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London, England, 1834-04-08 00:00:00

DIORAMA.

We paid a second visit a few days since to this
delightful place of amusement, for the two pictures
are such as will bear looking on more than once. The
most effective perhaps on a first glance is the ruins of
Fountain's Abbey by moonlight, with its admirable al-
ternations of light and shadow that catch the eye in
the foreground, as the moon hurries behind, or emerges
from, the clouds. The scene is one of perfect hush
and solitude, and has just the right effect on the spec-
tator's imagination, not one of whom, while we were
there, spoke otherwise than in low, half-suppressed
whispers. We were amused to see several enter on
tip-toe—a compliment to the genius loci, the more
flattering to the painter, who has conjured up such a
solemn scene, inasmuch as it was unpremeditated, and
evidently the result of instinct. The crypt of St.
Denis's Cathedral is perhaps, as an illusion, the most
perfect that has ever been exhibited at the Diorama.
The solemn strain of much that is heard echoing
through the vaults, and filling the whole edifice with
harmony, has a very striking effect. We know of no
more effective exhibition than this in all London.

The Late RUDOLPH ACKERMANN, Esq.

It is impossible to permit such a man to descend to
the grave without some more particular notice than
the bare announcement of his decease. His, indeed,
was a character which we should deem it a public
wrong not to hold forth as an example to persons of
every profession.
Born at Schneeberg, in the kingdom of Saxony, in
1764, and bred to the trade of a coach-builder, he came,
early in life, to England, shortly before the commence-
ment of the French revolution, and for some time pur-
sued in London the occupation of a carriage draftsman,
which led to an acquaintance with artists, and to his
settlement in business as a printseller, in the Strand.
Here, by indefatigable industry, intelligence, and en-
terpriz e, combined with inviolable honour and integrity
in all his transactions, he created that flourishing esta-
blishment which has made his name, perhaps, more
extensively known, both at home and abroad, than that
of any other tradesman in the British metropolis.
In the early part of his career, when the French
Revolution had driven many clever and ingenious
persons to this country, and when even some of the old
noblesse were obliged to exercise their talents for a
subsistence, Mr. Ackermann, by the extensive en-
couragement which he gave to the manufacture of
elegant fancy articles by them, raised that branch of
business to an importance which it had never before
attained.

His speculative and enterprising disposition showed
itself in various ways unconnected with his trade. We
believe that we are correct in stating that this was the
first private establishment in which, before the forma-
tion of gas companies, an apparatus was erected for
making gas for the purpose of domestic illumination.
To him the country is certainly indebted for the original
introduction of the lithographic art, to which he directed
the public attention not only by a translation of the
work of Senefelder, its inventor, but also by the speci-
mens which he produced from his own presses. As a
publisher, p se his illustrated topographical works, e -
cially the Histories of Westminster Abbey, the Univer-
sities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the Public Schools,
are monuments of his spirit and taste. It is well known
that his successful attempt to furnish in the Forget Me
Not a worthy offering to an object of kindness and
affection has generated in this country a new class of
elegant works, the Annuals, which in the last ten
years have caused the circulation of a very large sum
among those whose talents are required for their pro-
duction. The ardour in which he embarked in the
preparation of books, chiefly elementary, for the in-
struction and enlightenment of the people of the
Spanish American States, and in the formation of
establishments in some of their principal cities, is also
deserving of mention.
But it is not for his spirit, activity, intelligence, and
honour, as a tradesman, that his surviving friends will
venerate the character of Mr. Ackermann, so much as
for that genuine kindness of heart, that cordial hospi-
tality, that warm beneficence, and that active philan-
thropy, in which it abounded. Never, perhaps, was
the latter quality more strikingly displayed, and never
were the exertions of an individual in behalf of suffer.
ing humanity crowned with such signal success, as
when, after the decisive battle of Leipzig, Mr. Acker-
mann stood forward as the advocate of the starv-
ing population of many districts of Germany, reduced
to the utmost destitution by the calamities of war. By
his indefatigable efforts, committees were organized,
and a public subscription set on foot, the amount of
which was increased by a parliamentary grant of
100,0001. to more than double that sum. To the
honour of the Society of Friends be it recorded that
their contributions, withheld from the encouragement
of war, were most munificently poured into this fund
for the alleviation of the miseries inflicted by that
scourge. On Mr. Ackermann, as secretary to the
western committee, devolved, in fact, almost the whole
of the arduous duties connected with this subscrip-
tion—the perusal of claims transmitted from abroad,
the direction of the extensive correspondence to
which they led, and the apportionment of relief to the
suffering districts. By these labours his time was
absorbed, during the spring and summer of 1814, to
such a degree, that he abridged himself of many hours
of natural rest every night to pursue them, till his ge-
neral health and his sight in particular were materially
impaired. How entirely his benevolent heart was
engrossed by this business may be inferred from a joke
of his old friend, Combe's (the author of Dr. Syntax)
who one day observed—" I cannot imagine- what has
happened to our friend Ackermann—meet him when
you will and ask him how he does, the only answer you
can get is Leipzig !' "
It is not surprising that when he soon afterwards
visited his native country, he was hailed as a public
benefactor, who, under Providence, had been the
means of saving thousands of his fellow-creatures
from perishing. The scenes which he every where
encountered during the journey were deeply affecting
as well as gratifying to his feelings ; and often have
the tears started from his eyes on reverting to them
in conversation with his most intimate friends.
The city of Leipzig expressed its gratitude to
him by a valuable present of vases and figures in
Meissen porcelain ; the King of Prussia, sent him
a costly ring ; and the King of Saxony, who invited
him to a personal interview, conferred on him the
Order of Civil Merit, which he had just instituted.
In the spring of 1830, when at his
attackisdeligt of
delightful retreat
at Fulham, he experienced
lysis ; and, though his life was preserved through the
prompt assistance,edicar ndnt
a tstkeill,aands, decisive
he never recovered
eeciswemeasure s,adopted
m by his
sufficiently to return to business. A drier air than that
of Fulham being deemed beneficial for his complaint,
he removed to Finchley ; and soon afterwards trans-
ferred to his three younger sons and to Mr. Walton,
his principal assistant, the establishment which he had
founded, and which, by the unremitting labour of forty
years, he had brought to its present prosperous condi-
tion, the eldest son being already established in Re-
gent-street. A fresh attack of his complaint, in

November last, produced a gradual decline of strength ;
and at length terminated his useful and honourable
life on the 30th of March last. His remains were de-
posited, on the 7th of April, in the family grave in the
burial-ground of St. Clements, in the presence of his
afflicted family, and his sorrowing friends, one of whom
dedicates this brief and very inadequate tribute to his
memory.

