The Sun. — London, England, 1822-02-20 00:00:00

THE LONDON SOUIt.NA.LS. 3XTRACTS FROM TIIF. D'ILY MORNING PAPERS, Februarg,c2o, 18'22. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] 7i . e regret the indifference manifested by the 1 - Pountr i y Gentlemen with respect to economy and ifttrenchment,. Because a repeal of taxes cannot instantly, raise prices, they seem to think it a nutter of no- consequence, whether the taxes remain high or low. We shall be told,- perhaps, that they are well . enough aware of the advan tage of.low taxes to the country in.general; but chat high, taxes are of great advantage to them 4-elves in particular. We cannot, however, help tninking that sinister interest is in- this case pow erfully aided by delusion. That many of the c-ountry Gentlemen have still a hankering after the flesh-pots of Egypt is proved by the readiness irith which they swallowed Lord Londonderry's c,ordial of a double average, in the hope that a cecoplete monopoly of the home market might ther-ilby be obtained, and through that monopoly perMhnently- high prices.—They still repeat the ;words Agricultural interest, CoMmercial inte rest, and Manufacturing interest, as if these inte rests were in reality opposed to each other ; as if the Agriculturist, the Merchant, and the Ma nufacturer, were not all deeplY interested in the success of the operations-- of each. In an early itage of society the man who cultivates the ground is his own manufacturer; in the progress of time .cultivation and manufacturing are allotted to se parate hands, and the• trader conducts the ex changes between them. distribution of functions, dictated by generaLinterest, should not make as forget that the three are essentially the same; and to talk of this interest being more important than that, or of depressing one interest for the sake of another, is much about as wise as to say that the legs are more important than the, hands, or the hands than the legs—that the legs should be fettered for the sake of the hands, or the hands manacled for the sake of the feet. The advancement 'of agricultural industry promotes manufacturing, and the advancement of manu facturing promotes agricultural ; and the more free and unrestrained their' respective operations are so much the better for all. [NEW TIMES.] To all persons who tincerely wish the distress of Agriculturists to be relieved, it must be matter of satisfactory reflection that a Committee has been appointed by the House of Commons to in- Cestigate the subject fully and fairly. Hitherto we have heard nothing but idle declamation on this subject at County Meetings and it is a great disgrace to the persons who have attended those meetings, that not one of them has so much as attempted to make a clear and comprehen sive statement of the facts of the case. Nobody has attempted to show what is meant by agri cultural distress : to class the sufferer, to analyse the hardships, to state the amount of loss.— There -are three, and only three, possible heads under which the Farmer's loss can by possibility fall—either the demand is less than what he had fair reason to anticipate, or the supply is greater, or he sustains unexpected loss by a change in the currency. Now, none of all the orators has attempted to show, that there are fewer con sumers now than there were six years ago, or that they analyse the hardships, or to st a t e th e aroma of loss. Nobody has attempted to show how far the consumption of agricultural produce has increased or fallen off—how far the cost of production is capable of being lessened—or how far the alteration in the currency has operated adversely to the agricultural interest. The la bours of the Committee will serve to ascertaimand to class all these facts. [THE TIMES.J The diScussion on agricultural distresses began on Friday, and ended on Monday, by the re-ap pointment of the same Committee which did no good last year. The prospect, therefore ? is pe ouliarly- happy and promising. Government, in stead of food, does not, indeed, give the agricul tur2l petitioners a stone--it gives them speeches and theories. However, it is an obvious device, and not drawn from the penetralia of political economy, but from the very surface, to declare that the reduction of the tax e s c an d o no - goo d, it' beg previously determined not to reduce the taxes, or to reduce them as little as pos sible. liow.stange! A tenant has to pay his landlord, we . will say, .a hundred a-year rent: but from the produce of his farm, the salt-tax takes five per cent.,. the leather-tax as tnuch-2-- the wool-tax,. the soap-tax, the