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• / / / 7 * . r • 4i, iv)), Co bet 44 41--X 77- :46 1 ) sostfiri.: wet --VV. " - —•-..,..,s ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, JULY 2 1 , 1832 . THE COMMISSIONERS for EXE CUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH AD MIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRI TAIN and IRELAND do hereby give Notice, that on WanxEsnAlr, the 15th of August, at ten o'clock in the Forenoon, the Admiral Superintendent will put up to Salo in his 5I sjesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth, several Lets of OLD STORES, consisting of Old Canvas, Old Ham mocks, Old Rope, a'l in Paper Stuff, Old Broken Lig num Vitx, Shivers and Pieces, Files and Pieces, Colours with Tabling, Fountain Pumps (Mr. Fleare's), with Gear, Ochatn, Hemp Cuttings, Tarred Toppets, Rope Yarns, &c. &c., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Admiral Superintendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. to put down _At's publication, but it had noW the effect of preventing the poor man, who might desire to purchase them, from getting many useful little publica tions, the price of which was so low as to place them within his reach, while at the same time it t - 7 - we poly to many of the stamped publications. Many Hon. Members were, perhaps, sot aware of the great number of those publications. Some, he would admit, were of a very objectionable character ; but there were many of a very useful and interesting kind, containing much valuable in formation. The Hon. Member here read a list of 18 of them, copies of which he held in his hand, and contended that it was very hard to imprison poor people for selling publications which contained much useful and valuable information. Such was - the general feeling as to the im policy and partial operation of this law, that a society was already formed for the protection of those who sold such publications. Some of the poor men who were sentenced to imprisonment for selling those publications were treated like felons. One poor man, for selling one of the Penny Magazines, was taken through the streets from the police office, chained to two others like a felon. \Vas it just, that 60 or 70 persons, incarcerated for offences under this Act, should be fed on bread and water—a diet given to murderers and other convicted felons? The Hon. Mem ber concluded by moving an address for " a return of the number of persons who have been committed by the Ma gistrates fur selling unstamped publications from the I 2th of December, 1831, to the present time, stating the names of the persons committed, the Magistrates by whom com mitted, and the periods for which committed ;" also, " the number now actually in prison for each offence; distin guishing those committed ley the Magistrates of the me tropolis, and those in other pat is of the country." Lord ALTHORP did not rise to object to the moCon. His Hon. Friend complained of partiality in the admi nistration of the law as to those pnblications, but it was well known that some of those cheap publications con tained matters which required a stamp, while others did not ; and he would ask his Hon. Friend what would be the situation of those papers which paid duty, if a free competition were to be allowed against them by papers which paid no duty to the Government? He admitted that many of the small publications were of a very useful kind ; but his Hon. Friend admitted that others had quite an opposite tendency and were rnieeclii.vous in their character. The best way to destroy the influence of the litter, would be to encouraee cheap publications of a useful kind ; and he admitted that the best mode of effect ing this would be, to reduce the stamp duty on newspapers. To this in principle he had nu objection, but as he was not prepared with any measure on that subject in the pre sent session (as we understood the Noble Lord), the only thing that could be done till that was eff eted, would be so protect those papers which did pay stamp duty to Government. ( No. 12,440.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1832. (PRICE 7D.) EDINBURGH STEAM-SHIP. and T. Hart, London, tailors—J. Nixon and J. Scoble, Littta Knight Rider-street, Doctors' Commons, lead-merchants—J. and T. Hickinhotham, Great Potten Island Farm, Essex, graziers-- W. Jenkins and A. Lincoln, Brentwood, Essex, silk-mercers— J. J. and J. Jones, Little Tower-street, cheesemongers—M. Ro berts and G. Richards, St. Martin's-lane, haberdashers—R. North and Co., Hunslet, Yorkshire, earthenware-manufacturers (so far as regards J. North, sen.)—J. Thompson and Co., New Waterl , ... Colliery, Derbyshire, colliers (so far as regards J. Mould)—W. Browne and R. Henly, Great Surrey street, ironmongers —J. Beatty and G. H. Openshaw, Over Darwen, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers—J. Dawson, sen., and Co., Wortley, Yorkshire, corn-millers—G. Blackler and H. Billing, Plymouth, mercers— J. Elphicke and C. Arnett, Tenterden, Kent, coach-proprietors— J. Reynolds and Co., Oak Wood, Glamorganshire, merchants— A. Harding and J. Cox, Bristol, soap.manufacturers—W. and J. Wells-street, Oxford-street, soda-water-manufacturers. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. himself, that the Noble Lord had not yet received or ac cepted the appointment. Lord ALTHORP did not see that the Hon. Member was justified in moving for a writ in the present circum stances. Although it was the intention of Government to appoint Lord Nugent to the office referred to, and although he believed his Lordship would accept it, still before the acceptance was complete a new writ should no t b e moved. jIHE UNITED T7NGDOM, 1,000 tons burden, and 200-hors7 power. D.. 1 URNER, Commander, will start from off GREENWICH, for EDINBURGH, "on SUNDAY, the 29 h July, at ELE VEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, and WED NESDAY, the Bth August, at TWELVE AT NOON, calling off Scarborough, weather permitting. Passengers are embarked, free of any expense, by W . termen belonging to the Vessel, at the Horse Ferry, Green wich ; and by starting in the morning will be on board only two instead of three nights, as is usual by starting at night. Goods received, as formerly, until Five o'clock of the day before the Packet starts. ROUSE OF LORDS, JULY 21. Lord KEN VON presented a petition from the Vestry of St. Marylehone, complaining of the expense attendaw on the new police system, and praying that it might 1). conducted under new regulations. This day was publish , d, in 2 vols. post Svo. P RIVATE CORRESPONDENCE of a WOMAN of FASHION. Comprising ANECDOTES of the PRINCIPAL PER SONAGES at the COURTS of ENGLAND and FRANCE in 1814 and subsequent years. