The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-31 00:00:00

ON NAMES:

On the subject of names there is a great deal
of whimsical matter, in a work recently publish-
ed, of which a page or two will convey the'illus-
tra (ion :
,4 On the rumoured resignation of the Russian Al
Puke, while the Archduke Constantine presided at the Mmi..

am rick of the service—so tell the Grand Duke
I've thrown up my coninvistion--your servant,
Ptrx
" The following being said to be written by a Peer, (or
spoke extempore as reports goes,) he must be answerable for
any penalties attaching to the crime of Seandatani .21fognatuna
" On being told that the Bishop of C. (Dr. Goodenough')
was appointed to preach befoie the House of Peers—
'Tis well enough that Goodenoutith
Before the Lords should preach
For sure enough they're bad enough
He undertakes to teach.'
" When the above most respectable prelate was made Bishop
of C., a certain dignitary whom the public expected to get the
appointment, being asked by a friend how he came not to be the
new bishop, replied, • Because I was not Good-enough !'... .
" A person, whose name was Gun, complaining to a frierd
that his attorney, in his bill, had not let him of easily, "Phut
is no wonder, answered his friend, as he charged you too
high.' • ....
Though not, perhaps, to be reckoned amongst pans, yet
the names of things, as well as persona, are liable to very odd
perversions. Ido not like the name of our gold coin the Sea-
reign on this account. We need be careful of not incurring the
charge of high treason, by our common expressions concerning
it. How strangely the following,must sound to any loyal ear:--
I have got a dread/41h) bad Sovereign.
I wish I could 'change. my Sovereign.
6 I am sure the Sovereign I have got Is not worth he nil
y
shillings.
4 I have but half a Sovereign. •
" And how many of his Majesty's most devoted subjects, if
they were to speak their minds freely, must cordially and daily
wish to have snore Sovereigns that one.
" To console, however, the friends of monarchy, we may
be just as certain that every person of his Majesty's dominions
would rrther have one than none.
" A clergyman, of the name of Friend, had got possession
of a living in way that rendered it doubtful whether it might
not be regarded as a simonical contract, and was imprudent
enough to ask it neighbouring clergyman to preach for him on
the elny he was to read in, (as it is called), who had remonstrated
with linn in the course of' the negoeiation and, being humor..
ously inclined, to the great consternation of the new incumbent,
sitting in the desk below him, chose for his text, 'Friend, how
camest thou in hither ?'
" On Lord Rockingham's becoming Minister during our d is.
putes with America, a declaratory bill being brought into the
House of Commons, which was judged to be too tame a measure
by the adverse party, the following distich appeared in the
papers:
You hinl
'em,better declare, which you may do without shock.
That the nation's asleep, and the. Minister Rocking "ens.*
" An old gentleman, of the name of Gotild, having married
a very young wife, wrote a poetical epistle to a friend, to inform
''im-of it, and it concluded thus:

So' You see, my dear Sir, though I'm eighty years old,
A girl of eighteen is in love with old Gould.'
To which his friend replied,
A girl of eighteen may love Gould it is true,
Dirt believe me, dear Sir, it is Gold without Ur
" The following. is a curious, because a very grove pea upon
names, extracted from Fuller's Grave Thonghet,' and cited
by Mr. Southey, in Ms Life of Wesley. When worthy bias.
ter Berns, famous liar his living, preaching, and tri
on his death-bed, (rich only in goodness and rhildren,) his wile
made such womanish lamentations, what should become of her
little ones P 4 Peace, sweet-heart,' said he; Mat God who
, feedeth the Ratrn will not starve the Herne.' A speech ran.
cured as light by some, observed by others as propiretiret: as,
indeed, it came to pass that they were all well disposed of.' "
* We remember to have heard as good a story as this, relat-
ing to one Alexander Gun, who belonged to the Customs. at
Edinburgh, and was dismissed for improper conduct. The
entro, opposite to his name in the books, stood thus : "
diecharged for making alder report."

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, Mai 31.

