The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-19 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

DRURY-LANE......This Theatre was opened on
Saturday last for a very grand selection of Vocal
and Instrumental Music. Thera was a numerous
assemblage of the most distinguished Musical
Professors, as well as the most eminent Vocal
Performers. The whole was a delicious harmo-
nic treat, and the house was crowded in all
parts at a very early hour. A printed apology
announced the unavoidable absence of Miss
CUDITT, and fir GEORGE SMART,afterwards came
forward to state that Miss POYEY was not in
attendance,, doubtless, he said, from some un-
avoidable cause, as she is at all times at-
tentive to her public duty. Mr. NORTON
displayed great talents in a trumpet concerto,
BOEHM'S harp, and LINDLEY'S violincello were
conspicuous for brilliancy of execution, and the
whole received the warmest applause.

BRITISH INsTlTuTloN._l'he Amateurs were
highly gratified on Saturday with a private view
of the Paintings which at present adorn the Gal-
lery, and which will this day be submitted to the
public in general. The North Room is wholly
devoted to the works of Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS,
and we may, in the words of a neat little pre-
face to the Catalogue, say, gg we are proud of
our countryman ; we rank him among the most
eminent Painters which the Art has produced ;
we honour his name ; and we hope that others may
be led into the same path, and may be excited by
his success to similar exertions." Looking over the
graphic treasures from the hand of this great
Master we must also borrow a few more words
from the same brief and elegant Preface, parti-
cularly as we had the honour of being acqUainted
with him, and can attest the truth of all that is
said of his personal merits. The world at large
must judge of his professional excellence. " Some
of us remember the kindness of his heart, and the
complacency of his character : these dispositions
led him, in the practice of his art, generally to
select subjects which belong to the gentler feel-
ings, and the kindlier affections of our nature
but the examples here presented to us fully shew
that the most forcibly expression of the strongest
passions was not above his reach." The truth
of this remark is fully justified by several
of the works which the North Room con-
tains. The other Rooms abound with some
of the most distinguished works of-the Italian,
Spanish, Dutch, and Flemish, Schools. We
wish we had space to dilate on their several
merits, but we can only recommend the whole to
public attention, as they are calculated to im-
prove general taste as well as to afford general
pleasure. The country is much indebted to his
MAJESTY, and the several Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen who have sent their pictures for this
refined banquet of Genius. We have only
room to add that the works are arranged
with the judgment which has invariably marked
similar exhibitions since they have been under
the superintendence of Mr. YOUNG.

On Saturday morning, at 5 o'clock, the succes-
sor to the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, at the Court of
Vienna, left town, and embarked on board the Lord Melville
steam packet, at Tower Stairs, for Calais. The state carriages
were shipped off the preceding week. Sir HENRY and Lady
GEORGINA intend proceeding to Paris, there to remain for a
ew days.—llis Excellency took leave of his .51AJESTY at a
rivate audience.

THE ARMY.

War ce, Iffay 17.
' 4th Regiment of Light Off Dragoons--JLieutenant Robert Bur-
rows, vice Jenny, deceased, to be Captain, without
..purchase ;
Lieutenant William Fitzmaurice, from 65th Foot, vice Harri.
son, who exchanges ; Ensign Charles Hastings Doyle, from
the 87th Foot, without purchase, vice Burrowes, promoted
Lieutenant Hugh Cochrane, from the Bth, Light Dragoons,
vice Robison, who exchanges—to be Lieutenants.
Bth Ditto—Lieutenant Robert Robison, from the 4th Light
Dragoons, vice Cochrane, who exchanges ; Cornet the Hon.
Charles Westenra, by purchase, vice Fergusson, who retires—
to be Lieutenants.
13th Ditto--Captain Frederick Grove, from the G9th Foot,
vice Savage, who exchanges, to be Captain—Comet Robert
Ellis, without purchase, vice William Augustus Brown, de.
ceased, Lieutenant George Manners, from the 54th Foot, vice
Lynam, who exchanges; Cornet William Ilislop, by purchase,-
vice Cockburne, promoted in the 17th Light Dragoons—to be
Liutenants.
3d Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenani-Colonel James
Drummond Elphinstone, from the half-pay of the 4th West
India Regiment, to be Captain'and Lieut.-CoL vice Charles
Dasliwo, who exchanges.
14th Regiment of Foot—Brevet Colonel Wilbraham T.
Edwards, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Maclaine, who exchanges; Lieutenant Joseph B. Ainsworth,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Raynsford, who retires; En-
sign James Watson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ains..
worth, promoted; Henry Stanislaus La Roche, Gent., without
purchase, vice O'Neil, :deceased ; Alexander Donald, Gent.,
by purchase, vice Watson, promoted—to be Ensigns.
15th Ditto—Cornet Ilonourable George Finch, from the
half-pay of the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice John
Ogle Gage, who exchanges.
17th Ditto--Lientenant-Colonel Archibald Maclaine, from
the 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Edwards, who
exchanges; Lieutenant Pierse Stephen Nugent, from the 44th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, who exchanges ; Lieutenant
James Oliphant Chink to be Adjutant, vice Evans, who re-
signs the Adjutancy only.
20th Ditto--Major Thomas Charles Green, from the 2ith
Foot, to be Major, vice Hogg, who exchanges.
23d Ditto--Lieutenant Honourable Charles Grey, from the
half-pay of the 53d Foot, to be First Lieutenant, vice Ralph
Smith, who exchanges' receiving the difference.
24th Ditto—ltlajor John Ilogg, from the 20th Foot, to be
Major, vice Green, who exchanges.
30th Ditto—Lieutenant William Sullivan to be Captain,
without purchase, vice 31achell, deceased ; Ensign Charles
Deane to be
•Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sullivan ;
Charles Wynne Barrow, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur.
chase, vice Deane.
31st Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Brice Fearon, from
1 unattached half-pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice George
Guy Carleton L'Estrange, who exchanges.
44th Regiment of Foot, Lieut. Alurcd William Gray, front
the 17th Foot, vice Nugent, who exchanges; Ensign William
Surgent, without purchase, vice Twinberrow, deceased; to be
Lieutenants.
48th Ditto, Lord Charles James Fox Russell to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Tucker, whose appointments has not taken
place.
54th Ditto, Lieut. Joseph Lynam, from the 13th Light Dra-
goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Manners, who exchanges.
.59th Ditto, Lieut. J. H. Peake, from the 24th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Barlow, removed to the
30th Foot.
65th Ditto, Lieut. Thomas Harrison, from the 4th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitz Maurice, who exchanges.
67th Ditto, Lieut. Kirkwood Cassidy, without.. purchase,
vice Hall, deceased ; I,ieut. Thomas james Adair, by pur-
chase, vice !lore, to be Captains. Ensign Peter Brannan to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cassidy ;
Child, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Brannan ;
Serjeant-Major John Johnston to be Quartermaster, vice
Gormley.
69th ditto, Captain George William Savage, from the 13th
Light Dragoons to be Captain, vice Grove, who exchanges.
2d West India Regiment, Captain Mitchell John Sparks,
from the half-pay ot' the Royal African Corps, to be Captain,
without purchase.
Cape Corps (Cavalry,) Cornet William James St. John from
the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchace ;
'Walter Cope Sheppard, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase.
BREVET.—Captain Edw. Molesworth, of the Cape Corps
of Cavalry, to be Major in the Army.
GARlllBo)lB.—Captain Foster Israel 'Weeks, on the half-
pay of the late Glengary Fencibles, to be Town-Major of
Montreal, vice Hughes, who retires upon full-pay.
MEMORANDUM!.--Lord Frances Leveson Gower, who ex-
changed front Ist Life Guards to half-pay 17th Foot, on 14th
February last, received only the difference between the full.pay
of Cornet and Sub Lieutenancy of Life Guards and the full-
, pay of an Ensigncy.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Kent.
Gerard Gosselin, Esq. to be Deputy-Lieutenant.

