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sent at the examination of the premise; on Monday lan, in the morning, when he discovered the deceased lying on her back on the burnt timbers of the second floor, which was nearly con sumed. There was no clothing on the body, which presented a revolting spectacle, being burnt as black as a coal. The bowels protruded from the body. He procured a sack, into which the remains were conveyed away to St. Ann's watchhouse. Verdict—" Murder, by wilfully setting his house on fire." PRICER OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red.. 9 4 '', f ; 3 per Cent. Cons shut 5!4 per Cent. Ditto Red 91% 1 4 gew 3N, per Cent. 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1926 Rank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 l6 9-16 Oct. 10, 1859 ' 16 7-16 Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 1 pm. par South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, ..2:1,0011 ll I'2 orn. Ditto WO I I 12 pm. 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'Dutch Scrip Ditto Account French Scrii, Ditto, ti per cent Ditto Account 1'2%14 2 1 Neapolitan --1 S DAT AT ONK O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. prn.IXIOO lifts £l5O ISO pm.) £2O 47 £5O .£12% 20 27% 26% 27 51 . 4 5!4 pm.) 40 10 ~ ...... 24 17 PRICES OF SHARES THI Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. Boland s Mining Company Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51 British Iron Mining Company General Mining Association Real dcl Monte Mining. C 0...., United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21 Ditto New Snip Alliance Fire Insurance Comp Australian Cu. Canada Company COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F 19 5 Ditto, at 5ight......... '2 Rotterdam o U 12 5 Antwerp 12 7 Hamburg M.B. 14 01 Altona l4 Oi Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto U.26 5 Bordeaux 26 10 Berlin ELIO( fort on Maine, Ex. M. 155 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective H. 2 31. 10 i 3 Trieste do Madrid 351.6 Cadiz 35% Gilboa 1556 Barcelona 35 14 Seville 3 5 14 Gibraltar 4714 Arrived, WOK YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa "6 5 Venice 47 Malta 46 Naples Palermo per oz. 121 Lisbon Oporto 47 Rio .Taneiro Bahia 10 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight 1% Cork l}k:, BULLION, PUB OZ. X. S. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 4 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 4 10; Due. (Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 1 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 1 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 O France 0 I 0 Sweden O Guernsey&Jersev.. 0 1 Waterford TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Slavery Petition 6hall appear on Monday, if we can find room. It has been in type for a week. ebe ,4 '•k_.?:llt,) Ann+ *or. , , LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1832. The Reform Bill last night advanced another stage—the Report was received, the Bill ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Mon day. On Tuesday it will be sent to the Corn mons for their approval of what amendments have been made, and on Wednesday the KING will give the great charter of English liberty the Royal Assent. Then begins, the jubilee of human happiness, for Reform in England will be the harbinger of peace to nations, and the surest guarantee of freedom to generations yet unborn. Notwithstanding the late decided marks of public disapprobation, it is painful to see a party at Court still going on in their mad career. Were that conduct such as to affect only them selves no Englishman would care two straws about the matter—no one in fact would feel any thing but joy if the whole foreign faction were shipped off to-morrow ; but when we reflect that the politics of that party have banished the Duke of SUSSEX from Court, that their influence has established the HowEs and the ASIILEYS, and the CUMBERLANDS and GLOUCESTER S around the person of the SOVEREIGN, against the will of the Ministry and the whole nation, and that there seems a de termination to insult public feeling even at the risk of the personal convenienc e and well-earned popularity of the KING, we cannot find words sufficiently strong to express our indignation. Well might a High Personage exclaim, " GOD preserve me from my friends !" for no enemies at the present moment could do him half the mischief that he is now enduring from the con duct of those who are bound by every tie of gratitude to consult, not only his ease and com fort, but the security of the Throne. The people of England are not easily excited to rash acts, but when once their resolution is taken, there is no people on earth more obstinate, more determined in their purpose, and more unani mous in carrying it fully into effect. They have withstood the united power of Europe and are not now to be diverted from their purpose by the agents and emissaries of the petty despots of Germany. The truth is, there is a com motion going on in that country ; the flame of liberty, which shone with such splendour from Poland on the East, has been reflected from Great Britain on the West, and will one day carry its avenging fires into the strong holds of despotism, though guarded by all the bayonets of Russia, Austria, and Prussia. The So vereigns of the smaller states, with whom this country has, unfortunately, been so long connected, saw that in En if Reform prevailed England and l iberal Government ruled the destinies of the nation, their day of reckon ing would soon come. No wonder they looked with such dismay at the Reform Bill, and used every intrigue to defeat it. No wonder the emissaries of these Sovereigns have such a pre dilection for Ultra Tories. Their only salvation s the anti-Reforming Conservatives. Cer tain d estruction, they know, awaits them while France and England remain united and free ; and it was natural for them, however unjust towards this country, to use the influenc e of their cousins, and sisters, and brothers to ward off the evil day. The people of this country, however, are not to be d h ecetve,.