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AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the IN HABITANT HOUSEHOLDERS of the CITY of GLOUCESTER and its Environs, holden at the Shire Hall, to consider of the propriety of presenting an Address to His Majesty, and to do such other matters as might he deemed advisable in the present stage of the Reform Bill, such Meeting being convened by public Advertisement: ALEXANDER WALKER, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair : It was Resolved, Ist; ;ChM. t'..e Elitefftilly accord the grateful tribute of our td his Majesty's Ministers, and to the Majorities in both otiSes of Parliament, who have given their support to the Reform Bill. NI. That we view with regret the strenuous and protracted op position given to this just and poi tic measure, which we conti. dently believe to he necessary to the safety and tranquillity of the country. That though we hail with joy the second reading of the Bill in the House of Lords, we are apprehensive of the attempt which may be made by some Members of that House to defeat or weaken its best and most valuable provisions. That we contemplate with grief the inattention shown by many Mem bers of that branch of the Legislature to the expressed opinions and prayers of the people of England, and the disposition to principles of arbitrary and coercive government which their conduct has evinced. 3d. That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty de claratory of our gratitude for his kind and paternal attention to his people, and praying him, by the just and lawful exercise of his prerogative, to take such measures as may be necessary to restore the harmony in opinion and sentiment which ought to subsist between the majority of the Peers and the nation at large, and to insure the passing, in its full efficiency, of the Re form Bill. 4th. That the Address now read be adopted ; and that the Right Hon. Lords Sherborne, Ducie, and Segrave, be requested to present the same ; and the Members for the City and County be invited to attend on the occasion. sth. That the Address be signed by the Mayor, on behalf of the Meeting ; and that the Resolutions and Address be inserted in The Sun, the Times, and Gloucester Journal Newspapers. ALEX. WALKER, Chairman. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Right Wor shipful the:Mayor, for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair. " TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " SIRE,—We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the Inhabitant Householders of the ancient city of Gloucester and its environs, beg to express our warmest gratitude for the paternal care with which your Majesty has watched over your subjects, and endeavoured, on all occasions, to promote their welfare and happiness since your accession to the throne. We feel more particularly grateful for that kind attention to the interests and wishes of your people evinced in the gracious permission to your Ministers to introduce the Reform Bill, and for the support and countenance you have given to those patriotic and able men in their endeavours to effect a reformation of the abuses and defects which have too long existed in the system of representation in the Commons House of Parliament. We earnestly assure your Majesty, that it is with feelings of grief we see the obstinate and unreasonable opposition with which that wise and politic measure, (so just, and so necessary for the satisfying of your people, and the restoration of their political rights), has been met by some powerful and interested adversa ries—persons who have shown themselves unmindful of the urgent remonstrances and prayers of the people, and reckless of the dan gerous consequences of acting in defiance of public opinion. In the virulence of their opposition to the petitions of their own countrymen, and in their general politics, they have shown themselves not only the opponents of Reform, but have mani fested a disposition hostile to all popular rights and the true spirit of freedom in all countries. They have, therefore, awakened the apprehensions, and alarmed the fears of your Majesty's subjects, lest, if at any time being called into office, on account of their power and influence, their conduct towards the people might be shaped upon those arbitrary principles which are not only subver sive of their liberties, but altogether foreign to and totally incom patible with the spirit and temper of Englishmen. From a dreaded calamity of this kind we implore your Ma jesty to save our country, by continuing your gracious support to your present Ministers, who deservedly possess the confidence of your subjects, and by ever refusing to call to your councils those ' persons who, by their conduct in opposing the general wishes of the nation, have inspired your people with a dislike and dread of the arbitrary principles upon which they would seek to act, if, unfortunately, they should be called into power. " We also, with profound deference and respect, beg to assure your Majesty of our perfect conviction, that if the present Re form Bill be made the law of the land, without any such altera tion in its provisions as can in any degree impair its efficacy, it will give satisfaction to your people, and attach their hearts by indissolulde ties of love and gratitude to your Majesty. We further most humbly but earnestly implore your Ma jesty to make such addition to the Nobility of the realm, as may be necessary to bring the majority of the Peers to a per fect unison with the just feelings, and sentiments of the nation at large; and above all we implore and pray you, as the Father of your People, to exercise every lawful prerogative of the Crown, in securing to the people that just object of their desires, tht restoration of their political rights, which they confidently believe the enactment of the Reform Bill would insure; and your Majesty will ever live in the grateful affections of your loyal and devoted subjects." TO NURSERYMEN, MARKET GARDENERS, CANAL CARRIERS, WHARFINGERS, and OTHERS. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 11, 1832. THE principal O ffi cers of hi s M a j es ty' s Ordnance do hereby give notice, that Sealed Ten ders will be received at their Office in Pall-Mall, on, or be fore, Saturday the 19th day of May next, from persons desirous of purchasing the whole or a part of certain va luable FREEHOLD, and (small part) COPYHOLD PREMISES, comprising his Majesty's Infantry Barracks, and the Ordnance Depiit and Establishment, consisting of Lands, Canal, Barracks, Buildings and Capital Residence, situate at North Hyde, on the Banks of the Grand Junction Canal, in the Parish of Heston, near Houns low, (and only twelve miles from London), in the County of Middlesex. The Property has been divided into four Lots for the convenience of Purchasers, which may be tendered for separately or collectively, and the whole may be viewed upon application to the Ordnance Storekeeper at North Hyde. Descriptive Particulars of the Property, and Plans with the Conditions of Sale annexed, may be had on applica tion at the Storekeeper's Office at North Hyde ; at the office of Mr. James Smith, Ordnance Solicitor, 18, Austin Friars, London ; and at the Ordnance Office, Pall-Mall ; where the Tenders are to be delivered on or before the said 19th day of May next, marked on the outside, " Tender for the purchase of Lands and Buildings at North Hyde.". By order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. Just completed in 3 vols. with Portraits, &c. MEMOIRS of the GREAT LORD BURGHLEY, Secretary of State in the Reign of King Edward VI., and Lord High Treasurer of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth ; containing an Historical View of the times in which he lived, and ,of the many emi nent and ill ustr i ous Persons with whom he was connected; with Extracts from his private Correspondence, and Journals, now first published from the Originals. By the Rev. Dr. NARES. Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. This elaborate work is of the highest national interest"— Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. POPULAR /sl(3Vii, Lately published by COLBURN and BENTLEY, New Burlington-street, And to be had at all respectable Libraries. rrHE EXQUISITES : a- or, a New Portraiture of EXCLUSIVE SO CIETY. 3 vols. 21s. 2. TALES of MY TIME. By the Author of " Blue- Stacking Hall." 3 vols. 3. ROMANCES of REAL LIFE. By the Author of " Pin Money," and the "Manners of the Day." 3 vols. 4. TALES OF LONDON. By an Antiquary, the Author of " Chronicles of London Bridge." 3 vole. " The Author has invested tne streets of London with a new interest, by collecting the legends, traditions, and curious facts connected with thent."—Globe. 5. VALPERGA; a Romance. By the Author of "Frankenstein," and " The Last Man." 3 vols. 21s. 6. TALES OF PASSION. By the late BARRY ST. LEDGER, Author of " Gilbert Earle." 3 vols. CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, 71, LEADEN- HALL-STREET. MR. THURNELL respectfully solicits the Nobility and Gentry to inspect the largest and best-selected Stock of Cabinet and Upholstery Goods in England, at the CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY, 71, Leadenhall-street, City, which Society is enrolled agree ably to Act of Parliament, and founded for the support and encouragement of industrious Mechanics, who all com bine to produce only the very best Articles, provide for its Members in sickness, old age, and burial, and for survivors at death. By order of the Trustees, THOS. HASLER, Secretary, 71, Leadenhall-street, City. 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" Did it ever belong to the jurisdiction of either House of Par. lament to control the constituency of the other!" - London : James Cochrane and 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall ; and C. H. Lewis, Market-street, Manchester. On the 30th April was published, One Vol. dewy Svo pp. 614, price I4s. T HE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE DESERT. By JAMES BLACKWELL. The object of this work is to set forth the true doctrine respecting nature and the Deity ; and to show that the visible system of nature, the opinions of ancient nations, and the received Scriptures, all testify to the same truths. It will show that Existence is a personal identity, which accomplishes every thing within itself, by an intelligent application of its own native capabilities, according to the dictate of its own will, and for its own pleasure ; that fire is the living intelligent spirit ; and that the Jehovah of the Hebrews signifies Existence, and is the appellative of the One identity of universal being, of the One Only P,rson, besides whom there existeth neither person nor thing. The Work will also contain an Examination of what may be termed the peculiar Doctrines of Christianity ; as Creation, the Trinity, the Fall of Man, Redemption, &c.: it will show that the Doctrine of Moses, of Jesus, and of the Messengers whom he sent to the nations, was philoso phical, not religious ; and that the Primitive Doctrine of Christianity related to that-action of physical causes, upon which man is dependent for all his present powers and his future destiny. It will further include a system of Physics, embracing a general view of the principles of modern chemical sci ence, of vegetable life, of animal life, and of the planetary motions (explained on a new principle), with a variety of other subjects of considerable interest to inquiring minds, and of great importance in the conduct of life. The whole will conclude with a brief outline of the history of human n iture, and of the causes of those fluctuations to which human society has been subject, with an application of the general principle to the circumstances and character of the present times. Published by John Brooks, 421, Oxford-street. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS . DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. s. Carlisle 65 33 22 41 56 64 30 35 20 24 Morpeth 58 64 33 35 20 24 32 44 Perwith 63 32 24 38 Slie 66 43 21 40 Winchester 60 70 31 35 92 24 42 46 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Canrarthen............ 66 70 36 39 18 20 00 00 Coventry 70 90 48 54 36 40 56 60 Newcastle (Staff.) 96 9 9 64 66 36 40 53 5 6 Northallerton........ 7 0 93 36 46 33 40 56 60 98 99 56 60 38 40 62 68 Swansea 76 80 39 4 2 20 26 00 00 Warwick 90 10 0 46 50 22 26 73 76 Per Boll." Errrnarcleastle«...... 14 0 17 0 90 10 0 54 66 00 11 0 140 Durham l7 3 90 100 50 73 96 110 Richmond 150 17 6 90 11 0 50 70 80 100 154 16 6 96 10 0 50 70 00 00 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—May 4. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sutlblk -s. 545. to 60s. fine 645. Lin. and Cam. -- Yorkshire -s. 575. to 60s. fine 635. White -s. 575. to 635. fine 675. Foreign, Red -s. 48s. to 535. fine 60s. White...............-s. -s. to -s. fine fibs. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire 33s. to 375. fine 40s. - Yorkshire Wold 36s. to 395. fine 408. - Foreign -s. to -s. fine -s. Beans, Small -- Tick 32s. to Ms. tine 36s Oats, Potato 22s. to 255. fine 268. - Poland s. 20s. to 245. fine :255. - Friezland and Small Mealing lol4d. to 12 1 ,,id. per Stone. Shelling 26s. to 295. lid. per Load. Malt 32s 428. fine 455. per Load. Rapeseed. 2ll. Os. 241. Os. 251. 