The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-19 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Lord Adolphus Fitzclarcnce, for Aylesbury; the Earl of
Verulam, from Grosvenor-square, for ditto ; Sir Roger Greis-
ley, Bart., for his seat, Drakelow Hall, Staffordshire ; John
Bentley, Esq., from FentOn's Hotel, St. Jamees-street, fur
Manchester; Robert Lomax, Esq., for his seat in Lancashire ;
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Seymour, fur Hampton Court ; Mr.
and Mrs. Haywood and family, from the St. James's Hotel,
Jermyn-street, on -a tour ; Miss Cholniondley, from Batt's
Hotel, Dover-street, for Leamington ; _Henry Bentinek, Esq.,
from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle. street, for Shoresby Park ;
Captain Moore, from Ramgett's Hotel, Dover• street, for
Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Page' and Miss Bishop, from Craw-
ley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Ely, Cambridgeshire; the
Marquis d'Harcourt, from ditto, for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs.
George Maxwell, from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for
Liverpool ; J. P. Mayers, Esq., from ditto, for Brighton ;
William Grasett, Esq., from ditto, for Ovenden, Seven Oaks ;
C. N. Bayly, Esq., from ditto, for Hampton Court ; Gilbert
Munroe, Esq.' from ditto, for Brighton ; Mrs. Birch and Miss
Birch, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, for Bath ; Miss
Chauncey, from ditto, for Clieshunt ; G. F. Gower, Esq., and
Mrs. Gower, from ditto, for Brighton ; T. Cooke, Esq., and
Mri. Cooke, from ditto, for ditto ; Earl of Oxford, from the
Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, for Herefordshire ; B. Aplin,
Esq., and Mrs. Aplin. from ditto, for Banbury ; Rev. H. Way,
from ditto, for the Rectory, Hanbury ; B. Way, Esq., from
ditto, for Denham ; Captain Fitz- Holroyd Way and Mrs. Way,
from ditto, for Shropshire ; J. G. Micklethwaite, Esq., and
Miss Micklethwaite, from ditto, for his seat, Hampshire;
Count D'Harcourt, from ditto,'on a tour; Mons. D'Avigny,
from ditto, on a tour; .hmes Stewart, Esq., from ditto, for
Jamaica ; Sir William and Lady Foulis, from Ingleby Manor,
Yorkshire, for Lady Mary Ross's, Bonnington, Scotland.

REAT. PROTESTANT MEETING

AT BIRMINGHAM.

Yesterday, a very numerous and highly respectable meet-
ing of the Protestants of this town and neighbourhood was
held in the large Townhall, for the purpose of affording to
the Rev. Mr. M'Ghee and the Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan an op-
portunity of expounding the doctrines inculcated by the
Roman Catholic Clergy on the peasantry of Ireland, and
of introducing- such facts and circumstances to the notice of
the meeting as might induce them to adopt some plan for
the amelioration of the condition of the Protestant Clergy
of that country.
The meeting was appointed for eleven o'clock, but long
before that hour the whole of the immense building*, which
is calculated to contain between four and five thousand per-
sons, was crammed almost to suffocation, including a very
considerable proportion of elegantly-dressed ladies.
The business of the day having been opened by a prayer,
The Rev. Mr. MAnsu moved that Richard Spooner, Esq:
do take the Chair—a proposition which was received with.
acclamation.

The CHAIRMAN begged to express his most sincere and
ardent thanks for the very high honour that had been con-
f2rred on him, in being called on to preside over one of the
largest and most influential meetings that had ever been
held in - the town of Birmingham—a meeting which had
for its sole and only object the endeavour to impress on the
minds of their fellow-countrymen the absolute necessity of
putting a stop to the progress of that baneful influence at
present exercised by the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ire-
land, and the adopting some remedy to relieve the wants
and sufferings of the Protestant Ministers, who, it was well-
known, were labouring under great and accumulated hard-
ship. He was anxious to inform the assembly, that as the
Townliall had been hired expressly. for the occasion by those
gentlemen to whom the arranging the proceedings of the day
had been entrusted, it had been determined that no indivi-
duals should be permitted to address the meeting, with the
exception of those Reverend Gentlemen who had honoured
them with their presence ; and he trusted that all persons
who had obtained tickets of admission would be good
enough to conform to the rules and regulations contained in
the advertisement.
The Rev, Mr. M'GnEr, in a speech which occupied
upwards of three hours, commenced by observing, that as
neither himself nor those engaged with him entertained any
feelings of hostility or ill-Will towards their Roman Catholic
brethren, he entertained a hope that their proceedings
would be characterised by a display of that truly chari-
table and Christian spirit befitting the subject they were
about to discuss. The Rev. Gentleman then went into
a very voluminous argument, for the purpose of showing
that the system of religious instruction at present incul-
cated -by the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland was
founded on the principles of Dens's Treatise on Theology,
a work which had been approved of and sanctioned by
the whole of the religious hierarchy of that country. The
principles to which he referre:l -were, in the opinion of him-
f self and all other Protestant Ministers, decidedly at
rianee, with the doctrines of Christianity, and Were

calculated to lead to a total subversion of the entire Pro-
testant establishment. It had been alleged on various
occasions, that himself and his Rev. colleague were actuated
by a desire to foment the disturbances which at present
agitated his unhappy country ; or that they were influenced
by a desire of gain or reward of some kind or other, in
the course which they had lately pursued on this subject.
Such, be could assure the meeting, was not the fact. Their
only object and their only wish was, to see their Roman
Catholic fellow-countrymen emancipated from the tram-
mels of their Priesthood ; but such, he feared, would never
be the case, so long as the leading members of the Catho-
lic persuasion were countenanced and caressed by the Go-
vernment of the day. The Rev. Gentleman concluded a
very able and eloquent address, amid the most dealminil
shouts of applause from all parts of the building.
The Rev. Mr. O'SuLtAvAN addressed the meeting at
consid Fable length in reply to certain statements that had
been pUt forward by- the Rev. Mr. M'Donnell, a Roman
Catholic Priest, of Birmingham, in a sermon preached by
him at Worcester, after which,

The Earl of LORTON having moved the marke I thanks
of the meeting to Mr. Spooner, for his very proper and
dignified condnet in tho chair, the meeting separated.

The Coant and Countess Stahremberg have returned
to their apartments at Mivart's Hotel, from Brighton,
whore, on Tuesday, they had the honour of dining with their
Majesties.

