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i si E LON DON ,IO,.;It.'.N2iLS. H .EXTRACTS FROM Tin.: mortsiN“ PAPERS,. • r. January 16, 18'2'2. t [THE TIMES.] Oar .readers could hardly fail to be moved by a keen and somewhat anxious interest, - on ever So alight. a perusal of the debate in the French Charnber. of Deputies on Friday last; which reached us by express in time for our yesterday's publication. The striking abuse of the powers of the Censorship (detailed by. M.Chauvelin),on the part of a *Ministry which had just mounted into office through their declared abhorrence of sack a barbarous engine, would be a strong ar gument of their unfitness to continue there, on the ground both of incapacity and of bad faith. But what gave its characteristic spirit to the dis cussion was, the undisguised avowal of the two antagonist principles of Government, by parties -which had never before professed them, at least under 'circumstances in which the declaration could be deemed so important ;—we mean that which ascribes complete supremacy to some known and fundamental law, and that which uzintains a fits divinzon. which precedes all law, and (as was more than hinted by M. Nlarcellns) at the will of the Sovereign recalls and super sedes it, even when established. There are, of course, indiscreet and mischievous men to be found in all political parties ; and if the Minis ters who were present when such doctrines were broached by Deputies reputed to be of their own particular colour, had no consciousness that harm:could. result from the propagation of them, tire silence of Messrs. Villele, &c. can be the more - easily :accounted for. If, moreover, it should be the - design of the existing Administra -.`:,ott to goVern France on such principles, all we can say is, that the experiment seems to the full as doubtful as the success of it would be de plorable, considered in relation 'to the welfare and happiness of mankind. • [MORNING POST.I • The moment approaches which may be consi. dared as the. decisive crisis of the destinies o Vrance. The Ultras now begin to enter upon the exercise of that power, which has remained dormant in their hands ever since the co-opera t7iyn of the Liberals procured it for them; and on the nature of their acts will depend, not only 'tie. stability of their administration, but accord ing' toall appearances the existence of the Bourbon Throne. If they respect the Charter, and give it life and activity-- . -if they do not disturb the settlement of national property, or seek to abo lish the good which the Revolution has produced - 7 -if they do not mistake exploded superstitions for true Christian faith, but confirm that liberal toleration in religions matters, which distinguish ed even the days of imperial despotism, they will reconcile France to their rule, and will'ex tinguish those fears and passions which are now crtce more rising in all their original heat, and which an opposite conduct would blow into a wide spread and destructive blaze. The French Papers to the 13th inst. contain a long debate of the Chatriber of Deputies on a petition relative to the \ regulation of the Press. The prayer of the peti tion-Was to subject all abuses of the Press to the correctional tribunals, and not to a trial by Jury, a proposition which agrees with - one of the provi sions of the new Project of Law which the Minis ters have presented to the Chamber on this subject. It can scarcely be doubted that the petition in, question was reported thus early, chiefly for - the purpose of trying the pulse of the Chamber, Wore the intended law should come under dis cussion: In this view we read the debate with some interest ; but it was carried on in such a violent manner, so many principles wide of the ci.iscussion were laid ,down, so many points of a;;gry contention were introduced, that we derive from it little information as to the state of public feeling with respect to the real matter in dispute. The debate wandered at first into a - series of complaints against the Censorship, as it has been eteeCised under the new Ministry. The institu fen is of itself so inconsistent with every idea of rational liberty, that it would be impossible to' conduct it in a manner which should satisfy the Ovocates of free discussion. It would certainly appear that the Censors have recently redoubled .t•eir activity, and that from an apprehension, pzrhaps, of ()Wending their new masters, they have, in some instances, exceeded the bounds of necessary restriction. An article of discussion ea the Project of Law relative to the Police of the Journals, was