The Sun. — London, England, 1822-12-21 00:00:00

~~i~ , . . „ : THE JAINDON JOURNALS. "KTIZACTS FROM THE n 111,Y MORNING PAPERS, Decembei. 21, 1822. [NEW TIMES.I 'Consols yesterday fluctuated considerably, but within - very narrow limits.; they never were lower than 79, nor higher than 801 : ; and they finally . closed at 80. Letters were received from Paris t 9 Wednesday evening, which brought the price of Rentes for Account at 88 :05, being rather lower than the day before. Nothing had transpired of the contents 6f the dispatches re ceived the preceding day from Verona ; and the Journal des Debats had not replied to the article in the Etoile. Our private letters from Paris in duce us to believe that there is a sort of mystifi- ration in this petite guerre of the two Royalis Journals, and that each of them carries its pre. tensions to Ministerial direction considerably fur. ther than can be justified by fact. [MORNI NG HERALD.] Accounts were received in the course of yes terday, from Paris, to the 18th inclusive. The French Funds still lowered; but nothing ap pears in the Journals to account for their fall, or to throw any additional light upon the ques tion of peace or war. It may be a circumstance worth, mentioning, that the paper called The Etoile, which is regarded as the chief organ of the new party, is stated to be under prosecution for libel, contained in an article copied from a Spanish Paper. This would seem to deprive it of all pretension to be Ministerial. The ac counts from the Frontier are contradictory.— O'DJunel is represented, on one side, as acting formidably, but on the defensive, in Navarre ; whilst other accounts state , that he was pressed into a desperate position—if not already beaten, by the Constitutional Commander Torrijos.—Ma drid still enjoyed perfect tranquillity on the 10th. [MORNING POST.] The French Papers to the 19th inst. are to tally silent respecting those warlike communica tions froM Verona and Spain, which excited so much unfounded alarm in the City on Thursday last. Unmoved by the attacks of the Ultras, the hifinal des Daiats remains satisfied with the pacific declarations which it has made, and the Moniteur with those which it has copied, and both maintain a dignified silence, which encreases the mortification of their opponents.. The dispatches from Verona, which were represented as containing - the Ultimatum of France, sanctioned by the signa t u res of the Continental Powers (although it was known that thole Powers had delegated to France the right of proposing an independent U/tinzatunz of her own), are now. supposed to have related to the new measures which it was thought the late events at ConStantinople might render.netessary. This does not diminish, but rather tends to increase their importance ; for the question of Spain may now pp considered as settled. We have been told, and on authority which stands as yet uncon'. tradicted, .that whatever may be the resolves of the tortes, no war 1S to ensue. Political excom munication is to take the place of hostilities, - which it has been wisely, though rather tardily felt, would be more dangerous to their author's than to the object. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] • The ravings of the Mode and Quotidienite re semble the last accents of a' man in despair, who has lost the object nearest to his heart. They Were eager for war, and they are frantic now that their hopes are disappointed. In their'headstrong fury, they would gladly have precipitated their country into hostilities, without - for a moment calculating the inevitable consequences, merely " because no peace elm be had with Constitutional Govern. Ments.'!—Such is the daily clamour of the Ultra Papers published in the French capital. Unmindful of their own internal state, they would haiard every thinl for the sake of vengeance on the Spanish and Portuguese Liberals, although from the moment the first hostile gun is fired, the throne of Louis XVIII. will shake Wits very foundation. The late conspiracies in almost every. di v isi on o f France are, it would seem, already forgotten.