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TILE LONDON JOURNALS. ' RXTRAGTS FROM THI DIIY MORNING PAPERS, July 19, 1822. [BRITISH PRESS . Some difficulty arose in the Rouse of Lords on Wednesday evening, as to the propriety of their. LordshipS sitting on• this day, it being the anni versary of the Coronation of his Majesty. The' Lord Chancellor observed that Parliament had Stever been sitting when the anniversary of the Coronation of the late King occurred, which made it necessary that precedents should be. sought 'for in preceding reigns. We understand, on examination of the Journals, that three pre cedents have been found for sitting on that day, and not one against it. .Their Lordships will therefore - sit this day for the purpose of passing the Bill for renewing the Insurrection Act (Ire land) -through a stage (the second reading). The recommittal of the Canada Government and Trade' Bill was moved by Mr. Wilmot last night in the House of Commons, who stated its objects to be, to apply to Canada the principle of the Bill brought in by the Board of Trade re lating to , colonial trade; to secure a fair appro priation of the duties between the two provinces of Upper and. Lower Canada ; and to alter to a certain degree the Constitution granted to those provinces by the Act of. the 3tst Geo. In. by incorporating into one the Government . and Legislatures of both provinces. The motion was. opposed by Sir James Mackintosh, as far as re garded the alteration of the Constitution of the Canadas, on the ground of the want of due notice to the inhabitants of those provinces, and the - want of information on the part of the House touching their sentiments and pinions concern ing the proposed alteration.-- 2 1 he Bill was re committed,- and the Report ordered to be re ceived on Tuesday next.—.(lbid.) LMORNINO POST.] In the House of Como - ions htst night Mr. Wil root moved . the •Order of the bay for going into a Committee of the whole House upon the Ca nada Trade Bill. The Hon. Sezretary prefaced - his motion by, as all allowed, a lucid and 4atis factory statement of the objects proposed by this measure, and of the manner in which he sought to - attain them. Those objects are threefold, viz.: -2—First, to make such alterations in the laws for regulating the•trade of Canada, as have become necessary in consequence of the West Indian Co lonial Trade Bills which have lately received the Royal Assent—secondly, to authorise the collec tion of the Custom Revenues of both Upper and Lower Canada in the latter, i❑ ()icier to their fair and equal distribution . over the two Provinces for defraying their public expences—and With the view of effecting this second object, to unite the two distinct Legislatures of Upper and. Lower. Canada into one Legislature, for the uni form government of the whole Colony. 'We may here observe, that the impossibility which has been hitherto experienced of collecting and dis tributing, in any other mode that! that proposed, the Revenues of the 'two Canatlas, has, left no alternative but the second plan just noticed ; *bile, unless by a united Legislature, this plan cannot be put in operation. It is also perceived, that from pursuing the present course biany other advantages will accrue of great importance to the Colony as well as to this Country, and hence an additional motive for its adoption.— 'When the separate Legislatures were establish ed, it is remarkable that the very evils which have arisen from that measure, were antici pated,•and that it was then said, if they should occur, Parliament ought to dO what his Ma jesty's Ministers now actually propose. The , ,Bill, however, was opposed, but only in that clause for uniting the Legislatures. The other parts were all agreed to, but that which alone could render them available was objected to. Nor was the union of the two Canadas opposed as in itself either really or apparently an object not to be desired, but solely because the people of those provinces have not been polled to ascertain their approbation of the Act in the first instance. These observations against ,the measure having been replied to, the motion was carried by a ma jority of 48 to 14, and the Bill, having gone through the Committee, was ordered. to be re coMmitted on Tuesday next. [MORNING CIIRONI,CLE.3 Mr. Brougham's Beer Retail Bill has been - withdrawn, in deference to the objection to pass itrg so important a :Bill at so late a period of the Session. Ife pledged himself, ho\vever, to bring in a similar Bill next Session.