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. Lord MELBOURNE considered that the petitioners seemed to view this subject in a very limited way. Th • object of the new Police Bill was to afford a greater pro • tection to property throughout the metropolis in general than bad existed before its passing; and though thp• parish of Marylebone might watch itself at a lower rate than the inhabitants were now obliged to pay, and be as well pro tected as a parish, vet it could not fail to derive ad ditional- benefit from the general greater protectio❑ that was afforded to London in consequence of the adoption of this system ; and it was utterly impossible that the system could go on to work well if it were now to be regulated (as prayed) by local parochial authority. Mr. BERNAL and others brought up from the Commons the Soldiers' Families Bill, the Disembodying Militia Bill, and the Arms and Gunpowder Irish Importation Bill. The Irish Linen Manufactory Bill passed through a Committee. After some further observations on the same subjret from Mr. S. RICE, Mr. A. WOOD stated, that he had heard the Right Honourable Member himself informed by Right Hon. Gentleman opposite that Lord Nugent hzol not accepted the office. WINDSOR, JULY 24. MISS MITFORD'S NEW WORK. This day was published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF AMERICAN LIFE. _ Berths may be taken, a plan of the Cabins seen, and every further information obtained, by application to H. Under - wood, No. 56, Haymarket ; the Spread Eagle, Regent circus, Piccadilly ; or George Bell, Agent, 157, Fen church-street. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, his MAJESTY left the Castle in an open carriage, drawn by his four favourite greys, and proceeded to the Great P4l, attended by his suite in other open carriages. The Royal party extended their drive to the environs of Virginia Water, and did net return to the Castle until six o'clock in the evening. In the course of the evening Lord HILL, Colonel KEITH, Colonel BOWATER, and Colonel HILL, arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining and passing the evening with their MAJESTIES. Yesterday the first battaliin of Scots Fusileer Guards were revi , wed by Colonel KEITH, in the Home Park; Colonel BOWATER commanded. Lord FREDERICK FITZ CL A RENCE and a number of officers were present. This morning Sir WATirEN W A LLER and the Baroness HOWE paid a visit to their MAJESTIES, and after partaking of refreshments left for their residence at Twickenham. This afternoon the KING again drove out, in the same style as he did yesterday, and took several hours drive in the Great Park. The QUEEN, attended by her suite, also took an airing in company with his MAJESTY. The Duchess of SAXE WEIMA R., it is expected, will take leave of their MAJESTIES on Friday or Saturday next, on her departure for the Continent. Sir M. W. RIDLEY protested against this unusti:.l sort of proceeding, although it was quite in keeping with various attempts which the Hon. Member (Mr. C. Ro:s. , ) had made in that House to dictate in an nuparliamentary manner. Editd by MARY RUSSELL. MITFORD. CONTENTS. —The Politician—Elizabeth Latimer—The Squatter—Pinchon—The Devil's Pulpit—The Young Backwoodeltan—Major Egerton—Adventure at Sea— The Green Mountain Boy—Colitis Yerks—The Azure Hose—The Three Indians—Modern Chivalry—lsle of Flowers—Last of the Boatmen, &c. &c. Henry Culburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. N.B. This vessel being now completely decked over, lit r chief and fore cabin accommodation, and also her machi nery, are very much improved. Mr. C. ROSS explained. After a few words from Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSI the motion was withdrawn. RECORDER OF DUBLIN. ABRIDGED into ENGLISH for SCHOOLS and COL LEGES. By the 11. v. J. SEAGER. VIGER on the GREEK IDIOMS. Svo. 9i. G 1. Ms. Several Private Bills passed through certain stages, and the House adjourned till Thursday. MR. D'ISRAELI AND LORD NUGENT. This day was published, in Bvo. price 2s. 6d. ELIOTT, HANIPDEN, and PYNI ; or, A Reply of the Author of a Book entitled " Com mentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles I." to the Au thor of a Book entitled " Some Memorials of John Hamp den, his Party, and his Times." Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street : " This volume is compiled with much industry and judgment, and altogether a more valuable service could not well have been rendered to the inquiring student of the classics."—Oxford Lite rary Gazette. .‘ But when they have made real advances in Greek prose, read over with them the whole of Vigerus. Mr. Berry, what 1 now recommend, is really one of the most useful parts of educa tion. You should make them read Vigerus in this way twice every year, for five or six or seven years."—Dr. Parr. See John_ stone's Life of Parr, Vol. 3. 2. HOOGEVEEN on the GREEK PARTICLES 79. 6d. bds. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 24. Mr. MOSTYN presented four petitions from the cotton weavers of four cotton-mills in Holywell, against the Labour in Factories Regulation Bill. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from the members of the Council of the Limheth Political Union, praying for an inquiry into the case of Somerville, and also for the abolition of flogging in the army and navy. The Honourable Member then gave notice that in the first week of the next session he would move for a return of the names and emoluments of all the officers of the Palace Court. as well as of the four counsel and six attornies who claim the exclusive right to practise in that Court. Of whom, and all Booksellers, may now be had, MR. DISRAELI'S COMMENTARIES, The Fifth and concluding Volume. Svo. 14s. Hoogeveen's work on Particles has always been considered a valuable aid in the study of the Greek language; and Mr. Seager has compressed and translated it in a manner which we could not desire to be better."—Spectator. 3. BOS on the GREEK ELLIPSES. 9s. 64. hds. " The Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles I." form by far the most important work upon that important age that modem times have produced. More curious diligence and sagacity have seldom been exercised upon any portion of History, and seldom with so much success."