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QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. In tAc MATTER of QUEEN'.Y, COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. Judgment delivered by the LORD . CHANCELLOR, in Lincoln's-Inn-Hail, Friday, Jan. 26, 1821. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—In the case of the Queen's College, Cambridge, I would wish to make a few observations, but I returned so late' last night from the House of Lords that I have not been able to give the subject the consideration I could have wished. I am however of opinion, that I cannot finally decide this case without hearing the Attorney General, and I will state the reasons why i am of that opinion ; there are two petitions. _ _ (Mere his Lordship read both petitions, and then proceeded in the manner following] : The prayer, therefore, which is addressed to his Majesty presupposes that if there is a vacancy he has a right to appoint a president. The , prayer of the petition .presented by. Mr. Mandell, and the other persons admitted assumes that Mr. : Mandell is duly elected, but it goes on in the al ternr.tive Which I have already stated, and then, goes on to pray that such directions may be given as the nature of the case may demand. I know. it there is a vacancy it is quite clear it is a ques tion, and it seems to me to be a question of some importance; whether the right is in the College or in the King. It is very true that if there be uo vacancy he has no present interest in that ques- - tion, but here are two petitions respectively pray ing that whether there is or is not a vacancy, that there is a vacancy as Mr. Godfrey is not duly elected, and if Mr. Mandell is not duly elected, and then praying the direction of his Majesty "the visitor to interfere, and therefore be has a direct interest in both questions. That, therefore, is a direct interest, if his Ma jesty Pleases to avail'himself 'of it, and therefore acting as I ought to do in this question, I cannot decide without giving Ilis Majesty's Counsel an opportunity of speaking upon those points, if his Alajesty.pleases 'to interfere in the exercise of. those judicial functions which are reposed in him. Llefore . the question, therefore, can be decid ed, it appears to •me to he quite necessary to hear the Attorney General in support of any in terest claimed on the.part of his Majesty, in or der that such arguments as 'he can urge may be proposed to the consideration and judgment of this Court. That being the view I take of this case, I think it right that I should make some observa tions with respect to the questions which will arise, and on which further arguments may be submitted to me ; and, in the exercise of their duty, Counsel are not bound down by clear terms, but parties will be at liberty to offer any considerations • which may bear upon the case; and, therefore, I will proceed shortly to make some observations upon it, putting the first ques tion to be decided, Has there been a due Elec tion ? Is there a President of the College ? and that divides itself into two propositions or ques tions. First, Is Mr. Godfrey duly elected? se condly, Is Mr. Mandell duly elected ? The question which I have last mentioned, as it appears to me, must have necessarily prece dence of the other, because, if Mr. Mandell be duly elected, Mr. Godfrey could not be. Mr. 'Mandell states the transactions on which he founds his pretensions, and, first, he says, " I was elected when the first scrutiny was deter mined, because Mr. Godfrey. was not able to vote for himself, and, striking - out the name 'of .Mr. Godfrey, the votes would not be equal, but I should be duly elected ;" and, if he can make out that proposition, which is first to he consi dered by the Crown, if his Majesty thinks fit. Then the question is, Whether Mr. Mandell is duly elected ? Now that stands upon very par ticular, grounds. It is said, first, he is duly elected, because Mr. Godfrey ought not to be considered as beihg a Fellow ; for, if he is a Fellow, it does not appear to me that the first Election can stand ; and it is put upon this : By . the Statutes of the CollegT, the College is to have a variety of Fellows for a variety of counties, in liGnorein eel:Orem, and there is not to . be more than one Fellow for the county of Middlesex. Then Mr. Barnes was elected, I think, in 1798, as Middlesex Fel-. low, and continued as Middlesex Fellow down to 1817, then Mr. Godfrey was elected Middle sex Fellow in 1803, and, if his election be good, he continues such Middlesex Fellow. But whe ther the election was invalid is the question, and they say it was; that is the way