large po stin g -bill, which had °ten passed at a meeting recently held at Manchester. Aft er addresses from the Chairman, Mr. Doherty and several others, the motion, " that a National Regeneration Society be formed in this town, was carried, with but one hand held up against it. A motion for a Committee was also carried; the members are to consist of two deputies f rom each trade, or from each lodge of the Trades' Union. The " Eight Hours' Bill" is to be called " Air. Fielding's hill ;" be employs a great number of hands in weaving, 50 d is the projector of the measure. Mr. Doherty said, there would be a general delegate meeting in London, Prior to the let of March, in order to ascertain bow far it Would be prudent to attempt a simultaneous course. COURT CIRCULAR. Favourable accounts have recently been received in town from Hanover of the state of the Duc hess of Cambrid g e and, the, infant Princett The Earl of Ripon tame to torn yesterday. His Lordship visited Earl Grey at the Treasury in the after- noon. The Right Hon. Charles Grant transacted business yes. terday at the Foreign Office. Deopatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office, for the Earl of Mu l g rave, the Governor of Jamaica, and the other Governors of the West India Islands. The Lord Chancellor held an intrqview with Earl Grey last evening BRIGHTON, DEC. 20. The rough weather yesterday confined their Majesties to the Palace, but they continue in the enjoyment of ex cellent health. The Princess Augusta is much better, but has not yet joined in the gayeties of the Court. The following bad the honour of dining with their Majesties yesterday :—Lord Holland, Hon. Mr. and Lady Augusta Fox, Miss Fox, Mr. Rogers, Viscount Ash brooks, Lord and Lady Lilford, Ledy Caroline and the Misses Dundas, the De :n of Hereford, and the Suite. The Directresses of the Brighton ramification of " Al mack's" are complained of as being more capriciously and mysteriously exctu.live than their Noble originals in King street, St. James's ; they having, at the first ball, excluded persons who bad been admitted to Almack's in town. This exclusion having come to the knowledge of the sister of a Noble Duke, and who is profound in these matters, and has long been one of the Lady Patronesses in London, her remonstrance produced an offer to admit " the rejected" to the next ball ; and though " the rejected" declined to avail themselves thereof, the offer was consi dered to he a sympton of more liberal management in future. But no such thing ; for at this second ball ladies admitted to her Majesty's drawing-rooms were perempto rily excluded from the Almack's dance at the Old Ship Hotel. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Craven, in Charles-street, Berke ley-square, from their seat, in Berks ; Mrs. and Miss Croker, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Eliott and family, at ditto, from Charlton, Kent ; the Earl of Ashburnham, at the Burlington Hotel, from Battle, Sussex ; Mr. and Mrs. Conyngham, at ditto, from Warwickshire; Thomas Foster, Esq., at ditto, from Liverpool; Sir Arthur Hazlerigge, Bart., at ditto, from the Continent ; Captain Con. grove, at ditto, from ditto; Baron and Baroness Dimsdale, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Brighton ; the Earl of Onslow, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from his scat, Clandon, Surrey; Captain Albert, at ditto, from the Continent ; W. B. Williams, Esq., in Tavistock-square, from Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington's, Danesburg, Herts ; Rev. H. Earle and Mrs. Earle, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford. street, from Essex ; Rev. T. Wright and Mrs. Wright, at ditto, from ditto; W. Wells, Esq., at ditto, from Tunbridge ; H. B. Pierrepoint, Esq., at ditto, from Devonshire; Rev. Mr. Gooch, at ditto, from Sussex ; Robert Kay, Esq., in Charles. street, St. James's-street, from Spain ; Lieutenant-Colonel Streatfield, at the Trafalgar Hotel, Spring-gardens, from Portsmouth; Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart., M.P., and Mr. Thomas Troubridge, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Jephson, at ditto, from Norwich ; Walter A. Vaughan, Esq., at ditto, from Kent; John Feake, Esq., at ditto, from Oxford ; Robert Smyth, Esq., at ditto, from Lymington. DEPARTURES. The Bishop of Ely and Mrs. Sparke, from Dover-street, for the Palace, Ely, Cambridgeshire; George Byng, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Byng, from St. James's-square, for their seat, Wrotham-park ; Sir W. and Lady Wilhy, from the Burlington Hotel, for Lincolnshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Deering, from Chapel street, Grosvenor-square, for their seat, Ryott, St. Lawrence, Herts ; W. Farrer, Esq., from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, for Brussels; A. Turner, Esq., from ditto, for Cam bridge; the Hon. H. Crewe, from ditto, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Austin, from Regent-street, for Brighton ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. C. Sword Jerniugham, for Syston-park, Lincolnshire; Lord Ongley, from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street; Charles Coney, Esq., from ditto, for Coney Weston, Staffordshire ; T. C. Bridges, Esq., from ditto, for Brighton ; Captain Lawrence, from ditto, for ditto; the Rev. Tudball, from ditto, for ditto ; T. F. Comerford, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland; W. Hogg, Esq., from ditto, for Biggleswade ; Martin, Esq., from ditto ; the Misses Algar and Farrell, from the Union Hotel, Cockspur-street, for Cheltenham ; T. Protheroe, Esq., and family, from ditto, for Monmouth; W. Thorpe, Esq., 30th Regiment, from ditto, to join his Regiment in Ireland; T. Bridges, Esq., from ditto, for Croydon; Rev. J. Raymond, from ditto, for Chichester; P. Onslow, Esq., from ditto, for Bristol ; W. Hendrick, Esq., from ditto, for Kent; Captain E. Gardiner, from ditto, for his seat near Henley. The scene in the thieves' den, in a squalid suburb of London, Et, depicted by Mr. Horace Smith, is one of the most remarkable which modern fiction has re presented, and may vie with :hose striking incidents of the same nature in " Pelham," and in Victor Hugo's "Hunchback of Notre Dame." Gemman Joe, the prin. cipal ruffian of the gang, is a sketch from the life, and in him are combined with powerful effect the ludicrous and the terrible. The subsequent affair in the Churchyard, which is connected with the strange transaction in the hovel, increases the mystery, and irresistibly fixes the reader's eye and mind on the pages of " Gale Middleton," which is now justly considered as the best production of this popular novelist. VICTORIA THEATRE.