—t ey are aware of the real cause of the partiality shown to the Anti-Reformers —the Press has long known it, but with a praiseworthy forbearance, and out of regard to the KING, refrained from di recting attention to it, till silence would have ',een a crime. The veil has now been withdraw►►, ►nd the consequences rest on the heads of those men and those women, who have, fot their own selfish purposes, undermined the ;oyalty of the people, and embittered the latter lays of our SOVEREIGN. We earnestly implore these people, for the KING'S sake, to desist from their mad attempts. They are mistaken if they think they can brave with impunity the wishes of the people of England. Obstinacy is good only in a good cause. In a bad one it becomes a crime, and we hardly recollect an instance in which it has been exerted against the will of a whole nation, without bringing destruction on those who were blind enough to yield to its in fluence. There appears to be a general wish to cele- brate the passing of the Reform Bill by a day of joy and thanksgiving, and for that purpose the 15th of June, the anniversary of the signing of Magna Charta, has been suggested by some cor respondents. We think a better day might be chosen. The Royal Assent cannot be given to the Scotch and Irish Bills by that day, and till they receive the KING'S fiat the nation's joy will not be complete. Magna Charta, no doubt, was a great event, but it was brought about by the Barons, and was made chiefly for them. The second Great Charter, the Reform Bill, is the work of the people, and is of itself suffi ciently glorious to form an epoch which shall be remembered and held in reverence by the latest generations. The most suitable day of all would be that, as we have already recommended, on which the KING goes down to Parliament to give his Assent to the last of the three Bills, and could the progress of the Scotch and Irish Bills be so accelerated as to make that fall on the 26th of June (his MAJEsTY's accession to the throne), we think it would meet with the appro bation of the three kingdoms. We merely throw this out as a hint. Ten days more will show whether there is a reasonable chance of the Bills being completed by that day. The near approach of the settlement of the Reform Bill calls imperatively upon those inha bitants of boroughs who will become voters un der its operation, to look about them for fit and proper persons to become their Representatives in the first Reformed Parliament, from which so much will be expected by the country. This duty is especially incumbent upon the inhabitants of boroughs hitherto close, but which are now to receive an extension of the elective franchise, as they will doubtless have an old and strong influence to contend against, and must not expect otherwise than that parties who have for so long a period held sway over their fellow-citizens, will use every effort to obtain an ascendancy in the return of Members to Par liament. The present is also an appropriate period for gentlemen of independence and of popular prin ciples, who may be desirous of selling their country in Parliament, to make kno xn their views and principles, especially to the constitu ency which any fortuitous circumstances may render it possible for them to represent ; for, doubtless, there will be many boroughs in want of such candidates, the electors of which, with the magnanimity that has been so conspicuous throughout the country during the late arduous struggle, will look to persons capable of carry ing out the advantages to be derived from the great charter so nobly won, with a view to ge neral national interests, in preference to private advantage and local possessions. Newport, in the Isle of Wight, appears to be a borough, prepared to receive favourably candi dates whose principles are founded on a liberal view of the great questions that are likely to en gage the attention of the Legislature in the first Session of a Reformed Parliament, having a large proportion of electors determined to sup port candidates upon an enlarged view of the general good, and to return two independent Members to Parliament free of every expense. The German Papers received to-day give further proof, if any were necessary, of the joy so suddenly manifested among the despots of Germany, and other parts of the continent, at the defeat of Earl GREY on the Reform Bill. That defeat, thank Heaven, has only been momentary, and those who betrayed their hatred by such extravagant delight, may now re pent or mourn at their leisure. The English Reform Bill will, indeed, produce a revolution on the continent—but it will be a revolution for the benefit of mankind. Tyranny has very nearly numbered its days in Europe : VIENNA, MAY 20.—The rejection of the Reform Bill in the Upper House, and the retirement of Lord Grey from the Administration, are here considered as of very great importance. It is acknowledged that the entire situation of Europe may assume another form in consequence of it. The next accounts from London are therefore looked fur with much anxiety. The latest accounts we have are of the 12th, when the new Ministry was not formed. Mean time, it is likely that consultations will take place between our Cabinet and foreign Courts, and every possible case be taken into consideration. Thus the young Prince Schwar zenburg set out yesterday express to Berlin. Particulor attention is paid to the affairs of Switzerland and Germany, and a conviction is felt that the present state of things in those countries cannot be prolonged, consistently with the maintenance of peace and legal order. The merchants who look on public affairs with a view to their practical results, refrain as much as possible from business, and prefer a transitory inactivity to all profitable engagements, which are very liable to be affected by the poli tical vicissitudes of the titans. Nothing is done in the Funds but with great caution, and this is the rea son of the little fluctuation. A French courier from Paris has arrived here. It is said that the French Go vernment is endeavouring to prevent the Duchess of Berry from fixing her permanent residence in Italy, and that in structions to that effect have been sent to the French agents in the several Italian states. Baron Solis, Lieute nant in the Austrian service, has arrived here with de spatches from St. Petersburgh. A Russian courier has also arrived, and has gone with despatches to Naples and Gre, cc. The latter are supposed to contain instructions to the Russi in resident in Napoli, for his conduct, under present circumstances. VIENNA, MAY 21.