JOHN BULL u FOR GOD, THE KING, AND THE PEOPLE V VOL. XIV.— No. 697. SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1834. Price Id. R OYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL, 1834. The Order of the Lit ; Performances in Westminster Abbey will be as follows:— TUESDAY, June 24.— Haydn's Oratorio " The Creation," and a Selection from Handel's Oratorio 44 Judas Maccabeus." THURSDAY, June 26.— A Selection from the Works of Handel, Haydn, Mo- i. ait, Leo, Beethoven, and other Com posers; and Handel's Oratorio " Israel in JSevpt." SATURDAY, June 28.— Selection from Handel's Oratorio " Sampson," and from the Works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Purcell, Pergolesi, Cimerosa • and other eminent Composers. TUESDAY, July 1.— Handel's Sacred Oratorio " The Messiah," by command of Her Majesty. The Public are requested to give orders to the various Music- sellers for what Clumber of Tickets they may require. Tickets for reserved seats, Two Guineas each day. Tickets for seats not reserved, One Guinea each day. Tickets for the Rehearsal, Half- aGuineaeach day. The Tickets will be issued to the Music Shops about the middle of May. St. James's Palace, April 15. HOWE, Chairman. T HEATRE IIOYAL, COVENT GARDEN.— To- morrow evening will be performed, Auber's popular () pera of GUSTAVUS THE THIRD ; or, the Masked Ball. After which, DER FREISCHUTZ.— On Tues- day, Mozart's grand Opera of Don Juan. Don Juan, Mr. Braham.— On Wednes- day, the new errand Opera of The Challenge. After which, the New Farce, called A Good- looking Fellow. To conclude with The Revolt of the Harem.— " A Good- looking Fellow, having been received with shouts of laughter and ap- p'ause, will be performed every evening until further notice. THEATRE ROYAL, I) RURY LANE.— To- morrow evenin: will lie performed. Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUS. After nvhich, TIMOUR THE TARTAR.'— On Tuesday, the Comedy of The Minister and the Mercer.— On Wednesday, Lord Byron's Tragedy of Sardanapalus. After which, the Opera of Masaniello. Masaniello, Mr. Braham.— A new After- jpiece, to be entitled Secret Service, will be produced in the course of the week. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELFHL— The Public is respectfully informed, that on TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY next, Mr. MATHEWS will be AT HOME! with his COMIC ANNUAL. The Series to commence with the YOUTHFUL DAYS of Mr. MATHEWS, in which he will Introduce the following Songs:— School Orators— Market Day— Humours of the Packet— An Trish Rubber at Whist— Volunteer Field- day and Sham Fight— Lord Mayor's Show. In Part III. Mr. Mathews will represent the Pleasures of a Sea Voyage in the POLLY PACKET !— The Songs will be accompanied on the Piano- forte by Mr. Moss, who will perform Rondos between the Acts, accompanied by himself on a newly- inrentea instrument, called the Piano- forte Flageolet.— No Half- price. The Chair to be taken at half- past 7. Carriages to be ordered at 11.— Box- oflice open from 12 till 5, where Places may be taken, and Private Boxes had. Private Boxes may also be had at Mr. Sains's Liorary, Pall- mall. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.— Mr. ABBOTT'S Night. — To- morrow evening will be presented, a New Play, in Three Acts, to be called THE GAMESTER OF MILAN. Count Ardeschi, Mr. Abbott; Frielsp. erg, Mr. Elton ; Emma Frielsperg, Mrs. Fisher. After which, the Farce of DAMP BEDS. The whole to conclude with MOUNT ST. BERNARD; or, The Headsman.— Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. Abbott, 42, Parliament- street, and of Mr. T. Thompson, at the Box- office. ^ JADLER'S WELLS.— First Night of another New Local Drama, — To- morrow evening, and during the week, will be performed a new Local Drama, to be called wSIR HUGH MYDDELTON. Characters by Messrs. Camp- bell, Mortimer, Goldsmith, Suter, Elsgood, Dunn, Maynard, W. Smith, R. Honner, Miss Pitt, and Miss M'Carthy. After which will be acted, an entirely new Drama, called HELMINA OF HUNGARY ; or. The Secret Tribunal. Characters by Messrs. W. Smith, Campbell, Mortimer, Maitland, C. Smith, Maynard, Goldsmith, Mrs. Lewis, and Miss M'Carthy. To conclude with THE VOW OF SILENCE ; or, the Old Blacksmith's Hovel. Characters as before.' \ fEW ARGYLL ROOMS.— The Public is respectfully informed JJ^ i that, in consequence of reports being industriously circulated by interested parties, that the Publications of the ROYAL HARMONIC INSTITUTION, Regent- street, are not to be had, and that the Plates are destroyed, the Proprietor begs to state that such is not the fact, but that every article contained in his ex- tensive Catalogue is to be had as usual, and at HALF- PRICE ; and further, that the Opera of LePre aux Clercs, or The Challenge, by Herold, as published by hiin, is the genuine production of that Composer, and not spurious, as asserted; but of that, the Public, on inspection, will be the best judges. The Opera is pub- lished— being published arranged in every way for the Piano- forte, Harp, Harp and Piano- forte, dec-., with accompaniments— together with a large assortment of new publications, at the above price. THE EXHIBITION of PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, and SKETCHES, bv the late R. P. BONINGTON, is now Open to the Public, at No. 209, REGENT- STREET. This interesting Collection contains the greater part of his Finest Productions, and altogether comprehends Three Hun- dred and Fifty different Subjects-, many of which are entirely new to the Public. Open from Ten till Six. Admission One Shilling. Catalogue Sixpence. Tllk KING'S PICTURES of the BATTLE of TRAFALGAR, Painted by W. J. Huggins, Marine Painter to His Majesty, and exhibited ( by permission of His most Gracious Majesty), with a Gallery of Superb Paintings, among which are the celebrated Cherubim and Seraphim of Corregio, taken from the Vatican, by Napoleon, forming the third annual Exhibition.— EXETER HALL, Strand. 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Also a splendid and exclusive assort- ment of Carpets of British manufacture, of their superior fabric.— LAPWORTH and RILEY, Manufacturers to the King, 19, Old Bond- street... PERFECTION In ClilNlV,.— MILES and EDWARDS are now introducing for the DRAWING- ROOM, BOUDOIR, dec., designs in printed Chintz, surpassing any thins 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. CHURCH PREFERMENT.— To be SOLD, by Private Con- tract, the NEXT PRESENTATION to a LIVING, situate in the centre of the County of Suffolk, with the prospect of early enjoyment, the present Incum- bent being advanced in age. The annual value is about 3301.— For particulars apply to Mr. Molloy, S, New- square, Lincoln's Inn. AMEDICAL PARTNERSHIP, in a very large country town, may be obtained on very easy terms. The Advertiser intends to retire in a year or two. Activity and respectability are indispensable, but the sum to be paid down will not exceed five hundred pounds.— Letters ( with real names) post paid, to W. P.. at the Cigar" Divan, King- street, Covent- garilen, will be duly attended to? FTIO BE DISPOSED OF, ill a large and fashionable Watering Jp Place, a long- established and most respectable BUSIN FSS of a WOOLLEN • DRAPER, HOSIER, HATTER, and UNDERTAKER. The most ( satisfactory explanation can be given of its relinquishment by the proprietor. None but principals will be treated with. For particulars apply bv letter, post- paid, with real name and address, to R. M., at Mr. Chappell's, No. 97, Royal Exchange Cornhill. , H7\ RLEY- STREET, GREAT MARYLEBONE- STREET.— To he LET on LEASE, a NEWLY- BUILT HOUSE, adjoining the Pre- mises of Mr. Lloyd, bookseller, the corner of Harley- street, Cavendish- square. The situation is first- rate and unexceptionable for a business of the highest re- spectability, or for a professional man. The building will not be completed before Midsummer,; but in the mean time the Shop or Office department may be finished according to the taste or direction of the person requiring such a house. For further particulars apply to Mr. Lloyd, bookseller, 57, Harley^ street. A' LE, STOUT, CIDER, < frc.— W. G. FIELD / end 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 a very superior class.— 22, Henrietta- street, Covent- garden. SILVER PLATE.— Mr. MONTAGU LEVYSON, 5, New ko? Broad- street, City, Gold and Silversmith to his late Majesty, and Manufac- turer to the Trade— Established 1820— continues to supply the Public at the Wholesale Prices. A large and fashionable Stock always on show. Fiddle Pattern Spoons and Forks .. 7s. Id. per oz. King's ditto .. .. .. 7s. 3d. SONS OF THE CLERGY.— The REHEARSAL of the MUSIC to be performed at this FESTIVAL will take place on WEDNESDAY, the 7th of May, in St. Paul's Cathedral; and the ANNIVERSARY will be held on FRIDAY, the 9th of May, when a SERMON will be preached there, before Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN, His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops, the Lord Mayor, SheritFs, Aldermen, Clergy and others, by the Very Rev. JOHN MEREWEf HKR, D. D., Dean of Hereford.— Divine Service will commence at Two o'Clock, and the Doors of the Cathedral will be opened each dav at One o'Clock. STEWARDS. His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER ( fifth time). The Lord Arehbp. of York ( 3d time) The Marquis of Lansdowne The Earl of Wilton The Rt. Hon. Viscount Althorp, M. P. The Lord Bishop of Durham ( 2d time) The Lord Bishop of Ely ( 2d time) Hon. and Very Rev. Dr. Howard, Dean of Lichfield Rt. Hn. Mr. JusticeBosanquet ( 2d time) The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor The Hon. Mr. Justice Taunton Mr. Sheriff Wibon Mr. Sheriff Harmer Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart. Sir William Henry Richardson, Knt. Very Rev. Dr, • iroodenough, D. of Wells Yen. Dr. Bayfey, Archdeacon of Stow Rev. Dr. Rowley, Vice- Chancr. of Oxf. Rev. Dr. Routh* President of Magdalen Coll., Oxford ( 2d time) Rev. Dr. Graham, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge Rev. Sydney Smith, Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's Felix Booth, Esq. Robert W. Hall Dare, Esq. M. P. John Drummond, Esq. Peter Du Cane, Esq. Joshua King, Esq., Vice- Chancellor of Cambridge Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. « ,") - i Handel. Mr. Seijeant Merewether The Performance of Music will consist of The whole of the Dettingen Te Deum The Hallelujah Chorus The Grand Coronation Anthem (" Zadolc the Priest Cantate Domino ( composed fortlris Charity) ' .. ~ Attwood. Anthem, " Lord, thou hast been our refuge," composed ? n ™ ™ expressly for this Charity) °°> ce- Conductor, SirGeor. ce Smart.— Mr. Attwood will, preside at the Organ.— Leader of the Band ( which will consist of the Members of the- Royal Society of Musi- cians), Mr. F. Cramer. The Committee respectfully state that contribution* of gold will admit each Kerson, by separate doors, to the Galleries and Closets; and express their earnest opes that, for admission into the Choir, no person wiltcontribute less than Haif- a- crown. ' ' » ickets for the Dinner on FRIDAY, 9th of May, at # ix orcIock, at Merchant Tailors' Hall, Threadneedle- street, to be had of the Treasurer, Oliver Hargreave, Esq., 2, Bloomsbury- place; and of Messrs. Rivington,- St. Paulrs Church- yard, and W aterloo- place. No Tickets are requisite for admission into the Cathedral 1%/ 1" R. VAUGHAN most respectfully acquaints the Nobility, 1VJL Gentrv, his Pupils and friends, and the Public in general, who upon former occasions have patronized his ANNUAL CONCERT, that, at the HANOVER- SQUARE ROOMS, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 30 ( by permission of the Author), will be performed the Sacred Oratorio of PALESTINE ( the words selected from a Prize Poem by the late Bishop Heber), the music by Wm. Crotch, Mus. Doc., who has kindly consented, on this occasion, to preside at the Organ, and conduct the Performance. Principal Vocal Performers— Madame Caradori Allan, Mrs. Bishop, Miss Clara Novello, and Mrs. W. Knyvett; Mr. Braham, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. W. Knwett, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. J. B. Sale » Mr. Terrail, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Machin, and Mr. Phillips. Leader, Mr. F. Cramer. Harp, Mr. T. Wright. In order to give every effect to this great work, and to render its performance as perfect as possible, the Band ( selected from the Anfient and Philharmonic Con- certs) will be complete in every departraenVand, including the Chorus, will con- sist of more than One Hundred Performers. ' J'he performance will commence at Eight o'clock precisely.— Tickets, Half- a- Guineaeach, to be had of Mr. Vaughan, 89, Great Portland- street; and at the principal Mu^ c Shops. KING'S CONCERT ROOMS, Hanover- square.— Under the immediate Patronage and in the presence of their It. H. the Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA.— Mr. J. B. SALE, Musical Instructor to H. R. H. the Princess Victoria, has the honour to announce, that his ANNUAL MORNING CONCERT will take place on THURSDAY, May 1st, at Two o'Clock.— Principal Vocal Performers— Mdlle. Giulietta Grisi ( by permission of M. Laporte), Mrs. W. Knyvett, Mrs. H. II. Bishop, Miss C. Novello, Miss Lloyd, and Master Howe ; Mr. Braham, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. W. Knyvett, Mr. Terrail, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Horncasfle, Mr. Gould en, Mr. King, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. E. TayloT, Mr. J. B. Sale, Signor Rnbirii, Signor Tamburini, and Mr. H. Phillips. Leader, Mr. Mori; Conductor, Mr. G. Sale ; Piano- forte bolo, Mrs. Anderson. Principal Instrumental Performers— Mr. Moralt, Mr. Sherrington. Mr. Lindley, Signor Dragonetti, Mr.. Nicholson, Mr. G. Cooke, Mr. Willman, Mr. Macintosh, Mr. Piatt, Mr. Harper, and Mr. Mariotti. The Band and Choruses will be selected from the Ancient, Philharmonic, and Vocal Concerts, and Choral Fund; assisted by the young Gentlemen of His Majesty's Chapels Royal, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's.— Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr. J. B. Sale, 18, St. Mary Abbot's- terrace, Kensington ; at the Rooms, and at the principal Music- shops. RING'S CONCERT ROOMS, HANOVER- SQUARE.— Mr. F. CRAMER ( Director and Leader of Her Majesty's Private Band) has the . honour to acquaint the Nobility, Gentrv, and his Friends generally, that his FAREWELL BENEFIT CONCERT will take place on WEDNESDAY EVENING, May 14. Principal Vocal Performers— Made. Caradori Allan, Miss E. Lindley ( her first public appearance), Miss Clara Novello, and Mrs. W. Knyvett; " Mr. Sapio, and Mr. Phillips. Instrumental Solo Performers— Piano- forte, Mr. Cramer; Clarionet, Mr. Willman; and Violoncello, Mr. Lindley. Leader, Mr. F. Cramer. Conductor, Mr. Cramer. The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr. F. Cramer, 37, Upper Charlotte- street, Fitzroy- square ; at all the principal Music Shops, and at the Hanover- square Rooms. MR. MORI has the honour to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and his Friends, that his ANNUAL CONCERT will take place at the Git EAT CONCERT ROOM, KING'S THEATRE, on FRIDAY Evening, May 23,1834, on the same grand scale of former years. Full particulars will be duly announced.— Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, and Boxes to be had only of Mori and Lavenu, 28, New Bond- street. , ; j^ IGNOR PAGANINI'S GRAND EVENING CONCERT, at ^ the HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS, willialee place on MONDAY EVEN- ING next, April 29th, when he will have the honour of performing several of his most favourite pieces, and likewise of introducing his New Instrument the Paginini Viola.' Tickets 10s. 6d. each, to be had at the Rooms. > OYAI, SOCIETY of MUSICIANS.— Handel's sublime Ora- Xj torio " THE MESSIAH," will be performed, underthe Patronage of their Most Gracious MAJESTIES, by the eminent Vocal and Instrumental Performers belonging to the King's Concerts of Ancient Music, on FRIDAY EVENING, May 2, at the HANOVER- SQUARE ROOMS. The Rehearsal will take place on Monday Morning, April 28. Leader, Mr. F. Camer; Conductor, Mr. W Knyvett. — Tickets to lie had at the principal music shops. . M. SIMCOCK, Sec. £ 50CIETY of F UIENt) S of FOREIGNERS in DISTRESS.— Under the Protection oi THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias. His Majesty the King of Prussia. His Majesty the King of- the Netherlands.. His Majesty the King of Sweden, and Norway. His Majesty the King of Wirteijiburg. His Majesty the King of the Belgians. PRESIDENT. The Most Noble the DUKE of WELLINGTON, K. G. dec. & c. The ANNIVERSARY DINNER will take place at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate- street, on THURSDAY NEXT, April 24, at half- past 5 o'clock. The EARL HOWE, Vice- President, in the Chair. STEWARDS.. Win. Kraeutler, Esq. J. W. May, Esq. F. G. Richardson, Esq. Robert Timins, Esq. Henry Hope Werninck, Esq. CHAS. MURRAY, Hon. Secretary. Tickets, 20s. each, may be had of the Stewards; at the Tavern ; the Secretary, 59, Chancery- lane ; and at the Society's Office^, 10, Finsbury Chambers, Lon- don- wall. • . . - ' • • • . • FULLER'S FREEZING MACHINE, by which different Ices, frcm one to twelve quarts, can be made ^ a few minutes, and repeated as often as required. The Freezing Apparatus-, by which Cream and Water Ices can be made by artificial process'; ajso, the Ice Preserver, in which ice can be kept three weeks in the warmest season, to prevent the necessity of opening the ice- house except occasionally. Ice Pails, for jifitifc wine, water, and butter, and Freezing Powder of matchless quality. Fuller's Spare Bed Airer.— This vessel is constructed upon philbsophical principles, and " will retain its heat with once fill- ing for sixty hours. Carriage and Bed Feet- Warmers upon the same principle. The above articles of scientific discover)- may. be seen only at the Manufactory, Jermyn- street, six doors from St. Taines'g- street, London. His Excellency the Baron Blome. His Excellency the Chevalier Dedel. The Chevalier* Giese. . . C. F. Hennings, Esq. Frederick Htith, Esq. KING'S BOXES on the various Tiers may be engaged by the Nighf at ^ AMS'S ( Royal Subscription Library), St. James's- • street; and'also the Dest PRIVATE B< » XES at all the Theatres and tor the French. Plays. A Box at Covert* Gardtrt Let for 1 11 6 A Box at Drury Lane^ .. 1 11 6 Opera Pit Tickets .. .. 0 8 6 each. Several desirable Opera Boxes tofre ? ckf for the Season or Alternate- Weeks, afc moderate terms. Subscribers' Boxes and Stalls disposed of at a trifling eutmiiis- sion. Terms to Sains's Library :— The Year, 5 5 | Half- Year, fi 3 [ Quarter, €\ H Every New Work added to the Library the day of publication. LIBRARY, HODGSON'S BRITISH AND FOREIGN 9, Great Marylebone- street. TERMS. The Yoar .. . v J£ 5 5 O The Half Year .. ~ ~ .. 3 3 0 The Quarter .. •• 1 16 0 Subscribers are entitled'to the immediate perusal of all New Books, Maga^& ies^ and Reviews. OERMAN SPA, BRlGHTON-^ ARK^ lFhe7 P l'MP- R( Kt^ 4 will be OPEN for the SEASON on- MONDAY, the 5th of May next. Hot Mineral Waters:— Carlsbad' and Ems. Cold' Mineral Waters:— Spa, Pyrmont, Eger, Marienbad, Obersalz- brunnen; Seltzer, Pullna, & c. & c.— The Cold Mineral Waters are also to be had in Bottles of Mesfsrs: G: Waugh and Co., Chemistsj,, 177, Regent- street; Mr. J. Lucas, Chemist, 63, Che^ pside ;: and of other respect- able Chemists in the metropolis and provincial towns, TON'DON nnd~ GREENWICH HAtfLWATTCOMPANY, ia>- I A corporated 1833.— The Directors of this Company being desirous to avai*> themselves of such Improvements as may have been made in the construction of? Locomotive Engines for Railways, they invite the Manufacturers of such Engines to forward to this office for their consideration any Proposition, with all particu- lars for supplying the sapie. The Directors anticipate that'four Engines of Ten,* and two of Fifteen Horse Power, will be best suited'tor their work at the com- mencement of their operations. GEO. WALTER, Office, 26. Cornhill, April 2, ia34. Secretary to the JBoard. T ONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. JLA 38, Throgmorton- street; Branch Bank, 9, Waterlbo- place, Pall- mall. DIRECTORS. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Henry Bosanquet, Esq. Frederick Burmester, Esq. William Robert Keith Douglas, Esq. Joseph Esdaile, Esq. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart. M. P. Charles Gibbes, Esq. Henry Harvey, Esq. The Bank conducts current Accounts, James Holford!, Esq. Jonathan Haworth Peel, Esq. Matthew Bonltbn Rennie, Esq. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq. M. P. John Stewart, Esq. M. P. David Salomons, Esq. Pearson Thompson, Esq. on the terras usua? with London Bankers. It receives suras not exceeding ^ 1000 on deposit for three months,• at the rata? of two per eent. per annum. Sums above J^ IOOO lodged on deposit, at interest,, must be subject to special agreement. By order of the Board, London, April 16, 1834. JAMES WILLIAM GILB'ART, Manager. ( gJPLENDID CHINTZ COTTON FURNITITRES. — RALFS. and CO. have now the honour to announce to the Nobility, Gentry, andr Families furnishing, that they have just completed their new Assortment o£ SPRING PATTERNS, which are or a most splendid, unique, and novel de- scription, and embrace every description of Furniture appropriate for Beds, Drawing- rooms, Tents, & c. Old Patterns at one half their original price.—- 22, TAVISTOCK- STREET, Covent- garden. CARPETS.— DIACK and Co. have the hoiwrar to inform the » Nobility and Gentry, that they are exhibiting at present a most extensive?; variety of Brussels and other Carpeting, of the most superb'patterns and unrivalled qualities, at prices under any house in town. Their Stock of Chintzes, Moreens^ Merino Damasks, and Silk Furnitures, is" unequalled in. variety, quality, and cheapness. Families furnishing will find it greatly to their advantage to inspect Diack and Co.' s Stock, where they can be supplied with every article necessary for furnishing, on the most moderate terms. Turkey and Axminster Carpets* Oil- cloths, and Paper Hangings, at very reduced prices. Cabinet Furniture of tha best materials and workmanship. Window Curtains and' Bed' Furniture marfor up at half the usual charges. No. 4, Regent street, opposite Messrs. 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P~ A TENT LEVER WATCHES^ With Silver glass over dial, double bottom cases 6 0 With silver hunting double bottom cases . 6 16 6- This celebrated construction ( the most accurate on which a Watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest improvements, i. e. the detached escape- ment, jewelled in four holes, capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard' enamel dial, and maintaining power to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Comhillv London- TURKEY COFFEE, finest quality, 2s. per lb. MARSHALL and Co. beg to inform the Public that they continue sellings the finest Turkey Coffee at .. .. •• •• 2s. per lb*. Cocoa Nuts, Nibs, or Ground, finest .. .. •• Is. Chocolate .. .. ditto 2s. Chocolate Powder, in Cans for travelling .. .. .. 3s. eacft. Also some very curious old, high- flavoured Mocha Coffee .. 3s. perfi^ At their Tea and Coffee Warehouse, No. 12, ^ outhamptor- street, Strand. HE LONDON COAL COMPANY'S PRESENT PRICES are— Hetton'sor Stewart's Wallsend Coals, at 28s per ton. Good large second ditto, at 25s Inferior ditto, at 23s Including every charge of delivery for ready money. HENRY BROWN, Secretary. Office, 319, Regent- street, corner of Mortimer- street. THE ONLY REMAINING LOTTERY. ON the 22d of July next, the Commissioners under the Act Isfc and 2d William IV. Cap. 8, will distribute by Lot ALL the REMAINING PROPERTY, FUNDS, and ASSETS, of the Glasgow Improvement Company, in 2,036 lots of various amounts and value, atCOOPER'S HALL, in the City of London, according to the mode and manner in which the Prizes in State Lot- teries were formerly drawn. The Scheme contains the following Capitals, be* sides smaller Prizes of ^ 800, ^ 500, ^' 400, ^ 300, ^ 200, & c. & o. All to be drawn in ONE DAY, the 22d of JULY next 1 .. of .. ^ 16,000 .. .£ 16,000 1 .... 10,000 .. .. 10,000 1 .... 3,000 .. .. 3,000 1 .... 2 000 .. .. 2,000 1 .... 1,600 .. .. ,00 1 1 ' SOO .. .. 1,500 I :::: :: .. ?- soo 1 .... ljioo .. •• 1,100 ( fee. &?• Ac- All the Prizes in the Scheme will lie paid in Money if required, subject only to a commission of 5 per cent, on those valued above , f" 100, which is deducted to cover the risk and expense in sellins the properly. In the Fir't and Second Glasgow Lotteries the Prizes were all sold to the public, and Money for each paid on de- mand as soon as drawn. The Tickets and Shares, divided agreeably to the Act, are on Sale at all the Offices in Town and Country. 126 JOHN BULL? April m.- TUESDAY'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCY SUPKKSEDED. J T. SWELLS, Tamworth, Staffordshire, Ifcxper. BANKRUPTS. H. MERRY,, jun., Norwicli, corn- merchant. Atts. Brut'ton and Clipperton, lledfonl- row, London— S. Hl'CKERBY, Sralford, Leicestershire, fellmonfzer. . Atts. Jaques and Co., Barnard's Inn, Londoj. ; Holroyde, Halifax— W. COOKE, liberties of the City of Hereford, eoal- melviiant. Atts. Robinson. Queen- street- place, Southwark- brRtjre, London ; Goufrh, Hereford^ P. BRETHKRTON, Liver- pool, stage- coack-^ proprietor. Atts. Armstrong, Staple Inn, London; Knapper, lavei— verpool. FRIDAY'S GAZETTE. DECLARATIONS Of INSOLVENCY. E. T. SMITH, London- road, St. George's- tields, dealer— S. FOflSTER, L. SMITH, and J. JEW'ITT. Manchester, cotton- spinners. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. J, T. TWELLS, Tamworth, Staffordshire, draper— P. E. WEBER, Liverpool, " iron- founder. BANKRITTS. D. SHEPHERD. Hereford- place, Cominereial- road, haberdasher. Att. " Witrne, Leadenhall- street— H. Binsted, Southampton- buildings. Holbom, cigar- Iflealer. Att. Evans, Gray's Inn- square— J. HUNTER, Cheapside, shoemaker. jAtt. Sme& ley, Ner.' Inn- buildings, New Inn— J. NATION, Birmingham, turner. Att. Willett, Essex- street, Strand— W. A. JARRIN. Quadrant, Regent- street, confectioner. Atts. Umney and Litchfield, Chancery- lane— M. WERTHEIM, IFridav- street, City, foreign warehouseman. Att. Wilkinson, Bueklersbnrv— W. BATTIE, Sheffield, silver- plater. Atts.' Preston, Tokenhouse- vard ; Brookfield and Gould, Sheffield— J. TREGONING, Manchester, dealer. ' Atts. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford- row; Wakinson, Manchester— S. WEST, Swathling, Southamptonshire, fellinonger. Aits. Lee, Winchester; Sheppard, Xower Grosvenor- street, Grosvenor- square— A. WEST, Wilton, Wiltshire, fell- monger. Atts. Lee, Winchester; Shepparil, Lower Grosrenor- street, Grosvenor- square. PARLIAMENTARY* ANALYSIS. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY.— The Duke of WELLINGTON presented petitions from " the county of Norfolk against the separation of Church and State. Earl GREY presented a petition from the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of Tipperary county against a repeal of the Union. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from the hand- loom " Weavers of Congleton, representing the deplorable condition to which they were reduced:; their wages being no more than 5s. weekly.— Adj. TUESDAY.— After the presentation of petitions in favour of the Established Church, and for the relief of Dissenters, The LORD CHANCELLOR entered into a_ brief explanation of his ' views respecting the New Beer Act. His Lordship, in giving a listory of the measure, said, that the provision which allowed the drinking of ale upon the premises, and out of which the evils appeared chiefly to have arisen, was not contained in his original Bill, but was subsequently adopted upon the recommendation of a Committee of the House of Commons. He thought that more time ought to be allowed in order to try whether the evils were or were not incurable. It was in remote parts of the country, where there was no police to look after them, that beer shops produced such injurious effects as " Were complained of: by only permitting them in towns and villages, it appeared to him that a great portion of the existing evils might be overcome.