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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1832.

We earnestly call the attention of the English
Members in the House of Commons to an
elaborate and most interesting letter in our papir
of this day, on the union of Orkney and Shet-
land. If the author of that letter can substan-
tiate his statements, we hesitate not to adopt his
own energetic language, and say that this union
is an undisguised, brasen-fronted, legalized ini-
quity." 'We do sincerely hope, for the sake of
Reform and of his own character, that Lord AL-
THORP will find some means of giving Shetland a
Member, to which it seems to have a much
stronger claim than any of the burgh dis-
tricts and a great many of the counties. What
would an Englishman think of the union of
Cornwall and Cumberland in one electoral dis-
trict ? Yet this would not be nearly so pre-
posterous as the union of Orkney and Shet-
land, separated as some parts of these pro-
vinces are by a distance of two hundred and
fifty miles, and situated, in the midst of a bois-
terous ocean. There is, as might be expected,
no intercourse of any kind bet veen the natives
of the two groups of islands, and they seem to
'entertain the reverse of kindly feelings towards
each other. It is, therefore, cruel to yoke them
together. We think besides, that there is an
easy remedy for the evil : Let the
dis-
trict of burghs Wigton
be annihilated—it is a disgrace
to those who have arranged the details of
the Scotch Bill
to give two Members to
Wigtonshire with only 36,000 inhabitants, while
they refuse to give one to a county like Shetland,
with nearly the same number, so valuable as a nur-
sery for the nary—and which
sib] ,besides, cannot pos-
y be united with any other county, without
creating a greater evil than even the want of all
representation would be. The union of Peebles
with Selkirk would equally accomplish the ob-
ject, and if that cannot be done, we do pot see
why the northern district of burghs might not be
re-arranged. Kirkwall might be thrown into
Orkney, Wick into
Caithness, Dornoch into Su-
therland, and Cromarty, Tain, and Dingwall, added
to the Inverness district. As that district
stands at present, the town of Inverness virtually
returns the Member--it having nearly twice as

great a population as all the other towns united
with it. But the best remedy of all would be to
give an additional Alember to Scotland. We
can see no charm in the figures 658, and we
think with our able correspondent that the " ca-
pacity of a chapel in Westminster ought not to
be the measure of British representation?' If,
however, we must have a magic number, let
us try 666. We venture to predict there will
be found much more virtue in this new number
than in the old and stale 658 ; and Ireland,
injured, oppressed, misrepresented Ireland, will
receive a benefit.

The Boundary Bill for England stands for a

third reading. The little attention which it has
excited proves the unbounded confidence in the
Government of those who have supported them,
and the complete defeat of their opponents, who
would otherwise have found in this measure
materials for lengthened discussions. Upon the
whole we regret that, considering its extreme
importance, it has not been dealt with in a more
business-like manner. There can be no doubt
that in some particular cases erroneous arrange-
ments will have been made. The case of Arundel
is under correction in a Committee, and we see
that the case of Stamford is to be discussed
upon the third reading. After the gallant and
successful struggle made by the inhabitants,
under every species of persecution, to regain
their privilege, we should be sorry that a measure
for improving the Representation should have
the effect of restoring this borough to the condi-
tion of one of these nuisances which it has been
the purpose of the Reform Bill to annihilate.
We find that the application of the general rule
(which has not, however, been universally acted
upon) of adding to old boroughs adjacent dis-
tricts of towns, has led the Commissioners in

its instance to add a street on the other side of

the river, from the small parish of St. Martin's
in Northamptonshire, containing 1,200 inhabi-
tants, to Stamford, in Lincolnshire, containing
6,000. The ostensible ground is to give repre-
sentation to that parish ; but as it chiefly belongs
to Lord EXETER, and the weight it will give
him, must overwhelm the independent majority
in Stamford, it will have the effect simply of
depriving that borough of representation, without,
in fact, bestowing any real boon on the parish of
St. Martin, as the inhabitants can have no will
of their own. We hope the Government will
see that a fair exception may, under these cir-
cumstances, be made, and trust that the Reform
Bills will not be chargeable with the creation
of a rotten borough.

The German Papers, received this morning,
betray the fear and trembling which have at
length overtaken the authorities, in consequence
of the memorable meeting at Hambach. In
order to deceive the people, they endavour to
deceive themselves br affecting that the glorious
jubilee of German fraternization in the cause of
freedom, was a complete failure ! If that were
indeed so, why attempt to put down similar de-
monstrations of public feeling ? But the thing
is absurd. The great watchword of individual
and of national regeneration has been proclaimed
over Germany—Unite and be free !—and the
Holy Alliance of despots may now as well
attempt to still the storm, or arrest the ocean
tide, as to put down the stirring spirit of liberty
which now overspreads the Continent, glorying in
the accumulating strength of" liberal opinions."

The accounts from Vienna are favourable to
the continuance of peace. More confidence is
felt on its exchange, where a great deal of busi-
ness has been done in stock.