submitted to the Commission by the Editor of the Quotidienne. It combated the proposed law in a temperate manner, and se-,NeSted, that instead of suppressing a Journal altogether, in case of its condemnation by the judicial tribunal, it should be subjected to the jurisdiction of the/ Censorship for a longer or shorter period. The article was struck out by the Commission ; the Editor, however, pub -1 shed it in defiance of their mandate, and the ivrinisters have, it is said since, not only disavowed the act of the Censors, but even adopted the re c4;mmendation contained in 'the prohibited article. If it be true that thj; modification is about to he fitade in the new UV': it will certainly strip it of one of its most objectionable provisions. The heict topic of debate was upon a question which arose from an assertion made by M. B. Constant. The assertion of this opponent of Government :Stag, tha't the King, as-well as the Legislature, derived 'all their - powers from the .Charter. — TO this it. 'was answered, that the Charter emanated from the King, 'that he limited by its Qgciations his power, which was before absolute, that he reigned by it, but not from it. The Legislature emanated from the Char ter, hut the Charter itself from the Sovereign.— 'Nothing can be more detrimental to the cause of constitutional freedom than this propensity to -'ring its, first elements into question upon every occasion. Few things are more requisite 'to the tranquillity of Frenchmen, than • the un -disturbed enjoyment of the liberty which they 'ossess, withoutattempting 'to found it on prin ciples which are not essential to its support, and "have nothing whatever to do With the history of their Charter. .To*wards the conclusion .of th:s stormy sitting, the Ministf‘c of Finance an nounced that the Government were desirous of bringing the army as near as possible to the com plement fixed by the law f3r a state of peace, and had in consequence determined to call into active service, the 18,000 men who remained 'out of the levy of 1819, and the 35,000 out of that of 1820, which disposition would make an increase of 38,000 infantry above the number for which a provision had been proposed by the late Mi nisters in their bndge,t for 1822. The additional expence occasioned by this augmentation of the French army was estimated at 12 millions of francs, but the Minister informed the Chamber that if they would vote this supplementary grant, there would be no occasion to create a new impost to meet the charge, as be had ascertained that the produce of the existing taxes would be amply sufficient. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Few people in this country are aware of the ex tent to which reduction may be carried in our Colonies. Immense sums are squandered in all of them, but more particularly in .those.in which the power of the Crown is yncontrouled without the smallest necessity, and without benefitting either the In'habitants of - the Colonies, or Eng land. Indeed this , extravagant expenditure, so far from benefitting the Inhabitants, is only a source of additional misery to them,being employed in controuling their industry, and retaining, them in a state of poverty, and degradation. Colo nies which yielded net revenues before they came into our hands, though now higher taxed than ever, defray a very inconsiderable part of their oft expenditure, and thus become a heavy bur den on this country.—Every Governor ,of an English Colony- knows that, do what he will, he has nothing to dread from inquiry. The inha bitants of the Colonies again know that it - is in vain for them to complain, for their complaints will, in all cases, be disregarded. Indeed, it is impossible for Lord Bathurst and his Deputy, if they were ever so well disposed, to do justice to those placed under their care. However, they do not attempt it. Every thing is left to the discretion of the Governor, who is as uncontroul ed within his territory - as a Turkish Bashaw is within his.—The evil incident to this state of things is greatly heightened by the circum stance that the Governors are taken from among a class of men, from their education and habits, of all others the worst qualified for being placed at the head of a country. We have every respect for a military profession, but would never wish to see any of its members employed in any other than a military capacity. The implicit de ference and the rigorous obedience to which they are accustomed, their impatience under opposi tion, their want of acquaintance with the ordinary business and habits of civil life, renderi in almost every instance, their sway oppressive and tyran- 1 nicai in the last degree.