iron-tax, the assessed taxes, all pull away their respective portions from that very small sum which he first br'ought from market after haviag sold his grain ; and yet he is able to save the rent out of his residue, as if none of those taxes,had deduct ed,any thing, or as if each had deducted much lessflian at present! ,To us it appears, that in otrdei..to keep the 'farmer in a fixed position 'of, comfort and respectability, the taxes which press most 11, , on him should decline with the price of his. grain ; or that the one should follow- the other as proinptly as possible. [l4O lINING POST.] The labours of Parliament Lave already been attended with a saltitary effect; they have tran quillised the fears of the country. A rumour had been iedustriously.spread far and wide, that the only mode by which GoVernment intended to meet the diffiCuities of the times was one which. would have proved as oppressive, and still.mOte as.lious than those,difific4lties themselves—the re vival Ji the Incomejix. This rumour created alarm wherever it'penetrated. That a war im post, tolerated only in consequence of the mag nitude and dead-ly nature of the contest in which we were cm".gaged 'at the time when it was laid,,, should, be 'renewed after seven years of peace", , would Indeed have announced a spe cie,'s 'of' conduct' 611 - the part of . Ministers which nothing - - gut . ' an indispensable choke .between so Fwful an infliction and national ruin could have justified. It is therefore matter of no small congratulation to find from: the state of the it e venue, not only that the Government are able to carry on the public service without this tax or any other, but that they were not in a situation which could make the idea of its revival even enter their • minds. With a diminished expenditure and re duced taxation, the country will "soon-emerge from the temporary distress which afflicts agricul ture, as it has done out of all the difficulties. which .fora few years pressed down trade and manufac tures to the ground. Its prospects are now en tirely changed. Instead of accumulating burthens, it beholds not merely a promise of reduction, but an actual diminution both of expenditure and of taxes. The Sinking Fund has suddenly been raised to an unexpected amount ; and its activity in clearing away the National Debt restored.— . Secure abroad, as far at least as the British Em pire is concerned, peace has re-assumed her reign at home ; and all announces that days of comfort and prosperity 'will shortly replace those -of alarm and of distress,and that England will once ,more become, in all that constitutes human and national greatness, the admiration and envy of the world. [IIRITISII PRESS.] The early renewal of the Agricultural Com mittee,- notwithstanding the very unsatisfactory character 6f the former Report, is a circumstance from which the agriculturists may draw an in ference favourable to their interests. It is emi nently gratifying to persons labouring under any severe affliction to- witness in others a deep and sincere sympathy in their sufferings. This grati fication the - farmers must now feel in a very large degree, for the Government and Legis lature of the country have shewn the utmost anxiety to investigate seriously the causes of their present distresses, and to afford every mean% of relief NI hich prudence and even zeal could suggest. The Committee now ap pointed contains the names of men in the House of Commons who are eminently distinguished either by the fervency of their zeal in the service of the agriculturists, or whose minds have been best disciplined by study and experience for the pursuit of such inquiries as the nomination of such a Committee contemplates. The catalogue of names is in one respect defective, the new Se cretary of State for the Home Department is not a member of the Committee. It would be ad visable to correct this emission, for there are few men in the House of Commons better qualified, not only by the extent of his information, but by the peculiar ingenuousness of his mind, to assist in such an investigation. [MORNYNG HERALD.] It is somewhat singular that the Paris Papers have not given more decisive signs of their release from the Censorship; it would seem as if the timid circumspection of their period of bondage still guided the Journals. I❑ one only we, for the first time, observe a certain liberty taken with the name and conduct of a Minister—it is the Keeper of the Seals, a provincial advocate, raised to his high office from the tractable insignificance of his character, and who, in the courseof the de bates in the