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4h 1 VOTERS.
,4, following appears in Saturday's Bucks Ga-
k4o; :...-On Tuesday, J. B. Monro and F.
.Gunning,
14e.'"?-1
the Revis ngßarri-ters, held their court at
kttr ',°; Wn.hall. The principal question, and which
,1r.41e to considerable discussion, was the con-
`ll(tlitt." of the word " building" as it occurs in thef
`4lo,,ction of the Reform Act. The Duke of
,tilllinnkharn possesses a large proportion of
e 4 "ie limits of the borough, as marked out by
4't eudarY Ac,, and since the passing of which
!opetaritiry
small .r building," have made theirot_
hit 4r, °nee upon detached pieces of land, amount-
-1 1414
:a yearly value sufficient for the
the
LEtrin-,l;tl°H, and so as to come withinwith
.1741'0-I°4 of the Act as " building re'elitese build
irril ting together to 104 per annum.
1, In.._ fp are, in fact,
. mere hovels, about 15
NI vvrre. without any fittings-up, and of little or no
that ii,a,c, built at an expense of probably not morein
tthet qi• aad it was in one case admitted, and
1,4 esahn..°t d. enieci, that their object was not so much
'or li "ventelice of the tenants, who had never asked
latidipa) but had been voluntarily erected by their tigetrd (the Duke), in order to the more essential
!ll:the,Rfic, onferring a vote for the borough. Some
'1°404 "Vele, through the medium of an ingenious
*ere `nancY, an,l with an additional 104 per annum,
tt,a °lade to confer (each of them) two votes, and
dtOkblirse were being capable of being extended to a
oe er Proportionate to the yearly value of the land
°ed to them. These votes were objected to
totiVitious
on the ground that the Legislature
~tihrie 4,1 nave intended to include unimportant
,Silsdi,„°` ~this kind under the denomination of
Nch --g as a qualification to vote; for that, it
th, Were the case, no limit could be drawn, and
kltti: ecopation of a garden or piece of ground worth
kitePtr annum, with a mere summer-house, tool-
tle,,t : ar other insignificant edifice, would be suffi-
`° confer the elective franchise; and that, by

means of such proceeding, the proprietor of nearly
6,000 acres of land within the borough might quickly
supersede the present 300 voters, nearly half of
whom are already under the influence of the same
landed proprietor. The barristers considered them-
selves bound by the letter of the Act of Parlia-
ment, and therefore decided in favour of the qualifi-
cation, at the- same time expressing a hope that the
matter would7be [nought before Parliament.

RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE
UNITED STATES.

ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONS (chiefly located in New
Eruland)-800 priests and 120,000 communicants.
PRFSBYTERIA NS (i❑ the Central, Southern, and West-
ern States)-19 synods, 1,592 ordained priests, 205
licentiates, 2,070 churches, and 162,816 communicants.

DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH (prinCipally in the States
of New Yolk, Jersey, and Pennsylvania)-150 mi.
niters, '7 lie ntiates, 229 churches, and 11,715 com-
municants,

EPISCOPAL. PROTESTANT CHt7Rcll(chiefly in the States
bordering upon the Atlantic)-18 dioceses and 528 eccle-
siastics.

GERMAN REFORMED Oilmen (in the Midland States
and Ohio)-120 officiating ministers and 500 congrega-
tions.
LUTHERAN CHURCH (principally in the Midland States)
—about 200 ministers .nd SOO congregations.
EPISCOPAL, EVANGELICAL, OR METHODIST (?)
CHURCH (spread throughout all the Srates)-4 Bishops,
1;697 itinerant, and 120 superannuated ministers, and
447,743 members.

CALVINISTIC BAPTISTS (in every State) 4,285
churches, 2,857 preachers, and 292,862 communicants.
BAPTISTS OF THE SEVENTH DAY (particularly in the
Island of Rhodes)-30 priests, and about 3,000 com-
municants.

BArrisTs OF THE TEN PRINCIPLES (Island of Rhodes
and New York principally)—ln 1828, about 25 chuff dies,
and 1,700 members.

111E3rNoNITEs—In 1824, 250 preachers, and 30,000
members.

DIPPERS (chiefly in the Western States)-40 churches,
and about 3,000 brethren.
BAPTISTS OF FREE WILL (for the most part in New
England)-300 priests, 370 places of worship, and about
116,000 communicants.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD (in most of the States)-
300 priests, and some 30,000 brethren.
EMANCIPATORS (especially in Kentucky)-10 priests,
and about 400 followers.