— Lord SUTFIELD thought it impossible to exaggerate the evils which had grown up under the present system.— Lord KENTON expressed his determination to bring forward a measure for its correction.— The Bishop of LONDON hoped that in so doing his X » ordship would not forget the gin- shops. After a few words from lords ELLENBOROUGH and MELBOURNE, the conversation dropped. The Bills on the table were then advanced in their respective stages.— Adjourned. WEDNESDAY.— After several petitions were presented against the desecration of the Sabbath and the demoralising effects of beer- louses, the LORD CHANCELLOR moved for certain returns connected " with public education, and entered into a long explanation of his " views upon that subject. After a few words from Lord WYNFORD, " who regretted that a subject of such vast importance as the present lad been brought before their Lordships without notice, the Returns " were ordered.— Adjourned. THURSDAY.— Petitions were presented if favour of the Established • Church, in favour of the corn laws, and for the better observance of the Sabbath. Lord KENYON introduced a Bill for the better regulation of beer- louses. The object of the Bill was to limit the right of drinking on the premises. His only wish was to have the Bill printed, that attention might be turned to the subject.— The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. The Earl of WARWICK presented a petition from the master hatters of London, for the suppression of Trades' LTnions. On the motion of the Marquess of WESTMEATH, a Bill to prevent the burning of land in Ireland was read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee.— Adjourned. FRIDAY.— The Duke of GLOUCESTER gave notice that on Monday next he would present a petition, signed by 258 Members of the Senate of the f niversity of Cambridge at present assembled in the University, praying their Lordships not to agree to the changes of IKS plan for effecting the commutation of Tithes. His Lordship's propositions, as far as we can understand them, are as follow.— Commissioners are to be appointed to ascertain the value of the tithe and the value of the pasture and arable land in each county. The value of the tithe to be computed on the actual average receipts during tlje hist five years. From these valuations the proportion of the rent of land for which " tithe is to be commuted in each county is to be determined, pasture and arable land being charged in different proportions of their rental, but charged in such a proportion as to secure to the Clergy a permanent and undiminished income. The owner of the land, and not the occupier, to be subject to this charge, and to have the option of redeeming it, at any time, at twenty- five years' purchase. In each diocese ecclesiastical trustees are " to be appointed by the Bishop to receive the redemption monies, to invest them ill land or upon mortgage, or in the Funds, and to pay over to the incumbent of each parish the rent or income arising from the investment of the money which his parish, by the above process, shall actually have produced.— Mr. BARING, Sir R. PEEL, Sir R. INGLJS, and other Members, made a few remarks, expressly reserv- ing their opinions on the plan until they saw it detailed in the printed Bill-— The Resolutions were then put and agreed to, and leave was given to bring in a Bill founded on the same. WEDNESDAY.— The morning sitting was chiefly occupied with a discussion on the presenting of a petition from ' 7,000 Unionists at Kingston- upon- Hull, praying for the remission ofthe sentence passed upon the six labourers tried at Dorchester. Several Members com- plained of the severity of the sentence. There being but ten Members present at five o'clock, the House did not sit in the evening. THURSDAY.— At the morning sitting Mr. CLAY presented a peti- tion for leave to make from bonded corn or flour biscuits for • shipping.— Mr. P. THOMSON observed that the subject had been under the consideration of Government, and that the objection to it was the impossibility of guarding againts frauds. Mr. POTTER made inquiry about the Oldham affair, but Lord HOWICK, in compliance with the feeling of the House to proceed with petitions, made no answer. At the evening sitting Mr. STANLEY presented a message from his Majesty, suggesting that the Members of the Order of the Bath should be relieved from the payment of fees. Mr. C. BERKELEY brought in a Bill to amend the law which regulates the transmission of newspapers through the Post- office Ordered to be read a second time on the 5th of May. Mr. EWART obtained leave to bring ill a Bill allowing Counsel to prisoners. Mr. HARDY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 52d George III., cap. 55, regarding the assemblage of persons in private houses for purposes of a religious worship. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then brought forward liis motion on the subject of the Poor Laws. After dwelling for some time on the importance of the subject, the difficulty of dealing with it, and the ill success which attended many ofthe endeavours'of the Legislature to do so, he referred to the appointment and the labours ol the Commission from which the valuable body of evidence had emanated, on the statements of which he rested the necessity of an immediate^ change. The working of the present system he described as most ruinous— worse than an agrarian law, for an agrarian law contemplated a division of propertv, but this system promised the destruction of all property. In alluding to the general measuse of the Government his Lordship remarked, the House would see that it proposed to alter the allowance system, to deprive the majority of out- door paupers of relief, and to vest discretionary power in the Commissioners for framing rules and regulations for tlie_ purpose of carrying the law into effect. There were two other questions of im- portance which he must touch upon. The first related to the law of settlement. He needed not to observe that any Hon. Member who was at all acquainted with the subject must see that the present law was most complicated, leading to great expense, much vexatious litigation, and interfering with the free employment of labour. At first he had thought that the best mode of gaining a settlement would be by hiring ana service, but he now felt convinced that every mode ought to be abolished,- except that of birth and right acquired by marriage. What he proposed was that every one should follow the settlement of his parents till he was sixteen years of age, and then that he should have recourse to his own, which was to be the place of his birth."— Many Members followed the CHANCELLOR of the EX- CHEQUER, most of whom spoke in favour of the measure. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Mr. LENNARD obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the present Game Act. . b , Col. WILLIAMS moved an Address to His Majesty, requesting Hi: mainder of the Miscellaneous Estimates, which called forth a de- sultory conversation. There were grants for the Special Justices" for the West India Colonies; for Emigration Agents to guard against frauds, and to see that the laws were enforced, & c. Lord ALTHORP brought up the Bill for the amendment of the Poor Laws, whi6h was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday se'nniglit.— Adjourned. NAVAL AND MILITARY. White- hall, Afril, 1834.—' The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir George Martin, G. C. B., the office or place of Vice- Admiral of the United Kingdom of " Great Britain and Ireland, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, and also Lieutenant of the Navies and Seas of the said United Kingdom, in the room of Admiral Sir Edward Thornbrough, deceased. The King- has also been pleased to diieet letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto the Hon. Admiral Sir Robert Stanford, G. C. B., the office or place of Rear- Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Admiralty thereof, and also of Rear- Admiral of the Navies and Seas of I he said United Kingdom, in the room of Admiral Sir George Martin, appointed Viee- Admiral of the said United Kingdom. [ This article is to be substituted for that which appeared in last Friday's Ga- zette.]— Whitehall, April 9.— The King has been pleased to appoint Rear- Adini- ral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart. G. C. B., tobe Master of his Majesty's Hospital at Greenwich, in the county of Kent, in the room of Admiral Sir Rich, Goodwin Keats, deceased. WAR OFFICE, April 18, 1834. 13th Lt. Dragoons— Cornet W. M. Julius to be Lieut, by pur. vice Haekeftr who retires ; F. Burdett, Gent, to be Cornet, by pur. vice Julius, April 18. 16th Lt. Drags.— Cornet R. Pattinson to be Lieut, by pur. vice Agar, prom.; C. de N. Clifton, Gent., to be Cornet, bv pur. vice Pattinson, April 18. 1st or Gren. F. Guards— Lieut, and Capt. E. G. Douglas to be Capt. and Lieut.- Col. by pur. vie ® Des Dceux, who retires ; Ens. and Lieut. Capper Brooke to be Lieut, and Capt. by pur. vice Douglas ; F. W. Allix, Gent, to be Ens. and Lieut, by pur., April 18. 1st Regt. of Ft.— Capt. J. A. Allen, from h.- j). unattached, to be Capt. vice A. Campbell, who exchanges, receiving ditf., April 18. 45th— T. Hunter. M. D., to be Assist.- Sur. vice L. Leslie, who retires upon h.- p., April 18. 56th— Staff Assist.- Surg. C. Proctor, to be Assist.- Surg. vice Gardiner, appointed to the 83rd April 18. 61st— Kns. H. Kelty to be Lieut, by pur vice Johnes, prom. ; J. T> Mauleverer, Gent, to be Ens. by pur. vice Kelty, April 18. 83rd— Ens. J. T. James to be Lieut, by pur. vice White, who retires; E. Steele, Gent, to be Ens* by. pur. vice James ; Asst.- Surg. Gardiner, from 56th, to be Assist.- Surg., April 18. asked by a petition presented on the 21st of March, signed by " 63 resident Members ot the University. Several petitions were presented against the desecration of the Sabbath, and in favour of the claims of the Dissenters, and a few against altering the Church Patronage of Scotland. A conversation respecting the intended musical festival in West- minster Abbey was introduced by the Duke of NEWCASTLE, who described such performances as contrary to one of the canons of the Church.— Earl GREY could see no objection to such a festival being conducted in the Abbey, precisely in the same way as during the reign of George 111.— The Earl of " MALMESBURY spoke to the same effect; after which the conversation dropped. The English and Irish Judgments Bill went through a Committee. — The Smuggling Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, after a desultory conversation, in which several Noble Lords took part.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY.— At the early sitting, petitions were presented against the Repeal of the Union ; on agricultural distress; for the relief of Dissenters; for the better obseri ance of the Sabbath; and various minor subjects. The House divided on the St. Pancras Paving Bill, when there appeared a majority against the second reading of 6. At the evening sitting, the House resolved into a Committee of Supply, and Mr. S. RICE brought forward the miscellaneous esti- mates. The first resolution he said, he took out of its eourse, because it was on account of the " Revising Barristers," whose demands had leen too long left outstanding: the grant was for 2- 2,5001. The next grant was for 11,0001. for the purchase of two pictures ( Corregios) ; the Right Hon. Gent, added, that the public had given pictures for the proposed gallery to the amount of65,0001.— Sir R. PEEL expressed lis concurrence in the vote.— Mr. S. RICE then moved, amongst other grants, 8,0001. towards the new buildings at the British Museum ; 37,0001. on account of works at Windsor Castle ; 13,0001. on account ofthe National Gallery; 17,0001. for the restoration and repair of Wetsminster Hall; and 6,5001. for revenue buildings in Bristol. These Totes were severally agreed to. The House having resumed, the Report of the Bribery at Elections Bill was received, and ordered to be takesn into further consideration on Wednesday. T UESDAY.— Lord Howies obtained leave to bring in a Bill to unite under one jurisdiction the district of North Durham and the town of Berwick- upon- Tweed. Mr. ROEBUCK then brought forward his motion for a Select Com- mittee to inquire into the means of remedying the evils which exist in the form of the Governments of Upper and Lower'Canada. The Hon. Gent, described the Councils as so many oligarchies, and condemned the language employed by the Colonial Secretary in all lis despatches from England to the Canadas, ascalculated to excite the worst feeling towards this country. He then entered into various details upon which he grounded his opinions and his motion, and concluded by observing that any rash and impetuous contempt of the desires of the colonists would revive the disastrous days of 1774; and the Colonies now, as then, would, with arms in their hands, at once and for1 ever proclaim themselves independent of our dominion.— Mr. HUME seconded the motion.— Mr. STANLEY defended the con- duct of his Majesty's Government, and the language of his own despatches, as called for by the occasion. The conduct of Govern- ment was, in fact, a series " of concession upon concession, which had Ween met by increased , len± « iids. The Right Hon. Gent,, after alluding to the possible union of the two provinces at some future time, concluded by moving an amendment, which, while it altered the terms of the motion, conceded theappointment of the Committee, This amendment, after a short discussion, was agreed to. Tfce CHANCEM/ OB of the EXCHEQUER tk'.' n entered into a statement Majesty " to signify his pleasure to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge respectively, that their bodies no longer act under the edicts or letters of James the First, 1616, which required subscrption to certain articles of faith, < fcc."