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THE LONDON JOURNALS. EXTRACTS FROM THE D 111,Y MORNING PAPERS, April 27, 1822. , [MORNING POST.] So far as we have yet had means of ascertaining, the effect of Lord John Russell's speech has been such as we yesterday predicted. The Reformers, instead of attempting to shew that he made out even a plausible case, are either silent on the subject, or merely express their approbation of his Lordship's industry in collecting general in formation.. In our opinion, the Noble Lord is inherently too much a Gentleman to be a useful instrument for factious purposes. He is not suf ficiently disposed, or drilled, to the practice of suppressing truth, distorting facts, and all the other arts of low pettifogging partizans, to pro mote a mere party object, by his advocacy of it. So little instructed is the Noble Lord in Oppo sition tactics, that we doubt not he felt some pleasure in depicting, as he did, the unex ampled strides in prosperity, happiness, and greatness, which the country has made within the short space of thirty years. But this task, so gratifying to any man of unsophisticated heart or mind, was wormwood to the Faction, whose sole business and only comfort is to paint our situation in the odious and wretched colours which their own jaundiced politics throws upon every thing. Lord John Russell, however, so far as his statement went, told the truth, and by doing so, as we have already observed, cut away the only ground on which his motion for Reform could stand. In insisting on this conclusion, we adopt the principle on which the Reformers themselves proceed. Why, and from whom, almost exclusively, is there a call for Reform at present ? Merely because accidental circum stances press at this moment on the Agricultural classes ; and, therefore, out of the whole king dom, petitions have been presented from a por tion of the owners and occupiers of land in nine counties ; and the same prayer has been fastened, as a rider, on a few other petitions in favour of Hunt! But again—what is the avowed object of these petitioners in seeking Reform ? To obtain relief—to remove the existing distress, and pre vent its recurrence in future. Hence we have the authority of the Reformers themselves, that pro sperity is the test of good Government. With this admission, then, let them meditate upon Lord John Russell's statement of the astonishing prosperity of the country for the last thirty years, and they must, on their own grounds, concur with us, that there cannot, in the annals of the World, have been so excellent a Government as we have had since the year 1790. We must fur ther observe, that it is only by round terms of time lite this, that we can estimate the effects of a political system. Because the Agriculturists, in the unavoidable vicissitudes of affairs, happen to be depressed now, it is no evidence against the goodness of the Government generally. If we were to proceed by a contrary rule, it should be admitted, that iu 1813, when they were wallowing in prosperity, our Constitution was perfect, though the fact is, it has every day since been improving. The Commercial. and Manufacturing Interests who at present are flourishing to so remarkable: an extent, might also assert on this principle that they are now living under the best form of Constitution, -while the AgricUlturists stigmatize it as the worst. The -true criterion, however, is to take a period of twenty or thirty years, and, including all the irregularities occurring during that interval, as certain how, on, the whole, every class .in the country, or in other words, the country itself, for that time progressively advanced in every re spect. Lord j ohn Russell has shewn us that it has, and to such an amount as baffles the imagina tion to conceive how it poisiblY could, under• any system, have advanced more. It may likewise be observed that many, indeed almost the whole of those things mentioned by his - Lordship to have so wonderfully increased, are,properly speak ing, luxuries—they are for gratifying 45cial not physical wants, and enjoyed by the - humblest ranks of the people. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Lord John Russell established by a variety of tests, some of them highly ingenious, that the feelings and interests of the body of the people of England are not represented in the House of Commons. Without losing himself in the de bateable ground of the ancient state of the Re presentation, he shewed that it was at least for merly 'much more popular than it is now, and further, • that while wealth and intelligence were every day ,g,iving`more and more importance to the middle classes (" the classes who were hap pily removed from the influence of those crimes and vices which too frequently characterised the indigent, and the rich and luxurious"), the House of Commons was becoming every day more and more the property of the Aristocracy. The sort of reasoning by which Mr. Canning attempts to support this system was very well exposed by Lord Folkestone; By the help of generalities, • and the artifices of sophistry, Mr. Canning, and those who reason like him, may perplex under standings not trained to reason with correctness. iinVevery day the number of the deluded di minishes. That there have been, and, are, many conscientious opponents of Reform in this coun try; no one can doubt, and if, the Reformers had been more anxious to persuade than liberal in abusing their opponents, the cause would not thereby have been a loser. It is a remark of Hume, that the English are a very candid people ; and though we are inclined to believe the im provement which has taken place in so many other respects has been accompanied with the drawback of no little hypocrisy, especially in the upper classes (and we cannot give a better instance .of this than the late disgusting justifica tion in the House of Commons of the mean and vin dictive treatment of Mr. Hunt, with reference to Mrs. Vince, knowing, as every one does, the conduct of and the notions entertained on such subjects by the Aristrocracy in general), yet candour is .still a leading feature in the English character. If, therefore, due pains were taken to disentangle sophistries, and to give to the ar- gaments in favour. of Reform all the lucidness and connection of which they are susceptible,we cannot help thinking that the opponents to it would soon be nearly reduced to those who have an interest in being so. [THE TIMES.] If a person were to undertake to explain any of the elements or parts of nature by which we are surrounded, and to show how they are con ducive to human existence and comfort, such as the air or the light, we should conceive it would hardly be possible for him to make, any dis covery upon such subjects; and should admire his talents very greatly if he could say any thing which had not suggested itself before to the re flections of thinking men. In like manner, though thoroughly convinced of the utility of Parliament ary Reform, we had hardly expected that any new idea could be struck out upon a topic, in which, with few exceptions, all the wisest of modem politicians had, as it were, expend ed themselves—had exhausted their talents of eloquence and reasoning. With what surprise, then, as well as pleasure, was it that wf heard arguments, equal in the power of conv46ing to any that, had ever been advanced by the most enlightened statesmen, but derived from sources either undiscovered by them, or which have sprung up since their decease, brought forward and enforced by the eloquence of Lord John Russell o n Thursday evening, in support of his motion for a Reform of the House of Commons. Timid men may find themselves, upon any ques tion of policy, unable to reply to the reason ings of their adversaries, and yet may be un willing to concede, from an apprehension that there still remain some latent facts bear ing on the subject, the knowledge of which would supply them with arguments, and turn the tide of victory. But when discoveries of this nature are at an end on one side, and the enemies of Parliamentary Reform are driven to a mere repetition ;' whilst on the other side pew observations continue to be made on the existing state of society, and fresh estimates to be formed of the power and quality of political opinion, from all which the utility of a reform is but rendered still more apparent, we know not how a triumph in an argument can be more decisive. [NEW. TIMES] On the great question of Parliamentary Reform, the mind of every thinking man in the nation is made up. Every man sees that it is unne cessary ; and every man sees that it is dange- - rous. The natural progress of civilization and sci ence is to render Governments more popular, and it 4:therefore unnecessary to attempt to do that by force, and a violent convulsion, which time brings about gradually and with ease.