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but then,
.at other times, his observations were

irreconcileabis with this doctrine.

Thus; for

instance, when he spoke of confining relief to
" the lame, the blind, the old, and the impotent,"
excluding, of course, able-bodied men out of
employment for relief; is he aware, that the effect
of this limitation would he to increase the num-

ber of the poor more rapidly than under the ex-
isting systeni ? The parishes would be relieved
from part of their present responsibility for the
support of the whole labouring population, and,
consequently, would be less anxious to keep dovi n
the number of cottages. Whenever, the number
of the people should happen anywhere to be
excessive, they would compete with each other
for employment (as happens in Ireland and in
certain parts of Scotland), till they became ac-
customed to a lower and lower diet. Can any
one doubt, for instance, that at the time when
the Rev. Mr. Howlett published his pamphlet

on the subject of the Poor (1788), if parish
relief had hot occasionally been afforded in the

SOuthem Counties to able-bodied labourers, the

effect would have been to have forced them to

sustain a ruinous competition with each other,
and to receive lower wages ? The cause is to be
sought
for in the increasing number of the peo-
ple, and it is vain to think of arresting the evil
by any plan for confining relief for this or that class

apersons. By inakinW the parishes liable for the

maintenance of all, we give to persons possessed
of property an interest in preventing the people
from outgrowing the employment for them ; and
persons of property alone can do this. The
principal desideratum in England is to give a
power to a certain proportion of the property to
tax cottages, so that it should not be in the power
ofthe bolderofa small property to burden a parish by
covering it with cottages. But all measures with
regard to England must be nugatory, so long as
Ireland is not included in them.—Morning
Chronicle.

There is a vehement outcry raised throughout
the country, at present, by the surgical and me-
dical professions, against those prejudices, as
they call them, Ns hich cause the feelings of men
to revolt at the violation of the decencies of se•

pulture, and the disturbance of the sanctuary of
the tomb. Those prejudices, however, are so
meted in our nature, and so universally operative,
that they seem to affect the whole body of phy-
sicians and surgeons as strongly as they do
other people ; inasmuch as no ambition to show
themselves superior to popular error—no philo-
sophical intrepidity to enforce an " enlightened
theory" by practice—no regard to the 4, interests
of science," can induce those gentlemen to dedi-
cate their own remains, and those of their rela-

tivcs, to the purposes of the anatomist. They
can all
.deprecate the laws which have been made,
in conformity with the instincts of mankind, _to
protect the grave from indecent violation ; but
none of them venture to come f)rward and set

the example, which alone can prove the sincerity
of their doctrine—namely, the practical sacrifice

of their " prejudices'', on the altar of Science, by
bequeathing 'their bodies, not to the hands; of
executors, in trust, to. be 'deposited in the quiet
keeping., of some law-protected churchyard, but
to their surgical brethren, for the benefit of the
experimental labours of the dissection-room.
There is not one of them who does.not seem to
prefer the prospect of the shelter of a peaceful
vault, or well-polished tomb-stone, to the unee-
: remonious curiosity of a lecture-room or the
ostentation of a glass case. But, until this sort
of enforcement of what may be called " posthu-
mous reform" begins among the members of the
medical profession, we fear that mankind will nut
give them credit for having got rid of those
.‘ prejudices" of which, they are so generously
solicitous to divest others.--Morning Herald.

