JOHN BUIili. " FOR GOD, THE KING, AND THE PEOPLE!' VOL. XIV.— NO. 688. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1834. Price 7d. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— The new Historical Comedy of THE MINISTER AND THE MERCER, having received the full sanction of the public, and having been announced for repetition with unani- mous applause, will be performed To- morrow, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. To conclude, on Monday and Tuesday, with St. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON ; or, The Seven Champions of Christendom. HEATRE ROYAL, CO VENT GARDEN.— To- morrow even- ing will be performed, the Opera of GUSTAVUS THE THIRD ; or, the Masked Ball. After which, DER FREISCHUTZ.— On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, The Revolt of the Harem, and other Entertainments.— On Wednesday, a new grand Oratorio, entitled JEPHTHAH'S VOW, in which Mr. Braham and Madame Feron, who are expressly engaged, will appear. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.— The Revolt triumphant— the scenery may vie with the efforts of the first artists. The nymphs bathing and sporting is as chaste as it is beautiful. The dance and evolutions of the female warriors are" nightly hailed with repeated cheers, and it may truly be said to be the greatest hit the Adelphi ever made. The new drama of Isabelle is also eminently successful.— On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, LURLINE; or, The Revolt of the Naiades. After which, the new Burletta, called ISABELLE ; or, Woman's Life. To conclude with a Burletta, calbd FREAKS AND FOLLIES. Principal characters by Messrs. Wilkinson, W. Bennett, Hemming, Bayne, & c.— Every Wednesday and Friday in Lent, Mr. Yates will have the honour to present a New Entertainment.— Box- office open from 10 till 5, where Places and Private Boxes may be had of Mr. Campbell. Private Boxes may also be had of Mr. Sams, St. James's- street. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.— To- morrow, evening will i be presented, for the first time, a new Plav, in Three Acts, written bv Mr. Sheridan Knowles, to called THE BLIND BEGGAR OF BETHNAL GREEN, with new scenery, dresses and decorations. Principal characters by Mr. Sheridan Knowles and Mrs. Esrerton. Pantry of Queen Elizabeth into the City of London on Horseback.— After which, MOUNT ST. BERNARD ; or, The Headsman.— Tickets, & c., may be had of Mr. Thompson, at the Box- ofiice; of Mr. Andrews, 167, New Bond- street; and Mr. Sams, St. James's- street. SADLER'S WELLS.— The Clerk of Clerkenwell.— The success of this popular Spectacle far exceeding the most sanguine expectations of the Proprietor ( being nightly hailed with the most enthusiastic- plaudits from all parts of the theatre), induces him to announce it for repetition every evening during the present and ensuing month, Wednesdays and Fridays excepted.— To- morrow, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, will be performed, THE CLERK OF CLERKENWELL, and The Three Black Bottle*. Characters as before.— After which, the popular Farcetta, of MARRIED MEN ; or, a Wife's Lesson. Characters as before. To conclude with ( first time here) JONATHAN BRAD- FORD. Characters by Messrs. Cobham, Campbell, Mortimer, King, W. H. Williams. Suter, Goldsmith, Miss Pitt, and Mrs. Wingrove. ATREATISE on SINGING, enabling a person of limited natu- ral power to sing difficult passages with facility. Mode clearly defined of suddenly and silently catching and husbanding the breath, the grand desideratum in the art. Analysis of the powers of Incledon and Braham. By T. WILLIAMS, Author of the original " Not a Drum," " Lord TJllen's Daughter," & c. Published by the Author, 2, Strand, ( price 3s 6d.) and sold by all Music and Booksellers. JB. CRAMER'S EXERCISES, STUDIES, & c. for thePIANO- e FORTE.— Just published, the Third Edition of USEFUL EXTRACTS for the PIANOFORTE; containing tie Pupil's Daily Exercises in the Major and Minor Keys, with Cadences, & c.; to which are added, Exercises calculated to & c., fingered, may be had separately, price 2s. 6d. Also, a new and improved Edition of INTRODUCTORY PRACTICE, con- sisting of a Selection of Passages from the most esteemed Composers, with seve- ral original Exercises by Cramer and Hummel, intended as a continuation of the Useful Extracts, and forming an intermediate Course of Exercises preparatory to the celebrated Studies of Clementi, Cramer, Herz, Hummel, Kalkbrenner, and Moscheles ; the whole arranged and carefully fingered for the use of Students. Price 8s.— CRAMER, ADDISON, and BE ALE, 201, Regent- street. T iO FLUTE- PLAYERS.— Shortly will be published, price 2s. 6d., _ " A FEW WORDS to FLUTE- PLAYERS," being an attempt to shew that the Egyptian Flute was capable of being played on in every Key: also Re- marks on Mr. Rudall's new Patent Flute. By W. N. JAMES, many years Editor of the Flutist's Magazine.— Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster- row, and Mr. James, 15, Tavistock- street, Bedford- square, who respectfully informs Noblemen and Gentlemen, that he attends Pupils within 7 miles of London, on continental terms, he having recently reduced them full 50 per Cent. ItfEW MUSIC at HALF- PRICE— NEW ARC YLL_ ROOMS.— X^ l Likewise, a Splendid DOUBLE- ACTION HARP, by ERARD, nearly new, to be SOLD cheap.— In consequence of the Proprietor of the Royal Harmonic Institution, New Argyll Rooms, Regent- street, declining the Business, the Stock on hand, consisting of extensive Publications of this old establishment, among which will be found the productions ofthe most eminent Composers, Fo- reign and Domestic, will continue to be Sold at Half- price, until further notice. Likewise an assortment of Spanish Guitars, and Flutes, at the same moderate rate; and an excellent Second- hand Finger Organ, fit for a Chapel PERFECTION in CHINTZ.— MILES and EDWARDS are now introducing for the DRAWING- ROOM, BOUDOIR, & c., designs in printed Chintz, surpassing anything of the kind ever before attempted in this coun- try, and which can only be seen at their extensive CABINET and UPHOLSTERY WARE- ROOMS, No. 134, Oxford- street, near Hanover square. TO PEDESTRIANS, SPORTSMEN, < fec.— PATENT PEDO- METERS for the Waistcoat Pocket, at PAYNE'S, Watch and Clock- maker, 163, New Bond- street, opposite Clifford- street; and at Le Roy et Fils, Hor- logers du Roi, 13, Palais Royale, Paris. ROBINSON'S H1NDOOSTAN SAUCE, most excellent for giving a peculiar flavour and richness to Game, Fish, Hashes, Steaks, Cold Meat, Ragouts, Fricassees, Sauces, and all kinds of made Dishes. The principal advantage of this Sauce consists in its possessing, in a determinate degree, every essential to gratify the palate. By the addition of a small quantity of beef- tea or water, you liave instantaneously a most delicious gravy.— Sold by Finch and Green, wholesale and retail, at No. 11, Ludgate- hill, in bottles at 3s. each, and may be had of all Italian Warehousemen and Oilmen throughout the United Kingdom. EIN- DEER TONGUES, 14s. the dozen; very fine flavoured Itipe Stilton Cheese, 14d. per lb.; small York Hams, 5 to 121bs., con- venient for side- dishes ; Westphalian Hams, Potted Char, Anchovies, 2s. 6d. a pound Jar; Hambro' Sausages, Pickled Mangoes, Sardines imported in Kegs, 16s.; a Jar as Sample, 4s.; they are esteemed a most delicious relish at Break- fast, or for Sandwiches, & c. CLARKSON'S, 160, OXFORD- STREET, the corner of Marylebone- lane.— Fine Rnglish Honey, and Honey injthe Comb, Guava Jelly, Fruits for Dessert, < fcc. CiARPETS.— LAPWORTH and RILEY, Manufacturers to the J King, respectfully invite the Nobility and Gentry to inspect their splendid and exclusive Assortment. They particularly recommend their improved Velvet Carpet of the Royal fabric, which successfully rivals the most celebrated Gallic manufactures. Also a new quality, in which the choicest " Tapis Orientaux" are imitated with a correctness that challenges comparison. A very choice Col- lection of Persia, Koula, aud Mirzapoore Carpets.— Warehouse, 19, Old Bond- str. IMPORTANT to FAMILIES.— BEAVER HATS, CAPS, and BONNETS.— The largest, cheapest, and best manufactured assortment of tlie above- named articles, on sale at fixed prices, for cash only, at ROBERT FRANKS and Co.' s, London House, corner of Redcross- street, Barbican, and 140, Regentstreet. JM GARRETT, Inventor of Ladies' and Gentlemen's WATER- XLHT ® PROOF BOOTS and SHOES, 130, Jermyn- street, St. James's.— G. Garrett begs leave respectfully to return his most grateful acknowledgments to the Nobility and Gentry for the liberal encouragement he has received for many years, and again solicits their earliest attention to an entirely new and fashionable as- sortment of Boots and Shoes suitable to the season. He is also desirous of remark- ing, that his patterns are of the highest fashion and of the most elegant and ap- proved description, and in variety and taste calculated to vie with, if not surpass, the proudest display of any other house in London. G. G.' s only anxiety is, by attention and a proper regard to economy, to give ample satisfaction, and by a strict adherence to that system to retain the permanent support of a gracious and liberal patronage. If OUIS XIV.— Just imported from Paris, a large Collection of MJ CHIMNEY PIECES, sculptuied in the fine old taste of Louis XIV. in the various M arbles of the Pyrenees. Noblemen and Gentlemen following that splen- did old ! ' • 1 ^ - ' be met where may „„ 7 _ , . , with Marble Slabs, Marquetre Commodes and Tables, and various other articles of Decoration, to embellish the interior of Mansions fitted up in that splendid old stylo. . EMOVAL.— Messrs. GOSS and Co., Surgeons, have removed from their late residence in Bouverie- street, to No. 7, LANCASTER- PLACE, Strand, near Waterloo Bridge, where all communications are to be addressed. ITALIAN OPERA. J. ANDREWS, 167, New Bond- street, having secured the exclusive Disposal of several of the best BOXES in the various tiers, and Stalls in good situations, is now enabled to LET them for the . whole Season, alternate Weeks, and by the Night, on reasonable terms.—. J. Andrews has the nightly disposal of all MADAME VESTRIS' OLYMPIC BOXES, as well as being Mr. Bunn's Aeent for the letting of his Private Boxes at COVEN T- GARDEN and DRURY LANE THEATRES.— Subscribers to Andrews's Library are liberally supplied with all the New Works, English and Foreign, as soon as published ; and on referring to his Catalogue it will be found complete in every department of literature. Terms and every particular forwarded, post free, on application. COVENT GARDEN, DRURY LANE, and ADELPHI THEATRES.— W. SAMS, ( Bookseller to i - e Xing, 1, St. James's- street,) appointed by the Proprietors, Agent for the Disposal of the Private Boxes at the above Theatres, respectfully announces that on ajtplication at his Establishment ( opposite the Palace) the best Boxes at each House. may be procured by the Night. Sams's Bo^ es have the advantage of an ante- room, with a fire attached to each ; and are so situated as to command an uninterrupted view of the stage during the whole of the performances. A Covent Garden Box let for jtl 11 6 A Drury Lane 11 6 From the great attraction of the Entertainments at the above Theatres, Sams begs to recommend an early application to secure good Boxes. N. B. At all the Minor Theatres, Sams provides the best Boxes by the Night. Terms to Sams's Royal Subscription Library:— The Year, ^" 5 5 .. Half- Year, .£ 3 3 .. Quarter, 16 Subscribers are insured an immediate perusal of all the New Publications. CATHEDRALTGLOUCESTER.— There is a VACANCY for a TENOR VOICE in this Choir. Application to be made to Mr. Amott, Organist, Cloisters, Gloucester; if by letter, post paid. Applications must be accompanied with a reference as to character and ability, and with a statement of the age of the applicant. THE JOHN BULL.— A Complete Couy, from the Commence- ment to 1829 inclusive, 9 vols, folio, lialf- J: rund, price 71. 17s. 6cl., may be had at Messrs. George Cowie and Co.' s, Booksellers. . SI, Poultry. BRITISH INSTITUTION, Pall- maS.- The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, IS OPEN daily, from Ten in the morning until, Five in tho evening.— Admission Is.; Catalogue Is. WIL 1AM BARNARD, Keeper. € OSMORAMA ROOMS, No. 209, li gent- street.— Exhibition _ of Splendid CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS The beauties and wonders of Chemical Science will be illustrated by an extensive Series of the most inte resting and brilliant Experiments, with short and familiar Explanations, so as to render each Experiment easily intelligible. In the entire Series nearly all parts of Practical and Experimental Chemistry will be exhibited, with the exception of those Experiments which are unpleasant or explosive. Admittance Is.— Open from 12 to 5 Daily. PRIVATE PUPIL. A Married CLERGYMAN, for some years Tutor to a Nobleman, and subsequently receiving Six Pupils into his house, a moderate distance from London, would be glad to fill a VACANCY with a GENTLEMAN'S SON, whose health or education may require more than common attention.— Letters addressed to the Rev. J. C. C., Mr. Rodwell's, Book- seller, 46, New Bond- street, will be forwarded to him in the country. THE Rev. R. FOSTER, M. A., of St. John's College, Cam- bridge, having been appointed to the Mastership of the GRAMMAR SCHOOL at Aldenham, Herts, takes the earliest opportunity of informing his Friends and the Public, that he intends to RE- OPEN that ESTABLISHMENT for the Reception of BOARDERS, on the 1st of March. A Prospectus, containing fur- ther particulars, may be obtained by applying to Mr. John Richardson, Printer, Royal Exchange. CLERGYMAN of the Church of England, formerly of Trinity College, Cambridge, resident in a beautiful and convenient part of France, who is the Minister of one of the most respectabN •.'-' vtestant congregations on the Continent, to which he is licensed by the Bisho]# jf London, wishes to receive, at Easter, TWO PUPILS, to fill the places of Two Young Gentlemen who leave him at that time. He limits his plan to those branches of education in which the deficiencies of boys, on quitting school, are most remarkable, and which, for want of timely opportunity, are so rarely supplied in an effective degree. His chief objects, therefore, are, to give his pupils a ready and commanding know- ledge of the Latin, French, and English Languages; to enlarge and enrich their minds with the rudiments of Natiiral Philosophy ; to introduce them by well- directed and careful reading to an acquaintance with History combined with Geography ; to instruct them in the Laws and Constitution of their native coun- try ; and, by these means, to qualify them for society and business. The Adver- tiser has had great experience in these pursuits, and in no instance has it been found necessary for a young person of good conduct to stay with him more than one year. In this short time his Pupils have succeeded in speaking and writing the French Language, and in adding to this and other accomplishments a taste for composition, grammatical analysis, and graceful reading. Besides these ad- vantages, partly the effect of order and diligence, and partly of local position, the Advertiser has observed that the manners of English youths are generally much improved by a temporary residence in France. The terms are One Hundred Gui- neas for the whole Year of Twelve Months, paid quarterly, in advance, according to the custom of the country ; but without other charges of any kind, except for a seat at Church, 10s. 6d. per quarter ; Books and Stationery if wanted, and Wash- ing. The most satisfactory references will be given as to the success of the Advertiser's Pupils, and as to the happy and cheerful manner in which they have all passed their year with him and his family. Apply to George Reynell, Esq., No. 42, Chancery- lane, London. OLISH EXILES.— Liberty, CharitV, Humanity.— The Annual MEETING ofthe POLISH EXILES' FRIEND SOCIETY will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Greet Queen- street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th of Feb. inst. at 12 for 1 o'clock precisely, to devise means for the further relief of the distressed Polish Exiles in England— Colonel DE LACY EVANS, M. P., in the Chair.— Tickets for the reserved seats may be had on application to the Secretary or the Treasurer, Mr. John Thurston, 14, Catherine- street, Strand. By order ofthe Committee, SANDFORD ARNOT, Hon. Sec. 2, South" crescent, Bedford- square, Feb. 12, 1834. SKINNERS' HALL. 6th February, 1834. THE Worshipful COMPANY of SKINNERS hereby give Notice, that there is a VACANCY of a CHILD'S PLACE in CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, in their Presentation, for Children of Freemen of the said Company. Applications to be made at the Clerk's Office, Skinners' Hall, Dowgate- hill. T. G. KENSIT, Clerk. AS FOOTM AN — A respectable Single young Man, aged 24, who can have a good character for honesty and sobriety from the last place, where he resided for three years, WANTS a SITUATION in a respectable family. He is willing to make himself generally useful, and has no objection to travel.— Direct to W. A., care of Mr. Davis, 47, Broad- street, Bloomsbury. REGENT'S- PARK.— To be LET or SOLD, a very desirable FAMILY RESIDENCE, fit for immediate occupation, with good walled Garden, and with or without Coach- house and three- stall Stable ; situate in the Avenue- road, at the entrance of Regent? s- paxk, by Macclesfield- bridge. The House Commands a fine view of Hampstead aiM Highgate, and has all the ad- vantages of being in the Park. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Bromley, 3, Gray's- inn- square. - HAMPSHIRE.— To be LET, Furnished, a delightful RESI- DENCE, in a fine healthy country between 60 and 70 miles from London, on the high Western Road, and within two miles of a market town. The House has been thoroughly repaired, and the principal part newly furnssheel; it consists of fire sitting rooms on the ground floor, 11 bed and dressing rooms on the first floor, and six servants' rooms above, with excellent offices of every description ; stabling for 11 horses and standing for three carriages. The Pleasure Grounds are extensive and much admired, and the green- house, filled with plants, is at- tached to the drawing room ; there are two excellent kitchen gardens and two hot- houses in full bearing. The right of Shooting over the adjoining lands of the proprietor, of nearly 1000 acres. Very good Trout- fishing may be rented, and two celebrated packs of fox hounds are kept in the immediate vicinity. Any quantity of arable and pasture Land in the lrighestorder, not exceeding 100 acres, may be had.— Apply to Johnstone, Jupe, and Co., 67, New Bond- street. nllEN MILES WEST of OX FORD- STRE ET.— To be LET, • handsomely FURNISHED, and in good repair, for a few Months, or by the Year, a capital double- fronted FAMILY MANSION, delightfully seated in its own Grounds; comprising every requisite*. aftd desirable in and out door ac- commodation for an establishment of the - highest respectability; with or without an adjoining Paddock and Park. For a reference, apply to Mr. Brooks, Boot- maker, 300," Regent- street, near Langham* place. TURKEY C O F F E E, finest quality, 2s. per lb. MARSHALL and Co. beg to inform the1 Publie that they continue selling th ® finest Turkey Coffee at .. .. • • 2s. per lb. Cocoa Nuts, Nibs, or Ground, finest •. .. .. Is. Chocolate .. ... ditto , v. .. .. 2s. Chocolate Powder, m Cans for travelling .. .. .. Is. each. Also some very curious old, high- flavouredMochfc Coffee .. 3s. per lb. At their Tea and Coffee Warehouse, No. 12, Southampton- street, Strand. HODGSON'S BRITISH AND FOREIGN LIBRARY* 9, Great Mary- le- bone- street. TERMS :— j€ 5 5 the Year ..^ 33 the Half- year .. .€ 1 16 the Quarter. Subscribers to this Library are entitled to the immediate perusal of all New Books, Magazines, and Reviews. Books sent to all parts of the Kingdom, and in any quantity, by paying apro-> portionate subscription. ANUSCRIPT SERMONS.— To be SOLD, a Collection of 100 Fac simile MANUSCRIPT SERMONS, compiled by the late Dr. TRLTSLER, of Bath, from the most Orthodox sources ; they are well adapted for~ country congregations, and are printed so closely in imitation of writing, as to be capable of being preached without the trouble of being transcribed. They were sold during the life of the Doctor, at 51. the Set, but may now be had at the low price of 11. lis. 6d. May be seen at Mr. Allman's, 42, Holborn- hill. PURSUANT*) aiTOrder ofthe Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, made in the matter of CHARLES WRIGHT, a Lunatic, the CRE- DITORS of the said Charles Wright, who was late ofthe Opera Colonnade, Hay- market, in the County of Middlesex, Wine Merchant ( and against whom a Com- mission of Lunacy issued on the 29th day of November, 1832), are to come in and" prove their Debts before HENRY MARTIN, Esq. one of the Masters ofthe High Court of Chancery ^ at his Chambers in Southampton- buildings, Chancery- lane* London, on or before the 14th day of March, 1834, or in default thereof, they will- peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Order. CHARLES HERTSLET, 21, Norfolk- street, Strang ALE, STOUT, CIDER, < frc.— W. G. FIELD and Co. beg to acquaint their Friends and the Public, that their genuine Burton and Edin- burgh Ales, Dorchester Beer, London and Dublin Brown Stout, Cider, Perry, are in fine order for use, and, as well as their Foreign Wines and Spirits, of at very superior class.— 22, Henrietta- street, Covent- garden. DAM ES S MUCH- ADMIRED CANDLES.— The prices for Cash are— Candles 6s. per dozen lbs.; Wax- wick Moulds 7s. and 7s. 6d. j- Snenn and Composition 17s. and 19s.; Palace Wax Lights 25s.; Inferior 21s^ j Wax Candles 18*. 22s. and 28s.— Mottled Soap 58s. and 66s. per 1121bs.; Yellow 54s. and 60s.; fine Curd 74s. Windsor and Palm Is. 4d. per packet; Old Brown Windsor Is. 9d.; Ros » 2s. ; Camphor 2s.; superior Almond2s. 6d.— Sealing- Wax: 4s. 6d. per lb.— Sperm Oil 6s. and 6s. 6d. per gallon; Lamp Oil 3s. 6d.— At DAVIES'SL Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's- lane, opposite New Slaughters. Coffee- house.— Delivered in Town, or packed with Care for the Country. APPEAL to the BENEVOLENT.