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That the Members of this Union have latterly refrained from petitioning or otherwise expressing their alarm only from their entire confidence in the repeated pledges given by Earl Grey that he will be no party to any Bill less efficient in its provisions than the Bill introduced by Lord John Russell. That in the opinion of this Meeting the time has nevertheless now arrived when it becomes every man to be alive as to the situation of the Reform Bill, and the assembled Members therefore call upon their fellow parishioners to hold themselves in readiness to assemble, at the shortest notice, in public meet ing, then and there to consult upon the best mode of teaching the base Boroughmongers the consequences of continuing to insult a united people. GEORGE ROGERS, Chairman. THE BRITISH MAGAZINE, and MONTHLY REGISTER of R-ligions and Ec clesiastical Information, Parochial History, and Documents respecting the State of the Poor, Progress of Education, No. 1. price 2s. for March, 1832. Contains :-1. Original Papers..—Editor's Address. On certain Consistencies observable in the Gospel History. Rtflections on the Occasional Services of the Church of England, No. I. The Order of the Burial of the Dead. On the Precedent for Church Spoliation afforded by the Reformation. Parish Churches, No. I. Preston, Sussex, (with an Engraving.) Fourme of the Order for the Ge nerall Fast, (1563.)-2. Notices of the Olden Time. Buxted Register.-3. Notices and Reviews.-4. Reports of Meetings, &c.-5. Important Trials.-6. Important Documents and Facts respecting the Church of England and her Revenues. State of the Dioceses. Emigration. Poor's Rates. Summary of Savings' Banks, &c. in Eng land, Wales, and Ireland. Act of Parliament.-7. Eccle siastical Intelligence. University News—Oxford, Cam bridge, Dublin, and Durham.-8. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Obituary. Events of the past Month. Science. New Books and Announcements.-9. Miscellaneous In telligence. Sheriffs for the Year. New Patents. Gar dener's Calendar. Meteorologic il Journal. State of the Funds. London Markets. List of Bankrupts. John Turrill, 250, Regent-street, London. THE MARK LANE EXPRESS, Agricultural and Trading Newspaper, of the largest size, price only Sevenpence (published every Monday evening, in time for the Post). 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" The Mark Lane Express, a new Paper devoted to the agri cultural and commercial interests, as well as to general intel ligence and politics. It is well printed, and apparently well conducted, and promises to be a useful Newspaper to persons in trade." —Edinburgh Chronicle. " An excellent Weekly Paper, which should be in the posses sion of every Corn Merchant and General Trader."—Lancaster Herald. HODGSON AND CO'S EAS I' INDIA SOUJEE. THE high esteem in which the SOUJEE is held in the East Indies as a favourite article of Eod, both by the natives and Europern residents, has in duced the proprietor to offer it to the public as an article far superior to Sago, Arrow-root, Miller, or any vegetable production yet discovered, for making delicious PUD DINGS, DIET DRINK, INFANTS' FOOD, &e., al,o for thickening Soups, and Broths. For INFANTS ,tad INVALIDS it is particularly recommended, as from its containing a very small proportion of acid, it is not liable to turn sour on the stomach. Sold wholesale and for exportation by Henry Cutler, 97, Farringdon-street, and retail in packets at ls. 6d. each, by J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; E. Oiling, 26, Oxford-street ; W. and C. Ball's Italian Warehouse, 81, New Bond-street ; Cane's Italian Warehouse, 73, Oxford street ; H. Burfield, 180, Strand ; J. L. Heudehourck, 326, Middle-row, Holborn ; J. Sharwood, 55, Bishops gate-street Without; T. Prout, 226, Strand; and hy all respectable Druggists, Grocers, and Oilmen, through out the Kingdom. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A man named Baker, who described himself as a journey man painter out of employ, was charged before the LORD MAYOR with having stolen from a gig a paper parcel, con taining 115 silk handkerchiefs, the property of Messrs. Wood and Gould, warehousemen, No. 110, Wood-street. The handkerchiefs were sworn to by a servant of Messrs. Wood and Co. ; upon which the man was fully committed. Upwards of twenty summonses were directed to be issued against different cabriolet drivers for alleged infringements of the recent regulations. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Mr. Patten, a land-surveyor, residing in the parish of St. Clement Danes, appeared before Mr. MINSHULL, on a summons issued against him at the instance of the officers of that parish, calling upon him to show cause why he had refused to serve the office of overseer of the poor. Mr. Patten, who appeared highly indignant at the attempt " to buckle office on his back whether he would or no," replied that he had made up his mind not to accept the situation, let what would be the consequence. He was a land-surveyor, in considerable practice, and as his professional avocations called him repeatedly from town, he felt that it was utterly impossible for him to perform the duties of overseer. Mr. Collier, vestry clerk--Then I suppose Mr. Patten has no objection to pay the fine for refusing to fill the office ? Mr. Patten demanded to know the amount of the fine, and called upon Mr. Collier to point out the Act of Parliament which gave power to enforce it. Mr. Collier—l am not aware that there is any Act of Par liament which gives power to inflict a fine in case of refusal to 'fill the office of overseer, but it has always been the custom in St, Clement Danes for gentlemen who decline the office to pay 201. Mr. Patten—Other gentlemen may do as they please, but I am determined neither to pay the fine nor serve the office. It is all a trick to get the money, and I jim determined not to be made a dupe. MINSHULL—You will be appointed overseer on the nomination day—namely, the 35th of the present month ; and if you feel yourself aggrieved, you will have the power of appeal ing to the Sessions, when the right of the parish to compel you to accept the office may be tried. Mr. Patten then withdrew. Q UEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday William Henry Capps, a hackney.coach pro. prietor, was summoned by Byers, the informer, before Mr. GREGORIE, for having his name painted on his coach in white letters on a black ground, instead of black letters on a white ground, whereby he had subjected himself to a penalty not exceeding 51. It appears that by that precious jumble of nonsense and ab. surdity called the " New Hackney-coach Act," which appears to have been framed for the purpose of perplexing the public, .that all carts, waggons, and vans, must have the name of the owner and his place of abode painted either in white letters on a black ground, or in black letters on a white ground, and the letters must be of an inch in length. Byers has, however, dis covered, that by another clause all hackney-coaches, chariots, cabs, &c., must have the name of the owner painted only in black letters on a white ground, and the defendant's coach being painted in white letters on a black ground, he summoned him for the offence. The defendant pleaded ignorance, and said that lie thought he was perfectly right, as his name was painted so plain that any person might read it. Mr. GREGORIE was of opinion that Byers was right, and tined the defendant in the mitigated penalty of 20s. and costs. Thomas Smith, the proprietor of a cabriolet, and George Bush, the proprietor of a