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London, England, 1825-05-12 00:00:00

DEATHS IN 1824.

Males
Females

6,455
6,021

14,990

Excess of Births - 2,514
AmoDg.the deaths are 6 suicides, from insanity or unknown
causes. These are fewer than in 1823, when there Were 13,
and far inferior to the numbers that annually occur in other
European capitals, even those whose population is inferior to
ours; 132 persons attained ages from 90 to 100 years; 10 ex-
ceeded
a century, the oldest were four females, who attained-
the age of 103 years.—( Milan Gazette, April 29.) - •

ARRIVAL OF MORE EMIGRANTS.-Withill the
two months, no fewer than fifty unfortunate person., who are
under sentence of death or banishment, were ccmpelled by '
the French police to come to this country. The only other .
alternative left to them was a return to their own. They
are mostly Spaniards, and hid been all eminent until the -
disasters of war made outcasts and. beggars of them.. Upon their arrival here, their appearance. and condition
effectually interfered with the stability of the resolution which
the Committee adopted to prevent the extension of the bene-
fits of the subscriptionheyond those in whose behalf the pub-
lic had been appealed to. They were naked and .st.irving,
and it was immediately resolved to render them the assist.
ance which had been denied to them by the French audio-
rities. The,,funds for the relief of the unfortunate emi-
grants are now approaching to a low ebb. Three hundred
and upwards are now weekly receiving support, and there does.
not at present appear to be any probability of any iiriportant
diminution of the number of claimants. Without the assistance of the public; therefore, the committee appwhend a renewal of the scenes of distress to which the benevolent paldsciiirompt An -
attention., It is confidenCy expec ed that ltsufficienttontribu-
tions be made to enable the poor foreigners.to strugglolu-ougk-,
the ensuing winter, there will be no further oceadon to solicit ,
the.public chnti`y,- without which, however, it will soon be itn-.
possible to continue to extend - the means'of exiatenee -6 them.
Irest.lday the Committee met to discuss the subject, the Lo4p,
MAYOR in the Chair. They expressed their sense of the high ad_
vantages given to the cause, by that great engine for the remedy
o` so many of the ills of ie— the pubic prea'. After having
agreed in the necessity of supplying the wants of the new elainar,.;
ants, they came to the following resolution :--.." The Committee-
regret to state, that several more cases of extreme distress have
c ane berore them, and that they have been compelled: to acirt.L.f4
o 1 their lists no less than fifty persons, the greater part of wharf...,,
have' been under sentence of death or banishment,: and have
been obliged to take refuge in this country by the•forcible "
intervention of the Continental police, and • though nearly
ninety individuals have been already permanently provided ,
for, yet these new and unanticipated acidithns cannot be con-
templated by the Committee without. considerable alarm andt
anxiety for the rapid diminution of the funds ; they therefore m us .
again appeal earnestly' 'and urgently to the benevolence of the
public." Before the committee separated they found it neceS-
sary to reduce the allowance of each claimant.. They ate now
paying nearly 2001. every week..

Lord Polrrssiourit, who is High Steward of
the borough of Andover, attended last week the
laying of the first stone of a new Town-hall for
that borough, and afterwards at a grand dinner •
given by the Corporation upon the occasion.
Mr. HENRY FENTON GA RDNER has petitioned
the House of Lords, and claimed the Gardner
Peerage. The case is referred to a Committee
of Privileges, and is to be considered on Thurs.
day se"nnight, on which day the claimant is di-
rected to attend with the proofs of his case. The
Attorney-General is also required to attend on.
behalf of the Crown.

