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London, England, 1844-12-26 00:00:00

rnJ SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY EVEN NG-, DECEMBER 26, 1344.

Average Amoun
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Williams,
Clinch, and Co 10,722
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 42,989
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,04
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—Messrs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters

8,25

9,692

11,058

Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven,
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 28,180
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton 'and Co
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds,
and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot-
ner and Son
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sens...
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co
Reigate and narking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co

36,406
5,662

4,56

9,27

3,230
16,668
12,765
23,984

Average Amount.
Wilts and Dorn t Banking Company, Salisbury 66,250
West Riding Ur, ion Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City a id County Banking Company,
Worcester. . . , 4,700
York Union Banking Company, Yk•ik 56.975
York City and Cv inty Banking Company, York 85,008
Yorkshire Bankir, ; Company, Leeds
P. I •EANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Stamps and Ta: es, Dec. 21, 1814.

dressed the clergy of the last-named diocese in pre-
cisely the same spirit, urging the same advice. We
have not seen any, copy of the Right Reverend Lord's
address, and we do not know that any copy has been
printed, but we have .what we consider sufficient
authority for saying) that it was In All tespnts
precisely similar to the address of the Bishop
of 'Worcester. Lastly, what gives us a sincere plea-
sure on every ground, we. are able to communicate
the following graceful, letter of the Bishop of Exeter,
putting an end to the differences that have lately
disturbed his Lordship'S diocese :
" TO THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF
EXETER.
•' Bishopstowe, Dec. 23,1844.
" Dear and Rev. Brethren—lt has been represented to
me by many of you, in different parts of the diocese, that
the use of the surplice in preaching is more repugnant to
the feelings of the people than could have been reasonably
anticipated. To these feelings, however erroneous, I
deem it my duty to surrender what may be abandoned
without the sacrifice of any principle. I therefore with,
draw my order, as respects the surplice.
" That order was avowedly issued t,y me, not for the sake
of enforcing an express rule "of the Church, but in execution
of the power given to me to appease a diversity' in
Divine Worship, and so to remove a symbol of disenion
amongst ourselves. If my object cannot be obtained in the
Wal which I had pointed out, without leading to other
evils of as grave a kind, let me, however, hope and en-
treat that in using your own discretionin this particular,
you will so use it as shall least expose you to the re-
proach of cherishing party spirit. Wherever, the sur-
plice is now used without offence, there, I hope, it will
be continued in use.,

" The enforcement of the rubrics rests on different
ground. In them the Church has spoken clearly; and
to the voice of the Churci, when it gives not an uncer-
tain sound, every true Churchman, and especially every
faithful minister, will hearken with reverence and sub-
mission.—l am, Rev. and dear Brethren,
" Your faithful friend and brother,

" H. EXETER."
May He who guards his Church forbid that any
Churchman fall into the grievous sin of treating
this accommodation as a victory. There can be no
victory in such a case without a war, and he who
should now triumph would confess that he has been
at war with his spiritual superior, and would
render himself obnoxious to the charge of
making a hypocritical pretence of a conscientious
scruple, in order to disguise his enmity to the
proper authority of the. Church. Let us rather
understand the arrangement as, what in truth it
is, the effect of the Right Reverend Lord's disco-
very, that the innovations or renovations to which
he for a moment thought it his duty to give
countenance, are in the minds of the people
intimately and inseparably connected with a
profession of the Traetarian heresy, and that it
was on this account, and this account only, that
his just authority has ever been resisted. Once
satisfied that such is the true state of the case, the
Bishop has acted with the affectionate care and the
manliness that have. ever distinguished him.
It remains now for the people to show
that they merit the favourable and, we are
thoroughly convinced, just estimate of their
motives which has led to his Lordship's con-
ciliatory and truly paterrial concession. Let the peo-
ple show that they never ceased to charish a grateful
veneration for his Lordship'S personal character and
sacred office, even while they seemed to resist his
command. This they can most satisfactorily
demonstrate by a careful recollection of all
his Lordship's manifold services to the great
Protestant cause, and . the multitude of the be-
nefits he has conferred' upon his dioce,e. As care-
fully dismissing from memory the occurrences of the
last month, as a well-disposed man dismisses recol-
lections of the rare and accidental harshness of a
father, whose whole life- otherwise gives proof of
kindness, care, and deeply-seated love.

