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Pitt;IIINCIAL JOURNALS. Among the several testimonies of grief on ac c9unt of the recent National Loss, we have not ?eel) a more allect iog tribute to the lamented Pi in cvss CHARLOTTE, than the following Extract from The Leicester Journal, anti Midland Counties Ge neral Adee)lizer, cf the 21st inst. A:nidst acclaim of-universal praise; 44 If. Lii - e'S and G 1 y's freshest 4 Death came remorseless on and sunk her to the tomb." Wc n vt•r ICco!ic.et a more Sacteti observance of National humiliation than appeared on Wed nt•;dry, the day appointed for the interment of the etir •I,e-latnetited Princess Charlotte. There tt as no • difference of Opinion. Pet sons of every r..ligi'ons and political perstiasion were 11111“111110LIS io !heir tt ;:titnony of - grief, for the great calamity that has he.hallen the nation. The windows of every shop were closed ; there was a total sus -I,ensinn front business ; and houses not imme diately connected With trade, had their windows •closed as far as it was practicable. The several places of Worship were crowded, and the great British 'Family - , animated by the same feelings, la'n , wring under the same calamity, and mingling martial tears, appeared prostrate at the foot of our aitars, acknowledging the powers and mercies of Rea ven. At St. Martin's Church, a most excel lent and highly impressive discourse was delivered by the Rev. Edward Thomas Vaughan, from 15th chap. Ist Corin. 53d ver. For this corrupti ble must put on incorruption.' The whole Cor porate Body attended upon the occasion', and, we understand, the worthy Vicar has conceded to their rrquest of puhlishing•the Sermon at their expence. _ _ _ " The silence of the tomb has now received the remains of a Princess on whom the fondest hopes of a whole people were reposed, anti over whose ashes tl'e . onbidtlen tears of a nation fall. For we know of no exceptions. The sternness of the fiercest factions, utilised as they are to the.visit 'iog of sympathy, where royalty is concerned, has been softened, and one searching feeling of re vo-et, like the pressure of Shiite kindly and univer sally operating element, has spread over all minds the sadness of Sorrow, and tendered them to the •Impression of the common - calamity. In this there is no affectation, for in whatever light,the melancholy event presents- itself, it sitekes sonic aspect of deep and affecting interest. It was un expected. Hope was in her full career, heedless in the intrusions of disappointment. We saw, in the person of the Princess Charlotte, a future So - vereign ; principled in the theory and the love of the Constitution ; educated in strong regards and reverence for our civil and ecclesiastical institn tioos ; rising in the habits of all the virtues which . more adorn a crown, than are adorned by it ; and preparing for the discharge of high public ditties, by the culture of those private, social, and do mestic habitudes, which at once soften and strengthen the character, and shed grace and love liness on power, at the same time that they en rich and uphold its dignity. We saw in her not only a future Sovereign, surrounded with 'all the attributes which bind up the loyalty, of feeling with thc loyalty of ptinciples, but the mother of Sovereigns, British, Christian, and patriotic. rhe sanctuary of Claremont, consecrated by domestic peace, studious and correct habits, the warmth of charity, and the bendings .of comic scension, was fondly contemplated as the cradle of our furore Kings, and destined to connect with their earliest associations, all which could give • . streng•h of virtue, and public spirit to dominion. The vision is dissipated ; all is in a moment va 'nished ; and the scene is filled only with images of physical mental torture, lot - lend trains, anti the sad and solemn pomps of death. The suddenness of the stroke, notwithstanding its weight, almost forbids the belief of the tact : and we ask, are all these die musings of melancholy, Gr are they disastrous realities ? Had the illnstri ous personage moved in a much