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THE LONDON JOURNALS. 3xartAcTs FROM THE. DA! IGY MORNING PAPERS, April 5, 18‘22. [MORNING POST.] Aware of the anxiety of our readers on the subject of the Report of the Agricultural Com tnittee, we will briefly state its different practical suggestions, with such observations as imme diately occur to us upon them, recurring to them from time to time as occasion offers.—The first a loan of money by Government at 3 per cent. on any corn, the growth of the United Kingdom, deposited in fit warehouses—the loan not to be made unless the average value of wheat shall be under 60s. per quarter, and to be limited to two thirds of the market value of such corn. It will be readily seen that this is a temporary measure, calculated only to relieve the immediate glut in the nfarket ; supposing it to have been adopted Iwo or three years ago, it is evident it would only have enabled more capital to be employed in agriculture, increased the. excess of corn, and added as far as it went to the existing evils. The immediate pressure in Mark-lane may, and probably will be removed by the measure, but will it enable sup ply and demand to assimilate ? Is not its direct tendency to increase the production of corn ? Abundant harvests are referred to as the cause of the'distress of agriculture, but will they ex plain the distress of 1814 and 1816 ? We repeat our opinion, that the leading cause is the dimi nished consumption of the labouring classes, and we think the power to consume has- been taken from these classes by the large addition Govern ment has made to their numbers—the manner in which the ",demand and supply " of the la bourers has been interfered with. Wages—par ticularly the wages of agricultural labour, are ;every where considerably lower—it is said the poor rates have rather diminished in money amount —but is not this in fact a large real increase? At the present price .of corn the poor rates should be less than one half of the.amount they were in .1812 and 1813. We hope some accounts will • soon be laid before the House of Commons, to shew the number of . individuals relieved from the poor-rates for the last ten years ; the extra ordinary deterioration of the labouring classes will then be visible.—We cannot too frequently press on public attention, that if loans or taxes be raised, and the amount laid to labourers so as to enable them to consume corn, when those loans or taxes cease, individuals will not employ the sums left uncollected in paying the labourers dis charged by Government, and those labourers will , not therefore be enabled to consume the same quantity of corn. Individuals seem to consider, that when taxes are taken from them they ale an nihilated—the fact is not so—they are only 'trans .ferred to some one else ; they diminish one man's means, but they increase in an equal degree the means of some other. If Government take from A 50/. which lie usually spent in wine, and pay it to B, who spends it in bread, such a proceed ing injures A and benefits B; injures the wine merchant and helps the farmer.—This appears to us to have been the result of the war, and the consequent employment of labourers by Govern ment : agriculture never flourished so much; farms never let so high, whilst the rent and profits have both disappeared since the peace and the consequent reductions. [BRITISH PRESS.] We do not think with Lord Londonderry that the discussion in the House of Commons on Wed nesday evening upon the Report of the Agricul tural Committee was premature, but it is impos sible to deny tharmuch more was said on that occasion than was wise or politic. We are amazed at finding such men as Mr. Ellice and Mr. Western echoing.the vulgar clamour against the Cash Payments Bill, and seriously descant ing upon the expediency—nay the very neces sity, of repealing that protective and provi dential measure. Admitting for a moment— but only for the sake of argument, that no share of the existing distresses would 'now oppress the country if that measure had not been enacted, can it be concealed that this very result, pernicious as it may be, is but the necessary consequence of the change that has been effected, and that, ac cording to the same line of reasoning, similar `effects must flow from such a change at whatever perio'd it was to be accomplished ? Where then would be the wisdom of retracing our steps, and of once more submitting the' whole property of .the empire to the capricious varieties of au in convertible paper currency, when our reason and experience tell us . that w e shall only . put off the evil to some other period, and, must again en counter all the sufferings which are necessarily to flow from the act of restoring Our depreciated currency ? [MORNING HERALD.