[Tim TIMES.]
The Tithe Commutation Bill, recommend by
the Irish Government, and now, under discus-
sion, is a measure of, the greatest magnitude.
Passing over the details of the present bill, we
may remark, that, any act whatever—that any
attempt to stir upon the 'subject of tithe, with a
view to vary, in respect of that impost, the old
relation between parson and parishioner, or in
any manner to qualify the power of the church,
and to grant additional relief and protection to
i
the interests of the laity against t, opens a new
and delicate ground of legislation, and goes to
establish a principle incomparably more impor-
tant than all the clauses and provisoes by
which such a measure could, in practice,be either
clogged or promoted—viz., that church property is
a ilubject on which Parliament may fairly exercise
its powers.As to what may be the fate of the pending
bill in the House of Commons, or more especially
in the Lords, we have already hinted that much
anxiety is felt, and, that some unfavourable con-
jectures are hazarded. That'its details call for a
good deal of remodelling, there can be, little
doubt ; the favour of the official persmis with
whom it has originated being apparently so
portioned between the clergyman and' tithe-
*payer, that the " Irish half," or, in other words,
by far the larger share of it, rests on the side of
the former. Mr. Park, a barrister, has written a
pamphlet, in which, ns connected with the tithe
question in general, he briefly discusses Mr.
Qoulburtes Bill, and suggests two or three
amendments which , would have the effect of
placing the proposed benefits beyond the caprice
or obduracy of a rapacious clergyman, if such a
character there should any where be found
among the members of the Irish Church. The
imperfections of the Bill must soon enough dis-
close themselves on its passage through Parlia-
ment, should it not he stopped at the threshold ;
but we confess it is for the principle that we are
solicitous, well knowing how eagerly the bulk
of the people of Ireland look to the beginning of
a course of adjustment, the end of which every
reasonable man must hope may prove a sensible
mitigation of the evils growing out of this in-
cessant conflict, between the Pastor of a Pro.
testant community, and another community
which rejects his clahns, because it will not ac-
cept his services.

I-MORNING CHRONICLE.]
•
The negociations tire entirely of English origin.
Preparations have been making for them in Se-
Ville ever ',inn. the Government was established
here, by the acthe Ambassador whose address
and dexterity in counteracting' free• principles,
rind hoodwinking those •who profess „them, were
pretty well established at Naples. The time
is now judged favourable for the grand blow,
a 0 the tone of the French, which bas lowered
considerably since the commencement of the
campaign, is now deemed of the proper pitch.—
The Duke d' Angouleme has bad sagacity
enough to discover that his auxiliaries, compos-
ing the Army' of the Faith, are intent rather
on the means of plundering, under Bourbon pro.
tection, than actuated bY" a desire to filter the
political institutions of their country., From Ca.
, .
tawma the private reports of the Commanders
are discouraging ; they find the population does
not second them, and that if 'the main army ad-
vances, the points , of communication left in the
rear will be )n a very, precarious situation. In
short, the experience the French have already ac-
quired in Spain has taught them that, if the Con-
atitutionalists hold firm till the month of Sop.
ternber, and the harrassing warfare of Guerillas,
now preparing, developer itself, they must inevit-
ably be exposed, to great privations and losses.
They have, therefore, deemed it prudentto accept
the proposals made for fresh negocia dons before the
pride and energies of Spain are reused, and on
this subject Sir Charles Stewart has been labour-
ing hard in Paris, within the last week. These
megociatioits were intended to commence as soon
as the French renched Madrid, where it. is
thought the Prince Generalissimo will take a
little breath ; and, under the mediation of Eng.
laud, it is presumed the Bourbons Will be less
peremptory, and the Spaniards more condescend-
ing. What will be the issue of this new nego-
dation we are, not prepared to say ; but certainly
the French are very sanguine, which is what we
yesterday meant to frnply, and so are those who are
,co.operating ivith them. The great difficulty we
ourselves anticipate is, that the Spaniards wiii con-
sider, any new overtures embracing concessions,
whilst the enemy is in theircountry,as savouring of
compulsion, and consequently derogatory to their
natural character. Most Spaniards are sensible
that the existing Constitution contains defects,
and that it would be expedient to remedy them;
yet all agree thut this cannot be done by intro-
ducing an Army of the Faith Into the country, or
by, the points, of French bayonets. They see at
the same time that the last Ministers had net
made those preparations which might have been
expected ; that the national finances are not in a
thStrishing condition, and that the removal of
the seat of Cioverronent from Madrid to Seville
has paralyzed the efforts of Government in such
a way, that a considerable portion of tine has
been lost.

