The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The case of the Administration 'is now fairly be-
fore the public. The press, which was incautiously
charged with subserviency, and clearly exculpated
on the best test—that of experience-11as not been
remiss, we presume, in dedicating its columns to
the several defences of the seceders. But of this
more anon. In looking Over those defences or ex-
planations, we are almost inclined to ask ourselves,
whether the old Ministers have actually thrown up
their places—whether the fact be as stated.—
" They did not retire in concert," they say. " They
did not retire upon this principle or upon that."—
Have they retired at all And from what motive
is it that they have retired, if it be not, as some of
the more Venidering of them acknowledge, from a
personal motive, that a man is preferred before them
simply upon the score of talents and capacity ?
Again, the seceders did not wish to dictate to his
Majesty. Oh, no ! not they. He has a right—an
irresponsible right—to choose the public servants ;
only the servants are responsible for their conduct
and measures while in hiS service, Yet, when the
Sovereign does choose one servant, all the rest de-
sert his Majesty; and what he is then to do if he
does not adhere to the object of his choice, it is im-
possible to say, except it be to run after, and recal
those who have quitted him. They will not suffer
the King to form a Ministry with their co-operation;
and now they abuse one which he has formed with-
out it. If this be not to demand the absolute
prostration of Majesty before their deityships,
what is ? And, at last, what are these men ?
—We first learned yesterday, by its applica- '
tion to them, a ton mot of tie great Dr. John-
son, that " once in about a quarter of a cen-
tury there was an insurrection among the
Blockheads; but they could not hang together
long." We observe an effort to detach, if possible,
the country itself from that expression of its feeling
which is heard through the press- The press, as
those events have rapidly succeeded each other
which have terminated in the formation of the new
Ministry, has stamped them with their appropriate
character; and the general result has been, that ap-
probation of the conduct of the Sovereign; I.ad that
disapprobation of the ingratitude and insolence of
his late servants, which are now so tiniversal.—
Hence the press has been said to have been under.
the influence, if not in the pay of the new Ministry.
Shall we expose the folly of this charge ourselves,
or merely insert the refutation of it by Lord Gode-
rieh ? We shall do both. His Lordship replied on
this head, that the " press of this country
was by far too powerful, and by far too in-
dependent for the Government to exercise
any influence over it." And when some affected to
laugh at the declaration, his Lordshipladded, " Noble
Lords might laugh, but if they had sat on his side
of the House, and tried the experiment, they would
have soon found, probably to their inconvenience,
that his opinion was correct." With respect to
ourselves, it has been our duty and pride to .have
attached ourselves to the interests of the country,
and not to those of any party or faction whatever;
so that no Statesman, no party, no Minister, in or
out, can have any • motive of friendship or gratitude
to conceal our delinquency, if we have ever been
base enough to sell ourselves, or to make merchan-
dise of our principles,—of our support or
opposition ; and we challenge the whole of
them to produce the slightest impeachment of our indepen-
dence-:--the slightest taint on the purity of our motives.—
We recollect the time when we were charged with being
in the pay, or under the influence of, the Marquis of Wel-
lesley. Let the Duke of 'Wellington ask his brother if he
ever had any other influence over us than that which then
proceeded from our approbation of certain parts of his
Lordship's conduct as a Statesman. The Noble Marquis
has no motive for concealment now. The Times news-
paper in the pay of the Marquis Wellesley ! And to whom
else has it been assigned as a devoted hireling? To those,
sometimes, who had not the means of paying for one
week's impression. No ; if Mr. Canning wants partisans
and adherents to his Ministry,—men " under his influence,
if not in his pay," (though we know not that we shall do
him any Service by the declaration),—he must go among a
much baser and more servile set of persons than those con-
neetel with, the upper department of the press at this
tame : he must propose measures by which rents can be
raised five shillings in the pound at the expense of a starv-
'Mg population : he must stop the importation of wheat,
and the exportation of manufactures : he will then find
apProvers plenty among those who affect to despise him as
an experimentalist. If we be asked whether we think the
present Ministry can stand, we answer, without h.!sitation,
yes ; if it be resolved to stand coute qu'il coute,—if his M-
ajesty possesies, as we have no doubt he does pewee., that
unbending spirit which has hitherto distinguished his
whole race. The first onset on the Ministry (as we have
already seen) may be furious ; let it resist that, and those
who have deserted it—the seceders, aye, the proudest of
them—will begin to crouch and sneak for. employment; and
the regular Opposition will then dwindle to the desperate
—to those who are hopeless of recall.— Times.