Mr. Huskisson intends to draw the attention
of the House of Commons to night to the state
of Canada. We possess- no information of the
state of that Province, but through the very im-
perfect medium of the colonial newspapers, or the
equally imperfect medium of private letters.—
From these sources it is not difficult to discover
that there is great uneasiness felt, and that sonic
wrong has been sustained, but it is not so easy
to say where the latter originates, or what is the
measure of blame which may attach to one party
or another in the colony because of it. Military
Governors may be very well fitted for some colo-
nies, especially those where there is no legislature ;
but we much doubt the power of those who have
long been accustomed to habits of prompt obe-
dience in their inferiors to make due allowance
for the delay, hesitation, or obstinacy of a popu-
lar assembly. The case of a Colony presents no
analogy to that of the Mother Country. Here
the Chief, though a military man, is the compa-
nion and equal of the Parliament to which is
plans are submitted ; there the Chief is lifted far
above the Legislature, and from his rank and
fortune will too generallf be induced to despise
as much as he dislikes the controulers of his
will. We do not say that the Earl ofllalhou-
sic has acted wrongly in any respect, but we feel
assured that he has acted; to use a well under-
stood term, without tact.—New Times.
Our observations upon the proceedings of the
Hibernian Joint Stock Company, and especially
as to the course which should be pursued by the
Parliament and Government on the case sub-
mitted to them, having attracted the attention of
our contemporaries, whose object is, like our
own, the information and advantage of the pub-
lic, we shall give in our columns to-morrow (as
room will not permit us this day), a, coppof the
petition-upon which this Bill has been introduced,
together with the heads of the Bill itself. We do
so for the purpose of inviting inquiry and
discussion, and if we are not mistaken
in. our views of the habitual watchfulness of
the Legislature upon questions of public im-
portance, which this undoubtedly has now be-
come, we may, assure our readers that this case
will be sifted to the bottom. We find that the
second reading of this Bill is fixed for to-mor-
row, and we-Court that particular portion of our
readers who take a part in the consideration and
discussion
all-important question,--the
u
empire, to a minute inquiry into
c sriuesiisci;n e.
, of that;
this case..
If this joint stock company be. al-
lowed to
.tamper with the credit and currency of
the country with impunity, tuhere, will the
ethveilsk itnedril:hniactlei ?has This is
or isd, the
first case of
at least .which
has been brGught under the •notice of Parliament, ,
• and'being so, it should no longer remain in the
hands of the individuals who either promote or
oppose the measure. Our recommendation is
that, in justice to the public, this case should be
taken out of the hands of both. the . parties, and
that it Should be solemnly enquired into, and re-
' ported upon by a Select Committee of the House
of Commons, instead of allowing it to go to aim
ordinary Committee as a private Bill—for in the
laud case each of the contending parties will en-
deavour to make the best fight they can for their
own individual interests, without regard to
those of the public, which are deeply involved.,
:The simple question is, whether all Joint Stuck

Companies' are to be strictly circumscribed
-within the authorities, given them by Parliament
,whether they are, without regard to the
public credit and general interests of empire,
to be permitted to follow (under the -pretext of
having obtained the sanction of Parliament for
one object), all kinds of business, hopevcr- in-
Consistent with the authority so 4iven them, and
that without constraint or restriction, for it is
clearly'shOn by the" petition that no tribunal in
the land, except the Parliament itself,can remedy
such a grievance as that now under our notice.
—lbid.

MEETING of the WEBB.STREET SCHOOL
of ANATOMY and MEDICINE.

A meeting, which was numerously attended, was held
on Thursday in the above theatre, to take into considera-
tion the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the re-
'moval of the diMeulties which obstruct the study of

