The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-31 00:00:00

MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK.

ENGLAND.
Monday, April 4, LONDON. Nos. 5, 19, 27, 89, 163'
218, 240, 289. Quart
L'
Gen. Court Boy's So'
at 7.
No. 20, 64, 72, 97, 102,
148, 191, 202, 219, 267,'
_ 311, 360, 368, 369, 3P.
398, 423, 437, 498, 502,
503, 509, 524, 552, 656;
597, 632, 638, 643, 64"
710.
Nos. 9, 122, 287, 316'
381, 399.
Nos. 21, 87, 127, 167'
130, 170, 180, 184, 196,
204,.285, 385, 387, 476.
477, 507, 512, 532, 544,
551, 557, 592, 639, 649*
Nos. 35, 75, 220.
N 05.54, 84, 95, 115, 124
124, 139, 146 164, 207,
229, 291, 339, 465, 4711
487, 491, 505, 513, 526,
529, 537, 553, 563, 381'
585, 656, 657, 711, 713,
725.
Nos. 61, 277, 325, 469..
Nos. 50, 51, 113, 171.
182, 234, 416, 451, 453,
466, 469, 483, 555, 561,
599, 627, 679.
No. 275. •
Nos. 53, 282, 283.
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Tuesday,

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Wednesday, 6, LoNnoN.
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Thursday, 7, LONDON.
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Friday,

Saturday,

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No. 412.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mercurii, 300 die Martii, 1823.

MESSAGE from the LoEns—That they have agreed to-7"
Consolidated Fund Bill, Caledonian Canal Bill, Wine Do"
ties Bill • Wooler, Stockport, and Leominster and .11016
Roads Bills; Calder and Hebhle Navigation Bill; Stock
port Gas Light; and Pewsey (Wilts) Inclosure Bill, withoo
amendment.

That they have passed a Bill, intituled, an Act to regu-
late the qualification and manner of enrolling Jurors in Scot;
land, and of choosing Jurors in Criminal Trials:there, 0:
to unite Counties for the purpooes of Trial in cases of High
Treason in Scotland."

That they do request " that this House will be pleased t°
communicate to their Lordships such further Evidence take-3,,
before the Committee of this House, appointed to inquire int-
the State of Ireland as has been reported to this House since
the last communication of the Evidence taken before the sat,
Committee to their Lordships, in pursuance of their Ur°.
ships' Message of Friday last."
ROADS—Princes Risborough, Manchester and Austerlandg,
Manchester and Ashton, • and Kingston and Leatherhead-'
Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Cockermouth and Marypnr_tt
—Petition from Wigton and Bromfield, complaining tit'
Standing Orders have not been complied with—to lie on the
table. Petersfield and Alton—Petition of M. Hoper and I,
Harmsworth, against—referred to the Committee on the Bn 9
Counsel ordered. Holyhead-1311 read a first time.
COMPANIES—Cape of Goodllopeßank—Bill read a first tin#
Tropical Free Labour—Bill ordered. Metropolitan Fish,'
Petition from Margate, against—to lie on the table. Vl'
burgh and Leith Water—Petition of Edinburgh and Leit
►
Joint Stock Water Company, against—referred to the COrn;
mittee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Herring cud C"'''
Fishery—Petition from several persons, against—to lie on
the table.

RESERVOlR—Leith—Petitions from Corporation of Do'
burgh, the Hon. A. Illaconochie, and the Earl of Mortal
against--referred to the Committee on the Bill, Couose
ordered.

DOCKS—IsIe of Dogs—Petition from South Shields, againeg'"
to lie on the table.

GAS LIGHTS—Aston-under-Lyne Bills reported, to be 10'
BRlDGES—Vauxhall, and Kingston} grossed.
TITHES—St. Botolph without Bishopsgate—Bill odered.
NAVIGATION—CIyde )
IMPHOVE3IENTS—GIasgow, Tothill
Fields, and Hanley and Shelton .
llicrmstatE—Wilton, &c. (Wilts) Bills read a seco.iteo,ll6.
time, and cow nu
HAVEN—Grimsby.
QUARANTINE LAWS . .
EAST INDIA JUDGES

CHURCH—Chelsea—Petitions from Overseers, &c. against':
referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel.ordered.
STATE OF IRELAND Reports of the Committees brought Up
SALMON FISHERIES —to lie on the table.
BANKRUPT LAWS—Petition of E. Townsend, for alteration
thereof—to lie on the table.
!eel'

OUSE AND INDow 'fax—Petition for the repeal then
from St. Luke (Middlesex)—to lie on the table.
,f
ATTORNIES TAX—TWO Petitions from Edinburgh, ainsc.
—to lie on the table.
irS SHERIFF COURTS FEES
BillS read a th-a,
THREATENING LETTERS-PUNISH-t j
MENT time, and pase
NEW STREET

SALCEY FOREST
HIS MAJESTY'S PROPERTY

Bills read a first time.

