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The Noble Lord concluded b? obrkreing that when this subject came before the House in its proper shape he would be prepared to meet the Right lion. Gentleman. Mr. WARBURTON remarked, that nothing could be more plain and simple than the arithmetic of Lieutenant Drummond, and nothing be more complicated or absurd than that of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Croker). Lieut. Drummond had reduced his fractions to a common denominator, which was the settled practice in arithmetic, while the Right HOll. Gentleman did no such thing. Now if the Right Hon. Gentleman would but just take the trouble to look into the commonest book en arithmetic— Cocker, for instance—(A laugh)—he would find that the rule which Lieutenant Drummond had followed was that which was there enforced and exemplified. Mr. CROKER said that the Hun. Member had quite misunderstood him. He had raised no question about no minators or denominators. He recollected that upon a former occasion the Hon. Member having said that his (Mr. Croker's) rule would not do in all cases, he observed that it app'ied only to the case of Lieutenant Drummond. The answer of the Hon. Member was, " Then you are quite right."—(Hear, bear.) Mr. WARBURTON observed that the great difference between the calculations of Lieutenant Drummond and those of the Right Hon. Gentleman were, that the Right Hon. Gentleman founded an universal rule upon five bo roughs, while Lieutenant Drummond founded his upon the whole, or at least a great majority of the boroughs. Mr. GOULBURN said, that the great question was, whether they should go into the Committee on the Bill on Friday next without having the necessary information before them. It was impossible for them to go into Com mittee on the Bill until they had laid before them infor mation as to the limits of the several borough% upon which the amount of their houses and taxes had been calculated. He trusted that the Noble Lord would feel no difficulty in postponing the Committee on the Bill for a few days, in order to give them an opportunity of having that informa tion in their possession. Lord ALTHORP remarked, that on going into Com mittee, it would not be necessary to take the discussion on either of the schedules in the commencement, and there fore that there would be no reason for postponing the Committee on the Bill altogether until the information with regard to the boroughs was before them. He need not remind the Right Hon. Gentleman of the length of time which the other parts of the Bill took in Committee on a former occasion ; and as it appeared to him that all the enacting parts of the Bill would be as well discussed in Committee without the information in question, he could not consent to a postponement of the Committee on the Bill from Friday next. Mr. CROKER begged to inform the Noble Lord, that the Noble Secretary of State for the Home Department, in a communication to Lieut. Drummond, stated to him that his Majesty's Government were determined to found the Reform Bill " upon a new basis."—(Hear, hear.) Were they, he would ask to go into Committee on the Bill with out having that basis before them? Mr. GOULBURN maintained that they could not he properly guided as to the propriety of going into Committee on the Bill, without having the basis upon which it was founded before them. The petition, which was from the borough of Helston, praying to be oinitte4 front schedule B, was then read, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. On the motion of Mr. CROXER, a return was ordered of the numbers of the first ten boroughs in Lieutenant Drum mon,i's Mr. CROKER having remarked that there had been laid before Parliament in the list Session an account of the assessed taxes and population of the counties according , to the census of 1821, moved that a similar account, ac cording to the census of 1831, be now laid before the House, which was ordered accordingly. On the motion of Mr. HumE, an account was ordered of the population of Merthyr Tydvil, according to the census of 1831, of the amount of houses in that town, of the assessed taxes paid by it, and of its relative importance on the principle a nd scale adopted in the list of Lieutenant Drummond. BUCKINGHAM PALACE. Lord DUNCANNON moved the order of the day for tl.e House resolving itself into Committee o❑ the Laud Revenue Bill. Mr. CRESSET PELHAM said, that by giving his vote for this Bill, he would be giving an opportunity for an expenditure of the public money, the extent and taste of which he might afterwards have reason to condemn. He thought it would be more satisfactory to leave this building as it was, until some ulterior measure might be adopted. He did not allude to the pulling down of it, but to the finishing of it in a less expensive manner. Mr. HUNIE wished to know, whether the sum of 75,0001., which the House was now called upon to vote for this building, would be sufficient for its final compl.•- tion, and if not, whether the Commissioners would be at liberty to advance a sufficient sum for that purpose. The Howe should know whether this sum would finally corn to the building. Lord DUNCANNON said that, according to the esti mate which bad been laid before the House, this sum would be sufficient to complete the Palace. Mr. HUME would like to know upon what authority the pledge of the :Noble 1..,rd was given. They had on a former occasion a pledge given to them on this subject by a Chancellor of the Exchequer, which turned out to be worth nothing. Before this sum was voted and the Bill was passed, the public should be satisfied on this point. Lord DUNCANNON said that he could only answer the question according to the estimate which had been prepared on the subject. According to the plan and esti. mate which had been laid before the Committee, he could assure the House that no further sum wodd be demanded from the public fur this purpose. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the completion of the building had been contracted fur, so that the public night rest satisfied that this sum would be sufficient. Lord DUNCANNON replied that it had been con tmeted for as far as it was possible to do so. Mr. BRISCOE said he had serious doubts whether the Ruin of 75,000/. would be sufficient to complete this building. Indeed, if be had not heard what bad fallen from the Noble Lord, be should say that it would he im possible, according to the estimates that had been made out to complete it with such a sum. Mr. Blore, the architect, in the letter which he addressed to the Committee on the subject, had stated that a considerable sum would be re quired to complete this Palace, and render it habitable as a royal residence. The public should be satisfied on that point. Lord DUNCANNON remarked, that Mr. Blore had cede two reports,—the first, as to the estimates necessary to complete this building, and to fit it up as a Royal resi dence; the second, as to the amount which would be re quired to complete it as a Pal ice for the State. Mr. Blore distinctly stated, that 75,000/. would be a sufficient sum for the latter purpose, without including extras. Mr. HUNT was convinced that the sum mentioned would not be sufficient. Lord ALTHORP said that this was the estimate of the architect of the building. Mr. Blore was that archi tect ; and frcm what he knew of him, he believed that the building would be completed for the amount given in the estimate. Und ou b te dl y t h e fi xtures a nd furniture were not included, but th ere was an i mm ensity of furniture . already in stole w hi c h wou ld b e devoted to that purpose. the ose. It was quit e t rue th a t t h e Crown lands were under made controul of Parliament, and no difference could o between that and the other public property. The Order of the Day was then read, and the House Went into Committee, when the Bill was gone through, and w i t h some ver b a l ame ndments agreed to. The House then re surned.