anatomy.
Mr. GRAINGER, on being called to take the Chair said,
that it was almost unnecessary for him to insist on the im-
portance of the. question which they were met to discuss.
It was to petition both Houses of Parliament to remove
the difficulties unit, existing in obtaining bedies for dissec-
tion. Frequently, in consequence of the difficulty of pro-
curing the necessary supplies,' there was considerable inter-
ruption to the anatomical studies. The schools in London
did not suffer so much as those in other parts of the em-
pire. In Edinburgh it was with extreme difficulty that a
few subjects could be procured for 2,000 or 3,000 pupils
Another great evil was the expence. This fell in a great
part en the students, but more so on the lecturer. It was
a matter of regret that the great price paid for_ subjects pro-
duced another serious evil, eo far as the British schools
were coneerried, for the pupils were thereby compelled to re-
sort to other countries where anatomy might be pursued with •
greater facility. It was known that from 130 to 200 British
students annually went to‘Paris to 'pursue their studies. He
had no ill feeling to the foreign schools ; on the contrary,
he was most willing to allow that they had made great ad-
vances in this branch of science, owing to the greater faci-
lities afforded them. The objections to the present mode
of ob6ining subjects not only affected the medical pro-
fession, but alio the public generally; for it led to a breach
of the law, and this breach of the law was necessarily sanc-
tioned by anatomical lecturers, who, from their station in
society,. ought to be its supporters; in this country they
were obliged to league themselves with men who were
almost outcasts
,of society. The robbery of the.grave
often led to greater crimes. A short time since a recur-
rectionman went, in. Company with two returned convicts,
professedly to obtain dead bodies ; they were anPrehendsd
by the police, and the implements of hOusebreaking were 1
found in their possession. This resurrection 'mart applied
to. him (Mr. Grainger) for assistance to extricate him from
his awkward situation, and, when it was objected that'he
was engaged in more dangerous business than that of pro-
curing 'subjects, he answered that the impleinents were
necessary for opening vaults. Thus was the lecturer placed
in this dilemma—either to sanction the conduct of this
individual, or to be deprived of his assistance at some future'
time. This shewed the unpleasant methods of which
teachers of anatomy were compelled to avail themselves,
to render their schools efficient. It 'was needless to en-
large on the danger to which the health of the community
would be liable, if anatomical knowledge was not sup-
ported as the basis of medical and surgical science.
Dr.' Boorr rose to propose that a petition be presented to
both Houses. of Parliament, and remarked it was sur-
prising that in the nineteenth century any doubt should
exist relative to the importance of anatomy. Dr. Boott
then read the following petition
" The Petitien.ef the undersigned Lecturers and Students
of the Webb-street School of Anatomy and Medicine, '
" Showeth,—That it is universally admitted, that ana-
tomical knoiefedge 'is the basis of all Medical and surgical
science ; that such knowledge is required by all the autho-
rities- which are entrusted with the power of
.conferring
medical and surgical diplomas ; that it is required by all
the boards which examine into the qualifications of candi-
dates for the public' service; that it is required by the'
public, and the courts of 'law recognise the justice of the
claim, for the practitioner who is pioved, by any error he
may. commit, to be deficient in his knowledge, is, severely
punished ; yet not only is no legal provision made, affording
to the student the means of dissection, but no such provi-
sion is obtainable without a direct violation of the law ;
that by a recent decision in a court of justice, it is declared
that any surgeon is punishable who has in his possession a
body which he knows to have been disintered. Thus, the
practitioner is punishable for• not acquiring a complete
knowledge of his profession, while the medical teacher is
punishable even for having in his possession the only pos •
sible means by which he can communicate that knowledge
to his pupils; that the tendency and the actual operation
of 'this state of things, is to render the acquisition of ana-
tomical knowledge at all times exorbitantly expensive, and
at souse seasons, and in some situations, impossible; and
hence, to compel the student to seek at great expense, and
with great inconvenience, for that instruction in foreign
countries which might easily and beneficially be afforded in

his own.
" May it therefore please your Honourable House to
tike into your consideration these serious and increasing
evils, and to afford such remedies as to your wisdom may
seem meet, and your petitioners will ever pray."
Mr. PILCIIER said, that in a meeting of students devoted
to the study of anatomy, it must he perfectly unnecessary
to insist upon the importance of the knowledge of anatomy,
and hence huma►► dissections : indeed, only once did he
recollect its absolute necessity being called ►nto question,
and that, he regretted to say, by a Judge in his official ca-
pacity. He certainly wished all who coincided with that.
distinguished person, when unfortunately the subjects of
accident or disease, might be attended by men educated ac-
cording to their own ideas. The difficulty of procuring'
subjects was sufficient already, without such opposition.'
Qur Chairmen spoke of the scarcity met with, particularly
in some schools. A house-pupil informed him a few slays
ago that be had given his part of 35 guineas for a single
subject in, Edinburgh. Although expensive here, we had
no idea of what occurred at some other schools. Al-
though they could not presume to offer their opinion to
Parliament upon the subject of a remedy, yet it must be
very simple, as in one parish in this metropolis no less than
600 persons were annually buried at the public expenee.
Hebegged leave then most cordially to second the petition

of Dr. Boott.
Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMITH said it had been proposed that
those who died in hospitals unclaimed by friends should
be devoted to the purpose of dissection. He only knew of
one objection that had been raised to this, and that was,—
it Would cause the hospitals to be deserted. That this
would not be the case, he might infer from an instance
which occurred at Bologna, many centuries ago. A certain
Pope, while a student, feeling tho imperative neces-
sity and extreme difficulty of procuring subjects for anato-:
mical purposes, determined, should he ever be raised to
power, to remove, if possible, the restrictions which impe-
ded the study of anatomy. When elevated to the Papal
chair, he did. not forget his former resolution. The fist
act of his rein was to repeal the law which allowed the
dissection of criminals. Shortly after he made another
edict, that every one that entered a hospital was to give
his consent to be dissected if he died. The hospitals fur a
time were deserted. Soon, however, they filled again,
and the greatest benefit". accrued to mankind in conse-
quence, and all the other cities in Italy were obliged to re-
sort to the same measure. He had great pleasure in pro-
posing the resolution he was about to submit, because he
knew the interest the Noble Lord and -the lion. Gentle-
man took in the subject. He moved, therefore, that
the petition be presented by the Marquis,of Lansdowne in
the House of Lords, and by John Smith, Esq., in the
House of Commons.

