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•11.. Chold-ers, George-street, oxford-street, victualler, April
4,7, and May t 2, at teti, at Gni AtttirneY; Mr.
Yarnell,. CLutrell:stNet,,Siitaltie)ds. .
;J.•11u11, llzistol, victualler,
.April 14,, 15,, and May 12, at
one; at tile', Attorniei, Messrs.

Poole atnl Geeenlield, Gray's Inn -squire. • • • . •
, 11.1. A. Watson, Farnham, Southampton, tuvreer„ April
atone, 14, at eleven., aod Ma.), 12, at one 4. at the Res L'ion
`Farchani. AlO6ll-IEIO and Holme,

New Inn.. , .
311. Pad tit, Vouxlall, grocer, April 4, '7, and May 12, at
trh',' Gdildhate. Aettli-tiVy, Mr. Ellis, Broad:street
Buildings; . .
C. Coles, Ditcbarn Grote, Southampton, and
•Flect. street,
sin:timid; April' 7; 14, and Miy T-2, at eleven, at—Guild-
hall; Attu; licy, NT,l.leveryy, liartien-,cotirt, Temple..
J.' BoWdige, hater„Vpril 'es, alai May 12, at
eleven, at the C=.-urge Inn;..Amriiitster. Atturnirs, .Messrs.,
Alexander and Ilohne„ New lon.-
J. C. Weit,,tlilll:l, 'briiker, April 25,.22, and .i‘lay .12, at
;it the Commercial Rooms, Attorney, Mr.
- Allen; Clittad's Inn.-
) . ) DIVIDENDS, • ,
April 21. R. Mason, Norfolk-streeti, Middlesex Hospital,.
Eiiver and 121; SclirOder;' jun.; Cititched-
friars, • mcrchint—April. 23, W.,. lieearml,, Great
,Yarinouth,.
iuCst acid hira mal-04--Atiril 21,- 5211.6 we, Htiotingdon,
a~ruder—april.2•s, S. K, Brewo-,,1-lewittta-str,ret,,Covriip-
iirsideit,'silk-v-..inutacturerl—April 23, S. Kirk, Le-eds, ale-
housei.lieeper-:—APril 21, -11: • Lanham., Horsnatn,. Sussex,:
grocer—May .14, It. Pghtfthit, Cariisle, iron-merchitnt—
nliril 21, )4V: Ojai* `and6.-CasVßitchleistsin, Wiue and
broody merchants.. •
Cr.RTIFICATES—A,PRIL /I,
•
thiamPinti, West . Haps Abbey,
,fisse,‘ tartner--,T, 111filip„
NeNkron
Wither —T.' IVesfon; 'Lower Thames:street, irontuoitgei-:--J.
are, firarrseinl, groc'er. . , • .
- . • .DISS,OL,VED. -.-
.1. Pinder onil H. Bokeri; Kingston:upoo- Hull;
T. ti nd.l-I.,AV {wrier, theltrnhi:ll, smith Burhitt and. J.,
Hudson, CheapsPe, -statiwqrs—J. Falser and T. Palser, jun.
Wott"on' GlotraesterSlilre, pal:O.:11a
and .1. Strafford, ,Flalifwi, Yorksnive, surt.;Fimis•-•—iV.
Wlitell'ed,"Manetester, drySalterS—f-'f.
Tebhutt and "V. T5zb.b,n411,.i!!917.1-3,r4f8
J. Hats pins and 'W. Hertitinan, Bristol, fishmomres—T.
Necitti, 14)4 tl,, tugrehatql-S. .and.
IV, Reyno:ds, Shati-Thames, , Southwark,
~lope•mAtiers—il•
1-lonle' lilt ''Se.ttlittiell, liriVl44:eriw, 'ViiKt4idili;''Cljr ken-
aell,chaser.;—W., J. and J. Niitchell, Manchester.

