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Part Me &Tod.

We noticed at some length the former part of this work,
which furnishes to men of letters and to the curious in Isis-
toricatantiquities, works which their scarrit has hitherto
withheld from general research, and which arc calculated
to excite an interest, connected not merely with the ancient
city of Gloucester, but with the history and manners of the
age to which they relate. This second part is enriched with
several rare tracts relating to the actions which took place at
Gloucestc; and Cirencester, in the sanguinary civil wars
which led to the beheading of Charles I.
It commences with a treatise, entitled "A Particular
Relation of the Actio:s before Cyrencester, taken on Can-
sllemas Day, 1642, by Part of his Majesty's Army, under
the conduct of his Highness Prince Itupert; by an Eye-
Witness." It furnishes a curious specimen of the style
both of writing and thinking in that period. The sentences
are involved and quaint, and discover the writer to be much
more loyal than literary, and to be sufficiently tinctured
with the crafty superstition of his time. Ile begins
thus)—
Rebellion, how ever it comes off; yet it ever begins whit con-
quest. Thu, I mean, of the rebel's over their own etmsciences.
The designe will never advance kindly, till that bef.rehand be
subdned to so stupid and tame a temper, as to bogie or take check
at the horror of no scruples ; but to accept of whatever desperate or
wild scruple.. The Scripture calls it wi:cheraft; for with snch
murmurs and whispers as witches use, (murmurs against the present
government, and whispers of unreasonable and inconsistent hopes
in the projected reformation) it bechannes and balms their under-
standing. And that so universally and so deeply, as aeldonte can
any other reason undeceive them, but the afilictum of another con-
quest. The experience of Cyrencester hadi prov'd this observa-
tion trues who blinded and confident in the beginning of the batten
saw not it's own error, WI it's own flames show'd it.
This interpreting rebellion to be the crime designated in
Scripture by the name of erilchcrtfil, and the concise logic
by which he proves their identity, is curious. This mode
of reasoning was incident to the surviving superstition of
the former age, which resolved all resistance to the divine
authorities in church and state into the sin of witchcraft;
the punishment of which was always acceptable to the ig-
norant multitude, who held witches in the utn:ust terror,
and always looked upon titeir destruction as a judgment
from heaven. _ _ _

The following parsale is remarkable, as it eiscovas the
military spirit of the Puritan ministers, who, it appears,
were among the foremost in the field against the .Urd's

towoiolictl.

Now were theenemy all in flight; and ours in chase. Those that
fled towards Crekelade were, by the prince's clmimand, pursued by
Sir John Byron t whose men, remembring Burford, killed above
one hundred, and took as many prisoners. Among the rest, two
ruirristers, one Mr. Stanfield armed lurk and hr., st, with sword (tad
p:stolls. The other, Mr. I lregory of Cyrenecster ; who lately as-',
cured his people, that he hod I...grrd that torn_ tr of Me Lord. At
first entering the town, both cannoniers and musquetiers fled from
Poole's battery, leaving their colours standing : which the prince
sent to takedown., and to make good the place. These, his high-
nose Prince Maurice
.pursued : and some first overtaken, were
there killed 3 bat it bang enough to prostate one's belie to a Icon,
about three hundral of them falling on heaps before the Prince's
feet, his wreitislmeate pleated it selfe in making thew all prisoners,
Thus were all the posts of the town taken.
It must have been rather discomforting to the pious
Ms. Gregory, who, having taken a fancy to Cricklade,
had begged that town of the Lord," to find it not only
delivered over to his enemies, hut himself' along with it.
There is another " relation of the taking of Ciceter
(Cirencester), by one who was present at the taking it."
t pUrports, in the title-page, to be published " because of
the many false reports that were in print concerning that
business." This writer is on the Parliament side. He
seems to consider the account given of the afiltir by the
Royalists u much too elevated and oreamental. The
" eye-witness" tells us, that on three hundred of the town's
people falling at the feet of Prince Rupert, " his merciful-
nesse pleased itself in making them all prisoners." But,
according to this writer, who was present, and whose rela-
tion bears every mark of fidelity, "his viercifelneese" was
not quite so easily satisfied. In truth, the Royalist forces,
seem to have manifested as much carelessness as might be
for the blood of his Majesty's subjects, and to have spared
no measure of contempt or torture which it lay in their
way to inflict. The narrative says—

They script many of the prisoners, most of them of their ;Amos
garments. They were all turned that night into the church, and
though many of them were wounded and weary, yet their friends
were not sufficed to bring them a cup of water into the church that
night, but what they thrust in at the backside of the church, haying
broken the windoWes and the like cruelty I heare was chewed
unto them when they lay in Witney church, in their passage to
Oxford.