—Reportto-m l o L r L ro . w. CHARITIES' ESTATES u BILL. This Bill a l so was cons idered I Committee, and agreed to.—Report to-morrow. ANATOMY BILL this Mr. W ARBURTON, in moving the second reading of Bill, said t h at h e shou ld not f ee l it nec es.ary to detain of which the House at this eta e upon a Bill, the principle had been recognised g and acted upon by a former House of Commons. I NGLIS thought that something more was due to the Hous e th an the brief announcement of the Hon. Gentleman, as there were several obj ections to the prin ciple of thi s Bi ll, which required to be obviated before it could have his assent. There was, however, an improve ment in th e p resent Bill, as compared with that heretofore introduced, which placed poverty upon a level with mur der, by making dissection a punishment awarded to both. That was taken away by the present Bill, but still poverty ought not to subject its unhappy victim to the knife of the anatomist. Prisoners also who died in gaol ought not to b e made *objects, without the consent of their relatives. Mr. C. PELHAM considered the present Bill to he surrounded by serious difficulties. On the one hand it could not he overlooked, that the present high price of subjects operated as a bounty on unlawful means of ob taining them ; and on the other, by confinin g the opera tion of the B:11, in a great degree, to the poorer classes, it must tend to perpetuate their existing prejudices against a practice, which the usage of devoting the bodies of mur derers only for the purpose of dissection had invested with the mast ignominious associations. Mr. HUME would give the Bill his moat cordial sup port, as one eminently calculated to remove the serious law placed in the w ay o f the difficulties which the existing prosecution of me lical science. Mr. PERCEVAL had strong objectioca to the Bill, and would much prefer a temporary measure for suspending all dissections whatever for two years. Such a measure would do more to put an end to the monstrous practice of " Burking" than any he was acquainted with ; and in the mean time they might inquire into tile safest and most efficient means of furthering the prosecution of anatomical science. There existed sufficient anatomical knowledge to meet the contingencies for two years ; the dissection of animals would suffice to " keep up" the manual dexterity of the present race of surgeons. Mr. POLLOCK was sure the House could not for a moment sanction the proposition of the Hon. Member, as its inevitable effect would be most prejudicial to the lives and physical well-being of the sick poor of the com inunity.—(llear.) At present surgeons were civilly and criminally respon►ible for the intelligent exercise of their professional duties, and yet with strange inconsistency the law prohibited the only means in their power for qualifying themsel►es to duly discharge those duties.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUNT was of opinion that the Bill would operate as a bounty on " Burking," and illegal traffic in human bodies. _ . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL entirely subscribed to what had just fallen from his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Pollock), that the very law which held surgeons civilly and criminally responsible for the exercise of their duties, justified—nay, demanded—a measure like the pre sent. Such a Bill must necessarily operate as a check of the practice of " Burking ;" for it being admitted on all hands that the high price of subjects was the chief source of that infamous practice, it followed that every measure which tended to lower the price or premium must so far check the practice.—(Hear.) Mr. WARBURTON would, in Committee, endeavour to meet the objections of Hon. Members to the details of the Bill. He would then merely state, that it differed from that of last session, in containing clauses which pro hibited the dissection of a body in case the sick person himself or the nearest relations objected. As to the ob jection that the Bill would operate chiefly with reference to the bodies of the poor, all he would say was, that the poor more than the rich were interested in every measure which tended to facilitate the improvement of medical science; for the rich would command the comparative few which under a restricted system would be enabled to acquire, most likely abroad, a due portion of professional knowledge, while the poor have no other medical advise' s than those furnished by the existing most defective system. The SPEAKER then put the question that this Bill be read a second time— On which Mr. HUNT cried " No," and claimed a divi sion. The gallery was accordingly cleared and the House was counted out. It appeared th it the Member for Preston was without a supporter, 32 Members being in favour of the motion. Adjourned at a Quarter-past Nine. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WHITEHALL, J.N. 5, 1832. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Hyatt Harvey, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, J. 7. 'The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Henry Aberdein, of Honiton, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JAN. 9. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel William Turner, of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Fife. Fifeshire Militia.—R. F. N. B. Mowbray, Esq. to be Captain Oct. ;E. Renwick, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Nov. A Wilkie, Gent. to be Ensign, Oct. 3. Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry. J. W. Melville, Esq. to be Major, vice Wemyss, resigned ; Lieut. Sir D. Erskine, Bart. to be Captain, vice Melvile, pro moted ; J. Wemyss, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Sir D. Erskine, promoted, Nov. 17; J. Stenhouse, M.D. to be Surgeon, Dec. (1 Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant at the County of Montgo- mere. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry. D. Pugh, Esq., to be Major ; H. D. Proctor, Esq., to be Cap.. tain ; P. B. Williames, Esq., to be ditto ; J. D. Corrie, Esq., to be ditto ; R. M. B. Maurice, Esq. to be ditto ; E. Williams, Gent. to be Lieutenant ; T. Beck, Gent. to be ditto ; D. Hamer, Gent, to be ditto, Jan. 13 ; E. Conroy, Gent. to be ditto, Sept. 16 ; J. B. Williames, jun. Gent., to be Cornet ; E. Stephens, Gent., to be ditto ; J. R. Jones, Gent. to be ditto, Jan. 13 ; R. Williams, Gent. to be ditto, Sept. 16; R. J. Davies, Clerk to be Chap lain, Jan. 13; M. L Jones, Gent. to be Surgeon, March 21. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN HEA WARD, Rochdale ' Lancashire, farmer. JOB GLAVES, Upper Eas t-Smithfield, mater-mariner, JOHN BURKE, Greenwich, licensed victualler. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. ROBERT THOMAS, Glyn, Glarnorganshire, cattle-dealer, from Jan. 1:7 to 31, at twelve, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. CHARLES COLE and FRANCIS GALPIN, Fleet-street, stationers. