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THE LONDON JOURNALS. [DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.] [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The report is still prevalent at Paris that Russia 'means to march a large army into. Spain, though the steadiness of the French Funds would hardly - seem to warrant the belief in - a secret treaty for the passage of this army through France. Letters from Petersburgh confidently announce most extensive military preparations, though it is conjectured by many that their destination is Turkey, and not Spain. • The fall of the rate of exchange is appealed to as an evidence of the apprehensions entertained on this subject. Our readers will see from the Lisbon Papers, that the Cortes are profiting by the lesson afforded them by, the Neapolitan Revolution, and adopting measures for displacing all those Magistrates who are inimical to the new order of things, and thwart the Government in the steps they are taking for the public good. It is well observed by one of our contemporaries, " that in all great changes, such -as that :.n Portugal, decisive, ener.. getic measures, followed out with determination, are th'e best for al! parties." [BRITISH PRESS.] The character and conduct of the revolution in Spain proved irresistibly that it could not have been the work of a few persons; for during the time that the Army of Andalusia lay in the Isla de Leon, besieging or besieged, a sufficient op portunity was afforded to the King of Spain to appeal to the sense of his people at large, but not a town or province declared for his service. The success of the revolution was for several. weeks extremely doubtful, and if it rested exclusively upon the army in the Isla, Spain had not now enjoyed the fair hopes Of future prosperity which her Constitution presents to hgr; but the army in every part of the country proclaimed the Con stitution, the capital announced its adherence to the system proposed, and every city in the king dom followed the example.' If ever a revolution were the work of the majority of the nation, the Spanish revolution may be pronounced to be such, and in accordance with this feeling foreign Governments did not hesitate long to recognize the change in the political condition of Spain ; and Lord Liverpool expressing in Parliament the sense of the British Cabinet, admitted that the revolution was accomplished with the general concurrence of the People of Spain, at the mo ment that his Lordship attempted to distinguish between the case of Spain and that of Naples. [MORNING PosT.] The accounts which continue to reach us re lative to the Greek Insurrection are still of a vague and unsatisfactory description. The state ment of Prince Ypsilantihaving passed the Danube and advanced into Bulgaria, bears a. clia- racter that must at least be deemed somewhat questionable. Such an enterprise in sa early a stage of his campaign seems very improbable; and if it be accomplished at all, important indeed must the event be considered, as it would afford proof, abundant and irrefragable, of the vast,',not to say complete degradation of Turkish power and discipline. Trajan, if we recollect rightly, did pass the immense river in that district ; but the difference between Roman and. Dacian dis cipline was clearly much greater than that be tween the Wallachian levies and the Ottoman troops, however wretched the latter may be deemed. Certainly the prospects of the Insur- gents may on the whole be viewed as consider ably improved, the more especially as it is satis factorily ascertained that they have nothing to apprehend from any interference on the part of the Russian cordon about to be ,formed upon thb frontiers. Nothing, indeed, can be more errone ous than the reports which are continued to be circulated respecting the objects of the present movements of the Imperial Army. With respect to that portion of it which is on its march to wards Italy, it is asserted that when it shall have reached a Certain point, it will take . a direction towards the South of France, and pass through that country to - Spain, by permission, of course, of the French Government. We have already, we believe, furnished a satisfactory clue to the origin of great part of the reports industriously circulated relative to the Emperor of Russia.