10s. per Last. SCOTCH MARKETS. Barley Oats. 25 `29 9:2 24 22 26 30- 34 32 35 28 30 30 32 23 25 27 39 28 31 apire va 19 2:2 15 18 16 IS 21 24 22 26 18 21 20 24 17 18 25 32 24 26 i es throtil Wheat. Aberdeen 50 58 Berwick.-- 44 50 Coldstream 48 50 Cupar 6'2 68 Dundee—. -66 70 Elgin 60 62 Inverness.-- 57 60 Kelso 44 50 Kirkaldy— 40 45 Perth --. 60 66 BS. The sire of the rn, 'Oatmeal. Beans. 22 24 23 24 `27 29 26 28 23 30 30 48 23 24 45 48 43 44 25 29 hout the countrv. 30 31 at 37 ' EDINBURGH CORN MARKEY—May 2. We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, except Barley, and sales heavy in general. Wheat down 3s. on the top, and .sxl. on the average. Barley same top, and up 7d. on the ave rage. Oats up Bd. on the top, and down Is. Id. on the average. Pease and Beans only three returns. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beane. First 73s Od 39s 6d `26s Sd 32s Od 32s Od Second 58s Od 373 Od 24s Od 31s Od 31s Od Third 60s Od 36s Od 20s 30s Od 30s Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per lb. Os. 3, 1 1-d.toOs.6d. Freshßutter,lb.s.lod. to is Id. Mutton 0 4 0 6 Salt Ditto.-- 010 011 Veal*. 0 6 0 8 Ditto, per es , . t. 0 0 90 0 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 6 0 0 Lamb, per qr. 4 0 5 6 OatStraw(kpl.)l4 0 15 0 Tallow, cwt.... 38 0 40 0 Wheat Ditto-13 0 14 0 Quartern Loaf 0 0 0 9 Barley Ditto —l2 0 13 0 Potatoes, 17.11 b. 0 3 0 0 Hay, per st.—. 1 1 I :3 EDINBURGH MEA L MARKET.--May 1. There was but a middling sup ket, which sold heavily; prices Per Sack of 2SOlb. Imp. ply of Oatmeal at this day's mar ;ontinue the same. Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £0 9. 0 Second ditto Barleymeal 0 1 8 Peasemeal s.--.9.d, )55.--3d, 20s.—Peatl 245. First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 16 0 Barleymeal 1 P 2 0 Peas ent eal 1 6 0 Pot Barley—No. I. per cwt. 13 GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—May 2. There is no alteratio n thi s wee k i n t h e pr i ces o f Grain, and a moderate busineess doing. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. O a t s, per 2641 b. S. d. s. d. British, old O5 oto3o 0 I r i s h l6 oto IS 3 new 27 0 30 0 British — 0 0 Canada, free ..... ... 27 0 29 0 Beans, per 2601 b. Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English 0 0 Pease, Scottish ... 16 0 18 0 Scottish 27 0 26 6 Oatmeal, per 1401 b. 15 0 17 0 Irish CORNWALL. MARKET. Taulto—Wheat (average) 23 s.—Barley. I Is. 9d.—Oats, Ss. 9d. Sr. Aus - rcut—W eat, —s. to s.—Barley, —s. to Ils.—Oats, Os. to Bs. 6d. BODMIN—Wheat (average) 245. (M.—Barley, I Is. Od.—Oats, 83 HEUrroN—Wheat, 25a. Od.—Barley, lea Od. PENZANCE—Wheat, 235. to 24s.—Barley, —s. to Ms.—Oats Oa. to Bs. Od.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Pork, 3jd. to 44. Butter, led. per lb. Lizikkago—Wheat, —s. to 9.es. 611—Barley, los. Od.-a-Oats, Os. to 7s. Od. • LauNCESTOS—Wheat (average) .2.25. 6d.—Barley,lls.Nl.—Oats, Ss. o.l.—Beef, 6d.—Mutton, tid. Si. Coturta—Wheat, 225. to Ms.—Barley, Ils. to 12s.—Beef, and Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb, Od. 311NINC INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday 2,942 0 Quantity of fine Copper 265 15 Average Pr0duce.,..,,.. 9 0 Amount of Sale, 17,7811.:175. 61—Average Standard, 109.1. 155.0 d NEW PUBLICATIONS.—The following in teresting works have been lately published by Messrs. COLBURN and BENTLEY, New Burlington-street :-1. Me moirs of Sir James Campbell of Ardkinglas (formerly Sir James Callander), written by himself, 2 vols.-2. Me moires et Romances de Hortense, Duchesse de St. Leu, Ex-Reine de Hollande, 1 vol. with a portrait, &c.-3. Private Correspondence of the Empress Josephine, Edi tions in French and English, 1 vol. forming a Supple ment to her Memoirs.-4, The Earl of Munster's Me moirs of the late War, 2 vols.-5. The Exquisites, or a New Portraiture of Exclusive Society, a Novel, in 3 vols. 218.-6. Musical Memoirs, by W. J. Parke, Esq. the celebrated. Oboist, comprising a fund of information and anecdote relative to Music and its eminent votaries, dur ing the last fifty years.-7. Memoirs of Women celebrated in the writings of Ancient and Modern Poets, by Mrs. Jameson. Authoress of the " Beauties of the Court of Charles II.," 2 vols. In his pamphlet upon the 12,000 francs of the Duchess of BERRY, M. DE CHATEAUBRIAND says that legitimacy will return to France, by the vow of all the communes, assisted by the concourse of all opinions, by the adhesion of the national guard, of the army, o f t h e courts of justice, of the constituted powers, and even of the royalty of July. If that is all it wants to return, it need but take patience.— The Parrot. Thursday a large boat put off from Tory Island for the main land, having on board a crew of three men and twenty-three passengers, men, women, and children. These last were proceeding to Derry to emigrate to America. The day was stormy ; and when the boat was about half-way across she was overtaken by a tremendous squall, and instantly disappeared from view of the persons on the main land who had been observing htr progress. All on board perished. The catastrophe was so sudden, that there was not the smallest possibility of affording them anittiliacei..Derry Sentinel. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7; 1832. LONDON lIIBERNIAN SOCIETY. On Saturday the annual meeting of this Society rook place at Exeter Hall. By far the greater par; of the audience, as usual, consisted of ladies. The Marquess of 0101,310NDELEY took the chair. The Report (being the twenty-sixth) was then read. It appeared that at the commencement of the last year the Society was considerably in debt, but that it was now almost liquidated. The whole number of the Society's schools during the last year amounted to 1,569, in which g 0,055 scholars have been enrolled, being an increase on the return of the preceding year of 4,330 scholars. Deducting those who also belong to the Sunday schools, the number receiving education for a longer or shorter time during the year, amounted to 73,655 (being an increase of 3,500), 36,000 of whom were calcu lated to be Roman Catholics. The report further stated, that the day schools amounted, last year, to 692, in which 55,750 scholars .were enrolled, of whom 2-1,490 were Romanists, and 31,260 Pro testants. The Sundy schools amounted to 468, con taining 23,346 scholars, of whom about 16,000 at tended also the day schools. The adult schools have amounted to 409, containing 10,989 scholars; of these, three schools, containing 90 scholars, have been exclusively instructed in the Irish language; 34 Irish classes have also been formed in the day schools, in which 594 children have been taught to read the Irish tongue. After discussing the system of instruction adopted by the Society, as founded on