The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A detachment belonging to the 30th (Cambridgeshire',
Regiment. of Foot has received orders to march this morn.
ing, from Loudon, for Gosport, to join the Regiment, sta
tioned there.

A detachment belonging to the 35th (Sussex) Regiment
of Infantry has received orders to march this morning, from
'London, for Portsmouth, on route to join the Reserve
Companies in Jersey.
A detachment belonging to the 47th (Lancashire) Re-
giment of Foot has received orders to march this mot ning,
from London, fur Portsmouth, on route to join the Regi-
ment, in the hle of Wight.

The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE re-
turned to their residence in Bushy Park on Thu►sday, from
a visit to Mr. and the lion. Mrs. HOPE, at their residence
at Deepdene, near Dorking, Surrey.
The Duke and Duchess Of CUMBERLAND
came to town yesterday from their residence at Kew.
Their Royal Highnesses remained at their residence in the
King's Palace, St. James's, till five o'clock in the afternoon,
when they left town on their return to Kew.

Prince LEOPOLD left town on Thursday for
the residence of the Duke and Duchess of WELLINGTON,
at Stratlifieldsaye, Hants, to spend a few days' shooting in
company with his Grace. A select party of the Nobility
and Gentry have been invited to meet his Royal Highness.

Letters were received in town yesterday from
Hanover. At the date of their depsrture the Duke and
Duchess of CAMBRIDGE, together with Prince Guoacr
and the Princess AUGUSTA of Cambridge, were in the en-
joyment of excellent health.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign Office.
GEORGE COLMAN, THE YOUNQUII.,-.Per-
haps few individuals have enjoyed to av equAl extent with
this gre..t public favourite., the great privilege of bring
admitted to the very first, we might also say, exclusive
society. The recollections of h life must thelef ire be
frAught with no ordinary interest, since they are undew--
stood to relate to some of the most illustri.4s and dist'n-
guished personages of his tirrt.. Yils new product'. n,
%%Lich is about to appear, toider the title of" Roal

Recoitts," liar, we muleratand, received tie sanction of his
111A.tvtv, who has very graciously perinitto thv wor4 to
lip (I,dieattll to him.

HUNTING INTELI,I4GENCE, •
• -

APPOINTMENTS FOIL ,TIE 4
His Majesty's Stag-houndi,.onlilmfday; it T4fo.fit;:_-.'and
Thursday, at Two-mile Broc*-,.-st liall-fast"Ten.
The Cottesmore Hounds, Os, Monday, at Seaton Ntind-
mill ; Tuesday, at Owaton Wood ; Thursday. at;Cariby
Windmill; and Ssturday, at Little Dalby=at a Quarter
before Eleven.

Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday. at Fi kerton
Long Wood ; Tuesday, at Gate Burton ; Liy, at
Utterby Village ; Thursday, at Wincehy Village and Us •
selby-house; and Saturday, at Gautby-park an l Usselby-
house—at Eleven.

Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Wee!all,.
house; Tuesday, at Goxhill Cross-lanes ; Tiotts,lly, at
Ormsby-mill; and Saturday, at Roston Wood—at Eleven.
The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, .at Ns•wmnarket-
Hill ; Wednesday, at Asheoinbe, the aiternite Wednesday
at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Telscombe Tye—at. Half-
past Ten.
Mr. R. K. Sampson's Hounds, on ➢fond,y, at Nest
dean; Thursday, at Bourne; and Satui day, at Mr. Ade's,
Duttles—at Ten.

The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham; Wed-
nesday, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at
Half-past Ten.
The Cambridgeshire Hounds,' on Monday. at Ekialey-
green ; and Thurday, at Hayky Wand—at Half-past Ten.
The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Culver ;
Wednesday, at Rockells; and Saturday, at Mundeu Lord-
ship—at Half-past Ten.
The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Foulmire ; and
Thursday, at End-bill—at Half-past Ten.
The Hulme Harriers, on Monday, at Corfe Common ;
and Thursday, at Sandford bridge—at Ten.
The Worrestershire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Cliffev ;
and Saturday, at Cotheridge—at Half-past Ten.
The Hon. Mr. Legge's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Wm in-
leighton Village; and Friday, at Warksworfll—at Ten.
The Earith Harriers, on Tuesday, at Mepal-green ; snit
Friday, at Need ingworth—at Ten.
The H. H., on Fue.day, at latterly-gate; Thursday.
Medsted -green; and Saturday, at Hartley Church—at Ten.
The Lambunt Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Mor&hn ;
Thursday, at- Claxton ; and Friday, at Long Newton—at
Eleven.

Mr. Osbaldeston's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Harrinvon ;
Thursday, •at Stowe Wood ; and Friday, at H trd.vick
Village—at Half-past Ten.
Mr. Berkeley's Hounds, ea Tuesday, at the Kennel ;
Thursday, at Melehbourn house.; and Saturday, at
Ketnpston—at Half-past Tea.
The Shropshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at West-
bury Village ; Wednesday, at Halston ; and Saturday, at
Acton Burnell—at Half-past Ten.
Sir Richard Pulleeton's Hounds, on Monday, ut Crewe-
green ; Thursday, at Hardwick ; and Saturday, at Bettis-
field—at Eleven.