The conversations in the Commons last night
were hot and personal : the vehemenceof expression
used against the chosen Minister of the King is suf-
ficiently explanatory of the 'motives of those who
use it. These animated gentlemen do not seem to
be' aware, that where there is real spirit, the deter-
mination of the assailed always increases in exact
proportion to the fury of the assailants. The ex-
citement which prevailed in the House on this oc-
casion was greater than has been witnessed for a
long period, and much exceeded that displayed on
Tuesday; which, doubtless, was to be attributed to
the more personal character of the discussion. The
cheering was very animated; that which followed
the conclusion of Mr. Peel's speech was as loud as
any we ever heard in the House. Sir Francis Bur-
dett likely was warmly greeted : his speech seemed
to afford much gratification to Mr. Canning. The
Right Hon. Gentleman frequently cheered the Hon.
Baronet, and commented on his observations to
thOse around him. The Minister's manner was firm
and collected. His monosyllabical reply to the, first
question of the late Under Secretary, and the tone
in which it was given, produced a strong impressio'n
on 'the House. It seemed as if intended to convey
an intimation that he anticipated the course which
his 'late colleagues were about to adopt, and was prepared
to meet it. Lord John Russell, spoon Tuesday night sat
on the Opposition side, last night took his seat on the
thitld Ministerial Bench. Lord Milton, Lord Althorp,
Lord Folkestone, and Mr. Hobhouse, still continue to sit on
the, Opposition, and are the only men of consequence be-
longing to that party who are now to be seen there. Mr.
Dawson spoke from the first Opposition bench, and near
hind sat Sir C. Wetherell, the late Attorney-General. Mr.
Peep was in the same seat which he occupied on Tuesday,
and which is the place where Lord Castlereagh sat when
out of office. During Sir F. Burdett's speech, an indi-
vidual in the gallery repeatedly testified his approbatio❑ by
krurking with his feet on the floor. He at length attract-
ed the attention of the House, and a cry of " order" being
raised, one of the officers of the House put an end to the
indecent interruption.—lbid.
At the dinner of the friends of the London Na-
tional Schools, on Wednesday, after the examina-
tion of the children, the usual toasts were drank;
but during the conviviality of the evening, the
Bishop of Chester came in, and gave the war-whoop
on the present changes of Administration. It be-
came every Peer, he said, to attend his duties in
Parliament at this momentous period, produced -by
the' late changes in the Administration, and to sup-
port to the utmost of hi issility the Established
Church of the country. For our own parts, we
think it becomes every man at all times to attend to
all his duties, of which one is to protect the Esta-
blished Church ; but we believe the late Lord
LiVerpool (for so we fear we may call him) was not
over fond of seeing Bishops partake deeply in the
impassioned debates of Parliament, and that lie has
even been heard to hint, that one of them was a
little too like the late Dr. Horsley in turbulence of
character.—Thid.

The new Opposition are driving at the rate of
fifteen miles an hour. Such noise and heat, God
help us! How long their strength will enable them
to hold otit is another affair. In the House of Peers
last night, Lord Ellenborough, who has a mighty
opiniOn of himself, and who, to do him justice, has
all the physical requisite's for a great orator, being
meiely deficient in the intellectual, gave notice that
he ,should this day rnove -for certain Returns, in-

eluding the sums issued for Secret Service from
1820 to 1827, and the Expenee of the Foreign
Office. The object of the ;notion it eannot be very
difficult to understand ; and we are prepared for a
few personalities in the style of those uttered by his
relative, Lord Londonderry, and himself on Wed-
nesday night. To use the familiar phrase, we are
only anxious that both of them may have rope
enough.-11/orning Chronicle.