Lord Arthur Lennox has re-entere I on active ser-
vice, as Captain of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, and,
with his newly married lady, daughter of Lady Char:ot:e
Bury, has joined head-quarters at Edinburgh,
Lord Albert Conyng7,am din town yesteriay,
from 'Wren's, Kent.
The Marriage of Lord Gardner with the Hon.
Frances, Hughes is said to be fixed for next spring.
FUNERAL OF LORD MILTON.—The interment
of this lamented young Nobleman was to take place on
Tuesday in the cemetery of Wentworth church-yard, pre-
pared for the branches of the Wentworth family by the late
Earl Fitzwilliam. The alarming illness lately prevailing at
Wentworth House, we have the satisfaction of reporting,
is fast passing away.—Sheffield Iris.
ACCIDENT TO COUNT MATUSZEVICe—HiS EX••
cellency was out hunting at Chantilly in the preceding week,
and, in attempting a leap, the horse fell and was seriously
hurt, as also the Count, who was carried in a litter to the
Hotel de Bristol, Place Vendome, Paris. Medical aid was
called in, he was bled, and when the messenger left on Mon-
day he was out of danger.
COUNT MATUSZEVIC'S BAGGAGE.—Aceounts
have arrived from Naples with the particialars of the loss of
the vessel on board of which his Excellency was supposed to
have embarked. The accounts reached the Russian Em-
bassy on Tuesday night. It appears that the ship four.-
dered, as we before stated, in the Bay of Naples. • His Ex.
cellency has lost his magnificent service of plate, riven him
by the Emperor of Russia, and many other valuable testi-
monials ; also the splendid English carriages, which were.
so long building in this country, together with his superb
wardrobe. All on board have perished.
MELTON' MOWBRAY.—MeIOR Mowbray has this
year to boast of a greater number of sporting noblemen and
gentlemen than has been known for several years on the
first day of hunting ; among them were Lords R9keby,
Seymour, Eglinton, and Macdonald ; Count Bathyany, Sir
J. F. Johnstone, Bart. ; R. Erringtan, J. Errant, W. L.
Gilmour, J. Campbell, Williams, Esquires. Lord Wil-
ton and family were expected daily, as well as Sir J. Mus-
grave, L. R. Stephens, N. Mahre, and J. Moore, Esquires.
GRAND ORANGE LODGE OF IRELAND.—It is
announced, with a flourish of trumpets, that Lord Roden is
about returning to Ireland for the purpose, amongst other
things, of holding a Grand Lodge. We see, too, that the
Orange Journals are stuffed with notices of meetings of the
different Lodges, in various places, particularly the Trinity
College LOge, the Luther Lodge, &c. &c. ; that at these
re-unions, Long Sam Sullivan, the brother of Murty,
Judkin Butler, and Randy Plunkett have figured away.
We have also heard of several furious harangues preached
within the last month, one particularly, by a Mr. Lloyd, all
glowing with the most " intense" Orange Loyalty. From
some circumstances that have reached us, we suspect that a
very strong effort will be made to involve the country in
confusion. But we tell the faction they are watched and
understood. " There's a chiel ailing them takin' notes."
Verbunt sat.;---Dublin Evening Post.
The Devizes election will take place on the 24th
instant.

Meetings of the most influential gentry and clergy of
this town were held on Wednesday and in the last
week at the Old Ship RoomS, to adopt measures for
making collections on behalf of the distressed Clergy in
Ireland. The Earl of Chichester, Lord Clanmorris, Sir
P. Maitland, Sir T. Blomefield, Sir David Scott, Mr. L.
Peel, &c. &c., were present. The Rev. Vicar presided,
and C. Thornton, Esq., Secretary to the London Com-
mittee, stated, among other important facts, that the Lord
Primate had recently enclosed him an order for 2001., as
his contribution on behalf of the abovt object. The Rev.

H. V. Elliott reported that he had received information
from Ireland of the Most appalling kind. In some parishes
the daughters of Clergymen had neither shoes nor stock-
ings ; and in others the sons were actually obliged to till
the land themselves to p:eservc their families from starvation.
It should be mentioned, that application having been made,
at the request of the gentlemen present, to the Bishop of
London, his Lordship stated for their information that
there were 15,001. now in the Treasurer's hands, as yet
unappropriated.—Biigkton Guardian.
My AUNT Pox-TYPOOL.—WC are requested to
state that the new novel " Aly Aunt Pontypool," is now
ready, and may be had of the publishers, Messrs. Saun-
ders and, Qtley, Conduit-street. ; at the Libraries ; and of

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lie booksellers in town and country. Also the new edi-
ion of Mr. Jameson's " Characteristics of Women."

THE PRESS AT BRUSSELS.-Two new daily
Newspapers, to be called the Observer and Law Reporter,
are about to be started in the Belgian capital. That will
make the whole number of daily papers 15 in Bru.,sels,
which is a greater number than is published in Paris.

NEWSPAPER STAMPS.— Al return of the number
of Stamps issued for all the London Newspapers, by or-
der of the House of Commons, on the motion of Yr C' as
Buller, was pt inted sth October, 1835, in which official do-
cument Mr. Clement, the proprietor of the Observer, had
used in one year (the 30 June, 1834 to the 30th of June,
1833,) for his two weekly journals only, nearly one mil-
lion of stamps, namely, 971,125, averaging 18,675 each
Sunday.

•Mr. Joseph Elms was on Thursday last served with
a citation to appear in the Consistory Court, Exeter, on
Friday next, to answer a charge preferred against him of
brawling in the parish church of Stoke Damara. Mr.
Elms, it appears, gave notice in the church of a meeting of
vestry, and not being a churchwarden or overseer, it is to
be tried whether any individual parishioner can legally give
such notice in the church.—Western Luminary.
In our Paper of the 17th, we stated that Sir John
Conroy had a retiring pension of 8001. per annum, as a
Commissioner of the late Colonial Board. We are now
authorised to state, that it is not the case, as on the aboli-
tion of that Board, Sir John Conroy retired from it, with-
out receiving any pension or compensation whatsoever.
DISTRESS OF THE IRISH CLERGY.—MEETING
OF,CLERVY AT CAMBRIDGE.—On Thursday afternoon last
a meeting of the Clergy of the diocese of Ely and University
of Cambridge was held at the Eagle Hotel in that town,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety
of adopting measures for the immediate relief of the distress
of the Ir;ili clergy., The meeting was numerously attended,
and the Master of Jesus (Dr. French) was called to the
Chair. . Upwards of 400/. were subscribed in the room
prior to the Chairman leaving the Chair. •