— Here is one which may answer no less than three purposes to the inventors of feisehoods in this respect--first, it contributes to the imputation of ambition to one of the chief preservers of tran quillity in Europe ; secondly, it tends to make the French Government unpopular . ; and thirdly, it supplies the Spanish Revolutionists with a pre text for the severities by which they.are, endea vouring to consolidate their tyranny. With so many, motives for the circulation of this report, we may be sure that it will. not speedily be suf fered to subside. [NEW TAN Es.] For our part we - are as ready to,state our views and wishes in,regard. to ,Spain,, as is rpgard- to , Gyeece. We believe that the Spanish Monarchy. required the adoption oEsorne more liberal and on- ! lightenedsystem , than'that which e.xjsted,in 1819;. but we are luite satisfied.that the change ought not to have been brought,about in the. manner, or oni the principlesby which the Revolution was guided. We are satisfied that what is called the Spanish. Constitution is a tissue of :absurdities which never. has been and never can be reduced -to •practice ; that it is a mad democracy,. utterly incompatible with civil . liberty, and justly odious to.the great• body of the people; we belieye that power in that ill-fated country is at present in the hands of a, mere mob ; that the kingdom is torn to pieces by! faction, and is, in fact, in a state of civil war, by' which it must be wholly desolated,_ unless eitfier . the 'democratic or the monarchical party becomes ; strong enough to put down .its opponents, which. event we think is not reasonably to be antici pated, without the interference of some foreign Power, either' by negociation or.by force. In this state of things, whatever part: the Continental' Powers may take, an absolute neutrality is the' clear policy of England. We can certainly en tertain no wish to see Russian armies In the South of Europe; and as little can we desire to see a 'mad Democracy triumph in Spain. The most favourable result that we can anticipate is, that the Spanish Revolutionists, alarmed by what 'has happened in Naples and,Piedmont, may vo luntarily adopt the mediation of some enlightened Powers, who may be disposed to guarantee such a Constitution as shall be acceptable to the rest of the Spanish nation, and consistent with the tranquillity of Europe. [MORNING HERALD.] In Portugal itself there appears to be some alarm. The people in the provinces have, in some instances, denounced the local Magistrates as ill-affected ; and it seems the feeling of the Cortes that it would be expedient to give more strength to the Executive Power. But the inde pendence of Portugal will stand or fall with that of Spain. That the latter country will soon be the theatre of another war of invasion and civil fury, seems to be believed in Paris and in Lon don. The Sovereigns at Lay back are suspected of having concluded a secret article, obliging them to restore the ancient order in Spain. There appears some reluctance among well-in formed and well-judging persons to believe this —and the suggestions that render it improbable are numerous. Would the Three Powers, as they are called, venture upon a measure of such abstract and European importance, without con sulting France and England ?—Would these countries connive at it if communicated to them ? We cannot believe either aifirmative.- The present has been described as a hypocritical. age. In truth, every age has its characteristic vice ; and cant is ,better than fanatical rage or profligate impiety. But in the hypocrisy of these times there is more, effrontery than decorum. An enlightened sense of religion, and a rational love of freedom, may prefer the tranquillity of a to lerant, though erroneous faith, and a mild, abso lute Government in a foreign nation, to the chances and changes of revolution. But should this extend to the Turkish dominion over the Greeks, for example ? Yet do persons who affect a zeal for the propagation of the Bible, openly de fend this most odious, most debasing, and falsest of.religions,—which spends all its force in quench ing intellect, and reducing man to a tyrant or a slave, —and in both, to a brute. The abuses of liberty are so' frequent,—anarchy, ambition, and even mere quackery, so frequently assume the name,—that there have really been but few con tests for real political freedom. But there is a freedom still more precious than that of politics— it is the freedom of the mind. Few Governments, which tolerate the cultivation of pure literature and speculative science, should be abandoned for the hazard of unloosing the passions in a revolu tion. But a Government that shuts out light from the mind—that would keep the human race stationary—worse than the very brutes, which have the instin ctl of nature without the furies of prejudice—such a Government is a nuisance.— And such was that of Spain, with, the restoration of which she is now menaced. Yet do we - hear affected friends of‘ ; Protestant liberty of cOn science, and intellect, exulting at its probable restoration. [THE TIMES.] Lord John Russell's motion for giving the Elective Franchise to large towns is •fixed for the 9th and not, the 16th of May. We suppose there is little doubt how this question will be disposed of in the house, and as little how it would be disposed of out of it. Allowing, how ever, the pre-eminent wisdom of Parliament, it seems a strange kind of logic to say " we are bet ter and wiser, and our body will be more beneficial ly constituted, the fewer they are who elect and constitute us. At present we are sent, by so many people to represent the whole ; but if a greater number were to be allowed to assume the consti tuent function, we should be less pure, ofa more corrupt body would be substituted in our place." I f this reasoning were true, we should be glad to know in what powers, natural or acquired, those who now send members to Parliament by prescrip tive abuse, are superior to those who would send them under a more equal extension of the elective franchise ?