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS PARKE, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, plumber, to surrender Jan. 30 and Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sutton, Clement's Inn, London. JAMES CHlLDSLeicester-square, jeweller, Feb. 6, at eleven, and 28, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tribe, Lincoln's Inn-fields. JOHN BLSH, Blackman-street, Surrey, victualler, Jan. 24 and Feb. 28, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Towne, Broad-street-buildings. MATTHEW TREACY, King-street, Cheapside, straw.hat manufacturer, Jan. 24, at three, and Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Willis, Watson, Bower, and Willis, Token-house-yard. JAMES WIGAN, Macclesfield, silk-manufacturer, Feb. 1, at seven, 2, at five, and 28, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Nor wich. Austin, Gray's Inn, London; Staff, N o rwich. BENJAMIN THURTLL CLARK, Lakenham, Norwich, corn-merchant, Feb. 2,3, at eleven, and 28, at ten, at the Ram pant Horse, Norwich. Durrant, Norwich; Taylor, Roscoe, and Turner, King's Bench.walk, Temple. JOSEPH WILKS, Birmingham, linen-draper, Jan. 31, Feb. 1, and 2S, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. White house, Castle-street, Holborn, London • R ow li nson , Birmingham. ISSACHA It THORP, Reddish, Lancashire,: calico-printer, Feb. 2,3, and 28, at two, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, Lon don ; Clave and Thompson, Manchester. A MERY HELSBY and JOHN CLEWORTH, Salford, Lan cashire, plumbers, Feb. 2,3, and 28, at three, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London : Claye and Thompson, Manchester. JOHN BRA ITHW Al'l'E, Liverpool, fruiterer, Jan. 27, 28, and Feb. 28, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Mawds ley, Liverpool; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford row, London. JOHN HEADMAN, Stapleton-road, Gloucestershire, vic tualler, Jan. 31, Feb. 1, and 2S, at eleven, at the Commercial Rooms, BristoL Poole, Greenfield, and G a mlen, Gray's Inn square, London; Livett, Bristol ; and Williams, Bristol. WILLIAM MINSHULL, Cholsey, Berkshire, cattle.dealer, Jan. 23 24nd Feb. 28, at twelv, at the eorge Inn, Pangborne, Berksh , ire. , a Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, G Chancery-lane; Webb, Reading. JONAH FOSSITT DEA N, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, provision -dealer, Jan. 31, and Feb. t2S, at eleven, at the George Inn, Burton.upon-Trent. Mosley, Burton-upon-Trent; Philpot and Stone, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square. JOHN LLOYD, Leeds, merchant, Jan. ,at six, 24, at ten, and Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Ch a ncery-lane; Lee, Bradford, Yorkshire. -- • DIVIDENDS. W. Aston, Mark-lane, ship-broker, Feb. 7, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—P. Murphy, Liverpool-street, City, corn merchant, Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. J. Lightfoot, Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 10, at twelve,at the Claren. don Rooms, Liverpool—T. Randal, Hebble-End, Yorkshire, inn keeper, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax—G. Stoddart, Binnacle, Cumberland, timber-merchant, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Bush Inn, Carlisle—W. Willie, Taunton, Somer. setshire, victualler, Feb. 8, at ten, at the CastleTaunton— W. Dean, Abbey Mills, Durham, worsted spinner, Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Waterloo Hotel, Durham—D. Stier, Gellyhalog, Pembrokeshire, b a nker, Feb. 7, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Narberth2l. Goulden, Kendall, Westmoreland, auctioneer, Feb. 9, at nine, at the King's Arms Inn, Kendal—S. and NV. Hanson, Langfield, Yorkshire, timber-merchants, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the White Lion inn, Halifax—W. Coopland, Leeds, s h oe maker, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. CERTIFICATES-FEB. 7. J. Woolwrich, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, wholesale drug. gist—J. Wood, Liverpool, livery.stable.keeper—F. Balaam, Bed. ford-row, Holborn, lodging.house.keeper—H. Wood, Jermyn. street, upholsterer—J Skidmore, Nottingham, bobbin.maker—J. North, Southampton, grocer—T. Davison, Birkenshaw, York woollen cloth-manufaeturer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Walton and Co. Angel-alley, Whitechapel, linen-man, H. Hideing, Ilypts—C. and linen-manu facturers—J, J r o e p r . sz , J. L a i n ve d r 7 .o . ake, Bald_ win's-gardens, Gray's.inn-lane, feather-merchani• B a ld. son and Co., London, merchants, so far as regards J. Year Sa s m- - J. and T. Edleston, Manchester, commission-agents—T. Brunt and J. Barton, Stockport, reed-makers—R. and W Walter, Wood-street, Cheapside, lace-manufacturers—W. Ireland and Ca, Aldermanbury, Blackwell-hall-factors —W. and G. Hey_ ward, Manchester, cheese-factor , —H. Griffith and R. Hunter, Liverpool, joiners -J. C. Blanchenhagen and Co., Crutched_ friars, wine-merchants —C. Courtail and Co., Milk-street, mer chants—J. Dickinson and C. R. Street, Sheffield, factors—W. Harris and Co., Basinghall-street, so far as regards H. Duprey— A. Ward and Co , Sheffield, edge-tool-mannfacturers — J. East hope anti C. W. Allen, London, stock-brokers—J. and T. Harris, Barking, sail-makers —J. J. King and T. Laker, Arnos Vale, So. mersetshire, academy-keepers—M..Parkins and T. Early, Ald gate-street, woollen-drapers—M. Wing and S. Petty, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, milliners —J. Riel and Co., Beaumont-street, Mile-end-road, builders —J. Stuttard and G. W. F. Hoyle, Wat ling-street, warehousemen —T. Garratt and Co., Great St. Thomas Apostle, tea-brokers —J. Armitage and J. Stuttard, Milns-bridge, Huddersfield, woollen-drapers—lt. Lund and J. Foster, Black burn, Lancashire, cotton-spinnersT. Manlove, sen. and Co., Nottingham, lace-manufacturers —R. Deverell and J. Home, Old Change, calico.printers—J. Norman anti W. Stephens, Birming ham, coach-platers —G. K Brooks and Co., Old Bond-street, land.survevors—J. 11.431 me, ten. and Co., Liverpool, joiners—J. Norman and R. Smithson, ingston-upon-Hull, millwrights— A. 'l'. Patterson and Co , Liverpool—E. and W. B. Rolls, Grand Surrey Canal.bridge, Old Kent-road, japan-makers--C. E. P. Mat an P. . Ducote—H. }leacher and T. P. Dunn, fields, Str d oud, A Gloucestershire, clothiers —W. Geary and Co., Leicester, cheese-factors. --- --- ARMAGH " PROTESTANT" ADDRESS.—It is a fact, that common bailiffs are sent through all the cottages on certain estates in the county of Armagh, pro curing the names of the old and the young, the lame and the lazy, to sheets of paper purporting to be pasted to an address to the KING, said to be the address of the gentle men, clergy, and freeholders of said county, although not one of every hundred ever saw the address or heard it read, or, consequently, knew any thing of the sentiments it con tains. This is the way information is communicated to the G o vernment,—Br/fist Northern Whig, BRISTOL, JAS. 17. OPENING OF THE COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN TVARRINGT ON. To-day the doors of the Alerchants' Hall were opened about half•past eleven, but the President, Sir HENRY FANE, did not arrive till a few minutes past one o'clock, when he shortly after took his seat, followed by the other Members of the Court. The DEPUTY ADVOCATE proceeded to read the King's warrant for holding the present Court, appointing Sir Henry Fane President thereof ; which hiving concluded, he next administered the oath to the President, and after wards to the other Members of the Court in succession. The names of the officers composing it were previously read, which it is here unnecessary