— Nothing could he more convincing than the proofS which *Mr. Canning adduced, that the in terference, the cotrtroul, the absolute and irre-, sistible dictation, which filled the whole House of Commons in former times, was such as would in the present day excite a general and irresisti ble burst of indignation throughout the coun try. So much for the mode- of constituting the House ;• but, as the Right Hon. Gentleman well observed, the question how the-House is - brought together is of very secondary'importance indeed compared with thet other question, how it exer cises its (Unctions ; and . again . ; that question is not to be answered by pointing out some trifling instances of individual misconduct, such as must always be in an assembly of human beings ; but if we are asked whether the House of'Com mons of England has done its duty ; we have the proud answer of the Architect---Crcuntipice!— Look around on the millions that have been added to our population ; on the envied wealth and prosperity which we have-attained.; on the spread of our dominion-. and our .language to the uttermost ends of the earth ; ask for the seas thaf - are unknown to our flag,.. or.,the fields which have not re-echoed with the _gldry•. of our arms ; remember the tremendous'sliiiking - of the nations in which England alone .stood. im moveable, the darkness that spread over all lands while in our dwellings alone there was light. Think of these things, and then say where in the pages of history is to be found the account of any . Senate whose conduct can be -placed. in parallel with that of the British Senate.; No such example is ever appealed to; No Reformer, however - visionary and absurd, has ever, dreamt of putting the British Parliament to the blush by comparing- With its measures those of the mightiest-Empires or the. proudest Republics. But we are told that if we will but destroy the noble edifice of .the Constitution, we shall cer tainly bring together a House. of Commons all purity and virtue, who will govern without taxes, and. conquer without armies or warn: " there ,shall. be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny, the three-hoop'd pot shall have ten hoops; and it shall be made felony to drink small heer." If we ask how these mira cles are to t he brought about, the answer is very short. Choose me,,, says the modest Cobbett, and tne,,says the •virtuousllunt. I am already chosen,* says Joseph/ Hume, and you see in me the blessed effects of Reform. Such as I am will the 'Whole House be when the present corrupt sys.tetn is swept away. To the blind ad mirers of 6:ipbctt, and Hume, and Hunt, this ar gument may perhaps be cogent ; but it can hardly be expected that any body else should be willing to encounter the certain horrors of a Revolution for the chance of obtaining Representatives of such a stamp as. the gentry we have mentioned. [BRITISH PRESS.] The result of the debate on Lord John Rus sell's motion on Thursday night, in the house of Commons, must claim a very large share of pub lic interest. The minority who on this occasion voted in favour of a reform in the mode of re presenting the people was unusually large, and evinced very distinctly the rapid progress which this question has made within a few years in the reflecting mind of the people of England. A tone of decisive firmness upon the expediency of an extensive alteration in the present system spoke in the proceedings of the numerous county meet ings which were recently held in various parts of the country, and the effects were made apparent - . in this last vote of the House of Oothmons— .The measures pursued by the present Administration have too clearly shewn to the public that but lit tle sympathy subsists between the feelings of the Cabinet and the sufferings of the country. This Cabinet, however, enjoys the fullest confidence of the House of Commons, and the people want ed no further evidence to convince them how ne cessary it was to instruct such Members of the House of Commons as were truly their repre sentatives, to promote the only effectual means of restoring the prosperity of the empire. [MORNING HERALD.] The question of Parliamentary Reform seems to have gained an accession of strength. Scarcely any thing new has, or indeed could have been said upon it in the debate. The Noble Lord who introduced the question stated some statis tical details (if they may be so called) of the progress of-knowledge—or of the progress of the faculty of reading, which are not only