The Sun. — London, England, 1836-04-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We call the attention of our readers to a very able letter in another column on the subject of the commer cial T elation s betwe en th e U n i te d S tates and -this cormtry. The letter contains some valuable informa tion as to the probable amount of the cotton crop, the extent of the consumption of cotton in the manufac tories of North America, and other branches of Ame rican industry. The commerce between this country and the United States, in spite of the mistaken policy of our Legislature, must every year become mormoreim portant, from the cir cums t ance that the former is ad vancing rapidly in population and wealth, and that with so extensive and so f ert il e a terr it or y, it is r possible to assign limits to its greatnes9, and conse quently to its production of commodities which it will always be profitable to exchange for English manufac tures. The Corn-laws of this country have, no doubt, as the writer contends, given a premature development to American manufactures ; and it were to be wished that the landowners of England had had sufficient discernment to perceive that trade ultimately resolves • itself into barter ; that nations can only buy by means of selling ; and that by restrictions on the importation of the agricultural produce of America, we merely reduce the amount of the manufactures which that country can take from us. In a country which exports manu factures and imports food, the situation of the agricul turist must always be an enviable one. He sellsilearer and buys cheaper than the agriculturist of a country which imports manufactures and exports food. He has always the costs of importation of food in his fa vour ; and as the price of manufactures at home is de termined by the price abroad, he in like manner gains in his purchases the expense and charges of their con veyance to the foreign markets. Besids, in a country possessing a population of which a great part is em ployed in manufacturing for the foreign market, the agriculturist has a monopoly of a number of articles which can only be raised at home, and which add to the productiveness of his soil. Of all mistakes, there fore, the greatest is, that the agriculturist is not deeply interested in the extension of the foreign market for manufactures. But the writer hardly makes sufficient allowance for the difficulties which beset public men in this country. If " the Liberals, as they call themselves, who own land, are as strenuous advocates for high-priced bread as the Tories," this is very natural. We quarrel with them for their ignorance, arid not for their selfishness. They are for the most part ignorant of the law by which prices are governed, and commit the mistake cf supposing that by crippling the commerce of the coun try and impairing the ability of the manufacturer to pnrchase, they can get a high price for their bread. Ig noranee with respect to their true interests is not con fined to the people of England ; and the writer must have a short memory if he do not recollect proceedings in Congress on the subject of the tariff, not much more distinguished for wisdom than those of our own Legis lature. But it is a mistake to suppose that a States man is omnipotent, or that he is chargeable with a want of - virtue when he does not attempt to give effect to what he deems the soundest views of commercial policy.. The Statesman cannot change the notions of a people in a day ; and by attempting to carry a ques tion for which they are not prepared, he may deprive himself of the means of effecting much good within his reach. The Statesman must be a diligent reader of the signs of the times. With respect to this coun try, the ignorance which still prevails among the farmers, with respect to the Corn Laws, is very great ; and as to the landholders, they are many of them so deeply embarrassed, that they cling with the desperation of drowning men to the idea of keep ing up high prices and high rents. Our hopes rest principally on the increasing political importance of the middle classes, and the diffusion of sound views among them. When we consider how much Ministers hazarded in the bold attempt (which has been crowned with success) to reform the Poor Laws, which all preceding Ministers had shrunk from, we should be slow to accuse them of want of virtue. When the American writer reflects a little more on the number of individuals in England interested in abuses—the des perate opposition, for instance, which the lawyers have always given to the most necessary measures of law reform—the difficulties with which Sir J. Campbell has had, and still has, to contend in his measure for placing the law of debtor and creditor on a proper foot ing—he will be disposed to make more allowance to our Statesmen than he now does. In America there is no Aristocracy—no class of men who live without labour on the industry of others, and to provide in comes for whom unnecessary offices must be kept up at extravagant salaries. The English Statesman, how ever, is not long allowed to forget that such a class exists in this country, and is a most formidable ob stacle in the way of Reform.—Morning Chronicle. The relations between England and China begin to be looked upon as a staple subject of discussion. Pamphlets accumulate upon the expediency of adopt ing some means for the amendment of our position, not only with the authorities of Canton, but with the whole maritime frontier of the Chinese empire. Some days ago we took occasion to notice favourably a letter of Mr. Lindsay, who, after enumerating the various wrongs endured by British merchants at the hands of the Chinese, and more especially the hardships in flicted on Lord Napier, urged the British Government to have recourse to direct and immediate measures of coercion, failing a repeated trial of more pacific expe riments. It is not to be denied that Mr. Lindsay ex pressed in strong language his sens e o f th e i n j ur i es we have suffered in our commercial interests and our national honour, or that he indulged with unsparing determination the spirit of resentment, and the de sire for forcible redress, acknowledging at the same time, that if what he considered justice could be obtained by more amicable methods, his warlike proposition ought to fall of itself to the ground. This view put forth by Mr. Lindsay, of the probable necessity for belligerent efforts on the part of Eng land, has been more recently combated,by Sir George Staunton in a pamphlet little longer than that to which it is meant for a reply. Sir George Staunton, on grounds which he does not very satisfactorily explain, objects, save only under one condition, to the appoint ment of a resident Minister to China, as representative of his Majesty ; for assuredly it is not in itself conclu sive, that because .Lord Napier behaved rashly, and was unmercifully treated, no other individual should be sent out, olothed with the Royal authority of Great Britain, to superintend and uphold the rights of our national co mmerce , an d b y a di screet and judicious' em ployment of his opportunities to strengthen our connexion with the Chinese people. Sir George Staunton depre cates every attempt at intimidation, and appears to ns, we confess, to give even a more anx i ous development to his own dread of a coercive policy than Mr. Lindsay has 0 his recommendation of it. The worthy Baronet, witl out saying so much in words, or rather indeed wh: e u ing a formal phrase or two, of a nature to save appearances, seems desirous of indirectly impressing upon