Mr. Boyc rtt's Hounds, on Monday, at Tuck-Lill ; and
Tourseay, at Brineton—at Half-past Teo.
The Cheshire Hounds, en Ibinday, at Weaver-hall ;
Wednesday, at Booth-lane Smithy ; Thursday, at Min •
',hull Guide-post ; and Saturday, at Kelb.all To] -bar—at
Half-past Ten.
The Quorn Hounds, on 31onday, at Alit-von-hall ;
Tuesday, at Beeby; Wednie lay, at Six-hill ; Thursday,
at Rath},; and Saturday, at Bonney park—at Half-past
Ten.

Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Deepdale; Wed-
nesday, at Dunchurch Kennel ; Thursday, at Curn'.e
Abbey ; and Saturday, at Frampton Wood—at Eleven.
Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Bradby ; Thurs-
day, at Caton; and Saturday, at Holly Bush—at Half-
past Ten.
Mr. Shawe's Hounds, on Monday, at Kingsbn; y Wood ;
and Thursday, at Canwell-gale—at Half-past Ten.
The Montgomeryshire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at
Berriew Village; and Thursday, st New Bri.lies, near
LI inymynech—at Ten.
Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds, an Monday, at the Kennel ;
and Thursday, at Wood Norton--at Half-past Ten.
The Kempstone Hounds, on Monday, at Mr. Abbott's,
Wicken Castleacre; and Wednesday, at Mr. Bc.k's Mile •
ham—at Eleven.
Mr H. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Whitting-
ton-hill ; Thursday, at Bradenhans-green ; and Saturday,
at Marham Tithe-barn--at Eleven.
The Glossop Harriers, on Monday, at Pies ; and
Thursday, at Ludworth Intakes—at Half-past Ten.
Lord Petre's Fox Hounds, on M,,nday, :t Stock ;
Thursday, at Langdoa-mills; and Saturday, at Tilbury-
mills—at Half-put Ten.
The Warwickshire Hounds, on Monday, at Uston
Wood ; Tuesday, ut Epwell; Thursday, at Brails; and
Saturday, at Farnborough.
The Earl of Harewood'a Fox Hounds, on Monday, at
Cross-roads, Bramham Moor'; Wednesday, at Peckfield
bar ; and Saturday, at liarewood-hridge—at Ten.
The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Balton-.
bridge; Thursday, at Fenwick ; and Saturday, at Fryston
—at Half-put Ten.

FEMALE POACH ER.—ln consequence of
the quantity of game which has of late been destroyed on
Lord DOUGLAS'S property, the gamekeepers have been
particularly on the alert; and some tune ago they die..
covered seven snares set" to entrap the timid pu•s." After
two days' anxious watching to discover the owners of them,
they detected a woman examining them, whom they con-
veved to Douglas Castle. Whe❑ taken she had on a plaid,
the interior of which was besmeared with blood and the
down of hares. She gave her name as JANE SCOTT, and
accounted for the blood and down upon her plaid by stat-
ing that she was an egg-gatherer, and occasionally in the
habit of purchasing game in the course of her egging pere-
grinations; but she strenuously denied any knowledge of
the snares being upon the ground. It was found, how-
ever, that her real name was AGsrs Bove, and that her
statements were otherwise incorrect. She was conse-
quently brought before the justices of peace at Lanark, on
Wednesday last, when she was clearly convicted as a
poacher, and sentenced to pay a fine of 101, or be im-
prisoned for three calendar months. In default of
ment she is now in Lanark gaol. This is rather a. novel
case in the annals of poaching. One of the Zudgfts, who
has been upwards of 30 years on the bench, declared that
he never heard of a female being convicted of poaching be.
fore.— Caledonian Mercury.

A certain celebrated bow window in St.
James's-street, so noted for the cutting up of private elm-
racter, has acquired fur the apartment which contains it
the appellation of the Dissecting Roam.
MOUNT ELBORUS.—The investigation that
was made on the ascent of Mount Elborus, the highest
of the chain of the Caucasus, gave the following results :
—The hot mineral springs are 1,400 English feet above
the level of the sea; the line of. snow on the Elborus,
11,000 feet; the point to which Messrs. Kurrit, MENE-
TRIER, MEYER, and BARNATIOTZI, attained 14,000
feet ; the point reached by M. LENZ was 15,700; Au 44
the highest summit which was gained by a native isf
Kabardina, named CIIILAA, 16,330 feet ; being mon*
than 2,000 feet higher than Mont Blanc.

ANECDOTE OF THE ROYAL SIAMESE PIE-
riIANT AT THE ADELTEII.—OiI Wednesday evening last
week, the favourite keeper of the animal having stayed
out after the usual hour of rethink to rest, tht two other
keepers, who sleep in an ante-room to her highness's hed_
chamber, were awakened by the peculiar ell' of the animal,
which resembles a trumpet ; she thtn struck with her
trunk against the outer door ; the men proceeded to the
stage-deor, where they found her favourite half-frozen, who,
had lost Isis way in the log, waiting admission—the voo,o
tad reached her sensitive ear, and the took that maned of
making his situation known to his associates.—Meesneve
Paper.—[A dog would just do the same th:ng
wifoout danger of
AND TRADES-
NfillaEyßsCarelyA
a,! range,
reprehension," says Dr. FoL 1, there are more p ople
mEITf.ISthiTnOk I
ruined in England by Q' traling than
.far want of trade;
and I would, from my own unhappy experience, advise el(
men in trade to set a, due compass to their anibitirs,—
Credit is a gulf which is easy to get into, hard re, get out
of. Caution, therefore, is the best advice ,hat can be
given to a young tradesman; anti nmieration is an
useful virtue in trade as well as in polities." In an,
other place he observes, " the
lieher the tradesman
the boner he is apt to b,,l la his adventures, not king
to be so easily wounlf,tl by a loss. But, as the game-
ster is tempted to, throw again to retrieve the pact
loss, lat. ,a adventure in trade draws oss another,
Ed last comes a capital loss, which weakens tiso
stock, and wounds the reputation; and thus, by one
loss coming in the neck of Abother, the tradesman in
first made desperate, in his 'desperation ventuter Isis all,
and so is at once uatione. If any man should b, so IP-
natured at ta leilAw I speak too feelingly upon this part
t thg subject, though it tipsy nut Ise the kindeat thing he
could have said to a poor ruthar, vet it may not he the
worse for the argurw4, An old sailor, that ham split upon
a sunk rock, 4ml has lost his ship, is hot the worst man to
mike a pikat for that coast ; 051 the contrary, he is i" Par"
tiesdir able to guide those that come after him, to shun the
'lingers of that tinhaptif parr. Wilzur's Life arid
Times of Palaci Eck,