—Five per Cent. Metalliques 86 15-16. Bank Shares, 11 27.—Allgenreine Zeitung. Prince ADA LBERT of I'russia, who is now here on a mission connected with the Belgic question, is a young man of only 18 years of age. He is said, by a gentleman who met him at Hanover, to be a mild, unassuming person, hut to be utterly incapable of taking an active share in political matters. The object of the Prince's visit is merely to see England, Scotland, And Ireland : all public matters are left to the judicious disposal of Colonel SCIIARNHORST. an old Prussian officer, of considerable abilities, And of amiable personal character. The Prince speaks English verb• well, and is strongly pre possessed in favour of our political institution, and social habits. DREADFUL MURDER AT LEICESTER. ( PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) LEJCFSTER, JUNF. I. A murder has been discovered here this morning (Friday), which, in point of horror and atrocity, has, I hope, never been equalled in this kingdom, and attended with such complicated guilt as to throw the deeds of a Burke or a Hol loway into comparative shade. Last night, one of our police, in passing down Wellington -street, was attracted by an unusual light and intolerable stench to a small printing establishment, situated up a court in the same street, belonging to a person of the name of Cook, from whence he found both the light and smell proceeded. Struck with such strange ap pearances, he knocked at the door, and inquired the reason. He was answered by Cook's son, a man about twenty-five years of age, that they were burning some horseflesh, and at the same time he saw what he believed to be some. Sa tisfied with this representation, lie left ; but this morning, about twelve o'clock, the neighbours finding that the smell did not abate, insisted upon having the place examined, and the nuis ance stopped. They inquired for Cook or his son, neither were to be found ; suspicion increased, the door of his workshop was burst open, and, oh God ! how can I describe the scene which presented itself. In the centre of the brick floor of that printing-house, and extended upon the yet smoking embers of an immense coal fire lay the almost consumed trunk of a human being, severed from the upper part of the body just below the ribs, and divided (evidently by an axe) from the lower extremities. About the middle of the thigh, part of a knee, part of a shoulder, and some other small remnants of mortality were found among the cinders ; and in another part of the room lay the feet, with the boots, and some parts of the trousers attached, divided from the leg a little above the ankle. The head of the unfortunate deceased was no where to be found, but a por tion of the scalp, covered with grey hair, was left—a horrid spectacle. His silver snuffbox lay upon the ground, and some small, very small, remnants of his clothes. Amongst these was found a l e tt e r, a dd resse d to Mr. Paas, Hay and Pheasant, Leicester. Inquiry was imme diately made at the above most respectable hotel, and it appeared that a gentleman, " with grey hair," arrived there on Tuesday last, slept there, dined there on Wednesday, walked out in the evening of that day, ordering a bed again : the " Boots" sat up for this gentleman the whole of that night, but he never returned. The name of this gentleman not being known, his trunk was forced open, in the presence of two Magistrates, and two letters were there found di rected to Mr. Peas, wholesale stationer, Hol born, London. His snuffbox has since been recognized. A lad in the employ of Cook and son, states " that Mr. Paas called on his master on Tuesday evening, with his account, and Cook told him if he would call at the work shop the following evening it would be settled— in the interim a large quantity of coals were con veyed to the fatal spot." Neither Cook nor his son are yet in custody. This is all that has transpired at present, but much more may, pro bably, come to light on the inquest, which will be held this evening. Surely with an action of such complicated guilt the annals of neither this nor any other town in Christendom were never defaced. N. 8.—1 forgot to state, that two or three layers of the thickest brown paper were pasted over the windows in the work-shop. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) HORRIBLE MURDER, AT LEICESTER, OF MR• PAAS, THE BOOKSELLER OF HOLBORN. This day, about 12 o'clock, Mr. Barker, of the firm of Barker, Denton, and Choffin, soli. itors, Gray's-inn, came before the sitting Magistrates at Bow-street, Messrs. Roe and Mirisrium., and made application for the apprehension of a person named Cook, a bookseller and printer, of Leicester, on suspicion of having committed one of the most barbarous murders upon the body of the above gentleman, that has ever been recorded in the annals of crime. It appears that Mr. Paas was in the habit of travelling in the way of business, and had a small account with the accused Cook, who is about 21 years of age, a n d has just succeeded to his master's business in Leicester. Mr. Paas, prior to leaving London on his journey, wrote down to Leicester to Cook to give him to understand when he should be there, desiring that be would be ready with his account. Accordingly on Wednesday last, he, Mr. Paas, arrived there and stayed at the Stag and Pheasant. In the afternoon he called upon Mr. Cook, who according to the statement of the apprentice boy, when Mr. Pass entered, desired him (the apprentice) to go home. Mr. Paas never went hack to his inn, and being last seen at the house of Cook, inquiry was made, but nothing could be elicited. How