— Mr. G. WOOD proposed " an amendment for leave to bring in a Bill to grant to His Majesty's subjects generally the right of admission to the English Universities and of equal eligibility to degrees therein, notwithstanding their di- versities of religious opinion, degrees in Divinity alone excepted." After a protracted debate, in which the injustice and folly of both original motion and amendment were ably exposed by Mr. ESTCOURT, Mr. GOULBURN, and Sir R. INGLIS, the original motion having previously been withdrawn, the amendment was carried — a division by a majority of .185 to 44. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in his Bill for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales.— Adj. FRIDAY'.— At the early sitting Major BEAUCLERK presented Eetition for remission " of the sentence on the Dorsetshire la- ourers, which gave rise to some discussion in reply to a charge of unprecedented severity brought against Ministers in the case of these men, by Mr. HUME, Mr. ROEBUCK, and others. — Lord HOWICK said there had been much misrepre- sentation of the facts of the case. The prisoners had been stated to be ignorant and innocent victims of the law. Now, several of them had been Methodist preachers, and surely ignorance could not be pleaded for them; and some of the others were men of profligate habits and bad character. He had in his possession the certificate of the governor of Dorchester Jail, shewing that one of them had been in that prison in 1829, on a charge of felony. He ( Lord Howick) thought the course that Ministers had pursued, the only one that could be considered really merciful; for were such proceedings not checked in the beginning a struggle might be the result, and whichever side was successful a dreadful and lamentable slaughter must be the consequence. _ At the evening sitting Mr. HARDY brought in a Bill to amend the 52dGeo. III ., cap. 55, regarding the assemblage of persons in private houses for religious worship. Mr. O'CONNELL moved for a copy ofthe conviction of the Dorches ter Unionists, and gave notice of a motion on the subject, for Friday next. Mr. EIVART brought in Bills for the further repeal of capital punishment in certain cases of burglary, to allow Counsel to persons charged with felonv, and, to abolish the practice of hanging in chains. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimated his intention of making another Financial statement in a short while, when he would communicate all that was intended to be done for the relief of agri- culture. _ , Mr. LITTLETON stated, in- answer to a question from Colonel PERCIVAL, that the Law Officers of the Crown had received in- structions to prosecute the Roman Catholic Clergyman whose evidence had drawn down the reprehension of the Bench, during s late trial at the Assizes for the county of Cork. Mr. Secretary STANLEY, in a Committee on the King's Message, moved that compensation be granted to the officers of the Order of the Bath, in lieu of fees.— Mr. HUME objected to this course, and wished inquiry to be made into the fees, before the public should be burdened with fresh costs. With the view of effecting such inquiry, he should move the Chairman report progress.— Sir S. WHALLEY seconded this amendment.— Mr. Secretary STANLEY said that it was his object to inquire into the amount of fees, and believed it would be found there was no adequate ground for claiming them. He was ready to submit the whole question to a Committee, but he hoped the amendment would not be pressed, as there ought to be some answer to the message.— Sir E. CODRINGTON said that he had resisted the fees ( between 3001. and 4001.) demanded; and had told the first Lord of the Admiralty that rather than pay for the honour he _ would decline it.— Sir R. PEEL observed, that however desirable it might be to effect reforms, it was to be hoped that they woold be unaccompa- nied by personal injury.— Mr. STANLEY observed that his resolu- tion was initiatory of a " Bill, and that Bill he should be ready to refer to a Committee, " if 4hat course were preferred to an inquiry by the Treasury.— Mr. HUME withdrew his amendment, and the original resolution was agreed to. . , „ , jVlr, S. JiicB afterwards, in Committee of Supply, moved we re- PORTSMOUTH, April 18.— This day week orders were received here- to proceed with the three line- of- battle ships at this port, which have been some weeks occasionally progressing toward a state for com- missioning, in all respects as with shipsinteuded for immediate active service, by completing their topmast and running rigging, stowing and storing thein, getting boats and sails on board, so that' they may only require being manned to proceed to sea. Similar orders have been received at Plymouth and Sheerness, to expedite the ships in- tended to be fitted out at those ports. On Monday, the Dee brought upwards of 100,0001. in specie, which she immediately transhipped to the Rainbow. It is expected the Dee will carry out Rear- Admiral Gage to Lisbon. Ihe funeral of Admiral Sir R. Keats took place on Saturday at Greenwich, with all the pomp and dignity of naval and military ob- servance. The Lords of the Admiralty, and all the naval officers of His Majesty's Household, attended. At a little after three o'clock the procession, headed by the band ofthe Royal Marines, formed ill the great quadrangle of the building, opposite the Governor's house; and on the coffin being brought out ( borne by eight pensioners who served under Sir Richard ill the Superb), a signal was hoisted from the top of the house, on which a party of Artillery, stationed with field- pieces on One- tree- hill, where a flag was lioisted half- mast high, fired minute guns, which they continued regularly to discharge until the body was deposited in the Royal Chapel. The firing during the funeral service ceased, but was resumed on the re- forming of the procession, and continued until the body reached the mausoleum in the burial- ground ofthe institution. The whole of the great square was lined with pensioners, and the upper quadrangle, in addition to lines of pensioners, was skirted by 100 nurses and 200 girls, whose appearance added much to the interest of the scene. . The chief mourners w; ere Sir Richard's nephews, Capt. Keats, R. N., and the Rev. Richard Keats. A regiment of Marines, in single files, formed an avenue ( the men leaning on their arms reversed) through which the procession passed. Captain Seymour, 43d Light Infantry, Captain Craufurd, 68th Light Infantry, and Captain Johnson, 83d Regiment, Lieutenant Sir J. Hawley, 9th Lancers, Cornet Peachck, 10th Lancers, Ensign Cassan, 16th Foot, Second Lieutenant Rooke, 60th Rifles, Captain Warren, 66th, have retired from the army this week. From an Official Return, recently printed by order of the House of Commons, it appears that since the 1 st of January, 1832, twenty- seven vessels, of all classes, including four sail of the line, have been commissioned at Devonport, and the amount of wages to seamen and marines is 111,7601.17s. 5d. At Portsmouth, during the same period, thirty- five vessels, of all classes, including four sail of the line, have been commissioned. The wages amount to 181,8671. 10s. 9d.— Naval and Military Gazette. All the depots in Portsmouth garrison were inspected in review order on Southsea Common last week, by Major- General Sir T. M'Mahon, Bart., K. C. B., in the followingorder, and on which oc- casion they severally performed a variety of evolutions, according to the revised system of field drill:— On Monday, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the 12th depot; on Tuesday, the 65th depot; on Wed- nesday, the 77th depot; on Thursday, the 84 th depot; and on Friday, the 99th depot. A report is prevalent that a regiment of foot is to be stationed in the spacious barracks at Winchester, in lieu of the troop of the 1st Royal Dragoons, which has joinedhead- quarters. An official notice to the Out- Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital has been published, stating that, instead of two affidavits being required from them each quarter, they will only need to execute two affidavits in each of the half- year's commencing IstJanuary and 1st July, and one affidavit in each ofthe intermediate quarters, beginning 1st" April and 1st October. The new police establishment at Plymouth Dockyard is nearly completed. Eight of the present warders are to be superannuated, four at 20/., ana four at 15/. per annum. Two corvettes of 18 guns each, the Calypso and Coquette, are ordered to be laid down at Chatham Dockyard. On the 8th inst. at about eleven o'clock, just inside the Needle Rocks, the Stag, revenue cutter, Captain Ferris, captured the Rose in June smack, of Southampton, with forty- nine casks of contraband spirits, and a crew of four men. The vessel and spirits were brought into Cowes, and the people committed to prison. A Court- Martial assembled on the 9th inst. at Government House, Plymouth, for the trial of a gunner and driver of the Royal Artillery, for a violent assault on Messrs. Hussey, father and son, respectable inhabitants of Devonport, whereby the senior Mr. Hussey had his leg broken by a kick. The opinion and sentence has not been pro- mulgated. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.— A hostile meeting took place on Thursday, in the neighbourhood of the metropolis between Lord Bingham and Major Fitzgerald. The former fired at his antagonist. The Major then discharged his pistol in the air, which terminated the aflair. It will be recollected that a misunderstanding between these parties formed a topic of conversation about 18 months ago. Thomas F. Jessep, Esq., Secretary to Adm. Sir W. Hargood, and Mr. Lethbridge, are mentioned as likely to be appointed Secretary to- Greenwich Hospital, vice the late W. H. Hooper. Esq., deceased. The Hamiltons, by the Author of Mothers awl Daughters, may be considered the novel of the season; whether we regard the high or low comedy, the distress of virtue, or the discomfiture of vice, the homely cutting truth, or the courtly sarcasm that abound so profusely in this delightful work, we have equal subject for admiration. Wit sparkles over the surface of these pages, while the strong current of sterling sense runs beneath. May Mrs. Gore write many such novels as these, and may we live to read them. Such is the anxiety of the Directors to have the London and Greenwich Railway completed by the time specified, that the con- tractor, Mr. M'Intosh, has kept " his men employed for some time past throughout the night. A fine head of hair, displayed in exuberant tresses, and in those silken ringlets that luxuriate on the brow of beauty, is justly appre- ciated as the most invaluable endowment of nature; and the art by which such feature is realized is consequently held in estimation. Rowland's Macassar Oil elicits redundenby of hair, even on parts of the head that were previously bald, proved by testimonials received from the most distinguished personages in all parts of the globe, and in preventing the the hair falling off or turning grey to the most ad- vanced periods of life, generates with infancy ample growth of beau- tiful hair, and will sustain it in perfection through all stages of ex- istence. Subduing all relaxing tendencies, it firmly keeps the hair in curl and other decorative formation during many hours, unim- paired by damp weather, crowded assemblies, the dance, or even equestrian exercise. April 20. JOHN BULL, m IRELAND. The accounts from Ireland comprise a fearful catalogue of crimes, outrages, and intimidation. The barony of Ennishowen, in the county of Donegal, is represented as being in a state of open insur- rection. Threatening notices against the payment of rents and tithes are widely circulated— and letters demanding money for the - use of " John Right" ( the Captain Rock of those wilds) are quite common. The Dublin papers state that such is the organization of the peasantry that many Clergymen are prevented from establishing their claims for relief under the Tithe Million Act, on account of the apprehension entertained by witnesses of fatal consequences ensuin. to them from giving evidence. In the county of Limerick a Roman Catholic Priest is stated to have addressed his congregation from the altar, advising his deluded listeners to form committees, and adopt every method of agitation to defeat the acts of the Assistant Barris ter. The incendiary is also at his work of destruction. The house and out- offices of a farmer near Mullingar, were set fire to and totally consumed. A cow fell a prey to the flames, and the owner and his family narrowly escaped destruction. In Queen's County a most dis- graceful outrage was perpetrated on the feelings of a Magistrate by hanging him in effigy, and threatening him with the vengeance of Captain Rock.