They tied all the prisoners, gentlemen, ministers, and all in
ropes, anti made them all goe a fake through the dirt in the straws
and way to Oxford, which, in re4ard of the many hones, wan up to
their knees sometimes, and in this manner they used a very worthy
gentleman, who had bane very lately high sheritle of our county.
an aged. gentlemar, of inlinne health, though of an undauu:ed
courage in this cause..
They shamefully abused the two ministers, reproachfully imi-
tating their manner of preaching, &c.
The eaptaine who woke the ministers, upon the earnest solicita-
tion of their friends ter their releasement, promised them that for
fifty or sixty pounds a
.piece he would release them : which money
being procored and paid them, he acoffingly answered, that they
might well pay as much more to him for not killing them, as he
might bare done, and they deserved ; and so after that they were
more straitly imprisoned, and worse used, and one .1 their friends
that had a free passe promised him into the towne with the money,
had very much adoc to escape killing or imprisening.
We lost five pieces of cannon, ncare upon twelve hundred mos-
ques, and other arms, fourteen colours, and some *nonunion, for!
most of our powder and bullet was sent unto them before they en.
teed the towne.

The value of the pillar of the towne is uncertain, but very
mat., to the utter ruinP ',way hundred .Ptilicc, and besides the
Minims of sonic particular men's houses, which were potrp?sely set
ow fire after the tows' was wonne. The Barton farme with very
much buildings in it, and all the come, hay, and other goods and
cattle of one sentlenian'o, which amounted to three thousand pounds
sod upwards, was burnt to the ground.
On Friday they went into the countrey, and woke away all the
hones, .I.eire. °sea, mud other cattle of the well affected that in-
habited neareCicerer.

()it Saturday. Febeu. tnd, they tooke away cloth, wool!, and I
same, besi.les other goods front the clothiers, about Stroudwater, to
the utter undoing, not only of them and gleiro, but of thousands (!fl
ponce 'J.-I,k, :chest very livelikuod drpends oa that trade.

What immediately follows is characteristic of the times •
The combatants, on both rides, as is usual, carried on the
war in God's name, and traced their defeats and triumph
to the same divine co-operation. The devotion of the Pu-
ritans had more in it of sensation than of reason. }laving
no adequate conception of INF INITZ WISDOM, their notions
were necessarily indistinct, and their expressions were as
confused as their creed.

Now Sir, before I close up all, I shall give you a hint of what I
ronecive, besides onr sinner, texcurreil with the iriaishiblc will of
Und, to hasten our ruin. . . .

1. The want of cur horse, whirh made 16111111 confidently brave
our men at their very wakes, al also the want of cannoneer', which
were at Soddy castle.
2. The slow raising of monies out of the eonntrey, which made
some of our men, for lacke of pay, to depart the towne, and kit
many of the ►est hear:leis, and our works but thinly manned.
3. The treachery of our malignant gentry roared about us, who
constantly gave the enemy intelligence, and entertainment in their
house, made provition-for their armies, and some of them appealed
in antic" before their neighbour towne, which they could indure to
se,. huh fircil and spoyled.

Thui, iv addition to " the irresistible will of Omnipo-
tence,- this devout sectary ascribes their defeat to the
%I-alit of horses, and men, and money, and to treachery in
their own camp, each cause being separately adequate
to the effect.