BAPTISTS OP THE FREE COMMUNION (in the State of
Nev York)-30 priests, and circa 5,500 c,mmunicants.
UNITED BRETHREN (principally in Pennsylvania and
North Carolina)—ln 1828, 23 priests, 2,000 communi.
cants, and 6,000 members.

QUAKERS (particularly in the Atlantic States)-
150,000, of whom 2E3,904 wily account themselves or.
thorlox.

PRESBYTERIANS OF CUMBERLAND (in the States on
the banks of the Mississipi)-1 synod and several priests.
Increase since 1830, 3;500. _

UNITARIAN (particularly in Massachusets)—About
160 places of worship.
S%VEDENBORGIANS—Located chiefly in the Western
and Midland States.

SHAKERS (TREMBLERS, of ANTI. QuAKERs)---Moitly
in New England and New York-16 societies, 45 preach-
ers, and 5,400 members.

INlvEßsausTs (principally in the Eastern and Mid-
land States)-150 priests, and 300 societies.
ROMAN CATHOLICS-1 Archtd9hop, 10 or 12 Bishops,
and 500,000 followers.

STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA.

An arrival from Bombay of the 29th of May has
brought a detailed account of proceedings there re-
lative to this great object. The native as well as
the European inhabitants of that presidency have, it
appears, been long desirous of opening a steam corn •
munication with Europe, and have held several
meetings on the subject, the result of which was the
appointment of a committee to ascertain the best
mode of putting such a plan into operation, by
establishing in the fit st instance a steam conveyance
between Bombay and Suez.
At a general meeting of the supporters of the
plan, the Committee reported the success of their
labours, and recommended an appeal to the British
community of India particularly, to raise by sub-
scription a sum sufficient for the cost of one vessel,
and that until a constant communication with Suez
had been fairly established, any expectation of form-
ing a connecting link between Alexandria and Malta
would be premature ; but, at the same time, they
were enabled to say, from their correspondence
parties in England, that this measure would speedily
follow the success of the fist part of the plan.
The report stated that the committee lt.d refrained
from making any application to Government for as-
sistance until the plan was more matured ; but con-
sidering the increase of revenue that would accrue
thereby to the Post-office, and other advantages
which the Government would enjoy, they felt con-
fident of meeting with every assistance from the au-
thorities in India.

The total estimate for three voyages each year to
and from Suez, including pay to men, &c., and in
fact every expenditure, would not, the report stated,
exceed 1,65.000 rupees; while the receipts, estimat-
ing only 25 passengers each double trip, at 1,000
rupees each ; postage of 15,000 letters annually
(the export and import of European correspondence
of Bombay alone amounting to more than 70,000
annually, and the whole Indian correspondence to
arid from Europe to above 500,000), Government
despatches, &c., would, on a low average, amount to
a sum equal to the expenditure, 1,65,000 rupees.
The estimate of receipts the committee considered
to be extremely low, when it was considered what
facilities it would offer to Pilgrims to and from
Judda; and the Red Sea ports being within the
limits prescribed by the absentee regulations, would
offer such an economical, and at the same time be-
neficial change of climate, that numbers of officers,
both civil and military, would readily avail them-
selves of the opportunity, and obviate the necessity
of a visit to Europe, even if they were in a position
to afford it; and thus for a much less sum than a
journey to Europe would cost they could visit the
whole of the country from the borders of Abyssinia
to Aleppo, as well as the antiquities of Syria, Egypt,
Damascus, Palmyra, Balbec, Jerusalem, Cairo, Den-
dera, Thebes, Phile, and Mount S.nai.
To avoid delay, the Committee recommended,
that as soon as the subscriptions in India reached
the sum of one lac of rupees, orders should be for-
warded to England for the purchase of a vessel, or
of the necessary engines, &c., should it be thought
advisable to build the vessel in India. As an in-
ducement for the to assist the object in view,
they proposed that subscribers of 100 rupees and
upwards should be considered as proprietors, and
further, that all subscribers in India of 1,000 rupees
or upwards, before the Ist of September, and within
three months after the publication of the report in
England, should have a claim of free passage to and
from Suez. All subscriptions to be invested in
Company's paper, arid to be repaid to the subscribers
if the plan proved impracticable.
The rending of the report being concluded, Mr.
de Vetre, seconded by Mr. Adam, proposed that
the recommendations of the Committee should be
adopted. This was unanimously carried, and a
subscription entered into, when, from amongst the
persons present, the sum of 29,750 rupees was
received.

A traveller, speaking of the modern popula-
tion of Greece, says they are a living ruin, surrounded by
the precious vestiges of arts and ancient mythology.