ever the neighbours of Cook were much annoyed at a most intolerab'e stench which proceeded front his house, and he was seen in the act of [mining flesh, and upon being asked what he was doing, he said that he was burning horse flesh. His conduct being so exceedingly singular, it attracted the attention of the police, who on searching his house, discovered the body of a human being cut into dif ferent pieces, part of which was burnt and deposited up the chimney ; the whole, however, was so disfigured, that no trace of feature could be distinguished. The police took Cook immediately into custody, but upon his father, who is a respectable man, answering for his appearance the next day before the magistrates, he was set at liberty, but almost immediately afterwards he absconded, and has not since been heard of. Mr. Barker produced a letter, stating the above cir cumstance, from Mr. Burbridge, the town clerk of Lei• cester, desiring that an officer from Bow-street, with a warrant for the apprehension of Cook, might be, without delay, sent to Leicester ; which was immediately granted, and Mr. Barker left the office to proceed to the Secretary of State, to consult with him on the subject. The unfortunate deceased is the brother-in-law of Mr. Denton, the partner of the gentleman who made the ap plication. It appears that the sum owing from Cook to Mr. Pam was very inconsiderable, and the only motive which can b e i n f erre d f or t h e comm i tta l o f th e horrid deed, was to rob Mr. Paas of the money he had about him, of which he generally was possessed of a considerable sum. The father of Cook, and his mother, are both in cus tody, but it is not supposed that an y thing will transpire to implicat e th em i n t h e shocking murder. The following are copies of the letters produced to the Magistrates " Leicester, June 1, IS3zl. " am directed by the Magistrates to acquaint you, that there is every reason to suspect that a foul mur der has been committed at the workshop of a man named James Cook, who is a bookbinder in this town; and we believe that it is too probable, that the individual mur dered was Mr. Paas, who had been transacting business at Cooke's on Wednesday, and has not been heard of since. On inquiring at the Stag and Pheasant, it ap pears that Mr. Paas had been staying there, and had dined there on the Wednesday, and that he has not returned since, although his portmanteau is there. The body has been dreadfully mutil ited, and either almost wholly burnt or secreted, so that no means of identity are af forded at present, except by circumstantial evidence The man suspected has abscotvied, and it is suprsei has made his way towards Liverpool to get oil to America, .ind the magistrates have sent constables to Liverpool, and in other directions, to search for him. A snuff.bns, a nencil-ease, and some other little matters have bee❑ found in Cook's shop; the pencil-case has the letter P stamped upon it. We think it right to give you this information, however melancholy the occasion and the nature of it. %aye to add, that in any way that the Magistrates can •ontribute to bring the guilty miscreant to punishment• you may rely upon their zealous exertions. " I am. Sir, your obedient servant, " THOS BURBIDGE, Town.clerl , -. " Messrs. Pass and Co., Engravers, High Holborn." " Leicester, June 1, 1832. " DEAR Sta,—l write in great haste to inform you that this town has been thrown into the greatest agitation by the discovery this morning of one of the most horrible murders that ever disgraced humanity. " Mr. Paas, of No. 44, High Holborn, brass ornament manufacturer, arrived here on Wednesday, and called at 'he Stag and Pheasant, and left specimens of binding tools fin the trade. He did not return to the town in the evening, nor dl the next day, and his awful end was revealed by the following appalling circumstances. A very large fire was observed in the binding room of a person named Cook, situate down a small yard in Wellington .street. The neighbours observing at the same time a strange smell obtained a constable and forced an entrance, when they found Cook standing over the fire. He was asked what he was doing, and said he was burning horse-flesh. He was taken away, but on his father promising he should appear at nine o'clock this morning, he was set at liberty, and has not been yet heard of. This morn ing suspicions being increased, the premises were exa mained again, and a short way up the chimney, the lower parts of a human body were discovered. It appeared to have been cut and sawed asunder just above the hips__ two thighs and part of one leg are left, and though the skin is roasted, there is evidence from the flesh and other parts of the remains, to chew that it is the body of a male person. The premises and privy were searched, and at length the collar of a coat, a gaiter, brace, buckles, &c., were discovered among the ashes, thrown there from the fire. A pencil and snuff-box were also found, on which the name of the unfortunate gentleman was engraved. Crowds have flocked to the place all day, surgeons, magistrates, and gentlemen within the town and from the country. The coroner's inquest will be held this evening (Friday). Cook, on whom the suspicion rests of having perpetrated this hellish murder, is a young man of about 21, who, a short time ago, succeeded to the business of his deceased mother. It appears he b. , ught binding tools of Mr. Paas to the amount of about 25/. Mr. Pass called for payment, when Cook desired a boy who was in the workshop to leave it, not to return till he sent for him. It is supposed that he effected his purpose by strik ing the unhappy gentleman on the back of his neck with a binder's press pin, and that he then proceeded to burn the body, all of which, except the parts above men tioned, appear to have been destroyed, as they cannot be discovered. It is supposed that a desire to avoid payment and possess himself of the money of Mr. P. were the ob jects which led him to perpetrate this awful deed. He was seen with a purse full of sovereigns on Thursday. I have only time to say, pray do go immediately, and