SETTLEMENT OF THE POOR
INNKEEPERS

FISHERY BOUNTY ACT—The following Resolutions re'
ported and agreed to :
e
" I. That the several Bounties payable under an Act of the
last Session of Parliament, to amend the several Acts for tlll,l
encouragement and improvement of the British and the 151st'
Fisheries, after the sth day of July, 1828, and until the srii
day of July, 1829, shall be continued until the sth day of AP '
1830.
" 2. That there shall be paid for the several sorts of Fah
hereafter mentioned, exported from Great Britain to Forel',
parts, at any time after the sth day of July, 1828, and bell
the sth day of April, 1830, the several Bounties following:1
(that is to say) S.
For every barrel of Salmon, containing 42 gallons, a g
Bounty of - - - -1
-
For every barrel of Full Red Herrings, containing 32 g
gallons, a Bounty of - - • - - 1
For every barrel of Clean Shotten Red Herrings, contain- 6
ing 32 gallons, a Bounty of - - - 0
For every last, consisting of 10,000 Red Sprats, a Bounty 6
of i" - - - - - 0

NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY.
1. Mr. Secretary Canning—To move the adjournment;.of
House to Thursday, 14th April.
2. Mr. Hume—Particulars of the sum proposed to be -grantt
as an indemnity to Proprietors in America for Slaves ;
total amount of repairs to the Cobb at Lyme Regis.
ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY.
1. Quarantine Laws Bill—Committee.
2. Police Magistrates Bill—Report.
3. Felonies Pardon.Bill-Report.
4. East India Judges Bill—Committee.
5. Cocoa Duties Act—Report thereupon,
6. Innkeepers Bill—Second reading.
7. Salcey Forest Inclosure Bill—Second reading.
8. New Street Act A mendm Biil—Second reading.
9. His Majesty's Property Bill Second Reading.

NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY.
Thursday, April 14.
1. Mr. Spring Rice—Select Committee on the state of the am
pars presented by order of the House of Commons, fru
the year 1809 to gpa accession of his present Majesty. of
2. Mr. Hume—Retufn of the -post and present expentte'the
Sierra Leone, and the liberated Negroes there ;
Crown Estates in Essequibo and Berbice, and of the
..0,
pence for captured Negroes ; and of sums paid on ace°'
of the Slave Trade.

Monday, AprillB. 11
Mr. Peter Moore— Bill to alter and amend Act 6 Geo.
c. 18 [Bubble Act.]
Tursd, April 21.
Mr. Littleton—Bill to re4u ay
late the exercise of the Electi‘'e
Franchise in Ireland.
Thuisday, April 28.

Consolidation of the Statutes.
After Easter. Ver
5. Sir Charles Forbes—Return of his Majesty's Ships and ~,„00
sels on the East India Siation with their number of 16-0.-
• and men, and the names. andi rank of the officers c°
manding the same.

Sir Matthew Ridl

to the Revision

IiANGLO-M EX ICAN MINING ASSOCIATION.
lIE DIRECTORS of the ASSOCIATION
f"tzAsANTING in WORK ING:t he MINES of IQ EX ICO
and cutlet' Parts of SPANISH AMERICA, having made a Call
of FIVE POUNDS on each of the Shares of the Association,
andel. the powers vested in them by the Deed, the Proprie-
tors are requested to pay the same on the Amount of t heir
rvspective Shares to Messrs. BARCLAY, TRITTON, BEVAN,
and Co. on or before the 12th day of April next.

JOSEPH 'LOVE, Secretary.
147, Leadenhaihstreet, 11!arch 8, 1325.

