The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-25 00:00:00

I .; -- existing system, relief to the extent of 8,000,000/. had al ready been given to the people. He should also oppose it, becau se it would derange the whole of the present system of taxation, and operate in a double sense injuriously upon tl:e employment of capital ; but he trusted that the Hon. Gen tleman would not f ee l i t necessary to take the sense of the ti use upon it.---(Hear, hear.) the • hieli Mr. B. HOY concurred in much that had fallen from Light Hon. G ent l eman. There was only one part on e 1 • he mit It necessary to make any observation, and that dust the appli ca ti on of the principle of probate and legacy _;erY, with the Right Hon. Gentleman that a g reeing to t he resoluti ons b efore the House would be highly preju to:till:jell: capita], and therefore he concured in hoping that n. M em b er for Worcester would notpress his mo tion t o a division' p m Mr ' HUME cou ld not agree with those Hon. Gentle en who th ought that direct taxation was the very worst little e in whi c h taxes could be levied. He had thought that difference of opinion existed on that subject. With regard to what the Hon. Member had said respecting the Itvearlyenience which any portion of the labouring classes ui d,feel at the loss of employment for . fifteen . days toge therlou.ne considered that nothing more distressing to the la u floe classes could take place. If amen who had no other for Mean. _ . ot subsistence than his daily labour was to be kept_ u 'meet) days out of employment, the consequences to him Itbe most grievous. But what was the best way It Promoting th e employment of the wor ki ng c l asses ? Pocketsas in his m i n d , b y not ta ki ng money out o f t h e co uld of those wh o afforded them employment. He w ith rep o uld call the att en ti on o f t h e H ouse t o w h a t occurre d iu pect to th e repea l o f t h e d uty on sa l t . I t wou ld b e their recollection that at the time that they repealed bat the at ti duty O n salt, that amounted to 15s. per bushel, whilst th e d me the price of salt per bushel was 20s. Well, d ui havi ng b een ta k en off, the price of salt was re al due to 2s, a b us h e l . Th ere then was a loss of 3s. to the froanufacturer on the full rate ; that was in the reduction eatio. 6 s s• to . 2s. In the same . proportion, if they looked to th at a articles which paid an excise duty, they would _find tin the fall on each article was proportioned to the reduc e of taxation. He differed in the opinion which the itil• Gentleman had expressed respecting a proper i ti e t d a i x d . aotthe principle of such a tax he fully concurred. s a i d a gree in what the Chancellor of the Exchequer had pert' , that luckless would be the man who proposed . . a pro e o i r a t3 '. d tax. In that opinion he by no means was willing to sub; e el je n • Ile was pleased to hear what had fallen on this lio n from the Hon. Gentleman who introduced the mo vie The Ch ance ll or o f t h e E xc h equer had said that r if tervresorted to a property tax at all, it should be e lia ec l for a time of war.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. (li me ) hoped that they never would have a time of war.— ear.) 8.,, Pert y t ..t were they to be kept off from adopting a pro of ap a r, x • If it should be thought expedient, until the . time in w- n • ‘ : He found there was a great objection existing greatq u arters to the adoption of a property tax. A lie wi roPorti on of capital of the country, be admitted, was Nobi,, n i g to bear its proper share of taxation. When the th e . 1 ,;" "rd, who had given notice of a motion respecting ate („,erieultural distress, should bring that motion forward, oxake'tusrt'utHome) should e prepared to show what was the to 8110 e of agricultural taxation. He would be prepared ari st w that there was no country iu which the landed (01, -c o laeY bore so little taxation as in this country.—_ it a , ".) He held in his hand a copy of a return by which laidri l _eared that since the legacy and probate duty ive f r a e r was B u Q n, the amount of personal property administered sen a l r , 6 '° 00 ,000/. It appeared from this return that per ;Lae 4 3 "7„ertY had paid into the Exchequer no less a sum . ad not ", 000/., whilst landed property during that time Prop o , l) ,aid one farthing. He now came to the course Cor e °Y the Hon. Gentleman who bad made the mo °f 4% 11 4 conf esse d that he had little confidence in the plan c ould vro which the Hon. Gentleman had proposed. He l aid n ot agr ee i n any of the principles which he had Il e b a d rn, though he agreed in many of the statements and m ade. With respect to the reduction of taxation, jag ePiaarsticularly as regarded p the manufacturing and work torn noses he was surprised to find that the Hon. Mem torn 1 2'Is Proposed reductions had made no mention of the inj ni ,j o g i vs• The corn laws, he would be able to prove, were ext ent u t s h to the productive industry of the country to an were branches of i n d ustry so circumstanced that it required th elur st trifling diff erence to i n fl uence t h em , an d make /nano? °s Perous or oth erw i se. W hen h e was l as t i n the clifF ere act ring parts of E ng l an d h e was informed that the exte ns ? e , e °I - 4-d. or id. h a d b een t h e means of removing an alto,et‘e branch o f manufacturing industry from t h e place salt afer• It was a pr i nc i ple of monopo l y w hi c h was the t aller s o ur taxatio n . Wh en t h ey spo k e o f the con settlers the should endeavour to extend the class of con- f ta zati _ as much as possible by a fair and proper system of Cass system that would not press exclusively on one tre e d . 11 one point that had been propOsed he fully of th e E Ile meant an ad valorem duty. The Chancellor kitt e , lehecluer was fully aware that, both in the COM teen an IT stairs hind in the House below, he had always od t ,, vor advocate for trying what they could do with an tho m, e '",duty. c atd a• ?erne.. Now, with respect to tea for instance, Cps, that was one of the most unfavourable they werab, selectcane had always been of opinion that it was most t he ir i f I . en the poor man to pay as much duty for te, a t : ior article he consumed as they required the rich No w, .P.aY for the superior article which be consumed. e atie,, e!ith respect to the management of our customs for in` he would refer to the article of wines. There were, purchase sta.,uoe, Moselle and other wines which might be that l \ , / u l mi the Continent at 4d. a bottle. He believed 4 . a e ° o s i e , l e might be imported into this country at about subj ect ; and was it not, then, an absurd system to ditty wine of this description to the same amount of °leo, t he more expensive wines, which were sold at a tref er "d i lier price ? There were few men that would not u eti g , a ' ll6ll g these milder and lighter wines, instead of stre nzer s under the pr esent system, compelled to dr i n k t h e alight 11 aV and More potent w i nes. H e did not k now b u t thi s bad Y ana country e greater effect upon the character of the thh they were a t all prepared to think. People h tl e . e was sure, preferred weak wines to the stronger. he avi e , speak from experience—(a laugh)—for after ft°,,,u,Sed light svfoines on the Continent for three months, s li t tl iF l o n t e s. O r n e m: d time itadmitted d a t f h t c a r t returned relish the he he was a mere mortal, ilaph sue was his opinion, why was it not reasonable to for P:seitat others felt similarl ? He was an advocate was henarlge in the system.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He up,lios'ortiehttbat there was noChancellor of the Exchequer c ent. not to be satisfied with a duty of 100 u'er e °o the wine drank in this country, and if they t E , °l4 i e r i o t 4 i t , : e _ o t with this duty, they could have excellent wine me was co country at Is. a bottle. He hoped that the N as eo n ,. t e thm g , h ;IV when they would be able to effect that. _PY th ao t put t, would be more satisfactory to the coun 7,,ourit, ° the excise out of every manufactory in the hi d voThe Chancellor of the Exchequer would always che quer'lv n natever taxes he reduced returned to the Ex ere not so other way. It appeared to him that they t :'eir unjust in their system of taxation, but in flans tact 0 1 (,)n as well. Now, with respect to the alters.