hackney-coach, were fined 20s. each, and costa, for a similar offence. It is nec essary b y this clause to have t h e name o f th e owner o_f a hackney-coa c h , c h ar i ot, or ca b r i o l e t, p a i n ted in black letters 7, r ! e a white groun d ; b ut as t h e c l ause ma k es no men ti on o f the of the letters, any owner may paint ,them as small as he pleases, or so that no person can discern the same without the aid side or the and he may place the same either on the out_ e inside of the coach plate ; but if he paints his name in the penalty.forbidden.is colour, let it be ever so plain, he is liable to a was proved the other day, when Byers summoned the proprietor Plates of a cab r i o l e t f or h av i ng hi s name painted on his letters not larger than the sixteenth part of an inch in height, so that 't inspection. Thei c i ould not be made out, except on a very close whittground, and lame was, however, painted in black upon a complied with the the Magistrate decided that the defendant had jaw, Sinnott, of t 71 Parliament, and dismissed the case. 9ns. and costs , for not 7 1 i . ng-green-lane, Clerkenwell, WAS fined his eutt.merely I aving his place of residence described on ktnwelL had " James Sinnott, St. James's, Cler_ (\o. 12,321.) COURT OF BANKRURTCY, 31Ano1 8. EX PARTE SObARTE, IN RE A LZEDO, A BANKRUPT. The facts oft is petition were shortly these :—A commission issued agaih.lt Mr. Alzcdo in 1823, under which the petitioner, Mr. Solarte, was appointed assignee of his estate. Among other assets of the bankrupt were bills to the amount of 1,3701., ac cepted by a Mr. Keats, who had died without paying them. The assignee brought an action against his widow and execu trix, Mrs. Keats, for the amount. In answer she put in a plea of plene administravit, and several special pleas. Upon this the assignee summoned her before the Commissioner for the pur pose of examining her as to the truth of that plea. The Corn. missioner thought he had not authority so to examine her, and declined to do so. Mr. RICHARDS now applied to the Court on behalf of the assignee to refer back the matter to the Commissioner, or to a subdivision Court, in order that Mrs. Keats might be examined. The COURT was of opinion that the Legislature intended to confine the examination to matters strictly relating to the bank rupt's " person, trade, dealing, or estate," and not to extend it to matters more properly connected with the person, trade, dealing, or estate of another. The Commissioner had, therefore, exercised a sound dis cretion in refusing to suffer the examination to proceed, and the petition must be dismissed with costs. SPRING ASSIZES. LINCOLN, March O. Jame, Hill, aged 22, was indicted for shooting at Robert Hawker, at Sutterton, in October last, with intent to murder him, or do him some grievous bodily harm. On the day in question the prisoner, who had travelled from Beaton, went into the prosecutor's public-house, in company with another man, a farmer, and asked for some beer. After he had drank a part of it, he accused the prosecutor of having robbed him, in taking toll from him to which he had no right. This was after the decision of the Boston toll cause. The pro secutor told him to sit down, and have no bother ; upon which the prisoner drew a small pocket pistol from his pocket, and pre sented it near the prosecutor's breast, who, having hold of the prisoner's collar, gave him a jerk, and thereby caused the muzzle of the pistol, when the prisoner drew the trigger, to be turned on one side. The ball, therefore, passed in another di. rection, struck the wall, and rebounding, struck the prosecu tor's wife on the elbow. When the shot went off, the priming burned the prosecutor's chin, who immediately called out" I am shaved," his wife at the same moment exclaiming," I am shot." The Jury found him Guilty, and sentence of Death was re corded against him. CHELMSFORD, March 8. Timothy Corby, aged 19; Thomas Dyer, aged 2l ; together with John Dyer, aged 22 (who pleaded guilty), labourers, and part of a numerous gang of sheep-stealers with whom Essex has been for souse infested, were capitally convicted for stealing and killing a sheep at Arkesden on the 7th day of November, 18.29, the property of Mr. Hurrell, a gentleman residing in that neigh. bourhood. Sentence of death was recorded against all three prisoners, and John Dyer, against whom there were a vast num. ber of similar charges, was told by the Learned Judge to be pre pared for the worst. James Reed, a tall, gaunt, grim-looking veteran Hussar, with only one eye, but who seems by his female acquaintance to have been considered a perfect Adonis, was indicted for marrying with Sarah Falkner, his former wife, Mary Anna, being alive. In 1819, he was discharged from the army, and shortly after contracted an intimacy with his first wife, who proved with child. He was then put into Chelmsford gaol, and liberated by the parish authorities of that place, on condition ofhis marrying the said Mary Anna. The marriage accordingly took place, and he and his wife subsequently separated and lived apart. He appeared, however, to have known she was living when he contracted the second marriage, and was cautioned against the consequences of it. These he treated with indifference, and was married to Sarah Falkner in December last, at Chalgrave, in Bedfordshire. The facts of the case were clearly proved.— Verdict, Guilty. The JUDGE deferred pronouncing sentence, observing, there were some peculiar circumstances in the case which re quired consideration. SALISBURY, March 7. Mr. Justice PARK took his seat on the Bench this morning at 8 o'clock, immediately on which, John Moor, aged 30, Daniel Middleton, 18, George Pearce, '2'2, John Smart, 213, and Elizabeth Hams,, were placed at the bar, the former charged with having on the night of the 30th of July last, at Preshute, near Marlborough, feloniously assaulted and ravished Sarah Kempster, the wife of Edward Kempster. The other prisoners were indicted for aiding and abetting in the above offence, being accessories before the fact. Mr. BINGHAM for the prosecution, said that a more atrocious offence had never been committed in a civilized country A wife was torn from the side of her husband, and twice savagely violated almost in his very presence. The hus band was a private in the Wiltshire Militia, which in July last was quartered at Marlborough, and on the day in question the prosecutrix came some distance to visit her husband, but the town being small and very much crowded, he was unable to procure any lodgings for her, and in consequence agreed to ac company her part of the way home. They had not proceeded more than half a mile, when they turned into a barton by the side of the road, and lay down under a hay waggon, with the intention of getting a little rest. In about half an hour the pri soners came into the yard, and Pearce and the woman got upon the waggon, where Smart had pre'iously placed himself. It was then about twelve o'clock, and a fine moonlight night. Moor and Middleton proceeded to take improper liberties with the prosecutrix, and on her husband interfering they beat him severely. He called out for assistance to the other prisoners in the waggon, as did his wife also, but they encouraged them to persevere, and the woman Elizabeth Hams made use of a coarse expression, and told them to thrust some hay into the prosecutrix's mouth. The husband's resistance being un availing, at the desire of his wife he ran for assistance. Mid dleton, assisted by Moor and Pearce, endeavoured to effect his purpose, but in consequence of the struggles of the pro secutrix could not succeed. Subsequently, however, both Moor and Middleton completed their purpose, and on the arrival of the husband with assistance, the latter was still en gaged in the commission of the crime, and was taken away by force. The prosecutrix had been very ill for a long time in consequence of the treatment she then received, and was not yet recovered. The evidence of the prosecutrix, her husband, and other witnesses, proved the case most strongly against Moor, Middle ton, Pearce, and Elizabeth Hams. The circumstances of the case, unfit for publication, were most revolting and disgusting, and displayed the utmost depravity and cruelty on the part of the prisoners. The testimony as far as regarded Smart was very slight. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Moor, Middle. ton, Pearce, and Elizabeth Hams, and acquitted Smart. Mr. Bishop, Clerk of Arraigns, having asked the prisoners if they had any thing to say why judgment to die should not be passed upon them according to law, and proclamation for si. lence having been made, the Learned Judge put on hls black cap, and proceeded to pass the awful sentence of the law. His Lordship said that during the whole of his experience, now upwards of forty years, he had never met with a case so revolt ing and so disgraceful to humanity, as the one of which the pri dsoners had just been most rightly convicted. His Lordship concluded by passing sentence of death upon them in the usual form. - • The three men did not appear much moved ; the woman was dreadfully agitated, and was carried from the dock in cons SiOllP. WORCESTER, March 7. Mary Brtiford, aged 22, a very good.looking country-girl, was charged with the wilful murder of a female bastard child, on the 15th of September last, at the parish of Severn Stoke. The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty of murder, but Guilty of concealing the birth. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE sentenced her to two year's imprisonment, and to be kept to hard labour. On Monday morning Stephen Woods, a pri vate in the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade, put a period to his existence by shooting himself through the heart with his rifle piece, in the barrack room, at Dover Castle. Two or three comrades were present, but not aware of his intention.—Kentish Gazette. SUNDAY, FIVE o'CLocK.—Our reporter has just returned from an important tithe meeting held in llathoe, in this county. John O'Brien, of Lara, Esq. , was ca lled to the chair. Several speeches were made, and spirited resolutions adopted. During the delivery of the speeches, a party of police marched by, on their route to Kilkenny, and were commanded by their chief to hold themselves in readiness, in case an attack should be made on them by the people. No disorderly conduct, however, was shown by the peasantry, on the contrary, each individual manifested a desire to seek legally and constitutionally what they had assembled for, namely, a total abolition of tithes.—Carlow Post. MIXING of CoFFEE.—We understand that a petition has lately been sent from this city to be presented to Parliament, representing that a nefarious practice is carrying on in mixing coffee with a cheap article called succory imported from various parts of the Continent. This article has exactly the appearance of ground coffee, and we are told can be bought in France far about twopence per pound. In looking into the ' importations of last week, we observe that 245 casks of succory have just been landed at London. We trust the petition alluded to will cause Government to take immediate steps to put a stop to such traffic, not only for the sake of the revenue, but for a more important reason, the health of the public. We fear we have had too much of French mixture amongst us of late.—Edinbtergit Ackeritfser. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCII ), 1832. lIIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE. His Majesty arrived at hi- Palace, St. James's, at half-past one o'clock yesterday, from Windsor. His ,Majesty was escorted by a party of Light Horse. The King was received on his entrance to the Palace by the Duke of Gloucester. Soon after his arrival his Majesty held a Levee.' The Entre Levee was attended by most of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, the Cabinet Ministers, the Great Officers of State, &c. &c. The Netherlands Ambassador presented M. Bouzeman Huij. gees, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Same Court in the United Stator of America. There were also present— The Russian, Netherlands, and French Ambassadors ; the Neapolitan, Bavarian, Prussian, Wit temberg, Mexican, Hano verian, Belgian, United States. Saxon, Brazilian, and Hessian Ministers ; the Danish, Swedish, Sardinian, and Austrian Charge d'Affaires ; the Baron de Wessenberg, on a Special Mission from Austria ; Mr. Vail, Secretary to the United States Emb ass y; th e Archbisops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, 'the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secreta ries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Secretary of State for Ireland, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Lord Steward, the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in aVaiting ; the Trea surer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Secretary of the Board of Green Cloth, the Judge-Advocate-Ge neral, the Judge of the Admiralty Court ' • Captain Woolmore, Deputy-Master of the Trinity House ; Mr. Mayers, Agent for Barbadoes; Mr. Charles Hancock, Exon in Waiting; the Attor ney-General, the Master of the Ceremonies; Colonel Fox, Equerry in Waiting ; Sir Robert Campbell, the Chairman, and Mr. Ravenshaw, the Deputy-Chairman, accompanied by Mr. Charles slit's, Mr. Auber, Mr. Shank, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Edmond stone, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Raikes, Colonel Lushington, Sir William Young, Colonel J. Baillie, Hon. Hugh Lindsay, and Mr. Cutlar Ferguson, Directors of the East India Company, who presented to his Majesty a splendid ornament taken from the throne of the Sultan of Mysore, Tippoo Saib, at the reduction of the fortress of Seringapatam. The whole of the deputation were introduced by the Marquis Wellesley, Lord Steward. At the general Levee were— The Duke of Richmond. MA RQUISES—AiIsa, Chandos. EA RLS--Caledon ' Orkney, Sefton, Clanwilliam, Mount Charles, Mulgrave, Verulam. VISCOUNTS--Torrington, Valletort. LORDS--Lynedoch, Petre, Erskine, Grimston, Holland, John Russell. RIGHT HONOUR ABLES—Sir Christopher Robinson, Ro bert Grant. Count C. De Danneskiold Samsoe. BISHOPS.