—Quarterly Rev July, 1832. WES !MEATH ASSIZES. SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE. Just published, Demy Bvo. price 10s. 6d. with a Map and Plates, ATHREE MONTHS' FOUR IN SWITZERLAND and FRANCE, giving a Ge neral Description of the Country, an accurate Account of the Different Routes, and affording every necessary In formation for the Guidance of future Travellers. By the Rev. WILLIAM LIDDIARD, Author of " A Metrical Tile of Switzerland," &c. &c. "This gentleman sketches with effect ; his descriptions are those of an ardent admirer of nature in her grandest array, and his book is the work of a Ina!' of highly cultivated mind and gentlemanly feeling."—Metropolitan. " We must say that the descriptions of Mr. Liddiard are at once lively, accurate, and well-chosen; and that those persons who are about to affbrd themselves the delight of a similar ' Three M ont h s ' T our i n S w i tzer l an d and France,' cannot do a Wiser thing than make this book their carriage companion."— Court Journal. "The author has the happy knack of keeping you by his side all the way he goes. There is no mawkish sentiment in him, and the wonder excited by the magnificence and beauty of the moun. fain scenery is simply and unaffectedly told." " The ensemble of the Three Mouths' Tour' is light and a g r eeable."—The United Kingdom. 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Lot 4.—A piece of meadow land containing 2 acres, 2 roods, 16 poles. Lot s.—Eleven pieces of arable, pasture, meadow, and wood ground, containing 21 acres, 2 roods, 28 poles, more or less. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Dyneley, Co verdale, and Lee, Gray's Inn; and Messrs. King and Moore, Lymington ; of whom Particuiars and Conditions of Sale may be had ; also of the Auctioneer at Ramsey ; and at the principal Inns in the neighbourhood. HORSE BAZAAR, For the SALE of HORSES, CARRIAGES, HAR NESS, SADLERY, FURNITURE, and MISCEL LANEOUS ARTICLES. KING-STREET, AND BAKER-STREET, PORTMAN. MR. SQUARE. M. C. 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The Managers of the several Departments are selected for their unexceptionabl e talents and integrity; and a. the Proprietor pledges himself strictly to preserve his character of Agent, by not dealing himself, nor suffering any persons employed by him to deal, either directly or indirectly, he fully trusts that his impartial system will be duly appreciated, and that his Establishment will meet with universal support. The Prospectus, which details the whole arrangements, may be bad at the Counting House. " Mr. Seager has contrived to retain the essence of all that is beneficial to the student while he has placed it more easily within his reach by the order and arrangement into which it is reduced."—lntelligence. " We have no hesitation in recommending this book to the teachers of Greek, as the best dictionary of Elliptical expressions to which they can resort."—Edinburgh Literary Journal. 4. HERMANN on the GREEK METRES. 85.6d.10(1 , . 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Valpy, M.A., Red Lion court, Fleet street; and sold by all booksellers in town and country. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at St. James's, the 11th day of July, 1832, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Honourable Holt Mackenzie and the Right Honourable Henry Ellis were, by command of his Majesty, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly C. C. GREVILLE. WHITEHALL, Juty 21. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Charles Grant, Frederick John Viscount Goderich, William Viscount Melbourne, and Henry John Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. his Majesty's three Principal Secretaries of State ; Charles Earl Grey, K.G. First Commis_ sioner of his Majesty's Treasury ; the Right Hon, John Charles Spencer (commonly called Viscount Althorp), t hancellor of his Majesty s Exchequer; the Right Hon. Charles Watkin Wil liams Wynn, the Right. Hon. John Sullivan, the Right Hon. Robert Grant, the Right Hon. Henry Ellis, the Right Hon. Holt Mackenzie, Robert Gordon, and Thomas Babington Macau'ay, Esqrs., his Majesty's Commissioners for the Affairs of India. WAR-OFFICE 4 JVLY '24. 19th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Matthew Lord Aylmer, K.C.B. from the 56th Foot, to be Colonel, vice the Earl of Donoughmore, deceased, July 23. 56th Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir H. Lowe, K.C.B. from the 93d Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lord Aylmer, appointed to the IStll Foot, July :23,. 93ci Foot —Major-General Sir J. Cameron, K. C.B. to be Colonel, vice Sir H. Lowe, appointed to the 56th Foot, July 23. GARRISONS.—Gen. Sir M. Hunter to be Govern Jr of Stir ling-Castle, vice the Earl of Donough more, deceased, July 23; Dr. Bennie to be Chaplain to Stirling-Castle, vice Moodie, de ceased, July 12; Major-General P. Anderson to be Governor of Pendennis.Castle, vice Sir Morton Hunter, July 23; Lieutenant- Colonel Peter Dumas, of the 65th Foot, to ke Lieutenant-Go vernor of Gravesend and Tilbury-Fort, vice Major-General Paul Anderson, July 23. MEMORANDUM.—The half-pay of the under-mentioned officers has been cancelled from the 24th inst., inclusive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their commissions : Paymaster W. L. Otway, half-pay Ist West India regiment. Surgeon J Curtis, retired full-pay sth Royal Veteran Batt. Assistant-Surgeon R. Gough, half-pay Ist Life Guards. Lieut. J Robinson, half-pay Unattached. Ensign G. H. Herbert, half-pay 2d Garrison Battalion. Lieut. W. Hutton, half-pay 29th Regiment of Foot. Lieut. Sir St. Vincent Cotton, Bart. half-pay Unattached. Ensign J. Bradshaw, half-pay 53,4 Foot. The half-pay of the under-mentioned Officer has been can celled from the Ist of Ap r il, 1832, inclusive, upon his receiving a commuted allowance for his commission : Paymaster T. Harvey, half-pay 56th Foot. The under-mentioned Officer has also been allowed to receive a commuted allowance for his commission : Ensign G. Gordon, late on half-pay 42d Foot. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Tutor 21. Royal Regiment of Artillery. First Lieut. R. R. Drew to be Second Captain, vice Ellison, deceased; Second Lieut. H. T. Fyers to be First Lieutenant, vice Drew, July 13. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Bedford. Sir J. M. Burgoyne, Bart. to be Deputy Lieutenant, July 17. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Glamorgan. J.l). Llewellyn Esq. to be Deputy Lieuten ant, July 13. Commission by the Governor and Captain-General of the Isle of Wight. Isle of Wight Militia. P. Scott, Esq. to be Captain-Commandant, vice Anwyl, de ceased, July 2.u. