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London, England, 1825-07-14 00:00:00

Nrir JURY BILL.

Our Readers will obtain the most perfect Idea of all
men liable to serve on Juries. along with the exemp-
tion, from the perusal of the Precept addressed to the
parish officers, which we hire subjoin :
Colony of -- to wit. Hundred of
To the Churchwardens and Overseers cif the Poar of the Parish (or
to the Overseers of the Plor of ;he Township) of

By virtue of a warrant from the Clerk of the Peace
of the said county (rid ng or divi-ion) unto me directed,
you are hereby required to make cut, before the first
day of September next, a true list in writing, in the
form hereunto annexed, containing the names of all
men, being natural horn subjects of the King, between
the ages of 21 and 50, residing within your parish (or
township) qualified to serve on Juries; that is to say, oti
every such man who has in liis own name, or in trust
for him, a clear income of 101. by the year in lands or
tenements, whether of freehold, copyhold, or customary
tenure, or of ancient demesne, situate in the said county,l
or in rents issuing out of any such lands or tenements,l
or in such I,:not, tenements, an .1 rents, taken together
► in fee simple or tee tail, cr for his own life, or for the
life .1f al:;• other person; and also of every such man
who has a deer income of 2el. by the year in lands or
tenements, situate in the said county, held by lease for
the absolute term of 21 years, or some longer term, or
for any term of years determinable on any life or lives;
and you are rccutired to make out tl.e said list in alpha-
betical order, and to write the christian and surname of
every man at full length, and the place of his abode,
his title, quality, calling, or bu iness, and the nature of
his qualification.
And if you have not a sufficient number of forms,
I you must apply to me for more; and in order to assist,
you in making out the list, you are to refer to the Poor-1
rate, and you may, if you think proper, apply tai any
collector or assessor of taxes, or any other officer who
has the custody of any house-tax, land-tax, or other tax
assessment for your parish (or township), ant' take from
then.:e the names of men so qualified: and in making
such list you are• to omit the names of ail Peers, all
Judges, all Clergymen, all Roman Catholic Priests, who
shall have duly taken and subscribed the oaths and
declarations required by law ; all Minis ers of any con-
, gregation of Protestant Dissenters, whose place of
meeting is duly registered, provided they follow net
secular occupation except that of a schoolmaster, and
produce to you a certificate of some Justice of the
Peace, of their having taken the oaths and subscribed
the declaration required by law ; all Serjeants and Bar-
risters-at-law, all members of the society of Doctors of
Law, and all A.frocates of the Civil Law, if actually
practising, and all Attornies, Solicitors, and Proctors,
if actually practising, and having taken out their annual
certificates; all Officers of the Courts of Law and
Equity, and of the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts,
if actually exercising the duties of their respective
-offices ; all Coroners, all Gaolers and Keepers of Houses
of Correction ; all Members and Licentiates of the
Royal College of Physicians in London ; all Members
of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in London, Edin-
burgh, and Dublin, and Apothecaries certificated by
the Court of Examiners of the Apothecaries' Company,
if actually practising as Physicians, Surgeons, or Apo-
thecaries, respectively ; all Officers of the Army and
Navy on full pay ; all Pilots licensed by the Trinity-
house of Deptford, Strout, Kingston-upon-Hull, or
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and all Masters of Vessels in the
buoy and light se:vice, employed by either of those
Corporations, and all Pilots licensed by the Lord War-
den of the Cinque Ports, or under any Act of Parlia-
ment or Charter for the regulation of pilots in any other
port; and all the Household Servants of his Majesty,
all Officers of Customs and Excise, all Sheriffs'Officers,
High Constables, and Parish Clerks, and also all per-
sons exempt by virtue of any prescription, charter,
grant, or writ.
And when you have made out such Hitt you are required, on
the three first Sundays in September next, to Se a true copy'
thereof,.slgned by you, on the principal door of every Church,
Chapel, or other public place of religious worship within your
parish or township ; and also to subjoin to every such copy a no-
tice to the following effect, inserting the thus and place, of which
you shall be previously informed Take notice, that all oh*.
dons to the foregoing list will be heard by the Justices in Petty
Sessions, on the day of September next, at the hour of
at :" and you must allow any inhabitant of
your parish or township to inspect the original 114, or a true copy
of it, during the three ant weeks of September next, gratb; and
you are also further required to produce the said list at such Petty
Sessions, sad there to answer, on oath,, such questions as shall be
put to you by his Majesty's Justices of the Peace there present,
,touching the said list; and thne. vetted mattete you are in nowise,
to, omit, upon the peril that ,May ensue. .
Given under my hand, at In the said county, the
day of in the year- .
High Constable.