—We have obtained some valuable information from an Eastern Corre spondent of the highest respectability, authen ticated by documents, respecting the system pursued in the lonian Islands since they came into our possession, which serve admirably to illustrate the above observations. The gross , ignorance and stupidity which have been d s played by our Authorities in these Islands, are indeed hardly credible. Would it be believed that in the 19th century, any European Oovern ment could think of d e priving A individuals of 'the profits of all commercial speculations when ex ceeding 15 per cent. on paying to the trader that sum, and consequently subjecting every man's affairs to its inspection ? Would it be believed, that in islands in the immediate neighbourhood of most fertile grain countries, a monopoly of the trade of grain should be' claimed by the , Government, on the pretext of frustrating the combinations of corn merchants ? The conse quence was what any one might have expected, that in. the Island where Government took the trade of corn into its own hands, the price of bread was 30 per cent dearer than in any of the others.—ln the mean time, the people are ruined by the weight of their burdens, which, after all, go but a small way towards defraying the ex pence of the extravagant establishments kept up for the sake of the satellites and creatures of power, and the instruments deemed necessary for the coercion of a people governed on a prin ciple of hostility to their interests, contempt for their feelings, and disregard of their inclinations. . . NEW TIMES.] Hitherto the parties in the French Chamber of Deputies have had nothing but mere skirmishing; but this was rather.sharp on Friday last. Still our observation remains unimpeached, that the opposition to the New Ministry is conducted ex clusively by the left side, that is to say, by the men who have ever stuck to the Revolution and renounced the Bourbons. The subject of the de bate on Friday is less to be considered than the doctrines that were put forth by the contending parties, and the characters of the individuals by whom those doctrines were maintained. The question was whether a petition recommend ing that the question of Libel or not Libel should be determined by Judges, and not by Juries as they now exist in France, should be rejected with a mark of reprobation, or transmitted in the usual way to the Committee on the Law of the Press. Upon this question we should perhaps be inclined to take part against the petitioner : at the same time we must remember that this was the practical: law ,Of England. ,less than SO years ago ;- that the Juries of France ay. nominated by the Prefects, who are officers of Government, while the Judges are irremovable ; and that . Juries, which have never been properly adopted into French Jurisprudence, havF hitherto been confined to the trial of crimes, exclusive of mis demeanours, in which latter class libel is to be ranked. Still the petitioner may have been wrong in his views ; but his error sinks to no thing in comparison with the doctrines openly and audaciously maintained by the Orators of the left side. It is very satisfactory to observe that among those Orators are to be found none but names strictly revolutionary. Penjamin Constant, a Swiss, who sits there in defiance of the Charter, and who sue= cessively panegyrised Barras and - Buonaparte , whem they were in power—General Foy, the .avowed advocate of thetr;colo• banner of ruhel lion and wassacre, , eCitien (otherwise Marquis -De-chauvelin) who in 1793 had ,the honour to announce to,the• English nation the regicide of Louis : XVI.—M. de - Corcelles, the Chief of a band of rebels in the Hundred Days—M. Bi-gnon who, on the part of Fouche'and Carrot, nego ciated the surrender of Paris after the battle of Waterloo-.—Messrs Lame h, Etienne, Lafitte, &c. &c. too well known in the annals of rebellion and revolution, :c. peal. • [MORNING HERALD.] A discussion, - at once interestina and curious, las taken . place,in the French Chaini)er of Depu- ties. The national representation presents a new aspect. The central Party, or that of the late Ministers, seems to have vanished. The Chain her is resolved into the two great parties, called Liberal and 'Ultra ; and these have commenced the Parliamentary campaign . with a tempestuous debate upon a subject the most calculated to call forth zeal and animosity—the freedom of the Press. The . uncourteous and abrupt fragments of sentences with which the Members apostro phize each