—in what it is that one or two men, remarkable for no one virtue or talent, excel a community of their compeers ? But if the . quality of the constituent body' is •not im proved ; why, it may be asked, increase the quantity ? The answer is obvious—that an un due influence 'may be exercised upon a small quantity of any kind, which will lose its effect upon a larger one. However, as the optimists say that every thing which is, is best, let those who have no vote at present acquiesce in the greater competence of those who have votes, to choose or appoint members both for themselves and others. In consequence of the depressed state of Agri culture, the Dowager Duchess of BUCCLEUGII has, with her accustomed feeling on all occasions for her tenants, ordered her stewards immedi, ately to reduce her rents, on her estates at Dun church and the neighbourhood, with the promise of a further reduction, should the present times continue.—(Leicester Journal.) _ _ The Nottingham Journal states that by the ex ertions of the late Overseers of St. Mary's pa rish, in that borough, a saving of nearly nine thou sand pounds has been effected in the expeudi ture of the parish during the last year. • The to tal amount of payment for the year 1819-20, is given at 29,742/. 9s. 9d. and for the year 1820-21, at 20,8701. 11s. 11d. FIRE—An alarming fire broke out on Sunday night at Cranmore Villa, Herts, the seat of C. R. Musgrove, Esq. in the-absence of the family. It was occasioned by the boiling Over of some combustible materials, preparing for the repair or the house the next morning. The flames spread rapidly—in less than an hour it was a ruinous pile within the walls, and not a vestige of furniture was saved. A poor boy, of the name of Holdsworth, who assisted in the stables, and who slept over the kitchen, broke his thigh in escaping from the window; and a maid servant who was in bed at the top of the house, was se riously burnt in makin g her escape. The loss, with the stabling consumed,lamounts to 30001._ CHILD MuRDIN.--Yesterday morning a female child was found crammed into a tunnel in Gore lane, Knightsbridge : its head had been crushed, the bones broken, and the body bruised. Infor mation has been given to the Coroner, who has appointed an inquest to be held thereon. This is the fitfh child that has been found dead under suspicious circumstances in the same lane within the last three or four months. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. REPORT OF THE BREAD COMMITTEE. The Select Committee appointed to take into consideration the existing regulations relative to the making and sale of bread, and to report their observations thereupon to the House : Have proceeded, in pursuance of the orders of the House, to consider the operation of the Act now in force, viz. the 59th Geo. 111. c. 36, intituled, " An Act to repeal certain Acts now in force for regulating the making and sale of breid out of the city of London, and the liberties thereof, and beyond the week ly bills of mortality, and ten miles of the Royal Exchange, where no assize is set, and for establishing other provisions and regulations relative thereto." And they have further taken into consideration the Report of a Committee, dated May 22, 1818, to whom the several petitions of country bakers, present ed to the House on the 11th Feb., and on the 3d and 10th March of the same year, were referred, to examine the matters thereof, and report their observations thereupon to the House ; and your Committee have to express their entire concurrence in the said Report; " that under the Statutes referred to in the above named petitions, the operation of the said Statutes has, in many instances, been made an instrument of oppression against the fair tradesmen, who by the pow - er given to informers, of seizing bread at any time distant from the period of its being baked, and of keeping it three dais after seizure before he can be compelled to have it weighed before &Magistrate, are liable to informations and consequent convictions, from which the ne cessary waste of the article from keeping, makes it impossible for them to protect themselves but by baking • their loaves of such an excess of weight beyond what the law requires, as must totally exhaust their reasonable gains, and make their trade n o longer an object worth the employment of their time and ca= pitals. From these vexations, aggravated as they have been by the practice of common inforniers, your Committee feel the country bakers are entitled to the earliest consideration of the Legislature to relieve them ; and though they do not consider that they have either had time, or that the late period of the Session is likely to give them time, to investigate: all the mi nute details of the subject that might be necessary to en..ble them to recommend any