Seconded by Mr. ECCLES. •
The CHAIRMAN then alluded to the case of Mr. Hall,
late pupil of this school, who had been prosecuted for
having a body in his pOsseSsion. He trusted a subscription
would be entered into for the purpose of defraying the ea-
pvnses incurred, and of, decidedly showing. the disappro-
bation of the profession at large to the proceedings that
had been, instituted against him.
Dr. UHPKINS then moved that the Chairman do leave
the chair. '
Dr. Boorr having been unanimously called upon to take
the 'chair,
SCRIVEN proposed a vote of thanks, .to Mr.
Grainger,, for the able and spirited manner with which he
had conducted the business of the meeting, which was se-
conded by Mr. Hor.aovn, and carried. with great applause.

•
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.--For
the last eight or tcn days, an extraordinary motion of the
sea, has been felt in the channel, in so much, that several
ships outward bound could not proceed to the Westward of
the Lizard, and ultimately have been. obliged to put back
into Plymouth Sound and Harbour. The 'grave Castle,
4FKERSON, after encountering the sea for the last ten
days, arrived in the Sound on Monday last. The rise of
tide has beert.great for several days following, v 4. nineteen
feet, which has produced a grand and terrific burst upon
the. Breakwater, many feet above the crane-heads.
Plymouth. Journal.

4
LAW INTELLIGENCE

COURT OF CHANCERY-APRIL 17.

IN RE BRUCE, BROWN, & SCOTT, ARDIY• CLOTHIERS.
On the Lord Chancellor's taking his seat, Mr.
Bruce reminded his Lordship that 10 o'clock this
morning had been specially appointed for the hearing
of this ease;
The LORD CHANCELLOR—I will hear you, ,Mr.
Bruce, after Mr. Romilly (who was on his legs).
Mr. Bruce—l beg pardon, my Lord, I would
not be so preSsing did I not, understand that several
gentlemen at the bar intend tO, bring on other
matters before my case, which I presume cannot be
your Lordship's intention, as I have this special ap-
pointment under the hand of your Lordship's. se-
cretary.
The Loll') CHANCELLOR—The Court must first
hear a ease that is partly heard. I stopped Mr.
Roe yesterday in the middle of his argument. I
will hear you in your turn.
On which Mr. Bruce sat down, and the case
"e.r- perle Curl in re Harvey" was proceeded with
until near two o'clock, when Mr. Bruce read from
a sheet of paper a very long address to his Lordship,
after which the Lord Chancellor said that he would
appoint an early day for going on with the case.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, APRIL 19.

LEWIS AND ANOTHER V. DYSON.

Mr. BROUGHAM, with whom was Mr. CHITTY,
stated the facts of this case. The plaintiffs are mil-
liners and dress-makers, in Regent-street. • The
defendant keeps a stage-coach-hooking-office at No..
53, Piccadilly. It appeared that in October last
the plaintiffs had received an order from a lady named
Avers, residing near Diss, in Norfolk, for some
mourning. The order was completed on the sth of
October, and was sent in a deal box by a porter in
the plaintiffs' employ, to be forwarded by a coach
called the Phenomena„.from No. 52, Piccadilly. The
porter, instead of taking it to that office, took it in
mistake to the office of the defendant, at Ne. 53,
thinking that as the two offices adjoined, they were
Connected with.each other. He inquired of the de-
fendant's son, who was acting as booklkeeper in the
office, whether the box' could be forwarded from
thence, and was informed that it could, and
that it would be sent off the next morn-
ing. The porter accordingly left the box, which
was booked in the usual manner, the defendant's
son; and another person who was in the office, stat-
ing, in answer to the porter's inquiries, that it was
" all right." Some days afterwards the mistake of
the porter was discovered, Miss Ai.ers having
written to the plaintiff, mentioning the non-arrival
of the box and on inquiry it. turned Out that it had
not been sent by the Phenomena coach, but by a
waggon, and instead of arriving in .12 hours, as it
would have done if it had been forwarded. by that
coach, it did not- reach its destination for ten days.
In the interval, some correspondence took •place'
between the plaintiffs and Miss Avers, and the latter
having stated that it would be inconvenient to her to
wait longer for the mourning, the plaintiffs, who had
presumed the box to be lost, were under the neces-
sity of making her a fresh dress, and this was com-
pleted before they received the announcement of the
arrival of the box, which, it appeared, came by a
waggon from the . Saracen's-head-office, Aldgate.
The plaintiffs afterwards disposed of the first dress at
a,loss of between V. and 5/., and it was to recover
that sum that the present action was brought.
Lord TENTERDEN, without summing up, said he
thought the only question was, whether the verdict
should be for 40s. or 4L .