- I :atichi se, '..an from time to time taken place in the elective , s e_en rosiseiat extension to the working classes had always k i o r rti en 0f , 2 ' 1 On the ground that they did not possess any o.,Perty .. ea ßital- It was, therefore, determined - that a geuld bquanfication for the possession of the franchise . !0111(1 bestablished. Now he considered that nothing ' t rl eulnore fallacious than this. All the landed capital h aPit a l p ° o, ll trY Was not equal in amount to the amount of d e err, b ee by the working classes. This class had, tcl u ived of to severely taxed. They had not merely been i;eY Wer _ their right s as the possessors of capital, but Geenc,ubjected to an undue share of taxation. . The irn 'e h ur °rltie le T a n proceeded to contend that the capital o I , h eort ano : asses, consisting of labour, was of as much nn t' o ll it to n as any other description of capital, and that roll f r g i r i e l at extent the prosperity of the country de ity ptile attend Hon. Hon. Gentleman was content merely to e s r ntion of the House to the principle contained . st, nssist_nesolution, he would be willing to give him his %e; otherwise he could not support him. J. V . . id a few words in explanation. hliedi_vi`XWELL contended that the Hon. Member eo t ro L e .X Was mistaken in what be had stated respe_ ou e our rod !we taxation of the agricultural classes. He " qu er In the view which the Chancellor of the Ex had taken res • eif4•respecting a property tax. . 34 th e LER felt that a property tax must eventually ar e of I p f oor e lan ; and, in instance that the poor were t tl av ul . bl er o t hts ts faot, he stated a case in which one of the t att as hi s _7B expressed himself opposed to the tax, and ly f• 011 uPee r asonthe, that a ny tax on the landlord must even- Cal tenant. Of h %el Stip, kr re llett., tHoltp was also of opinion that taxation r m ust of nee • fall - labour. of i , • essayupon 1 4? in .quisi " t _L__ . 6 , was opposed to a property tax, because . a t a tt orial chaurr.lat nature. A direct tax, divested. of an in . .x eo„,, acter, nature' certainly desirable ; but, as such I lt a iee a C e i t u a not he freed from its inquisitorial and uneonsti -4' Nieutubr•ereter, he should oppose the proposition of the to • BL N , fel' Worcester. of is opi ni „ was favourable to a property tax, which, colleecn, Was the simplest, the best, and the cheapest C n i o uu• Qar t° h ave tl N IPSON Wished th a t b e h a d 10,000/. a hor would experime n t o f a property tax tried upon oti ' t %ved that " pay his eq uiva l en t p ort i on , and be 4 . 41 e 1, 111 _0, should never have " merry England " again i Rot /1 ;e of ta xat i on was adopte d . of a'• T. ,49N replied. I‘, 41(41 011 D protested against the withd rawa l t•I le neli had been so requently did. ROBINS ON said thatf as there was not scusse a sufficient feeling in the House with him he would allow his proposi tion to be outvoted without a division. HEIRS OF ENTAIL (SCOTLAND). Mr. CHALMERS brought in a Bill to alter, amend, and make effectual so much of the Ist and 2d of William IV., c. 48, as relates to the powers given to heirs of entail in possession in Scotland to burthen their estates for the purpose of making turnpike roads. Mr. A. TREVOR moved for a statement of the num ber of endowed Roman Catholic Colleges in England and Wales, the nature of their several endowments, the num ber of professors annexed to each, and their respective salaries. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Sir G. GREY moved for leave to bring in a Bill " to revive and continue in force until the Ist of August, 1840, an Act passed by the Legislature of Jamaica on the 4th of July, 1834, to explain and amend an Act for the Aboli tion of Slavery in that Island, and in aid of the same."— Leave granted. PRINTED PAPERS. Mr. TOOKE rose to call the attention of the House to the subject of the delivery of printed papers to Members of the House. He had a short time back applied for two copies of a Report which he thought it desirable that his constituents should have, and which he intended to present to two public libraries with that view. The Speaker, how ever, at the suggestion of the Committee, declared that he did not feel himself authorised to order those Reports to be given to him, but that he might purchase them. Now it was very well for his Hon. Friend the Member for Middle sex to send any of his constituents to the shops where these documents were sold, but when the request for them came from the country, seldom accompanied by remittances, few Hon. Members would have nerve enough to make their constituents the same reply, and he thought it hard that Hon. Members should be put to the expense of purchasing papers which were necessary to give information to their constituents. Another objection was that no place of sale was provided for them within the walls of the House, and that Members had no Parliamentary privilege, not even the right of pre-emption, but were obliged to go to a: common shop, and take their chance like any ordinary customer. Some place within the walls of the House ought to be set apart for their sale. The SPEAKER inquired whether the Hon. Member intended to make any motion ? Mr. TOOKE said that if he made any motion it would, br., that it was not within the province of the Select Com mittee of Printed Papers to interfere with the discretion of the Speaker in the distribution of the printed papers of that I louse. The SPEAKER said that it was not his wish to be un corteous to any Member ; but, the House having intrusted him with a certain discretion, to be used for the attainment of a certain object, he felt himself bound to avail himself of the advice and opinion of the Select Committee with regard to the particular case mentioned. The Hon. Mem ber applied to him for two copies for two libraries. Now, had he granted that application, he should have opened the door to so. large a number of similar applications, that be deemed it right to avail himself of the assistance of the Com mittee, which decided that to public libraries copies of re ports of this kind should not be given. Mr. HUME said that the Committee which had come to the decision of selling the papers to the public, did so on the ground that there were two millions of copies by them, and that there were great numbers who would be glad to avail themselves of the privilege of purchasing these papefs at a cheap rate ; and that Committee was moved for at the suggestion of his Hon. Friend .himself.—(Hear.) That Committee had for two days together taken into considera tion the question whether copies should be given to public libraries and institutions, and had at last come to the deci sion that it would be so utterly impossible to draw a fair line of distinction between those institutions to which it might be desirable to extend such a privilege and those to which it would not be so desirable, that they negatived the proposition altogether. These papers were sold for a half penny a sheet, infinitely less than they cost, and he thought, therefore, his Hon. Friend had nothing to complain of on that score. It might, perhaps, be a matter of complaint that he was compelled to go any distance from the House to obtain them. Sir T. FREMANTLE said as the Hon. Member being put to the expense of purchasing these reports at the cost of but a few shillings, he thought that many Hon. Members would be glad to oblige their constituents at so cheap a rate. Lord G. LENNOX thought every facility ought to be given to Members to obtain these papers. After some further desultory conversation, Colonel SIBTHORP thought it shameful for the House to entertain this trumpery proposition of a three-halfpenny saving to Members in procuring, documents for the use of their constituents. Mr. TOOKE denied that he was actuated be any pal try feeling of parsimony. He would withdraw the motion. ACCIDENTS ON RAILROADS. Mr. POTTER moved " That no railway or tramway whereon carriages are propelled by steam shall be made across any highway on the level, unless the Committee on the Bill report that such a restriction ought not to be enforced." The Hon. Gentleman said he would very shortly explain the reasons which induced him to bring this question before the House. In a very short period it was probable that railways would be so numerous that the country would be intersected