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It is remarkable that the women appear to have strongly ,
imbibed the spirit cf liberty, and to have exposed them.
selves Larlcasly to danger by the side of the l'arliamentary
fore. is.:. In the tract entitled, " A brief and exact Diurnal
cf the siege before tilloueexty," by John homey, Esq.,
the writer rays,
I 1 is majesties fawn advanced forward into our suburbs, chiefely
on the cast part ir.,o Barton-adreete, where we killed a commander
from the cast-gate liat the houses proved too but fur such inha-
bitants, frt. we had after the retume of our messengers, fired all our
suburbs on the north, east and south parts, as being those that I
could and would have dune us most harme a yet one IsscAd's house
in Barton-inn:etc (by reason of a garden betwixt that and that next I
above) toOce not tire, so that the enemy played from thence wish I
musket-:hut against us, till we by five or six canon shot from the I
walks, forced them to quit that place. Our canon likewise from
the cn upon the west-gate, discharged upon the body of home in
tralham, and doing some small execution there, made them goo
seeke tatter quarters. Our aunts and amities wrested all this
after-wane in Me littk wrath-ant of ottr worhes in the ter!, fares ufl
Muse horses, in fetching in titrf- far the repairinc of our workcs.
There must have been a very strong and general alien-
ation
of the airflow; of the people before the enthusiasm
of female resenttnent could have risen to such a height.
/Award Massie was at this time Licutenant-Colonel and

Governor of Gloucester. The following Anagram, in-
serted at the close of this "I)iurnal," is curious:—
EDWARD MASSIE GOVERNOR.
AN At: RA 74.
NEVER MISS A cool) REWARD.
Ile that doth stand so well wit, in hie guard,
1 hope shall never miss a gisid reward.
The Editor announces, that the third ant) concluding
portion of this work is in the press, which will contain se-
veral rare 'Cracts and an Ihs.trical Introduction, in which
will be embodied a I.,..rcat portion of original matter extract-
ed. from manuscripts iu the British Museum, and Bodleian
Library, and derived from other sources which have been
hitherto withheld frem the public.

MR. CHARLES FLINTS PETITION.

[Concluded from our ropeT of ycsmiday..l

That your petitioner has for many years been subject to a liver
complaint, and that his health suffeticef very matcri .11y by his con-
finement and the treatment aforesaid; and that your petitioner's
friends hearing thercui., sent your petitioner's own surgeon to your
petitioner, with it view to prescribe for tha said complaint, when lie
was positively refused permission to attend your petitioner profes-
sionally, and your petitioner was deprived of the benefit of his pro-
fessional advice and assistance.

That your petitioner, upon his Said inmisonnunt, was put to
labour upon the tresd.niill in the said gaol, and upon his health
rendering it impossible for him to rcrfonn the same. he was put to
labour of the most disgusting description, with the class of offences
before-mentioned.

That your petitioner caused a representation to be made to the said
Mr. Chetwynd, as one of tie visiting magistrates of the said gaol,
upon such his diet and treatment, And your petitioner was shortly af-
terwards called before hits and two other visiting mag stra tee, and he
then urged before them his infirm stare of health, and his inability to
pntomi the severe labour to which he had been put, or to exist up.
on the gaol allowance, and requested permission to furnish himself
with some additional food, sod to be put to labour snore suitable to
his ability and condition in life, when the said Mr. ('lietwynd per-
sonnlly refused to allow your petitioner such permission to procure
such diet or food, or to order your petitioner to be put to any other
description of labour, declanng that the tread-mill was the only
labour in the gaol, and that no dktinction could be made in respect
to food and diet between your pethiener and the other pitsoners,
whereas your petitioner shows as a fact that there were then impri.
sorted in the said raol persons convicted of offences without the
benefit of clergy, and who had received sentence of death and were
then outliving commuted punishment, who were not only allowed,
by themselves and friends, to procure whatever food and diet they
thought necessary, but who were also exempt from the labour of
the treadmill, and put to sther lsbeur of a trivial nature; that after
such reque: t to the said niagistrotes, and your petitioner's attend-
, wee upon them. he was again ordered, and as he believes by the
personal direction of the said Mr. Chetwynd, to labour at the tread-
unit, and that be thereupon appealed to the surgeon of the gaol,
who reported your petitioner unfit for such labour.
That upon your petitioner's own surgeon waiting on the Go-
vernor of the gaol to request permiaion to visit your petitioner pro-
fessionally, the said governor consulted the said Mr. Chetwynd as
to complying with the said request, and the said Governor acting
(as he afterwards deelared in the presence of thesaid Mr. Chetwynd
and your petitioner), under the direction of the said Mr. Chetwynd,
refused your petitioner's surgeon permission to see him profession.
all or to prescribe any medicine for your petitioner.
l'hat your petitioner was, during the greater part of the time he
was so imprisoned, under the necessity of taking medicine four
or five times per day, and was meat seriously affected in his
health.

