The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-29 00:00:00

FIRE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

On Monday night the neighbourhood of Westminster
Abbey was alarmed by a report that this antique and mag-
nificent structure had been set fire to by some incendiary.
Various idle rumours were abroad ; but we have been able
to collect, from the most authentic sources, the true cir-
cumstances of the cave.

Bradburn, a watchman of St. Margaret's church-yard,
was the first to alarm the neighbourhood, in which attempt
be was seconded by Smith, the watchman of the Abbey.
This was about ten minute's past ten o'clock, and the
flames were distinctly seen isaming from the north tran-
sept. The watchmen immediately ran to the house of
Mr. Billington, landlord of the Coach and Horses, in Little
Dean-street, opposite the western entrance, who with the
utmost alacrity alarmed Mr. Carter, the clerk of the works,
whose residence is in Little Dean's-yard, and informed him
that the Abbey was o❑ tire. Mr. Billington next pro-
ceeded, with the utmost speed, to Dr. Ireland's house, the
Dean of Westminster, and gained an entrance into the
Abbey through his house, and; with the assistance of Mr.
Carter, Mr. Walmisly, Mr. Oxley, and others, the Ten
o'clock Bell was rang, which alarmed the neighbourhood,
and the Abbey was soon surrounded by crowds.—
The Dean of Westminster was out of town, but every
assistance was afforded from his house, which is situated
in the cloisters, and a supply of water was furnished by
means of buckets. From the confusion and alarm which
prevailed, there was some difficulty in reaching the place
whence the fire had broke out, and the fire-escape was
tried, but found too short to reach the threatening site.
About this time Mr. Carter had succeeded in opening the
door leading to the vaultings of the edifice, and they as-
cended the stairs nearest to the fire, where it was first as-
certained that the screen had caught fire, and fallen on the
boards, which were in a blaze, which was fast commu-
nicating to the roof; every exertion was used to quench
the flames, which for some time threatened destruction
to the building. The engines soon arrived, but the fire-
men were unable to bring their leathern pipes to operate
with effect, though they came exactly in time to prevent
the further spread of the conflagration. G. Rose, Esq.,
Mr. Phillips (1 ate clerk of the works), and several other
gentlemen, who thronged to the scene, were most ex-
emplary in their exertions to subdue the devouring
element, in which they happily succeeded. Had
the alarm been given half an hour later, the roof-
ing of the Abbey must have been entire)" burnt, and
probably the greater part of the building. The da-
mage done is fortunately but very trifling. Mr. Bil-
lington'and Mr. Wahnisly, in their endeavours to save the
building, nearly sacrificed their lives in their hurry to gain
the place where the fire broke out. They had reached
the upper vaultings, and it being dark, Mr. Billington,
who was unaware there was no guard to the precipice be-
fore him, stepped his foot over, but instantly throwing him-
self back, he by borne extraordinary means managed to
save himself from the frightful death before him by re-
gaining his balance : the height was nearly four hundred
feet, and it was the greatest mercy be was not precipitated
into the centre of the Abbey. At an early hour the fol-
lowing morning the strictest inquiry was set on foot, and
the Magistrates of Queen-square inspected the Abbey per-
sonally, when it was discovered that a door near Poet's
Corner, leading into the Abbey, had been opened, appa-
rently with picklock keys, and the prints of footsteps were
also legibly traced in a passage leading to Poets Corner,
which bad been recently made, and the soles of the shoes
must have been full of bob-nails from the marks. No
doubt is entertained that it must have been the work
of some incendiary, but at present the affair is involved
in mystery.

Mr. Secretary PEEL arrived in town from the
seat of his fat!4er, Sir ROBERT Pant., at Drayton Park,
Staffordshire, on Monday evening,.

Prince LEoPoLD, attended by Baron STOCK-
MAR, Sir HENRY SETON, and Dr. GWYNN; arrived with
his suite in four carriages, at his residence, Marlborough
House, Pall-mall, about half-past seven o'clock yesterday
evening, from Dover, where his Royal Highness had landed
from Calais, on his way from Paris.