—Bate and Wells, London, Carlisle. HONOURABLES—Rev. Robert Eden, Hugh Lindsay. SlltS—Robert Campbell, William Young, Bart., G. B. Po cock, Edmond Stanley, William Hutchinson, 'l'. Hammond, John Cam Hobhouse, G. Staunton, J. S. Lillie, M. Ridley, H. Nicholas, C. Cockerel'. The Dean of Chichester. REV. MESSIEURS—J. W. Hayes, J. Wilkinson, M. .1. Wyn. yard, T. Haltord, J. Gosset. DOCTORS—Brewster, Dodson, LL.D. MESSIEURS—Shank, Ravenshaw, Lyall, F,dmonstone, Clarke, Raikes, Auber, Charles Mills, Cutlar Ferguson, Brande, John Gregory, Charles Kay Cameron, Marrable, Montagu Burgoyne, Mayers, Turner, Nicholls, H. M. Clarke, Stace, Askew, Horne, Andrew Fountains, Forbes M'Neill, Garrett Butler, C. Cochrane, Baldwin, M.P., Robert Saunderson, Tennyson, H. Seymour, Mickletirwaite, R. Colborne, L. Bowen, Irving, M.P., F. Sey mour, Swift, Lambert, M.P. ' W. H. C. Plowden, Broughton, C. ' Shore G. J. Vernon, Pittar ' Savory. ADMIRALS—Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, Maling, Hardi man, Sir E. Foote, Sir G. Scott. GENERALS--Sir W. Peacocke, Cumming, Sir A. Fitzgerald, M.P. Sir W. Hutchinson, Barton, Wemyss, Sir H. Aske w, Need, Eden, Mulcaster, Sir G. Drummond, Cookson, Sir It. Jackson, Howden, I'. Browne, Sir S. Smith, Sir A. Boys. COLONELS—Bentinck, Sir C. W. Thornton, Lushington" C.C.B, Hill, Blanc, Richardson, K Walker, J. Brullie, Bir J. T. Jones, Cornwall, Reid, Parker, J. Marshall, Walton, Creagh, White, Balfour, Sir F. Smith, R.N., Wynyard, Tempest, Tayler. MAJORS—Graham, Ramsay, Beckwith, Blanchard, Mac donald, Diggle, S. Thorpe. CA PTA INS--Woolmore, Deputy Matte? of the Trinity House; Stephenson, Drew, Gooch, Timbre'', Elder Brethren of the Trinity House ; Hamilton, Trent,Wyvill, Wilmot Horton, A. I'. Hamilton, R.N., Broughton, R.N., Saunders, Thornton, R.N., Barton, Watson, Dunlop, Courte nay, MN., l'atson, Mayne, W. C. Jervoise, R.N., Hon. Pou lett, KAylmer, N., Hyde Parker, R.N. LIEUTEN ANTS—H. B. Clarke, Tinne. Cornet Algernon Peyton. The following presented addresses and petitions to the King:— The Bishop of Bath and Neils, with a petition from the in habitants of Yeovil, Somerset, against the importation of French gloves, complaining of the ruin it had brought upon them. The address was most graciously received. Lord Yerularn, with an address from a large body of freeholders and occupiers of the county of Essex, thanking his Majesty for having ordered a Proclamation to be issued against the conti nuance of unconstitutional political associations, and expres sing their hope that efficient measures will be adopted for put ting them down, wishing to see a full, fair, and just represen tation of the various classes and interests of their fellow-sub. jects, but without too violent an innovation upon the esta blished institutions of the country, and relying upon his Ma jesty's adherence to those ancient principles of the Constitution which have fbr so many years secured to them prosperity. Ihe address was signal by two thousand and forty respectable free holders and occupiers of the county. Lord Lynedoch, with an address from the Guildry Incorporation of Perth, lamenting the rejection of the Reform Bill in the last Session of Parliament, conveying their hope that a more correct political feeling may be infused into the House of Lords, arid expressing their entire confidence in his Majesty's present Ministers. The Earl of Caledon and the Earl of Roden, with an address from the nobility, gentry, clergy, and freeholders of the county of Tyrone, expressive of their unalterable attachment to his Majesty's person and family, and to the principles which called his Majesty's illustrious House to the throne of these realms, and praying that his Majesty will be pleased to secure a scriptural education to the rishig generation ; and that his Majesty would so exercise his Royal Prerogative that the laws shall be vindicated and the Constitution shall be maintained. Mr. Tennyson, with - a petition from the Burgesses and Inha bitants of Stamford, complaining of the Corporations of that Borough. The following were presented to the King : The Earl of Orkney, on coming to his title, by Lord James O'Bryen. Captain Stephenson, Elder Brother of the Trinity House. Mr. Garrett Butler, of Garrendumy Castle, Queen's County, claiming the title of Lord Viscount Galway, by the Rt. Hon. C. Tennyson. Capt. Gooch, Elder Brother of the Trinity House, by Captains W 00l more. Mr. Robert Sanderson, by Viscount Cole. Dr. Brewster, on being nominated a Knight of the Guelphic Order. Capt. Drew, Elder Brother of the Trinity House, by Captain Woolmore. Mr. Henry Matthew Clarke, by the Right Hors. Charles Grant. Mr. Montagu Burgoyne, to present two Publications, one," A Letter to Lord Duncannon and the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods and Forests '• " the other, " An Address to the Governors and Directors of the Public Charity Schools." Capt. Timbre'', Elder Brother of the Trinity House, by Captain Woolmore. Mr. Pittar, of Raleigh House, Brixton Hill, by Major-Gen. Sir S. Smith. Mr. Askew, on his marriage, by Sir William Fremantle. Mr. ForbesM . Neill, by his Grace the Duke of Argyll. Rev. John Warren Hayes, by Sir Joseph Whatley. Mr. Stace, on his appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant of Kent. Lieut.-Gen. Sir A. Fitzgerald, M.P., on his return to Parliament. I.ieut.-Gen. Cumming, by Gen. Bir Gordon Drummond. Mr. Horne, Sheriff of Haddington, by the Earl of Haddington. Mr. Savory, Gentleman of his Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Chamber. Viscount Torrington, Lieut. 7th Fusileers, by Mr. F. Byng. Lieut.-Gen Sir W. Peacocke, on his appointment as K.C.H. Rear-Admiral Maling, by Sir James Graham. Hon. and Rev. It. Eden, on his appointment as Chaplain to his Majesty. Sir J. S. Lillie, on receiving the insignia of Companion of the Bath. Mr. L. Bowen, on his appointment to the 2d Life Guards. Capt Broughton, R.N., on promotion, by Sir Thos. Hardy. Capt. Hyde Parker, on his appointment as Extra Naval Aid-de- Camp. Capt. W. C. Jervoise, IL.N. on his return from service in India. Cornet A. Peyton, on his appointment to the 12th Royal Lancers. Major Blanchard, on his return to England, by Sir J. Kempt. Lieut -Colonel Inane, on his marriage. Lieut.-Colonel Reid, on his promotion, by CoL Hon. E. Lygon. Capt. Watson, by Cob Sir H. Watson, C.B. C.T.S. Capt. Barton, on his return from Barbadoes, by Major-General Barton. Lieut.-Colonel John Marshall, on his returns from Gibraltar. Major Ramsay, by Major-General Sir J. Cockburn. Lieut. Tinne, by Lieut.-Colonel Creagh. Major Beckwith, on having received the 3d Class of the Guelph ic Order. Lieut.-Colonel Creagh, on appointment to the 86th Regiment. Captain Mayne, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Capt. Courtenay, KN., on his appointment as Consul in Hayti. Lieut. H. B. Clarke, by the Marquis of Worcester. Capt. Wyvill, It.N., on his promotion, by Sir J. Graham. Capt. Hamilton, by General Lord Howden. Capt. W. Horton, on his promotion, by Colonel - Mackinnon. Capt. A. P. Hamilton. R.N., on his return from the Continent. Colonel White, by Lieut.-General Sir A. Fitzgerald. Lieut-Colonel Balfour, on his arrival from the Mauritius. Lieut.-Colonel Cornwall, on promotion, by Colonel Mackinnon. His Majesty gave audience to— The Marquis Wellesley, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Richmond, Viscount Palinerston, the Marquis of Clanricard e, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Visc oun t Althorp, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Hill, and Mr. Mayers, the Agent for the Island of Barbadoes. The Kingleft town about half-past five o'clock, in his travelling carriage and four, escorted by a party of Light Horse, for Windsor. S AFF RON WALDEN, MARCH 1.--vuring the last week, some labouring men employed in the service of the Right Hon. Lord Braybrooke, digging gravel on his Lordship's domain, near to the village of Audley End, situate about one mile from this town, when at the depth of 15 feet from the surface of the ground, discovered an enormous tooth, supposed to be a tusk of the Behemoth, in form much curved, and measuring six feet seven inches in length, and about six teen inches round at the base, decreasing towards the point to the size of a man's wrist; and as the labourers pursued their work to the distance of only five feet, they found another tusk, nearly of similar shape and dimensions. Much trouble and art have been exercised to obtain and preserve entire these curious relics of the antediluvian world, but it is found that the action of atmospheric air upon these substances (which must have been deposited in the earth upwards of four thousand years) will, to all appearance, produce speedy decomposition; many p ieces of large bo nes , w hi c h no d ou bt b e l onge d to the same ani mal, were also du g u p, most o f w hi c h crum bl e d on being remo ved. This wonder in the animal creation is mentioned in Holy Writ, Job. xl. 15; and also th a t l earne d F renc h divine, M. Bouch art, in his " Hieroxoicon," London, folio, 1675, finely de scribes the pondrous form, &c. of this mighty quadruped.