—Beer may be con sidered a necessary of life b this country, and there can surely . .be no'reason why a poor man should be subject to any restraint with respect to his beer, any more than with respect to his bread or meat. The objections to the freedom. of retail whiCh have been urged on this occasion . are, first, that without restrictions good beer would not be sold ; and secondly, that a free 'trade would injure the Licensed 'Victuallers. With regard to.' the :former, we have it from Mr. Alderman Wood, " that the great quantity of beer which a publican was enabled to draw, made the beve rage he could Supply very superior to that which could be- afforded by a chandler, who would keep perhaps a single barrel, which would, like the small beer that was sold in the same way, be sour in summer and vapid in winter.";---This is an argument 'which we confess we did 'not an ticipate, but we see the wonderful force of it, and: we should lie astonished if some sagacious persons did not avail themselves of it far the right regulation of other trades—For instance, a butcher,withoutarapid sale, has not unfrequently, especially in hot weather, very bad meat on his hand's.—Now this might be prevented by limit ing the number of butchers, so as to ensure.to each a rapid and extensive sale. The time may come when the freedom of the. trade may pro-. duce such a swarm of butchers, that none of them will have it in their power to sell good meat,- just as a free trade in beer would create swarms of sellers of .bad beer ;• and , the public in either, case would only. have a. choice of evils. A slight' objection, however, Occurs, arising out - of the * circumstance that hitherto, in all cases where competition is open, the public' have been uni formly the best supplied. We do not see will all the world should take to sel lin g beer, -an y more than all the world should take to selling any other commodity. If stale beer only were presented for sale, it would cease to be bought; and if such a calamity were to happen as that the abundance of sellers had deprived the people of their accustomed beverage, why the House might be called to meet early to save, by a new restrictive Bill, a remnant of the parched population from destruction.—The other argu-1 merit, the injury to the Licensed Victuallers, may, we think, be easily disposed of. The mo nopoly of the brewer and the publican is not a matter of right. When a publican gives for a house three or four times its value on account of its licence, he does so with the knowledge , that the Magistrates of the division May licence as many houses beside it as they please, and thus reduce the value of his property. The licence is for the augmentation of the revenue and the protection of the community from immorality, and not for the protection of the property of the publican or brewer. If, in fact, there has been an understanding between Magistrates and Brewers (frequently the same persons) on this subject,'it is altogether foreign to theintendment of the law. THE TIMES.] A known correspondent, on whose accuracy and means of information we can rely, begs to point our attention to the state of the coal-trade in the Rivet, and to the conduct of the great coal-owners who supply the metropolis. The complaint is, that, contrary to all the known rules of supply and demand, the price of coals has lately risen, while the demand for fuel, in consequence of the heat Of the weather, must have diminished. A few weeks ago it was an nounced to the _public, that the prices of coals at the pits had fallen several shillings per chal dron, and the approach of the dog-days ren dered the account extrem - ely probable. We find, notwithstanding, that coals, which on the Ist .of July bore only 355. 9d. per chaldron, had, on the 10th, risen to 395. 3d ; and on the 12th, to 40s. 3d. ; that those which on the Ist were at 395. 6d., were, on the 3d, 405.; on the sth, 40s. 3d.; on the 10th, 425.; and on the 12th, 425. 6d.; and, in fact, that every species of coal had, from the Ist to the 15th inst., risen in proportion. _ In the mean time the arrivals in the River had not diminished in the same degree. We have not before us the exact quantities that arrived during the last or present month, but the following is an account of the quantities which entered the River on the two previous months — April, 82,133 chaldrons ; May,'128,441. The arrivals_ of vessels in the River, from the Ist inst. to the 15th inclusive, amounted to 361, and the following is the rate of their arrival :—From the Ist to the 4th, 78 ; from the sth to the -7th, 56 ; on the Sth, 90 ; from the Bth to the 10th, 48 ; from the 10th to the 12th, 31 ; and from the 12th to the 15th, 65. Such are the facts. The demand for fuel leas diminished, , the supply bas rather increased ; and when, conse quently, a double diminution of price might have been expected, occasioned by the, double opera tion of an increased supply and a. diminished de mand, we find prices advancing in the course of the last fortnight two or three shillings a chat- Aron. Such an unnatural state of the market necessarily inspires the suspicion that it is not left to its natural course of free competition, but that it has been influenced by a combination among the great coal-owners. We should be sorry to hear of any attempt being proposed to raise the price of a necessary of life, against which, however, we think we have a security in the high minded and liberal principles of some of the gentlemen in question ; but it