We yesterday Observed, that notwithstanding the
subdued tone of Mr. Peel on Tuesday night, it re-
quired no great share of discernment to discover that
the heart of the speaker was filled with the most
intense animosity against Mr. Canning. Last night
he could no longer contain himself; the pent-up
fire burst forth e'th a fury which bore every obstacle
before it; and the Right Hon. Gentleman finding
an assumed character no longer compatible with the
state of his feelings, and highly inconvenient, plung-
ed boldly into open and fierce hostility.—The busi-
ness of the night was to have been a discussion on
the Shipping Interests. But Mr. George Dawson
having asked Mr. Canning whether. any arrange-
ments had been made, or were in contemplation, for
filling up the vacant offices of the Master of the Mint,
Judge Advocate-General,• and Surveyor-General,
and having received the monosyllable answer -of
" Yes," began to arraign Mr: Canning for his con-
duct with regard to the late seceders, and to inveigh
against the coalition between the Ministers remaining
inplace and the late • Opposition. Mr. Brougham
had truly stated on Tuesday night, that for some
years there had really been no difference between the
late Government and -the Opposition, with regard
either to foreign or domestic policy. The pith of
Mr. Dawson's charge was founded on the number of
divisions within the last five years, in which Mr.
Brougham, Mr. Tierney, Sir James Mackintosh, and
Mr. Calcraft, were found in opposition to the Mi-
nistry.—On Wednesday night, Lord Ellenborough,
in his zeal to find matter of crimination against Mr.
Canning, charged him with something like a design
to injure the Catholics. This idea seems to have.
-found favour with Mr. Dawson, who, by the help
of his Hibernian logic, -has created out of it-a dilem
ma on the horns of which- he- places Mr. Canning.
" It will be a gross delusion (said he), if the Catho-,
lie Question be not brought forward by some of its
advoeates. If the:Right Hon. Gentleman cr his
friends neglect this opportunity, give me leave
to say, they will either betray the King or the
Catholics. They have no alternative left, and
they will desert their duty if they allow one
week to pass without calling upon the House to
come to some decision upon that great topic of dis-
cussion." A most wonderful consideration for the
Catholics, no doubt, and as disinterested as it was
unexpected ! The Devil in the old legends is al-
ways giving advice to the Saints ; but he is gene-
rally a little more dextrous than Mr. Dawson. Mr.
Brougham, in an admirable speech, showed, what,
indeed, was but too evident during the last few
weeks, that, so far from an eagerness for place being
chargeable against the Whigs, there appeared such
a perpetual raising of difficulties and objections on
the slightest grounds, that he at last became weary
of removing them. He ridiculed the silly infe-
rences, drawn from lists of divisions, during a long
period of contrariety of principles ; observing, that
if he had time to apply himself to the subject, he
could produce a still greater number; and particu-
larly referred to one which he himself had occa-
sioned, in 1822, when his purpose was to set the
conduct of France towards Spain in its proper light.
and when he was supported by the House, and in
principle by Mr. Canning. Mr. Brougham then, in
a happy vein of raillery, contrasted the opposition
which he and his friends gave with the present:—
" But neither I, nor those who supported me on
that occasion, went the length of saying that the
Right Hon. Gentleman ought to have, at all events,
gone the length of declaring war againt France, for
its most unjustifiable aggression upon Spain. We
were certainly, although powerful, more propor-
tionably moderate in our opposition; and were not
sufficiently factious. We have now, however, got
a good tacti,..,,i;appOsition, and I congratulate the
country that the ground has been so ably taken—
(a loud laugh)—and that the Opposition is now to
be conducted in the true spirit of the most factious
and unabated asperity; and then, to make it the
more eenvenient, it is very small—(Hear, hear! and
a laugh.)—A large Opposition is too cumbrous ; for
when people begin to count divisions by hundreds
on each side, then there is so much moderation,