The Jury, without hesitation, gave the plaintiffs
;he latter sum.

NORWICH SESSIONS, APRIL 16.

John Elliot and Robert Phelp
.were indicted for
a conspiracy to defraud the Creditors of Win. Bax-
ter,. a bankrupt, by removing his goods. :The bank-
rupt, who was a linen-draper in Norwich, was in-
cluded in the indictment, but absconded.
Wm. Gissing, shopman to the bankrupt, proved
that he set up business in 1827 ; for a time he. had
two shops, in different parts of NorWich, one of
which was conducted by witness in his own name.
When that was discontinued, in the following.Octo•
ber, witness' came to attend to the business in the
hankrupt's: house, and the bankrupt burned the books
of accounts of the other shop. Baxter soon after told
him he was in embarrassed circumstances, and he
heard him also tell John Elliot that he was insolvent.
Elliott said. that if he were Baxter he would cheat
his creditors as much as he could, and make them re-
pent having threatened to arrest him ; he would cheat
them by removing his goods. Witness helped Vaxter
to pack up a parcel of goods, which Baxter took
away in a gig. After that several parcels of goods
were packed up and loCked up in a room above
stairs. About a fortnight before Baxter closed his
shop (whieh he did on 19th Nov.), Elliot. and
Phelp, who was married to Baxter's sister, came to
his house, and were busily, employed with him in
packing up goods. Elliot said, " We must be staunch
to, each other, and not tell arty one that any goods
have been removed." Phelp said, "We must be
pippins," meaning staunch. After ten o'clock,
Phelp brought a cart, and the packages were put
into it. They contained the most valuable part of
the stock (sarsnets, ribbons, lawn), and were worth
at least 1,0001. Phelp drove the cart, and Baxter
and Elliot went with it. Witness afterwards heard
Plielp tell Baxter that the goods were all safe, and
could not be found if searched for. Witness put a
parcel of goods and 101. in silver, in a false ceiling
in the house, and after Baxter left it, he received a
letter from him, desiring that his clothes and the
silver should be sent him. Witness sent him the
silver, but not his clothes, the messenger being in
possession under the bankruptcy at the time.
On his cross-examination, the witness admitted
that he had denied any knowledge of the facts he
now stated when examined before the Commis-
sioners of Baxter's bankruptcy, and was sent by
them to Newgate. Two other persons in the em-
ployment of the bankrupt proved the removal of the
goods on the night in.question. A clerk of Mr. Par-
rington, an accountant in London, proved that he
was sent down before Baxter's bankruptcy, by his
creditors, to take an account of his ,stock, and dis-
covered in• the roof -a quantity of shawls, lace veils,
Gros de Naples, and 10/. worth of silVer, so secreted,.
that he could not have discovered it, had he,riot
been directed to it. • The bankrupt's debts amounted
to 5,000/. He had purchased -goods to the amount
of 1;600/. between the Ist of September and 17th
of November. Elliot told witness that he could
take him where there were 2,000 t. or 3,0001:: worth
of Baxter's,. goods concealed, huis lie sbould be in-
demnified. He added, -that Baxter had places and
traps at his father's, which they could never find out.
The prisoners were both found !‘ Guilty."
Elliot was sentenced to two years' imprisonment
and a fine of 100/. • Phelp to one years' imprison-
rnent and a firie of 50/.
The Grand ,Itry fOund a bill of indietMent against
Charles Baxter and Joseph Baxter, jUn., brothers of
the bankrupt; for. a conspiracy 0- defraud the creditors
of William Baxter; and on ,an affidavit of Mr.
Ashurst, of London, Solicitor to. the Commission,
stating grounds • for believing that the defendants,
who are at present in custody, having .been com-
mitted by the CoMmissioners, intended to abscond,
they were ordered to enter into recognizances, them-
selves in 400/., and their bail in 2001. each. Charles
Baxter, it is stated, had taken his passage for Ame-
rica in a false name.