—This theatre on Thursday night closed its first season under the new management, when a variety of entertainments, including Sheridan Knowles's interesting play of The Wife, with Midas, and Captain► Stevens, were performed, being for the benefit of those two promising sisters, the Misses Borten. In the course of the evening Mr. Abbott spoke the following address :—" Ladies and Gentlemen,—This being the last night of our present and first season, we beg leave to offer our most respectful acknowledgements for the liberal patronage with which we have been honoured. By the liberality of your support and free suffrages of the public press, we hope there is no presumption in saying that this theatre now bids fair to hold as high a rank as any in the metropolis. We cannot but speak with pride of our having introduced upon these boards, in addition to many high and deserving favourites of the public, Mr. Sheridan Knowles. We still retain the exclusive right of acting his celebrated play of The Wife ; and to show the high reputation our countryman enjoys abroad, that play has been translated into German, and is now the great source of attractio❑ at the Imperial Theatre at Vienna ; and we have the pleasure of informing you that Mr. Knowles is now engaged in preparing a drama for representation at this theatre. During our brief season we have been honoured with the presence of our illustrious patronesses, the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, who were graciously pleased to signify their high satisfaction, and their intentions of not giving this theatre a mere nominal support. As far as we are concerned, Ladies and Gentle men, we prove our satisfaction by the fact, that we are anxious again to witness your smiling faces by only closing our performances for three nights, in order to bring forward a Christmas piece in the shape of a pantomime, by Mr. C. Ditolin, until which time we most respectfully bid you farewell." NEW STRAND THEATRE.—We visited this theatre, on Tuesday, to hear once rnoTe a repetition of the contents of Mr. Russell's three volumes. We are glad to see they continue as attractive as ever. The audience, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, was at once numerous and fashionable. Mr. Russell, though labouring under a severe cold, contrived to amuse his audience for three long hours. " The Errors of the Press" were! ud icrous, and told with effect. They were all the better that they were bona fide, and not invented errors. The idea of the Sylvan Gazette is very happy, and is worked out with much ingenuity. " Day Dreams," " Po pular Superstitions," and several other topics which succeeded, were passably good, but nothing more. 44 Ferdinand Flop," we are sure, must have been sketched from the life; he is just such a charac ter as one is not likely to imagine. His notions respecting " works," the folly of reading books, &c., are shared, though not to the same extent, by more people than are willing to allow it. Mr. Rus sell's imitation of Charles Incledon's manner when be first consulted him as to his opinion of the pre-requi sites to theatrical success, was true to the life. In his endeavour to imitate Incledon's voice in singing, Mr. Russell was not so successful. Perhaps, the happiest hit (because there is so much truth in it) which is con tained in the whole three volumes, is the ridicule of the way in which the principal singers pronounce the Eng lish language. Who is there that cannot attest the truth of the fact, that it very often happens that the auditor, at the conclusion of the song, scarcely knows a word of what was in it, unless he chance to be previously ac quainted with it ? In addition to the previous contents of tits volumes, Mr. Russell has introduced " Imitations of old acquaintances." His success here is most marked. It will be in the recollection of our readers what an interest his efforts in the same way occasioned about twelve years since. His new " Characteristic Musical Medley" is ex cellent, and, like almost every thing else, was most favour ably t eceivads PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF PLYMOUTH TO LORD J. RUSSELL AND LORD EBRINGTON. (Abridged from the Plymouth Journal.) A, Comthon of the Mayor and Commonalty of Plymouth took place at the GUlldhall on Tties day, for the purpose of admitting and swearing in Lord John Russell, Lord Viscount Ebrington, and John Croker Bulteel, Esq., as Burgesses or Free men of the Borough of Plymouth. From the severe family bereavement so lately experienced by Mr. Bulteel, we regret to say, that he was precluded from attending: . Shortly after twelve o'clock, the hour specified for coni!ening.the Common Hall, Lord john Russell and Lord . i., - brington entered, and were severally received by acclamations from every part of the Hall. Mr. H. WOOLCOMBE (the Recorder), in a corm plimentary address, acquainted Lord John Russell that he had been elected a freeman of Plymouth. After the tustomary oaths had been administered, Lord J. RtstELL addressed his brother freemen; and The RECORDER then announced to Lord tbring ton that he had been elected a freeman of the bo- rough. Lord EBRINGTON then returned thanks. The Nl.A•vott then paid a handsome compliment to J. C. Bulteel, Esq., whose absence, he remarked, was most deeply regretted. THE DINNER. On the evening of the same day (Tuesday), a public dinner took place at Whiddot.'s Royal Hotel, to which those distinguished Noblemen were invited, and to which from 120 to 130 gentlemen sat down. The post of honour was occupied by J. Bayley, Esq., who presided, supported on his right by Lord Ebrington, J. Collins, Esq., M.P., G. Coryndon, Esq., the late Mayor, W. Prance, Esq., and G. Soltau, Esq. ; and on the left by Lord J. Russell, the Earl of Morley, T. Beeves, Esq., M.P., W. 11 Evens, Esq., the Worshipful the Mayor, and N. ,ockyer, Esq. After the cloth was withdrawn, and the usual preliminary toasts had been drunk, Mr. COOKWORTHY proposed the" Health or his Majesty's Ministers," which was drunk with great enthusiasm. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, when the cheering had some. what subsided, immediately rose to return thanks; and was greeted by long, loud, and often renewed volleys of applause. He then observed—" Gentle men, it is now three years since the present Ministry have taken office, and if, at the commencement of that period, Earl Grey had ventured to say, in three years I will destroy entirely the whole system of nomination bo roughs, which have so long usurped the power of repre sentation—if he had said I will extend the constituency of the small boroughs, and throw open the franchise to the communities of large cities and populous towns—if he had declared that he would lessen the expenses of Government, and within three years undertake to carry to its couclu sion, by the I st of Augu st, 1834, measure ovci turning the detestable sin of slavery—if he had said that he would diminish three millions out of fifteen of the national ex penditure, and give the advantage of those three millions to the subject, by lessening so much the burdens of the people, where they were mo st o pp ressively felt—if he had said, in November, 1830, that he would do these things, it would not have been called little and insignifi cant, but he would have been regarded in the light of a vain boaster, who said more than he would ever be able to do, who held forth hopes which he could never fulfil, and who deluded the people by vain and magnificent but empty promises. And yet I need not say, without boast, without promise, without specifying a time for doing it, he has been able, with the support of the people, to ac complish the whole of those great measures.—(Long con tinued cheering.) That the country should still look forward with a hope that more will be done, is a feeling with which I do not find fault, and, indeed, which lam disposed to hail with satisfaction—(Renewed cheering) —because I maintain there is no boundary, no stop to sober and rational improvement but justice.—(Cheers.) But, gentlemen, it should always be considered that we have many and severe obstacles lying in our way, and that, in conducting human affairs, we have only human abilities to bring to the task. Having, as I trust you have, confidence in his Majesty's Ministers, aid having similar objects in view, while you confide in your repre sentatives the power of expressing your sentiments, you should also be careful to observe the fitting time when to urge, and when to relax and pause in exertion.— (Cheers.) If the Government were impelled on the one hand, by seeing so many abuses which required cor rection, and so many improvements yet to be intro duced on the other, there were obstacles which de manded time for their removal ; for even those re forms which are desirable in themselves might be regarded with an undue weight, and would be bought too dearly if at any time attended with risk to the peace of the country.—(Cheers.) Would it not be better to exercise a little patience rather than endanger the general tranquil. lity, for the sake of carrying some favourite measure a year or too sooner, or to put in collision the various branches of the legislature, and by that means risk the continuance of the very Constitution itself ? There is one subject to which I wish to refer, viz., the Navy and Army, and as some misspprehension prevailed with regard to it, my Noble Friend, the Member for the county of Devon, will forgive me for entering into an explanation. You are all aware that great reductions have been made in the branch of the navy, and are also aware of the question of reduction in the army having been frequently under consideration. When an account of the force was last year submitted to Parliament, Lord Althorp stated that he considered the present amount of force necessary, and as soon as he conscientiously believed less would do, he would imme diately enter on the subject of reduction. The Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer bad not waited till Par liament again met to redeem that pledge, but at the last meeting of his Majesty's Ministers in London, it was agreed those reductions should be effected, and orders had been given to atop recruiting ; and when Parliament assembled he would be able to announce it. With regard to the other estimates in reference to reduction, I have never seen a well-digested plan by which such reductions could be effected, but that if such a plan were produced, the Ministry are ready to do it; but no such plan has been laid before them by the Secretary of War. There was a question at one time proposed (we understood his Lordship to say, by his Noble Friend), in reference to the Army and Navy sinecures, and I was one of those who did support the Government of that day in maintaining those sinecures, and stated they were the rewards of service which had been rendered the country. But since then—and I was glad that an examination was gone into upon the subject— I have been convinced that, in some instances, they have been given to those who have not distinguished themselves by military services or otherwise ; and that in quite suffi cient to convince me that, as sinecures, they should be abolished.