the . public that in no case ought this country to engage in hostilities with China ; and we beg pardon if we misunderstand him—but his prohibition of war like measures, apparently at least, extends to cases in which, towards other nations, they would be justified and even necessitated, on the ground of self-defence. Sir George Staunton coincides with Mr. Lindsay in opinion, that if an , armed int er f erence shall " be deemed inadmissible,' a mere trading personage, of small or no pretension, ought to be sent out as " agent for the Customs, whose sole duties should consist in reeisterine ships' papers," &c., a functionary, who, we presume, would take kicks quietly, and let the Hong merchants, or mandarins, treat him as they liked. " Assuming, then, that neither our resentment for the fate of Lord Napier, nor the enlargement and improvement of our commerce, affords any adequate justification for a resort to the measures proposed, Mr. Lindsay's question (page 3), What is now to be done ?' still remains to be considered. " Mr. Lindsay asks, Is there another English gentle man of character and talent to be sent to China, and di rected to submit to all the humiliating concessions of na tional inferiority, which will be demanded before he is recog nized by the Chinese ? I cannot imagine it possible ? Are we to continue to maintain an establishment at Macao, at an expense of more than 20,0001. a year, without any assign able duties whatever? This appears equally improbable.' These remarks are perfectly just. The appointment of Lord Napier, in t,-way it took p l ace, was decidedly a (step ;,to e the height of folly to repeat Eq/1147:91'ibid:w3N1 911 be a, without any hope of to contin ue to maintain lima, exppayi entitlVC,, k f .y being able to render it efficient for the purposes it was de sieue'd to accomplish. I entirely subscribe, therefore; to the wisdom (with some modification in detail) of Mr. Lindsay's second proposal, which he offers as an alternative, in the event of his first suggestion of an armed interference' being deemed inadmissable. He sas (p. 4) I would suggest the w ithdrawal at once of all his Majesty's Commissioners, and that a person of no pretensions should be sent out as agent for the Customs, whose sole duties should consist in regis tering ships paper, and countersigning manifests. He adds, that 'this mode of procedure will be highly embarrassing to the Chinese authorities, who are most anx;‘---- __.,...s to see some recognized chief' at Canton r-- ..or the purpose, as they term_ of T a n a .', ; ,;;;; and controlling all eV:Air; Of the Eng -1 ' ll ;' and on' ths, Vtry firrt' difficulty or dispute which occurta tiiiy will most anxiously inquire why no such atithtrity exists. Our reply then is obvious--s' It is your own fault ; for when we sent one to you ; yod-treated him with insult (1. c. rejected him); and it is incompatible with the dignity of England that a representative (rather an officer) of her Sovereign should be subjett to such indignity ; no chief will, therefore ; be sent, until you promise him proper reception and treatment. " Here we have, then, on the authority of Mr. Lindsay's knowledge and experience of the Chinese character, a plan easy and simple, perfectly peaceable as well as legitimate, if not of obtaining all the objects we desire, at least all the ob jects which the Government of this country contemplated when they appointed Lord Napier to reside in China as su perintendent. Here is, indeed, no appeal to the fears of the Chinese ; but there is an appeal which, from all we know of their character, we may expect will be equally effectual—an appeal to their rational self-interest. You place them, by a merely negative course of proceeding, in such a highly embarrassing predicament (according to Mr. Lindsay), that they must very shortly become most anxious to do that of their own accord which it is not quite certain that all our embargoes and blockades would extort from them. Is not this case somewhat analogous to that of the countryman and his cloak, in the fable, exposed to the alternate effects of the sun and the wind, when the genial influence of the former accomplished readily what_ all the powerful blasts of the latter bad attempted in vain ?" Sir George, however, is not, under all circumstances, adverse to the nomination of an Ambassador by the King's Government, to take up the lost thread of di plomacy, broken by the failures of Lords Macartney and Amherst. The condition affixed to this proposal is, that the Plenipotentiary shall be one peculiarly qualified—and we think that a fair guess is afforded— as the precise individ ua l w h o wou ld be sure to gain the approval of the Hon. Baronet. " I confess I think it possible that a third mission, if sent to China, on a plan which this is not the place to detail, might, in very skilful hands, steer clear of those dif ficulties which obstructed the former two in 'inane, and rendered all negotiation impossible : and that our national honour might be preserved at the same time that our na tional interests would be promoted ; but I am very far in deed from recommending that the experiment should be tried. It would not only require a very skilful leader, but it would be necessary that he should have the entire con fidence and co-operation, if called upon, of that British commercial community at Canton for whose interests he was to contend. Setting aside the risk of an ambassador being named who possessed every good quality except that peculiar one of fitness for his very peculiar office, what pos sible chance would he have of advancing peaceably in the slow but sure steps of ordinary negotiation, while the ma jority of the British community at Canton, sympathizing, as I believe they at present do, in the belligerent views of Mr. Lindsay, would be impatient to cut at once with the sword the Gordian knot of his diplomacy ?" In the concluding passages of the pamphlet, writ ten with reference to one written by Mr. Matheson, of which we shall have to speak on a future occasion, the Hon. Baronet appears to labour under some confusion of ideas. He admits that in the course of his cxpe .rience the " grievances" of England once brought the servants of the East India Company to " 4 actual ex tremities" with the Chinese ; but that the extreme point of those extremities went no further than striking the British flag, which he states to have been our " ultirna ratio"—for that nobody, not the highest spirited individual of the British community then in China or India, ever then contemplated a resort to force in any case except that of " self-defence." Now, we have certainly always understood that a case of un redressed grievance between nations is one which, on the side of the injured party, justifies a resort to force, and constitutes that very case of self-defence which is thus alluded to, but, as it would seem, not clearly comprehended by Sir George Staunton. Hissugges tion of the service of certain unoccupied islands near the Chinese coast, as emporia for our trade with the country, is just and reasonable, but has been often times anticipated:— " Our grievances, as they have Leen termed, never brought us to actual extremities with the Chinese but once during my residence in that country. We then certainly struck the British flag, which had been so long accustomed to wave over our establishments, and contemplated the pos sible necessity of a final abandonment of our position on the Chinese continent ; but this was our ultima ratio. Not an individual, I believe, at that period —not the highest spirited, or the most