and such compromising, that the cause of Oppo-
' sition is considerably weakened, and vou, never
see an Opposition spiced with so much exaspera-
tion as to make it sufficiently factious to in-
troduce an entirely irregular debate -in the very
middle of a discussion regularly ordered for the
night. This is only for a small Opposition ; and
the country is, no doubt, to be congratulated,
that nosy an Opposition -is to be conducted on the
true principles of faction, and to be spiced in such a
manner as to render it exquisitely palateahie." The
question of Parliamentary Reform, as Mr. Brougham
showed, was one respecting which the utmost
variety of opinions prevailed in the Opposition.
Some were for Universal Suffrage, and some were
for no Reform at all But why has Parliamentary
Reform, and other organical questions, that were '
over-keenly agitated, ceased, of late years, to obtain
much attention, either in or out. of. Parliament ?
The reason ob•.ions—that Ministers succeeded in
persuading the people of the honesty and. fairness of
their intentions—that they had it seriously. in view
to promote, as far as they could, the national inter-
ests, by removing the obstacles in the way of in-
dustry, and ameliorating our laws. With the power
to do wrong, Ministers were seen by all intelligent
men, not only to be disposed to do what was right,
but to go fully as far as the prejudices of the country
would allow them to go. They instantly destroyed
not only faction, but all sort of opposition throughout
the country. The great stimulant to the agitation
of Parliamentary Reform was, that the infusion of
popular Representation could alone secure the public
,against the evils they were suffering from misgovern-
:went. Bat the misgovernment ceasing, the desire
weakened. We are accountiag for what has taken
place, and not discussing how far nations should
allow themselves to forget the future in the Isent.
We shall always deem the Ministry to have been,
during several years, great benefactors of their
country. They practically demonstrated how easy
it is to govern when honesty of intention is ap-
parent ; and thereby refuted the accusation which
has so often been made, that nations are always un-
reasonable, that kindness only begetsingratitude. No
King of England, possessed of ordinary judgment, will
fail to draw, from the experience of late years, the de-
duction, that they who teach him to diztrust, and to
oppress the people, are in fact his own most bitter
enemies. The present King, Beare sure,.is too clear-
headed not to have benefited by the experience.
He knows the sou. • of the attachment which'
the people bear towards him—the hold which he has of
their hearts. Mr. Peel has no cause, we are sure, to ac-
cuse the people, or to charge the Press with injustice
towards him. From the moment that fairness of inten-
tion became obvious in his conduct, he received from all
quarters, loud and decided approbation. We know not,
indeed, whether the public applause equalled his expecta-
tions ; but, as a Noble Lord stated on Wednesday night,
that his great failing was excessive modesty, an uncon-
querable diffidence (of which he gave a specimen last night.
to say nothing of the summing up of his merits on Tues-
day night, by himself,) we should be •disposed to infer
that he is satisfied. Under all the circumstances, we con-
fess it strikes us he is, for a man who has reputation tc
lose, playing a strange game. He has condescended to join
a set of men, who are incapable even of rising to a concep-
tion of elevation of purpose, in a paltry, teazing Opposi-
tion. He will repent it ; for, though they cannot lower
themselves, he has lowered himself to their level. We
expected he would have sat'on his hill retired ; but he saw
the poor creatures who are with him crushed by the force
to which they had unthinkingly exposed themselves, and
his fears for the safety of this force, with which his pas-
sions leagued him, have deprived him of the prudence in
which he was thought to excel. We fear the castigation
he received last night from Sir Francis Burdett, and from
Lis former Colleague, will not tend to recover him to a
proper sense of his situation. He is now suffering, as
many other men have done, for getting into bad company.