—C ham Chronklr. LONDON AND SOUTHWARK MID- WIFERY INs'TITUTION. The Fourth Anniversary of this invaluable Institution was celebrated yesterday at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER in the Chair. Among the numerous charities that distinguish this country, probably there is none so laudable (certainly no one more so) in its objects, so truly meriting the support of the benevolent, or possessing more powerful claims to the exercise of the kind feelings of every husband and wife in the better walks of society, the influence of the Press, and public generosity, than the" Lon don and Southwark Midwifery Institution." Observing, about six years ago, the great necessity there was for an Institution of this nature, on an extensive and liberal scale, in the City, its suburbs, and extending into a part of Southwark, Dr. Waller, of Bartholomew's-close, and Mr. Doubleday, of Black friars'-road, determined to combine their efforts in its accom plishment. A word and a blow was their motto. They formed the Institution ; many difficulties had to be overcome, and the progress for a time was consequently slow : but, as the effects reached the knowledge of the benevolent, new facilities were put into the hands of the projectors, and the Charity has gone on insuring additional subscribers from year to year, and affording equivalent and most extensive advan tages. In short, the object of this Charity is to supply medical attendance and medicine to poor women, during their confinement, at their own houses; and no person possessing the most superficial degree of human kind ness or sympathy could witness the scenes of destitution which the practitioners from this Institution find poor (and many most deserving) women in, at that period at which nature, and their strength, and spirits, require all the succour bene volence and skill can furnish, without resolving on doing cre dit to has own feelings. Frequently, and without any fault at tributable to the poor women, they are found, at this trying moment, occupying one or two rooms, surrounded by a husband out of employment, numerous half-clothed, and half-fed interesting children, with nothing but a mattress to lie down upon, a most scanty supply of covering, and scarcely a penny to purchase the materials for making a cupful of gruel. As this is far from being an exaggerated picture, and as these pain ful facts are daily seen, and attested by the most respectable au. thority, it is not to be wondered at, that, as the Institution formed for meeting such distresses should become known, it should secure to itself the support of the benevolent and the good. Accordingly last night we had the pleasure of hearing among the Secretary's list of new subscribers the names of the Marquis of Worcester, Lord John Russell, the Hon. Mr. Petre, J. J. Briscoe, Esq., M.P., &c. &c. The Institution has likewise obtained, in the course of last year, a most powerful and important auxiliary in the formation of a Ladies' Committee. The members of this Committee visit the more distressed cases, and supply assistance, both in money, nourishment, and clothing, to the utmost extent which the funds and their combined efforts will admit of; and no less than six hundred and sixty-two cases were attended and relieved in the course of the year which has just terminated. About one hundred of the friends of the Charity sat down to an excellent dinner yesterday. Immediately after the cloth was withdrawn the gallery was filled with ladies. The worthy Alderman discharged the duties of the chair in admirable style. Messrs. Broadhurst, Fitzwilliam, Chapman, and Master How ard, maintained their positions with great eclat. Second do nations were announced from Mr. Alderman Copeland, Arthur K. Barclay, Esq., &c. Numerous subscriptions were received, and the conviviality closed, at a very late hour by an earnest ex pression on the part of the Chairman, that by the next anni versary the Institution will have become much more extensively known (requiring only to be known to insure support), and the funds found to be greatly increased. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, Matto' 4.—A Royal ordinance, modifying that of the 17th August last, prescribes for arrivals which are placed under the regulations of the patente suspecte, a strict quarantine, varying from six to twenty days, and those under the patente brute from ten to thirty days, leaving it to the local Boards of Health liberty to use the powers given to them by the 35th article of the said ordinance of the 17th August, in cases which either at the first, or after the time of quarantine has been fixed, shall give grounds for a greater degree of suspicion. Vessels are allowed to perform quarantine in the canal of Nieuport. The Independent gives the following article, dated the Envi rons of Maestricht, March 1 : " The day before yesterday, several carts, loaded with corn, and going to Maestricht, were stopped at the Belgian custom house at Keer, on the right bank. Gen. Dibbetts hearing of the circumstance, sent to the place a battalion of infantry and two pieces of cannon. The custom-house officers, left to them selves, of course made no resistance. The Dutch troops con tented themselves with surrounding the custom-house, without doing any harm to the officers. The Commander made the carts to pass before him, and having politely saluted them, took the road to Maestricht, with the carts and his troops. "Yesterday, a cart with stock fish, was stopped at the custom house at Riempst, on the left bank, on which some Cuirassiers came from Maestricht, arrested the chief officers (whom they released in half an hour), and returned with the stock fish to Maestricht." The King has caused letters to he written to the Governors of the provinces, to inquire whether the grand reviews, which lately took place in the environs of Hecle, have done any in jury; and in such case has given orders, as we hear, to indem nify, from his private coffers, the proprietors of the lands which may have been injured. A letter from Ostend, of March 1, complains of a consider able diminution in the number of ships arriving at that port.-- Many vessels, ready to sail for England, wait for a revocation or modification of the quarantine regulations; or go to Calais, and other French ports, where ships and passengers from the Thames are subject to a moderate term of quarantine. BRUSSELS, MARCH (S.—The remains of General Belliard will be transferred to France this week. On the 2d there was some skirmishing between the Dutch and the Belgians at the Capitalen Dam. There were some wounded on both sides. Reports of war are again circulating here; they would indi cate that we are on the eve of another invasion by the Dutch : there is no ground for this news. The mission of Count Orloff to the Hague affords, on the contrary, additional grounds for believing that our differences with Holland will be amicably adjusted in a short time. An English Cabinet messenger left this city yesterday after noon with despatches for the Hague. A Royal ordinance has been issued relative to the calling out of the first class of the civic guard. BERLIN, FED. 22.