" The inlilbitants of this town were struck
with astonisittneot, when they saw, from the.Par*
liatnentttry Reports, that one . hundred
.petttionse
signed by tweutyiersons each, pra.ying for Re-
form, had been I)feseiited to the House of Conn-
in. the btginoitig Ot this mortify, front
the town of Leeds ! We
shave purposely .abl.
'stained iron making any remark on the cireuttl-
ctonce,, until it had- produced; unaided, its fun -ef-
fect on, the utinds,of tint townsmen,., and until we
could diSPaS'sionatery appeal to their I ea,on, atter
they should bare recovered front-their Surprise ---•
We have not•yet. been able to learn. that. any•one
person, excepting the alleged, petitionets, them••
seNes, knew these petitions were in progress in
the town; 'or heard olihem, until they mere pre-.
'Sewed to the House I. Pe.titionv, signed by two
thousand p,crsons.,,it;,the signatures had, been fair,
frauli pubilely obtained, must . have Juade, .ott
would think', nuke enough' in a place, 110,..vever
populous. One ofltwo alarming facts, theretote;
is the case. Either the petitions were.sigued by
two thousand men, who are so closelyconlede-
rated; and'are bout Vt cacti other by such ties
of secresy, that' They could unite ' in this mea-'
sure., otttl carry; t ipto ,gxecuiho,: without :the
knowledge..of their tellowrtownstnen,—or,. sup.
fasit'ig the signatures to have been chiefly sot rep-.
tittous, then are; there a- few persons hi Leeds'
tylto are dar,ing and unprincipled enough to fa'•
bricate petitions for the purpose of imposing np,-,
on Parliament and the Country ! In the tortner,
case; 'what security have we, that these'two thOu-
sand men,, who have proved that they can Oct'
with secresy and iosoncert, may not,. in time pro,
seention of their 't%ild and desperate projects,
cothbine for purposes neither so lawful nor so'
peaceable as those of petitioning ? In the lairee
ease, it is evident, that we have %vithio the town
a band of close consphing villains, whose re,adi,
Bess to adopt any daring and desperate measure
is proved by the unprincipled conduct they have'.
already pursued.
"It behoves the Public, and the Constitute&
Authotities, to be vigilant. As a total circum-,
stance, we have no hesitation, in sayilig, that the
manner in which these petitions 'have been. ob-
tained is one of the most seriOns facts that have..
occurred in the .whole progress. of the existing ,
disaffection—one of 'the most.serious indiceitions,
that the disatfected,,or reformers; if they like it;
I.tetteriarein truth separated trout the great body,
of, the people—.that
.they,view. their fellote.suh....,
Pets With hatred and distrust—and that they are.
piosecuting, or, preparing to prosecute, their'
-schemes; not only without the concurrence of. the
country, but without its knowledge---in suspicious,
secresy, and by falsehoOd and fraud.
" We are not certain our information on an-,
other point' is correct .; ,but we have 'at the Same
time no reason ,for doubting its -accuracy. We
have
.I.l,een informed : that Dclegates have lately.'
been sent from Huddersfield, to London, (or the.,
purpose of renewing the machinations of last
year: Should another concourse of these scoun-
drels, from ditreyent ,parts Qt the kingdom, be-
now forming in the Metropolis, it, will he lather.,
curious to Observe,' while the tlisaff'estvd writers
and orators ate still labouring to induce a belief '
that ovit,ber,treason 'nor settition .existed in the
country, that the Seditious, so soon as the Sus-,
pension Act . has expired, are already resuming
l'iliir unhallowed labours.
! '.`-Front what we have sLewn has so recently,
puttered in.the town 0f...1.4eed5, 'it is at last clear
that they way be embatke-d in ,many projects of
1v11.1611 the ' Public' know nothing; and- against
vhich.it still -be well for Government and the
'ublic to be on their guard." . • . .

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
•
SoR3I/WARK, MA.pcir :30,1--Qiir Hop Trade has not exne-
tienererf much elainge'during the last week : the demand for
bockets has been tnijyyttuailtkoltr_cspectatiops, and we liore
een able to obtain rather higher prices during the last two
or tbret flays.-.. Bags continue, very dull sale.

. .
CITT 13.1.75tm,r'55.7-7-A Court of. -Aldermen was
held yesterday. at
,Guildhalrl. ,TILe Thanks of the
Conic
.were noapimously voted to the Bishop
;f. Peterborough, aod the Bev. W. Chary,
Mitstcr, of Sidney Sussex College, Cam-
hridg-e, for-heir excellent Sermons preached be-
tore.the Court and the, Governois Qf the, several
Hofpitals, at Chtist.Church, Newgaterstrect,,. on
Monday , and Tue.srley in. Easter week
twelvebays of gold, -weighing .upwards. of 1800 ,
ounces, were sworn,off for.exportation.--Messr,s,
Sara. Dixon anfl,D,cpwy•Viklyer were sworn Coal
met,rs,-in.trust,i etutj Ale!isrC Perry, Scarcherd,
D. Jiritieo; atul.DArlps,* cortyme.ters, in ti ust for
the City, for,font years, if so lontAiernbers of the
Court of Common Council.

NEW CHURCHES.