lower sphere, the event would have awakened strong emotions Youth, beauty, and worth, the joy of a hits band, and the hope of a family, cannot die un wept. IF er such, the sweetest strains of poetry have flowed, and round their bier, in fondest re grets, have lingered. Feeling springs from the heart, when the simplest record of the fact is read on the tomb -stone, or when the tale is told on the family hearth. The strong and universal *motion ()folic country, on this greater occasion, is therefore, hut natural. The loss is felt as a fa luny affliction ; the private affliction has a tide of grief, swelled by the sense of public loss. The mint) alterthoes between both, and it adverts to the one only, to spring with quickened sensibility to the other. Youth, and grace, anti dignity, and worth, are gone ; and this youth, this grace, this dignity; this worth, were the public property. In these we had all an interest, and to all they are lost. But for a more rigid and powerful destiny, -they were destined to give splendour to the throne, and mildness to dominion. They would have been the finished capital of the column of so ciety, proud to be borne by it, and-giving it, in retitru, its proportion and majesty. Her's was a character to have purified a court, to have fallen with it strong sanction upon the proprieties of life, and to have hallowed the domestic habits of • Bviton's home.. It would have afforded a slid- . ter to virtue from the attacks of scorn, anti • whatsoever things are pure, and lovely, - and honest, and of good report,' would have vege •tateti and flourished tinder it. Her's would have 'formed a happy succession to the. reign of a Sove reign (now happily, perhaps, in his own afflic tion, insensible - to' the loss sustained by his house and people), to whose personal character the •eountry is so much indebted, and which sur 'rounded his Throne with reverence, and kept an affectionate loyalty warm in the hearts of his people, when it had become a fashion to scoff at Ki ng ,,, and the passion for change - was mire- It rallied by the . majesty of thrones. and the anti ' ooit y of But whilst these reflections !,•ioliten our reo.cts, they also prove them un .r...Hog. Vile pall is thrown over the - scene, -and -wo:4 , lhe laMeoted Princess some of the best hopes. nation descend into the grave." • CL i LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 44. The LORD CHANCELLOR this morning gave judgment in several cases which v: ere of no public importance. He ordered further hearing in the case of Procter v. Procter to be postpo►►ed, in con sequence of sonic new affidavits being filed. WILLIAMS V. THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAND- TAX. This • was an appeal from a judgment of the Vice-Chancellor, respecting a demurrer which had been tiled by the defendants against a bill filed by the plainiiff. The bill was filed by the plain tiff for the, put pose of compelling the defendants to complete a contract into which they hart en tered win) hini for the redemption of the Land- Tax. Against this hill they put in a deMurrer on three grounds : Ist. Tlint ihe bill was not sus tainable, inasmuch as it appeared in the nature of a wirridanius, and should therefore have been brought before a Court of Law. 2diy, That the case was one in which.this Court had no jurisdic tion, because the defendants had acted in the wi“,le transaction as the agents of Government, and were therefore not individually responsible, as the bill sought to make them ; and besides the question, as a matter of revenue, ought to come be tore the Court of Exchequer. idly, The plaintiff could possibly have no equity whatever, because another person had made an offer higher in point of value than be had. The Vice-Chancellor al lowed the demurrer, in consequence of which the present appeal came before his Lordship. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Mr. BELL were heard in support of the Vice-Chancellor's judg ment, and Sir SAMUEL RoMILLY for the plaintiff. Mr. TROWER was proceeding on the saute side, when the Court rose at two o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 24. THE KING V. JOHN CEIUKCH. Mr. 111A . ItRYAT prayed the judgment of the Com t against this miscreant; aMethonist Preacher, who, it will be recollected, was convicted at the last Assizes for tl►e County of Surrey, before Lord• EllenborOugh, of an assault upon a young man, named Adam Foreman, with intent to commit an atrocious offence. The defendant now put in Affidavits, complain ing of defamatory publications issued against burn since the trial, and of his having been serenaded in his house by a tumultuous mob, with marroW bones and cleavers. He also 'lige(' as a circum stance of mitigation, that he was a married man, with four children Mr. MaaavAT addressed the Court in aggrava tion of punishment. Mr. GURNEY and the COMMON SERJEANT, who appeared on the defendant's behalf at the were now without any instructions. Mr. JusticellAyLEy then proceeded to pass sen tence, previously to which he addressed the pri soner in nearly the following -.worth :—" John Church, it becomes my painfl.l duty to pass the sentence of the Court upon you for a crime which is shocking to the ears of men in civilised society, or to men in any state. You are a man somewhat ad vanced in years. From your situation as a preacher, it .was your duty to inculcate morality upon others, not less by your example . than by your words. It was yOur duty to point out the punishment which hereafter awaited such gross violations of the law of nature as that for the attempt to commit which you stand convicted. It was also your duty to impress upon the minds of those persons whom you undertook to instruct in tine work of s a lv a tion every thing which could tend to that great end,- and those persons looked up to you, as they generally do to their preachers, for ex amples of that morality which they preach ; and it is unnecessary for me to state how very much young persons, so circumstanced as some of your bearers, are apt to be influenced by the conduct of their teacher. How very badly you fulfilled that impottant duty, the situation in which you now stand is a melancholy proof. The lind on whom • you had this . unnatural design was very young, and if he had, influenced by your ex ample, been led to perpetrate drat horrid crime, for an attempt to commit which a Jury of your country has found you guilty, what would have been the consequence ? lie might have grown up in the practice of deeds at which the human mind revolts, and that by the fatal insti gation of the man -hose duty it was to guide his mind from the commission of any offence what ever. , You are a married nnon, and it is disgust ing as well as shocking to reflect, that even that consideration did not stay your Inorrible,atterupt. In your affidavit you state, that you have already suffered by the libels which have been written against you, by the malicious reports circulated to your prejudice, and byline attacks of the mob. It you had prosecuted any person injuring you, you would have found protection from the law ; but the conduct of others towards you, whatever it may have been, is no extenuation of the infamy of your high crime. It is to be hoped, that if your past life hay not been one of deep bypocricy, you will now endeavour to amend it, and strive to remove the infamy which your con duct has brought upon you. It has been very for tunate for you that you did not succeed in the horrid attempt for which you have been convicted, for then your time for repentance would not be so long as it is now likely to be. The sentence of . the Court is, that you, John Church, shall be im prisoned in his Majesty's gaol of Newington, in the county of Surrey, for the space of two years ; that at the expiration of that time you give se curity for your good behaviour for the space of flee years, yourself 'inn the sum of 5001. and two se curities in the sum of 1001. each, and that you he further imprisoned until such security is given." The defendant was then removed from the Court—and, in passing through 'Westminster-hall, was assailed by the hisses and execrations of a vast concourse