INTERESTING OCCURRENCE.
The Avenir National contains the following inte-
resting recital :—" Some months back, a prismer,
escorted by two gendarmes, was brought to Tulle,
sentenced to undergo there five years' imprisonment.
His wife, a young woman in black, covered with a
thick veil, accompanied him to the door of the prison.
The prisoner is a person named Vinsot, a receiver of
taxes in the arrondissement of Tulle, who had been
condemned by the Court of Assizes of the Correze,
under the following Circumstances :—At the hotel
where M. Vinsot lod4ed'before his marriage was a
pretty girl, to whom he was said not to be indifferent.
He got married, however, to a most amiable young
woman, of excellent education, and tenderly attached
to him. The girl at the:inn lay in some months after,
and her child disappeated. She was taken up under
a charge of infanticide, and, from the information
which she. gave, M. • Vinsot, to whom she said
she had given the child, was also arrested. This
affair plunged both his family and that of his wife
into the greatest grief, and caused much surprise in
the country. The young wife, as may be supposed,
received a dreadful shock, but refused to believe that
her husband was guilty.. She attended him during
his trial and the preliminary proceedings with great
devotedness. lie was found guilty by the Court as
a party to the concealment of the birth of the child ;
and the girl, who declared him to be her accomplice,
was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. 'lcy
were in due course removed to their places of confine-
ment, Vinsot being accompanied by his wife to
Tulle, as already stated. Her conduct soon became
known, and the people,- who seldom fail to admire
in others what is really, noble, treated her with
the utmost veneration. Months passed over in this
way, the young wife remaining firm in her convic-
tion of her husband's innocence, when the girl whose
child had disappeared `fell ill. She, at last, became
in so dangerous a state, that a priest was sent for.
Alarmed on his repreiehtations at the thought of ap-
pearing before her Divine-Judge without atoning for
her sins, she confessed
_before witnesses that she had
wrongfully accused Vinsot, having herself killed the
child with a view to her former lover, whom she
detested for leaving her. She died shortly after this
avowal. The circumstances were immediately im-
parted to the Procureur-,General who at once applied
for a royal pardon for Vinsot, which, we doubt not,
will be at once granted, to the heartfelt delight of his
attached wife."

The Dowager Lady Huntingfield and Lord and
Lady Huntingtield have; within the last few days, libe-
rally contributed to the comforts of the indigent poor
on the family estate, in Suffolk, by causing warm
clothing, &c., to be given away, as well as large quantities
of coal.

JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.
On Tuesday afternoon a fire was discovered pro-
ceeding from a stable 'in the occupation of an aged
widow, named Gaisford, at Bulkington, about fives
miles from Devizes, and the flames communicating to
the dwelling-house adjoining, the whole was con-
sumed in the course of two hours. It may be re-
membered that some alarm was excited in this place
about a year and a half'ago, in consequence of the de-
molition of nearly the whole of the windows of Mrs.
Gaisford's house, and of a great portion of her
crockery, apparently without hands. Mrs. Gaisford
—good easy wornan—and her husband (who was
living at the time) could not be persuaded but that it
proceeded from some supernatural power—that it was,
in fact, the freaks of a ghost. Upon no other person's
mind, however, was there the slightest doubt but that
it was the act of the grandson of the old people, an
artful urchin, then only about nine years of age ; and
circumstances have transpired to confirm the fact.
The boy has since gone by the name of " the
Bulkington Ghost." After the flames had been
quelled on Tuesday, suspicions were excited that
" the Bulkington Ghost " had been to work again.
Superintendent Haines, who had been attracted to
the spot from Potterne, by the light which the flames
produced, discovered upon inquiry that the boy had a
day or two previously purchased some lucifer matches ;
and as the stable communicated with the dwelling-
house, and there being no other persons in the
house at the time than the boy and his grandmother
—the boy having been absent about five minutes be-
fore the tire was discovered—he felt it his duty to ap-
prehend him. His suspicions were strengthened by the
fact that the door of the stable, which fronts the yard,
was fastened at the time--clearly showing that the
fire must proceed from some one in the house. The
boy, at about twelve at night, was taken to the blind-
house, but he had not been there long before he be•
came greatly alarmed, ,and entreated to be allowed
to go to his grandmother. The constable
who had charge of him said he must know
something of the fire first. The boy asked,
whether, if he confessed, he should be let out ?
Without any promise being made to him, he after-
wards confessed —that. he had taken the cows to water,
and that on his return.he went into the stable from
the yard ; that he then fastened the door, applied a
match to the straw in the rack, and seeing it burn,
went into the kitchen and sat down by the side of his
grandmother, as if nothing had happened ; adding,
that he did not think of setting the house on fire.
About five minutes aherwards, a person seeing smoke
issuing from the stable, went and endeavoured
to open the door, but finding it fastened, broke
it open, when the flames broke forth with re-
doubled fury. The following morning the boy was
taken before Mr. Ludlow Bruges and the Rev. Mr.
Crawley, when, in the most hardened manner, he not
only denied committing the act, but also said that lie
did not even know upon what charge he was taken
up. Mr. Superintendent Ilaines said he had no doubt
that the boy had made the confession in the blind-
house under the impression that. it would be the
means of liberating him. From this circumstance,
and taking into consideration the very tender age of
the boy, the magistrates did not feel justified
in committing • him ; he was therefore set at
liberty. He readily acknowledged to the
superintendent that it was he who broke
all the windows and the crockery in his grand-
mother's house. He stated, among other freaks