is difficult to account for these facts without supposing something wrong in their Systern, or something dishonest in their '. agents. When the nature of the article is Con sidered, the price of which is thus unnecessarily raised—when it is considered that it. is already burdened with enormous duties in addition to its original cost, and the expenses of its distant carriage—when it is considered to how many dues it is liable before it reaches the hearths of the poorest inhabitant Of the metropolis, our reasons in making the above statement may easily be justified, and our anxiety excused. We may 'perhaps shortly return to the subject. [NEW TIMES.] As a question of prudence, or as the ground of a calculation of probabilities relative to the' permanence of any system, the numbers and de scription of persons attached or opposed to it are very niaterial considerations; and in that point of view, we adverted to the comparative numbers of those who were and of those who were not zealously attached to the Spanish Constitution. Any comparison, however, between the state of England in 1688 and the state of Spain in 1822 'must be so completely wild and inconclusive, that we dismiss it at once from our consideration. We wish to discover what course it would be desirable that Spain should take, for her, own good, as well as for the general good of Europe, and what chance there is of her taking such course, or any like it. The argument of the Morning Chronicle is, that if we do not like the Constitution of 1820, we must like the system of Government which prevailed in Spain thirty years ago ; if we are not worshippers of Itiego, we must regret the profligate Administration of Godoy ; if we do not commend the wholesale plunder of the Church, and the abolition of No bility, we must necessarily venerate the Monks and the Inquisition. Now the truth is, that we admire none of all these things. We think Spain has been for the last half century in a most miserable situation ; but we deem the Constitu tion of 1820 to be the greatest curse that ever befel her ; inasmuch as it has led, of inevitable necessity, and we predicted at the time that it would necessarily lead, to a state of total anarchy and civil war. The Constitution of 1.829 has been the pretext and the means of-advancing to power a'set of sanguinary wretches in Madrid, exactly as the. Constitution of 1791 was the pretext and. the means of advancing,• to power a det of sangui- nary wretches in Paris. Tn Paris they began by 1 a general sweeping plan of Church Robbery; they proceeded to annihilate all the privileges of the No bility; they threw the Government into the hands of a demociatical Assembly consisting of one single Chamber, without counterpoise or controul ; they broke open the prisons to murder the defenceless yrisoners ; they slaughtered the King's Guards ; they made ' the King himself a prisoner—they committed Regicide ! In every step, but the last, the Spanish Constitutionalists of 1820 have already faithfully copied their great prototypes, the friends of liberty, equality, fraternity, phi losophy, and philanthropy, in France.--The last step remains yet to be taken. [MORNING lIERAL9.II The proposed new Stamp Act has caused a strong sensation, not only in the House of Com. 'sons but also out of the House, on the part of the public generally. It is, unfortunately, so long, so wordy,. and so ambiguous, that a man of common understanding can hardly make out what it is. • A very able Counsellor, or a Judge, may, after much cogitation, make out its gleaning, and the sort of effect it will have, should it pass into a law in its present shape. To us there appears one thing certain, that its grand intent is to increase the revenue, and so far we agree in its policy ; for if, on the one hand, the Agricultural Interest knocked off in a Sesion from one to three millions of taxa tion, the Ministers, on the other'hand, -ought to contrive to lay'an equal amount of taxation on some other of the " interests" of - the State. And, certainly, we cannot see any fairer tax than a tax on all assignments of land and houses. At the same time there is no good reason why an ideal property, comparatively, namely, the National Debt (which, so far as the word ca pital is applied to it, is ideal, inasmuch as it is peoples' names merely entered in books kept at the Bank of England, to the amount of 800 millions, called capital) should not be taxed in the transfer, on the same principle as the ,South Sea and Bank Stocks are, as well as transfers of land, &c. This species of property, of which the buying and selling every day is enormous, is as justly liable to a stamp, or. tax, as the deeds of houses or land. And why Mr. Vansittart does. not look at this thing, as the fairest of all things to bring under the - operation of the Stamp Tax, we are quite surprised The mys tery can only lie explained, by supposing that he pays more attention than he need do to the sophisms of Stockholders and Stockjobbers. In process of time, we are