—Though some persons have positively contradicted the report that the Emperor of Russia was ex pected here, it may be affirmed, on good authority, that Gene ral Count N— very lately received orders to go to Breslau to receive the Emperor there, and, if possible, to go to meet him ; but that counter-orders were sent after the Count, who has accordingly returned to Berlin. The purpose of the mission of Count Orloff is not officially known, but it is reported in the highest circles that he was to mak,- a last attempt to dissuade the King from his resolution, which was communicated to the Russian Court, to ratify the treaty with a few modifications. This object has failed, and our Cabinet abides by its resolutions ; and it is said that the Count has now declared that his Court will accede to the reso lutions of that of Prussia. LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.-A quarterly meeting was held last night of the members of this Institution, at their theatre in Southampton-buildings. C. Toplis, Esq. in the Chair. The minutes of the preceding quar terly meeting were read and confirmed, and also those of two special meetings held during the quarter. The report of the Committee was then read and received ; from which it appeared that the affairs of the Institution were in a very flourishing con. dition, the receipts amounting to 504/. 15s. Sd., and the dis. bursements to 451/. 13s. 10d., leaving a balance in favour of the Institution of 53/. Is. 10d. There has been an addition of many members, the present number being 1,126; and 501. had been paid to Dr. Birkbeck, in part liquidation of a debt incurred to him at the building of the theatre. Among the lectures an nounced for the ensuing quarter, were a course on the drama, by Sheridan Knowles, Esq., and a course on human anatomy, by Dr. Birkbeck. Thanks were then voted to the donors, gratui. tons lecturers, and teachers to the Institution, Dr. Birkbeck, Esq. (the President), &c. Basil Montagu, Esq. was announced during the evening on the list of honorary members, and one of the Vice-Presidents. Thanks were then voted to the Chair man, and the meeting separated. DARING OUTRAGE AND HIGHWAY ROB unkv.—On Monday night, the Rev. Mr. Ashmore, of Wey bridge, in Surrey, was attacked and robbed by two villains, who beat him in the most cruel manner. It appeared that the Reverend Gentleman had crosses! the Thames to dine with his friend Mr. Barras, at Shepperton ; on hie return home, about half-past 11 o'clock, he had again to cross the ferry, from the Middlesex to the Surrey shore, and he had then to walk about a mile and a half to his own house. The night was dark, and he had his lantern with him ; he had not proceeded more than about 200 yards from the ferry when a man ju m p e d o ut from behind a hedge, and struck him a violent b low on the mouth, which knocked him down ; ano ther villain came out from the hedge and placed his hand on his mouth, and he ld him down while the other rifled his pockets of eight so v e rei g ns and a half, a valuabl e go ld wa tch, and a check on Messrs. Barcla y and Tr itton, for 141. The villains having got a ll the y could, imme diately ran away, leaving the unfortunate ge ntleman in a sense less state, and bleeding profusely from the injuries he ha d re ceived• It was a considerable time before Mr. Ashmore came s to himself, an d it was w ith some dif f iculty he reached home Thi dastardly outrage has created great sensation in the neigh bourhood, and officers from London have been sent down to race out the villains, and, from information received, there is but little doubt that the miicreanta will be brought to juatiee, (PRICE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAINZ 8. The Bill for widening and improving the London-road, and certain other streets in Manchester, was read a fi , at time. . . . Mr. H. ROSS had two petitions to present, regarding the Bill for regulating the hours of labour in factories. They had been agreed to, not only by the artisans, but by the masters ; all of whom expressed their approbation of the Bill, although they expressed an opinion that the hours might be extended to eleven hours instead of ten. The petitions which were from Arbroath and Dundee were read and ordered to lie on the table. The HON. MEMBER then said he had a petition to pre sent from certain manufacturers of hemp in Forfar, praying that the duty upon that article might be taken off. In that part of the country from which the petition came, there were considerab'e manufactories of that article, which had been enabled to prosper, and compete with foreign manu factures, by having a bounty granted to them ; but the bounty was now taken off, and, in consequence, it was found impossible to compete with the foreign mar kets. The petitioners had very strong claims on the attention of his Majesty's Government, and they complained of a breach of good faith, for they had been given to understand that when the bounty ceased, the duty would also cease. The has to the revenue by taking off the duty would be so trifling as to create no incon venience; for at present it produced hut about 60,00001. or 70,0001., and if the drawback upon the hemp which supplied the navy were deducted, the real amount of duty would not be found to exceed 4 5001. An Hose. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, supported the prayer of the petitioners. Hemp was still subject to a duty of 41. 13s: 4d. per ton—a tax that was highly injurious to the interests of the manufacturers. It was an axiom of political economists that all taxes on the raw material of a staple manufacture were injurious in principle. The tax upon hemp manufactured in this country afforded a premium on foreign industry to the neglect of our own interests. He would merely refer to those articles, such as sails, cordage, &c., in which a portion of hemp was introduced, and for which the duty of 41. 13s. 4d. was charged, and to the other articles made with hemp upon which the duty operated as a double tax for this reason, viz., that as rough hemp underwent a process by which one-half of its weight was got rid of, and as that article was imported in large quantities free of duty, the article manufactured in this country in fact paid 41. 13s. 4d. duty for only half a ton. The result of this was that the manufacturers were almost entirely precluded from the use of hemp, and were obliged to substitute an inferior article called tow, The manufacturers of Russia and Germany consequently ob tained a great advantage over those of this country. There was another reason for taking off the duty, viz., that, as hemp in this country was wholly manufactured by hand labour (machines not having been yet introduced to rna itifacture that article), if the duty were taken off, much employment would be afforded to a very large class of persons, and particularly to aged females. He begged pardon for having detained the House so long ; but had his Majesty's Ministers been present, he should have impressed upon them the extreme importance of the subject. The petition was then read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. H. ROSS then presented a petition from Dundee, signed by nearly 3,000 persons, in favour of the Bill for shortening the hours of labour of children in factories. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the corporation and guildry of Arbroath, in favour of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill. Mr. WELBY presented a petition from the free holders and proprietors of land in Grantham, against the General Registry Bill. Ordered to be referred to the Committee. Mr. THICKNESSE presented a petition from a place, the name of which we could not catch, against the Facto ries Regulation Bill. The petitioners stated that the la bour of children in cotton-factories was not severe, and that if their hours of labour were shortened, there must he a correspondent reduction in the wages, and, of course, of their comforts. Mr. H. GRATTAN moved for returns of the different suits instituted by the Charitable Commissioners in Ire land, and an account of the costs incurred in them ; also the salaries of the registrars, and other expenses of the establishment.—Ordered. The Hou. MEMBER also presented several petitions from parishes in the counties of Meath and Mayo, against the present existing tithe system. Mr. D. BROWNE supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. JONES presented a petition from Londonderry against the system of education proposed by his Majesty's Ministers to be introduced into Ireland. The Hon. Mem ber presented a similar petition from the Magistrates of the county of Londonderrv. Mr. HOPE presented a petition from the manufac turers of Fife against the Factory Regulation Bill. The petitioners stated that such a measure was peculiarly un called for in Scotland, as in that country there were no parish apprentices, and therefore no compulsory labour. The Bill would operate very severely on all manufacturers in Scotland. They accompanied the petition with docu ments to prove that the children's state of health, and in tellectual and moral improvement, were equal to that of the surrounding agricultural population. There was a certi ficate too from the Clerk of Session, showing that the poor children thus employed had received no parochial support. They impressed upon the House the great inconvenience of any legislative interference, especially as there was no necessity for it, and they suggested that if the House did interfere, the provisions of the Bill would be as simple and as plain as possible, and the duration of labour should not be limited beyond 72 hours per week. Mr. WATSON presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Canterbury and the neighbourhood, in favour of the Factories Bill. Mr. WILKES presented a petition from the Friendly Society of Loyal Britons in the Isle of 'Wieht. Also a petition from the Carpenters' and Joiners' Friendly So ciety, meeting at the Hole-in•the-Wall, Fleet-street, rela tive to the provisions of the New Friendly Society Act. The petition stated that by the provisions of that Act they were required to be enrolled before next June, and that those provisions were wholly inconsistent with the objects of their benevolent institu tions. They suggested that the matter should be taken into consideration, for the purpose of extending the provisions of the Act, and making such other amendments, as convenience might require. The Hon. Member then gave notice that on Tuesday next he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Friendly Society Act, by extending the time when these Societies should conform to its provisions. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that on Tuesday the 10th of April he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the partial abolition of the usury laws. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for a return of personal property unadministered in Ireland. Lord G. LENNOX moved the order of the day for the House to resolve into a Committee on the remedies against the Hundred Bill.—The Bill went through Com mittee, and the House resumed.—Report to-morrow. Lord ALTHORP had expected, when he agreed to set apart to-morrow for the second reading of the Factories Bill, that the Reform Bill would have by that time been through the Committee ; but as he had been disappointed in that expectation, he had now a request to make of the Honourable Member for Aldborough, which, if acceded to, would be of conside rable convenience to the House.—(Hear, hear.) He proposed that the second reading of the Factories Bill should be postponed till some day next week ; and by devoting to-morrow and Saturday to the Reform Bill it might then, he hoped, be through Committee. Mr. SADLER acceded to the proposition of the Noble Lord, on condition that a day might be fixed next week for his motion. Lord ALTHORP fixed Friday next for that purpose. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Sir M. W. RIDLEY brought forward his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to alter so much of the 20th Gen. 11. chap. 38, as imposed the tax of sixpence on the mer chant seamen towards Greenwich Hospital. Sir JAMES GRAHAM felt it to be his bounden duty in this early stage of the business to oppose the motion, and he was persuaded the House weuld not grant the leave prayed. The Right Hon. Gentleman was of opinion that this mo tion, which professed to consult the interests of the mer chant seamen, was a question which, in point of truth. affected only the masters of those seamen; for he was quite certain that if this impost were now to be removed, no addition would be made to the seamen's wages ; the difference would be pocketed by their employers.... 'The removal of this Impost would have a more striae.: , ffect in some way or other ; aid the question was, •in whom the burden of this great national isetis. tution ought to fall. From the time of William th e Third this tax of sixpence had existed ; and unless the House were prepared to sanction a diminution of the esta blishment, no reduction could he made in tie sources from whence the establishment derived its support. The sixpence was a very fair and reasonable tax, and be was quite prepared to defend it in every respect. It imounted to 22,0001. a year, and if it were now to be removed, that amount of 22,0001. a sear would either have to be provided out of the public purse, or the establishment would have to be tedneetl.-- With respect to the reduction of the establishment, it so happened that a very great eduction of the men would be productive of but a very small saving in the expenses of the establishment. If many of them were turned out of the establishment at this moment, they would be entitled to _ a pension in consequence o f the wounds they had received ; many of them to twelve pounds a year as out-patients ; while the whole cost of supporting them within the eatablithment lid not amount to more than the sum of twenty pounds per man a year. So also with regard to the officers of the establishment—the greater part of them, if they were not in that establishment, would he entitled to halfpay, and the difference between that Leif pay and their expenses in ate Hospit was com paratively very little indeed. It was to herr call. cted that there was a great pressure at present upon the funds, not only in the metropolis, but in other parts of the country ; and there was likewise a great pressure on the Greenwich funds, but which, in a abort time would be considerably removed. By a change about to take place, in five years Vh•re would he an increase in the Greenwieh 11,spi!.11 reve nues in one instance of no less than 9NU a year. There was also a change about to be made of .ecutitioe into land, which would likewise be prodtvtive of a Meat increase of the revenue, and ther.hy rnateria'ly ben,fit the Hospital. He did not think it neces'sry to go into the details of the reasons why he deemed a reth:ction or dim'. notion of the establishment inem l e client. There wes nothing that raised the estimation of the King', service more than the establishment of Greenwich Hospital, and the certainty that men, entering into the service, had of being admitted into that Hospital as a last resort, after having