that his grandmc %er had put him to bed one night,
and he had lain just long enough for her to suppose
that he was asleep, when he jumped out of the bed,
ran into her room, dashed through his hands the
'window, and was back into his own room, in bed, and
again apparently asleep, before the old NVotnan could
come up stairs and see what had happened. A more
depraved young rascal was never heard of, his lan-
guage is shocking, and although now a little more
than ten years of age, he is the terror of the village.—
Devizes Gazette.

of their all being not only promptly protected when-
ever an emergency may arise, but also frequently
visited by the Governor in person, we conceive that
by far the most useful addition which could be made
to the force at his disposal would be that which would
be afforded by placing an armed steamer of moderate
size under his orders. In addition to this, we think
that a militia composed of the settlers should be or-
ganised, from which we would by no means exclude
such of the natives as should so far have adopted the
habits of civilised life as to be fit to bear arms in
the same ranks with Europeans; we need also hardly
observe that such a force should always be kept
under the complete control of the Governor, and
that he should always have such a proportion of re-
gular troops under his command as not to be entirely
dependent upon the militia for support. We are
further disposed to believe that advantage might re-
sult from endeavouring to create a permanent native
force under European officers, but in which their own
chiefs might also, perhaps, hold commands ; such a
force would probably afford, not only a cheap addition
to the military power of the Governor, but also a
valuable instrument for gradually training the natives
to habits of order and subordination.
Your Committee cannot offer these recommenda-
tions, tending to what may be thought a more severe
enforcement of authority over the natives, without,
at the same time, expressing their strong sense of the
duty incumbent upon the Government of adopting the
most effective measures for their welfare and improve-
ment. With this view, we conceive that every effort
should be made to amalgamate the two races ; more
particularly, the utmost attention should be paid to
the education and training of the rising generation
of the aborigines • whenever their improvement in
intelligence will admit of it, the natives should be
placed in every respect on a footing of perfect
equality with their white fellow-subjects, and as
soon as possible, they should be employed in the
civil service of the Government in any situations
in which they can make themselves useful. We also
attach much importance to the adoption of a good
system of making reserves of land for their benefit.
These reserves ought, in our opinion, to be of mode-
rate size, and interspersed with the lands destined for
the occupation of settlers ; the natives should be en-
couraged themselves to occupy and to cultivate the
land thus reserved for their benefit, and only those
parts of it for which they might have no immediate
occasion should be allowed to be let on lease to Eu-
ropeans, the leases being restricted to a moderate
term of years, and the rents so obtained being con-
sidered as applicable only for their advantage. By
this arrangement the natives established upon such
reserves being scattered, a few together, amongst
the European population, would be more likely,
than under any other plan which has been suggested,
gradually to adopt the customs and ways of life of
their civilised neighbours; whereas, if the land re-
served for them were in large blocks, and they were
collected together in considerable numbers, the proba-
bility is that they would cling far more pertinaciously
to the habits of savage life, and, if so, this interesting
people would too surely melt away before the advanc-
ing tide of European settlement.
It is an evil of which the experience of other colo-
nies affords frequent examples, that the progress of
settlement is impeded by land coming into the pos-
session of persons who endeavour to derive a profit,
not from its improvement, but by suffering it to lie
waste until it acquires value from the labour and capi-
tal expended in the surrounding district • it therefore
appears to us that means should be taken to guard