That on Sundae, the 7th day of December, your petitioner re-
ported himself ill to the surgeon of the said gaol, being then very
much so, who did not, however, then prescribe for tour petitioner.
That on the following morning your petitioner, instead of hav-
ing his cell unlocked, and being let out therefrom as he was accus-
tomed to be, was left locked up therein, without any cause or
reason being assigned to him • and that be repeatedly, during the
day, demanded to see the dovernor, and to be Informed of the
came or reason, and to be heard thereon, when the said Governor,l
in the course of the day, came to your petitioner, attended by one'
of I:is turnkeys, and stated that your peutioncr was locked up for ,
having cut the letters " C. Flint, 11123," in the chapel of the gaol,
when your petitioner thereupon demanded to be heard in his de.,
fence, and to 411 witnesses to d' rove the charge, and strongly
cseci
rernonstrated against the injustice of ordering our petitioner into
elate confinement, without stating his sup offence, or allow-
ing him to be heard in his defence. when t said Governor refused
to release your petitioner from such his confinement, or to hear him
further in answer to the said charge.
That your petitioner several MIX", in the course of the same
day, demanded to be supplied with water, which was refused to
him, on the ground that his cup then contained some milk, and
that no other was allowed hint, and your petitioner was kept with-
out water during the whole day.
That your petitioner being ill, anti having so reported himself to
the surgeon, could not eat the diet of the gaol, and was kept locked
up in his cell for upwards of forty hours, without being enabled to
eat or partake thereof, and without being visited by the surgeon' or
receiving any ibing from him, although your petitioner had, in his
interview with the said Governor, expressly stated his indisposition,
and the fact of his having reported it to the surgeon.
That your petitioner was, during his whole imprisonment,
treated with the greatest severity, and the execution of the said
sentence was attended with every ignominious aggravation and
privation, not sanctioned by airy rule or reipilation for the said
prison, which rules and regulations your petitioner repeatedly and
in vain demanded to see.

That in consequence of such treatment, your petitioner prepared
a statement thereof, as instructions for his brother to prepare a
memorial to the Bight Honourable his 31ajesiy's Secretary of
State, when, In the absence of your petitioner at chapel, the said
Governor caused the same to be taken from his all, and immedi-
ately delivered it to the said 3lr. Chetwynd ; and your petitioner
repeatedly, both by himself and friends. demanded to have it re-
stored, and insisted upon his right to make his grievances known,
when the only ansacr obtained from the said Governor was, that
the said statement was with the said 3lr. Chetwynd, and your
petitioner was therefore unable to procure the acme returned to
him.

That when such statement was taken away, your petitioner's pen,
ink, and paper were also taken from hint ; and upon your peti-
tioner's friends deliverin" others at the :said gaol for your petitioner,
they were withheld ar.d kept back from him until near the dose of
his eontinement, whenthree sheets only of the said paper so left
wee dliveted to your petitioner, although he repeatedly demanded
the same, with a view to make lots case and grievances known to the
higher authorities of his country.
That your petitioner is utterly unable to account for the extraor-
dinary severity, as well of the sentence as of the mode in which it
was carried into effect, both, as he has reason to believe, under the
immediate influence of Mr. Chetwynd, the Chairman of this Ses-
sions and Visiting Magistrate of the gaol, otherwise than from
motives of resentment long since harisoured by him against your
yctitioner's brother, the said .Ibrahani Flint, and your petitioner.
That the said Mr. Chetwynd bath been in the habit of acting as
Quorum Commissioner under different Commissioner of Bank-
rupt • and whilst acting as such, your petitioner and the said
.Ibrabam Flint have frequently attended before the said Mr. Chet-
wynd (and ether Commissioners), and had various altercations and I
dirtatets with 4im thereon.
the said Air. eh:As/rad is returned to your Honourable
House as Representative fur the Borough of Staffors 1, and that your
petitioner's scut brother bath lately extended his professional bu-
sinews to that neighbourhood, and hath become professionally con-
' cerried for the greater part of the body of the constituents of the said
Mr. Chetwynd in divers disputes between them and the Corpora-
of the said Borough of Stafford, and bath repeatedly declared,
as was well known to the said Mr. Cheta ynd, that he would even
I his interest with the said Burgesses, at a future elxtion, in eppo-
-1 sition to the said Mr. Chetwynd.