JOHN BAYLEY, Esq. eldest son of Mr. Jus-
tice BATLEY, has been appointed Clerk of Assize or the
Northern Circuit, in the room Of FLETCHER HIGGE, Esq.
deceased.

Lord EGREMONT has given to Mr. CAREW,
formerly of Waterford, 10,0001. for some very elegant
groups, the production of his chisel.— Waterford Mail.

- -
Mr. LEE, the present High Constable of
Westminster, is among the candidates for the vacant offioe
of Governor to the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields.

The public view of the celebrated collection of
Mr. Wxsrs's Pictures eotnmences on the 4th of May.
We have beard much of the catalogue raisonaie, and shall
return to the subject next week.

The Pamphlet styled " Reflections on the
Present State of British India," is, we very much incline
to think, by far the ablest production on the subject, which
has for a long time issued from the press. It is arranged
chiefly under four heads—let, Our position among the
Sovereign Powers of Asia ; 2d, On the danger to which
British India is exposed from Russian invasion ; 3d, On
the condition and character of the Natives; 4th, On the
colonization of India.

Mr. HOPKINSON'S Wines, which are an-
nounced this evening for public competition, are stated to
be more recherche than any thing for a very long period
antecedent. His protracted and unexpected stay in the
West Indies has produced this favourable opportunity to
amateurs in especially fine wines. Mr. GxoltnE ROBINS,
it should seem, travels out of his usual course, by recom-
mending them, and in no unmeasured terms, to the cognos-
centi in rare wines.

CHELSEA WATER WORKS.--The inhabit-
ants of Chelsea, feeling themselves aggrieved by the con-
duct of this Company in putting on additional rate upon
them, chargeable fur the last half-year, in order to cover
the expence of filtering the water from the present period,
have forwarded a requisition to the churchwardens, for
holding a Vestry on Thursday, the 7th of May, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the best mode of re-
sisting the payment of this extra charge. Dr. WELLES-
LEY, the rector of the parish, will, we understand, preside
at the meeting.
ALARMING FlRE.—Between three and four
yesterday afternoon the extensive premises of Messrs.
ninon:NT and Co., sugar-refiners, Shorter's-street, Well-
close-square, were discovered to be on fire, and Curb
strong hold had the devouring element taken before it was
discovered, that more than one-half of the roof and build-
ing were enveloped in flames before any effectual assistance
could be procured ; and although the firemen with four-
teen or fifteen engines were promptly on the spot, every
effort to save the building proved ineffectual.
There are scenes of light, and hope, and
beauty, before us : neither shall we calculate upon or de-
scribe at length what fields of ambition and enterprise,
what rewards and honours for industry and merit, what
improvements in agriculture and manufactures, what se-
curity for capital, what thousands of happy visions are
now opening on the country. The Irish Catholic has
long since been told of them : from his present height of
moral grandeur he can view and grasp them a 11...-. LOlt.
tionehrry Cltronith.

PUBLIC MEETING AT MANCHESTER.

( :'rota the Manchester Mercury of Thursday.)
TUF. EAST.