We fear we shall not soon see again the dignified Statesman
who received such compliments for moderation arid mo-
desty. .1.11 r,. Canning bore-with merciless severity on seve-
ral of the curs who yelped at him last night ; but the
provocation he received forms an ample apology. We
have no particular interest in wishing to restrain the Op-
position. The more ridiculous they make themselves by
their silly petulance, the better it is for us ; but still we
cannot help observing, in charity to them, that they will
hardly drive their opponents by such means from their
seats.—lbid.

Last night the discussions on the late Ministerial
changes were again unexpectedly, but 'much more
warmly resumed in the Hotise of Commons. Mr.
Dawson, the late Under Secretary of State asked
Mr. Canning whether any arrangements were in
progress to fill the offices of Master of the Mint,
Judge Advocate, &c. Mr. Canning, after a short
pause, answered with the monosyllable " Yes,"and
sat down again amidst roars of cheers and laughter.
Mr. Dawson then proceeded to move for the com-
missions without having given any previous notice
of such motion, and although General Gascoyne was
about to bring forward his motion respecting the
shipping, he declared it was important that the
country should know by whom the Government was
to be carried on; and replied to. the assertion, as to
the general agreement between the Prime Minister
and the new supporters, that within the last five
years, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Abercromby, &c. had
divided against Mr. Canning on about fifty different
subjects. Mr. Brougham answered, that on leading
subjects, such as the Foreign Policy, South Ame-
rica, and the " Holy Alliance," (besides the Ca-
tholic Question), there was concurrence; that
general support would be extended to the Govern-
ment; that office had, very unexpectedly, presented
itself to the Opposition; and that there had been
even squeamish difficulties w remove to induce his
friends to come forward to support Mr. Canning.—
Mr. Peel wished to know, seeing the new allies of
Government, whether Parliamentary Reform was
now to be an open question, _like that regarding the
Catholics, and, to- be supported by part of the
Ministry?- Sir F.l3ardett declared that nothing of the
kind had' been sought;' and Sir E. Knatehbtill (who is
deemed to-be- one of the leader." of country Gentlemen)
that, seeing by when the Ministers were surrounded,
he mulif withdraw his support' from Mr. Canning's Go-
vernment. Mr. Canning- (in reply to a charge that Mi-
nisters had relied on Mr; Brougham for defence) asserted,
that be should not shrink 'from the defence' himself; but
that, on the present occasion, the attack was on' those
who had honoured the Ministers by joining them. Par-
liamentary reform he should 'oppose. Adverting to the
character of the debate generally, brought 'on by means
more uncourteous than' any he had ever' witnessed, Mr.
Canning added that he was rejoiced to see the standard of
Opposition thus early raised and openly avowed ; it was
better than disguised hostility lurking under professed neu-
trality. Speaking of the resignations, Mr. Canning de-
clared that, so far from having any idea that Lord Chan-
cellor Eldon would retire, it was equally unexpected by
himself and the King. It ought to be mentioned that Mr.
Brougham, in rebutting the charge of the Mess having
supported one party, said that he considered the Press as
-the mirror of popular sentiment ; that the country at large
were favourable to the Administration, seeing the situa-
tion in which it had been attempted to place the King; and
that the Press ,had but reflected back such sentiments.—
The House was very full, and remained so during the even-
ing ; and the discussions were not carried on with all the
temper and absenceof party-spirit thatmarked Tuesday's
proceedings. The cheers of Mr. Peel's, or the Church and
the land's party, were quiteas loud• and long continued as
those for Mr. Canning.—Mornino Herald.

A short, but a very animated debate, took place
in the House of Commons last night, provoked by
what we must call an intemperate and angry ebulli-
tion of feeling from Mr. Dawson, late Under Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department. Where
there is loss of temper, there is generally a corre-
sponding loss of judgment. The Hon. Member for
Londonderry may have some private cause for re-
sentment; but we need not remind hirh, we are
sure, that such motives, if they exist, should not be
allowed to mingle with the discharge of a public
duty ; and still less, as a matter of prudence, even
should they be permitted to become glaringly appa-
rent. The personal allusions to Mr. Canning, in
his reply (and the drift of them we are utterly unable to
divine), betrayed a rancour and coarseness, almost, which
we are convinced the Hoe. Member was incapable of in-
tending. We shall deeply regret it, if the seceding Mem-
bers from the late Cabinet, or their friends, in 'either
House, manifest a dispos:tion to make their own individual
feelings of disappointment or offence, the standard of what-
ever opposition they may contemplate towards-the mea-
sures of the new Government.. Our respect • for them
makes us anxious that they should forfeit nothing more than
they have forfeited—place and emolument.—New Times.

We shall not be suspected offeeling any disre-
spect for so distinguished a scholar and divine.as the
Bishop of Chester, whose conduct and sentiments
have on more than one occasion, called forth our
sincere praise. We must, however, be allowed to
say, that the language said to have been used by
that very- Learned Prelate, at the dinner of the
London National Schools, yesterday, was by no
means such, as from his sot:nd sense we had reason
to expect. The Learned Prelate is stated to have
said, alluding to an apology for the non-attendance
of the Bishop of London, which he had been re-
quested to deliver, that, at this momentous period,
it became the duty of every Peer to attend in his
place in Parliament and support, to the utmost
of his ability, the Established Church of the
country. Later in the evening he is described
to have intimated a wish that the children
of the National Schools should have Christianity so im-
pressed on them, that they might oppose any innovation
in the Established Church. Now we put it to the dis-
passionate judgment of the Reverend Prelate, whether,in
making such a reference to *a meeting of the House of
Lords, in which no question, was to be discussed—no
vote to be taken either for the Church or against it—either
for the Constitution or against it—whether, in so invoking
the presence of Lords Spiritual and Temporal, he was
not somewhat departing from that course which a mo-
ment's calm consideration would have dictated ? A festive
banquet, at a public tavern, is not, we think, precisely the
place where such an appeal, if necessary, should have been

On the .19th inst. the beautiful Stone Pier at
Beachy Old Passage was completed, and is now ready for
the steam-packet, which will shortly make her appearance.
Ladies may walk from high to low.water, without wetting
a foot, on the pier, which is nearly 600 feet lcng and SO
feet wide.—Bath Paper.