[mulls!' imEss.)
The French Papers of Wednesday, with the
J'ilote of Thursday, reached us yesterday by

express. They contain the intelligence of the
Duke of Angouleme's arrival in Madrid. lie
was preceded by the advanced guard and a bri •
gode of the division of Obert. The Journal des
_Mats states, that the Duke of San Carlos and
the Archbishop of Tarragona, who were at Paris,
were this week to set out for Spain, and that the.
Ambassador to the Spanish King, the Marquis of
Tilloru, was also making preparations for• his de.
parture. We see no grounds for the gloomy antici.
petions contained in tin. Morning Chronicle of yes•
ter day, or the dicpositons to negociation mention-
ed, us certain in the Globe and Traveller of last

night. The Journal de roulouse already makes I
Angouleme Regent of Spain. This is a Govern-
ment the Spanish people will never acknowledge,
or with which. the Cortes never can negociate. As
yet we have no certain accounts of what has be.
come of Abisbal. Letters from Bayonne to the
22d of. May speak of his arrest. He is said to
have been made a prisoner at Castel de Los Rios;
that, he was about to be transferred to Seville ;
but this intelligence has been denied by the
Journal des Dads.: the truth is, we haVe few
accounts of any authenticity from Spain. Fer-
dinand's manifesto en. the Spanish people has
been distributed in immense numbers in every
part of Spain ; it has circulated in thousands in
all the provinces, even in those occupied by the
French army. It it said to have produced the
greatest effect, and rallied numbers of the ancient
defenders of Spain, round her Constitutional
banners. According as the French fercei neared
to Madrid, their frequency; and importance were
daily increasing. Longa's bands deserted him
almost to a man. D'Eroles and Romngosa can-
not rely on their followers, and Miralles, it trp,.
pears, was'killed in an action_henr Lerida. If
the Spaniards negociate, it is a conclusion much
opposed to their national character : if they hold
out, the present French army, or five times the

_ •
number, cannot conquer, or hold military poil7
session of Spain.

[MORNING ri ERA t.n.]
There are those who think that that redoubt-
able body, the Corporation of Dublin, have ob-
tained two triumphs in the recent Inquiry—the
one over, the Irish Government, the other over
the House of Commons itself. The latter is no
doubt a mistake. But it must be confessed that
a body invested with a lesser sanctity of privi-
lege than the house of Commons, would have
suffered in estimation by deferring in the same
manner to the inviolable scruples, and no less in-
violable person, of Sir Bradley King. It is great-
ly to be feared that the 'gallantry with which
two Advocates in the one quarter, and an Al-
derman in the other, have recently stood the
thunder of the House of Commons, unappalled
and unsigned, has led the people of Edinburgh
and Dublin into erroneous and insUbmissive no

tions respecting the Imperial Parliament. As to
the triumph over the Irish Government, it is un-
derstood that a sort of compromise has taken
piece between the Castle (so "it appears the
Irish denominate the Vice-Regal 'Court) and
the Corporation. It is to be that this
also is a mistake. The Marquis of Welles-
ley is surely not to be told, at this time of the
day, that he who concedes the least to a vulgar
adversary beneath him, is undone. Another
opinion, inferred from the conduct, and still more
from the conclusion of the inquiry, is, that the
extension of the English Statute ngalnst Secret
Societies, to Ireland, will he a dead letter.
'are inclined to think that, in substance, it may be
so. .The mere secret swearing Will, perhaps, be
discontinued ; but the associations, the spirit,
the orgies, and the animosities, will continue it.
It would have been easr.to suggest and tO
cute, if those in power were so disposed, a more
elfeelnal method of putting down rOrangeism in
Ireland. Had Corporation politics .been made
rather a disqualification, than a title, to political
patronage and jobbing, anti had the principles. of
Sir Bradley King found less favour nt the. bar of
the house Com Mons, it would have'operattd
with wonderful quickness in thinning the party.