FreqUent reference has been made by our contem-
poraries to a new and beautifully-illustrated work, published
under the title of " The Book of Gems." We have exa-
mined carefully the plan and execution of this costly pro-
duction, and we do not hesitate to say, that a more feli-
citous idea than that of uniting the attractions of Poetry
and Painting, by means of exquisitely-finished engravings,
could not have suggested itself. Prolific as is the present
age in embellished works, there can be no doubt that this
sumptuous volume (which has been aptly called the plea-
sure-book of the year) will be admitted to he without a
rival. Its appearance is most opportune, at this season,
when every one feels the difficulty of selecting an appro-
priate object for a Christmas present or New Year's gift.
It is said that the Government have it in contem-
plation to remove the Circuit Court of Justiciary from
Perth to Dundee. This change will give general satisfac-
tion, and will effect a great saving of time and inconvenience
to jurors and witnesses.
The Colonization Commission for South Australia

have been in the market as borrowers within these few
days. By the Act of Parliament under which the new
district referred to has been erected into a colony these
commissioners are authorized to raise 200,000/. by the issue
of Colonial-revenue Bonds, to defray the expenses of the
colony until its•own revenue is sufficient for that purpose ;
the sum raised to be charged, first, on the future produce
of the revenue, and, in the event of its insufficiency, on the
unsold land. A deposit of 20,000/. is also required to be
placed in the hands of trustees appointed by the Crown, as
a security that the colony may not become a charge upon
the public purse. The sum raised, in the first instance, by
the commissioners is only 30,000/., which they have bor-
rowed at par at 10 per cent. interest, with a condition of
repayment at the end of 10 years. The parties who have
advanced the money are ;to have the preference in any
future sums that may be wanted, to an extent in the whole
not exceeding 100,000/. One of the conditions prescribed

- in the Act of Parliament to the commissioners is, that they
shall not pay a higher rate on the money borrowed than 10
l per cent. interest, and it is thought extraordinary that they
should have gone, in this bargain, to the full extent rel..
l mitted, as the security is. presumed to be a good one, and
the money might therefore, with proper exert:ons, have been
obtained at a much lower rate. They owe some explana-
tion on this subject, if not to the public, to the parties em-
barked with them in this undertaking. Extravagrot pre.
miums were offered in the city for the bonds to be issued a*
soon as the terms were known.-3forning Paper.
SUFFOCATION BY BURNING CHARCOAL.,._LV;t
Friday' evening, three men who were employetk,o destroy
the rats in the brig George Gordon, went into Ihe hold for
the purpose of renewing the charcoal fires. the
had been burning all the day ; the first man, in tiv,, act of stoo;iinty to
the fire-grate, inhaled a sufficient por'' ,on of carbonic acid to
cause him to fall, in a state of ir.sen3ibility, into the heavy atmosphere of gas ; a second and a third, in an attempt to
rescue the first shared a siniilar fate.. An ~farm was given,
and in a few minutes tl:ley were got out of the ship without
further accident, and conveyed in an inanimate state to the
No:thern Hospital.—Liverpool Standard.
A woman of the name of Donaldson, residing in
in the Tolbooth Wynd, died on Wednesday evt...iiirs, under
circumstances that excite suspicion of her having lwen mu:-
dered. From her dissipated habits, the neighbours have: for a long time been annoyed with qnarra% and disturb-
ances in the house between her husband curl her, and so
frequent had these become, that little attention was paid to,
them, further than the annoyance occasioned. On Tue s.-
day last, however, one of the domestic broils assumed, a
mare serious character, and called for the interference o 1"
some of the neighbours, when the woman was found in a
state that left little hope of her recovery, in consequence of
severe injuries received. She lingered, as stated above, till
Wednesday afternoon, on which evening the body was exa-
mined and a precognition held, which led to the apprehen-
sion of her husband, who has been fully committed. Do-
naldson is by trade a sailmaker, and has been long in Leith.
—Scotsman.

In making some alterations in the chapel of the
Cazle of Lassaraz, in Switzerland, there were lately found,
in a van't which had been walled up, 'our statues and a
cenotaph in stone. Two of the statues represent females,
and the other two armed knights. The cuirass of one of
these is open, and two toads are seen gnawing his sides ;• his
sir is a'so up, and two more of the same reptiles are fas-
tened to his cheeks. The legendary history of this curious
figure has not been discovered, but as the Castle of Lassa-
raz played a distinguished part ie. the wars of the country
in the middle ages, and as there are numerous chronicles of
those times in the library of Lusanne, it possibly may be
found there. There is a full-length figure attached to the
cenotaph, but the four above-mentioned evidently do not
belong to it. They are all, however, of the 14th century,
and were not originally placed where they have been found ;
but were probably removed there for safety, during some ot,
the convulsions of the country.
RUSSIAN ,JUSTICE.-9t a time when incendiarism
was
.frequent in St. Petersburg!), a servant girl found in the
street a letter in which a neighbour was threatened with
having his house burned down that very night. She in-
stantly flew to the devoted family to give the alarm ; and
after relating the story to her master, went to bed in it
state of dreadful agitation. In the middle of a cold and
stormy night, she was taken out of bed by the police, hav-
ing only time to snatch tip a petticoat and wrap it round
her shoulders ; she was dragged to the office, and, without
a word of examination, knouted severely ; and then thrust
into prison, where she was kept for two days v.ithout food!
Her crime was having warned the intended victims, instead
of carrying the letter to tha police ; and, having been deli-
vered of a child only a day or two before, her death from
exhaustion would, in all probability, have been the conse-
quence, had she not purchased front one of the men, for an
eighty kopek piece, a small morsel of black bread.—Jour-
ney to St. Petersburgh and Moscow.

GEOLOGICAL CHANGES IN GREAT BRITAIN.
That the face of the glob has successively undergel,e total
changes, at different remote epochs is now a fut beyond
all dispute ; as also that, long anterior to the creation of
man, this world was inhabited by races of animals to which
no parallels are now to be found ; and those animals them-
selves only made their appearance after ..he lapse of ages,
during which no warm-blooded creatures had an existence.
It has been further remarked, by zoologists, Chat the ani-
mals which first appeared in these latitudes were analog:ous
to such as now inhabit tropical regions exclusively ; and
that it was only at a period immediately antecedent to the
creation of the human race that species similar to those of
the existing era began to appear in northern latitudes. Si-
milar peculiarities have been also found to mark the vep-
tation of corresponding periods. It won! 1 hardly be cre-
dited by persons unacquainted with the evidence upon
which suck facts repose, that, in the most dreary and deso-
late northern regions of the present day, there once flou-
rished groves of tropical plants, of Conifertu, like the Nor-
folk Island and Araucarian pine::, of bananas, treferns, huge
cacti, and palms ; that the marshes were iilled with rush-
likeoplants, 15 or 20 feet high ; the coverts with ferns la' 1
the undergrowth of a We,t Indian island ; and that the ve-
getation, thus inconceivably rich and luxe: lath, grew mnia,t.
an atmosphere that would have been fatal. to the animal
world. Yet nothing can well be mire certain than that
such a description is tar from being cvercharged.—Linil-
icy mul Hatton's I basil Flora.