against this abuse in New Zealand. This will, we
trust, be to a great extent effected by the regulations,
which will prevent property in land from being ac-
quired, otherwise than by purchase ; but, as a further
security, we would recommend that some part of the
colonial revenue should be raised by means of a tax
upon land. On the North American continent, when
a tax has been imposed upon land with the view of
checking its being held by persons not actually in-
tending to make use of it, we believe the tax has gene-
rally been laid upon wild land only. Looking, however,
at the difficulty of accurately determining the degree
of improvement which should exempt land from a
tax applying only to that which is designated as wild,
and to the facility thus afforded for evading the
but den, it appears to us more advisable that such a
tax should be imposed on all land, whether wild or
otherwise. if the tax were low (we think it ought
not to exceed 2d. an acre) it would be unfelt as a
practical burden on land really turned to profitable
account, while even this small payment recurring
annually, would powerfully tend to discourage the
retention of land by parties deriving no immediate
advantage from it.
Such a tax ought not of course to apply to land
now occupied by the natives, or to that held as re-
serves for their benefit. The lands granted to the
New Zealand Company ought also to be regarded
in a different light from that held by private indivi-
duals ; they have obtained that land in the character
of agents for the public in carrying on the work of
colonisation ; so long, therefore, as they adequately
discharge the duties belonging to that character, they
ought not to be subjected to the tax in respect of land
they hold for this purpose; at the same time, care
should be taken that no privilege capable
of being abused should be given to them. We
would, therefore, suggest that the lands remaining un-
sold it the hands of the Company should be freed from
the tax, so long as the extent of land so held should
not exceed that which would remain to them, sup-
posing that from the commencement of their opera-
tions they had, one year with another, sold one-
twenty -fifth part of the land assigned to them by the
Crown. Should their sales upon the whole fall short
of this, they might fairly be required to pay the tax
upon the difference. It might also be proper to insist,
as a condition for their enjoying the proposed exemp-
tion, that a fixed proportion of the proceeds of their
land sales should be applied to the promotion of
emigration.
Your Committee having now stated very fully their
views upon those parts of the subject referred to them
which have the most important bearing upon the
practical measures which ought now to be adopted,
and having in their resolutions adverted to some of
those measures which do not seem to require any par-
ticular explanation, had originally intended to have
offered some remarks upon the complaints which the
servants of the Crown in the colony upon the one side,
and those employed by the New Zealand Company on
the other, have mutually made against each other; but,
upon further deliberation, it has appeared to us that
the unhappy differences which have prevailed are
most likely to be allayed by our forbearing to pro-
nounce an opinion which must of necessity involve an
expression of blame on some, if not all, of those who
have taken part in these proceedings; we, therefore,
have thought it most expedient to abstain altogether
from entering further into this part of the subject;
even as to the unhappy affair at Wairau, by which so
many valuable lives were lost, we will add nothing to
the resolution which we have unanimously adopted,
and which will be found amongst those subjoined to
this report, and we will only express our earnest hope
that all classes of settlers, and more especially those
persons to whom important duties in the newly-esta-
blished colony have been entrusted, either by her Ma-
jesty's Government or by the Company, will feel that
the interest and welfare of all requires that harmony
should be re-established, and that this can only be
accomplished by mutual forbearance and moderation.
In conclusion, we beg to submit to the House the
following resolutions, as containing a summary of the
opinions we have formed on the whole subject :-
1. That the conduct of the New Zealand Company,