—PlticE-OFsTocKg THIS
- Um? k Stock
3 per Cent. Red.
per Cent. Cunt'. 93i 3
3{ per Cent.
bitto Red

4 pet Cent. Dissd { N lO5Va
ew
.11ank Lon ,r Ann.
1 In n. 3 pe;'Cents.
India Stock
Ditto Bonds BO pm.
South Sea Stock

PftiCES OF FOREIGN Fl
Austrian Ms, 5 per ct.... 93}
Brazilian Bds
Scrip
• 1825 2 pm.Buenos Ayres Bds
.(!olornbisn Bds, 6 per ct. 90i
do. 1824 ... 891 Mt
-uanish, 5 per cent.
1)0. Scrip
Bds
Do. Scrip, 1825 5 4 44 dis.
Mexican Bds 79k 80. f 80
DO. Scrip 1825 gii pm.

Y AT ONE o'cLocii:

Old Annuities
New Ditto ,
Bills 1000!. 2d.

Ditto Lid. 61 63 t 9 61
Ditto 500/.2ed.. —
Ditto 1 d. 61 63 59 61
Ditto Small 2d.
Ditto I4d. 61 63 59 61
Ditto Advertised 2d.
Bank for Act
India for Acct.

Cons. for Acct.

NOS, AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bds, 6 per ct. 894 90
Peruvian Bonds B7 6i
Neapolitan, 5 per test.
Neapolitan Scrip
Portuguese Bonds
Prussian, 5 per ct.
Ditto New

Russian. New, 5 per ct.
Spanish 1821, 5 per ct. 233

182 .
French Rentes ...—f. ex. div.
—.Exchange
Scrip

PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Per Share.
AngtO.Mexiean Mining Company
Brazilian Mining Company
Chilian Mining Company •
Colombian Mining Company
.
Chißan and Peruvian Company
liEnglish Mining Company •
24 231. 2
PaSCO Peruvian Mining Company
Peruvian Mining Company
Welch•lron and Coal Mining Company
Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company
Do, Marine Fire and Life Assurance Company
Co • ,•. 81
- ntinentai Gas-Company
Atl %tide and Pacific 101 1.1.
Australian Company
.
British Iron Company,
Canada Company • . 38 39
221,1
203
Canal Gas Engine Company • •
Columbian Colonial Company
~.lquimbie jilanb_3,* Cotrippy____ . 21_ i 1.4
‘lenerl Steam Navigation Company - 10 94
%old' Coast Association
Iliberni.,, r,,:-, ,-,--- . " -

. 4 i
-,oernian Joint Stock Company
litexican Company
4 i
Iletropolitan Alderney Dairy Company
11
Iletropolitan Fish Company
194 19
Pearl
Bankpy, Yellow Receipt
12* Hi 12 11i 12
Provincial of Ireland
Pearl a
Patent Steam CarisCery Cori pap Comany ny
nd Coral F3l 34 33. 39 83 384

FOMEIGN MAILS.
ARRIVED. DIIE.
- - -
Lisbon 0 1
Gottenburgh 0 • 1
- -
11amburgh - - 0 1
France - . .
Flanders - - - - 1 0
- - 1 0
Malta - - - 0 1
Buenos Ayres - - 0 , 1

1101,
.1140th;' WA TER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-3101111.0W.
11 minutes after 0.1 Evening, 41 tainutes after 0.

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SO-Elll QUIS DICERE FALSUM

LONDON,
-711IuRSDAY EVENING, 31,
1825

Con solid
attract-siation of the Statutes is a term which
Statute Lawev of
e r y body. We are told that the
3(1 or 40 the Realm is scattered through
volumes, and that what is law, is so
mixed up with
repealed, expired, and obsolete
Provisions,
that it is impossible without the
greatest labour to be correctly extracted. Now,
4 great deal of this is very true, but we are in-
clined to think that the evil is inseparable from
the very nature of Statutes, and could not be
eradicated even by consolidation. For it must
be obvious, that the same reason which made
the consolidation necessary to-day, will also at
Some future period .render it necessary to recon-
sulidate the consolidating act, with all its amend-
ing and altering acts. Whether this is to be con-
`idered as an evil or not, depends in some mea-
gore on the fact, whether the officers entrusted
with the administration of the law are able readily
tO lay their hands on any particular Statute they
'intY require, and if it should be found that they
41)) at least a very large portion of the evil
(if it is an evil) is got rid of. It is an un-
doubted fact that the officers can do so, and
7 herl any branch of law is consolidated they
have the ,trouble to unlearn their old lesson
and learn a new one, and the only benefit that
teas hitherto followed has been that the public
Nave. known from just the remainder of one
the commencement of the next, that
thelll Statute Law on this or that particular subject
all contained in an Act of Parliament, passed
such and such a Session. Each succeeding Ses-
alter,uas been productive of Bills to amend or to
and each succeeding Session has thus in some
11.
'll t
,
tree undone what was 'done in the prior one,
34 '1 the branch so nicely consolidated is in the
torge State of confusion as it was previous to its
husolitlation. In order to shew that we do not say
a merely on theoretical grounds,we will just take
ha ery short review of such branches of the law as
e been consolidated in the reigns of George
the hird and Fourth. First, the Customs Duties.
TheseT Were consolidated in the 27th, 43d, 49th
44.,
oul 59th of George 3d. This last Act, which was
mteYr Passed on the 2d July, 1819, has been
el or amended by no less than 24 different