belligerent of the then British com munity, either in China or India, contemplated a resort to force in any case, except that of self-defence. The means were not wanting : the British chief and council in China had at that time 20 well-armed ships, manned with about 3,000 men, under their uncontrolled command ; and they would, no doubt, have found willing instruments to execute their instructions, if they had conceived a demonstration, as it has been called, expedient. It is impossible to say what might have been the effect upon the Chinese of an attempt at that period to intimidate them. It was a par ticularly favourable one, and one that in all probability will never return ; for no other flag but our own then showed itself, or could show itself, on the Chinese coast. Peace had not yet been restored to Europe, and war had just broken out between us and America. Schemes of inti midation were never adopted, nor even contemplated, solely because they would have been wholly unjust and in defensible. " If the British community should be once more com pelled, as they were in 1814, to retire from Canton, and should their negotiator not be solicited by the Chinese authorities to return and resume his functions (as I was at that period, as noticed by Mr. Matheson, p. 44), they will in that case, no doubt, be driven to the necessity of taking another position. If . Singapore be deemed to be too distant for a suitable- commercial entrepot, there is an in finite number of intermediate islands, possessing every faci lity and convenience, both for navigation and commerce, which might be taken possession of, not only without a con test, but without the violation of any right in practical exer cise -, and I agree with Mr. Matheson in the justice of the remark he quotes (p. 69), that the Chinese would not hesitate to trade with foreigners there, if they could be assured of receiving protection ;' and that such an inter mediate station might, under such circumstances, become one of the most flourishing places in the East.' "—Times. It is the common complaint of that harsh class of political philosophers who object to a legal provision for the poor in England, that the cases are very rare in which pauperism maw not be traced to indolence or improvidence. Without stopping to argue the ques tion whether even these -faults should be left to the severe punishment of utter destitution, we wish to point out that, with respect to the proposed provision for the poor of Ireland, this objection will not apply. It is true that among the Irish poor both indolence and improvidence prevail ; but these vices, (under the present circumstances of the labouring population) are rather the consequences than the causes of pau perism. There really is no resource for the people when their numbers exceed what is necessary for the imperfect cultivation of the soil. Excluding the North of Ireland, and the vicinity of the metropolis, it may be said that there are no manufactures, and where the resident gentry are so few there is little chance of employment as domestic servants. The thousand varieties of ways by which, in a rich and active country like England, the industrious and enterprising may earn something, even when their ordinary occupation fails, have no existence in the greater part of Leinster, Munster, and Connaught. They must work upon the land, or be in idle ness and destitution, and we have already seen that according to the English scale, three fifths of the Irish agricultural labourers are redundant. Under the wretched circumstances of privation to which this ab sence of employment, in proportion to the number to be employed, necessarily leads, the economists would argue that population must decrease ; but, like most of the theories of these ingenious gentlemen, experience teaches exactly the reverse. Adam Smith, a wise and moderate man compared with many of his successors and some of his commentators, tells us with great com placency, that " where the lowest class is not only overstocked with its own workmen, but with the over flowings of all other classes, the competitio n for em ployment would be so great as to reduce the wages of labour to the most miserable and scanty subsisten ce of the labourer. Many would not be able to find em ployment even upon these hard terms, but would either THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL Eli 1836 starve or be driven to ijeck h 'subsistence either by beg= ging, or by the perpetr a tio n , p er h ap s ; 1 5f the ,g'r'eatest enormities.' So fat the theOfy iS ekaeliy borne out by the state at' fads in Ireland ; bill he goes on to show , how this evil works its own dreadfdl care: " Want, famine, and inditaliiv;" tin 4olikhltieS; " would immediately lifek'n'il lh ii at class, and from thence extend themselves to all the sunerior classes, till the number : e t inhabitants in the country was re to what could easily by the re- venue dud StOck Which remained in it, and which had escaped either the tyranny or the calamity which had destroyed the rest." It is not so iii Ireland: Want, famirie, and. tnottalitY do iodeed prevail ; bdt early niartiages, and the pfolific G i odstifiitioii df tlid people ; are trifire than a thatch tot these depopulating causes, and numbers increase in spite of them. Nay, though every part of England and Scotland, where there is a great demand for labour, swarms with Irish, the num ber at home, in spite of all manner of privations, still increases. They grow up like weeds, which cover the ground where artificial cultivation is neglected. Some of the witnesses examined before the Irish Poor Law Commissioners attribute the improvident marriages which are continually taking place to the wretched cir cumstances of the people. It ,is certain that there are two distinct sorts of improvidence which afflict man kind. One of them is the neglect to provide out of pre sent means for future necessities ; the other is th e result of a desperate belief that the future can brin g nothing worse. One is the carelessness of the wel - provided, the other is the desperation of the destitute. The improvidence of the Irish labourers is very fre quently—perhaps generally—of the latter class. It does not seem to us that any system for the elevation of the Irish poor from their present degraded state can be satisfactory, unless it comprehends some restriction on these grossly improvident marriages. We believe that the Roman Catholic priests encourage this mon strous evil for the sake of the marriage fees, which, on such occasions, arc provided by a general subscription. We therefore fear that the Commissioners will not venture to recommend any such restriction, and that, if they did, the present Government would not venture to act upon such recommendation. What they do re commend is as we learn, briefly this, that a poor-law machinery, similar to that existing under the new law in England, should be instituted in Ireland, omitting the workhouses. The persons to be relieved under this system are those who from age or bodily infirmities are unable to work. As for the able-bodied labourers, it is plain that they are too abundant to be provided for upon the poor law system, and a Board of Im provement is therefore recommended to be instituted, with extensive powers for proceeding with the culti vation of waste lands and carrying on public works. Emigration is also to be encouraged for carrying off' the surplus for which profitable employment cannot be found. The expense of the contemplated improvements is to be subsequently defrayed by a charge upon the lands, &c., improved ; the