measure of permanent-legislation, they see no difficulty or inconvenience that can occur to the public, if the Legislature should think proper to extend to the coun try bakers the provisions of the Act of the 55th of the King upon this point, with some 'alteration only as to the period within which bread should be liable to be weighed, for a limit ed term, which would give time for a more full and detailed examination of the subject. But it does appear to your Committee, that the provisions and regulations proposed by that Committee, and subsequently adopted by the House, with a view to redress the grievances com plained ofinthe aforesaid petitions, and with a view, doubtless, at ehe same time to retain for the benefit of the - public, those means of protection against imposition in the manufacture and sale of bread; which previous Acts of Parliament were intended to afford, have not been effectual for either of the above named purposes. It has, in fact, been practically found, that in the attempt to protect the baker from unjust prosecutions, the pub lic has been exposed to material injury. In provincial districts, reports from the, counties of Norfolk and Dorsetshire especially Prove, that it has been found extremely difficult, if not im possible, to convict the baker or seller of bread deficient in legal weight. Ist, Because the complaint must 'be made, the summons must be served upon the accused, and the bread alleged to be deficient in weight must be weighed before a Magistrate, within 24 hours of the time at which it was drawn from the oven. 2dly, Because the bread supposed to be deficient in weight must be proved, when produced before the Magistrate, to be in the same state as it was when taken from the baker or seller of the bread; proof of which must be afforded by a disinterested witness or witnesses on behalf of the complainant. On the part of the baker and seller of bread it has been prov ed by the evidence, taken before your Committee, of respectable bakers in the metropolis, that it is impossible foithe baker,even under the present law, (enacted especially for his protection) to guard against vexatious and unjust informations for selling bread deficient in weight. It appears, that unless the baker makes all the loaves in a batch, upon an average, so heavy as to cover the partial deficiency of weight in any of them, (occa sioned either by their particular position in the oven, or from part , of one loaf unavoidably adhering to the other) there mutt be loaves which, without any fraudulent intention on the part of the baker, would be deficient in weight, and render him liable to con action under the existing law. It is obvious, that were the baker to adopt the only course which could give him security, namely, that of making the batch of loaves so much over weight as to cover the partial deficiency in any of them, his price being fixed upon the minimum of weight among the loaves of the batch, he must love his profit upon the average of loaves, or sell at a rate above the prevailing prices, which would he the mops of losing his customers. it has also been stated in evidence - , that the present law: relative to the sale of bread fails in affbrding the bakerprotection against the persecution of common informers. Individuals of their trade, known to them selves, have been induced by threats from that class of persons to enter into a sort of compromise with them, and to bargain, that upon payment of a certain sum per month they should be allowed with impunity (so far as the informer of the district is concerned) to impose upon the public, by selling their bread .deficient in weight. Whatever their original disposition these fbre might be, after entering into such an agreement it is natu ral to conclude that they indemnify themselves to the amount at the expenc,e of the public. The nugatory, and consequently mischievous, tendency of the existing law, holding forth to the public an expectation of protection which in reality it does not afford, thereby suspend ing the caution natural to all men in their own defence, ap pears to be a sufficient objection to the existing law so far as con cerns the public ; and on the past of the baker, sufficient evi dence of tfie inutility of the law has been afforded by the per sons extensively engaged in the trade who have been examined before your. Committee. It thence became a question, what improvement in the law could be made ? A deliberate review of the subject has been taken by your Committee; and confirmed, as they have been in consequent opinion by letters from individuals of high resmtability in different parts of the kingdom, they have no hesitation in recommending that the law relative to the sale of bread should in future (or for one year at least) impose no re striction as to the denomination of loaves or their weight. It has been perceived, that from the Act of 31 Henry 111., which went the length of regulating the sale of provisions generally, the legislative restrictions then imposed have from time to time gradually abated. Competition has been