All the accounts from Ireland agree in stating
that the tithe-system there is at end. Landlords
and tenants, priests and people, seem unanimous
on the subject, and when such unanimity pre-
vails, no power on earth can succeed against it.
Our wonder is, not that such a general feeling
should exist, but that it should have been so
long dormant, and that a system so injurious to
improvement, so injurious to the Church—to
the cause of true religion, and to the clergy
themselves—should not have been abolished
hundreds of years ago. Tithes, in every country,
are bad, and, at the risk of offending some of
our respectable readers, we have never hesitated
in raising our voice against them ; but strong as
are the objections to the whole system, they are
trifling when compared to those against the
mode of paying the clergy of the Established
Church in Ireland. There is not now, and we
believe never was, any thing equal to its absurdity.
The richest Church in the world, with the
smallest number of worshippers—an established
Church which nine out of ten of the people
abhor, and, as if to complete that abhorrence, the
people unceasingly harassed to pay clergymen
who have no churches, and who often do not
even reside in the parishes, are certainly anoma-
lies without an equal in the world. The
Romans, who knew something about con-
quering countries, never forced their mode of
worship on the vanquished—on the contrary,
they almost invariably adopted the gods of the
people whom they had subdued, and thereby
took the most effectual method of gaining their
good will ; but England, notwithstanding such
an example, and in direct opposition to her own
principles of Government in the East, has per-
severed in a system which history, experience,
and common sense, equally denounce. The
English Government at one time made it a
felony for a priest to say mass ; but finding that
no severity can destroy a national religion, they
repealed or relaxed such an absurd law, and sa•
tisfied themselves with another little less absurd
compelling Catholics to support a hierarchy
which the head of their Church, their spiritual
leaders, and their own feelings declared to be
heretical. It was quite evident to impartial
spectators, that such a systemcouoldnnionttshueccseaemde,
yet successive Governments went
blindfolded and obstinate manner, and attempted
to convert a whole nation, not by humouring
their prejudice, but by adding firetou ones
zeal. i
of thet
strongest of human passions—re-iig
io .
is well known that though the tithe is paid by the
tenant, it falls on the landlord at last—yetthe
proof of the excellent working of another system

in Scotland, and the endless mischiefs which
tithes have caused in Ireland, affairs were allowed
to go on in the same ruinous course till public
opinion revolted against it, and a Reform ten
times more extensive than would have satis-
fied reasonable men, is demanded by the
whole nation. Something, it is clear, must
be (lone, and done speedily. Tithes are, in
fact, abolished ; but we trust that the Govern-
ment will take care that the landlords are
not the only persons who shall profit by the
change,—something like the Scotch system,
which long experience has proved to be good,
ought to be adopted. Let the tithes be valued,
and their payment enforced, not from the tenant
but the landlord, and we are confident that the
great body of the people and the clergy them-
selves will be benefited by the change.

The French Papers contain no fresh news of
i mportance. The trials of the late conspirators
have already commenced. The Courts are open
to the public, and the prisoners have the ad-
vantage of Counsel. The KING'S representa-
tive also attends to watch the proceedings. The
insurrection in the West seems to be nearly at
an end. The latest private intelligence from
Paris not only confirms the arrest of the Duke
of FITZ-JAMES, CIIATEAUBRIAND, and many
other individuals of high rank, but mentions
also the seizure of certain mysterious docu-
ments, which it is supposed, will lead to dis-
closures of a most important nature.

In many parts of the country the people, un-
able to restrain their joy at the passing of the
English Reform Bill, have already commenced
the work of public rejoicing. At Carlisle,
Leeds, and several other towns in the north,
these displays have been of the most magnificent
description. Illuminations, too, we perceive,
though they hare been adopted on the grandest
scale at Worcester and Hereford, have been,
in the majority of instances, dispensed with.
We hope this omission will become general, and
that subscription dinners to the poorer classes,
together with charitable donations to help them
forward and give them an immediate substantial
interest in Reform, will be substituted in lieu of
them. An illumination is, after all, a very
childish way of testifying national satisfaction.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

JONES V. JONES.

The plaintiff and the defendant in this case were bro-
thers, and carried on, as was insisted by the defendant, the
profession of surgeon dentists, in Whitefriars, Chester, in
partnership. The plaintiff, however, asserted that the de-
fendant was only his assistant. In the course of their con-
nexion they quarrelled, and an agreement was drawn up
between them, by which the defendant, in consideration of
being released from a debt of 2801., which the plaintiff
alleged was due by defendant to him, release all his claim
upon- the business, and undertook not to practice the pro-
fession of surgeon dentist within the counties of Chester,
Salop, or any part of North Wales, under a penalty of
5001. The defendant went to Derby and began to exer-
cise his profession there, but to the extietne surprise of the
plaintiff, on the 3d Nov. he saw an advertisement published
in one of the Chester newspapers, stating that the defendant
had returned to Chester, and was to be consulted in his
profession at premises very near to where the plaintiff

lived. This being the case, the plaintiff filed the present
bill, for the purpose of compelling the defendant specifi-
cally to preface the agreement, and for an injunction to
restrain him from carrying on his profession at Chester.
The COURT in December last granted the injunction
ex•parte.
Mr. KNIGHT to-day applied for its dissolution, contend-
ing that the agreement could not he binding upon the
defendant, as it was obtained from him under the fear of
being arrested for the debt which his brother claimed,
that even if it was binding, the city of Chester wad not
included in it, and it was a city and county of itself ; that
little or no consideration was given for it, because in the
result of the proper taking of this account ♦ery little would
be found due from the defendant to the plaintiff.
Mr. Parts supported the injunction.
His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR did not see any
ground for continuing the injunction, so far as it re-
strained the defendant from practising as a surgeon dentist
in Chester, and ordered it to be dissolved in that respect.
With respect to the other parts, the injunction must con-
tinue.