The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-20 00:00:00

DISSENTERS IN MANCHESTER.

The following is the number of Dissenters as-
sociated with the various bodies in this town. The
numbers are taken from the return made to the
clerk of the peace for the county, in obedience to an
order transmitted by the Secretary for the Home
Department :---The Particular Baptists, 700 (Wm.
Gadsby) ; Baptists, 400; Baptists, 156 (Wm.
Jackson) : Particular Baptists, 50; Catholics,
22,240; Catholics, 5,490; Ditto, 21,000; Bible
Christians, 600 (Rev. James Scholefield); Society
of Friends, 640 (John Bradshaw); Independents,
1,200 (Rev. W. Roby) ; Independents, 800 ( Samuel
Bradley) ; Independent Methodists, 279; Inde-
pendent Wesleyans, 70; Wesleyan Methodists,
1,300 ; Wesleyan Methodists, 300 ; Ditto, 500
(Robert Watson) ; Ditto, 900 (Wm. Lord);
Methodist New Connection, 258; Calvinistic Inde-
pendents, 500 (John Pyer) ; Primitive Methodists,
400 (Thomas Aspinull) ; New Jerusalem Church,
or Swedenborgians, 240 (Richard Jones) ; Presby-
terians, 760 (Rev. R. Jack); Wesleyan Metho-
dists, 400; " Israelites," 264 (Rev. Abra-
hams) ; Unitarians, 1,000 (J. G. Robberds) ; Ditto,
300 (John James Taylor); General Baptists of the
New Connection, 100; Welsh Calvinistic Bap-
tists, 200 (George Williams); Welsh Independents,
250 (John Griffith); Welsh Calvinistic Methodists
303; Independent Methodists, 134; Independent
Methodists, 350, (William Dakin); General Bap-
tists, 23 ; Independent Methodists, 74. Some con-
fusion will arise in reading the above statement, from
the absence of some of the Ministers' names. The
only return wanted to make this return complete, is
that of Mr. M'All's church, in Mosley-street.
Allowing his number to be 600, which we have
reason to believe will be found near the truth, the
total number of Dissenters in the township of Man-
chester will be 64,032. It should be recollected
that, as it respects the Protestant Dissenters, these
numbers merely include those who ate joined in
church communion, and not the congregation who
attend at the various chapels. Upon what principle,
or in what mode, the number of Catholics is ascer-
tained, we are at a loss to conjecture.—Manchester
Advertiser.

EAST INDIA JUDGES.—The following is a
copy of the decision of His Majesty in Council, on the
subject of the important question lately argued before the
Privy Council, between the Judges of the Supreme Court
of Bombay and the Government of that Presidency :
" That the writs of habeas corpus were improperly issued
in the two cases referred to in the petition of Sir J. P.
GRANT. That the Supreme Court has no power or au-
thority to issue a writ of habeas corpus, except when di-
rected either to a person resident within those local limits
wherein such court has a general jurisdiction, or to a per-
son out of such local limits, who is personally subject to
the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
That the Supreme Court has no power or authority to
issue a writ of habeas corpus to the gaoler or officer of a
native court as such officer, the Supreme Court having no
power to discharge persons imprisoned under the authority
of a native court. That the Supreme Court is bound to
notice the jurisdiction of the native court, without having
the same specially set forth in the return to a writ of
habeas corpus."
HORNE TOOKE.—HORNE TOOKE used to
tell a juvenile story to my husband (who in his boyhood
occasionally partook of the " Diversions of Purley") very
illustrative of the narrator. HORNE when at Eton, was
one day asked by the Master why a certain verb governed
a particular case? He answered, " I don't know."—
" That's impossible, said the master ; " I know you are
not ignorant, but obstinate."—Homix however persisted,
and the master flogged. After punishment the pedagogue
quoted the rule of grammar ; HORNE instantly replied,
" I know that very well ; but you did not ask for the
rule, you demanded the reason." Here we have the per-
spicuity of the mature dialectician, and the dogged ob-
stinacy which would not yield a step to authority, and
could purchase a victory at any expense of suffering.
Opinions may change; but the man in his leading cha-
racteristics, is at fifty what he is at thirteen.—Book of
the Boudoir.

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THE ASSAULT ON MR. FFRENCH.--AS the
late attack on this gentleman by the three sons of Mr.
WlLuau COBBETT, has excited so much interest, and the
details of the case, with a full account of the provocation,
will be undoubtedly given at the next Quarter Sessions,
we do not think that the following account will in any de-
gree be hurtful to either party :—" Mr. COBBETT, sen.,
has, it is well known, on account of domestic troubles,
loVlsince separated from his wife. Her three sons,
NIIILIA2,I, RICHARD, and JOHN, are, however, very much
attached to her, and they, having understood that Mr.
FFRENCH had publicly uttered some offensive and un-
founded statements respecting her, called upon him to re-
tract, which he flatly refused. The consequence was, that
all the three brothers, conceiving themselves equally injured,
assaulted Mr. FFftEtictt. He, however, did not wish to
avail himself of the protection and strong arm of the law,
as he wrote a letter to Mr. Coastal., sen., containing an
account of the assault, and his unwillingness to prosecute
them. 11r. COBBETT wrote back that his sons fully de-
served to be punished for so violent an assault, and advised
him to take out a warrant against them. Mr. Fritz/wit
did so, and now avers his determination to indict them.—
Morning PaPer•

Wheat. Barley. i Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. Is.to s. P. s.
Abingdon--.... 55 82 32 28 21 32 42
Andover 62 72 29 26 22 29 46
Birmingham— '72 82 32 :36 24 36 46
Bridport 56 74 n 2 39 26 31 54
Cirencester —, 56 '72 30 31 23 26 46
Faringdon— 51 86 36 40 26 28 46
Guildford —....... . 43 74 32 36 24 23 45
Henley 54 83 SO 35 120 30 40
Hereford —. 64 84 38 45 36 40 60
Highworth 62 80 j 32 42 28 34 56
Maidenhead .....—. 65 84 i2B 38 'l2 20 51
Oakingham —....... 56 '76 30 36 18 32 43
Reading 60 82 32 37 21 34 42
Salisbury 52 '74 33 36 24 35 54
Southampton 54 78 37 40 .28 32 46
Stroud 66 90 34 38 22 32 42
Tcw k esht tr y 65 87 40 42 30 38 51
f.l x bridge 48 84 33 36 23 31 43
Wantage.-- 50 '7B 30 37 22 30 42
Warminster 48 '7B 32 36 23 34 58
Windsor .- . 60 80 34 36 28 35 54
Worcester 7O 73 36 40 24 32 44
CHELTENHAM MARKET—Aug. 18.
Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Pei lb. d. to d.
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Beans 4 9 sfi Land, 7 9
Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork 6 74
Hay 3l. 10s. to 31. 15s. per ton.

LEWES MARKET.—Aug. 18.
White Wheat (per quarter) £3 10 0 to £3
Red ditto 3 8 0 3

Barleys V 1 I'7 0 0 0 0
Oats, New 1 2 0 1 6 (1
Pease
Oil Cake, New l2 0 0 per thousand.