Chamber, has made himself eminently ridiculous. • One day he speaks egotism and absurdity—such as denouncing that he knows the doings of the factious, that his eye is on them, that he will punish them, &c. ; , and when he finds his words reported, he becomes ashamed of, and disavows them, sqnabbles with the Jour nals in his place in the Chamber, and ends in fastening upon himself the use of such language as indicates the want of all reflection, and the lowest order of intellect. The last debate on the police of the Journals was somewhat more interesting than usual, from the importance of the particular articles which came under consideration. The first entered upon was that which allows the sup pression of a Journal conducted in an obnoxious spirit. General Tarayre, a Liberal, proposed, first, .that the publication of foreign events, and of the official notes of foreign , Governments— next, that the publication of political doc trines and theories, without particular applica tion to the Constitutional Government of France, like th© speculative theories in the arts and sciences, should be exempt from crimination, if unaccompanied by observation or commentary. Both were rejected, without a word of reply from the Ministers. This system of contemp tuous silence is adopted by them in their con sciousness of being backed by a secure majority, as a tactic for shortening the duration of the de r bates, and' evading the attacks which the speeches of their friends would probably bring down upon them. THE TROTTING MATCH FOR 300 GUINEAS. The pressure of the Parliamentary Debates prevented our going into particulars on this great sporting match over Sun bury Common on Monday. It was between the slate-coloured American horse, said to be the best of the four lately imported into this country, and a horse belonging to Mr. IVillan, to carry 12 stone, and the American 11 stone. The winner was hacked to trot the three miles in ten minutes. The American horse took the lead, and was passed cleverly when he broke into a gallop,' and in turning round Mr. Willan's horse got considerably a-head, and was fifty' yards before the other when three quarters of a mile from home. The American horse broke into a gallop again, and did not turn, and on the backers of Mr. Willan riding up to his jockey to tell him not to hurry, that horse 'voice into a gallop, and in turning the American got in first ; but Mr. Willan's horse won the race.—Betting 2 to 1 on the American.. Another match of a novel nature took place yesterday on the Beaconsfield road Gentleman of the name of Causton un -dertOok, for 100 gdineas, to trot his horse seven miles in half an hour, and to perform each mile within 4 minutes and 22 se conds. .It was done as follows : min. sec.. Ist mile - 4 17 ' 241 ditto - - 4 16 3d ditto - 4 14 4th ditto - - 4 18 Z.th ditto - - 4 20 Betting was 6 to 4 agti min. sec. 6th mile - - 4 10 7th ditto - - 4 14 Totzl - 29 oi .inst the performance. Ala lAC.-A few days since, a singular : circumstance took , place. An unfortunate woman, the mother of six children, escaped from a private madhouse in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and made her way over hedges and ditches until she arrived at the • village of Laytonstone, in Essex ; here she proceeded through a plantation, scaled a wall eight feet high, and secreted herself' u p on ie end of an out building belonging , to a respectable solicitor ; she actually continued in tins situation for three days and nights without sustenance of any kind. At length, hunger and thirst compell ed lier'to leave her dreary abode, and apply to a female servant for something to eat and drink—the poor girl was so terri fied at the squalid appearance of the poor woman, that she gave an alarm, and the unfortunate creature waFrisecured.— Every attention was immediately paid to her wfmts, and she 'was evriveyed to her former abode. The primitive Christians did not commence their Lent until the Sunday now called the first hi Lent. Pope FELIX the Third, in the year 487, first added the four days preceding the Old Lent Sunday, to complete the number of fasting days to forty. Pope GREGORY the Great in troduced the sprinkling of ashes on the first of the four additional days, which gave it the name of DIES CINERUM, Or ASH-WEDNESDAY ; and the Council of Beneventum, in the year 1091, strictly enjoined the observance of this ceremony, which continued to he invariably practised by the Christian Church until the Reformation, when it was abolished " as being a mere shadow, or vain shew," and a suitable office was substi tuted in its stead, in