' Acts of Parliament since, and there is a Bill now
before Parliament on the subject. The Excise
and Stamp laws have also been at different times
consolidated ; but as the principal of consoiida7
tion is less objectionable when applied to Acts
that impose a tax, we will forbear to insist on these.
But this fact would be alone sufficient to prove the
truth of what we have here advanced. But to go
still further,we will takeanother branch of the Law,
viz. The Land Tax Redemption Acts. These Acts
were consolidated in the 42d year of Geo. 3d, be-
tween that time and the 57th year, seven other
Acts have been passed for altering or amending
the consolidating Act. Their provisions are
contained in very nearly 300 different clauses, all
thrown together without any attention to the or-
der of the subject, so that although powers may
be given to Commissioners in the first clause, we
feel by no means certain additional powers may
not be confered in the 10th, 20th, 50th, or any
other subsequent clause, wherp chance has direct-
ed it to fall. The next subject is the Turnpike
Acts. A kind of consolidation of these took place
in the 30th George 2d ; and again in the 6th of
George 3d. In the 7th of George the Third,
they were, to use the words of the Act itself,
c: reduced into one Act." This Act was at dif-
ferent times altered and amended, in so much so
that in the 14th Geo. 3(1. the turnpike laws were
again reduced into one Act, and after a variety of
alterations, repealings, and amendments, the 3d
Geo. 4th saw the turnpike laws for the fifth time
reduced into one Act. Even this last consolidated
Act', which contains 153 sections, was in the very
following session amended by an Act of 94 sec-
tions, and by another of three sections. It was
" further amended " in the sth of George the 4th,
and not unlikely, if Lord LOWTHER'S Committee
are expeditious, to be again amended in the pre-
sent session. The Vagrant law was consolidated
in the 3d session of George the 4th, and the sth ses-
sion repealed the consolidating Act entirely, and
enacted another instead. The Transportation law
was consolidated in the last Session of Parliament,
but it has been done with so little attention to the
former law, that it has left a doubt whether
some prior Act of Parliament on the subject (we
think 19th Geo. 111. cap. 74.) is or is not in
force. The Bankrupt and Slave Trade laws were
also consolidated in the last Session, and both are
now again under review. There may be perhaps
many other instances, but we have neither time
or space to notice more. Enough here is shewn
to prove that mere simple consolidation does
more harm than good, and we therefore wish
that if the plan be confined to simple conso-
lidation, to see it abandoned. Mr. Secretary
PEEL 111 his speech on the Jury Law, a few nights
ago, gave us hope that, a Commission for an In-
quiry into the state of the Statute Law would be
formed, and if this commission is instructed to
reviezn the Statutes, leaving what is good, and ex-
punging only what is useless or worse than useless,
the nation, we think, may expect to derive
great benefit from its labours, and whatso-
ever might be the expence it would be cheer-
fully sustained. We have been led into these
observations by Sir M. W. RIDLEY'S notice in
the House last night, that he would, on the 28th
April, submit a motion on the subject.

