Star.
London, England, 1827-12-15 00:00:00

SCOTTISH ENTAILS.

Monday a Meeting of Proprietors of Entailed-Estates
in Scotland uas h• Id in the Waterloo Tavern, Eden-
-buret, Sir JAbItS Faaoussow, Part. of Kilkerran, in the
Chair. After taking into consideration the report and
the reseutions of the Committee formerly appointed.
--Mr. boom moved the following resolution, wlrich,
after some ciinversationovas unanimously agreed to, viz.

Emennto—That the Meeting having taken. inro Consideration
the Export of the Committee, approve generally of the ptinciple
vpss which it proceeds. And having also taken into consideration
the measures for removing the evils arising from the Law of En.
tail is Scotland, 'proposed by kir. Charles Se*rig; accountant in
Edinburgh, communicated by him to their Chairman, they request
the Proses to send copies of the Report and Resolutions of the
Committee, and also of the remarks and proposals by Mr. Selk rig,
(nth* following Alentbers of both House, of Parliament, with an
• ownest entreaty to give the subject contained in these papers their
fun maiden:Am, in the view of any further alterations which
may be proposed in the law of Entail in Scotland, and in parti-
cular to use their hareem to have the subject of Entails referred
to Committees of both Houses of Parliament, previous to any
hardier special enactment, as the snoje best calculated to promote
effectually the interests oftbe country, on a question which is daily
becoming of deeper and more essential importance.

Lord dos Lord rtas4To
Loyd Redeidale Lord Abirdees
Lord Loom:loom Lord Mato
Lord Laederdale Lord Binnisag
00211L11.4 OF FAILLII,IIIOT.

Ithe'Lord Advocate Mr. Kennedy
Sir George Peck. BM. Mr. dome Drummond
Mr. limes Aborcromby Mr. James Loch
Mr. Henry Brougham Mr. Forgusson.

IMPORTANT CLERICAL QUESTION. The LOUD
Comicezcoa has directed a case• to be submitted to
the judge; of the King's Bench Court, which, in its de-
cisind, will involve all the incumbrances on bentfices,
in the shape of mortgages, or otherwise than in, the
payment of annuities, which may be in existence, with
the exception of such as have been contracted between
1803 and ISI7. The question came before the Court
recently, in the case of the Reverend W. Pritchard, the
Rector of a parish in Essex, to receive whose tithes a
person prayed an order that an incumbrance by mort-
gage might be liqu'dated. The defence set up by the
Rev. Gentleman was, that the 13th of Eli:- cap. O.
(which enacted, that all charges on benefices, with any
profit arising out of the same, should be utterly void),
was still in fence. Notwithstanding this piecise enact
in nt, such charges on benefices were very common
and always deemed good; and it is singular that the
question el this validity, under the act, was never rai ed.
Besides the processus de borris Ecelesiaslicis was .upymi.
ed to glee an indirect sanction to them. The 43 Gen.
111. cap. 84. sect. 10, repealed the Act of Llistabeth.,
but the 57th of the same, c. 99, known as Lord Stoweli's
Act (which consolidated all the laws previously in force,
regarding ecclesiastical bent fices), repealed the latter I
Act among the others, except as far as it relate) toi
spiritual persons holding farms, to leases of benefices,
and to buying and selling the residences of clergymen.
The question, then, for the consideration of the King's
Bench is, whether the 57th Geo. 111. by rei ealing, in
foto. the 43d of the late King. did not set up the 13th
of Elizabeth, assfar u regarded inerarirbraisces on church
Beings? This case cause on in Chancery on,the day
that of gee Wellieley and his children came on, rod'
was not noticed. To the church it is of the last im-
portance.

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RAPID INCREASE TtielTDE SOURCES OF
PUBLIC hinaMATION.