of opinion that he might' get a million a year from this new species of property, which every body knows was begun by King William the Third, the idol of the Irish Orangists. • We think, too, that, in time, he might get another million a year from raw cotton,. a very fair article of taxation. If we should be correct in our conjectures, there are two millions to be placed ag ainst the taxes which the" landlord interest," in order to keep up their rents as lona as possible, frightened the Right Hon. Finance Mi nister out of, and for which, neither the " farm ing," " labouring," "manufacturing," or " buy ing and selling" interests, thank either the" land lord interest" or the 44 Finance Minister." If the " national faith" is to be preserved " invio late," and that appears to be the dkermation of both Houses ; and if the expellees of the Govern ment are also to be met, nothing,as we have said ,efore, will do, but substituting a tax on one in .erest as fast as the other interest. succeeds in 'orcing the. Minister to abandon another tax. IRELAND. CORK, JULY 15.--The. Register to the Arch bishop of Tu An has issued the following notice : " The Archbishop of Tuam, feeling that (during this awful ravage of Divine Visitation, which so grievously afflicts his Arch_ diocess of Tuam,) the minds and bodies of his Clergy should be almost exclusively devoted to the'administration of relief in their respective districts, to their suffering people ; I am com manded by his Grace to notify his intention of holding no Visi tation during this Summer, and thus to avoid removing his Clergy, even for one day, from their important posts." One hundred and forty persons have died of starvation and fever in one parish in the County Mayo, during the short space of ten days.—, Twenty seven persons have died-in the parish of Ballinakill, County Mayo, of famine; and many have died of typhus and dysentery occasioned by starvation. Fever is advancing in frightful strides through some baronies in the County Clare.—Fever is spreading to an alarming extent at Tollamore.—The County Cess in Mayo is suspended ; the sums already received are not to be,refunded.—Distress is now felt in the County Kilkenny and King's County. —Application is made to form a Canal from the County Wicklow to Carlow. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT CHESTER.—We re gret to say two other victims have fallen to the explosion of Mr. Boult's steam engine boiler : on Sunday morning last Thomas Owen was released from his agonizing sufferings ; and on Wednes day morning James Owen, his brother—making in the whole four who have lost their lives by this lamentable occurrence ! The only survivor, William Brookfield, now lies in his house, in Crook-street, in a very low state. LONGEVITY.—There is now living in the town ship of Edale, in the parish of Castleton, Derby shire, a man of the name of JOHN Fox, who com pleted his 100th year on the 9th May last ; he is the general pig butcher of the neighbourhood, which employment he follows , as usual ; he is also a husbandman, and our informant found him in May last putting his scythe in order for mowing the present summer. Upon obi serving to him that he must be quite a young man at the age of sixty, he smartly re plied, " Aye, at eighty there were few I'd ha' turned my back on, take me for a week toge ther; and I'll not be left so very far This summer, if it please God to spare my health." His, health, strength, and faculties, seem nearly unimpaired ; I:he goes regularly to bed at eight , an d rises at four ; and his general di et is bread ( oat cake > , milk, butter, and cheese. He drove one of the Government baggage waggons from Castleton to Sheffield, at the time of the Rebellion iw 174-5. ' (Manchester Mercury.) THE ARMY. NEW RiarLATIONS. ( Continued from TuE Smkr of the 12th inst. ) UNIFORM .OF REGIMENTAL OFFICERS. LIFE GUARDS. FULL DRESS. Coatee—Scarlet; blue velvet Prussian col lar, full three inches • deep ; a gold embroidered oak-leaf loop, at each end ; single breasted, with one row of nine or ten but tons down the front ; blue velvet dragoon pointed cuff; open ; at the side • two gold oak-leaf holes ; coatee skirt with blue velvet turnbacks, and embroidered grenade skirt ornament. Epaulettes—gold embroidered strap about seven inches long, two and a half wide at top, four and three-quarters at bottom with rich bullion crescent; two rows dead and bright bullions, outer row full two inches and a half long. Aiguilette—gold twisted cord with gilt engraved tags, worn under the epaulette, on the right shoulder. Breeches--white kersymere with regi mental buttons and buckles: Stockings—white silk. Shoes— with gilt buckles. Hat—cocked; unbound ; fan, or back part, eleven inches; front, or cock, nine inches; each corner six inches ;' a gold embroidered star-loop; gold and crimson bul lion tassels. Feather—red and white, drooping. Sword—gilt guard, pommel, and boatshell ; black fish-skin and silver-twist ed wire gripe ; straight blade, full thirty-two inches