— The ri , stless character and the discontented state of mind of the French at this time are deemed a matter of no moment. They would.risk their all on one die; and all this for the mere pleasure of trying to punish the Spaniards and Portuguese for-being so arrogant as ,to determine, that it is better to live under defined and equal laws, than in subServiency to the will of'a Xing, who, to say the least, is not certainly entitled to set up a claim to infallibility. They would have a war, althoUgh they might lose Much by it, and Russia would be the only gainer. [Tirt TIMES.] Among the public meetings Called forth by the late atrocious outrage in Ireland, was one (unthought of, indeed,' by us) of that august body the Common Council of Dublin. They met=they made speeches—or what were to pass for speeches; but in what tongue—for it was not Erse, and positively hot English—.wesleave the orators themselves to explain. The avowed par_ . pose was to express to his ENcellency the Lord Lieutenant" abhorrence of the outrage" which had insulted his dignity and endangered his life ; but if we can decipher the gibberish employed, the real sentiment to be made public, Was ." admira tion of the policemen" by'whorn•the outrage had riot been preventerL "The Police, I.say," says Mr. Deputy Bennet, ." - done their duty." This is a 'sample of the whole. Lord Wellesley, it appears, has performed one part of ,his duty, by - cashiering the sergeant. arid the party of peace officers who were the 'subjects of Mr. Bennet's grammatical panegyric. A few Police Alder men, sent to the rightabout, would leave the ser geant nothing to complain of; and the cotinliy, we ,are disposed to thi n k, littl e to regret. [BRITISH PRESS.] Altho Ugh there is no question of war or peace, yet the mutual proceedings of Spain and France, and the publications On both sides, must lons interest every reader of politics, and may ulti mately benefit political science and national provement throughout Europe. The writers who would put an end to revolutions are extremely industrious in creating and increasing an alarm respecting the Landabdrian Club in Madrid, as if it were an exact coutiterpait of (or following, pari passu) the Jacobin Club in, Paris. In this Club was 46 an individual named Florau;"—fearful enough !—" a furious revolu tionist,"—still worse !—" who, by his decla mations against the Spectator, so infuriated his hearers,"—apgels and ministers of grace, de fend' us !—that they clamorously " demanded" (What ?—what ?—O speak !) " the number of the Journal in question, in order to have an auto dalfe." Sanguinary ruffians ! and could your hearts. endure so diabolical an act! But surely the horrid crime was not actually perperrated ? No. " The Speaker had at length much diffi culty in restraining them from proceeding to excesses." This Floran must be a ferocious re voldtionist. BATH and WEST of ENGLAND SOCIETY, FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, A RTS, MANUFACTURES, ,AND COMMERCE. On Monday, being the day on which the- busi-; ness is prepared for the Annual Meeting of this Society, a large assemblage of Members took place at Iletling- House, who'll Sir JOIV Cox HIPPISLEY, BaiA„ V. P. was unanimously called to the Chair, and the Secretary read the minutes of the previous General Meetings, also the-Re ports of the Committees of Superintendance and Of Agriculture and Planting, • On the proposition of of Sir J. W. SMITH, Bart., Dr. Parry was unanimously recommended to the Annual Meeting to fill the vacancy in the list of Vice-Presidents, caused by the death of his lamented father. . The revision of the Book of Rules, Orders, and Premiums, was then gone through ; the thanks of the Meeting were una nimously voted to Sir J. C„Hippisley, Bart., for his conduct in the Chair, and the Meeting dissolved. Tuesday, being the day of the Annual Meeting, the Great Rcioni of the Society was filled with an assemblage of Mem. bcrs froth various pirts of the Icingdom: There were present the Earl of Cork, Lords Arundel and Duncan ;. Sirs J. C. HippesleY, T. B. Lethbridge, M.P.; J. 11. Smith, W. Cock burn (Lieutenant-General), J. Hawkins, H. Lippincott, Bares.; W, Dickenson, Esq. M.P., Joh9 Bennet, Esq., M.P., W. G. Langton, Esq.; Colonel Horner, Rev. W. B. Barter, Rev. Messrs. Meirick, Lilly, Whitehead, Royle, and Bowles ;• Henry Wansey, Esq., Hastings Elwin, Esq., J. Webb Weston, Esq., Vice-Admiral Robinson, Rear-Ad miral Buller, &c. Sir C. J. IlzrrEsLE - Y, Bart. was called to the Chair, when the electioi of, Officers took place. The M a rq u i s of Lans down was re. elected President by acclamation. The Vice. Presidents wefe re-elected, and the*vacancy in their body filled by the election of Dr. Parry. The Committees of Superintend ance and Agriculture, and of Chemical and Geological Re search, were re-elected, and vacancies supplied. • An improvement in the Ball-Cock, by Rear-Adm. 