the whole Scriptures, the Secretary read the following passage :-- " Such being the system adopted by this Society from an early period—a system which your Committee entirely approve—and which experience shows to be highly ac ceptable, and extensively useful to Roman Catholics as well as Protestants, your Committee cannot but regard, with deep concern, the introduction of a system, under the im mediate patronage of Government, whose tendency is to impede the general and daily use of the inspired volume, and to substitute a part in the place now in many instances occupied by the whole word of God." It is remarkable, however, that at a much later stage of the meeting, in consequence of the disap probation expressed at the remarks made its opposi tion to the Government plan, another copy of the report was haded to our. reporter, in which copy that passage was struck out. _ The report concluded by calling for the renewed and enlarged support of the Christian public. The SECRETARY then read several letters, amongst others one from Lord Roden, reprehending in strong terms the conduct of the Government in withdraw ing the grant from the Kildare-street Society, which was received with mingled cheers and hisses, the latter greatly preponderating. Lord MOUNT SANDFORD moved the adoption of the report, and read several letters from Ireland, which, he said,gave him a sort of " thank-God feel." The Rev. HORACE TOIVNSEND seconded the motion. The resolution was then put and carried. Lord RADSTOCK moved the second resolution, expressing their thankfulness to the goodness of God for the prosperity of the Society. lie was sorry to make any political allusion, but he could not help stating that the Government plan of education was calculated to undermine the Society. The Catholics were elevated by the Ministerial plan, but it would drive the Protestants out of the country.--(Loud hisses, which appeared so much to discompose the Noble Lord, that the remainder of his brief conclu sion vas scarcely intelligible.) The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL seconded the motion. The resolution was then carried. The Rev. Dr. BURTON moved a resolution ex pressive of the joy felt by the meeting at the conti nued proofs that the peasantry of Ireland, Protestant as well as Catholic, evinced the utmost readiness to receive the blessings and the benefits of a Scriptural education. After dwelling upon the bigotry, dark ness, and superstition which prevail in Ireland, he called attention to the important fact, that upon an average the expense of educating children in Ireland, according to the plan of the Society, did not amount to more than 3s. each. The Rev. Mr. ROBINS seconded the resolution. The lion. and Rev. GERARD NOEL moved a ge neral vote of thanks to the supporters and patrons of the Institution. From his full conviction of the uprightness of the motives which influenced the King's Government, he would not for a moment doubt that though they might for a time labour under the influence of delusion, yet that at no dis tant period the education of Ireland, as far as it depended upon the Government, would be based upon a better foundation, namely, that of the un mutilated Word of God. Mr. A. LEFROY confined himself to pronouncing a most unqualified condemnation of the system of education which his Majesty's Government Earle tioned in Ireland. The Marquess of CIIOLMONDELEY, though under the necessity of then vacating the Chair, was still unwilling to leave the meeting without stating that the operations of the Society were restrained from want of funds, and though no longer in debt, they were without the means of proceeding in their excellent work; he hoped, therefore, that all who heard would do every thing in their power to promote the dif fusion of that saving knowledge which is in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Noble Marquess having left the Hall, and Lord MOUNT SANDFORD having taken the Chair, The Rev. Mr. BRANDRAM moved a Resolution of thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Glou cester, for his continued patronage of the Society; also thanks to the Treasurer, Secretary, and other officers for the past year; and likewise a resolution appointing the Officers and Committee for the en suing year. This was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Wood, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, a hymn was sung, and the meeting broke up. ATTEMPT TO VIOLATE A YOUNG GIRL• SUICIDE OF HER FATHER. On Saturday an inquest was held at the King's Arms, Little St. James's -street, St. James's, touch ing the death of William Bowleg, aged 63, coach man in the service of W. S. Pointz, Esq., M.P., of the Albany. Mr. Thomas Smith, of No. 16, North-mews, Mapleton-place, Burton-crescent, stated that the deceased, who was his brother-in-law, drove to his door in a hackney-coach about eight o'clock on the preceding morning ; he was accompanied by his daughter, a very interesting girl, who lived as upper housemaid in the Marquis of Exeter's mansion, Burleigh House, near Stamford. On getting out of the coach, the poor old man stared wildly, and ap peared as if labouring under the most heart-break ing anguish. On inquiring into the cause of his un easiness, the deceased, with tears in his eyes, told him that the butler in the service of the Marquess had been taking the most rude and improper liberties with his daughter, having tried every means which a villain could suggest to seduce her. He then added, with great emphois, that if he knew where to find the vill a in w h o h a d a tt em pt e d hi s daughter's honour he would blow his brains out with a pistol. Witness reasoned with him, and he became a little more composed, an d s ho r tly a f t e rwar d s he left wit ness's house, leaving behind his daughter, whom he placed under his care, with strict injunctions to look well after her, as she was the darling of his heart and comfort of his age. On the following day he was greatly shock e d on h ear i ng t h at hi s un f ortuna t e re lative had hung himself in a loft over his nutzter'S ' , tables, in Little St. James's-street, and when found he was quite dead and cold. - . In answer to questions from the Coroner and Jury, the witness said that the Noble Marquess had investigated the conduct of the butler, and feeling satisfied that he had behaved in the most brutal and improper manner towards the young woman in ques tion, had dismised him from his service. Several witnessed stated that the deceased bore the most exemplary character, having been in Mr. Pointz's service for the last thirty-six years. The Jury thought the Noble Marquess had acted most properly in dismissing such a man from his service, although the