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No. 10,981. .

•
ri" CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT-.
• TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and
WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER
'CHANGE, STRAND. . ,
* Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gen-
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of the Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole
of their Military Appointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes,
Belts, Pistols, &c. together with a large and well-manu-
factured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding; Cal 4
Wash -hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ;. Sets Chests,
Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other description
of Travelling Equipage.
AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted
with the necessary requisites for India and other tropical
climates ; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated
Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going
abroad ; Military and liindostannee -Books, Maps, &c.
A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle,
Tandem, rhmton, Stanhope and.Chisise HARNESS, with
every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East
and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec-
tion from their excellent quality, first style of workman.
ship, and moderate prices.
All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted,
and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly
adhered to, of asking tone Ready Money Price, but from
which no abatement is made. ,

On Monday, NOV. 26, 1827,: will he _published in acne
vol. 4to, illustrated by numerous Wood-cuts, and 25
Copper-plates, engraved by Wilson Lowry, from Draw..
ings by Mr. Farey,
ATREATISE on the STEAM-ENGINE,
Historical, Practical, and Descriptive'.

_
By JOHN FAREY, Engineer.
Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.
A detailed Prospectus, statement of Contents, and list of
Engravings, may be seen at the Correspondents of the
Publishers in the principal towns of the kingdom.

LONDON, WEDNES'DAY EVENING,. NO` TNIBM 2l, lt

COUNTRY BANKERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SbN.

Sta,—Seeing that your respectable- paper lends its
columns to the " Banking Controversy" now raging with
such violence, allow. roe to ask a question, as connected with
the
circulation of the .Country Bankers. It is not un-
common in many parts north of London, to see written on
a pane of glass on the window of the Bank,—" Open from
9to 12, and from .1 to 4,"—so that a holder 'of one of their
notes, whose convenience or .business might prompt him
to present the note between 12 and 1, would have to wait
till the 'Bank opened, or go away unsatisfied. What I wish
to know is this note being made payable to bearer on
demand, .has the issuer of that note a right to shut up his
shop, at an hour of the day, which, according to the
custom of trade, is a business hour? And what have I,
a holder of that note, made payable on demand, to do with
his convenience? lam passing through Gainshorougb,
for instance—l know nothing of what the Banker plasters
upon his windo'tv, and I hold a note of his payable on de-
mand, and I present it at a time in the day whenAt suits
him to absent himself from his .office, but At an hour
Which the law considers as an hoursof business. Seeing
the Bank shut up, have I not a right to return the note to
the party I
,had it of as unpaid ? And would an action lie
against me for doing so ?
Supposing, Mr. Editor, Bankers who issue paper had a
right to abdicate in the middle of the day :—Some of them.
might not be satisfied with shutting up shop for an hour—
they might, the principle being established, take two hours
to their dinner instead of one, and write a fresh advertise-

anent in the window. My opinion is, that any Banker
issuing notes, payable to bearer on demand, is bound by
the instrninent to pay those notes at any time of the day the
holder chooses to present them ; that is to say, during those

hours which the custom of merchants consider as " hours
of business"—and that the only way for the Banker to.get
a spare hour in the day from the toils of Banking, is to ex-
press upon the next circulation of paper—
" I promise to pay the Bearer, on demand, One Pounds
excepting between the hour of 12 and 1, when I and my
wife take a bit of dinner."

I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
London, Nov. 22, 1827.

H. H.

THE DEAN AND CHAPTER AND VICARS
CHORAL OF ST. PETER'S, WESTMINSTER.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

It is believed that the ambition of many meets its entire
gratification in notoriety, and the important place they seem
to themselves to fill in the public eye. To sit attentive

" to their own applause," is no trivial gratification to that
overweening vanity, which constitutes so large an
.ingre-
dient in the corrupt compound of human qualities.
• " To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell."