other and address the President, are somewhat in discord with their national reputation for politeness—even with every allowance for their vehemence of temperament,. and the violence of their party and personal resentment.. This dis cussion turned upon a petition from an indivi dual recommending that, the trial of libels should be taken out of the competence of Juries, and brought within the jurisdiction of Judges. There is a rare simplicity in. the principal reason as signed by the petitioner, viz. his having observed that Juries, in cases of libel, rarely brought in a verdict in conformity with the opinion of the " Public Ministry "—that is to say, the law officerS of the Crown! The Chairman of the Com mission of Petitions recommended the petition to the consideration of the Commission-on the new law for regulating.the Press. Gen. Foy, as organ of the Liberals, moved the order of the day--that is, its rejection, on the ground•that it petitioned for a violation of the Charter. Then followed a stormy discussion, frequently. interrupted by contradictions, murmurs, sneers, every variety of personality, abrupt digressions into the founda tions of Government, the nature of legitimacy, and another abstraCt point of rather more deli cacy, upon which the two parties seem to differ toto ccrio—viz. whether s the King rules the Charter, or the Charter rules the King. •In the course of the disCusSion, some allusion was .made to two rival publications, called the Minerve and Conserrateur, which Nvere respectively defended with a somewhat comic sensibility of authorship by MM. Benjamin Constant and Castelbajac.— The result of the debate was, that the petition was referred for the. consideration of the Com mission by a small Ministerial majority. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Paris Papers of Saturday last have arrived at our office. A debate took place in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday upon the Petition of a per son named Spy, who suggested to the Chamber the expediency of subjecting offences of the Press to the decision of the Sliders, without the interference of Juries. The Committee of Peti- tions proposed that this petition should be re ferred to the Committee appointed to inquire into the project of law relating to the Press, and this proposition, though warmly opposed by the liberal men of the Chamber, was eventually of dered .by a small majority. There exists among the• leading men of France an extraordinary jealousy of a free Press ; but all who revere the Charter and can appreciate the value of liberty, struggle stoutly for the maintenance of this indis pensable preservative of their country's freedom. The Chambers appear, from the character of some of their debates, to be still in the rudiments of constitutional learning ; they have not yet fully agreed upon their first principles, and it is• still a topic of angry disputation between the conflicting parties whether there does not exist a power in the Monarchy, or in the prerogative of the King, superior to, rand independent of, the principles that 'are recog nised by the Charter itself. It was well as serted by M. de Constant, that every authority exercised by the depositaries of the Executive Power, not recognized by the Charter, is illegal and unconstitutional. This doctrine was stre nuously though absurdly sought to be contro verted by M. de Marcellus and others, who argued for the plenitude of Royal power from the Circumstance that the Charter itself was but an emanation from the Royal will. It can not indeed be doubted, that, in point _of form, the Charter of France appears to be but no emanation from the King's authority, a voluntary gift from his bounty, a concession which, from the terms of the grant, it might be presumed he was not entitled to w►thhold. i3ut this is the mere fiction of law, and there is no man in France so utterly besotted, no matter what mLy he his public professions, who does not in private feel the conviction that the King of France dared not to withhold the Char ter of the Constitution at the time of his presenting it, and that - not 'even the foreign bayonets •Nhich at that awful moment glittered in the streets of Paris, or guarded the confines of his kingdom, could save the throne of Louis from utter destruction if he had failed to execute the task that was conceded to him, of preparing for France the form of civil government which it has since so happily enjoyed. The lace weavers committed to. Worcester gaol for three months, for unlawfully combining to raise-their wages, and leaving their work in an untinished state, were on Thursday released from their imprisonment. Other manufacturers have been deluded into this illegal practice rri:l inhabitants of the Isle of Man are about to adopt proceedings for .the purpose of getting the post-office packet removed from Whitehaven to Beaumaris, or some other Welsh port, where advantage can be taken of the prevalent westerly winds. On Tuesday last, as Mr:T. SHORT, of the Norwich Company of Comedians, was trying an old doubie gnn, in the neighbourhood of this town, which was obtained from a pawnbroker's, it burst, and his right hand was shattered by the accident very seriously.