Tuesday night, .about tWelve o'clock. as Mrs. tUCY
RYALS, wife of Mr. Jos. Ryas, one of. the corps dra-
matique of Covent-Garden Theatre, was proceeding
through St: John's-square, "Clerkenwell, to her resi-
dence in St. John's-street, she was seized by a ruffian
in the shape of a human being, and most cruelly and
indecently used, which caused her to fall into hysterics.
The fellow actually tore the sleeves from her pelisse,
and injured her apparel in many places. Fortnnately
two Gentlemen, neighbours, came up and rescued Mrs.
Etvaza from urther violence, one gave the fellow
into custody.

Tua House of Pxacy.—ln the last years of the late
Duke of Nonviustneausszto, a considerable -part of his
income disappeared, without any person about him
knowing what became of it. It was supposed that he
was employed in discharging debts incurred in early
life. On his death, when his papers were examined, a
list of names was discovered, both of males and fe-
males, who had suffered in the American revolutionary
war, to whom he had been in the habit of granting al-
lowances to the amotrat of 37,000/. annually, through
the hands of his binker in Lon Jon, the only person in
the secret. Even the poor pensioners themselves did
not know from whom their supplies came. When the
present Duke obtained a knowledge of this fact, he ex.
claimed, 4g this is a legacy left me by my father, and
it shall be paid." Every individual who bad thus lived
on his father's bounty, was immediately i.iformed by
the Duke's Commissioner of his'Grace's determination,
and they have receives to this day their allowance.
An account has been published of iCetiOn4tion of the
King of Otabeitr, by tire Missiunariei, whirl took place
about a year ago. A Mr. NcAt acted the pint cif St.
Remigius, and anointed the hing.
The mid, on its w.ty from 131 econ to ilandnvery, on
Tuesday se'nnight, overtook a pet sln froniDev,nnoek
riding from Brecon fair on a young 1:00,”, near
wern, about three miles from 13Tecon, when tl.e
took fright, the rider was throstocif, the cc:o.h
view. tr.ca hi: body. lie decd on tlit

_PRIVATE DiUS AND PULILIC
ntritorrl
A complete list of what are called Private Bills,
-though many of them have for. their object national,
though local improvements, has been published, •by
which it appears, that doting the Session (.f Parlia-
ment just ended, two hunched and eighty six Private
Bills received the Royal Assent.
This number is altogether unprecedented. The last
year, which we believe,- exceeded all that went before
it, in the number of Private Bills, produced 200 'the
previous year, 15,5; and the year beft re that, 150.
The most important class is that which has for its
object the facilitating of intescourse between different
parti of the kingdom, by means of Roads, Railways,
Bridges, Canals, and Ordinary and Straits Navigation.
The Bills of this description amount in all to one hun•
dred and sixteen. The capital necessary to carry them
into execution is immense; but it may confidently be
assumed that the outlay will, in the course of a very
few years, be more than counterbalanced by the saving
to the pub:ic in the transport of goods. Nine Bills
which obtained the Royal Assent were for Railways,
and it is well known that several others for a similar
object would have passed (particularly the Liverpool
and Manchester one) but for the determined opposition
interested patttles. Among the Canal Bills, the most
striking is that of the Western Ship Canal, which, in
grandeur of conception and boldness of enterprize,
cannot but attract Pelletal admiration, aod must prove
of V. e most essential service to Commerce.
Next in order to this class are the Bills for the con-
struction of Docks, Harbours, and Piers. These are in
number twelve—and they ate al,o manifestly condu-
cive to economy in commercial transactions, as well as
to the sec.)rity of navigation ; they may therefore be
looked on as so much substantial addition to the na.
dotal capital.
The agricultural riches of the country must ob-
viously be augmented by Inclosures, Di ainage, and
Embankment: the Bills dedicated to these Gbjects are in
nu er SS.
We next come to the Paving, Lighting, and general
Improvement of Towns. These, including Bills for
Streets, Gaols, and Waterworks, and also considering
Gas Lights as referable to the head of lighting, amount
to 42.
Connected with the preceding class are several inci•
dental matters, such as the regulation of Town Dues,
Poor Rates, Tithes, and Statute Labour, Sessions, Mar-
kets, Churches, Chapels, Rectories, &c. Of such Bills
there have been passed 18.
Of the Bilis for the formation of Companies, nine passed ; and
several others were proposed but defeated.
The remaining 56 are Bills for objects entirely personal, such as
Naturalization, change of Name, Divorce, and Estate Bills.
This brief analysis is sufficient to shew the wonderful activity
end enterprize of the country at large; for it must be remembered,
that all these are of private origin ; the Government has not at all
interfered in them, otherwise than to encourage undertakings of
public utility by its countenance and approbation.