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

'Bya mistake in our article of Saturday last,
on the reforms necessary to be introduced into
the administration; of justice in our colonies, we
omitted, in referring to the reports of the Com-
missioners of Legal Inquiry on the subject, to
notice the name of the senior Commissioner
(Mr. Henry), and only noticed that of Mr.
Dwarris, by which it would appear that we had
confounded two distinct commissions. We must,
therefore, in order to correct this error, beg to
be understood, that in noticing the reforms ne-
cessary in the Antilles, or Westward and Lee-
ward Islands, we are referring only to the re-
ports of Mr. Dwarris and his late colleague,
Mr. Maddocks ; and when noticing those Daces-
, nary in .Jamaica, Demerara, Berbice, St. Lucia,
the Honduras, the Bahamas, and the Bermudas.
we are referring to Mr. Henry's reports on these
colonies, and his late colleague, Mr. Coney's,
under the present and existing Commission.—
Times.
We have not hitherto noticed the pamphlet
ou Church Reform, in the shape of a Letter to
the Duke of Wellington, by a Minister of the
Establishment, which the author (said to be a
Mr. Berens) announces to be merely the com-
mencement of a series. The pamphlet has at-
tracted considerable attention, and we have no
doubt that the views of the writer are shared by
all those who have not an interest in the abuses
which he wishes to see remedied. Indeed we
understand there is at present a very large party
among the Clergy of the Establishment, who are
anxious to separate the Church from an alliance
with the Stateovhich renders her so much an ob-
ject of suspicion. They have the example of the
United States, in which the Episcopalian Church
rests entirely on the attachment of the people,
aed is rapidly gaining ground. But notwith-
standing the disposition towards a reform to
which we have alluded, it may well be ques-
tioned whether the high aristocracy of this
country will ever consent to such distribution
el the Church Revenues as would render the
establishment more effective for its object while
it would deprive it of those prizes, the monopoly
of which they conceive belongs to their body.—
The author informs us, on the authority of the
Blenheim Papers, that the Duke of Marl-
borough once ventured to suggest to Queen
Anne, a plan of Reform—a leading feature of.
which was the equalization of Bishoprics, and
quotes the annotations to Burnet's History,
by Lord Dartmouth, a Secretary of State of
that time distinguished for his high Church
feeliege, recommending a still more thorough
reformation. "If the lands (said his Lord-
ship) belonging to the Deans and Chapters, who
we of no more use, either to the Church or
State, than Abbots and Monks, were divided
among the poorer Clergy, there would be no
just Calla) of complaint, unless that Bishops'
daughters would not go off so well as they now
do with a good sinecure :" and again—'' And
eo if Bishops themselves were brought to an
equality of revenue as well as function, it would
prevent the great scandal given by commendams
and translations, that are daily increasing. But
it is to be hoped that the Legislature will think
proper, some time or other, to put them
under a proper regulation." A great authority
has declared, " That the great bane of religion
and curse of the Church is a Priesthood which
is merely the organized puppet of the State, and
moves and acts only as it is directed by a poli-
tical Administration." The author of this
pamphlet seems to subscribe to this view, which
he declares to be general. " True also it is,"
he says, " that the prevailing sentiments of the
clergy have for some time declared the stability
of thf,. Church to consist in the scripturality and
purity of its worship, and good works among
the people. The famous alliance, therefore, be-
tween Church and State, once so powerfully ad-
vocated by the great Warburton, is now re-
garded (and justly so, by those who hold that
the Church of England ceases not to be the
Church of Christ because it is the religion of
Ilia State), as a low-minded and revolting
alliance, not very dissimilar in its effects to We
degredieg connection between the master and his
slave, in which the latter is ruled over so despo-
tically, that upon the slightest infringement of
the unconditional obedience exacted for the pro-
tection extended towards him, he is liable to be
left, at a moment's notice, helpless and hopeless;
whereas, from the cause of the Gospel being a
common cause, in which laity and clergy are
mutually and equally concerned, so oug:it. the