'Bullen, for preventing a waste of water, having been, noticed in th e Report as calculated to be of great use, the: Silver 13edforpeala Medal was unanimdusly voted to the gallant Officer ti his in.. vention, and the Medal immediately presented^ to him by the Noble President from the Chair. An implement called a' F urrow Slice . Compressor, frolit Mr. Charles Addams, was recommended by a Special Com mittee appointed to inspect it, as poSsessing many valuable properties,, and a bounty of Five Guineas was awarded4o Mr. Addams. A Model of a foreign Cart, with apparatus'annexed, termed a friction bar,. for retarding the progress of wheels down hill, was presented by Mr. Stone; and the thanks of the Society were given to him by the Noble President from the Chair. - .The Report of the Agricultural Committee having been read, Mr. Ft; GE objected to the strong expressions contained in the concluding paragraph, respecting the distresses of the Agri cultural Interest ; and moved that such paragraph should not be received as part of the Report. He was followed by the Rev. Mr. LILLY, who at some length expressed his disapprobation of the terms of the pas sage of the Report in question, and seconded the motion.' Sir T. B. LE THBRIDGE defended the Report, on the ground that it was competent for tlic Committee to report their opi nion ; and. that the facts stated were not untrue, though the language was strong. The Hon. Baronet contended, with much animation, that the Agricultural Interest was entitled to further protection and intimated an intention of making ap plication for it in the proper quarter. Sir J. SMITH, in a very neat speech, defended the Report, and expressed his concurrence in the facts stated from his own experience in four counties*. After some observations from,Mr. BAILWARD, he was fol lowed by Mr. Emvis ' who objected th s o h ars h a measure as the expunging part of a Report, merely on the ground of a difference of opinion; and explained that the reception, and even confirmation, of a Report of a Committee did by no means go the length of pledging the Society, or the Meeting, to the adoption of the measures or sentiments contained in it; but only that it contained . n o thi ng that should prevent it s b e i ng re ceived, and its suggestions discussed. He then proceeded to make some observations on the causes of the distress, which he attributed mainly to over-production, assisted by other causes ; and rejecting the idea of legislative interference, he con tended that the remedy lay chiefly' with the agriculturists themselves. Mr. POOLE deprecated any diminution of the cultivation of the country ; and considering that great relief might be afforded by equalizing the poor-rates, reducing the rate of i n t eres t, an d diminishing the public burthens of the country. Mr. PAYNE entered at length on the question of the Currency, with great ability explain the rules that govern the circulating medium, and made various pertinent observations on the state of trade during and after the war. Mr. BE NETT, the Member for Wiltshire, in a very neat and intelligent speech, commented on some parts of the observa 'don of the last speaker; and concluded, by recommending the agriculturists by no means to despair, but' to unite in their en deavours to remove the difficulties under which they laboured, and from which, he had no doubt, they would ere long be relieved. Mr. WEBBE WESTON followed, and with great good humour, and,- a happy style of ironical' observation, comment ed. on the distress of the landed interest, and defended the eport. FuGE, after the explanatiOn that had been given of the .formality of receiving and confirming the Report, withdrew hi s opposition, and the Report w as confirmed. In putting the question, the Noble PRESIDENT, with the perspicuity and, elegance that distinguish all his observations, rernarkid, that since the name of the lamented Mr. Horner had been introduced into the discussion in connexion with Mr. Peel's Bill, his Lordship desir e d (without offering any opinion as to the course that might haye been pursued by Mr. Horner, had he lived when Mr. Peel's Bill was brought forward) to convince the Meeting, that many vears h a d . e l a p se d be tween the original proposition of Mr. Horner, and the passing of Mr. Peel's Bill ; and that, therefore, Mr. Horner was not to be connected with a measure that passed under circumstances very different from those which attended the resolutions pro posed by him. • Read - a most interesting communication from Hastings Elwin, Esq., on the History and Principles of Gothic Archi tecture, accompanied by a. Drawing illustrative of Sir James Hall's ingenious theory of the origin of that style of building. The Report •of the Judges appointed to inspect the Live Stock was next