The first newspaper that appeared in the present
single sheet form in England was called " The Public
Intelligencer," and was published by S r Roger L'Es-
trange on the 31st of August, 1661. But there were,
long before this 'period, publications that suited the
same purpose, though in a different shape. As'far back
as 1588 was published " The English Mercurie," iq the
shape of a pamphlet, the first number of which is Still;
• preserved in the Bri ish Museum. Thece sous of Om-
phlets became fashionable in the latter part of Eliza-
beth's reign, but were more rare in thereign of James I.
During the wars of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Swe
den, they were once more revived; for in 1622, we find
" The news of the present week," by Nathaniel Butler ;
14 The Mercurius Britannicus," in 1626 ; " The German
Intelligencer," in 1630; and " The Swedish
spencer," in 1631, which was compiled by the learned
' William Watts, of Chins College. These periodicals
were produced. to gratify the interest excited by the
;fortunes of the intrepid Gustavus.
. The English Rebellion of 1641, gave rise to many
more of these tracts, which, during the Long Parlia-
ment, were chiefly filled With violent appeals to the'
people, suited to the violence and hypocrisy of .the
period, and intended to justify the proceedings of the;
Legislature towards their constituents, the' soldiery and
the multitude. Many pf these tracts bole the title of
" Diurnal Occurrences of Parliameist." These, how.'
ever, were entirely superseded by the establishment of
" The Public Intelligancer" in 1661. In 1665, " The
London Gazette commenced ; it was first published at
Oxford, and called " The Oxford Gezetk." " The
Orange Inttelligeneer". was the third; newspaper ; ptsb-
li shed in 1668. In 1696,• there appears to have been
nine Londan nessespepers published weekly, although
the last mentioned seems to have been the only daily
one. In Queen Ana's ieign•in 1709, their number was
increased from nine to eighteen, but sti.l there was only
one daily one, the The London Courant." In the
reign of Gem& I. the -number was increased to three
daily, six weekly, and ten three times a week. lii 1782
there were nine weekly papers published in London; it
1821 sixteen.
Newspapers were first stamped in 1713; and in 1821
the number of copies circulated was 16.254,534 ;
the stamp duty upon which was paid the sum ~1
270,9081. 18e. The following table shews the increas.
of the slumber of newspapers published in the United•
Kingdoms at their distinct periods—the earliest on y
forty-two years ago :
17alt. 1790.
.1311.
Newspapers published in Rnjland b 0 60 - 431
Scotland . . a 97 it
Ireland . . 3 sty ea
Dail, In London . 9 14 11
Twice a week ditto 9 7 9 '
Weekly &no - . 0 1l 35
Britilialslands . 0

A French newsperier;VJOurnAl des Savaiis." was
first first published in 1665'; but the Parisian press, so fas
from equalling that 01 London, isnot, by malty derecc.
equal to the provincial pies: of =l4 -
Another great sower of information to she elijintrf,
is the increase of circulating libraries. In the ye 41770.
there 'were only four circulating libraries in lgoncbm s
there are at parent ab -ut one bundled; and about nin e
hundred more scattered throughout the country: Besides
these, there are horn 1 5,9 to 1,000 booksellers
buting about the kingdom large masses of inhumation
on history, voyager, and every species of science, by
which the sam o human knAledge can be 'itemised.
*We may judge r-f the immense extent of the bisnlca
selling trade hoes the tact, that the sale of oae fiat's
(that. of Longman and Co) am unted to five millions
of volume& in the year ;that they employed sixty cleats
—paid a ism of 5,5001. its adwertisements—and gave
constant.emploi went to 250 printers and bookbinders j
DI.
• Encyclopedia Brhantica.
“ Au Inquiry how tie Kate of the Public Journals."
# From a spiedi by Lord .1: Risme&

MARRIAGE QUESTION. - The Presbytery of. Nee'
York unanimously decided to erase the section of the
confession of faith, forbidding a man to maul his de.
ceased wife's sister. Theeresbytery.of New Brunswick
has come to, the same decis.on, twelve to five. Tn•
Presbyteries of Ohio, Redstone, Winchester, and Phila-
delphia, have voted to retain the section.