`rill LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 19.

[MORNING POST.]
French Papers to the 17th inst. have arrived
since our lust. They furnish us with a tele-
graphic dispatch from the Duke of Angouleme's
head-quarters, which had been mined forward
to Lerma, about 30 miles nearer the capital, but
they contain nothing clear or certain from Ca-
talonia, the quarter where all the interest and
importance of the war are now centered. Much
is certainly said about the operations of Mina,
but it is contradictory ; and evidently par-
takes more of , the nature of rumour than
of that of facts. After attempting to disprove,
by weak arguments, the statement of Moncey's
official dispatch, that the advance of the Consti-
tutionalists towards the frontiers of France was
intentional, the Journal des De'bats asserts that
Mina has done, what we anticipated he would
most likely do, that is to say, has dispersed his
troops into. Guerillas, amidst the mountains in
the direction of Arragon. There, it is said, he
was pursued by Count Curial, and the Baron
d'Eroles, " who continued this kind of chase ;"
but with how much success may be guessed from
the additional information that his pursuers
" had not yet been able to fire a shot," or,
in other words, to come up with his troops.
It would appear, however, from the Pilote, that
if he could pot be overtaken,. he knew where
to find and to overwhelm his enemies; for ft is
confidently stated, that whilst he was thought to
bo marching to Campredon, he suddenly darted
upon R,omagosa's division, which was stationed
at Ripoli, destroyed it, and then occupied Berga,
from whence he might move to any part of. A-
rragon or Catalonia, which he thought proper.
Although little dependence can yet be placed
*von this information to its full extent,
the very uncertainty which prevails respect.
ing the nature of Mina's movements tends
to prove that they are the unshackled result
of his own free- will and military enterprise,
and not the forced consequence of his opponents'
maniruvre. Were the latter the case, every step
which he must take would be previously known;
whereas his line of march is a mystery, and whilst
all the corps of the enemy are exhausting them-
selves in useless wanderings in his search, he
changes his positions and pursues his own objects
undisturbed. It is now scarcely possible that
many days should elapse ere the veil which still
covers the military operations in Catalonia should
be completely raised.

• [MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The • French have, • begun their old game of
Intercepted letters, which they practised to so
great an extent during the invasion 'of Spain
under Napoleon, for in no other light can we
consider the letter attributed. to .Gen.
and said to have been addressed by him to Gen.
Mina, from Columer de Scones. We are, how-
ever, so very dependant on them at present for
every thing that regards the Peninsula, that we
are Compelled to repeat, although we may not
believe all that the Paris editors are pleased to
tell us, trusting • to time and results for more
correct opinions us to what is now taking place.
An interesting letter from Seville describes the
feelings prevalent there at the time when it was
written. We have seen several of a more recent
date (23d), but they are not so full and explicit,
although they concur in reprobating the conduct
of Sir William A'Court in the whole of the ne-
,-gotiations and transactions connected with the
present crisis in Spain.—Prom accounts we yes-
terday received from. Paris, we are enabled to
offer some explain] tiOns. as to the late movements of
• the Portuguese rebel. Amirante. In quitting Por-
tugal, he expected to join the French army, by
passing through some of those • secluded portions
of the country in which the Peninsula abounds,.
and relying on the support which he trusted had,
been negociated and arranged for him by his
friend and companion, Don Jose Luis de. Sousa,
the Portuguese lf,x-Minister in London, who for
some time has been at the bead-quarters of the
Duke d'Angouletne; The fears however, of the
French Ministry, particularly since the. debates
in Parliament and the demonstrations on the part
of the British Public, and their interest not to
implicate themselves in the affairs of Portugal, in-
duced the French Generalissimo •to view Ama-
rante's approach with only a handful of men, with
greattmeasiness,and his advance was countermand-
ed. At the tame time he was directed to return to
the frontiers of Portugal, recruit, and carry on the
war in conjunction with such Spanish partisans
as he should be able to collect, and it was fur-
ther agreed that their expellees should be paid
by the French. Sousa, in the mean while, was
left at the French head-quarters, as a channel
for the correspondence. Amarante had conse-
quently withdrawn towards Castile, and the
Portuguese Constitutional General Rego, towards
.Portugal to watch his movements.