— The Lord Lieutenant in Council, on Monday last, proclaimed, under the provisions of the Coercion Act of last Session, four baronies in the King's County. The following are the names of the disturbed baronies:— Garrycastle, Eglish, Balliboy, and Ballybrittas. At a public dinner given to celebrate the. triumphant return of Mr. Alderman THOMPSOX at Sunderland, in defiance of the potentiality and influence of my Lord DURHAM, a gentleman of the name of WRIGHT addressed the company in a speech of which the following is an extract:— " And I can fancy their fiat has been issued to the ravenous band of dependant parasites that hover around this borough— I can fancy that that command has proclaimed that the fabric of Whig corruption upon which they rest their hopes begins to totter— that the system of monstrous patronage— the reign of official incompetency, and the feast of family plunder which characterizes the Whig administration, and by which alone it is upheld, draws to its close. I can imagine them " to say, " the nation begins to complain ; the independent mem- bers of the legislature begin to remonstrate— a union of men of all parties threatens to turn us from power; the shipowners, although they have— as observed by Mr. Scurfield— patiently borne the op- pressive Jaws under which their interest has suffered, have declared war against our administration ; the power of the press has become terrible, and the radicals outrageous ( laughter) ; we have persecuted the press, but we cannot subdue it ( loud cheers); we have raised the cry that there is fear of revolution, to annihilate the Radicals, but they still continue their unions ( renewed laughter): we have pro- mised Reform of the Church, but it has alarmed the churchman, and our promises are disbelieved even by the Dissenters. A strenuous effort must, therefore, be made, and all our hangers on, from the highest to the lowest— the aspiring placeman, every proud aristocrat who hiis been rendered more proud by unmerited eleva- tion in the peerage ( loud laughter and cheers), the hoping sinecurist, the fawning courtier, the miserable brawler, and the factious demagogue, must seize every opportunity to overwhelm the power, ana stifle the voice of the people. We have multiplied our placemen, we have created offices; nay, we have opened the flood- gates of patronage upon the country ; it is true we have given the preference to our relations—( Roars of laughter)— but long as maybe ' the List,' there are still some worthy and talented, some poor and proud members to be found in the * Genesis' of the Greys, who remain to be provided for.—( Loud cheers.)— If, however, we are to be driven from place, one of ' the Family' must succeed us.— ( Roars of laughter.)— Every effort must be made to create for him a prodigious and winning popularity. Pie must be more liberal than we— nay, even ' the flag of liberty' must be seen in the distance to waive over his head—{ Loud laughter and cheers)— questions must be privately concocted and publicly asked; answers must be pri- vately arranged and publicly given; a general hunt must be made throughout the country for petitions. Nay, we must go further, he must be sent to vegetate amongst the frantic commotions of revolu- tionary France; and then, a generous nation, forgiving our past in- discretions, and forgetting all our by- gone prodigality, will receive him as their leader and hail him as" the saviour of our country."— ( Loud cheers and laughter, which continued for a length of time.) The Lincolnshire Chronicle says,—" It is well worthy of notice, that, though never at any former period have the Journals of the House of Commons been so loaded with notices of motions as they are at the present moment, those that are likely to produce any be- nefit to the community are surprisingly few. Long as is the list of notices of motions ( in number they amount to about one hundred and forty), we have carefully looked through it, and we are gratified to find that the few that can by any possibility affect the public interest in any beneficial manner, proceed from Conservative Members, while the Liberal and the Radical delegates have confined themselves — because we suppose their sagacity can see no further— to the ques- tions in which passions and prejudices are mixed up, as a matter of prudence for their retaining their popularity, throwing aside the really useful, those subjects comprising no part of their studies- their duties we say nothing about. DARING AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PLATE ANP JEWELLERY. — Thursday morning information was given at the police- station in Marylebone- lane, of an extensive robbwry of plate and jewellery, to the amount of between seven and eight thousand pounds, the pro- perty of Mrs. Bowes, a widow lady, residing at 40, York- terrace, Regent's- park. Mrs. B., on Tuesday evening, went to a concert in Hanover- square, leaving her butler, Henry Bennett, at home with the female domestics. About a quarter past nine he went out and locked both the area and street door, taking with him the keys of both. At the usual hour the females retired to bed, expecting the man- servant home to let their mistress in. At a quarter past one Mrs. Bowes returned in her carriage, but could not gain iidmittance after continual knocking and ringing, as the female servants could not open the door, and Mrs. B. was compelled to go into the Regent's- park, and gain admittance by an entrance through one of the windows. After going up stairs, Mrs. B. recollected she had not wound her gold watch up, and went to her jewel- box for that purpose, when she found it had been stolen, with jewellery in it to the amount of between 0,0001. and 7,0001.; one necklace alone cost 2,0001. The family was alarmed immediately on the discovery of the robbery, and the police called in ; and on proceeding into the butler's pantry, it TO'as discovered that every article of plate was stolen also. Thursday night John Bennett, an elderly man, father of Henry Bennett, the butler, was placed at the bar of Marylebone Police- office, on sucpicion of having been concerned in the robbery. Sarah Suffield, lady's- maid, stated that the prisoner's son, Henry Bennett, entered the service of her mistress on the 22d ult., and the prisoner was in the habit of coining to see him. On the previous evening he called, and after waiting some time for his son, who was at the time engaged in the pantry, the latter was called in, and they soon went out together. Tlie jewel cases were found under the sofa in the back drawing room. The property was safe two hours before they quitted.— An Inspector of police stated that he went to the prisoner's house . at Kensington Gravel- pits. He stated that his son had been obliged to leave his place suddenly in consequence of having had a chilft sworn to him; that on the night they left Regent's- park " together, his son, who had a carpet- bag, got into a cab in Oxford- street, aud told him ( prisoner) to walk. On his arrival at home his sort was there ; he washed and shaved himself, and then went away, and he had not seen him since. The carpet- bag referred to was found, but it contained dirty linen. The prisoner was remanded to Thursday next. 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AUTION— OLD BROWN WINDSOR SOAP.— The reirnt ® this article has long held for washing the Skin, has lately excited tha cupidity of the ignorant and mercenary, and introduced large quantities into tha markets at very low prices. The Public are, therefore respectfully solicited to> attend to these remarks— first, the colour costs hardly anything, a little browi* umber to the value of 2s. or 3s. will colour a ton weight; it is the quality^, not tba colour, which constitutes its value. These common Brown Windsor Soaps ara 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 the wrinkled appear- ance of age. J. and E. 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None are genuine but what have a small address stamp attached to Ofe label, printed in colours similar to a patent Medicine Stamp. 24, Old Bond- street January 1st, 1834.1 BURGESS'S ESSENCE OF ANCHOVIES. " " Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of the Savoy- steps, London, JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous endeavours made bv many persons to impose a spurious article for their make, feel it incumbent upon them to request the attention of the Public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the Original, to observe the Name and Address correspond, with the above. The general appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the unguarded, and for their detection, J. B. and Son submit the following Cau- tions : some are in appearance at first sight " The Gemrine," but without any name or address— some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies"— others " Burgess,** and many more without address. JOHN BURGESS and SON having been many years honoured with such dis- tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect toward the Public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to purchasing what they con- ceive to be of their make, which they hope will prevent many disappointments. <-.. « • 1 having given such great safls- * * most useful BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given faction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recommended z and convenient Sauce— will keep good in all climates. Warehouse, No. 107, Strand ( corner of Savoy- steps), London. Fish Sauce Warehouse. The original. THE PAWNBROKER. A poor fellow, who wanted a trifle to raise At a pawnbroker's looked with a sigh At his old worn- out boots that for years in one pla<? e Unmolested had hung up on high. Those boots were the whole that unpledg'd he possess'd, Save a bottle of Warren's Jet Blacking; For that blacking he well was assured was the best, And never of beauty was lacking. He brushed up the boots, and by Warren's rich jet They soon were in lustre arrayed; The pawnbroker smil'd at the polish he met, As it brightly his features portrayed. And though the boot' were not in fact worth a crown, The pawnbroker fancied them new Put his hand in his purse and a guinea threw down As he praised their delectable hue. THIS Easy- Shining and Brilliant BLACKING is prepared hy ROBERT WARREN, 30, Strand, London ; and sold in every town in tha Kingdom. Liquid in bottles, and Paste^ Blackingm pots; at6d., 12d. and 18d. eaclu Be particular to enquire for Warren's, 30, Strand, All others are counterfeit. 126 JOHN BULL? April m.- TO CORRESPONDENTS. ' The letter upon " ADAM" is too sharp; the writer shall hear by to- jwomxc's post. • si . eormtparulent enquires whether the Society, fminded in the 16th or 37th century, for the Propagation of the Christian religion in New England, Sf- c., still exists ?— and whether King CHARLES THE SECOND tlidr. rdid not make a grant to them of MOO!., which they laid out in lunrt?— and whether that land is not situate in Essex• ? lie thank our friend VERAX: we never sec the paper which fie names, and are perfectly indifferent as to anything it says upon any ^ llljJfUt. A correspondent enquires, why Dr. HEWETT, the Cambridge physi- cian, of whom we have made honourable mention elsewhere, is catted ** THE WOODPECKER ?"— fVe believe he obtained it at St. George's Hospital, where his tapping propensities anp proverbial. It r have been obliged to ijcstpoiie several articles oil the debates of the last week for want of room. FSFF" A MOXDAY EDITION ( for the Country) is published at Three o'clock in the afternoon, containing the Markets and Latest New*. LOIM BULL. LONDON, APRIL 20. THE KING held a levee on Wednesday, and, in the even- ing. gave a grand banquet to the Grand Crosses - of the Bath. Her MAJESTY honoured Covent- garden Theatre, and was received with the greatest enthusiasm. On Thursday, the QUEEN held a Drawing Room, and in the evening visited the Italian Opera; and, on Friday, their - MAJESTIES left town for Windsor. WE were not such very had prophets, when we last week expressed our opinion that the insurrection at Brussels was but the BEGINNING, and that the example of the liberalized Belgians would shortly be followed by the revolutionized French. Scarcely had the news of the well- organized and highly- patronized riots of the LEOPOLDIANS reached the French metropolis, before the Sons of Freedom in Paris pro- ceeded to display their ardour and patriotism, by throwing up barricades and resisting their popular Monarch's Government to the best of their abilities. The daily newspapers have already given the most ample accounts of these tumults, to quell which it was found neces- sary to pour into Paris a force of 40,000 men; who, when ordered to act, even went beyond the letter of their instruc- tions, and dealt death and destruction around them with un- sparing spirit and animation. The loss of life, however, has mot been confined to the mobility; many of the troops, in- cluding some officers, have fallen in the contest. So far the serious part of the emeute. Now for the farce which follows the tragedy. The Citizen- King of the FRENCH having succeeded in cutting down the PEOPLE, and putting < down the rebellion, proceeds to exhibit his wisdom aad mode- ration by causing hundreds of persons to he arrested— Editors *) f newspapers to be seized, their offices sealed up, their journals silenced— and having effected all these things, in order the better to set off the beauties of Revolution, the triumph of liberty and the freedom of the Press, His MA- JESTY, with forty thousand troops at his command, proceeds, by the mouths of his Ministers, to announce that the army is immediately to be raised to 360,000 men and 65,000 cavalry < to preserve tranquillity in this too- happy country), and to announce also a new taxation to the amount of 14 millions and a half " over and above all extra War Budgets for 1834," and twenty- two millions and a half extra for 1835. A law is— by this time— passed, awarding the punishment T> f DEATH to any man using a sword ; ten years in the galleys for any man using fire- arms in a mob— and— Oh ! ye Gods, listen— imprisonment from five to ten years to any man con- victed in raising, 01- ASSISTING TO RAISE, BARRICADES!!! What must those poor fools, who drove away CHARLES the TENTH for sanctioning one ordinarily strong Ordi- nance, think of their Citizen- KLNG now. Loaded with new burthens— oppressed by increased troops— their criminal code swelled by the severest punishments for new offences— and their spirit of freedom fettered with the threat of impri- sonment for doing that, by which alone their present KING • obtained the power of oppressing them. These things cannot last. In Belgium too, our excellent LEOPOLD, the friend of Virtue and Lord DURHAM, after sitting upon his horse, surrounded by his Staff, to witness the destruction of houses and furniture, and statues and pic- tures, belonging to those who had ventured to show their re- spect for the Royal family, under whom they had lived happily from