A farce has happened at Rye during the last ,aeek.
A respectable individual of Rye, who is confined ' a close
atmosphere during six days of the week, took it in'o his
head to wander one Suniay morning as for as the emrish of
Ud:more;where he walked into the parish Church : but no
seat being offered to him, he walked out again. So far the
plot of the piece seems very simple ; het the incivility with,
which the gentleman referred to conceived he ha been
treated rankled in his heart ; and instead of exela:ming,
" Down, busy devil, down," he suffered his wounded pride
to overpower his better and more Christian feeling's. The:
conscstrnee was—awftd ! As soon as he arrived home,
he seized his pen—" that mighty instrument of little men,"
—and disburthened his breast of " that foul and perilous
stuff that weighed upon the heart," (being determined with
ancient Pistol that '‘ All 11-11 should stir for this !") and
ac ca: el the whole parish of being laggards in the " march
of civili;v," whatever they n.ight be in that of intellect.
Nay, Ile dared to do more,—not indeed to t&te up his
" parable" against them, but to quote poetry against them,
and he headed pararraph " When ignorance is bliss, 'tis
folly to be wise !" lfere was a crime !—" er;men l.: sae
rnejestetis;" high treason against the powers of thlitnore !
and soon had he reason to repent his temerity. lingland
has her St. George, Ireland her St. Patrick ; did lie think
Ud:nore had no tutelar Saint ! If he did he was direfully
initeaken. The cause of the insulted parish was taken up
by " a good portly man nod a corpulent," like " honest
Jack.". This gentleman, who is a Baron of Rye as a ell as
a large farmer of Udimore, called the efferelec to a strict
account. An action for libel-(libel !!!) wes talked of, and.
the denoucincie of the piece is (as report states) that an
apology is to be published in the s tme paper that admitted
the offensive paragraph.—Brighton Guaraion.
On Thursday last a woman about 55 vents of age,
and cleanly attired, was placed in the dock et the public-
oliee,-ehlirged with having stolen some meat. In answer
to a question by the officer, she stated her name to be
Jane Daniels. Her appearance, however, did not attract
any particular attention beyond that of a little surprise that
a woman of her age, and seemingly so comfortable, should
be in such a situation. Mr. Gem called for the prosecutor,
on which Mr. Joseph Swinburn, butcher, came forward,
and having been sworn, stated that on the day before, be-
tween one and two o'clock, he was standing in the middle
of the street, opposite his shop in High-street, Deritend,..
talking to a friend, when the prisoner came up and stopped
at his shop-door. He saw her take half a shoulder of
mutton from the shop, put it into her basket, and walk away
with it. He immediately folowe.l, an l having told her that
she had got his property in her basket, she instantly took
out the meat, and offered it to him, together with all the
money she had about her, at the same time requesting him
to let her go. This he refused doing, and had her con-
veyed to the prison in Deritend, where she was searched by
Brownhill, the constable. Brownhill was next called, and.
stated that he examined the prisoaer's basket, and found in
it the half shoulder of mutton, together with several pieces
of beef. The prisoner admitted to him that she had taken
the mutton from Mr. Swinbtirn's shOp, but that she in-
tended to bring it back. Upon this evidence she was com-
mitted to take her trial at the sessions, and was removed
to the end of the dock where the other prisoner's were in
custody. In about an hour aftewards, Mr. Suckling, soli-
citor, came into the office by accident, and on asking if
anything particular was going on, was informed that there
was not ; that only one commitment had taken place, and
that was a woman named Jane Daniels. The name struck
him, upon which he went over and looked at the prisoner,.
when he recognized in Mrs. Daniels a very excellent client
He immediately followed Mr. Ledsam, the magistrate, into
the private room, and applied to have the prisoner ad-
mitted to bail. He said she was a very respectable, and he
always considered a very religious woman i•Tnat he had.
made a marriage settlement upon her amounting to 5,000/. ;
and that no later than last week he had sold property for •
her to the amount of 7,000/. If she was worth a penny,
he believed her to be worth 10,000/. ; under these circum-
stances, he applied to bail her out. Mr. Ledsam said it
Was a most extraordinary case, as the offence had been
clearly proved await-let her. It was, however, a bailable
offence, and he had no objection, if the other magistrateee b.
Mr.. Lloyd Williams, was agreeable. Mr. Suckling said
that he find applied to Mr. Williams, and that he had re.:
ferred him to Mr. Ledsane She was then ordered to find 'it
bail, one surety in 50/. and two others in 25/. each. Mr_
Suckling then left, and the prisoner has since been dis-
chargedon bail.—Birreinghaor Advertiser.

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SPIRIT OF TRE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

At the meeting of the Yorkshire Agricultural Asso-
ciation, the Chairman (Mr. Cayley) observed—
" The nrieultnral quesson was not a party question ;
till were desirous of supporting the agricultural interest—
nll were aware of its paramount importance, and all were
ready to drown secNidary fs:rEngs, to unite at the same
talik and eaell'assist to put down every enemy, and cmAn-
cipate-the landed interest from its present degraded and.,
fallen state. The polities of Ike farmer were these—when
lie found that his produce would not sell at such -a lwire
as
paid for the Wow*, and met his rent, then ought he to raise
his voice and eau-tend for his rights these were -the true
politics 4 the . firmer —the true rights of an Englishuman,
when he fell oppressed, .o ojPr up his prayers to the Legis-
lature for a redress of hi.; gizocane2.. It %vas true that they
had petitioned the Lvegislature," and that they had not been
relieved ; but he believed that that vitas not to be imputed
to an unwillingness on the part of t;:e Legislature, but be-
eauSe they were not united in their prayers. It was there-
fore necessary that there should be a nucleus—a centre
usgoriation in London or elsewhere ; and he trusted the,
would not sit down. content with what they had done, bu
endeavour to persuade other societies to join them,
arn
thus form one solid, compact body, remembering that unio:

aPC LI the A •
•f
•It "n 1 b see eeventie in such a state,
that the malt-tax could fairly have been abolished.
But it is strange that Sir Robert Peel's admirable
speech did not leave behind it a more useful and last-
s trace. •No considerate person can believe, that if
t'icemalt-tax were removed, a property-tax could at the
same time be dispensed with ; end we would calmly ask
oar cvenins,, contemporary whether he or the landed gers-
ti ern:li of England are yet prepared for such a substitute ?
But a fall of rents would be " disastrous," we are as-
sured, to the country. When we described a reduc-
tion of rents as an essential and powerful element of
relief to the occupying. tenant, we really did persuade
ourselves that we hail given utterance to little better
than a self-evident truth. Surely, when • agricultural
production of every kind falls in price, rent, Which re-
presents nothing more than a given quota of such pi o-
duction, must, in all justice: and sound policy, be low-
er; with it ; otherwise there ensues a disturbance and
overthrow of the natural distribution of wealth between
the landlord and the tenant, and the effect of such dis-
turbance is to change altogether the accustomed rela-
tions of the parties, or in other words, to raise -for a
time the landlord above his proper place, and to sink
the tenant below it. Let us ask any deep-thinking. man
whether such a consequence would eventually be fe-
-1
vourable to the owners of estates themselves, to the ef-
ficiency of the tenant as a cultivator of the soil, or to
the permanent condition of landed property throughout
England ? Again, it is said that rents cannot be low-
eredebecause the interest of the sums for which estates
stand mortgaged could not in that case be paid. With
every possible respect for the aristocracy of Great. Bri-
tain, and with a thorough conviction that if it be not
prosperous, the whole community must suffer, we pro-
test against the argument, that a landed proprietor is
to be upheld in a course of injustice towards his
tenant, for no other reason but that he or his progenitor
has chosen to run the estate in debt. If the tenant
was not a party to such acts of improvidence as ended
in the compelling the landlord to borrow money, why
should he be a sUfferer on account of it ? We admit
at once, that in individual cases, such as an endeavour
by a temporary outlay of money to open fresh sources
of production, or to extend and improve the hereto-
fore torpid capacities of his estate, a mortgage may
be had recourse to, not innocently alone, but laudably
so, to make provision for younger children ; and in
such instances it is impossible not to sympathize.
with the distress occasione to a respectable family
by circumstances which they could neither contend
against nor foresee. But still the object, however
praiseworthy, was no more than a speculation, and
the speculator, though unfortunate, ceases to be
regarded with sympathy, pity, or esteem, from
the moment in which lie seeks to make another
man the 'scapegoat of his own disappointments. How
much worse, on the, other hand, is it, when the en-
cumbrances on an estate result from the vain, ambitious,
and unwarrantable prodigality of its possessors ? This
is by far the most frequent cause of embarrassment to
families connected with property in land. The spirit
of ostentation—the ever-growing appetite for new
luxuries—the rivalship houses—horses—gaiety—
fashion—the indulgence of vice and licentiousness in
their various -forms—these, we say, are the staple
foundation of debt, and for such assuredly not the in-
nocent but the guilty ought to suffer. The class of
encumbrances kept in view by our contemporary are,
it is probable, from the course of his observations, not
of recent date. They belong to two periods,---Ist,
such as were contracted before the war, but which, as
it appears to us, the vast and rapid rise in rents ought
to have enabled and disposed the mortgagors to pay off
long before its termination; or 2d, such as were incur-
red during the continuance of the war, and were most
likely produced by that very • change of habits and
indiscreet enlargement of expenses, which we have
before described, as a most unfit and iniquitous
• ground of re-action upon the rights of the tenant.
The landlords, we repeat, are strictly bound by every
consideration of morality and wisdom towards their
tenants, to let rents come down in the same proportion
as prices ; and in discharge of their duty towards
themselves, to withdraw from those indulgencies which
they can no longer afford, without pinching alike their
creditors and tenants, and involving their still dearer
families in lasting embarrassment or ruin. As for the
tenants, they too have their duties, and of a no less
severe and trying character. They must become, as
their fathers were, holders of the plough ; and their
wives and daughters, as Mr. Bather hinted, must re-
turn from the harp, the pianoforte, and the prurient
studies of the circulating library, to the poultry-yard
and the dairy. If they shrink from this reformation,
they need not complain. There will be none to side
with them against even the most exacting landlord, nor
will any farm support them decently though they had
his acres rent free.—Tinzes.
A copy of the Speech of the Autocrat Nicholas to
the Municipality of Warsaw, substantially the same as
that published in the Journal des Debats, is asserted
by a Ministerial Paper to have reached our Govern-
ment ; that speech being highly insulting to England,
and containing savage threats of extermination against
a people whose national independence we are bound by
treaty to protect ; it is naturally asked will Govern-
meat take any steps to vindicate the national honour
and redeem the national faith ? If we might be al-
lowed to form an opinion of the future policy of Mi-
nisters with reference to Russia and Poland and the
treaty of Vienna from their past conduct, we would
' have no hesitation in answering that question in the
negative. If we are mistaken, we shall be glad to find
it so. We shall be glad to find that the imam( in-
justice of the Autocrat is capable of eliciting from the
flinty coldness of the Whig Cabinet a spark of na-
tional feeling—a spark of the old English spirit,
which, in times gone by, made the name of Eng-
land honoured by its allies, and dreaded by
its enemies throughout fhe world. Did we,
without reason, accuse the Whig Cabinet of
Lord Grey, during the Polish struggle, of a
criminal supineness touching the interests of England,
and a disgraceful disregard of the faith of treaties ?
We say the " interests of England," because the ne-
gotiations which led to the erection of the Duchy of
Warsaw into a kingdom, and to the signing of the
treaty of Vienna, whereby its independence was gua-
ranteed under a Constitutional Charter and national
institutions,
.show that the Representatives of France
and Ensland considered the independent existence of
Poland necessary as a barrier between Western Eu-
rope and Russian • ambition. Those Representatives
were Talleyrand and Castlereagh, so that, in truth, a
Tory Government reclaimed, enforced, and established
the national existence of that modern kingdom of Po-
land which the Whigs permitted the giant tyranny of
Russia to trample in the dust. It is true that the ar-
rangement which placed in the hands of the despotic
Ruler of a barbarian empire—of the very em-
pire whose ambition was to be guarded against—
the Constitutional sceptre of Poland, was an unwise
and an unhappy one. But then it must be re-
collected that Russia had military occupation
of the Duchy of Warsaw at the time, having
over-run it with her armies after the disastrous retreat
of Napoleon from Moscow. Besides, both Whigs and
Tories were loud in their praises, at the time, of the
magnanimity, moderation, clemency, and good faith of
the Emperor Alexander. For some years, too, Alex-
ander seemed to justify those praises by his conduct as
King of Poland—but, like all the Princes of the
House of Romanoff, Alexander, in affecting modera-
tion and magnanimity, was only playing a part. At
the period of'- his visit to England, in 1814, this Tartar
Chief, at the head of his Don Cossacks, received
from all parties, from all ranks and conditions of people,
not the testimonies of a manly respect, but the ex-
pressions of a slavish homage, amounting almost to
idolatrous veneration, and certainly very debasing to
the English character. He. then wore the mask 'of a
smooth hypocrisy, to conceal the designs of an inordi-
nate ambition ; but beneath his plausible manners and
affected humility of deportment lurked the circumvent-
ing spirit of the politic and subtle barbarian. Such was
the Sovereign to whose hands the destinies of the new
kingdom of Poland was entrusted, with, at least, the
tacit approbation of the British public. He gave, as
he had promised, a Constitutional Charter to Poland,
and observed it for a time, but, in course "of years, he
violated it in most essential articles, as we pointed out
in our advocacy of the cause of Poland during its con
flict with Russia. Thus Alexander paved tho way for