SURREY COUNTY SESSIONS.
GUILDFORD, JULY 19..
Mr. H. SUMNERi after pronouncing a handsome
eulogy on their late Chairman, who had retired after
28 years' service to the county, begged to move a vote'
of thanks to Lord Middleton for those services.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Dentsox, and after a few
words from Mr. Taowza, it was carried unanimously.
A Report, signed by Mr. H. Sunman and other Magistrates,
1-was read by the Clerk of the Court, recommending the disuse of
the House of Correction at Kingston.
On the adopuon of the Report being moved—
Mr. DENISON, Mr. Paoa, and Mr. Ilat.coz, opposed the motion.
Mr. Smuts and Mr. limos supported it.
Mr. Taorrsa, as an amendment, moved that the Report should
be sent back to the Committee, on the ground that sufficient de.
tails were nut made out to enable the Bench to embrace the whsle
circumstances of the use.
hit. Taiwrza, Mr. DILIMUOYD, Mr. Etrassa, and Mr. Kinnues,
supported the amendment.
After a desultory conversation, a division took place, and the
original motion of confirming the Report was negatived by to
14. The amendment was then arranged as an original motion, and
carried unanimously.
Tin TRIAD•WHEIL.

Mr. Baticcis felt, that in introducing his motion he
owed no apology to the Court, for he stood upon high
ground, supported as he was by the Magistracy of the
country in general; and as long as he had a tongue to
speak, or a hand to lift, he would continue to bring
forward his motion.—The Secretary of State had con-
sulted three physicians of the highest character, and it
was certainly true that they had said that, tinder cer-
tain restrictions, the use of the wheel would not be pre-
judicial to the health of females; he had a great re-
spect for-those three Gentlemen, but, with submission,
he must add, that he did not look upon them as in-
fallihh.. The worthy Magistrate concluded by mov-
" That female prisoners in the House of Correction
in this county, should be exempted from the punish.
meat of the Tread-wheel, as unsuitable to the habits,
character, and constitution of their sex."
Mr. Pouts*. in seconding the Resolution, said, that he took
pride in doing so, although he was afraid that he should be differing
from the majority of the Bench.
The motion, on being put to the vote, was lost by 14 to O.

TIM DUKE Or WELLINGTON AND HIS MAJESTY'S
POSTNIAN.—Monday afternoon, a few minutes after five
o'clock, his Graze had nearly incurred the misfortune of
driving over the general postman, who plies between
the end of Piccadilly and the purlieus of Knightsbridge.
The Duke, in turning his curricle, drawn by a pair of
magnificent chargers, round the corner of Grosvenor-
place, encountered the honest letter-canter, who, ab-
sorbed in the noisy clamour of his bell, was leisurely
crossing the road at the same point. The peril of
the man was obvious to all but himself, his mind being
toe much engrossed by the importance of the tintinabu-
lary warning which he was so lustily dealing forth, to
be aware of the presence of danger. It was in vain the
Field Marshal ordered a retreat in the most command-
ing tone of his voice; the unconscious bellman turned a
deaf ear to all but the sounds of which he was the au-
thor. Nothing, in short, but the quickness of eye and
hand, the martial couts d'eeil of the noble driver, avoided
a lento' accident. The pole had already crossed the
bellman's shoulder ere the horses could be reined. The
man continuing to look stupidly after the carriage as it
rolled away, a Gentleman asked if he knew who it was
that had so ne.irly run over him ? " No," was the an-
swer. " bat I think he might have taken more care, and
rae in the King's livery too—my life's as good as his'n
I'll be bound, although I do ring a bell and he drives a
pa;r o' horses." Ah, you woulcrnt have been the first
man in a king's livery, by some thousands, whom he
lhas brought to the ground." " Indeed !it I'd thought
he really meant to do me a mischief, I'd ha' thrown my
bell after him." « Why, it was the Duke of WELLING
TONI man!" " Oh," said the honest postman, recover-
ing tas composure, and liandlinA his bell again, .4 that
Attrs tLe case ; GUI) hiss his Hormuz, I'd carry a letter
ita il•iyel Ilizliticss any day for out! log r

POLICE INTELI ICLSCE.