in almost every direction, and it was conse quently of great importance that public roads should be protected. By the vigilance of a Noble Lord in the other House of Parliament, no railway can cross a turnpike-road or the canal. In the new High-way Act there is a clause which provides that whenever a railway crosses a highway used for carts or carriages, gates are to be erected, which are to be closed, so as to prevent carriages crossing on the approach of trains propelled by steam. This causes considerable delay, and even with this precaution, accidents have happened. Bridle-roads and foot-roads are entirely unprotected ' • many of them are of g reat conve nience, and much used. He (Mr. Potter) could detail to 'the House a long list of very dreadful accidents which have happened by persons being overtaken by the teams, but he would only mention two, Which occurred in Lancashire. In the spring of 1835, Mrs. Wood with her infant child was passing on a lane which the Bolton Railway separates on the level ; the train came upon her and threw her down ; her shrieks brought her husband to the spot. ; on his arrival his wife and child lay dead on the tram, which had passed over her, completely severing one leg and one of her arms. —(Hear, hear.) Only last January a woman was killed whilst crossing at the Yarmington Junction Railway. When it is considered the rapid rate at which the trains proceed, there is no wonder accidents occur —they generally travel 20 miles an hour, but frequently much quicker. The distance from Manchester to Liverpool (31 miles) has frequently been performed in an hour ; and he understood such was the improvement in the steam-engine, that there u-as scarcely any limit of speed to which they will be brought.. Colonel THOMPSON seconded the motion. The subject was referred to a Select Cpmmittee. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. WYSE asked leave to move for a Bill for the esta bllishment of a board of national education, and the ad vancement of elementary education in Ireland. His object was that a permanent Board should be established under the sanction of the Legislature, and that there should be a regular and constant superintendence of the funds. Mr. W. ROCHE seconded the motion. After a few -words from Mr. Lefrov, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER . repu diated the charge that Government encouraged Members to bring forward motions from sectarian or party views. • Mr. LEFROY explained. • Dr. BALDWIN said a few words in support of the motion. Mr. WYSE replied. Leave was given to bring in the Bill, Mr. BARRON moved for the return of all fees for 1835 charged by Judges' criers in circuit in Ireland for affidavits, recognizances, records, appeals, traverses, and burning peti tions ; also, of all fees paid by each sub-sheriff in Ireland to the Judges' criers, and under what Act ; also, all fees or sa laries paid by each county and county of a city in Ireland to the Judges' criers.—Agreed to. Also, the return of the fees charged by the clerks of the Crown in Ireland for summonses to compel the attendance of witnesses for each traverse and burning petition ; also, for searches made in the Crown Office, and under what Act, for 1835.—Agreed to. Sir T. FREMANTLE presented a petition in favour of the Bristol, Birmingham, and Thames Junction Railway. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Eleven. EXPLOSION. —On Wednesday last, the neighbour hood near Mr. Whitfield's d i stillery , lower end of George street, street, was suddenly thrown into a state of alarm, by a loud report, as if a gun had just been fired off in the distillery it self. It appeared, on inquiry, that Mr. W. had put about a quart of spirit in a cask, and had set fire to it. for the purpose of charring the inside, previous to its being filled with liquor. The moment the fire reached the spirit, it rarificd the air in the cask to such a degree, that a stream of liquid fire soon issued out at the bung-hole. Alarmed at this, Mr. Whitfield attempted to roll the cask on its hung, expecting that it would soon smother the fire ; instead of which, however, a tremen dous explosion took place, which fortunately did no other mis chief than smashing the cask to pieces. Nor did Mr. W. and another man, close by, receive the least injury. The fire was soon extinguished, which providentially did not reach a load of hay, that had been taken in a short time before, and which wits only a few yards from the spot where the explosion took place.—.lersey Argus. Dissatisfaction, it is said, prevails in Newark, respecti ng th e arra ngements that have been made under the new Poor Law Act, as Newark, with a population of more than ten thousand, is only to have four guardians under the n7...w Bill. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1836. LADY ,HEWLEY'S CHARITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Bristol, March 8, 1836. SlR—About a month ago, Lord Lyndhurst, with his learned coadjutors, Baron Alderson and Sir John Patteson, confirmed the decision of the Vice-Chancellor in the case of Lady Hewley's Charity ; and since that time , statements have )ap peared in various newspapers, especially one copied from the Patriot, strongly criminatory of the late Trustees, and of the religious body to which most of them belonged. I have never myself been in any way concerned in the ma nagement of the trust, or in the legal proceedings respectino. it ; and I have never derived any pecuniary benefit from the Charity. My view of the case has not only been formed de liberately and conscientiously, but also after having had some apprehension, when the case was first brought forward, that the Trustees might not have been fully justified in the course they pursued, although in point of fact they distributed about 2,0001. per annum out of 3,0001., among persons of Orthodox opinions. Thus circumstanced, I respectfully submit the fol lowing observations in relation to the Trustees, and to the judgment pronounced against them. Some things will be admitted on all bands : 1. That if Lady Hewley had left her money expressly to encourage ministers to preach or write against the Trinity, or to deny any of the persons therein to be God, her intention could not have been legally carried into effect. 2. That she did not institute her Charity for such purpose. 3. That if the Trustees had employed her Charity to send forth Ministers to execute such purpose, this appropriation would, before 1813, have been illegal, and at all times morally unjustifiable. 4. That the Trustees were to be guided in the distribution of their Charitable funds, by what they believed to be her in. tention in relation to the several classes of recipients, viz.-- Preachers, Widows, Students, and Hospitallers. The ascertainment of this intention is the essence of the matter, not only in the moral, but in the legal, view of the case. It was repeatedly stated by the learned Judges, that the whole is a question of FACT, the course of law being clear when that is known. It is only on this ground that I presume to object to their decision. In the balance of probabilities as to Lady Hewley's intentions, persons accustomed to discrimination among reli gious opinions, and to the history of their variations, especially at the period in question—the beginning of the last century__ have some of the most important elements for sound judgment ; and for myself I declare that I desire no decision that is not according to truth and justice. I am of opinion that Baron Alderson did not show that dis crimination among religious opinions which the case peculiarly required, in relation either to the Apostles' Creed, or to Bowles's Catechism. To the latter I shall advert hereafter : respecting the former, I have two serious objections to his judgment. 1. Where representing the Apostles' Creed as a test of the intentions of the devisor, he did not take the Creed simply, but as explained by the Catechism of the Church of England, though Lady Hewley neither was a member of that Church, nor directed the use of its Catechism. 