OUTRAGE BY THE UNION OF TRADES.

Wednesday morning the house of Mr. Duhig, master
cooper, in Clarence-street, Blackpool, was attacked by
a party of about twenty-six or thirty men belonging to
the trades' union. They commenced with a simultane-
ous shower of stones, which was kept up without in-
termission or abatement for about five minutes. They
then ceased for a few moments, when they renewed
the attack. Mr. Duhig, having provided himself with
arms, took his post at one of the windows, which some
weeks since were fortunately all barricaded, and in the
boards used for that purpose he had had port-holes
bored, that, should they venture on the attack, he
might be able to give them the reception they de-
served. For some time he found it impossible to get
at them, for they had extinguished the gas-light, and
posted guards at the approaches, to prevent the arrival
of assistance, and scattered themselves as widely as
they could, in order to distract his attention. At
length he caught a glimpse of one of them, and direct-
ing his gun towards him with as much steadiness as he
could from the continual showering of stones and fall-
ing of glass on his arm, fired, it is hoped not without
effect, for of 16 swan-drops with which it was loaded,
11 were in the morning found in the jamb of the
door against which the fellow was standing and the part
of the wall immediately adjoining, and blood was traced
for some distance from the spot. Finding that Mr.
Duhig was not disposed to trifle with them, they rushed
in a body under the window from which he bad fired,
and commenced battering in the door with sledges.
The window was unfortunately a bow one, and being
therefore out of the power of Mr. Duhig, they were
for some time able to batter at the door without inter-
ruption—unsuccessfully, however, for it was well se-
cured, besides which there were inside ten or twelve
men, whom, on the alarm being given, Mr. Duhig had
posted at it, in order that, should it be forced, they
might be ready to deal with the fellows as they entered.
He himself meanwhile, though unable to see them, put
his arm as far as he could reach through the port-hole,
and fired down among them at random. They soon de-
sisted from their attack on the door, and applied them-
selves to the parlour-window, through which they
endeavoured to get in ; but here also they failed, for
though they smashed the shutters with hatchets, &c.,
there were iron bars inside which they could not remove,
and which prevented their entrance. Finding themselves
overmatched, they withdrew, baffled in all their designs.
Two police constables ( White and Thoroughgood),
who had been out that morning, proceeded thither in
the hope of inducing these fellows peaceably to de-
part, or preventing them doing any mischief. When
they reached the height of Mallow-lane, they met the
whole body on their retreat, six or eight of' whom,
imagining there was a large party of police at hand,
scampered off. The others perceiving there were but
two stood, prepared to give battle, apparently under
the direction of a sort of captain, whom the police took
into custody. This was no sooner done than his com-
panions rushed on the police, knocked them down,
took White's carbine from him, and broke it into frag-
ments on the pavement. They continued beating
them while on the ground, but Thoroughgood having
raised himself on one knee, finding the savages still
abusing White, levelled his carbine, and fired, with
what result we cannot tell, for when the smoke cleared
away they had decamped, taking their leader with
them. White was severely beaten about the head, and
the spot in which he lay was covered with blood. In
the morning an old bayonet used by the combinators
was found. The point of it was well sharpened, and
evidently recently prepared for execution.— Cork
Constitution.

Letters, we understand, were received last
week from the Duke of Devonshire. His Grace was
well, and expressed an intention of being home before
the 2lst of May, the birthday of the Noble Duke, who
will then complete his 44th year.

Marlborough House is not altogether unte-
nanted ; the Duchess of Kent paid it a visit on Satur-
day evening, previously to her Royal Highness visiting
the King's Theatre, and the Royal carriage and horses
were put up there during the opera.

Holderness House is undergoing some alte-
rations and embellishments previously to the arrival of
the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry in town
which, it is now expected, will not be till next week.
It is not true that the Noble Lord is disposing of his
fine collection of marble statues, &c.

MRS. LONG WELLESLEY.—This lady has
returned to England, and resides in Cecil-street,
Strand. The arrangement made with her husband
has not been carried into effect, and her situation, at
this moment, approaches absolute destitution.
FUNERAL OF THE EARL OF GALLOWAY
AT THE NEW GENERAL CEMETERY.-The remains of
the late Earl of Galloway were committed to the
earth in the beautiful " Garden of Repose," in the
Harrow-road, on Thursday last. Fourteen carriages
followed the hearse, and the present Earl and others
of the family assisted on the mournful occasion. The
cemetery and its arrangements were the subjects of
admiration with all present, and a vault for this ancient
and distinguished family is about to be built, sur-
mounted by a suitable monument.
The late Sir Samuel Romilly was a man
not only of eminent talent, but endowed with the
moral courage which is so essential in the leader of a
great cause. When his " High Treason Bill" was
under discussion in 1813, he did not flatter the House
or the Ministry, but, speaking of the sanguinary
character of our modern penal statutes, he stated pub-
licly in his place in Parliament his opinion of them.
" The numerous volumes of remedial statutes," said
this great man, " which have been published during
the last three centuries ought to be thrown into a pile
and burnt, without taking them one by one with the
chance of finding some that might not 'require to be
purified by the flames.
BRIGHTON, APRIL 6.—The Bishop of
Chichester arrived here on Wednesday for the purpose
of consecrating All Souls' Church (which has been
erected through the exertions of the vicar for the ac-
comittedation of the poor), and holding a confirmation.
The ceremony of the consecration took place on Thurs-
day in the presence of a crowded and highly respecta-
ble assemblage. An impressive sermon was preached
by his Lordship, which produced a collection of 96/.165.
A carriage-road has been made in the centre of the
Old Steyne, to connect St. James's-street with Castle-
square ; another road branching from Snow's coach-
office to the Pavilion Parade, forming a new entrance
into the heart of the town, and thereby avoiding seve-
ral dangerous turnings ; and a new road has also been
cut in front of the Old Steyne Bazaar. To effect
these alterations the Steyne has, of course, been con-
siderably broken up. Several holders of property on
the Steyne protest against the proceedings of the in-
habitants. They conceive that the alteration will ulti-
mately injure the town, and is also a gross violation of
rights. The King's Dragoon Guards gave a farewell
entertainment on Thursday, at the barracks, to a large
party of nobility and gentry. Yesterday the intercourse
between Brighton and Dieppe was reopened. The
General Steam Navigation Company's packet the
Mountaineer left the pier for the opposite coast with
upwards of '2O passengers.
Performers had better beg for bread than
continue on the stage when the infirmities of age, or
the caprice of taste, subjects them first to indifference,
and finally to contempt. A sexagenarian manager was
reasoned with on his intention to play a juvenile tra-
gedy hero, and he replied in anger, " Why, I've
played George Barnwell for forty years, and it's hard
if I can't play him now !"—Dyer's Actor's Life.
A destructive fire took place at Mr. Man-
ford's, a farmer, about four miles from Ellesmere,
on Saturday last at noon, owing to the penny-wise
practice of setting the chimney on fire to deprive the
sweep of a job. It is said the stacks of grain and hay,
&c., destroyed are worth 3001. The thatched out-
building on which the burning soot descended was the
only part insured.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
The memoirs of Henry Salt, Esq., late
Consul General in Egypt, are announced for imme-
diate publication by Mr. Bentley. They are from the
pen of his early friend, Mr. Halls, and will comprise
an account of his numerous interesting travels, parti-
cularly as regards his researches when on a mission to
Abyssinia. The work is to be enriched by his corre-
spondence with the Earl of Mountnorris, Dr. Murray,
&c. We have had several books lately on Egypt, but
no modern traveller has had such opportunities as
Salt of examining the wonders of art and antiquity
which still exist in that country, enjoying as he did
the especial friendship of Mohammed Ali.