AiiimleebetweenChurch and State to partake of
such a character of holy sublime union as to
have po separate interest or existence, because
the former Putties and gives a sort of perpe-
tuity to the latter; and therefore its essential
teletnent ought to consist in the promotion not
only oi the social, political, and moral, but eter-
nal wvlfare of the human species." Lord Plun-
kett, se remember, wished to have it believed
that, in the present age, religion could only fol-
low i►► the train of wealth, and that were it not

that people see Bishop and other dignitaries
turn religion to piofitable account, they would
cease to hold it in any regard. The nature of
the regard which is bestowed on the substitu-
tion of that fur religion which is at direct vari-
ance with its spirit, is not to be mistaken. If
Mete is one thing more clear than another in
Scripture, it is, that the aspiration after worldly
pomp and splendour is at variance with the
principles of Christianity. That wealth and
splendour will always obtain regard for- an In.
•titution whidi posseezes them, whether it be
Mahomedan or Christian, wiU not be disputed;

but that regard is not certainly paid to religion,
which is paid to ivliat religion condemns. The

author of the pamphlet-- quotes a passage
from Dr. King's Memoirs, illustrative of the
coo of estitnatlon which a regard for money
has procured for the heads of the Church

" I know nothing that has brought so great a
reproach on the Church of England as the ava-
rice and ambition of our Bishops. Chandler,
Bishop of Durham ; Willis, Bishop of Win-
.. __

chester; Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury ;
Gibson and Sherlock, Bishops of London, all

died shamefully rich—sorne of them worth mora

than 100,0001." It may safely be assumed,
notwithstanding all that has been said by the
Bishop of Ferns to the contrary, that as long as
some Bishops possess princely incomes, while
others are poorly provided for, the idea which
will be uppermost in the heads of all who are

at the top of the seat will be translation. Every
one knows what riding and running there is
when a rumour spreads that one of the great
Sees is about to be vacant ; what kind in-

quiries are made as to. the health of the incum-
bent, &c. What a curious record we shotlid
have, it all the billets of our Reverend Fathers
in God, addressed to the dispensers of promo-
tion, were to be collected and laid before the
Public ! The late Queen, who, according to
Bishop Watson, bore sway over the Church,
most hoe left some invaluable materials in

' the family archives, which it is to be hoped
will be preserved. The idea has been par-
ticularly suggested to us by the disclosure
of the contents of a Minister's portfolio,
by Dr. 11I'Crie, in the History of the Reforma-
tion in Spain, which that eminent scholar and
able writer has just published. "No sooner
(says the historian) was it known that Egidius
was condemned, than a flight of hungry appli-
cants gathered round the fat benefice of Tortosa,
like crows around carrion. The Holy Fathers
assembled at Trent were not so intently occupied
in watching over the interest of the Catholic
Church as not to have an eye turned to Spain,
and ready to discern what might happen there to
turn to their advantage. While the trial of the
Bishop electwas in dependence, Cardinal Gran-
vine, then Bishop of Arras and Prime Minister
of Spain, had his table covered with applica-
tions, in which the incense of adulation was
thickly sprinkled on rancid a7arice. In a letter
dated from Trent on the 19th of November,
1551, tl:e titular Bishop Jubin, in partibus irfi-
dellum, writes We have received intelligence
here that the Bishop of Tortosa has been con-
demned to perpetual imprisonment. I shall be
infinitely obliged to you to think of me—the
least of your servants—provided his Lordship
of Elna shall be translated to the Bishopric
of Tortosa, now vacant by this means." On
the preceding day the Bishop of Elna had
addressed a letter to the same quarter, in
which, without giving the least hint of the object
he had in view, he begs the Premier to command
him as the meanest domestic of his household,'
calls himself his slave,' and assures him that
the rare qualities of his Eminence, his native
goodness, and the favours he had , conferred,
were so deeply seated in the heart of his ser-
vant, that he remembered him without ceasing,
especially in his poor sacrifices, the fittest time
to make mention of one's matters.' Two days
after, the modest Bishop has acquired as much
courage as to name his request; he acknow-
ledges that the Bishopric of Tortosa was too
weighty a burden for his weak shoulders, but
urges that he could discharge his episcopal
functions better in such a tranquil spot than in '
the frontier province of lioussellon, where his
pious exercises were interrupted by the noise of
warlike instruments, and that he felt a strong
desire to end his days in tending his infirm sheep
in the peace of God,' The Bishop of Algeri was
equally disinterested as his brethren in seeking
promotion. It was not avarice that induced
him to ask the favour' to be translated from the

Island of Sardinia ;he only wished to have his
residence on terra, firma, that his spirit being
relieved from the continual agitation in which it
was kept by the restless waves which surrounded
him, he might be at more liberty to serve God,
and pray for the life of the King and his Minis-
ter.' The Bishop of Elna having been unsuccess-
ful in his application, renewed it in the course of
the following year, when he had recourse to a
new line of argument in its support. After telling
the Premier that his hands had made him,' he
requests him to remember, if he pleased, that
his Majesty had certain rights in Valencia called
les Bayles de Morella, of which large sums were
due to the Treasury; as would appear from the
lists which he had procured, and took the liberty
to transmit to his Eminence ; that most luckily
the diocese of Tortosa included that district,
though the episcopal seat was in his native
country of Catalonia ; and that if it should please
his Majesty to gratify him with that Bishopric,
lie could see to the payment of those dues,
without leaving his diocese, and this would leave
it in his power to serve God and the King at
the same time.' 0 the duplicity, the selfish-
ness, the servility of the Clergy! What good
cause but one would they not have ruined ? And
how deeply has that been marred by them !"
Dr. M'Crie is entitled to hold this language,
because he is without his equal at this day for
learning and research among the Clergy of this
island ; and with an income of we believe not
more than 1,50/. a year, which he would not
allow his affectionate flock to raise, he enjoys a
respectability which no amount of wealth can
increase.—Morning Chronicle.