2. That though Unitarians in general object to the use of any Creed in their public worship, they regard this as fully accordant with their own fundamental doctrines; and it actually formed a part of the Liturgy originally used by Mr. Lindsey in the Unitarian Chapel in Essex-street, and is found in other Litur gies compiled by persons of like sentiments. Taking the Apostles' Creed as a test of the intentions of the devisor, as the Learned Baron laid down, the decision should have been for the Trustees. It further appears to me that the Learned Judges were not observant of the important distinction between the practice of worshipping God, the Father Almighty, alone, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, (which is the restrictive principle of Unitarian worship, and the sole bond of union among the members of Unitarian congregations,) and the writing or preaching against the doctrine of Trinity. The latter put the individual out of the pale of the Toleration Act; the for mer was in no way whatever affected by it. The exceptions in that Act did not reach the worship which was exclusively addressed to the Father, nor the exclusive preaching of those doctrines, which all believers in " Christ's holy Gospel" receive, I now proceed to state what appears to me of the chief mo ment in a scertaininr , the intentions of (he devisor. Everything that h as b transpired in evidence, leads to regard Lady Hewley as what would now be termed moderately ortho dox ; believing, not improbably, in the Trinity ; but, like many others of that class, in the present day, laying the greatest stress upon hopes and principles which are, in reality, common to all Christians, whether Protestant or Catholic, Trinitarian or Unitarian ; and seeking chiefly to promote the spirit of the common Lord and Saviour, and obedience to his commands. She belonged to an English denomination, called Presbyterian, though without any of the characteristics of the Presbyterian form of Church-government, as distinguished from the Independeuts ; but which essentially differed from the latter, at the period in question, by imposing no Creed, or Confession of Faith, as the terms of Christian communion. By this unshackled liberty of private judgment, the way was pre pared for a gradual change of opinion, among the congrega tions which were the early objects of Lady. Hewley's bounty, as well as among the descendants of her original Trustees, and of her own kindred. Her heir-at-law is a Unitarian. Without departin g from the system of her religious deno mination, Lady Hewley could not have imposed any exclusive test of doctrine on the ministers of the Gospel, or the students for the ministry, who we-e to be the objects of her bounty. As a matter of fact she did not impose any. The Learned Judges laid down, that those conditions of religious knowledge which the devisor appointed for admis sion into her alms-house, she may be presumed to have in tended for the other classes ; on the contrary , I argue that since she imposed some conditions for the " alms-bodies," and did not for the ministers and students, she did not intend to impose them for these, or that others should do it after her. But even such conditions as those for the women of the alms-house, would decide nothing against the Trustees. Lady Hewley required that they should be able to say the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments, and Bowles's Catechism ; and, without doubt, expected that they would entertain the sentiments therein taught. As to the Lord's_ Prayer, that is the U n itarian ' s model of worshi p. The Apostle's Creed, 1 repeat , is e ssentiall y Uni ta ri an. As the Learned Baron has shown that he m i s in terpreted this last, I the more confidently appeal from h i s judgment respecti ng ßowles's Catechism, which is reprinted in Mr. Tottie's " Plain Statement" respecting these Charities. I have repeatedly pe rused it, and declare that, in relation to the sole deity, the ex clusive worship, and the essential mercy of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are the only principles com mon to all Unitarians, their is nothing which would prevent their employment of it for religious instruction ; that there is nothing whatever which teaches the personal deity or worship of Christ, or the doctrine of the Trinity : the chief thing in it to which the Unitarian would object, is what it teaches, though in no very precise form, respecting Original Sin. To this I add, that the selection of this Catechism, in preference to one most extensively, and almost uniformly employed in those days among the orthodox Dissenters—viz., the Assembly's Cate chism—in which the doctrine of the Trinity, with others re lated to it, is explicitly taught, itself affords strong presump tive evidence that she did not intend to press Trinitarian doc trine even upon those for whom she appointed the Catechism. That Lady Bewley did not intend that any test of confor mity to Trinitarian doctrine should be imposed as the condi tion of the reception of her bounty by preachers, I regard as certain, because she has not imposed any test. Being a lady of religious education, she could scarcely be-ignorant that near the close of the preceding century, the English Unitarians ( Mr. Locke, as Bishop . Law states, being one of them,) had pub lished a series of important tracts, (forming several thin but c l os ely printed quarto volumes,) in defence of their doctrines, to the good spirit and talent of which Archbishop Tillotson bore testimony ; and at any rate she could not be ignorant that the common doctrine of the Trinity was the subject of much dis cussion, and that many relinquished it. Yet she appointed no test on the subject for the recipients of her bounty ; and this, though there was nothing in law to prevent her doing so, and the prevailing system of the religious world would have sup ported her in it : but it would have been contrary to the system of her own communion; and her requirements for those on -whom she did impose conditions which are chiefly practical, show that it would have been inconsistent with the spirit of her own mind. Taking - . therefore, the intentions of the devisor as the sole ground of judgment, I conclude as follows :- 1. That the trustees whose removal the decision of Lord Lyndhurst confirms, would have. acted legally as well as mo rally wrong, if they had required any doctrinal test, or laid down conformity to any doctrinal standard, as the condition for receivinr , Lady Hewley's Charity, by perso ns whom the y be lieved to e be " poor and godly preachers of Christ's Holy Gospel." 2. That by distributing that bounty without requiring any such test or conformity, but simply on respect to circumstances and character, they acted according to the trust reposed in them ; and, being Unit arians, the y showed their impartiality by distributing two-thirds of the income among Trinitarians. 3. That whoever may hereafter be Trustees of Lady Hew ley's Charity, they will act legally as well as morally wrong, if theY sould requie any octrinl test from the objects of it, or makeh conformity r to any d doctrinal standard the grou nd of 'heir distribution. LANT CARPENTER• The reconciliation between the Dilly and the Tories w as consummated a few d a y s a g o, when Lord de Grey gave dinner to Sir Robert Peel, Lofd Stanley, Sir James Graham, and the rest of the clique, at his house in St. James's square. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. —A highway robbery of the most atrocious character was committed between Hastings Lodge and the pay-gate on Saturday as early as manhalf-past seven o'clock in the evening . An industrious young named Spencer Sargent, of Seddlescomb, was going up the hill in his cart, accompanied by his sister and three children, when lie perceived a man lying extended in the centre of the road. Supposing the man to be ill, he alighted from the cart and approached to get hint up, when he was sud denly attacked by five or six accomplices—four men and the rest women—and robbed of 31. 10s. in money. Not content with their plunder, they beat the poor fellow so dreadfully that he was fully expected to breathe his la st durin g the night, the Magistrates were summoned to his bedside to receive his deposition. He recognised the parties, who had been im mediately apprehended on suspicion, on their being introduced , and unhesitatingly swore to their identity. There are three men and two women in custody ; they are all bad characters, and it is supposed from the daring nature of the attack, almost within sight of the town, that it is not their first attempt. Sargent still lies dangerously ill. The male prisone rs looked e xtremely troubled, but the women treated the all with somewhat more non-chalance. They were remanded till Thursday. A large number of inhabitants remainewdhi hin Hi g h -street during the whole of the proceedings, c lasted from ten till three.