interest ing in themselves, but bear strongly upon the Merits of the question. It is quite evident that this reading and judging spirit which has gone abroad must be admitted to its share of political power, or else it will be" a busy devil," ever tormenting the Parliament, the Govern ment, and the gation, until it be satisfied. The sense of the public, too, seems in favour of a safe Reform, in accordance with the changes which have taken place in commerce, wealth, knowledge, and population—and with a view to the prerention of the glaring instances of bribery and perjury which under existing circumstances are too frequent. There could be no possible danger in such a sub division of an extensive district as would tend to diminish the confusion and expence, „ of con tested elections. Where great commercial towns have sprung up, with every faculty to exer cise the elective franchise, and with numbers and interests to entitle themlo their proper Repre sentation in Parliament, it is difficult to conceive what danger could be incurred by the admission of such new Members into the great electoral family. Upon the disfranchisement of boroughs, some popular writers have been disposed to question the competence of the Legislature— at least without committing a constitutional in justice. That point, however, has been decided by the exercise of this power; and the only ob jection remains against a sweeping disfranchise ment, of which there seems no probability, even if the , opinions out of doors were called to decide. There is a vast class of 'persons in -the middle and industrious conditions of life, desirous and competent, and entitled to exer cise the Elective Franchise, yet excluded from it ; and there is a proportion of the Members of the house of Commons returned by the mere breath of a certain number of indivi duals, in their individual capacity and interests. Both these are anomalies which should and may be-corrected, without the slightest innovation of the Constitution, but rather in accordance with the developement of its powers and principles. It is observable that Radical Reform—which, indeed, would, render the march of the British Constitution impossible, and open the way for des potism, as a refuge from anarchy—found no organ in the tliscussion. The debate was con ducted with- more than usual moderation, and perhaps also with somewhat less than the usual portion of earnestness and talent. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 26.—Lord Pelham, eldest son of the Earl of Chichester, is aLlnlitted of Trinity, college. At a Congregation. en Wednesday last, the following De grees were conferred : DOCTDR IN DIVINITY. Rev. Frederick WM. Blomberg, St. John's college, Residen. tiary of St. Paul's. MASTERS OF ARTS. John Elijah Blunt, of Trinity college.. Alexander Malcolm Walf, f fellow of St. John's college. James Samuel Upton; f Catharine-hall. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Ralph Bagot, of St. Peter's college. - BACHELORS OF ARTS. Evan Nepean, of Trinity college. Thomas Hutton Croft, of Trinity college. Francis Thomas Atwood, of Trinity college. Joseph Scott, of Trinity college. - William Henry Barkworth, of Trinity college. Robert Agassiz, of Trinity college. Henry Blanch Rosser, of Trinity college. Henry Crafts, of St. ohn's college. Gilbert Elliot, of St. John's College. Augustus Granville Stapleton, of St. John's college. Henry John Earle, of St. John's college. John Thornton, of St. John's college. Henry Stebbing, of St. John's college. William Pashley, of St. John's college. Thomas Newte Stevens, of St. John's college. John Steward, of Pembroke hall. Thomas Dale, of Corpus Christi college. John Dodsworth, of Queen's college. John Doughty Hepworth, of Queen's college. Charles lMathwayt, of Queen's college. John Charles Williams, of Catharine hall. Thomas Cook Fowler, of Jesus college. John Robert Hopper, of Christ college. Henry John Pye, of Magdalen college. Charles Wright, of Emmanuel college. George Brooks Legrew Hesse, Emmanuel college. Perry Nursey, of Sidney Sussex college. William Tilden, of Sidney Sussex college. William Butt, of po*ning college. OXFORD, APRIL N.—Tuesday last, April 22, the venerable Charles Goddard, Doctor in Divinity, of Christ lik►urch, Arch deacon and Prebendary of Lincoln, and Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, was unanimously elected to the Lectureship founded by the Rev. Canon Bampton, for the ensuing year. Friday, April 26, in Convocation, the Rev. Robert Collin son, Master of Arts, on the Foundation of Queen's college, was unanimously elected to the Living of Holme Cultram, in the County of Cumberland and Diocese of Carlisle, in the patronage of the University.