The Morning Paper which expressed its satis-

faction the other day at the inability of the
farmers to pay their rents throughout the country
and wished to see the instances of their insol-
vency more numerous, is likely to be gratified
to the utmost extent of its patriotic desires.

The list of abatements of rent and tithe in-

creases daily. These abatements are the sacri-
fice which the landlord and the tithe owner make
to the distresses of the country. They are the
consequence and the proof of those distresses.
When agriculture flourished—when the labours
of the plough produced a " golden harvest"—
we heard of no abatements. Why should we
expect voluntary and generous sacrifices from the

landowners any more than from the fundholders ?

Why should the one class give up a portion of
their rent any more than the other give up a
portion of their interests F But then, says the
Journal in question, the payment of the i►►terest
of the debt is a sacred obligation, So we say
all contracts should be sacred, and the contract

by which the landlord is entitled to a certain rent
ought tobe as inviolate as that by whielithe public
creditor is entitled to a certain interest. Why,
then, are the landlords all through the country
making abatements of 10, 15,25, and even 30 per
cent, ? Simply because they cannot get more than
they talc mthout ruining their tenants, and thus

puttin,,,,Y their own interests in a worse condition
than they have been alreaely reduced to by the
operation of " the debt," and the calamitous
policy of Government. The fundholder still
gns his interest—the means are still forthcom-

mg, and therefore he makes no abatement.
Whenever a time comes that he does not receive

all, it will be a matter of necessity, not of
ulioice—it will be an application of the maxim,

sales poplai supreina est lex, and nothing else.
We do not think it just that the landed interest

should be particularly pointed at as the proper
object for the spoliation arising out of the ne-
cessity. If one class be obliged to sacrifice a
great deal, other classes ought at least to sacri-
fice something to the public good, If the ves-
sel be in danger of foundering in the storm, and
it be necessary to throw part of the cargo over-
board, the damage should be borne proportion-
ably by all those who have an interest in her
preservation. The Times rejoices to see the
landowners suffer—chuckles over the probable
downfall of their establishments—and advises

the a Hero of Waterloo" to make war upon
their kennels, and drive their fox-hounds from

the field. The Duke of Wellington is himself
a sportsman. The miseries of the country have
not caused him to abstain in any degreee from

his favourite amusetnews. nor have the cares of

State made him less ardently pursue the excite-
ment of rustic pastimes. Cruel indeed would
it be in him to make war upon field sports ; and,
if he did so, no country gentleman would pity

[ him.if, like Acteon, he were turned upon by his
own hounds. No, before he takes the advice
[ of the, Times, and puts whole troops of Nitn4.
rods hors du combat, let him try what can be
done to alleviate the public burdens by a ju-
dicious system of retrenchment and economy.
Let Ministers make abatements from their sale-
, riesas well as country gentlemen from their
rents; and let the great sinecurists
.give back to
the country the revenues which pampered idle.;
ness extracts from the resources of a suffering
people.—Morning Herald.
One of those party pamphlets, which gene-
rally issue in such numbers, at this season of
the year, from the shops of our metropolis,
previous to the meeting of Parliament, has just
been put into our hands. It is entitled The
Old Citizen, and is assuredly one of the most
curious productions which has ever issued from
the press. The writer takes care to inform his
readers that " it would be idiotcy to deny" some
of his positions; yet even at the risk of incur-
ring this charge we will venture to inform him
that almost all his positions are untenable, and
uterly at variance with well-known facts. His
opinion of his own abilities and wisdom may be
judged of from the assertion which he makes,
that " all, nearly all, that has been written on
the subject of public economy, from the days of
Adam Smith down to my Lord Grenville, is
false in foundation or premises, and consequently
wrong in deduction or conclusion ;" and his ac
curate knowledge of the state of the country,
from the declaration " that the inhabitants of
this envied state have now more comforts than
had their forefathers, are better clothed, better
fed, and better lodged."
" The tradesman," says he, " that fifty years
ago, walked to his business, now rides in his gig;
he that rode in his gig, now rolls in his chariot.—.
Many citizens once let lodgings in their houses of
business, but they now disdain such a procedure, and
not only inhabit them, but have, to boor, their
country boxes. The mercantile clerk is now better
dressed, fed, and lodged,, than the principal was at
the time above mentioned, and the generality of
yeomen and farmers, who at that time were content

with a horn or iron spoon, now sport their sideboards
of plate. Look at the nation at large—observe her
roads, her canab, her docks, her bridges, her pave-
ments, her countless number of ships overspreading
the oceans of the world—her intercourse with all
nations—her rapid and expeditious travelling—her
well-governed and numerous navy—her inimitably-
disciplined and gallant army,—look at these superio-
rit ics,and feel honoured in being born an Englishman."
The above extract will go far to satisfy our
readers respecting the profound wisdom of an
" Old Citizen ;" but choice as the above morsel
is, there is one still more singular and consolatory
on the subject of the national debt :
" I assert and maintain, in the teeth of these
political economists, that the public securities of
Great Britain are not a national debt. When 1