-} The accounts relative to the 'Turks and Rus sians have presented such a perpetual variation of aspect that they Can scarcely be fixed for a moment. The French Papers of Monday would prepare Europe for war. They have accounts from Constantinople to the end. of February, and from St. Petersburgh to the 6th of March, which breathe hostilities. It appears from the in telligence received from the latter quarter that the Russians are in a state of great suffer ing from the low price and flat demand- for corn, joined with a scanty circulating me dium. Specie had almost wholly vanished, and the paper circulation was greatly depreciated. The ruble in paper was reduced to the value of a franc, or ten-pence British. The Southern Pro vinces are, it is stated, " gorged with grain," and the commerce of.the Black Sea wholly at a stand. it would appear that the Russian finances are not in. the most easy state. In order to provide against the exigencies of the next year, it is in tended to impose a new and heavy duty upon im ported silks and cottons. The accounts from Greece still talk of nothing but the great naval victory, recently gained over the Turks, of which it is said an .English frigate was spectatress. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] RECORDERSHIP OF LONDON.—Although the election to this highly important office is in the Court of Aldermen exclusively, yet there is no fixed salary attached to it, and the Common Council, at their discretion, vote a remuneration ' out. of the City funds. If any attempt should, therefore, be made by £he Aldermen to force into the • first judicial seat of the Criminal Courts of London and Middlesex an individual, without eminence in the profession, whose only recom mendation is an impliCit subserviency to Minis ters—the Common. Council have the remedy in their own bands. They may resolve to pay such a person no more than his services deserve. That estimate will, doubtless, be formed upon so low a scale, as to render the office undesirable 'to such an individual,and an opportunity may thus be acquired of restoring the dignity to the office which it formerly possessed, when lawyers of distinguished legal acquirements, enlarged hu manity, and sound constitutional principles filled it, and when their claims to the appointment did not originate in a pecuniary purchase, as at the present- day. The . same observations apply to the office of Common Serjeant. The Common Council will do well to remember, that although Sir Jblin Silvester was the only Recorder pro moted from the place of Common Serjeant dur ing a period of 140 years, yet the Aldermen are likely . in future to follow that solitary prece dent ; and, therefore, they should elect no per. son to the one office whom they do not believe qualified in every particular for the proper dis charge of the functions of-the other. [NEW TIMES.] Consols yesterday lefts o off at 79i for the ac count. This decline was wing, in a great mea sure, to a vague rumour of an express having been received from Paris, bringing news that the genies on Tuesday had sunk to 85. We have no doubt this is an exaggeration. At the same time it must be admitted, that the complexion of the latest foreign news has not been-pacific.— Advices tj ere yesterday received from Con stantinople to the sth March, via Vienna. They state, that on the 28th ult. a great Council was held at Constantinople, at which the Note sub mitted by the Ambassadors was taken into con sideration. After the Council broke up, a Note was transmitted to the Ambassadors, which was not so favourable to pea . ce as had been expected. At the same time, it would not be right'to con sider it as decisive of the question of peace or war. There had been a riot between two regi ments of Janissaries at Constantinople, in which 1 10 or 12 ivere killed. The Spanish Papers present a lamentable pic ture- of the effects of a wild and aimless re volution. Together with other blessings of modern liberty, the Spaniards have got a Con scription. The people, however, it seems, are not sensible of the full value of this Most liberal way of converting them into a nation of heroes ; .but to induce them to submit quietly to drawing lots for the service a Regiment of Cavalry was, posted near the spot, why its energetic admonitions easily taught the Spaniards how free they are. AS a further proof of the mild genius of revolution, it has bee❑ formally proposed to pimish the exclamation, " Long live the absolute King," with► no less a penalty than Death ! Death for a single outcry ! What would This have been called, when Ferdinand VII. was an absolute King ?