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London, England, 1826-09-06 00:00:00

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Tta Pepe continues to make reforms In the organizsiimi of the
state in spite of the obstacles he meets every where. It Is said that
even well-intentioned but weak persons are endeavouring to pre.
vent him from continuing the system ; but his Floliness ?ejects all
advice that springs from timidity. We have mentioned the abuses
which had crept into the administration of the Customs ; the Holy
Father has dismissed all the offi:ers and soldiers attached to that
department, and they are to be newly organized. He would not
Joon to the Commission of Economy, which was opyoscd to all
,strenchment. He has also sopptessed the Civic Militia, or rather
Me own staff, which occasional considerable expense, and was of
Po air. The Employes have been put on half.pay. The admini.
aeration of ecclesiastical property has undergone the same fate; it
hes been suppressed, and idled to the Finance Ministry. But the
;post important reform is that which threatens the Chamber of
Revision, and above all Its Council, named roopahisieria. The
atprente Reviser and right other functionaries have been dismissed,
and the new Reviser has the power to select a few individuals from
among the numerous employes who are to be dismissed. An edict
is eapeeted whith will abolish the special licences for shouting
acd tithing, which will be partuitted to every one, with some
police rintrisdoos.
The disputa of the Bishop of Fool, with the inhabitants of that

Extract of a letter, dated Dover, September 4.—" This
morning, about six o'clock, Lord Gifford, the Master of the
Rolla, died at his Louse, on the Marine Parade. His
Lordship had been here about ten days, and was much
i'Alispored on his journey to Dover. An inflammation in
the bowels took place on Saturday, which continued, in
spite of every medical exertion to stop its progress, until
this morning, when death put a period to his Lordship's
severe sufferings."

(EITIU;ZT OT ANOTIIII IMITATE LETTER.)
" DOVER, SEYT. 4.

"Died, this morning, at his residence, on the Marine
Parade, Dover, the Right Honourable Baron Lord Gifford,
Master of the Rolls. His Lordship arrived about a fort.
night since from London, and felt indisposed on the even.
ing of his arrival. Medical advice was resorted to, and it
was feared that the nature of his complaint was cholera
morbus, which, however, was got under ; hut fever ensued,
and terminated the life of his Lordship at six o'clock. Hu
Lordship was in his 48th year."
(FURTHER ?A!TICUL .05.)
His Lordship left town yesterday fortnight, and wu at
that time labouring under a bilious attack, to which it iv
understood he was constitutionally liable. In other respects
his health was very good, and no serious apprehensions
were excited till Saturday last, when symptoms of cholera
morbus began to show themselves. On Sunday he became
much worse, and notwithstanding the unremitting exec.
tions of his medical attendant, Mr. Sankey, he died at a
litle after six o'clock on Monday morning.

Robert Lord Gifford, of St. Leonard's, in the county of
Devon, was a native of Exeter. His father was a respect-
able tradesman, carrying on the grocery business in that
city, and died, leaving a large fatally behind him. The
subject of the present memoir being then very young, the
brother of Lord Gifford carried on the business after the
death of his father, and thus was enabled to protect and
educate his brothers and sisters. The education of Lord
Gifford was begun at the Grammar School of Exeter, under
the learned but unfortunate Dr. Halloran, and from his
earliest youth the law seems to have engaged the chief atten-
tion of Isis mind ; so much so, indeed, that even whilst yets
schoolboy it was his habit, when the Judges in the course
of their circuit came to Exeter, to take his seat in the
Court, and remain there till the close of the day's business,
and no during the continuance of the Assizes. Having
finished his education, he entered on his legal career by
being articled to an attorney of his native city, and, whilst
in this comparatively adverse station, used to complain of
the neglect he experienced from his kinsman and relation,
the late Sir %%easy Gibbs. In the year 1800 he came to
London, and tau at that time admitted a member of the
Middle Temple, and studied in the office of Mr. Sykes, ire
present Solicitor of the Stamp-office, who was then prac-
tising as a Special Pleadet. At this time his age was '2l.
On the 12th February. 1808, he was called to the
bar. From this time Sir Vicary Gibbs began to notice
him, and it was to the patronage and steady affection
of this great Lawyer that Lord Gifford owed his
first elevation in the legal world; and his own abilities
afterwards enabled him to advance his fortunes so far, that
he became successively Solicitor and Attorney General, a
Peer of the Realm, • Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, and finally Master of the Rolls, in which elevated
station he has just clossd his mortal career. On the Bth
May, 1817, he was appointed Solicitor-General, and in that
capacity, on the IGEh May following, was elected Master of
the Bench of the Society of which lie was a member. In
consequence of his appointment to the office of Lord Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas, he was made a Sergeant on
the 6th June, 1824, and from thence was almost immediately
advanced to be Master of the Rolls, in consequence of the
death of the late Sir 'P. Minter, whom he succeeded, so that
Lord Gifford has not held his office much above two years.