•
An article in a late St. Petersburgh Paper
states, that in the Crimea many interesting arti-
cles of antiquity are occasionally met with. Cap-
tain VON BERG, of the Marine Department,
lately discovered, in the ruins of the ancient city
of Cherson, a curious marble tomb-stone.
• PORTSMOUTH, MAY 10.—Last Sunday morn-
ing, between five and six o'clock, a boy, named Joshua U ughis,
fell overboard from his Majesty's ship Victory, and when in
the act of sinking, he not being able to swim, was saved from
the untimely fate which appeared to await him, by the prompt
assistance of Lieutenant J. T. DIXON, cf the same ship, who
being disturbed from his sleep by the alarm created by this
distressing occasion, most gallantly leaped from the ward-rogn
window of the Victory, and brought the poor frightened b 43,
•
safe on board.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday an, Inquest was
held at the Duke of Wellington public-house, Wych-street, .
Drury-lane, on Mrs. Martha Bromley, aged 48, wife to Mr.
Bromley, auctioneer and appraiser, of No. 58, Wvch-street.—
The deceased, it appears, was a strong and healthy woman,
with the exception of a fit of apoplexy, with which she was
attacked about twelve months ago, since which she would fre-
quently complain of head-ache. On Monday night last, about
nine o'clock, after she had been conversing cheerfully with
some friends, she sat down with her husband to supper.
and while eating a radish, her head dropped and she appeared
insensible. Her husband immediately went to her assistance
and alarmed the house, on which Elizabeth Conway, a
neighbour entered the place, and perceiving the dangerous
condition of the deceased, she immediately went for medical as-
sistance, and Drs. Thomas of Leicester-square., and 'Weaver of
Blackmoor-street, arrived, and bled her, but all to no purpose..
She died at three o'clock the following morning. Drs. Thomas
and Weaver sent certificates, that her death was caused by
apoplexy. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." -
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN LINCOLN'S INN
THIS DAY.—About half-past ten o'clock .this
morning, the parish school-boys of St. Andrew's,
Holborn, attended by their Churchwardens,
beadles, &c. came in procession to the grand gate
of Lincoln's Inn, and demanded admission : but
having thundered at the gate for some time
without effect, they retired, and by stratagem
attempted to get admission to the boundary
stone on the north wall, by entering the •
premises of Messrs. Oliver and- Barteap. The
LORD CHANCELLOR was presiding in the Halt at
the time, and the officers and porters having re..
pelled them from the stone, they were placed at
the different gates, which were kept locked
during the morning, and at every spot where -k
was likely an attempt woulti be made to enter.

THE. LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
gdracts from the- Morning Papers, May 12,1825.

. .
[TIM TIMES.]
`,50 far as depends on the House of Commons,
Citiolic. Emancipation has become the law of
the. land. But it is only
_the representatives of
the people who as yet have sanctioned it—those
witcariree believe, amidst all the. defects, whether
argatisetttative- or practical, in the composition of
the.flouse of.Comynons, do represent with a con.
siderable approach to truth the feelings, the prin..
ciples, and opinions of the English nation, its. li-
berality, -justice, and good sense. Of another
assembly, constituting a second ordeal through
which. this great measure has to work its progress,
we may venture tcr say, that its decisions are not
always those which- express the prevailing senti-
mitit, of the English nation. The House of
Lords is more distinguished by wealth than any
peolic body now in existence, or that ever exist-
ed:_ perhaps, if we except the Roman Senate
during one period of the empire. But it is
wealth almost confined to landed property : its
immediate possessors have in few cases acquired
it by their industry or talent. They are men
who have not looked at the affairs_ of empire
from:more Than a single point of view : they
hive-not-mingled with the community so much as
any .other of the various clases which compose
it. There -is more inertness of constitution=
more stagnation of reason=more sameness of
character—more incapacity of transition from one
state of feeling to its-opposite—nore satisfaction
with whatever has long endured, because the
greatness of every individual aristocrat, who
knows that he is already at the top of society,
and can be no personal gainer by change, has
grown up with the system ;—these characteristics
oldie House of Peers are favourable to the ge-
neral stability of. the Commonwealth ; but they
are adverse for a time to the adoption of each.
separate improvement. This dignified body of
proprietors„indeed, are seldom otherwise than
behind the bulk of the nation in watching, or at
least acting on, signs and- seasons. We do not
say that they are:- less enlightened by reflec-
tion than men of somewhat inferior degree ;
but perhaps they are less warmed than might
be desirable. by friction with the general spirit
of the country. How such supposed attri-
butes, of.- the, Upper House of Parliament may
affect-that most important measure now about to
be sObinitted to it, is an anxious question: The
cause of Emancipation, has before been frustrated
by tile' Lords, when the sentiment of the_ people.
wailriendly to it. Is it fitting or politic that.
thelthts of. the subject, and the extension of
pubakliberty, should find their only
,obstacle in
the.laighest orders of the State ? Is there not
alsuorerhurribly ask, some peril involved in the
rejeetiOn of this. measure ? We agree with
that :the single consideration-4 What
shali"'.be done with Ireland if .emancipation -be
reftiSear.'--4s. enough to settle the whole ques-
tionve We .never. -,yet heard a candid
..assert that the Irish nation could
be leit, a.. prey- to the, turbulence which! now
peretlebtlly-, distract it , nor,: an uncaudid one
ableViexpfain 'what cure he had in prospect, but.
emancipation for the Catholics. We have never
heartrifnan of any party bold enough' to deny
that, hand, torn_ by -religious and civil feuds,
would be a deadly instrument-in the hands of a
faretaPower--first, to embaiii4:,-England by
apprehensions, and next by arms. To set against
theseir there_ is. not one 'distinct_ and palpable
ground of fear defined, much .less-established, as
an argument against ,Emancipation,, which does
not exist-without it-we may add, for want of it.
Deep is . the responsibility now --resting oa the
House of Lords. .May•Providence,direct them