A A,
in sending out settlers to New Zealand, not only with-
out the sanction, but in direct defiance, of the autho-
rity of the Crown, was highly irregular and improper.
2. That the conclusion of the treaty of Waitangi
by Captain Hobson with certain natives of New Zea-
land, was a part of a series of injudicious proceedings,
which had commenced several years previous to his
assumption of the local Government.
3. That the acknowledgment by the local authori-
ties of a right of property on the part of the natives
of New Zealand in all wild lands in those islands,

after the sovereignty had been assumed by her Ma-
jesty, was not essential to the true construction of the
treaty of Waitangi, and was an error which has been
productive of very injurious consequences.
4. That the New Zealand Company has a right to
expect to be put in, possession by the Government,
with the least possible delay, of the number of acres
awarded to it by Mr. Pennington ; that the Company
has this right as against . the estate of the Crown,
without reference to the validity, or otherwise, of its
supposed purchases from the natives, all claims
derived from which have been surrendered. _

5. That the Company, in selecting the land to be
granted by the Crown within the defined limits, can-
not claim the grant of any land not vested in the
Crown.

6. That means ought to be forthwith adopted for
establishing the exclusive title of the. Crown to all
land not actually occupied, and enjoyed by natives, or
held under grants from the Crown; such land to be
considered as vested in the Crown for the purpose of

being employed in the manner most conducive to
the welfare ,of the inhabitants, whether natives or
Europeans.
7. That in order to prevent land from being held by
parties not intending to make use of the same, a land-
tax, not exce( 'ding 2d. an acre, ought to be imposed ;
that all partie claiming land should be required to
put in theircl aims, and pay one year's tax in advance,
within twelves months.

8. That su' ch tax ought not to be considered as ap-
plying to the whole estate of the New Zealand Com-
pany, so lone as they shall continue to sell not less
than 1-25th of the land granted to them annually,
and to expend a fixed proportion of the proceeds in

ernigratiop,
9. That ;such tax ought also not to be considered
as applying to lands now actually occupied and en-
joyed by the natives, or to reserves set apart and held
for their bent. fit.
10. That re, serves ought to he made for the natives,

interspersed with the lands assigned to settlers, ".„A
suitable provision for regulating their alienatiouts;
preserving the use of them for the natives-10-11,,geot
may be necessary; and that these reserves O ng" dee
to be included in calculating the amount of law
to that Company.
11. That, as it appears by evidence that the,
06i
settlement of the land claims has been product;
or
great confusion and mischief in the colony, it is --Ith
dient to adopt measures for granting legal titles;
of
the least possible delay to the actual occupy
land, unless under special circumstances of abuse, to
12. That the prohibition to all private PersQl!'tlf
purchase land from the natives ought to beypar
enforced, except that land which may have oll
chased by natives they should be at liberty t° tye
again, provided the transaction be sanctioned 11
Protector. rod
13. That it is highly important that the Goe be.
should have more effectual means of enforcing °of
dience to his authority, and also greater facilitlthat
visiting frequently the different settlements; sad
~er,
with this view it is expedient that an armed ste
of moderate size, be placed at his disposal. ldbe
14. That it is expedient that the settlers sn61,1,010(
organised as a militia, under the orders and C°11„1":10/1
the Governor. Natives, under proper pros—
being allowed to serve in it. honli
15. That it is expedient that an attempt_
also be made to raise and discipline a native fu'i-by
a more permanent character, officered in geirtiasi
Europeans, but in which any of the natives Wm°
be found trustworthy may hold commands. coil
16. That the employment of natives in t"'bieb
service of the Government in any situations in "
they
17 can be useful is highly desirable.
. That efforts should be made gradually o„fdf:ce°
the natives from their ancient customs, and tc),.'ia•
them to adopt those of civilised life, upon lue„roort
ciple recommended by Captain Grey, in his 7tbe
on the mode of introducing civilisation alOngs-
natives of Australia. • 7#llsll°