find such relations and friends of the poor widow, and di vulge, as carefully as possible, this dreadful tragedy. He left specimens at our shop at about four o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday. It is supposed that Cook was all Wednesday night and Thursday morning in burn ing the body. BERKSHIRE ELECTION. ABINGDON, JUNK 1. At hir o'clock the poll closed, and the numbers of that day's poll were declared to be for Palmer Hallett making the gross poll stand thus : Palmer Hallett reducing Mr. Palmer's majority of 80 to 77. The HIGH SHERIFF stated that little remained for him to say, except that owing to some misunderstanding of his motives, he had found himself greeted as he passed through the crowd with a hiss from one man, and a snarl from another. In extending the duration of the poll, he had no other wish than to study the convenience of the freeholders and to save expense to the candidates and their friends. To prevent mistakes, he would then give notice, that for the remaining 13 days the poll would commence at ten and close at five. Three cheers were then given for the High Sheriff, in which both parties heartily joined. The proceedings did not close till half-past seven o'clock in the evening. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) _____ COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a tolerably gOod supply of both Fruit and Vegeta bles at this morning's market, but the trade was rather dull. Gooseberries, Lettuces, Strawberries, and Green Pease, consi derably lower than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise sta tionary. _ s. d. s. d. Potatoes (cwt.) 2 6t05 Catbages (12 heads) 1 0 2 0 Horse Radish (bundle) 4 0 7 0 Brocoli 1 0 1 6 Rhubarb 0 S 1 0 Celery Carrots 12bunches) 6 0 7 6 English, Forced 3 0 5 0 Filberts 1 0 2 0 Pine Apples (lb.) lO 0 15 0 Turnip Greens (bush) 0 4 0 6 Brocoli Sprouts 0 6 0 8 Cos Lettuces (per score)! 0 2 0 Cabbage ditto 0 6 1 0 Green Pease (pint).— 2 0 3 0 s. d. s. d. Spinach (half-sieve) 0 4 WO 8 Apples 4 0 8 0 Gooseberries Span. Chesnuts (peck) 5 0 8 0 French ditto 4 0 6 0 Spanish Hazlenuts French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Small Sallad 0 2 0 4 Sea Rail - 0 6 1 0 Sew Potatoes 0 3 0 6 Radishes (hand) 0 3 0 6 Asparagus (bundle) 1 6 4 0 Strawberries (ounce) 1 0 2 0 Cucumbers (brace) 0 6 1 6 Currants (pottle) 0 9 1 6 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JUNE I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, Emerald, Melville, from Java. Five p.m. the outward bound are getting under weigh. FALMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind W N.W. fresh breezes.— Arrived from Lisbon, Duke of Marlborough packet, sailed 20th instant, and spoke on the 29th in lat. 47. long. S. his Majesty's ship Briton, from Plymouth to Lisbon. Arrived the Ilermes steamer, from Portsmouth. DARTMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Dumegan Castle, Duff, sailed for Dublin and New South Wales. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK The following important information has been received at the North and South American Coffee-house:— TIIE CHOLERA MORBUS IN THE UNITED STATES. Captain Rogers, who has just arrived at Philadelphia from New London, states that some violent disorder, the name of which is not understood, is making dreadful havoc in that place ; cold chills, and pains in the head and back, are the principal indications, and which takes the patient off in a few hours; if they live for twelve hours they recover. Thirty deaths have taken place in a few days. We further learn, says the New York Courier, from the Captain of a sloop arrived this morning from New London, that 160 eases have occurred, upwards of 30 deaths, and the inhabitants were leaving the city. Montreal Papers to the 4th May, Quebec to the 2d May, and Buenos Ayres to the 18th March, have been received at the above Coffee-house. (From the Montreal Papers.) Although the snow has almost entirely disappeared from the uncleared lands in the vicinity of the city, and the ice from the surface of the river, the snow is yet of consider able depth in the woods to the northward. The weather continues cold, and scarcely any thing dune in getting the crops in. Since writing the above, we hear that the ice on the St. Lawrence and Ottawa has generally broken up. Such a Ist of May as the present, we believe, has hardly been recollected in Quebec. It snowed during the night, and continues ; the snow and ice in most of the streets are two feet thick. No arrivals of ships from sea, or craft from Montreal. (From the Buenos Ayres Papers of 18th March.) The week has passed away without any material news. Exchange on London 71. No news of consequence in the above Papers. Madras Papers to the sth February have arrived at the North and South American o , ffee•house. It appears his Majesty's ship Southampton, with Admiral Owen, was at Penang, and the Admiral had no intention to proceed to China. Consols, which left off yesterday 85 1, are at present 851 for th e account. HALF-PAST ONE. An express from Paris has arrived, but nothing of its contents has as yet transpired. ..Consols h ave b een d ur i ng th e w h o l e o f th e m orning at 801 1 for th e accoun t, a lt ernate l y b uyers an d se ll e rs, with little or nothing doing. The Lisbon mail, which brings letters of the 20th ult., do not contain any political information of cons( (pence. The letters from St. Michael's differ in regard to the tints of the sailing of Don Pedro's expedition for Portu gal ; one of them states that they will not sill previous to the beginning of June. Report says, that if Spain should interfere in favour of Dun Miguel, our fleet will make an attempt to get posses sion of Cadiz. In the Foreign Market there is little doing ; Dutch Stock is not so good as yesterday. We bear that a bank at Glasgow has failed. 7 HREE O'CL CIC Con3olto for account 85i. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-rlav at twelve o'clock, the only Peers present kin, the Lotto C►i.ta ELLOR, the Earl of SOUTH- A.mrrus, and the Bishop of La SDAFT. MESSAGE FROM THE COIIIIONS. Mr. KENNEDY and other Altmhers of the Common 'nought up the Exchequer Courts (Scotland) Bill, tl e Abolition of the Punishment of D,ath Bill. and the Vic.