found, in most cases, effectually to supply the place of legislative regulation. It is competition alone which now regulates the price of bread where no assize is set. And your Committee cannot discover any rea son for supposing, that it would fail upon trial equally to se cure to the public a fair quantity of this, as of .all other ar ticles of subsistence, which are sold by weight generally with out restriction. • 1 Your,Committee have been informed, that the practice of sell ing bread, free from all restrictions, has prevailed in some dis tricts of the kingdom for many years. Communication has been had with some of those districts • and it is stated, that no complaint is there heard against the bakers, and that bread has been, and continues to be, sold in such places, of excellent qua lity, and at the lowest possible price. Your Committee have no intention to recommend an altera tion of the law, so far as it relates to the adulteration of bread, otherwise than by the increase, in some small degree, of ,the penalties attaching to any person convicted of selling bread adulterated by the mixture of ingredients not allowed by law. The retaining part of the existing law also, which enacts, " that every baker or seller of bread shall keep legal weights and scales in his shop to weigh bread when required by his cus tomers, and that he shall be liable to a penalty in case of his re fusal to weigh when so required," appears to your Committee to be the most expedient ; but when by these means facility has been afforded to the public to protect itself, it appears con clusive that the Legislature can do no more to secure it against imposition. • 'l7th April, 1821. THE STR.VTIBIORE PEERAGE. HOUSE OF LORDS.—The Petition of the Right Honourable THOMAS BOWES to his • MAJESTY, Claiming the titles of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, together with his MAJESTY'S reference thereof to this House, was read as follows : " To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, - " The humble Petition of the Right Honourable Thomas Bowes, the third son and heir male of the body and heir general of John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn (who died in the year one thousand sewn hundred and seventy six), and who is as such entitled to the Earldom - of Strathmore and Kinghorn, and the other tides to which his said father_ was entitled at his death : " SHEwE Tll,—That his late Majesty King James, of Eng land, France, and Ireland the first, and of Scotland the sixth, by. his charter under his great seal, bearing date the 10th day of July, which was in the year of our Lord 1606, gave unto Patrick Lyon Lord Glammis, and the heirs male of his bodylaw fully beg e begotten and to he begotten, the title and dignity of Earl of Kinghorn, to hold the sat to the said Patrick Lyon Lord Glammis, and the heirs male df his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten. " That the said title and ilignity of Earl of Kinghorn lineally eccendeAl to Patrick, third Earl of Kinghorn, the grandson of the said Patrick Lord Lyon the first Earl, and his late 'Majesty King Charles the Second, by letters patent bearing date the thirtieth day of Nay, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and seventy-twO, gave and granted to the said Patrick, third Earl of Kinghorn, and the heirs male of his body to be begotten, the title and dignity of Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Lyon and Glammis, to hold the said title and dignity to him and the heirs male of his hodylawfully to he begotten, whom failing, to the several heirs therein mentioned. " That his,late Majesty King Charles the Second, by his let ters patent bearing date the first day of July, Vhich was in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and seventy-seven,- did declare and ordain,that the said Patrick Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Lyon and Glannnis ' and his heirs male and other heirs therein mentioned, should be called and designed' in all future ages Earls a Strathinore and-Kinghorn. " That the said Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorn de scended and came, by virtue of the limitations in the aforesaid charters, to John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, theiather of your petitioner ; and the said John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and kinghorn departed this life in the year one 4: l lousand seven hundred and seventy-six, leaving John Bowes his eldest son and heir male of his-body, and George - Bowes his second son, and your petitioner his third son, and no other issue male of his body • and thereupon the said John Bowes the son became Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, and assumed and used the title, style, and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn. " That by letters patent under the grat seal of Great Britain, bearing date the seventh day , of August one thousand eight hun dred and fifteen, the said John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn was created a peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by the name, style, and title of Baron Bowes of Streatham Castle in the county' of Durham, and of Lunedale in the county of York, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body. " That the said George Bowes died in the lifetime of his said eldest brother without issue ; and the said John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes, died on the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, without issue male of his body lawfully begotten, whereupon your petitioner' became entitled, as he humbly submits to your Majesty, to the said title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn. But your petitioner sheweth to your Majesty, That certain persons acting on the behalf of John Bowes Millner (who is an infant of the age of eleven years, or there abouts, and was in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, born of.the body of Mary Millner, single woman, and reputed to be the natural son of the said John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes,) have assumed for and given ,to him the said John Bowes Milner, the title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore ; apd they alledge that such title hatkdescended to the said John Bowes Millner, because they say that the said John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes, contractea a marriage with the said Mary Millner on the second day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and she hats in consequence thereof taken, and now uses, the title of Countess Dowager of Strathmore, and that by. virtue of such Millner the said John 'Bowes illner was legitimatized, and is, as heir of the body of the said John Bowes Earl of Strath-. more and Kinghorn, Baron Bowes, entitled to the said title and dignity of Earl Strathmore and Kinghorn. That the said John Bowes Earl of Strathmore and King horn, Baron Bowes, had been for a long time prior to the said second July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, greatly afflicted by, and was then labouring under the disorder of which he died, and he was at that time at the point of death, and he in fact died on the folloviing day, and from his bodily infirmi ties he was incapable on the said second day of July, of legal matrirneay, and he was induced, from misrepresentations, to be present at the ceremonial of marriage between him and the said .Mary Millner, and he was incapable of standing without the support of those who were present, and when in a kneeling pos ture, he supported himself by resting on the rail of the altar. , " That if such marriage could be sustained, yet your peti tioner submits, that the said John Bowes Milner cannot, by virtue thereof, claim any right to the title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, and that your, petitioner is now entitled thereto. " Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that your' Majesty will be pbased to declare, that your Petitioner is entitled to the said title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and King horn,',and the other titles and honours to which his late father was entitled at his death. " And your petitioner shall ever pray. " BOWES STRATOIIORE.7 The Petition of John Bowes an infant, •by James Farrer of the City of Bath, Esquire, his next friend, to his Majesty, claiming the title and dignity of Earl of Strathmore and King. horn, Viscount Lyon, Lord Glammis, Tannadice, Sidlaw, and Strathdightie, was also read as follows : " To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. • " The humble Petition of John Bowes, only son and 'Jen. male of the body of John Bowes, late Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland, an infant, by James Farrer of the City of Bath, Esquire, his next friend : " SuEwnTir,—That his Majesty:James VI. King of Scot land, by his Royal charter, under the great seal of that King dom, bearing date the 10th day of July, in the year of onr Lord 1606 , granted to Patrick, then a Lord of Parliament in Scot land, by the title of Lord Glammis, and to the heirs male of ,his body lawfully begotten, or to be begotten, the honour, title,' and dignity of Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Lyon and Glammis. " That tho said honour, title, and dignity of Earl of -King horn, Lord Lyon and Glannnis, having henally descended to Patrick, the third Earl of Kinghorn, the grandson of the said Patrick the first Earl,his Majesty King Charles the second, by his Royal charter under the great seal of Scotland, bearing date the thirtieth day of May . in the year of our Lord 1672, gave and granted to the said Patrick third Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Lyon and Glammis, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, or to be begotten ; which failing, to any person or persons to be named by him heirs of Tailzie of his title, dignity, and estates ; which failing, to his heirs and assignees whomsoever, the said honour, title, and dignity of Earl of Kinghorn, Lord Lyon and Glammis, together with certain lands, baronies, and estates