— AN AGED LADY, who formerly kept her carriage, and who is the descendant of a great Naval Commander, has lately, from adventitious circumstances, been reduced to a. state of great distress, and involved in difficulties to the extent of 5001. She is perfectly helpless from paralysis, and her youngest daughter ( one of twenty- two children), who is living with her, is incapable from internal disease, of assisting her aped mother. The lady having no relatives of her own now living, it has been thought advisable by her friends to appeal to the benevolence of the public to assist her in getting rid of those incumbrances which now oppress her. Should this be effected, she will be enabled, by means of a pension to which she is en- titled, to pa- s the remainder of her days in comparative ease. Subscriptions already acknowledged j£" 195 2 0 T. S il 0 0IW. S. 6 jei 0 o T. H 10 0 M. and E. R. .. .. 2 0 (*, R. H. B 3 0 0| Subscriptions received by Messrs. Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; Mr. Murray, Albemarle- street; Mr. Nisbet, Berner- street; Mr. Bentley ( successor to Mr. Col- burn), New Burlington- street; and at the Standard Office, Bridge- street, Black- friars. T OCAL TESTAMENTARY COURTS.— It is understood that JBLA an extraordinary measure is now in preparation, which, if carried into a law, will produce the most alarming alterations in the existing mode of preserv- ing wills, and of taking out probates and letters of administration in every part of thi* Kingdom not comprised within the precincts of the metropolis. This Bill is said to contemplate, in the first place, the immediate removal to London of all original wills, from the places where they are now deposited throughout the seve- ral counties of England and Wales; and to provide that in future all such instru- ments shall be regularly transmitted to Doctors' Commons, to be there perpetually- retained. Consequently, if this measure be successful, person* living at a dis-~ tance from the capital will be precluded, in future, from obtaining authentic in- formation as to the contents of any will in which they may be interested, unless they submit to the inconvenience and expense of journies to and from town, or pay an agent specially employed for the purpose. Thus, in either case, they must incur heavy charges not hitherto imposed on individuals resident in the country, and from which the inhabitants of the metropolis would be altogether free. How? are the probates and letters of administration annually taken out at short dis- tances from the homes of the parties, through the instrumentality of the local tribunals, to be obtained by country families under the new Bill ? It is impossi- ble to devise any machinery' for the accomplishment of this object, that will not very considerably increase the rate of expense which it now requires. It was stated in evidence before the Ecclesiastical Commissioners," as well as; before a Committee of the House of Commons, that wills have been proved atk- Doctors'Commons of persons actually living when the probates were taken out; and that letters of administration have been granted to persons having no title thereto, upon the securities of men of straw. " By stratagems of this kind great, frauds have been perpetrated. Can it be doubted that the proposed system of having all the country business transacted through that Court, but at various and remote distances from it, would suggest irresistible temptations for new frauds of a still more formidable character ? By reason of the present state of the law with respect to bona notabilia, and of the fact that the great mass of the personal property of the Kingdom is centered in the metropolis, probates or administrations appertaining to effects of large amount are now usually taken out at Doctors' Commons; while those disposing of personal chattels of small amount are for the most part taken out in the coun- try. The former are not often under the sum of 1,0001.; the latter very seldom., exceed that sum. The annual number of probates and administrations taken out in the country Courts is about 14,000; and of these, 12,500 are under 1,0001.; 7,000 are under 2001.; and 4,700 are absolutely under 1001. Therefore the new- Bill is designed to impose upon the small properties of the country, a new species of taxation, which is not to be levied on the riches of the higher orders!— and for what purpose ? Simply that the Prerogative Court may monopolize all the testamentary jurisdiction now distributed over the face of the Kingdom. By way of finding a pretext for this unwarrantable innovation upon the ancient ' usages of the realm, the Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who seek the aggrandisement of the Metropolitan Court, has charged the local tribunals with ignorance and carelessness in making grants of probate or administration. But even those Commissioners have not been able to found that charge upon a single statement of fact. It was necessary to their purpose to annihilate the local tribunals ; and, acting as judges in their own cause, they have pronounced those establishments guilty, without calling for any defence, or having before them even the shadow of any evidence to justify their sentence. Inasmuch, therefore, as the Bill in question, thus proposing innovations which, must in every point of view be attended with great inconvenience and expense to- all persons resident in the country parts of England and Wales, affects to bo founded upon the alleged incompetency of the local Courts to transact the testa- mentary business hitherto confided to those tribunals from a period beyond the memory of man, the Registrars, Deputy Registrars, aud other officers of the country Courts, do hereby resolve and declare:— RESOLUTIONS: 1. That the charges brought against the local Courts of Testamentary Jurisdic- tion in the Report ofthe Ecclesiastical Commissioners, dated the 15th of February, 1832, are founded on the mere unsupported opinions of individuals not having actual personal knowledge on the subject, and whose evidence would, on that account alone, be inadmissible in any court of justice in this Kingdom. 2. That it- is shewn by the evidence of the Solicitor to the Bank of England, that the Prerogative Court of the province of Canterbury has already exceeded its jurisdiction in those caaes, where the alleged bona notabilia consisted solely of stock in the public funds; although it would appear that the title to such stock follows the person of the testator, and therefore, that the grant of the country Courts as to such stock would be perfectly valid. Hence, it follows, that the due authority of the country Courts has been already invaded; and that, instead of being further limited, it ought to be fully protected by a clear definition of the law upon this subject. 3. That if the Legislature consider the country Courts now existing to require consolidation or improvement, we hereby pledge ourselves to render all the assist- ance in our power, in order to effect those objects, and thus to increase as much as possible the manifold advantages, which local tribunals for the administration of justice in every shape are calculated to confer upon the people of this Kingdom,<£ 4. That if any such local establishments be in want of suitable depositories for > the safe custody of wills, and for allowing easier access to the same, we hereby/ v, resolve that such depositories and facilities of reference shall be provided withTO any expense to the country. . .. . A ^ 5. That the Committee do meet from time to time, in order that they i^ Jyf firmly resist any clauses in the proposed Bill which may tend to impair the efficagy- .... of the local testamentary tribunals, and so to dimmish the great public advantage of bringing home iustice in a cheap and convenient form to even- man's door. V \ ^ ( Signed) ROBERT SWAN, Secretary to the Associated Registrars, Deputy Registrar^?/ and other Officers of the Country Courts. Richardson's Hotel, Covent Garden, 5th Feb. 1834. \ z<: y 50 JOHN BULL. February 16. TUESDAY'S GAZETTE. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. ROMANIA, Gracechurch- street, hosier. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. 3. TAYLOR, Bradford, Wiltshire, grocer. BANKRUPTS. J. FARMER, Osbom- street, \\ hitechapel, sugar- refiner. Atts. Templar and Shearman, Great Tower- street— W. H. BULLOCK, Rupert- street, Coventry- street, tailor. Atts. Clayton and Eaton, Lancaster- place, Strand— G. BAYLEY. Rolher- Jiithe, ship- breaker. Atts. Lacy and Bridges, King's Arms- yard, Cotenian- street — W. FRY, Bristol, chemist. Atts. Cook, New inn, St. Clement's, London ; « Gillard, Bristol— J. BTLLIN'TON, jun., WaMBeM, Yorkshire, scrivener. Alt's. Flower, Bread- street, London; Robinson, Wakefield— J. LAING, Stockton- iq> on- Tees, Durham, ship- builder. Atts. Abbs, Newcastle- upon- Tyne; Miller, Fumi- Val's Inn, London— G. CO WELL, Manchester, and J. ACTON, jull., Wigan, Irtincashire, cotton- spinners. Atts. Adlington and Co., Bedford- row, London; ieigh Wigan— J. BUTTERWORTH, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton- spinner. Atts. Woods, Rochdale; Gundy, Bury; Norris and Co., Great Ormond- street, London— J. BROADIiERRY, late of North Collingham, Nottinghamshire, coal Bnd lime- dealer. Atts. Lee, Newark- upon- Trent; Milne and Co., Mitre- court, Tenrple, London— J. TENCH, Wribber. hall, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Scrivener. Atts. Stevens and Co., Little St. Thomas Apostle, London; Flint, Stafford— G. THOMPSON, jun., Hudderstield, coach- builder. Atts. Wavell, Halifax ; Adlington and Co., Bedford- row, London. FRIDAY'S GAZETTE. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. R. P. STAPLES, City, merehant^- J. WHITE, Kentish Town, and G. " WHITE, Hiehgate, stage- coach- proprietors. BANKRUPTS. D. FINNEY, Berwick- street, Soho, victualler. Att. Lloyd, Bartlett's- build- illgs, Holborn— J. THOMPSON, Old Montague- street, Whitechapel, com- mon- brewer. Atts. M'Leod and Co., New London- street, Fenchurch- street— J. COOK, Narrow- street, Ratoliffe, biscuit- baker. Att. Pierev, Three Crown- square, Southwark— H. LANCASTER, Tunbridtre Wells, Kent, upholsterer. Atts. Tucker and Wheatlev, Basinehall- street— T. B. FERRARS and L. J. MACKINTOSH, Copthall- court, Thromnorton- street, stock- brokers. Atts. Gatty and Co,, Augel- conrt, Throsrmorton- street— G. A. BROWN, Doekhead, Shad- Thames, baker. Att. Hyde, Ely- place- J. S. HASSAL, Liverpool, in- surance- broker. Atts. Thompson, Liverpool; Cuvelje and Co., Southampton build- ings— R. HALL, Nottingham, innkeeper. Atts. Bowley, Nottingham; Johnson and Weatherall, King's Bench- walk, Temple— W. H. KING, Basingstoke, South- ampton, tea- dealer. " Atts. Cole and Co., Basingstoke; Johnson and Weatherall, Temple— S. STOKES, Liverpool, merchant. Atts. Taylor and Co., Bedford- * ow; Lowndes and Robinson, Liverpool. PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY.— Their Lordships met at five o'clock.— Lord ELLENBO- HOUGH gave notice that he should, to- morrow, move for the appoint- ment of a Select Committee to consider . all petitions that might be presented to their Lordships for the enclosure of open, waste, or - common lands.— The House then adjourned. TUESDAY.— After the presentation of a petition by the Duke of KICHMOND against tithes, a Select Committee was, on the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, appointed for the purpose of considering the fcest means of effecting the enclosure of lands which, though under cultivation from time immemorial, had not been made as productive { ts they might have been. Viscount STKANGFORD enquired of Earl Grey whether the good understanding alluded to in the King's Speech on the opening of Parliament as subsisting between this country and France, related as well to commercial as to political matters.— The Noble Earl re- plied that it did not; that it related to political matters alone ; and expressed a hope that France would soon be induced to abandon the present system of repulsion for a more liberal system of commercial intercourse. In reply to a question from Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the Duke of RICHMOND stated that the Government intended to continue the Acts relating to highways and turnpike- roads until next Session; but that in the meantime ' a Bill on the subject, intended ultimately to be adopted, would be printed and circulated, in order that its provisions Jnight be fully considered.— Adjourned to Thursday. THURSDAY.— The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from two parishes in the cSunty of Lincoln, praying that the Labour Rate Act - might be renewed ana extended.— Ordered to lie on the table. The Factories Regulation of Labour Amendment Bill was brought tip from the Commons by Mr. BERXAL and others, and read a first time ; to be read a second time to- morrow.— Adjourned. FRIDAY.— After the presentation of some petitions, the Factories Regulation Act Amendment Bill was read a second time and passed through a Committee.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY.— The SPEAKER having called upon Mr. O'CONNELL, he arose, but was interrupted by Mr. SH[: IL, who adopted that course for the purpose of declaring that he should take no part in the dis- cussion about to commence; that all he demanded was impartial enquiry; and that, obtaining such enquiry, he should with confidence throw himself on British justice. Mr. STANLEY wished to have an admission from Mr. SHIEL that the question at issue was whether that gentleman had held out of the House, respecting the Coercion Bill, language different, from what he adopted in it. Mr. O'CONNELL deprecated the attempt as insidious, and hoped it • would not be complied with. The Hon. Member then proceeded to state that the case had now assumed a different aspect from that • which it wore in the first instance. He should proceed in the form of a complaint for breach of privilege, and in doing so he should call for enquiry into what he should term a miserable slander. It was with astonishment that he had observed the conduct of Mr. HILL in • allowing the. report in the Examiner to proceed so long without ever having questioned its accuracy, or softened it down, though his attention had been specially directed to the subject. He contended that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to state who were the Members implicated in the charge, and who was the Noble Lord's witness. The charge did not allude to a loose conversation at Brookes's, or iu the street, but to a direct communication with His Majesty's Ministers, and he defied Mr. HILL and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to redeem their pledges and support their statements by evidence. After comparing the violation of private confidence in the present instance with what had taken place m the 15t. h Hussars, le concluded by moving thatlhe paragraph in the Examiner should be referred to a Committee of Privilege. Mr. HILL accused the Hon. and Learned Member who had just sat down of having let loose the Prass of Ireland upon him. He complained that his statement had been described as a fabrication, without any proof to substantiate its falsehood. On the contrary, Mr. F. O'CON- NOR had admitted that, to his knowledge, the same statement had been made months before in the - House of Commons. As soon as he ( Mr. HILL) was aware of the importance attached to it, and now tha t his motives could not be misconstrued, he did not hesitate to say that he regretted having ever made it— he lost no time in declaring that he would answer any Member who would apply to him for that purpose. He would not now repeat what he had said at Hull, but le most cordially seconded the motion for enquiry. Mr. HILL further stated that the Member to whom he had alluded in his speech at Hull had never yet asked him whether he was theperson intended or not. Colonel EVANS regretted that the time of the House should be occupied with- such a charge. Supposing the charge were sustained, he asked, was the expulsicn of Mr. H- ILL to follow— supposing it were not sustained, was the expulsion of Mr. HILL to - be moved, or • was no censure to attend the Chancellor of the Exchequer's gratuitous admissions. He hoped the matter would be abandoned. Mr. H • GRATTAN bore testimony to the consistency of Sir. SHEIL in opposing every part of the Coercion Bill. The attack made upon him was of a nature which tended to make . every man's character • unsafe ; he therefore considered Mr. HILL bound to prove his allega- tion. that a Member had gone to the Ministry asd acted as described. Sir 1'. BURDETT reprobated the idea of proceeding with the investigation: it could only end in the degradation of the House. The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving the previous question. Sir R. PEEL deprecated the precedent, as a bad . one, but admitted that if Mr. SHKIL was not satisfied, the House had 110 choice. The House then divided, when the previous question was negatived, I and the motion for a Committee carried by 192 to 54. TVESPAY.— At the evening sitting, after some preliminary business, J\ lr. O'CONNELL moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the disfran- chisement of the borough of Carrickfergue. After a few general observations against this summary mode of proceeding, the motion • was agreed to. Mr. ROBINSON brought forward the question of King Leopold's pension. 1 he Hon. Member insisted at considerable length that the country had a right to know whether the King of Belgium was still pensioned by this emmtry, and, if he were, how the money wag He maintained that iu conformity with hits own written | declaration made to Earl Grey, and as an honourable man, he could not continue to receive this pension ; and concluded by moving for an account of the sums paid into the Exchequer out of the annuity granted to the King of the Belgians since his accession to the throne of Belgium.— Lord ALTHORP maintained that his Majesty had a strictly legal right to . the anuuity, and said that in April next a large surplus, after paying the pensions and bounties specified by his Majesty as charges on the annuity, would be paid into the Exche- quer.— Mr. C'OBBETT contended that as an alien the King of the Belgians had no legal right to the annuity. Colonel EVANS thought that the pension could not legally be continued, and wished to know whether the opinion of the Law Advisers of the Crown had been taken. Sir S. WHALLEY argued for the abolition of the pension, and wished to move as an amendment that the whole question be referred to a Committee for investigation. He adopted the terms in which he had given notice for a motion in March. The SPEAKER said the rules of the House did not permit a Member to move as an amend- ment a substantive motion of which he had given notice for another day. In reply to a question from Colonel EVANS, Lord ALTHORP stated that no legal opinion had been taken. There had been no doubt. Mr. HUME wished the whole matter to be inquired into. Lord J. RUSSELL vindicated the character of Prince Leopold from some insinuations thrown out by Sir S. WHALLEY and Mr. ROBINSON. Mr. GILLON contended the pension ought to be abolished: and Mr. ROBINSON replied. Mr. HARDY that insisted by the words of the Act the pension was only payable while Prince Leopold resided in this country. The motion was agreed to. Mr. HUME moved that a Select Committee should be appointed, to whom should be referred the returns of expenses charged by returning officers at the election of Members for counties and boroughs in England and Wales, and in Scotland and Ireland, at the last general election, with a view of an uniform rate of charge at every election, and considering by whom the charges should be paid; and " also of considering generally the charges for registration and election.—' After some observations from Sir S. WHALLEY, Colonel EVANS, Lord J. RUSSELL, Mr. PRYME, Mr. HAWES, Mr. WASON, and Lord ALTHORP, the motion was agreed to, and the Committee appointed. Mr. WARBURTON, after a few words in opposition from Colonel WOOD, obtained a Select Committee to enquire into the various branches of the medical profession. Sir T. FREMANTLE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to disfranchise the borough of Stafford, which, after some opposition by Mr. HALCOMB, was agreed to. Mr. WARD moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the best mode of obtaining correct divisions, and giving them publicity, which, after some observations from Lord ALTHOHP, Mr. HUME, Mr. D. W. HARVEY, and other Hon. Members, was agreed to. The Factories Regulation Act Amendment Bill and the Turnpike Road Acts Continuance Bill severally passed through Committees. WEDNESDAY.— Mr. GROTE moved, on the part of the Committee of Privileges, that Mr. O'Connell might be added to their number, as they found themselves inadequate to come to a right conclusion on the subject without the assistance of some person more interested in, and better acquainted with, the facts of the case than themselves. They thought it fair also to Mr. Sheil, who was deeply concerned in this investigation, that some competent and confidential adviser should be admitted to watch over the facts of the case, and cross- examine the witnesses upon such points as might be thought to bear upon the Hon. Member's character.— After some remarks by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who deemed this a very extraordinary motion, and thought it had better be deferred till to- morrow, and from Sir ROBERT PEEL and others, who supported the application, the motion was agreed to. Sir J. GRAHAM brought up the Navy Estimates, which were ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME enquired whether any arrangement had been made by the Government with Lord Auckland respecting the lucrative office of Auditor of the Exchequer, which he now holds conjointly with that of President of the Board of Trade.— Lord ALTHORP replied that the office must be filled up, as no money could be issued without the signature of the Auditor; that his Lordship would receive no salary while he held the office of President of the Board of Trade at the same time ; and that the salary would eventually be reduced to 2,0001. The subject of the Glasgow Lottery having been introduced, seve- ral Members denounced the practice. In the Committee of Supply Mr. HUME took occasion to condemn the expenditure of large sums'in governing the Colonies, which were ruined by our dominion, and affirmed that all the Colonies were ready to throw off the yoke, at the first opportunity.— Mr. S. RICE contradicted the assertion of the Hon. Member amidst loud cheers. The Factories Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed; and certain amendments introduced by the Committee in the Turnpike Acts Bill were agreed to. Several Returns were then ordered, and the House adjourned. THURSDAY.