(Norzrich Paper.) • LXW INT E LLIG ENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, J. 15. EX-PARTE SHAWE IN THE MATTER OF HOWARD ANL/ GIBBS, BANKRUPTS. Mr. AGAR concluded has arguments in support of the ap- Mr. HORNE, Counsel-for the petitioner, contended that this was a case in which the Court had jurisdiction, and that the de cision of hid Honour the Vice-Chancellor was correct. The jurisdiction of the Court did not depend oh the Act of the sth (leorge 11. but on the antecedent Acts of. Parliament, which had not been repealed ; but it had been most properly observed by his Lordship, that the jurisdiction of the Court did not de pend on statutes, but on the principles of justice. It was a mis representation when his Lord Ship was told that he (Mr. Horne) had contended before the Vice-Chancellor that the interfe rence of bankrupts in the choice of assignees was so far im proper that the Court, .in every case, should declare, that the choice made by such interference was not valid. He had made use of no such argument ; he contended no such thing before his Honour; but he contended, - as lie did, now, that where bankrupts so improperly interfered, as they had in this case, in the election of assignees, that the elected by such means were not Valid, ar.d that there ought to be a new choice. It could not be contended that Mr. Carroll was a pro per person to •be assignee, from the cloud which was over his debt; he had proved a debt of 13,0001. against' the bankrupts' estate, and sail he had a further debt, which he had declined to prove, - and it appeared this debt that he objected to prove was grounded on usurious transactions with the bankrupts. —The Commissioner:: naturally, and he would say most pro perly, refused to receive the proof of the debt on the bills of exchange, without examining NI r. Crrroll as to his other demand, to see whether the bills of exchange were not mixed u' with the former transactions between him and the bankrtipts. air. Carroll Petitioned the Vice-Chancellor against the decision of the Com missioners, and his Honour confirmed their opinion ; and Carroll was obliged to submit to be examined, and the Com missioners had not delivered their opinion whether lie was en titled to prove his debt or not. • There was anoteier question to be considered, Whether Mr. Carroll was a fit person to he as signee in such a case as this, where the interests of not only the opulent but the poor were concerned. 'A map to be an assig nee in such a case, ought to be able to hold himself upright, and with an even hand make the balance ; for a great number of the debtors of the bankrupts were persons of the first rank in society, and a great - .number 'of . their creditors were poor servants, who had intrusted their bard-earned money to their custody. -He considered that the .question as to Mr. Carroll being an assignee was put to _rest, and he would very shortly put - an end to the claim of Mr. Duffe to a similar of fice; that gentleman allowed that all the money he had •advaneed to the bankrupts was for annuities:it-a usurious interest; it was by his own shewins so coveted with illegality, that he had not a foot to stand on as far as his claim. to be an agssi r ssnce. The other clai mant,iMr. Wilkie, was not exactly, so situated, as his claim was not vitiated by usury;, for, in fact, he had noitlaim on the bank rupts'estate as a creditor; but he would not quarrel with him. on that account, for there might be many cases where • it would be desirous that an assignee should not have .an interest, on. the ground that being disinterested; he would be the best guardian of the interests of the bona fide creditors. _ Further argument postpOned until to-morrow (this day.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 15. His HONOUR heard bankrupt eases this day. At the head of the Paper was EX-PARTE GRIMSTEAD IN RE HOWARD AND GIRDS. It was a petition' from Mr. Ormistead, praying for an order to the Commissioners to admit the petitioner to prove a debt of upwards of 30,0001. against the bankrupt estate. The Com missioners had refused the claim as usurious. His HONOUR dismissed the petition, and left the petitioner to seek his remedy by an action at law, jibe thought proper. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 15. In Banco. CHILTON V. PLUMMEIL This was an action against the present Master of the Rolls, for an obstruction to the light of a solicitor in Chancery-lane. The offence complained of arose out of a certain coach -house, which was erected by the defendant, and which darkened the back windows of the plaintiff: The cause was tried before the Lord Chief Justice in Westminster. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. Mr. MARTI - VAT last term obtained a rule nisi for a ncw Mr. Sc ttat.,ETT and Mr. TINDAL now shelved cause. The arguments, which turned chiefVnpon points of evi dence, were uninteresting. Mr. MARRYAT, in reply, was only anxious that the obstruc tion should be removed ; the question as to costs and damages he was content to wave. The Co u T thought the propoxal worth the d •reltd t's connukration ; and it was agreed that, for the presnt, the rule should stand over. BEN3LEY r. BIGNOLD. This was an action by Mr. Bensley of Fleet-street, against the late S?.cretary of the : 4 ;orwich - Union Fire Office, for the cost of printing a pamphlet. The jury, at the trial; found a verdict tier the plain tiff'. Mr. GURNEY afterwards obtained a rule for non:mit, upon the ground that the plaintiff, by omitting to print his own name and address in front of the pamphlet, had violated the statute, the 38th: Geo. 111., and that he could not, upon a transaction in itself illegal, recover in a Court of LaW. Mr. SCARLETT contended that the statute had been vir tually complied with : the names of Pinnock and Co. having been affixed to the pamphlet as Printers and Publishers.- M r. GURNEY relied upon the case of " Barchard v. Evans," Bth Taunton. The COURT thought that there had been a violation of law by the plaintiff, and that the action for work and labour could not, comequently, be maintained.—Rule absolute. • INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JAN. 15. I.3EUDO-PI3INCE 34 OF CUMBERLAND IN RE OLIVE WILMOT, CALLING lIERSELF PP.INCDSS OF CUMBER- LAND. Mr. HEAT it moved for a rule to shew cause why the Prin cess of Cumberland should not be allowed to file her petition in this Court, pursuant to the provisions of the " Act of Ist Geo. IV., for the relief's: Insolvent Debtors in England." This application was made on the ground that she had not:complied with one of the sections of the Act, which required the petition to be filed within 14 days after impritioninent. The Learned Counsel handed in an affidavit signed " Olive." It set forth that she was confined in the Fleet prison ; that she had but 21. in her possession; that she was entirely supported by the charity and benevolence of her friends, that atie had wasted no personal property, and that she should have applied within the 14 days required by the Act, had she not expected that sonic of her friends wnuhl have become security ,for - her ' debts until her claiMs were established. The CciritT said that the Petitioner could gain nothing by her affidavit, as it was signed " Olive" only, without the ad dition of her surname. The Petitioner must know whether her surname was Wilmot or Serres. The Learned Counsel, in order to set aside this objection, called Trapnell, the Deputy Tipstelf of the Fleet prison, Who stated that the petitioner was vinmitted by the name of "Olive," without any surname. Mr. HEATH therefore contended, that as the affidavit cor responded with the commitment, the-petitioner was entitled to her application. , The COURT then granted the motion. OLD BAILEY. Yesterday, John Hargraves was indicted for stealing a -quantity of cloth, the property of .Mr. Wetherell, a cloth merchant, of Providence-row. The prisoner was shopman to the prosecutor, and it was proved had been in the habit of pawning cloths at different • periods, which he had taken from his master's shop. The prisoner being called upon for his defence, -- said that his master had - ernplayed him to pawn the goods. This - the mas ter most positively denied. The Jury found a verdict—Guilty. Charles Steel was indicted for a similar offence. He was porter in the slion, of Mr. Wetherell. The; prisoner declared that he had been led into it by Ilargraves. He imagined he was, in obeying the orders o Hargraves, acting consistently with the directions of his master. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The prosecutor begged to recommend the prisoner to mercy on account of his large family. The prosecutor had,' by these successive robberies, lost pro perty worth some hundred pounds. The pawnbrokers with whom the' property was pledged were compelled to produce it in Court. William Moulder was indicted for embezzling, on the 29th July, a 101. note, the property of Messrs. Tribe and Cole, wine mcrcha.ita. The prisoner was the clerk of the prosecutors, and it was proved had embezzled the property. It could not, however, be satisfactorily identified, and the prisoner was Acquitted. There were three other indictments against him ; but they all failed on the same grounds. StIRREY SESSION:i Yestarday the first General Quarter Sessioris for the County of Surrey was held at the Sessions-house, Newington, be fore C. IiARRisoN, Esq., Chairman, and a full Beilch• Of Al::.- giNtrates, . . . _ . The CHAIRMAN, in charging the Grand Jury, congratulated them that the number of prisoners set down fbr was much smaller than the usual number presented to them at this sea son of the year. The occasion of this diminution,• he con sidered, was the new and excellent _regulations of the House of Correction at Brixton4lill, which was now managed on principleS far superior to those on which tl)e gaol had hitherto been managed--than those bn which any other House of COr: rection was conducted. After some consuluition, the Court gave some instructions, upon the matter to the Clerk of the Peace. THE COUNTY JAIL- ..The Report Of the Visiters of the Comty jail was presented; to the Court by the Clerk of the Peace. Mr. TROTTER rose, and moved that the Court shOuld ad.; journ from the public Court-house in which they now sat, to the room above, to hear the report before them. Mr. P. Young said, with great pleasure, lie accorded the mo._ don. There were many things in this report. with the public had nothing :o do. ellet;it opposed the motion. They lived in an age when they wee more peculiarly subject to public opinion, and acted more under public suspicion than at any period, end they ought not to furnish any matter for distrust, by doing that pri vately which the public conceived they had a rig;it to expect shoUld . be done openly. Although he certainly thought that there were many matters in that report, .which in tenderne ss , or from delicacy towards the individuals. he could wisic.to have discussed priVately ; yet he thought that An much public incor- Venience would be occasioned by forming such a precedent (" Hear, hear," from several of the , agistrates on the bench), which he considered so highly impolitic, that`he felt it his duty to oppose the motion. Mr. Yoteer ci declared that his only motives for serending it were-those of delicacy towards the individual ; but he thomeht that the public part of the report might, Undoubtedly, be dis seeted from the private, and be publicly read. • Mr. TROTTER conceived that the Magistrates for Surrey never could do any thing that rendered than liable to suspicion. He was actuated solely by motives of delicacy tow a rds th e indi vidual ; but as the word suspicion" . had been associated With the motion, he could not for a moment . persevere injt. The motion was accordingly immediately'diseliarged. The report of- the . visiting Magistrates . was then read. It was signed by the Chairman, • Mr. Harrison, Mr. H. Sumner; Mr. Trotter, Mr. Young, and - the - remainder of the visiting Magistrates. _ _ The first part of the report relative to an increase of the sal aries pf the surgeon and the chaplain was agreed to. That part . relative to the keeper of the gaol gave rise to discussion. Mr. H. SUMNER, -in moving that the keeper of .the county geolshould be dismissed from his office, was an::ious that it should be understood that it was not for any fraud on his part that this course was taken. These was not th e s li g ht es t im . . ea pchment of his moral character; . but that it was on'account of his not having sufficient capScity of mind that the visiting Magistrates thought his removal necessary. Mr. R. JACKSON argued with much force, that the charac ter of no man should be committed 'upon the bare report of a . treneral Committee : it should haire . the benefit of a greater or-. deal. He concluded by suggesting that a Special Committee should he appointedto . inquire into the character and conduct of Mr. SpradbUry, the present Governor of .the - Mr. SWAN conceived that the opposition of tie worthy Ma gistrate:paid but an ill compliment to the Committee who had so laboriously investigated the case. He opposed the