—(Cheers.) Let me cow pass to another and different question. The Ministry have not shown themselves insensible to the wants of the country, in regard to such a reduction of taxes, as by economising the expenditure, they have been able to carry into ef fect.—(Hear.) In these which have been taken off they have been guided by their appearing to press most heavily on the industry of the kingdom, and among others I may mention those on coals and camiles, and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, as soon as be is enabled by the state of the revenue, has stated it to be his intention to direct his first attention to the reduction of the tax on houses.—(Continued cheering.) Gentlemen, I do not wish to give you the declaration for more than it is worth. I do not tell you that Ministers are at present in a situa tion to do it; the period when, I must leave to the dis cretion of my Noble Friend, who has every disposition to do it. Taxes were something like physic, and if his Noble Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, found his patients disliked it in one shape, the best thing he could do would be to allow them to take it in another, and so they but let the medicine down he might think himse er lf fortunate.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, with regard 10 oth measures which may be brought forward during the coming sessions, this is neither a fit time nor place to enter upon them ; neither can I h old out an y promises which might have the effect of fettering either my Noble Colleagues' or my own deliberations —but of this I can assure you, they will en t e r on it with the sin cerest desire to do all the benefit possible.—(Continued cheering.) The PRESIDENT next proposed the " Health of the Right Honourable Lord John Russell and John Croker Bulteel, Esq., Members for the Southern Division of the County, with three times three." Drunk with enthusiastic cheering. Lord JOHN RUSSELL again rose to return thanks, ob serving, I have to express my regret that the business, as is member of the Cabinet, has prevented me from seeing so much of my constituents as I could wish. Whilst thus addressing you, I cannot help taking notice of a somewhat extraordinary attack, which I find in a charge made to the Clergy of Devon, and in which I am charged with endeavouring to excite the indignation of the freeholders against the " enormous abuses" of the Church, and in which it is stated that I spoke of a more "equal distribu tion of the revenues of the Church." As to the charge of a more equal distribution of its revcnnea, I must plead guilty—(Tremendous cheering)—but I beg to inforfn .rou of the circumstances, and you will then judge with what propriety it is stated, that I " had gone about raising the indignation of the freeholders." When I expressed my Sentithenti On tl . ;e hustinga, the gentleman of conservative politics, Mr. Lray, asked Me, among other question', whether I was for presetOng the revenues the Church at present enjoyed ? My answer was—that wes of opinion that those revenues ought not to be diminished, but that a more equal distribution ought to take place. Many persons Think, that they ought not to be so large—others, that they thigl !. not to be distributed as at present, but how any person I can gather from the words made use of, or say that I held I up to the -i n dignation of the freeholders the enormous 'abuses of Church revenue, / am at a loss to imagine. The charge itself goes to the proof, and admits that the Church revenues are not equally distributed. Lord John then alluded to the el which referred to the " rich Abbey of Tavistock, which formeil7 belonged to the Church," hut which now only paid it 11/. a yea:'. He afterwards went on to remark that the Abbey now belonged to the present Poke of Bedford, who had thought it his duty out of its revenues to give 2001. a year to the Clergymen who officiated. The Noble Lord then proceeded :—I do say, and still firmly maintain the opinion I then gave— fooartrimel,),,r,atl h a a n t d t h re e i i r g e i v o e u n s u p es u r o p f o t s h e e s, C b h u u t r l ch a m ar s e t i n n o te equally large yof Opinion that they ought to be more equitably divided.— (Applause, and cries of " Too large--too large.") I may he wrong in my opinion, in saying they are not too large, but i t was ntit given with a view to endeavour to gain voters at the expense of the Church, and any such r,eielianraa tviloanceiswthoetarlelyitgwroausnsdolelsist.tle Bit ikely th t i t s ) charge ex;et t it; that it ;;;..'s given me some thoughts and su s p icions which shonld not otherwise have entertained. —(Cheering.) It hat mad e me think the Right Reverend and Learned Pre late was not wholly intent on the religious duty he was performing—(Cheara)--but that lie bad some political object in view at the same time ; and I cannot help re collecting that the Right Reverend Prelate was chiefly remarkable, previously to filling his present distinguished situation, for his very able, acute, and sarcastic, but un fair pamphlet against Mr. Canning-,,awhich pamphlet received from a certain party particular countenance, and which drew forth from Mr. Canning a most powerful reply ; and it does seem to me, that a tinge of the pamphleteer may be discovered in the effusion to which I have referred.—(Great cheering.) An ancient Roman poet had said, drive nature out if you can, but it will (we understood his Lordship to say) still contrive to show itself. But I can furnish you with a snore homely illus tration—namely, that of •the cat turned fine lady. Now it is stated, Gentlemen, that she performed her part to admiration until she saw a mouse, but then she could conceal her propensities no longer—(Great cheering)— and I am half led to suspect that the Right Rev. Lord, by nature a pamphleteer, would have acted with the utmost propriety as a Prelate ; but this being in the midst of an election, the pamphleteering propensity came hack, and, considering me as the mouse, he accordingly pounced upon me.