— At the early sitting several Petitions were presented, including one from the parish of Marylebone for the repeal of the house and window taxes, which excited some discussion. At the evening sitting Mr. O'CONNELL brought forward his pro- mised motion for a Committee to enquire into the conduct of Air. Baron SMITH. His charge against the Judge was two- fold— first, for neglect of duty, and, secondly, for indulging violent political feelings. In proof of the first he stated that in one place on the Ulster Circuit the Judge did not come into Court until lialf- past eleven o'clock, and in another place he began at six iu the evening, and sat until six in the forenoon, and no less than fourteenpersons accused of felony were tried at these unseasonable hours. The trial of one of them commenced at twelve at night. The second charge was opened by the Hon. Member in the following manner:—" In 1833 Baron SMITH presided on a Special Commission which satat Dublin; and out of a population of 320,000, there were only 17 persons on the calendar, and one of these was for cow- stealing, some for pig- stealing, one for bigamy, aud an attorney for swindling. That certainly was no fitting occasion for a Judge to make a long dissertation;— there was no law to explain. The Learned Baron, as he would prove, had written out the speech, and sent it to the newspapers. It con- sisted entirely of a political discourse, touching on every topic under Heaven but* the matter in hand. It referred to the conduct of Ministers, and replied to speeches made in that House. The only possible object it could have was to revive and reanimate religious feuds in Ireland." After entering into a minute dissection of the various topics alluded to in the Judge's charge, the Hon Member concluded by calling for enquiry. Mr. LITTLETON acceded to the motion.— M. SHAW, in a speech of great eloquence and power, defended the Learned Jud » e.— Mr. STAN- LEY supported the motion.— Sir R. PEEL and Sir R. INGLIS severally opposed the motion in very eloquent speeches.— Mr. PRYME and the SOLICITOR- GENERAL gave it their support.— Sir J. SCARLETT de- fended the conduct of the Learned Baron.— Lord ALTHORP supported the motion, in order to show a determination on the part of Govern- ment to act impartially in Ireland.— Mr. PLUMPTRE expressed his surprise and sorrow that the Government should have adopted this course.— Mr. FINN supported the motion, and Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE opposed it.— Sir J. GRAHAM, although it gave him pain to differ from his colleagues, opposed the motion, because his character was dear to him.— Mr. HUME was much surprised at the reasoning and con- clusion of the Right Hon. Baronet. He supported the motion.— Mr. H. HUGHES, Lord SANDON, and Mr. A. BARING opposed the motion.— Lord J. RUSSELL spoke, strongly in support of the motion. — Mr- STANLEY explained a conference which had taken place be- tween the Learned Baron and himself upon the subject of the mo- tion, and concluded by giving it his support.— Mr. O'CONNELL, in his reply, made some sarcastic allusions to the mutiny which had broken out in the Ministerial camp.— Lord TULLAMORE spoke briefly, but ably, iu defence of his friend the Learned Baron.— The House then divided, and the motion for a Committee was carried by a majority of 167 to 74. The House then proceeded to the motions on the paper, and the Warwick and Liverpool Disfranchisement Bills were brought in, and read a first time. A motion for certain Post Office Returns, by Mr. R. WALLACE, was opposed by Mr. SMITH and Lord ALTHORP, and supported by Sir. WARBURTON and Mr. HUME. Mr. SMITH moved an amend- ment to substitute other Returns, which was agreed to. Bills were brought in for disfranchising certain freemen of War- wick and Liverpool, both of which were read a first time.— Adj. FRIDAY.— At the early sitting several petitions were presented, including one from Ashton- under- Lyne, for the repeal of the Union with Ireland, which led to considerable discussion upon that subject. At five oclock the House resumed business, and m a few minutes afterwards the CHANCEMXHI of the EXCHEQUEE proceeded to make his financial statement. His Lordship observed that, as he must unavoidably deal in prospective, ho trusted he should not bo tied down too strictly to the letter of his statements. In the year 1830 the balance in favour of the country was 2,942,0001.; but the House would bear in mind that taxes to a much larger amount had been reduced during the preceding year, which did not affect the revenue until the year 1831. _ He had stated at the time, that if he had then proposed his reductions of taxation, the balance at the end of the year would have been only 700,0001., instead of 2,942,0001. Still he afterwards felt it right to propose a considerable reduction of taxes, and in consequence of those reductions there was a deficiency of 700,0001. That deficiency, however, encreased. and in the year 1832 it amounted to 1,240,0001. During the year If 32 the amount of the taxes which were reduced was but small; and the revenue reco- vered itself so much that in April last year, instead of there being a deficiency of 1,240,0001., there was a surplus of 1,480,0001. During the last year, the Parliament had reduced a very considerable amount of taxes, and during the years 1831 and 1832 the amount of taxes repealed was 1,790,0001.; and in the year 1833 the amount of taxes repealed was 1,545,0001. To that amount then the country was relieved from taxation, the total reduction being 3,335,0001. He was then happy to say that, notwithstanding these reductions, by the balance- sheet up to the 5th of January last there appeared a larger surplus balance than appeared on the balance sheet of the5th of April last year. What he meant to say was that the surplus revenue was 1,513,0001. His Lordship next announced that the estimates would be reduced in comparison with those of last year, to the extent of half a million. This would raise the surplus revenue from 1,500,0001. to. 2,000,0001. But there was anothersource to which he lookedforward— the tea trade. He calculated that the effect of the opening of that trade would be in one year to make an addition of 600,0001. to the revenue. His Lordship next referred to the additional charge upon the country in consequence of the grant to the West India proprietors. That loan, as the House was well aware, was 20,000,0001.; and taking all circumstances attending it into account, he did not think he could estimate the interest of it atless than 800,0001. Now the suiplus re- venue, as he had already stated, would be 2,600,0001; but deducting from it this 800,0001. for the payment of interest, the real surplus revenue then left would be 1,800,0001. _ No man, said his Lordship, who has ever heard me declare my opinions, will doubt that I would say, that having a surplus of 1,8000,0001. to calculate upon, a consi- derable reduction of taxation ought to take place. But I hope and trust the House will not think I do too little if I propose but a mode- rate reduction of taxes. Believing that they would not do. so, he saw no reason why he should not disclose to th'em the principal features in the proposed reduction, and the taxes which he proposed to dis- continue. It was proposed to reduce the taxes 1,200,0001. His Lordship then intimated his intention of repealing the house- tax, which amounted, at its present assessment to 1,170,0001. He could not, however, consent to the abolition of the window- tax. which amounted to 1,273,0001. Another point to which the Government had directed their attention was the amendment of the poor- laws. They had also some financial measures in contemplation for the relief of Ireland, which he hoped would cause no diminution of the revenue. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the'sum of 14,000,0001. be raised by Exchequer Bills for the service of the y earl834. Mr. ROBINSON approved of the statement as showing the resources of the country, but thought the reduction in taxation not well se- lected, and that reduction ought to have been carried further.— Mr. COBBETT contended that the landowners were entitled to relief, but argued that no alteration of the Poor Laws or commutation of tithes, taken by themselves, would relieve the land without injuring the la- bourers and robbing the tithe- owners.— Sir R. PEEL thought that the reduction, supposing the estimate of surplus to be accurate, as large as it ought to be. He, however, was of opinion that the calculations as to the surplus were vague. He regretted to find that the portion of the community who were admitted to be the most distressed, and had borne their sufferings with exemplary patience, should receive no relief, while the turbulent, on the contrary, were encouraged. After some observations from Mr. O'CONNELL and Mr. HUME, ex- pressive of dissatisfaction at the contemplated financialmeasures, the Marquis of'CHANnos disclaimed all idea of supporting any principle of monopoly, but maintained that the agriculturists had a right to expect relief after the words which Ministers had put into the Royal Speech.— Mr. C. FERGUSSON reprobated any idea of invading the property of the Church or of altering the Corn Laws.— Sir S. WHAL- LEY contended that the Noble Lord ought, to take off the window tax. — Sir J. TYRRELL supported the claims of the agricultural interestto relief.— Mr. BENETT complained that no relief was promised for the agricultural interest.— Mr. EVANS recommended a tax upon real pro- perty corresponding with that on personal property.— Mr. DUN- COMBE spoke in strong terms of the distress of the landed interest, and of the necessity of immediate attention to it.— Colonel TORRENS shortly addressed the House on the effect of the changes announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.— Lord MORPETH was of opinion that the only efficient relief which could be afforded to the landed interest would be by a change in the Corn Laws.— The motion, which was for a grant of 14,000,0001. in Exchequer Bills, was then put and agreed to. The Committee appointed by the House to investigate certain positive charges brought by Mr. Hill, and certain comparative charges brought by Lord Althorp, against the Hon. Member for Tipperary, made their Report, and Mr. Sheil was triumphantly acquitted by that Report of each and all of the accusations brought against him!— The House then adjourned. NEW PUBLICATIONS.— The following interesting works are now on sale at the various booksellers:— 1. Mr. Burke's Peerage and Ba- ronetage for 1834, revised from the communications of the Nobility ; the only complete work of the kind extant; 2 vols. 8vo.— 2. The Fifth Part of Mr. Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of England, Scot- land, and Ireland, with the Arms. 8vo., 7s. 6d.— 3. Sir Jonah Bar- rington's History of the Irish Union. 2 vols.— 4. The first number of the Re- issue of the Beauties of the Court of Charles II., with Me- moirs and Anecdotes of their Lives. By Mrs. Jameson. Price 21s., or, large paper, with India proof plates, 21. 2s.— 5. The Countess of Blessington's Journal of her Conversations with Lord Byron. 8vo., uniform with Moore's Life, 14s.— 6. 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The four County Mem- bers were present, and addressed the Meeting, declaring their coin- cidence of sentiments with its views. The petition prays relief from the increasing pressure of the Poors' Rate and the Malt Tax. A separate resolution for the promotion of an agricultural society for the county, without reference to politics, was also carried. The Frolics of Puck.— This new work of Fiction was published on Friday, and the author of Chartley's new novel entitled The Old Maiden's Talisman will be published early next week, by Messrs. Bull and Cliurton, Holies- street. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinbro'; and Ireland, John Cumming, Dublin. Orders should be transmitted forthwith to secure the early copies. DRAWING- ROOM.— M'PHAIL'S GOLD still contnues to receive the patronage of fashionable society. Its close resemblance to gold itself, its extreme economy, and the successful manner in which it can be worked up in every description of Jewellery, make it a desirable object to all those who wish to follow the changes of fashion without incurring the heavy expense of the genuine metal. We are desired to state thai M'Phail, the inventor, of 14, Regent- street, opposite Howell and James's, has. commenced the season with a stock of elegancies of the newest fashion and the best workmanship, which cannot fail to excite universal attention. C. M'Phail begs to inform the Nobility and the Fashionable World, that he has no connexion, with persons professing to sell the Mosaic Gold ; and the only place where it can be had is at the Inventor's Establishment, No. 14, Regent- street, Pall- mall, oppo- site Howell and James's, where he solicits their attention to his extensive stock,, consisting of the most splendid articles of fashionable Jewellery, which, for chastity of design and richness of colour, may safely defy competition. The- leadingfeature in this elegant invention is, thattimeandwearhavenoeffect upon its appearance. It is manufactured into a variety of costly articles by C. M'Phail, and the most skilful London workmen ; and he undertakes to imitate any article of jewellery which may be brought to him, so that it shall not be distinguished from the original.— Ladies having pebbles, cameos, gems, or any old- fashioned jewellery by them, may have them set in the most elegant style, at one- eighth the expense of gold. The favour of an early call as above is most earnestly requested; where he invites an inspection of the most elegant articles ever produced. C. M. particularly recommends it to the notice of Merchants and Captains, as an article worthy their attention, as it will retain its colour in any climate. Old Gold, Diamonds, or tearl*, bought or taken in exchange. February 16. JOHN BULL" 1 51 THE ARMY. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. War Office, Feb. 14, 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons— Lieut W. H. Bayntun, from the 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Chaloner, who exchanges. 2cl Regt. of Foot— Ens. G. E. Cnyler to be Lieutenant without pur. vice Robin- son, appointed Adj utant; Lieut. O. Robinson to be Adjutant, vice Moore, appointed Quartermaster; Lieut. J. Moore to be Quartermaster, vice Jenkins, deceased; Gent. Cadet T. A. Nixon, from the Royal Mil. Coll. to be Ensign, vice Cuyler. 3d Foot— H. P. Chamberlain, Gent, to be Ensign by pur. vice Chatterton, ap- pointed to the 35th Foot. 26th Foot— Lieut. J. Piggott to be Captain without pur. vice M'Latchie, de- ceased ; Ens. J. D. G. Tulloch to be Lieutenant, vice Piggott; Gent, Cadet J. M. Daniell, from the Royal Mil. Coll. to be Ensign, vice Tullbch. 34th Foot— Staff- S'urg. W. Lyons, M. D. from half- pay, to be Surgeon, vice Ranken, appointed, to the Rifle Brigade. 35th Foot— Ens. O. N. Chatterton, from 3d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Chatter- ton, promoted. 37th Foot— Lieut. W. T. Servantes, from 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Morritt, who exchanges. 38th Foot— Ens. H. Close to be Lieutenant without pur. vice Bullen, deceased ; Ens. W. Robinson, from half- pay 8th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Close. 45th Foot— R. Spring, Gent, to be Ens. by pur. vice Coffin, who retires. 48th Foot— Maj. J. Singleton, from 62d Foot, to be Major, vice Cramer, who exchanges; Capt. J. O'Grady, from the 62d Foot, to be Captain, vice Bower, who exchanges. 50th Foot— Ens. C. F. Gregg to be Lieutenant by pur. vice Stacpoole, who re- tires ; G. T. Wyatt, Gent, to be Ensign by pur. vice Gregg. 55th Foot— Lieut. J. P. Sheppard, from half- pay 2d Garrison Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Browne, whose appointment has not taken place. 62d Foot— Maj. H. Cramer, from the 48th Foot, to be Major, vice Singleton, who exchanges; Capt. G. J. Bower, from the 48th Foot, to be Captain, vice O'Grady, who exchanges. 77th Foot— Lieut. W. J. Morritt, from 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ser • vantes, who exchanges. 86th Foot— T. Blewitt, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur., vice Steele, who retires. 89th Foot— Lieut. R. Chaloner, from 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Bayntun, who exchanges. 96th Foot— Lieut. J. Telford to be Captain, by pur., vice Grahani, who retires ; Ens. E. Barclay to be Lieutenant by pur. vice Telford; W. A. Eyton, Gent, to be Ensign by pur. vice Barclay. Rifle Brigade— Surg. R. Ranken, from 34th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice T. H. Ridgway, who retires upon half- pay. Memorandum.— The date of Lieutenant J. R. Hart's commission, in the 49th Foot, should be 8th February, 1834, and not the 7th, as stated in the Gazette of the 7th instant. COLOSSAL HEAD. IT appears that the colossal head brought to this country by the indefatigable BELZONI, and which is the most remark- able object in the British Museum, has hitherto received a gratuitous appellation. Mr. ALFRED WALNE, the Egyptian traveller, has pointed it out to be, not the head of MEMNON, as was generally supposed, but that of AMUNMAI REMESES, tlie most distinguished of the Pharaohs. A portion only of the name remains, but sufficient to be decided on by a person conversant with hieroglyphics. REMESES the GREAT, whom several authorities identify with SESOSTRIS, was at once Egypt's most renowned conqueror, and the noblest of her benefactors. After carrying his victorious arifts to distant countries, as some have supposed even to India itself, he returned to embellish his native land with the most magnifi- cent edifices. The vast excavated temples of Deir, Gerf- Hossagn, and Eboosimbel, half the palace of Luxor, and the stately edifice misnamed Memnonium, from which this head was removed, are among the most remarkable of his works. In the latter Palace, which was probably the general residence of this Monarch, are to be found the shattered remains of a granite statue, which measures 25 feet across the shoulders. At Eboosimbel in Nubia, and at Metrahenny, the site of Memphis, are colossi bearing the name of the same REMESES, and such is the striking similarity of all, that we are warranted in considering them faithful portraits of the great original. LITERATURE. Messrs. Saunders and Otley have just published the following New Works:— T„ „ In 8vo. ( just ready), HE PILGRIMS O F THE RHINE. By the Author of " Pelham," and " Eugene Aram." ( Splendidly illustrated), in extra boards, or superbly bound. MRS. JAMESON'S NEW WORK. 3 vols, post 8vo. VISITS AND SKETCHES AT HOME AND ABROAD. By Mrs. Jameson, Author of " Characteristics of Women." m. In 1 vol. coloured Plates, THE LANGUAGE OF FLO W E R S. " In Turkey," observes Lady Montagu, " you may send letters of passion, friendship, or even news, without ever inking your fingers— no fruit or tiowers, bud or blossom, being without its sentiment." IV. In 2 vols. IMAGINATIVE BIOGRAPHY. By Sir Egerton Brydges. V. In 1 Vol. price 16s. bound, MR. LODGE'S PEERAGE FOR 1834. ( Third Edition). " A work which corrects all errors of former works."— Times. VI. A Second Edition of TRAVELS IN TURKEY. By Adolphus Slade, Esq. " These volumes are full of highly entertaining and curious matter."— Court Journal. VII. In 2 vols. DR. MADDEN ON THE INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS. " A very valuable and interesting work, full of new views and curious deduc- tions."— Literary Gazette. PUBLIC RECORDS.— Messrs. Baldwin and Cradock r espect- fully apprise the Public that the following Works, priiited by order of the. Commissioners of the Public Recordsof the Kingdom, are just ready for delivery:—- I. The CLOSE ROLLS: Rotuli Literarum Clausarnm, in Turri Londinensi Asservafi.— Vol. I. Ann. 1204 to 1224. Accurante Thoma Duff us Hardy, e Soc. Int. Temp. In a larse folio volume, price 41.4s. II. The CHANCELLOR'S ROLL ; Rotulus Cancellarii, vel Antigraphnm Magni Rotuli Pipay. Royal Svo. 11. 5s. III. The PIPE ROLLS: Magnus Rotulus Scaccarii, vel Pip* de Anno 31 Hen^ rici primi. Nunc primum edidit Joseph us Hunter, S. A. S. Royal 8vo. 18s. IV. An ESSAY upon the Original Authority of the King's Council, grounded upon a Report presented to the Honourable the Commissioners of the Public Re- cords, in order to explain the nature and importance of the ancient Parliamentary petitions, as materials for the constitutional history of England. By Sir Francis Palgrave, K. H. Svo., price 6s. ^ JELLING OFF.- ^ MERINOS, Silk NEW WORKS OF FICTION. Messrs. Saunders and Otley have just published the following new Novels :— By the Author of " Mothers and Daughters," THE HAMILTONS. 3 vols, post 8vo. ( Just ready) A Second Edition of PETER SIMPLE. By the Author of " The King's Own," & c. " Peter Simple has attained the highest degree of popularity."— John Bull. A Second Edition of TRAITS AND TRADITIONS OF PORTUGAL. By Miss Pardoe. " Two very delightful volumes."— United Service Gazette. IV. In 2 vols. CECIL HYDE. " A very clever novel."— Spectator. In 3 vols. BARNADISTON. A Tale. The costume and manners of the 16th century are preserved with singular iracy."