addition to the ordinary service, styled the COMMINATION, a service I which, however appropriate to Ash-Wednesday in particular, ought also, according to our Li turgy, to be used at other times, " as the ordi nary " may determine, and not on the first day of Lent only, " commonly called Ash-Wednes day," as is now practised. Among the ancient customs of this country which have sunk into disuse was a singularly absurd one, continued even to so late a period as the reign of GEORGE the First. During the Lenten season an officer, denominated the King's Cock Grower, crowed the hour each night, within the precincts of the Palace, instead of proclaiming it in the ordinary manner of watchmen. On the first Ash Wednesday after the accession of the House of Hanover, as the Prince of Wales, af terwards GEORGE the Second, sat down to sup per, this officer abruptly entered the apartment, and, according to accustomed usage, proclaimed, in a sound resembling the shrill pipe of a cock, that it was' past ten - o'clock." Taken by sur prise, and imperfectly acquainted with the Eng. lish language,, the astonished Prince naturally mistook the tremulation of the assumed crow as some mockery intended - to insult him, and instantly rose to resent the. affront ; nor was it without difficulty that the likterpreter explain ed the nature of the custom, and satisfied him that a compliment was designed, according to the Court etiquette of the time; and from that period we find no further account of the exertion of the imitative powers of this important officer; but the Court has been left to the voice of reason and conscience to remind.them of their errors, and not to that of the cock, whose clarion called back PETER to repentance, which this fantastical and silly ceremony was meant to typify. In the ancient Church, this day had two titles, The Head of the Fast, and The Day of Ashes; the former because Lent commenced on that day ; the latter from the ceremony already described of sprinkling ashes, &c.; from whence our Ash- Wednesday. FAILURE OF WORSWICK'S LANCASTER BANK.-- A Correspondent of The Preston Chronicle, writing from Lancaster, says—" He is unable to depict the effects already manifested from this distressing occurrence. Families who have moved in the respectable and higher circles, are in one day sunk below the common level of tradesmen ; indeed there is scarcely an individual throughout the whole town or neighbourhood who is not one way or other affected. Our agriculturists, manu facturers, and commercial men are a ll h eav il y i n . But it does not stop even here: mechanics, single men, and widows have trusted their little all. It could not have taken place at a more unfor tunate time, as there had been extensive lodg ments made for purchases of land to be paid at Candlemas. I believe It is not yet fully known to what amount they have stopped, but I am under the mark at 335,090/. Lancaster, in all its distress, never met with such a blow as this. Creditors have offeredtosvitat 4s. 6d. to ss. in the pound."—The event became known in this town by the arrival, on Thursday evening, of a post-chaise and four, with two gentlemen, who, it was said, were proceeding express to London, for the double purpose of procuring an extent to secure Government lodgements, and to strike a docket for a bankruptcy. These, however, are only the rumours of the town, which we give as such, without vouching for their ac curacy."—(Morning Chronicle.) During the last week a number of labourers have been employed under the direction of Messrs. Aldermen Woon and J. J. SMITH, to clear away some very ancient rubbish in the Borough Compter, for the purpose of mak ing a common sewer. In digging up the foundation they discovered several old gold coins of the early reigns of the HENRYS, some silver coin of CHARLES I. and Queen ELtz),- BETH in a very perfect state, and pieces of cu riously wrought iron, which arc supposed to be fragments of armour, and which several compe tent judges have declared to be of Danish work manship. It is well known that the Danes had an encampment on this spot, and St. Olave's pa rish was named after their leader, St. OLAF the Dane. Mr. BELL this day moved for an injunction to restrain the de fendants, &c. from erecting certain buildings on the sides of the gerdens of the British ‘iuseunr, which it was alleged they were about to do, contrary to the covenants entered into between Lord IV. RusSell; his lady, and others on the one part; and the Hon. Ralph 31ontague on the other. whereby the latter under cook not to erect any other than summer -houses, and out.houset. &c. necessary