read, and,the Premiums and Bounties awarded, were confirmed. A very interesting account of the successf u l use o f G enera l Beatson's new agricultural implements, the Scarifier, &c. was detailed to tile Meeting by Sir J. C. HIPPESLEY, who stated that extensive experiments were now making by some Gentle men in the neighbourhood, the result of which would be re ported in due course to the Society. A letter addressed to the President, by Dr. Parry, oh the growth of Fine Wool in this tounty (accompanied by some fleeces and a piece of cloth), was read by the Secretary ; from the lateness of the hour, the inspection of the fleeces, and the further consideration of the subject were def erre d. The thanks of the So c i e ty were then most cordially voted to the Noble President for his very able and impartial conduct in the Chair ; and the Meeting adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CHARGES OF SWINDLING. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday at two o'clock the final exami nation of Jeremiah James Reading took place, before Sir R. BIRNIE, Mr. MlNsituur., and Mr. HALLS, the Magistrates. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, Sir R. BIRNIE ad dressing the prisoner said—Have you had your Solicitor with you ? • The prisoner replied he had not. , Sir R. BIRNIE—How so ? I thought you depended very much on having the assistance of a Solicitor at this examination, Prisoner—l have been prevented from procuring one by Ex- Sheriff Parkins, who came here at the last examination to abuse me.—He asked permission to be allowed to come near the Ma gistrates. Sir R. Buti.,a.E and Mr. MINSHULL expressed themselves to have no objection ; he accordingly left the bar, and stood in the front of the Magistrates' table. Sir R. BIRNIE asked if Mr. Evans was present ? he did not answer. Sir Richard observed, they were inundated with let ters, which were of no use, if people did not choose to come forward to give evidence. Charles Buller Hall, the original complainant, was called, but did not answer. The prisoner asked as a great favour, if the Officer.of the Court might be allowed to read a paper which he produced, which he pledged himself to answer paragraph by paragraph ? He then handed over The Globe Newspaper. The Magistrates assured him they had nothing to do with Newspapers. Sir Richard, however, looked at The Globe for some time, and then returned it, observing, that it contained a long laboured account of the former examination, and it stated as facts circumstances which never took place in that office. Prisoner—lt contains a charge against me of uttering a forged checque on Messrs. Biddulph.and Cox, the bankers, which has not,been made. Sir RlCHARD—Certainly no such charge has been made here. The prisoner acknowledged owing them money. Sir RICHARD—It is most likely you will hear from them before you leave the Office. Mr. Stafford, the Chief Clerk, proceeded to read the evidence of Mr. John Osyton, the partner in the house of Messrs. Dwerrehouse and Co. the watchmakers, as to the prisoner ob taining two gold watches, saying they were for a young noble man, as given at the last examination. The prisoner proceeded to cross-examine the witness. He asked him if he had not issued a writ against him for 891., the amount of the charge of the watches, in the month of May last ? Witness admitted he had, and that he put it into the hands of an officer to arrest him, and he went to-the prisoner's house for that purpose. The prisoner said it was a debt, and he would pay honour ably, and asked if he was to he charged with felony as well as debt too ? he therefore considered the chargb before the Ma gistrate to be done with. - 'Sir R. BIRNIE said, I, for one, do not consider it done with ; and we must judge what your sentiments were when you went into Messrs. Dwerrehouse's shop, which was, to cheat and de fraud them of their watches. The prisoner bowed. with submission to the Bench ; but he thought it very strange that they shOuld pretend to know what his thoughts were when lie went into Messrs. Dwerrehouse's. shop. Sir It. BIRNIE said, they judged of a man's thoughts by his actions. The parties having been bound over to prosecute for stealing the watches, the prisoner addressed Mr. St a ff or d, an d sa id, y ou say of stealing ?