in- which they put it, upon that view of the case the . several questions arise. - I am now keeping myself very much to Mr. Mandell. It is stated, that Mr. Godfrey is not to be considered as a Middlesex Fellow because the Statutes permit only the existence. of one Middlesex Fellow. It is contended on the other side, that independent of all Statutes, he is a Fellow de facto, and in so many years, that he ought to be considered as a Fellow de jure upon the ground of the presumption, that, notwith standing such was the language of the old Sta tutes, the present condition of the College doei admit of two Middlesex Fellows, and, as I under stand the argutnent, it is put thus agree en tirely, that no usage which cannot have a legal origin, can justify a breach of the Statute, on the other hand, if the usage be made out to have due metes and bounds. It is submitted, whether it must not have such a legal origin as would in it self be justified by all the principles, which we can apply to College Statutes, and if it can have a legal origin, whether we are not now to pre slime it was, though we cannot see in itnctis, what the origiu was. Maw, with respect to that, it is contended, that the Crown has a right to dispense with a Statute, and I am afraid I should knock to atoms this College, if I denied that proposition, be cause there are various instances in which the Crown has exercised that right, all of them being dispensations pro hac vice. But then, if the Crown can give dispensations pro hoc vice; whether it can when one Fellow is allowed per mit another Fellow to be elected in the County named, is a question which will not arise only in the present election, but in all future elections to come, that is a pure question of Law, and I state nothing upon► it as a question of Law, because it may come to be further discussed, and if it should not, I should be ready to give my opinion on that questio,n ; but supposing in point of Law, the Crown could not only dispense with the statute pro hac vice, but for a perpetuity, then the question is whether - upon aH rules of presump tion such dispensation ought not in this case to be granted.—Upon that I do not mean to give any opinion, farther than as I have stated, that -may depend on matter of fact. Supposing such a dispensation to belegal, and supposing it to be tried by a jury whether such dispensation had or had not been granted, -I think I should be justified, sitting as a judge be fore a jury, to tell them there were strong grounds for' presuming there had been such a dispensation ; these grounds fortify us as far as they ought to be considered as fortifying us; and when we look to what has taken place.iu the College, they never could have done this with a due and faithful regard to the oaths which the Fellows take if there had not been some such origin for double election. 'lf the ease, as to the eligibility of Mr. God frey, can be disposed of, upon that ground, I mean, with respect to his being a Fellow de jure, then it will be necessary to take many other points into consideration which may arise, some of which are of great consequence to the in terests of the College ; and it will follow, to be considered if a person has been elected into a Fellowship, even where Statutes are such as these are, if he has been elected into such a Fellow ship, the College having no statutable candidate who had better pretensions, and he goes on exer cising that office of a fellow from the time of his Election, whether they can satisfy the due con stitution of the academical appointment, and whether such election must go for nothing, be cause if that had been the state of Mr. Godfrey, and in that way of putting the case he would not be a duly elected .candidate, then, whether in the absence of a statutable candidate, if the election takes place, and he is elected, you are at any distant period at which you think proper to take an objection that he is a fellow de facto ; but while nut yet removed, and remains so, he shall do no one act whatever, which a FcHow dejure may do; or whether, on the other hand ) there is ground oa that distinction for saying that he may do all acts which are not for his own benefit, but he cannot vote. If we once get to the deci sion of the question of the eligibility of Mr. Godfrey, and if that decision should be that he is eligible, and if you hold he was eligible, then there is an end of Mr. Mandell's claim—if, on the other hand, you decide that he is not eligible, then comes another question, whether the first scrutiny is on the Election of Mr. Mandell . I now come to the question of eligibility, but first I wish to call the attention