The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-29 00:00:00

Within the last four years the revenue of Inland has
decreased half a million.

Lox DON Balm; e.—(From a Corrrespondent.)—Thcre
has been so much said about the coat of this untakingo.
that we hope the manager thereof will avoid all eapenscs.
which are not absolutely necessary ; and we wish to re.
mind them that stone to make a road is not subject' to say
duty. Although every road is not a bridge, yet every bridge:
over which carriages pass is a road, and therefore this.
duty ought not to be paid merely because it is rnandetli...
u has been the case with some other bridges. The saving
of this duty will make a difference of 20,0001. a sum too
large to be pale away without the inatureat consideration ;. •
much less then ought it to be given away.
The Lord Chancellor is sitting for his portrait to the. ,
President of the Royal Academy, and to Kr. Sievier for .
his bust.

IL A w Paossor to tc s.—The lamented death of Sir The-
mu Plumer leaves to the nomination of Government the Master.
ship of the Rolls, the second dignity In the Coon of Chancery: Sir
Thomas, who was a conscientious and honourable man, eosin; --'
sound lawyer, perhaps accelerated his dissolution by the nersci • !
verance with which he continued to discharge Ms public duties;
long alter his health had been seriously allhetel. It is belieie'd
that he will be succeeded in his high efSoe by the present Lora
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; as serlnout which will •
ar er id great convenience than at present gains his Lordship's •••
attendant* as Lord Deputy in the House of P In this evert
Sir Robert Copley will of course be raised W dee vacant Chief
Justiceship, and Mr. N'etherell will beccine Ansemy-General. It -
has been for some time understood that Mr. nodal, who evinced •
so much legal talent on the late Queen's trial, would be mails So- ..
licitor-tieneral on the drat visaing. As Lard Glares accurate •
acquaintance with the law of Scotland renderehim peculiarly at to.
preside on appeals from the decisions of the Scottish Courts. so his ..
thorough knowledge of the law of real Tie? longotarkial •
him out, to all persons acquainted with i ;ice, as col.
culated to adorn the Equity He. His es inteUeetual •
acuteness is great ; his rise to his masses ameba has been the
result "of steady persevering talent ; and be Mat this time as le-
warkable for unremitted exertion u he OW wberi be firm came to
the bar. We are not ablicieptly sassommat With the history of the
Court of Chancery to kniqr slumber sheillemership of the Rolls has •
'use been held by • rem; bet In IMlNP.Olifteee.A.......--..t..a,
within the option of Sir Wen. Groot SlNlGAgiellfs before be retired
from the seat be so and so ably Is[The (Mice is, atell•
events, one of high rank • and Lediellerd, If be removes to .
I
it from the Common V kola triple a mop la professional prem.
dence.—Costrier.
EIRCUTION.--011 Monday, pellhallal to hie sentence, Janis
Rridgeman was hanged at the imp be bans of the New =.
0861, for the murder of IlMor Going. The astasppy man
resigned and pay for his fate i be heat that he avowed his
guilt in the mil, tiediately before his anneaden ; he confessed
that he was at the imirder, but that he did bet Ile any of the shin%
The clergymen who aniseed him sepses& hs their robot. This
is the third pawn who has been enamel fee this of[ nor ; and wa
trust that the erect his fate must Isom pledeced on an immense
multitude who were present. will Ilkqe:Ve lithe hest effects
and tend to let those mutable and creatures se-, that the
vengeance of God and the laws, Memo a Moment delayed, is
certain to perwle the persuasion if Awe outrages which dispp
our country—Limerick Obeeveer.
COLONIZATION.-10•the Cauliablitt Genetic of the 7th of
Deconber last, we find the following paragraph :—Tbe
Government of the Republic, in virtue tithe special aid*.
rite of Congress given on the 7th of June last,' has granted
to the ancient friends and servants of Colombia. bettors
Herring, Graham. and Powlet. of the commercial house
of London, a contract entered into with tladr agent on
the Vitas of the preceding Notember, 110u,o01) filsegadas
of land (a quarter of an any, or an extent of ground re.
quiring *freers of seed), with tedesign of promoting an
emigration useful to Europe. laid lands shall be of
the best quality to be found in the provinces of 111criels,
Caraceas, and Chow.
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Si At the last circuit arum Cartra county,
the case of Parnell Moody r. SlOsh Baker, excited a. pe.
culiar interest. The Ceyere
_Re/a/Mires says, it concerne.
the character of the young lady, which bad been slandend
under peculiar circumstances. Special damages were laid
in the iou of marriage betwees the plaintiff and the sou et
the defendant. After a long iorestigatiott, during who
the defendant Made ne attrtapts to 11117 thethb
words laid, the jury found a 'edict
1430 dollars, and coats; a fair wanting
lurk yopt r.

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iovvedgation, during whir* •.
a to prate int+ trial: of M.
verdict for the plaintiff, fee
wanting to slanderers—Myr