to insert, as the list was ex actly the same as given on the late Court-martial. Captain Warrington here entered the room, accompanied by two officers, and took his seat to the left of the Presi dent, at a table appropriated for him and his professionrl advisers. The Deputy Advocate next read the charges against the prisoner—three in number, and which are as follow : CHARGES. ...... " lst,—For that he, Ciptain Warrington, being on the night of Sunday, the 30th of October, 1831, in the per sonal command of a troop of the 3d Re,:iinent of Dragoon Guards, in the city of Bristol, at a time when that city was the scene of most outrageous and alarming riots, in somuch that the said troop had been repeatedly called out by order of the Magistrates to quell the rioters., and at a time when several public and other buildings in the said city had been fired by the rioters, some whereof were al ready consumed, and others were still in flames, and at a time when, by reason of the circumstances aforesaid, it was peculiarly necessary that the said troop being then the only military force in Bristol, should act in the most prompt and efficient manner for the protection of the city, and that he, Captain Warrington, as the commander of the same, should use every exertion for that purpose, subject to the order of Lieut.-Colonel Brereton, who then held a chief military command in the city, and when it therefore behoved the said Captain Warrington to forward instantly, and without delay, to the said Lieut.-Colonel Brereton every requisition that might be made, or intelli gence that might be conveyed, to him (Capt. Warrington) or to the quarters of the said troop, calling for the ser vices of the,said troop in the city, or showing the same to be necessary; nevertheless he (Captain Warrington) being, between eleven and twelve o'clock on the said Sun day night, applied to at his said quarters where he was then in command, by Mr. Thomas Kington, a merchant in Bristol, and informed by him, as the fact was, that the rioters were about to fire the Custom-house of Bristol, and that the presence and services of the troop were urgently and immediately required in Queen-square, where the Custom-house then stood, in order to save that building, or to that effect, did not only refuse to order out the said troop, or any part thereof, or to take any step for the purpose so stated, but used no means of conveying the information so received by him, or the purport thereof, to the said Lieutenant-Colonel Brereton, or of obtain ing from the said Lieutenant• Colonel Brereton any or ders applicable to the occasion ; the said Captain War rington thereby, as far as in him lay, leaving the said Custom-house at the mercy of the rioters, by whom, in fact, the same was shortly afterwards set on fire and to tally destroyed. " 2. For that afterwards, that is, on Monday morning, the 31st October, 1831, he, Captain Warringt on , b e i ng , as before, in the personal command of the said troop of the 3d Dragoon Guards, then the only military force in Bristol, and when the riots were raging in that city with increased and destructive violence, a letter, being about half-past three o'clock on the said morning, delivered to and left with the said Captain Warrington, at the quarters of the said troop where he was then in command, which letter was front Charles Pinney, E.q., the Mayor of Bristol, which was addressed to Colonel Brereton, or the officer commanding his Majesty's troops, and was to the following effect : Bristol, Three o'clock, Monday morning, Oct. 31. SIR,--I direct you, as Commanding Officer of his Majesty's troops, to take the most vigorous, effective, and d ec i s i ve mea sures in your power, to quell the existing riot, and prevent fur ther destruction of property.—l am, &c. CHARLES PINNEY. And he, Captain W. having read the said letter, and it being thereupon his bounden duty either to act on the said letter without delay ; or, if his orders did not allow of his so doing, then, in that case, immediately to transmit the said letter, or to communicate the contents or purport thereof to the said Lieutenant-Colonel 'lrereton ; never theless he (Captain Warrington) neither acted on the said letter as aforesaid, nor transmitted or communicated the same, or the contents or purport thereof, to Lieutenant- Colonel Brereton; but, on the contrary, retained such let ter in his possession without taking any step whatever in reference to or in consequence of the same, until sortie time aftewards, when he was applied to by a Magistrate in person, by reason of which conduct on the part of hint, Captain Warrington, the said troop remained inactive in its quarters for upwards of an hour after his receiving the said letter, during which interval of time the rioters, be ing left without opposition or controul, sacked and fired several houses, and destroyed a great amount of other property. 3. For that, during the said 30th and 31st of October, 1831, while the said rioters were perpetrating acts of gross and increasing outrage in the city of Bristol, so that the said city fur many successive hours appeared in imminent danger of destruction, at periods when it was peculiarly i b t e n i p n o g r important that the the a only s i rn d troop ili tar of y f. r t e h e e i .3 the dr city, ag o n shouldG u ard b s e , commanded and directed in the most efficient manner for the protection , of the city under every emergency which might arise, and when for that purpose it was necessary that the said Captain Warrington, he being the only coins missioned officer in Bristol with the said troop, excepting a young Cornet of not more than 16 months' service in the army, should constantly remain at or within immediate call of the quarters of the said troop, while the troop con tinued there, in order to superintend and direct any move ment required of it, and that in case of the troop, or any detachment thereof, being ordered out to meet and put down the rioters, he Captain Warrington, should himself aecotnpany and command the same; and that he, Captain Warrington, should at every moment be ready and on the alert for the the performance of the said services. Never theless, he, Captain Warrington, greatly neglected or vio lated his duty in the said several respects; and especially in the following instances:— " 1. In that the said Captain Warrington, at about four o'clock on the said 30th of October, when a detach ment of the said troop, consisting of about two-thirds or thereabouts of the disposable part thereof was ordered out to the city gaol, which was then attacked and threatened with destruction by the rioters, permitted such detach ment to march to that set vice under the sole command of the aforesaid Cornet, he Captain Warrington meanwhile retraining inactive in his quarters. " 2. And that the said Captain Warrington did after ' wards, in the course of the said 30th October, the troop being then in their quarters, altogether absent himself from said quarters and the neighbourhood thereof, and re mained absent from the same for a very considerable time, during which time, namely, at about eight o'clock in the evening, a detachment of the troop, consisting of nearly the whole of the disposeable part thereof, being called out to protect the Palace of the Bishop of Bristol from a vio lent attack made thereon by the rioters, such betachment proceeded to the said Palace, under the command of one troop officer only, being the young Cornet before-mentioned. " 3. In that he, Captain Warrington, having returned to the said quarters during the