of Counsel, who may have to speak to me again on this subject, to what might be the consequence, or what may be the consequence, with respect to those persons whose situation in this College may be similar, supposing I am to consider Mr. Godfrey as never having been a Fellow at all, and whether it may not become the duty of the Visitor then to trace downwards from the year 1803 to the year 18720, what has or has not been done, and whether what has been done has any reference to any act of Barnes, and how far that may affect the elections' and sittiations of persons who have been subse quently brought into this College ; the extent of that, if not a difficult question, is an extremely serious question to consider; but supposing Mr. Godfrey to be eligible, then I say upon the first scrutiny we shall have to consider whether he was not duly elected and admitted ; but if, on the other hand, he was not eligible, there is an end of all questions about admission, and about the particular operation of the Statute of Charles, and we have nothing then to determine, but whe ther Mr. Mandell was duly elected. Now, with reference to that, see how they come together.—ln the first place, there is no thing in Mr. Mandell's Petition which would authorize me to say that he is duly elected, and I proceed, I believe, to some of the allegations of Mr. King's Petition, because neither petition dis closes to me the state of Mr.Mandell's qualification, in matter of property ; and if Mr. King be right in saying that Mr. Godfrey's title may be affected, it would be incumbent on the visitor, before he could declare Mr. Mandell elected, to see th t he had the qualification which would constitute his Election a good Election; that may now be the unwelcome duty of a visitor, and when the facts on the subject have come to his knowledge, and when he is informed whether he had such qualification, it may then become his further duty to see what is the nature of the qualification, and to see how long it has been enjoyed, because as to the ques tion of the vigenii libri, or the decem libri, I imagine the visitor would have to look to that, and to see how the qualification stood with re spect to the Fellowship and Master. But beyond all that we are to recollect, that in April. all the Fellows of the College being present, Mr. Godfrey, who had been a Fellow of the College de facto, took the oath according to the statutes, that at that Election no intima tion whatever was given by any body that Mr. Godfrey, upon that ground, was not eligible. It is suggested in Mr. Mandell's Petition, and in that of the other respectable Gentleman who joined him, that the matter was not then fully understood. Now that is a very important sug gestion with reference to the general declaration of valid or invalid Election. It is a difficult thing to suppose that this body of Gentlemen did not know that there had been two Middlesex Fellows from the year 1803 to the year 1817, and that they did not •know that Mr. Godfrey was one of them ; and it is more difficult to as sume they did not know it, because those who have judicially to determine are apt to impute to a man a knowledge which he ought to have. This is certainly a knowledge which they ought to have had ; but putting it in any way that they had not that knowledge, as intimated in the Petition, or that they had, this is ex tremely clear, that neither, in point of fact, was there anyl objection, nor in point of possibility almost, could there be that objection made to Mr. Godfrey at the time of the Election. Now there are many cases under the headof Election, where the election of one man may be valid and the election of another not good, which would have been good if notice had been given at the time of the disqualification of the other. In the common case of an Election of a.alembetastifs Par !lament, two Gentlemen go t the. husti.pgs, one has a qualification, and the o r has`not ; finding s E them there, they are both pposed to have qualifications. If notice is given by the G-eu tleman who has a qualification, that the other has no qualification, those who vote after that notice throw away their votes ; but in many cas - es if notice is not given, although he who had the qualification would have the ma jority if the other votes were thrown away, it is not a void Election because he had not a qualifi cation, and he did not know it ; because he ought to know. Without saying more upon that, I think it is extremely difficult to say they had not this knowledge in this case. Then I must travel forward, and see whether Godfrey , is not only duly elected, but duly achnitted, and if duly ad mitted, whether