—I do. The prisoner inquired if that was regular? Mr. MixsuuLL explained tahim that taking by fraud was stealing. Charles .Butler Hall, the original complainant, now made his appearance, and was re-sworn to his former evidence previously to his being bound over to prosecute. He was cross-examined by the prisoner. He answered his questions in such a .Violent and taunting manner,that the Magis tratesbad frequently to reprove him. He admitted that he had been a linen-draper—that he had been a bankrupt two years 'before he was of age. He denied having taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act since. It had been discovered that he was not subject to the Bankrupt _Laws, being a minor; but he thought he was of age. -He also admitted that he had sworn he was 21 years of age under the Marriage Act, when he was not so. It was contended that he ought to have given up his reversionary property to his creditors. The prisoner contended that Hall had imposed upon him by transferring to him, reversionally, property which he had no right to, as it belonged to his creditors. Hall, in reply, said, if his creditors claimed it they were a set oft, thieves. He said he had paid twenty shillings in the pound. He however admitted with the exception of what had been spent in law, but said if he 'Sold his shirt off his back he would punish them. In addition to the viOlence/of this language, it was delivered with surauch intemperance, that Mr. MlNsnor.r, found it ne cessary to severely reprove him, and said, he would not Suffer persons who were not present to be attacked, and if he repeated similar conduct he would commit him. The IVorthy Magistrate also took occasion to reprove Mr. Parkins, commonly described as" Ex-Sheriff," for his busy and intemperate interference in producing letters, &c. He thought every man ought to have a fair triaL. Tha prisoner inquired if he'could be admitted to bail ? He was informed one offence was bailable, the other not. The prisoner said, it was in vain for him to offer bail then, and lie should reserve his defence for his trial. When he was going away, he returned and asked Mr. Parkins if he had any charge to make against him ; to which he received no reply. SABBATH-BREAKING. QuEis7-SquAnE.--Yesterday a great number of butchers, green-grocers, and others, were summoned to this Office, far selling goods on Sunday, contrary to the Act of Parliament.—. In mos t instances neighbours were the informers, being them selves previously convicted, and con s id er i ng i t a hardship to see others keeping their shops open on Sunday. It appeared that a meeting of the inhabitants had been held to take the matter into consideration, and that it was resolved, for the benefit of the poorer classes of society, to keep shops open till half-past ten o'clock on Sunday mornings; but the Magistrates were satisfied that the law made no such distinction, and several had been convicted on the information of the constables, which caused those who were convicted to become informers against their neighbours. A second meeting took place, when it was resolved to put the laws in force against any tradesmen who should sell or expose their goods for sale on the Sabbath, and many have been .since complained against, and obliged to pay the pe nalty, and who have expressed their wish to act in conformity with the law, and are only induced to break it because their usual' customers neglect to serve themselves on Saturday, and go to other less conscientious tradesmen on Sunday. The Magistrates, on their part, being most senAible of the justness of the observation,•earnestly required all the inhabi tants to supply themselve on Saturday with what may be ne cessary for their families, on Sunday, in order that the trades men may not only find it unnecessary to follow their worldly calling on Sunday ; but that they may be able to attend those duties, and enjoy that relaxation for which the day was spe cially aiipointed. They were glad the inhabitants took up the matter in such a view, because it was the most effectual means of checking the evil which .has of late grown to an alarming extent. SEAMEN'S WAGES. UNION-HALL; DEC. 20.—Thoinas Bramston, seaman, against William Rutter, Captain of the brig Adridtic. This was an information (under 5:1 Geo. 111. c. 58, for facilitating the recovery of seamen's wages) conthicted by Mr. Robinson, the Solicitor of Clement's-inn, on the part of the coin.: plainant, and by the defendant in person, and excited eon , siderable interest, inasm uc h as it was a novel proceeding under a new Act of Parliament, made in aid of the rights of mari ners in the merchant service. The plaintiff was hired at Cowes, May 16, 1821, at 2/. Ms. per niQnth, to sail withthe defendant in his brig, then on a trading voyage to Trieste, in the Gulf of Venice where she arrived on Ist of July The defendant sailed. from Trieste on the 30th of August, willfully leaving the plain tiff on shore, without payment of his wages, and without his clothes, and to this effect the plaintiffhad obtained and produc ed the Vice-Consul's certificate. Tho defendant swore that the plaintiff had des er t e d th e s hi p , an d h a d t h ereby f orfeited both his wages and clothes. Ws defence, however, was not borne out by any of the circumstances of the case: whereupon Mr. ALLEN, the Magistrate, made an order for the payment of the wages and costs, leaving the defendant to appeal to the Court of Admiralty, under the provision of the Act, if he should think fit. 