Four and twenty years have served to raise this gentleman to
the bight at honours of his profession, and his career, though
short, seems to have been one of unexampled splendor. Lord
Gifford was only 47 years old when he died, and it seldom
falls to the let of any man to go through the important
offices that he has done in the short period of twenty
four years. A contemporary has asserted that Mr. Gifford
was, within lifter n years, an attorney's clerk and Solicitor-
General of England, which certainly was nrtibe ease,
although it seems that between seventeen and eighteen
years only elapsed between these two periods. Lord Of-
ford, as a lawyer, was never very highly esteemed, a Cu-
-1 cumstance which may be in a great measure attributed to
his comrarative youth when appointed to the office of Lord
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ; but his perceptions
were quick, and be displayed great skill in stating the
facts of a case, and drawing them out to his hearers se
clearly and plainly, that the feels were easily understood,
however complicated they might be. This faculty he (5-
ercised with great eft, ct ea the occasion of the trial of due
late Queen.—Son.

On Thursday, the house of Michael Callanan, at Clohe-
rainy, near Thurles; was forcibly entered by about sit
armed men, the family being in bed, who, haying broken
open his box, robbed him of cash to the amount of
piece of linen, piece of frieze, and four shirts.
The following very singular account was copied from the
papers filed in one of the county courts, west of the moun-
tains, in Virginia, and not 1,000 miles (says the Clark'-
burgh Intelligencer) from this town. It appears that this
account was filed by a tavern-keeper as Isis defence is
suit :

To W IA). at annary times, 1,000 half pints
Brandy, 1,000 half pints . -
Divers Flings

Cut* . " -
1.4 Phlegm-cutters
300 Fogmatics

dole. IS
I°soo
AO 00
75 °°
50 60
50

Dollars 487 A
The aho ye is a true copy from the record; and who mil
venture, or even dare, to say he was not a wet soul ? All this
was the proceeds of one calendar month--a wet mouth, aY
March.—American Parer.