—(lbid.) [THE TIME FN.] The Cape Torn Gazette (Cape of Good Hope) of the 12th of janUary announces, that " Mr. " William Jones, is appointed to the .office of " Surveyor of Government Buildings, in the " room of Mr. 'Melville, resigned." 'Phis Wil liam Jones is no other than the noted Giver, the Spy, whose services 'are here rewarded with a place, nearly a sinecure, producing, as we are informed, little short of five hundred pounds per annum. This, too, is in addition to emolu ments arising from two other places, scarcely, of inferior amount. Some persons may here give vent to expressions of . astonishment, or perhaps of indignation, thpt such a man as Oliver should be thus lavishly rewarded : but the ' anger would be no more reasonable than the sur-, prise. It is' because this man is Oliver, the spy, that he rolls in affluence at the ex,pence of the , nation. Trades which are held disgraceful — services which are in themselves more infamous than othershave ever been paid more-extra vagantly than others. If not, our natural feel ings of contempt and disgust might soon be come extinct for want 'of objects to excite them. We have heard of some old French officer, who outrageously abused a certain opera dancer for receiving a salary of several thousand Louis' a year, when he himself, after fifty campaigns, was starving. " Does it go for no " thing, (the artist quietly replied,) that the dif " ference between our professions is such, as to " admit of your calling me names with impunity ?" How much higher, then, are the pecuniary claims of such an artist as Mr. Oliver, if calculated by the pre-eminence of his disgrace! Once tolerate the use of spies, and it -follows of course. that their pay must be inordinate ; for as no honest man will undertake the office,' the rogues, who have the market to themselves know the value of their monopoly, and lay on in proportion. But we would fain ask, must this horrible engine be naturalized in the British constitution ? Must we.submit to hear it stated by , a British Minister, that he cannot carry on the government with out the aid of men so infamous by the occupa tion which he assigns to them, that half the re- venues of the Empire would not restore them to an intercourse on equal terms with the meanest of the King's subjects, except with spies like themselves? Mr. Oliver, supported as he is by the Government, contrives to maintain his foot ing in this ill-fated. Colony, though his pseu donyme has long ceased to conceal him from the inhabitants, who are more anxious to be rid of his society—thinking, perhaps, that there is another English colony towards the South, in which he has more legitimate claims to a settle ment. Hints are given, placards on the Walls in timate the public feeling freely; but the power of the Government is such, that no one dares speak openly ; Mr. Oliver, alias Jones, appears there fore with an unblushing forehead, and preserves his acquisition by the same effiontery with which he originally gained it. EDINBURGH AND INIORPETII ROAD. COPY of a REPORT and ESTIMATE of a proposed LINE of ROAD from MORPETH,. by WOOLER, both in the •County of NORTHUMBERLAND, to the City of EDIN BURGH ;—made under the Instructions of the Lords of, his Majesty's Treasury, by THOMAS TELFORD, Civil En gineer. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Ist April, 1822. S. R. LUSHINGTON. MORPETII ROAD. In consequence of their Lordships' instructions, communi cated by your letter of the Ist day of August 1820, I lost no time in perambulating the whole district of country which oc cupies the space between the City of Edinburgh and the Town of Morpeth, in the County of Northumberland, with the view of ascertaining the state of the present Roads, and what im prOvements could be made in that great line which passes by Newcastle to Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, and thence to London. The first eleven miles from Edinburgh being through a po. pulous and well cultivated country, with apparently ample means to accomplish any improvements -the inhabitants - might think proper, I only commenced the inspection at the village of Pathhead ; and after having carefully examined the whole of the present Road, -and the most advisable improvements of which it is capable, I have had correct - surveys-and levels taken, which enable me to make the following statements From the commencement, at the village of Pathhead, at the eleventh mile stone, to the general summit of this part of the country, at the ridge called Soutra Hill, the road is very im perfect ; it is unnecessarily crooked, with ascents and descents ' at rates of one in 8,9, 10 ; whereas a line may readily be ob tained, through land of comparatively small value, with no inclination exceeding one in 22, and, from that to' 30. Road materials