for the comfort of the family, andi in default of which a sum of 31. per day was to be paid for so doing. The Learned Counsel detailed at great length the proceedings that took place in 1765, between the then Noble Parties, and noticed the. Act of the 26th of Geo. 111. which empowered the trustees for the time being to purchase land, &c. He also called the attention of his Honour to the respective covenants, contending that they gave no power to make any erections, and that the sum of 31. per day did not give any right to build, it being evidently in tended as a forfeiture in the event of that taking place. II e then 'noticed the various improvements which had been made within the last fifty years northward of the Museum, and in support of the application, read several affidavits. In the month of January last, the solicitors on the part of the trustees gave notice to the Duke of Bedford that they intended to erect the buildings in question, which they conceived they,had a right to do, but which the Noble Plaintiff' thought they had not, and accordingly the present bill was filed to restrain them, and the question now was, had they or had they not that right?— For his part he conceived they had not the right, and he felt no doubt that his Honour, on looking at the original plan of 1765, conjointly with the others, would be of the same opinion. The VICE CHANCELLOR desired to have the plans handed up, which was accordingly done, and Mr. BELL proceeded to read the affidavit of a Gentleman who had been engaged in the British Museum for fifty years, which stated, that the whole space northward had been an open space, with the exception of a few thatched houses, as far as the eye could reach. The present applica tion was made, on the grounds that the covenants were gene ral, and not only with a view of protecting Southampton House, the present residence, but that the property and pros it - pect should be continued in the family. If was to be con tended that the Trustees had a right to act discretionally, then he would say this Court was not the tribunal to discuss that ques tion, as a point would arise as to how far that discretionary power extended? But this he conceived was not the case. The places now to be erected for the security of Antiques could' not be said to come within the meaning of the clauses of the Bill, nor could he agree that the payment of the rent was a staff cient warranty to mike them. It could not be said that the erections about to be made came within the meaning of sum mer houses, or a banqueting house, nor did he think the Learned Gentlemen on the other side could satisfy his Honour that the houses would come within the meaning of the will. With re- , spect to the power of the Court to interfere, he felt confident in the opinion that it would grant its protection to prevent'one person doing that which would be injurious to his neighbours, and in support of which he quoted the opinion of Lord Hard wicke in 31arrice v. Lord Bolton, Vesey's Reports, vol. 2. p. 483: The Fishmoners' Company v. the City of London, Dickin's Reports, vol. i. p. 163: Howard v. Hopkins, Viner'a Abridgement, and several other cases. The words of one co venant were " shall forfeit and pay," which he contended could not be considered merely as a penalty in compensation for what was to be or had been done. In fact, the Gentlemen on the other side would have to get over a greater difficulty than they were aware of, for before they could obtain a decree in their favour they must do away with the words " forfeit and pay." They were restrained from improperly opening a shore, erecting privies, or building a public brewhous?., and therefore they must . prove that there existed a right of liquidated da mages, and that the words were not introduced by way of pro tection to Lord Russell and his family, or those who might hold the mansion, but as a remuneration to the family. • The VICE CHANCELLOR said the Duke of Bedford claimed not as the heir of Rachael Vaughan, but as her assign., This was a material point, for his Grace must say of whom he was the assign, as a person convenanting not to build must bind the person to whom he assigned. Mr. BELL submitted that the land could only be used for certain purposes: The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought that a proposition diffi cult to be sustained, and naked,- if he were to part with a piece of land, could he stipulate that no public brewhouse should be , erected, could he enforce the particular covenant ? Mr. BELL thought such a course would be perfectly legal. Ilis Grace claimed