there have been " before" or " at" the time those statutable acts done, which are required to continue validity to that which at the instant was clone, 'and which, when done, may be represented as 'valid. Now upon that, supposing Mr. Mandell not to be elected, and supposing Mr. Godfrey capable of being elected — it seems to me there is no doubt that he was elected—the Statutes upon that go on to say, that as soon as it is seen upon whom the majo rity of five, the Senior and four others, have voted, he is to pronounce that person elected, and to admit him. There is no question upon that, that I see : there is no doubt that pro nouncing the Election of a person is not an ad mission, that admission is something distinct from Election ; and the question upon that is, what constitutes admission ? Is it to be taken here. that admission takes place the moment he takes the oath and has the keys delivered to him ? No book of law states that is an admission, and it will be to be considered whether that is to be taken as the admission or not ; and if that is to be taken as the admission, then another question arises, namely, a subscribing before the Vice- Chancellor at such an hour as that in which be did subscribe, namely, the next day, was a sub scribing within the meaning of the Statute of the 13th and 14th of Charles I. ? If not an admis siOu—and when I speak of admission, I do not speak only of what is the meaning of "inittere," but whether the construction must not be " ha bere possessionem," if I may use those words, for I must construe both—if that be not an ad mission, then another question would arise, whe ther the subsequent signing or subscribing is not an admission which will clearly satisfy the Statute of the 13th and 14th of Charles 11. and here Mr. Montague will excuse me if I take the liber ty of saying- to him that with all the Academical notions I can form of admissions in Colleges, which I conceive belong to the line of argument to be adopted in this particular case, I certainly think the taking the oath of office is not the ad mission which is meant in all these cases, but there is a form of admission, a pronunciation of ad mission which is the admission which is generally meant by that word, and I mention that to Mr. Montague, because it is not an ungrateful thing to myself to see it in an old fellow, and I think he did perfectly right, considering himself a Mi nisterial man, in making the admission which was made. If the admission is to be taken to be an ad mission complete on the Sunday, then comes a very material question certainly, and that is what is the meaning of the words of the Statute " at or before." Now, " Before," certainly is not " At," and " At" has been, cannot mean " After"—" At" cannot mean " After," and it cannot mean " Before ;" " At" must have a meaning either of one of those kinds or not ; that is, it must be simultaneous or contemporary, or in a sense " After" and in point of [saw a thin;; may be said to be done " At" a time when done " Af ter" according to the ordinary sense of the word after. The Statute of Charles If. mlst be looked to here, because with whatever indulgence a vi sitor might act if disposed so to do, with respect to College Statutes, where custom enabled him, per haps he is bound to consider a great deal more the Statutes of the Land, and this is a Sta tute of the Land ; but if a party can take the oath, and can be well admitted, we are to be told that notwithstanding the Statute, if he did not take the oath, and subscribe before his admission, but in a sense subscribed it after his admission; let us see how that must be argued, for I put it either way. Suppose this had been an Election at which the Vice Chancellor had been present, and it had been a Week-day instead of a Sunday ; the fact I mean of the Senior Fellow saying, "Magister admittit,&c." taking him up to his seat could not be simultaneous with the subscription, and you cannot say that is not in the true sense " after," and yet it would be, in the sense of the Act of Parliament, " at," unless you say that the person admitted is to take care, if he can, so to arrange as to sign " at," in the strict sense of a simultaneous and contempora neous signature ; or shall be a person who signs before, or else not be capable of being admitted. Now that is a very strong construction to put upon a Penal Statute. It would certainly do no great harm in this case, but it might do a great deal of harm to the intention of the Founder, be cause, though it is not probable, you will go beyond the walls to find the maximum idenei; yet if you did so, and told a man he could not be elected at all unless he did so, you would call upon him to do that which would be a most difficult thing for him so to arrange as to do.