A meeting of the Shareholders in the old Greek
Loans, and which excited considerable interest in
the Money Market, was held yesterday at the City
of London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the
important and long-expected communication from
the new Greek Government, as to the liquidation
of their claims. The dividends on these loans have
been accumulating ever since 1826; and when the
Allied Powers established the independent kingdom
of Greece, and guaranteed the payment of a new
loan contracted on the part of the present Greek
King, the Shareholders in the old loan naturally
thought that some portion of their claims would be
immediately and satisfactorily adjusted.

Mr. RICARDO was called to the chair. He said
that at their last meeting some resolutions had been
adopted, with a view of communicating them to
the new Greek Government, which resolutions had
accordingly been forwarded to Bavaria, and were
there duly received. When the new loan was con-
tracted, he considered it his duty to take some im-
mediate steps on behalf of the Bondholders;
and a few (lays afterwards he set out for Paris, in
order to have an interview with the agent who
made the contract. He obtained the interview,
anti represented to him the nature of their claims,
and that in justice and equity the Greek
Government was bound to recognise them. He
told him he did not come as a petitioner, but as a
creditor on the Greek Government, to demand re-
dress.—( Applause.) He asked the agent whether
Le had any instructions from his Government which
would enable him to make any authentic communi-
cation to the bondholders? The agent said he had
not, but that he would be happy to hear anything
which he (Mr. Ric irdo) had to say on the subject,
and that lie would communicate with his Govern:-
merit. lie (Mr. Ricardo) accordingly expressed
to the agent his ideas, and said, that if they were
adopted, they would probably prove satisfactory to
the bondholders, and at the same time would not
cripple the resources of the Greek Government.
After some deliberation, the agent said their
claims would not be admissible, but recommended
that a sort of memorial should be drawn up and for-
warded to his Government. This recommendation
was adopted, and his brother drew up a memorial
in January last, which was forwarded to the Greek
Government, through the medium of Lord Erskine,
cur Ambassador at Munich. Probably they would
like to have that memorial read.—(Yes, yes.)
Mr. SAMSON RICARDO read a copy of the memo-
rial addressed to the Regency of Greece, which set
forth the contracting of the two loans, and the hopes
of the bondholders of repayment on the recognition
of the new Government, and then proceeded to
express their regret that those hopes had b:en frus-
traied, and that no notice had been taken of their
rights in the contract for the new loan.
The CHAIRMAN—This document was despatched
about February last, but was not noticed until very
lately, when a further remonstrance was in the act
of preparation. In the interim, however, they had
received the document which they met that day to
inspect,_

I,•. S. RICARDO read a communication from Prince
Michel Souizo, the Greek Minister at the Court of
France, addressed to Messrs. Ricardo, of which the
following is a translation :--
" GENTLEMEN—The Royal Regency of Greece has
received the representation which you addressed to it some
months ago, relative to the Greek loans of the years 182-1,
and 1825, in which you make different propositions tend•
ink to their liquidation.

" I have received, in cons-oquence,..orders,to state to you
what follows, in reply, to your representations:—
" Not any of the propositions you have made appear
compatible with the particular nature of these loans and
with the interests of the Greek state, which was confided
to the care of the Royal Government.

" The resources of the country, entirely exhausted by
d long and sanguinary war, can only be employed in ac-
complishing the engagements contracted by the new loan,
destined by agreement to a different object, and should he
applied to reli• ving the country from the state of difficulty
into which it has fallen, and not to s itisfy pretensions arisin,
from two loans contracted before Greece was admitted into
the rank of independent states by a Government not yet
recognised, and relative to which very grave objections
might be raised, particularly in consequence of the preju.
dices resulting from the second.
" It i., besides, to be remarked, Gentlemen, that the
object of the looltpge by which these loans were grtatan_
teed, if even the right to the mortgage was sufficien,ly
established, is not determined in a precise manner. At
that period Greece was almost entirely occupied by Turk.
ish troops, end the state of the Greek possessions was
then subject to frequent change.
"Besides this, the islands of Candia and Samos, consi-
der, d then as forming part of the Greek States, and over
which, in consequence, the mortgage extended, are retained
under the donut:non of the Ottoman Porte. Thus the
engagement pledged, if even founded in right, would n,,w
rest with the actual possessors of those islands.
" It follows, therefore, Gentlemen, that your propositions
cannot be admitted. The Government of Greece, never-
theless, reserves to itself to take into consideration at
another time what, under the given circumstances, and
according to the means of the State of Greece, it will be
possible to do for the old loans. I beg you, Gentlemen, to
accept, &c. "Prince MICHEL SOUTZO.
" P iris, 22d Sept. 1833."