METROPOLITAN OFFENCES BILL.

A BILL ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR ESTABLISHING A
NEW COURT FOR THE TRIAL OF OFFENCES COMMITTED

IN THE METROPOLIS AND PARTS ADJOINING."

1. Whereas it is expedient, for the more effective
and uniform administration of justice in criminal cases,
that offences committed in the metropolis and certain
adjoining thereto should be tried, by justices of
oyer and terminer and gaol delivery in the city of
London ; be it therefore enacted by the King's most
excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,
in this present Parliament assembled, and by and with
the authority of the same, that it shall be lawful for
his Majesty, his heirs and successors, from time to time
to command and cause to be issued commissions of
oyer and terminer, to inquire of, hear, and determine
all treasons, murders, felonies, and misdemeanors,.
committed within the city of London and county of
Middlesex, and those parts of the counties of Essex,
Kent, and Surrey, within the parishes of Barking,
East Ham, West Ham, 'Little Ilford, Low Layton,
Walthamstow, Wanstead St. Mary, Woodford, and
Chingford, in the county of Essex ; Charlton,
Lee, Lewisham, Greenwich, Woolwich, Eltham,
Plumstead, St. Nicholas Deptford, St. Paul, part
of St. Paul, Deptford, the liberty of Kidbrook, and the
hamlet of Mottingham, in the county of Kent ; and
the borough of Southwark, the parishes of Battersea,
Bermondsey, Camberwell, Clapham, Lambeth, St.
Mary, Newington, Rotherhithe, Streatham, Barnes,
Putney, part of St. Paul, Deptford, Tooting Grave-
ney, Wandsworth, Merton, Mortlake, Kew, Richmond,
Wimbleton, the Clink of Liberty, and the district of
Lambeth Palace, in the county of Surrey ; and also
commissions of gaol delivery to deliver his Majesty's
gaol of Newgate of the prisoners therein charged with
any of the offences aforesaid, committed within the
limits aforesaid ; and it shall be lawful for the justices
nominated and appointed on such commissions to in-
quire of, hear, and determine all such treasons, mur-
ders, felonies, and misdemeanors, and all treasons, mur-
ders, felonies, and misdemeanors which might be
in9iiired of, heard, and determined under any com-
mission of oyer and terminer for the city of London or
county of Middlesex, or commission of gaol delivery
to deliver the gaol of Newgate, or which, in case the
parts of the counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey com-
prising the said parishes respectively had been counties
of themselves, might have been inquired of, heard, and
determined under commissions of oyer and terminer
and gaol delivery for such last-mentioned counties,
and to deliver the said gaol of Newgate at
such times and places in the said city or suburbs
thereof, as by the said commissions shall be ap-
pointed, or as the said justices by virtue and
in pursuance thereof shall appoint, and to award and
issue all precepts and processes, and use and exercise
all powers and authorities belonging to justices of oyer
and terminer and gaol delivery.
2. And be it further enacted, that the sheriffs of the
city of London, and of the counties of Middlesex,
Essex, Kent, and Surrey, respectively, shall execute
and obey all precepts and process which the said jus-
tices shall award, issue, and direct unto them respec-
tively, and shall, whenever required and commanded,
summon and return from the said city of London and
county of Middlesex, and from the parts of the said
counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey within the limits
of this act, a competent number of persons qualified
according to law to inquire of, present, and try all
offences and other matters cognizable by the said jus-
tices ; and the persons so returned, whether taken
wholly from the city of London or the said counties,
or taken indiscriminately from the said city and the
said counties, shall have authority to inquire of, pre-
sent, hear, try, and determine all such offences and
other matters, and all issues and all matters of fact
arising out of such trials, or relating thereto, notwith-
standing that such persons are not inhabitants of the
city, county, or place where such offences or other
matters may be committed or arise ; and any person
having served upon any grand jury or petty jury sum-
moned and returned from the said counties of Essex,
Kent, and Surrey, under the authority of this act, shall
henceforth be exempt for and during
next after such service from serving upon any jury in
any court (except the sessions of the peace) to be
holden for the county in which such juror shall reside.

3. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful
to and for the said justices of oyer and terminer and
of gaol delivery to commit any person or persons who
shall be brought before them charged with any offence
cognizable by such justices under and by virtue of this
act, or who shall be convicted or attainted before them,
to the common gaol, house of correction, or other
prison of the city, county, or place, to the prison to
which such offender might have been committed if this
act had not passed, or to his Majesty's gaol of Newgate,
there to remain until discharged by due course of law,
or in execution of his or their respective judgments ;
and in case of such commitment to the said gaol of
Newgate, execution of such judgments shall and may
be had and done upon such person or persons by the
sheriffs of the said city of London in the same way and
as fully to all intents and purposes as if the offence of
which such person or persons was or were convicted
had been committed in the said city of London.
4. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful
for the said justices of oyer and terminer and of gaol
delivery to order and direct the costs and expenses of
prosecutors and witnesses, in all cases where prosecu-
sors and witnesses may be by law entitled thereto, to
be paid by the treasurer of the county in which the
offence of any person prosecuted would have been tried
but for this act ; and that every such treasurer shall at-
tend the said justices of oyer and terminer and gaol de-
livery during the sitting of the court, or depute some
agent residing within miles of the court, to pay all
such orders.

5. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful
for any justice of the peace or coroner acting in and
for the said counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, so
far as relates to the several parishes lying within their
respective counties, to commit any person charged
with any of the offences aforesaid, cognizable by virtue
of this act, to the gaol or prison of the respective
counties in which such justices of the peace or coroner
shall act, or to his Majesty's gaol of Newgate, as to
the said justice of the peace or coroner shall seem
meet ; and in case of a commitment to the gaol or
prison of any of the said counties, the justice of the
peace or coroner shall specify in the commitment that
the persons charged are committed under the authority
of this act ; and any such justice of the peace or coro-
ner shall in all such cases take the like examinations,
informations, bailments, and recognizances, and certify
the same to the said justices of oyer and terminer and
gaol delivery, as they are required by an act passed in
the 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George I V., entitled " An act for improving the ad-
ministration of criminal justice in England ;" and any
justice of the peace or coroner, in default of so doing,
shall be liable to the same fines and penalties to
be imposed by the said justices of oyer and ter-
miner and gaol delivery, in the same manner as
is mentioned in the said act ; and when any person or
persons shall be committed to any gaol or prison other
than his Majesty's gaol of Newgate, for any offence
aforesaid cognizable by virtue of this act, by a commit-
ment specifying that such person or persons is com-
mitted under the authority of this act, the sheriffs of
the said counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey respec-
tively, or the keepers of the gaols or prisons of the
same counties respectively in which such person or
persons shall be in custody, shall, - days at least
before the sitting of the next court of oyer and ter-
miner and gaol delivery appointed under the authority
of this act, or at such other time as the said justices of
oyer and terminer and gaol delivery shall from time to
time direct, cause such person or persons, with their
commitments and detainers, to be safely removed from
the gaols or prisons of the said counties of Essex, Kent,
and Surrey respectively to the said gaol of Newgate,
there to remain until delivered by due course of law.
6. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful
for the aldermen of the city of London, having the
government and ordering of the said gaol of Newgate,
to enter into agreement with the justices of the peace
for the said counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, for
the support and maintenance in the said gaol of New-
gate of any prisoner or prisoners committed thereto
under the authority of this act ; and that the sum
to be paid for the support and maintenance of
such prisoner or prisoners shall be after such rate
and in such manner as shall be settled and agreed
by and between a committee of the said aldermen, to
be appointed from time to time by the Court of
Aldermen, and a joint or separate committee of
the magistrates of the said respective counties of
Essex, Kent, and Surrey, to be appointed at the ge-
neral or quarter sessions of the peace of the said coun-
ties respectively, to be holden next after - in every
year ; and in case the said committee, or either of
them, shall not make such settlement or agreement as
aforesaid, then the rate and manner in which such
support and maintenance shall be paid shall, on appli-
cation of the said committee of aldermen, at any time
a fter the expiration of one month from the said re-

spective sessions, be fixed and determined by the sa;d
justices of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery ; and
that the amount of such support and maintenance, to
be ascertained in manner aforesaid, shall be paid by
the treasurer of the respective counties of Essex,
Kent, and Surrey, in such manner as the said justices
shall order and direct.

7. And be it further enacted, that the said justices
of oyer and terminer and gaol dolvery to be appointed
under the authority of this act shall hold a session for
the said city of London and county of Middlesex, rnd
the parts of the counties of Essex, Kent, and Sur:ey
herein-before mentioned, in the said city of London or
suburbs thereof, at least twelve times in each and every
year (and oftener if need be).
8. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful
for his Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westmin-
ster, or any judge thereof, or any commissioner of oyer
and terminer and gaol delivery under this act, being a
judge of any of the superior courts at Westmin-
ster, or recorder for the said city of London for the
time being, if such court or judge shall think proper, to
issue any writ or writs of certiorari, or other process, di-
rected to his Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and
for the said city of London, the counties of Middlesex,
Essex, Kent, and Surrey, or either of them, com-
manding the said justices of the
.peace, or any or either
of them, to certify and return into the said court of
oyer and terminer and gaol delivery indictments or
nresentments found or taken before the said justices of
the peace, or any of them, of any offences cognizable
by virtue of this act, and the several recognizances,
examinations, and depositions relative to such indict-
ments and presentments, so that the same offences may
be dealt with, tried, and determined by the said jus-
tices of over and terminer and gaol delivery ; and also
for the like purpose, by writ or writs of habeas corpus,
to cause any person or persons who may be in the cus-
tody of any gaol or prison charged with any offences
cognizable under this act to be removed into the cus-
tody of the keeper of the gaol of Newgate.
9. And be it further enacted, that the justices of
the peace acting in and for the said city of London,
and the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, and
Surrey, shall not, at their respective general or quarter
sessions of the peace, or any adjournment thereof, in-
quire of, hear, determine, or try any offence com-
mitted or alleged to have been committed within the
limits of this act for which the offender may, if con-
victed, be liable to a greater punishment than trans-
portation beyond the seas for the term of seven years.
10. And be it further enacted, that every recogni-
zance which shall have been or shall be entered into
for the prosecution before his Majesty's justices of the
peace aforesaid or justices of the peace and oyer and
terminer for the county of Middlesex, of any
person for any offence cognizable under this act,
and any recognizance for the appearance as well of
any witness to give evidence upon any bill of indict-
ment or presentment for any such offence as of any
person to answer our Lord the King for or concerning
any such offence, or to answer generally before such
justices of the peace or justices of the peace and oyer
and terminer as aforesaid, shall, in case any such writ
of certiorari or habeas corpus be issued for the purpose
of removing such indictment or presentment or such
person so in custody as aforesaid, be obligatory on the
parties bound by such recognizance to prosecute and
appear and give evidence and do all other things there-
in mentioned with reference to the indictment or pre-
sentment or the person so removed as aforesaid before
the justices of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery
acting by virtue of this act, in like manner as if such
recognizance had been originally entered into for pro-
, secuting such offence, appearing or giving evidence,
' or doing such other things before the said justices of
oyer and terminer and gaol delivery ; provided that in
cases of removal from the jurisdiction of justices of the
peace for the said city of London or county of
Surrey, or justices of the peace and oyer and ter-
miner for the county of Middlesex, two days'
notice, and in case of removal from the jurisdic-
tion of the justices of the peace for the counties of
Essex and Kent, one week's notice shall have been
given, either personally or by leaving the same at the
place of residence, as of which the parties bound by
such recognizance are therein described, to appear be-
fore the said court of oyer and terminer and gaol de-
livery instead of the said other justices ; provided also,
that it shall be lawful for the court or the judge who
shall grant such writ of certiorari or habeas corpus,
and it is hereby required that such court or judge shall
cause the party applying for such writ or writs, whether
he be the prosecutor or party charged with such offence,
to enter into a recognizance in such sum, and with and
without sureties, as the judge may direct, conditioned to
give such notice as aforesaid to the parties bound by
such recognizance to appear before the said court of
'oyer and terminer and gaol delivery instead of before
the said other justices respectively, and to do such
other things as such judge shall direct.
11. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful
for the said justices of the peace, acting in and for the
said city of London, and for the said counties of Essex,
Kent, and Surrey, and for the justices of the peace
and oyer and terminer acting for the county of Middle-
sex, to certify, transmit, and deliver to the said justices
of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery any indictment
or presentment found or taken before them at their said
respective general or quarter sessions of the peace, and
sessions of oyer and terminer, or at any adjournment
thereof, for any offence or offences, in the same manner
to all intents and purposes as the said justices of the
peace might or could do if the said court of oyer and
terminer and gaol delivery was holden in the county
where such indictments or presentments were found or
taken.