—(Loud and continued cheers.) Gen tlemen, I have only further to say, and I say it seriously, that none of their taunts nor insinuations shall induce me to quit the direct way which I have hitherto pur sued. There are questions with regard to the church which require investigation, as well with regard to tithes and church rates as a reform in the Church ; they d e mand, and will have, the attention of the Government and the Legislature. Upon all these questions I will en deavour to do my duty. I may incur the displeasure of my Lord Bishop on the one hand, or disappoint those who are dissenters from the Church on the other ; but I should feel that I should he useless to you and degrading to my self, if I did not act on this, as on all other occasions, namely, by attempting to reform and preserve.—(lin mense cheering.) The health of Lord Ebrington was next drunk with loud applause. His LORDSHIP returned thanks, and, adverting to the present Ministry, he observed :—" When they came to the helm of affairs I expected that they would do much for the country ; and I can now lay my hand on my heart, and conscientiously say that, sanguine as my expectations were at the time of their accession, and looking back to the condition in which affairs were left by their prede cessors, what has been accomplished by them in three years has far exceeded those sanguine expectations which I was led to indulge."—(Great and continued cheering.) The health of Mr. Collier and Mr. Bewes were sub sequently proposed sep irately, and those gentlemen re turned thanks. Several other toasts were drunk, among which were—" Lord Brougham and Vaux, and the pro motion of education throughout the United Kingdom"— " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World"—" The Liberty of the Press"—&c. &c. Lord John Russell and Lord Ebrington then left the room, from which they retired amid the continued shouts of the gentlemen present. MONEY MARKET, FRIDAY EVENING. — The Consol Market, after a very long period of stagnation, has experienced an advance to-day (Friday), though to no very material extent. The cause assigned for it is a remarkable one, since it is given out to he the determina tion of the Bank to lend a sum of 2,000,0001. on stock. According to another account, however, this is not to be done with money the property bona fide of the Bank of England, but with funds held in deposit belonging to the East India Company, for which corporation the Bank is to act in the affair selely as agent. All the reports agree, however, in stating that such a sum, at present lying idle, is about to be employed for such a purpose. Under the first of the two suppositions, there would be much objection to it on the part of the moneyed interest gene rally, as a forced issue of notes, capable of being carried to an unlimited extent—as a proceeding foreign to the principles on which a good bank ought to be conducted— with other reasons of the like nature; but no man at all conversant with the subject believes that it has been resorted to in a direct way by the Bank. Still the question naturally presents itself, why the Bank should become an agent at all in such a matter, and why the same thing could not be done in a direct way by the Fast India Company? To the moneyed interest at large the effect will, perhaps, be the same, since there is as much an increase of the issue of notes in one way as in the other ; but it is a very different thing with tha public which of the two corporate bodies is to appear in and to have the' management of it. The whole sum is said to be engaged on the part of one leading capitalist. The consequences will be felt more or less, if the fact is correct, in every description of stock, and of commodities too, for such a sum cannot, it is obvious, be brought suddenly into a market already well supplied, without producing a sensible effect. Some say that this is already perceptible, and that a rent - fwal of the demand for produce is beginning to take place. The speculators are evidently on the alert, and if due precaution is not taken, will repeat the process which took place in the spring, by coming in at the lowest prices, and selling at the highest, leave their dupes to bear the brunt of the reaction sure to follow, and to lament over their losses. In whatever stage of its progress the affair may be, the warning cannot but be salutary.— Times. There is a difference of full 25 per cent. be tween the price of fish at Hungerford-market, and at the shops of " the West-enders." A correspondent of the Mechanics' Magazine writes as follows —About twelve years ago I invente d a method of burnin g can dl e s without snuffling, but I soon found that this invention did not succeed so well as I ex pected ; for upon a current of air, either from opening or shutting the door, er even from a person walking in the room, the top of the snuff of the candle was blown off, and the wick of the candle then not being sufficient to consume the melted tallow, it ran down, and the light of the candle became feeble; I therefore discontinued to use candles in this w a y. But to obviate these inconveniences I had a glass lantern made to defend the candle from all currents of air. The candles used in this way are called long tens; no other candle will answer this purpose so well. When one of those candles is lighted, and snuffed to prevent its smoking, and put into the lantern , it will then give one uniform pure light, without snuffing and smoke, and in this way candles have been used in my I house, in a situation where no regular attendance could be given, for more than five years. This lantern is made of tin, its bottom is 10 inches by 7, with a pillar at each corner, 13 inches high, into which four panes of the best crown glass are fixed to the