[MORNING POST.]
French Papers to the 39th instant, and private
Letters to the 296, reached us yesterday by ex,
press. The latter state that M. de Vißele had
caused it to be announced to the Syndic of the
Stock-brokers, on the morning of the 28th, that
Mina had effected his retreat to Bareelottn,and with
the other Constitutional corps of Milans, and Lio-
bera had entered that city. The Papers do not
mention this fact, but leave it to be inrerred as
the natural result of the skilful marches and
counter-marches by which Mina had defeated
every attempt to overtake or forte him
into action. The Journal de Toulouxe asserts
(what has been all along, suspected) 64 that
the Giandees of Spain and the ancient Cortes
assembled at Madrid, were to confer the
title of_ Regent of the Kingdom on the
Duke of Augouleme till King, Ferdinand should,
beset at liberty. This apparent limitation is
precisely what is likely- to lengthen out the pro-
posed Regency toms indefinite period ; for if the
Constitutionalists pursue with due spirit the
course which they have planned, and remove the
King and the Government to Cadiz, when
the enemy approaches Seville (if ho should
venture so.far), the pretended liberation of the
King will not be more advanced than when the
French still lingered on the banks of the Bidassoa.
If, on the other band, views of ambition should
induce the Government or France to retain pos-
session of Spain without subjecting itself to the
direct charge of having reduced it hit° a pro-
vince, it would have nothing to do but leave a
small portion of the territory in the power of
the Cortes, that the alledged captivity of the
King might continue, and that a • pretence
for its usurpation should not fail. Notwith-
standing all that has hitherto been stated,
the real fate of Abisbal is still involved in much
mystery. It appears by all the French accounts
of the occupation of Madrid, that he was no
longer in command at that period, and, that
the Constitutional -Army acted and retired to.
wards the Province of La Mancha, under the
orders of General Lagos. But what had be-
come of Abisbal is not mentioned. The Mote
and private letters continue to assert in the-most
confident manner, that he had been deprived
of his command, and that General Lagos had
been appointed in his place. This statement,
though confirmed by the fact that a General of
that {11111)0 headed the Constitutionalists in the
&feat of. Bessieres and in the evacuation of the
Capital, is contradicted by the Jououils des
Debtas. 'rids Journal, however, adds aMI)IP
grounds to justify a charge of treason against
Abisbal, for it admits that he had addressed a
letter to the Duke of Angouleme, 46 drawing an
instructive and terrifying picture of the desperate
,state of the affairs of the Party domineering in

the Cortes, and of the universal disposition of all 1
men of influence to abandon, or even to overturn
an•authority, whose prolonged agony might still
occasion so many unavailing calamities. The let-
ter of this General," (continues the Journal des
Debuts) " announces that his measure was com-
bined with the Commanders most esteemed by
the troops, such as Morillo and Ballesteros,
and declares that the principal Chiefs of the
army, obeying with reluctance a Ministry with-
out skill, and au Assembly without political
weight, invited with all their wishes a better
order of things, and were ready to hail as a Li.
berator the noble Prince, who had no other desire
than that of promptly closing the glorious part
which he had assumed." If this representation
of the contents of Abisbal's letter be correct,
wivitever may have been his fate, it has been
amply deserved, and will excite neither pity nor
regret.

i*ov,rs ES.]
liy an Express Whiatleft Paris at a late hour
on Wednesday, we learn that the last price of
theltentes on that day . was 89. ; but little
Of importance has transpired there. The indi-
vidualg who are expected to form the Regency
at Madrid to, govern in King Ferdinand's name,
so long as his captivity may endure, are three of
the most distinguished personages in Spain ;
namely, the Dukes. De San Carlos and De In-
fantado, and Marquis De Casa Yrujo. The
Duke de San Carlos is a Grandee of Spain of
the First Class, and' is descended from the an-
cient Kings of Leon. lie entered young into
the army, in -which service he•rose gradually to
the rank of Lieut.-General. In 1797 he was ap-
pointed Preceptor to the Prince of Asturias, now
King of Spain. Since that time he ha's succes'
sively filled many important posts under Charles
V. such as Major Dome of the Queen's House-
hold, and Viceroy of Navarre. When Ferdi-
nand suc eeded. to the Throne, he named, the
Grand Mister of the Household, the Duke de San
Carlos, who afterwards followed him _to 1 Bay-
onne, and shared his confinement at Valencay.
The Duke negociated the Treaty of 1813 with
Buonaparte, in virtue of which Ferdinand. ob-
tained his liberty ; but which in other respects
we cannot but regard as degrading to the Spanish
Throne and Nation. Ile je-entered Spain with
the. King, as his' Minister; and continued
to exercise a powerful influence as such till
the end of 181,' when he was appointed
Ambassador to Vienna, • and was thence re-
moved -in 1817 to London in the saine ca-