funds being in the first instance, we presume, furnished by the public. All this seems very excellent and laudable, and if set about with energy, honesty, and care, much good may be done. If it were possible, however, we should rather not have two new Boards, and a whole regiment of Commissioners, Sub-Commissioners, and District Commissioners, which are recommended. We much fear the jobbing propensities of Mr. O'Connell and the Roman Catholic priests, being well convinced, from all past experience, that they have no real anxiety about the substantial welfare of the common people, and no honesty to prevent them from accommodating themselves at the expense of sacrificing great national . advantages. We must await the authentic publication of full details before a final judgment can be pronounced upon the policy and practicability of the labours assigned to the Board of Improvement ; but the principle of maintaining the Irish poor, by employing them on the improvement of waste lands, or providing for them by emigration, are, although the old, the only feasible re medics which seem to present themselves for existing evils. Education, and the prevention of early and im provident marriages, might also do much. W e con f ess we are startled at the preliminary work which is chalked out as the foundation for the Commissioners' labours. Ireland, we are told, is to be divided into " relief dis tricts," which are to be surveyed and valued. This is easily said, but the division of a kingdom into dis tricts, and the surveying and valuing of the same, is not so easily done. Yet this is but one. of the preli minary steps. The poor rate, it is said, will be assessed upon the whole of Ireland, and the Commis sioners arc to direct what proportion shall be collected from each district. It is proposed that occupying tenants shall pay one-third of the rate in respect of their occupancy, and two-thirds in respect of the pro perty which they occupy. If they are leasehold tenants they may deduct these two-thirds from the landlord's rent ; if tenants at will, they may deduct the whole of the rate. We think it wily be very unfair if the whole of Ireland should be obliged to pay the rates for the landlords and occupiers of the pauperised parts. We do not see why the improved and industrious North of Ire land should pay for the gross neglect and exorbitant rents of the merely agricultural South. We foresee a multitude of difficulties in the adjustment of what the Commissioners have recommended, and we fear the Ministers have not the energy, nor their Irish friends the inclination, to combat these difficulties, and to succeed in spite of them. The public ought to exer cise great vigilance in this matter ; first, not to suffer it to be neglected ; and, secondly, to hinder it from being made the means of jobbing for individual or party advantage. We repeat that this vast and vital concernment—namely, the rescuing of upwards of two millions of people from miserable degradation and hardship, and the improving of Ireland, in the real and practical sense of that term, calls for immediate honesty, atr d zealo energy, attention, erg y , and and ca ?e , w e this have no doubt and gstvoelaeroacm( vacancies s , n‘ N ev V tiohe l r t sek h may be accomplished. But they who expect such a consummation under the present prevailing influence with regard to Irish affairs, are more sanguine than we are.—Morning Herald. The conduct of the Government is defended in the Parliament by one style of argument, in the Press by another. In the House, some little respect for con sistency, some little regard for integrity, must be pro fessed.; in the newspaper, inconsistency and corruption may safely be avowed and eulogized. When Sir Richard Vyvyan blamed the exclusion of the name of Mr. Al derman Daniel from the list of magistrates for the city of Bristol, Lord John . Russell defended the omission, on the ground that Mr. Alderman Daniel was growing old—that Mr. Alderman Daniel did not hear so well as he used to hear—that Mr. Alderman Daniel was unwilling to undertake the performance of onerous duties. To the hearers of Lord John Russell, it seems, some slight show of decency is necessary. The Morning Chronicle is bolder. It o saysr..bAnoh thing of Mr. Alderman Daniel's ace, nothingomction of Mr. Alderman Daniel's deafnests,pnuotstathige rejection derman Daniel's reluctance. I his honoured name upon 'the single and sole ground upon which Sir It. Vyvyan asserted it must be placed. It acknowledges that Mr. Alderman Daniel is not a magistrate because Mr. Alderman Daniel is a Tory. To the readers of the Morning Chronicle Whenit naked truth may be safely and successfully told. • During the ascendancy of the Tories, so argues our contemporary, " They rigorously excluded all Reformers from the ma gistracy. Every alderman was a Tory, in the corporation arose, they were uniformly fill e d b y Tories." And what said the Morning Chroniclei n those uni- times of thi s rigorous exclusion of Reformers ?—of these universally Tory aldermen ?—of thi s form supply of vacancies by Tories ? It sa i d that if the individuals selected were fit for their office, the system was still bad which raised them to that office. It said that if justice was rightly adminis tered by men chosen for political reasons, still it was impossible to make it be believed that justice was rightly admini s t ere d. I t sa id t h at i t was not enough to shut out p ar ti a li ty f rom t l' ,e Bench, it was fit to extinguish the suspicion r.,1 partiality. There was much truth in these a by a great mass o f evr.rigr duents. They were supported tion Commi ss i on ', collected by the Corpora that borouPi h w a •e ( ii t b t e o e n sh c o o w r , r u n p o t t , s a o s m t u h e a h t borouP l - - an i s t r e t v i s il t ed. that Lordwhie which John e It. ,23441 professed to avoid ,-. Af;:g‘siistwrahticcsh d. 4 gig ,rates hadbeaesn • • 1116riting Citraidete ie couinierids to,liim as an, earnple. I4t the SecletiirF EltatC thldpt the !ilea of the idurnaliSt ; let it Be aVowed that, Because the Tong appointed, by Oolitic:al pieference, Tory MagiSttates, the Wli g s leave AO inted, J , 7 .! • • ley iolltical # . 1 • .tic ugistrates. e ask no more ; 011 Vyvyan needs to call no evidence ; the issue is ripe for the verdict of the country.—Morning Post. Cdr dpididas dpdrl the Pdlidy add htiniadity of mi litary, fioggidg are sd well known toodt readers, that to say adythidg riidie upon the subject *mild be to eirda theta wits a repetition of What We hod again and again expressed in this Journal. The system is Aire giant withevery evil under the sun. It is bad in prineiplc—it is sieketiidg aiid lidfrifyidg ill pidetice= it is calculated to transform men into brutes, and brutes" into criminals, or murderers. It does not reform the party who is punished, but it has the happy effect of converting whole regiments into rebels, and the swords which ought to be drawn only against the enemies of the state into weapons of offence against their commanders and natural protectors. The sys tem, in fact, will not bear the slightest examination ; and however admirable and excellent the letter to Lord Melbourne, which will be found in another column, may be, still we are all but inclined to apo logise to our readers for running the risk of offend ing their common sense, and their common feeling of humanit) and justice, as well as of sound policy, for having given it insertion. A more admirable display of the contradictory statements and opinions of the Military Commission, as well as of the false inferences upon which they_ founded their Report, has not yet appeared in any Journal ; and as there happens to be parties still so devoid of humane feeling, as well as so blind to the certain consequences of the false policy which they persist in recommending—and further, as our able correspondent is intimately acquainted with th e subject in all its bearings—it is our intention to lay before our. readers and the public a few more letters upon it. We are quite aware that there is no possi bility of altering the opinions of what is now very properly designated " the Grandma= Military Com mission ;" but if we can only keep public feeling alive upon the subject, and save from the disgrace and in humanity of publicly stripping the bare back of any defender of his country, we shall be satisfied that our columns have not been given in vain to the admission of such communications.