It appears by the remainder of the Paris Pa-
pers of Monday, which arrived last night, that
diplomatic conferences are daily taking place at
the hotel of Prince METTERNICH, which are at-

tended by the Ambassadors of Austria, Russia,
and Prussia, but it is not known to what object
they relate. By some it is conjectured that they
have reference to the intended suppression of the
publicity of the debates in the German Legisla-
tive Assemblies; and what gives an air of credit

to the rumour is the alarm generally felt by the
Representative States in Germany that such a
measure is contemplated by the Holy Al-
liance, one of its members having already
carried it into effect in his Kingdom of

Poland. There is good reason, indeed, to sup-
pose, from the activity -shewn at Paris by the
French Cabinet and the Ambassadors of the

loly Alliance, that some political objects of im-

portance are in discussion ;for couriers have been
repeatedly dispatched to the different Conti-

nental Courts, and at ten o'clock, on Friday
night, Count Tor,sToy, a Russian General, ar-
rived at Paris from St. Petersburg'', with dis-
patches,having travelled the whole distance as an
extraordinary courier. The Russian Ambassador
continued engaged in business with the Count until
two o'clock in the morning; and at ten o'clock the
next day his Excellency repaired to the Hotel
of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, Baron
EE DA mAs, with whom he had an interview which
lasted several hours.

From Madrid we learn that some changes
have taken place in the Spanish Ministry.
UGARTE is dismissed for his incapacity, and
Lorcz ALCARAZ is again placed at the head of
the Finance Department. QUESADA, it was ex-
pected, would be appointed Director-General
of the
Royal Infantry. fa tha, arty . Two battalions of
provincial
arrived in the en-
virons of Madrid, where they were waiting
recruits l
to be equipped from France, in order to form
part of the new Royal Guard. There was no
longer anything said of the, evacuation of Spain
by the French troops. Considerable alarm is

felt lest the Congthutionalists sitould attempt
another landing on the coast near Algesi-
rag. Demonstratimis of such an intention
had been observed, and the public spirit
throughout Andalusia is so decidedly adverse to
'Mlle Government of Fu'itnt-NAND, that a general
risinE,r, would, it is feared, take place in support
of the Constitutionalists. Young LucIEN MUI AT
remained a captive in a dungeon. No one yen-
hired to mention him to the the KING, lest,the
indisposition of his MAJESTY should.be increased,
or the serenity of his temper ruined by any allu-
sion to that individual.

Tuesday's Brucsels Papers arrived this morn-
ing. The Netherlanders are highly pleased with
the alterations in our Colonial trade proposed by
Mr. HUSKISSON in his speech last Monday week,
and are anticipating great advantages from the
new openings it will give to their commerce, and
from the ability it will afford them of entering
into competition with this rountry in certain
branches of their manufacture, which are thus
enumerated :

" First, our woollen cloths,-especially those of Verviers, which
in quality and beauty surpass or at least equal the English, and
which, from their moderate price, must obtain the preference.
The linens of Flanders will likewise he in demand, at least the
finer sorts, which are so much admired in hot climates for the
dress of both sexes, on account of their agreeable coolness. Our
agriculture will likewise profit by the abolition, if our farmers
can succeed in giving our flour that dryness which dis-
tinguishes that of the United States, and renders it fit
for long voyages; a process of which the Rhenish West
India Company at Elberfeld has contrived to obtain
the knowledge, by means of agents sent on purpose to
the United States, and which it actually puts in practice in the
vicinity of Dantzig, to prepare flour for the South American
market. Other articles of the produce or manufactures of
Belgium may doubtless be sent with advantage to the new
markets."

It will be seen by the following extract' of a
letter, taken from a Brussels Paper, that if the
French Government should be induced to accede to
the demandsof the Ultras for the restoration to the
Emig-rants of their landed property, the mea-
sure will not be very easily carried into
tffect

" A private letter from Paris speaks of an association of Pro-
prietors of National Domains, to oppose the efforts • that emi-
grants may make to obtain possession of their former estates.
such an association, of which the richest men in Frunce, as
purchasers of national domains, will make a part, must pro-
cluce'a great effect."

The Journal de Gand7of recent date, has the
following • extract from a private letter, dated
.Paris 221 March. The present POPE, it seems,
is determined to revive all the ancient pretensions
and authority enjoyed in the dark ages by his
predecessors in the Chair of St. Peter. What
will the Caiholics of Ireland say to this !
" If we may believe letters from Italy, the Pope has declared
that-he does not recognise the new King of Naples, because he
has not obtained from him the investiture of his Kingdom ;
and also that his Holiness has forbidden the Biships to crown
him till he shall have come in person publicly to present the
tribute due from the Kings of Naples to the Holy See. These
letters further state that his Holiness has caused it to be signified
to 'Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma, that she has to pay the tri-
bute of a golden chalice to St. Peter, which that Duchy used
to offer as a token of vassalage. But the news that excites the
most sensation among the Romans is, that after the end of the
year
.1825 they are not to have any more actresses in their
theatres."