- Admiralty Court (Scotland) .%bolit'on of Fees Bill. Their Lordships then proceeded with the part-heard Scotch appeal of Booth and Booth, which had not con dude(' up to the time of our going to pre.s. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) HEALY V. JAGGER. His Hunnor the MASTER of tl:e Rows was occupied p to the period of our reporter leaving with the argu ,nents of Mr. PEMBERTON in this case, which was an ipplicition for a new trial. On a previous occasion, when the case came before his Honour, the Court directed an issue to try the legitimacy of a lady named Georgiaua Augusta Healy, which was tried before Mr. Baron Bay ley, under whose direction the Jury found a verdict in favour of her legitimacy. The case appears likely to occupy some days, many gentlemen from the common law har being engaged. In the course of the morning Mr. Serjeant Mere weather was called within the Bar by his Honour, in con sequence of his being appointed Solicitor•-GenerAl to the Queen. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) Cause petitions, of no general interest, occupied hi• Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR the whole morning. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice TAUNTON and a Common Jury.) BARBER TI. FIDLER. This was an action by the plaintiff, a shoemaker, at Hammersmith, to recover 241. 17s. 6d. for shoes supplied to the pupils of the Rev. Mr. Fidler, a clergyman, and a teacher of Oriental languages, late of Grove Hall, Ham mersmith, but ❑ow in the United States. The question to be decided was, whether the defendant was responsible for goods supplied to his pupils, or whether the latter and their parents were responsible, the pupils being generally from IS to 25 years old. The case occupied all the morning, and had not con cluded when our reporter left. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Sir N. C. TINDAL, Sir J. ASLAN PARK, Mr. Justice GASELEE, and Mr. Justice BOSANQUET, baying taken their seats on the Bench, The CUIEF JeSTICE addressed Mr. Sergeant Me rewether, and said, " Brother Merewether, it having been the pleasure of her Majesty to appoint you to the office of her Solicitor General, it is my duty to call you to your situation within the bar." The Solicitor-General then took his lest next Mr. Sergeant TAnDY, the Queen'. Attorney-General. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY). At the sitting of the Court this morning Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER came in, and was called within the Bar, on being appointed Solicitor-General to her Majesty. WADSWORTH V. YELL. In the early part of the Term the plaintiff, in person, obtained a rule to show cause why the defendant should not proceed to trial with a cause in which he was his at torney. This morning cause was rhewn against the rule by Mr. KNowt.F.s. The Learned Gentleman read affi lavits from the defendant and his clerk, by which it appeared that the plaintiff, having a cause of action against the Sheriffs of Middlesex, called at Mr. Bell's office while he was out of town ; the action was commenced by his clerk, and pm:- secuted to a certain length, when Mr. Bell got some in formation which threw a slur on the character of the plain tiff as well as upon his solvency. Upon this, Mr. Bell refused to proceed further unless he was furnished with money to cover his costs out of pocket. He frequently wrote to the plaintiff, and appointed meetings with him, but he never came near, when he wrote to him, saying that he would abandon the action unless he had some ar rangement by a certain day ; to this no answer was re turned, and therefore the action was stopped. The Learned Gentleman said he was aware there was a case where it was ruled that an attorney, having accepted a re tainer, was bound to prosecute the action, but that was a very old one, and had frequently been overruled in modern practice. The plaintiff shortly replied, and the rule was made ab.. solute, the plaintiff undertaking to pay so much money as the Master should think necessary for the trial of the cause, and sufficient security for the costs, within a week the plaintiff failing in either, the rule to he discharged. Mr. B iron BAYLEY was already of opinion that an at• torney had a right to abandon proceedings on reasonable grounds. He would be sorry if there was any rule to compel an attorney to go on with an action at his own expense, at a time when he might be aware of his client',. insolvency, the expenses being indefinite, perhaps from 301. to 6001. He considered it but justice that the attorney should from time to time have advances towards his costs, and he was of opinion that he had a right to demand them. ROYAL ASSENT. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) Voter's, 1° die Ana, 1832. The SPEAKER reported the Royal Assent to Tithes (Ire land) Bill, Navy Civii Departments Bill, Insolvent Debtor's (India) Bill, Poor Allotments Bill, Tower Hamlets Small Debts Bill, St. Andrew (Holborn) Improvement Bill, Hartlepool Pier Bill, Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Rail way Bill, Ruskington (Lincoln) Inclosure and Drainage Bill, Lichfield foul Bill, Ternhill and Newport Road Bill, Bawtry and Selby Road Bill, Goudhurst Road Bill, Shaw bury Road Bill, Stavenage and Biggleswade Road Bill, Lanfabon and Pontymoil Road Bill, Clifton (Bedford) In closure Bill, Hartlepool Docks and Railway Bill, Hagley (Worcster) Inclosure Bill. ROYAL ASSENT TO THE REFORM BILL. Great preparations are making by our kind and gene rous countrymen to evince to their Sovereign, when he goes in state to give the Royal Assent to the Reform Bill, how completely all their former feelings of disapprobation are forgotten in the great triumph of which that act will be the consummation. How wisely has his Majesty de cided ! How justly has he estimated the forgiving disposi tion of his subjects r On that glorious day he will see noue but joyful faces surrounding him. From the mo ment that he