[Tim TI E6,]
An article in the Journal des Dads of Thurs-
day last contains a good deal of special plead-
ing, to show that l‘Tina and Mans are in diffi-
culties—that they have not cut off the communi-
cations of Moncey with France, but that, on the
contrary, the French General is in a better
condition than they are ; as if, 1$ hen the inci-
dents of war were really successful, it was
necessary to prove them so by logic and syl-
logism. However, granting all that frigid rea-
soning to be conclusive, it is still clear that
the French are making no great haste to Aladrid
—that even by their arrival there no essential
point will be gained, no imposing attitude as-
sumed—that the Spaniards, rather than surrender
Ferdinand into their hands, will remove him to
the Canary Islands, and fight the invaders
through every province, through every town and
v,illage of the Peninsula. It is, therefore, most
undeniable as an inference, and, indeed, most
obvious to common sense, that the war cannot
possibly terminate soon, or rather cannot
possibly terminate ever in that way—that is,
by any successes which the invaders are

likely to obtain. nut how, aim We ask, is so
desirable an object as public peace to be se-
cured ? We answer briefly, and, as we think, in
a way that admits of no reply—by the abdica-
tion of the Bourbons of France. Let but that
branch of the family remove (and it is surely
easier for them to return to Hartwell, 'for exam-
pre, than for Ferdiulind and the Spanish branch
to remove to the Canaries,) and there is peace in
an instant between France and Spain. It was
obvious at first that this was a contest upon which
the existence of the newly revived dynasty of
France depended. They chose it themselves in
spite of the reiterated warnings of friends and
foes; they have failed—let them submit to the
penalty. Is France to be crushed down to the
last stage of misery by taxation, and Spain to
be drenched in blood, simply to support these
indocile bigotted people in the futile attempt
to replant arbitrary government wid a degrading
superstition, in a country where they hire no
business. Louis XVIII. is fetched out of ob-
scurity ; and, his ancestors having sat upon the
throne of France, he is placed there as an expe-
riment ; jiut no sooner is he seated, than, not
content with his new dominion, but insolently over-
leaping the bounds of his own legitimate empire
at home, he dares to assume the dictatorship
over a foreign people, and to tell them they shall
have no political institutions but such as they
derive from a remote member of his own family
—a creature whom it- would sully the fair face
of the paper on which we write to describe.—
It is evident that human society cannot exist if
such a man as that is to be suffered upon a throne,
and thence to diffuse such principles ! Diffuse
such principles," did we say ? He cannot dif-
fuse them : he has tried, and failed. Spain de-
fies him. There is, therefore, but one mode of
receding. The disgrace is not to fall upon the
French army, which has beep sent upon an im-
possible mission. All hopes of success on its
part are at an end. Is the war to continue in-
terminably, for the mere purpose of destruction ?
And how can' it end but in the way which we
prescribe ? -

[BRITISH PRESS.]