long, one inch wide at the shoulder. Scabbard—leather; gilt chape and lockets. Knot—crimson and gold, with a bullion tassel. Waist-belt—white silk with yellow mountings,—worn under the coat. Cravat—black silk. Gloves—white leather. DRESS. Coatee, Epaulettes, Aiguillette, as in Full Dress. Pantaloons—white doe-skin. Boots—jack. Spurs—steel, with straps and buckles. Cap—grenadier, bear-skin, about twenty inches deep ; a large gilt plate at the bottom with gilt raised king's arms and regimental badges ' • a gold bullion tassel at the top, from which proceeds a gold platted cord line passing over the left side of the cap behind, looping at the bottom, and continuing across the front of the cap, and fastening on the right side with a rich flounder and bullion tassel suspending; gilt engraved scales ; a large gold embroidered grenade behind ; a small gilt socket at the bottom on the left. Feather—white, about three-fourths of a yard long. Girdle— crimson and gold lace, three and a half inches deep, with large gold and crimson tassels suspended from the left side. Sword— gilt half-basket hilt, guard, pommel, and shell; black fish-skin gripe with gilt twisted wire ; straight steel cut-and-thrust blade, thirty-four and a half inches long, and full one inch broad at shoulder. Scabbard—brass; with two narrow inlets of black fish-skin. Pouch—blue morocco, Tounded flap, blue velvet ground six and a half inches deep, six and a half wide at top, seven and a half at bottom ; a gold three-fourths inch lace round the edges, leaving a blue light ; a silver star of the garter, or a grenade, in the centre, surrounded by gold embroidered mili tary trophies, surmounted by a crown ; regimental scrolls be low; a morocco cover with silk lining. Pouch-Belt—gold lace, two and a half inches wide, with blue velvet edging ; scarlet morocco lining ; gilt buckle, tip, and slide. Sabre- Tache—blue Morocco; pocket twelve inches deep, eight inches wide at top, ten at bottom ; blue velvet face fifteen inches deep, nine and a half wide at top, twelve at bottom; a two and a halt inch gold lace round the edges, shewing a blue light; a large silver staT of the garter, or a grenade in the centre, sur rounded by gold embroidered military trophies—regimental badges, and surmounted by a crown ; three rin g s at top for tache-slings. `Sword-Belt—gold lace , two and a half inches Wide ; blue velvet edging scarlet morocco lining, clasping in front with a gilt plate two and a half inches deep, three and a half long ; a solid silver star of the garter or grenade in the centre, two gilt rings from which hang two sword-slings of one inch wide gold-lace, edged with blue velvet and lined with blue morocco ; two swivels for rings of scabbard ; three smaller rings are also attached to the belt, from which hang three half inch gold lace tache slings, lined with blue morocco and edged withJalue velvet, with loop and buckles for rings of tache ; blue morocco case, with baize lining. Cravat—black silk. Gloves—White buck-skin gauntlets. UNDRESS. Coatee—scarlet, very short and narrow coatee skirt, with blue velvet turn-backs, and cloth lining ; made in all other respects similarly to full dress. Shoulder-straps—a pair of gold platted cord. Overalls—brown mixed cloth ; a two and a half inch scarlet cloth stripe up each outward seam. On Sunday parades, and on other occasions when ordered, the same coloured overalls are worn with a two and a half inch stripe of gold and scarlet on the seams. Boots— ancle. Spurs— brass screw, with two and a half inch necks and rowels. Sword —with open shell guard; black fish-skin gripe; blade a little curved with round back, thirty-six inches long. Scabbard—steel. Pouch—black patent leather, rounded flap, about four inches deep and six and a half wide, regimental ornaments; or h gre nade in the centre. Pouch-belt--white buffalo leather, two and a quarter inches wide; gilt buckle, tip, and slide. Tache— black-patent leather ; pocket ten inches deep, seven and a half wide at top, nine at bottom ; plain face twelve inches deep, eight wide at top, eleven at bottom ; regimental ornaments, or a grenade in the centre. Sword-belt—white buffalo leather, two and a quarter inches wide, clasping with a regimental plate in front ; two large gilt rings from which hang two one and a quarter inch wide sword-slings, with loops for rings of scab bard, and two three quarter inch wide tache-slings with loops for rings of tache. Cravat--black silk. Gloves—white buck skin gauntlets. Forage Cap—brown cloth ; a gold lace band round the bottom, and a gold button at the top. Cloak—scar let camlet. REGIMENTAL STAFF. Coat—the same as other Officers, without epaulettes, aiguil lette, or shoulder-straps. Hat—cocked, as other officers. Quartermaster wears regimental looping, tassels, and a feather. The Surgeon and Assistant have a black silk loop—no feather. Sash—not worn. Appointments and other articles of dress the same as those worn by the other Officers of their respective re giments ; sword-belt worn under the coat. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY la. • • MARSHALL V. HOLLOWAY. Mr. RAITHEY ' stated that this had been a case which was referrettto his Honour the Master of the Rolls, to inquire whe ther Mr. Serjeant Marshall and Mr. Serjeant Law ought or ought not, as executors of the late Mr. Holloway, to let, for the benefit of the testators heirs, a box in the Opera House, No. 125, and also two silver tickets, and the Master did decide that they ought to be let. .Afterwards the guardians of the in fants interested were advised that the executors should be accountable to them for not having done so sooner to the amount of 5001., and a motion to that effect was made in January last in this Court, which stood over to give an opportunityOf filing some affidavits until to-day, and it now 'came on on the simple • point to know whether those Gentlemen should be considered , by the Court as liable ,to pay that amount. '' After Counsel had been heard for the defendants, His LoniisitlP saiit,-Willing or unwilling to charge those executors with a default, if from the whole it appears to me they are defaultive; it will be my duty. to charge them with it ; if , on the other hand 1 think it was not incumbent upon them to let this box and tickets, why then it will be my duty to say they are not liable. For my own part, I know very little about an Opera box, more than that I understand them to be as fit for letting as any other real property ; and I understand that there are almost daily advertisements for such to be let, not that I myself often or ever see those .but I hear in companies that I sometimes enter Into, that" 31r, So-and So's box is advertised to be let; I toe let my Opera box ; or we are now going to t.tice one on the opposite side :7 therefore I understand that-money may be made of them. But then in this case I am to consider, - whether it will be better to look at 501. which might have been got from the box, or whether, if a bill be filed in Chancery, which will put the estate to. 2 or 3001. expense ; I say I am to consider which of those two conclusions will be the best for the interest of the infants. However, I will look at the affidavits, and from them say whe ther I think they, as executors, in such a case, have done that which.they thought they were justifiable in doing. upon the subject, but paid the money, and entered it in his book, " Coronation fees, two_guineas,' an extract of which he produad. Sir R. BIRNIE said he thought.it right to ask Mr. Fellowes two questions. The first one there were any Corona tion Fees ; and the second was—lf Mr. Phillips was in the • Lord Great Chamberlain's employ on the 19th of February ? Mr. F. replied first, there were no fees as he knew- of ; he could not find any record of any in the Lord Great Chamberlain's Office. He replied, 2dly, Mr. P. was not in the employ of the Lord Great Chamberlain on the 19th of February, he hav ing been discharged in the month of August last, the business of the Coronation being over. Mr. Phillips, in his defence, admitted all that was sai4:l justified what he had done, by saying Mr. Fellowes had said he might make what fees he could, and that he could prove that Coronation Fees were taken at the Colonation of George 111. by subordinate officers like himself, by a man who is 78 years of age. He repeated his consultation at his commencement with the Earl of Harrowby, who advised him to get a book in preference to a sheet of paper ; but he did not say that the Noble Earl advised him to stamp it with the insignia of authority, such as G. R., Lord Great Chamberlain's Office, Coronation Fee, &c. as the book without these would have been as harmless as the sheet of paper. He also represented the interview he had with the Earl of Shaftesbury, wht? app proved of his conduct. The only Peer he named as objecting to pay was the Earl of Verulam, who said it would be a tat upon the Peers, as it was possible there might be a Corona tion every ten years. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE advised him to discontinue that kind of defence, as by his own sheaving from the language used by the Earl of Verulam, he must have gone to him by way of demand, which, however, Mr. Phillips positively . denied, and expressed great abhorrince at the idea of his using any false pretence, and all that was given to him was purely optional. Mr. Morris and Mr. Fellowes having signed their depositions, Mr. Woods, the Clerk, was about to bind them over in the usual way, to prosecute, when Mr. Fellowes stopped him and objected, saying he did not wish to appear as the prosecutor, but merely attended there by desire of Lord Gwydfr, the Lord Great Chamberlain. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE said, he hoped that Mr. Morris would not be the only one singled out to give evidence, as on looking over Mr. Phillips's book, he particularly noticed the names of the Marquis Camden, Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Kenyon, &c. Mr. Morris also objected himself to geve evidence, he not ex pecting that when he was sent for to the Office, to be made to prosecute. With these feelings of the witnesses, the binding over to prosecute was dispensed with. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE then informed Mr. Phillips, that the offence with which ,he was charged was bailable, and that he should not call upon him for a large sum, but 201. would be sufficient. 11Ir. Phillips's friend, who proved to be Mr. .Teffries , . of St. Alban's-place, then stepped forward, and said, he was proud to call Mr. Phillips his friend, and spoke in the highest terms of his integrity and honour, and that he had no doubt that he would not do any thing by a false representation. Mr. Phillips's son offered to return the money, if it was con' sidered his father had received it improperly, Sir R. BIRNIE, in reply to Mr. Jeffries, said, he dared t° say all he had said of Mr. Phillips was correct, and that the Legislature in passing the Act did not contemplate such a ease as this, but had in view embezzlements. Mr. Phillips said he had no doubt he could procure a hundred bails, which Sir R. BIRNIE said he had no doubt of, and being informed a second housekeeper was sent for, observed , he I's' very reluctantly committed Mr. Phillips, and very handsomely agreed to take the bail of Mr. Jeffries only. INFLAMMATORY POSTING BILLS. Thomas Webb was brought to the Office, in the custody. of Oddy, one of the constables belonging thereto, charged tor' being the author of several inflammatory libels in manuscript, which had been posted up in parts of Westminster, the Horse,' Guards, &c. The contents of the papers were libellous on his Majesty's Ministers and the Officers of the 3d Foot Guar° . The prisoner avowed himself the author of the contents of the papers in the most firm, determined, and deliberate-mariner, "t the same time displaying such a stock of impudence and igne: rance that is seldom to be met with ; his conduct arises from circumstance which took place as long as April, 1816, ocer - sioned by the death of John Hegg, a private in the 3d Be: ment of Foot Gi'ards, who being seized with a fit was bled 7, Mr. Charles - Newby, the Assistant Surgeon of the regime:lli; the man continued ill for several days, and at length when it was thought right to open his body, when it was a se ; tained by the Surgeon belonging to the regiment that the c aul of his death was an inflammation in his intestines. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE asked the prisoner who he was, artij, what he was to the deceased ? He replied he lived ner's-lane, Westminster, got his living by beating carpets, ,‘ and was brother-in-law to the deceased. the Luke Tether, a serjeant in the same regiment, identifie d the prisoner as the man who was extremely troublesome afte r b o death of John Hegg, during the years 1816 and 1811' t for, Colonel Hill, the commanding officer of the regiment, the prisoner and read over to him the correspondenscene that had passed between the Commander-in-Chief, the SecretarYwho "War, the Secretary of state, the reports •of three surgcOns attended the deceased, and the approval of the principafo , geon of the regiment, of their treatment of him ; yet. nO t loy standing this attention to the prisoner, lie behaved extr e "' e of rude to Colonel Hill. Colonel Roche attended yesterday with a large packi a le the Official Documents, Correspondence, &c. which C oo taken place upon this subject, and Sir R. BIRNIE read e sr ,,„oe the prisoner deliberately the most essential documents "spo pie subject, but his stupidity, impudence, and ignorance', be 'seared to be proof against any conviction that co ula brought to him. wha t a Colonel Rooke asked him what it was he wanted, or it was he required, to which he was not able to give reasonable. answer. Sir R. BIRNIE repeatedly told him it was a bailable o ffld which he treated with disdain and contempt, saying he shu b ot not ask any body to bail him with the risk of being denied , preferred being committed for trial. tr Ba A rt t ., S a h n a: th P e la l c a e s , t n of ea b r is N n e a w D rl b l u e lE r a y n D , d On fam Sa il tU y 7lay last, An ,wei ( D s ' beth Ann Andrews, only sitter of the late Sir Joseph A' l1 — On the 11th of June, Mr. David Lamb, senior, Ine Charleston, South Carolina, formerly of Glasgow. vier Lately, at Catton, Norfolk, Dlr. White, father of the fse As" . ed Henry Kirk White, whosvoetical remains have 10 Vourable an impression on the public mind. Of -- 1 . 