DIQUNI NG• POST.]
The opposition which we were the first to give
to any, essential . alteration of the Quarantine
Laws,: has grown to a height and strength among
the public .generally far beyond whatever we
even ourselves anticipated. We therefore trust
that theregulatory modifications which the Board
of Foreign Trade haie sanctioned, will be fully
investigated before they receive the seal of Par-
liament.. Since the subject• was some weeks
ago_ introduced to the House of commons in
the shape of a Bill, •the Medical Profession
have, to their lasting honour,• come forward to
throw:: the light of science and-, experience
upon those points which, ti'iongh. out of the
routine .knowledge of Members of. the Legis-
lature, or of the Government, it is indispensably
necetlaiyithat both should be made acquainted
with before arriving. at a decision respecting any
measure, of tize:kiod. Our, own columns have
been iraCed.. with several of these communica-
tions, and not otily have the enlightened Gentle-
merr to whom wee thus stand indebted demon-
strate&the fallacy, or at least the uncertainty, of
the prethises whereon a repeal of the Quarantine
Laws has been recommended ; but the writings
of all other Medical Practitioners in Journals ex-
clusively devoted to scientific disquisitions, have
corroborated that conclusion. The weight of
so rant" and respectable a. body of evidence
must be' duly felt in Parliament, and. inspires
us with perfect confidence as to the result.
We- may be permitted, however, to notice
an 'absurdity into which those have fallen who
support the doctrine of the Plague being not
contagious—an absurdity which, in our opioion;
destroys their whole theory.—Those sanguine
specntatists contend that the P:ague is not corn:
municable from one individual having it to another
who has' it not ; but, on the contrary, that when
several :persons become affected by this disease in
particular places, the attack is indepeodent and
substantive in each case, and resulting 'solely.
from the effect or local- causes, chiefly confined
to the state-of the atmosphere'. . We-say' chiefly
confine& to the state of the atmosphere, be.-
cause,o with the exception of food, every circum-
stance; of climate and' situation, that can act
on the:ltama& system, • does so- no otherwise
than-througie the medium' of the circumambient
and ski pervading air in which we live. - Have not
Anti-Contagionists fought then for a mere
slot:Jaw?: The Contigic.iniif.s insist' 'on rro` more