We have scarce any accounts from Spain but
the false and exaggerated one given by the French Cabinet,
and yet even from them it is easy to perceive that the war in
Spain is one that as • 'yet has brought no manner of success
with it, and is every day thickening round the invaders.—
Angouleme, by the last accounts, was at Lerma, in Old
Castle, 23 miles south of Burgos. Oudinot 'arrived, it ap-
pearaf en the Bth, at Valladolid, in Leon, 52 miles from
Burgos, and 95 miler] from the capital. Obert was to 'be
on the 14th at Alnrazan, In Old Castile, la mires south of
Soria, and in advance of Angouleme. There is no imme-
diate force to oppose the march of the' French on .31adrid,
but that of Abisbal, who is said to occupy, with some
thousands, the defiles of the Somo-sierra, a chain of 11101 in•
tains dividing New from Old Castile, fifty-two miles north of
Madrid. It is not probable, however, that the Conde will
offer any regular resistance to the march of the invaders,
except by dispersing a part of his troops to act as Guerillas,
In fire mountain passes and defiles, and harrass them on
their progress. AngoulcMe, therefore, may reach Madrid,
as he contemplates, on the 24th, and when he is there, ex-
cept marching over some hundred miles of territory, and
occupying an open and deserted town, he will have achieved
absolutely nothing whatsoever. Ile has received no acces-
sion of strength on iris march, no Spaniards_orany rank
or character have joined him, and the Bands of the Faith, by
whom Spain was to be stibdued, have diminished to nothing.
They have deserted in hundreds, as soon as clothed and armed,
to join the Constitutional troops and guerillas, or fled to. the
mountains to exercise their old trade of smugglers and rob-
bers, intending to plunder every convoy and detachment of the
French who supplied them. Like the war of Alexander on
the Scythians, or that of the Romans on the flying Parthians
and Persians, the Spaniards are drawing the French into the
country to ultimate certain destruction. All Spain is gradually
arming, from Cadiz to Cape Ortegal. The Empecinado, who
formerly made Joseph tremble in the very capital for his
personal safety, is again in full activity, and has summoned
his ancient friends about him. Guerilla bands are al-
ready in motion in Arragon and Gallipia. _The- Chiefs, Pablo,
Mendoza, and Espeleta, are arming their adherents in Na-
varre ; and the entire of Andalusia, the present seat of Govern-
ment, is attached to the Constitution. The Spanish leaders
have done nothing rash ; they know the country and its re-
sources well, and they have acted accordingly. The warfare they
are carrying on is the most -Itarrassing that, could befall the
French ; every thing about them is desertion and uncertainty.
Abisbal's last Proclamation states that the Spaniards may
be easy respecting the. measures -taken by the Government ;
and that so far from being alarmed at seeing the French
i penetrateivan
iifnestototoh;
ticliengtmo,
utshznotau,gahntd toof 'tl;leatgvhitlde (f)afniatre,
the Trappist, with the tyranny already exercised by the bigots
and serviles who follow in the train of Angouleme, have roused
all Spain into unvarying opppsition. The Trappist avowed
at once that the revival of the Holy Tribunal of the Inquisition
was one of the objects entertained by him and his em.
players ; and already one of the returned ecclesiastics, the
Bishop of Pampeluna, has- .addressed (according to the
Etoile) from llonecsvaux, a pastoral exhortation to the clergy,
and faithful, of what he calls his diocese, in which he tells
hem that an ecclesiastical tribunal has been established by his
order at Olite. Thus this tribunal of horrors is already again
instituted, with its familiars and dungeons, to commence the
work of persecution in Spain anew ; but its existence, and that
of the pious Prelate who established it, will, we prophesy, be
very short-lived.

'[MORNING WERALD.],
The French Journals of opposite parties deal
largely in military commentary upon the manceuvres of Mina.
13ut it is easy to see that a tactician who takes his coup d'tei/
of the scene of operations in Spain from his closet in 1 or
London, and pronounces upon a series of complicated and unex-
pected mameuvres, is not an authority to be implicitly received.
Results only can be reliedon atthis diaitance. With this pretnoni-
tion we shall state that the French Mini star ial papers regard 31 n a
as reduced to the last extremity by his separation from his
Lieutenants, Milans and Llobera; whilst those of the Oppo
sition regard his sudden movement by Rippoll upon Berge? as
a niesterpiece of skill, by which he has deranged the combina-
tions of his opponents—obtaining a. position which keeps
open to him Catalonia and Arragon, and enables him to
harrass the French in the rear, and interrupt their com-
munications. There appears no doubt of his having, on
his sudden turn, attacked and defeated the troops of, the
Faith under Romagosa, forming part of the French corps
in Catalonia_; but no &tails whatever are given. It appears
certain that he derives advantage from this movement, for even
the Paris Ultra Journals admit, that by it he has " protracted
his existence by a few days more." Mina's marching into
France has been speculated on as the object of this important
movement. But this seems highly improbable. The Spanish
Government cannot afford a General of such skill and confi-
dence, with no doubt the best army it possesses, for such an
enterprise. Besides, the invasion of Prance would hardly
draw back the invaders of Spain to the defence of thair own
soil—nor is it likely that the French, after so many IPiiitleas
insurrections,' since the restoration, would join his stand-
ard. His aim then most probably is to harrass the rear, and
interrupt the communications of the French. In the mean
time the first corps under the immediate orders of the
Duke of Angouleme advances upon Madrid,. where it is
expected to arrive—at least the advanced guard—on the 24th.
That capital, according to the Journal des Dibats, had become

" a desart"—in such numbers had the inhabitants abandoned
it on the approach of the French. Yet, in the same article, by
a strange instance of contradiction or forgetfulness, that journal
says that the inhabitants were all joy and smiles at the ap-
proach of the Pritice. We had thought that it belonged only to
poets and lovers to " make a desart smile." It is remarked
by the French Ultra Journals as a curious circumstance, that
since the advance of the French there has been no account of
Bessieres—who some time since made such formidable move-
ment; upon Madrid, then the seat of Government—that the
French seemed afraid of his putting down the Constitution be.
fore their aid could arrive. Has he gone over to the Constitu,
tionalists ? His companion and colleague in command, Ul-
man, is stated to be engaged in the siege of Valencia.