bottom and close to one end of it; the socket to hold the candle is fixed forming an angle with the end glass of about 30 deg rees. The top of the lantern is covered with a sheet of tin 11 by 62 inches; this sheet of tin is bent into a curve, and its ends are fixed to the top of th e l antern, l eav i n g at each side two large openings to suppl y the candles with fresh air, and to keep the lantern cool. T h i s large s upply of fresh air contri butes very mu c h to the b r illiancy of the light of the candle, and any li g h t dust f a lli n g from it is carried away by the ascending hot air ; thus the glasses are kept clean for many days without any trouble. The tin work of the lantern is japanned on the outside, and painted with ver million within. A lantern of this de scri p tion ma y be seen at the house o f t h e soc i e ty of Arts, &c., Adelphi. THE DECCAN PRIZE MONEY. (From the last night ; =. Lcndan Gazette.) Grant to the carnb'ned army which served under the coin ravid of the late Most Noble Francis Marquis of Hastints, K.G , Commentler-in-Chief of all the Forces in India, engaged in the war against the Pindarees and certain of the Mahratta States, in the yeara / 1 317 and 1818. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Act of the 54th of Geo. 111., cap. 89, and to the directions and regula tions contained in the Warrant of Grant, and to the direc tions of the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, contained in a letter dated the 17th instant, that a distri bution on account of the booty acquired by the combined operations of the forces hereafter specised will commence and. take place at No. SO, Pall-mall, London, on Friday, the 27th day of December instant, and end on Wednesday, the 26tb day of March, 1834. SCALE OF DISTRIBUTION. tUAOPEANS. Commander-in-Chief £30,987 6 1 TAcutenatit-General 1,370 4 31 Major-Generals and Brigadier-Gcnerals . 1,027 13 21 Colonels 4ll 1 31 Lietit c n a nt-Colonels 246 1 91 Majors and Superintending Su r g eons 164 8 61 Captains, Surgeons, and Paymaster s B2 4 3 Subalterns, Assistant- Surgeons, and Regimental quartermasters 4l 2 11 Troop quartermasters, Company's Ridingmasters, Provost Marshals, and Conductors lO 5 61 Staff and Park Sergeants, Sub-Assistant Surgeons, Dressers, and Sub-Conductors ......................... Sergeants • 1 7 5 Corporals, English Farriers, Trurn reters ,& Privates 013 81 NATIVES. Subadar.Major and Native Aides-de-Camp 5 9 71 Subadars, Syrangs, Whoordie Majors, & Resauldars 42 21 Jemidars, Ist Tindals, Resaidars, & Naib Resauldars 17 5 Hatildars, 2d Tindals, Head Maistries, Head Guides, and Rote Duffadars 0 13 81 Naigues, Native Drummers, Farriers, Sepoys, Las cars, Puccallies,Petty Maistrics, Bearers, Black Doctors, Privates, Sirdars, Dutladars, Sawars, Ne shanburdars, Pioneers, ';'d Guides, Trumpeters, and Nuggarchies g. , .•. . 4........... ..... .• ..• • 09 I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE ?;RI GIRT ON EURDLE E 1 CE, DEC. 20. The second hurdle rate took place this morning on the course, and, n otwithstanding a brisk gale, there was a numerous and fashionable asserrildage. The horses were paddled at twelve o'clock, and started at bali-pstss twelve. Eight started, but the grey gelding Chance refused the The ether seven cleared the first hurdle, but in taking the second Neck or Nothing refused, and threw Ms cider, who, regardless of his fall, mounted again and tried a second time, but was again thrown. Nothing daunted, he tried the third leap; when his horse fell with him ; but he arose unhurt, and of course his horse was distanced. Moonlight hung back in the first heat till he rounded the corner, when he made play and returned at a winning pace, taking extraordinary leaps, and reaching the winning post first. The second heat was well contested, and was won by Cheltenham. Three started in the last heat, and the contest between Swerver and Cheltenham was beauti ful, On their return, in taking the second hurdle, they leaped both together ; Cheltenham, however, got the lead, and, within a few yards of the winning post, he crossed Swerver, and reached the post about three lengths in advance of his opponent. A dispute arose in consequence of the cross, and it remains undecided to this time. The Earl of Uxbridge was willing to give it up to Cheltenham, hut the FAO of Erroll objected to it. The Newmarket rules were sent for, but they did not decide the contest. We understand that it is to be decided this evening at the Palace. There were a great number of fashionable people on the Course, including Lord F. Fitzclarence, the Marquis Conyngham, Sir A. Barnard, &c. We subjoin a state ment of the race SUBSCRIBERS. T. B. Langton, Esq.'s Cheltenham —R. Bracken bury, Esq 2 1 1 T. Andrews, Esq.'s The Swerver—T. Smith, Esq 1 J. Herbert, Esq.'s Durency—J. Herbert, Esq 6 3 3 J. Sivewright, Esq.'s Sailor—J. Sivewright, Esq 3 dis J. Grant, Esq.'s Lalla Rookh—F. Hyesham, Esq 5 dig Earl of Erroll's Moonlight—T. Toole, Esq 4 T. Ellman, Esq.'s Neck-or -Nothing—T. Ellman, Esq. Capt. M`Queen's Chance—Capt. M`Queen ref The following horses ran for a Sweepstakes of 10 sore. each ; one mile over the Brighton Racecourse; 12st. each ; Gentlemen riders :—E. B. Grant, Esq.'s (King's Dragoon Guards) b. g. Cigar, 5 yrs. ; G. B. Croban, Esq.'s b. g. Naughty Tommy ; G. Martin, Esq.'s b. g. Imperial ; H. Kennedy, Esq 'a b. g. Rantifuzzle ; H. Gardinor, Esq.'s g. g. Dangerous. This race excited considerable mirth in consequence of the slow pace of the horses and the manifest inexperience of the jockeys. It was won by Dangerous. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The King's Hounds meet on Monday at Stoke Common ; Friday, at the Golden Ball. Mr. Dansey'a Hounds meet on Monday at Saxondale Guide Post ; Friday, at the Hut—at half-past 10. Mr. Osbaldeston's Hounds meet on Monday at Maidwell; Tuesday, at Duston ; Friday, at Lilbourn ; Saturday, at Great Harrowden—at a quarter before 11. The Atherstone Hounds meet on Monday at Gopsal ; Tuesday, at Coombe ; Thursday, at Kirkby ; Saturday, at Hopwas Bridge—at 11. Sir T. Stanley's Hounds meet on Monday at Bromborow Bridge—at 10. Mr. Leebe'd Hounds meet on Tuesday at Addereley Hall ; Friday, at Chorlton Hall—at half-past 11. Lord Radoor's Hounds meet on Monday at Cokethorpe ; Friday, at Foxcombe Hill. Mr. Moreton's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Cricklade ; Thursday, at Buscot ; Saturday, at Gompten. The Suffolk and Essex Hounds meet on Tuesday at Wiston ; Friday, at Ardleigh Cronn—at half-past 10. The Holderness Hounds meet on Tuesday at Humbleton Village; Thursday, at Houghton; Saturday, at Frodingham Bridge—at 11 ; and every succeeding Monday, till further notice, at the Kennel—at 10. Mr. Villebois's Harriers meet on Monday at Whitting ton Hill ; Thursday, at Barton—at 11. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds meet on Monday at Wolverton Great Ground ; Thursday, at Stoke Plain ; Saturday at Beachampton Grove—at half-past 10. Mr. Berkeley's Hounds meet on Monday at Cranfield Windmill ; Tuesday, at the Kennel ; Thursday, at Cow per's Oak Inn, Weston Underwood ; Saturday, at Kim bolton Castle—at half-past 10. Mr. Drake's Hounds meet on Monday at Gallow's Bridge ; Tuesday, at Charlton Town ; Thursday, at Barton Common ; Saturday, at Bletchington—at half-past 10. Mr. Holyoake's Hounds meet on Monday at Prestwold ; Tuesday, at Allexton ; Thursday, at Sheataby ; Friday, at Rolleston—at a quarter before 11. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds meet on Monday at Castor Hanglands ; Tuesday, at Barnwell Wold ; Thursday, at the Ferry—at 10. Lord Yarborough's Hounds meet on Monday at Peak's Closes ; Tuesday, at Melton Low Wood ; Friday, at Wil lingham House ; Saturday, at Stallingborough—at 11. The South Wold Hounds meet on Tuesday at Ormsby Hall ; Friday, at Hangham Pasture—st 11. The Cambridgeshire Hounds meet on Monday at Grams den Wood ; Friday, at Sandy Warren—at half-past 10. Mr. Mure's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Pankenham street ; Thursday, at Borough Green—at half-past 10. The Puckeridge Hound■ meet on Monday at Ugley Park Green ; Thursday, at Capons ; Saturday, at Wimble don Green—at half-past 10. The Doddington Harriers meet on Tuesday at Wimbling ton Toll ; Friday, at the Golden Ball—at half-past 10. The Tickham Hounds meet on Monday at the Squir rels, Stockbury ; Thursday, at Long Beach—at half-past 10. Mr. Portman's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Turnwood ; Saturday, at Down House. The Cadbury Harriers meet on Monday at Down House ; Thursday, at North Barrow ; Saturday, at Anchor Bridge. The M. H. Hounds meet on Monday at Burton Barn ; Thursday, at Doles Ash Hog Lease. The Warwickshire Hounds meet on Monday at Bishop's Virekington ; Tuesday, at Sherington ; Thursday, at Halford Bridge; Friday, at Ferne Hill ; Saturday, at Princethorpe —at half-past 10. Sir R. Sutton's Hounds meet on Monday at Stapleford Moor; Tuesd ry, at Fislrerton Long Wood ; Thursday, at flarpswell ; Friday, at Blankney ; Saturday, at Skelling thorp—at 11. The external features of India, its magnifi• cent scenery, the strange habits of its people, their singular worship and diversified costume, are full of excitement, and such as no other country can furnish a parallel. Major Archer, who accompanied Lord Combermere, the Commander-in-Chief, to the principal Native Courts enjoyed opportunities possessed by scarcely any traveller, and, accordingly, his volumes are rich in picturesque variety. At times we are fascinated by the account of the coronation of the King of Oude—the Pearl Mosque— the costly cemetery of Shah Jehan—the City of Tombs — the Temple of Juggernaut—the Black Pagoda, &c. ; at others, by descriptions of Oriental Sports—Contests of Wild Beasts—Elephant Fights--.lndian Hawking—Tiger Shooting ; then again, by the narrative of the ascent of the Himalaya Mountains, and the dangers of hill travel ling, the account of the Mountain Deities, Human Sacrifices, &c. "We commend the ' Tours' of Major Archer to every one who desires to obtain a clear picture of India. The work will make its own popularity by the force of its real value."—Atlas. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It i 3 not proiraty,c e er be the hopes w'ierewith Sir Francis Freeling may flitter him self,—it is not indeed possible, that the Post Office department should escape much longer a • earchinr, anti fundamental " overhaul." An article from a correspondent in another column Complains of a piece of sordid intermeddling by a functionary who is entitled " Comptroller of tie Foreign Post Office," with the captains, mates, Szc., of the Dover packet-boats, who are made liable to "the severe displeasure" of the P o stmaster-General—that is to say, to the loss of their employments—if they are detected in conveying English newspapers abroad or in Oringing foreign ones to this country, otherNise than " legally" in the mails committed to their charge. Now, the first question to be asked is this—has the revenue suffered from the above condemned practice of fetching and carry ing newspapers across the Channel ? If our correspondent be rightly instructed, the public revenue has suffered nothing from the journals alluded to not being enclosed in the mail-bags, because by journals which have uni formly been so enclosed the revenue has never gained a shilling. Who, then, has pocketted the charges paid on such "legal" conveyance ? Our correspondent declares (and we are told the thing is quite notorious) that the clerks in the Foreign Post office have the proceeds of such charges for their " perquisites." Here is pretty work! The public heard a good deal some time ago, both here and in Ireland, about cer tain magnates, called Clerks of the Roads, set ring up an opposition shop to the regular news men, and by their control over the mail coaches, and their connection with