absence of the detachment on the said service, Le, in place of thereupon proceeding to join the same, or of waiting its return, did, before the return of the detachment to quarters, which was about ten o'clock the same evening, retire to his bed. " Lastly,—ln that Captain Warrington, between four and five o'clock on the morning of the said 31st of October, when a detachment of the troop, consisting of about two thirds of the disposable part thereof, was again called out to stop the progress of the rioters in destroying the build ings in Queen-square, did again permit the said detach ment to proceed on such service under the sole command of the said young Cornet, while he the Captain hianielf re mained in quarters. " Such conduct as aforesaid on the part of Captain Warrington, evincing a want of vigour and activity requi site in the situation in which be was placed, being highly unbecoming and disgraceful to his character as an officer, and calculated to bring dishonour on his Majesty's service." —(Dated at Brighton, 16th Jan. 1831.) The charges having been read, Sir .HICNRY FAKE rose and said, " It is my duty, Captain Warrington to call upon you, by the direction of the Commander-in -Chief, to know when you will be ready to meet th e charges which you have just he ard read? It is not the desire of the Court to take you by surprise. You shall have all t t e n paper reasonable time allowed yo u to p re p are yourwrdelay i defence, a y d u to the President, and handed C ourtwhata , p v e o t C .. 11 al a dp p rt s ae iuqun\rve . a c r a r n i n n g o t i t r i o f o s r e int , Mr. President, an d Gentlemen of this honourable Court,—lt is with g reat reluctance that I tres pass fur a esffidecetnt, which he read , and which w as to t h e following moment on your valua ble time ; but as I have only now heardthe charges against me read for the first time, I trust it will not be too much to postpone further proeeeding9 till Wednesday, the 25th inst., when I trust I shall be able to produce witnesses justificatory of my conduct, not withstanding the recent melancholy death of Colonel Brereton. This request was at once granted by the Court, and the proceedings were accordingly adjourned till Wednesday the 25th instant. The Court was tolerably full during the sitting. BRISTOL, JAN. 17. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —A circumstance occurred in the Guildhall of this city on Saturday last, which, as illustrative of the benefits the citizens derive from the system of local govern ment under which they live, demands especial notice. A prisoner was on his trial for manslaughter,—the chain of evidence wanted a link, there was no evidence to prove his identity. Messengers were sent hither and thither, but in vai❑ ; and after some delay the 'flan, as a matter of neces sity, was acquitted ! The occurrence, however, led the Learned Judge (Taunton) to enquire what attorney was employed for the prosecution, and being told by the Coroner that no one was employed, as there were no funds in Bristol to meet the charges of such prosecutions, His Lordship declared that " it was no wonder crime so extensively prevailed in Bristol—it was not to be expected that private persons should bear expenses that ought to be borne by the public, and, if he rightly under stood, a felon in Bristol had an equal chance of prose cution or not, as it might happen !" Now, Sir, it is a notorious fact, that the Corporation of Bristol are in receipt of very large revenues ; and it is also a notorious fact that they never publish any account of the manner in which their revenues are disposed of ! I will not weaken the force of these facts by any comment. The Aldermen of this city are twelve in number, they are self-appointed, and, with one exception, they are non residents! The Town-clerk is so very rarely where he ought to be always, that a facetious attorney aptly calls him the out-of-town clerk ! Sir, the day is coining when (if it does not previously commit an act of official suicide,) this body will have to plead at the bar of Parliament. Let the system be proved to be vicious, and its effects deadly, and we need not, under the present auspicious circum stances, entertain any fear that the claims of justice Gill not be fully recognised and amply satisfied. Q. B. Instructions have been given at the Com mons to prepare a Bill for the improvement of the tnuni cipal government, the police, &c., of Bristol. It is doubtful whether the efforts to mend the present blessed corporate influence in Bristol may not create a difficulty equal to that expressed by the countryman who overheard POPE exclaiming " Gon mend me ;" the countrymen re- plied, that " it would be easier to make two perfect than to mend one that was so deformed."—Morning Herald. MEMBERS FOR THE POTTERIES.—TWO Members being assigned, by the new Reform Bill, to the Staffordshire Potteries, Mr. DAVENPORT has, in an ad dress to the inhabitant householders, re-announced his intention of becoming a candidate for their suffrages when the proper time arrives. Mr. DAVENPORT'S address has called forth one from Mr. HEATHCOTE, in which he re news the declaration he made a few months ago, that in the event of the Potteries obtaining two Members, he should not fail to present himself to the electors. Mr. WEnowoon, it is still understood, will become one of the Members, the inhabitants being universally in his favour, and both the other candidates disclaiming all opposition to him. The contest will be, therefore, between Mr. HEATHCOTE and Mr. DAVENPORT, both of whom have numerous friends.—Birminphum Journal. The election of General YERMOLOFF to the Council at St. Petersburgh, which affords great satisfaction at Moscow, is supposed to indicate some change. General YERMOLOFF has been for some years in disgrace, and his view of foreign politics is known to be very adverse to the system which ALEXANDER pursued, and NICHOLAS has hitherto adhered to. The change, if any , does not p ortend any good to the unfortunate Poles. REDUCTIONS IN IRELAND.—The office of Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland is to be abolished, st e o a b h e o m ilt a io d o e inof the salaries saving in g Chancery.of 1,76 / 4 By th ßattle Axe Guard a saving of 2,3731 . is effected. The salaries of the three Serjeants - at - Law are to cease, and the tislie o d f , Mastery abolition of the following is resolved upon :—Usher to Council Chamber, 266/. ; House and Wardrobe Keeper, Dublin Castle, 535/. ; Clerk of the Council, 1,349/. ; Compiler of Dublin Gazette, 2761. ; Joint Solicitor in Great Britain, :3611. ; Keeper of Records in Birmingham ott Tower, fen,y 0i,g 4 h1 6 : 1 14 / 1 .. a ; .; d C c o l i p : a s iu t r a ni, i b g l aa e nr o : f a Dublin fi,,Ck3) i Committees, Castle, t:es la4tOe ComptrollerlHl.o;u se ooff Con stable of the Castle of Limerick, 336/. ; Constable of Cas- Lords, 1,332/. ; Seneschal of Manors, 2761.; Customer Cork, 461/. ; of Kinsale and Killybegs, 92/. each ; of Drogheda, &c., 3 7 61. ; of St rang f or d and Donaghadee, 9201. ; Commissioners of B oar d o f Works, 1: —Limerick 292/. Total reduction on the I r i s h Establishment, 12,1151 Chronicle. Several parishes in Hampshire are so over burdened with poor that in the neighbourhood of Win chester and Alresford both men and women are to be seen in gangs, on the turnpike and cross roads, breaking stones, the former being allowed a shilling per day, and the wo men ninepence. In the by-villages the price is consider ably less, the man being allowed only ninepence, and the women sixpence per days—Morning Paper. BIRD FANCIERS.