In a published letter, dated 2d June, 1823, addressed to
the Reverend the Precentor of the Collegiate Church of
St. Peter, Westminster, by the Rev. John Pridden, one
of the Vicars Choral, on the subject of the appropriation
of the fees received for viewing the interior of the Abbey, it
was strongly contended, and not refuted, that under the very
Letters Patent (May 21, Anno 2d Eliz.) on which alone the
Dean and Chapter found all their rights, privileges, and
claims, the Choir, and all other persons, holding
offices in that Collegiate Church, were entitled to a par-
ticipation of those privileges. It was also asserted, that
the ChOir possessed certain innate rights, beyond those al-
lowed by the Grace of the Dean and Chapter.
Those who are accustomed to pass through the
cloisters of this Cathedral, cannot but have observed,
that not only those who held benefice,- but even those who
held the offices of cooks, porters, and other places, attached
to the establisliniet, were uniformly allowed to be buried
there. _ _ .

Under the alleged, but it is believed incorrect, reason of
there being want of room, not only many officers of the
Church have of late been refused this right or indulgence,
but others, unless they hold very 'high rank in Society, are
not allowed to be interred there, although the fees have been
greatly enhanced.
In two recent cases, that of the sacrist, and also the ver-
ger, both of whom had been upwards of fifty years officers
of the Church—and the former of which had devoted his
whole time to the interests of the Dean and Chapter—not even
the Knell was allowed to be tolled to his memory, and the
latter was only permitted to be interred in what is consi-
dered the illnamen's ground.
In a more recent instance, that of the late Mr. Sale,
who having been so long a member of the choir, and who,
it is insisted was under the Letters Patent of Queen Eliza-
beth, as legally intitled as the Dean himself, to the privi-
lege of being interred in that. Cathedral Church, the appli-
cation was refused except under conditions as degrading
and indelicate as they were uncharitable, and consequently
not accepted. The Manner, ,the delay, and the proceed-
ings attendant upon this claim or application as contrasted
with the noble, liberal, and benevolent conduct of those who
superintend matters, at St. Paul's Cathedral, will form the
subject of a subsequent communication. It has been truly
stated, by perhaps the greatest philosopher, aswell as one of the
most able writers of the present day—that to have the mind
occupied with little blemishes, even when they may be as-
sociated with real and great excellence is by no means an
evidence of superior, intellectual, or moral acuteness, or
refinement; but that it rather indicates a contracted un-
derstanding, and a vitiated taste. .
Exeter. NOT OF THE CHOIR.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 20,
CONST V. • HARRIS.

Mr. LOWNDES applied to the Lord chancellor,
requesting he would give judgment in this case,
which had stood over for some time, and which his
Lordship promised to do.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Noy. 20.
WARREN V. WOOD, PITCHER, AND. OTHERS.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR, finding that the circum-
stances of this case were precisely similar to those
upon which the Lord Chancellor had lately granted
an application of the same sort, granted the injunc-
tion now prayed for. .

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 20.
The COURT was occupied the greater part of the
day with cases in the special paper, and with demur-
rers on points of pleading, possessing interest
no
ex-
cept to the parties concerned.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a rule to
show cause why a criminal information should not
be filed against Sir Robert Seppings and Richard
James Cutbush, at the instance of Charles Phillips,
a Captain in the Royal Navy. The libel of which
Captain Phillips complained was published in the
Maidstone Gazette, in a letter signed by Sir Robert
Seppings. Application was made, on its first ap-
pearance, to Sir R. Seppings, to know whether he
was the author of the letter which bore his signature,
but he declined to give any answer to it, and re-
ferred the writer to his attorney. On second
thoughts, however, Sir R. Seppings admitted the
letter to be his composition. Richard James Cut-
bush was the printer of the Maidstone Gazette, and
was made a party to the rule, because he had, in the
first instance, refused to give up the author of the
letter. Perhaps, when the rule was made absolute,
Cutbush might be left out of it. It appeared, from
the letter itself, that Sir R. Seppings was
sending an answer to an anonymous letter
previously printed in the Maidstone Gazette,
and of which, for some cause or other,
he suspected Capt. Phillips to be the author. Cap-
tain Phillips, was a gentleman of great respectability,
residing at the village of Upnor, in the neighbour-
hood of Chatham. He stated in his affidavits, that

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