is strength.'
So that we are to have a systematic combination of
agriculturists and persons calling themselves friends of
the agriculturists--ecormed for what purpose ? Vv hy,
to force Parliament to do what.no Parliament ever did
or could do—ensure to the occupier of land a remune-
rative return for his capital and labour—in the words
of Mr. Cayley, to enable him " to sell his produce at
such a price as paid for his labour and' met his rent."
Why. was ever so Quixotic a notion pranulgated
before an intelligent assembly, without exciting • the
instant ridicule of its auditors ? What power, in the
name of common sense. has Parliament over the'rent
of the farmer—the outlay to which he may be sub-
ject—the scale of expense at which he may choose to
live—and the many other obvious and necessary causes
which tend to make farming pursuits productive of
profit or-of loss ? Does Parliament adjust the scale of
rent between landlord and tenant ? Does Parliament fix
a standard of expense for the farmer's observance ?
Does Parliament give fertility or barrenness to the
soil ?—and does it rest with Parliament to insure an
abundant crop and a favourable season, and an ade-
quate demand ? But do not these things affect the
agriculturist ? Hare they no necessary bearing upon
his occupation being profitable or otherwise—in short,
his " being able to sell his produce at such a price
as to pay for his labour and meet his rent ?" Accord-
ing to Mr. Cayley, the " Politics of the farmer" are,
indeed, simple enough ; for he has nothing to do but
to ask himself whether he is prosperous or not—if he
cannot " sell his produce at such a price as to pay
for his labour and meet his rent," why then he must
set about to form 'agricultural unions throughout the
country, in order to compel the Legislature to ensure
him adequate returns, and a satisfactory measure of
prosperity. .But if such doctrines as these are valid in
the farmer's case, why should they not be applicable to
every other species of employment in which time and
capital are invested, in the hopes of profitable return ?
Why may not the merchant expect Parliament to gua-
rantee him a favourable market and adequate return
for his capital and labour ? Why may not the shop-
keeper expect to be insured against the contingencies of
trade, and look to Parliament to enable him, notwith-
standing a falling trade or bad debts, to realise such
profits as " paid for his labour and met his rent ?"
Why should not the professional man be favoured with
an equal guarantee against the contingencies of for-
tune, the deficiencies of skill, or the extravagance
of expenditure ? Certainly this would be a very plea-
sant state of things to those who profited by it ;
but as it is simply impossible and absurd to apply such
a doctrine to other occupations, why should it be con-
sidered less absurd when applied to farming ? All
that " protection" can do has already been done, and
the landlords have got corn-laws enough, surely to
content them, in all conscience. That the agricultural
interest continues in a state 'of depression, ought to
lead all parties seriously to reflect upon the many im-
portant circumstances which are under their own control
—circumstances which affect landed pursuits in com-
mon with those of every other class of the community
—the adjustment of rent—the scale of prudent ex-
penditure—the economical maxims in short, from
which no persons who are dependent upon the profits
of industry can be possibly exempt. The landlords
in particular must consider that it is not for the Legis,
'haute to ensure them a certain fixed scale of rent, as
if capital invested in land was to be subject to none of
the incidents which influence capital otherwise invested ;
but that it is for them as well as for the farmer to in-
vestigate minutely what is the natural return which
the land is capable of yielding, and what is the fixed
- share of that return which it is prudent for the land-
lord to demand, and possible for the farmer to pay. In
short, like the ploughman in the fable, they must en-
deaYoirr to, put their own shoulders to the wheel, and
not content themselves with idle petitions to Parlia-
ment, to do what no earthly legislators can possibly do
.----insure a cor.stant profitable return for agricultural
capital and labour.—Morning Chronicle.
It is to be regretted that respectable, and on most
points, enlightened persons, should lend the weight of
their authority to political suggestions which, if acted
on, must, either fail as cures of acknowledged evils,
being the purpose for which they are specifically re-
commended, or give birth to other evils not at present
in existence. The distresses of the agricultural inte-
rest arc much dwelt upon by the owners of landed
property, and by some of them we are very sure a
strong persuasion is entertained that they are them-
selves in no degree implicated, as authors of, or ac-
cessory to, any portion of such distresses, but that
they are completely justified in urging the allevia-
lion of them, as a duty incumbent upon the State.
A highly intelligent Journal of yesterday evening
- appears to be satisfied that the Legislature may do
much towards mitigating the distresses of amcul-
• turc, and that, without such legislative interference,
nothing effectual can be done by the parties them-
-selves: The single counsel'addressed by our able
colleague to the farmer; is to lay the case of their
sufferings and embarrassments broadly before the pub-
lic and the Legislature, to examine the efficacy of the
measures proposed for their relief, and to wait patiently,
the final judgment of the people of England. In none,
at least, of these recommendations can we find • aught
to disapprove. The two former Will be adopted as a
'matter of course, and the last will be submitted to from
necessity. But when our contemporary passes from
the sort of agency or of acquiescence which he proposes
to the fanner, and proceeds to hold counsel with the
Parliament upon the nature of those remedies which
lie conceives the agricultural case to require, let•us see
what follows. It is feared by our contemporary, when
lie addressed himself to the farmers, that the Legislature
will do nothinfy, in the shape of those particular protec-
- • - tionse which he, we apprehend, .would prefer—tiamcly,.
repeal the malt tax, or make another change in the cur-
rency ; but in appealing as he does afterwards, indi-
xcetly, to Parliament, he hopes that it will at least
undo what is ruining the farmer—viz., " such taxes
as the malt tax and the assessed taxes ;" and lie then
goes considerably further, and states, that as the agri-
culturist was the only party who did not gain by the
return to a metallic standard in 1819, he ought to be
the- only one entitled to have his interests consulted in
'any fut6re reduction of the burdens of taxation. It
does not seem to ns that our contemporary has looked
into this subject with his usual clearness or his usual
equity. If the landed interest was the only sufferer
by the return to cash payments in 1819,—a propo-
sition which could hardly be true of the agriculturists,
unless they were'the only debtors in Great Britain—
it ought to be recollected that they were with
much more certainty • the only gainers by the
preceding depreciation of the currency. To such
a degree did the progressive rise of prices aggran-
dize and serve the whole class of producers,
that the rents of estates ' were tripled during the
17 years winch followed the: restriction of Bank
payments, while the monied woild was in an equal
ratio depressed ; and this, be it remembered, was a
thing without any former precedentit was an innova-
tion in favour of the landholderi.,Was the day of
• ee account, then, never to come ?or was the mere re-
placement of the respective interests on their old and
immemorial footing to be exclaimed against as an ex-
elusive ; wrong to landed property ? We should have
been no less anxious than the keenest ach;ocate of the