Mr. RICARDO continued and said, that since then,
the Prince nchel Soutzo had arrived in London
A letter was written to him by the Committee; in
reply to which he said, that he should he happy to
see them at some future time; but that it was not
in his po ter to alter, in any way, the original docu-
ment, which contained literally (textuellement) the
instructions of his Government.

The letter was then read at length.
The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee thought the
document was so important, and so decisive that
they considered it their duty to convene a meeting,
in order to see what were the best means they could
devise to forward the interests of the bondholders.
Mr. J. MORON then rose, and said that he had a
string of resolutions relative to the old Greek Loans,
which were drawn up by gentlemen who thoroughly
understood the business. The bondholders rested
entirely on the honour of the Greek Government;
they had nothing to do with the contractors, nor
with the way in which the contractors had applied
the money. They might have thrown it over
London-bridge if they had pleased; but he knew
that the contractors had paid the money over to the
Greek Government ; and he maintained, notwith-
standing the assertion contained in the answer they
had received, that the contract was a precise one.
With regard to the excuse that the mortgage origi-
nally extended over the islands of Candia anti
Samos, which were now subject to Turkish Go-
vernment, that could not diminish the unity of their
claims over the other parts of Greece. But if, on
the one hand, by the treaty with the Allied Powers,
Greece had lost her dominion over these islands,
she had gained more than an equivalent extent of
territory in the Peloponnesus.—(Hear.) Under
these circumstances, he thought the British public
should look closely into these contracts, and remon-
strate with their own Government on the subject,
through the medium of a General Committee. Fot
his own part, he thought that a resolution should
be come to, stating that it was the opinion of the
with
n
observations bondholders that Prince Michel Soutzo had, or at
least that his Government had, acted dishonourably.
Hie ththmov ed a series f
made, resolutions,and inc
according
with the obervationis lie had made and in refuta-
of the arguments set forth in the answer to the
memorial.

Mr. JAmEs NoFtnts seconded the resolutions.
The CHAIRMAN said that, in his opinion, they

should take a high ground, and not go as suppli-
cants. They should use strong yet proper lan-
guage, and express in an English way their feelings
On the subject.—(Applause.)
The resolutions were then passed unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN again said, that as soon as he
had any thing further to communicate to them he
would call them together, and he hoped that the
next communication would be more satisfactory than
the present one.
Mr. J. MOXON said, that the British Government
had of late years instructed its Envoys to present to
foreign Governments respectful remonstrances of this
sort, but still represent them without any comment.
The CHAIRMAN had seen Lord Palmerston, who
had promised to forward any such communications
through the Government channels.
Mr. S. RICARDO thought they had not been well
used by the different Governments, particularly by
the British ; our own Government, if it wished to
keep up its character for probity, should pay a little
more regard to the enforcement of contracted en-
gagements.

A Bondholder expressed great indignation at what
he could not but designate as a breach of faith on
the part of the Greek Government. Other Go-
vernments had not acted so supinely as the British ;
and it became the duty of the State to protect its
subjects from imposition on the part of loan-con-
tracting Governments, and even, if it were neces-
sary, to send out a fleet for that purpose.—(Loud
cheers.)

Thanks were cordially voted to the Chairman,
and the meeting separwed.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

SUPPRESSION OF JUVENILE VAGRANCY.

Mr. I 3 LEADEN presented a petition from the So-
ciety for the Suppression of Juvenile Vagrancy,
praying the assistance of the Court in the benignant
endeavour to diminish crime amongst young male
persons.

The petition was, amidst acclamations, submitted
to the Finance Committee.

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.
Mr. SAVAGE presented a petition from the Royal
Humane Society, likewise praying for assistance.
This petition was also referred to the Finance
Commit tee.

Alderman HARMER presented a petition from the
Farringdon Dispensary to the same effect.
Also referred.
TILE ISLINGTON ABATTOIRS.
Mr. BI ACKET presented a petition from the in-
habitants of Smithfield, praying that the Court
would exercise its power to obviate the mischief
which would inevitably arise from the success of
Mr. Perkins in obtaining an Act of Parliament for
the establishment of a new market at Islington, to
supersede Smithfield-market.
The petition, which was almost unanimously ad-
vocated by the Court, was referred to the Com-
mittee for Gener,ll Purposes.