That a few days after Motu petitioner and his said brother attend-
ed before the said 31r. thetwynd and said Commissioners under •
Commission of Rankrupt, when such difference of opinion ant! per-1
sonal altercation took place as aforesaid, namely, at the Michaelmas
Sessions. 1821, the said Mr. t:hetwynd. presided upon the trial of
an indictment against ycur petitioner's said brother, for an alleged
assault, by hitting upon the hand the wife of a man then suffering
imprisonment In the gaol of Staffurd, under a sentence upon a pro-
secution against him by your petitioner's said brother.
That upon the second day of the said Sinsiona, the said indict-
ment was called on for trial by the proper ofFeer, in due course, and
the Jury summoned, when the trial thereof was put otaad pom-
poned by the order and direction of the sai.l Mt. Chetwynd, without
any application whatever being made to the Court for that
Punafter the disposal of all the other business then in the paper
of entries, the said traverse was again called on in like manner,
and the Jury sworn, and the trial thereof again in like manner put
o9'bv the said I %airman, from whicit your petitioner verily believes
and loath no doubt whatever, that the prosecutors, or the promoters
of the said indictment, were in communication w:tli the said Mr
thetu yud upon the subject thereof.
That upon the trial of the 'ehd traverse, on the next day, the
ymnrcutor thereof, who was then impristmed in the gaol for the
county of Stafford, under a sentence passed upon him at the then
last .tssizen, in a preset -anon against hint by your petitioner's said
;,pother, was. by the order and directions of the said Mr. Chetwynd,
brought up from the said gad into the Court of the said Qaarter
niassiuni., and permitted to condoet or direct the trial of the said
traverse ; anti that uprin the trial thereof, Ike witnesses, most or all
of theta servants or relatives of the prosecutor, snore to a trivial
assault, by the said defendant hitting the prosecutor's wife on her
hand t and sip disintaosted and respectable witnesses produced by
the defendant positively contradicted it; when the Jury returned a
verdict of guilty, and your petitioner's taid brother was, by the said
Air. Chetwynd, sentenced to six months' imprißontuent in the
caunty gaol. and nayment of a tine of 1001. ;--a sentence so fatally
injurious in Ito ItiteCill on a professional mars in extensive practice.
and so wholly disproportionate to the supposed misdemeannur
rnm-
trotted, that on representatinr of the Lets to the Hight lion. Lord
I Viscount Siinoutn, his Majesty's then Principal Seactary of
I State for the Home Department, an order was made by the Right
Honourable Rohm Peel, 1:101. 31. P. his successor, for the said
Mr. Abraham Flint's discharge, and a full remission granted of the
tine imposed.
That the exposure on that occasion made of the said Mt. Chet,
wynd's motives and conduct cached in his mind increased animo.
sity against the said Mr. Abraham 1 lint ; and which, as your peti-
tioner humbly conceives, can alone, together with the other circuit:-
stances herein detailed, amount fur the severity with which your
petitioner has been visited.
That soon after such conviction, yore petitioner presented his
humble memorial to the night flan. Robert his likjesty's

Principal Secretary of State for the home Depart Meet, setting forth
the greater part of the circumstances aforesaid, and earnestly im-
ploring an inquiry into the truth thereof, in the hope that the same
being ascertained, a remission or mitigation of the sentence might
have been graciously granted.
That although repeated applications were made, in writing and
otherwise, to the office of the Secretary of state, oo the subject of
the said memorial, no inquiry was made or directed with immediate
reference to your petitioner's case, as he is led to believe from the
circumstance cf no communications being made thereon to his
friends, or examination of himself, although he has been informed
and believes tha. a mei tii.g of 3lagistrates was held at Stafford
during his confinement, with the result of v.ltich he has nut been
made acquainted.
That your petiticner is well aware that a verdict having been ob.
tamed against hint, and a sentence apparently sanctioned by law
pronounced from which the Statute gives no appeal, he has no legal
remedy on the occasion ; but while sensible of this mortifying truth,
he is also aware that your Honourable House is the great remedial
tribunal cf appeal for all cases td haniship and oppression ; and,
whereas, in the case in question, a rigid and severe law enacted for
other purposes has been made the means of gratifying malice and
personal resentment.
That your petitioner's views and prospects °requiring future in-
-1 dependence by honourable industry have been seriously affected, if
not wholly nitned,hy the ignominious mimic of the sentence he has
undergone, which must necessarily entail an indelible stain on him
and his family.
That your petitioner is able and willing to prove all the foregoing
statements, if' required, in such manner as may be deemed right or
exedient by. your Honourable House.
Four petitioner humbly submits his foregoing statement to
the consideration of your lloncuraltie House, in the hope that the
grass abuse of magisterial authority of which he has been the
victim, may receive that direct atomadvAstion which. nt.der the
circumstances of your petitioner's came, can alone,be given by your
Honourable House ; and that while your petitioner can look for
to no other alleviation of the cruel and unmerited treatment he
has experienced than the expression of that feeling of compassion
which his plain narrative will, he fully trusts, have excited in his
favour and entitle him to, on the part of your Honourable House ;
he cannot conclude this, his petition, without entertaining a per-
suasion that means will be taken, in your wisdom, of preventing a
repetition of nudisr abuse of authority by a revision of such acts as
confer powers so liable to be altused by being rendered subservient
to the ;notification of the vindictive feelings of prejudice and pet.
venal resentment,