than the atmosphere immediately surrounding an
infected body becomes so impure and pregnant
with pestilential effitivia, that those who breathe
it catch the distemper. This, 'in our mind,:re-
duces the whole matter.in dispute to one and the
same thing--the constitution of the air. That
constitution, in one instance, arises from local
incidents—in the other it is produced by the
presence of a morbid mass, which commu-
nicates its noxious exhalations to the ad-
jacent atmosphere, and the operation of the
air in both instances is alike—namely, to pro-
trate the physical powers of man, and per-
chance lead to their dissolution. We say nothing
here of the dissemination of certain diseases by
touch: or attrition, or, in other language, inocula-
tion. That point, we take it, is not involved in
the present question, and we therefore conclude,
that if according to the Anti-Contagionists, a cer-
tain constitution of the air, from natural local
causes, generates plague—a certain similar con-
stitution of the air, from artificial causes, must,
on their own showing, be productive of a like
result. Upon these grounds, the theory on which
a few rash enthusiasts would have the Quarantine
Laws abolished vanishes, as well as the super-
structure raised on so sandy a foundation.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
When Mr. W. Bankes presented the Cam-
hridge University Petition, he laid great stress
on its having been agreed to by all the Heads of
Colleges, leaving it thereby to be inferred that
there was not among the whole sixteen one indi-
vidual favourable to the cause of the Catholics.
We are happy, however, to find that a Petition,
'of which we annex a copy, has been signed by
two of that body, and that eight Professors, toge-
ther with nearly thirty of the resident Masters
of Arts of Cambridge -University, have followed
the example. The following is a copy of the
Petition, which is now in London, and we
really think that the most sqeamish individual,
who is a sincere well-wisher to the cause,
cannot object to it on the score of farm :
" To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
assembled. - -

" The humble Petition of the undersigned Graduates, Mem-
bers of Convocation, or of the Senate of the Universities of
Oxford and Cambridge, sheweth,
" That your Petitioners are friendly to (what is commonly
called)=' Catholic Emancipation,' and do therefore most ear-
nestly intreat that a- Bill; which has recently passed the Com-
mons House of Parliament, entitled a Bill to provide for the
Removal of the Disabilities under which his Majesty's Roman
Catholic Subjects now labour, may receive your Lordships'
sanction."

Extracts from the Paris Papers of Monday
will be found above. An article from Naples
communicates an effort in favour of morality by
the King of the Two Sicilies, of which there is
uo example in this part of Europe. The officers
of the army and navy, of that Sovereign, are to
be discharged, if they do not marry the mothers
of their natural children. This is not the first
time that violent attempts have been made in
Italy to improve morals. Muratori mentions,
that a Minister of an Italian Sovereign issued an
` edict, with a view to diminish the 'number-
ef -cases ef sed Qcti on, that the seducer should,

in all cases, be forced to . marry the vic:.
tim of his lust. The result, however, was
very different from what this Minister- anti-
ciputed, for, according to the• historjau; the hope
of marriage induced females to throw them-
selves in the way of young men• of family, and
there was a great increase instead of a diminution
in the number of seductions. The Bastardy
Laws in England, from the way in which they are
executed, produce nearly the same effect.—A
country fellow is always forced to marry the girl
who swears a child to him ; and hence the most
immodest female has the prospect of being first
married. The less Legislators meddle with these
matters the better.—(lbid.)

EMORNING HERALD.]

The new Game Bill which had passed the
House of Commons has been thrown out by the
Lords. Though there can be scarcely any altera-
tion in these laws which_ would not be for the
better, the proposed Bill, as far as we could un-
derstand its provisions, contained so little of
good, while it perpetuated, anti indeed increased,
so much of the evil of the present laws, that we
are not sorry that this inefficient and palliative
specimen of legislation should have proved abor-
ti.ve. The matter, however, cannot rest here, and
the landed gentlemen mistake their own interest
if they wish, and are still more mistaken if they
ima,ine, that a system
_which is demoralizing so
large a portion of the most.valuable part of the
community can last much longer. It is not by
aOliering thus pertinaciously to these odious re-
lics of feudal tyranny, that the landed interest
is likely to propitiate the country at large ott
those more vitally interesting subjects which at
present
_occupy the public attention. We do
not envy that Noble Lord or Honourable Gen-