— Metropolitan. VI. H accuracy In 3 vols. E PREDICT I A highly interesting work of fiction. Public Library, Conduit- street. In 17 vols, price 5s. each, neatly bound in cloth, THE COMPLETE WORKS of LORD BYRON, comprising his POETRY, LETTERS, and JOURNALS; and his LIFE, by THOS. MOORE, Esq. With Thirty- five splendid Landscapes, Drawn by Turner and Stanfiekl, and engraved by W. and E. Finden, illustrative of the Scenery of Lord Byron's Life and Works. The Poems are now first collected and chronologically arranged, and illustrated with Notes, Biographical and Critical, by— Sir Walter Scott, Francis Jeffrey, Professor Wilson, Sir Egerton Brvdges, Bishop Heber, Mr. Loekhart, Ugo Fosoolo, ' The SEVENTEENTH VOLUME Rev. George Croly, Mrs. Shelley, George Ellis, Thomas Campbell, Rev. H. Milman, Thomas Moore. of BYRON'S WORKS has just been FOB the benefit of our mercantile readers, we give the following summary of the law as to tlie Official Assignees. By the Bankrupt Court Act, any official assignee not making his payments in such manner and time as ordered by the LOUD CHANCELLOR in Court of Review, is chargable with a penalty of 201. per cent, on all monies improperly retained by him. By the same Act, the LORD CHAN- CELLOR and the Court of Review may make orders for the regula- tion of the conduct of those gentlemen, in pursuance whereof, by an order of the 12th of January, 1832, they directed that each official assignee should give a bond to the amount of 6,0001. in him- self, and two sureties, one of the conditions of which is, to ob- serve all the regulations made by the LORD CHANCELLOR and Court. Each aassignee has given such a bond. By the same order the LORD CHANCELLOR and Court also directed that each official assignee should pay all monies received by him into the Bank of England as soon as they came to £ 100, and in cases of doubt or difficulty, that he should apply to his Commissioners for advice. How far the official assignees comply with these orders and regula- tions, the amount of the balance in their hands not paid into the Bank of England, will shew. There is yet another subject to which we would advert, namely, the allowances made to these persons. They seem to have been enormous. By the same order of the LORD CHANCELLOR and Court of Review, the Commissioners are recommended to allow the official assignee one per cent, on all monies received by him, and another one and a half per cent, on all monies divided, subject, nevertheless, to be encreased or diminished under special circumstances, to be re- ferred to the Court of Review. We believe that there never has been a reference of the kind, and although we have often known of the allowance to the assignee being encreased, we have not yet heard of • any one being diminished. We now conclude, only adding, that with respect to the balances in the hands of the official assignees not paid into the Bank whenever they exceed 1001., we are confident that any creditor might successfully petition to charge them with the statutable penalty of 201. per cent, on all the excess; for it is retained by them contrary to the express words of the Act of Parliament and the orders o'f the Court,— J ™ J: J * may think about it) orders of the Court, and in utter disregard ( whatever their sureties t it) of the express condition of their own bond. On Thursday a meeting of nearly two hundred persons connected with Amiculture was held at the Castle, Colchester, for the purpose of forming an Agricultural Association for the hundred of winstree and Lexden; Sir Henry Smyth, Bart., in the Chair. The meeting was unanimous in opinion as to the depression under which agricul- ture at the present moment labours, and the necessity of adopting such measures of co- operation and defence as may avert the mis- chievous effect of the exertions making to remove the protection afforded by the existing Corn Laws. Several resolutions and peti- tions to Parliament were unanimously agreed to. We regret to state that Baron DIJISOALE refused to sign the De- claration in favour of the Church, when requested to do so. The Honourable Baron would not have acted so twelve months ago. Alas ! Radicalism and Religion are generally in an inverse ratio to each other. Any one has a right, as a private individual, to enjoy his own views of religion, or even to be of no religion at all; but if per- sons will thrust themselves forward as public characters, threaten to become Members of Parliament, build new ilags with long inscrip- tions on them, & c., the public have a right to enquire how far such persons are disposed to uphold the ancient and venerable institutions of the country m Church and Stale.— County Press. Friday night a fire was discovered in a large three bay'd hovel on the premises of Mrs. Wedd, Foulmire, in this county' The building was filled with wheat, at ieast 200 loads, the whole of which, with the hovel, was destroyed. There is no doubt of the fire having been the act of an incendiary. The property was insured in the Sun.— Cambridge Chronicle. published, which, to our great regret, terminates a publication unequalled in its editorial excellence and splendid embellishments, by any work of the sort that has Appeared in this country; and, considering the charge, a marvel in Biblio- poly. Looking at the poetical beauty and extraordinary interest of Lord Byron's muse, the perfect form in which she is presented through the taste and labour of the editor, and the exquisite skill of Turner and the Findens in the engravings, we have no hesitation in saying that Mr. Murray has proved himself a faithful friend to the Noble Poet both living and dead, while he has, by this publication, done singular honour to the English press. The tact and talent tbat could disco- ver such a vein, and so work it, will not, we hope, be long in detecting another equally profitable and honourable to the public and himself.''— Morning Chron. June 10. * » * Any volume may be had separately. 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By JAMES KNOWLES, nephew of the late Thomas Sheridan, Author of the Pronouncing Dictionary, and father of James Sheridan Knowles, is now ready for printing, in 2 vols, royal 4to. The Dictionaries of Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Walker present thousands of letters to the eye for which the ear does not perceive a sound. This Dictionary, as a national desideratum, and fac- simile representation of the natural division of the words into syllables, as correctly pronounced, will not present a single letter not sounded. It will contain 76,450 words;- 43,272 more than Mr. Walker's; 36,450 than Mr. Sheridan's; 17,562 than Todd's Johnson ; 12,214 than Dr. Webster's American English Dictionary. To avoid parting with the Copy- right from his family to the trade, the Author* appeals to the national feelings'and encouragement of the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, Universities, Literary Institutions, Professional Gentle- men, Ladies, Public Schools, & c., and solicits subscriptions ( not money, till copies shall be delivered). Price to subscribers 41. 4s.; non- subscribers 51. 5s. The Subscribers' Names will accompany the work. Orders received by Messrs. Hatchard, 187, Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly; Smith, Elder ad Co, Comhill; of whom a Prospectus of 26 pages may be had ( gratis). - The Valuable STOCK of SILKS, SHAWLS, and Cachmere Cloaks, Velvets, Satins, Bombazine^ Crapes, Fancy Dresses, Foulard*, rich Black Satins, several hundred Foreign- Shawls, Chalis, Sylphines, Chintz Muslins, Palmyrines, Silk Hose, Muffs, Tippets, Boas. Cambric Handkerchiefs, Long Cloths, cfcc.'& c., with several thousand yards of co/ oured and black Gros de Naples, is now SELLING OFF, at Spitalfields House, 231, Regent- street, at nearly HALF- PRICE, by BROWN and Co., who are relin- quishing the business. As the lease is sold, the whole stock must be cleared off immediately at the above sacrifice.— It is requested that all accounts may be paid forthwith. IRISH LINENS, SHEETINGS, < fcc. < fec.— Lot 1. 120 boxes of Irish Linens of the best quality, both in 7- 8 and 4- 4, from 6Jd. per yd. to the finest quality made, and all warranted grass- bleached. Lot 2. 50 bales of Damasks, Diapers, Huckabacks, Russia, Barnsley, and Irish Sheetings, well worth the attention of families. Lot 3. A prodigious quantity of fashionable Spring- Muslins aud Printed Cambrics: some of these will be found curious in their pat- terns, being quite new and novel ; a Family Muslin Dress for 3s. 9| d. contains, eight yards, ell wide ; beautiful Chintz, 6s. 6d. each. Lot 4. 100 bales of Mar- seilles " Quilts and Counterpanes, all new designs, and in good condition, 2| yards square, 4s. 6d.; 3 yards ditto, 6s. 6d. and upwards. Lot 5. 70 bales of French Cambrics and Cambric Handkerchiefs, with a great choice of Gentlemen's Fancy Cravats and Silk Pocket Handkerchiefs; in addition will be 900 pieces of Light and Dark Fancy Prints, worth the attention of families, as nearly all cost 14d., but will be sold at l^ d. 23d. Ijd. and 6id., all warranted fast colours. The SILK and FANCY DEPARTMENT consists of many hundred pieces of French and English Gros- de- Naples Silks, from Is. 4d. to 2s. 6d. per yard, rich French Satins for Dresses, 2s. 6d. usually sold for 5s. 6d~ in any colour; with many large lots of Fancy Gauzes, and Lace " Dresses, small Fancy Handkerchiefs and Scarfs of every description ; 300 boxes of new Spring Gauze Ribbons, just imported from Paris, with Blond and Chantilla Lace, including some very large parcels of Gloves, Silk and Cotton Hose. Haberdashery of every description 25 per cent, cheaper than any other House in London. Next Mondav mornine ( to- morrow) the whole will be unpacked, and ready for sale at BEMAND and MORGAN'S, Irish Linen and Shawl Warehouse, 77, Long- acre and Drury- lane. N. B. Ten or twelve active Assistants wanted immediately. ADDRESSED to those who value the Use, Ornament, and Comfort c f serviceable Teeth.— It is well known that these are indispensa- ble assistants to our ease, and often chief auxiliaries in exertions for fame or for- tune. Impressed with this conviction, Mr. A. JONES, Dentist to their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester, & c. & e. after de* voting much time to the practice of Dental Surgery, both in England and on the Continent, can conscientiously pledge himself to afford relief under most cases affecting the health, use, or ease of these imperatively necessary appendages of the mouth. He has recently been eminently successful in restoring defective articu- lation and mastication, by the substitution of his newly- improved Teeth for those unavoidably removed. Mr. A. Jones solicits the personal attention of members of the faculty to these really effective inventions, and particularly recommends them to Gentlemen engaged'in public speaking. Carious and tender Teeth wholly preserved from the progress of decay, and rendered useful by A. Jones's unequalled Anodyne Cement. Every operation pertaining to Dental Surgery. At home from en to five, 64, Lower Grosvenor- street, Bond- street. AROMATIC SPIRIT of VINEGAR.— This agreeable perfumed liquor ( the original inrention of Mr. Henry), which is of well- known effi- cacy in relieving faintness and head- ache, and in counteracting the effects of over- heated, close, or infected air, continues to be prepared in the greatest perfection, by Messrs. THOS. and WM. HENRY, Manufacturing Chemists, Manchester. It is sold in London, wholesale and retail, by Messrs. BAYLEY, BLEW and CHAPMAN, Perfumers, Cockspur- street; and retail, price 2s. 9d., by one or more agents in every principal town; but it cannot be genuine, unless the names of the above preparers are engraved on the Government Stamp, which is fixed over the cork of each bottle. Proper Sponge Boxes are sold by Bay ley, Blew and Chapman, as usual. As above, may also be had, authenticated by a similar Stamp, HENRY'S CAL* CINED MAGNESIA, in bottles at 2s. 9d. or with glass stoppers at 4s. 6d. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL.— The singular efficacious, virtues of this happy and successful invention in stopping and preventing all weakness and decay of " the hair, is too well known and appreciated by an intelligent public to need much comment; while its regular application subdues all relaxing tendencies, and promotes a quick and vigorous growth of beautiful and curly hair that lasts to the latest period of human life. The lowest prise- 3s. 6cL— the next price is 7s.— 10s. 6d. and 21s. per Bottle. Each Bottle is signed A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton Garden, Counter- signed ALEX. ROWLAND. The itbove is sold by the Proprietors, as above, and, by their appointment, by most respectable Perfumers, Medicine Venders, and Chemists. BLAIR'S GOUT and RIIEIJMATIC PILLS are recommended to the afflicted with a confidence arising from experience; are one of the valuable results of the improved state of Medical Science, and the only efficient remedy ever discovered for these excruciating Disorders. In Gout, Rheumatio Gout, and acute Rheumatism, these Pills will have a most wonderful effect, in most cases giving relief from the intolerable pains in one or two hours, and one box will frequently carry off the attack in two or three days, even where the patient has usually kept his bed for as many weeks, and sometimes months* They are equally certain in Lumbago,, Pains in the Head or Face, frequently treated as the Toothe- ache. Rheumatism of long standing will be perfectly cured by a slight degree of perseverance in the use of these Pills, which re- quire neither confinement nor attention ; and the continued decided approbation- sent unsolicited to the Proprietor, from all parts of the kingdom, and from all classes of society, fully warrants the assurance that no person subject to these dis- orders will, after a trial, ever be without them. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, seven doors from Temple Bar, and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the Kingdom, price 2s. 9d. per box. " 1 ACTION— OLD BROWN WINDSOR SOAP.— The reputa J this article has long held for washing the Skin, has lately excited the cupidity of the ignorant and mercenary, and introduced large quantities into the markets at very low prices. The Public are, therefore respectfully solicited to attend to these remarks— first, the colour costs hardly anything, a little brown umber to the value of 2s. or 3s will colour a ton weight; it is the quality, not the colour, which constitutes its value. These common Brown Windsor Soaps are made of the worst articles, with far too much lime and kelp, and perfumed with cheap hot essential oils; they are much inferior to the commonest yellow or mot- tled soap, whose deleterious- effects on the Skin are well known; the beautiful economy of nature in the formation of the skin, by the use of these soaps, is pre- vented, perspiration is obstructed, and the skin soon takes tb3 wrinkled appear- ance of age. J. and E. Atkinson pretend not to arrogate to themselves that their's is the only good Brown Windsor Soap, there are numerous others, but the purchaser should observe that there is a responsible maker's name on the label; and they also affirm that no good Brown Windsor Soap can be made for less than 2s. 6d. a pound, to leave a fair remunerating profit to the vender. Their Brown Windsor Soap is pretty generally known and approved, it is made of the best materials united with balsamic herbs, which renders it particularly soothing and softening to the skin. It is well adapted to the nursery, or where a very mild soap is required, being as emolient as a simple compound of almonds, and yet equally detergent as the com- mon alkaline soaps. Manufactured on the basement oftheir extensive premises* 24, Old Bond- street, and sold by them wholesale and retail, and by their appoint- ment by most Perfumers in Town and Country. N. B. None are genuine but what have a small address stamp attached to ths label, printed in colours similar to a patent Medicine Stamp. 24, Old Bond- street, January 1st, 1834. 8TB LPTIJRES.— J. EGG and Co.' s New Patent Self- Resisting JOL and Adjusting GERMAN TRUSS, without Straps or any other compli- cations, continues to be recommended by the first Members of the Faculty for the Cure and Relief of Hernia, as well as for its simple and efficient construction* advantageously possessing over the common Truss a resisting and repelling power. All English Trusses act only on the principle of pressure— stronger the spring, the greater the pressure before and behind; and where straps are used a resisting- power cannot be applied. Manufactory, No. 1, Piccadilly, where is published by the Inventor, J. EGG, a Treatise on the Cure of Hernia by Mechanical Power, practically adapted to those afflicted. Price 2s. 6d. THE EVIL or SCROFULA, LEPROSY, SORES, and Diseased of the SKIN of - everv kind, and of however long standing, effectually cured. CUTANEOUS DIS EASES of the HEAD.— These complaints are the cause of the loss of hair, frequently producing an unhealthy scurf; when attended to in anything like reasonable time, the hair will be preserved in a luxuriant state to the longestperiod of life. Letters, free of postage, attended to.— At home from eleven to two. SILAS BLP. NDFftRD, Surgeon, R. N., No. 20, Dover- street, Piccadilly. REGIMENTAL ORDERS. The regiment to- morrow will form for inspection, Each man to be characterized by reflection:" The Colonel meant steadiness— other pursuits A Patlander thinking of, polish'd his boots; And shone on parade in resplendence so bright, That all to his seeming was perfectly right, And proved so— for Pat had the order obeyed Rv boots that suroassing reflection displayed, Not menta., maeeo, our. at tractr/ e. vgr as*. At Warren's Mart gained, No. 30, the StrancU THIS Easv- shining and Brilliant BLACKING, prepared by ROBERT WARREN 3° STRAND, London; and soldi n every town m the Kingdom. Liquid in oott. es, and Paste Blacking in pots, at 6d., 12d., and_ 18d. each. Be particular to inquire for Warren's, 30, strand. All others are counterfeit. 42 JOHiN BULL. February 9. TO CQjMESPOXDEATS. We know nothing uTtout Mr. DERINSEY'S letter— why does he not ttpply at the Office V'Mc Paper ?— The Editor has nothing to do with such details, aytt, t nor cover, never heard a word of the matter before yesterday, ft t suppose Mr. DERINSEY is a gentleman, by the style of tlis language. Mr. ADAMS is thanked. The work alluded to by Dr. N. has not been received. JPe are compelled to delay our observations upon Mr. BERNARD'S book, which requires much attention, and shall have it. A " Looker- on'' means extremely well, und we shall gladly avail ourselves of his information ; but what does he mean by a gentleman, to whom he alludes, having been " a Commissariat?"— he might have been a Commissary, and may be a Prebendary, if it so please the iSishofi, but he can no more be a " Commissariat" than he can be a "" Prebend." EGR" A MONDAY EDITION ( for the Country) is published at Three o'clock in the afternoon, containing the Markets and Latest News. 3OHM BULL. LONDON, FEBRUARY MAJESTIES 16. THEIR MAJESTIES returned to Brighton on Friday se'nnight, and will remain there until they return to town for the celebration of Her MAJESTY'S birth- day at St. James's. IF the worst enemy of Great Britain wishes to witness the disgrace of the nation, let him visit the present House of Commons— There he will be entertained with the pantomime of seeing the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons cuffed, kicked, and dragged in the kennel by the great Agitator from Ireland, much in the same way, that the Clown in Mother Goose or Margery Daw receives the cuffs and kicks ofthe Harlequin. Witness the scene of Friday, on the report of the Committee On Mr. SHEIL'S case being brought up. When the report was received there was a call for Lord ALTHORP, who, after mumbling in a low tone of voice his Satisfaction at the result of the enquiry, said he believed he must admit that he had been imprudent as a man and a Minister— that he was glad that Mr. SHEIL was acquitted of the Hull charge— and if he, Mr. SHEIL, would get up and assert that he was innocent of this, Lord ALTHORP'S charge, namely, that he used language out of the House inconsistent with his speeches in the House, he would not object to apologize. Mr. O'CONNELL got up and told the Noble Lord that Mr. SHEIL had once before asserted his innocence in tlie most solemn manner, and was not believed; he, therefore, would advise Mr. SHEIL to let the Noble Lord get out of his dif- ficulty as he could. Mr. SHEIL remained silent; on which Lord ALTHORP, dragged forth by Mr. O'CONNELL, apologizfd to Mr. SHEIL. Now, Mr. HILL, after making on hearsay a most grave charge against Mr. SHEIL, had the tact to make a most humble apology, begging pardon of Mr. SHEIL, expressing his re- pentance. Lord ALTHORP, with the dull sluggishness of the fatted ox, tried to avoid his fate, and make Mr. SHEIL'S assertion a preliminary to apology, and the House to a man, felt that a keen sense of what Gentlemen call the amende honorable. formed a very small part of the candid Minister. Mr. STANLEY attempted to take the line of narrowing Mr. SHEIL'S full and comprehensive acquittal— he quibbled and quirked, and tried to set up the veracity of Lord ALTHORP'S informant, and Lord ALTHORP'S accurate understanding of Ills informant's statements. This brought up Sir HENRY HARDINGE, who proved, from the report of tlie Committee, that by their verdict Mr. SHEIL was honourably acquitted of every imputation, great or small, arising out of the allegations made against iiim, and that Lord ALTHORP'S informant, Mr. Commis- sioner WOOD, late M. P. for Preston, had, more than eight months ago, after his conversation when he retailed it to Lord ALTHORP, attached no importance to it. Lord ALTHORP being thus deprived of his informant— on whose veracity he had doggedly accused Mr. SHEIL of delin- quency on the preceding discussion— then said, he had another informant. What! my Lord ! anotner man in buckram— have you not swept the clubs and public offices in England and Ireland to collect evidence against a political adversary ? and, when you have failed, is it still becoming in you thus to tamper with a question on which a Committee have enquired and reported ? We have elsewhere commented 011 the infamous plot to degrade the Judges of Ireland by granting the AGITATOR the Committee lie has required— a concession concocted between Mr. LITTLETON and Lord ALTHORP. to write to Mr. Baron SMITH, to say, " that although he might express disapprobation of some parts of his conduct, he should not say anything that could wound his feelings, and that he should oppose O'CONNELL'S motion," we must say, we think that Mr. LITTLETON'S conduct demands the most distinct explanation. If such trickery as tills is suffered, how can any question be fairly discussed. A still more important matter for consideration, however, remains— we mean the conduct of a Government which can so trifle with a most important subject, as to come down to the House to oppose a motion, and then, without any sufficient cause, turn round and support the AGITATOR ( denounced in the KING'S Speech) against the Judge, who had anticipated the KING'S command for all loyal subjects by every means in their power to discourage the AGITATOR and his repeal of the Union. Mr. LITTLETON admitted in his speech that Judges from the Bench must occasionally introduce politics. Mr. STAN- LEY not only made the same admission, but actually has, as Secretary for Ireland, warmly praised the speeches of Mr. Baron SMITH ; but his speech in November last, happens to express some disapprobation of the Whig administration: therefore, the Judge, formerly so lauded, is to be denounced by a Committee, for doing what, he had been formerly encou- raged to do, and which the KING'S Speecli enjoins him to do. Contrast this conduct of the Whigs with that of the Tories in the caseof the Irish Judge, FLETCHER !