in the said charter mentioned. • " That his said Majesty King Charles the Second, by his let ters patentor diploma upder the gfeat seal of Scotland, bearing date the Ist day of July in the_ year of our Lord 1677, willed and granted, and decreed and ordained, that the said Patrick Earl of Kinghorn and his heirs male and of Tailzie succeeding to him in his lands and estates, should be designed in all time, thereafter Earls of Strathmore, Viscounts Lyon, Lords Glarri mis, Tannadice, Sidlaw, and Strathdightie, and his Majesty made, constituted, created, and inaugurated them for ever-Earls of Strathmore and Kin shorn, Viscounts Lyon, Lords Glam mis, Tannadice, Sidlaw and Strathdightie, with all rights of precedency, pre-eminences, prerogatives, liberties, and immu nities whatsoever thereunto belonging. " That by virtue of the limitations in the aforesaid instru ments contained, the aforesaid titles, honours, and dignities lineally descended to John Bowes, the last Earl of Strathmore. and Kinghorn, the father of your petitioner. " That the petitioner, the son of the said last-mentioned John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and, Kinghdrn and of Mary Millner (now Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorn)„ was born on the 19th of June in the year of our Lord 1811 ; acid the marriage between his said parents having been solemnized upon the 2d day. uf July last, the petitioner thereupon, according to the law of Scotland, became legitimated and entitled to all the rimhts of a lawful son. " That the said John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore and King_ horn, the petitioner's father, having died. upon the 3d day of July last, the petitioner thereupon has succeeded him in his titles, honours, and dignities of Earl of Strathmore and King horn, Viscount Lyon, Lord Glammis, Tannadice; Sidlaw, and Strathdightie, in that part of the United Kingdom called Scot land. " And humbly prays that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to declare, that your petitioner is accordingly entitled to the said titles, honours, and dignities, which were enjoyed by his said late father at the time of his death. " And your petitioner shall ever pray, &c. " JAS. FARBER." From the LONDON GAZETTE, May 1. Crown- (vice, Maq 1 . Member returned to serve in this present Parliament. Pnough of Orford—The Most Honourable • gobert, Mar quess of Londonderry, in the room of John Douglas, Esq. who haS accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. • WM/Mull, April 30, 1821. The King has pleased to grant unto the .Rev. Jaines'Stanier Clarke, Doctor of Laws, and one of his Majesty's Domestic Chaplains, .the place and dignity of a. Prebendary - of His Ala jesty's Free Chapel of St. George, in the Castle of Wi n d sor , void by the death of Dr. FredericljDodsworth. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED: A. Benzies, Saint illartin's-lane, baker, from May 5 to June 9. T. Croft, Chatham, haiT , lresser, from May to May 3. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED: L. Love, Norwich, manufacturer. BANKRUPTS. • • J. Welsh, High Holborn, master manner, May 8,-19, and Juni 12, at eleven, at Guildhall. Solicitors, Messrs. J. TOM linson and Co. King's Arms Yard, Coleman-street. D. Turner, Whitechapel-road, timber-merchant, May 5,12, and June 12, at ten, at Guildhall.. Solicitors, Messrs. Jones and Co. Mincing-lane. W. H. Bayly, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, banker, May 11, 14, at the Fleece Inn ' Cheltenham, and June 12, at 'eleven, at the King's Head' Inn, Gloucester. Solicit ors ,. Messrs. Vilard . and Co. Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and .111essrs. Fruen and - Co. Cheltenham. M. Waller, Furnace,., Stone, Staffordshire, victualler, May 21, 22, at eleven. at the Office of Mr. Astbury,. Solicitor, in Stone, and June 12, at five, at the Crown Inn; Stone.•• Solici tors, Mr. R. Barbor, Fetter-lane; and Mr. E.'Asthury, Stone, Staftbrdshire. R. Franke, sen. Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, . miller, May 8,9, and June 12, at eleven, at the Saracen's'. riead Inn, Newark-upon-Trent. . Messrs:- Tallerts and Co. Newark-upon-Trent ; and Messrs. Long and Co. - Holborn , . court, Gray's Inn. • G. Allison, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, rope-maker. May 10, 24, ant i June 12, at eleven, at the-Bridge Inn, Bishop Wearmouth. Solicitors,.Mr. Blakiston, and Mr. E. Ilinde, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham. J. Shepheard, jun. Pirton, and R. Houghton, Badsey; 'Wor cestershire, dealers, May 15, at- five, 16, and June 12, at twelve, at the Rein Deer Inn, 'Worcester. Solicitors, 3ir: ‘ l . ; Platt, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn ; and Mr. Elkingtoni Birnungham. J. Westaway, Exeter, watch-maker, May 21, 22, and June 12, at eleven, at the Half Moon Inn, Exeter. Solicitors, .Mr. Furlong, Exeter; and Mr. W. Wright, 10, King's. Bench • Walks, Inner Temple : - W. Demaine; Burley, Yorkshire, worsted -spinner, May l':, at five, 11, and Jun e , 12, at ten, at the N ew inn, 'Braitlotit, Yorkshire. Solicitors, llessrs. Fisher and Co. Thavks' Inn ; and Mr. Crosley, Bradford. T. Greenwood, jun. Preston, Lancashire, upholsterer, Ma)'' 28; at five, 29, at eleven and June 12, at twel ve , a t the White' Hart Inn, Preston. Solicitors; Messrs. Hurd and- Co., King's Bench Walk, Temple; and Messrs. Troughton Ana Co., Preston. - • J. Jerry,. Kirton, Suffolk; maltster, May 16, at seven, 17, and- June 12, at eleven, at the CoaCh and Horses, ipstvicii, SuffolL Solicitors, Mr. Jackaman, IpS*ielt ; and AleSsts. Bromley, 3, Grey's Inn-square. DIVIDENDS. lllay 22; J. Macnair, jun. and J. Atkinson, •Cornhill, chants--11lay 22, J. Lay, South illoultou-street; hatter—Nlay . 