—Brighton Guardian, TIER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM. The Queen held a Drawing-Room yesterday at St. James's, the second this season, and the first at which presentations to her Majesty were received. His Majesty's lion. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were on duty at the principal entrances in the State Rooms through which the Royal Family passed to the Throne Room. The Officer present was Mr. Albert W. Beetham, Clerk of the Cheque to the. Hon. Corps. The Yeomen of the Guard were stationed in the Guard Chamber, commanded by Mr. E dwin Pearson, the Lieutena nt of the Corps, and Mr. S. Hancock, the Exon in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand of Portugal came to the Drawing-room in one of the King's carriages. His Royal Highness was attended by Count de Lavradio, Baron Dieskau, the Chevalier de Vasconeellos, and Lord Elphinstone. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Princes Ferdinand and Augustus of Saxe Coburg, and the Prince of Leiningen, attended by Lady . Flora Hastings, Sir John Conroy, and Sir Geo. Anson, came in state to the Drawing-room with three carriages, with an escort of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards. Her Royal Highness entered the Palace by the Colour-court, where she was received with the usual honours by the King's Guard. Upon this occasion the Duchess of Kent's dress was com posed, as usual, of articles of the manufacture of this country. The Landgravine of Hesse Hombcrg was attended by Ma demoiselle Styne; the Princess Augusta was attended by Lady Louisa Cornwallis. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthall and'Edward of Carolath were also pre sent at the Drawing-room. Among the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Queen's House hold there were present—Countess Mayo, Lady in Waiting ; the Marchioness of Ely, Countesses Brownlow and Howe, Ladies of the Bedchamber ; the Hon. Miss Boyle, Maid of Honour in Waiting ; Hon. Misses Hope Johnstone, Mitchell, Eden, Hudson, and Begot , Maids of Honour ; Lady Beding field, and Mrs. Berkeley Paget, Bedchamber Women ; Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain; Hon. Mr. Ashley, Vice-Cham berlain; Sir George Hoste, Lieutenant-Colonel Jones, and Mr. Mellish, Gentleinen Ushers; Captain Pechell, Equerry; Captain Curzon, and the Page of Honour. The entree company were first introduced to her Majesty, and afterwards the•general company. Mrs. Ralli, the Lady of the Grecian Consul, was presented by Madame Tricoupi, the Lady of the Grecian Minister. The Baron de Lagos and Mr. Menders, Attache to the Embassy of her Most Faithful Majesty, were presented to the Queen by Baron Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister. Count de Mocenigo was presented by M. Hummclauer, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires. The Baron Von Rapden, Captain in the Service of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, was presented to the Queen by M. Dcdel. the Netherlands Minister. Major Baron de Hogguer, Chamberlain and Aid-de- Camp to his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, was presented by the Minister Resident of the King of Saxony. Lady Langdale was presented by Lady Mary Fox. The Bishop of Chichester, on his translation to the See of Durham, was presented by Viscount Melbourne. The Lady Mayoress was presented by Lady John Russell. The Lord Mayor was presented by Lord John Russell. Mrs. Lainson - was pre;ented by Cady John Russell: Mrs. Salomons was presented by Lady John Russell. Messrs. Sheriffs Lainson and Salomons were presented by .he Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeomen of the Guard, was presented, on his appointment, by the Earl of Il chester. The Rev. V. Knox Child was presented by the Lord Mayor. Mr. Under-Sheriff Hardwick and Mr. Under-Sheriff Chas. Pearson were presented by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on their re-appointment. Mr. George Mackintosh and Mr. Thomas Gray, of his Ma jesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, were presented by Lord Foley. Amongst the company were—The Russian and French Ambassadors and the Countess Sebastiani ; the Sardinian, Neapolitan, Prussian, Wirtemberg, Hanoverian, Belgian, Danish, Portuguese, and Grecian Ministers ; Madame Tri coupi, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness Cetto, the Nether lands and Saxon Ministers ; Noory Effendi, the Ottoman Minister; M. Salame, his Majesty's Oriental Interpreter; the Marquis de Barbacena, on a Special Mission from the Brazils ; Count de Lavradio, the United States Charge d'Affaires and Mrs. Vail ; the Austrian and Belgian Charge d'Affaires ; Count Seckendorff, Secretary to the Prussian Le gation ; M. Lichtenberg, Privy Councillor of the Hano verian Legation ; Baron Rehausen, Secretary to the Swedish Legation ; Count Charles and the Countess Pozzo di Borgo, the Secretary to the Russian Embassy ; Chevalier de Ribeiro, Secretary to the Portuguese Legation ; Talat Effendi and M. Vogoridis, Secretaries to the Ottoman Lega tion ; Monsieur Achart, Attache to the Belgian Legation ; Count de Plessen, Attache to the Danish Legation; Baron Lebzeltern, Attache to the Austrian Embassy ; Monsieur Ralli, the Grecian Consul ; Count Grammont, Secretary to the French Embassy ; the Count G. S. Metaxa; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Arch- Bishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentle men at Arms ' Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Lord Erskine, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Munich ; Sir H. Seymour, G. C. G., his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Brussels; Mr. J. M‘Neill, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, the Treasurer of the Household, Mr. Sullivan, Deputy Secretary at War ; the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, the Adjutant-General of the Forces, the Master of the Cere monies, the Clerk Marshal, Mr. Sheriffs Lainson and Salomons, Mr. R. Langslow, Attorney-General of Malta; Lieutenant- Colonel Cavendish and Ensign, B Equerries to the Kin.. • Captain Houlton, Ensign, and Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the' Cheque, of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Mr. Under Sheriffs Hardwick . and C. Pearson, Lieut. - Cblonel Sir H. Wyatt, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies ; Master Ellice, Page of Honour ' • Captain C. Boyle, R.N., Groom of the Privy Chamber; Sir F. Smith, Gentlemen Usher in Waiting to the King. 1 DUKES—Devonshire, Wellington, Somerset, Marlborough. DocnassEs—Countess of Sutherland, Northumberland. MARQUlSES—Clanricarde, Ely, Bristol, Bath. MARCHIONESSES —Salisbury, Clanricarde. EARLS—.Rosebery, Mansfield, Beauchamp, Winch ilsea, Dun raven, Sheffield, Haddington, Shaftesbury, Jermyn, Verulam, Amherst, Clare, Orkney, Antrim, Brownlow. COUNTESSES —Denbigh, Albermarle, Dunraven, Beauchamp, Sheffield, Dowager Clare, Mansfield, Sefton, Dowager Chi chester, Rosebe r y , Amh e rst, Pembroke, Haddington, Win terton, Metaxa. VISCOUNTS—Encombe, Adare, Bcresford, Maidstone, Mel bourne, Palmerston, Torrington, Holmesdale, Cole, Loftus. VISCOUNTESSES—Beresford, Combermere, Dowager Dillon, Torrington. LORDS—Dunsany, Radstock, Henry Cholmondeley, San don, Vernon, Sinclair, Norreys, Glenelg, R. Grosvenor, Frederick Fitzclarence, Stanley, W. Russell, A. Lennox, Dalmeny, W. Graham, Albert Conynghom, Prudhoe Col chester, Teignmouth, Skelmersdale, Cowley, W. Fitzroy, Boston, Maryborough, S. Rothesay, A. Loftus, G. Loftus. LADlES—Cottenham, Erskine, Charlotte Egerton, Otway, Colchester, Albert Conynghom, Anne Beresford, Dunsany, K. Jermyn, Quintin, Aylmer, Sinclair, S. Amherst, Lang dale, Hawkins, Whitshed, Wheatley, Yarde Buller, Hamilton, Durham,H. Anson, Louisa Rabbett, Radstock, Domville, G. L. Bathurst, Cowley, Stanley, C. Bruen, Macdonald, Aldis, Georgiana Herbert, Maxwell, Herries, Antrobus, Lucy Vaughan, Frederick Fitzclarence, Poland, Gosset, Mary Fox, Rennie, Moncreiffe, C. Herbert, R. Grosvenor, Adam, Straf ford, G. F. de Roos, Caroline Finch Hatton, Verney, Caro line Molyneux, Louisa Molyneux, Murray (two), Georgiana Neville, Maryborogh, J. Russell, E. Reynell, M. W. Quin, C. Pelham, E. Harcourt, C. Bathurst, Isabella Fitzgibbon, Ouseley, H. Cholmondeley, Mary Nugent, Emily Ponsonby, C. Underwood, A. Loftus, W. Fitzroy. Archbishop of Armagh. B is hops—Winchester, Chichester, Bath and Wells. Maur HosonicaaLas—Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart., T. F. Lewis. HONOURABLES—Mrs. Ashley, Jane Erskine, Mrs. Welles ley, Lady Pellew, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Bowles, Mrs. Can ning, Mrs. Abercromby, Lady Hope, Catherine Cecilia Irby, Frederica Irby, Mrs. Whitshed, Mrs. Newnham Collingwood, Mrs. Windsor, Margaret Dillon, Miss Plunkett, Mrs. Law, Lady Cockburn, Mrs. Eyre, E. Wodehouse, Lady King, Col. Windsor, Lieut.