— But it would be a mere waste of words to digress upon what every man, in and out of the office, feels to have been the disgraceful conduct of the Government, and which Sir JAMES GRAHAM so well and so pointedly expressed. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, " ^ gave him great pain to differ from his colleagues, but as his CHA- RACTER teas dearer to him than any other consideration, he should therefore OPPOSE the motion SUPPORTED BY GOVERN- MENT !" Mr. SPRING RICE concurred with Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and divided against Ministers. Surely this is the most infamous mockery of justice, not on the part of the House of Commons, but upon the part of the Government, that ever was heard of. Our limits will only allow us to recommend Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech as a most able, eloquent, constitutional, and manly piece of argument; and, as the nomination of the Committee is postponed for ten days, we most respectfully beg the attention of the Irish Judges, as a body, to the speech of Sir JAMES SCARLETT, who distinctly said, " That if they ( the Irish Judges) were the independent body of men, which he believed them lo be, they ought to resign, if the Committee actually sat and reported." We earnestly trust that tfiey will lose 110 time in vindi- cating their independence; and as the Church has rallied round its exemplary Primate, they will rally round the vene- rable Judge, so unjustly given up to the vengeance of the agitators, protesting by a memorial to the KING against the conduct of the Government, and exposing the fatal conse- quences which must ensue to their independence, if this party- attack upon one of their body be permitted to go on ; and if no redress is then to be obtained from the SOVEREIGN, unfor- tunately in the hands of a Whig faction,— RESIGN. To turn out a Bishop, or a Judge, or a Magistrate, to be hunted by Radicals and demagogues, was always a favourite sport of the Whigs when in Opposition; but they must be taught as a MINISTRY, a great moral lesson, that these freaks are as dangerous to their places as they are disgraceful to what they value much less— their character. WE take credit to ourselves for calling attention to the quiet, continued, and unmitigated draft of King LEOPOLD'S annuity, since his MAJESTY'S exaltation to the Throne of Belgium— the letters of Baron STOCKMAR and the admissions of Lord ALTHORP, entirely corroborate our statements, and justify the few observations we ventured to make upon them. WE have elsewhere to- day offered our opinion upon the case of Baron SMITH, but it is not merely the dry considera- tion of this most important question, that will satisfy the • country as to the conduct of those by whom it lias been per- mitted to appear before the people in the shape which it has Bow assumed. We hope— indeed we believe— that Mr. LITTLETON will be desired to explain his former explanation; namely, that had Mr. O'CONNELL moved for a Committee to enquire into the conduct of Mr. Baron SMITH, as originally intended, with a view to his removal from the Bench, he would have opposed his motion, but having altered his motion, he would support it. Now Mr. O'CONNELL'S motion was substantially the same, for he, in the course of his speech, said, he moved the Committee with the ulterior view of Baron SMITH'S removal. Supposing Mr. LITTLETON'S pettifogging ingenuity may still be adequate to support this distinction without a differ- ence, how is he, as a gentleman and a Minister, to explain the following fact: that during Mr. O'CONNELL'S speech— that gentleman having stated the terms in which he should move for a Committee, as a preliminary measure to the removal of Mr. Baron SMITH from the Bench— he, Mr. LITTLETON, ac- tually sent Mr. STUART MACKENZIE across the House to Mr. SHAW, [ to beg him to answer Mr. O'CONNELL— he, Mr. LITTLETON, reserving himself to reply to the other Irish Mem- bers ; thus lulling Mr. SHAW, and many other friends of jus- tice. into the false security that Government meant to oppose the motion. Five minutes before Mr. O'CONNELL sat down, Mr. LITTLETON sent to say he should support the motion. Coupling this most extraordinarily disingenuous conduct with the fact that he had authorized— nay, requested— Mr. SHAW WE last week stated that M. GOBLET had been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Belgium to that of Prussia. We understand that there is a demur to the reception of M. GOBLET on the part of the Prussian Sove- reign. It is said that the King of PRUSSIA feels justly indignant at the ingratitude shewn by M. GOBLET towards the Prince of ORANGE, whose Aide- de- Camp he was, and from whom he experienced the greatest kindness and atten- tion, which he repaid by basely deserting the Prince at the time of the Revolution in Belgium. As to the demur about Sir STRATFORD CANNING'S re- ception at Petersburgh, Sir STRATFORD declares that he will not resign his embassy— he has been appointed, and is ready to go. The KING, he says, may of course remove him, but give up he will not. The EMPEROR will not have him at any rate— and so England goes unrepresented in Russia. English importance and English diplomacy seem to signify very little; for, as we said last week, America is so perfectly indifferent about us, that she writes word that, as soon as it is perfectly convenient, she will send a Minister to London. As to our French politics and policy, it seems, from what we hear, that CUPID is not so blameable as people may imagine, for that all the measures which appear to emanate ( not that there are many) from our Foreign Office, are all cooked up and settled in Paris by Lord GRANVILLE and the French Ministers. This gives a little uneasiness ; but, as the French Government choose that course, the blind archer is forced to submit. SHAKSPEARE says, in that most appro- priately to- be- alluded- to play of Much Ado about Nothing— " Some, CUPID kills with arrows— some with traps:" — different, indeed, is our CUPID of Downing- street— his wounding days are past, and all his traps are failures. In another place, the immortal bard affords a very curious de- scription, perhaps even more applicable to the Noble Viscount than the former: Rosaline says— " Thou art on old love- monger, and speakest skilfully:" To which Maria, looking at him, replies— " He is CCPID'S grandfather, and learns news of him." Love's Labour Lost, Act II. Sc. 1. former one. No imputation could rest upon the character of the petitioners, with reference to the misconduct of the Clerk, as the appointment of that individual was coeval with their own. Mr. HODGSON, one of the petitioners, has printed and cir- culated a statement of his case, in support of the observations of the Hon. Member for Truro, which we have read. It is, of course, inadmissible into a newspaper on account of its length; but it completely establishes ( as it appears to us) the in- nocence of Mr. HODGSON not only in any participation in the criminality, but even of a suspicion of the errors in the account, to which, in perfect reliance upon the honour and honesty of a Clerk not appointed by himself, he, as a matter of duty, affixed his signature. Mr. HODGSON, in conclusion, admits that he was imprudent in relying so implicitly upon another officer, and in accepting the assurances of two other persons as to the correctness of the books, who, after all, appear to have been equally imposed upon with himself by the artifices of an individual, who had been employed by the late Clerk to falsify the accounts, and who, as soon as that Clerk dies, de- nounces thesurvivors, because they refuse to obtain for him a situation which he desires to hold. Mr. HODGSON concludes his statement with these words:— " From the foregoing statement I trust that it will be appa- " rent to every unprejudiced mind, that the utmost which- " can be laid to my charge is, a neglect of the exercise of " that control over the Court- books which would have pre- " vented the evils consequent upon it, and from which no " misplaced confidence, or other motive, should have de- " terred me. For this neglect I, in conjunction with my " colleague, must suffer. " Acquitted in the ordeal of my own conscience of ever " having, during a period of above twenty- two years' service " as one of the Clerks of the Court, committed one disho- " nourable or oppressive act, I here close my statement, with " a firm reliance upon the justice of the public, in whose " hands I leave it." Of ourselves we know nothing of Mr. HODGSON ; hut his case having been sent to us, we think ourselves bound to ex- press an opinion upon it, which we do without favour or prejudice. IT will be seen, in the reports of proceedings in tlie House of Commons, that Mr. TOOKE presented a petition from the two principal Clerks in the Court of Requests, praying to be permitted to substitute a correct return of their accounts, for a false one which had been made to the House under the fol- lowing circumstances :— The Clerk whose duty it was to make out the returns had filled a situation in the Court for a great number of years without the slightest suspicion being attached to any part of his conduct. This Clerk, however, who is since dead, was in the habit of embezzling great sums of money, and, in order to conceal the fraud, had made a return coincident with the sums from time to time deficient. The petitioners, placing the greatest confidence in the integrity of this Clerk, were in total ignorance of the nature of the return, but admitted that a balance of 1,0001. was due to tbe creditors, for which they were personally liable. They were moreover desirous in the first instance to set themselves right with the House, by substituting a correct return, and withdrawing the AVE return with encreased satisfaction to the subject of the " Declaration of the Laity of the Church of England," to which we have already so frequently called the attention of our readers. No subject can be more congenial to our feel- ings, as none can be more consistent, with the great objects, for the promotion of which this journal has so long and so successfully struggled. We have fought the battle of the Constitution under circumstances most adverse to the in- culcation of right principles and genuine British feeling— we have stemmed the tide of popular frenzy, when political charlatans and professing philanthropists, in their ignorance ofthe noble qualities of their countrymen, calculated upon the supposed blindness of understanding and coldness of heart of a capricious, but intelligent generation— we have torn the mask from the traitor, and exhibited in the nakedness of his natural deformity the hollow and the selfish, the pander to the passions and slave to the prejudices of a confiding and deluded people— we have often and successfully exerted our best talents and energies to divert into a sate and beneficial channel those ardent and noble feelings, the very fervency and strength of which, render an Englishman too often a dupe to the designs, and a victim to the arts, of a base but insidious- policy. Through seasons of doubt and dismay, when a temporary delirium Ted superficial observers to fear that the mental facul- ties of the mass of society were permanently impaired, we were always encouraged and supported by a confidence and a knowledge that the great bulk of our fellow- subjects were free from the contagion, and sound at heart; and that they only required an occasion worthy of their noble qualities, to exhibit a rectitude of principle, and determination of pur- pose, equal to the crisis of their country's fate. The fox and the monkey have too long usurped the dominion ofthe forest. The lion is at length roused ; and the shaking of his mane has already stricken terror into the hearts of the inferior beasts of prey, who had been prowling in confident hope that his slumbers were symptoms of decripitude. AVe have been led into these reflections by the gratifying circumstances which have come to our knowledge, as to the successful results which have already attended the labours of the friends of tlie Church associated throughout the kingdom, either ill separate District Committees, or in connection and direct co- operation with the Central Committee now sitting in London. To borrow the language of an eloquent writer, " a cord has been touched of exquisite sensibility, and the sensation has vibrated to the heart of" Britain. We speak not now of the firm, but humble and pious, ex- pression of feeling and principle, which has proceeded from the Clergy of the Establishment, and which has led to the noble reply of our venerable Primate. The disciples of a cold arid calculating expediency, might discover in this, motives akin to the principles of their utili- tarian creed; nor would we, in this place, allude to the Laity in communion with the Church, for to them, the disciples of the same school, might be inclined to impute similar low and unworthy objects. On arguments, drawn from these sources, strong and cogent as they are to unprejudiced and honourable minds, we would not now dwell; but suspicious and malig- nant, indeed, must be the man who could under- rate the evi- dence of such persons as the present crisis of public affairs has called forth, to bear testimony to the value and services of the Church of England. We stated, oil a former occasion, our confidence, that the more sincere and pious members of the Dissenting Body, toge- ther with the great bulk of the Wesleyan Methodists, were far from participating in the rancorous spirit of hostility ex- hibited by the more violent and republican members. AVe have since received ample confirmation of what we then expressed as our belief. Ill various places the AVesleyan Methodists have come forward warmly in reprobation of the principles and designs of the enemies of the Church. As a striking instance, we would mention a most numerous and respect able public meeting of the friends of the Church at Hull, where one of the principal speakers was a AVesleyan Metho- dist ( Mr. HENWOOD), a man of great influence and high character, a passage from whose speech we make 110 apology for quoting:— " So far fr6m considering that a brighter day would never dawn upon England than that which witnesses the separation of Church from the State, I am rather disposed to say, upon the calmest view I can take of the question, that it would be a day of clouds and of thick dark- ness : and I am sure, in the place of sunshine, it will be a time When sheeted rain comes down, And whirlwinds howl aloud. I do sincerely believe that such a separation would only lead, I might almost say necessarily lead, to a strife for the mastery, and then we February 16. JOHN BULL. 53 should witness a scene of things the very opposite to that which we have now the pleasure of witnessing in our land. It confirms us in this view of the things, when most eminent men, of undoubted piety, and ardent zeal for the glory of God and the benefit of their fellow- creatures, among the Diss'enters, have deprecated any such mea- sures. They have written upon the provision by which we have been enabled to worship God, each under his own vine and under his own fig- tree, none daring to make him afraid, with the feelings becoming Christians. I cannot conceive a happier state of things 111 any com- munity-, than that which we witness in our own happy land;— a Church which, from its alliance with the State, provides for the due exercise of devotion in every place throughout the land,— which pro- vides for the proper celebration of divers important ceremonies, and gives an opportunity for most kind and friendly interchanges between the Clergy and Laity; while at the same time that the State does all that it can to ensure" this regularity, it also, in the genuine spirit of liberty, allows every man who maintains the peace of the comnon- wealth, to exert himself, in a voluntary way, to the utmost of his ability, to promote the cause of virtue and religion among us." Such are the sentiments of a genuine disciple of the vene- rable WESLEY. Another instance of disinterested sympathy, and of spontaneous testimony to the blessings which have flowed from the Reformed Church of England, has been af- forded by the following Declaration of the Ministers, Elders, and others, members of two congregations of Scotch Pres- byterians residing in Liverpool aed its neighbourhood:— " We, the undersigned Ministers, Elders, and others, members of the Established Presbyterian Church of Scotland, residing in this town and neighbourhood, consider it an imperative duty at the pre- sent crisis of public affairs, to make the following Declaration:— " 1 Tli; it, differing more or less in our religious doctrines with the English Dissenters of all denominations, and nolding in great abhor- rence the tenets of the sect generally styled English Presbyterians, whether Unitarians, Socinians, or Arians, we particularly disagree with the whole of them, by upholding, as we do, the vital importance of a National Establishment for the maintenance and increase of pure and undefiled religion. " ' That we consider the Established Church of England, in doc- trine as one of the most pure and undefiled of the Christian churches. " ' That we regard her as the noblest ally of our own National Church, in the defence of the bulwarks of Protestantism against our impure, insatiable, common adversary. " ' That we reverence her, as having furnished more than any Church whatever, in her authors, the most successful champions of the cross of Christ, against infidel writers. " ' And that we should account as a calamity to the whole Chris- tian world, the spoliation of the Church of England, or its over- throw as the National Church of the greatest portion of the British Empire.'" The above important document has been transmitted through Lord SANDON to the Central Committee in Suffolk- street, who have acknowledged it in the following terms, intended by them to convey the high sense they entertain of its value :— " That the feelings of satisfaction which the sentiments contained in the Declaration are calculated to inspire are greatly enhanced in the opinion of this Committee by the consideration that the testimony therein borne to the blessings w'hich have flowed to this country and the world from the Church of England, and to the services she has rendered to the cause of pure and undefiled religion, proceeds spon- taneously from a body of persons unconnected with that Church, ex- cepting by the bond of a common Christianity, and influenced only by sympathies of the highest and purest kind, and by an intelligent appreciation of the value and importance of a National Establish- ment of Religion." Those who have read Dr. CHALMERS'S admirable work on Endowments, and his subsequent publications, will not wonder at such sentiments as we have quoted proceeding from such a quarter. We would take this opportunity of recommending a work recently published by the Rev. ROBERT MEEK, for- merly a Dissenting Minister, now a Clergyman of the Esta- blishment, which contains, in a compendious form, much valuable information and powerful argument— it is entitled Reasons for Attachment and Conformity to the Church of England. To return, however, to the particular subject to which we wish to attract the public mind. The accounts received from all parts of England and Wales are most satisfactory. Bir- mingham, as a centre of operations, has already returned up- wards of 10,000 signatures. In many places Dissenters, and even Dissenting Ministers, have signed. In short, so far as any estimate can at present be formed of the result of the cir- culation of the Declaration, there is everything to encourage and stimulate the friends of national religion. However gratifying and powerful might have been an uni- versal expression of feeling through the medium of one form of words, yet the very exceptions which have occurred, and the jealousy, exhibited in some few places, of being merged in a general and uniform movement, of itself indicates a pro- portionate sincerity and depth of attachment to the common object of our affections. It has been the determination of the Central Committee, at all events, to afford an opportunity to every district and parish, to record their sentiments in a shape which, without pledging those who sign to any opinion on the debateable subject of Church Reform, contains an explicit avowal of the essential principles on which all leg slation on such high and sacred matters ought to be conducted. One word in conclusion. Churchmen! whilst you stand forward in defence of the fabric, shew yourselves also mind- ful of the objects and principles of the Church. Pillars within are at least as necessary as buttresses without. Support her venerable societies, whose vigour and extensive usefulness are daily encreasing. Prove the sincerity of your attachment by following the example of the Bishop of CHESTER, and encou- raging, by your influence and your wealth, the building of places of worship, and providing the means of scriptural edu- cation to a rapidly growing population. Since writing the above, we have been informed that the Dissenters, under the leadership of Mr. WILKES, contemplate a meeting in Exeter Hall. We rejoice at this, as a step of this kind is only wanting to expose their designs and awaken Churchmen to a sense of their danger, and the necessity for action. In connexion with the above subject, and as a specimen of the truly Christian spirit in which certain levellers would ap- proach " the discussion of a question involving the temporal and eternal interests of millions, we subjoin a copy of a pla- card, which has been extensively posted on the walls of the City, and elsewhere. It needs no comment from us, being so well calculated of itself to open the eyes of those who will see: " TO THE INHABITANT RATE- PAYERS OF ST. BOTOLPH, BISHOPSGATE. " FELLOW PARISHIONERS, " A hand- bill is now in the course of circulation, purporting to be ' a Declaration of the Laity of the Church of England,' but which IN REALITY is for the purpose of entrapping the signatures of the pa- rishioners, to be hereafter used according to that Declaration—' to unhold the Establishment unimmired ill as security and efficiency." claration,' the richest legacy of their forefathers;' and it is notlikely they will give it up without a struggle, and that a determined one. Again, therefore, I say, BE ON YOUR GUARD ! WITHHOLD YOUR SIG- NATURES, and let the supporters