—It may not be generally known, that a species of fraud is carried on to a great extent by a set of fellows selling sparrows about the me tropolis, dexterously painted, so as to make them resemble bullfinches, for which they ask the moderate price of a crown a piece. An old gentleman of the name of CRoss, who r es id es i n Bi s h opsgate-street, was l ately cheated in this manner, by giving ten shillings for a pair of these hand some birds. Last week there was discovered on a goose berry-bush in Dundee a blossom fully expanded—fresh, strong, and healthful, with the berry as well formed as though the summer had fostered it with its kindly beams. There were likewise seen, in the previous week, two red butterflies, floating about on buoyant wings with as much lite and activity as if they had been already disporting in the warmth of a Ally-day sun.—Scotsman. A notice was posted last Sunday on the chapel o f D unmore E as t warning the people against p a y in g tithes, and threatening death to the clerk of the chapel if he did not publish it in English and Irish.— Waterford Mail. A BANKRUPT ABSCONDED.—JAS. HOUGH TON, of Soho-square, haberdasher, and late of Wood-street, e c a r p e s d i t e o , r s w w a r i et with o a u s l e a t i t . ; a e n s , u a m bankrupt,money. s abscondedfrhim selfomhis from his residence in Kentish-town on the 11th in stant, and placed his luggage in the Dover coach, by which conveyance he is supposed to have left London for France. It has since been ascertained that Bank of Eng land notes, amounting to upwards of two thousand five hundred pounds were paid to him a short time previous to his absconding. One hundred pounds reward has been offered for his aprchen'ion. Next Friday week is named as the day on which the execution of the Bristol rioters will probably take place.—Bristol Journal. Monday last the village of Newport was thrown into a state of great terror and consternation by the a ppearance of two powerful factions named KENNEDY and MUANANE, who came in to tight an opposite party of the name of DEVITT. In consequence of the admo nition of the priest on Sunday, the latter faction did not appear; but for fear of a collision Major CARTER, chief M a gistrate, with a company of the 74th Regiment, from Nenagh, and a strong detachment of police arrived early in the day, and remained until the KENNEDIES and Mun s.ariEs had dispersed. The latter had armed themselves with sticks, scithes, and guns. Monday next, however, has been appointed for the grand conflict between those sanguinary miscreants; but we hope an exemplary punish ment will await them.—Lianerich Chronicle. Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a gen tleman called a coach off the stand in Cornhill, and get ting inside he ordered the coachman to drive to Portland place, but did not name any particular spot. The coach man drove on until he arrived at the end of Portland place, and on opening the door he discovered the gentle ma❑ sitting on the seat, apparently dozing. He called him and used every means to arouse him, bat finding it impossible to do so, he called two policemen, who, on examination, found that he was spite dead, and they directed the coachman to take the deceased instantly to St. Giles's station-house, where medical assistance was pro cured, but to no avail, the unfortunate gentleman being a corpse. On searching the coach a phial which had con tained laudanum was found, but nothing to lead to a dis covery of who or what the deceased was. On his person was found a silver watch, gold chain and seals, a white cambric neckerchief, a lancet, and a penknife. An orange, an apple, and a black riband were also found in the coach. The deceased appeared to be 24 or 25 years o f a ge, well formed features, and dressed in black, with a crape round his hat, with " JOHNSON" marked on the CHOLERA AT NEWCASTLE, GATES HEAD, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEWCASTLE.UPON.TYNE, JAN. 15. The disease still continues extremely virulent and destruc tive in the villages on the banks of the river Tyne, both above and below Newcastle. It is worst in the village of Newburg, and this is not difficult to explain. The situation of the place is almost sufficient to account for it. It is at the bottom of hills which nearly surround it, and on a level with the river ; if to this it be added that the village is suffered to remain in a remarkably dirty and filthy state, while the inhabitants are understood to drink considerable quantities of ardent spirits, it will cease to be surprising that the disease should be violent and destructive when it once obtained a footing. There have been since the 10th instant, when it first broke out, nearly thirty deaths in the village alone, and there are several cases under treat ment. It is, I hear, intended to establish an hospital ; in the mean time, in addition to the ordinary surgeons, Mr. Frost and Mr. Fife were giving their assistance, and two medical gentlemen from London have kindly volunteered their services. It is to be hoped, therefore, the disease will be speedily checked. Last night the Rev. Mr. Edmondson, the Vicar of Newburn, fell a victim to it. This, when the circumstances are known, can scarcely excite surprise, though without explanation it would ap pear appalling, as the cholera in this country has, with very few exceptions indeed, confined its ravages to the lowest class of the community. Mr. Edmondson was an old man, upwards of seventy, and conceived himself pretty well skilled in medicine. He was a good deal, I am informed, among the sick, performed the funeral service for the cholera dead, was ob served sometimes to tremble while he did so, and was very apprehensive of taking the disease himself. He was attacked on Saturday afternoon and would not suffer medical aid to be given: he had attempted to cure himself, and when he could not succeed he thought the efforts of others must be unavailing: it is not to be wondered then that he died the following night. It appears to be abso lately necessary that medical aid should be more accessible in country places than it is, or the consequences must be serious. I have, I think, before observed that many of the persons seized at Newburn had previously diarrhoea, which was neglected. lam told that some cases have oc curred at Bell's Close, where the people's lives were abso lutely lost for want of assistance. The villagers were too much alarmed to go into their houses: they put food in at their windows, and before surgical aid was afforded they perished ! With a disease so rapid in its progress it is easy to imagine many such cases may occur in country places, without timely medical assistance is afforded. There are more cases I hear at Scotswood, at Walker, at Bowden, at North Shields, and also at Hartley, near Blyth. It prevails at Hetton, near Durham, likewise to a consi derable extent, but I am glad to be able to say that there are very few cases remaining in the township of Byker. I believe not more than 6or S. The report for Newcastle to-day is ❑ot quite so favourable. It states there are 21 cases and 12 deaths, but there are 21 recoveries, and there are only 63 cases in all remaining. At Gateshead the disease is di-appearing fast; there are are only ten cases left. ---- EXETER, JAN. 16. Our city was thrown into the deepest consterna tion on Saturday morning, in consequence of a ru mour that the Worshipful the Recorder, T. Stevens, Esq., had died suddenly. On Sunday morning the report was c onfirmed, and the additional