— Perhaps it is enough to say on a Penal Statute, you would go as far as you could to give a fair construction to the word 'C at," in saying it meant a reasonable time after. In one sense of the word, I make the subscription at —you can not go farther than that which is a reasonable construction, if you can go so far. I think it would have been a very good thing if Mr. Man dell had gone to the Vice Chancellor, and asked what he would have done if he had been asked to admit the subscription on the Sunday, and I think it not at all unlikely that he would admit the subscription, but it does not follow in point of law that, beat se he would admit that, there fore, it necessarily should be so on a Sunday ; at least that is very much worth arguing, because it involves this question,whether he was bound upon a Sunday to admit the subscription. I suppose he doeg.not keep the book himself ;. and if he was not bouts another - Osstion aii„ses . nam'bly, wile tfieft- °dire Neililkailnd tn - 7:t1 11 ,k4.111tt. IteT•tike wbuiii .. ~. do it or not, or, in other words, whether a man is bound, by law to make a demand on a Sunday, which another, on whom That demand is made, is not bound to comply . with on a Sunday ; and whether T if he does on 'Monday morning do that act in the only way he can (putting it hypothetically that he is not bound on the Sunday) does he not then do it in the fair sense of a penal statute " at" the time; this does appear tome to be a question which surrounds nearly ,the whole of this case. I am sorry to say a great many cases may arise out of this question (if all these questions are gone into) which I have - certainly no inclination to start, and which it will be very difficult to bury if we happen to hear of them. With these short expositions it does appear to me, that before this case is disposed of, if the Crown thinks fit to submit to me any arguments in support of its right to appoint, if the election is void, I cannot decide before. I hear the Crown, and with respect to the effect of a void election and the Crown's right, if the Attorney General will tell me any day, or what day will do for him to argue It ) I will give the whole of that day to the subject,. because I think it is better not to delay it. Mr. HART—Does not your lordship tl►ink there is one other point on the construction of the wo►d 44 at." If you should be of opinion that if the Vice Chancellor was not bound to ac cept the subscription on the Sunday because it was Sunday, therefore that it was not incumbent on Godfrey to tender his subscription, whether according to the correct construction of the st►ttute, the common statute law, he was not bound to sus pend his own admission on that day. LORD CHANcELLon---that you see goes to two points. That is fairly enough raised, and we shall get to that point necessarily (and I am obliged to you to for mentioning it) if it is de termined that what he did on the Sunday was an admission, but that is a point which reqnires a great deal of consideration. Mr. HuuataSTY—My Lord, I wtote dorm` to Cambridge, and the University felt it was their duty to choose a Chancellor. I received a letter by return of post which I have shown to counsel. I I thOught it right to mention to the Fellows what had fallen from the court, and I feel it my duty, standing in the painful situation in which I have stood,aud in which I still stand, and knowing much more than I ought to suggest to your Lordship, I would submit, whether it is not my duty, if you think proper to hear me, to state the nature of the foundation of the College, and the substan tial interest they have in this question. Loran CILINCELLOR.—I shall be very glad to hear any thing that can tend to throw a light on the subject. Mr. HUBB'EItiTY.—I am not prepared, nor did I intend to trouble your Lordship now. I had previously put in an affidavit, setting oat and con firming facts, with which I thought it necessary to trouble your Lordship. LORD CIIANCELLOR.---I can have no objection to hear that which is relevant. Mr. HunernsTy.—l did intend with good ad vice, with very good advice,•to present a petition to your Lordship, praying you would assist us from the peculiar circumstances of the case, but it•was thought better that I should not. Mr. HART.