Ve.t e day a nuelerotes ail hielily-esetepectable meeting
er :eel-chants, inn ufactiners, .nil others interested in the
:e ;le to theL et. eras held in the inildie-roeni of the Town
Hell, pursuant to a most respectahee requisition addressed
to the horoughreeve and constables, to consider the pro-
priety of petitioning Parliament for a free intercourse
with the countries of the E•ost, on the expiration of the
East India Company's charter.
At half-past eleven o'clock, Ronenr °Gore:, Esq , the
senior constable, was called to the chair, and opened the
business by reading the requisition end notice fur oneen-
ing the Meeting. •
Mr. G. Woon then rose to move the first resolution,
and was received with loud and general cheers. He said
the charter under which the East India Company had en-
joyed their exclusive privileges was first granted in the
reign of Elizabeth, for a short period, and was renewed at
short intervals down to the last renewal, which took place
in 1813. Until about 20 years before that renewal,
namely, up to 1793, the trade to the East was entirely
confined to the East India Company, and no other persons
were permitted to have the slightest participation in it.
In that year, however, under the influence of a number
of distinguished individuals, at the head of whom was
Mr., Pitt, same regulations were adopted for allowing
the private merchants of this country to enjoy a partici-
pation in the advantages of this commerce. The regula-
tiocs under which the trade was carried on so fettered
and hoimpered the privilege thus conceded, that very little
was done in the way of private trade, until 1600 ; when
Lord Melville, at that time President of the Board of
Control, seeing how ineffective were the regulations which
he had been concerned in introducing, suggested some
charges to which the East India Company were induced
to yield, and which were calculated to put the trade upon
a better footing. From that time to 1814 the trade gra-
dually increased, though it did not reach to any thing like
the amount to which it has since attained. In 1812 (the
charter being to expire on 1814) the Company commenced
their efforts to obtain a renewal of :heir exclusive privileges.
Public attention, however, was at that time alive to the
subject; and the great importance of it was felt amongst
the commercial and manufacturing classes in almost every
part of the kingdom. We were at that time engaged
in a most expensive and ruinous war, which weighed
heavily on the resources of the country, and the end of
which no one could foresee. India was, therefore,
looked to with great interest by mercantile men, in
the hope that it might replace the markets of which
the war had deprived us. After a long and severe
struggle between the two parties, which lasted dur-
ing
ine the greater part of two sessions of Parliament,
a Bill was obtained under the provisions of which
the trade had been comductecl to the present time.
He (Mr. Wood) recollected a speech made during the dis-
cussion by a gentleman holding one of the highest
offices of state, but who had *ince, he was happy to say,
begun to entertain more liberal opinions on commercial
affairs ; in which there was a very striking passage on
this subject. He slid that three thousand years had now
rolled over the Peninsula of India, during which empires
had risen and disappeared,—mountains had been levelled
and valleys filled up,—even the Ganges had changed its
course : but amidst all these changes its inhabitants re-
mained the same. Their habits were unchanged ; their
wants and wishes remained the same; and those
who sought to change them would find it a hopeless
task. Other advocates of the Company contended
that those who asked for a free commercial inter-
course were seeking their own ruin ; that they were
rushing on what would destroy them. A third
individual, distinguished as one of the first mer-
cantile men of the age, contended that India could fur-
nish no produce in return for our commodities. He said
its cotton had been tried and found not to answer the pur-
pose of our manufacturers; anti that the import of indigo
could not be materially extended, unless every man in the
country would wear a blue coat. To be sure the piece of
goods of India might be obtained to any amount; but be
apprehended that a large import of them would not suit
the manufacturers of Manchester and Glasgow. The
trade, however, was opened ; and the result of the expe-
riment ought to make us feel great diffidence in the judg-
ment of the acutest men. Events had completely set at
nought the anticipations—had falsified the predictions of
all these eminent authorities. The piece of goods of India
had been admitted to this country, and so far were they
from beating us out of the home market, as the advocates
of restriction foretold, that they had not even diminished the
demand for our manufactures in the other countries of
Europe ; and there was at this time a very large export of
English piece goods to the very country from which this
overwhelming opposition was to come.—(Cheers.)—
These were the results of the anticipation of some of the
ablest men in the country, and he would now proceed to
examine how the predictions of the merchants and menu
facturers had been borne out by experience.—" Mr. Wood
here read a resolution passed at a public meeting on the
subject, held in 1812, which was to the effect that the
opening of the trade to the east, would cause an increased
export of Thitish manufactures.)—He would now ask
whether the anticipations of the merchants and manufac-
turers of Manchester, or those of the eminent English
Statesmen, had turned out to be more correct. The in-
tercourse with India had now been, to a certain extent,
open for the last fifteen years, and the meeting were aware
trade to a vast extent was now carried on between this
country and India, by individual skill, capital, and enter-
prise; and he (Mr. Wood) might add, that it had been
a highly successful trade. Of course it had Sot been
without its vicissitudes : but that it had been on the
whole a lucrative trade, was best shown by its rapid
extension, In the year 1814, when the free trade was
first established, the export of white calicoes from this
country to India did not exceed 200,000 yards, whilst,
in the year 1527, it amounted to no less than twenty-
eight millions of yards, having inmeesed 140 fold
in the short space of thirteen years.—(Cheers.)—Of
printed and dyed calicoes, the export in 1814 was only
605,000 yards : in 1827, it was fourteen millions,—
(Cheers.)—And, notwithstanding these large exports of
goods, an entirely new trade' had sprung up in cotton
twist, which was not amongst our exports prior to the
opening of the intercourse with India. In the year 1814
it appeared only eight pounds of twist were exported to
India—whilst, in 1828, there were near three millions
of pounds.—(Loud cheers.)—With theme facts before
their eyes, the merchants and manufacturers of Mancliee-
ter might say that what had been done 41 1811 was well
done ; that the changes made at that time, as far as they
had gone, had been highly beneficial ; and they had a fair
claim on Government that they should now allow the
utmost freedom of intercourse that was compatible with
the security and well-being of the Company's possessions
in India. He would therefore now proceed to inquire
what were the restrictions under which the trade at pre-
sent laboured, and which contributed to prevent its ex-
tension. In the first place, the private merchants of
this country were entirely shut eut from any participa-
tion in the trade to China. It certainly did seem odd,
at first sight, that China, a country over which the
Company had no manner of controul, should be the
only one excepted from our commerce ;—that whilst
they permitted a commercial intercourse with their
territories in the Peninsula, they should reserve
to themselves the trade of a great and independent empire,
so far removed from their own.. One of the arguments
made use of in support of this singular anomaly, was, that
the Chinese were so peculiar a people, so quarrelsome, and
so jealous of Europeans, that the trade with them could be
carried on by no nobody but the East India Company.
In a speech of Lord Castlereagh, during the discussions in
1813, it was stated that such was the nature of the Chi-
nese government, and such the peculiar character of the
people, that it was extremely doubtful whether the trade
could be carried on by any other individuals than the
agents of the company, even aided by all the influence of
the Crown of Great Britain. To this argument an answer
would he found in the single word " America." Both
then and now the Americans carried on a very ex-
tensive traffic with China ; and their example was per-
fectly demonstrative on this point. If they could trade
with the Chinese, surely private English merchants
could trade with them also ; for it would he derogatory to
the power and dignity of our government to say that the
Americans, a people of yesterday,—descendants of our
own,—were able to exercise an influence which could nut
be wielded by this country.—(Cheers )—But the exclusive
trade to China had also been defended on the ground of
revenue. The advocates of the company stated, that their
trade to India was unprofitable ; and that, unless they con-
tinued to have a monopoly of the China trade, they should
not have the means of paying their stockholders. At the
time when this argument was urged, it certainly possessed
some weight. The country was at that time involved in
a war of which no one could foresee the termination ; and
if it had so happened that the Company had been unable
to discharge their obligations, it might have been neces-
sary that they should be provided for by Government ;
and in a time of considerable financial difficulty, it was
desirable to avoid any addition d burthens. He (Mr.
lel'tnohwtoe
rather
Wood)
u)
urged
nottdN.rhiaresildy,
ion let
continue
ttiaway-the country
re thisoottutfiniastttrhyep rtargument
ikwennttohpe, had been re-
,elyxctluasni
dividendsyde, iftosiytsitl;l