Two French Cabinet Messengers, on their way
from Germany to Paris, with dispatches, passed
through Brussels on Monday.
The Emperor of RusstA has presented a-very
handsome diamond ring to Capt. STONEIIOUSE, Of
the English brig Parks, of London; and has had
a medal struck in his honour, for having saved
the life of a Russian Officer and several sailors
during the late inundations,

It is stated in a letter from Odessa of the sth
instant, that since the discovery of the hue con-
spiracy atConstantinople the Sultan has sent part
of his treasures to Asia, and intends removing his
residence thither. This statement rests wholly
upon vague rumour, and little credit is attach-
ed to it.

The Prince de Caor, Grand Almoner of
France, has been made a Cardinal.
The Theatre at Wiemar was burnt down in the
night of the 21st instant. The fire spread so ra-
pidly through the whole building, that it was im-
pos,,ible to save it.

It is said in one of the letters from Paris, by
the last French mail, that at the last Cabinet
Council, the Duke of ANGOULEME proposed for
the adoption of the Government a line of conduct
similar to that of Mr. litismssoN, in the repeal
or modification of the import duties, but that this
proposition was overruled by M. De Villele, on
the, ground that the financial state of France
would not admit of it.

The last letters from Madrid state that the
Clergy of Cordova have made a violent protest
against the decree of banishment pronounced
against two of their body, for improper conduct
towards the Constitutionalists of that place. On
the 9th inst. a Commissioner arrived at Cordova
from Madrid to enforce the decree, but he was
compelled to return without having performed
the object of his mission.
Dt: EA OFUL ATTACK,--Last eveninz Mrs. D'A
viLLE, a lady of fortune and native of Portugal, was returning
about eight o'clock from the Roman Catholic Chapel, Duke-
street, to her residence in Lincoln's lon-square, when crossing
the square a ruffian, dressed in the garb of a gentleman, endea-
voured to take an improper liberty with her, which she repelling,
he struck her several tiMes, and fled in the direction of Clement's-
lane. Mrs. D'Anville found she had been stabbed, and uttering a
shriek, called for assistance, and was assisted home nearly insen-
sible. On being examined, she was found to have received two
stabs over the right breast; her clothes were perforated in several
places. The melancholy effect of the outrage is this--the lady
being advanced in pregnancy, is confined to her bed alarmingly
ill, and fears are entertained of the most serious and afflicting
nature. It is needless to say, the ruffian escaped. A reward
will be offered for his apprehension.
EXTRAORDINARY BEAST.---Last
, an extraordinary
week was
dinthrelreamrwointhoirled, fed by
e was 1,315 lb?. or
lsabrgueglhiteeirta,
faoturPyitcealrilseya'n,
1111 i
tittle
e Cox,po j
lard,
rbdu,t cbhuetr
no
of
ctabkaet.towTnh,eolvn.egigrabstso,
fhtahye,
cam:Lisps, and a
164 stone 3 lbs.