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look at the eight hundred millions of money which
compose these securities, I see and feel that the in-
habitants of this empire and its dependencies have
done and performed eight hundred millions' worth
of labour more than the said population consumed.
The national securities are the honey-comb qf the
United Kingdom—they form a great saving bank ;
without these funds enterprise would languish, im-
provents stop, and speculation be known only by
name. No one person, or class of persons, are forced
t) become members of these securities ; no pro-
perty is seized or taken by force to augment their
amount ; the holders of the different shares.are all
willing proprietors, and any of them wishing to be
not so, have only to make their intentions known to
be otherwise; in short, these funds are composed of
the savings of all classes of the community, forming
a surplus of labour, as proprietors of which, the title
of a Peer of the realm, and the name of an judo"-
trions shoe-black, may be noted in the same book."
What a pity it is that the country does not
owe a million of millions of pounds sterling !
How rich we should then be ! How lightly
would the finger of taxation press upon us!
How much more smoothly would the current of
trade and commerce roll ! And what a plenti-
ful crop of speculators would spring up around
us ! Verily, a Daniel sitteth in the seat of

judgment, and the light which bath hitherto
shone upon us bath been but dark►►ess ! We
conclude by extracting from the pamphlet,
which we have merely noticed on account of its
singularity, the writer's portraits of " a political
economist and a public economist."
" He who will use every endeavour to sow the
seeds of discord between the high and low classes of
society ; who will strenuously persuade the latter
that the former are their oppressors ; who will vitu-
perate all public officers ; who will find fault with

all public measures ; who will stra:n every nerve to
cut down and render inefficient the army and navy;
who will, by hypocrital cant, annihilate colonial

property ; who will deprive every one of his legal
employment ; who mill, by these means, swell the
lists of pauperism; who will, when such is the case,
cry out that the country is ruined by poor-rates;
and who will bring true religion into contempt by
invading the properties of the church ;—stich a man

is a political economist
" He that does not desire to separate the Church
from the State; who does not wish to rend from

the mother country her colonies; who regards pro-
petty of every description as holy and inviolable;
who brings into requisition his ability and his influ-
ence to keep, like the bundle of sticks in the fable,

all the interests of the state in one band of union;
who feels fur the faults and sufferings of his fellow-
subjects; and who ❑ses ever!, endeavour to reform
the one, and ameliorate the other ;—such a man is,

and worthy to be, denonthiated a public economist."
—Morning Advertiser.

TRAVELLERS' TA L ES.—TWO commercial
-travellers. dimpling notes upon the respectability ofrthe
houses represented by them, one was pleased to remark,
that their house expended no less than 1501. a year in the
single article of writing-ink alone. The other imme-
diately observed, " Why we save more than that sum in
our house by that very article, by only omitting. the dots
to the is and strokes to the t's.—Cheltenham Chronicle.

On Saturday night, the sth inst., a robbery
was committed at the dwelling-house of Mrs. MARIA
GoonroßD, 13, Gloucester-row, Clifton, whence property
to a considerable amount in cash was stolen. The box in
which the property had been deposited was found empty in
the road near Clifton church, on Sunday morning, on the
inside of which the villains had impudently written,
Bravo! ten pounds a-piece."—Bath Chronicle.

Tug SEA CAT.—This fish is progressively
disappearing from the shores of the Frith of Forth, to
the great satisfaction of the fishermen. It bears a striking
resemblance to the bend cat, in the head—it is as well
provided with a series of formidable rows of teeth as the
shark, and it is so fierce and ferocious, that it will seize
an ear or boat-hook, or even a bar of iron, and hold on,
till fairly pulled out of the water. They have frequently
been taken four feet in length, and those of that large size,
when hauled into the boat, uniformly make at the fisher-
men, with outstretched jaws, and being remarkably tena-
cious of lite, they continue to struggle till they are killed
by numberless le, avy blows. Such strong and formidable
creatures are dreadfully destructive among the fishing ap-
paratus, and from their uncouth and repulsive appearance
they are nearly unsaleable. Unseemly as it is, the sea cat,
when skinned, cut up into thin slices, and properly fried,
is as white as the turbot, and preferable to the taste. They
are very seldom seen in the market in this city, and the
few who know their value, and disregard their appearance,
get rare bargains, as they seldom bring above a halfpenny
per pound. To inland readers it must appear strange,-
that a fish of such excellent quality is sold so cheap that
it as hardly worth bringing to market, tven from New-
haven, though the distance is only two nflee and a half,—
Scotman.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. IS.
IN THE MATTER OF WARD.

In this case a prohibition had issued to restrain
proceedings of the Court of the Dean and Chapter
of York against Robert Ward. Those proceeding's
arose out of a claim for tithes in the parish of Bur'''.
ton Leonard, and Robert Ward had obtained the
prohibition on the ground that the parish of Burton
Leonard was not within the jurisdiction of the Dean
and Chapter of York, but in that of the Archdeacon
of Richmond.

Mr. SPENCE (with whom was Mr. CRESSWELL)
now applied to the Court to supersede the prohi-
bition.