fact was re lated that his death was caused by his own hand. It appears that he rose on Friday morning as usual, and proceeded to his dressing-room, when, after a short time had elapsed, the inmates of the house we re suddenly alarmed by the repo rt o f a gun pro gpfrreosmenttleide room. most Histerrific and in thither,this horrible condi expired.h e Thesuri kint into domesticsh er arms rushed a and im mediatelyththe met him staggering towa r d s th e d oor ; hi s e t h e r e o d a i n t heels of their mistress, who fell lifeless beneath her dreadful burden ; they instantly conveyed the de ceased to that couch which he had so recently quitted, but life was perfectly extinct. No rational cause can be given for this dreadful catastrophe. The following has been assigned as the reason— our readers will judge for themselves whether it be a rational one or not. His Worship resided at Cross, near Torrington, in the north of Devon; ad joining the latter town is a considerable piece of waste ground, to which the neighbouring poor, &c. have an undoubted right of pasturage; connected with this waste is an extensive coppice, from which they had been in the habit of gathering fuel. The coppice is the property of Lord Rolle, and the de ceased, who was his Lordship's heir to the property of Stevenstone, and the immense estates attached to it, had forbidden the people from entering the cop pice. The latter, fancying they had an undoubted right to the wood, assembled in considerable numbers, and a few of the ringleaders entered the coppice, and cut a great quantity of wood. At the instance of Mr. 1 Stevens, they were apprehended and committed to Torrington prison ; on the day following their corn mitrnent, a great mob assembled in the town, broke open the gaol, liberated the prisoners, and proceeded to commit other excesses. Mr. Stevens immedi ately sent to Lord Ebrington, as Vice-Lieutenant of the county, for assistance. His Lordship imme diately hastened over, and finding that the forms of law had been violated by the rioters, and that they threatened still further violence if any attempt were made to recapture the delinquents, immediately called out a troop of the yeomanry cavalry. The ring leaders were recapture d and sent off to E xeter gaol, and the good town of T o rrin g ton h av i ng been restored to peace and order, his Lordship took his leave of Mr. Stevens, whom, he has been heard to say, he left in very good spirits. On the following morning the lamented gentleman committed the desperate act alluded to, and the perturbation of mind arising out of the above occurrences is said to have been the cause of it. But Mr. Stevens was always considered to be a man of a strong and energetic mind, with a degree of moral courage that enabled him to hold fast a de clining political creed with a constancy and affection which seemed to increase in proportion as he saw others falling off around him. Hence we infer that the true cause has not been assigned. Mr. Stevens was Recorder of Exeter, Barnstaple, and Torrington. On the 2d instant he delivered a charge to the Grand Jury of Exeter, in which he took occa sion to say that if Exeter had escaped the " fate of Bristol," it was owing to the promptness of the measures taken by the Corporation for the preser vation of the peace of the city, and not to the want of exciting and inflammatory speeches and addresses. lie concluded the charge by expressing his sincere belief that the people of this city would speedily return to their original character for loyalty arid good order, and that he should for many years to come have the pleasure of addressing the Grand Jury of Exeter in confirmation of this pleasing anticipation. This speech may be adduced as a proof that the melancholy end was not contemplated. Mr. Stevens, as has been before stated, was heir to Lord Rolle's domain of Stevenstone, in the north of Devon. He was brother to Archdeacon Moore, having adopted the name of Stevens on account of his title to the property. He was an exceedingly good-looking man, and from his healthful appear ance gave promise of as long a course of years as his venerable and noble relation. He was a rigid and zealous Tory, and was supposed to possess uncon troulled power over the Corporation of this city. Mr. Praed, son of Mr. Serjeant Praed, and brother to the Member for St. Germains, has been named for his successor.—Morning Herald. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—In all pro bability the management of this theatre will be in new hands before the end of the week. It is believed that M. LAPORTE is to have it for three years, and to take posses sion forthwith. It has been said that politics were excluded from the brilliant circle which was quadrilling it till five o'clock in the morning upon a late occasion at the Tuilleries. This is not strictly true. The Duke of OR LEANS, whose passion for dancing e very body knows, left the giddy maze for a moment, and joined a noisy group of Deputies, who malgre the many merry faces round them, were lashing themselves into a rage with politics. The Prince said, " Pray, gentlemen, what are you talking so loudly about ? Me ! oh, impossible ! Pray don't give yourselves any more trouble at the Chamber on my account. Ido not want one million a year; my father long since inculcated upon me that a competence was a fortune,"—French Paper. FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JAN. 14. The order of the day was the continuation of the project of law respecting the Civil List. The Chamber left off yesterday at the temporary ar• rangement proposed by General Strolz. General Strolz then developed his amendment. The Hon. Member called to mind that when M. Lafitte was President of the Council, he presented a project de loi, by which the Civil List was stated at eighteen millions. The present Ministry, he said, had thought it right to found the temporary Civil List paid to the Crown upon this calculation, and they had another reason for doing so in the faith that it was favourably received by the last Cham ber. I believe that the present one would have adopted the estimate if the situation of our finances had allowed of it. At all events it cannot refuse to the Ministry a Bill of indemnity.—(Yes, yes.) M. E. Salverte opposed the amendment. The Cham• ber, he said, would give its decision upon the measures proposed when the Ministers had given an account of their expenses. - M. Eugene d'Harcourt professed himself to be more than any other person an admirer of cheap Governments, but thought economy to be useful, should be applied judi ciously. Every thing was now reduced to a question of money, without reference to its consequences. The speaker concluded by urging the Chamber not to be led away by the cry of cheap Government, now raised by Levellers, Carlists, and Republicans, who had entered into an open alliance on this question. The Keeper of the Seals—Yesterday the Chamber re jected both the amendment of the Commission and that of M. Cabet. The amendment of M. Strolz will recon cile these two votes. With the amendment the Civil List will commence from the day of accession, but you may decide that the first year of a reign requires some heavy expenses, which it is necessary to provide for. Thus a discussion will terminate which might hive occasioned considerations of detail, but in which the sentiments of devotion of the Chamber• for the Royalty of July displayed themselves. I demand in the meantime that the date of the 9th of August be substituted for the 7th, because it was on the 9th that the oath of • Louis Philippe terminated the Revolution, and opened the era of our Charter.. (Supported, supported.) M. Mauguin agreed with M. d'Harcourt, that in our age there was an unfortunate tendency to reduce every thing to a question of money ; but he drew an opposite conclusion fi-om that circumstance. If any extraordinary expenses had taken place, let them justify them—we are prepared to recognise them : but it is necessary that they should give the accounts of thetn.