post offices, getting their own parcels of newspapers forwarded, when t h o s,ct transmitted by the uewsvenders were care fully ke?t back, so as to confer upon the menial objects Of I 3 ost Office favour the power of ruin ing, or much ini;tring in their means of liveli hood, an industrious, useful, and most de , serving class of tradesmen ; and it is to per petuate the like dirty monopoly in the hands of the official underiiogs of the Post office—a monopoly from which the country does not derive a single sixpence of advant:i . ge—that the name and authority of his Grace the Duke of Richmond are employed by the packet agCnlt . at Dover for no purpose , a s we said before, of protection to the national revenue, but simply to obstruct all interchange of intelligence between the people of England and their continental neighbours, save only through that single toll bar at which all the contributions levied are for the use and enjoyment of a set of officers already paid out of the public purse in the shape of salary for whatever services they can perform. We more than once stated at the time of the late negotiation between the French and English Postmaster-General for a more easy and econo mical transmission of newspapers between these countries, that the failure was in no degree ascribable to the French Post-office, and was in as small a degree creditable to that of Eng land. The disgrace and canker of our public business is the bum-burocracy of England,—the sitting portion of each department, which is left behind (as Addington was by Mr. Pitt) upon every change of Administration, which nestles, and burrows, and propagates, and perpetuates itself, and becomes identified at last with the routine of the office, and hands down the clerk craft from age to age, giving to ordinary official transactions a certain superficial semblance of what is called " regularity," but rendering the substance of things impervious to every princi ple of amendment which would exact the slightest shock to prejudice or disturbance of habit, or, worst of all, the most distant sacrifice of emolument, from those patriarchs of the back stairs and writing desk—your tribe of under secretaries and confidential clerks, These im moveables, these adscripti gleber, these nominal serfs, are the real tyrants of a Ministry. The race ought, like other vermin, to be effectually, though gradually, weeded. It will be found that if old forms are best pre served by them, they are for the most part inveterate enemies to all substantial improvement. Great things were expected from the Duke of Richmond when his Grace was first appointed to the Post-office ; but the accumulation of jobbery had reached a magnitude which, we fear, has proved beyond his strength to cope with. There is a Viceroy over him—nay, a couple or more, While we are on this subject of the Post-office, we may as well state a fact which it has brought to our recollection, and which will show in how very small a measure the comfort or convenience of the public is considered by the Cabinet of St. Martin's-le-Grand, notwithstanding the vast re venue raised by it upon the nation,. A friend of ours being at Dover a few months ago, put a letter in the office for Germany on a Saturday afternoon, marking "'oil' Calais" on the cover ; he also paid with it the ordinary German postage of Is. Bd. He was ignorant of Post-office rules, and vainly supposed that his pointing out Calais as the route for his correspondence to take its course would be thus expedited, and that the letter would cross to Calais by the next morn ing's packet. Upon making inquiry, however, on the Sunday, he was told that his letter was still in the Dover office ; that it would first proceed to London on Sunday night ; secondly, return to Dover on Monday night ; and, thirdly, sail for Calais on the following Tuesday ! The fact is, that the Post-office, producing one branch cf the public revenue ought to be, like the Customs, Excise, and Stamp-office, directed o et a ne r tm d h o f ao f sl ' o r bl r ye e ee a idi s u ia r l y a .s sort b'er immediately by a Board, and be, like them, he ,c of subordinateno(nl irresponsiblese tghuaetnct consequence the oof despotism,d the hh p ee a department en, possessed and exercised that there are no checks upon individual will, by a subordinate officer. All this must be speedily revised.— Times. THE POST-OFFICE. (FROM A CORRESTONDENT OF THE TIMES.) A printed notice, of which the following is a copy , and which is exceedingly instructive, we lament to say, as to the spirit by which the administration of our Post office is animated, has just been issued at Dover : " Agent's Office, Dover, Dec. 15. " Whereas it has been represented to the Controller of the Foreign Post-office, London, that notwithstanding a minute of the Postmaster-General, that no agent, captain, mate, or others employed in the service of His Majesty's packet-boats , shall convey any newspaper, English or foreign, to or from foreign parts, except such as are legally conveyed in the mails committed to their charge, newspapers are so conveyed, in contraven tion of such minute ;—Take notice , that ally per sons employed in this service who may be found so ac t ing will be reported to the Board forthwith , as offenders against such rules and regulations, and as liable to his Grace the Postmaster-General's serious displeasuse. G. HART, Agent," Assuming that this document has been issued with the knowledge and under the sanction of his Grace the Post master General, in how respectable a light does it exhib:- hint to the public! He here appears as the protectors not of the public revenue of his depirttnent, for not tine %billing of the profit derived from the conveyance of news y ipers ever re aches it, but of the perquisites of the clerks o f the Foreign post.office, who obtain thereby enormous g ains, with the monopoly, so far as their power can pre ve it, of the circulation of news, to the great injury o;