been wounded or injured in any action. The establishment had gone on as it now existed for a cen tury and a half, nor had any remonstrances ever been made against this tax of sixpence until within the last tour or f l ee years, and that remonstrance which proceeded both then and now from the masters of the seamen, :aught not at present to be attended to by the House, even if it were only for the protection which the merchants had received from the King's ships in the war, and which, indeed, they continued to receive whenever the least difficulty arose among them and their men, in consequence of any stand for an advance of wage., or from any other cause. Mr. WRIGHTSON agreed that this tax did not fall upon the seamen but upon the ship-ow errs; but he thought it peculiarly unjust upon that class to impose a tax upon them whitish ought to be borne by the community at large. Mr. HODGSON spoke in favour of the motion. Mr. SCHONSWAR praised the establishment of Greenwich Hospital, as a refuge tor those who were wounded in the set vice of their country ; but he knew of no reason why that establishment should be supported at the expense of the merchant seamen, who were denied any benefits from it. It was a gross act of injustice. The country at large ought to pay the cost of the establishment. Sir G. COCKBURN denied that the payment of the sixpence was an act of injustice. The first Act of Parlia ment which imposed the tax laid down the principle that it was not only for the benefit of the naval service, but for the protection of the merchant service. It was also provided, that if a merchant ship got into an action with an enemy, and any of the crew were wounded, they thereby became entitled to the same benefits as those in the naval service. He was sure, and would at all times maintain, that it was a very unwise measure to abolish the sixpence. He recommended the Hon. Baronet to withdraw his mo tion for the present. Lord W. LENNOX thought it an act of injustice that the merchant seamen should be taxed for the support of an hospital that ought to be supported by the country. He should vote against the Government. Mr. HUME had no objection to the arrangement pro. posed by the Hon Baronet, but what he did object to was, that the payment should fill on the merchant-seamen If the thing was right and proper let the public pay for it. Sir G. CLERK—The fact was, that this was neither more nor less than a tax of 20,0001. a year on the ship ping interest of the country ; and be should be very happy whenever the moment arrived that Greener ich Hospital had a surplus reveuue, so that the Right lion. Baronet might be able to relieve the shipping interest from that tax. Now that he was on his legs, he begged to put a question relative to the Keswick estates of Greenwich Hospital. The other night &question was put as us the sale of some of those estates; and he had understood the Right Hon. Baronet then to say, that only a small portion of them was to be disposed of in that manner. He now, however, saw by an advertisement in the newspapers that two or three of the estates were offered for sale ; he, thet sfore, wished to know, whether it was in contemplation of the Government to dispose of the larger portion of those estates? Mr. BARING admitCd they were not taxing the sea men by this, but the commercial marine of the country ; and certainly, if it could be got rid of, it would be very de sirable. He thought, however, that he oluld suggest means of saving enough out of the funds of Greenwich Hospital to pay for this expenditure. According to a paper which he held in his hand, explanatory of the gross rents and disbursements of the Derwent Water estates, it appeared that the disbursements had frequently been as great as the receipts. In this he was speAtiog only of the estates, and not of the mines; and he fancied that as most gentlemen understood something of the management of estates, they would be a little surprised at the statement which he had made. The amount of the rents last year was 25,0001., and of the disbursements 17,0001. ; but this was comparatively low, for in some years ti.e expenses had risen to upwards of 40,000/. He, there • fore, really thought that, with proper management, a sav ing on those estates might be made equal to the amount of the bealnen ' a expenses. Sir J. GRAHAM—The expenses of the Derwent Water estates had not escaped the notice of the present Board of Admiralty nor of the last. But his answer to the state ment of the Hon. Gentleman must be, that tee expense was already incurred, and there was, therefore, now no help for it. The estates, however, had been placed in the highest state of culture, and the consequence was, that they would be highly productive without incurring any great outlay for some considerable space of time. With respect to the sale of the estates, he had certainly thought it right to direct that some of them should be sold, for the sake of ascertaining their value ; th sale, however, had been confined to the outlying estates, and t'.e main body of the property had not been at all dismembered. As the thing had only been done by Isr.,y of experiment, it was impossible for him to say whether any further sale would be deemed advisable. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. Wit- LAND, and Sir M. W. RIDLEY, the =tiers was, by leave, withdrawn. LINCOLN MILITIA. Sir W. INGILBY—After the late prorogation of the Parliament, in October, his duties had called him into the county of Lincoln, which he bad the honour to represent, much about the period when the two militia regiments of that county were called out to perform duty. According to the notice of the Lord Lieutenant of the county, who was the Colonel, the South Lincoln militia met on the 15th of November, at Stamford. It was, however, worthy of remark, that many of the officers of that regiment .hought proper to be absent ; in particular, the Lieutenant-Colonel, whom he saw opposite, had not cared to show himself on t o b ein e ne o er c a rin. ltlyhe o s rpeoaffik speaking, be engr:i,weimt sure tiig h t t h ht e ee r a e w yr egt e iii r ma e tt a nt iti ,raetws Captain or •taasma tyro fovre and Stamford, bsuht; g muster in the officer department.—(A lau4b.) Indeed the Commander himself seemed to t3ink that his subor dipates were setting him d very good ex“rnple, for, having a little private busine s s o f hi s own, he took the hiat and re tired to his own abode on the Saturday, and contenteu him self with coming back on the Moliday morning. When he thus came back, it turned out that something bad oc curred at Stamford to excite the passions, and stir up the irritated feelings, of the Noble Eirl, which certainly were quite at variance with the sentiments that the Noble Earl afterwards expressed in his speech to the regiment. In consequence of these angry feelings, the Noble Earl wrote—be hardly knew what to call it—a feeling sort of a letter to the Clark of the Ordnance, calling upon him for his interference with certain parties in the borough of Stamford, whom the Noble Earl pl it ll u at p .hc - ee posed to be under the influence of that gentleman. This letter was replied to by his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Ten nyson), in what seemed t h o l h ta im iiidn a tvirheori;:relt d t a t a s ny fatory way. The attentionm b a tw te a n l t correspondenceohf thea oronuiHouse ly: a t : o n dt w h which b wL h hn e t re dl,sNihi,si,,ld:tedt taken : e t a ; a n be certainly thought that the relative situation in which these two parties stood to each other was a little curious. The Noble Earl was Ultra-Tory—(A laugh) sUiwtraa:TocarylleLdoarrd)