THE SIN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER. 19, 1835.

that total subversion of the Charter which Russian
tyranny perpetrated, under the Vicerovsity of the fe
rocious Constantine, who, though exclude :I from his
riglit of succession to the throne of Russia by his mad-
ness and crimes; was considered to be possessed of all
the requisite qualities for governing Poland ; and he
did so govern it as to bring about that catastrophe
which the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh anticipated. He
treated the charter as waste-paper—he trampled law
and justice under foot—he insulted in every way the
national feelings of the Poles—he inflicted cruel and
arbitrary punishments upon distinguished natives of
that country on false or frivolous charges—he esta-
blished a system of espionnage the oppressive perfec-
tion of which even Louis Philip himself might
envy. In short, his intolerable misrule made the re-
sistance of the Poles a duty, if they would not be con-
tent to be accounted the most patient of slaves under
the iron scourge of the most cruel, and at the same
time the most contemptible of tyrants.. When the
Polish nation, stung to madness by the sense of wrong,
rose in its power—when the tyrant crouched at its feet
—the mercy which he never exercised towards others
was shown to him. The braves Poles disdained to
take the blood even of a tyrant who was covered with
crimes, but who was prostrate and defenceless. He was
escorted out of the kingdom by Polish warriors, and
delivered unscathed to the Russian authorities, Well
has the mereiftil moderation of Poland been repaid by
the brother of Constantine, her ruthless conqueror. In
the Courier of last night—a journal which, for a con-
siderable time paschas assiduously laboured, of course
on " liberal • principles," in defence of the spiritual
tyranny of the Church of Rome, and the political
despotism of the Emperor of Russia—we find the fol-
lowing passage :—" The brief paragraph we have copied
from a Tory Paper, headed Genuine Toryism, is well
worthy the attention of the public, and in particular of
the conductors of the Times and Herald. They inzy
learn from it the true nature of those principles which
they are endeavouring to uphold. The persecuted and
oppressed Poles, driven to madness by the most exas-
perating tyranny, which they nobly essayed to conquer
in the field, and were only defeated because France and
England could not assist them, and because Austria
and Prussia united in the league against them, are
called by the Tories revolutionary ruffians." For our
own part, we do not know what the Courier means by
coupling the name of the Herald with this attack upon
Poland. The Herald, which, we boldly affirm—and
our files will prove it—was the first English Jonrnal
to take up the cause of Poland after the insurrection
of Warsaw, and to adhere to its advocacy through all
vicissitudes of fortune—through evil and good report,
from that day to this, with what may be truly called a
" desperate fidelity." Nay, the Courier had in its
columns yesterday a passage taken from our leading
article of the same morning, in the following words :
"In the records of merciless conquest—of the brutal in-
solence of barbarian victory, we cannot call to mind any-
thing more truly atrocious than the sentiments which the
Autocrat has expressed respectinr, unhappy Poland to the
municipal body of Warsaw. They are sentiments worthy
of the Herod of the North'—worthy of him who tore the
Polish children from their frantic mothers, to prevent the
love of country being instilled with their milk, or the infec-
tion of the patriot passion being conveyed with their land's
language—of him who wields the Russian knout over my-
riads of brave Poles in the wildernesses of Muscovy, and who
has sent aged Nobles laden with chains to be buried alive
in the.mines of Siberia."
These sentiments are in unison, as our readers know,
with all that we have written of the wrongs and suffer-
ings of Poland, and the flagitious tyranny of Russia,
ever since the revolution of Warsaw. We might have
expressed our astonishment very often of late, if we
thought fit, at a Journal like the Courier, professing
principles, even ultra-Liberal, and yet day after day
defending the Citizen-despot, Louts Phillippe, and
Iris doctrinaire Ministers, whose Fieschi laws, long
after they shall have been got rid of by an indignant
people, will remain upon the page of history, monu-
ments of eternal shame to the Russianized King of the
Barricades, and.the Ministerial minions of his tyrannical
ambition. We might have expressed our astonishment
at the articles which have appeared in the same paper,
obviously intended to excite in this country rather an
admiration of the Russian policy than jealousy of Rus-
sian designs and hatred of Russian rapacity. The
same journal says that Poland fell because Fiance and
England could not assist her, and because Austria and
Prussia formed a league against her. Now it is well
known that the French Government betrayed the
Poles, and, though we should be sorry to think our
own Government acted so basely, it must be admitted
that the pusillanimous, and worse than pusillanimous
conduct of the Whig Ministers during the Polish con-
flict, had all the effect of treachery. Then the Courier
should not have forgotten that when the renowned
Diebitsch and more than one Russian army, had been
destroyed by Polish valour, and when Russia was ac-
tually beaten to a stand still, notwithstanding the
assistance given to the Russians by our "neutral" ally
'Prussia, the gold of England was voted by our "liberal"
Ministry, under the pretence of a contract, the con-
sideration for which had ceased by the severance of
Belgium and Holland. This British gold came in time
to afford Russia once more the "sinews of war," and to
enable her to pour down new swarms of barbarians
upon the thinned ranks of the gallant Poles. Now, if
that money was rightly paid by force of any treaty,
it was by force of that very treaty by which England
and France were bound to protect the national exist
ence of Poland. " But the " settlement" which the
Congress of Vienna made was adhered to by the Whig
Ministers only so far as it was in favour of Russia,
and it was cancelled as far as it stipulated for the pre-
servation of the national rights of Poland. it was, in-
deed, but too evident, during the whole of the Polish
struggle, that the Prince Lieven had every reason to
send his master favourable reports of the influence
which presided over British Councils ; in return for
which the Autocrat - has constituted himself protector
of Turkey—has induced the Sultan to exclude our
flag from the Bosphorus and Black Sea, and is pre-
paring to drive our commerce from the IVlediterranean.
These are our sentiments with regard to Poland and
Russia. For years past we have written upon the
same subjects in the same spirit. We care not
whether Whigs or Tories may take offence at them.
We never did care. We like the Polish cause the
better because it was not tainted with loan-mongering
or stock-jobbing interests, and because the Poles-
-merciful as they were brave—shed no blood of their
tyrants but in thejleld 9f battle.—Morning Herald.
We peruse always with much satisfaction the re-
ports of public meetings held in Essex, that county
having at all times so particularly distinguished itself
for loyalty and attachment to the Church and Consti-
tution. We are, therefore, pleased to be enabled to
supply our readers with an account of the proceedings
on Tuesday last at the annual dinner of the Essex
Conservative Association. Sir G. H. Smyth, the
Conservative Member for Colchester, was in the Chair,
and in his usual manner uttered some home truths after
a very blunt fashion. The speeches of Sir John T.
Tyrrell, Mr. Elwes, Mr. Sanderson, and Mr. Quintin
Dick, all Members for places in Essex, were worthy
of the honourable cause, in the defence of which they
were pronounced. The Rev. G. Tufnell also de-
livered an effective address, in which he used little
ceremony with Mr. O'Connell and his Majesty's -NE-
nisters. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed at this
constitutional re-union, and the strongest detestation
was expressed at the unholy alliance entered into by
the Whigs and RaClicals. Of course we shall be pre-
pared to find the Ministerial organs indulging in their
wonted abuse of the Gentlemen who thus come forward
to array themselves against the deep designs of a papist
faction ; but we are sure among well-regulated minds
there will exist unmixed pleasure to learn that men of
property, of respectability, of some station in society—
men, in fact, who have something to lose—display such
anxiety and readiness torally round the Constitution,
even in its reformed state.—Monzing Post.