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY WATSON, Crown-row, Walworth-road, tea-dealer, BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JAMES DRIVER, Cambridge, hatter and furrier. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE BIRCH, Cannock, Staffordshire, cabinet-maker , to surrender July 31, and Sept. 4, at eleven , at th e S wan Inn , Stafford. Passman, Stafford ; Dick i nson, Gracechurch-street. ROBERT MALLITT, Hereford, tailor, Aug. 2,3, and Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Hereford. Itobinson, Queen street-place, Southwark-bridge, London; Pritchard, Hereford. JAMES FOSTER, Hammersmith, frame-work-knitter, Aug. 6, at eleven, and Sept. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lowe, Lothbury, official assignee; Stanley, Bridge street, Black friars. GEORGE ELI,IS, Market-street, Edgeware-road, carriage builder, Aug. 3, and Sept. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bank rupts. Groom, Abchurch.lane, London, official asiguee ; Wil. son, Wilmington-square. RICHARD CH A LENER, King's-row Pentonville, brick layer, Aug. 3, at twelve, and Sept. 4, at eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy. Boothe, Queen-street, Cheapside ; Turquand, Token-house-yard, the official assignee. JOHN AMPH LETT, Worcester, druggist, July 31 and Sept. 4, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. White and Whit more, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Bevan and Brittany Bristol THOMAS STEPHENS, Manchester, publican, Aug. 10, 11, and Sept. 4, at two, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester. ton, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row; and Owen, Man chester. THOMAS SPRING, City-Road, victualler, July 31, at two, Sept. 4, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Martineau and Malton, Carey-street, Lincoln's-Inn. CORNELIUS WINTER, Marlborough, innkeeper, August 4 3 , 1a a i n ib d or S o e u p g t h. Sept. 4, Navtoodinn eleven, a aittlarwro the l Marlboroughuh Dyiey e A , co rms ve I r l d o a te le l : and Lee, Gray's Inn, London. GEORGE WELLS, Regent street, lace-man, Aug. 3, and Sept. 4, at ten, at the Court of Bankrutcy. Edwards, No. 8, Old Jewry, London, official assignee; Hildyard, Furnival's Inn. WILLIAM BEAN, Willi sden, Middlesex, horse-dealer, July 31, at len, and Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank, uptcy. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official assignee; Williams and Bethell, Lincoln's-inn-fields. CHARLES ROBERT BUTTER, Bruton, Somerset, apothe cary, Aug. 20, and Sept. 4, at twelve, at the Blue Ball Inn, Bru ton: Burfoot, King's Bench-walk, Temple; Balch, North Brewham, Somerset. ROBERT BULLEN, Sherborne, Dorset, innholder, Aug. 1,2, Sept. 4, at ten, at the Antelope Inn, Sherborne. Newman, Yeovil • and Messrs. Burfoot, King's Bench Walk. CHRISTOPHER DUNKIN HAYS, Meriton's Wharf, Ber mondsey, mariner, Aug. 3, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 4, at half past ele,ven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Parnther, L ois _ don-street, Fenchurch-street ; Whitmore, Austin Friars, the official assignee. DIVIDENDS. W. J. Ward, Bermondsey-street, Southwark, wine -merchant, Aug. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy —J. eleven, C ve at n le Marshall, Dartford, Kent, paper-mould maker, Au g. 14 , at eleven, at the Court o f B a nkruptcy—H. C. Abraham, Houns ditch, oilman, Aug. 10, at twelve, a t the Court of Bankru p tc y — G t h re e e n c - s o t u r r e t t 0 , L f eicester-square, Bankruptcy—cester-squ e E. , chemist,i3 Bevan a n Aug. m Yates,2-2, at ' yat Bristol, merchants, Aug. 3, at ten, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES, AUGUsT 14. W. Clark, East Retford, Nottingham, brazier—W. H. MaY, Manchester, commission-2g Great George -street, Mansion House, merchant—J. Ward, Ely-place, Mid. rn dlesex, co- dealer —A. Agfio Smedley, Manchester, dealer—E. Sansom, Oxford s t reet, straw - hat m anufacturer. Vanuifeackteurry:r. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 11. Miller and W. Davis, Jermyn.street, St. James's, boot makers—S. and W. J. Beale, Birmingham, lead-merchants—J. (From the Dublin Plain Dealer.) ABDUCTION. Thos. Gannon, Michael Quiglg, and Michael Davis, were indicted for carrying away Melessina Bossy, on the night of the 23d of May last, with the intent to compel her to marry Thomas Gannon. The first witness produced by the Crown was Miss Bossy, an extremely interesting young lady, very pale, and extremely delicate. Being sworn, she deposed as follows : Her name is Melessina Bossy ; on tl e 23d of last May she, lived at Lowpark, her brother's house. Was ac quainted with the prisoner (Gannon) ; he was paying his addresses ti witness up to eighteen months before 23d of May ; witness did not continue to receive his addresses the whole of that time; the courtship ceased before 23d May ; a corresporr fence did exist between her and prisoner ; he renewed his addresses about four or five weeks before 23d May ; did not see him that day before ; does not recollect seeing him alone, or with some of the family ; Mrs. Henry Bossy, after sitting some time in the room, asked her to take a walk with her and prisoner; did so accordingly ; forgets whether any person was in the parlour; prisoner was in it; her sister was in the room ; is sure she was ; prisoner said witness should go with him ; she then ran into a closet ; her sister and sister-in-law ran in also ; they fastened the door inside, and bolted it ; some person forced open the door ; it was bolted with a small bolt inside ; three or four men came into the parlour, and when they were dragging her down stairs, prisoner called for pistols ; was in the closet when the men came in ; they dragged witness out of the closet ; they also dragged her through a field ; they continued using force as they crossed the fi-ld to the road ; they put her into a chaise ; broke the win dows to try to speak to the driver; it stopped at a public house for a few minutes; it proceeded to Moate, and stopp,cl at Mr. Carr's ; witness wanted prisoner to let her outon the road to en back ; prisoner alone was in the chaise with wit ness ; did speak and make a noise ; prisoner put his hand on her mouth ; made the noise to try to get away ; Carr is brother-in-law to prisoner ; does not know how many miles Moate is from Lowpark ; believes it to be about nine miles ; was taken no farther than Carr'a house ; she there got out of the chaise, and went into the house ; thought it better to go into the house than go farther ; continued there that night till tpxt evening ; wanted to get away whilst there; does not know what prevented her from going away ; the police came, which enabled her to go away. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. On the verdict being announced, a shout of approbation was raised in the Court. On Monday last, Captain STEVENSON, of the Ant trader, sailed from York to Hull. The wind being very contrary, he laid the vessel to, at Water Ful ford, and landing on the Fulford side of the river, he walked back to York, intending to spend a few hours here, and return to his vessel in the evening. As he ap proached Fulford landing, he saw a woman walking, who disappeared suddenly, and on running to the spot he found her floating on the water, her clothes having buoyed her up. Her eyes were open, and she had never been overhead. Holding by the grass, Mr. STEVENSON slid down the bank, which was there rather steep, and reaching out his foot, the woman got hold of it, and he pulled her by this means to the shore. After he bad extricated her from her perilous situation, be questioned her as to her name, &c. ; and she told him her name was BAINES, and that she was the widow of JOSEPH BAINES, shoemaker, who bad died of the chole , a a week or two ago. She had been troubled in her mind ever since, and wanted to get to her late husband. That morning, having fed her children, she came out with the design of drowning herself, but, by the Providential arrival of Capt. STEVENSON, she was prevented.— Yorkshire Gazette. TRIUMPH OF TEMPERANCE.—It has often been asserted that the Jews in consequence of their tem perate habits enjoy the blessings of health and longevity in a greater degree than we see in any other race : as a remarkable proof of this hypothesis in Cheltenham, where there are about 18 or 20 of tnat nation, there are 5 indi viduals, the youngest of whom is 80 and the oldest 93, and with the exc e pti sn o f one w h o i s bli n d , t h ey are i n possession of almost unimpaired faculties ; and in Coven try out of a community of 6, pre 2 (man and wife) who have attained the age of 101 and 104. ORIGIN OF GIPSIES.—About this time, too, swarms of unknown strangers made their appearance, brown in complexion, foreign in aspect, ill supplied with clothing; their leader was named MiciraEL, or, as he styled himself, Duke MICHAEL of Eevpt : his followers were known by the name of CINGARI or ZINGARI (in German, ZIGEUNER, gipsies). So little was known of oriental languages in those times, that these adventurers could tell what tale they pleased about their origin. They pretended to have come from Lower Egypt, and to belong to the number of those who had not received JOSEPH and MARY; that they had now become Christians, and were bound on a seven years' pilgrimage. It has at length been conjectured, from their language , that they w ere dri ven out by the great convulsions of India, when the dy nasty of the Sultan of GHALJR was overthrown by Pia MOHAMMED JEHAN GHIA, the grandson of Lardner's Cyclopcedia. History of Switzerland. SINGULAR CASE OF DROWNING.—An In quest was held on Monday at the Barley-mow, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of M. W. LA RIVIEF , E) aged 22, the son of M. L A R IVIERE the celebrated danci n g master, of Greek-street, Soho. On Saturday morning the deceased was bathing in the Serpentine River, when he ventured beyond his depth, and being exhausted, soon began to sink. A b oa t man p u t o ff f r om the receiving house, and arrived at the spot just as the young man dis appeared. The drags w ere p u t into operation, and .n a few minutes the senseless body of the deceased was raised to the surface ; and in a f e w secon d s a fter, being placed in the boat, a convulsive nmvement of the lips betokened animation. He was speedily conveyed to the Humane Society's Receiving. house, and being bled and placed in a warm bath, be so far recovered as to be able to speak. His breathing however was difficult and laborious, and he complained of a suffocating sensation in the chest. M. LA RIVIERE being sent for, in a short time arrived, and entered freely into conversation with his unfortunate son, when the difficulty of breathing increased. About noon , bei n g perfectly sensible, he said to his father, " good bye, we shall again m ee t i n a b e tt er world," and in about five minutes afterward s he breathed his last. The surgeons who at tended him, attributed his death to a quantity of mud and water having en t ere d hi s l un g s through the wind - pipe , which it was impossible to extract, a thing which rarely occurs in drowning.—Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." Mr. HUNIE presented a petition from the vestrymen of St. Marylebone, complaining of the exrense of the new police. Before the new police was established, the expense of watching the pariah was but 9.0001., and now it amounted to no less than 24,0001. He (Mr. Hume) had ascertained that of that latter sum, not more than one h•alf was expended upon the officers who were actuaLy on duty in the parish. The petitioners had therefore a just ground of complaint. It appeared by the returns that not less than 206,8881. bad been collected for the police during the year 1831—a sum twice as much as was collected under the old system. He (Mr. Hume) would have expected that if 100,0001. were expended under different authorities, surely the same amount under one head would have been sufficient instead of double the amount. He had five or six similar petitions from other perishes, making the same complaint. If to the debt of 150,000/. left by the old vestry of Marylebone, the dif ference between 9,0001. and 24,000/. be added, the bur den would be very grievous. Mr. LAMB said - the expenditure upon the new police was certainly very large, but it should be considered that that force was much more efficient than the old one. Every care would be taken to examine into the expenses, and, if possible, to reduce them ; indeed, he would not object to a Committee to inquire into the subject. It should be borne in mind that for the 9,0001. the parish of Marylebone had a very indifferent police. Sir JOHN BRYDGES was not able to say whether the expense was excessive—but he bore testimony to the efficiency of the police, and the strict attention and soldier like appearance which they exhibited. Their conduct was very soldierly, without any of the objections that would naturally be made to the employment of the military. Mr. HUME said, lie understood that the new police in the city of London would cost less by 11,000/. a year than the old, and therefore he could not conceive why it was not the same