of people, who were apprised of the nature of his offence. THE KING V. THOMAS LYNN. This defendant was convicted at the last Surrey Assizes, upon an information filed by the Attor ney-General, charging him, as an Officer in the Excise,. with haVing improperly stamped certain . hides, not within his survey, witta intent to defrtiud, his INlajesty's retenue of the duties on leather. He was now brought up for judgment. Mr. Serjeant ONSLow and Mr. MARK AT were heart( in aggravation, and Mr. ADOLPHUS in miti gation of punishment. The Court sentenced him to one year's impri sonment in Newington Gaol. THE KING V. JAMES BINGHAM THE ELDER, AND JAMBS EINGLIAM THE YOUNGER. These defendants were convicted at the last As sizes for Kent, of an assault upon William Frost and four others, marines, assisting an Excise Officer in the execution of his duty. On the motion of Mr. Serjeaut ONSLOW they were sentenced to six months imprisonment in Maidstone gaol, and at the expiration of that time to find security for their good behaviour for three years, themselves in 1001. each, and two sufficient sureties - in 401. each, respectively. THE KING V. JAMES HOLMES AND DANIEL OLIVER. Mr. Sejeant PELL prayed the judgment of the Court against these defendants, who were con victed at the last Exeter Assizes for using lights on the coast of Devon, in aid of smuggling trans actions. Only one of the defendants appeared, namely, Holmes, and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction at Exeter. The other defendant's recoguizances were estreated. THE KING V. CRISPE, WORTLEY, AND MATTHEWS. This was an indictment against these defend ants upon the Statute IS Elizabeth, relating to the punishment of common informers, for a conspi racy to compound an information against a coal dealer, named Howe, founded on the Coal Act, 47 G. 3. c. 68, for punishing dealers using short measures, and put the penalty into their own pockets, by a false and pretended adjudication by the Magistrates upon the case. They were con victed at the last Surrey Assizes, and now The COMMON SEEJEANT obtained a rule to shew cause why the judgment should not be arrested on two grounds—l st. That the statute IS Eliz.[related to informers in the superior Courts, and not to those where the Magistrates had jurisdiction ; and 2d, that there was not any sufficient crime stated on the record.—The case was ordered to come on again to-morrow. THE KING V. JOHN JONES. On the motiint of Mr. CAMPBELL, this defendant was brought up by Habeas Corpus to be discharged on bail, to answer a charge of Manslaughter, at the next Assizes for Monmouthshire, having kilted a man named Evan Young, in a boxing affray at Llandover, on the 17th of August last, in conse quence of a public-house squabble. _ . The Court consented that bail should be taken in the country. MARGATE PIER COMPANY. Cause was now shewn against a rule obtained . in the present Term by Mr. GURNEY, calling upon tl►e_ Margate Pier Con►liany to secure the payruent of certain parish rates, they not having any pro, perty on the Pier which could be distrained. It was contended against the ride, that the Com pany had property on the Pier upon Which a dis tress could be levied. They had a crane which cost 2501., and a sloop.. Mr. GURNEY observed, that this crane was a fixture, and could not be removed ; or if it was not a fixture, it would, i► taken down, be worth very little. The COURT held, that it was property upon which a distress could be levied, and discharged the rule. COMBINATIONS IN SCOTLAND. We copy the following article from the Ayr Paper :—" On Tuesday last, ISth inst. John Fol house lnlson, a weaver at Westmuir, in the barony parish of Glasgow, and Charles Banks an:l James Hind, colliers, at Stevenston, in Ayrshire, were brought from Irvine, in a. post-chaise, escorted by the chief constable and a party of dragoons, and lodged in Ayr gaol, 00 an accusation of organizing and heading an illegal combination of the colliers throughout the county. Those three persons, and about thirty other colliers from the different coal-works in the shire, were