their childhood, rakes up an obsolete law, and, like liis most liberal and patriotic father- in- law, endeavours to enforce the transportation of those editors and writers Tivlio venture to express what is, in fact, the general feeling of the country. Here we have another specimen of devotion to the liberty of the press; which, as the patriots say after their tavern dinners, " is like the air— if we have it not, we die." At LYONS, the rebellion has been even more serious than at Paris; but there the bayonet has prevailed— whole streets have fallen before the well- served artillery, and upwards of seven thousand lives have been lost. At St. Etienne, at tirenoble, and at Marseilles, similar scenes, although not to a similar extent, have been enacted. In Ireland, the state of things is most dreadful— the people here have no conception of the real position of that wretched country. The papers teem with accounts of murders, and hres, and atrocities of all kinds; but even those do not give a proper or adequate idea of the peril in which Ireland is at this moment placed. Mr. LITTLETON'S continuance in office— it cannot last much longer— and we should perhaps say, since he appears to have neither feeling nor delicacy, his iehig permitted to remain in tiffice; amounts to a crime. To his fawning concessions— to his puerile attempts at concilia- tion— in short, to his whole conduct since be has attempted to perform the functions of the Secretaryship, may be attri- buted much— aye, most— of the aggravation of the evils under which Ireland now labours ; and which have, within the last six or eight months, assumed a new and most important cha- racter. Several counties are proclaimed in a state of rebellion, and a very short time only will elapse before the worst antici- pations of the most gloomy of our political prophets will be realized. At Oldham, the Trades' Unions have begun. Blood has been shed, and property destroyed— the military arrived, and the Unionists fled. A public notice has been issued, advising the inhabitants to keep within their houses. To- morrow, the Trades' Unions ofLondon are to meet in Copenhagen- fields, in order, as it was intended, to proceed to the KING to entreat His MAJESTY to dismiss his pre- sent Ministers. ( This part of the scheme must be altered, its His Majesty has left Town.) Those passive opti- anists, who seat themselves in their aim- chairs, and say " it will all Come li^ V't," would do well t<- look at the well- drilled,, wtH--< i? gamzed processions of ¥ bese Unions, which may tie Iseen filling the public Ktt'eets on Sun- days. Thei% « re not less than 400,000 tof these Unionists in Lolwlrfri Wone, all risen into life and action under the influ- ence aflAprotection of His MAJESTY'S Ministers, who now see the absolute necessity of putting down the new " estate of the realm" which they, for their own base purposes, created. They have an example in the Citizen- King of the French, raised to a throne by faction and rebellion— He now dcuounees rebels and barricades— They, lifted to power by tile yells of the Unions, whom they courted, acknowledged, and corresponded with, in their corporate capacity, now, having gained their ends, turn round upon the fools they flattered, and visit the manifestation of the feelings, which they them- selves excited, with threats of banishment and death. Lord HOWICK, in the House of Commons, made a speech on Friday, which two years since never would have passed his lips. The Ministerial faction now see the danger of which they have often enough been warned— short- sighted men who could not, or perhaps would not, perceive its approach till it was at hand. But even in the details of this last proceeding, what meanness — what shuffling— what equivocation. We last week mentioned our surprise that such a man as Lord MELBOURNE should condescend to act upon the system of some of his colleagues, and tell the Deputation who went to him in behalf of " the Dorchester Unionists, that nothing should be done with them until the KING'S pleasure was known— they, the Unionists, being at that time on their way to Botany Bay. Lord Howies:, on Friday, said that Lord MELBOURNE had been much misrepresented as to what passed at that in- terview, and explained what it was customary to say with regard to petitions to be submitted to the KING. This is all nonsense. If Lord MELBOURNE said anything about the pe- tition, one way or another, knowing that the men were actu- ally gone, he did precisely that, which we have charged him with: but in order to exhibit the confidence and cordiality of the Cabinet in the most striking light, we beg only to refer to what Lord ALTHORP said upon this subject on Friday. " Mr. O'CONNELL asked if the convicted men had been sent out of the country ?" ( this, by the way, was after my Lord HOVYICK had stated, that " they were far off on then- passage to the land of banishment")— to which Lord ALTHORP, with a prodigious degree of complimentary caution, said, " Of his own knowledge, he did not know, but one of the Secretaries of State said they had been !!" Against the Unionists here, and the anti- Unionists in Ire- land. every lover of his country and her Constitution should manfully maintain his ground, and support the KING'S Government in crushing their revolutionary principles and pre- tensions, by every means in their power; but we must say, vile as are their purposes, and destructive as are their inten- tions, the palliation of their crimes is found in the baseness of those, who flattered first, and then betrayed them. Since writing this, we have read a most powerful article in the Times of yesterday, upholding the Government against the rabble, and advocating the severest measures to repress their movements. How long ago is it that the Times told that rabble that it was part of their prerogative to display their spirit by the seasonable use of the bludgeon and the brick- bat ? " Like master, like man." If the Unionists wish for a fair estimate of the reliance to be placed in Whigs and their adherents, they have nothing to do but to listen to Lord GREY'S son, and read Lord DURHAM'S newspaper. IT appears, according to the regulations of judicial ap pointments, that the Right Honourable Sir JAMES PARK, although his Privy- Councillor rank would not avail him, would not enter the Exchequer Court as Junior Baron, but in the place to which the seniority of his original elevation to the Bench entitles him. The following table of the seniority of the twelve Puisne Judges shews that Sir JAMES PARK, now second Puisne Judge " of the King's Bench, would also become second Puisne Baron of the Exchequer. It is ima- gined, however, that Lord DENMAN cannot spare him. The order of seniority is as follows :— C. P. PARK. K. B. LITTLF. DALE. C. P. GASELEE. E. VAUGHAN. K. B. JAMES PARK. E. BOLLAND. C. P. BOSANQUET. K. B. TAUNTON. C. P. ALDERSON. K. B. PATTESON. E. GURNEY. E. Williaing. Two of the subjects to which we last week alluded, have since become topics of public conversation. One— the ex- traordinary conduct of Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN, in the character of Ambassador to Portugal: the other, the very extraordinary conduct attributed to His MAJESTY'S Minis- ters at home, iu the pursuit of their now darling project of returning their new Lord of the Treasury for Perthshire. From the shape which the former of these two matters has assumed, it seems almost impossible that Government should escape an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the offers said to have been made by our Minister at Lisbon, and the measures which he thought proper to adopt in order to render his negociations effective. We are in pos- session of most of the details of his Lordship's proceedings, which has excited in the Portuguese nation, accustomed as it has been for ages past, to respect and esteem the British cha- racter, a mingled disgust and contempt, which are not likely to be mitigated so long as the governing power remains in the hands of those Ministers, from whom Lord HOWARD DF, WALDEN received his most important appointment. With respect to the conduct of those Ministers, as respects the Perthshire election, we find that our worst suspicions are more than realized, and that the most urgent Treasury letters have been despatched to the friends of Sir GEORGE MURRAY, in order, if possible, to detach them from his interests. As to the history of the Noble family whose ambition for tile bono' r of the British Peerage was to be gratified, if they " ratted" to support Mr. GRAHAM, it is confirmed, with a most important addition, namely, that the offer of the Peerage did not come in the first instance from the Ministers, but was DEMANDED, as tile price of the family assistance. This appears to us to be a most important point— what man, before these times of purity and liberalism, would have dared to make such a proposition to a Minister?— what Mini- ster, before these, would have presumed to submit such a proposition to the KING ? We say it is a point to watch, be- cause we feel convinced that our Gracious SOVEREIGN, if he be permitted to know that Peerages are to be granted upon demand " as payment for support at an election," will spurn the proposal with contempt and indignation, and most parti- cularly in this case, where the bribe is asked, and will no doubt'be given ( if the KING submits) in aid of opposition to a man like Sir GEORGE MURRAY, than whom, perhaps, no mart More l'lchly deserves the very honour which is to be trafficked away for his discomfiture. We repeat our con- viction that our Gracious MONARCH will not permit himself to be made a party to a transaction, which, perhaps, is un- paralleled in the annals of our country. WE perceive that Mr. GOULBURN complained on TTuns-- day, iu the House of Commons, of not having yet obtained." a return for which he moved six weeks since ; whereupon Mr.. SPRING RICE swaggered a little about Government not- Being suspected of withholding any Papers from Parliament which they could with propriety submit. What the return was to which Mr. GOULBURN then referred, we cannot say ; but we should not be surprised if it were that most embarrassing one to Mi- nisters, setting forth the number and titles of new offices created since their accession to the Government, and the amount of salaries payable thereon. If it should be, the return must specify those particulars in detail as they existed on the day when the return was ordered, and not upon the day on which it will be presented. IT appears to us that we can do no better than submit to our readers the following statement of the proceedings at Cambridge on Wednesday, for which we confess we were perfectly prepared. It is extracted from the Cambridge, Chronicle, and will be read with deep interest, considerably enhauced by the manner in which the voice of the University has been stifled :— " The scene presented in the University on Wednesday last was one unexampled ill the memory of its oldest members. Those members of the Senate who lived at a distance, had heard with sur- prise and indignation that so extraordinary a step had been taken as that of presenting a petition such as was concocted by the ' party' which has lately raised itself into so much notoriety, and we know.', from positive information, that letters were immediately written from very remote parts of the kingdom, entreating that an opportunity might be given to the non- resident members to come up and recorrt their votes upon a question which, in their opinion, involved the. highest interests both of the University and the country at large. " Accordingly, as soon as publicity was gi* entotlie intention of proposing a counter- petition for the adoption of the Senate, the lriends of the Church Establishment determined to rally round the standard of the University. From the first, it was apprehended that ' the party' would prevent the petition from being brought regularly before the Senate ; as one member of the Caput was among the most forward in promoting the firstpetition. But others argued, that it was impossible that jiersons, who had so lately and so vehemently de- nounced the power vested in the hands of any one member of the Caput, should themselves have recourse to it in their own favour. Those, however, who counted upon consistency as a characteristic of the movement party were deceived. The petition was rejected ill the Caput: and thus the University was prevented from having the opportunity of expressing its sentiments as a body. '' We are quite prepared to hear it argued, that the" member of the Caput who put liis veto upon this petition, was only following the example of those who threw out the grace for a syndicate to consi ter the propriety df modifying certain religious tests previously to taking a degree. But the cases, in reality, are totally distinct. " The proposition for abolishing a King's Letter by a grace of the- Seuate, we deliberately re- asssert, was a proposition for doing that, which the Senate had no power to do. Professor SEDGWICK, in a postscript to his letter in the Times on Tuesday, wishes to imply, for lie does not assert, that a King's Letter can be so superseded, because in 1772, an alteration was made in the words of subscription for the degree of B. A. We are not called upon to defend the act of the Senate in 1772: but we would ask the Professor himself whether he would feel at liberty to propose or support a grace, theobject of which was to abolish the whole ot Queen ELIZABETH's statutes, or the com- position between the University and King's College, which every member of the Senate has sworn to observe ? If he would not, then we conceive, that the member of the Caput, who put bis veto upon a proposition which went to abrogate the authority of a King's Letter*, by a grace of the Senate, only did his duty ; and would have been guilty of a dereliction of that duty twhich his oath had imposed upon him had he acted otherwise. " But, for rejecting a petition, upon a question on which different members