are plentiful and good. From this summit to Channel Kirk Inn, in the valley of the Leeder, the descents are frequently one in 9; 10, 11 ; whereas by varying the line in descending the great hill, they may be reduced to one in 22, 24, 28, &c. Good road materials are still -to be conveniently found, and a very considerable portion of the present road maybe retained, being only required to be improved; where that is the case, the space is marked by dotted lines of red on Yellow, upon the map. From Channel Kirk Inn, the present road may, at a made rate expense, be improved as far as Sylestine farm-houses ; the present ascents and descents, which are one in 13, 14, 19, may be reduced to one in 22, 23, 24 ; both freestone and whin stone are still to be procured. • • From Sylestone farm-houses to Whitburn Inn, the line re quires (with a few exceptions) to be entirely new; the present line descends too low, is circuitous, and has. inclinations of one 9, 10, 11 ; whereas that proposed would not have snore than one in 23, 24, 25, 26. In this district, freestcne, whin stone, and field stones, are to be found. . From Whitbum Inn to Greenlaw, excepting at the entrance into the latter place, no deviation is proposed ; but at the said entrance a change is necessary, in order to avoid a hill, where there are ascents of one in 8, 11, 12. The other parts of the present road only require improvement, to have inclinations of one in 21, 24, 30. in this district whmstone is plentiful and good. From Greenlaw to Coldstream . Bridge, the present road is inconveniently crooked; it passes very unnecessarily over sun dry hills, and to the westward of the town ; whereas the bridge over the Tweed is considerably to the eastward. The ascents and descents are also at the rates of One in 11,' 12, I 3; a new line is therefore necessary for nearly the whole of the way, and passing north-east of the town to Coldstream. Bridge. This line would be very direct, and have no inclinations more than one in 21, 24, 27, 30. The materials' on this division are free stone and field stones. From Coldstream Bridge to the inn at Wooler, the present direction of the road is very circuitous, and in sundry places the ascents and descents are one in 9, 10, 11, 12 ; whereas. an- al most direct line may be obtained, with no inclinations exceed ing one in 24, 26; 30. In this district there are whinstones and tield,stones, but no freestone. From Wooler 'lnn to Pow Burn Inn, the present road, al though its general direction is tolerably - good, yet it is of very imperfect construction, has a succession of inconveniently steep banks and quick turnings; the ascents are one in 7,8, 9, 10; upon the whole, one-half may be improved at a moderate ex pense; the other halt' will require deviations, with inclinations not exceeding one in 21, 25, 28, 30.- In this district the ma terials must be chiefly field stones, of which abundance can be procured. • ' From Pow Burn Inn to-the summit of Rimside Ms ir, the present road passes over a succession of very steep hills, nod is in all respects very imperfect; the inclinations arc one in 7, 8, 9, 10 ; by taking a totally new line in a direction considerably to the eastward, sundry very considerable hills are wholly avoided, and the summits (which are Unavoidably crossed) are lower than the present ones, by about 200 -feet of perpendicular height ; the ascents and descents by the proposed line would be no more than one in 21,24, 28. The Material here is chiefly freestone; there are sonic field stones; the channels of the brotiks also ailbrd a supply, and it is expected that a whin dyke will-be found to cress sonic part of the line. • From the summit of Rimside Hill to Welden Bridge, the present road continues of the same, imperfect description, being circuitous and hilly, with inclinations of one in,7, 8, 9 ; st) that nearly a total new line is required, which may be obtained with inclinations or one in 21, 25, 23. The materials are limestone and freestone. From Welden Bridge to Morpeth,- the road is equally im perfect as that last described, with. hills where the ascents and descents are one in 8,9, 10, 11, so that a new line is required for nearly the whole of the distance, and which may be ob tained with iiiclinatiOns not exceeding one ; in 22, 23, 2(i, 30. The materials are chiefly freestone and some field stones, but good . materials must here be •procured from a considerable distance. ! • • The present bridge over the river at Morpeth and the south ern approach to that town being very imperfect, I had the sur vey.,continued for the above-mentioned distance, south of the town where it Was terminated at Catch Burn. The following two tables skew the general levels and dis tances, by which