in other places. The petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME then presented a petition from 14 medical lecturers of the city of Edinburgh, complaining of par tiality in the distribution of the medical honours of the University. The Hun. Member would not pledge himself to the correctness of the allegations of the petition, but he knew that the petitioners were .highly respectable, and very e minent in their profession. Mr. LAMB denied that any unfairness prevailed in the appointment of gentlemen to the medical lectureships of the University, and he had the authority of the highest officer in the establishment—the Lord Provost, for saying that they were given to the best and most eminent men. Some of the petitioners he had reason to believe (although very high in their profession) were disappointed can didates, and perhaps therefore felt somewhat angry. The LORD ADVOCATE defended the appointments, and, in repelling the insinuation of Government or the Uni- versity acting from political motives, said the Government had recently given the appointment to two vacant Chairs, to a body not very favourably disposed towards it, viz. the close Corporation of Edinburgh. Mr. HUME also presented petitions from the journey men bakers of London and its vicinity, praying that they might be heard before the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the due observance of the Sabbath; from Wisheach, Gloucester, Bleaden, parishes in Leicester and Cork, for the abolition of tithes ; from Temple Michael and other parishes in Waterford, complaining of tithe and church cess ; from the Greenwich and Deptford Poli tical Union against the tax on newspapers; from the spirit dealers of the Isle of Man, respecting the increased duties on rum ; from St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, against the Bill for the removal of Scotch and Irish vagrants ; from the electors of Warwick, complaining of the proceedings of the Earl of Warwick, in giving such of his tenants notice to quit who s lid not vote for Mr. Greville, and praying that the House would sanction vote by ballot, as the only means of preventing such undue influence. Sir JOHN BURKE presented petitions against tithes from two paddies in the county of Galway. Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from the druggists of Wolverhampton, praying for an enlargement of the time for taking off the duty on drugs. The Charitable Institutions (Ireland) Bill went through a Committe-, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. On the motion of Mr SPRING RICE, the Arms and Gunpowder (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then went into Committee on the Pri soners in Ireland Removal Bill. Report to be received to-morrow. In a Committee on the Irish Coal Bill, Mr. S. RICE said, that an inquiry had been made into the claims of the meters to compensation for the loss of their trade by this Bill, and the result was that they had made good their claims. Government thought that as it was a local griev ance that was removed by the Bill, the fund for compensa tion ought to be raised from a local tax ; he therefore pro posed a resolution, that it was expedient to levy a Custom. house duty of 4d. per ton upon all coals imported into Dublin, not being Irish coals, in order to raise a fund for compensating meters of that port. The resolution was agreed to, and the report ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. HUNIE presented a petition from a place in Ire land against the Tithes Bill. Mr. SMITH brought in a Bill for regulating the pro testing of bills of exchang e payable at places not the re.i deuce o f t h e d rawer or drawee, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. - - The Post Roads (Ireland) Bill went through a Com. mittee, and was ordered to be reported on Thursday. Mr. SHIEL postponed his motion relative to the Irish Church Revenues till the Qd of August. . Mr. RUTHVEN rose to bring forward his motion, of which he had given notice. The Honourable Member had not proceeded farther than the announcement of his intention to follow up his notice—when, observing the thinness of the attendance, he moved that the House be counted. • The Gallery was then cleared for a division, but forty Members having been present, On our return to the gallery we found the Hon. Mem ber vindicating the course he had pursued in moving that the House be counted. He then, after alluding to the state of legislation in Ireland, and to the unfortunate, mis chievous treatment it had received since the Union, re linquished his motion, with the intention of bringing it forward next session. Mr. C. ROSS moved the issue of a new writ for Aylesbury, in the room of Lord Nugent, who had ac• cepted the appointment of Chief Commissioner to the lonian Islands. Mr. S. RICE objected to this course of moving for a new writ, before the appointment had been made out and accepted...—(Hear.) He bad told the Hon. Member Mr. HUME r .se pursuant to notice, to move for le rve to bring in a Bill to disqualify the Recorder of Dublin from sitting as a Aletnher in any future Parliament. He cun• sidered the motion of great importance, more from princi ple than for the sake of disqualifying any particular indivi dual. Last year he moved for returns, in order to ascertain the importance of the office of the Recorder of Dublin ; and from those returns it seemed difficult for him to understand how that officer could do his duty as a Judge and as a Member of Parliament at the sane time.—(Hear, hear.) He conceived that no Jud g e ought to have a seat in that House, because he thought it would be moat inconvenient that a man should act the part of a political partizan in that House one day, and have to sit perhaps on the following day as a Judge in a Criminal Court. By the 48th of Geo. 111., the Recorder of Dublin received 9231. Is. 6 `. a year; and by the sth of George IV. an additional 5331. 16s. Ild., making an annual income of 1,4561. (Hear, hear.) By a paper which he (Mr. Hume-) held in his hand, it appeared that the present Recorder's predecessor sat in Court thirty-nine weeks out of the fifty two in 1825 ; forty-two weeks in 1826 ; and forty-one weeks in 1827. It appeared strange to him to fi:.