of ' the richest legacy' see that the time is now come, when the compulsory support of the Establish- ment must be ABOLISHED, and when the riches must be bestowed upon those who have a greater right to them— the POOR. " AN OLD INHABITANT." THE provincial papers are loud in their declarations that the Duke of DEVONSHIRE is to retain the office of Chamberlain. We have stated, what we believe to be the fact, that the Duke of SUTHERLAND is to be— if he will— his Grace's successor. A letter has been published in all the newspapers as coming from the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, which to our mind adds considerable strength to our view of his Grace's retirement from office, for his'Grace writes word to Sir AUGUSTUS CLIF- FORD, that he has " not only thrown aside his crutches, but given up his stick." This is conclusive! IT has not been our habit to talk gravely about trifles. We have laughed at a Whig blunder about pence, which the Member for Middlesex would think paramount to the most exciting question of national honour,— we have mixed some merriment even with the irrepressible scorn which attaches to lordly cravings for profit and patronage,— but there is a point at which pusillanimity, and imbecility, and adhesion to office, mean and ludicrous as they may be in themselves, yet become, by their consequences, too darkly calamitous to let in even a cross- gleam of ridicule;— and, therefore, when, for the sake of a week's respite to the Government from a despicable agi- tation, they are content to sacrifice the entire independence of justice in Ireland, to barter the whole civil and social se- curity of several millions of the people, the very mildest term, to express an honest feeling, must be that word, which they, who sounded it trumpet- tongued through the lips of their Sovereign, are afraid even to whisper through their own, — INDIGNATION. " I have seen with feelings of deep regret and just indignation the continuance of attempts to excite the people of that country to demand a Repeal of the Legislative Union. " This bond of our national strength and safety I have already declared my fixed and unalterable resolution, under the blessing of Divine Providence, to maintain inviolate by all the means in my power. " In support of this determination I cannot doubt the zealous and effectual co- operation of my Parliament and my people. " To the practices which have been used to produce disaffection to the State, and mutual distrust and animosity between the people of the two countries, is chiefly to be attributed the spirit of insurbordi- nation, which, though for the present in a great degree controlled by the power of the law, has been but too perceptible in many instances. " To none more than to the deluded instruments of the agitation thus perniciously excited is the continuance of such a spirit produc- tive of the most ruinous consequences; and the united and vigorov exertions of the loyal and well- affected, in aid of the Government, are imperiously required to put an end to a system of excitement and violence, which, while it continues, is destructive of the peace of society, and, if successful, must inevitably prove fatal to the power and safety of the United Kingdom." Such were the terms in which, on the 4th of February, the resolves of the Government were proclaimed to the agitators of Ireland , and the sanguine people, ever ready to trust hope against experience, almost credited that Ministers would fulfil the engagement. For nine days ( the proverbial duration of a wonder) their faith remained, to all appearance, unbroken ; although there had been an open annunication of an attack, to be directed, for this time, not against the episcopal, but the judicial bench. The friends of the individual Judge, who had been singled out as the mark of the disturbers, for having denounced the tendency of their schemes, were assured by Ministers that lie should be protected from the meditated violence. That assurance was not inconsiderately given. Possibly a greater person than the Members of the Cabinet had become impressed with the necessity of a check to the Irish movement. It was plain that if the seats of justice could be broken down,— as the Church and the Government had been already,— if the Judges of the land could be brought to quail and shiver in every breath of the agitators,— the last security of the King's subjects in Ireland was gone; and Repeal, or Revolution, or Rebellion ( or whatever else be the name the Evil Spirit rejoices in), would walk that kingdom uncurbed. Has any prisoner, then, among those who were tried so unsea- sonably before Baron SMITH, represented by petition that injustice was done him ? Did counsel or solicitors remonstrate with the Judge against the continuance of proceedings, under circumstances exhausting their strength to their clients' dis- advantage ? Not a word to such a purpose. Why this, then, can never be the real cause of complaint. There must be some other sorer imputation. Truly there is— that Mr. Baron SMITH, in a charge delivered by him last October to a Grand Jury, expatiated to them on the pernicious consequences of the doctrines propagated by Mr. O'CONNELL and his com- rades. They felt the importance of stifling all influential opposition; but, above all, of bridling the Courts of Law. If they could overawe the Judges, they might riot in impunity. But how to make the attack ? Accuse the men you fear of adulterating law with politics; denounce them as political Judges; the character is popularly odious; and when you have defiled them with that pitch, you will have tliem quickly combustible to your firebrands. But what new and squeamish fancy is this, that a Judge is not at liberty to address a Grand Jury, in general terms, oil the state of the country in whit h they live ?— not in reference to a particular indictment, but in general terms. No doubt, if he influences them by a political discourse to find a bill asrainst a political offender, he betrays his duty; but if, as in this case, no political offender stands indicted before them, where is the undue influence ? The most that can be said is, here, that this passage of the charge was irrelevant to the calendar. The Judge, therefore, is to be impeached in this instance, not for having used a topic which might prejudice an accused person, but for having used a topic by which there was no person who could be prejudiced. We must be per- mitted too, to say, that the tone and habits of Ireland and its Courts are not such as to make an expression necessarily censurable there, which would, perhaps, be thought a little too fervid iu England. We are of a calmer temperament than our Irish neighbours; and those nice refinements of guarded, chastened speech, which Sir. O'CONNELL insists on with so very good a grace, are not yet quite matured in a country w hose civilization has not had time to reach the precise point attained by the course of her elder sister. These, then, are the offences for which the KING'S Minis- ters have handed over a Judge to an Inquisition of Irish Re- pealers— they, the Ministers, who ( rightly enough in the ab- stract, but most grossly in reference to their own former tenets) enacted a Coercion Bill to quiet agitation! Last Ses- sion they sentenced the demagogues to be tried by the Judges — this year they condemn the Judges to be tried by the de- magogues ! Truly, an impartial dispensation, where each man takes his turn ! Of the many evils under which Ireland labours, that which has been generally deemed the most fatal to her well- doing, is the denial of justice in her legal procedure : a denial which all the successive Governments have agreed in imputing to the constant intimidation of witnesses and Juries by the force of the agitating faction. Well, to make that denial of justice quite complete, quite universal, one thing was wanting— the intimidation of the Judges also. Ministers have now sup- plied that deficiency— they have proclaimed to Ireland, more plainly than words— at least more plainly than any words of theirs ever speak— that the Judges hold their offices at the pleasure of the ' Repealers. The Judges are dis- seated— and with them, thelast hope of tranquillity for Ireland. uphold unimpaired in its efficiency which, if words mean anything, is to uphold the present INIQUITOUS jrractiee of compelling ALL classes of men to support a system from which thei/ conscientiously dissent. It is to maintain the connection of the Church with the State— the Bishops in the House of Lords— and the enormous revenues of Rectors, Deans, and Pluralists. " But, fellow parishioners, while I would say BE ON YOUR GUARD ! it is not at nil surprising that these efforts are being made to support an Establishment tottering to its fall. They are now in possession of the loaves and fishes, or, as they very properly term it in their de- The night of the 13th of February arrived, and the Ministers, reinforced by their carefully- assembled auxiliaries, were in full array. The assailants rushed on to the charge, and, as then seemed certAin, to their own immediate overthrow;— when, on the instant,— without resistance, without notice, without parley,— the KING'S Officers, panic- struck by the mere front of an eneinv, pronounced the base cry of Craven, and placed victory and Ireland in the hands of the O'CONNELLS. If Mr. O'CONNELL were entitled to so high a feeling as pride, how ashamed must he be of a- triumph over such opponents! But perhaps the Ministers, in consenting to put a Judge upon his trial before a Committee of Inquiry of the House of Commons ( a rather formidable precedent to all who may one day or other be voted malignants), found themselves suddenly compelled to investigation, by some unlooked for imputation of gross partiality or corruption in the Learned Baron. If any of our readers have chanced to leave unread the memorable debate of Thursday night, with how great astonishment will they learn what the charges are, to which a venerable Judge is to plead bare- headed before the tri- bunes of the people! It is not because we lament the re- peated dissipation of public time in frivolous enquiries, that we speak thus earnestly:— if the question were merely which is the traitor, among a number of persons who all dislike at least the name,— we should complacently enough see the Reformed Parliament do nothing, rather than do mischief: but when a Judge is brought to trial, the lighter the accusation the more grievous the precedent; for against any grave allega- tion, his own rectitude will protect him ; but against the annoy- ance and mortification of a frivolous one, neither integrity nor caution can be a safeguard. What then are the charges? The first is, that Mr. Baron SMITH has sat late; less often from ten to five, which seem to be the canonical hours, than from eleven to six ; and on one occasion he was guilty of sitting from the middle of the day till six o'clock in the follow- ing morning. Why this is no more than every Judge does, and is deemed to do most fitly, when, by any chance, the calendar of the Assizes is too heavy to be disposed of within the ordinary hours. Nay— to say nothing about the urgent duty of clearing the gaols— have the colleagues of Lord BROUGHAM never heard how that eminent person, in 1831, sate in Lincoln's Inn Hall, through the heats of August, night after night, till night was at odds with morning, the Bar asleep before him, his own eyes repeatedly overcome by the drowsy influences, and all this without any neces- sity at all more imperative than an ardent zeal to finish the work in hand, even at the price of some inconvenience ? THE more the political character of the Duke of WELLING- TON comes to be investigated, the more closely it is examined, and the more clearly it is developed, the greater become the reasons for popular admiration and respect. Never, perhaps, was character put to a stronger test than that, to which, by every possible treachery and meanness, that of the DUKE has been submitted. In the two following letters, one from the DUKE to the King of PORTUGAL, and the other from M. ZEA de BER- MUDEZ to His MAJESTY, are displayed the firmness, magna- nimity, wisdom, and humanity of our illustrious Hero— they will be read with avidity and pleasure, and we have no hesita- tion in submitting them both, observing only upon that of the DUKE, that it affords not only evidence of his integrity and wisdom in its matter, but of vigour, conciseness, and appro- priateness in its manner and construction :— COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO DON MIGUEL. " London, Sept. 28, 1830. " Sir,— I have had the honour of receiving your Royal Highness's letter of the lltli instant. " Your Royal Higlmes does me justice in believing that I feel a sincere interest in the welfare of the nations of the Peninsula, and that I lament their misfortunes, not only as a servant of the King my master, the faithful and efficient ally of both nations, but as an individual. " Your Royal Highness will recollect the urgent representations made by this Government, by command of the late King, at the mo- mentat which your Royal Highness adopted the course which occa- sioned the discontinuance of the diplomatic relations between His MAJESTY and Portugal. " Those representations were, and I am apprehensive will continue to be, prophetic. The state of Portugal at the present moment— the state of the city of Lisbon from that moment to this— that in which your Royal Highness has lived in your own palace, must convince your Royal Highness that the advice which the KING'S servants gave to your Royal Highness, by command of the KING their master, was founded on a just view of the state of affairs in Portugal, and in the world, and of the consequences which would follow the course of conduct adopted by your Royal Highness. " Your Royal Highness now appears to think that the evils by which your country is afflicted, and those of which your Royal High- ness feels the conseqnences; are to be attributed to the discontinu- ance of the diplomatic relations between His MAJESTY and Portugal. Your Royal Highness is mistaken. The evils by which Portugal is afflicted are to be attributed to the nature of the Government. " Your Royal Highness is the head of a party, and not the father of your people. The Government under your Royal Highness's auspices act upon the principles of a party. IT is necessary that they should so act, because a vast proportion of the nobility, the men of property, the magistrates, the men of the learned professions, officers of the army and navy, besides others, have been banished from the country, or are in confinement, on account of acts which are, in fact., acts of fidelity to a Sovereign to which the whole of Portugal— the whole Royal family, including your Royal Highness— swore allegiance, and whose rightful possession of the Crown was recog- nized by every Power in Europe excepting his Catholic Majesty. " The view which all these Powers and persons took of the right of succession to the Crown of Portugal upon the death of the King your father may have been erroneous; the great majority of the people of Portugal have decided that it was so; it may be desirable to alter the view which we had taken, but this is certain, those who own allegi- ance to another claimant to the Crown ought not to suffer for the con duct which they had sworn to follow. , _ " The state of affairs has altered. The kingdom of Portugal wishes that your Royal Highness should be their Sovereign. But jus- tice requires that those should be pardoned who had sworn allegi- ance to another Sovereign, and have acted accordingly. " I have already stated that good policy requires that this course should be adopted. Portugal can never be considered m a state of tranquillity or safety as long as such a large proportion of its men of property, talent, and activity are ill- treated, greatly dissatisfied, and 42 JOHiN BULL. February 9. consequently in a state of hostility against tlie Government and its head, and daily exposing both, as well as themselves, to the risk of a contest. " I need not assure your Royal Highness that I do not doubt your good intentions, but! must see the commencement at least of an order of things which will insure public repose and security, the only foundation of public happiness and prosperity, before'I can venture to advise the KING, my master, to renew" his diplomatic rel ations with Portugal. " I have the honour to be, with the highest considerations and respect, your Royal Highness's most obedient humble servant, " WELL] NGTON, Duke of Victoria. " His Royal Highness the Infante Don MIGUEL.'"' The effect of this masterly, commanding appeal to the Portuguese Monarch, we have most unfortunately not been permitted to witness, for it has been ascertained that the letter M as withheld from His MAJESTY— at least, when it was disco- vered, it was yet unopened. The letter contains ample cor- roboration of the statements we have invariably made as to the feet " that the kingdom of Portugal wished i) on MIGUEL to be their Sovereign." It admits the belief in the KING'S good intentions— it advises that which every merciful Christian would uphold, a general amnesty— yet this letter remained unopened— why, will iu time be explained. The despatch from M. ZEA de BERMUDEZ is matter of history, but so intimately connected with our own times, and so strongly illustrative of the unchanging honesty and straightforwardness of the DUKE, that an extract from it forms the most fitting sequel to his Grace's letter ; it is dated February 19, 1830:— " I yesterday had an interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON, and made use of the strongest and weightiest arguments contained in the despatches of the Most Excellent Senhor the First Secretary of State, and of the despatch which he had just received by extraor- dinary courier, to induce him no longer to delay the recognition, considered indispensable by your Government until the perform- ance ofthe act, now advised by the Earl of ABERDEEN— namely, a general amnesty in the full meaning of the word. " After hearing me, the Prime Minister broke out into bitter com- plaints against your Government for having done little or nothing *( so the Duke said) in accordance with the disinterested counselsand friendly admonitions of England; and for having, by its indecision, let slip every occasion which would have enabled His BRITANNIC MAJESTY to accelerate the consummation of that very event which it so ardently desires. The Portuguese Govennent ( he added) had always lost sight of its true position with respect to Great Britain and the other Powers who had formally recognized Don PEDRO as the legitimate King of PORTUGAL, and'Donna MARIA da GLORIA as Sueen in consequence of the abdication of her father. This fatal indness of the Court of Lisbon was ( he observed) the principal reason why this affair was so much embroiled; the importance of the serious difficulties, which are now obvious, being so great, that the former plans are insufficient to remove the obstacles which beset its successful conclusion. " The late news from Rio de Janeiro ( continued the Prime Minis- ter), and the arrival at London of one Mascarenhas ( Tomas de Assis) with despatches from persons who possess Don PEDRO'S confidence here, leave no doubt bnt that it is in agitation to establish immedi- ately in the island of Terceira a Regency Government in the name of Donna MARIA da GLORIA ; so that in that place will commence to be put in practice, by means of pecuniary aid, which will cer- tainly be obtained here in one way or another, and the military and naval succours which were coming from Rio de Janeiro, the plan of operations which til * y meditate against Portugal or her ultramarine possessions. Allied as England is with Don PEDRO and Donna MARIA da GLORIA, and forced by former acts to proceed in this matter in accordance with other Powers, she will not be at liberty to frustrate these attempts unless Don MIGUEL promptly resolves to open for her the only road that remains, and that with due dignity, and with all the haste which the urgency of the circumstances re- quires. This can only be done by the concession, withoutloss of time, of a general amnesty, in favour of all the Portuguese compromised in the cause of Donna MARIA da GLORIA, without exception of any person, however greatmightbe the degree of guilt attributed to him"; but at the same time naming a fixed period, not under three months, within which it would be necessary for parties to apply for the bene- fit of the act. " ' I repeat to you ( continued the Duke) what I have on other occasions stated to you, and I beg of you to have the goodness to communicate to thePortugueseGovernment, in order that there may be no mistake as to our intentions, that England does not exact the amnesty as an express condition of recognition, differing on this point alone from the view taken by the other Powers; the motive for her adopting this preliminary resolution, and which she will avow pub- licly when the case occurs, is her inviolable system of not intermed- dling in the internal affairs of other countries. There is another private reason, which I will communicate to you confidentially, and which is for ourselves, and perhaps for your Government, not less worthy of attention. If we make an express condition of the amnesty, it will involve us in the obligation of protecting those included in it, if they afterwards should consider themselves aggrieved by its infrac- tion— a compromise which we are resolved to avoid; and for this there is the more reason, since were such a case to occur, aud the com- plainants were not listened to by the British Ministry, they would ~ not fail to appeal to Parliament for redress against us: thus occasion would tie given for disagreeable discussions with the Portu- guese Goverrment, which foresight ought now to avert.' " Towards two cardinal points, the Minister observes, all the atten- tion of the Portuguese Government should be directed. The first of these is the consideration due to the honour of the principal Powers of Europe, who, with the exception of Spain, have all acknowledged Donna MARIA da GLORIA as the legitimate Sovereign of Portugal, by this act approving and even sanctioning the conduct of those Portu- guese who have espoused her cause, from which it results, that when the period arrives for dissolving anterior ties, for the purpose of pro- ceeding to acknowledge Don MIGUEL, they could not, nor would they desire to leave forsaken and proscribed, those who like them, hold or affect to hold, Donna MARIA da GLORIA