'We have lately noticed many instances of the extreme mildness.of the atmosphere, at so late a period of the year; but, perhaps, no instance of premature vegetation is so remarkable as that of• the budding of the cherry trees, which has oc curred in most of the gardens in this vicinity, but which having become the prey of the numerous tribe of the finches and other small birds, it is feared will render the produce di that fruit ex tremely scanty in the ensuing summer. An at tentive observer will find the ground under the trees covered with the buds, destroyed as above described.—(Kentish Gazette.) , • IVit. THE SUN. . . - THE BISHOli:OP PETERBOROUGH'S EXAMINA TIONQUESTIONS. . , ( Continued Jim Thursday's SUN.) • Toleration is a term which we may understand when applied to Dissenters from the Established Church, when they have perfect, liberty to preach their own doctrines in their own places of worship; but it is quite inapplicable to those whO profess conformity to the 39 Articles, which were published for avoiding diversity of opinions, and no dissent can be tolerated on the part of those who are bound by Articles for the esta blishing of consent touching true religion. But \ if the toleration which these Questions are sup posed to infringe denotes the privilege of preaching dissent from the doctrines of the Church, as well in our own pulpits as in licensed Meeting-houses, it is a species of toleration which would shortly end in the destruction of the Church. The Temple of our National Religion would be widened in deed, as the Council seems to desire ; but, as the Bishop says, it would be "widened with materials which wonld soon let down the whole super structure. It is highly necessary, therefore, to examine well the doctrines of the candidate be fore he ventures to admit him ; for if they render him unit for the Ministry of the Established Church, he must necessarily be rejected; and though the Church, considered as an edifice, thereby lose a portion of the materials of which it might otherwise consist, we must remember that the stability of an edifice depends not on the quantity but on the quality of the materials." By some defect in part of the materials, or by being badly put together, which could hardly fail to happen with the most dexterous in har monising such discordant elements, there often happens what is called a settlement, and some times the dry-rot in the building ; and therefore it is highly necessary at all times, though it may be more so at some seasons Limn others, to ex ? , amine well the temper of these elements before they venture to put them together--that our holy Temple may not be daubed with untempered mortar. The Bishop still goes on as he began, neither daunted by all the menaces of his adversaries, nor seduced by the soft speeches of his friends, to exercise that discretion which the Church con fides to him. That this should be denied him by these adversaries; is no great wonder, but the wonder is, that they who profess to be his friends should deny this confidence. So far from _al lowing him the least discretion, they con tend that the Royal Declaration " contains an explicit abolition of this discretionary power, and that it leans to the side of those who advocate simple subscription, as opposed to this minute cross-examination." I must say this part of the attack upon the Questions astonished me not a little; and the more I read the Declaration, the more I am convinced, When coupled with the Canons of the same Church, that the full and entire discretion still rests with the Bishop, and that this discretion must be applied to the doctrine, and not merely to the subscrip tion of the name. If subscription were sufficient in the estimation of the Church, she never could have commanded her Bishops to examine. This examination could never be instituted to any purpose,—most certainly not to the purpose of the title of our articles, which are published to " avoid diversity of opinion, and establish con sent touching