And your petitioner, as in duty bound, rill ever pray, ke.
CHARLES }LINT.

tVIXDOW TAX.

The following is a copy of the Goneral Petitirn of the
Inhabitants of iVcatniinster, on the repeal cf the Window
Tax:—

To the Cornmor.s of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland in Parliament assembled •

The Petitiot.l!)f. the undersignod It.habitant; of the City and

Liberty of 11-estmins.er
Shesteth—That your petitioners have men a statement, which
they have been informed and believe was laid bef,we your Ilonour.
able House on the 12th day of Fehruery Itr24, as follows, viz.
" Total net income end expenditure of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, to the year ending the sth January
1824

inet;nie paid into the E.:chequer . 999 844
Expenditure t. 0,982,013 17 11i

Leaving a surplus paid into the Exchequer
over and abort the expenditure of - 6,710,084 10 sr
Whence it appears that the people have been taxed to the amount
of nearly seven millions sterling more than was necessary to meetl
the current, said, as they are convir.ced, wasteful, expenditure of the
year 1823.
Your petitioners have eh" heard and believe that 5,011,0001. of
the surplus, thus raised by taxes and imposts upon the people, is
intended to be paid in discharge of the public debt, to which your
petitior.ers beg leave to object, believing as they do, that if the
money were lctt in the pockets of the people, instead of being taken
out t y the tax-gatherers, it would be more usefully and produc-
tively employed than in paying off debt. That paying off debt
contracted in large masses, by driblet*. is merely making a show to
no beneficial purpose, while the people are compelled to pay the
same amount of taxes whether small portions of the deb: be paid or
not. . .

That although 5.040,001.1 L is ti small elm in emnparisnn with the
debt, it nevertheless a large sum fur the people to pay in /112111t13l
and unneccaaary taxation.

Your pcitioncrs have seen statomentawhich Induce them to believe
that the expense of governing Ireland costs about four rnillioes ster-
ling more than the whole revenue of Ireland produas, and conse-
quently that the people of Great Britain are taxed in that sum on
account of Ireland.

Your petitioners beg to call the attention of your Hon. House to
this subject, since they cannot understand why Ireland should not
raise a revenue equal to the expense it occasions.
Your petitioners complrin,
1. That taxes are extorted from the people of Great Britain, not
for the good government of Ireland, since that country appears to
them to be worse governed than any other country on the face of
the earth.

2. That these taxes arc not applied to benefit the people of that
most unfortunatc con: :ry, since they are ill used, and wretched
beyond the poker of description.
3. That the sum extorted, by means of taxation, from the people
of Great Britain, on account of Ireland, neither produces ;mod
government nor benefits its wretched people, but is wastefully
expended in places, pensions, patronage, and jobs.
4. That your petitioners feel it to be a great, a singular, and
unpar.lleled grievance. that, in addition to their other heavy bur-
thens, four millions sterling should be extorted fmm the indus-
trious and sober people of Great Britain, kr the advantage of an
idle and dissolute Irish gentry.
Your petitiunas therefore pray, that your Honourable House
will take the allegations contnint:d in this petition into your most
serious consideration, and will be pleased to remit taxes equal in
amount to the surplus of revenue above expenditure; and further,
that your Honourable House will also be pleased to remit taxes
from those levied on the people of Great Britain. equal in amount
to the sum paid by Great Britain on account of Ireland, over and
above the mount of revenue raised in Ireland.