pacity. This Noble Man indisputably pos-
sesses great talents and experience in the con,
duct of public affairs. His age is 52. , The,
Duke de 14'Infantado is also a Grandee of the
first
,e)ass, and one ofthe richest subjects in Spain.:
He was educated in France, but left the country
young, and raised a regiment at bis own expence
in '1793 to fight against the French Republic in
Catalonia. Ferdinand very early became much
attached to him, and at the time
.of the diStur.
bailees at Aranjuez, in 1807, both the Prince
and the Duke were involved in a joint impeach.
meat of treason .by
.1.114- Minister Godoy. In
1808 he uccompillied . Ferdinand to 'Bayonne,
and accepted office under Joseph lluonaparte,'but
certainly without any' intention of adhering to
that Pretender. On the contrary, 'he soon took
up arms against the latter„ and was thereupon
proscribed by' Napoleon. The Duke, look
a Mumma; Patrfotic army, ; but, though
bra've,''he possessed little military talent, and
soon retired from. that profession, after having
sustained two or three. defeats. In 1811 he.
came on a mis.sion to London, where he was
received nith all the honours due to his high
rank anti approved' patriotisM. 'The Liberal
party in 'the Cortex always persecuted him ; but.
Ferdinand, on his restoration in 1814, nominated
the Duke to the important office of President of
the Council of. Castille. The Duke is distill-
guished by great mildness of manners and
unalterable loyalty ; and has, on many trying
occasions, risked not only his princely fortune,
but his life, for his King and Country. Accord-.
ingly, he is the most poputar man in Spain.—
HIS age is about fifty. The Marquis of Casit-
Yrujo is well
,known in the diplomatic world;
particularly for his negociations in America,
which terminated in the .cession of Florida to the
United States. Afferlds return to. Spain, he was
named by King Ferdinand in the• early part, of
the year 1818 Secretary of State and Dispatches ;
but resigned that post in the latter part -Of
the same year. In 1819 he was again employed,'
but shortly afterwards dismissed, and exiled to
Avila, and a prosecution was even directed againSt
him for the part betted in the Florida Treaty ;
but this prosecution.' was soon dropped. Since
18420 lie has been persecuted as a servile by the
men wholtave nothing liberal.about them, except
the Complimentary title which they are pleased
to giye themselves.. , There can be little doubt
but that this Regency will be cheerfully obey.:
ed by the greater part.of Spain so long as there

may be a necessity for thou exercise.of their au
thority. Howeverthis is not likely to be long.

We regret to State that a body of rioters on
Sunday night attacked the houses of Mr. PLON-
K };TTIin Stephen's-green; of Mr. Mt u.t ti EN, in
Grafton-str.; and of several other Gentlemen, all
in Dublin, the windows of which they demolished.
It is perhaps a singular fact that the names se-
lected for two boys, twins, sons of a lady in a
neighbouring town, should be Tom and Jerry:—
At first view, it would be imagined they were so
designated after the Eganian heroes, but it was
not so; they were called upon to perpetuate the
names of two grandfathers, and will hereafterin
all probability share the more substantial honours
of their sires, as they are the joint heirs to pro-
perty of no inconsiderable amount.----( Brightbn
Gazette.)
SHOCIUNO A conEN.,---Testerday eveningabout
seven o'clock, as a poor labouring man was re-
pairing the front of a house (Mr. Troll's), in
Princes-street, Soho, the ladder on which he was
standing broke In the middle at the second flour
window, and in order to save himself he clung to
the royal arms at the first floor, which being made
of cement broke down and precipitated the un-
fortunate man on the pavement% which, shockiog
to relate, dashed his brains, ottit

THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

[Frain the Cambridge Chraniek, May 30, 1823.1

TO THE EDITOR OF Tug CAIIBRIDOE CHRONICLE.