It is rumoured, in Liverpool, that it is not
Mr. Canning's intention to fill the office of Chancellor of
the Exchequer for any very long period. It is also rumoured,
that Mr. Huskisson will succeed his Right Hon. Friend as
Finance Minister, as soon as the outcry .which has been
raised against his free trade measures has somewhat abated;
an event which will, it is hoped, take place after the sub-
ject shall have been discussed in Parliament. We merely
mention this as one of the current rumours of the day ; we
'consider it, however, extremely probable, that Mr. Huskis-
son will become Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Liverpool
Albion.

MARGATE, APRIL 30.—This place begins
to assume its usual briskness. Th.. arrival of the different
packets in the course of the last week from London and
Ostend, is nearly as follows :—The Enterprise steam pac-
ket has made her third or fourth voyage to and from
Ostend ; on Wednesday morning it left here and returned
at night, also again on Thursday left here and returned on
Saturday, and departed on Sunday, so that every expedition
is made on their part to accommodate. On Saturday ar-
rived from London the Dart steam packet, with upwards
of 100 passengers ; the Royal Sovereign also came in at
the same time. Should the weather prove favourable, every
hope of a good season may be anticipated. Next week ves-
sels will go to and from London daily.—Kentish Gazette.

Monday the village of Banweli was
thrown into a state of alarm scarcely to be described, by
the accidental ignition of a barrel of gunpowder in the shop
of Mr. J. Bagg. The shock was severely felt throughout,
the parish, and threatened destruction to the neighbourhood.
The whole building was in an instant a complete wreck,
not a wall, floor, window, or door, being left in its proper.
position ; and a valuable stock in- trade,- consisting of a ge-.
neral assortment for country consumption,. was nearly de-
stroyed, and would bays been totally lost,.but for the prompt
assistance of the inhabitants. There were six persona
within the premises at: the time of the aplotion, not one of
whom was killed or severely injured,—Bath Paper.

,NSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MAY 3.

COBBETT, BENBOW, AND TOM PAINE'S BONES.

William Benbow, the bookseller, wag brought up for
final examination and judgment, he having been before the
Court several times since the 15th of March last.

The case lasted the whole day, and owing to the exami-
nation into the creed of the insolvent, and an inquiry rela-
tive to Torn Paine's bones, and other relics, considerable 'in-
terest was excited.

Mr. HEATH again opposed the insolvent's application, on
behalf of Mr. M'Donald, a printer, in Sutton-street, and
the insolvent's late ahopman, Mr. Andrew Clark.
Mr. CooKE supported the petition.
This day the catalogues were produced of the stock re-
maining on the premises (part having been sold during the
insolvent's imprisonment), and thereupon the insolvent and
a great nnmher of witnesses were called, whose examination
lasted nearly the whole day.
Andrew Clark, examined by Mr. HEATH.-He had seen
the catalogues put into Court, and examined the prices put
upon the stock now in the shop. For instance, there was
" Maxill's Treasure of Ancient and Modern History" put
down at 25., which is worth 9s. Another book, which
witness gave 4s. 6d. fort for Benhow, was put down at
Is. 6d. With respect to the quire stock, it was put down
as imperfect. " Aloore'o Irish Melodies" were said to
want the first sheet, but they were perfect when witness
left, a few days before Benbow went to prison. There.
were also 3,000 copies of " Don Juan, which he
considered worth 50/. ; and " Queen Mab" and other
works were stated to be similarly imperfect ; the whole
quire stock was put down at .141..75., which in witness's
estimation was worth 300/. at least. The valuation was
much below waste paper price. The mother was the pur-
chaser. A little before he left, he considered the stock to
be worth nearly 8001. Witness is a bookseller on his own
account, and thoroughly conversant with the trade in all.
its branches.

After the insolvent had been further examined relative to
property, tlic following dialogue took place :
Mr. HEATH—Do you believe in the New Testament?
Benbow—l do ; and I will tell you, Sir, that at the
age of 24 years I was baptized as an Anabaptist, iu an
open field, in the presence of 500 persons.
Mr. HEA.TH.—But, nevertheless, you would still print
Tom Paine's works ?