The courage of a common soldier is the
cheapest and most common (panty of human nature.
G ibbon.
PORTRAIT PAINTING.—" Could you not
give .a little more expression to that.countenance ?" said a
gentleman to an eminent painter who had sheaved him a
portrait which he had just finished. " I have made the
attempt already,", replied the painter, " but what the
picture gained in expression it lost in likeness ; and by the
time there was a little common sense in it, nobody knew
for whom it was intended. I was ,therefore obliged to
begin again, and make a picture perfectly like, and per-
fectly meaningless, as you see it."

LOMl6l4T§ts-slioi4g,.A.iqui, •19.

GROUNDS FOR REFUSING A LICENCE.

Mr: ALLEY applied to the Court (which con-
sisted of Sir JOHN PERRING, the RECORDER, and
Aldermen KEY and FAREBROTHER), for a licence; in
behalf of Henry Cable, the landlord of the Rose and
Crown public-house, Queenhithe. The house had
been licensed for many years, but 'lately the I; Ind-
lord had,
,fallen into pecuniary difficulties, and the
Alderman of the Ward (VenableS).had refuse d to
certify on the last licensing day, on which account
the licence had been refused. The circumstances
'were not a little singular. The appellant, a most
industrious man, had, in January, 1827, agrc:ed to
purchase the -lease for 6001., at • a rental of 451. a
year, the premium to be paid by instalments, of 25/.
a quarter, with interest. He paid down 200/. on
account of the fixtures, furniture, and stot;k, and
gave a warrant of attorney to secure the die pay-
ment of the balance, and he took up his freedom at
an expence of '421. I Os. Unfortunately, his busi-:
ness was :net flourishing, and he forfeited his agree-
ment fOr . the lease, and was plunged in ether em-
barrassments. He therefore was induced to'endea-
your to dispose of -the house to relieve, himself.
Several offers were made, but the Alderman of the
Ward hiring refused to grant the certificate, his cre-
ditors seized and sold his goods and fixtures at a
great loss. If the appellant had the 'licence, he
would be enabled to obtain a comfortable livelihood;
but if the Cciurt refused to grant it, (but such, an
act of injustice and.
..inhumanity could not be, spcu-
lated upon), his run would be inevitabbf. lad,
conducted•the house with the utmost propriety, and_
there could be no excuse for withholdii ig the only
means he had of obtaining a subsisttaice. The
Learned Counsel then presented a petition, repre-
senting the particulars of the case.
The COMMON SERJEANT appeared on the part of
the city to oppose the application. The fact was,
there was no want ,of-a public-house, and the appel-
lant's house was badly conducted_ .

Mr. ALLEv—Prove that, and I'll give tip the case
altogether.
. Sir JOHN PERRING--1 see nothing in the Common
Seijeant's objection. The only thing for us to go
upon is the character of the house and of the pro-
prietor. can never think of oppressing a poor
man, espeCially in the midst of his misfortunes.
The appellant was then questioned—There never
was-made,- he said, a complaint against his house.
If the licence should
_be refused, his ruin would be
certain. -The refusal of the Alderman had already
caused the sacrifice of his goods and furniture, but
notwithstanding that heavy injury, he was confident
of success if the Court exercised its well-known
charity.
The RECORDER—What ! a man come here for
a licence who is no better than a pauper ! Why, his
poverty will supply him with temptation to let in all
sorts of bad characters !
Alderman KEY—He will have the assistance of
friends. Can any one speak against his character?

The RECORDER—He only hopes for the assistance
of friends. Cable, you are not in a situation to keep
a public-house. Your poverty may lead You to en-
tertain bad characters.

Appellant—There is au excellent living to be got
in the house, your Worship; and I never harbour-
ed, and never will harbonr, bad characters. I know
none such.