Sin—Although lam far from considering a public Journal
to be the preper channel' for remarks which a Member of the
Senate intends Offering to that body, yet I am compelled to
avail myself of your's, in Ord& to correct some of the mis-stste-
meats which appeared in your list'number, upon the question,
relating to the Professorship of Mineralogy. The reflections
cast upon other Beads of Colleges,.,as well as upon myself,
I am more particularly anxious to repel. And „I had ra-
ther, Sir, be charged with degrading myself, by answer-
ing 'such' an intemperate and unwarrantable attack, than,-.
by my silence,'allow the public for an instantto conclude that
the.contcnts of Professor Sedgwick's letter are not cabable of a
satisfactory refutatation.

With respect to the conversation alleged to have taken place
between Alr. Sedgwick and the late Vice Chanal4 of,' Dr.
French, it is evidently impossible for me to speak; with positive
certainty ; but of this I do feel fully confident, as well from
Dr. French's general character as from his conduct thronghdni
the discussion of this question, that he cannot have given the
Professor any just reason for drawing those inferences, as to the
mode to be pursued in the election of a successor to Dr. Clarke,
which Mr. Sedgwick has thought proper to detail at so con-
siderable a length.

Besides, I have grounds for believing that Dr. French adopt•
ad, in .this instance, the grace which preceded Mr. Martyn's
election into the Professorship of Botany in 1733, solely be-
cause it was expreised in general terms, and left the mode of
eleetiolfrto be settled by the Statutes of the University. I can
assert, moreover, most distinctly, that I withheld,my opposi.
don, upon that occasion, only because the grace did not qt.
pressly determine any mode of election. I should certainly
have voted against a grace, that went to deprive the Heads of
Colleges Of any right, which, in my judgment, the Statutes of
the University had vested in them•
My opinion upon this subject (an opinion not hastily tsten
up,, but founded upon patient and extensive investigation) has
been long decided ; to this many members of the University
can bear testimony, as I have ever publicly and unequivoCally
maintained it.

One particular instance, I will beg leave to mention. When,
in 1320, the Report of the Observatory Syndicate was first
printed, it contained the following resolution

" That the two Atudstant Obseryers should be elected

. .
(" more burgensium") by the Senate, for,,the term of three
years ; and at the end of that period to be capable of being re-
elected; and that the persons eligible should be graduates of
the Unixeraity.l!
To this resolution I declared, at the time, my decided op-
position'. To the Bishop of Bristol, Dr: Kaye, in partitular, a
member of the Observatory Syndicate; 1. remember to have ex-
pressed, more thadonce, my aenttments, and he was well aware
that if the words'" more burgensium" were retained in the re.
solution,. I, as a member of the Caput, Should feel it my duty,
to prevent lrintemadtioopntionhaviefngthe Report by the Senate.
Phis
waitediupod
nto.isnoemtoe ofasc the
other members of the Syndicabetee,ntryl
taill ray determination. I then stated to the gentlemen, who
did me this honour, that I. certainly should excereise the au-
thority vested in me, as a Member of the Caput, by the Sta-
tute*, in support of those rights, which, as I conscientiously
believed, the same Statutes had, given to, the Heads of. Co-
lleges ; and I referred them to the Statute (c. 40) of Elizabeth,
which has of late been so frequently the Subject of discussion.
I contend that no election into any new office in the Univer-
sityain
oti,i expressede
l eiw i(afen,
consequence
etotnns,
phi
selteiesfyi
uotemi
didup, a
,ogtttlriehchansee
rntge
do)toytot, w
akeieel
seas sac,
Members eie
anibtaol
hetinf:oa:tpProfessorshipabi,ilocesn:dne:aN Senate.eapinrfagainstevdiotuyoioofausetheiwhereent theew?ea, s
_opinions pri-
vateu
nominationr tmode
f
olu-
it
g
• •
e
form in which it passed, the Senate :
"That the two Assistant'Observers shall be elected for the
term of three years; at the end of that time.to be capable of
being re-elected ; aind that the persons eligible shall be gra-
duate* of the University."
And whenever Assistant Observers are elected, in virtue of
this resolution, it can only be after a previous nomination by
the Heads.
The foregoing reference to the proceedings of 1820, suffi-
ciently establishes my assertion ; and I shall only observe, that
it also shews, what Pk.ofessor Sedgwick seems disposed altoge-
ther to suppress, that the chum of nomination is not a new
claim.