18. That the principles in which the New 'to tlO
Company have acted in making the reserves fe
lt
natives, with a view to their ultimate as well as Piliftol
welfare, and in making suitable provision for 0;00,
and educational purposes, are sound and Pi'
tending to the benefit of all classes. JO'
19. That the Committee, upon a review of thilion
mentary evidence relating to the loss of life st.!0010
(without offering any opinion upon the 10 415
case), deem it an act of justice to the thet
those who fell there, to state, that it opPoPir.o
the expedition in question was undertaken fl. spd
purpose believed by the parties to be law POO
desirable, and which, also, example in analoge.g 10
had unfortunately led them to expect 111:.150!
effected without resistance from the native:( their
Committee cannot withhold the expression
..og
regret at the loss of life which occurred, erillool
the loss of Captain Arthur Wakefiela.osh pi
long and distinguished services in the Brit,l,ol
are recorded in the papers before the C0n01"..,
of Mr. Thompson, the stipendiary rnagistrr,,,flo°'
Richardson, the Grown prosecutor ; Captain
Mr. Cotterell, Mr. Patchett, and Mr. Howell'

BANK CHARTER ACT. . 001
On Tuesday and 'Wednesday next, the 31st lnd;
and Ist proximo, two more portions of thrill
Charter Act (7th and Bth Victoria, cal:4, 452 e.:
come into operation. By the 21st section n,
' 01.111
acted that every banker in England and Wr,..e:lffiftselli
on the Ist of January in each year, or wit'nffica'
days thereafter, make a return to the Stamp' : the
his name, residence, and occupation; °r' •to
feir
case of a company or partnership, of the ne°le,'siog
dente, and occupation of every person eer:taer
or being a member of such company °r
ship, and also the name of the firm under onto
such banker, company, or partnership, eajo OeP
business of banking, and of every place
business is carried on ; and if any such baneet;',olo
pany, or partnership, shall omit or refuee wadi
such return within fifteen days, or she" dr cool:
make other than a true return, every bankerOP"
pany so offending shall forfeit 501. The infer d esPr
so required to be furnished is to be publish ner
before the Ist of March in every year, i°,ll orti
paper circulated where the parties respective,/ or
on business. The other portion relate 4 t
04, 0
three banking establishments, and to as illectioth
-004 come within the provision. By the al
entl
it is declared that the bankers v 3 asses
in the schedule who have ceased with
ae;
the
their own notes under certain. agreements ants
Bank of England, should have their agrer°4sboaki
termined on the 31st instant, and that bant„e; PP°
receive, by way of compensation, a composite
11 .
and after the day mentioned, the Bank 1"11,„reeely:
the bankers, so long as they shall be willing reer
the same, a composition after the rate done pea pote•
on the average amount of the Bank of Enghlf° cut
issued by them, and actually remaining in ore 0,0
—to be ascertained on some day in April velt'm tbe
mode to be adopted is set forth in reipect
manner in which the notes in circulation are, 'of
ascertained. Similar accounts are to betaken Ur! bi
ceeding years, and the compositions are to be Pirille
the Bank of England out of their own funds., ;5 bi
event of a dispute the matter is to be deterougo he
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or a party; The
shall appoint, whose decision is to be conoWthe 01°'
bankers set forth may discontinue to reel, fdeiscollkav
position, but no such banker is, by suc" bank °°`°"
ance, to acquire any right or title to jesiiehe corePt
,
The twenty. fifth section provides that nrecioasl
tions shall cease in August, 18,56, if DO" Lhnle
determined. On the days mentioned, the " •
will be in force.
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THE FEES OF THE Cliulb •
FRANCE Abed ;Ist
The following scandalous scene is c'„es-„,- srs•
Paris paper of Saturday last :—lt aPr-ri of—,
during the past week the subaltern office wilitt
re
14th Light Regiment assembled at the 00T;
hospital of the Gros-Caillon, in order to
~farof;
last melancholy offices to a deceived "1-007.
All were in the church, and the 01 °ic
having arrived, were waiting for the &nee 0014
to commence, when the Rev. (1) etc_
turning towards the assembled throng, exc,4-1:wills
will perform the duty most willingly' rto be "et.
first know which person amongst you 13 dt,
paymaster r " All of us," was the reply' tied °"-r
moner, however, holding out his hand/ cre Sege'
" Very well, let us see I" The assistants we so
what taken aback by this strange ro°'7o
being provided with the requisite sum the J.. .go
to satisfy his reverence's pecuniary, deal to st
course of the day. " Oh; I have nothing be el
bee
that," replied our priest, " the cash must sttble
once! No money, no Swiss!" In'faell silts
announced his intention not to prortouna,eenersl,,lee
of the ritual until the price of the 'll- trateveu
vice (11 francs) was safely lodgei in is 1
pocket. One of the officers then 1.11*7 . , to or
may begin the service, for I PrOnalsA- gerithst
your fee on the word of an officer sn''',,,o• ed
man." One would naturally have ;Mee: bat.no,,,
the abbe would, upon this, have given walinlit'do
he, nothing could soften his obdurate dete'7o.o.o.
and the subalterns %%ere at length compenede se 10,
messenger to the military school for the Inerilo'be
led
periously enacted. But the best remains osselew
In the meantime the dissatisfaction of the...„ deem
officers increased to such a height that tV,, ef fo
mined not to avail themselves of the prelogniee_An
Church at all, the value of which this trail 'OO
conduct on the part of the priest no doubt gte
tributed to lessen. \
Were
ups rch
Yesterday morning no less than 36 ei.°„,•-ek.A° je
united in the bends of matiiroony at St. Jobe"
Waterloo-road. The " happy- couples" wen
batches.