Benbow.—Yes, if I was sure I should not be informed

against. . • .
Mr.. HsaTkr.—Pray have you not got Tom Maine's bones
in a cellar at your house, for we are informed you have ?
(Laughter. )
Benbow.—No, I have not ; but I believe Cobbett has.
(Laughter.)
CHIEF Comxts,stortEa.—Mr. Heath, if the insolvent
has them in his possession, the assignees can have them.—
(Laughter.)
Mr. Cooic.—Have you any of Cubbett's rings with
Paine's hair iu them ?
Benbow.—No, indeed, Sir, I have not.
_ _

Mr. Shew, and several other brokers; Were called on the
part of the defendant to state that the valuation originally
made of the printing-presses, &c., &c., in Gate-street, was
a tolerable fair one. _ _

The insolvenes son was called to prove that goods had
been delivered after the distress, to be sold by public auction.
Mr. HEATH.—When did you take the benefit of the act?
Witness.—Last January.
Mr. HEATH.—Have you not been assisted by the insol-
Vent since?

Witness.—He gave me a 15/. bill for work done, out of
which he paid 101.
CHIEF COMMISSIONER.—Did you not live in Paternos-
ter-row formerly, and become a bankrupt ?--Yes. How
long afterwards was it before you obtained your certificate?
—Three weeks or a month, and it has your name to it.
The voluminous evidence having been gone through,

Mr. Cooxm addressed the Court on behalf of the insolvent.

Mr. HEATH, for the opposing creditors, observed, that
it was a question for the consideration of the Court, whether
the insolvent ought to take his discharge, as he appeared a
second time for relief within five years; the creditors,however,
(we understood him to say,) were not anxious that that
course should be adopted. There was one thing, however,
which pressed hard against the insolvent, which was, that
he had kept hack books of account, &c., which related to his
estate and effects, which was always deemed a high offence.
To sum up, the fact was, that the insolvent had trumped
up a case for the purpose of enabling him to carry on this
abominable traffic in future. The Learned Gentleman
having made these remarks, would leave the case in the
hands of the Court to do as they thought proper.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER reviewed the evidence. The
Court had been asked whether the insolvent ought to receive
the benefit of the Act, as lie had come up twice within five
years ? It should be remembered that when he was up be-
fore, there was a detainer by Dr. Warburton, from which
the Court had no power to relieve hint. With respect to
some remarks which the Counsel had made relative to the
insolvent's trade, the Court would just observe,. that when
a person engaged in a nefarious traffic, it was not very
probable that he should prosper. With respect to the
whole case, it was quite clear that therehadheen a deli-
berate making away with property, and that by a person
who was well acquainted with the requirements of the
Court.

The Learned COMMISSIONER then sentenced .the insol-
vent to be confined for 12 calendar months within the walls
of the prison for:concealing his property.
The insolvent remarked upon the hardship of his ease.
Mr. Commissioner. HARRIS said, perhaps it would be
well for the insolvent to know, that there was a clause in
the Act of Parliament which subjected him to a rehearing;
and three years' imprisonment might be entailed upon him
in lieu of one year :.therefore, if he was dissatisfied, he
might choose between them.
Insolvent—l do not find fault with your honour ; I
referred to my opposing creditors, who have acted harhly
to me.
CouRT—I am sure you have no reason to complain ;
the opposition was a very proper one, and has been con-
ducted with proper spirit and temper.

-
LOAD RECTOR.—No former Lord Rector of
our University has more endeared himself to the Students
than the present. Mr. Campbell has conducted himself with
all the dignity of a Gentleman, and at the same time with all
the familiarity and winning condescension of one who recog-
nizes 'the same Alma Mater, and.'who-is•still strongly alive
to those early' associations of which the " boy poet" must
have been peculiarly susceptible. We cannot offer a better
instance of this trait in the character of the Lord Rec-
tor than. by stating that, on Friday last, he was pleased to
meet with a Supper party, consisting of nearly SO Students.
at the house of James Blair, Esq., Blythswood Hill. Be-
sides the other splendid arrangements of the evening, there
was an excellent musical band in attendance. Mr. Blair,
in a short and eloquent address, proposed the health of the
Lord Rector. In concluding, he addressed his Lordship—
" Permit me, my Lord, to present you with a small testi-
mony of our regard ; the expression indeed is feeble, but
the impression is indelibly fixed on our hearts. He then
presented him with an elegant piece of Silver Plate, on
which was engraved the following inscription :
" To THOMAS CAMPISELL, Esq.,
Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow,
From a few of his constituents,

Appreciating his worth and admiring his genius,

In freta durn Auvii current, dum montTbus umbrae
Lustrabunt conveara, polus dum sidera pascet,
Semper hones, nomenque tuum, laudesque manebunt.
lincccxxvlr."