MR. EDITOR,.—YO,II' two Correspondents, CON

STA NTI NE? and PROTESTANT, seem, in their letters
of tl►e 28th ult., to be, the one drawing false
conclusions from true premises; and the other,

drawing conclusions without any premises at ail.-
With CONSTANTINR'S premiies I agree, but dis-
agree with his, conclusion ; as, if we are fully
Cotivinc'ed that an increased number of Churches
will not necessarily increase religion, which
adorneth a people, the end is lost,whilst the ruin-
MIS means are retained, perhaps, to line the pocket
Orsome jobber. Places of worship are as much
Wanting in the \Vest as redundant in the East of
London ; the reason of which 1 take to be, that
the inhabitants of the-East go on Sunday to their
villas, and fill-the Churches and Chapels round
London ;- whilst those of the West stay in town,
'lest the toe of the merchant gibe the heel of the your-
'tier; this cause only exists dUring the season, and
if Churches enough for that were bUilt, they milst
be empty during the.summer months of November,
arrd January. Would you then leave
the West as you find it .? No, I would place the
establisbinent on a footing with the dissenters;
and give leave to every erotestant Clergyman, as
by law established (provided he had no cure of
'souls), to petition the Bishop of the diocese for a
license to open a Chlpel, and give leave to the
Bishop to grant and revoke such license at plea.
sure ; so would religious ways and means be in
creased, and political ones spared.

Now, Mr. PROTESTANT, a word with you more
Seriously. Who art thou that. judgeth another ?
You, my good Sir, mistake preaching for reli•
gion, a very common mistake : our veneriib'e re,
formers exerted their wisdom and acumeu in form-
ing a /iturgy, not in composing sermons ; for they
sought the honour of God, and not their own
honour. In their opinion, praying was the me-
thod of obtaining a store .of religion, and the
world the place in Which that store was to be
spent. In this bpinion Iso fully agree, that I
ii-1d it higher praise to say of a Parson, he
reads the liturgy finely and devoutly, •than he
preaches as well as Bishop PORTEOUS : not that
I despise preaching ; hut look on it as quite
subordinate to praying-7-nay, I am half afraid.
that the boasted religion of many, in the 19th
Century, is just co-equal with their appro-
bation of the Preacher's tone and delivery ; anti,
having no reference to his matter, ceases when his
rrranner.no longer I ickles the ear. " He that hat'►
ears to hear let him heat." I confess myself one
of the guilty who did not preach ou Goo,[ Friday,
and I will tell you why—Man must earn his bread,
and I do not believe our toaster would approve of
a form of Christianity wl►ich called on his votaries
to neglect the support of their families in order to
bear a s •rmon. If •masters will dispense with
their workmen's service, and yet not deduct their
wages during the hour of prayer, it is all we can
expect ; if a sermon be added we shall obtain nei-
ther ; and I boldly avow that l had rather reatithe
prayers to all my Parishioners, than both read and
preach to the few who have no wages to lose ; the
one I regard as reading the Gospel to the poor,
the other as reading toy own weak, and, perhaps,
erroneous commentary to the rich. If you, Sir,
can prevail on masters in general to dispense with
their workmen for both, we may, perhaps, give
both : I say, perhaps, for it is entirely in our own
breast ; and it might be as well if you ascertained
whether a sermon on Good Friday be not a work
of superrerogation, rather titan the want of. one,
an omission which can justify you for calling on
the Bishop to interfere, who, if he be as wise as a
serpent, is as harmless as a dove. Is your attack
on the Duke of BEDFORD in the true spirit of
Christian charity ? I will tell you, nay ; it is not
the dictate of Religion, but of Party. Your at-
tack on your Rector is splenetic ; you have shewn
its a wide field ; I will sow it, and let the Rector
reap the produce; I agree with you that one living
is enough for one Parson, when the Parishioners
make it enough to support their spiritual head in
an independent and respectable situation ; but let
not the Members arraign that head unless they wish
to paralyse themselves. Yours,

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TkIEATRICAL. REGISTER.
Performed Liza Night.
THEATRE ROYAL, Dttuot-LaNc..--(sixtb time), Rob Roy,
the Grtgarach : Rob Roy Macgregor, Mr. P. Johnston ;
Helen Macgregm, Mrs. Glover. After which, The Fol-
lies of a Day.
THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA IMEN.—(eighth time), Rob Roy
Macgregor: Francis Oshalthitone, Mr. Sinclair ; Diana
Vernon, Miss Stephens. After which, Husbands and