GROSS ABUSES IN THE SHERIFFS' COURT.
Mr. C. PEARSON requested the candid attention
of the Court while he brought under their consi-
deration a proposal for the remodelling of their
courts for the recovery of small debts in the city of
London, upon a principle which, while it would
abolish for ever the atrocities long perpetrated tinder
the authority of the Sheriffs' Courts, would give to
the citizens that great desideratum—prompt, cheap,
and substantial justice.—(Hear, hear.) The right
T:of the citizens of London to hold Courts of Judi-
cature within their walls was supposed to be a pre-
scriptive right enjoyed anterior to their charters;
but, as was the custom from the Norman conquest
to the last of the Stuarts, the citizens of London
had received by Royal charters a frequent confir-
mation of their privileges, and, amongst others, of
the right to bold pleas within their own courts, us
well for the preservation of their peculiar local cus-
toms as for the recovery of debts; this, with their
other privileges, was secured to them at the Re-
volution by an Act of Parliament, and it now
rested upon the same foundation as the other laws
by which this nation was governed.—(Hear. bear.)
He had frequently mentioned in that Court his ins
tereion of endeavouring to reform or remodel
the local courts of the city, so as to make tllrm
efficient for the recovery of small debts; but
having been often told that it was in the hands of a
committee, who intended to effect the reformation,
out of courtesy to that body he had delayed taking
active steps in the matter until the busy canvassing
in that Court to fill up the vacancy likely to be occa-
sioned by Mr. Mirehouse's election as Common-
Sergeant left him no alternative but either tamely to
stand by and see that most scandalous a all spec-
tacles, a judicial sinecure—(Hear, hear)—again ob-
truded upon the public, or of taking the stand
which it was his determination to make against the
repetition of such a vile abomination.--(Cheers.)
Mr. Mirehouse was judge of the G Itspur-street
Compter, and by a return which had been made to
him from the officers of that court, it appeared that
during seven years 126 causes had been tried, being
at the rate of 18 causes per annum, while the
whole sum upon which adjudication took place was
2,193/. 13s. Bd.; so that, as the salary was 300/.
per annum, it was quite clear that the judge re-
ceived within 93/. as much ns the whole amount
for which the suitors were involved in litigreion.—
(Cheers, and cries of " Shameful.") Was it
riot a scandal to the liberal Corporation of that
great city, that while the judges in Westminster-
hall had readily concurred with the Government
and the Legi-latltre in rooting out the corruptions,
which for centuries had disfigured the face of justice
in the superior courts, these pigmy courts of infe•
rior jurisdiction cherished them in all their native
deformity ?—(Hear.) Not satisfied with having
sinecure judges, who had for years fed at the corpo-
racorpo-
rationcrib without adequate service for their pay,
within the last year or two some fresh sinecurists
had been enlisted into the corps, in the shape of
clerk sitters of the court. He hated sinecures,
and he hated worst those sinecures which fastened
themselves upon judicial proceedings ; he was there-
fore not likely to be an advocate for any such—
(Hear)—but he would say that if the corporation of
London tolerated these appointments as little pieces
of patronage, they ought for ever to shut their
mouths, when similar sinecures in high life were the
theme of observation.—(Cheers.) The clerk sitters
were the signers of the writs in the Sheriffs' Courts;
they did their work by deputy, and made the office a
sinecure. The Court would learn with astonish-
ment and indignation that the person appointed by
the clerk sitters to administer the cath of arrest
had no legal authority to do so, and that no punish-
ment for perjury could be inflicted on the guilty
authors of a poor man's imprisonment under the
process of these courts.—(Cries of " Shame I" and
.‘ Hear, bear.") After further exposition of the
abuses of the city courts, Mr. Pearson observed
that, at any rate, the election.of another sinecure
judge to fill Mr. Mirehouse's place was a proposition
so monstrous, that he was confident no person in
that Court would be. so hardy as to make it.—
(Hear, hear.) The citizens of London were no
longer like the prodigal, willing to feed upon the
husks of by-gone institutions. They claimed the
inheritance of children, and asked to sit down at
institutions which it was the province of a reformed
legislature to give to the inhabitants of the country
at large. Mr. Pearson then moved a reference on ,

the office to the committee, and sat down amidst
loud cheering.
Mr. Deputy Woo]) rose to second the proposition
of the Hon. Member for Bishopsgate.
Mr. W. PRITCHARD regretted the proposition of
the member for Bishopsgate did not include inquiry
into the Lord Mayor's Court, and the Guilt of
Hustings, both of which he considered required and
were capable of great amendment.—(Hear, hear.)
After some observations from Mr. D tvison,
A!-
derman Harmer, Mr. R. Taylor, and other members,
in support of the motion, it was unanimously carried.
Mr. Deputy WOOD brought up a report respect-
ing the proceedings of the Corporation Commis-
sioners, and obtained leave to draw upon the Cham-
ber for 500/. to defray the necessary expenses of
translating ancient records and ether documents.
It excited but little discussion.