Mr. Campbell made a very animated reply, and the
evening was spent with the greatest conviviality and the
most exemplary decorum.—Glasgow Herald.
We are requested to state, that between the
hours of twelve and one on Wednesday morning
last, Mr. Bray fell overboard. from Lord Har-
borough's yacht, lying off Deptford Creek. As
soen as the officers of the Grampus, Hospital-
ship, were apprised of the circumstance, drags
were sent, the body was instantly recovered,
conveyed on board the Hospital-ship, and every
possible means used to restore life, but, unhap-
.pily without effect. Mr. Bray had never been
on board the Grampus, nor was he known to
any of the establishment.
MASONIC FESTIVAL.--On St. George's
day a Provincial Grand Lodge was held, at the
York Hotel, in this town, for the installation of
L. G. N. Starkie; Esq., M, P., as R. W. Pro-
vincial Grand Master for the western division of
this county. The Meeting was attended by the
officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge, and by,
several from the eastern division, and from
Chester, by the.officers of twenty lodges in this
,division, and a numerous company of visiting
brethren from this and the neighbouring pro-
vinces. The evening was spent in the greatest
Conviviality and, harmony, ere the fraternity broke
.up, all being highly
.pleaate4 with :the festivities
of which they had partaken,—Liverpol

CITY of LONDON NATIONAL SCHOOLS.

Wednesday a public examination of the children (about.
1,800 in number) educated at the different Stations esti'
blished by the above Charity, took place at the Central.
Station, in White-street, Moorfields, before the Bishops
London, Chester, and Llandaff; Earl Howe, the Sheriffs ,
London, &c. After the examination, the friends of the
Institution dined at the London Tavern. Alderman '
Thompson, M.P. in the Chair.
The cloth having been removed, " The Church and
King" Was given amidst loud applause.
About 30 of the boys, placed in one of the galleries, then
sung " God save the King," in a pleasing manner.
The CHAIRMAN proposed " the Archbishop of Canter-
bury and the National Schools."
The CHAIRMAN then said, since they last met, the Na-'
tional Schools had lost one of its firmest supporters,
the late
Duke of York, who, on all occasions, bad lent his aid to
further the dissemination of religious instruction. Hecould not more strongly express his feelings, than by qu°t"
•
ing a portion of the resolutions passed by the Committee of
the National Schools on the occasion :—" And his Royal
Highness, not contented with presiding over the charireplayname only, aided its funds by liberal donations, and replay
edly honoured the public meetings with his presence; long
and deeply will the loss of his Royal Highness be felt ; long:
also, will his cordial and effectual support be remembered.
The Lord Bishop of London, he was happy to say, had rea-
dily consented to become the Patron, in the room of his
Royal Highness. He concluded by drinking " The health
of the Bishop of London."
The Bishop of CHESTER (who had just come into the
room) said, he had been compelled to attend his Parlia-
mentary duties in the House of Lords. The Bishop of
fro London had begged him to apologise for not attending, '
the same cause, and he was convinced the apology would
be sufficient. It became, at this momentous period, the
duty of every Peer to attend his duties in Parliament, sad
support, to the utmost of his ability, the Established church
of the country. Perhaps, at no firmer period of our hie
tory ought the National Schools to be inure strenuouali
supported than now. In them the Established Religion
was inculcated into the minds of those who, perhaps, 04 $
future occasion, might have a duty to perform in opposing
any innovation on the Church of England. The BithoP
of London ardently hoped for the prosperity of the Na"
tional Schools, in which he and his brother Bishops hear-
tily joined. He concluded by proposing the health of
Alderman Thompson.
The CHAIRMAN was warmly attached to the National
Schools, because in them those principles were taught to
' which the welfare and prOsperity of the, country were
owing. He concluded by drinking—" The Bishop of
Chester, and success to the National Schools."
The Bishop of Cries:ram returned thinks.% , It was in
vain to attempt to stop the
,progress of knowledge,, but it
became them then-to direct the streams frtim which know-
ledge was drawn. He felt that Christianity had been too
long established to be. set aside, but children ought to have
it impressed upon them in such a way, that they might op-
pose any innovation on the Established Church.—(Cheers.)
The Secretary announced the subscriptions made at the
table of 558/.