leaves his Palace-gates, his real power, his true independence will be restored. We shall have re gained a King—he a people. We hear that it is in con templation to erect six triumphal arches between the Horse Guards and Palace-yard, on each of which is to be stationed a band of music gayly accoutred. In the inter vals will float emblematic flags equal in number to the clauses of the great Bill ; and opposite to the entrance of the House of Lords, the preamble will be inscribed in let ters of gold on a banner of purple silk, extending from Mr. Bankes's house to Mr. Courtenay's room, under which the Royal procession will advance. A Committee is now sitting at the British, to arrange the details of this inte resting scene. They have not yet decided whether Mrs. Herb•strewer Fellowes and her troop of Floras shall be invited to attend. At all events, whether flowers are strewed in his path or not, sure we are that blessings and cordial greetings will be abundantly showered on his head. COURT CIRCULAR. Their MAJESTIES returned to town on Thursday night from the Queen's Lodge, in Bushy Park. The KING gave audiences yesterday to the Hanoverian Minister, Earl GREY, Viscount BERESFORD, and Sir JAMES KEMP. Their MAJESTIES left the Palace at St. James's soon after four o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a travelling chariot and four, to honour the fete given yesterday (the Anniversary of Earl HOWE'S naval victory) by Sir WATHEs WALLER and Baroness [lowa, at their seat at Twicken ham ; the Princess AUGUSTA, attended by Lady MARY TAYLOR, followed in a second carriage and four. Theii MAJESTIES' suite, consisting of Lady CLIFTON, the Vice• Chamberlain to the QUEEN, Lord and Lady FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, the Clerls Marshal, Lady SIDNEY, MadeillOiselie D'EsTE, and Mr. HUDSON, resident Gentleman Usher to the QUEEN, f lowed in three carriages and four. All the five carriage, were preceded by two outriders in scarlet liveries. Thei, MAJESTIES were expected to proceed last evening from Twickenham to the Palace at Windsor. Sir JAMES GRAHAM visited Earl GREY y(steriay at Cie Treasur y. The Bishop of LONDON had a kng:coufireuce vterci.y with Viscount ALTIIORr. A 4 7/ 'II' 'IMES THE UNDOUBTED RIGHT OF THE CLERGY; UT, FROM UNEQUAL TAXATION, THE RUIN OF THE AGRICULTURIST, AND A PROFORTIONATE BENEFIT TO THE TITHE OWNER.. Amongst the 'many crierances of the present system of thes, there is one which seems totally to have escaped he attention of the Legislature, whilst imposing taxes, by vhich the agriculturist is cruelly oppressed, and f,,c vhick no redress has been afforded, viz. the incumbent has wen mo-t unjustly permitted to sweep off one tenth of ~e clear produce of the soil, free from all public taxes ex !ept the land tax (parochial taxes not being public taxes). The farmer paying all these taxes as well for himself as for the incumbent whilst raising his crop, the incumbent rot contributing one sixpence, nor his tenth reduced. Is ,his equal taxation ? By statute 2 and :3 Edw. IV. c. 2, there was a prohibi tion against the importation of wheat, while it should I e under 6s. Bd. the quarter; of Rye, when under 4a. the quarter; and barley, So. the quarter ; so that wheat was then ten•pence per bushel : from which we may fairly draw this conclusion, that ten-pence per bushel for wheat .vas then a remunerating price to the farmer. The price of wheat has been always taken as the stan dard fur regulating labourers' wages; one penny per day being at that time the wages of labour, sixpence p?r week would enable the labourer to buy half a bushel of wheat per week, and to have one penny to lay out in other arti• des ; but there were then no assess•-d taxes, none on malt, hops, soap, bricks, tiles, glass, &c. or numberless other direct and indirect taxes to be then paid by the farmer for the benefit of the incumbent, over, above, and in addition to the labour, manure, and other expenses of cultivation. Wheat is now eight shillings per bushel instead of ten pence ; and if wages, as before, are to lie regulated by the price of wheat, the labourer ought now to be receiving only 4s. 61 per week, which would enable him to pur chase half a pusliel of wheat per week, and have sixpence to lay out in other articles. But labourers' wages are now 10s. 12s. and 14s. per week, us, owing to the taxes, they cannot lire upon less ; and these additional wages the farmer must pay; and no deduction is he permitted to make from the tithes of the incumbent, in whose hands are placed the most tyrannical means of enforcing his de mands. The blind iejustice of the laws, not having from time to time thrown a proportionable part of the burden of the war taxes upon the incumbent; so that in propor tion as the land has been deteriorated in value to the land lord by the expenses of cultivation, in the same proportion have the tithes been increased in value to the incumbent. If the farmer takes a ploughshare to be new layed, or a plough-horse to be shod, the blacksmith chat us him (in stead of Is.) 3s. assigning as his reason for so doing, that he has to pay his taxes, and must charge them upon the consumer ; and so says the iron merchant to the black smith, and so says the smelter to the iron merchant ; but the oppressed farmer is not permitted to say sa to his in cumbent, nor is he permitted to give less than the tenth ; when in fact (were justice done) in proportion to the taxes laid, the farmer ought not to set out, ner the incumbent to receive, more than one twenty-fifth instead of a tenth. I❑ the Reign of Edward the Fourth, there was a coinage of gold coin, of the value of 6s. Bd. of that time, which, according to Folkes on Coins, would now be worth, at the relative value between that era this, 14s. Id. ; so that were there no Taxes, Wheat, instead of 6s. Bd. per quar ter, would now be worth 14s. ld. ; but Wheat, by the oppressive weight of the Tare , , is now worth 645. the quarter, always bearing in mind, that this difference is entirely caused by the Tuxes, of which the Incumbent reaps the benefit, because, instead of a 10th of 645. which he