—Morning Advertiser. EC ON i) Uri() N. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. filE LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING. WAR-OFFICE, April 8, 1836. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon A. E. Campbell, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice F. Goedwin, who retires upon half-pay, April 8. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain J. A. Whitaker, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice J. B. Morris, who exchanges, April 8. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—W. S. Wilkinson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ricketts, - who retires, April 8. 4th Regiment of Dr a g oon Guards—Cornet G. H. Eliot to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Holdsworth, who retires ; :G. Roch fort, Gent., to be Corndt, by purchase, vice Eliot, April 8. 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons--Serjeant W. Betson to be Regimental Quartermoster, vice Henderson, deceased, Nov. 1. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon P. Bro die, from the 13th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Stephen son, promoted in the 3 4th Foot, April 8. Scots Fusilier Guards—M. P. Drummond, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Waldegrave, who retires, April 8. 3d Regiment of Foot--Ensign C. Sawyer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel, who retires ; C. J. Foster, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sawyer, April 8. 4th Foot—Lieutenant E. Ricard, from the 2d West India Regi ment, to be Lieutenant, vice A. Lonsdale, who retires upon half pay of the 84th Regiment of Foot, April 8. 13th Foot—G. W. Barnes, M. D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Brodie, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons, April 8. 17th Foot—M. Perfect, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kelly, promoted, April 8. 54th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon T. G. Stephenson, M.D., from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice C. Hamilton, who retires upon half-pay, April 8. 60th Foot—Second Lieut. G. 11. Courtenay to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Eversley, who retires ; C. S. Cochrane, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Courtenay, April 8. _ _ . '7lst Foot—Ensign A. Levinge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pack, who retires - G. Dance, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Levi nge , April 8. 89th Foot--Lieut. A. Hay to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hawkins, who retires ; Ensign J. W. Crowdy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay ; 11. Edmunds, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crowdy, April 8. 2(1 West India Regiment—Lieut. W. Pilkington, from the half pay of the 84th Regiment of Poo:, to be Lieutenant, vice Ricard, appointed to the 4th Regiment of Foot, April 8. MEMORANDUM. The date of the appointment of Major Fane to the 9th Regi ment of Foot, is 12th Nov. 1835, and not the Ist April 1836. Erratum in the Gazette of the Ist inst. For Lieut. R. H. Peel, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant in the 3d Foot, read Lieut. R. Peel, from the half-pay of the Ist Garrison Battalion, to be Lieutenant in the 3d Foot. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 8, 1836. The King has been pleased to appoint John Reddie, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Island of St. Lucia. The King has also been pleased to appoint Elzear Bedard, Esq., to be one of the Judges for the 'dDistriet of Quebec, in the Pro vince of Lower Canada. The King has also been pleased to appoint W. B. Wolseley, Esq., to be Assistant Secretary of the Colony of British Guiana. WHITEHALL, MARCH 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Lawrence Gibbs, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARCH 31. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Jeffries Barth, of Great Yasmouth, in the county of Norfolk, Gent., to be a Master Extraordfnary in the High Court of Chancery. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Average Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 12th January to the sth April, 1836, inclusive, published pursuant to 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 93. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation £18,063,0001 Securities £27,927,000 Deposits 14,751,000 I Bullion £31,814,000 Downing-street, April 7, 183 £35,723,000 DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM WARD, merchant, Warnford-court, London. ROBERT JONES, printer, Bangor, Carnarvonshire. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS CLARKE lIARDING, grocer, Winslow, Bucking hamshire, to surrender April 19, and May 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. King, Lyon's Inn, London; Turquand, Copthall- buildings, official assignee. SAMUEL HILTON, ironfounder, Farnworth, Lancashire, April 18, and May 20, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester. Hampson, Manchester ; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London. FREDERICK HENRY WORTH, coach-builder, Shrews bury, April 25, and May 20, at twelve, at the Temporary Town hall, Shrewsbury. Blackstock, and Co., King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Watson, Shrewsbury. WILLIAM BAILEY and EDWARD SIMMS, chemists, Church-street, Deptford, April 19, at twelve, and May 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Atkins, White Hart-court, Lombard-street. JOHN FRANCES, innkeaper, Leeds, Yorkshire, April 19, and May 20, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. Smithson and Dunn, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-land, London ; Dunning and Kenyon, Leeds. JAMES BROWN, brass founder, Little Portland-street, Mary le-Bone, April 15, at one, and May 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Allen, and Co., Carlisle-street, Soho ; Goldsmid, Ironmonger-lane, official assignee. JOHN DOPSON, draper, Binbrook, Lincolnshire, April 18, and May 20, at eleven, at the Public Building, Mercer-row, Louth. Dyneley, Coverdale and Lee, Gray's Inn, London ; Gray, Louth. WILLIAM ADAMS, miller, Wye, Kent, April 26 and May 20, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Constable and Kirk, S y mond's Inn, Chancery-lane, London • De Lassaux, Canterbury. JOHN SCOLES and JOHN WHARTON, joiners, Man chester, April 23, and May 20, at twelve, at the Commissioners Rooms, Manchester. Blair, Manchester ; Johnson and Co., Temple, London. COURSE OF EXCH., Amsterdam .. C.F 12 7 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 Rotterdam 2 U. 12 7 Antwerp Hambutg M.D. 13 1414 Altona _ 13 14% ,NGE.