11Tr•. Calve'', the landlord of the Horse,and Pan,

niers, in Bread-street-hill, declared that the house
had been licensed as long as lie recollected ; and
there was no doubt the appellant would be able to
get a good living in it. A former landlord had made
7,000/. in it. He felt as a neighbour, and came to
do justice to the appellant's character, and believed
him to be a most steady and unexceptionable person.
The RECORDER—No licence- can be granted to a
man in such a distressed situation. If he is able to
go on, it must be with borrowed money.
Mr. ALLEY--What a declaration ! 'How many
men of immense wealth and consequence have begun
business upon borrowed money !
The ItEcoRDER—The public are concerned in
this matter. I shall never consent to give a licence
to a pauper : bad characters will be entertained.
Sir J. PERRING—Cannot a man he poor without
being a rogue ? Thi's is a doctrine to which I shall
never subscribe.
The Ward Beadle never in his life heard a com-
plaint against the house,.which was used by barge-
masters and their men, and watermen.- lie heard
just such language on the benches as was usual in
other public-houses. Nobody ever desired him to
complain against the house.
The. appellant said that he would, if the Court
pleased, remove the benches.
The RECORDER—The house of a person so poor
must be resorted to by profligate eharacters.
Sir J. PERRING—Barge-masters ate not such
profligate characters. I do not see that the objec-
tion is at all sustained.
J. Fellows. stated that he lived next door to the
Rose and Crown, which was as well conducted as
any house, in the neighbourhood.
LaWrence, the street-keeper, never heard a word
uttered against the house.
Mr. Catley, a merchant, who lives close to the
house, stated that he had no particular reason to
complain.
Sir J. PERRING.—There is no evidence at all
against the conduct of this poor man, or, the cha-
racter .of . his house. If his friends are ready to
assist him, I don't see how it is possible to refuse
his claim.
The RECOADER—I cannot consent, as he has not
the recommendation required. I have an insuperable
objection on account of the public. There is no se-
curity for the good conduct. He.shonld be a man
possessed of such property aS'Would secure him from
temptation. What was Mi situation ? He was
liable to be torn away
,from his house by arrests. If
he ever puts any furniture in his house, it will be
only by bits. No man has come forward to say that
hweeSkhanlol
know how voecapital. The appellant has hope; but
hopes
may be disappointed. There
is no complaint against his moral character; but
there is no necessity for the house. I vote against
the. licence. , •
AiiE.
Alderman KEY.—We have no excuse for refusing
tbe.poOr man. His poverty, in my opinion, adds to
instead
would consent to
giye him the licence, if his. house was furnished;
erm
diminishing his claims. R—l
Alderman of dimFi
oT
buti cannot think of licensing an empty house. If,
ho!weVer, his friends come forward and assist him by
next Quarter Sessions day, I shall not hesitate.
Mr. Catven.—l'll send him in 10/. worth of fur-
niture myself at once.
The -CITY -SOLICITOR. —lf you do sO,ll distress
will be sent hi on Monday morning.
Mr. ALLEY.—The refusal of the licence has re-
durced the poor. industrious 'Man to the condition
which is now considered by some as an argument in
favour of ruining him for ever.
•
There being two votes for granting the licence
and -two against it, the application will be repeated,
on the next Quarter Sessions day. As the
were oce proca-
-
ceeded, .the sympathies of the hearers w
sionally eipressed.in 4 very tineilirivOCal manner.

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The term bull is taken from the Latin bulla,
signifying a bubble,. as when a pot. boils, or, a fountain,
flows, or the:protuberance, of a stud on a bridle or saddle,
or any ether kind-of embossing. Hence the impression left
by the seal on the wax is galled bulla, and so the Papal Di-
ploma, bearing the Seal of his Floliness, is called the Pope's.
Bull. The impression was generally made on lead, and
fastened to the written instrument.
T T .
GOOD TAKE OF riADDOcKs..:.—' Fite herring
fishing in the Firth of Forth being concluded for the sCason,
on Friday last two boats from ls!ewhaven set out, in order
to ascertain what sort of summer fishing of haddocks might
be* expected. They shot their lines off St. Abb's Head,
and returned on Saturday forenoon, tire one boat with
1600, and tire other with 2000 fine large fish.—Cale
donian Mercury.

Per Quarter.
Carlisle
Carmarthen,---.
Moipeth
Penrith
Winchester --
Per Bushel."
Coventry
Newcastle (Staff.)
Northallerton
Staffbrd
Swansea -------
Warwick --

Per 14°11.
Baimardeastle
Darliugton
Durham
Wolsingham