12. And be it further enacted, that it shall be law-
ful for the said justices of oyer and terminer and gaol
delivery, in sessions assembled, and they are hereby
authorized and required to ascertain, make, and settle
a table of fees and allowances to be received and taken
by the several officers of the said court, and from time
to time to alter and vary the same as may to them ap-
pear just and reasonable, which said table of fees and
allowances shall be hung up in the court of sessions,
and a copy thereof transmitted to the clerks of the
peace of the said counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent,
and Surrey ; or it shall be lawful for the said justices
to ascertain, make, and settle a salary in lieu of such
fees and allowances, to be paid to the said officers or
either of them for the performance of their respective
duties, as to the said justices of oyer-and terminer and
gaol delivery shall seem reasonable and just ; and to
order and direct how and in what manner and by whom
such fees and allowances or salary shall be paid ; and
also to order and direct such portion as they shall
think fit of the expense of preparing calendars and ses-
sions papers, and of other expenses incident to this act,
to be borne and paid by the treasurer of each of the
said counties, and such portion shall be paid by such
treasurer accordingly.
13. Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted,
that nothing herein contained shall hinder or prevent,
or shall be construed to hinder or prevent, the justices
of the peace for the said city of London, and the said
counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, justices of the
peace and oyer and terminer for the said county of
Middlesex, from holding their respective general or
quarter sessions of the peace and sessions of oyer and
terminer in their respective jurisdictions during the
sitting of the said court of oyer and terminer and gaol
delivery to be held in pursuance of this act ; and that
neither this act, nor the commissions of oyer and ter-
miner and gaol delivery from time to time to be issued
under the authority of this act, shall supersede, inter-
fere with, or affect any other commission or commis-
sions of oyer and terminer to be at any time issued by
his said Majesty, his heirs and successors, in the said
counties of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, or the juris-
diction by virtue thereof, nor hinder or prevent the
justices of oyer and terminer to be from time to time
appointed by any commission to be issued under the
authority of this act from holding their respective
sessions at one and the same time, it being the true
intent and meaning of this act, that the justices to be
named and appointed in and by any other commissions
of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery to be hereafter
issued in the said counties of Essex, Kent, and
Surrey, shall have the like power and jurisdiction to
inquire of, hear, and determine all offences by
virtue of such commissions which they would
have had if this act had not been made : provided
nevertheless, that they shall not be required or obliged
to inquire of, hear, and determine, or to deliver the
respective gaols or prisons of the same last-mentioned
counties of any person or persons whose offence or
offences is, are, can, or may be inquired of, dealt with,
tried, and determined under or by virtue of the com-
missions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery to be
from time to time issued under the authority of this act.
14. And whereas it is expedient that persons charged
with certain offences committed on the high seas and
other places within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of
England should speedily be brought to trial ; be it
therefore enacted, by and with the authority aforesaid,
that it shall and may be lawful for the justices of oyer
and terminer and gaol delivery to be named in and ap-
pointed by the commissions to be issued under the au-
thority of this act to inquire of, hear, and determine
coy offence or offences committed or alleged to have

fleet/ committed on the high seas *add. atter .pl.44es:- -:
within the Jurisdiction of the Adr4itiakV•bri:3l,:citilid;:;-:L
c
and to deliver the gaol of Newgat ,'Zif4pv4e'rson...or.
persons con-shifted to or dctaine -,:th*o_frAirlanyv ,••
offence dr offences alleged to have be ifone.,6i. ;01T1:.'- ._.
mitted upon the high seas aforesaid ; anld I 41,1) iirdidt7.l. ti:
nients fa and and trials and other proceedings had and
taken by and before the said justices of oyer and ter-
miner and gaol delivery shall be valid and effectual to
all intents and purpcses whatsoever ; and that it shall
and may be lawful for the said justices of oyer and ter-
Miner and gaol delivery to order and direct the pay-
ment of the costs and expenses of such prosecutions to
manner prescribed and directed by the before-recited,
act of the 7th of George IV.
15. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that
nothing in this act contained shall extend or be con-
strued to extend to prejudice or affect the rights, in-
terests, privileges, franchises, or authorities of the
mayor, aldermen, and recorder of the city of London,
or their successors, or the lord mayor or recorder of
the said city for the time being, or to prohibit, defeat,
alter, or diminish any power, authority, or jurisdiction
Which at the time of making this act the said mayor,
aldermen, and recorder, or the said lord mayor or re-
corder for the time being, of the said city, did or might
lawfully use or exercise.
16. And be it further giaCted, that this act shall
commence and take effect froni Ml 4 after -
U. And be it further enacted, tkail this,act may be
amended or altered by any act to be paisa in this pre"'l
sent session of Parliament. aideikied
18. And be it enacted, that this act shall be L. . 0.
and taken to be a public act, and shall be judiciai.t
taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, 4,-,a
others, without being sr,ecially pleaded.

FUNERAL OF A MEMBER OF THE

TRADES' UNION.