—I should submit, my Lord, poi however painful a situation► this Gentleman may be placed in, whatever be can say now can lime no effect on the question between these parties. It is dot for me to say that he is. not to bring be fore the Court whatever he thinks proper, but I submit, it will have no effect on the question now before the Court. Mr. HunnEn3TY:—l had prepared an affidavit, and had tendered myself without any interference with the interests of any of the parties. The affidavit, when prepared, was thought immaterial in many parts, and I thought it better to submit to the discretion of the parties, but now I tender myself, I do not think I am interfering with what has occurred. I am sure lam about to bring before the Court some circums!ances which all parties are connected with. LORD Cn.txcELLoa.—But if they do not affect the present Election, it does not appear to me, that however proper it may be for me to hear them, that it is proper for me to hear them with reference to the present Election. If there is any thing which it is agreed would lie proper for me to take notice of I should feel grateful for it, and any suggestion may be made to me in ano ther form. Mr. IfouNE.-1 would suggest, my Lcrd, that it had better be made when this College has a proper Head to it. LORD CHANCELLOR.—Mr. Attorney, when do you think I can hear you. _ _ Mr. ATTORNEY-G CRAL.— . I hope your Lord ship will give me as much time as you can, con sistently with the nature of the case. LORD CIIANCELLOR.—We cannot possibly go on with it this week. Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, —No, my Lord, I must receive some instructions. Loan CHANCELLOR.-Will you be ready by the latter end of next week. Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL:I should think so, my Lord. LORD CHANCELLOR.—Then let it stand for this dayse'nnight._ Mr. should think some arrangement may be made, by which the documents which are most important may be put into a sort of common custody, so that we may all have access to them, and that becomes more important, with reference to his Majesty's Attorney-General, be cause it is most requisite for him to see them. If your Lordship would direct in whose custody they might be it would save a good deal of ex pence. Mr. SHADWELL.—On the part of Mr. Godfrey, he is willing that they should be lodged in the Chambers of the Solicitor for the Treasury, if it meets your Lordship's pleasure, and the parties can hand over copies of the affidavits.. Mr. MoNTAouEti—•M Lord, as there are so ma.ny prsons coining up'for the purpose of hear ing this caw, it would be desirabie such a day should be flied, as that it might peremiitorily ,be lteltil that dui ; thi . stery s te'nnigtt is a: 1 / 4 t.:‘ LORD CIIANCELLOIL—I altered it to Saturday for that reason. Mr. MoNTAGuE.—Then ) ,if there be any chance LORI) CHANCELLOR.—You had better take Tuesday se'nuight. MR. KEA N. The following account of a Theatrical Dirin'er ; ; given at New York to Mr . . - Kti.XN, is copied from a Newspaper of that City, of the `?9th fast Yesterday a select number of Gentlernen . friends. of the Drama, gave a dinner to Mr. K EAN, at the City Hotel, as a public testimony, of their admiration o f hi s shi n i ng p ro f ess i ona l talents, and a mark of their esteem for his am7a- . ble personal deportment since his residence iii New York. After an elegant dinner, at which Mr. D. LYNCH officiated as 'President, and Mr. STEPHEN PRICE as Vice-President, the following toasts were given, interspersed with songs, duets, and glees, in the best style, while hilarity, under the guidance of decorum, prevailed throughout the room. Thalia and nelonmene—Twin sisters of the Mimic Arty whose silver harp and celestial fire give genius and animation to the llrama " "'She Memory of the Immoltal SLal.s, elre"— " A sweeter swat), than ever soot; in Po ; A shriller nightie ale !ban ever blvs,'A The prouder groves of self-athoiriog Room, 11-lithr was each valley, anti e.ido slivithertl• irr , ertf, While he elmont his itommtal minctreky." " The Mt more' °Mania—So ai hi, 4.3'0AV11 :11111 SCeptTe contittuc t.' 44,0'1111 to the Irgititwite sovereigus of the drama we will not withhold our allegiencc." " Geiiiiis—The birthright of no cotintry—Alre couurtutt pro-• perty of all." " Arts, Science, and Literature--Tht tiirrats of nationar glory"' " The'illeatre—lts ottjcet, when we'.l directed, is to improve he mind, refitth the taste, at►ti mend the morals." " The N'aii•—'Their smiles ~1041 tears ; at lotter the test and he rest:►rd ref bistti4mic 'owl it "' " Ant hors—Nlay they successfully imitate-the scultis of the illustrious dead." '' Groat Britain and the United `rates—; common.whnira tion of the same merits us of tatents'iis the two countries urns! tend to cement a friendship which it is our mutual interest to , Cultivate and improve." Mr. NOAH in the- course of the evening pro.