[NEW TI M ES.]
" Mina," said The Times on Saturday, " has entirely out.
generalled his antagonists." Now this out-generalling
i avow-
edly consists in nothing but running away : and even n this
Mr. Mina does not appear to have evinced any very extraor-
dinary talent. We observed on Saturday that when he broke
up from Besalu and Tordella on the Fluvia, and marched
off his troops by different roads, his object must have been
to concentrate them again behind the Ter ; and such ap-
pears from an intercepted letter of Milans to have been
the idea of that General. Milans had crossed the Ter
at Amer, pursued by General D'Eroles, and had taken
up a position at Santa Coloma, half way to Hostalrieh. Hera he
remained till the morning of the oth inst., when he found him-
self
obliged to abandon his post, and to retire to St. Celoni, be-
yond Hostalrieh, because the enemy was pressing on his left.
He earnestly entreats Mina to retire on St. Feliu, near Vich,
so that they might be able to support each other on a
line extending from Ilostalrich to Vich, and having in
their rear Barcelona, whence they might draw both men and
ammunition. But lina was quite unable to follow this ad-
vice ; for before this letter was written General Donnadieu had
entered Vich; while Mina himself appears to have marched
backwards and forwards for some days between Olot and Ripoll,
opposed in one direction by Rornagosa in another by Curial,
and in a third by d'Eroles. What has actually become of
him is yet unknown ; but some suppose 'he has reached
Berga, whence (they say he may march upon Lerida
and enter the Kingdom of Arragon, or, in short, may move
where he likes. This is very idle speculation. Go where he
will, he must meet an enemy. If he attempt to rejoin his
companions near Hostalrich, he will be intercepted by General
Donnadieu ; and if he advance towards Arragon, he will meet
with General Mollitor. Meanwhile he is entirely cut off from
Gen. Milans, and is wandering about without plan or object,
without artillery, without cavalry, with little ammunition, and
with less provisions,—and never let it be forgotten, that he
marches like Cain; with the mark of murder on his forehead:—
"This is the butcher of Castelfollit--the miscreant that shot.,
in three days, one hundred and eighteen prisoners in cold
blood !'

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SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF RELI-
GIOUS LIBERTY.

On Saturday a most numerous and respectable
Meeting of the Members of this Society, took place at the City
of London Tavern, Lord DACRE in the Chair.
I The SECRETARY o.lr. PELLAT) proceeded to report, but
Willis,The
inetrhe principal
as 11lr. are suggest
se
edtchreeLp7 , postponement of that office,
was prepared to make
some observations upon it, and cool combine them with the
matter contained in the report.
Mr. Wirexs then addressed the Assembly. He went into a
statement of the grievances which the Protestant Dissenters
suffered, and yet had to suffer, from the state of the law with
respect to their marriages, baptisms, funerals, and the registries
of their chapels ; also from the arbitrary and unequal judg-
ments of 'Magistrates upon cases of offence taken before them
by Dissenters ; also from the still more arbitrary conduct of
some of the clergy, in retbsing the ceremonies at the church
to persons of' the dissenting persuasions, on pretences con.
nected with their religious habits. We can only briefly al.
lude to the instances upon which he remarked. The first
was that of the Rev. Mr. Prior, who had lefused to suffer
a child of a Dissenter to be interred in the church-yard, be•
cause it had not received baptism in the church. An altercation
went on between him and the parishioners for six weeks. At
last the clergyman, finding that he had exceeded all pretences
of authority, agreed to let it be buried in the church-yard, but
refused to allow the bell to be tolled, or the coffin to be taken
within the church, or the funeral ceremony to be read over the
remains. •At last he consented to let the bell be tolled, but he
would allow no more than two strokes of it, and absolutely re-
fused to let the coffin enter the church, or the ceremony to be
read. The case being made known to the Society, and as it
embraced so many topics of rights affecting Christians of every
denomination, the Committee resolved to make it the subject
of the strictest investigation before the Ecclesiastical Court. Iles
took leave to say, that those Courts were sadly deficient in af-
fording redress for these grievance' ; for it happened that
the Chancellors of the diocess were deeply interested in the
object of discussion ; it was in vain to appeal to the aggressors
themselves for justice, and to no higher Court could they
make their complaint without the consent of these jurisdictions.
The next class of cases alluded to was that respecting riots in
dissenting chapels, to prevent or punish which they had ap-
pealed in vain to the local Magistracy. One case was taken
before Mr. Baukes, Member for Corfe Castle, but he dismissed
it upon the plea that the service had not commenced when the
disturbance took place, and therefore they could not complain of
any interruption. As the County Members were supposed in Par-
liament to give a more complete expression of the public will, he
could not help rejoicing that a gentlernan,with such principles had
failed in the election for the representation of Dorsetshire, and
trusted that, if he came forward again, the whole body of Pro-
testant Dissenters of the county would come forward to oppose
him with all their might. In some instances redress had been
refused by the Magistrates, on pretence that the register of the
chapel which was the scene of the outrage complained of had
not been deposited with the Clerk of the Peace, as well as with
the Diocesan Court. He had taken means to ascertain the rule
of law applicable to the case in the clearest manner. If this
assumption of the Magistrates had really been the law, the To-
leration Act would have been, for all purposes of protection to
the Dissenter, a dead letter. There would not, in that case,
be one place of dissenting worship properly registered through-
out the British dominions. It would be as well for his coun-
try friends to know exactly the state of the law, that they
might act with resolution upon it. All that the law re-
quired of them was, to notify the places where they as-
sembled to worship, either to the Registrar of the Diocesan
Courts or the Clerks of the Peace for the county. There were
4,000 places of registry in Great Britain. What power was
in
terchange
the to compel the officers of these several courts to
the notices ? The Attorney. and Solicitor-General had been
consulted upon a case of this kind, and it was their opinion
that he was stating to the meeting. They declared, the re-
fusel of the Magistrates to do justice, on such a pretence, to
be a most illegal and unjust exercise of the power intrusted
to them ; and they recommended that a prosecution should
be strenuously carried on against them, in order to obtain the
decision of the superior Courts. The other grievances to which
he referred, and upon which he mentioned the state of the law,
were attempts to extort Sunday tolls, contrary to the words of
the statute—attempts to assess dissenting chapels to parochial
rates—refusals of parish relief to members of the dissenting
body, on account of their religious opinions. He admitted that
these grievances were in-few instances countenanced, either by
the state of the law, or the Ministers of Government, who had,
upon application to them, shown much willingness to secure
the redress of their complaints; but he complained of the con-
tinual meddling and mischievous interference of the clergy of
the establishment, especially those of them who happened to be
also in the Magistracy. Ile informed the Meeting that there
were measures in preparation to be laid before the Legislature
for, their sanction, for the better securing of the rights of the
Protestant Dissenters in all those points in which the law might
be considered deficient.