it appears, that the summits in Scotland, con sisting of lung l unbroken ridges, crossing the general line of Communication, cannot be avoided ; .their improvement there fore consists ih extending the approaches on each side, so as to obtain sufficiently easy rates of .inclination. But in Northun berland, by the ficie of road passing to the eastward of the great mass of the Cheviei range of mountains, and where the ground is more broken, several of the hills over which the present road passes can be entirely avoided ; and in other cases much lower summits are crossed, the highest on-the hew line on Rimside Hill being only 607 feet above the level of the wharfs at Berwick :-- GENERAL hEvEiS above the •Surface of the Quay at BER WICK. Soutra Hill, above Berwick Quay Wanten ,Va's, .or Walls, ditto Near Whiteburn - - Near Greenlaw - _ Roadway of ColdstreatV Bridge. At High Haugh House, 2 wiles South of Wooler" - - tof nude South of Ditto -- Glanton .Bank, • 1 mile South of Pow Born Toll Bar Whittingham Leaning-Bank - Lanlilt Hill, South of liThitting- ham- - - - Rimside f t - - - Weldon Bringe Roadway Lundean Hilt, or Bank - Fenrother ditto - - 111orpeth Bridge Roadway General Distances. From Edinburgh to Whiteburn From ' Whiteburn to Coldstream Bridge Toll Bar - - From ditto Wooler Inn From Wooler Inn 'to Welden Bridge Inn - - - From • ditto to King's Arms Inn, Morpeth From ditto to End of Sur ,vey at Catch Burn, at 13th Mile Stone from Newcastle - - From termination of Survey tol Borouglibridge - - !Presentßoad Difference in favour of New Line 170 '„1,343 From the table of distances it will be seen that the new line, besides being of easier inclinations, is shwter than the present one by four miles and seven hundred and eight yards. The following is an Estimate of the Expense of roadmal:. Feet. 1,164 741 765 5'59 473 816 14 461 461 85 Presentßoad Miles. Yards. 211 633 18 462 13 286 22 418 9 472 1 826 93 1,342 81 714 17r 296 170 -1,348 4 703 New Line. Feet. 1,180 741 765 548 221 607 149 382 400 New Line. IMiles. Yards 29 110 17 638 11 484 21 630 8 1,006 1 686 89 634 81 714 ing, fencing, bridges, and cross-drains, also price of land necessary to be taken : ESTIMATE. Division I.—From the eleventh mile-stone from Edinburgh, at the village of , Pathhead at the letter (A) on the Slap and Section, to the summit of Soutrallill, A the letter (B) being a dis tance of - 7 miles 587 yards 2.—From the letter (B),to near Syle stone Farm-houses, at the letter (C), being a distance of 4 miles 1,645 yards 3:—From the letter (C) to White burn Inn, at the letter (D), being a distance 9f - - 5 miles 1,420 yaids 4.—From the letter (D), to Greenlaw Bridge, at the letter (E), being a. distance of - 7 miles 1,518 yards - - s.—From the letter (E) to Cold stream Bridge, at the letter (F), being a distance of - 9 miles 869 yards - - 6.—From the letter (F) to Wooler Inn, at the letter (G), being a distance of - - 11 miles 471 yards - - - 7.—Fromllie letter (G) to Pow Burn Inn, at the letter (H), being a distance of - - 8 miles 126 • yards - - - - B.—From the letter (H) to the sum. mit of RimsiEle Hill, at the letter (I), being a distance of 7 miles 900 yards - 9.—From the letter (I) to Weldon Bridge, at the letter (K), • being a distance of - 5 miles 332 yards - 10.—From the letter (K) to the King's Arms Inn, Morpeth, at the letter (L), being a distance of B,miles 1,507 yards - - 11.—From the letter (L) to the ter mination of the Survey at the letter (M), at Catch Burn, being 1 mile 686 yards including the, .t. s. d. 4,447 10 2,224 0 2,700 0 2,255 0 9,170 0 9,979 0 5,835 17 0,186 0 4,831 4 9,328 5, 3,876 16 £.65,833 12' 6 My instructions did not authorize me to proceed fartherisouth than Morpeth; but between that place and Boroughbridge many important improvements might be effected. I tried a line of road by Kelso to Wooler ; but this tends too Much to the westward, ,and would lengthen the communica tion about three miles and 242 yards, without affording any advantages. Wi. 6 4, regard to the merits of this Morpeth and Coldstrtm line of communication; when compared with those . I have for molly surveyed, by Il exham --and Aldstone, , the following Statement will determine and I have also there inserted the pres , nt line by Berwick and Alnwick Distance be-' tween Edin- Name of Road. burgh orough and Expense. =Z. (' g b urgh an d g • =.ft Miles. Yards. .:.‘„! s. d. Feet. Feet. Illorpeth and Cold stream 'Road 170 1.318 65,833 12 6 607 1,180 Ilexiuun Road : 168 1,180 90,486 19 0 1,416 Aldstime Road 174 1,584 92,974 12 0 2,072 Berwick and Aln wick Road 189 1,326 Not having carried the Hexham and Aldstone Surveys over the Scotch summits, which correspond with Soutra Hill, I cannot state these comparative heights, but apprehend the dif ference cannot be very great. The distance upon the Berwick and Alnwick road is taken frOm Cary's Road Book, Sixth Edition, 1815.' LOndon, 17th August: THOS: TELFORD. To S. R. Lushington, Esq. Treasury Chambers. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 4.—Henry Nelson Coleridge, Esq Fellow of King's college, was on Friday last admitted Bache lor of Arts.—The Rev. John Lonsdale, M.A., late Fellow of King's college, has been appointed domestic Chaplain to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. 'The following Gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Ely, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, on Sunday last DEACONS. Robert Beehoe Radcliffe, B.A. King's college, Cambridge. Henry Hannington, B.A. Do. George Frederick Nicholas, M.A. Do. ThOmas Cadogan Willats, ALA. Downing coil., Cambridge. , Thos. Stratton Codrington, Brazen-nose college, Oxford. John Frewen Moor, B.A. Do. James Webster Huntley, B.A. St. John's coll. Cambridge. Lout John Thynne, 111. A. Do. Thos. Horatio Walker, B.A. Oriel college, Oxford. • - Thomas Meyler, B.A. Pembroke college, Oxford. John Tupper Connell, Emmanuel college, Cambridge. Frederick Edw. Pegus, B.A. St. John's college, Oxford. From the Bishop of Salisbury. Robert Wood, B.A. Clare hall, Cambridge. Thomas Quarles, B.A. Exeter college, Oxford. 1 From the Bishop of Norwich. Thos. Jeffery Bunasted, B.A. Queen's college, Oxford. Henzell. Gough, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. George Cummins, B.A. Do. From the Bishop of Bath and Wells. PRIESTS. Thos. Smith Turnbull, M.A. Caius college, Cambridge. harks Porter, B.A. Do. - William Greenwood, M.A. Bene't college, Cambridge. Joseph Dewe, B.A. Queen's college, Cambridge. John James Blunt, M.A. St John's college, Cambridge. George Skinner, M.A. Jesui college, Cambridge. Joseph Studholme, M.A. Do. William Twigg, M.A. Trinity college, Cambridge. Robt. Abercrombie Denton, B.A. King's coll., Cambridge. Richard Jenkin Stone, Jesus college, Cambridge. Charles Eckersall, B.A. Corpus Christi college, Oxford. From the Bishop of Bath and Wells. James Babb, B.A. Wadham college, Oxford. From the Bishop of Norunch. The following Gentlemen were Ordained by the Right Rev Lord Bishop of Chester, at St. Marylebone's church, on Sun. day last : PRIESTS. Henry Crewe Boutflower, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. William Thresher, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. Charles Craven, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. Simeon, Clayton, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. John Henry Breynton, B.A. S. John's college, Cambridge. Samuel James Allen, B.A. Pembroke-hall, Cambridge. William Harbur, B.A. Christ college, Cambridge. Thomas Jones Crakelt, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge. George William Craufurd, B.A. King's college, Cambridge. John Carysfort Proby, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge. James Lowther Senhouse, M.A. Trinity college, Cambridge. Anthony Plimley Kelly, S.A. Cain's college, Cambridge. Thomas May, B.A. Christ college, Cambridge. Edward Whiteley, B.A. Jesus college, Cambridge. H. Ch. de Crespigny, B.C.L. Trinity-hall, Cambridge. Joseph Haling, B.A. Magdalen-hall, Oxford. Charles Mille, M.A. Merton college, Oxford. JJlin Stoupe Wagstaffe, B.A. Lincoln college, Oxford. John Venables Vernon, B.A. Christ church, Oxford. George Ernest Holman, M.A. Balliol college, Oxford. James Ackland Templer, B.A. Merton college, Oxford. Robert Temple. James Metcalfe. Samuel Stanley Paris.. Thomas Bruce. DEACONS.. John Edmund Carr, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. James Bruce, B.A.St. Peter's college, Cambridge. William Oliver, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. John Banbury, B.A. St. Peter's college, Cambridge. Thomas chapman, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. James Wollen, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge. John Edmund Serres, B.A. Queen's college, Cambridge. Henry Alford, B.A. Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge. John Nicholas Palmer, B.A. Pembroke hall, Cambridge. Pvancis Thomas Atwood, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge. George Ware, B.A. St. Peter's college, Cambridge. Charles Simmons, B.A. Trinity college, Cambridge. John Vendall, B.A. Magdalene college, Cambridge. Thomas Hope, B.A. University college, Oxford. Wm. Henry Cartwright, B.A. Trinity college, Oxford. John Clarke Jenkins, M.A. Lincoln college, Oxford. Hen. Reg. Chandos Pole, M.A. St. Mary's hall, Oxford. William Bownas, B.A. Lincoln college, Oxford. Henry Richards B.A. Exeter college, Oxfbrd. Richard Child Willis, B.A. University college, Oxford. John Dixon. Thomas Benn. George Wilson. .Richard Ebenezer Leach. James Pearson. William Owen. LAW INTELLIG ENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 4. After his Lordship had disposed of one or two uninteresting cases this morning, Mr. Wetherell asked when it would be his' Lordship's convenience to hear the case of Lord Somers ? The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that Tuesday week would be the next seal; and if the parties were prepared at both sides, he would come down to Court on the preceding Monday, for the purpose of hearing it. His Lordship also stated, for the information of the bar, that as the House of Lords had adjourned for a fortnight, he should be able tO attend every day in the week after next.—The Court then went into lunatic petitions. EX-PARTE ItOSCOMAX IN THE MATTER OF ,ROSOMAN, A LUNATIC. This was a petition presented by Isabella Rosoman, the mother, and - Stephenson, the sister of the lunatic, com plaining of the neglect and ill-treatment which the lunatic ex perienced at the hands of the committee of his estate, and pray ing that he might be entrusted to the custody and care of some other person or persons. The petition was supported by the, affidavits of Mrs. Stephenson, one of the petitioners, of a per son of the name of Cam, who had been the lunatic's keeper for three'years, and of a servant-maid, who had lived in.the house of the committee during part of the period in.which the alleged ill-treatment took place. These affidavits charged Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm, of whom the latter was sister to the lunatic, with constant neglect of the lunatic ever since the year 1816, denying him those comforts which his unhappy situation re quired, not allowing him to dine at the same table with the family, but sending him the remains of the joint on which they themselves had dined, to his room, when they were nearly cold, and sometimes not allowing him sufficient food ; always keep ing him scantily and meanly clothed, and having but one ser vant to wait upon the whole family, although the master in his scheme allowed for a servant woman and a servant boy to attend exclusively upon the lunatic. The affidavits further alleged, that-Mr. and Mrs.. Malcolm in other respects treated the lunatic ill ; and upon one occasion Mr. Malcolm took him out to . a stable-loft, where he horse-whipped him with such violence as to occasion himself (Nlr. Malcolm) to fall into fits. The apart ments appropriated to the lunatic's use were, the affidavits charged, in every respect unsuitable ; and, in bort, owing to the distressed circumstances of ,the committee, among other causes, the maintenance and establishmint provided for the lunatic did not amount to 2001. a-year, although the sum allowed for his establishment was 9001. per annum. _ These and the numerous minor facts detailed in the 4ffida.- vits were stated and commented upon by the AttorneY-Gene rid, as counsel for the petitioners. lie then read the affidavit of Miss Rosoman, another of the lunatic's sisters, in reply, which, he contended, left the prominent facts stated in the charging affidavits uncontradicted. Mr. SRADWELL followed on the same side. Mr. HEALD, on behalf of the Committee,,stated, that by his advice Mr; and Mrs. Malcolm had not yet answered the petitioners' affidavits. He expected that he should be able to show the Court, that this was as gross a conspiracy as ever came before a Court of Justice: He would prove that the habits of one of the petitioners—namely, 'the Mother— were so profligate, as to shut her out from all credit; that she was cohabiting with the brother of the man to whom her daugh ter, the other petitioner, was married.;ntid had a family by hint. He thought he was justified in saying, that much credit was not due to her, when he reminded his Lordship that this woman, who in her petition in 1816 described herself as Isabella Stephen son, the wife of John Stephenson, and late widow of— Rosoman deceased, now called herstlf Isabella Itosoman, widow; having got back to her old title once more. Neither was much faith to be placed in the statement of Cain, the discarded keeper, who, according to his own account, witnessed all this misconduct on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm for three years; and yet never made the , slightest complaint or remonstrance upon the subject until the present occasion ; and who swore that Mr. Malcolm inflicted the most violent chastisement upon the tuna ' tic in a stable-loft, without making it appear, however, that he suffered the least injury from it, or that it produced; any effect, except upon 11Ir. Malcolm himself, whom it threw into fits. Mr. Heald then