—The same day, in Congregation, George Freer, Bachelor in Medicine, of Christ Church, was licensed to practiSe in Aledicine ; and the following Degrees were con ferred : BACHELORS IN' DIVINITY.—Rev. Charles Wightwick, M.A., and Fellow of Pembroke college; Rev. William Morgan Kinsey, M.A., and Fellow of Trinity college. - - - - - MASTERS or ARTS—John Ogle, Fellow of All Souls' cel lege ; Rev. John M erewether, Queen's college; Edward Dick inson Scott, Taberdar of Queen's college The Hon. William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald De Roos, Student of Christ Church; Rev. Henry Gipps, Fellow of Worcester college. BACHELORS OF ARTS.-Charles Corkran, and George John Scrjcantson, Christ Church. Considerable curiosity prevailed yesterday morning among the persons who were in attend ance at the Old Bailey, from a report that Mr. DENMAN would take his seat. The fact is, he cannot preside until he has taken the customary oaths, for which purpose a Court of Common Council will be held on the 7th of May. Thermo- Weather. , meter. ,o z r ., tO A, ca to tt," > 6 - 4 - 7, . .... a• >5, • > ~,, S. CA . r, R a e., ' ,?.,' 7 ' • • •;.• • , ...- r.• .. 1 • , . . 0 0 I Inches Aprill7 46 52 45 I 29.91 Rain Cloudy 18 46 51 42 .67 Fair Do. 19 45 56 42 .60 Rain* Rain 20 47 51 145 .60 Fair Cloudy 21 49 57 48 .56 Cloudy Rain 46 22 '5l 58 .45 Fait Cloudy 23 148 54 44 .40 Rain] Fair 24 149 59 48 .61 Fait Rain ---. 0.22 of rain has fallen in the abore eight days. R. B. * With Thunder and Lightning between five and six. and Lightn' With E ng between five a fail. A Duel was to have taken place yesterday be tween Mr. a Surgeon, and Mr. B ---T; but the friends of the former prevented the affair taking place, by causing him to be taken into custody on the ground on Hounslow Heath, and he was held in sureties to keep the peace. LAW NTELLIcItNek. COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, APRIL 26. CARTWRIGHT V. WRIGHT. Mr. DENMAN moved that the nonsuit in this case should be.• set aside, and a new trial granted. It was, as the Lord Chief Justice would remember an action brought by . Major. Cart wright against Mr. Wright, for a libel contained in a work en titled the Book qf Wonders, and which comprised a number of passages purporting to be extracts from the writings of Mr. Cobbett, some of which were sufficiently wonderful in them selves, and others became so by comparison with the rest of his works. The libel, however, was contained ih a note of the Editor, Mr. Wright, which was as follows : " any well-intentioned persons have expressed their sur prise that the enlightener (as Mr. CObbett is denominated throughout the work) should have Iteen willing to accept of a seat in corruption's den, purchased with the Bank-notes of a man whose incapacity and baseness' he had so powerfully ex posed; To convince such persons that this line of conduct was strictly patriotic, we have only to assure them that in so doing he was walking in the footsteps of that venerable veteran, whose creed is the criterion of excellence' (see No. 195,) and who, in an article of that creed, has laid it down as a maxim, that we must, in fighting the enemy, not 'eject the arms of even despicable and detestable men.'" Vol.. 32, p. 82. In the declaration this paragraph was set out without either of the references, and on the ground of this,variance the plain=: tiff was nonsuited. But the omission was immaterial; because it did not vary the sense of the passage. 'With respect to the first reference, it was altogether immaterial whether the words; " whose creed is the criterion of excellence" were or were not a quotation; they formed no part of the Major's complaint; and it signified nothing whether the irony was adopted from' Cobbett, or proceeded originally from the: defendant. With' respect to the former part of the paragraph, if it stood atone a a quotation, the objection might apply; but, in reality, it waS' adopted by the defendant, who professed to explain an bacon- - sistency of Mr. Cobbett, by shewing how he might avail self of an article of Major Cartwright's creed. fie himself sug , Bested that the author whom he was exposing might allege in his defence that he was " walking in the steps" of the plaintiff, when he was guilty of that which the plaintiff would abhor ; and he himself alleged that to be an article of Major Cart wright's creed against which his writings and all his life were directed. It signified not, then, whether iir. Cobbett had or had not first thus grossly mis-stated Major Cartwright's creed ; the libellous matter was inlaid in the editor's own style, and made his own. In the case of'" Tabart v. Tipper," 1 Camp bell, 352, Lord Ellenborough held that the omission of a sen tence which did not affect the meaning of a libel was no cause of nonsuit. The case of " Bell v. Byrne," 13 East, 554, was directly the reverse of the present. There the libellous matter was charged as contained in the letter, and was proved to be published as part of the speech of the Attorney-Ueneral of Ire land, in which he commented on such letter, which certainly Were different things ; but here the defendant spoke in his own person, though he might introduce terms previously employed by another. The Learned Counsel, therefore, submitted that the libel was substantially proved as laid, and that the nonsuit must be set aside. The COURT, however, were unanimously of opinion that the , nonsuit must stand. They thought the libel, if read with the inverted commas and references, meant one thing, and without them another thing ; that in the first case it meant Mr. Cob bett says that Major Cartwright's creed is the criterion of ex cellence • - and the same Mr. t obbett says, that it is one of the articles of' that creed that in fighting the enemy we must not reject the arms of even despicable and detestable men ;" afid that in the last case it meant " I, Mr. Wright, sneer at Major Cartwright's creed, and affirm that this criterion of excellence Contains such an opinion." • Both the cases cited proved that such a variance, so affecting the sense, was fatal. They there fore refused the motion. The Lon) CtirEE JUSTICE handed back to Mr. Scarlett the copy of " The Book of Wonders," which was g i ven to him when the objection was taken at the trial, observing to Mr- Scarlett that his client seemed rather afraid to put it in his hands but that he might dismiss all apprehensions on that point, for he had never opened it. Mr. SCARLET T.---He was afraid your Lordship would find something about yourself there. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.--It has been quite harmless I have never had•the curiosity to open it. ' Mr. ScauLETT.--There is plenty, of entertainment in my Lord. • BEDFORD V. BIRLEY. Mr. Evifs, after Mr. Justice Best had left the Court to sit at chambers, rose to move for a new trial in the cause lately tried at Lancaster, respecting the conduct of the yeomanry at Manchester; but the Lord Chief Justice requested him to post pone his motion till the Court'should be full, and promised tO call on him early to-morrow (this day) or Monday. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 26. HUDSON V. MAJORIBANKS. This was an action on a policy of insurance on, the cargo ° t the ship Swallow, from the Cape of Good Hope, consistinf be Cape wines, and bound to London, Bristol, or Dublin. , r ' e b e vessel was wrecked off Bristol, on the 23d December, and ` - 1 wines were taken from the ship, and sold on the 28th of Ap ril following. The quantum of damage the wines; had sustan te `: was the subject of contradictory jestimony„..arid -the Jug' length gave a verdict for the plaintiff, for general average oniP e Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN now moved for a rule to spew cau s why there should not be a new trial. The • vetsel had been wrecked on the ,23d December, and aletter was immediately sent by the plaintiff, requesting directions how to proceed, and offering to sell the wines, leaving all questions open to the Par ties. After some delay, the Solicitor of the defendant said, th a ! the plaintiff had better act as he thought for the benefit of all concerned. The wines were immediately advertised for sale on the 31st March, but on that day the different underwriters sent down an order, prohibiting the sale, which was then p ut off until the 28th of April, when the wines were sold fora sun' considerably less than their value. The Learned Serjeant con tended, that although the sale might not have been justifiab under other circumstances, yet that, as the underwriters wou l " not give any directions, and as they had permitted the sale, thef ought not now to be allowed to object to it, and the v erdict should have been for a total loss. The Court granted the rule, and at one o'clock the Chie f justice went into the City to try Nisi Prius cases. OLD BAILEY, APRIL 26. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION.—At a quarter past e e o'clock, the RECORDER took his seat on the Bench, and London Jury entered the bog. Carlile's shopman was th en put to the Bar, described in the indictment as a man " win /s 4 person is well known, but whose name is unknown," charge with publishing a blasphemous and seditious libel, contained -o`, in a pamphlet, entitled A New Year's Address to the formers of Great Britain. Mr. Shelton, Clerk of the Arraigns—Have you any till more to say than what you addressed to the Court last Sessi oa i Prisoner—Yes, I wish to take my trial - immediately pleaded last Session. The. RECORDER—No, you did not. We do not try Per° unless they give their names. Prisoner—Yes, I did. I did plead. Clerk of the Arraigns—Will you give your name ? Prisoner—No, I will not. The REcoRDER—Let him be remanded. Prisoner—l have been in prison four months. , a not i The REcoRDER—That s your own fault. You wow give your name. Let him be remanded. The prisoner was then remanded from the Bar. After an uninteresting case had been heard, the London 'L li e r ci l were dismissed, the RECORDER observing, they were enn" f to the best thanks of the Court for the attentive discharge ° their business. BIRTHS. On the 25th inst. in Hereford-street, the Lady of Ca Po i° Hatton, of e Royal Navy, of a duhter. Yesterday th , the 26th inst. at his house in Lower Brook-str eet ' the Lady of Sir Wm. Duff Gordon, Bart., of a daughter. J i I MARRIED. Yesterday, the 26th inst. at Richmond, Major George Gun Munro, of Poyntzfield, North Britain, to Je mima Chatloti, relict of the late Francis Graham, Esq. of TOloch Cast le ! Ja On maica. Wednesday, the 24th inst. , at Walcot Church , Dati l . the Rev. Wm. Liddiard, Rector of Knockmark, Countylieri Meath, to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late Jr° Tirel Morin, Esq. of Weldon Lodge, Bucks. E dward A few days since at St. George's, Hanover-square, na Johnson, Esq. to Harriet Mary, widow of the late Revel Tate Willou hby Berti, of Grosvenor-square, and niece of the Philip, Viscount Wenman, of Thatne Park, Oxfordshire' DIED. On Sunday last, at Chelsea, Jacob Adolphus, Esq., a ged 76 years. On the 14th inst., the Rev. C. Gerard, of Brompton.Es4 of At Malta, on the 20th of March, Charles Wheatleh eral the 28th regiment, youngest son of the late M a j or-Gen Wheatley. b , in O ti n in T -s h tr u e rs et d , a t y n e m i oin nn i . ng th i t s h s elin2sttihierininset. caittrynmucinothetsr;saahulse ter of the late Loid Brownlow. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at t he SW Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS• iiiMILANI) - socitTY Or LONDON. Clann nan Gadhael ann guailibh a cheile.". A .General Court of this Corporation was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Saturday, the 20th instant, for the dispatch of business. In the absence of MACALLUM Mon, the Chair was taken by Iklr. SIMON l'erni.ll7RAY, who was ably supported by the Viscount of Arbuthnot, Mr. Beveridge Duncan, of Damside, a Vice-President of the Society ; Colonel M'Donald, of Lyndale; Mr. M Gillivray, of Beinn na Gadhael ; Mr. Davidson, younger, of Tulloch ; Mr. Ogilvy, of Westhall ; Mr. Grant Allan, and other Gentlemen, whose judgment and zeal have long been united with the unremitting exertions of the Chairman in pro- , moting the welfare of this National Institution. The Minutes of the proceedings of the Court of Directors, on the 6th inst. being presented to the Meeting for their confirma tion were approved of, and a letter was adverted to which had been addressed to the Secretary, by the Secretary of the High land Society of Scotland, respecting the progress made in com piling a Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, and intimating that the work is rapidly advancing towards completion. Three Gaelic Essays were stated to have been received from the Highland Society of Aberdeen, and two Treatises on the language were reported as being under consideration. Several Gentlemen were elected Members of the Society, and all other business having been dispos- of, the evening was passed with that perfect harmony which ought ever to distin guish a meeting of Highlanders. " An Righ Ceannard a Chommuin Ghaelich," was proposed by the CHAIRMAN, and drank with great delight ; and was followed by— " Duic Albinn agus an Teashlach Rioghail," " Macallum Nior Ceaun suidhe a Chonuneim Ghaelich," and several other patriotic toasts. Nor was the light Strathspey forgotten, while the animating strains of Gow's violin gave unusual pleasure. Many excel lent Piobaireachds were performed by CLARKE, and among others a very superior salute, composed in honour of the So ciety, by Mr. ANGUS lIPARTHUR, one of the few individuals now remaining of those who learned the Highland Music in the Ancient College of Pipers in Skye.