for the lawful suc- cessor of Don JUAN VI., because by'so doing, they would be militat- ing against their own policy, and would be committing a piece of injustice, a. sacrifice of dignity and decorum which Spam and Por- tugal could by no title demand from the rest of Europe. The second point is, that it will be best for the interest of Don MIGUEL to cast a veil over past events, and to wash out even the memory of the poli- tical commotions those events have engendered, for the purpose of consolidating himself on the throne, and securing the continuance of tranquillity m Portugal." The disclosure of these papers satisfactorily accounts for the delay in the recognition of the King of PORTUGAL by the Duke of WELLINGTON'S Government. The same influence which kept the Duke's letter unopened, might very naturally have withheld the communications of M. ZEA BERMUDEZ ; and to the manoeuvring ofthe Lisbon cabinet, or the gratifica- tion of some private pique against certain individuals, may be attributed all the ills that have fallen on Portugal. All we now contend for is, the uprightness and wisdom of our then Prime Minister. LAW REFORM. Nothing can be more cheering than the bright prospects which are daily disclosing themselves in all our Courts of Law, Equity, and Justice, derived from the genial influence of Legal Reform. Last week or the week before, we had the gratification of hearing, upon the testimony of such men as Sir EDWARD SUGDEN and Mr. KNIGHT, that the results of the new regulations in Chancery were, a great encrease of difficulty and delay in the proceedings, and a still greater en- crease of expense to the suitor. Turn we now to another T5 ibunal, which has been favoured by alterations of a similar nature. At the sitting of the Prerogative Court on Monday last, in a case, Barnes against Mansel— " The COURT intimated its intention of admitting the allegation, recommending the counsel to curtail and compress it. The Learned Judge expressed his regret that the form of pleading had altered, and that so much of inference was now introduced instead of facts and declarations, which would enable the Court to draw inferences This vicious practice 7iot only consumed the time of the Court, but en- creased the expense of suitors. " Dr. ADDA. MS wished thatthe Court would lay down some express rules upon this point. He could not perceive that inferences could be excluded without sometimes excluding the very information which was necessary to direct the Court JIS to the nature of the case. " Sir JOHN NICHOLL acknowledged that it was difficult to lay down specific rules upon this head, and that inferences were sometimes necessary to be introduced; but he thought that too great a latitude had been assumed of late. The Court would be very unwilling to exclude any part of the allegation in this peculiar " and important case, which might be necessary in order to arrive at justice.' A GREAT fuss has been made in some of the papers about a meeting which has been held in All- liallows Barking, on the subject of the numerous pieces of preferment held by- Mr. DAWSON, who has just been presented to the living of that parish by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, in which Chapter he himself is a Prebendary. The newspapers first, and subsequently the persons com- posing this meeting, stated that Mr. DAWSON held seven pieces of preferment, which they thus enumerated :— 1. The living of Chislehurst. 2. A Stall at Canterbury. 3. The St « 5- Deanery of Canterbury. 4. The Rectory of Orpington. 5. The living of Down. 6. The living of Hayts. 7- The living of All- hallows Barking. Now, as to Chislehurst, Mr. DAWSON has held that living for eighteen years, residing aud doing all the duties in person, the value of the living being between four and five hundred pounds per annum. The Stall at Canterbury, Mr. DAWSON received from the Crown, in conseqxience of an Address from the House of Commons, he having served the office of Chaplain to that House. This has been hitherto a matter of course, and until now, when Lord GREY' has thought proper to dispose of three similar pieces of preferment without attending either to the Addresses of the House or the reply of the Crown, has never been unattended to. The S « 5- Deanery, as it is miscalled, is the Vice- Deanery, an office so far from profitable, that in consequence of its onerous duties and the encreased expenses consequent upon it, the Junior Prebendary is compelled to till it, and continues to do so, until it is in turn forced upon the next Prebendary appointed to a Stall. The Rectory of Orpington is a mere nominal piece of pre- ferment, the officiating Clergyman being the Vicar, and it being an endowed Vicarage. As to Hayes, Mr. DAWSON was, at one period of his life, Rector of that parish, but he resigned it more than two years ago, since which time he has had nothing to do with it, or its emoluments, as has been insinuated. As to the living of Down, Mr. DAWSON never held it. With respect to Orpington, a small emolument is derived from a reserved rent, and there is a possibility of a fine, by the falling in of a life; but, it should be added, upon this con- tingency, that there are three lives, and the worst of the three is a better life than Mr. DAWSON'S. The living of All- hallows Barking, will produce a clear addition to Mr. DAWSON'S income of 2001. per annum, and although the Dissenters, who form a powerful faction in that parish, have attempted this stir, the Churchmen of the parish are highly satisfied at the appointment of Curate as made by Mr. DAWSON. He is on terms of acquaintance and friendship with them all— was formerly lecturer, and his popularity was such that the parishioners would have petitioned the Chapter to give him the living, but he himself put a stop to it. It should be added, that Mr. DAWSON was wholly unacquainted with him previously. The Standard expresses an opinion that Mr. DAWSON would iu these times have done wisely to have either declined the living-, or bestowed it upon the Curate. With men's mo- tives and feelings we have nothing to do ; all we contend for, is the falsehood of the allegations made against Mr. DAWSON as an extensive pluralist, and to shew that with All- hallows Barking, he has no more than the two pieces of preferment within distance which the law allows, and that his Stall at Canterbury is his, as a matter of right rather than of favouritism. WE last week announced the failure of the negociations with the French Government, in which the erudite Dr. BOW- RING and the highly- talented Mr. P. THOMSON have been for the last year or two so deeply engaged. As we are best pleased when we can corroborate our statements from tile lips of the Prime Minister himself, we beg to submit the following question and answer from the reports of Parliamentary pro- ceedings in the House of Lords on Tuesday:— COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH FRANCE. Lord STRANGFORD said that, seeing the Noble Earl at the head of His Majesty's Governmentin his place, he wished to put a question to him 011 the subject of the negociations now in progress between this country and France, arising out of the remarkable, and, as he thought, two satisfactory passages contained in the Speech which His Majesty delivered from the throne. In the first place, His Majesty expatiated upon the good understanding which subsisted be- tween his Government and that of the King of the French. He ( Lord Strangford) would be as much rejoiced as any one if such an under- standing really did exist between the two nations; but his fears were that it did not ", for he could not conceive how a good understanding could be maintained between the two kingdoms, unless, indeed, the French Government were disposed to abandon the hostility which they had shewn towards the commerce and navigation of this coun- try. He, however, hoped that he was deceived, and that he should leam from the Noble Earl opposite that the good understanding sub- sisting between the two Powers alluded to in the Speech from the Throne extended as well to commercial as topoliticalmatters. The second paragraph of His Majesty's Speech went to encourage the notion that the ]) rospect of our commerce was that of progressive im- provement ; but he must say that he should disbelieve this statement if the Powers of the Continent, whether great or small, continued to confederate, as at present, to make a mockery of our boasted recipro- city, and while France pursued towards us only a system of repulsion. Earl GREY, in reply, said that he understood the Noble Lord's question to be— first," whether or not certain negociations were going 011 between this Government and that of France; and next, whether all matters relating to the commerce of the two countries was likelv to be brought to a speedy termination. Now enquiries had been'directed with respect to the commercial laws regulating both countries, but then these enquiries did not deserve the name of negociations. The fact was, that two Commissioners had been ap- pointed, one on the part of France and the other on the part of this country, to examine into the state of the laws and customs of the two nations relating to commercial transactions, and to report thereon to their respective Governments. A valuable Report on the subject had been laid before the Government by the Commissioners, and would, he believed, be submitted to Parliament. Hut what the French Government contemplated doing, or whether any new laws would arise out of it, he was unable to state; neither could he holdout an i/ very sanguine hopes that any material changes would take place in the laws regulating the commerce of the two countries. But it was not attempted to be concealed in the passage of the King's Speech al- luded to by the Noble Lord that His Majesty referred to the good understanding that existed between this country and France- only as respected political matters, and not as related to. commerce. He ( Earl Grey) considered the Speech to apply exclusively to political matters, and he thought the Noble Lord must see that the two subjects were separate and distinct from each other, and that a good political understanding could exist between the two kingdoms without any reference whatever to commerce. It might be a question what His Majesty's Ministers should do if France imposed duties that were unfair on British merchandise; but then that question was separate from the question of general policv ; and, if the Noble Lord would recollect the various influences that existed, the obstacles that were to be encountered, and the discordant views that were entertained on this particular subject, he would easily per- ceive how difficult it was for a Government to accomplish what was expected of them. With respect to the statement in the Speech rela- tive to the progressive prosperity of the commerce of the country, he had only to say, that the Returns for which a Noble Friend of his had moved would, when disclosed to their Lordships, fully confirm all that had been asserted on that point; and he entertained the most sanguine hopes, thatin spite of every obstacle that was thrown in the way of it, the commerce of this country would speedily become still more extended than it Was at present. " He would say no more on the subject now but thatthe Commissioners employed to investigate it had devoted to it the most laborious attention, and that he trusted their valuable services would gradually lead both nations to the adoption of good principles, and induce the Government of France to discontinue the system of repulsion." So much for that Commission ! INSTALLATION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Many erroneous accounts ofthe recent ceremony at Apsely House having found their way into the public papers, we think the following authentic detail may not be unacceptable to our readers:— On Friday the 7th instant, the installation or admission of his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON to the office of Chancellor of the University of Oxford, took place at Apsely House in London. The Vice Chancellor and Proctors, together with the several officers of the University and Members of Convocation who had been nominated as delegates on the occasion, assembled at Batt's- hotel in Dover- street, where they were joined by Mr. ESTCOURT and Sir ROBERT H. INGLIS, the representatives of the University in Parlia- ment, and proceeded in carriages to the Duke of WELLINGTON'S mansion in Piccadilly, about six o'clock, p. m., in the following order:—• The Esquire Bedel in Theology. The Yeoman Bedel in Arts and Medicine. The Rev. Dr. ROWLEY, Master of University College, Vice Chan- cellor of the University. The Rev. Dr. JENKYNS, Master of Balliol, Pro Vice Chancellor. The Rev. Dr. JONES, Rector of Exeter, Pro Vice Chancellor. The Rev. Dr. GILBERT, Principal of Brasennose, Pro Vice Chan- cellor. The Rev. Dr. WYNTER, President of St. John's. The Rev. Dr. CRAMER, Principal of New Inn Hall, Public Orator. The Rev. Dr. Kino, Regius Professor of Medicine, Christ Church. The Rev. Dr. ASIIURST, Fellow of All Souls. The Rev. Dr. BLISS, Registrar of the University. The Rev. Jlr. BELLAS, Fellow of Queen's, Proctor ofthe " University. The Rev. Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Fellow of Exeter, Proctor of the Univer- sity. The Rev. Mr. WINTLE, Fellow ofSt. John's. The Rev. Mr. RIGAUD, Savilian Professor of Astronomy. The Rev. Mr. MAUDE, Fellow of Queen's. The Rev. Mr. PLUMPTRE, Fellow of University. The Rev. Mr. OGILVIE, Fellow of Balliol. The Rev. Mr. WILSON, Fellow of Queen's. The Rev. Mr. GLANVILLE, Fellow of Exeter. The Members for the University. The. Delegacy, having alighted, passed through the several apart- ments, which were brilliantly lighted for the occasion, to the Water- loo Gallery, where the Vice- Chancellor ( taking his seat at the upper end, the Registrar on his left, and a vacant chair being placed on his right hand for the Chancellor, the Proctors seated a little lower on either side, the other Members of the Delegacy occupying their respective stations according to their rank down the centre of the room,) opened the Convocation by announcing thatthe cause of their assembling was the admission of his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON to the office of Chancellor ofthe University, vacant by the death of Lord GRENYILLE, to which office he had recently been elected by the unanimous voice of the Doctors and Masters of the University in Convocation assembled. The Bedels ( Mr. FORSTER and Mr. BROWN) then left the room, and immediately returned, followed by the Chancellor elect, who appeared in his full robes of office, and took his seat, uncovered, on the right of the Vice Chancellor, the whole assembly rising at his Grace's entrance, and continuing to stand till he had aken his seat. His Grace was accompanied by the following Royal and illustrious friends, who were present during the whole ceremony, His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Chancellor of the University of Dublin. His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY. The Duke of BEAUFORT. The Earl of ELDON. Lord TALBOT. Lord SIDMOUTH. The Bishop of EXETER. Sir HENRY HALFORD. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL. As soon as the Members of Convocation were reseated, the Bedels deposited their staves of office, upon which the Vice Chancellor handed the instrument of election to the Registrar, by whom it was publicly read. The oaths of allegiance and supremacy were then taken by the Chancellor elect before the senior Proctor, and imme- diately after the oath of office was administered by the Vice- Chan- cellor, the Duke reading the former, and assenting to the latter, in the most audible and impressive manner. These oaths having been taken, the Vice Chancellor next delivered into the hands of the Chancellor the instrument of election, the statute- book, and the keys ind the seals of office, at the same time addressing his Grace in a speech which, although concise, was admirably adapted to the occasion, and delivered with much feeling, and concluded by solemnly admitting him to the office of Chancellor ofthe University. The various insignia of office having been returned to the hands of the Bedel, and again deposited on the table, the Vice Chancellor next placed the Chancellor in the seat he had beforehimself occupied, and passed on to the chair vacated by his Grace, the Chancellor putting on his cap, the Vice- Chancellor remaining uncovered. Upon the Chan- cellor's taking his seat, the public orator ( Dr. CRAMER) advanced before his Grace and addressed him in a speech of congratulation, alluding to the eminent services he had rendered to the world at large, and to his country in particular, and expressing a confident hope that under his auspicies the University would continue to flourish, the enemies to real learning, acad'emical discipline, and our holy faith be discomfited, and science, literature, and true religion, be fostered and secured. To this address his Grace replied in a speech which, for elegance of composition, pure latinity, high academical and Conservative princi- ple, and accurate and impressive delivery, cannot be exceeded, and February 16. JOHN BULL. 55 • will never be forgotten by those present on this memorable oc- casion. The Vice Chancellor then, at the command of the Chancellor, desired the Bedels to resume their staves, and dissolve the Convoca- tion, the procession passing on to the large drawing- room, where the delegates were severally introduced to their new Chancellor. In the evening the delegates partook of a sumptuous entertainment in the great dining- room, and had the honour of meeting the royal and illustrious persons who had been present during the installation. PEMICAN. THE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOM. Office of the Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, Queen's House, St. James's, February 10, 1834. Notice is hereby given that the Drawing Room of the 24th instant, being a Birth- Day Drawing Room, no presentations can take place on that day.— It is earnestly requested that all Ladies attending the QUEEN'S Drawing Rooms do appear in dresses of British manu- facture. Sir GEORGE MURRAY has declined standing for the Ayr Burghs. In this determination the Hon. Baronet is said to be influenced by the prior and stronger claims which the electors of Perthshire havi upon his services. It is expected that Vice- Admiral Sir PHILIP DURHAM will come forward as a candidate for the representation of Devizes, in the room of Mr. MONTAGU GORE. The gallant Admiral was the unsuccessful candidate at the last election. IT is said that Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK has expressed a wish to retire from the Government of India on account of ill health. The Duke of RICMOND is spoken of as his successor as Governor ; and that Sir HENRY GEORGE GREY will succeed his Lordship as Commander- in- Chief of the Army. We find the following letter in Thursday's Post:—" Sir— It is rumoured that during the present Session of Parliament a travelling " Commission" will be appointed, under the direction of Chief Justice DENMAN, to enquire into the original cause of incendiarism, and to ascertain how many incendiary fires have occurred since the burning of Nottingham Castle and the Bristol Custom House. The first meeting of the Commissioners to be held near the place usually occupied by election hustings in Nottingham Market- place. If you can inform me whether there is any just ground for believing the above report you will oblige A CONSTANT READER." The Local Courts Bill, which was thrown out last Session in the House of Lords, where it originated, will be brought into Parliament again in the present Session, and will be introduced in the House of Commons. We suppose there is no doubt of a Ministerial majority there, but we should hope there is as little of the Upper House exercising its free and independent judgment upon a Bill which has received the sanction of the House of Commons, as if it had come before their Lordships without the stamp of approbation from that very intellectual, discreet, disinterested, and deliberative body of Legislators. The Duke of NEWCASTLE has been again " doing what he likes with his own"— his Grace, according to annual custom, has caused blankets, rugs, and warm clothing to be distributed to upwards of 200 poor families resident upon his estates in Nottinghamshire. It is intended to abolish the provisions in the Customs Acts by which service in the navy is made a punishment for smuggling offences. The Committee of Privilege, to which was referred the case of Mr. SHEII., & C., met on Tuesday at half- past twelve o'clock. There • as a full attendance of Members named of the Committee. The Committee was much more numerous than appeared by the reports, as all the names could not be heard in the G allery. The following is a correct list, and all these Members attended:— Lord Granville Somerset, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Colonel Maberly, Sir. H. Hardinge, Mr. Romilly, Colonel Verner^ Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Hume, Mr. Kemys Tynte, Jun., Mr. Gillon, Major Fancourt, Mr. Shawe Lefevre, Mr. Warburtem, Mr. Grote, Mr. Parrot, SirR. Peel, Mr. Abercromby, Mr. Strutt.— They assembled in Committee- room No. 21. Many other Members be- sides those named of the Committee attended, on most occasions objection not being made to the attendance of Members so cir- cumstanced, except the Committee be a " secret" one, which this • was not; but on the present occasion all were required to withdraw. They first contrived to get Mr. GROTE into the Chair, and then laid down the course of inquiry that they should pursue; but what more was done did not transpire, the Members, of course being enjoined to secrecy until the termination of the enqniry. His MAJESTY has conferred the Third Class of the Royal Hano- verian Guelphic Order on Lieutenant- Colonel W. G. POWER, C. B., of the Royal Artillery. A very respectably- dressed man entered a notorious house in Brydges- street, Covent- garden, on Monday night about 12 o'clock, and was soon afterwards found writhing in the agonies of death, having, it is supposed, drunk prussic acid. There were no documents upon him by which his name or residence could be discovered. Not content with robbing the army of its honours by selling the guns taken from the enemy in battle, our mongrel economists are depriving them of their commonest comforts in garrison and elsewhere, by selling the houses in which they have hitherto been lodged, and allowing them a pittance under the name of lodging money. This has been done at Guernsey, and besides this, they have lately adver- tised for sale a considerable part of the glacis of Fort George, the only inclosed work in the island. In their paltry thrift, too, these ieroes are selling the Martello Towers.