Mr. KNIGHT supported the prohibition.
A long legal argument respecting the practice of
the Court of King's Bench, in granting prohibitions,
then ensued bet►ceen the Counsel on each side.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought that Ward had
clearly raised the question of jurisdiction, and he
must, therefore, continue the prohibition, directing,
at the same time, an issue to try, whether Burton
Leonard was within the jurisdiction of the Dean
and Chapter of York, or within the jurisdiction of
the Archdeacon of Richmond. He should not,
however, dismiss this motion with costs, because
there had been a departure from the plain truth of
the case in the original affidavits.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dec. IS.
BRETT V. BEALES AND OTHERS.
This case was resumed to-day.
Mr. TAUNTON replied in a speech of three hours
and a half.
Lord TENTERDEN, at one o'clock, began summing
up the evidence. . This, he said, was an action
brought by Mr. Joseph Brett, as lessee under the
Corporation of Cambridge,. of certain tolls, to re-
cover from the defendants, Messrs. Beales and Co.,
corn and coal-merchants in Cambridge, a toll of 2d,
in respect of certain carte of theirs passing out of
Cambridge laden with coals or corn. The declara-
tion contained a count for a toll for passing over a
certain bridge ; but as no evidence had been offered
in support of that count, the Jury would of course
dismiss it from their consideration. The toll, to
which the evidence adduced was applicable, was a
toll of 2d. upon all loaded carts and waggons coming
into the town, or loaded in it, and passing out
therefrom into the country. The. Jury were to con•
eider whether the Corporation of Cambridge were
entitled to such a toll from all persons, whether in-
habitants of Cambridge or strangers to that town.—.
One mode by which such a toll might legally exist
and be claimed was this a person repaired the
highways, he might have a right to take a toll from
all persons passing into and out of the town. This
was what the lawyers called a toll thorough ;.but it
did not appear in this case that the Corporation of
Cambridge ever did take upon themselves the
burden of repairing all the toads and streets belong-
ing to the town, but only some of them. This
toll could not, therefore, be sustained as a toll.
thorough. Another description of toll was, that
where the owner of the soil at the time he
first laid out the land, and gave the public
the use of it as a highway, demanded a toll for
the passage over it ; if he imposed the toll at the
instant of laying out the highway, he was entitled
by law to demand it ; and this was what in law was
called a toll traverse. To sustain such a toll in this
case, it was necessary for the plaintiff to make out
to the satisfaction of the Jury that it had a legal
existence at, and even before the time of, the Con-
quest. A great deal of observation had been mode
on the part of the defendants, as to usurpation and
fraud by the Corporation of Cambridge; and it was
said that the Jury ought to receive the evidence ad-
duced in support of the claim to this toll with a
good deal of scrupulosity, and that it ought to be
very rigidly examined. No doubt, every claim
against common right ought to be rigidly examined;
but he (Lord Tenterden) could not, in the consi-
deration of a legal question, accede to the doctrine,
that it was to be assumed that a Corporation claim-
ing a right had acquired that right by usurpation
and fraud; on the contrary, when it was shown
that the right claimed had existed for a considerable
period of time, it became the duty of a Jury to see
whether it could not be traced to a legal origin.
The Noble Lord then summed up the caseat length,
after which,
The Jury retired for about ten minutes, and then
returned with a verdict for the. defendants.
A similar verdict was given on the former trial of
this cause ; but in the other cause, that of " Brett
v. Fisher," which was tried about two years ago,
arid in which the question is the same, the plaintiff
obtained a verdict; but there is a rule nisi to set i
aside now pending.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 18.
LAFITTR AND OTHERS V. SLATTER.
The plaintiffs are eminent bankers at Paris, the
defendant is a bookseller at Oxford. The action
was brought to recover the amount of a bill of ex-
change for 31.51. 165., drawn by the defendant on a
persen of the name of Tebbs. It was passed to the
plaintiffs by a Mr. Magrath of Paris, and was in the
hands of Sir Wm. Curtis and Co, when it fell due
on the 21st ofJune last. Not having been honoured
by the acceptor, the bill was taken up by Mr. Roths-
child, for the honour of Messrs. Lafitte, and by him
transmitted to Pads. It arrived in Paris on Friday
the 26th; Saturday was consumed in seeking for
Mr. Magrath; and on Tuesday the bill was sent
hack to London, that being the day on which it
was customary to calculate the exchanges. On
Friday, the 3d of July, the bill arrived in
London, and' on Saturday notice of its dis-
honour was sent to the defendant at Oxford. It
was contended upon these facts, that in consequence
of the delay which had taken place before the plain-
tiffs had caused the defendant to receive notice of
the dishonour of the bill, he was discharged from his
liability as drawer. For the plaintiffs, however, it
was insisted that bankers were always allowed one
day to consult their principal, and on the present
occasion only one post day had been omitted before
the bill was sent off to London. But it was further
contended on their behalf, that in this case there was
no necessity for notice at all, because it appeared
from the testimony of a witness named O'Meara,.
that before the bill had become due, Tebbs, the
acceptor, stated to the defendant, that he had never
received any value for it, but had been induced by a
stuck jobber of the name of Rose, who had since
ran awav, to accept it.
The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE declined to nonsuit
the plaintiffs, observing that the point most in their
favour was Tebbs' saying he had received no con-
sideration for the bill, and would not be able to take
it up. His Lordship, therefore, directed the Jury
to find a verdict for the plaintiffs, at the same time
g:ving the defendant leave to move to set it aside and
enter a nonsuit.
A verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiffs

PALACE COURT, Dec. 18.
MARTIN V. WILLIS.--AN EXPE:VSIVI4 SUIT.

Thi3 was an action brought to recover the sum of
9/.89., for one suit of black clothes.

Mr. FLANAGAN stated that the plaintiff was an
eminent tailor, carrying on business in Regent-
street. The defendant, a gentleman of fashion,
called upon the plaintiff and requested a suit of
black clothes to be made, of the best materials, and
to be ready the next day, and gave a reference to
Joy's hotel. Upon itiquiiy the answers were satis-
factory, and the order was completed. The
charge, 9/. 8,;., might be considered rather large,
but it was occasioned by the request of the de-
fendant to have the clothes sent the day after that
whenwages for their'asgi‘ei speed. This was ex-
plained doubletlle orderw .agl'
as the workmen were
to the defendant when he gave the order, and
the amount mentioned.