tleman his moments of reflection (moments
which neither wealth nor power can avert)-,
who knows that the prison of his country (and
perhaps of more -than one) contains a constant
succession of persons committed for offences
against these same laws, and on his own manors:
and who at each assizes that he attends, beholds
culprits brought to ignominious death, whose
career of crime began by the violation of
Which they are tempted in every way to violate ;
first, perhaps, by their
.own destitute condition ;
secondly,: by the abundance of the game ; and
thirdly, by
the great and tempting demand for it.
As far as this
.Bill Went to give the-gatue and the
right of sporting
to the owner of the soil, so far it
had our entire approbation, as being consistent
with common sense and the natural rights of pro-
perty. But much more than that is wanting.—
The sale of game, like that of poultry,• should
be unlimited, and- the summary power of
punishment given .to 'Magistrates should be
taken away. The're. 'is no reason, that we
can perceive,- why stealing a- - duck and
a pheasant should be different kinds of crime ;
'that the one should be determined by a Juryla
an (Ten Court, the- other by .solitary, interested
Judge in his own parlour. We think, too,
game were once fairly open to sale-,and.campe,
Itition, either •that the demand would .decrease
.
.'with,..the- facility of obtaininif it,, or that .„such
-means would' be. 'found' to answer the demand as

would take the Au.pply _almost entirely out of
the hands of poachers. We throw out these
hints, not in the hope or expectation of their
being likely to be immediately adopted, but
under a full persuasion that the present Game
Laws will in their effects soon become too in-
tolerable to be borne.

{NEW TimEs.l
It will be remembered, that in our. Paper of
the 26th tilt, we said, " iir Arc.-hibald. Campbell,
in his private communications to his friends, sub-
sequent to the victory of the 15th of December,
intimated an expectation that the Burmese would
sue for peace." This statement is fully con-
firmed by the Calcutta: Government Gaxette,
which was received yesterday to the 4th of
January. In the Supplement of the 3d of
January is the following passage :—" Private
letters from Rangoon of the 17th Decem-
ber say, that the enemy's loss has been
very great. Prisoners and deserters state
that the General and Minister Mounshooeza
had arrived at no great distance, with powers-
to enter . upon a negociation for peace on
the 3d of the ensuing moon, should the result of
the engagement prove unfavourable to the Bur-
mese arms." Not-only is our information, with re-
spect to the probability of peace, thu& comfirm-
ed ; but our view of the importance of the victo.
ries.at Rangoon appears to be conformable to
the view taken of the same events by the Govern-
ment of India. Whilst many -persons here depre-
ciate and undervalue the exploits of Sir Archi-
bald Campbell and his small but heroic band, the
Calcutta Government recognises them as " bril.
liant achievements ;" signifying in the most pub-
lic and formal .manner, its high admiration of the
judgment, skill, and energy manifested by Sir A.
Campbell, and of " the gallantry, spirit and en-
thusiasm evinced- by the brave officers and men
under his command." Hence we feel thoroughly
justified in all that we have said of the Burmese
campaign ; and we look forward to its speedy
conclusion, with an anticipation of additional
security to our Indian Empire, from the impres-
sion made on the. Burmese by the victories which
we pave already obtained.

[BRITISIf PRESS.]
Calcutta Papers to the 4th of January were
received yesterday. We have in another column
given some extracts from, them, and the General.
Order issued by the Governor-General, in honour
of the victory at Rangoon. The total loss of
the enemy is officially estimated at 5,000 killed
and wounded, 250 pieces of cannon, and the
greater part of the military stores. The grand
army, of the Burmese, before their defeat, consist-
ed. of nearly 50,000 men. There is no truth in
the revolution said to have taken place at Ava.—
The report appears to have originated in a super.
stitious trick, on the part of the barbarian King,
to break the spell by which he supposed his dis-
asters to have been occasioned. In order to get
rid of the baneful influence, he has placed his
son -temporarily on -the throne, and this circum-
stance probably gave rise to the report that the
King- was dead. It was expected that the Bur-
mese lion-1d speedily sue for peace.

The-Roman Catholic Relief Bill was last night
carried: up. to the House of Lords by Sir John '
Newpor4--accompanied by Mr-. Plunkett, Mr.
Wynn, Mr. Brougham, and many other Mem-
bers of the louse of Commons. So great was
the apparent anxiety to be present on the occa-
sion, that not more than twenty Members remain-
ed, out of -perhaps a hundred, who were in the
House when Sir J. Newport left it with the Bill.
On the motion:of..the Earl of. Donoughmore, the
Bill was read a first time and ordered to be
printed. The second reading was fixed for
TuesdaYiii:ict, when the debate on the.principle
of the measure will take place. Several petitions
had been -preciously presented against further
concessions to-the Catholics:—(lbid.)