141 e. ift rteortopoly formed sue great brattea of this
h Eng-
land
b; e theade g(rine a
this
h eisy
subject
question ; wet by that monopoly that the Company
en
obtained their proffx. Of eourse those profits could
he gained only at that expellee of the people of
more than the Company gained. Some computations
ei t lost muck
:"Ltihreerppo:lPl,
that the consumers of tea in this country were injured by
the monopoly to the extent of about 2,800,000/. per
annum. They had, therefore, a fair right to ask to be re-
' lieved from thie hnrthen. The private merchants of Eng-
land did net ask Government to transfer the trade of the
company to them ; they OM not wish to take from the corn-
pm y one tittle of what they Assessed : all they asked was
that the trade should be thrown open p--(cheers)—in order
that it might be seen whether they or the company could
condmt:.t it most to the advantage of the comnry.—(Cheers.)
After some observations on the arbitrary power of banish-
ment possessed by the agents of the company, Mr. Wood
concluded by moving the filet resolution, which will be
found below.
Mr. WILLIAM Gent4nrr seconded the resolution.
Mr. Jolts: Suurri.Evvoant then rose to earns the
Meeting in support of time resolution, and delivered one of
the most able and impressive speeches that we ever heard
on any public occasion. Its great length, however, for it
occupied fully an hour in the delivery, and the holding
of the Meeting so near our time of publication, precludes
us from giving any thing like a report of it; and we. do
not know how to select any part where all was 80 forcible
and impressive. When Mr. Shuttleworth had concluded hie
speech, which was received throughout with the strongest
marks of approbation, the first resolution was put, and
carried unanimously.
The succeeding resolutions were then successively
passed. In moving or seconding them the following gen.
tlernen addressed the Meeting at some length, viz.:--Mr.
Jahn Bradshaw-, Mr. R. H. Greg, Mr. Joseph Smith,
and Mr. Samuel Fletcher. The Meeting was also ad-
dressed by Dr. Johns and Mr. Jambes Bunting. For the
reasons already mentioned, however, we cannot give an
outline of their speeches.
Time following are the resolutions passed on the occa-
sion :---