contended, that Miss Rosoman's affidavit had not left the pre-eminent charges in the other affidavits un answered ; and stated that Mr. Malcolm hadcome to town for the purpose of seeking and procuring the testimony of the seve ral servants whO had lived with him, and attended the lunatic during the whole of the last six years, whereby he should be able to prove that every circumstance stated in those affidavits was false, and shew that this was an infamous conspiracy to get the custody and income of the lunatic transferred to the peti tioners. As a proof that Mr. Malcolm had not been idle since he came, he had already succeeded in tracing two of those ser vants, who had made affidavits, which he would now read. — The Learned Counsel then proceeded to - read these affidavits, circumstantially denying the facts set forth on the other side. The LORD CuraxcELLon thought_that. as far as these affi davits went, they did not apply to what lie (the Lord Chancel lor) considered the principal feature in the case: 'When he looked to the scheme upon which the master, with a view to affording the lunatic those comforts which, in his unfortunate situation,_ he was capable of enjoying, founded his order for the sum to be allowed for his establishment, he must say, no mat ter what might be the conduct or rharacter of the petitioners, if the Committee could:not shew him that that sort of establishment which the master contemplated had been kept up, that he could allow the lunatic to remain where he was no longer. Let the case, therefore, stand over until the first day after the next seal ; and, in the mean time, let the affidavits of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm be sworn and sent to him (the Lord Chan cellor) before the end of next week. By them alone coulilibe case be satisfactorily explained. He had no doubt but this gentleman would let him know how the 9001. a year had been disposed of ; and to whom he had paid the 701. allowed for extra servants to wait upon the lunatic. His Lordship rose at half-past four o'clock, and will not sit again until Monday week, the 15th. LENT ASSIZES. KINGSTON, APRIL 3. (Before the lion. Mr. Baron GRAHAM and a Special Juii-.) THE KING V. KIRBY AND ANOTHER. This was an information filed\ by the Attorney-General against the defendants, Kirby and Gerrard, for combining to defraud the King of certain excise 'duties payable on the ma nufacture of parchment. The defendant Kirby was. a Ma nufacturer of parchment at Bermondsey, and Gerrard was a Supervisor of Excise. The latter suffered judgment to go by default. It was proved that the defendant Kirby, in concert with the other defendant, had manufactured and sold a considerable number of parchment skins, marked with the Excise stamp, for which he had, in point of fact, paid no duty. The case was clearly made out in evidence. Mr. WALFORD, for the defendant, mid, he must submit to a verdict, reserving for the time of judgment such topics as should avail the defendant in mitigation of punishment. Ver dict—Guilty. THE KING V. THE INHABITANTS OF CAMBERWELL. This was a presentment against the defendants for not re-• a certain road leading from Croydon to Dulwich, and thence to the Gipsey-house on Dulwich-common. The question in the case was, whether the road in question was a public highway, and whether the defendants were liable to repair it as such. Several:witnesses were examined on both sides. It was proved that the defendants had repaired a part of the road, but had neglected to repair the part presented. The case went to. the Jury under the Learned Judge's direc tions, and they found the defendants Guilty. There was nothing of public interest to-ay on the Crow side. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at the British Ambassador's chapel; at Paris, Charles Frederick Lewis Dupleix Count de Cadignan, Captain in the 3d Regiment of Dragoons, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, to Katherine Sophia, eldest daughter of the late Charles Trelawny Brereton, Esq., formerly Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, and of Shotwick-park, Cheshire. Yesterday, at St. George's church, Hanover-square, WM. Lawrence, Esq., of Southampton-cottage, Camherwell, to Agnes, only daughter of the Rev. John Willan, of Chester. Yesterday, at St. Pancras church, by the Rev. Thomas Mor timer, A.M., Lecturer of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and St. Olave's, Southwark, Thomas Mortimer, Esq.. of Ludgate-hill, to Mrs. Sarah Taylor, of York-place, Pentonville. ~~ DIED. On the - 2d inst., Mr. George Gordon, of Broseley, son of the late Alexander Gordon, Esq., of Charterhouse-square, in the 45th year of his age. 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