of the Senate inay most fairly entertain different views, no such reason can be alleged. " Besides, in ordinary cases, the rejection of a grace by the Caput1, has only the effect of deferring the consideration ot the question for a time. In all questions of internal managem .' lit, this rejection may be accompanied with the most salutary effects : and every one who has had any experience ill University matters, knows that such a power lodged in the Caput has prevented measures from passing in a moment of excitement, which would have been most detrimental to- 1 the best interests of the University. " But, in the present instance, to delay was to deny : if a petition, were not presented immediately, it would be too late to present it at all. " So much for the act of putting a veto upon the petition, in the. Caput. " But, if the movement party thought to gain their end by thus stamping inconsistency upon the face of their own proceedings, they were grievously disappointed. A meeting instantly took place, and— inasmuch as it was now impossible to send a petition from the University as a body— a petition was immediately agreed upon, and signed by no less than 2i'J of those members of the Senate who were, actually present in Cambridge: and many, no doubt, who wera coming to vote, returned, on hearing that the petition had been thrown out by the Caput. " The petition will now go, not only with the immense numerical' superiority over the sixty- three, but with the weight of names, which, although possibly they may not be so well known ill the world of science as some of the original petitioners, are those of persons fully as well qualified to form an opinion upon the great question at. issue." * It ought, we think, not to be forgotten, that the member of the Caput who rejected the petition— for our uninitiated friends should know, that a single negative there is fatal— is a Doctor of Physic, and, although a very good judge of obstetric cases, and a classical writer of prescriptions, is by no means so well qualified, either by talent or profession, to enter upon points of religion as to be justified in putting his veto upon a petition bearing entirely upon the religious- administration of the University. Many people fancied that Dr. HEWETT would hesitate to take so strong and sa indelicate a step— we never doubted him. THE Festival of the Sons of the Clergy, which will be held on Friday, the 9th of May, promises this year to be highly attractive. Her MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to announce her intention of honouring the cele- bration with her presence ; and every part of the perform- ances will, no doubt, be rendered worthy of such distin- guished patronage. The anniversary dinner— discontinued for the last year or two— is to be revived at Merchant Tailors' Hall, and will, no doubt, muster a strong attendance of the friends of the in- stitution, and the Church generally, who cannot but feel anxious, iu these times most particularly, to support a charity which has for its object the education of the children of the necessitous Clergy, and the relief of the wants of those upon whom the distress, so universal in our rural districts, presses with peculiar severity. THE highest legal authorities at the Bar have declared the Corporation Commission, appointed prerogatively, to be illegal. So far as to law. We will not suppose that there can he another instance equal to the one we are going to adduce; but if there should be any even approaching to it, the opinion April 20' JOHN BULL! 125 of all respectable persons, regarding the character of this Commission, will be as unanimous and condemnatory, as the • Opinion of Counsel is respecting its illegality; The case to which we allude is the inquiry of Mr. Muni- cipal Commissioner HOGG, at Colchester. However contrary to law the appointment of these Commissioners may be, it will be admitted that they should be men of unbiassed minds, dispassionate judgment, gentlemanly deportment, and mo- derately cool temper. Evident prejudice, coarse offensiveness, ribald buffoonery, absurd haughtiness, and very facile irri- tability, are the worst mediums for the acquisition of truth and justice, the unravelment of intricacy, and the explanation of what, at first sight, may appear confused, doubtful, or con- tradictory, in an inquiry of vast extent and various ramifica- tions. Mr. HOGG says, though he was seven days seeking information, that he failed in procuring it. This is very odd; as it will he seen how judiciously and prepossessingly he went to work to obtain it. There are so many examples, that choice is difficult. We will begin with Mr. HOGG'S demeanour towards a Clergy- man, the Rev. E. CROSSE, Master of the Grammar School, who, at first, expressed a wish to give his evidence not on oath, unless in writing, thinking that, in oral evidence, he might commit himself in some of the details of the school :— " COMMISSIONER—' Why in writing? what difference would that make :'—' In giving verbal evidence, 1 may commit myself.' " COMMISSIONER—' Where is the difficulty in saying what number of boys there are in the school— the expense of books—< fec.< fcc. < fcc. etc. ? The King says it is necessary. I am not wiser than his Majesty, if yon are.'—£ I must, request time to consider.' ' " COMMISSIONER—' You are aware of the inference that will be raised by your refusal?'—' I am quite independent of that.' " [ The Rev. Gentleman, finding that the Commissioner had not the power to take evidence but on oath, shortly returned, was sworn, and made his deposition.]" This was on Thursday. The next day, the Commissioner's Lord Durham- ism drove the Mayor out of Court, who, on leaving the bench, gave this reason for his departure :— " MAYOR—' I have attended here with every respect for His MA- JESTY'S Commission, but, after the unhandsome and uncalled- for observations that have been made, I shall retire.' " On the Saturday— the last day ( thank the stars !), but far from the least— the Commissioner read to the Burgesses, the subjoined dictatorial, arbitrary, absolute, despotic mandate, which he said he had sent to the Mayor :—• " Municipal Corporations— England and Wales. " The Mayor of Colchester— " By virtue of Ms MAJESTY'S Commission under the Great Seal, for inquiry as to the existing state of the Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, you are hereby required to appear before us, or one of us, on Saturday, the 5th day of April inst., at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the Town Hall, iii Colchester, as heretofore, to give information of the truth upon the matters provision of the said Com mission : andat the same time to produce to us, or one of us, all books and writings belonging to the Corporation of Colchester, to bear assent in the execution of his Majesty's Commission, to preserve order in the hall, a". d not to depart without our leave. " Dated this 4th day of April, 1834. " T. J. HOGG." " ' This,' added the Commissioner, ' lias been duly served upon him ; as to whether lie will obey it or not, he must use his own dis- cretion— or rather his own indiscretion. It is said that it is market- day, and that he is, therefore, engaged in serving out wine, and his time is very important— bat he has other duties, quite as important, as the Mayor'of this town.'" We do not find that the Mayor returned any answer to this precious precept; but the Commissioner received a note from the Town- clerk ( which appeared in last Bull), declining to subject himself to a repetition of the treatment he had re- ceived from ALI PACHA HOGG, on the preceding days. The following is beautiful. It shows the animus of the Commissioner in a striking light— the animus of his partisans too— and the injustice of their aspersions on the Corporation : " Alderman CLAY—' I wish the Chamberlain was here.' " COMMISSIONER—' But I suppose he will not come— no doubt he is equally disgusted.' ( Laughter.) " Mr. ROUSE—' He trill not come, depend on it— he dare not come.' " AT THIS MOMENT. Mr. THEOBALD, the Chamberlain, ENTERED THE COURT." Mr. HOGG'S notions of the duties of his Commissionersliip, for which he gets six or seven guineas a- day, are most strange: one of them is quite marvellous. It is— reader, you will hardly believe it— that he, clad in the panoply of the prero- gative of Win. 4th ( stretched a little, to fit the HOGG), should call a gentleman, who has, for more than 20 years, ably, and honourably, discharged the office of Town Clerk of this very ancient Borough—" a Tom Cat!"''' Yea, it is so:—- " COMMISSIONER—' He seems to court like a TOM CAT.' ( Loud laughter)." Mr. ROUND, the Recorder— the mildness, yet firmness, of whose manners make him respected wherever he is known ; and who, being a Round ( pardon the pun !) found, in his own self- possession, a ring even for this Hogg— thus calmly, but thoroughly, exposes the conduct of the Commissioner:— " COMMISSIONER—' My impression is that they meant to with- hold it.' " Mr. ROUND—' My impression was, that there was not a wish to withhold any information.' " COMMISSIONER—' My impression is quite the contrary. HERE AM I— let. them come and give it.' " Mr. ROUND—' They do not conceive that they have given any offence, but they feel hurt at what was said.' " Some one having naturally objected to the opprobrious language of the Commissioner, as uncalled for, he harps upon the term " hard words,'''' with the following fine taste:— " COMMISSIONER—' He used very hard words.' ( Laughter)." Again— " COMMISSIONER—' You must not use " hard words" to him.' ( Laughter.)" , We must now present two cases of the rigidity of Mr. HOGG'S inquiry, when coming from one quarter, as con- trasts to two cases of the laxity of his inquiry, when coming from another quarter, which he shall afterwards present:— " Mr. ABELL said it ivas not true that there were 3 rates in one year. He wished to ask when the beginning of that year was. " The Commissioner told him to sit down— he would not allow him to ask questions there. " Mr. JOHN TAYLOR here rose and said—' As a Burgess, I ask Mr. Commissioner HOGG, by what authority he took on himself to ani- madvert on the conduct of this Corporation ?' ( Laughter and hisses.) " COMMISSIONER—' You are going to make a speech. Sit down, Sir — I will not hear you. You are the Editor of a newspaper, and have an opportunity of giving your sentimentsto the world.' ( Loud cheers)." Now for tile converse of these two cases :— " JAMES MOSS CHURCHILL said lie was a surgeon living in the ' town, but was not a free Burgess. He wished to observe, that Dr. NUNN had held the office of surgeon to the hospital, and to the gaol for many yaars, and when he resigned the latter, the youngest sur- geon in the town was appointed to succeed him : lie did not mean it disrespectful to him, but HE thought it ought to be noticed." Again— " Mr. CHURCHILL—' I attach myself to the Protestant Dissenters, and I believe there is not one Dissenter in the Corporation.' He then went into a statement respecting the Dissenting interest in the town, and said he would furnish a census that had been taken of their number." And now a case of restriction— the third and last we have room for:— _" In the course of some discussion that followed, respecting the influence and ( as it teas said) overbearing conduct of Mr. SMYTHIES in the Salvage Court, Mr. GOOOAY got up to make an observation. " COMMISSIONER—' If ' ho are you, Sir i" " Mr. GOODAY—' lam Clerk to Mr. SMYTHIES.' " COMMISSIONER—' Then go back, and tell your Master, if he has anything to say, to come here himself and say it.—( Laughter and cheers.)— I won't hear a word you have to say.' " Mr. GOOOAY—' 1 am an elector, and, on my own ground, I re- quest to be heard.' " COMMISSIONER—' You will not be heard.'—( Cheers)." Shortly after this, Mr. HOGG declared the inquiry closed, upon which the Burgesses in the Hall gave the Commissioner three cheers. These cheers would exhibit and expose the nature of Mr. HOGG'S proceedings, if the proceedings them- selves did not altogether save the cheerers the unpleasant office. No one who has seen these proceedings can for a moment doubt, that, as far at least as Colchester is concerned, the utility and impartiality of this Commission are upon a par with its legality. We are not acquainted with Mr. HOGG'S personal appear- ance, but we have seen something of his temper, and are not at all surprised at what a correspondent has written to us, that, in Colchester, and throughout Essex, this mild, learned, and gen- tlemanly Commissioner is called " The Red Precipitate."' LORD GREY exhibited one of his tantrums in the House of Lords on Friday, and behaved in what might, in anybody else, be called an uncivil manner to Lord STRANGFORD. The truth is, Lord STRANGFORD has " established a raw" upon the Smuggling Acts, and whenever he touches it, " never so gently," the ancient GREY begins to wince and whine. The explanation of Lord STRANGFORD after this display was much more disagreeable than the first cut: for his Lordship proved his own statement to be correct, and went further than that, for he proved that Lord GREY'S was NOT. CAMBRIDGE PETITION. TO PROFESSOR SEDGWICK. SIR— The interval, since last I addressed you, has afforded a striking instance of the manner in which an Institution, framed for good and useful ends, may be perverted and abused to serve the pur poses of a party ; which party, by that very act of perversion and abuse, hope to array those whom it was intended to thwart and annoy against the Institution itself. The principle of succession by rota- tion, so well calculated, in general, to inspire in the universal body a feeling of confidence in the impartial administration of the im- portant trust with which a member of the Caput is invested, must necessarily be liable to the accidental introduction of persons, whose notions of duty are limited to a consideration of the immediate in- terests of a faction, and whose motives are open to the influence of the very absurd principle of retaliation. The controul