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finished it in 1821. It goes back tot.he time of his grandfather, i anu 'many mum at a ia, um price at wino' wry to
l' to dos that were assembling on the Asiatic tout. Two
Greek fire-ships were lost in two insigmificant engagements. traces the progress rf hot own education, touches upon the causes I A
and events of the American Revolution, gives a particular account 1 gentleman, passenger by the Silas Richards (the Prucu• I with three carriages. Ine mammon:vs or A,.........., s.
packet hasbeen staying some Jays at Calais, on account 1 staying d of the Four and twenty years have served to raise this gentleman to
The vessel called the Amphitrite was pillaged in the Archipelago of the Declaration of Independence, presents many interesting of the Bth of August from New York), landed at Holyhead g the highest honours of his profession, and his career, though
light indisposition of her daughter, Lady May Ilill, is ex-
by pisates ; and atm two English ships, early In August, the crew sketches of the condition and celebrated characters of France, while I the Sd instant, and was upon 'Change during the day. pee pamphlet here in the course of the week. short, seems to have been one of unexampled splendor. Lord
'<Ford was only 47 years old when he died, and it seldom
of one of which was massacred (?) Admiral Paulucel, commanding tr —and terminates with his acce t-
ialnecweasof3tll:eniltgreino;hat
rcrotun y Pfalls to the hat of any man to go through the important
ary of State. He has also left behind Whether or not he is the bearer of any did A " •
news not trans- has just been published, in reply to the '
pastoral charge of the Archbishop of Cashel, professing to
the Austrian squadron, has stopped several vessels of Speztia andthe 1) 1 his c are at offices that he has done in the short period of twenty-
Wm. for publication, three volumes of Anas, comprising va- pire ; an sir of mystery was therefore thrown around his show that sentiment. Ran utet to 'race
Hydra, and set them at liberty, after having required the payment emu conversations and transactns, in which he was concerned,
anneeranee. The kart weld papers will no doubt arrive v be four years. A contemporary has asserted that Mr. Gifford
• e`ariance with his avower (o onions on the differences -
os a sum of money to serve as In part ;indemnity for losses which wirle he was Secretary of State. Balder these, he his pre- r-v--- --o-
pared for the press twelve or fifteen volumes of Correspond. before the morning, and dispel it. Colombian Bonds re- 1 • was, within fiftet nan attorney's clerk and Solicitor•
I tile Greeks occasion to Aucrian commerce. of Eng.and, which certainly was n tir ease,
tween the Churches of England and of Rome, as du- General * , gears,
,t ~.
ence, labelled with the years in which they were written. In .
Mienvx, Atm. 29. ,although it seems that between seventeen and eighteen
immovable,and Greek have
declined The
Bamptondifferences are numerous, essential, and important.—
!Ms Excellency Prince Metternich arrived here the day before
yeaterday. laid away copies of all his interesting letter., as taken by
Polyg'spli... It is unnecessary to state that these letters are full of ;
the / Committee appointed yesterday by the Greek Bondholders Ibid. years only elapsed between these two periods. Lord Gifs
•
lade an thisto Messrs. RICA
We hear from England that Al.. Jourdan, Doctor of Laws, died interes7 they are addressed to various persons, and on various sub- 1 application morning ADO, for Mr. Walter Paton has just produced another beautiful
, be i tmeasure.
attributed to
ford, as a lawyer, was never very highly esteemed, a ci[•
and, whenwill more fully dis ila that felicit of '
.. .I y y . information on the subject of the accounts and supplies;eumstatice which may n a greet .
• &A the 27th August• at Deal, near Dover, after a severe illness. jetle. , Published, specimen of the art of Ornamental. Penmanship. The sub-
his comparative youth when appointed to the °lace of Lon(
style and grandeur of principles for which their author was so ems.
3,-. Jourdan had received orders from Al. de Scree to go to England neatly distinguished. Some of these letter, were prior to the Revo- but those gentlemen declined having any communication 'ea is the memorable specen of the Duke of York on the Chief
• ••ne the
to emdy the system of Justices of the Peace, and was appointed lotion, and the last of the series is his celebrated re.ply to Mr. jeer
Claims, which is accompanied by an extremely
were quick, and be displayed great skill in sten o
r.c.
Justice of the Common Pleas ; but his perceptions
. I with the Committee, stating that they were ready to give fine likeness of his Royal Highness, engraved by 'Chomp-
NVeightman, written ten days before his death. This is laid the full . . .
• ILlember of a Commission charged with preparing a plan of a cedefacts of a case, and drawing them out to his hearers .
very last in the vol. for 18.1 i. Some of these letters are very long; " end ample explanations to the Greek puties, to son,from gr p c ure yJackson ,
s.. randier, for the French Colonies.
clear( andlainl, tiiat the.
they discuss a variety of the moat interesting topics ; among the whom alone they were responsible, as representing thehowever complicated they might be. _ . y
0, ate Mr. Paton has succeeded in engraving as well as designing
• (From the Journal der Debts of Sept. 3. I rest, we have heard, an elaborate letter of his to Colonel Monroe, s
Rows, Alto. 17. immediately alter the capture of Washington, spoken of in the Greek nation. Spanish Bonds have been done at 101. the whole (excepting the portrait), the engraving of it, we
By understand, was merely done as an amusement, unconnected ercised with great effe et ea the occasion of the trial t
• hi hest terms.
The Pope continues to make reforms In the organization of the letters received this morning, the present condition of with his professional pursuits as a teacher of writing. late Queen.—Sun.
Be has also left many other MSS. amongst his papers: with
State in spite of the obstacles he meets every where. It Is said that these some composi:ions labelled .` Juvenilities.,. Spain appears to be of a very unsettled character. It is On IVethiestlsy week was forwarded to the Right Hon. fahettmwereThellist4ifYacuunlCierl:etce°4xl-'