THE LATE RESPITE.—The inquiries into the
case of Roger Adams, which induced the respite
of himself and his unfortunate fellow culprit are
still continued, and we are given to understand,
that yesterday some further information relative
to the character of the persons engaged in the
prov.cution was obtained, which will warrant
another application for delay, when it is co".
dentiv anticipated such facts will be adduced as
to warrant the remission of the pnnishment. Teo
much praise cannot be given to the Gentlemen
,
who have so laudably interested themselves.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
Viscountess Cremorne, in Stanhope-street, May-fair ; Sir
Charles Henry Coote, in Connaught-place ; Hon. M. Brown-
low, at the Clarendon Hotel; Mr. Adams, in Grosvenor-place;
Lady Janet St. Clair Erskine, in St. James's-square; Lady
Campbell and Miss Stoughton, in Lower Brook-street;
Lady Jane Houston and Miss Long, in • York-street, St.
James's-square; Mrs. and Miss Welbore Innes, in Park-
street, Grosvenor-Square; Lady Howard, of Effingham, in.
Mansfield-street, Portland-place ; COlonel and Mrs. Eglintoun,
in Harley-street; Mrs. and Miss Beatichamp, in South Audley_
street ; Lady Eleanor Howard, in Bruton-street, Berkeley-
square ; Lady and the Misses Ogle, in -Grafton-street, Berke-
ley-square; Mrs: Henry Ogle, in tratton:street, Piccadilly;
Count Woronzow, at lass house in Welbeck-street, from South-
ampton ; Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-
street, from Ember Court, Surrey.
DEPARTURES FOR THE noLTDAYS.—The Earl and
Countess Beauchamp, from Pftirtman-square, for Worcester-
shire ; the Earl and Countess di...Darnley, for their seat, Cob-
ham Hall, Kent; Lord and Lady King, for their seat, Oak-
ham, Surrey; Countess De Grey, for her seat in Surrey; the
Marquis of Chandos, for Stowe ; Sir Charles Saxton, Bart. for
his seat, Abingdon ; Dowager Lady Suffield, from Thomas's
Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Emily Marchioness of London-
derry's seat, North Cray, Kent; the Earl of:Ormond and Os- !
gory, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington-street, for his
seat, Kilkenny Castle ; Sir George Thomas, Bart, from Nerot's
Hotel.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
The Duchess of Kent had a select party yesterday evening,
at her apartments in the King's Palace, Kensington.
Yesterday afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave
a grand dinner to the Cabinet Ministers, at his house in Down-
ing-street.

The Marquis of Hertford had a grand dinner and 3nusical
party on Tuesday, at his house in Piccadilly. Yesterday his
Lordship had another grand dinner and evening party.
The Marquis of Lansdown entertained a large party at din-
ner yesterday, at Lansdowu House, Berkeley-square.

ELOPEMENT.—One of these romantic adventures has just
occurred in the family of a wealthy merchant in the City.
The young lady, who has not yet attained her 16th year, and
is heiress to a considerable fortune in her own right, was
being educated at a boarding-school on the Windsor-road,
where an acquaintance commenced, rather accidentally, with
the partner of her prespnt flight, who was resident in the
vicinity of the school, in the humble capacity of valet to
a gentleman of fashion. Unluckily, as is too often the
case, the latter took singular pleasure in dressing out his
fellow (as the phrase is) in the extreme of elegance,
so that the man was generally mistaken for the master, and vice
versa. Possessing a tolerable address, with an immense stock of
assurance, this 'gentleman's gentleman contrived to ingra-
t;:te himself so far into the unhappy girl's good graces, as
to be favoured with several appointed meetings • in the course
of which, lie induced her to elope with him, which she did on
Sunday evening. When she was missed, the lady, to whose
charge she was committed, dispatched a messenger to her
father's, in the supposition that having taken umbrage at a re-
monstrance made by her Governess a few days previously, on
account of inattention to her studies, she had merely gone home
to complain to her father—as young ladies of her age are gene-
rally disposed to consider any infringement on their pleasures,
an unwarrantable exercise of authority. The distress of a
parent, on receipt of such a piece of intelligence, may be
better conceived than desscribed ;—an inquiry was di-
rectly made, and -it was ascertained that the fugitives had
set off for the Metropolis, by one of the stages, on the
evening that the young lady left school. On 111onSay, strict
search was made, and it appeared that the lovers had taken a
1 temporary refuge at a house in Margaret-street, Westmin-
sten but were actively preparing for a trip to the Hymeneal
Coal at the other side of the Tweed. In consequence of this
intelli,rence the enraged father applied for advice to the ,
Ma-
gistrates of Queen-square Police Office, who of course told
him, by all means to exercise his parental authority, and
with the aid of a constable, if necessary, force his daughter
away. With this design he proceeded to the house, but 1
what was his mortification, when he discovered that the
person of whom he came in search had already gone, the fellow
li aviOg learned the steps that were being taken by the justly
enraged parent of his intended ; and as they had taken their de-
parture, without a moment's notice to the lady in whose house
they lodged, no possibility of tracing them could be had,
and as a last resource, application was made to the fellow's
master, to ascertain what description of character his faith-
less valet sustained previously, but the information received
in that quarter was by no means consolatory to the wounded
feelings of a parent; as the master intimated a belief that the
felloi was already married to another. The father and friends
of the unhappy girl entertain not the least doubt that they have
gone off' to Scotland, to complete their ill-assorted union which
will, if the suspicions of the fellow's master prove correct, be
dissolved by a charge of bigamy being preferred against the
husband.