- posed the" Health of Mr. Kean." I have olY•-• served; said he, with pleasure, that among the toasts already drank is ono to which I fully sub scribe—that declares Genius to be the birthright of no cottntrb , , but the common proper fg of all.. Under this intprestfion I beg leave to pro-' pose the health of - our esteerned guest, wimse dra matic talent Iras been w mn.ch admired, and which has already given a new direction to public taste, and whose residence in {his country, 1 trust, will bt as p i vatifinig and profitable to himself as it lia , 9 already been to the New York Duklierme. Thc•toast was drank with laud- applause, awl after a pause of a _few seconds, Mr. KEAN rose, and addressed the company h nearly the follav ing manner:— tir.NTLExicx—To pass over in silence sneii nnequivocal testimonials of your approbation, would, I feat, savour more of insensibility than diffidence :old while I apologise for my want of eloquence, I no.st add, that I proud of flattering opportunity to otter, in the'simple lasiguage of twf heart, my grateful acknowledgments to the Citizens of NeW York. When the professiimol man is fortunate enough Iv': blend private esteem with public' approbeion, he must t r ay, achievedthe very extent of Isis ambition, un i o n of thine feelings have been so manifestly conspicuous dur ing my short residence in this city that it hasp lace./ the records of your kindness narramrirt tit etran.- 2 bare too hieh an opiolon of the 'form,— j'sirkmerst liberality of feeling of those Gentlemen whop. I h ave now the honour of asi aressing, not to suppose they wortl.l encooroge toe i t s those sentiments of attachment I ever most entrrttO'r for that country which gave use birth—fur that country which f hare Is ft every thing that is dear to me—for Oulu vomit ry which by its plaudits, fanned the husultle s;•ark of ta" . your protect Mrs, the intiosloolon to. your /rospital'ity : n or lost. till it lighted. up a reputation which is the rasspurt 1. 0 does the influence itrrig" farmer r:ttefttr onTy to the stranger whom you hare• so , tzetscrously welccnned. There are Iseastry. ileac to me, roui,ilint with mine by tics o f a ff ec ti on and ar— !lance, who are, periraps, clt th;.s mom en t - ant i c i pat i mr w ith, joy my profissi.utal success in this country, and will /;tents your names with their thanks to the graudDispenserof It i. there, Gentlemen, in my domestic circle, I shall tloell on the retrospection of these hours; it is ti*cre / shaft ins.triscl: the tieing intrusted to my care to respect and hive the patrols* of his father ; : illfi while the pages of your history rec-ov::!1 aAtisrcrnents that give lustre to the political and warlike charactel of your country, he assured that the English Actor will, to the last hour, extol the merits of vont' private weirthr. ;111(14 ratefully trausmit his - Columbian laurels to the clutset of his postesily... . . A volunteer toast by Judy.,e LIVINGSTON The Straoger—We grcet him %%'ith a cordial %.%;Ic,:tne tai ior shore." By his honour the MA von :- " will deserve and command the respect of ad Countries." EXETER MSS.----An - investigation of the nume rous records of the city of Exeter has lately" taken place. These valuable articles of an tictity have long rer 'led deposited in old chests, in a. private apartment of the Guildhall, almost ne- glected. Upwards of 100 manuscripts have al ready been discovered and examined by the GEORGE OLIVER PITMAN JONES ' , Esq., & c ..--.. Many of them are beautifully written on fine : vellum, and present same curious and interesting historical occurrences. The earliest yet found is: of the time of King \I3T. lttFus, 1090, being. about the period -that OSBERTL7S, the Norman, was Bishop of Exeter ; and it is thought some_ earlier manuscripts - *lazy sf.ill be discovered, BURGLARTES.—No- less than eleven bar-gravies have been committed on the Acton road within the last three weeks. The house of Mr. Parker, silversmith, of Berner's-street, Southall, Middle sex was broken into last week, and robbed of / • plate, linen, &c. to a considerable amount. Early on Sunday morning last the house of Mr. Man ton, gun-maker ] also at Southall, was broken into, by forcing the front parlour shutters, and the robbers got off with a quantity of linen, aprarel, &c. but it is supposed they were alarmed by some means, as they might have obtained much more booty. The house of Mrs. Fenshawe, situated a short distance from the road, through Ealinß Common, was broken into at the back part, awl property in- plate, linen, &c. to the amount of nearly hundr , --1 pounds was stolen. The thieves h , :re regal& Nnselves below with hani and a bottle of brandy,