as heir, but he (Mr. Bell) could not answer that there had' not been some conveyance which had broken the descent. lle certainly did think the property was still invested. in his Noble Client. The VICE CHANCELLOR said the first question was, .whe ther the projection was a breach of the covenant? There were two other questions, and the case involved some very novel considerations, as it. was extremely difficult to say whether the covenant ran with the land, for it was not enough to speak merely of So , thampton House. He thought it must be contended that the scite of the land ran with the covenant, and the question then arose at to what could be done with it in this-Court ? Mr. BELL submitted that this Court could interfere if there ' were doubts at law. The VICE CHANCELLOR could not conceive a case where relief could be claimed until legal foundation were shewn for so doing, and expressed an opinion that the present was a fit ques tion to be tried at law, declining to act on the principle laid down by Mr. Bell. A conversation ensued between the Learned Counsel, which ended in Mr. Shadwell submitting that the patties must in the first instance go to law. The VICE CHANCELLOR—I think so, for the case seems to me to involve some very important and nice points of law. The case therefore remains in statu quo until the first day of ' Easter Term, as the trustees will not go on with the erections. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 19. WOODROYyE V. HELM! This was an action on the warranty of a setting dog sold by the defendant to the plaintifffor the sum of 151. The defendant was a regular dealer in dogs, and sold the one in question, named " Honour," to the plaintiff, as a t:7l that would back and stand, and warranted to be in every respect thorough bred and broke. Various witnesses were examined for the plaintiff, who swore that the dog was deficient in all points in which he was war ranted. For the defendant, it was contended that the dog was all that he had been warranted to be, but he had been spoiled, by the plaintiff, who was represented as being but a young and inexperienced sportiman. Evidence was given to shew the goodness of the dog before he got into the plaintiff's possession. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 151. Mr. GURNEY and Mr. Anot.ritus conducted the plaintiff's case, and Al r. SCARLET T and M r. THESSIGER the defendant's. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 19. 17/NTER V. BROWNE. This action was brought by the plaintiff, an attorney, to re cover the sum of 6201. due to him by the defendant, who is a dealer in marble. The defence was, that the debt accrued before the defendant's bankruptcy, and that he had since received his certificate ; to which the plaintiff replied, that the certificate was vitiated by 10r. furling, a principal cieditor, h iving been in duced to sign it by the promise of 1501. per annum; and upon this fact the whole question turned. Mr. GURLING having been called on behalf of the plaintiff, swore that Nlr. Penning, an•upholsterer in Holles-street, per suaded him to sign the certificate, by holding out a promise of the annuity above-mentioned, whilst Mr. PENNING, on behalf of the defendant, swore that he held out no such inducement. He merely prevailed upon him by an appeal to his humanity and' his conscience, telling him that he ought to banish all malignant feelings towards Browne from his breast ; to do as he would be done by; and reminding him, if he ever said his prayers, that he only there begged to •be forgiven as he forgave others. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE informed the Jury, that if a creditor was induced, by any promise, direct or indirect, of re muneration, to sign a certificate, no matter whether the bank rupt was• privy to such promise or not, it vitiated the certificate. The simple question in this case, therefore, was—whether or not such a promise had been held out to Gurling ; and that de pended upon which of the two witnesses, Gurhng or Penning, they believed. His Lordship then read over the evidence, ob serving upon it as he went along. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 6201. 10s. CHESTER SPRING CIRCUIT, 1822. CHARLES WARREN, Esq. and SAMUEL MARSHALL, Ser jeant at Law. Montgomeryshire --Saturday, March 23, at Pool. Denbighshire .--Friday, March 29, at Ruthin. Flintshire—Thursday, April 4, at N 1 old. Cheshire—Wednesday, April 10, at the Castle of Chester. • DIVIDENDS. March 15, J. Birch, jun. Manchester, cotton spinner —March 16, J. Avery, Barnstaple, Devonshire, shopkeeper—March 12, I. Leech and J. Hinchcliffe, Cateaton-street, wholesale ho s i ers —March 13, G. Engl an d, E xeter, butcher —March 12, G. Mil ler, Watling-street, c ar p e t an d li nen agent—Feb. 23, T. Cc!