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OVILDIViLL.

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Yesterday, Mr. Martin appeared at this (Mee, to give evident''s"
against the driver of a coal-waggon, for cruelty to one of his boric's.
Mr. Martin stated, that he saw the defendant take his whip in
both his hands, and beat the fore-horse of the waggon on dit"
head in a cruel manner; he struck the horse three violent blows.
The defendant being called on to answer the charge, did nut
deny that he had given the blows as described, but • said the
horse was headstrong, and did not stop when called to, and that it
was necessary, to teach him his duty, to make him feel the whip.
Mr. Martin appeared very indignant at this impeachmert of
the horse's character ; he said he did not mean to aggravate the
offence the defendant had committed, without stating what .he
knew. When he saw the manner hi which the defendant in .
using the poor horse, he determined to tell hit master, and .-.;--
cordingly went to him, and had a conversation with him on 114 r
subject, in which the master assured him that the horse was la
very docile, he did everything bet speak.
Alderman Sir CHARLILS FLOWIti ratio the else was furl. proud.
and the defendant deserved to be made an example of, by a sf..-c,"
fine.—Mr. Martin, as usual, Interceded for the defendant, who was
then fined In the mitigated penalty of ten shillings.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Tuesday, Mr. Hatchard, sea. bookseller, of Piccadilly, al,pl4ed
to Sir Gana** FAIMAKT for a search-warrant against oee 9f btu
servants and her sister, wbons he suspected, from particular cirtqm.
stances, to have robbed him of various articles of property, of col-
siderable value. _ _

On being brought before Sir °mace FARIAIM Mr. Hateba-d
deposed, that one of the-prisoners had been in his service about s:z
months, and during that Lambe bad missed a considerable quantity
of property of various descriptions. Having not lost any before the
younger prisoner came into his service, he was induced to suspect
her, as, within a abort time after her coming, several small articles
could not be found, and he bad also learned that she was in the
habit of receiving visits from her sister and other persons. Part of
the property now produced belonged to him ; the paintings belonged
to a Gentleman who was on the Continent, as we.l as several of the
other articles. During the accouthentent of 3lrs. Hatthard he lust
a great quantity of small articles.
Avis stated that, according to his instructions, be searched the
lodgings of the elder prisoner, in Sc. James's-market, where be
found the property (which he picked out) now produced secreted.
Ile then proceeded to Clapham, where he apprehended the zri4oner.
lie had also been to the house of a respectable female in the viol-
ray of the Strand, where he found the remainder of the article,
stolen from Mr. Hembard's.
The two prisoners said nothing in their defence, when they were
remanded.

Eyre Evans, a porter in the employ of Mr. Ma:thews, who beep,
a coal and wood-shop, in Tottenham-court-road, was charged with
embezzling the property of his employer.—He had nothing to say
in his defence, and was committed for trial.

DIARY• LA-BONNE.

Several persons, evidently labouring under extreme terror, who.
had been bitten by dogs, applied for summonses against the owners,
which were granted, as the animals had not been properly muzzled.
The Magistrates dispatched an officer to shoot one dug, which
caused great alarm.
E. Monis, an old Chelsea Pensioner, was charged with keeping,
a furious dog, which had snapped at several persons in Ozford -
street, and severely lacerated the knee of a beide.; The old
soldier said, his dog was his only friend and guide, and had bees
muck worried by its own species as he brought bins through Lou-
don, to get his pension. It was, he said, a remarkably good tr.-
pered dog, and not ma.l. As this, upon enquiry, appeared to ►e
the case, the dog and his master were suffered to depart In peace.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Yesterday, Haines, the servant to Mr. Grant. who keeps
a boarding-use Dean's-yard, for the reception of the young
Gentlemen belonging to Westminster School, was charged with
stealing a gold watch, the property of Master Dunn. The watch
was found in the prisoner's box. On being questioned, she said
she supposed the devil had put it into her head to do such a thing,
fell on her knees, and begged forgivexess.—She was fully commu-
ted to Newgate for trial.