1. That results highly beneficial to the manufactures
and commerce of the kingdom, hive arisen out of the par-
-611 opening to individual skill and enterprise of the trade
with the countries of the East, which took place in 1814,
on the last renewal of the East India Company's Charter.
.2. That similar good effects may be confidently antici-
pated from extending the principle then acted upon, to osr
interior of India and to China, which still remain subject
to the interdict of the Company's monopoly.
3. That one of the main blessings which the freedom of
commerce confers on mankind is the distribution of the
products of the eoil, and of human industry, amongst the
various nations of the earth, on cheaper terms, and in
greatly augmented quantities ; that, tried by this test, the
experiment of 1814 has proved eminently successful, and
sanctions and prescribes to us the removal of those re-
maining restrictions which were then suffered to continue.
4. That exclusive privileges depend for their vindicatitnt
on the supposition of their being beneficial to the commu-
nity at large; and are manifestly impolitic and unjust when
they are otherwise;--that the monopoly of the trade its
tea, now possessed by the Company, is productive of great
and obvious injury to the public, and is not attended with
any equivalent advantage to the revenue.
5. That the power enjoyed by the Company, of sum-
mary and arbitrary banishment, without legal process,
from all the territories under their eontroul, is in violation
of the rights of Englishmen ; injurious to the interests of
India and of Great Britain ; unjustifiable on any plea of
state necessity ; and ought to be no longer suffered to exist.
6. That the happiest consequerces might be expected
to arise from giving encouragement to the settlement of
British-born subjects throughout our Indian posseeeione ;
the capital, would be thereby promoted; the arts, the
civilization, and the literature of Europe it mild spread ;
and the great blessings of Christianity be peaceably dif-
fused through regions where its name is yet unknown.
7. That for the reasons contained in the foregoing re-
solution., petitions be presented to both Houses of Par-
liament, praying that, at the earliest practicable period,
the trade to the interior of India, and to China, may be
thrown open ; the monopoly in tea cease ;—the right to
proceed to, and settle in India, be materially enlarged ;
and the power of banishment, without trial and conviction,
for some known offence, be put an end to ;—and further,
that inquiry may be instituted into the present condition
of the countries now subject to the British Crown, within
the limits of the East India Company's charter, in order
that such measures may be adopted, as shall most speedily
develope the native resources of those regions, and most
effectually promote the permanent welfare of their inha-
bitants.
8. That the following gentlemen, jointly with the Di-
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce, be appointed a
Committee, with power to add to their number, be re-
quested and authorized to use their most active exertions
to promote the object of this meeting by deputation to
London, by correspondence with other commercial towns,
and in such other ways as they may judge expedient,
namely :
Mr. Douglas Mr. Mark Philips.
Mr. John Hargreaves Mr. James Oughton
Mr. H. Houldsworth Mr. B. Braidlev
Mr. John Barton Mr. Thus. A.lkon
Mr. Shakspeare Philips Mr. Thos. Heywood
Mr. H. Newberry Mr. John Powell
Mr. Richard Smith Mr. John Bentley.
That the proceedings of this ➢leeting be advertised
under the direction of the Committee.