•l that the present Recorder sat forty-five weeks in 1829, and forty-six in 1830. He (Mr. Hume) certainly had not missed the Recorder from the House so long as thos, periods ; and if he were asked, he should say it was im possible that the Recorder could have been there so much. It further appeared, that in 1828, the committals for fr lony and misdemeanour in that Court amounted to 1,762 ; in 1830, to 1816, and in 1831, to 1,929. Looking at the business i❑ that court, he thought it impossible that its Judge could properly discharge his duties there, and also those of a 'Member of that House. After some further observations, the Hon. Member concluded, by moving for leave to bring in the Bill. Colonel EVANS seconded the motion. Mr. WALLACE fully concurred in the motion made by the Hon. Member for Middlesex, thinking the offic, of Recorder of Dublin, or any judicial office, incompati ble with that of legislator. He thought all such should be excluded from that House. Lord ALTHORP said, that as the motion was f,r leave to bring in a Bill, there would be other periods at which the merits of the case might be more fully discussed. He, however, thought that subject one of difficulty, and did not see why the Bill should apply to the particular ewe of Dublin alone. H - should not object to the introduction of the Bill, but in its progress he thought it would be well to consider the pro. priety of its extending to other places. Colonel PERCEVAL defended the character of the pre sent Recorder of Dublin. Mr. JEPHSON disapproved of the Bill. Sir R. PEEL strongly objected to the exclusion of a particular from Parliament. He thought it would be tablishing a dangerous precedent, and therefore he would resist the motion for the introduction of the Bill. Mr. SHEIL said that the Right Hon. Baronet, who disapproved of the exc'usion of particular officers, could not recollect the case of the Irish Masters in Chancery. They were declared incapable of sitting in Parliament, by a Bill introduced by the present Lord Chancellor of Ire land, avowedly for the object of excluding Master Ellice. Again, the Irish Master of the Rolls was excluded by a particular Bill. These precedents would meet the argu mcnts of the Right Hon. Baronet against bills which referred to particular individuals. Mr. LEFROY said, in reference to what had faller: from the Hon. and Learned Member for Louth, that no bill had been brought into Parliament for the special pur pose of excluding the Master of the Rolls in Ireland from Parliament- That officer bad been included in an act which comprehended a number of judicial persons. The Recorder of Dublin had the power of appointing a deputy, —a power exercised by former recorders, but which bad not been resorted to by the present, because he bad shown himself fully competent to the discharge of his donde duties, as a civic judge and a member of that House. I , would be but fair, he conceived, if they legislated at all upon the subject, to legislate alike for all the recorders and common-serjeants in England and Ireland. Mr. CRAMPTON said if be might venture to offer a suggestion to the Hon. Member for Middlesex, he would recommend (looking to Mr. Shaw's absence and the ad vanced state of the Session) that his motion should be with. drawn for the present, and if he meant hereafter to take up the question on the matter of principle, that he should bring in a Bill to amend the Act which excluded the legall n l o a s n t s er of the H functionariesous House of R p o a i l r s il , ni a t tnl h r e eeni atn.d Maste r s This,fr in from s ittin g i n Chancery,his so and o pini n itoini e, would ui t i t liti be a better course than seeking to disqualify a single indi vidual—a single officer. Sir E SUGDEN considered the motion of too personal a tendency. It appeared to him, that the presence of 1.e,- sons in that House who were conversant with the law was advantageous to the public. Mr. C. FERGUSSON objected to the partial character of the motion. He was at the same time of opinion, that judicial and political duties should be as much disunited as possible. Mr. C. PELHAM opposed the motion. Mr. WARBURTON maintained that, as a high judicial officer, largely paid, and called upon to sit every week in Dublin, the Recorder should be excluded from a seat in Parliament. Mr. LEADER thought that the motion ought not to be confined to the Recorder of Dublin. Mr. HUME, in reply, said, it was evident that a Judge could not try 2,000 cases in a year, and discha.ge his duties as a representative of the people. In bringing forward the motion, it was his intention that no Recorder of Dublin should sit in a future Parliament. In deference to the wishes of H 'n. Members, be had no objection to make the motion general. If the House gave him leave to bring in a Bill, he was quite willing to extend its pro visions to all Recorders, and perhaps to all judicial persons whose situations were incompatible with the due exercise of Legislative powers. . The Howie then divided— For the motion 33 Against it l6 ➢Majority -17 The Bill was then (we understand) ordered to be brought in by Mr. Hume and others. TAX ON EMIGRANTS TO BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. On our return to the gallery, we found— Mr. HUME moving for an address for " a copy of any Act passed by the colonies in British North America, and which have received his Majesty's sanction, by which a tax is to be levied on emigrants arriving from the Unite Kingdom." Also for " a copy of a circular from the Colonial Office, directing the same." After a few words from Mr. C. PELHAM, the motion was agreed to. UNSTAMPED PUBLICATIONS. Mr. HUME, in December last, moved for a return, stating the number of persons imprisoned for selling un stamped publications. From the return made to tha' order of the Hquse, it appeared that no less than 77 per sons had been imprisoned for that offence, which wa s an offence under one of the web-known Six Acts. In look ing at the sentences inflicted on many of those individual., one could not but be struck with the great inequality of tn.. punishments for the same offences. He spoke of the sen tences passed by the Magistrates at the Metropolitab police offices. In one office the offence was visiteo with an imprisonment of seven days; in another four teen days ; in another a month ; in another two month, and se on in all gradations from seven days to t r. months. Now such a law could not be a just law, or properly executed. The law was originally directed Mr. HUNT said that it would be impossible to put down publications, by which so many poor persons ob tained bread for themselves and their families. Publica tions in different parts of the country were misv sup ported, not by men only, but by women also, who were associated in different parts of the country for that pur pose. The Hon. Member contended, that the inequdity of punishment under this law was absurd and utjii,t, and proved the absurdity