2G, W. Vaughan, Pall-mall, 'tailor--.-May 26 ; Rothe.- hithe, merchant—June 2 Haffner, Uannonstrett, carpen ter kay 23, E. Cattell,'Alilverton, Warwickshire . mealmiin, --May 22, J. Davies, Shrewsbury, flax-spinner--june t, R.. and U. Panter, - 11eyrod, Lancas,iire; dealers-May 2y, J. - Thomas,- Llahbrynmair, Montgoludryshire, flannel-uumulac-1, turer-111ay 90, 'l'. Powell, Leomiilstr, butcher—j•une . Zi; Rjder and J. Nesmytb, Fenchurch-street; . lay 20, N. Bell, Borehaua-park, Ilertfordalire, 29, W.• Bewley, illanchester, tailor-L-)lay 1-1 - 7. .and,, Copp, Exeter, linenLdrapers - -.-May 2.2, W. Burn, draper,- , lllaf 29, s j. DOhell, Sulplehurst,• May. 22, • J. Cheapside, warehOuscmah,- . Afq 22, W. Hodge, Great Ifermitage-streq, May 24, 'Caisidy, Liverpool, fCatiler-nierchani--,s,lity, 21•!, J. Bishopsgate-street linen-draper -_;flay 22, M. B. Schlesinger, Church -court, Lombard-Street; indigo merchant--11Iay - 26, C. Buck, Sun-Yard, East Smithfits •• victualler—Alay 12, J.. Bourke, Albiauarld-street, vnne" . merchant. CERTIFICATES, MAY 22. T. Jarrett, Shrewsbury, vietualler—J. Richards and Tr-i - • Badham, Bromyard, I - lerefordsbire,'.corn-de a ki s __J..Canirh. ' Bishop Wearmouth, ship-owner--S. Levy, RosemurP iarle -' slop-seller. . - ' • PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J., B. P., and,W. T. Tennant, W. Scaley, wild E. li r °, , 61 " bridge, Tnnity-square, wine.-rocrchant&—N. anu Mattison, Old Jewry, silk-roctrchants—,lt. ”SV-atson doch, and J. Watson, Greeno c k—T. ilgtove and ! ".f. Culbert sOn, BristOl, timber-dealers--J. Large, W. W. Jenkins, and T. Paine, 'Birmingham, wire-drawers—R. Everit,tir: and J. Lowden, Compton-strect,. back-olake'... T. Shipway and J. Dunn, jun., 'l'rowbiid!te, hatte,l-. l *.ri* Moore and 11. Parkin, Barking, - EsseN., surgeons-LT. St3.ouV , and J. 1V ' allace, Lancaster ;'stone-masons--J. CoOta, lirfsbc-Aw*. St. Peter's, Ely; and AV: aote, ives, flunthigaonshir4 'chants—S. 'Birch; M. and J. De and: . Jong' Birch,-3,1 0-4 : . chester, twist-merchants. ' COURSE OF EXCHANGE; MAY t. Amster dam Ditto, at Sight l2 11 Rotterdam l2 15 Antwerp . ' l2 10 ~4 . ,,r., ' •• fiamburgli 3B 7 ~2* 313 ~...,''* Altona p S e i..V - • Paris, 8 Day's sight 25 80 0 u„ 6 " Ditto , 26 15 q u s ' Bourdeaux, ditto 26 15 (3 1q 1 1 7 : 7 .f Frank fort on the Main - ve 351 f . ;',.e,,, t i. F . c .: ~,,. . Itn" Madrid t V,, L. fi , 24l i,c Cadiz (Whoa 13arcelona 351 Eg" Seville . Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa 44 -Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 ea Nlalta - Palermo - ...., ... Lisbon • Oporto _ . .Itio Janeiro .i Dublin.... 81 .. - Cork • el' per Ccnt. .. .. . BtJLLION. et C S " Portugal Gold, in Coin / •0 0 0 P Foreign Gold, in• Bars New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver to Bars, Standard 0 4 11 BIRTHS. On the 27th ult. in Manchester-Ltreet Hrs. John 13rent°1''' of a daughter. r rha ruas On the 24th ult. at Bentley, Hants, the Lady o f an d Peat, Esq. of a on. Though a premature birth, the chilli mother are doing well. MARRIED. A ,„ ell gat - On the Ist inst. at Pulborough, Sus' sex, the Rev. -Ducal's" den, of Earnley, to Anne, only daughter of Mr Thor' of the former place. - On Tuesday, the Ist of May, at Saint Pancras, ' da c st. Escott Kirkpatrick, Esq. of London-strcet, to Eliza ‘1 1111 ) , daughter of the late Jeremiah Parkinson, Esq. On Saturday, at Clarendon-s nons of P. Greenfield, - Esq., Ordnance . ..- qua r e , Elizabeth Sop hia/ Rife On Saturday morning, at Swansea, gala, eldest daug hter of James Henckell, Esq. late of Wrkunisworth -comm on. ... On Saturday last, the 28th ult., a t Merton, in Surrey, 1 " • his 87th year, Mr. James Newton, late of Merton -abbey, in . . lien-printer. storekeeper. On the Ist inst., in her 70th year, Mrs. Deans, wife of CaP7 ' Min Deans, of Finsbury-terrace. On Sunday, the 22d ult. Mrs. Sidebotham, of Upper Lorton- On - • street, aged G 9. On Monday last, suddenly,/at his ho use in New- s treet, Sprio!; 7 :. Gardens, Hugh Perry Keane, Esq. in hi • 54th year. = LONDON : Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of N0.,9, Great Ormond-street, Queen -square; and published by e 'NV- l• SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molten-street, at TE Slig OFFICE, No. 11, Strand ; where Anyrwris€3",'"' ORDERS, LETTERS, &c. (post-paid) must be addresaiu.