We are sorry to hear.that the Earl of CRAVEN is seriously
indisposed at his house in Charles-street.—Lord CRAVEN, we
understand, is attended by Dr. NATON and Dr. EDEN.

Mit. SOANE'S MUSEUM.—The third, and, as we
understood, the last Exhibition of the valuable rarities of this
spacious Mansion, took place yesterday evening, and was, as
before, attended by a numerous concourse of visitors,_ among
whom were Lord Harrowby, Mr. Peel, Mr. Wynn, Don Ber-
nardino Rividavia, one of the Founders of the Republic of
Buenos Ayres, a gentleman conspicuous for integrity and learn-
ing; Archdeacon Nares and Lady; several Members of the
Royal Academy, and other eminent Artists; a large assemblage
of private friends and elegant females, who testified the highest
pleasure in being invited to this intellectual repast. We have so
often adverted tot his extraordinary assemblage of Ancient and
Modern Art, that we have no occasion to dilate on the subject.
The Company remained nn the spot till a late hour. All seem-
ed to rejoice that the power of possessing such a treasure had
fallen into the hands of a Gentleman whose taste in selecting,
and munificence in acquiring so strikingly mark the whole
collection, and to join in the patriotic hope that it will here-
after become the property of the Nation, as it certainly cannot
be rivalled in any &her country.

MAUNDY THURSDAY.— This 1110rDing,
pvr-
suant to ancient custom, as many men and women as the
King is years old was presented with the Royal Bounty, in a
spacious building erected for that purpose in the rear of White-
hall Chapel. The bOunty consisted of a loaf of bread weighing
one pound and a half, three pounds and a half beef, strewed
with parsley ; and after grace was read before and after meat,
directions were given for the removal of the cloth, and each of,
the Maundy men and women were presented with two salt
cod, two salt salmon, 18 red and a similar number of salt her-
rings, surmounted with four loaves, and a leather flagon of
ale. The Sub-Almoner, Dr. GOODENOUGH, then drank the
health of the KING, which was also drank by the men and
women in succession, and the receipienti departed with their
provision. They afterwards returned, and the S'ub-Almoner
presented themen with shoes and stockings, and also woollen
and linen cloth, and the silver pieces of money were given to
the men and women. They were then presented with a glass
of wine each, in which they drank the health of their Royal
Benefactor a second time. When all were supplied, the recei-
pients departed. The building was thronged with the Nobi-
lity and Gentry during the interesting spectacle. 1

IBARGANY CAUSE.—This important question by
Appeal to the House of Lords, in which Mrs. Mackay Hamil-
ton Fullarton is Appellant, and Sir Hew Dalymple Hamilton,
Bart., is Respondent, involving the right of succession to pro-
perty of great value, will be heard in the House of Lords on
Thursday, April 21. Eminent Scottish Counsel, on both sides,
will plead the 'cause at the bar of the House. Mrs. Fullarton
has been disputing the title of Sir Hew and his predecessor, for
30 years in the Court of Session in Scotland.
The Haymarket Theatre will open immediately
after the Italian Company quit it. Report speaks highly of the
arrangements for the next season.
A Committee has been formed to take into con-
sideration the proceedings necessary for a new establishment,
Eo
us si e.
for the effective representation of Italian Opera, consisting of
the following Noblemen and Gentlemen :—The Marquis of
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Anglesea ; Earls Craven, Sefton, and Mount Charles
Ravensworth, Count St. Antonio ; Sirs G. Warrenden, Gore
Ousley, J. Murray, G. Clerk, and Andrew F. Barnard ; Gen.
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Tavern. Their next meeting is expected to take place imme-
diately after the holidays, on Thursday, the 12th April.

WESTMINSTER SESS.IONS-7-(ritu; DAY.)

As INCORRIGIBLE THIEF.—IIarrN „logics, a
well-known offender, was put, to the bar, charged
with robbing a gentleman of a silk handkerchief
&c. his property, on the .29th of March last. The
prisoner, though very young in years, had re-
peatedly been in custody, and on the .present oc-
casion committed the offence in open day.--TThe
Jury found him Guilty, and, in order to savpirkilvi
from destruction, sentenced him to be transported
for seven years.

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