1 ,1 On Pridayose'ennight, at Chatteris, in the 84th 1„ age, Mr. Joseph Richardson. The deceased has 1 a a il brothers, whose united ages amount to 230 years, Or siding in the parish of Chatteris and its neighbourhoo w n . o„, On the9th Instant, at Spekelands, Thomas Earle 68, one of the Senior Aldermen ofilis Borough, and , d aleAttt•in trate and Deputy Lieutenant for this county. The oh , this excellent and much-respected - man is Gloss to soci,l„ l ;. s s ll ,te will be long and seriously felt, although a protracted '"' for ~e t but too well prepared his friends and fellow-townsm en Ion", event. To no individual, perhaps, is the town of Liveln-AttA r e. greater obligations for his public services than to he r . After a residence of severalyears in Italy in early Itl e ipe o . turned to his native place, and in 1 7 8 7 served the office th e C,,g He was, to the time of his death, deputy-chairman of 0E1; mittee of Dock Trustees—an important and responsil: "odeol tion, which he had zealously filled for many year s 'he 11 in The midst of extensive private avocations, *lntl at I o ses o , of one of the oldest and most respectable mercantile this town, he always devoted a large portion of his tiolleso,':110 lentato the service of the public. As a patron and pro t°,10:6 numerous charities, literary and scientific institutionsie t 1 P:i i public works, for which Liverpool is justly distinguishe ne rs 701 will be found enrolled. Of the enlightened fore i roe e (i t ite strangers, to whom his house was at all times open, 11 si lo ; ,.e. leave his society without feeling that the gentletO r 'ot s 'ai , well-informed merchant found in him a correct r e P re d Ile was, in truth, an ornament tohis profession, t° lo ,- vidual whose character reflected honour on his n$ and r ,c; In social life, Mr. Earle was cheerful, courteolls,eneogible, pitable ; in manners, polished ; and in conversatioV, ag'reestri, possessing a mode of expressing himself pectiliariAeris 6 . ll and not unfrequentlyheightened ,by playfulness oreyereeto.4l As a Magistrate, he was firm, but conciliat in g ; ba s to ;, 1 11, execution, though cautious in decision. E x perierle e h is opil l fro ol him, on all occasions, to weigh well before givinC, t hose f Di O and his judgment was therefore respected,. eve n °. fea tures whom he differed. Probably the distingtushin, le It cs,fe character, indeed, were coolness in deliberation, I t to ce in in acting ; which latter he may sometimes th°lgi n flue ll r iol carried to an extreme, considering his weight a e r i d to the f o ' society. In politics, he was steadfastly attach , ~se ciples of Arr. ox. His information was cultivated, and his taste correct. His feelings 90 " gi nEL IP y , rabre co grs e xtens i ; b e s/U O l warm and benevolent ; " his life was honou 00/ , and his death will be deeply lamented."—(Liverf Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS , t n .- r t . Office, No. 112, Strand,' by J. B. C09.11a POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CORONATION FEES. Bow-STREET. —Yesterday being the day appointed for the second examination of Mr. James Phillips, who is charged with receiving sums of money from a number of Peers, under a pretext of Coronation Fees, Mr. Fellowes, the Secretary to the Lord Great Chaniberlain, attended before Sir R. BIRNIE, at a quarter before two o'clock, and stated that he had come from Lord Gwydyr, who concluded, that there was sufficient evidence to commit Mr.'Phillips, and further evidence should be produced on the' trial. Sir RICHARD BinNlE.replied, that sofar from theie being sufficient evidence to commit Mr. Phillips, he had not direct proof of any charge before him ; and there must be a proof of payment of money under a false pretence or representation ; and if there was not that proof before him, he must discharge Mr. Phillips. Mr. Fellowes in consequence wrote a letter immediately to Lord Gwydyr ' which he sent •off by a special messenger, in.. 'forming his Lordship of what Sir R. Birnie had said. While the messenger was gone, a gentleman suggested that Mr. Morrii, the steward of the .Duke of Northumberland, could shortly be procured, and he was accordingly sentior. On the arrival of Lord Gwydyr's ,answer to Mr. Fellowes, he read the contents, his Lordship saying it was impossible for 'him, at that short notice, to procure any evidence. About the same time Mr. Morris arrived, when Mr. Phillips, accompa nied by his son and a friend, was brought to the office, when Mr.. Morris was sworn, who stated, that on the-19th February last Mr. Phillips called upon.him at' Northumberland House, and said he came from the Lord Great Chamberlain's Office for the Coronation fees, and' the sunademanded being only two guineas, 'he did • n9t think it necessary to trouble the Duke MARRIED. Flir A.Hamburgh, on the l9th ult., Charles Wesselhceft, —' to his Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul for. Lower Saxon?'' Miss Susette Hudtwalcker, of Hamburgh. 0 4 ' Yesterday, at St. Georgi's;Church, Bloomsbury ' Dl d to third son of John Hanson, Esq., of the Rookery, Woodfo/:et Lydia Maria, third daughter of John Blunt, Esq., of tr' Bedford-place, Russell-square. 6 of s At Cheltenham, the Rev. James Wm. Arnold, M. A• s- tor the late George Arnold, Esq. of Ashby Lodge, NorthZirtif shire, and Mirables, Isle of Wight, to the Lady Mail ll' third daughter of the Earl of Wicklow. . .......„/ 3/ !.'Oll V LOit 14 , 1 1711 tiler and lo ff to ti me ly t 4 4ti a s 15‘111