punishment was far too light for such delinquency. A verdict of Temporary In sanity was then recorded. BAIL COURT, MAY 5. MR. WATSON TAYLOR'S FAILURE. Mr. F. POLLOCK was instructed to make an ap. plication to the Court on behalf of the Sheriff of Wiltshire, relative to the property belonging to Mr. Watson Taylor, M. P., which the Sheriff had taken in execution for 50,0001. The parties at whose in stance the execution was issued were Messrs. Mills and Kington, meichants at Bristol; and the sum due to them was 30,0001. which they had ad vanced to Mr. Taylor on mortgage of the estate at Earlstoke. These gentlemen had called upon the Sheriff to pay them the amount of their claims : and other persons who had claims to a very large amount, having required a fair distribution of the funds, he conceived it his duty to apply to the Court for advice. Mr. CAMPBELL, who appeared for Messrs. Fisher and Rhodes, attorneys, who have issued an execu tion against Mr. Taylor, to the amount of 21,800/., said that these gentlemen were anxious that the Sheriff should sell the property he had taken in exe cution, and invest 30,000/., the amount of Messrs. Mills and Kington's claim, to abide the decision of a Jury as to the legality of the mortgage. They were also anxious that the remainder of the money which the Sheriff might have in his hands might be applied to the payment of the judgment creditors. Mr. FOLLETT, who appeared for Messrs. Mills and Kington, contended that the whole sum which the Sheriff would receive should be invested to abide the decision of the Court as to the validity of the mort gage. The amount for which his clients had issued execution was only 30,000/., but they were credi tors to a much larger amount. After some further observations from Counsel, Mr. Justice TAUNTON decided that the property taken in execution by the Sheriff should be sold, and the produce invested in Exchequer bills, and lodged at the bankers' in the name of the trustees; that issues should be directed to try the validity of the mortgage-deed, and of the extent of the claim of the mortgagees ; that the fund created by the sale should remain in the namesof the trustees in the hands of the bankers, to abide the further direction of the Court; that the issue should be against Messrs. Skipworth and NVelby, execution-creditors, to the amount of 25,000/.; that the expense of the sale should be charged on the fund; that the further expenses of the Sheriff should be in the discretion of the Court; that the mortgagees should be plaintiffs, and Messrs. Skipworth and Welby defendants ; that the other judgment-creditors should have liberty to attend, and to be bound by the result of the verdict of the issue tried. Mr. MANNING observed, that as the property was situated in "Wiltshire, and the witnesses resided in that county, it would be advisable if the case was tried at some other place. Mr. COLERIDGE remarked that Mr. Taylor had for a lone time maintained a very high character in Wiltshire, and for many years was one of the Mem bers fur Devizes. He could not deny that this case could be investigated without some parties being implicated in fraud ; and as the special jury which would be summoned on the occasion were personal friends of Mr. Taylor, they would feel very reluctant to return any verdict which might affect him. Mr. Justice TAUNTON suggested that the venue should, therefore, be laid in Somersetshire. The next assizes would be held at Wells, which was a sufficient distance from Devizes. It was stated in Court that the debts due by Mr. Watson Taylor amount to 450,000/., the greater part of which is due upon annuities. It appears that the estates in Wiltshire are encumbered with annuities to the amount of 11,600/., and the real value of those estates is 12,000/. a-year. Mr. Tay lor's property at one time produced 75,000/. a-year. His failure is attributed principally to the deprecia tion of his property in the West Indies. A physician at Warsaw, wishing to make an experiment, proposed to a very robust man to lie in the bed where a person had died of the cholera. As a con siderable reward was offered him for so doing, be agreed to the proposal ; but the man was scarcely in bed when his imagination began to work, and made him uneasy : he felt all the symptoms of cholera, and died, notwithstand ing the medical assistance that was afforded him. The physician afterwards declared that no one who had died of the cholera had previously slept in the bed. This fact proves that the fear produced by the imagination has a share in promoting the disease.—Paris Paper. Extract of a letter dated Valparaiso, 6th of February.—" The convicts at Juan Fernandez having been left short of provisions, rose and secured the American brig Ann Alvan, of New York. About 120 of them em barked in her, with arms and ammunition, and landed at Copiapo, where they defeated the militia and killed several of the inhabitants, after plundering the town. They had been joined by several of the lowest orders, and had marched, to the number of 200, upon Huasco. General BENEVENTE bad been despatched with troops to meet them, and to protect Huasco from being plundered." RAILWAYS.—The intended line of railways from London to Basingstoke is to branch in two direc tions —one to Bristol, through Bath, and the other to Southampton from Winchester. Such a communication will form an inland connection between the North Sea, the English Channel, and the Western Ocean. It will relieve the trade between London and Bristol of all the danger and detention of the sea-passage, and insure the arrival of a cargo in eight or nine hours, instead of thirty days, which is the average time of the voyage. It will open to Bristol the means cf reaching the English Channel in eight hours with its cargoes to and from the ports of France. It will open to Wales a conveyance for its coals and other minerals to the ports of London and Southampton for distribution along the coast; and what we conceive of much greater importance, it will open to the South of Ireland the mar kets of the metropolis. The distressed state of the Sister Kingdom is too notorious to require comment, and the greater part of that distress is experienced in the southern counties. From the report made to the Board of Health in Cork, last month, it appears that that city contained 20,000 persons in a state of destitution, and 50,000 in want of parochial aid. Of what vast consequence must it then be to apply a stimulus that would not only produce permanent relief to Ireland, but would be accompanied by equal benefit to England. It is well known that the south is the most fertile part of Erin, and that if it had the means of disposing of its produce, sickness and distress would give place to industry and health, and the smile of content would supplant the frown of disaffection. From Cork, and the neighbouring ports, the prevalent winds will waft the vessels to Bristol in a few hours, and from thence the railway would bring the freight to the London markets, so that the daily production of that part of Ire land might be offered for sale in London the next morning. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING. —Ar rived the Henrietta, Bertha, Ewarting, Richard, Flora, and -Pomo, from Metnel • the Silas Richards, from New York; the Levant, from Trinidad ; the Duke d' Or leans, from Savannah ; the Three Sisters, from Copen hagen ; the Jupiter and the Amelia, from Dantzic ; the • Antwerp Packet and the Hull Packet, from Antwerp ; the Betty, from Rotterdam; the Jeune Eugene, from Charente; and the 1? oficrt and Nary ; from Dartmouth. SECONDARIES OFFICE, MAY 5. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE FOR EXCISE DUTIES.-THE KING V. VENABLES AND OTHERS. A Court of Inquiry was held on Saturday, in Basing. hall-street, for the purpose of finding the value of the property in the city of London of Mr. William Henry Pym, paper-maker, of Eurick Mills, near Tiverton, a quantity of paper having been seized on the premises of a number of respectable wholesale stationers, by the Sheriff under an extent from the Crown, for arrears of duty amounting to 2,6001. The circumstances of this case have created the greatest excitement among the trade, and consequently the room was crowded with parties inte rested in ascertaining the result. It appeared that it is customary to allow paper•makers a period of about three months before the duty is actually collected from them,' but the paper made in the interval is regularly inspected by the supervisors, and stamped as if the duty had been charged or paid. The Commissioners of Excise, however, claimed by the 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 53, to be armed with the exraordinary power of following the paper which has been made since the last payment of duty, provided the maker has become insolvent, and seizing it for the pur pose of confiscation, notwithstanding the party who may then hold it clearly shows that he bought and paid for it under the impression that the duty had been satisfied, from perceiving the usual stamp marks affixed to the wrappers. An extent having been issued against the property of Mr. Pym, Cotton, a supervisor of Fxcise, came to London, and seized a large quantity of paper, manufactured by Pym, at the warehouses of Messrs. Alderman Venables, Muggeridge, Nott, Bliss, and Painter. From the re monstrances of the parties whose property had been thus seized the Commissioners consented to wave the pre rogative of the Crown, and to relinquish their claim on the paper so seized, provided the respeciive holders could prove that it had become in the regular way of trade their bona fide property. After the evidence had been gone through, Mr. Secon dary JAMES laid a lucid and impartial summary before the Jury. It was not, he remarked, a case in which the Commissioners of the Excise proposed to avail themselves of a power of which they were unquestionably possessed, but they made their claim in the present instance in a very different spirit—having stated their readiness to take the circumstances of the case into their consideration, and in case the different defendants showed they became pos sessed of the paper i❑ the ordinary course of business, the property would be allowed to remain in their possession. The Excise-officer, Cotton, had seized, by virtue of the extent from the Crown, from Messrs. Muggeridge, 26 reams ; Mr. Nott, 19 reams ; Messrs. Venables and Co., 257 reams ; Mr. Bliss, 116 reams ; and Mr. Painter, 4.1. reams. There was no question this paper bad been manufactured by Mr. Pym, and it was also equally clear that no portion of it had paid the duty. With regard, however, to the envelopes which had been statetf to be marked as if the duty had been charged as paid, it was not necessary to embarrass the Jury with that question. as the defendants were only called upon to show that they came fairly and in the way of trade possessed of the pro. perty. With respect to Mr. Nott, he had bought hi, quantity, at a fair price, in the usual course of business, and had nearly paid for the whole quantity. On the part of Mr. Muggeridge it was also shown that Mr.- Pym could have no claim on the paper, as it had been bought at the fair trade price. Of the quantity seized from Mr. Alderman Venables it had been proved that 136 reams had been paid for, and that no legitimate claim could be made against the remaining 121 reams, as they had been brought at a fair price from a paper agent, to whom Mr. Pyrn was at the present time indebted upwards of 5001. Mr. Bliss bad proved that he had bought 60 reams from Mr. Young, of Thames -street, and had also paid for them. The other 50 reams, though not paid for, had been proved to have been purchased in the ordinary way, and at a fair market price. Mr. Painter had alto shown that he had purchased his paper in the ordinary course of trade, and therefore there was no claim on the part of Mr. Pym upon it. It would be seen, continued the Secondary, that during the inquiry the Ex• cise had acted with great liberality, and had, in fact, as sisted the parties in establishing their claims clearly. If the Excise had felt disposed to press their claims to the ex tent they were empowered by the Act of Parliament, there could have been no doubt as to the decision the Jury must have come to, for the interest of the subject must always give way to the interest of the Crown, as it was presumed the latter was exercised for the general good ; but, as had already been stated, this was a different cue, And though the goods had been seized it was for the Jury to decide whether they ought to be condemned. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned the follow. ing verdict We do not find that William Henry Pym has any property in the Bailiwick of London which can be seized under virtue of this extent." It has been suggested, in order to do away with the in convenience, not to say injustice, which arises from such proceedings, that either the Act itself which confers such extraordinary powers on Excise Commissioners, should be modified, or that security should be required from those piper-makers to whom the Commissioners are willing to give three months' credit. FUNERAL OF SIR IticHARD BIRNIE.