On Sunday the funeral of one of the mem-
bers of the trades' union took place at Northampton,
attended by about 800 of the members The novel
exhibition attracted a considerable number of spec-
tators from the surrounding villages, it having been
understood that funeral honours would attend the in-
terment. There were about 6,000 persons present
with the procession, and a considerable portion of the
inhabitants witnessed the proceedings fisrn the balm,
nies and windows in the town. The ceretiony had a~
very imposing effect ; all the followers weirriing
rosette, and carrying a branch of evergreen. .711(v
delegates of the different lodges were habited in
canonicals similar to those worn by Catholic priests ;
and the unmarried females were dressed in white,
having their heads covered with hoods, and like the
men bearing a branch of laurel. The funeral service
was read in the customary manner by the rector of the
parish ; at the conclusion of which an anthem was sung
in the churchyard by several of the members, and joined
by an efficient band of music. It is but justice to state
that the greatest order prevailed. At the conclusion
of the anthem the following doggrel verses were sung
in chorus by the whole number of the union :
Blest are the men of every kind
Who thus unite in willing mind
To aid each other in oppress,
When want or sickness cloth distress.
Lord, grant our union here begun
May last for ever firm and free;
• Around thy throne may we be one—
One with each other, one w.th thee.

One of the fraternity then advanced to the edge of
t'ie grave and read the 133 d Psalm. A collection was
made for the widow of the deceased, amounting, as we
understand, to nearly 20/.

The inhabitants of Chippenham have it in
contemplation to alter their market from Saturday to
Friday.—Salisbury Herald.

Garci Sanchez de Badajoz, when he was at
the point of death, desired that he might be dressed
in the habit of St. Francis ; this was accordingly done,
and over the Franciscan frock they put his habit of
Santiago, for he was a knight of that order. It was ti
point of devotion with him to wear the one dress, a:
point of honour to wear the other ; but looking at
himself in this double attire, he said to those who
surrounded his death-bed : " The Lord will say to me
presently, ' My friend, Garci Sanchez, you come well
wrapt up,' and I shall reply, Lord, it is no wonder,
for it was winter when I set off.' "—The Doctor.—.
Quarterly Review.
OUTRAGEOUS PROCEEDINGS AT BRAM-
LEY.—About two months since the workpeople in the
employment of Mr. John Haley, of Bramley, turned
out, and have remained out ever since. On Thursday,
however, four girls, who had been amongst the turn-
outs, resumed work. This was not in accordance with
the wishes of their fellows, and consequently an assem-
blage, to the number of about 1,000 persons, took place
in front of the mill that evening, when several of the
windows were broken, and other riotous proceedings
occurred. A similar congregation took place last
night, but several constables from Leeds being on the
spot, the turn-outs contented themselves with hissing,
hooting, &v.—Leeds Mercury.

We are requested to state that Lieutenant
Conolly's narrative of his journey to the North of India
overland from England, to be published on Thursday
next by Mr. Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street, will
contain an account of the author's adventures among
the Toorkmuns and Affghauns, and a description of
the manners and customs of those little-known tribes.
To which are added copious remarks on the probability
of an overland invasion of India by the Russians.
In 2 vols., Bvo., with a map and plates. Agents for
Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ;
for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. Orders
should be forwarded immediately to prevent disappoint-
ment.

A FELINE FISHER.--The gardener of A.
Maxwell, Esq., at Liddel Bank, has a cat which not
unusually betakes herself to the very uncat-like trade of
a fisherman. When puss is anxious to dine off a
savoury burn trout or a sparkling fry, she hies down to
the- rocky bed of the gurgling Liddel, and seating
herself upon a grey stone which rises above the water,
patiently awaits until her prey comes within her reach ;
and then splash into the water she goes—down she
dives, and generally succeeds in bringing up the luck-
less wight, which, without the least compunction of
conscience, she either swallows, or, which is more
generally the case, divides with her kittens. It is
worthy of remark, that puss becomes a fisher only
when she has the wants of a large family to supply.--
Carlisle Journal.

Seymour, the stage-manager at Worcester,
was on the stage with me, at a time when some jovial
fellows in the pit attempted to open a bottle of ginger
beer without disturbing us or the audience. Our ener-
gies were somewhat damped by hearing a suppressed
titter, and whizzing accompaniment, with a distinct
whisper of " It's coming." I very hastily passed over
my scene, and left Seymour on the stage, when the
whizzing increased, and a voice said ' Now I" which
Seymour thought a signal for disapprobation against
him ; and, stepping forward, to the amazement of his
hearers he said, " Why do you hiss me, Ladies and
Gentlemen ? I have served you to the best of my abi-
lity, and it grieves me that my efforts should end in
" at this moment the cork, impatient of coaxing,
flew up with a loud explosion, and Seymour's speech
ended in " pop !"—Dyer's Actor's Life.
To encourage the manufacture of cambric in
this country, an act of parliament was passed to pro-
hibit entirely the use of foreign cambrics, and to inflict
a penalty of one hundred pounds upon every person.
who should be found to have any of that article in his
possession. The penalty was to be recovered. by
in-
formation, given upon oath in any of his Majesty's
courts, and one half of the penalty to go to the infor-
mer.
Court of King's Bench, for permission to exhibit an
In
attorney consequence
t ot
time, applied
thisappalc4,d B.bryeeckeunnocsekli
toa no-
torioustheinformation against certain persons for infringing that
act. He was sworn, and the information read, in
which it was stated that the Lord Chief Justice, and
it
cheer
et htrheee p
ao
rt
thi ee r j s
wudhgeehs a
dt h etenfrpter egseedntthi upon the b
s very
salutaryen ch,
liw. Every pefson that was in court preserved the
gravity of his countenance as well as he could, while
Lord Mansfield said, with great composure, " Pray,
Mr. Brecknock, how do you prove that we have any
foreign cambric in our possession ?"—" My Lord, I
see it now, in the hands which are under your Lord-
ship's chin, and the chins of the other judges who are
now present," was the reply. " Pray, Mr. Breck-
nock, how do you prove that which you now sec us
wear is foreign cambric ?" "My Lord, I have sworn
to the fact, and it lies with you to prove that what I
have sworn is not true, if you can prove it false," was
the reply. The money was paid : Brecknock pocketed
leis half,
Haendeerdeetidreidti,s pleasedwcaerlleer ever
al with
yearshis
morning'safterwards
by being hanged at Castlebar, for assisting the well-
known fighting-Fitzgerald in an atrocious murder coin-
, mined in that part of Ireland.