--i THIS DA Y.) Leghorn... Genoa '2s 90 Mi1an..,.., ............................. 31 Venice 47 Naples 4O Palermo per oz. 122 U Lisbon 56 Oporto 56 ti Rio Janeiro '36 Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres —. Dublin, 21 days' sight 11, 9 Cork 1 y 2 Paris, 3 days' sight 2:i 65 Ditto .....................2 Us 25 90 Marseilles. Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 Petersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0 Berli❑ Vienna, effective 11 2M.10 12 Frie.te ditto lO 32 Madrid Cadia Bilnoa Barcelona S wino PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars Silver. bars, standard 0 4 11 ;;!‘ f. , 6!4 76)6 G ibralta r HASTINGS. —The expos'd we gave a fortnight ago relative to the appointment of Dr. Duke has caused an unpa ralleled sensation throughout the town. A great noise is made about the decision of the Government, because Mr. Wastel Brisco is a county magistrate. So is his brother, and what of that? We all know how county magistrates have been ap pointed under Tory misrule, and we leave our readers to judge whether it is not time that an alteration should take place ; but far from feeling dissatisfied, Mr. Brisco and his family ought to acknowledge themselves greatly indebted to the Government for discovering what was generally thought could not be the ca se, viz., that Mr. Musgrave Brisco is a fit and proper person to be a magistrate for the borough, and that his brother is not. _Brightoi Guurdian. dOIiONATION OF RICHARD 111. • . I iPrakit No. X. of Britton and Brayiey's iiistory of the late Rouses of &id Azielefit Palace of Wesidthoter.) On the day after that on which ild bad Wed proclaimed 1 , 1.'14 Richard the 111. proceeded in great state td West- 4 ; n;histei Hall; ruirp'prods,train of attendants, " arm there, when he had placed iiim;elfd i^ 4J Court of the King's Bench [on " the marble seat," as some writers gtiittli lie de dared to the audience, that he would take upon him the crowne in that place there, where the king himselfe sitteth and ministreththe law, because he considered that it was the chiefest dude of a king to minister the lawes. Then with as pleasant an oration as he could he went about to win Vdtd hint the nobles ; merchants ; the artificers, and in con clusion all kind of men ; bitt especiallie the lawieres of this realme. And finallie to the intent that no man should hate hires for feare, and that his deceitfull denim - 160 might get him the go6d of the people, when he had declared the discommodities of discord tt and the comodities of concord & vnitie, he made an open proclamatidd, that he did put out of his mind all enmities, and that he there did ormlie pardon all offenses committed against him. And to the in tent that he might shew a proofe thereof, lie commanded that one Fog, whom he had long deadlie hated, should be brought then before him, who being brought out of the sanctuarie [for thither he had fled for feare of him] in the sight of the people he tooke him by the hand. Which thing the common people rejoiced at and praised, but wise men tooke it for a vanities' The coronation of Richard, and Anne his consort (the daughter of the king-making Earl of Warwick), was solem nised in the abbey church at Westminster on July 6, 1483. Holinsbed remarks, that, " the solemnitie was fur nished, for the most part, with the selfe same prouision that was appointed for the coronation of his nephue ;" which bad been arranged to take place about six weeks prior to that date. In the description of this ceremonial, given in an Har lcian MS., it is stated that after the trumpets and clarions, the serjeant at arms, and the heralds bearing the king's he raldic insignia, came " the Crosse wt a ryall procession ; fyrst Prests wt grey Amyses and then Abbotts and Bi shops wt meters on their hedds & crosers in their hands, and the Bishope of Rochest' bare the cross° before the Cardinall [Abp. Bourchierd And then comyng th' Erl of Northumberland barynge the poyntles sworde before the king naked. The Lord Stanley bare the masse "mace] be fore the kinge. Th' Earl of Kent bare the second sworde poynted on the right hand of the kinge. The Lord Lovell bare the iij sworde on the left hand the king naked. Then comyng the Duke of Sid: bering the king's scepter. Th' Erl of Lyncolne bare the crosse wt the belle. Th' Erl' of Surrey bare the iiijth sworde with the scabbard before the Kinge upright. Then comyng the Duke of Norff : bering the King's Crovvno betwyx his hands. And then foloigne our Soveraigne Lorde KSNGE Rsexd the iijde and over his hed a clothe of estate borne wt the v. ports, and on eche syde of the kynge going a Bishope, • the Bishope of Bathe and the Bishope of Durram, and so the King goirn , in his robes of purple velvet. Then comyn the Duke of Bokingh'm bering the king's trayne wt a whyt staff in his hande. And then, comyng before the Quene both Erls and Barrons. Th' Erl of Huntyngton bare the quene's scepter, the Viscount Lyle the rod wt ye dove upon. Th' Erle of Wylshyre bare the quene's Crowne. Then comjmge our Soveraigne Lady the Queue, & over her hed a clothe of estate, and of every corner of the cloth a belle of golde, & on her bed a cy-rklet of golde wt many precyous stones sett therein, & on every syde the quene going a Bis hope, the Bishope of Excaster and the Bishope of Nor wyche, and our Lady of Rychemond bare the queues trayne. And our Lady of Stiff : going in her estate by her selffe alone, and on her hed a cyrciet of Golde. Then after her comyng the Doches of Norff : wt other ladyes to the number of xxtie. Then after them comyng knights and squiers wt many typstaves." In recounting the formalities of the coronation, the writer of the MS. says that, the king and queen having quitted their seats of estate and advanced to the high altar, while the priests and clerks were " syngino• laten and prycksonge," their majesties " put of ther robes and there stood all nakyd from the medall upwards, and anone the Bishope anoynted both the Kyng and the Quyne. And when this was done, the Kyng and Quyne changed ther robes into clothe of golde, and then the Cardenall crowned them both wt great solempnetyc, and the or gans went full shortly [sweetly ?]" But the former part of this statement must surely be understood with some reservation : probably Holinsbed's narrative is here more accurate, who says " after diuerse songs solemnlie soong, they both ascended to the high altar, and were shifted from their robes, and had diuerse places open from the middle vpward, in which places they were anointed." In his notice of the coronation feast, the MS. writer mentions the first course as being served " on - dyshe of gold and an other of sylver all covered ; " and adds, " me Lord Awderley Kerver to the kyng all the dynner time, and me Lord Scroop of Upsall, Cupberer. And so me Lord Lovell standing before the Kynge all the dynner tyme, and two squyers lying under the bord at the kyng's fete."