— Essex Standard. At a society established in St. Giles's parish lately, " for the thorough discussion of all questions whatsomdever," a question arose as to what nation had the honour of inventing clocks, and several members delivered their opinions thereupon as lengthily as though they were members of the Collective Wisdom. Some attributed the invention to one nation, and others to another, when, an Irish mem- ber got upon his legs, and said, " Gentlemen, I'll tell you what it is; there needsno bother about it at all, for the very name of it speaks for its elf as plain as the nose in the President's countenance, and says, ' Faith then I'm invented by them fine ould ancient Irish, and in token, from that day to this, dosen't everybody in speaking of me say O'Clock, just in the same way as everybody says O'Connell ?' " The ladies are said to have been thrown into a state of consterna- tion by the recent appointment of a number of lawyers in all parts of the kingdom " to register the deeds of married women." OPENING OF THE PARLIAMENT, FEB. 4, 1834.—" This was the anni- versary of the day in which I enlisted for a soldier in the 54 th regiment of foot; and I could not hear the cannons fire without recollecting that act of my life; and I could not see Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL in the House ( which 1 did when the cannon was firing) without recol- lecting seeing him ( a pretty little boy) in a green coat or jacket, led py bis father, talking along before the line, ou the parade at Chatham, while I was standing in the ranks, with a cap and feather on my head, and with a good " brown bess," as we used to call it, against my shoulder. What delight PROVIDENCE seems to have in showing its power over us, and tossing us about in this sort way."— Cobbett's Register. A sort of MARIA MARTIN story has recently been imported into Bury;— thus the tale runs :—' Two men going home in a cart from Bury market on Wednesday, about seven o'clock in the evening, observed a light gleaming from Pakenham- wood. Prompted by curiosity they made to the spot, and as they approached the light saw a man engaged digging a grave. The grave digger ran off at their approach, leaving behind him a great- coat, his spade, and mattock. The parties then returned to the cart, . and proceeded on their journey. They had advanced but a few yards before they came up with a young woman going in the direction of the wood. On being ques- tioned, she stated that she was going to meet a man there by appointment, but for what purpose has not transpired. It is now generally understood by the legal profession that no new Judge will ( for the present at least) be appointed. Sir WILLIAM HORNE will not take it, for he is waiting for the Rolls, which, if he ceases to be Attorney- General, he will not get. Besides, the Minis- ters have a difficulty in finding an equity lawyer to succeed Sir JOHN CAMPBELL as Solicitor- General. Sir JAMES PARKE was to have re- mained in town during the Circuit if a new Judge could have been appointed, but now that arrangement is at an end, and he goes the Circuit, whilst Mr. Baron BAYLEY continues in harness a little longer, and will do the town work until the Circuits are over. On Wednesday night Mr. EDWARD JOHN STANLEY placed on the Commons' books an important notice— viz., that on Wednesday, April 9, he should apply for leave to bring in a Bill " to provide for the public transactions in open Court of all business relating to the expenditure of the county- rate, and the funds in aid thereof, in every county in England and Wales." " It is a curious fact," says the Clonmel Herald, " that while Mr. SHEIL was inveighing, at the late repeal meeting in this town, with so much bitterness against tithes and the Union, the usual notice from Government of an appointment of a Commissioner for two small parishes near Tipperary, to the tithes of which Mr. SHEIL'S sister lays claim, had arrived at the proper office- in Cashel. It is said, how truly we cannot say, that Miss SHEIL is only the nominal claimant, while her brother is the real one! We hope Mr. SHIEL will, at the next meeting in this county, or at the next election, clear up this matter, and show that he does not pocket or seek for any part of what he has denominated a " thrice- cursed impost." The Solicitor General's Bill for the abolition of imprisonment for debt contains the following provisions :— Fraudulent debtors will be subject to transportation for seven years or more: and persons who become parties to fictitious transfers, for the purpose of protecting property against executions, will be punished severely. Execution in cases of debt by acceptances or promissory notes to take place in four days. There are nearly ninety clauses in the Bill. A letter from Bayonne says that the late transactions in Madrid are performing wonders throughout the whole of Spain. The unparalleled atrocities of the QUEEN'S officers, their cowardly butcheries of captives made in fair warfare, the Palace intrigues, and, lastly, the makeshift of a RosE- coloured Ministry, appointed, not by the head of tlie Government, but by the leaders of the Revo- lutionists and foreign propagandists, have tended to excite an indignation in the Spanish people that will soon drive them to exasperation. Already the great majority of the people, without, any distinction of old parties, entertain the most inveterate animosity against the QUEEN and her new satellites. The Noble and the plebeian equally contemn her acts. To her aid she has called in the rabble, and she now avails herself ef the merciless despots who govern the provinces, unaware at the same time that the men who have made her change her Ministers have determined that her daughter shall not reign. She has appealed to the worst passions, and of that appeal eventually she will be the victim. Everywhere is the population of Spain rising or preparing to rise, and Navarre is likely soon to be the theatre of important events. The old but sure measure of tracing the perpetrators of any crime by means of bloodhounds, was a short time since revived with great success in Oxfordshire. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH has, in addi- tion to the famous Blenheim spaniel, retained unimpaired the breed of the old English bloodhound. The Duke's steward, who has the care of these animals, had recourse to this plan at the fire at Mr. RAING- LEY'S, of Woodstock, one of the Duke's tenants. The steward was one of the first on the spot, and observed some fresh footsteps; he therefore marked their direction, and summoned his conductor. The hound was no sooner put on the footsteps than he opened his deep- toned note, and traced with wonderful exactness every winding attempt to delude his eager pursuit, until he reached a previously notorious cottage. The door was opened, but no man was found ; however, the insatiable pursuer was not to be thus deluded, for rush- ing out in the direction of the fire he became more anxious at every step, until he seized one of a group going to assist ( and, as was afterwards proved, the one most lavish in abuse of the incendiary) to his no small astonishment. The man was thunder- struck at his discovery, and soon confessed that he was the perpetrator of the dia- bolical act. A great sensation was produced on Tuesday throughout the parish of Marylebone by several seizures being made on different house- holders for arrears of the house and window taxes. A numerous body of police were stationed in the neighbourhood to suppress any tumult that might arise. The first seizure was made upon the proprietor of the King and Queen public- house at the corner of Duke- street and Oxford- street, who immediately paid the demand. This example was followed in all the other instances where a distraint was made. A number of persons assembled, and followed the officers from place to place, venting curses both " loud and deep" on the occasion. The crimes of horse and sheep stealing seem to suffer no diminu- tion in the county of Huntingdon, scarcely a week passing but we have to record the committal of one or other of these offences, unhappily too often without subsequently having to notice the com- mitment of the offenders or the recovery of the property. One night last week a gelding, of the value of 301., was stolen from Mr. Bond, of Wyton, and though pursuit was made at daylight, and hand- bills quickly circulated in all directions, the offender escaped, it is sup- posed taking a direction into Lincolnshire. The inhabitants of the village, with praiseworthy promptitude, made an addition to the reward offered by Mr. Bond and the Association of 10 guineas, making the total 20 guineas. It is said that one of the valuable horses lately stolen from Mr. Martin, of Brampton Lodge, is now doomed to an omnibus, plying between the Bank and Paddington. MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.— A meeting of the Middlesex Magis- trates was held on Thursday for the election of a Chairman and for other business. Mr. Rotch was chosen as Chairman until the county- day of next_ September Sessions. A Memorial was pre- sented from the parish of Whitechapel, complaining that the new system of removing Irish and Scotch vagrants would be productive of an additional expense of 5501. a- year to that pnrish alone, and that the increase of expense to the county generally was already enormous. This gave rise to a discussion, which, however, had no result. A motion for adding 1001. a- year to the salary of the Rev- J. Ousley, Chaplain of the House of Correction, was_, alter some op- position,' agreed to. Other business of no public importance was transacted, and the Court adjourned, leaving much still undis- posed of. The Norwich Political Union has at length died a natural death. It has been going down ever since the last general election ; and from near " 2000 members, has for some time been dwindled to considerably less than 100. They were no longer supported by the general body, and funds were wanting to pay e en necessary expences.— The Brighton Herald says that the Political Union in Brighton is also nearly defunct. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS The Rev. R. FOSTER, M. A., of St.! John's College Cambridge, has been appointed Head Master of the Grammar School of Aldenham, Herts. The Rev. FRANCIS RICHARD MILLER, M. A., has been presented to the Vicarage of Kineton, in the county of Warwick ana Diocese of Worcester, void by the death of the Rev. John Nesbit Mc Evoy- Patron, Lord Willoughby de Broke. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland has presented the Perpetual Curacy of Barlaston to the Rev. WILLIAM OLIVER, Perpetual Curate of Fulford, in Staffordshire, void by the death of the Rev- Benjamin Adams. The Rev. EDWARD VERDON, Assistant Curate of Pendleton, has been presented by the Trustees to the Incumbency of St. Ann's Chapel, Tottington, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Wade. The Rev. J. ALLINGTON, M. A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, has- been instituted by the Bishop of Lincoln, to the Rectory of Candlesby, Lincolnshire. Patrons, the President and Fellows of the above College. The Rev. HENRY JOHN BRANSON, M. A., has been instituted to the Rectory of Armthorpe, in the West Riding of the county of York, in the presentation of the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. J. T. BENNETT, M. A., of Balliol College, Oxford, has been presented to the Vicarage of Barling, Essex. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The Lord Bishop of Chester has licensed the Rev. EDWARD BUR- ROW, B. A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, to the parochial Chapel New of Church, in Rosendale; void by the resignation of the Rev. Philip Abbott. OBITUARY. At the Vicarage, Mere, aped 27, the Rev. Reyner Cogens, youngest son of the* late Rev. W. Cosens, Incumbent of Bruton. At Old Malton, the Rev. John Richardson, Incumbent of Norton, and Master of Old Malton Grammar School. At Mill Hill, Billericay, in his 67th year, the Rev. Charles Richard LandoO, B. I)., Rector of Vange, Essex, formerly Fellow of Sidney College, Cambridge. At Plymouth, the Rev. W. H. Black, late of Mawgan, neax Helston, Cornwall. The Rev. T. Freeman, Rector of Breningthorpe, Leicestershire. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB. 13.— This day the following degrees were conferred: — Masters of Arts: Rev. J. W. H'arter, Christ Church ; Rev. J. H- Grice, Christ Church : Rev. C. F. B. Wood, Pembroke.— Bachelors of Arts: C. L. Reay, Queen's ; J. F. Belfield, Oriel. In a Convocation' holden the same day, it was agreed to place at the disposal of the Vice- Chancellor the siim of 2001. from, the Univer- sity Chest, towards defraying the expenses of the ensuing Encaenia. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 14.— At a Congregation on Wednesday last, the- following degrees were conferred '.— Masters of Arts : Rev. F. Dun- can, Trinity College; Rev. J. P. Gurney, Queen's College.— liache lor in Civil Law: Rev. C. Woodward, Queen's College.— Bachelors of Arts: W. C. Frampton, H. Lushington, A. Duncan, Trinity Col- lege ; W. Ilandley, E. Rendell, C. T. Scott, J. B. James, St.. John'- S College; W. R. Evans, Corpus Christi College; H. P. Lazonby, Jesu College. At. the same Congregation the Rev. E. Wix, M. A., of Trinity College, Oxford, Archdeacon of Newfoundland, was admitted au eundem of this University. MISCELLANEOUS. On Monday Addresses were presented at Lambeth to his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, of the same import with those pre- sented on Thursday se'nnight, from the Clergy of the Diocese o. Llandaff and from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall. They were signed by nearly every officiating Clergyman of these districts. The former were presented at the express desire of the Clergy, by the Lord Bishop of LLANDAFF, and the latter by the Lord Bishop of EXETER. They were received by Iiis Grace with an expression of the same sentiments contained in his answer to the Addresses already presented, and of the satisfaction he felt at re- ceiving them from the hands of their Lordships. Our excellent Diocesan has, with his accustomed solicitude for the welfare and good regulation of his Diocese, determined on reviving ia the various Deaneries within his Lordshin's jurisdiction in Worces- tershire and Warwichshire, the ancient office of Rural Dean, which has been discontinued in the Diocese for nearly a century ; and we are hanpy to find that so proper a person, in all respects, as the Right Hon. and Rev. Lorcl ASTON has been the first of the Beneficed Clergy to accept, from the hands of the Bishop, the appointment to so honourable, useful, and important an office.— Worcester Journal. A Meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge was held on Monday, to consider " the expediency of appointing a separate Committee to superintend the publication and promote the circulation of versions of the Holy Scriptures and Book of Common Prayer in foreign languages; and'likewise for the purpose of esta- blishing: a separate fund for the extension of the Society's operations in this department of its designs." The Archbishop OI'CANTERBURT took the Chair. A Resolution ( the first of a series), recommending a Committee with the proposed objects in view, was moved by the Bishop of LONDON ; and an nmendinent, after some slight discussion and explanation, moved thereon by Lord KEN YON, that the words he added to the Resolution " within his MAJESTY'S dominions, and in such language as is commonly spoken in the Colonies." The amend- ment, was negatived on a show of hands, and the original Resolution carried by about two to one. Other Resolutions to forward the same- object. were put and carried. The Bishop of HEREFORD proposed an instruction to the Committee, " That, the first labour of the Com- mittee ought to be directed to the Colonies of Great Britain in their distribution of the Scriptures and Liturgy in the language there spoken." Lord KENYON seconded it, and Mr. GRENFIELO supported the amendment. The Bishop of LONDON objected to the proposal as likely to form an obstacle t< > the proceedings of the Committee* and, after a prolonged discussion, the motion was withdrawn. There are stated to be fifty candidates for the situation of Head Master of Coventry Free Grammar School. The election is fixed for the 11th of next month. The Bishop of ROCHESTER will visit aud hold confirmations, on behalf of the Bishop of NORWICH, throughout his Lordship's diocese, during the months of April and May. The inhabitants of the parish of Harrietsham, in Kent, have lately presented to the Rev. GEORGE NORWOOD, a handsome silver salvor, in testimony of the high respect and regard for the zeal with which he laboured to promote their spiritual welfare, as curate, and the kind and prompt assistance he at all times rendered to the poor. On Monday last, the Lord Bishop of BATH and WELLS visited the Blue Coat Schools of Bath for the purpose of examining the children in religious knowledge; and his Lordship was pleased to observe that the children had passed a very creditable examination. His Lordship passed some very high encomiums on Mr. CROIVDEN, the master, for the able manner in which it was evident his duties haa been performed. The sums subscribed for the erection of a new Church in Bridge- water have encreased within these few days; they now amount to 15111. 16s. The congregation of St. George's Church, Birmingham, hnve en- tered into a handsome subscription to present a piece ot plate to their Minister, the Rev. JOHN GARBETT. , The Bishop of DURHAM, with his usual liberality, has given 501. towards building a school at Cornforth. The Rev. R. N. PEMBERTON, Rector of Church Stretton, at his late tithe- audit, ordered a remission of 101. per cent, to be made on all his The Declaration in favour of the Established Church is getting on gloriously at Spalding; very fewinstances have occurred of hesitation to sign oil the part of those solicited. 56 JOHN BULL. February 16. STOCK EXCHANGE— SATURDAY EVENING. There has been no material speculation in the Consol Market this • weekx nor has the fluctuation been to any great extent. Consols for Account closed at 89% sellers this afternoon. Lons: Annuities closed at 17% 5- 16, and Exchequer Bills at 4/ to 48. Bank Stock is 2UXA 215) 6, and India Stock 247 to 24S. In the Foreign Market the speculation in Portuguese and Spanish Bonds has been to an immense extent, and until towards the close t lis afternoon a progressive advance has taken place in the former, t le price having touched upon 72. Shortly before the close of busi- ness the Market became very flat, and 71 sellers was the quotation. The Spanish Stock has been as low as 28 % during the week, from which price it rallied to 31 ) 4, but closed at 31 sellers this after- noon. Russian Bonds left off at 105X, Danish at 74/£, and Belgian at 97% 98. 3 per Cent. Consols, 89 X % 3 per Cent. Reduced, 89% 90 31; per Ct. Reduced, New 3% per Cent., 97^ % 4 per Cent. 1826, 103 & 104 Bank Long Annuities, 17% 5- 16 Bank Stock, 214^ 215^ India Stock, 247 248 Ditto for Account, 248}£ India Bonds, 27 29 pin. Exchequer Bills, 47 48 pm. Consols for Account, 89% % The French Papers of Thursday are occupied with the project of their new Custom Law. It is said that the British and French Governments are not on < rood terms on this subject. The news from Spain may be summed oy saying that the Cariists are encreasing dailv in strength. The Leeward Island mail received yesterday brings us papers from the different islands. Those from Barbados reach to the 9th ult. By these we learn, that at Martinique the negroes had broken out in open rebellion, and burned three estates at Basse Point. The Governor, at the head of the regular troops, proceeded to the spot, and speedily put an end to the conspiracy. Nothing is said of any killed in this ac- count, but it is said eighty- three individuals, slaves and free, had been arrested, and the government was in full possession of the names and intentions ot the rebels. No details had reached St. Pierres, the Governor having cut off all communication with the dis- turbed quarter. LEEDS ELECTION*.— The success of Sir John Beckett is almost beyond a doubt. At half- past one o'clock on Friday the poll stood as follows:— Sir John Beckett 1,396 Mr. Baines 1,253 Mr. Bower 14 The Irish Chancellor has, after eight years of litigation, decided the case arising out of the will of the late Lord Netterville, estab- lishing the various charities in the will and codicil: an institution for widows and orphans and a school are to be erected at Dowth, near Drogheda; a dispensary in Biackhall- street, Dublin ; Sunday and daily schools at Island Bridge, Dublin, and at Ballymore, West- meath, are in consequence to be erected out of the funds left for the purpose. The question as to the devizees of the real estates still remains undisposed of. The Army Estimates for 1834- 5 have been printed, and the result, as compared with last year, is a reduction in the number of horses of 348, of officers 3, of men 8,148, with a saving of 194,9311. 10s. Id., ex- clusive of India. The decrease, exclusive of India, is 299,1221.12s. 7d. Last year's estimate was £ 6,246,9/ 8 17 8 This year's is 5,947,856 5 1 Decrease £ 299,122 12 7 COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.— The sacred opera < 3f The Israelites hi Egypt was performed at this house on Friday night, without any change in its subject matter from the selections of which it was, this time twelve months, composed. It gave much gratification to a mo- derately well- attended house. A new grand Oratorio, entitled Jephthah's Vow, is announced for Wednesday, for which Mr. Bra- ham is expressly engaged. Mr. ana Mrs. Yates gave their jointCi At Home" on Friday night, at the Adelphi, which was well attended; Yates's part was, as usual, clever and admirably sustained; John Reeve had a share in the en- tertainment. On Saturday, February 15, was published, price Fourpence, to be continued Monthly, THE PRINTING MACHINE, A REVIEW FOR THE MANY. No. I.— Contents:— 1. TheMaTket of Literature— 2. Diffusion of the Results of Scientific Investi- gations— 3. The Literary Newspapers— 4. 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