\

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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We are glad to perceive that' Mr. Wallace,
the member for Greenock, has renewed his no-
tice of motion for a committee of inquiry into
the state of the Post-office, with a view to a
reform of its abuses, and which notice stands
at present for the 29th inst. There are few, if
any, of the public establishments of the coun-
try in which the whole community are so closely
interested as • in this. On the one hand, its
conveniences are applicable to every one; on the
other, its abuses and defects are matters of uni-
versal application. The Westminster Review,
in a very spirited article upon the subject, can-
not fail to have opened the eyes of its readers
to sonic of the sources of complaint, which
are, at length, becoming bah • loud and
deep. We agree with the writer of the
article in question, in most of the ob-
setv.ations which the subject has drawn from
him, especially in that wherein lie points out the
titter inefficklicy of the nominal heads of the
establishment, the successive Postmasters-Gene-
rs:.;, who have, for the most part, been little better
than sinecurists, and, as such, condescendingly
acting the part of deputies to their own ser-
vants. " The power of the Postmaster-General,"
says this writer, "is enormous. . He regulates
the conveyance of all the correspondence of the
country, domestic, colonial, and foreign ; he
appoints and displaces such officers and ser-
vants, and takes such security from them as he
deems necessary. He settles the accounts of
salaries and contingent allowances, subject only
to a nominal revision by the Lords of the Trea-
Sury. In certain cases he settles the rates of
1?Ostolge, according to his goodwill and pleasure.
it is his duty to see that the accounts of the
Accruing revenue are duly kept and the money
paid into the Exchequer. He has, in fact, an
almost despotic control over his department. It
is plain, therefore, that great experience and
knowledge of business, unwearied attention and
activity, unusual precision, and scrupulous dis-
interestedness, are among the first requisites to be
looked for in an efficient Postmaster-General.
But how is it possible that they can be pos-
sessed by men of high rank and fortune, whose
habits of education have especially unfitted
them for the drudgery of business ? Yet; from
men of this class have Postmasters-General
been almost invariably selected. - Of course
they have not even attempted to grapple with
the performance of their duties, and the legisla-
ture has kindly relieved them from all responsi-
bility not directly personal, or for the manage-
ment of their department ; the Postmaster-
General being by the 9th Anne, c. 10,
exempt from all responsibility for the reve-
nue, or for the officers appointed by
him, save only for his voluntary defaults or
inisfeasances.' and lie is not required to give
any security." So that according to this fortu-
nate provision, the less a man interferes with
the business which lie is paid by the public for
transacting, the less likely is he to incur any
share of that very small responsibility which
his own " defaults and misfeasances" can
alone bring upon him. If there be any de-
partment (next to the Admiralty in time of
war) which requires the residence and con-
stant attendance of its head, the Post-office is
that department ; but, strange to say, not only
has not any one of the successive Postmasters-
General ever spent a night, or any thing
like even an official day, within its walls ; but,
even the next officer in authority (or rather, we
might say, the only one in authority) is allowed
to reside some miles from the place of business.
In thus glancing at causes, we are obliged to
pass by effects, but which are glaring enough
in the acknowledged abuses which have been
allowed to grow up in this important establish-
ment, and in the very slow and unwilling hand
which ever moves, either to increase facilites or
to remove defects. The country in general,
therefore, cannot but look with earnestness and
wish well to the result of Mr. Wallace's motion.
We doubt whether any lengthened inquiry be-
fore a committee can now be necessary, Lord
Wallace's Revenue Commission having already
devoted five volumes of its reports to this one
subject. The facts, therefore, are ready pre-
pared—all that is . now wanting is that they
should be acted upon. That this has not al-
ready been done reflects but little credit upon
the successive administrations which have been
in possession of them. The truth is, there ap-
pears to have been a power behind the door in
this department,which has kept it carefullybarred
and bolted against reform. It remains to be seen
whether it can do so any longer. There are
already symptoms that it cannot.—Morning
Herald.

We extract from the Warwick Advertiser, of
Saturday, a short report of the legal proceedings
at the Warwick Assizes against four electors of
that borough for bribery at the last election.
The result, in the conviction of the two prin-
cipal wholesale agents who basely corrupted the
constituency of that town, will have a most sa-
lutary effect in other places. The briber—the
fountain head of bribery—is seldom detected,
and rarely convicted. The technicalities of a
penal action—the character of witnesses who
have accepted bribes, and whose evidence is
therefore depreciated—the extreme " cross
swearing" of partisan witnesses resolved to '
" swear off" the briber—added to the craft of
Counsel, usually secure legal impunity for the
criminals. But fortunately, in the present in-
stance of the corruptionists of Warwick, the net
of the law hasbeen strong enough. There appear
to have been four individuals sued at the Warwick
assizes—the town clerk Mr. James Tibbitts, Mr.
Oram, Mr. Trepass and Mr. Ayres. The town
clerk it will be recollected was not arraigned before
the committee of the House of Commons as a prin-
cipal briber. Only three cases of the application of
money for the votes of electors were alleged against
him. The prosecutors appear not to have called
any evidence, but on the charge of bribery Mr.
Hill (the counsel for the prosecution} declared
his submission to a verdict of acquittal. The
two great culprits, however, Mr. Oram and
Mr. Trepass, the former the Vicar's church-
warden and an assistant burgess or member of
the Corporation Council, were convicted, and
are thereby disfranchised as electors, and ren-
dered incapable of holding any civil office.
Both these individuals were members of Sir
Charles Greville's local election committee—
were prime agents throughout the contest—had
their assigned departments of management
during the election—the whole conduct of the
contest being under the chief legal direction of
Mr. Tibbitts—Mr. James Tibbitts giving to
these individuals drafts for money on the ad-
mitted funds of Lord Warwick—and the de-
fendants occupying what is termed " a respect-
able station in life." We rejoicein their con-
viction as essential to the ends of justice.
.Ihe
verdicts completely substantiate before a British
jury the fidelity of the Commons' Report. If
the three minor cases of bribery alleged against

the Town Clerk were unsupported by legal
proof, or even open to doubt, we should have
regretted to have seen them pressed when the con-
sequences are so severe to a professional man.
The evidence before the House of Commons

only slightly implicated the town clerk in the
personal practice of bribery, and we are willing
to give him the full value of the verdict at
Warwick of honourable acquittal. But still
Mr. Tibbitts remained an undoubted manager
of this notorious election. He was the recipient
of Lord Warwick's money—the distributor of
it to all the parties most deeply implicated in
the bribery, treating, and other mal-practices—
the agent assisting at the " manufactory of
votes," denounced by the Revising Barrister—
the defender of the colourable votes at the re-
gistration ; and, admitting him to be cleared of
the charge of actual bribery, could he be igno-
rant of the existence and encouragement of
bribery and corruption ? We repeat that these
verdicts are most important. Punishment has
fallen on the real offenders ; they are cut off
from the constituency ; and their punishment
will be a wholesome example to the whole
country. The penalties and costs may not be
very oppressive, or they may be " honourably"
paid by the noble lord for whose "interest" the
convicted bribers avowedly acted ; but, degraded
from corporate office, and deprived of their town
and country franchise, Mr. Oram and Mr. Tre-
pass are sufficiently punished and stigmatised,
and their conviction stamps the credit of the
report of the Reformed House of Commons.—
Morning Chronicle.