KING'S THEATRE.—The Barber of Seville
was performed last night at this Theatre. Madame
MALIBRAN was the Rosina, and went through the part
with much judgment and spirit. Zccrixtr.t was the
Barber, and as usual, gained great applause. M. LE
VAssEus, in the character of Basilio, made au indifferent
Basilio, so much so, as to cause us to regret the loss of
Nero. Signor GRAZIANI'S Doctor Bartolo was excel-
lent. Altogether the opera was strongly cast, and gave
general satisfaction to a crowded house.
PURE WATER.—The complaints are so loud
as it regards the water supplied to the inhabitants of this
great metropolis, and have continued so long, that it may
be imagined the remedy for this grievance has escaped at-
tention. GEORGE ROBINS'S Royal Filter, at No. 6P,
Strand, not only purifies the most turbid foetid stagnant
water, but it renders it of a chrystaline brilliancy, and
effectually destroys all smell and taste. It is adapted to
Cisterns of all dimensions, awl will filter as many hundred
gallons per diem as the Thames Company will indulge the.
good folks with, sad which many of the most learned
Physicians pronounce to be disgusting to the eye, and the
effluvia to affect the senses. There ars also portable cis-
terns to meet the wishes of every family, and filters of all
sizes: but we have still to add, that the remedy fur this
mischief is within the means of the humblest class, the
price is so low that we only wonder a single family in this
great town can abridge themselves of sach a luxury as
brilliant and pure water. _ _

DINNER AT ABINGDON.—On Thursday,
the 23d instant (being the day on which the Catholic
Relief Bill canse into operation) two handsome silver
salvers were presented to Mr. W. STRANGE and Mr. C.
BASTER, bailiffs of the corporation and borough of Abing-
don, bearing the following inscription:--" Presented to
Mr. W. STRANGE and Mr. C. Baarxit, bailiffs of the
borough of Abingdon, from their friends and fellow-
townsmen, as a tribute of respect for their independent
conduct in defence of civil and religious liberty, at a Com-
mon Council held on the 20th day of February, 1829."
The friends of civil and religious liberty dined together, at
the Crown and Thistle, on the occasion. The chair was
taken by Thomas BowLxs, of Milton.hill, Ezq., late re-
spected high sheriff of the county; and CHARLES ETSTON,
of Henslred House, Esq., was Vice-Chairman.
There arc Four Landed Investments an-
nounced in our Auction Department to-day, by GEORGE
ROBINS, the value of which exceeds 650,0001. sterling.
We are persuaded these is no precedent for this since auc-
tions were first instituted.

A ludicrous circumstance occurred here the
other day, which has furnished matter for gossip to our
old maids and servant girls for a month to come. A ser-
vant in a respectable family, actuated it is s.iid by a
principal of retaliation, and instigated by her neighbours
and companions, put into the kail designed for the Sabbath
dinner a quantity of physic. The trick was discovered
on the Saturday evening, and the girl with her coadjutors
have been examined before the Magistrates. The stuff has
been analyzed, and found to be two or three laxative pills ! !
Although too mach importance bas been attached to this
matter, yet the girl's conduct is very reprehensible. Fife
Herald.