- Yesterday, a little before two o'clock, the funeral of this h p o u u b s l f e ic in un a c h ti e o a n n ar e y atnodokfopulare. four, followed owe Ns,as d'byrenvd four r efroliis mourning coaches, in the first of which were the two sons of the deceased; Lieut. STEWART, R.N., nephew of Sir RICHARD, and Mr. BEA Z ELEY, the architect, who, we understand, is one of the executors under the will of the late Chief Magistrate. In the second coach were Mr. CONST, the Chairman of the Middlesex Sessions, and three other gen tlemen in the Commission of the Peace for the county, intimate friends of the deceased. In the thud were Mr. HALLS, the Magistrate of Bow-street ; Mr. DAY, the Chief Inspector of the old Police ; Mr. STAFFORD, the Chief Clerk ; and Mr. DALGLEISH, of Scotland-yard, coal merchant, an old and intimate friend of Sir RICHARD'S. On the coffin, which was covered with plain black cloth, was a brass plate with the inscription, "Sir RICHARD BIRNIE Knight, died on Sunday, the 29th of April, 1832, aged 73 years." The procession was attended by Mr. VINE, and Mr. Nicitom.s, clerks, and by the following officers of the old establishment—namely, TAUNTON, SALMON, J. J. SMITH, ELLIS, LEDBITTEIt, GARDNER, STEVENS, BIRCHALL, DODD, GOODISON, and FALL, ivho all appeared in deep mourning. The funeral service was read very impressively by the Rev. Mr. MORGAN, the Curate of St. Martin's parish. MR. IRVlNG.—Yesterday morning Mr. IR VING preached in the open air at the back of the House of Correction, in Spafields, to a congregation of about three or four hundred persons. The Learned Gentleman was elevated on a temporary platform, and in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather, he was provided with is large chaise umbrella to protect himself from the rain. The congregation consisted of very respectable per eons of both sexes, principally from the other side of the Tweed; and notwithstanding smart showers of rain oc casionally fell, they joined with great fervour in the hymns and prayers, and hoisted their umbrellas when the "spirit" was likely to be damped by the falling showers. Mr. IR VING took the opportunity of alluding to the " late per secutions for the cause of the Spirit, in consequence of which they had that day been turned out of the Temple of the Lord to praise his name in the open air: At the conclusion of his discourse, he announced his intention to preach in the same place every Sunday morning, at half past ten, and afternoon at three o'clock. He considered that in that place they would be safe from the persecu tions of those who assumed the government of the Church, and it would give every perso❑ who felt:disposed an oppor• tunity to hear the word of the LORD without incurring the expense of paying for seats. Some persons, who heard this remark, considered it was put forth as a feeler to discover if his congregation were disposed to provide some other place for the " outpouring of the Spirit." Several of his bearers went away, fearing they had taken severe colds by standing two hours on the damp ground ; and we presume they must be very stanch admirers in deed if they will a second time expose themselves to si milar peril. No display of the " spirit" was exhibited. A melancholy loss of life occurred on Friday morning at the Lea colliery, Kingewinford ; a solid mass of coal, upwards of two yards thick, and 30 tone weight, suddenly fell upon six men, four of whom were crushed to death instantly, and the two others were very much in jured. Wednesday GEORGE BRINDLEY, and Saturday JEREMIAH CARTWRIGNT, about 45 years of age, met their deaths by similar accidents—the former in a colliery new Monmere-green, and the latter in the Lion colliery, mar Rowley Regis, belonging to the British Iron Company. ►shrewsbury Chronicle, " The undersigned has received the note by which his Eminence the Cardinal Secretary of State has been pleased to convey to him the acquiescence of the Holy Fa- Vier in the temporary presence of the French at Ancona, snd the conditions which his Holiness had annexed to that acquiescence ; these conditions shall be scrupulously ob served, and to-morrow M. Beugnot, Secretary to the French Embassy, shall repair to Ancona to take the matter in hand. If the persons brought by the Rhone have not yet been embarked they shall be sent away immediately by the vessel Le Seim " The undersigned feels no hesitation in giving his con sent that, in oases where any doubt shall arise as to the meaning of any passage of the ten articles, his Eminence may stamp upon it the sense in which it ought to be taken. Truth, he is assured, could nowhere find a more faithful interpreter. But, in fact, the only article open et all to a difference of interpretation is the sth, which fixes the time for the departure of the French troops, and it is scarcely necessary to state here that the words .Alla stessa epoca must of course be intended to refer to the epoch of the departure of the Austrian troops. The un dersigned feels that it is unnecessary to repeat that he will employ all his zeal in preventing the French soldiery from giving the smallest cause for uneasiness to the Holy See, and in maintaining the best understanding betwetre the French troops anti the Pontifical authorities, civil at:i soilitely , which are to be sent to Ancona. " He prays his Eminence, &c. (Signed) " SAINT-AULAIRE." ArRIL 24.—We are happy to he able to announce, with the approbation of Government, that, in consequence measures concerted between the Holy Father and the Cont . of France, the total departure of the foreign troops which are now in garrison in Ancona is deferred only till tran•° quillity be completely re-established, and that there is ❑o longer any reason to apprehend a return of those grave disorders, of which this city was before the theatre, in consequence of its being the rendezvous of the seditious. Legitimate power is about to reassume its empire with as touch liberty as energy. Those who have committed crimes know this well, and are, therefore, already flying from the place. Amongst the officers of ordonnance of Louis-Phillipe, recently named, the name of M. Alfred' de Chabaunes, the brother of the nephew-in-law of Madame de Feucheres, will be found.