01
BIRTHS. obeli sl (11
On the 23,1 inst., at Thorpe Hamlet, Nor"' 001,
Henry Brydge%. Clarke, Esq., of a daughter. James,9
On the 22d of December, at Salisbury, ars' tb.
of a son., ow":
On the 18th inst., at Lansdown-crescent, v""w
lady of H. E. Butler q.,
w'
Es of a son and heir. %fro. LAY
On the 17th inst., At Clyde-place, Glasgo, ``"the
John Barrie, in of
st., SON. I Peat'
On the 19th at Urpeth, near Chester-.e"
wife of Edward F. Boyd, Esq., of a girl

On the 26th inst., tIiDAR:RIED. s
ev ....r. RIO
Kirby,_u of Doria—streaet, if Vie°
~KoreknTigni,C,thotnlrChto,
litirrar.,;,Ari,tell; 4
rieEnfls9qc
ht,lei
iiinti
daughter of llir. Tweed, of Jun iper-hill. Dorking. :.11",i, 10_,";
Id
111°unr ng
daughter s.epr-v.., at Chnlferton, Northumbar.Ocoor
Kell,
Cfohrrisltlti)pachkerbußrinr,d.to Margge" '
c titil" "0,
‘,O On the 23d inst., at the Collegiate Chitral, '-'°, 50° i
Notts, John Sutton, Esq., eIdOA son of Sir BiChlru. °ldea
(Laart., of Norwood-park, Notts, to Emma Ilele"
t ughter tif Colonel Sherlock, K.II , of Southwell.
A F-Oel
On the 16th ult., Mrs. Ifli)lzEabliet'h Martin, of Ilf°r"',Geacr*
On the 16th inst.,n Lady Campbell, relict of Major
go
Sir Neil Campbell. h.,40
On the 18th inst., at Mortimer-street, Cafendo
Sarah w'
_1 , tdow of the Right Fion. John Philpot C'lrrsneet-
uoni the 19th
21st ininsts; Mr. R. blre,r ofhLmeadeent.liTalhl
, Mr. John, op A ,
Itili
Hamtnersmith. . e j
On the 21st inst., at rotterells, Herts, Georg
Vernon,N Esq., late Captain in the 47th Infantry. ,i, Roe'
On the 22d inst., Ernest, the eldest son of Henri T.
„,°.
Esq., of Chatham. Ao.-,
On the 23d hag House, Crop.
~ at South-bridge V
Dickins. , ot°
On -0517001 o:
;ace,
nant,
the 24th Mr. Vesey Bishop, of Sandford-Pia
p,
Newington. Ilells'
Esq , aged 80.
On the 24th inst., at Upper Kentish-town, Th°lll3s ii.
, Ater e
_On the 24th inst., Frances Marv, the infant oath, ,
Egan, Esq., of Cavendish-road West, St. John's-lroTrpri' Ist
On the 19th inst., in Pimlico, Captain George It'
Bth R. V. 8., aged 80. .---
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