SUICIDE BY DROWNING.—On Tuesday
week, JOHN FARQUHAR, one of the pilots of Wick, a
married man, having quarrelled with his wife, thrcateced
to drown himself in the harbour. He accordingly left the
house, followed by his wife, and instantly pree;pitatel
himself into the see, over the pier. The body of the un-
fortunate man has not yet been found. On his way to tilo
pier, after leaving home, it appears that the man called at
the house of his parents and bade them ktewell. His
wife was present when he leapt into the sea. Two ehil ren
are left to deplore the loss of their rash ill-fated parent.
Inverness Garin%

THE CELEBRATED EPISCOPAL CHAPEL IN
CHARLOTTE-STREET, PIMLICO, WHICH

GIVES TITLE TO ORDERS, AND THE IN.
COME AllY BE MATERIALLY INCREASED.
R. GEORGE ROBINS beds respectfully
17A- to announce, that he will SELL by AUCTION,
at the Mart, in Londan, on THURSDAr, the 7th of M,y,
at Twelve, and unreservedly,

A very fine PROPERTY, either with a view to per-
manent investment, or the more decided advantage of
possession. It comprises
THE CELtBRATED CHAPEL IN CHARLOTTE-

STREET, PIMLICO,
a'rnost facing the buildinzs connected with

HIS MAJESTY'S NEW PALACE.

It presents a handsome uniforms exterior, and the i❑ter-
nal arrangements have for very many years been the sub-
ject of very high commendation.. Diem are on the ground
tier ninety-three pews, and in the gallery severity-eight,
forming an aggregate of six hundred and eighty'-five seats,

THE INCOME FROM WHICH 11AS
EXCEEDED 1,0001. A YEAR.

It is however fair to admit that the New Church has
made a temporary impression, and con4e.quently lessened
the receipts, but it is equally true that it needs only the
aid of " A POPULAR PREACHER," to restore it to
itA wonted vigour, and consequent income. The highly
gifted " Dr. DODD" demonstrated how much might he
accomplished by his peculiar talent and eloquence. Sub-
sequently, very many have given equally strong testimony
of its capability. It should be observed it is

AST EPISCOPAL CHAPEL,
and gives a title to orders; independently of whicji, it pas-
eases the rare advantages pertaining to Church prefer-
ment, it having the whole of the patronage at its own
dispoeal.
The average income of the last five years (about 5501.
a ye4r) is not a fair criterion to judge of its value, as it
will not be doubted that an Mtel!igent and talented
preacher, by discontinuing the afternoon service and sub-
stituting evening, would add considerably to the annual
revenue.

The whole is fitted up in the very best manner, regard-
less of expence, with a splendid organ ; the pulpit and
desk ornamented with velvet and gold; and a fine altar-
piece over the communion-table.
The Chapel may be viewed till the Sale, on Tuesdays
and Saturdays, from eleven till one, by applying to the
Clerk (Mr. King), adjoining the same; and particulars
had 14 days prior to the sale of him, at the Auction
Nan, and in Coventsprden.

TO SMALL CAPITALISTS.
Twenty-five Leasehold Houses, and improved Ground
Rents, in Pleasant Retreat, or Gray-street, near Broad-
wall, Blackfriars-road, producing 375/. 15s. a-year, and
Lehi for 61 years. Also a Small Residence in King_
street, East-lane, Walworth. A Ilsuse and Premises
in Broad-wail, with a valuable Reversionary Interest in
23 years. Four improved Ground Rents in Webber-
street, producing 13/. 4s. a-year ; and 11 Houses in
Cross-street, producing improved Ground Rents amount-
ing to 21/. net per annum.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mr. GEORGE ROBINS,

At the Acction Mart, on THURSDAY, the 7th of May, at
Twelve o'clock, in Five Lots, by direction of the Exe-
cutors of Joseph Neeld, Esq , lately deceased.

A VALUABLE PROPERTY fur Small
Capitalists; it includes altogether
FORTY-TWO HOUSES AND GROUND RENTS,
of which 25 are situate in Gray-street, or