- beck, Westhouse, Yorkshire, fax spinner —March 12, A. Mowbray and J. Witherell, Durham, bankers—March 12, W. Harrison, W. Gorst, W. Harrison, S. Cooke, and J. F. Hir rison, Tower-street, merchants —March 12, W. Evershed, Tooley-street, Southwark, pastry cook—March 25, R. Wall, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, innkeeper— March 14, J. Holmes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen-draper—March 6, W. R. Mott, Brighton, wine merchant—March 14, J. Morris, Up holland, Lancashire, tanner—March 15, J. Rawlins, White haven, g:ncer_March 16, M. Mac Donnell, J. Mac Donnell, and J. Bushell, Broad-street, merchants—March 13, T. Chil lingsworth, Redditch, W orcesters hi re, needle-maker—March 18, E. Morris, Redditch, Worcestershire, carpenter and joiner —March 12, J. Williams, Bishopsgate-street-Within, linen draper—March 12; N. Josling, Bexley-Heath, Kent, inn keeper—March 12, C. Sumner, Hollingdon, Middlesex, plate glass manufacturer —M a r c h 16, .1. Cloutman, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, carpenter—March 12, H. Langhorn, and W. Brailsford, Bucklesbury, merchants. CERTIFICATES, MARCH 12. J. Hooper, Tooley-street, Southwark, chymist—J. Moore, Sowerby, Yorkshire, woollen-cloth -manufacturer —R. Newell, Hereford, tailor—J. a Fiegehen, jun. 'Wood-street, Che a p_ side, earthenwaredealer—J.• Lavender, Leominster, mercer and draper—F. English, Birmingham, draper—T. Abbey, pock_ lington, Yorkshire, ironmonger —W. Hailstone, Mildenhall, Suffolk, grocer—T. Wo o dh ouse, N ottingham, lace-manufac turer-,.A.. Barratt, Newport-Pagnell,, Buckinghamshire, far mer—C. G. Kerwood, John-street "West, Edgware-road., printer.. rARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED: T. CrOxall and J. .Hodson, Walsall, Staffordshire, coal dealers-1% 'Asher and J. ‘villey, Newark-upon-Trent, brick makers—C: Vachelljun. and W. Vachell, Cardiff, Glamor ganshire, druggists—A. Wood and E. D unning, Whitby. Yorkshire, milliners—J. Laurie and J. M'Nellan,Alloa, brew ers—W. Adam and A. Hunter, Glasgow, cotton-yarn-mer merehants—M. Farrand and W. Joseph, Star-corner, T3cr mondsey, window - blind-manufacturers--N. and J. Merridew, Coventry, printers—T. Ireland and R. H. Sawyer, Staple Ir.n, London, attornies—P. Downward. sen. and Co. Liverpool, wholesale grocers-J.•llolden and Co. Highl a nd s , L ancas h ire, cotton-spinners—T. Peacock and T. Wardle, Northallertm, Yorkshire, linen-drapers —J. Kirkland and J. Badenoch, Co ventry, silk-manufacturers—S.-Nash and J. Payne, .51akion, traders—M. Lough and S. W. Shotter, Sittingbourne, Kent, chemists—J. and T. Sawer, Exeter, rectifiers. OSMAN AGA, the distinguished Turk, who has been converted to Christianity, was baptised on the 25th of January at Rome, by the Cardinal GALEFFI, Bishop of Albano. The infant Dou CHARLES LOUIS, son of the Duchess of LUCCA, was his sponsor,- and gave him the names of CHARLES LOUIS PAUL HERCULES JOSEPH MARIE. The Duchess of LUCCA was present at the cere mony. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, February 19. • Amsterdam .Ditto,•at Sight C Rotterdam I 2 0 ' Antwerp l2 1 Haniburgh . l2 6 4 gi Us !Altona Paris, 3 Day's si Qf ght 24 40 37 5 0 Us. Us. Ditto • lourdeaux, ditto Frankforton the Pain Madrid ... ' , 37 • Etrectile Cadiz Bilbda • 36f Effective Barcelona ....... Seville Gibraltar Leghorn.. Gera•a isi-Venice, Ital. Liv.. 27 60 Nlalta 45 -Naples 39 Palermo . Lisbon ..soi . Oporto . Rio Janeiro Dublin .... 9.1 Cork tii pci Cent. • . BULLION. - Portugal Gold, ift Col 11 / . 0 0 0 pet 02. Foreign Gold, iii Bars 3 17 lOf New Doestiloons NeW Dollars 0 4 9 1 1 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 1 ASH-WEDNESDAY. Ash.-WEDNESDAY stands conspicuous in the History of the Ancient Church, fin the severity of discipline exercised on that day : penitents appeared before their Bishops with naked feet, and merely a slight covering over their bodies, consisting of the coarsest sack-cloth,- ready to submit to such penance as should be imposed upon them ; those who were deemed deserving of exemplary punishment, were first amply sprinkled with the ashes of the palm tree, or other evergreens, burnt o❑ the Palm Sunday of the preceding. year,- and then driven out of the church door, the whole of the clergy assembled upon the occasion, following them, repeating the words of the curse denounced against our first pa rents ; cc In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread," a degradation they had again to undergo on the succeeding Sunday. But such as had sinned in a less degree were merely marked on the fore head with the sign of a cross, and admonished to continue in the fair course they had began— " Memento Bono quia pulvis es, et in pulverem re verteris ;", " Remember, man, that dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return," was the awful and salutary lesson impressed upon the human mind, whereby to mortify vanity and humble pride. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 19. This tieing the first Seal after term, the Lone CHANCELLOR heard motions until three o'clock, at which time his Lordship rose. Nothing of public interest occurred. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, FEB. 19. THE BRITISH MUSEUM GARDENS. THE DUKE OF BEDFORD V. THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Pito! THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEB. IQ. CARLTON MOUSE, Aug. 8, 1822. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Joseph Huddart, Esq. of Bryn kir, in the County of t.arnarvon . , High Sheriff of the said County. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 19. — 7 MEDMEns returned to serve in this present Parliament. Borough of St. slawes.—Joseph Phillimore, Esq. of Whik. hall, in the County of Middlesex, LL.D., Regius Professor of Civil Law in the University.of Oxford. Borough of Droitwich —John Hodgetts Hodgetts Foley, 'crf Prestwood House, in the County of Stafford, Esq. m the room of Thomas Foley. Esq. deceased. Borough of Carnarvon—The Hon. Sir Charles Paget, Knt. Borough of West Looe- 7 -The Right Honourable Herir'y Goulburn. University of Dublin—The Right Hon. Wm. Conytigharo Plunket. BANKRUPTS. F. W. Collins, Dorset-place, Clapham-road, corn merthant,- to surrender march 2, 9, and April 2, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, in Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Reeves, Furniv a l' s I nn , olborn. G. tit ilson, Bctt-street, Ratcliffe-highway, brewer Mardo 12, 23, and April 2, a t t en , a t t h e C ourt of Commissioners. Attorney, Ali. ()ranch, Union-court, Broad -street. J. Righton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, dealer, March , 2,4, and April 2, at ten, at the Red Lion Inn, Heaton Nor ris, Lancashire. Attornies, Mr. Back, Church-yard -court,- Temple; and Messrs. Lingard, Vaughan, and Lingard, Hea ton Norris. T. Manning, Foulsham, Norfolk, grocer, March 13, 14, anff April 2, at four, at the Castle Inn; Norwich. Attornies, Messrs. Longdill and Butterfield, Gray's Inn-square ; and Mr. Beckwith Norwich. J. Gilbert and H. Taylor, Bristol, commission merchants, i March 1,2, and April 2, a t one , at t h e Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Attornies, Mr. Evans, Ilatton-garden ; and Mr. Ha- berfield, Bristol. R. Lilwall, St. Mary, Pembroke, maltster, March 18, 19, and April 2, at eleven, at the Green Dragon Inn, Pembroke. Attornies ; Mr. Bownng, Pembroke; and Messrs. Bell and Brodrick, Bow Church-yard. G. Melanscheg, Strand, furrier, March 5, 16, and April 2, ' at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Pearce and Sons, Swithin's-lane. BIRTHS. On Monday last, at Packington-hall, Warwickshire, the Countess of Ayksforcl, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Leyton, Essex, Mrs. IL Barclay, of a tbourhter. MARRIED, Yesterday, at Christchurch, Surrey, by the Rev. Rowland Hill, A.M., the Ilev. John Angell James, to Anna Maria, dow of the'late Benjamin Neale, Esq. On Monday last, at Canterbury, by the Rev. V. W. DickenF,, Robert Mosley Feilden, Esq. eldest son of Robert Feilden, Esq. of Didsbury, in the county of Lancaster, to Frances Mary, youngest daughter 3f Major-Gen. Ramsay, Royal Artillery. DIED. On the 13th Sept. last, at Nap,Tore, in the house of C,,aptain Low, Captain Williamson Hunter, of the Bth Regiment of Na tive Infantry, and son of Dr. John Hunter, Professor of Hu- manity in the University of St. Andrew's. On the 17th inst., the Rev. T. W. Shore, Vicar of:Otte:ton. Devon, and brother to Lord Teiglimouth. • On Friday last, at his house, Ildwartles-square, Kermingtor, Mr. Snow. On the 18th inst. at his house, at Tottenham High-cross, Simon Bragner, Esq., aged 76. . On the 10t.h inst., at I':ome, Somusetshire, .4)lts. Barnett. ehlest daughter of fa,' Lac Mr. Thornton, formerly Mar - 04er of the Bury Theatre. Lately, at the advanull aged of 101, Mrs. Frettonol Morn. don on the Hill. . Printed and Published, fur 01 , PROPRIETORS, at the.f. 4 .ttx• OrrlcE, 112, Stral.d, by J. B. CARST AIRS. ; '