Aelenplaintiff proved the order of the
defendant, and thet
he due completion arid delivery of
the clothes, The charges were fair and reasonab!e,

a; it was necessary to pay the workmen double
wagesohe time allowed being so short.
Mr. Ross, for the defendant, said the charge had
been resisted as a most exorbitant one.
The Jury, after some consideration, returned a
verdict for 9/. Bs., the full amount claimed.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dxc. 18.

Samuel Mogford, of Church. row, Chelsea,
builder, was opposed by Mr. HEATH, on the part
of two creditors, Messrs. Simmonds and Ste-
phenson.

After the ease had been gone into at length,
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS ordered it to stand
adjourned, and, when the insolvent came up again,
the Court would be prepared to give judgment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Mr. Snow, the surgeon of Hampstead,
accompanied by his brother-in-law, Mr. Churchill,
the barrister, waited upon Sir R. BIRNIE for the
purpose of submitting to that Magistrate and Mr.
HALLS the brief which had been made out for Mr.
Adolphus when that Learned Gentleman appeared
at Bow-street in support of an application for a ju-
dicial inquiry into the circumstances touching the
mysterious death of Mrs. Phillips.
Sir R. BIRNIE was of opinion that the brief of
Mr. Adolphus would in no way assist Mr. Halls
and himself in coming to a decision upon the matter
in question. A great mass of documents had al-
ready been submitted to their inspection, and others
were almost hourly pouring in upon, them.
Mr. Churchill wished it to be distinctly under-
stood that Mr. Snow was not a party to the present
proceeding.
Sir R. BIRNIE observed, that lie believed no
person considered Mr. SrioW in the light of a pro-
secutor upon the present occasion.
Mr. Churchill—When the inquiry was first insti-
tuted, Mr. Snow certainly was the person who
caused a great portion of evidence to be collected at
Finchley, and 38 witnesses were ready to be exa-
mined upon oath touching the circumstances con-
nected with the death of the unfortunate lady. The
only object which Mr. Snow had now in view in
offering the brief of Mr. Adolphus to him (Sir R.
Birnie) was, that it contained a summary of the
whole of the evidence taken by his (Mr. Snow's)
directions, and as such it might in some degree re-
lieve the Magistrates from the labour of wading
through a mass of evidence. A list of the 38 wit-
nesses was also subjoined, and might be considered
of some service in case the Magistrates should deem
it necessary to call those witnesses before them.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE would not say at present
what course himself and Mr. Halls would feel it

necessary to adopt. In fact, neither of them had
as vet got through the documents with which they
had been furnished. A large packet had been for-
warded so late as twelve o'clock on the preceding
night, and another document had arrived from Mr.
Cox within the last half hour. Under these cir-
cumstances, it would be difficult to suy when a
decision should be come to; but every exertion
should be made to bring the matter to an issue on
Tuesday next ; previous to which, after having pe-
rused all the documents, Mr. Halls and himself
would lay their heads together for the purpose of
determining what course they ought to adopt. " I
shall certainly endeavour," added the Magistrate,
" to do justice to the best of my ability, notwith-
standing the attack made upon me by Mr. Phillips,
who charged me with being a partial magistrate,
end threatened to apply to the Lord High Chan-
cellor to have another Magistrate appointed in my
place."

Mr. Snow observed, that Mr. Phillips appeared
to have attacked every body who chose to have an
opinion of their own.

Sir R. MaNtE—But why he should attack me I
am quite at a loss to learn, as I am perfectly un-
conscious of havnig used any expression that could
warrant the observation which he made. I certainly
remember to have said that I had the pleasure of
knowing Mr. Snow for many years, and I beliered
him to be a skilful conscientious man; but that was
no reason why I should depart from that line of
strict impartiality which I am bound to observe to-
wards all partie,,. Had I known as much of Mr.
Phillips, I should have expressed myself in the same
terms towards him. Mr. Phillips, howeier, denied
the words imputed to him.

Mr. Churchill—He certainly used them, notwith-
standing; and I think I remember to have read
them in a letter which he published in the Morning

Sir R. BIIIIIIE-Mr. Phillips appears to carry
his feelings of distrust towards me to the last, for
the documents rshich he has forwarded are addressed
to Mr. Halls, and not jointly to us both, which
shows that he considers me " a partial magistrate,"
although God knows I don't know why. I believe
Mr. Snow, that you and I are mere acquaintances;
at least I know this, that I never in the course of

my life put my legs under your table.
Mr. Snow—You certainly never have done so,
Sir Richard, and I regret that I have not had such
an opportunity of enjoying your society.
Mr. Snow and Mr. Churchill soon after took their
departure, having left the brief of Mr. Adolphus
and the other documents in the handsof the Magis-
trate, who said he should refer to them if necessary.
Soon after Mr. I-1.41.m came upon the bench, and
Sir RICHARD 131RNIE showed him the brief of Mr.

Adolphus, explaining that Mr. Snow had left it for
the purpose of shortening their labours.
Mr. HALLS remarked that he would much rather
depend upon the abstract of the evidence which he
himself had made, than upon the brief of the
Learned Gentleman.

It is now understood that on Tuesday next the
Magistrates will give their decision. In justice to
Mr. Cox, and the other gentlemen, whose appear-
ance was looked for on Wednesday last at Bow-
street, we ought to observe that there was no pre-
cise understanding that the Magistrates were to
come to a decision on that day. On the contrary,
we believe it was said, that the parties interested
should have notice.