A series of Resolutions, of corresponding tendency with the
speech of the Secretary, were then moved, and supported by
appropriate speeches from many of the leading ministers of the
dissenting churches, amongst whom were the Rev. Dr. New-
man' Rev. John and George Townsend, the Rev. Stewart,
of Dublin, nod Dr. Brown, barrister at law, &c.
The Rev. Matthew WI r.xs proposed the thanks of the meet-
ing to the Chairman, and, agreeably to his direction, the whole
assembly stood up to chew their unanimity.
Lord Went returned thanks in a speech full of liberal pro.
fessions. He said it must give them great pleasure to observe,
that while their grievances, which had been stated to them in a
speech of great ability and intelligence, were the effects of in-
dividual arrogance and oppression, the claims of the Dissenters
were countenanced by Government—by all the respectability
and intellect of the,country—and by the state of the law, except
in some few instances, in which he hoped to see sufficient re ,
medics speedily applied. He disliked the word " toleration,"
because it implied the commission of some offence, which was
not by any means the true state of the ease. It was true they
had the annual. Indemnity Act, but that was subject' to the
same objection, and must be considered ripher as a badge of
reproach, than a token of their religious freedom. He trusted
that the time was not far off when the word " toleration," and
all the enactments connected with it, would be expunged from
the statue-book, .and give place to a declaration of entire and
unqualified religious liberty.
The Meeting, which had assembled even at the early hour
of half-past eight o'clock, and continued till a quarter after
four, then separated.

COUNTRY MARKETS AND FAIRS,

DURING THE LAST WEEK.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. May 13
We continue to be well supplied with all kinds of Grain ex-
' cept Bader. The greater part of the week's import is from
Ireland. The trade in general, since last Tuesday, has been
but dull, until yesterday, when the speculative demand revived
for Wheat and Oats, and considerable sales of both were made,
and on better terms than could have been obtained at the close
of the week. We had also a tolerably fair consumption de-
mand at to-day's market, when fine Wheat, as well as good
heavy Oats sold at somewhat higher prices than we last quoted.
The holders of Beans were wanting Is per quarter snore for
them. In other articles there;was not much during, and prices
remain unvaried. Some parcels of foreign Wheat and Oats
have passed into other hands, at Improving prices, particularly
for the latter.
Wheat, English,Old
New Bs 9d a 9s 311
Ditto sound Os Od a Os 04
Scotch, Old .. 8s Od a 8s gd
Foreign (in bond).. os Od a Os od
Irish, Old ... 6s 104 a 7s 9d
New 7l sd a 8s 4d
Barley, English, Old
New - 04
Irish, Old
New
Scotch, Old Os Od a OS Od
New
Oats, Potatoe, Old
New Ss 44 a 3s 6d
Limerick, Old 3s 4d a 3s 6d
New
Welsh, Potato, New 3s 4d a Ss 6d
Malt, Fins
Ditto, middling 7s Od a 7s ad
Beans, Old
New
Superfine Flour, Old
ass Od a 42s Od
Oatmeal, Old od a —s
New
Amet ican Flour, sweet, (in bond), —s Od a —s Od per barrel
of 1961h5. net.—Soar. (ant of bond), 34s a 31s.
Import of Grain for the Week ending May
Wheat Barley Oats Floor Sets Irish
Bib, 70Ihs, Bsh. tiOlbst. Bib. 451bs. Am
Is. per nolbs.
I
46,h00 1570 47,890 5874

CHESTER. May 10.
Wheat, pet In lb. lOs Od a —lo(l—Barley. 33 qts, 5, 0,1 i
5s 9d—Oats, 3s 9d a.ls Od.

NANTWICH, May 10.
Wheat, per Mb., ea ed a 7s—Hal ley, 4s 4d ft 4s 6d—Oats,
2s (id a as Od.

CAINITZROURY. May 10.
Vl'heat Brown.. , . :Ws a G 45 Ticks
White.... —2 a—s Hog Pease B2s a 36.
—Mew ..... 60s a 69s Boiling Pease 4Ol a,l is
Ityr
Barley 26s a 41s Hay, per t0n.... 70s aTOOs
Oats, 25s a tips Clover 70s a 75s
St.--

Beans . 92, a 97s j Siraw
MAinsromit, May 8.

Wheat, Red ...., 48s a 60s Beans, Tick 265 a 39s
-- White 60s a 646 --`ma11.... 28s a 36s
Barley ~ 4Bs a 986 Pease, Grey .... 30s a 36s
Oats iCs a 30s . 30s a 36s
• Price of Oil Cake at oil Mills, 111. Os. per Thousand.

TErireaDENt, May 9.
Wheat Red..., .. 485 a 60s Beans .. . 26$ a 365
--- White.... 505 a 6fis Pease White .... 28s a 305
Barley ... 2Bl a 85s --. Grey . *65 a 28s
Oat5...,
CASIIIRIDGE, Mt
Wheat

Rye
Barley

NUKTfXolri
Wheat 23s Ott a :iris
Bat•lty .... 24s Oda aos (!
Peas

'y 10.-.-Average.
Oats
Peas -s Od
Beans

DN, May to
Oats 9O: Od a 96s Od
Beans 41s Od a 33, Od
—s Od.