proposi tion. Two other Magistrates also spoke against it. The ginal motion that the Gaoler should be dismissed was then put and carried, without opposition. The baker was alsoOismisiud 1 for furnishing bad bread, and under weight. couxTY roLlci: The report of the committee appointed to inquire into trio state of the police of the county, and to consider of the niovt :,efficient measures to be adopted for the security 6f persona► and property of the inhabitants of the county, was laid before -the Court, and read by the Clerk of the Peace. . It stated in substance, that the - committee, after lengthened investigation, agreed upon a system to submit to the wisdom of . Parliament, but they had discovered that a bill for the establish meet of a new system of police for the county of Surrey coop . not be taken into the House of Com Mons but as a pri va te ba. , and they had no funds to . enable the:lnto defray the necessary' expenses. The Committee had been stopped by this difficulty , -which they were obliged to submit to the Court without pro ceeding further in their . labours. After some tliseussion amongst the Magistrates, the r eport was referred back to the Committee, and it was also resoltrd , that intimation should be given to the Clerks of the Peace .for the several adjoining counties of the measures in the conten?' plation of the Magistrates for the County of Suirey, with a Air' of obtaining the co-operation of the other County Magistrate PROOF THAT A MAN CAN RF rits OwN Git.ttol" 7 FATHER.—There was a widow and her daug,hter in-law, and a man and his son. The widow mar ried the son, and the daughter the old man the widow was, therefore,mother to her husband'i; father, consequently grandmother to her ow 9 husband. They had a son, -to whom she w.: 5 4,rreat-grandmother ; now as the son of 'a great grandmother must be. either a grandfather or great-uncle, this boy was therefore his own grand father. N. B. This was actually the case w:IF , a boy at a school at Norwich. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Jauuar•y 1%. Am stetdam 12 H C. F. Ditto; at. Sight . l2 5 - Rotterdam l2 9 • Antwerp l2 7 Hamburgh .‘;; 5 0 E7i. Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 60 Cr Vs, • Ditto 95 eo o 1 1 P. 156 Ex.Masiti 36 :/...trect v° Ftico i re :16+ ~,:ttftv.ii?‘ ,Ai iloordeaux, ditto Franlt fort on t lie :vain Madrid Cadiz RU hioa f3arceloo a 354 r•hbraltai Leghorn clii . 4 . 1 ... . •,?,--Venice, It Lir ,27,60 Malta 4S --I'•;aptes 4o' • Palermo . . 119114 pgr OP Lisbon . . Oporto Itio.laneiro ' - ' 4O - Dublin .... 91 Ci.rii 1 pei Cent.. BULLION. ..._... Portognl Gold, In Coin ... I .0 ,0 0 psis 0 :' Foreign Gold, in Bags m 17 104 New Doubloons New Dollars `silver in Bars, Standard . . 0 410 n 5 0 111RTliS. On :Monday, the 14th-inst., the Lady of the Rudge, of.a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Chelsea, the wife of Mr, Wreritroor - ; Charles-street, • tit. James's-square, solicitor,. of a sun, l' e twelfth child. MARRIED. • Yesterday, at Camberwell,. V the Rev William JiphO rl ' , the Rev. H. W. C. Hyde, to Aliss Arriiroin, both Of Carnb r ' well. 4 On the 10th inst., at St. Nicholas' Church, the Rev. Jain:, Sherman, of Reading, to Mary, only daughter of Harry BW " Grant, Esq., of Queen-square, Bristol. On Tuesday, the Bth inst., at St. Gregory's Church, bury, George Robert RoWe, Esq. (Fellow of , the Royal-, lege of Surgeons, London), of Haverhill,i Suffolk, to oungest daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Lillie, and nice of -- late Wm, JOnes, Esq., of Sudbury. DIED. Salmon in the 76th year. of inst., On his age. • • • On the 12th inst. at High Wycombe, Mrs. King, aged I" widow of the late Isaac King, Esq. o f On Friday last, at his house at Newport, in the County Hereford, in the 44th year of his age,. Thomas Foley, ;7,i eldest son of the late Honourable Andr2w Meinb6r the Borough of Droitwich, and for several years one of the l' presentatives in Parliament for the County of Aereford• t. - On Monday, at the house of .-Mrs. amen, 1, Kinr-f , t l( amen,of Portman-square, Charles Celarius.Fi_zrald, Esq. aged a a consumption. 10th • Prkted and Publighcd, for the linorn - ETons. at the Orncv, 112, Strand, by .1. .., LAll.3'l AIRS. j Ni N 0 ! I f Offen ' io n 0f t 4 all , i 4 J anuary :Friday, SUB FU th e t ois •eceived to receiv PRo ~H tt of Lek( went :- The 1 L 'ils Hz swanni Townsi hEi 3 a 41Ifficie: The Te of Swat timatee "El a h t To r fr) rd in Pa is pro' tained Thrin i toil e , tinder Which the in tende ( c rintai 34 rn f suffici, Sul Tied Co, ley, M Th e Sir lb The sh P.a r i Gpo