— Quotidienne. M. de Chateaubriand has addressed a letter to the Courrier Fransais, distinctly denying that the 12,000 francs offered by him to the city of Paris, in the name of the Duchess of Berry, were derived from the sale of her wardrobe given to the Convent of Female Penitents, of which donation he had never before heard. This being the anniversary of the death of Napoleon, at a❑ early hour this morning a number of individuals assem eled in the Place Vendome, and threw wreaths of immor-• tellcs, te, and other flowers, into the enclosure which surrounds the pillar. A large concourse of spectators was of course attracted to the spot : but there not being the slightest disposition manifested to create disorder of any kind, no interference was attempted by the authorities, and there is every reason, so far, to believe that no effort will be made to re-enact the ridiculous scenes which took place on the same spot at this period last year. The Monitcur Algerien contains an official report upon the capture of Bona, of which the following is the sub stance :—" Captain d'Armandy, of the artillery, and Captain Joseph, of the Algerian Chasseurs, at the lead of two sub-officers and a private of the artillery, aided by sailors of the schooner La Bernaise, having among thew only 12 muskets, proceeded, on the 25th of March, to the foot of the citadel, from whence they had heard that Ibra him Bey had fled on the evening of the 20th. The gar rison consisted of 100 Turks left there by Ibrahim , After a short parley, they opened the gates, when the tri-coloured flag was immediately displayed, and a sa lute of nine guns fired. At the sight of this standsrrl waving over the Cashel', Aehnset, who had besiegsri it with his army for four months, took to flight but after having plundered Bona and compelled the inha bitants to follow him, he set fire to the town. From that time till the arrival of the brig La Surprise, these thirty brave men maintained their ground alone, notwithstand ing they had to contend with a mutiny on the part of the Turks. Three of the latter were shot. Joseph killed one with his own hand ; and such was the effect of Cart. D'Armandy's energy that the rest submitted themselves. Joseph, after the evacuation of the town by Achmet's troops, took possession of it and unfurled the tricoloured flag, after having driven out a tribe of Arabs, who came to complete the pillage. The town is now occupied by six hundred of our troops. No fewer than one hundred and fifteen pieces of cannon have fallen into our power." The Gazette de Spire contains the following :—" The principal inhabitants of Neuatadt, with their Burgomaster, M. Schimpf, at their head, have published a Procla mation, inviting the patriots from all parts of Germany to assemble on Sunday, May 27, at the castle of Hambach near Neustadt, to celebrate the Camp of May of the an cient Germane. The ladies are expressly invited to join this patriotic meeting. It is said that the King of Ba varia, resolved to prevent the holding of this festival, has marched troops towards the Rhenish Provinces, and all the functionaries of the surrounding States are expressly ordered to abstain from being present. It is nevertheless expected that the assembly will be held." (From theMornin 9 Iler;id Private Correspondent.) PARIS, MAY b. To the contents of my last, dated Wednesday evening, 2d instant, I have little to add, as respects the Govein ment of France. The newly.formed Ministry exists, and is not likely long to do so. In these few plain words you have nearly all the truth. M. Perier is, I am assured, on unquestionable autho rity—as in my late letters I represented him—dead to all intents and purposes as a public man. General Sebastiani still holds the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, but is lament ably infirm. Baron Louis continues to speak of retiring, and lam sure wishes to retire. Ile never recovered the shock given to his system by the defalcation of Al. Kerner. Admiral de Rigny is a cipher, whom it would be easy to replace in the Ministry of Marine from the list of Admi rals. For M. d'Argout it would be difficult to find an adequ ite substitute, as Minister of Public Works. M. Girod de l'Ain may play the part of a subordinate in the Cabinet with as much zeal as in the Chair of the Deputies, but beyond the qualities he so strangely displayed in the last-mentioned situation, and which will be useless in his new office, he possesses none to entitle him to be consi dered a competent Minister. As a statesman, Marshal Soult is rather below the stan dard of your ci-devant Cabinet Ministers, Lords Westmor land and Bathurst ; although as a trainer and (some say) as a fighter of soldiers, without a rival. Of M. de Mon talivet all that need be said is, that he is a true French. man, to whom nothing comes amiss. " Take (said a mili tary friend of mine lately, who knows them well) the last drummer in the (French) army; and, instead of the drum stick, place in his hands the Marshal's baton, and he will betray neither surprise nor diffidence. ' This is my place,' he would say, and enter upon commend with all possible gravity." So it is with M. de Alontalivet. Except his speeches and his pamphlets, little evidence of his talents is before us—and that little does not appear to qualify him, in the eyes of the public, fur a eeat in the councils of so great a nation as France, and at, perhaps, this new crisis of her fate. Add to these considerations the still more important fact, that (notwithstanding the votes of the Chambers in support of the system which M. Mon talivet says the present Ministry means to persevere in) there is not one man among them in whom the nation, properly speaking, confides; and add, moreover, that by the Press, and the party of the mouventent, they are de tested; and having done all this, and taken all these cir cumstances into view, you will not, I am sure, find in them any thing to warrant an expectation that the exist ing Ministry can maintain itself. Besides these grounds for suspicions that the new Cabinet is not fated to be long-lived, there are some inci dents of a more positive nature whispered " in the salons and public offices" (the proper "correspondin" phrase), iccluding the renewal of coquetteric between the King and M. Odillon Barrot. M. Barrot is (you require not to be reminded) a barrister, and a gentleman of considerable talent and much influence. With him, although he piti lessly dismissed him from office, the King has studiously endeavoured—has, indeed, continued—to keep up a con nection, as a link between him and the Opposition in ca se of need. A late increase of intercourse in that quarter ha s rpi it would the retainers of the present Ministry , and has g iven rise to reports that the King contemplates w hat, four da)s age, was deemed impracticable, the forma tion of a com bined, or rather a modified Adminis tration ; one whic h wouldrte n m would be its principle of a ction. From th e respectability of the source from w hence I had this inti mation, I am in clined to believe there is something in it. If M. Odillon Barrot shall be really solicited by the King to form 4 new Administration, and that he undertake it —the project is, perhaps, feasible. With M• Bas rot many ~, f the present Opposition would not hesitate to a, t. even though be should declare that moderation wcul , l be the characteristic of hie Gyvernmeut. But if, (PRICE 7D.)