IVisaectt, ,Slay 10.—Arerage.
Wheat Sas 741 per qr Oats 24s ad per qr
Barley
Rye
IiMISToN Dm:atm—The Receiver of Assize Returns re-
ports 55n7 bushels of wheat bought for 18921 4s Bd, and 3318
bushels of dour sold fur 13481 10s id.

, M ay 10.
Wheat ~.. is 8d WORCESTLRa
Els 44! Oats ' Is 8d ags Iod
Harley 3s Oil a4s •.)d1 Beans ...... 3s Ort ass 8d
Pease

YORK, May 10.
Wlteat
Rye
Beans

Wheat
Barley

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neat 4Bs a 58s I Oats
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Wheat
Barley

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Wheat
Barley

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Wheat
fas a Sas od Oats Q2S 011 a 26s 0,1
3arley

WESTBURY.
Wheat 4os a sis Od i Oats
3arlcy V4s a 32s Od I Beans
Peas —s a —s Od.

lit:At/ma.
neat . 30s a 676 Od Brans 33s a 38s Od
,ar ley ...... 301 a 38s 0,1 I Pease -$
late
Old %neat . .. —3 a —s.

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CHARD.
Wheat
Milky

24s a fts
3S s a 40s

Gt.oucEsrett, per bushel.
lVbeat ...... 4s Gd a 8s Od Oats
3arley

DEvizEs, May 15.
lest Wheat 30, Od a 33s ad 1 Oats
30s 6.1 a 35s 04 1 Beaus les Od a 201 Od
1640 Sacks of Wheat sold at the average of 26s 3d.

At Norwich, per Quarter
Ms Od a tfOs Oil • Oat,
-- New —s Oil a—s Oil Beans fits ad a 34s Od
Rye
Barley .... 326 Od a 34s Od Malt,_ per emb..eis Od a 346 ad
Peas, White 44s Od 48s Od Best Flour,. 466 ad a 4Es ad
they . 36s Od a 31s 0L I per sack.
Coals, 36s 4d a 3Ss 4d per elsaldrun.
Rough Fat as 41d per stone.
Dila Candles, 7s 6d per dozen.—Mould ditto 9s.
Average price of Fresh Butter in Norwich Market, from
10i1 a I Id per pint.
Prices of Butter at Swafflittiti and Downhant (with Cora-
mission)—Front 386 to 42s per 'firkin of Stilhs.
Clover tiny ...... 2s 6tl a 96 6d per cwt.
1)410 (New) Os Od a Os Oil ditto
Hardt:mil ditto .. is 6d a3s tid ditty
Meadow ditto .... 26 id ats 661 ditto
Wheat Straw ..., 4s lid aSs 6d ditto
Batley ditto Os Od a Os ad ditto

CoLCHICSTER. May 10.
Wheat, per qr.... 54s a 65s Oats
Rye . 29s a 3is I Beans, Tick 3os a 33s
Bailey 34s a 413 Small .... —1 a—s
Pease, Grey
--. White ~

StlfiEWSBUitY. May 10.
Wheat, Old.. Os Oil aOs 0.1 Peas .54 OJ a Ss 6d
---- New . lOs Od a 10s 6J Oats, Ola Os oil a Os Od
Barley, Old.. Os Od a—s od New ss 4.1 a 7s 4d
---- New . 5s 4d ass 9(1
Hides, 4(l—Calf Skins, 6,l—Tallow, 3d per lb.

Prices of Corn, per Quarter,
WINCHESTER. May 10.—Wheat, 37s Bd—Marley, 33s 6tl
—Oats, ids od—k;ratis —l.

lIMINGSToIig, May 14.—,Wheat, 44s a 62s—Barley, 319 a
36s—Oats. 21a a itis—Brans, 39 to 425.
NEWBURY, May I s.—Wheat, 40s a 64s—Barley. 29s a S4s
—.Oats. 24s a 28s—Beans, 32s a Sas—Pease. JOs a 365.
At Andover Market, on Saturday, the average price of
Wheat per quarter was 58s 8d; Barley, 31s I Id ; Oats, —s Od ;
Beans, —s od.
NEWl'Ult't (Isle of Wight), May 16.—The average price of
Wheat at our Market, on Saturday. was 21 ills lid per qr;
Barley, —s 011; Oats, =s Od ; Beans, —s per qr.
eti/CIIESTEH, May 17.—The price of Grain at our market