—(Murmurs.) If some individuals are interested in concealing the extraordinary expenses, there are others who have an interest in their being known. The speaker thought that the question had been decided yesterday by the votes of the Chamber, and that it would redound to the honour of the Chauther to persist in its previous decision. One word more ; it has often been represented that the accession of the King was a sacrifice.—(Yes, yes.) No, Gentlemen, it is nut a sacrifice—it is an honour, which it was lawful to desire, which it was glorious to have obtained.—(Assent from the extremities.) The President of the Council—The preceding speaker has completely displaced the question. This is neither a question of money nor of dignity, hut one of good faith.— (Sensation.) I therefore appeal to all the Chamber, when the provisional twelfths were voted, did you not really think that these were carried to the Civil List, and that they should remain to the Civil List. It is demanded that an account of the Civil List should be submitted to a sort of revision. This is impossible—there is no account to be rendered of the effects of Royal generosity. The King would prefer paying out of his own private revenues.-- (Bravo, bravo.) M. Alauguin—l shall not deviate from the question as it has been laid down by the Minister. The President of the Council has said that we are now considering a matter of gocd faith. Let us see on which side is the good faith. There is proposed to the Chamber a project of a law carrying the amount of the Civil List to 18,000,000 f. Every body recollects the uefavourable effect which this increase of the amount produced.—(Numerous dissents.) It is recollected what complaints were raised in and out of this Chamber.--(Fresh dissents.) What has occurred? Provisional twelfths were demanded, and granted without discussion ; but nobody thought that this allocation implied that of 18,000,000 f. to the Civil List. The President of the Council—The Ministry has been accused fyrooumr dthe decision. s f fiao s en u t. r surprising Besides, ie t n hi el C trh l e r ep a y r e r a r a b tr e ei r tis The tullemci t iacnmognbtterhraeriyr perfectlyaree s t su to knew these expence', and no voice was raised against them when they were commenced by the preceding Administra tion, of which MM. Lafitte and Dupont (de l'Eure) formed a part.—(Prolonged sensation.) M. Dupont (de l'Eure)—Since I am appealed to I must say that I always considered these payment, as subject to be discounted.—(Movement.) M. Lafitte, after alluding to the period when be came into power, the 2d or 3d of Nov., 1830, remarked upon the difficult circumstances in which he and his colleagues had been placed, and said that lie did not intend either to support or oppose the amendment. He then entered into a short explanation, in the course of which he observed, that the Ministry having found that no observation was made respecting the 12,000,000 demanded for 1830, and the 18,000,000 proposed on the amount of the Civil List, he presumed that it had the tacit approbation of the Chamber.—(Slight disapprobation.) M. Lafitte, after some further observations, said, that if they were now in the same circumstances, and with the same opinion, as in 1830, he would have made the same propositions with re spect to the Civil List, as be did in that year. The amendment was adopted by a large majority. The result of the votes on the ensemble of the law was as follows :—Number of votes, 366—White balls, 259 Black balls 107. The Chamber adopted it. (From the Journal des Debuts of January 15.) The Royal Court of Paris has, at a solemn sitting, re versed its first decree in the affair of Dumonteil, relative to the marriage of Priests. The Court still persists in its de cision against the marriage of Priests. The following are the chief grounds for that decision :-- That by the old laws of the kingdom Priests were in terdicted from marrying :—That this prohibition was founded upon the canons introduced into France by the ecclesiastical authority and recognised by the civil law : That the prohibition was re-established by the concordat of 1807, the articles 6 and 26 of which revived i❑ full force the canons anciently received in France :—That the reason why the civil code had not re-enacted that prohibi tion was, that it was subsequent to the concordat, and that that code had for its object but the consideration of civil matters :—That the concordat was part of the law of the State, and that the Charter of 1830, in modifying the 6th article of the Charter of 1814, had in no manner derogated from the authority of the concordat. The Court, there fore, set aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance. It is rumoured that our respected Member Sir GEORGE ROBINSON, Mr. HANBURY, and the Hon. F. SPENCER, Will, in the event of an addition to the Peerage, rank in the list of the new creations.—Northampton Mer. Maryborough Castle is levelled to the ground, to make room for some new building. In removing away the lower part of the Castle a cannon ball of 211 b. weight was found lodged in the eastern wall. —Limerick Chronicle. [We believe - some Noble Pier (we doubt not an A nt i- Reformer) holds. snug sinecure as Governor of this Castle, which " is not."] PAYING TITHEs IN KIND._A parishioner in Chester some time since required his clergyman to stand godfather to his child, as it was the tenth, and the tithe belonged to him. The Rev. Gentleman readily consented, and continues to call the child his own.—Scotsman. The following notice was circulated about this neighbourhood on Monday last:_" Wanted, a few per-- sons to sign an address to his MAJESTY against the present Ministry, and their endeavours to renovate the Constitution of old England. N.B. Those who can write will be pre ferred, and all reasonable expences paid. An early appli cation is requested, as the person who presents it obj e ct. to do so unless it contains ten signatures: secrecy may be relied on. For further particulars apply at the Nevi Town -hall."—Beds Chronicle. HANOVER,JAN. I.—As was to be anticipated, the commission appointed to examine the plan fur the net' Constitution will nut be able to complete its task before the meeting of the new Assembly of the States. People are, therefore, looking forwards with great interest to the result of the new elections, as it is hoped that a consider able number of those Deputies who held any public office' dependent on the Ministry will not be elected. The province of Calinberg will elect its Deputies on the 9th of January. We hear that Professor SUALFIELD has prospect of being elected for Gottingen, but hardly as De' puty from the University itself. Groningen, which ►6 beginning to recover, has this winter, according to the off►cial lists, 913 students. The fear of the cholera, which was raised to the highest pitch by the public declaration 0 1 Professor MAix, a decided contagionist, has now almost wholly vanished, through the propagation of more mode rate views announced by such men as HIaILEY and Cur(' RAW, and by the temperate measures of our Government.