To proceed then—l venture further to assert, resting my as-
sertion upon the expressed opinions of many of the Heads of
Colleges and not upon unjust inferences drawn from their
silence, 'that had the grace for contimfing the Professorship 'of
Mineralogy contained the words " more laargensium," it would
have been, opposed by others, as well as by myself.
If this be true, their construction of the words of the grace
must have accorded with my own. And this is a fact which
will be tonna, upon inquiry, not to rest solely upon my asser-
tion. It may be established at once by an appeal to what oc-
cutTed at the period of the election.
No eitiner bid it been.represented to the Vice-Chancellor,
that many Members of the Senate had voted for the grace for
continuing the Professorship of Mineralogy, under the in...
pression that the election would proceed without a previous
nomination of two candidates by the Heads, than the
Vice-Chancellor determined to propose another grace for
rescinding the former. When the Vice-Chancellor subse-
quently communicated this to the Heads of Colleges assembled,
at his lodge? they unanimously expressed their satisfaction at
the step which he proposed to take ;
.811 being anxious •to remove
the alleged ground of proposed
front the minds of the Mem-
bers of the Senate.
The public will scarcely believe, that this second grace was
rejected- by a considerable.majority, consisting. mainly of those
very persons who an now the promoters of .the application to
the Court of King's Bench. I believe "I may safely assert, that
Mr, Sedgwick was amongst the number. The reason publicly,
assigned by these gentlemen for voting Ugatint the second grace
was this ; that if the former grace were rescinded, those.Dlem-
hers of the Caput, who were Heads of Collegei, and the Pro-
feSsor.of Law, whose opinion upon this subject has always been
i
in accordance with that of the eads, would not permit a grace,
expressly authorising an election " more burgensium," to pass.
This apprehentdon would have been perfectly groundless, if
all the 11Itmbers of' the Caput had consented to the origi-
nal grace fot continuing the Professorship of Mineralogy, upon
a clear understanding that an election "More burgensium"
must follbw.
Thus the assertion to which Mr. Sedgwiek has particularly
called the public attention, by arraying it in a formidable capi-
tal, FALLS TO THE GJI.OUND.
In another part of his letter, Professor Sedgivick taunttethe
lisds of Colleges with having taken erroneous views of the
case now pending, and triumphantly refers to an observation of
the. Court of -King's Bench, that they could not be the inter-
preters of the Statutes, where their own interests were so
im-
mediately concerned. The Professor's remark would have been
entitled to,some weight, had an interpretation been made in
this case. But what.was: the fact? The Heads met to con-
sider the question,—they concurred in asserting the right to
nomination—but still, front a feeling of delicacy, would not
proceed to a formal interpretation.
These are the only obserVations which I feel myself called
upon to make in vindication of my own character, and that of
the other :Heads of Colleges. . .
Upon the merits of the case I forbear to enter. They have
been argued with the greatest ability in that Court to which the
question at issue has been referred, and the judgment of the
Court is not yet declared. Forthat judgment I wait in respectful
itilenCe. But at the same time Ido not hesitate to say, that
were this a proper occasion, I feel myself prepared to. shew,
that most of I3refessor Sedgwick's statements are incorrect, and
the inferences which he has drawn front them unsound. -
In conclusion, Mr. Setigwick will allow me to add, that,
little as he seems satisfied with the prospect immediately before
him, he was amongst the first to resort to a Court of Law for
decision of this
_question. He now, indeed, takes his stand upon
the equity, of the case, and, I should not he surprised if he were
ultimately driven to maintain, what it may be expedient for the
present to keep in the back. ground,—the policy and advantage
of that particular Mode of electioni which he is evidently anxious
to,establish.. rahould not be afraid of being able to convince
the public, that Mr. Setigwick's view of the question is, in Nit')
tfiese points, equally erroneous - .
am, erroneous,
•. Your obedient servant,
. WILLIAM WEBB.
Clare Hall, May 29, 1823.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 30.
GLADWYN'AND OTHERS V. DpiiNDR AND °THICK&