ROLLS' COURT-WEDNESDAY.

His Honour the MAsTEr. of the RoI.Ls was engaged
during the greater part of the day in hearing the argument
in the ease of " Trezevant v. Frazer," which was argued a
short tune ago, on petition, before his Honour the Vice-
Chancellor. The case comes before the Court on excep-
tions, taken for the purpose of charging the estate of the
late Mr. Mortimer with certain sums which he alleges
were advanced to him by his uncle, the late Mr. Farqu-
har, of Fonthill Abbey, as gifts and not as loan. We shall
forbear giving details until the other side has been heard.

KING'S BENCH,WEDNESDAY.

THE KING V. THE MARCHIONESS OF DOWNSHIRE.
This was an indictment for stopping up a path Way, de-
scribed in the indictment as a road leading from another
road " towards and into the parish church of the parish of '
Ombersley." The case was tried before Mr. Justice Wil-
liams, at the Summer Assizes at Worcester, in 1834, when
the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. A rule had since
been made to arrest the judgment, on the ground that the
description of the road was not properly set out in the in-
dictment.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD appeared to show cause
against the rule, and Mr. JERVIS was heard in support
of it. Several cases were referred to on both sides—Rule
discharged.

BAIL COURT-WEDNESDAY.

MUNDY V. FOSTER.

Mr. CRESWELL appeared to show cause against a rule
obtained in this case for a new trial. The plaintiff and
defendant were married to two sisters. The defendant was
an exciseman residing at Halifax, and left his wife in care
of a farm which he owned at Ottley, and which he occa-
sionally visited. A short time ago the defendant's wife
wrote to the wife of the plaintiff for the loan of 10/. This
sum became the subject of an action, and upon that occa-
sion the attorney's clerk of the plaintiff proved that before
the trial he had had an interview with the defendant, who
expressed a wish to have the action which was then pending
settled, and said that he had no doubt that his wife received
the 101., because he was aware that a running account was
kept up between the sisters. The Jury founlfor the plain-
tiff, thereby proving that they believed the statement of the
attorney's clerk. He did not think that such a decision
ought to be disturbed, and, therefore, hoped that the Court
would set aside the rule for a new trial.
Mr. BAILEY supported the rule. If the principle were
laid down, that a man's wife might, for private and personal
purposes of her own, borrow any sum .of money she pleased,
and make her husband responsible for it, such a principle
must be followed by consequences the most injurious to the
community. Men who had the misfortune to be married—
(Laughter)—would soon feel the extreme injustice of such
a principle, if it once received the sanction of the law. On
the part of all married men—(Continued laughter)—he
protested against its being' enforced in this case.—Rule
made absolute.

PREROGATIVE COURT.

BUTLIN V. BARRY.

The question in this suit arises as to the validity of the I
will of P. Barry Barry, Esq., late of Tollerton Hall, Tol-
lerton, in the county of Nottingham, who died, aged 76,
on the 13th of March, 1833, leaving an only son and next
of kin, Mr. Pendock B. Barry, the party Opposing the
will, which is propounded in this cause by James Butlin,
the executor under the will.
The case is one of most extraordinary length, and the
pleadings were this day opened by the King's Advocate on
behalf of Mr. Butlin.
Dr. LUSHINGTON appeared for Mr. Barry, the next of
kin, the only son, as he said, of a Gentleman who died at
the age of 76, possessed of a very large property, yet who,
under the will in question, it was sufficient now to say,
would not redeive one sixpence of benefit, the only persons
benefitted by it being the apothecary, the butler, and the
attorney.
The Court was occupied nearly the whole ddy in hearing
the numerous exhibits read.

In 1832, the Theatre de I'Ambigu Comique was
put up for sale at 500,000 francs, but without meeting a
single bidder. Such; however, has been its success since
that period, that it has just been sold to M. Chabrier, a
bronze-manufacturer, after a warm competition, for 830,000
francs.—Paris Paper.

Seventeen labourers last week left Avington, to
embark at Cowes, to be employed on the Duke of Buck-
ingbam's estates in Jamaica, and are to be followed by a
larger number from Stowe and that neighbourhood.