I on Wednesday, according to the Corn Inspector's return, was
Wheat, 67s 8d; Barley, 34s Od; Oats, —s Od ; Beans,
—s Od; Pease, —s Oil per quarter.
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DAVENTRY, May 14.
tVheat 325 Od a 60s od Beans .... 96s Oda 311 Od
Barley tris Oil a 30s Od Hog Peas —s Oct
Oats
I.I.INouRY.
Wheat,
Beans ,- 3s 4d a 4s Od per bushel
Barley
Oats
Tares
—s OJ a —s Od per bushel
Flour
DURHAM, May 10.—Wheat 12s ad a 16s 6d per boll—,
Malting Barley Os a Os—Oats Os Od a Os Od.
SUNDERLAND, May 10.—White Wheat 58s Od a 625 ads
Red 54s Od a 58s Od per qr.; Oats —s a—s ; Barley —s a
—s ;•Pease —s a —s.
BARNARDCASTLE, May 14.—Wheat Ilits Oda les Od; -Beans
Os Oil a —3; Pease, Os a Os od ; Barley, Os a Os Od ; Oats, es Od
a 8s Od per boll ; Beef, asd 5111; Mutton, 6d a 60; Veal, sil;
1 Labib ad; Pork, Od per lb.
DARLINGTON, May 12.—Red Wheat, new las 94 a 14, 6d,
old —s Od a—sOd ; White, 13s ed a 16s 6d • Oats, 6s ad a
8s Od ; Barley Os tai; Beans 8s Od a 9s 6d ; Pease grey Os Olt
a Os Oil ; Tares —s per hell.
STOCKTON, May 14.—Wheat 131 6d a 15s Od per boll—Oats
ts I3d a 3s 3d per bushel.
Nawcarrcs, May 10.—Wheat, Northumberland, per qr.
48s a 565; Norfolk 44s a 45s ; Scritch -s a —sr—Rye, Eng-
lish 285 a 31s—Barley, Norfolk 32s a 351 ; Scotch 28s a 321 ;
Northumberland 30s a 34s—Malt, Norfolk pate 48, a 58s—
Oats, potatoe 24s a 275; common 285 a 271; foreign —s a
—s—Beans, Tick 30s a 32s ; ditto small 32$ a 34e—Pease,
boiler. 405 a 445; grey —s a —s—Flour, fine 40s a 441 per
Ctlßoadco per
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sack—Northumberland Bacon 46s a 50. per cwt—Hams —sa
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mr,Raglat, May 14.—Beef 5s ed a6* 011; Mutton es 64 a
7s 64 ; Lamb Os Oil aOs od per stone, sinkinf offals—Wheat
48s a 52.; Rye 31. a 365; Barley 291 44 a 30s 4d ; Oats 22.04
a 26s 04 ; Pease 26. a gas Od per qr.
Huta., May 13.
Wheat, English, per quarter.. 44s 50s a 56s
--. New
525 55s a 60s
Barley
—s —s a —s
-----. New. 3OB 3is a 36*
Oats, Old
...-11 .--11 a --4
—. New • 22s 243 a 26s
Riga Oats
---s ..-11 a —s
Hamburg's
--s--s a ---s
Beans • . . 3ls 32s a 33*
Englislaares
—s ---s a —s
Foreign —s —s a —.
Rapeseed —l —I a —1
LEEDS, May 13.—The supply of Grain tcs this day's mar-
ket has again been small.—Fine Wheat may be noted Is per
quarter higher ; other descriptions remain without alteration in
price. Malting Barley has not varied in price. There are
many inquiries for gnning qualities, but there is little of that
description on hand. Mealing Oats, have been ad. per stone
higher.—ln Beans, Peas, and Malt, no alteration—Shelling
Is per load higher.—Flour and Rapeseed the same as last
week-.
DONCASTER, May 10.
Per Load.
Wheat .... Its nd a 20s Od 1 Beans l4B Od a 16s oil
superfine .. 22. Od a 91s 64 Old —s 04 a—s Od
Old —s Od a—s 04 Grey Peas .. —s Od a—s 04'
[lye 14s Od a 168 6d, Boiling ditto —s Oda —4 Oct
per Quarter.
Oat.
Superfine
Fin. old
YARMOUTH, May 15.
Wheat, ‘Vltite ... 648 a 65s I Peas, Boiling .... —s a—a
Red .... 60s a 62s Grey
Barley (Malt) .... 301 a 34s Oats, New
Pease, Wh. —s Od a—s od
(G.)
.... —s a—s Old
34s a 35. Flour, per sack
Beans
3is od a ails 04
LYNN, May 15.
Bat leyM.... 28s 04 a 3is 04 Beans ..... di, od a 34, 06
Gr. .. —s Od a—B Od New .. —s od a—s Od
%..Vheat O.
....
24s Od a 291 04 Fine Flour 4 t.. Od per sack
Oats .
-
Rape-seed —1 and —I Os per last.
625-1 01 aa —62: °odd I - Grey
LEICESTER, May to.
Wheat, new, 566 04 a 648, old, —8; Rye, —s 04 a—; Bar-
ley, 96s Od a 3:s 04 ; Oats, 18. a 248; Beans, 27s a 31s ; Hog
Pease, —s od; Pale Malt, 56. Od a 64. Od per quarter; Oat-
meal, 25. 04 per boll of 1401bs; Fine Flour, per sack, —s a
50s; Seconds, 46. a 48. ; Thirds, 43s a 455.
MARaaT HARHOHOUGH, May 13.—Wheat, 55s Od a 63s Od:
Rye, —a a a; Barley, 26s a 211 s; Oats, 19s a 245; Beans, 0.,
308 a .39s ; Pease —5 ; Malt —s a 60s; Fine Flour per sack, —s ;
Seconds, —to ; 'child., —s. ..
UPPINGIIAM. May 14.—Wheat, 58. a 635; Barley, 258 a
89%; 01., 908 it 276 ; Beans, 26s a 335--Old, —s.
Lx*T.K. May H.—Price of Wheat 78 Od a as 3d ; Barley,
Vs nd a3s6d ; Beans, 4s 64 aOsod ; Oats, as 104 a 3. 9d per
bushel. .

LINCOLN,

f,l.lay 13.

_ .
Wheat sls a 64s Od Barley *as a 31s Od.
Oats
Peas
Loom, May 14.
Wheat 46s a (Ns Oti Barley 3os Od a3O
Oats
Rye —s a—s Od Pease

There was a tolerable supply of Horses, both of the nag and
draught kinds, at ;Maidstone Fair on Monday last, but in con.
sequence of the high prices asked, very few of them were dis-
posed of. There was a large quantity of Welch and country
stock, which alike experienced awery dull sale...._Scarcely any
thing was done in the Hop trade, the planters holding back for
better prices.