true religion,"--without an in quiry into the doctrine of the candidate. The same authority that appoints the examination, so far from declaring against the means, seems to declare most positively in their favour. This- Declaration no doubt " provides against the ex ercise of private authority or judgment in any change deemed necessary," or even public preaching, that may " draw the articles aside any way." Yet this can never apply to the Bishop in his public capacity, or in the least mili tate against his authority in his own diocese, dele gated by the Church, and acting as one of its most exalted representatives, and especially call ed upon by one of its Canons to examine candi dates, in a matter too where there is no change in contemplation, but rather an earnest zeal to pre serve the articles pure and inviolate. So far from " drawing any of them aside any way," he endea vours all he can to keep the candidates firm and faithful to them in the plain, literal, and gram matical sense. This is all which the Declara- on means, when it subjoins these words, as the Bishop contends, to the former part of the sentence—that " no man shall put his own sense or comment to the meaning of the article ;" not that no sense whatever shall be put on the ar ticles, but that no sense shall be put on them which is inconsistent. with their literal and gram matical sense. " If no man shall put his own sense upon the articles, no sense whatever can be put upon them. Such an assent would in fact be an assent to nothing. All therefore which it can enjoin is, that the articles be interpreted in their literal and grammatical sense—that they shall not be drawn aside from this sense, and that no man shall put any other sense upon them." The provision, therefore, in this Declaration is by no means against questions put by the pro per authorities, who, if they are to examine at all, must examine in their own sense ; much less is it peculiarly pointed at Anti-Calvinists ; but all these expressions, on the contrary, about lite ral, grammatical sense, as Dr. Hey observes, cc about preachers and readers in the Universities affixing their own meaning, drawing aside arti cles, &c. are all to be understood to prevent those abuses into which the rigid Puritans had fallen. Hence we hear bitter complaints, on their part, of this Declaration abridging their li berty, 'which had arisen to such licentiousness ; and Neale, himself a Puritan, in his history of that sect, reprobates it as most confused and un intelligible. It does, indeed, use general ex pressions with particular meanings ; and speaks as if some teachers neglected the articles, and yet maintained that they were favourable to them ; but this was an inconsistency not in the Decraration, b u t i n th e P ur i tans " themselves ofo those days, as it i s o f t h e present, 'whet a ever zealous to p rove t h e articles to b e is ~ their favour, w hil e t h ey go about rea chi ng doctrines s o con t rary to their, spirit. ' rher, are some ofo these Pu r it ans a l rea d y in ng Church, and there are many more endeavonr2 eir to enter, who wou ld no d oubt succeed in tu o f endeavour, if it were not f or the timely efforts ,be Phis and oth er o f our P relates, to question 1 , h candidates mo re m i nu t e l y i n - the articles ivlll, u ,, c are signed by many , an d would be signe d more in their pr esen t f orm, who would scruple ti e sign them in th e i r rea l sp i rit. Who then buto n of these. Puri tan s, or an enemy to the Church' can dispute the r i g ht o f t hi s Prelate in matte r s which natur a ll y come w i thin his own prer et sphere in hi s own di ocese ? Or who can say th a t ; , in exercisin g hi s aut h or i ty to the best of 'l judgment, he oversteps the boundaries of his 0 fice, in prop os i ng _ certa i n questions which he I:r the present times thinks expedient, to discri°' nate the qualifications of those who offer them' selves for the ministry, to occupy stations of the most sacred t rus t, f or w hi ch he, as Diocesan, I", chiefly resp ons ibl e, an d therefore cannot be t°' ' minute in his examination. It is in this vie sc ,' these questi ons are d rawn up, " not to establis'' any new Test or Articles of Faith," but to try the spirits of the candidates, by applying the old, ° far as they c an b e appl i ed, in their genuine nric I full sense, with all that vigour of intellect and I°' gical acumen, for which this Prelate has shoe`' forth, in a long life of successful controversy, 5° pre-eminent. ( To be Continued. ) CANONICL'S• HICKMAN, the Gas-light-man, whose funera l we announced yesterday, has been frequentlP from furious driving, thrown-out of chaises. On the last occasion, previously to his fatal accident; he wished, if ever it again occurred, he nligh break his neck !