.
Mr. SUGDEN, on behalf of the defendants, moved to dissolve
an injunction granted by the Vice-Chancellor to stay certain
proceedings in ejectment instituted by them under these cir-
cumstances :—The late Mr. Bonner, father to the defendants,
at his death devised his property to his son, with a proviso that
if he went to America tie rents and profits should go to his
sisters while he-resided there. The son, while in England,
granted annuities to the plaintiffs, but subsequently went to
America, where he is at- present ; and the defendants, his sis-
ter:, claiming under the testator's will, served ejectments upon
the annuitants, to stay the proceedings in which theinjunction
now sought to be dissolved had been obtained.
After hearing Counsel on toth sides,
The LORD Ci NCELI.ost observed, that he wished, if pos-
sible, these parties could be, taken out of Chancery. He re-
membered when he was a bdy at school, the great grandfather
of the defendants was in Chancery, and in Chancery the family
had continued ever since, in- one way-or another. 'He hoped
the present suit would not, like that to which he had alluded,
'end in the ruin of the • parties, but they seemed in'a fair way
for it. - lie thought the matter might be more easily and speedily
settled by a reference to. the Mastert than by proceeding m
'ejectment; but his Lordship declined to make any Positive
order in the, case until to-morrow.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 30.
THE KIXO V. TWO JUSTICES OF SUFFOLK.
Mr. JESIOP moved fora rule, calling on the Chairman of
the Quarter Sessions for Suffolk, and another Magistrate of the
same county, .to show why a criminal Information should not
be exhibited against them. The conduct which he charged us
corrupt consisted in an interference to preVent the execution of
warrant against a man brought before their on a charge of
feloniously stealing certain implements of husbandry. They
granted the warrant, but said it would be time enough to place
it in the officer's hands a few days before the sessions ; and
the alleged ground of this partiality was, that the party ac-
cused was the servant of the Chairman of
,the sessions.
The 'Cowl T thought there. was no case established which
could authorize them to interfere. It did not appear that the
defendant.was likely to abscond, and probably the Magistrates
saw something in the prosecutor's conduct which led them to
suppose he had delayed making-the charge till.the last sessions
were over, for purposes of oppression. They therefore refused
the rule.

TILE XING V. O'MEARA.
This case stood for this day in the peremptory paper. It was
(ailed on at a late hour, when the Court declined entering
into it.

Mr. C. Piritt.irs requested that it might be brought. on as
a motion on some specific day.
The COURT, however, thought this course inconvenient, and
directed that it should keep its place in the paper, so that it is
uncertain on what day it will be heard.

THE ICING V. WYTCOMBE.
The rule for a criminal information against the Coroner of
Salop was also called on in course, after 111 r. Justice BEST had
retired ; but -

:The COURT declined taking it in the absence of That Learned
Judge, who tried'the case of murder to which it relates, and
directed that it should stand over till another day.
It was finally arranged between the Counsel, that it should
be brbught on to-morrow (this day.)

yesterday morning the ceremony of .opening
new market took, place at the east end of the
Metilipolis, near Finsbury-square, called New
Finsbury-Market, which for convenience and
uniformity of building has not its equal ih Lon-
don. It stands on three acres of ground, and
%via well and liberally supplied this morning,,
and numerously atpteronvdeed.
of TgrheenteasdtavbaloitSohgmeettiot
othfethaidsjornainrinkget.anwdiliincreasing neighbourhood. ,
SUlClDE.—Ye4terday evening a Coroner's In- •
qu'est was held at the St. Luke's Head Mercer's-
street, Lottpacre, before THOMAS Woos Esq.,
.Deputy Coroner for Westminster, to inquire into
the cause of the, death of Mr. Samuel l3agnell,
who cut his throat with a penknife. Mr,,Twee.
dale,, surgeon, described the nature of the wound.
Verdict---" The deceased's death Was occasioned
by his. own act, in a state of temporary derange

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BIRTHS.
Yesterday, the 30th, in Keppel-street, Mrs. Robert Ware,
of a son.
On. Wednesday last, at Trent Park, the seat of John Cum-
ming, Big., the Lady of William Bosanquet, Esq. of a
daughter.