LTHE PUBLIC LEDGEII-.]
We have received Calcutta Papers 'to the 4th
of January. Private letters from- Rangoon, of
the 17tIr a December, confirm the great loss
sustained by the Barmese in the late battle. In
the attack upart.Kenimendine, one of the Minis-
ters of the. King of Ava was killed ; and another
of his Ministers fell mortally wounded into the
hands of our troops. The latter was 'second. in
command, and was married to a near relative of
his Burman Majesty. Shortly before the action,
a person 'of great distinction had arrived in the
neighbourhOod of the enemy's camp, with full
powers to neizociate a Treaty of Peace, in the
event of the-eniagement pihvingdisastrous to the
Burmanarms ? and, as this contingency has occur-
red, it is probable that the Lord of the White Ele-
phant willbe glad to accept such terms, as may be
proposed to him. In the mean time, he appears to
have abdicated his throne in favour of his Son, in
the hope, it is said, that this sacrifice would pro-
pitiate the Fates. The abdication, however, is
only a temporary act.; and, as he has had a
proof of its inutility, his next, we presume, will
be more creditable to his judgment—that of
trying to put an end to a contest, which
he has not the most distant chance of con-
ducting to a successful issue. The army
which the Burmese had in ._.the last. engage-
ment, consisted of all their disposable troops ;
and such another effort they cannot make for a
considerable time. As they had placed great hopes
upon that army, they probably fell into an equal

George; Major-General Sewell .is raised to
t'•he command of the Mysore Division of the
Army,; Major-General Sir John Doveton to
the centre command of the Army ; and Colonel
1. Hawkes to the Northern Division of the Army.
In every part of our Indian Empire the greatest
tranquillity seemed to prevail ; and the Native
Princes have exhibited in their quiet deportment
the strongest proof imaginable of the awe with
Which the British name has inspired them.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP CHANCERY, MAY 11.
TANNER V. FEARY.

His LORDSHIP proceeded to give his judgment to a certain
e*tent in this long depending case ; not wholly concluding it,
hut leaving certain points for ulterior consideration, with re-
sPect to which he desired Mr. Heald to supply him with some
additional information.
EX-PARTE BENNETT, MAYOR OF FOWEY.
Mr. HEALD was heard on the part of the petitioning creditor,
and maintained that there was a debt due from Mr. Bennett,
the Mayor of Fowey, in his individual capacity, sufficient to lay
a foundation for a commission of bankruptcy at the instance of
the creditor. He referred to several cases which had been cited,
maintaining that they had not the slightest application in the
present instance. He insisted that the debt upon which the
commission was founded was not a joint debt from the Corpo-
rition or its Members, but a debt contracted by Mr. Bennett,
and for which he was personally liable.
Mr. GLYNN, on the same side, seconded the arguments of
his Learned Leader.
[We have already stated enough bf this case, particularly
upon the first application to the Court, that to enter into further
detail would be tedious.l ,
The LORD CHANCELLOR regretted a circumstance which
appeared to belong •to this case, namely, that the petitioning
cteditor and solicitor, should be one and the same person. He
said it was a coarse which was not altogether creditable to the
ptofession, because it was almost impossible that a man who
filled both these characters could do justice to either. Upon
the whole his Lordship thought this was evidently a joint debt,
due from certain Members of the Corporation, and not the debt
of Mr. Bennett personally, and upon that principle he super-
seded the commission, at the same time, his Lordship refused
to give the petitioning. creditor any leave or encouragement to
iiisue another commission ; but left him to act in that respect
conformably to the dictates of a sound discretion, and the advice
to which he would have recourse.
LORD PORTSMOUTH'S LUNACY.

The question of Lord Portsmouth's lunacy was incidentally
brought before the Court, upon a petition from the Committee,
relative to the payment of the expences of the proceeding at
Freemasons' Hall, and various other matters connected with
the subject.
The Loan CHANCELLOR intimated that before making any
final order, with, reference to the matters of the petition, he
must see the Master to whom the subject stood referred.