discovered convened together at an inn in Irvine, and the three, as the ringleaders, were apprehended,-and several papers connected with the combinatio:i seized. It appears that, for three or four months back, Wilson acted as Clerk to an association of the colliers in the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, and that that so ciety having obtained a redress of grievances, he w , as employed to act in the same capacity to the Ayrshire colliers, receiving a stated sum weekly for his trouble. Ile accordingly came to Ayrshire about a month ago, and since then several meet ings of deputies from various coalworks have been held at Stewarton, Stevenston, Kilmarnock, Dun donald, Irvine, and Newton, at all of which he acted as clerk, while Banks acted as Presses. At these meetings, reports on the state of wages given at the several collieries were made ; minutes of the proceedings regularly kept ; resolutions form ed, and afterwards printed and distributed ; and petitions and letters of remonstrances, in conse quence, presented to the several coal-masters. The whole were bound together by' an oath, a pait of which enjoined them to secrecy. The grievances complained of, we believe, were spe cially adapted to the different coal-works, but in general they were the improper employment of more hands than were necessary, too large mea sure taken, and rat!ier small wages allowed. The leading resolution was, either to have these griev ancesredressed by the 29th of this month, or, in a body,. to strike work ; and it was acted on in so far as presenting a written statement of the complaints to their masters. The colliers at Newton have not wrought any since they pre sented their .remonstrance. We have not heard whether the colliers at the other collieries are off work. After a precognition of the facts was taken by the Sheriff-Substitute and Procurator- Fiscal, the three persons above named were fully committed for trial." ENORMOUS APPLR.—An .enormous apple has been shewn, brought by the Belvidera from Balti more, which measured 15 inches in circumference, and weighed 241} oz: We understand it has been sent to Sir JOSEPH BAN43.—(Liverpool Advertiser, Nov. 20.) LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEK. The highest price of the best Wheaten Bread thrOughout the Metropolis is stated by the Bakers to be he. 2d. the Quattern Loaf.—Some Bakers sell the Quartern Loaf from one penny to two-pence lower. lb. oz. lh.os Peck Loaf to weigh .. 17 .6 Quartern Loaf to weigh 4 5i Half ditto.. ditto .... to 11 Half Quarter!' ditto .. 2 24 SEEDS. Red Clover (Foreign) Ditto English Whiteditto ' 70s 95s to 120 s Rye-Grass ... —s 20s to 40s per. qr. Turnip, White ... lOs Od to 16s Od per bush, Red and Green .. Wbite Mustard Seed 6s Os to lOs Od Frown ditto ' l2s Od to IBs Od Carraway Seeds (new) Cinque loin l6s Od to ISs Od per fir. Coriander do Trefoil Ribgrass .. —s 20s to 50s Canary (new) ..... —s 45s to 60s Od per qr. Ditto (old) Linseed Oil Cake at. the Mill, —l. —s. to 151. I ss. per thou_ sand—Nape Cake —l. —s. to 81. 10s. per toll. UXB RI Corn-Inspector's Return Wheat per I. 18i. 10s. 271. 15s. N.Wheat peel. --I Os to —1 Os Barley, perqr. 30s (;(1 to 5Ss ‘3..; Rye, 425. Od. DGE. I.—Thursday, Nov. 20. Oats lleao 43s od to 58s 04 Pease 47s Od to .52s 04 . to —s Od. PliloE F HOPS. New Bags. New Pockets. Kent 251 Os to 301 Os Kent 29; —I Os to 351 Os Sussex 241 Os to 281 los Sussex —1 Os eBl Os to:3110s Essex Os to 32! Os Fartillam..aol us ter 381 Os NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. By the Carcase. Beef 2s 6d to 3s Gd I Veal • 3s 4d to 5s 6 4 1 Mutwn ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, Nov. 22. Hay 3i 15s Od to 51 lOs Od---Average, 41 12s 6,3 Straw Clover 4l 4s Od to 61 Os Od--Average,. 51 2s )& WHITECHAPEL HAY- MARKET. Hay 4l lOs Od to 51 lOs Od--Average, 51 - Os Cd New ditto.. 