does receive, be ought to receive only a 10th of 14e. Id. It is a favourite dictum of the Church, that the Land was bought subject to Tithes. So it was, and so it ought to be ; but our ancestors bought or obtained it when these Taxes did not exist, and they never could have supposed it possible that they were to bear all the burdens of Taxation for those Tithes, but that the Incumbent would be made to contribute his due proportion, according to the general principle of Taxation. If a farmer over-cultivates his land, thereby hoping to employ labourers, and so keep them off the pa rish, the incumbent is a gainer in two ways, first, by the increased value of the tithes, to the produce of which he contributes not any thing; and secondly, by the diminu tion of the poor-rates, to which he must contribute. A rare encouragement this to cultivators. In short, in some places, the taxes, the parochial rates, and the tithes t.)ge ther, have swallowed up the whole produce of the I aid, leaving nothing for the landioi d. Toe tithe dependiri not upon the rent, but upon the produce, let the landlord take 20s. or ss. the tithe remains the same. What can be more unjust than that doctrine of Nullum tempos occurrit Ecclesice, when by the statute of limita tions a period for making his el iins is fixed against every subject in the kingdom, even against the King himself. Ecclesiastics are excepted. The reason is evident, for in those days there were no lawyers but ecclesiastics, and who took good case of their own interests. The statute of 2 and 3 Edward VI. c. 13, furnishes but too ready a means of exercising arbitrary and tyrannic d power to the incumbent against the farmer, enabling bins to recover three times the value of the tithes, should there be any the least defect in the vetting of thee, out. And the incumbent often insists opt n more than the tithes are actually worth, and acting upon this principle, obtain it by this threat; " You ought to give me more than the ti hes ate worth, in order to avoid the annoya.tee I ran give you by collecting of them." Can any more powerful rea son be given for repealing this law, which has so ling disgraced the statute book ? Let equal justice be done at list, better late than never. As the land is burthene l with taxes, let the tithes contribute their due proportion thereto, and not the landlords every thing. During the past wars the clergy contributed ❑othing during the growing of the crops, but the landlord contri buted not only his own share, but the share of the in cutnbent also. The eyes of the landlords are tiow open : they wish not to rob the Church, but have a right to com plain that the Church has too long been permitted to rob them. They will no longer submit to this flagrant in justice ; but the Legislsture will listen to their complaints, and grant them redress. Illy, 1832. JUSTITIA. The following gentlemen compose the Select Committee on the Drama :—Mr. E. LYTTON BULMER, Mr. LAMB, Earl of BELFAST, Mr. SHELL, Mr. GALLEY KNIGHT, Mr. STANHOPE, Mr. J. STANLEY, Mr. EL LICF., Mr. EVELYN DENISON, Lord PORCHESTER, Mr. LENNARD, Mr. MACKINNON, Mr. GILLON, Mr. W. BROUGHAM, Alderman WAITHMAN, Mr. JEPHSON, Co!. DE LACY EVANS, Mr. J. CAMPBELL, Mr. IL BULWER, Mr. DUNCOMBE, Lord J. RUSSF.LL, Sir CHARLES WE-. THERELL, Sir GEORGE WARRENDER, and Lord MAHON. The following are the gentlemen on the Corn. mittee " to examine into the state of the disturbed coun ties in Ireland, and the efficiency of the laws at present in force for the suppression of outrages against the public peace."—Sir H. PARNELL, Mr. STANLEY, Sir G. Mu it. RAY, Lord EERINGTON, Mr. DAwsoN, Mr. RICE, Lord KILLEEN, Colonel CONOLLY, Mr. CRAMPTON, Mr. MORE O'FERRALL, Mr. T. LEFROY, Sir C. CooTE, Sir J. BURKE, Mr. WYSE, Mr. J. GR.ATTAN, Colonel PER CEVAL, Mr.WALLACE, Mr. J. G. GORDON, Lord OXMAN TOWN, Lord DUNCANNON, Mr. O'CONNELL, the Earl of OSSORY, and Mr. JAMES LAMBERT. A disposition prevailing in the public mind, is consequence of what has been said in this Journal, to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill on the day on which Magna Charts was signed in the year 1215, we have taken pains to ascertain the day of signature with precision. A copy of the Act itself, with an introduction by BLACKSTONE, was published by the University of Ox ford in the year 1759. The following extract front that introduction might seem to give some authority to the opinion of our correspondent Accot dingly, a large meadow between Windsor and Staines, about half way from Odiham to London, was appointed tor the place of conference, and the Tuesday in \Vhitsun week, or 9 li of June, was first agreed on as the time of the Congress, for which purpose the KING came to Merton, in Surrey, the day before, and there granted letters of safe-conduct to the Barons, but the meeting was afterwards deferred till the Monday following, and the safe-conducts were continued to that time, the KING being then at Wind sor. On which last-mentioned day, being Trinity Monday, the 15th of June, the Barons Caine to the place appoined in great numbers, and the KING, attended by a very few (and those only seeming) friends from among the prelates and temporal Lords. They encamped apart from each other, like declared enemies, and then opened the conference, winch lasted for several days, and did not come to a conclusion till Friday the 19th of June." It should appear, however, that the Barons had many other accounts to settle with the KING, besides procuring the sanction of Magna Charts, and the four days following the 15th may have been employed in the c onsidertrion of those and w a s s i gne d an d sealed other Reforms which were then enac ted. The Ch irter had been undoubtedly prepared by Archbishop LANGTON, upon the model of that which he had di scovere d as granted evidence up on t hi s p o int can stand against that of the Charter it se lf, which cifir concludes,—" Data per manurn nostratn iu prato q mud on the first by d K a i y ng of Hinz:tit merging. g. 1. , vocatur Runningm2(l ) , inter Wittdelesurum et Sta. es, QUINTO DECIMO die Jugii, anno regni nostri ~ septinatit decimo.""r Times. (