A landlord thiratened a poor Irishman, the other
day, to put a distress in his house, it he did not pay his
rent.--" Put a distress in, is it you mane?" said Pot,
" Och, by St. Anthony's sow, bet you had better take
distress 014 i, here's too much in already, by the wither
that bore mei"

A negro about to purchase a fish visited a shop where
several were exposed for sale ; but suspecting chat one.
which he intended to buy, was not altogether as fresh
as he could wish, he presumed either to dissipate or eon-
firm his suspicions by applying it to his nose. The fish-
monger, ccascious that it would not bear such examin-
ation, and fearing that other customers might catch the
scent`, exclaimed in a surly tone—" How date you to
smell my fish ?" Ate no smell, use only talking to
him, masts." " And what were you talking to him
about?" •' Me ask him, mass; what the be,t news at
sea ?" " And what reply did he make you?" 41 Oh,
masse, he say he know no news, as he have not bran
there these three week."

Yesterday morning, one of the unfortunate workmen
who was so dreadfully injured by the late accident at
Kew Palace breathed his last at St. George's Hospital.

A mo-t distressing accident. which has proved f:ltal
to EGERTON.. E.g. brother to W. EGERTON, E.q.
Member of Paeiament for Che.hire, happened vs the
Holyhead and Chester mail, on its way to London, on
Thursday evening last, about nine o'clock. At the top
of We!ford Hill, about 16 miles from Northamp:on,
the horses (which were nearly full blood) suddenly
started off at full speed, and all the efforts of the coach
man to stop them were unavailing. They proceeded
safely down the straight part of the hill; but on sud-
denly torMng at the bottom, the coach swung com-
pletely round, and came to the ground with'great con.
elusion. There were four inside passengers, amongst'
whom was Mr. Ecoitros, who had taken his place from
Chester; and we are sorry to state, this Gentleman wa.
killed on the sots his head was frightfully crushed.
One of the other passengers was also severely injured;
the other two but slightly. The coachman. and Banks,
the guard, were Orow n to a considerable distance: the
former was so seriously hurt as to prevent him horn
continuing his journey; the guardescaped more favour.
ably, having been thrown into a wet ditch. and only
slightly bruised. Luckily, there were no nutside pas-
sengers when the accident took place. Every assistance
was modeled by the inhabitants of Welford. The on.
fortunate Gentleman's remains were removed to that
place, and dispatches immediately sent off to his family
in Ch. stet. The coach wits conspletelydashed to pieces,
and the horses were seriously hurt.

POLE INTELLIGENCE.
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outtpliAtt.
Pal:ttels in the 'Milne of Mr. Hawkins, sif the
Hemet of Venbon, Bell yarsk Pleet•street, end lharged befit,
Alderman War/mean, with having stolen a stone bottle of gin.
Mr. Hawkins stated, dial lie bad fee sense dine suspected the
prisoner, having seen hips in misspent be could not approve of, and
he having been brought home drunk more than once. Witness was
therefore determined to watch, and on Thursday. acting him go
into the MOM', be aeon after followed hint into the place, NMI found
a stone bottle of gin coocedrd in his trowsers.
One of Mr. Hawkins' &mak servants proved, that she saw the
prisoner draw the gin from • cask in the cellar.
Mr. Hawkins observed, that he was induced to prosecute the
prisoner fur the purpose of silting him from destruction, as be
appeared to have connected himself with bad compactions who would
lead bins on to ruin, if nos timely checked.
Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN admonished the prisoner, that he was
coMmencing a career that would lead him to the gallows, if he did
not give up his present associates, and return to honest Industry; if
he were sent to the Old Bailey to be tried for the present °fence,
he would no doubt be transported, but his master bad kindly left
it to him (the Aldermi9) bow to dispose of him, and be would
give him a chance otrecovering himself, and Instead of sending him
to the Old Bailey, seivid send him to Bridewell, which be hoped
would have the diect of reforming him.