----" And then came in the second cowerse, and at the said cowerse, came rydng into the hall Sr Robt Dy moke the Kyng's Champion, and his horse trapyd wt whyt sylke & red, Zhyrna selff in whyt harnesse, and the He rauldes of Armes standyng upon a stage among a ll th e co'pany ; then • came ryd ynge up before the Kyng his champion, and there he declared before all the people, yf there be any man will say ageynst kyng Rychard the iij why he shoulde not p'tende the crowne, and anon all the people were in peace awhyle. And when he had all seyd, anon all the ball cryed Kyng Rychard all wt one voyce. And when this was done, anone on of the Lords brought unto this champion a cope full of red wyne cov'd, and so lie toke the cope and uncov'd hym and drank thereof, and when he had done, anon he castes owte the wyne and cov'd the cope agayne & made his obesans to the Kynge, - and turned his horsse abowt and rode through the hall wt the cope in his ryglit hand, and that he had for his labor. The third course we are told " was so late that there might no servyce be served savyng wafers and ipocrace." Lights were then brought, the king and queen quitted the festal 'apartment, and the company dispersed. The Lindfield workhouse having been given up, the boys and girls of the Union, 57 in number, were last week removed to Hurst. On 'Saturday morning, however, 17 of the boys scaled the wall and run away.—Brighton Guardian. ANECDOTE OF JOHN FAWCETT.—The celebrated John Fawcett, the strictest and best stage manager that Co vent Garden Theatre ever boasted, gave Tokely some good advice on the subject of drink. Tokely was an excellent comedian, and could he have conquered his bibulous propen sities must have reached a lofty eminence ; but he sunk be neath the vice, and added one more name to the long, long list of men of mind who have yielded to the triumphs of rum. Fawcett admired his talent, and did his best to wean him from his practices, but in vain. Tokely came drunk to the rehearsal more than once, and Fawcett, irritated at his conduct, spoke to him thus:—What a beast you must be, to swill in this way so early in the morning. Look at yourself ; and if the liquor has not drowned every feeling of shame, blush while I draw your picture. Unwashed hands and face —a long beard—foul linen and dirty boots—a fiery and loath some breath—an unsteady gait—and the countenance of an ideot.—You have become an object of pity to your friends, of derision to your enemies, of annoyance to your manager, a curse to your family, and a disgrace to the profession you otherwise might honour. That is what you gain for a mo mentary gratification. If you love drink, and nothing seems able to stop you, at least get drunk like a gentleman, and never till you have dined." Tokely was too blue to remem ber any thing of this sermon upon temperance, but the last line. The next morning he was called to rehearsal at ten o'clock. He reeled from the gin-shop, and stood before Fawcett most obviously swipey. The manager shook his head more in sor row than in anger ; but Tokely, cocking his hat, and button ing up his coat in all the seeming confidence of right, said, with many hiccups, " It's all right, Sir, I have followed your advice, it's all right ! I've dined."—Monthly Magazine. LITTLEHAMPTON•—The Earl of Surrey and family are passing the Easter recess here. The Earl of Egre mont's next emigration ship (the fifth) will sail from Ports mouth on the 18th inst. An American ship and a Revenue cutter, both dismasted, were seen off the Nab Light on Mon day morning. The Eliza, Pidgeon, stranded on Selsey beach on the night of the 21st ultimo, was got off on Sunday, and has since been brought into this harbour. Her cargo, con sisting of Government stores, taken in London for Sierra Leone, was discharged on the beach in a much damaged state, and has since been shipped for the dock -yard, Portsmouth. The ship requires an extensive repair. The coal sloop stranded at the same time, and in the same place, is since a wreck. Five colliers arrived opportunely on Monday,—our several merchants' stock of coals - being exhausted.—Brighton Gazette. SWALLOWING THE CORPUS DELICTI.—A num ber of forged notes having been put into circulation during the last twelve months, on and around the banks of Fleet, the Procurator Fiscal traced the uttering of one of them to Alexander Purdie, butcher, G a t e h ouse . This man accord ingly was apprehended, and the affair legally investigated on Tuesday last. The forged note was produced, and shown to the vender, who the moment be saw it restored to the table, by a sudden snatch seized and dealt with it like apiece of bread—keeping the officers at bay with his clenched fists, and the mouth-mill going at the same time, until he had finished, as he had supposed, the work of mastication. During the struggle, however, a small fragment dropped from his mouth, which has since been identified ; but the remainder disap peared, and was found to be irrecoverable, despite a doctor who happened to be present, and made a patient of the delin quent, by compelling him to swallow an emetic, much against his will. The scene altogether was of the richest description, and mention is made of an individual who was so much alarmed, that he actually jumped out of the window. Purdie's powers of swallowing almost equal those of the Boa Constric tor ; but as another note has been found issued by him, he will make littl e by T ue sday's exhibition when the day of trial comes round,—Dumfries Courier. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' C O 'he t b e Cour , ' L'?reinafter named (the same having been fit's portu gal The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisonel arc appointed to be heard, at the Court-house, in street, Lincoln's Inn-fields on Tuesdly, April .' 2, Nine o'Clock in the Forenoon. c ook. adaliotti, J. 13,, Leicester-street, Leicester-squa re, Webb, ff., Copthall-court, Thr t .t a gent. ogmorton-s rec , Wild, .W., Plough -court, Fetter-lane, labourer. tft.4s, S., Basing-place, Waterloo-road, wharfinger. Smith, S., West-street, 'Brighton, licensed hawker. Pink, T., City-terrae, Old Kent-road, dyer. Amos, W., Tipper John-street, Horton Old-town, clerk. 'Puryer; H. A., High Hill-ferry, Upper Clapton, brewer. Alexander, H. Ensoll, C. J., Drury-lane, cheesemonger. ane, Upper Thames -attest , 1836, 8t Balsam-street, Plaistow, - Essex, gardener. Sparrow, H., Little Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, labourer. Thursday April 14. Zwinger, J. A., Albion-terrace:Wandsworth-read, stock-jablr' Mason, T., Long-alley, Moerfields, cheesemonger . Vartridge, A., Red Lion-square, dealer in candles. Chambers, W., Union-street, Somerstown, carpenter. Gregory, C,, Great Portland-street, Cavendish • sq uare, cablnet porter-merchant. maker. Cd-A, J., Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, shopman. s •- cer Taylor, 1.!;,, Cullingwood-teevace, Bethnall-green, liopke Loiter, E., Ernest-street, Regees-park, teacher of music. Baal, W., Firs, Edmonton, jobbing zardiner. Curas, J., Drummond-street, Euston-sVare, COsch-drirer. Finnocic, J., Sunbury, Middlesex, victualler. Cracroft, C. W., Ranelagh-grove, Pimlico, wine agent' SHIPPING INTELIAGENCB. CO VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT TO - TOM-HOUSE, APRIL 7. The Earl of Liverpool, from Ostend; Agnes , B igl o., ir a : Pillau; Frederica, Christian, Stettin ; the Henrietta, "t% A lb a t4: hange, Narkoe ; Emmeline, Bove, Eckenfordt ; Foster, St. Michael's ; Amazon, Drysdale, Harriburo; Foy, line, Kraft, Dantzie • Charlotte, Blank, Dantzic; 8 , 113 , 0 ; Roome, Hamburgh • ' Vier Gebreederc, Fokkema, W°"1.0; Perseverance, IVlay(Ale, Calais ; 'Camilla, Smith, Jamaica; Perseverance, William Bridge, Medemblick ; Porasto, Cormick, li f ue Minx, Perrett, Terceira; Tourist, Ling, Antwerp; Briton, Balderson, St. Vincent's. I 7. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, Arolti'ter- The Secret, Gates, for Madeira; Batavier, Dunlop, it„; dam ; Ramona, Bridge, Rotterdam ; Heros, Faillant, Eliza Jane, Canney, Batavia and Singapore; Charlotte, vi'L, Calais ; Sceptre, Garth, St. Mary's, Africa ; D art ' City Ladrem, Guernsey ; Garyowen, Metcalf, Rio Janeiro; j,g of Hamburgh, Whittingham, Hamburgh • Rapi d, L South Australia. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO , AF i t t 7 n, The Pett, Stone, for Malta and Zante ; Otter, rf`,4ey, Pernambuco ; Tyne, Mader, Antwerp Symmetry, Mauritius and Bombay; Vegesack,BaVehr;Bremen k it i o ;;;, lind, Arrowsmith, Antigua and Honduras , Lady • „ .sa- Doyle, Pictou, Charlotte Town, Nova Scotia, a nd Prip c ". r o T. ward's Island; Glanmite, Stocks, Lisbon and Rio Jape! Eliza Stewart, Milian, Canton and Lintin. „ if 7 , CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, , A ll .,,""'and The Hope, Donkin, for Mauritius; Eghani, Strn,,' to; Craigie, Craigie, Riga;. Renovation, Wright, Ricu,„ r e gb; Elizabeth, Mourich, Memel; John, Drummond, Gothenw` Allies, Foster, and Woodbridge, Veale, Quebec. ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, APRIL Bet- The Dorcas Savage, Lightbody, from Wilmington; wick, Candler, Charleston. ENTERED FOR LOADING, APRIL 6 . Ba con, The Arethusa, Whyte, for Barbadoes; Hindo° , A ireY, Boston; Telemachus, Moulkin, Guernsey; Joh n D i a na' Nicholson, Lisbon ; Wakefield, Pashley, New Yor k ; New Miller, Newfoundland ; Nowal, Harkness, St. Joh n ' s ,% c o- Brunswick ; Lynx, Rider, St. Michael's : Sir R. A. r e son, Smith, Vera' Cruz. CLEARED OUTWARDS, APRIL 6. t . pen- The Dovecot, Thomson, for Port-au-Prince; Lan er 'i,rioce nington, New York; Carlton, Anderson, Quebe c ; itigs; . George, Friends, Quebec; Lord Glenelg, Fineb t Aspasio, Job, R e stigouch e; D awson , Briggs, Q nomist, Simms, Q ue b ec; 'R o y a l Willi a m, Quebe c; York' daga, Morgan, Q ue b ec; T ecumse h, Sugden, .n .r Nautilus, Queb ec ; A re th usa , Whit e , Barbadoes. AILED. fihe r ' The Thalia, Graham, S for Montreal; Winscol es, Montreal. uebee ;0000.. TELEGRAPHED. Wind at Holyhead, mor n i ng , N. N. W. ; night, Ty• - • Off Holyhead, inward bound, the Ida, from Africa. the Off Holyhead, outward bound, the Inez, for Boston;, Mary, for Boston. for Off Point Lynas, outward bound, the Janet 101;0; ' Treiste • the Margaret, for St. John's New Br ill /011k Tiger, for New York ; the China, for Charleston; the 0, for at twelve at noon ; the Jane, for Arichat ; Clemeenjeati• Jamaica ; the William Melvey, at eight A.M. Pu t ' n marls, the Vale of Clwyd, with loss of mainmast. Otis' AFFAIR OF Horroun.—ln consequence of a t ook understanding at a public ball held lat e ly h er e, a meeti n g w iain place between J. F. G., Esq., jun, , of M—b, and C1,P,4 5 ; J. A. C., jun., of when the parties exchanged a , a, after which an ample apology was asked on the part of njj, which not proving satisfactory another shot was demon a h which being r e f use d t h e part i es left the ground.—Edip hg* Post. ARUNDEL.—A Jury was recently etnpannelle the the Norfolk Arms, in p ur suance of the 97th section o ,f oo f Municipal Ref or m A c t, to inquire touching the annual vo i c i a by a certain piece of land containing about six acres, denlis J on the late Corporation of this borough in July last to Mr'„,bert Halliday, mercer, for 21 years from the 2 1 st of Dotted 1834, at the yearly rent of 131. 15s. Mr. Holies con... the case on the part of the Council, and Mr. R. Hn n3es i ll ae j a peared for Mr. Halliday. Several witnesses were exalilheir on both sides, whose opinions were most conflicting, estimates of the annual value of the piece of ground in gaffer tion ranging from 455. to 84s. per acre. The JurY'.,o 0 several hours' deliberation, ultimately fixed the OW - 0 0' 655. We insert below an exact copy of a circular lateli rtan' to the committee members of the " Arundel Orange -°,.,, t ion Our Arundel readers are aware that this precious coif of ignorance, insolence, and bigotry was established, ,tbyte as Parsons, for the purpose of insulting such of the inhawh u rch" are not comprised within his elegant d e signation of L' goers." (con.) Thursday march 3th 1836 Sir itut nal The General monthly mee ti ng o f the society for instruction will be held this Evenng. The Committe meets at half Past 6 o'Clock „ H. NV ARv ai d Mr - -Brighton Guardian. ;WC' Our readers will rememb e r that some time : st' proceedings were in s tit u t e d by th e p ar i s h authorities ter, for James, Westminster, against a certain Count de BO use' a gambling-house, at No. 6, St. keeping James take big Ttrihael,daelfiedndtahnetrewcaosgnbiazialntdc,esbuoft hishe nbeal-ler apepeTcclonsweteispeorcee", estreated. Various schemes were withtried wer i a v iew glf t h° leasing the bail, and, among others, it was stated tbatoe Count had been shot in a duel, at Paris. This was , da ys tbo time, believed to be the case, but within the last few p er- Count has come to life again, and appeared, in pr o P r j song, before the Tribunal de Commerce, at Paris, es P t i any to recover from M. Benazet, the Director of the ' Pa r d is br r eaL lj Ming houses, the sum of 60,000 francs, for an al l e e S e .itb of contract entered into between them, connect " 0 " or house in St. James's-square. It appeared that an a ti Oeil r ment had been entered into between the Count and fun ds P e zet, whereby the latter undertook to find all the '' .- st icolkf, cessary for the establishment of the house in g az es, su " 24,000 francs per annum were allowed for rent and tal es ' the francs a month for the Count's services in superintendflo concern, and also one-fifth of the profits; 2 , ° °° :00 15; month for refreshments, not including wines an d . 1 10° 4 and 500 francs a month for " police." When the I. 3 e' stopped the further proceedings of the establishment,e resent nazet refused to advance any further funds. an d th peso,Pa proceeding was to compel him to pay for the Ow e l, b for which the contract was entered into. The Tribun n expr ossec t er a can tile of ever, taking all the facts into consideration, nion that the circumstances did not constitute a fa , t iff Wi th transaction, and they therefore dismissed the Ph"' costs. f Sr CADVERTISEMENT.I ~,, L i PATENT LEVER \V A —x6 tl With silver double bottom cases *********** 6 With silver hunting cases ......................................... • which This celebrated celebrated construction (the most accurate °_llo,,,,,actit(l: watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest inr. c apP e o . i. c. the detached escapement, jewelled in four 11° ~,'7 i n trY,`.:,l% hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and main t3 ,: u` SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, to continue going while winding up, at the above price , Loom Cornhitt B I R T 11. - lace of a s°ll. On the 7th inst., Mrs. T. M.. Caitlin, of EIY - F On Tuesday, April 5, at M A S i e t ag ß ra l v E e D , in the by the Rev. Robert Gutch, Rector of Seagrav e, 6. : r 110•• j - Lsq., of Carlisle, to 11Iary, youngest daughter of the late 'llial n than Boucher, Vicar of Epsom, in the county of Surrey. t,,0,, , t, On the 6th inst., at St. Peter's, in the Ise of hai i. e ite iroo i o te Gabbett Beare, Esq, Captain (H.P. ) late of the 46t ` i , c,5 4 1.' to Charlotte Laura,youngest Charles Cottom , ~ 1 daughter ofll ol Kingsgate, Isle of Thanet. Rober t ' beth On the 7th inst. Church, I ar) ,at Christ's ll 'lebone, o i za ~,, kin Lin.o to f Ow' good, Esq. of Highlands, Uckfield, Suss ~,,, „ o Sole, third daughter ' 1 •L. owood, '-' s •''' of the ate Benjamin Inb bY I;s'l' Toxham, Bury St. Edmund's. , w es t , + we of On the 6th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Edinuno _ a dog of Circus-road, St. John's Wood, to Catherine, seenotn,s_park. J. W. Wright, Esq., of Cumberland-terrace, Beg of E s q., DIED. 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