—The company separated at a late hour. SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1822. THURSDAY, APRIL 25. The 1000 gs Stakes, a Subscription of 100 gs 'each, h. ft. for fillies, Ost. 41t. D.M. rising three years old. D. of Grafton's ch. Whizgig, by Rubens, out of Penelope 1 Mr. Rush's ch. Rosalind, by Rubens, out of Reserve 2 D. of Grafton's b. Varnish, by Ruber:, out of Vestal 3 Ird Grosvenor's Juliet, sister to Tybalt - 4 Six pd-5 to 4on Whizgig. Mr. Charlton's St: Patrick beat Mr. James's Antigallican, Bst. 51h. each, Ah.M. 100gs.-2 to I.agst St. Patrick. Handicap Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. for three-yr-olds. A.F. Ld G. H. Cavendish's c. Godolphin, by Partisan, Bst. 101 t. 1 Mr. Wyndham's Centaur, Bst. 31b. - - - 2 Mr. Hunter's Gustavus, Bst. 121 b. - - - 3 Mr. Walker's gr. c. by Y. Gohanna, dam by Selim, 7st. 13%. 4 Mr. Ramsbottom's Sir Huldibrand,, Bst. 4ft. - . - 5 Two pd-6 to 4on Godolphin--5 to 2 agst Gustavus. Ld Verulam's Sporus, Bst. Th. beat Mr. James's Antigalli can, Bst. 411). R.M. 100 gs, h. ft.-6 to 4on Sporus. Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. T.Y.C. D. of Grafton's Mona, Bst. 211, - - - 1 Mr. Greville's LElectress, Bst. 411,. - - - 2 Mr. Thornhill's c. by Pericles, out Dodona Bst. 7n. - 3 5 to 4 agst Mona. The King's Plate of 100 gs, for four-olds,-olds, list. five, l Ist. 91b. __ .__ six aridaged, 12st. R.C. Mr. Batson's b. f. Luss, 4 yrs - --- - 1 Mr. Pettit's ch. g. Euphrates, 5 yrs - - - 2 Ld Verulam's b. g. Sporus, 4 yrs - - - 3 Even on Euphrates. A Gold Cup, 90gs value, by a subscription of logs each, for horses of all ages. T.Y.C. (the surplus to the winner.) Mr. Wyndham's Black-and-all-Black, 3 yrs, Bst. 51b. , I Ld Exeter's Athenian, 4.yrs, Bst. as. - . 2 Twelve started—Three pd—The Judge placed but two. 3 to 1 agst Black-and-all-Black. • D. of Grafton's Guerilla, Bs. 71b. beat Ld Foley's Roebuck, Bst. 61b. T.Y.C. 100 gs, h. ft.-2 to lon Guerilla. FRIDAY. Gen. Grosvenor's Betty, Ost. beat D. of Portland's Vaultress, Bst. 71b. A.F. 100gs.-5 to 4on Betty. (First Year.)—Renewal of the Newmarket Stakes of 50gs each, h. ft. for colts carrying Bst. 71b. fillies, Bst. 21b. D.M. Ihe owner of the second horse to receive 100 gs out of the Stakes. Mr. Batson's b. c. Mystic, by Medley, out of Cedilla - 1 D. of Grafton's b. f. Pastille ' by Rubens, out of Parasol 2 Ld Exeter's c. Stamford, by Haphazard, out of Bess - 3 Seven started—Eighteen pd.—The Judge placed but three. 7to 1 .agst Mystic-5 to 1 agst Pastille. handicap Sweepstakes of lOgs each, for horses of all ages. A.F. Ld G. H. Cavendish's Bachanal, 3 yrs, Bst. - 1 • Mr. Rush's Romp, 6 yrs, 9st. - - - 2 Major Wilson's f. by Juniper, 2 yrs, ost. 3 Two pd-5 to 4on Bachanal. Mr. Fox's Paint-brush beat Mr. Udny's Plumper, Bst. - 41b. each, D.M. 100 gs, h. ft.-6 to 4 agst Paint-brush. D. of Portland's Comical beat Mr. Udny's Barmecide, Bst. et. each, T.Y.C. 100gs.-7 to 5 on Comical. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, April 26. _ . Athstet dam - -.- , 12 G C.F. Ditto, at Sight l2 3 Rotterdam . ' l2 7 Antwerp l2 3 Hamburg') ...... . ' Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 20 0 Us. Ditto . 25 50 2 Us. Bourdeauz, ditto Frankforton the Main Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 364 Effective Barcelona icville .,,, Gibraltar Leghorn Geo ua 44 -Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 60 Malta 45 -Naples 4O ' Palermo Lisbon Oporto . ItioJaneiro Dublin .... 9:1 Cork 9i pel Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, ill Coin 1.0 0 0 per Or Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 101 _ _ New fioubloons New Dollars o 4 10 liver in Bars, Standard 0 4 METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. BY R. BANKS. 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