-General Ramsay, 0. Duncombe, Lieut. Irby, Captain Spencer, R.N., Mr. de Grey, Mr. Canning, Captain Forester, Captain Cust, Mrs. W. Stratford. SlRS—H ussey Vi v i an , H enry Wh eat l ey , G. C. H. , D. J ones , 11. Vern e y, B art., C . Aldi s, J . C at h cart, W. H . P o l an d , A . D. Gord on , W . D omv ill e, J . S . Lillie, W. Gossett, C. Knigbtl e y, A . L. Hay, J. Rennie, John Yarde Buller, C. Hunter, D. Campbell. DocTons—Aldis, Tait, R.N. REV. MESSIEURS—J. R. Wood, V. Knox Child, C. Wods worth, A.M., H. R. Dukinfield, C. Wetherell, J. E. Kemp, B. Bray, J. F. Latenard, C. Wesley. MESSlEURS—Ellerthorp, G. M ac I n t os b, B u tl er D anve rs, E. Vernon Harcourt, C. Craven, J. Anster, L. L.D.,Whitsbed, W. W. Snell, G. Mundy, Felix Bedingfield, T. Wheatley ru J. Hogg, C. B ut l er , T. G ray, L angs l ow , J. C op li ng, J. H . Vivian, C. Br uce , W. R ea d E rs ki ne , L. 11. R o bi nson , Spear ussell, Selby, S. m Sm an ;th ß , Marston, Bro Adjutant srnrig fr,Bw, Harcourt, , M. P., Seymo Morier, G. Far rcn , B ruen , Ridl e y, E. B ra df or d, Brande, C. Morgan, H. Ashley, Poyntz, I3laker, Campbell of Islay, Mansfield, Measure, A. O'Brien, W. Newnham, G. Wilkinson, mon, Stanley, W. Bayntu n , H. C. C ur ti s , Escourt t Daly, Gr ' , G. P. R. James, A. W. Bishop, Stewart, S. Wortley, II ,T. arvey, Thistlethwayte, Crockett, Urquhart. G. Far rt. n, jun., King don, Bethell, M.P., C. Archibald, Laurence. MISTRESSES—John Aldis, Erskine, Lainson, Selby, Salomon, Spearman, Russell, Samuel, J. Capper, Morier, John Selby, Ashworth, Munro, Prince, Charles Sumner, Weymouth, Bethell, F. Lewis, R. Ellice, Daly, Stanley, J, H. Vivian, Colonel Howard, Mansfield, Thistletwayte, Anson, Basset, Hugh Baillie, R. Porter, S. Brownrigg, A• W. Bishop, Seymour, Mitchell, C. Archibald, P. Cust, G. Wil kinson, General Vansittart, C. Sumner. MISSES—D'Este, Lmtitia Otway, Sophia Wheatley, Geor giana Vernon Harcourt, J. Gossett, Bury, Prime, Gre en, Wilkinson, Jane Brownrigg ; Long Wellesley, INewnham Collingwo o d, Charlotte Selby, Erskine Selby, Charlotte Mansfield, H. Whitsbed, Domville, Sulivan, Ouseley, Wel. lesley, Mitchell, Macdonald, Mansfield, Beresford, Caroline Thistlethwayte, Eliza Harriet Fitzroy A nson, Henrietta Macd ""ld , Quentin. Harriet Beresford, Brownrigg, Ellice, Campbell, Vivian, Percy, Stewart, Ann Law , Byng, Daly, C. Tylney L ong, J. A. Porters Alicia King, Mary Morier, Morier, ADMIRALS—Sir R. Otway, Sir J. Bcresford, Sir J. H. Whitshed', Sir C. Adam, Sir P. H. Durham, Munday, Hall, West, Sir W. Hotham, Sir E. Brace. CARTAINS (R.N)—H. H. Spence, C. Talbot, lion. Si- F. Pellew, Swinburne, T. Martin, T. Dickenson, E. Chet ham, Murray, Morier, J. Jones, Meynell, Sir A. Farquhar, Pym, Sir H. Hart, W. B. Hamilton, T. Brown, Bowles, Loring, De Roos.. COMMANDERS—BuIIock, H. G. Hamilton, Matson, Hon. F. Pelham, Washington, George Daniell, Sinclair, E. Nepean, E. Seymour. LIEUTENANTS (R. N.)—W. F. Glanville, T. Mallack, W.F. Smith, Oldmixon, W. Loring, Edmonstone, W. Allen, S. Y. Brown, G. Rabett. GENERALS- Lord Aylmer, Sir E. Stopford, Sir. J. Cock burn, Sir A. Brooke, Mundy, Sir S. Whittingbam, Ellice, Sir C. Dalbiac, Sir C. Maxwell, Bonham, Sir T. Dallas, Sir G. Quentin, Sir E. Paget, Sir J. Bathurst, Sir T. Rey nell, Sir J. S. Barns, Sir W. Anson, Sir J. Lambert, Sir W. Davy, Anderson, Sir F. M ac l ean , L or d S tra ff or d. COLONELS-Hugh Baillie, Sir A. Christie, Vernon Har court, Sir B. Camac, Sir C. Dance, Salmond, Sir W. Her ries, D. Darner, Thomas, Oldlield, J. Marshall, Sir. J. O'Halloran, Clelland, P. Campbell, Sir C. K. O'Donnell, Wetheral, de Roos, Angelo, Molyneux, Clive, Anson, Shuld ham, Sir H. Townshend, Lluellyn, Lambert, Galloway. Power, Sir R. Armstrong, Ashworth, Seale. MAJORS—Pennefather, Vivian, Webber, Trevelyan, Han key, Sir J. F. Hamilton, Campbell, Clocter, Mountain, W. H. Ball CAPTAINS—C. Bagot, B. Knox, Waymouth, Nicholson, R. E. Rich, Morphy, Legge, Manning, Napier, M'Call, E. B. Wilbraham, E. Fletcher, Boulby, E. W. Jones, Hodge, Sir S. Warren, T. C. Hammill, Alcock, Rayner, Beresford, Torrcns, Belson, H. Campbell, Meynell, H. Wynyard, Hal ford, G. D. Scott, Brooke, Pitt, M. Archdall, M.P. ; Bates, Milman, Blanc, Goodwin, Munro, Blackburn, F. W. Hamilton. CORNETS—Culpeper, Campbell, Craven, Ibbetson, Anson. ENSIGNS—Anson, H. W. Gordon, Wetherall, L. Hay, Magrath. The following were presented to the Queen : Lady Cottenham, by Mrs. Abercromby. Lady Colchester, on her marriage, by the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland. Lady Langdale, by Lady Mary Fox. Miss Sophia Wheatley, by Lady Wheatley. Hon. Mrs. Canning, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Clanricarde. Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, by Lady Cowley. Hon. Jane Erskine, by her mother Lady Erskine. Lady Verney, on her marriage, by the Dowager Countess of Chichester. Lady Rennie, on her marriage, by the Countess of Beauchamp. Mrs. J. M'Neill, by Lady Wheatley. Right Hon. Lady Sinclair, by the Countess of Haddington. Mrs. Selby (of Canada), by the Hon. Lady Bcdingficld. Mrs. John Selby, on her marriage, by the Hon. Lady Bedingfield. Mr. T. Wheatley, by Major-General Sir H. Wheatley. Mrs. Aldis, on her marriage, by Lady Aldis. Miss Letitia Otway, by her mother, Lady Otway. Mrs. A. W. Bishop, by her aunt, the Hon. Mrs. Law. Lady Louisa Rabett, on her marriage, by her mother, the Countess of Winterton. _ Miss Selby, by the Hon. Lady Bedingfield. Miss Charlotte Selby, by the Hon. Lady Bedingfield. The Hon. Mrs. Newnham Collingwood, by the Marchioness of Ely. Lady Adam, by the Hon. Mrs. Abercromby. Lady Maxwell, by Lady Elizabeth Reynell. Lady Georgians Herbert, by Lady Pembroke. Lady Gossct, by the Marchioness of Elr. Lady Domville, by the Marchioness of Ely. Countess J. S. Metaza, by the Countess Howe. Lady Hamilton, by her mother, Hon. Lady Cockburn. The Hon. Catherine Cecelia Irbv, by Lady Dunsany. Lady Georgians Neville, by Lady Elizabeth Harcourt. Ladv Emily Ponsonby, on her return from Malta, by Lady deorgiana Da Roos. • Mrs. Russell, by her mother, Lady Charlotte Bury. Mrs. Salomons, by Lady John Russell. Mrs. Lainson, by Lady John Russell. Mrs. Samuel J. Capper, by the Lady Mayoress. Miss Bury, by her mother, Lady Charlotte Bury. Miss Prime, by her mother, Mrs. Prime. Mrs. Ashworth, by Lady Aylmer. Mrs. Munroe on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. R. Porter. Miss Newriham Collingwood, by the Hon. Mrs. Newnliam Collingwood. Miss Sullivan, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Sullivan. Miss Domville, by the Marchioness of Ely. Miss Erskine. by Mrs. Erskine. Miss Green Wilkinson, by Mrs. Green Wilkinson. Mrs. Spearman, by Lady Herries. Miss Jane Brownrigg, by her mother, Mrs. S. Brownrigg. Miss Eliza Baillic, by Mrs. Baillie. Mrs. Erskine, by the Hon. Lady King. Miss Caroline Thistlethwayte, by Mrs. Thistlethwayte. Miss Charlotte Mansfield, by Mrs. Mansfield. Miss Janette Gosset, by the Marchioness of Ely. Miss Long Wellesley, by Lady Maryborough. Mrs. Charles Archibald, by Lady Hamilton. Miss Harriet Fitzroy, by her mother, Lady W. Fitzroy. Miss Mary Morier, by Mrs. Moricr. Lord James O'Brycn and the Hon. Captain Campbell, were Lord and Groom in waiting on the King. LADIES' DRESSES. HER MAJESTY. An elegant white satin dress, with rich silver border, the body and sleeves splendidly ornamented with diamonds and blonde ; train of beautiful peach tabinet, richly brocaded in silver, with handsome silver border, and lined with white satin, the dress of English and train of Irish manufacture. Head dress, feathers, and a magnificent diamond diadem ; necklace and car-rings en suite. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. Dress of white tulle, richly embroidered in gold ; the body and sleeves splendidly ornamented with diamonds and blonde ; train of beautiful gold and white tissue, trimmed with gold and blonde, and lined with white satin ; the whole of English manufacture. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds. HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF NORTHUM- BERL AND. Dress of a rich black satin, elegantly trimmed with Chan tilly blonde and satin ribands ; train and corsage of a rich Genoa velvet, lined with silk, and trimmed with blond and ribands ; tiara, necklace, cross, and ear-rings of superb dia monds. Head-dress, white feathers, diamonds, and blonde lappets. RIGHT HON. COUNTESS BROWNLOW—A Court costume (age of Louis XIV.), composed of a train of rich violet velvet, trimmed with ermine, and looped with gold tassels ; body and sleeves ornamented with Brussels lace ; cherusse to corre spond ' • dress of rich white satin. Head-dresi, plume of fea thers, Brussels lappets, and diamonds. THE COUNTESS OF MANSFIELD—Dress of a very beautiful satin, embroidered in colours, and richly trimmed with point lace; train and corsage of a rich green satin, trimmed with point lace. Head-dress, crimson resille diamonds and feathers, with point lace lappets. THE COUNTESS HARROWBY—An elegant Court dress of bouton d'or, figured poplin, trimming of rich Chantilly blonde ; corsage a la Medicis; dress of superb white satin ; cheruss e l of rich blonde. Head-dress, ostrich plume, pearls, and dia- monds. COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE—Dress of rich gold lama, over a peach satin petticoat ; train and corsage of a very splendid black satin, richly brocaded with gold, lined with peach satin, and trimmed with gold lama and blonde. Head-dress, dia monds, feathers, and blonde lappets. COUNTESS OF ROSEBERY—Dress of splendid point lace, over a blue satin petticoat • train and corsage of a rich blue satin , lined with silk, and handsomely trimmed with point lace and ribands. Head-dress, feathers, diamonds, and blonde lappets. THE COUNTESS SEBASTIANI—A Court dress of cerise velours grec, splendidly embroidered in gold ; dress of tulle lama, embroidered to correspond, over a rich satin slip orna mented with diamonds and rich Chantilly blonde. Head dress, ostrich plume, lappets, pearls and diamonds. THE COUNTESS or BEAUCHAMP—An embroidered aerophanc white dress, over white satin ; a rich gold colour poplin mantua, lined with white satin, and trimmed with beautiful Brussels point lace. Head-dress, feathers, and splendid dia monds ; necklaces, stomacher, and car-rings en suite. The COUNTESS OF DONRAYEN— A petticoat of rich gray and white broch6 satin, fastened at the sides with noeuds of taffeta riband ; mantuau of black Genoa velvet, lined with black satin, and trimmed with ruches of tulle and rosettes of satin riband ; corsage and sleeves to correspond a la Louis XIV. ; mantilla and sabots of point lace. Head-dress, richly trimmed with diamonds and pearls, point lace lappets, and Court plume ; ornaments, a profusion of diamonds. THE COUNTESS OF Jzasiv-N—An elegant dress of rich white satin, with volans of deep French blonde lace, and trimmed with blue satin riband embroidered in silver lam 6, and edged with silver fringe ; mantuau and bodice of magnificent blue and violet brocaded satin, lined with white ditto, and sur rounded with a garniture of silver lame, and blue satin and silver coloured velvet flowers ; stomacher, bodice, and sleeves Ornamented with rich ra i se d siver lam& and nceuds of blue ribands, embroidered in silver lame; mantilla and ruffles of beautiful French blonde lace. Head-dress, panache of ostrich feathers, diamonds, and peals, and blonde lappets ; necklace and ear-rings en suite. VISCOUNTESS OF COMBERMERE.—Magnificent dress of crape, trimmed with gold and silver bands and jewels of Indian ma nufacture ; train of rich oriental fabric ; flat sleeves ; mantilla, sabots, and lappets of rich French blonde; a superb diamond necklace. Coiffure, ornamented with feathers. RIGHT HON. LADY ADAM.—A Court costume (age of Louis XIV.), composed of a train of rich cerise, and white brocaded sat i n b o dy and sleeves, ornamented with Chantilly blonde; dress of rich white brocaded silk. Head-dress, a black velvet resille, with feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. Hort. LADY COLONEL KING.—_A dress of silk gauze, fi gured, trimmed with satin ribands and flowers ; splendid train of blue satin, richly figured in white; sleeves a la Mars; mantilla, sabots, and lappets of French blonde ; suite of superb torvoises. Coiffure, ornamented with feathers and flowers. HE Hort. LADY COCKBURN.—Train of violet satin, trim" med with gob lama, and lined with white Bros de Naples; petticoat beautifully embroidered with floss silk and gold ; blonde cape, ruffles, and lappets ' • gold toque, Court plume , and diamond - neck-lac e , ear-rings, and - tiara. THE LADY MAIM:BM—A magnificent Chantilly blon de dress,' over a w hi te sat i n ro b e of rich lilac satin ; sleeves an tique, trimmed with fine blonde ; mantilla and lappets of the same. Head-dress, feathers and splendid diamonds. LADY JOHN R USSELL .—A blonde dress, a nd superb train of figured white s a ti n , trimmed with blonde and blue ribands sleeves a la. Mars ; mantilla sabots and lappe ts of blonde; suite of fine pearls and diamonds. Coiffure, ornamented with fea thers, diamonds, and pearl comb. LADY EMILY MURRAY.—A rich silver lama, over a white satin slip ; train and corsage of a very beautiful blue figured satin, trimmed with silver lama and blond. Head-dress, fea thers, turquoises, and blonde lappets. LADY GEORGIANA HERBERT.—A beautiful blond dress, over a white satin slip ; train and corsage of rich white satin, lined with silk, and trimmed tastefUlly with flowers and net. Head-dress, feathers, garnets, and blonde lappets. LADY GEORGIANA DE ROSSE.— A handsome blonde dress, over white satin, tastefully trimmed with ribands - train and corsage of a rich figured satin , line d with silk , and tastefully trimmed with blonde and ribands. Head-dress, diamonds, feathers, and blonde lappets. LADY ANSON—Dress of white crape, trimmed up the front with blonde flounces ; train of Manchester brocaded satin, lined with white satin, and trimmed with swansdown. Head-dress, feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. - LADY MAXWELL—Dress of white satin, richly trimmed with flowers and blonde ; mantilla and sleeves to correspond ; train of oiseau de paradis satin, with marabout trimming. Head dress, feathers and diamonds. LADY ALnts—An elegant white crape dress, trimmed with blonde, and tastefully embroidered in dahlias over a white satin slip ; rich green silk train, lined and decorated with white satin. Head-dress, blonde lappets, white ostrich feathers, and diamonds. LADY COTTENIIAM—Train of rich mauve satin, trimmed with pearls; sleeves a la Louis XVI. ; blonde mantilla and sabots ; petticoat of rich white satin, trimmed with blonde and pearls. Head dress, feathers and lappets ; splendid diamond tiara necklace and ear-rings, en suite. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. MONDAY'S RIDDLESWORTH, P.P. 11 to 10 agst Ld Jersey ' s Brother to Nell Gwynne—offered TUESDAY ' S RIDDLESWORTII, P.P. 2 to 1 agst Lord Exeter ' s Muezzin, Bro. to Beiram—taken THE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P. r. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Sowerby's Rioter—offered 5 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke ' s Sheet Anchor—offered 6 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn ' s Birdlime—taken 7 to 1 agst Lord Warwick ' s Pelops--taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall ' s Revenge—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley ' s Tiber—offered Nothing said about Hornsea, Dacre, or Mundig. 2 to 1 on the field agst Rioter and Sheet Anchor—taken Even betting and afterwards 11 to 10 on Rioter, Sheet Anchor, and Birdlime agst the field—taken. 3 to 1 agst Birdlime and Revenge--taken. Pelops was backed with some degree of spirit, and two or three parties seemed anxious to get on" about Rioter and Sheet Anchor, but did not like the odds. Birdlime is reported to have commenced her journey from Wales to Newmarket on Tuesday last. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, P. P. • 3 to 1 agst Brother to Nell Gwynne—take 4 to 1 2 to 1 offered on Elis agst him, and 50 even laid between them, provided Brother to Nell Gwynne win the Riddlesworth. THE DERBT. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsclale's lot—offered 8 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Mummy—offered 9 to 1 agst Ld Jersey's Bro. to Nell Gwynne—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana colt—offered 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Sepoy—take 30 to 1 30 t. 1 agst Colonel Peel's Slane—taken The others as on Monday. In our report of Monday's betting th, 20 to 1 quoted agst Mendizabal should have been stated as taken ; Master of the Rolls should also have been mentioned at 25 to 1, which odds had been taken the preceding day, but are now offered currently. NORTHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE,WEDN ESDA r. Sweepstakes of 10 sots. each, with 50 added by the Town, l2st. 71b. each. Four miles. Captain Fairlie's b. g. Wing Capt. Beecher 1 Marquis of Waterford's Crow Lord Southampton's Dreadnought NVestley 3 Mr. Jenkins's b. g. Deceiver Flesher 4 Capt. Porter's br. h. Cracow Ownor 5 The start took place from the top of Houghton Hill, about three miles from Northampton. Won easy. Pontefract Steeple Chase takes place on the 4th April, patronized by the Badsworth Hunt; distance four miles, to terminate at the Grand Stand in Pontefract Park ; after which a Hunters' Stake, two mile heats, over the Course. The West Lothian Steeple Chase came off last week ; the start was about a mile north of Uphall, straight up the hill, a continued ascent of two miles to West Binny Craig ; twelve entered, and nine came to the post. Mr. Davidson named Bluebeard (rode by Mr. D. Brown), who won. The Annual Steeple Race for the Challenge Cup of the sth Dra goons came off on Saturday at Colinton Mains, near Edinburgh, on a very well selected two miles, which was won by Captain King's b. g. (owner). A Sweepstakes followed, which was won by Mir. Bllckwood's b. g. (Capt. Lawre.ison). Mr. Thornhill relinquishes the Mastership of the Warwickshire Fox Hounds after the present season. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard, at the Court-house, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn-fields on Monday, March 28, 1836, at Nine o'Clock in the Forenoon. Nicholson, H., Old Paradise-row, Islington-green, professor of music. Cutler, C., Fareham, Hants, farmer. Morgan, E., Upper St. Marylebonc-street, St. Maryleboue, cof fee-house-keeper. Berry, J., London-read, Southwark, tailor. Taylor, J., Great College-street, Chelsea, tailor. Dilley, IL, Little Carter-lane, Doctors' Commons, tailor. Hawker, J. 8., Lower Montague-street, Portman-square, painter. Martin, J., Long-lane, Smithfield, box-wood preparer for engraving. Buller, C., Thornton-street, Horselydown, leather-dresser. Dt.ay, M., Fenchurch-street, City, widow. Hutchinson, IL, late of Angel •court, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, medical agent. Rees, G . , Adjourned (2,, Chichester, e f r om victualler. the 29th of February. Davidson, L., Whitechapel-road, victualler. On Tuesday, March 29. Barber, S., Manchester, clerk to a Manchester warehouseman. Palmer, 8., Duke-street, St. James's, tailor. Bradbrook, C., Great Shire-lane, Temple-bar, grocer. Allen, J., Fetter-lane, fleet-street, green-grocer. Abrahams, 8., King-street, Hammersmith, furniture-broker. Knight, W., Moscow-road, Bayswater, gardener. Hay, P., Davies-street, Berkeley-square, watch maker. Fennell, J., Bromham, near Devizes, farmer. Dixon, 8., Oxford-street, warehouseman. Jones, E., Punderson-place, Bethnal-green-road, brewer. Carter, E ,Everett-street . , Brunswick-square, lodging-house -keeper Love, J., Queen's Head-lane, Islington, agent. Musical education is progressing in France. A Royal Ordinance has been issued, ordering the study of singing in all the elementary schools. On Friday the Town Council of Leith transmitted a petition to both Houses of Parliament, in favour of the Irish Corporation Reform Bill.—Caledonian Mercury. We regret to announce that on Wednesday, the 2d instant, about five o'clock, p.m., a most disastrous occurrence took place at the British Iron Company's Works at Abe ryschen. The fly wheel, propelling tho machinery at the forge, is upwards of twenty feet diameter, and revolves up wards of seventy times a minute. During this velocity, and with but a momentary notice, it is supposed one of the cogs of the wheel gave way, the whole of the attached wheels, &c., were hurled, in an alarming momen tum, through the roof into the air, upwards of 300 feet, and one piece, weighing nearly two tons, descended within ten feet of the forge, and was buried a considerable depth in the ground. Fortunately, although some persons were within two or three yards of the place where this huge mass of iron fell, and nearly 100 altogether in and about the works, not a single per son was injured. The damage done to the works is estimated at about 5,000/.—lllonmouthshire Merlin. IMPRISONMENT. NEW POOR LAW. The IMPRISONMENT. Brighton Guardian in some strictures on the recent proceed ing in Parliament relativC to the Macclesfield Small Debts Bill, among other remarks on the subject, contains the follow ing complaint against the Workhouse system : —When the meddling legislature interferes with so many things and stops the extension of manufactures by its laws and other restric tions, the progress of agriculture by its tithe tax, and the in crease of ship-building and navigation by its timber duties ; when the legislature by a host of noxious regulations impedes human exertion and hampers in every direction the progress of prosperity and the demand for labour, taking care, too, when it is employed, that its rewards shall be as scanty as possible, .while the idle pensioner and the sinecure pluralist are pro ' tested in the enjoyment of great wealth ; when the legislature • both deprives honest industry of its legitimate reward, and hampers its exertions, it can scarcely be said that those who cannot find employment or are even unwilling to labour hard for very small wages arc half so much in fault as the Legislature itself. Yet at Henfield we saw a number of able-bodied workmen whose want of employment or whose aversion to irk some toil may be traced to the conduct of the Legislature, and who owe nobody a farthing—there we saw these men condemned by that very Legislature which will not sanction imprisonment for debt, and condemned by the instrumen tality of those very patriots who resisted the Macclesfield Small Debts' Bill, to continual and hopeless imprisonment, to imprisonment combined with hard lab our and miserable diet. Can there be a greater inconsistency? On the one hand, men are shut up as in prison, and compelled to labour by the Legislator without having committed any offence, ex cept the offence of being born to share the blessings of our common parent ; and on the other , t his Legislator is r Weep ing, whining, and protesting ag ainst the cruelty their r u c t a ti r n e g i up those for ever so short a time who have, even lessud, inflicted a nessortlmir seriousinjury the extravagance, pr ap fraud, personsbhye theirhave trusted them. THE VO LUNTA RY SYSTEM.—We have just time Light h torßSuercgehdeerrss: to state here that Dr. Chalmers, at his examination before the Commission in Edinburgh, on the 16th February, has most a Relief,nd h thaendenodoldwnr earnestly r i e n c d o e n i tz e d n e( t l s, giving un Baptists, a separate parish ! I On Dr. ehalmors's own opinions, we have long ago ceased to a ny dependence. But we cannot forget that to all of these ministers he has pbelaecnelately visiting some members of the Cabinet in London, and that the views he has now expressed have long been ad vocated by some of the London Journals, and by the Edin burgh Review—the organ of the Whigs; and we would not feel at all surprised, if ;Ministers should actually propose such a measure to get quit of this perplexing ecclesiastical ques tion. The principles of our friends, therefore, and their ho nesty, may soon be most insultingly tested. Dr. Chalmers: makes no mention of Papists, Unitarians, &c. ; he leavto them to tliC Ministry. But if the offer is made to other D:iires senters, he knows well it must be made to them also.—r,_ luntar,y Church Magazine.