even well-intentioned but weak persons are endeavouring to pre. All his pape.rs are put up with a neatness and regularity which j understood that the Government of that country are about William Iluskisson, President of the Board of Trade, an
railly, near Thurles; was forcibly entered by about site
On Thursday, the house of Michael Callanan, at Clohe
•eat lam from continuing tit. system ; but his HolMess rejects all uniformly distinguished Mr. Jefferson. It is remarkable that he to make in .
had put away, as among his most select papers, his own will. a some alterations their commercial policy as re-
itvicithat springs from timidity. We have mentioned the abuses questing the interference of Government to effect an euali-
open his box, robbed hint of cash to ,
the
heamount of sr3f•, $
copy of the first dreught ond alterations of the Declaration of lode. , gads duties upon articles imported, particularly on fish,armed men, the family being in bed, who having broken
which had crept into the administration of the Customs ; the Holy pendence, and some affivtion ate memorials of family feeling. These sat of wages. A reply has been received by Mr. Broil-
piece of linen, piece of frieze, and four slang.
Father has dismissed all the offi:ers and soldiers attached to that three were arranged together in the same compartment. and other commodities in most general consumption by the belt, the Secretary, and, from the contents of the following ,s, following thne
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department, and they are to be newly organized. He would not As soon as the proper arrangements can be made, this memoir, people.
spondeshortlypublished:— ,f he very singular account was copied from
these Ants and most of this correspondence, will be laid before • No doubt FERDINAND and his advisers think, by note, our readers will perceive that the whole of the cone-
nee will he papers filed in one of the county courts, west of the moo
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in Virginia, and not 1,000 miles (says the Clarks-
hew to the Commission of Economy, which was opposed to all his country.' Few men's papers can be so rich in valuable mate. dos measure of opening the mouths, they may be enabled
o TIIE EDITOR OF THE BOLTON EXPRESS. thisi,e e o town.halt
strenehment. He has also oppressed the Civic Militia, or rather rials as those of 311. Jet!' rson. Ms style and his sentiments toshut - Sta.—Tl ant this moment In receipt of a letter from the Right burgh Intellinencer)
iota own staff, which occasioned considerable expense, and was of contribute to lend an inestimahie attraction to every object which tion. In Shares there • I • whichwill justify - account was filed by a tavern-keeper as his defence in a
as use. 'fete Employes have been put on half.pay. The admini. he handled. Targit nihil prod nun oroorit ply to one which I sent him, on the 23d instant, in reference to the suit ;
There has been no opportunity . yet of recording Mr. Jefferson'. any observations respecting them. lamentable and distressed state of the operative weavers, and point- To W hisky at foundry tfir:ells,
oration of ecclesiastical minty has undergone the same fate; it will. It was written in March last—cordenael, expressive, simple, 45 Id
out some plan of relief. lam very happy in stating, that the
. Brandy, 1,000 half pints - . - - - ilio) 00
The sales of Colonial produce have been upon a large Ing
has been suppressed, and added to the Finance Ministry. But the and elegant. He has left all his books to the University of which Right Hon. gentleman expresses himself In the most sympathetic Divers slings
most Important reform is that which threatens the Chamber of scale to -day, it has bot already. copies.. lle has left to his illustrious friend
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J es Madison los beauttful cane of animal horn as a memorial as there are some important points requiring IA phle m„eutten, - 50 80
explanation,eir welfar ; but.
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Revision, and above all Its Council, named roropohisteria. The of his long and uninterrupted f ' Ih' ' nem sip tor one will whom he has .
advance of two shillings, and inferior of one shilling, per
1 judge it tto defer laying all the conespon vnce 300 Fogniaucs . . . • - -
supreme Reviser and eight mhos functionaries have been dismissed, been combined iii his excisions fur the good of mankind. He has hogshead. The pri rate sales of Spices have exceeded, both before the public, until I hear again from him ;in the mean time. -..---
and the new Revisor has the power to select a few irdtviduals from lett a few slaves free, making provision for their future support, io prig uantit ofmonths The I beg to assure the distressed operatives that nothing shall be Dollars 487 A
in price and quantity, those many past. 1
atoong the numerous employes who are to be dismissed. An edict and praying of the Legislature, as a last favour (in addition to so pintait
a P.Peardsoltsh. altSati:
• ,wanting on my. part to contribute towards their emancipation from The above is a true copy from the record ; and who wil
is eapeeied shish will abolish sits special licences for shinning many which lie has received at their hands). that these emancipated sales of Rum were rather of a limited character.his
their present misery. and thraldom. venture, or even dare, to say he was not a wet soul ?All t
act tithing, which will be permitted to every one, with some slaves might be permitted to remain within the Commonwealth. 1 am, Sir, your most obedient Servant,
"aka matriodoos. At a public dinner, given on Si. Patrick's Day, in the city of Exchanges show a further decline to-day, with very Tuouas BOODHICI.T. was the proceeds of one calendar month--a wet mouth, say
t 1 The ammo el the Bishop of read, with the inhabitauts of that Mexico, on Mr. Niosett, our liliuitter, expressing a wish fur the limited transactions either as regards Paris or Hambur h Blackburn-street, August 31, Met
Hamburg h, March.--•4mcriran Parer.
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