01 Os Od to 01 Os Od-Avueage, 01 Os Od Straw ll 18s Od t, 21 4s Od--Average, 21 Is Od Clover 6l Os Od to 71 Os Od--Average, (it lOs Od ' PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 561bs each ' per lb 2ld to 254 Ditto, .56 to 6611)s each 24d to 26d Dressing Hides Fine Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting • '743 to I9el . Ditto 45 to 5011)s 1913 to 9.10 Calf Skins 30 to 4011)5 1741 to 203 Ditto 50 to 701bs Ditto 7O to 801bs . 243 to 284 Small Seals (Greenland) rid to 97d Large ditto per clUzen 7os to 90s Tanned Horse Hides ... 153 to. 18(1 Spanish Hurse Hid es ' IBd to 24d RAW HIDES. Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary ....es Od to 2s 44 3s od to 3s 2d Market Calf .. each .. 7s 04 Nliddlings 2s td to 2s sd Eng. Horse Os Od to lOs tid Polled , Dow Ls . SHEEP . Sod to 7.2 d . 0.1 to 4s (hi SKINS. Shear.lings Os 0(1 to Os ed Lambs US od to Os Oil PRICE OF RAW FAT, pt ..eis,.stuted by the MIL Melters. St. James's Market .. 4s I d Whitechapel Market 4s id T Stone of 816.—Nov. e l . .els stated by the Butvow..,. St. James's Market 4s Whitechapel Market 4s id Clare .Market Os 04 Newgate Market Os Average ....4s 1 d Average • PRICES OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow.. 71s Od --s Od Yellow Soap 9l7s Yellow Russia 69s Od —s ad Mottled.. ' . 104 s White ditto .. —s Od —s Od Curd lNs Soap ditto.... 66s Od ! --s Od Palm Melting Stuff COs Od —s Od Graves ISs Od Ditto Rough.. 43s Od 44s Od Good Des 7s i/d PRICE OF CANDLES, from Tallow Chandlers' flail. Price of Candles, per dozen, I Is 6d—Moulds, las od-6d per dozen allowed for ready money. COAL MAREET, N0v.24. Ships at Market. Ship sot!. Price. 129 Newcastle —.874. Ms. 6d. to 475. ed. 24 sl , mkriand ....... ....17.... .-9s. tz.d. to 435. 6e... R Coders 2. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. SEQULSTRATIONS. Nov. 18. John Stewart and Co. merchants and manufac turers, Paisley—Creditors meet i❑ the Renfrewshire Ton tine there, 28th Nov. and 19th Dec., at 2. EXAMINATIONS, DIVIDENDS, &c. John Thomson, general merchant, Newburgh, to he exa mined in the Sheriff Clerk's-otlice, Cupar, 28th Nor. and ltith Dec., at H.. Creditors of Daniel Schaw and Son, winters, Edinburgh. wet in the Royal Exchange Coffee-house there, 13th Decem ber, at I. Creditors of Andrew Campbell and Co. merchants, Glas gow, meet in the office of Lawrie and Morrison, writers there, 3d December, at 2. Creditors of George Primerosc, partner of Stewart, Prime rose, and Co. merchants, Leith, will receive a dividend from Patrick Borthwick, the trustee, 18th December. Creditors of James Callum, merchant, Auchenblae, will re ceive a dividend from David Wyilie, merchant,. Montrose, 18th December. States of the affairs of Dunlop, Hamilton, and Co. mer chants, Glasgow, lie with the trustee till 'l3th December— No dividend. Andrew Black, merchant in Torryburn—Allan Morrison and Co. late woollen-manufacturers at Innermessan—Archi bald Wiadyen, cowfeeder, Paidey, have applied for dis charges. Handbills were issued on Saturday announcing an intended pugilistic exhibition in this town, by Carter, Gregson, and others ; but the Mayor, much to the satisfaction of the tdwn, prevented it.—(Shrewsbury Paper.) Jt is a singular fact, that the several lunatics in the Asylum at Cast lebar,lreland, male and female. have been taught to spin fine yarn, and are now` constantly and cheerfully employed in doing so. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst. at Cannington, near Bridgewater, So mersetshire, the Lady of John Sealey, Esq. banker, of a daughter. _ _ _ On Sunday last, at Dulwich, in Surrey, the Lady of sir Robert Graham, Bart. of a son. On the 17th inst. at Bryn, near Swansea, the Hon. Mrs. Morris, of a daughter. DIED. On the 16th inst. at the Marquess deltombel's (chateau de Monpierjon), Normandy, Mrs. Spence, widow of Frederick Spence, Esc!, formerly Captain in the 54th regiment of foot. On the 17th inst. at Exeter, Colonel Bidlake, of the Royal Matines, in the 61st year of his age. LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. 29, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square; and published by W. A. SCRIPPS, of No. t, South Mcßon-street, at THE Slits Office, No. 112, Strand; where Advertisements, Orders, Letters, 64e. (post-paid) most be adkussed.