LAN' INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KlNlTSTrirrir, TCESDAT, Kann 2.

( Sittings in Guildhall, before the Loan Cntrr Joancie tad
Common Juries:l
PRITCITARD T. RIDDELL.
This was an action to recover the price of work and labour done.
The work was plumbing and painting in the defendant', house at
11 ollow ay.
Messes. MarnYarT and CoxTx called several witnesses to
prove the work done and its value. The amount was al. odd.
Messrs. (it nNVY and PLATT resisted the demand as excessive,
and called witnesses to chew that there had been a specific agree-
ment to do the work at the measurement and valuation of a Mr.
Tite, a surveyor; that Mr. 'lite valued the work at 321.; and that
151. having been paid to accoant, and 27L tendered, the defendant
was entitled to a verdict.
Mr. Fear spoke to the agreement to do the work on Mr. Tire's
terms.

Miss Sleep saw the measurement by Mr. Tite.
Mr. Tice superintended all the work done at Mr. Biddell's at
Holloway, mid valued the painters' work at 26/. Is. 4d. and the
plumbers' work at SI. U. Id. Total, s:2l. Ik. Oil. He measured it,
and found the difference in measurement very inconsiderable. The
differenes might be inferred to be in the prices; he allowed the
prices usually allowed by surveyors; those were very handsome
prices, affording very good profit, fully :10 per cent.
Miss Riddell proved the tender of !71. fid.
Mr. Ksauvarr made a long speech in reply, and rested bis
hopes upon Mr. Tits not having .ailed upon the plaintiff to be pre-
sent at the measurement.
The LOUD CIIIEF JUSTICE was of opinion that lithe defend.
ant did not get their verdict, the consequences would be injurious
Ito society. aail not beneficial to tradesmen therusilvJi.
Verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF C031310:1 PLEAS. TUESDAY, MASUD 2.

TVI:IitTT AND OTTIV.RB T. ?Tat.
Mr. Sergeant Vat-cast% with whom was Mr. CUITTT. stated
the case. It was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs.
Everett and Co. honkers, upon a bond elecuted by the defendant,
an attorney and solicitor, jointly with G. B. 31sinwaring, Esq. in
1814, to recover the sum of 4,41101. Mr. slainwaring having
fallen into eimuns inners which prevented him tultillir.g the terms
of the bond, the pinintiffs sought to recover from thedefendant, the
other party to the bond, as Mr. Mainwaring's security. The trans-
action upon which the bond wrs.given arose out of 'Mlle connexion
which the plaintiff.% and Mr. Matnwaring had whit the Bayswater
Swing ‘Cater Company. The defendant piratic:l that the bond
was rot deliv.red unconditionally, but as nn : and further,
that he hnk performed his contract. The plsintiffs had pre.
'Mindy brought an anion in the C. of King's Bench; but they
then declined to take a verdict. and determined to bring an action
in this Court fur them: avert of the whole sum they claimed.
louring a very long trial. it was endeavoured to be made appear,l
by Mr. Sergeant for the d'tcadant, that the company was
a mere 'mauler and bubble. It was skewn, however, for the pLsin.'
tiff, that respecteble name were entered as siti•scrihers to the com-
pany to the aidonut of 20,0001. It teas given in evidence likewise,
front the plaintiff's bmks, that they had telvancesl the money agreed
to be subscribed on the proposed cha.-es.
A verdict was ultimately given for tho pLsintin for the whole sum
claimed. _ _

CORPORAL Pr tsli MENT.; IN Sc :TOOT prae-
tical improvements in education. wiAtterer tends to remove
the necessity of ioneminioth, en:Torsi punishments must,
in the estimation of the wise and benevolent, be deemed of
the first importance, and worth a Imam' speculative trea-
tises on the theory of education. We ate .iustitied, there-1
fore, in calling public attention to the ReriNterspr Schad-
masters andI;o• Grwernesses, lately published by Blair, the
introduction of which has banished co-poral punishments
from many great schools, where it had previously been
considered indispensable ; and the same result must take
place wherever they are fully adopted. As there Registers
arc sold at only Is., profit is the object neither of their
publication nor of this recommendation.