—Alas ! how soon has his Pr e ' sumptious desire been realized. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afterooon carpenter employed in one of the large hong° building near the King's Mews, fell from the roof to the ground, and was killed on the spo t ' lie was engaged in adjusting some rafters, and is supposed he lost his balance. Mr. ROBERT GOURLAY appeared before th e Magistrates, to request an order from them; to compel the overseers of Wily to allow hltn a 0'; ficient maintenance as a pauper. He entere d into a very long detail of circumstances relative to his situation, the sum of which was, that he had gain e d a se t t l ement at Wily; that he had not wherewith to support himself ; that he di" not wish to eat the bread of idleness ; he did not ask for cha r ity, b ut employment and a sufficient sum for his labour'. The Magistrates listeneta with the urmost patience and attention to story ;, thay were aware of his talents, his into' grity, and made ample allowance for his eceentri; cities. Mr. S wayne , o f W ilton, in a way which did credit to that feeling and humanity for which he i 5 eminently distinguished; on inquiring about his property, was informed by him that he had give f ; 1,5001. in t rus t f or t h e benefit (we think) 0.1 his family, but over which he had no controul• As for the ring which he had upon his finger (we b e li eve it was a mourning one), be consv dered that to be a species of property with whic h parish officers have nothing to do. Th e Magi s " trates fully coincided in this opinion, and senle ci , surprised a n d o ff en d e d t h at snch a subject shoul(1, have been introduced. The Magistrates ult i " mately made an order for an allowance of- three shilliugs per week to the once opulent and gene ions possessor of Deptford Farm.—(Sonitizamr ton Chronicle.) COAL-MARKET, DEc. 20. Ships at Market. Ships sold 140 f Newcastle - 98 31 Sunderland • - 23 Price. 38s Od to 45S n 39s Od to 4eks COURSE OF EXCHANGE, December 17. 4 ., 12 6 C. i'• Ditto, at 12' 3 Rotterdam 12 7 Antwerp ' 12 6 Hamburg!) A7 '9 of !IrS Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight - - US' Ditto nourtleaux, ditto c Frank fort ou th e M a i n Madrid .... -.dir e 36-1 Eifec. Cadiz Barcelona 37 Effeol— -33i Seville Gibraltar 30i Leghorn 461 Geriva 43l—Venice, It a l. Li v. 27 50 Malta 45 —Naples 39 Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin .... Cork 9 pet Ceut. BULLION. Portugal Gold, i n Coin , Foreign Gold, iu Bars New Doubloons New Dollars Silier in Bars, Standard 1.0 0 0 0100' 17 G •• • 0 0 0 0 4 9,1 0 4 11 BIRTHS. 4 of On Thursday last, a t N o . 17, Gl oucester-p l ace, the if"- ~. John Braham, Esq., of a son. On Thuusrssedll3-yluasatre,ilolfrsa.sjono.seph W. Bromley, 13, Bernar d ' „ r ah street, Rsq On Thursday last, at th e re s id ence o f Th omas L. Pe'"- Esq., Queenborou g h, M rs . Humber, of a daughter. at Yesterday morning, the Lady of Henry Meta, Esch' Bromley-common, Kent, of a daughter. _....,' MARRIED. On the 19th instant, at Allhallows B a rkin g , John 1 3i1 - 1 V Esq., of Southgate, to Ann, 'only daughter of John Bellarn' Esq., of Trinity-square. • As. On the 12th instant, at F u l mer , B uc k s , Willi am Thoo.r; second son of the R e v. H enry Bl en ki nson, R ector o f thatZ, rish, to Clara Jane, youngest daughter of John Woodcock; -7r of Fern Acres, in th e same county . Th e part i es were p r evl°' married in Scotland. ie° On the 19th instant, Charles Adams Dyer, rsq., Ilford, to Sarah, youngest daughter of Wm. Greenhill/ of East Ham, Essex. DIED. On the 19th inst., at Hackney, Marianne, youngest daug ht° of Thomas Wilson, Es q., M.P. late rect°l Off the 15th inst., a t Clif ton , t h e R ev. James Olive, of St. Paul's, Bristol. . dig' On Wednesday, the 18th i nst ., o f typ h us fever,.Alwel'l ti .g. youngest daughter of Mrs. Hambley, of the Lodge, bourn, Kent. —aide Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the 5 1:714 Office, NO. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS. ; (' NUM: THIS is of Dire TOT ALLING I place, on TH th Writing (se, Purchase the b °ek Yard), 114 tIghtered Partment at (I stiing, anti 1 ° contain h 'ich article.— `"'nth. Shadwell-1: THE I MAJE! 47 arrant, dat LAST DAY( fo r the rear the - Isth day Po` 13 1 Y the t i of Hi 3n t l u on e t D in r:win o g n NIONDA ftnuary e , 182 A gents lin t kingdom. 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