and injustice of the Juts - itself. Lord ALTHORP said, it was a mis . ake that persons impti:om d under this Act were fed on hreal and water. No pers4ns imprisoned were placed on that diet, except such as were coudemned for felonies. Sir R. IL INGLIS protested against the principle of making that House a sort of Court of Appeal, from the decisions of the legally constituted Tribunals of the country. Mr. STANLEY said, that his Hon. Friend who last addressed the House was mistaken in the object of the motion. It did not go upon a denial of the legality of the sentences, but called for returns, to see how the law worked, and what was its practical effect, in the same way as the returns moved for, some time ago, as to the opera tion of the Game Laws, in order to Fee how far they had tended to correct the evil which they were intended to re medy. Mr. C. FERGUSSON said, it might be a matter wor thy of consideration, to see bow far it was possible to carry the Stamp Law into execution ;—and, if it could not be executed, he thought that tt would be only justice to the stamped publications to repeal the Stamp duty on them altogether. Mr. CRESSET PELHAM deprecated any measure which would increase the number of cheap publications. Mr. HUME, as a proof of the partiality exercised with respect to unstamped publications, said that the Penny Magazine, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, had not been prosecuted, though it con tained the same kind of matter as some others which had been made the subject of prosecution. Lord ALTHORP suggested to his Hon. Friend the Member for Middlesex, to omit that part of his motion which called for the names of the magistrates by whom the decisions were made. The publication of them could not forward his Hon. Friend's object. Mr. HUME did not see what objection there could be to their publication, as they were given in the last returns, to which no oppcmition bad been made. Sir P.. INGLIS objected to the publication of the names. Mr. RUTHVEN contended that they ought to be given. A conversatio❑ then ensued as to the propriety of omit. ting the names of the Magistrates, the result of which was, that Mr. Hume consented to omit the names, pro vided the offices at which the decisions were given were mentioned in the returns. Lord ALTHORP said that that could apply only in London. In the country it could not be given. After some further conversation on this point, The gallery was cleared for a division, 'out none took place. The motion, we understood, was agreed to. MILITARY FLOGGING. Mr. HUNT, in moving for returns on the above sub jeers, observed that it had been stated, that in many regi ments the practice of flogging had been much abated— nay. that it had been almost wholly extinguished. Now, if such were the fact, he thought it was a cruelty and a hardship on those officers who discouraged the practice, and on those regiments in which it had been abated, if they were not made publicly known, in order that they should not be included in the general mass of regiments in which no such improvement had taken place. He under stood that the Right Hon. Secretary at War was willing to produce a return on this subject. He was anxious to see that return ; and if it proved at all satisfactory, he would not pertinaciously adhere to his proposed motion. The Hon. Member moved, " That an annual return be made of every punishment inflicted by flogging in the army for the last seven years, specifying the name and age of each person flogged, the number of lashes awarded by the Court, and the number of lashes actually inflicted ; stating who was Secretary at War, and who was Com mander-in-Chief, in each year; also, the name of the Commanding Officer of each regiment, and who was in command at the time of each court-martial being held." S r J. HOBIIOUSE was ready to make such a return as would, he hoped, satisry any reasonable gentleman, even the Hon. Metnherhimselt. It ought to be recollected that this was the first time that any similar return had been called for, much less granted. He was, however, very willing that it should be generally known whether any change in the system hail taken place, and to what extent. • As that was the object also of the Hon. Member, he was sorry that he had not taken a limper period than seven years. He, however, would neither propose to shorten, nor to lengthen the term. There was a great and evident objection to the stating of names, as had al ready been expressed in the discussion on the motion of the Right Hon. Member for Middlesex. If such were the arse in that instance, how much more strongly did the o •jectiou apply here? Would it not be infinitely more harsh thus to post up the names of different regiments. They ought to know the particular service on which regiment was employed; they ought to be acquainted with the part of the population amongst which it was quartered, they ought to be informed of ad the esti- us circumstances which led to much punishment in some regiments, and occasioned its infrequency in others, before they decided on the question of unnecessary severity in particular cases. If they did not proceed thus, they were likely to he gully of gross injustice to particular regiments, by saying, " So many lashes less were inflicted iu this regiment, and se many more were inflicted in that," without being cognizant o f the particular circuinstences which led to the diffetence. He had a still stronger objection to producing the names of officers. It would be most unjust if the n cures of some officers were to be hid up to odium, be cause more punishments had been inflicted in their regi ments than in the regiments of others. The Riglit Hon. Baronet then moved as an amendment, " Thit there be laid before the House a return of the establishment of the British army in each year from 1825 to 1831, ea ch inclu sive ; the n u mber of per s o ns t r i e d by c o u rt-martial in that nine, and sentenced to other than corporal punis hment, and the number of persons s e nt e nced to corporal punish ment, and the number of persons on whom cor p oral punishment was actually inflicted." Sir J. BRYDGES should vote f or the amendment. his fa re v e o d u i r nee o s f t a o ho w li i s t h h abolishing w every his - Mr. motion. HUNTlETßßexApressed MURRAY Sir in species of punishment in civ i l life that was no t necessar y for the benefit of s o c i e t y , or i n the army, or in the navy, that was not called for to preserve its di-cipline. H, wislieJ that those who were anxious to abolish corporal punishment in the army would introduce some other syi.