' The accounts which we receive from Ireland
become daily more and more alarming. The
King's County is again in a state of open. in-
surrection, and, notwithstanding the executions
which have recently taken place, crimes of the
most atrocious character are daily perpetrated
in the open day. In another part of our
Paper we have given an account of the mur-
derous proceedings of the Trades' Unions in
Cork. The same system is at work all over
the country ; and in Dublin, in consequence of
these combinations, all work and all business is
at a stand still. The Irish Government have at
length opened their eyes to the fearful state of
the country, and the most earnest representations
on the subject are said to have been addressed to
the Government here, by Lord Wellesley, within
the last few days. The return of Mr. Littleton
to Ireland seems daily more and more impro-
bable ; and it is known that Lord Wellesley
makes no secret of the fact that his difficulties
have in a great measure arisen from the course
adopted by that hon. gentleman. So open a
rupture, indeed, is said to have taken place be-
tween the Lord Lieutenant and his son-in-law
that the continuance in office of Lord Welles-
ley is become utterly incampatible with that of
Mr. Littleton. In the event of the resignation
of the latter gentleman, we shall be anxious to
see to what member of the House of Commons
the Irish Chief Secretaryship will be offered.
Of this we are certain, that the difficulties
which have stood in the way of filling the vacant
Lordship of the Treasury will, in this case, be
redoubled ; and that there is no one supporter
of Earl Grey's government in the House of
Commons who, however willing he may be to
afford them assistance, will be able to do so if the
vacating a seat be indispensable for this pur-
pose I We see to-day (what was never before
seen in this country) a government obliged to
press the acceptance of a Lordship of the
Treasury, now vacant for four months, not upon
a member of parliament, but upon a candidate
for that honour ;—not upon an individual of
tried ability and influence, but upon an unknown
political aspirant ;—not as the reward of ascer-
tained capability for business, but as a bait to
catch the votes of a reformed Scotch constitu-
ency ! On whom the Irish Secretaryship, so
soon likely to be vacant, will be conferred we
know not ; but this we do know, that it will be
hard to find an individual upon whom to bestow
it more incapable than Mr. Littleton ; and that
it will be impossible to select one who, when his
turn for being relieved from the cares of office
shall arrrive, can quit it with a character for less
of capacity for business, or for more of capabi-
lity for mischief !—Morning Post.

HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 7.

(Before the LORD CHANCELLOR, &C.)
DOUGLAS V. WILLIAMSON.

This was an appeal from a judgment of the Court
of Session in Scotland, in which Mr. H. A. Doug-
las, the surviving assignee of Messrs. Stein and Co.,
the great distillers atCanonmills and Kilvagie, was
appellant, and Mr. James Williamson, merchant in
Edinburgh, and Mr. J. Wardlaw, his cautioner,
were respondents.
The circumstances out of which the case arose
were shortly these :—ln January, 1812, Mr. Stein,
who carried on a large distillery in the neighbour-
hood of Edinburgh, proposed to consign 50 pun-
cheons of whisky to Mr. Williamson as security for
advances which he required of Mr. Williamson to
the amount of 3,414/. The whisky thus to be con-
signed was placed in Mr. Bertram's cellars. Two
days afterwards Williamson granted his acceptances
to Mr. Stein for 3,414/., which were discounted by
Stein, and the proceeds paid to him. Shortly after
this, the house of Scott, Smith, Stein, and Co., of
London, with whom the distillery company were
in connection, failed ; and it being probable that, in
consequence of the failure of the London house,
some derangement would take place in the affairs of
Messrs. Stein and Co., Mr. Williamson applied to
Mr. Bertram for delivery of the 50 puncheons of
whisky, for the purpose of selling them for his relief.
This Mr. Bertram refused to do, thinking that he
would not be safe in delivering them without a
legal order ; but after some proceedings before the
sheriff of Edinburgh, the trustees, Mr. Gibson, writer
to the signet, and Mr. Walter Brown, who had
in the mean time been appointed, having recognised
the right of Williamson to the whisky, it was agreed
between the parties that it should he given up to
Williamson, on his granting his obligation to ac-
count for the proceeds to the trustees aforesaid
when so required, and declaring that he should not
be put in a better situation as to his right by the
delivery of the whisky than if the trustees had with-
held their consent. Messrs. Brunton and Wardlaw
became securities for Mr. Williamson that he should
fulfil his obligation, and the whisky was then de-
livered to Mr. Williamson and sold. In 1819
(seven years after the whisky had been delivered to
Williamson, and sold by him) an action was brought
against him by the trustees, in which he was called
on to account for the proceeds of the whisky, and
after a variety of proceedings, in which it was
alleged that the whisky originally deposited with
Bertram in January, 1812, had been removed, and
other whisky substituted for it, within a few days of
the bankruptcy of the distillery company, and for
the purpose of giving an undue preference to Mr.
Williamson over the other creditors, the Lord
Ordinary assoilzies the parties from the conclusions
of the action for the whole proceeds of the whisky,
but In respect they admit their liability for the
balance of said whisky in so far as not exhausted by
the retirement of Williamson's acceptances, appoints
the case to be enrolled, in order that such balance,
if any, may be ascertained. The appellant having
reclaimed to the inner house, the Court unanimously
refused the reclaiming note, and adhered to the in-
terlocutor of the Lord Ordinary, upon which the

I trustees appealed, and now contended that the .50
I puncheons were delivered not in security of a debt
then incurred, but in satisfaction of a prior debt,
and for the purpose of creating- a preference over
the other creditors of Messrs. Stein in favour of
Mr. Williamson, after knowledge of Mr. Stein's
bankruptcy.
Mr. Knight, Mr. Montagu, and Mr. Sandford
appeared for the appellants, and the Lord Advo-
cate and Mr. Murray for the respondents.—Judg-
meat postponed.

The LORD CHANCELLOR then proceeded to give
judgment in several cases, which had been heard
during the week. '

WEIR V. GLENNIE.

In this case, which was a question as to the vali-
dity of an interdict granted by the sheriff, the judg-
ment of the court below was partly reversed, that
of the Lord Ordinary, with some modification, being
affirmed.