of public opinion, the best guarantee for the just exercise of power, fails some- times to counteract those tendencies and impulses which the narrow views of party connection so frequently engender. These occasional deviations and inconveniences must not, however, disgust us with the Institution itself, whose manifest advantages far outweigh the temporary evils ( rare exceptions in the history of the University) to which all human Institutions are exposed. The words of Dr. CHALMERS, in reference to a Church Establishment, may well be ap- plied, mutatis mutandis, to the case before us. " If," he says, " an establishment be a good device" for the good and useful purposes it is intended to answer," itwereliardto visit, with the mischief of its over- throw, the future race either ofa parish or of a country, for the guilt of one incumbency, or for the unprincipled patronage of one generation." To come, however, to the conduct of Dr. HEWBTT, and to the bold step which he was ultimately encouraged to take on Wednesday, but for which step, as braving the opinion of the great majority of all that is high and dignified and worthy of respect in the University, his nerves were, nearly to the last, feared by his friends to be insuffi- cient. I need not remind you of what is the duty of every member of the Caput, viz., to consider and determine whether a question is, in its nature, proper to be brought before the Senate. Two separate graces were, last term, offered to the Caput ( opposed, as it has since appeared, to the views of the large majority of the heads of houses and resident members of the Senate) having for their object direct legislation by the University itself, in the teeth of their statutes and of a King's letter, which had been admitted by tliem to be binding, as proved by its immediate adoption, and the uniform practice of two centuries. Upon these graces, as being unconstitutional in their nature, and mischievous in their effects, as . exceeding the powers, and calculated to destroy the internal peace of the University, the Vice- Chancellor, under an imperative sense of public duty, and not merely of private opinion, put his veto. The petition and counter- declaration which followed, clearly showed what were the feelings of the great majority of the resident members of the Senate, the relative numbers being sixty- three to one hundred and twelve, the latter number, including the Vice- Chancellor and ten Heads of Houses, the Deputy High Steward, Public Orator, Christian Advo- cate, the three Professors of Divinity, and the Professors of Mine- ralogy, Greek, and Natural and Experimental Philosophy, upwards of thirty Tutors and Lecturers, and fifty Fellows of Colleges. The list was likewise distinguished by six Senior Wranglers, more than sixty Wranglers, eight University Scholars, nine Chancellor's Medal- lists, nine first- class Classical Tripos, and various Prizemen. The discussion which ensued must, I think, have satisfied all men that the admission of Non- conformists to Degrees would be anything rather than a restitution of the " ancient laws and laudable customs of the University." We shall hear little more, I apprehend, of the argument drawn from history and antiquity. The argument drawn from an Ordinance of Parliament will, I fancy, henceforward be relied on, and a mode of persuasion, far different from historical deduction or logical reasoning, resorted to, to convince the under- standing and subvert the system of the University. To return to the events of Wednesday. A petition, praying for the maintenance of the existing system of the University, was offered to the Caput by the Vice- Cliancellor, with the concurrence of the majority of the heads of Houses, and the large majority of the resi- dent members of the Senate. Upon this petition, for such a pur- pose, and introduced under such sanction, Dr. HEWETT, standing alone in the Caput, an eighth Junior Optime, a man who has only occasionally, for many years, resided in the University, and has only recently resumed his residence, upon ceasing to be physician to St. George's Hospital, places his veto; and this he and his friends pretend to justify upon the principle of retaliation— a low and unworthy motive in itself, and, as I have shewn, utterly inapplicable in the present case. A question of positive legislation besides, if dropped, may be resumed at a future period, and proposed to a new Caput; & petition against a threatened measure, if once stopped, is lost for ever. For this reason, the rejection of a petition by the Caput is wholly with- out precedent. It has been reserved for a Urhig, whose party are ever inveighing against the constitution of that body, and calling for its abolition as " a piece of antiquated humbug," and " tribus Anticyris insanabile " to introduce the precedent; and, by an exercise of a power, entrusted to him, for a beneficial purpose, and with a view to protect the Senate against a succession of frivolous and mischievous proposi- tions, for the first time within the memory of man, to attempt to stifle the voice of that Senate, proposed to be expressed through the me- dium of a Petition to Parliament. His intention to do so, although anticipated as probable by most, was only certainly announced to his non- resident friends. A peacock, if I mistake not, bore the tidings to London, and the consequence was the non- appearance of any strange Whig faces intheSenate House. The familiar expressions of tit for tat, and wild- goose chase, have been since used with reference to this pro- ceeding. I have already disposed of the former, and, as to the latter, having been myself engaged in the chase, I can speak as to my own feelings, which were those of unmixed satisfaction at the result: a result, indeed, too good a thing to hope for. " The children of this world are generally wiser in their generation." An opportunity was thus afforded to 260 Members of the Senate of signing the Petition indi- vidually, which will be presented, although not in so regular and constitutional a manner, yet, under circumstances, and accompanied with evidences, which will materially add to its weight. The Members of the Senate, also, who were not present in the University on Wednesday, will have an opportunity, now, of ex- pressing their sentiments, and the sentiments of the educated classes amongst whom they reside. The jurisdiction exercised by Dr. IIEWETT, iu this instance, I do not dispute. His title to interpose his veto, I admit fully, as depending ( in his case undoubtedly) upon prescription. I strongly recommend that, for the future, the party, of which he is the medical representative iu the Caput, should adopt, as characterizing their principles and objects, the motto " fiatmix- tura." I intended to have resumed my observations upon the gene- ral question at issue, but am compelled to postpone them to a future opportunity.— I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A LAY MEMBER OF TIIE SENATE. IN our notice last week of the invaluable discovery for the extirpation of dry- rot, we unintentionally did a great injustice to its merits. We stated, that the process to be adopted would secure ( he timber to which it had been applied, from any ap- pearance of the " disease" for thirty years. This is a mis- take. Timber once submitted to the operation, is for ever exempted from the dry- rot, and will remain free from its effects so long as itself exists, inasmuch as the process goes at once to eradicate the " disease." The calculation from which we took our data, was made to shew the saving of the country arising from the adoption of the process, taking the average duration of ship timber, when free from dry- rot, at thirty years. A VERY great sensation has been created amongst the Pro- testant population of Dublin, by the appearance, at a - Popish Bazaar" in that city, of some articles " Worked by the hands of her Royal Highness the Princess VICTORIA." In the following extract from the WARDER of Saturday, there are some observations, from which we most de- cidedly dissent, as reflecting upon the exclusiveness of the Royal benevolence; at the same time, when coupled with other circumstances indicative to the nation of her Royal Highness1 s taking a decided line in politics, it seems a matter of sufficient importance to require attention, even should it not merit explanation:— " It is unquestionably true that little things are often important indications of the feeling of society— and it is equally true that little things often do much towards giving society its true tone. In this light many circumstances that appear trifling, and to a superficial observer, almost beneath the notice of the politician, will be found upon examination to exercise a far greater influence than might be at first supposed. Men and women, or at least by far the greater number of them are so much the creatures of habit, that < vhat they see every day, they at last think to be right— and the opinions and sentiments of the majority of mankind, are far more likely to conform to the character of what is passing around them thau to be determined, by principle or reason. '' It is for this reason that we in common with our brethren of the Protestant Press object to the guard of honour that accompanies the. Marchioness WELLESLEY to the celebration of that Mass, which her husband has sworn twenty times over to be damnable and idolatrous, not that we think that* the stability of the Protestant Church is affected by the question, whether a certain number of dragoons ride round her Ladyship's carriage— but because these and such like ex- hibitions are designed by the Jesuits, who at bottom get up the show, as a means of accustoming men to view, without any very great alarm, the rapid advances which the Romish Heirarcliy are making towards assuming the position of a dominant Church. " And it is for this reason that we feel it our duty to express our surprise and indignation that, at the Popish Bazaar, held on Friday,, and the day before, ' patronized by all the nobility, and the Lady- Mayoress, 1 some articles were exposed for sale, ' worked by the hands of the Princess VICTORTA !!' We copy the notes of admiration from their own advertisement; and well indeed may the Sisters of Mercy feel and express their astonishment when the heiress to the British Crown— she that, is yet, in all human probability, to sit upon, the Throne of ELIZABETH, and the Second MARY— employs her royal fingers in embroidering needle- work for their Bazaar. We are friends to toleration, but this is really carrying the matter too far. Protestant Bazaars might go on for ever; but her Royal Highness's needles would rust in lier work- bag before she would draw a stitch to serve her Protestant sisters from starvation. But these nuns whose only object and business is proselytizing— these are now to bask in the sunshine of Royal favour, and the Irish Protestants must be shown, by advertisements pompously placarded through the streets, how high the fair sisters stand in the affection of England's future Queen. The poor little Princess, we presume, is not to blame— she did as she was desired, and she knew no better. But this we say, that the time is not long past, when such an act would have been sufficient to hriug those who have the care of her Royal Highness to a strict ac- count. Our friends on the other side of the water may look on this as a light matter— but did they know all the artifices^ resorted to here- to give countenance to the usurpations of the Romish Church— the Vice- Queen going in state to a Popish mass- house— the Irish Court attending a Romish consecration, at which ' all the Bishops of Ireland were to assist!!'— the presence of the Popish Hierarchy at his Excellency's state dinners, & c. & c.— they would not wonder that we feel indignant when the ni- me of royalty itself is employed for the same wily purpose. " Masses, we are credibly informed, were offered up on Sunday in all the metrjpolitan Churches; for the soul of the Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA." WE submit the following instructive letter, which ap- peared in the Perthshire Courier of the 10th of April, 1834:— THE NEW LORD OF THE CONSTITUENCY AS WELL AS OF THE TREASURY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PERTHSHIRE COURIER. Tippermallo, April 5, 1S34. SIR— Having heard at the Perth Market yesterday various and erroneous accounts of what passed the day before betwixt me and Mr. ROBERT GRAHAM, one of the candidates for the representation of the county, I take leave to state shortly the circumstances as they occurred :— Being at Methven, on Thursday forenoon, I was informed that Mr. GRAHAM would shortly be there on his canvass, and I determined to stay and hear his speech to the electors. At its conclusion Mr. GRAHAM intimated that he would see any of the electors that wished 126 JOHN BULL? April m.- to 5 speak to him, in the house. Soon after he came across the road to where I was standing, anil shook hands with me. I told him that I would not vote for him. He said, " Perhaps you will;" and added aloud, " we will give Mr. JOHNSTON three cheers." I desired him not to do it; but a few boys did so. This I considered rather as an insult, because I" had not cheered him on his arrival, nor during his speech, nor at its conclusion, and I did not ob- serve those standing near me do so. I again told him that I would not vote for him. He insisted on knowing the reason. I said that was quite unnecessary, and I would vote as I pleased. He then said, " That I had no right to attend the meeting ( the meeting, in fact, was over), and if I did not go away, he would send some persons to turn me off the turn- pike- road. as he knew I would go to the Castle *, and tell what had been going on." I told him that I had a right to attend any public meeting, and had no intention of attending his private meeting, and that I had as good a right as he had to remain on the public road, it being our weekly market- day. He repeated his threat that he would turn me off the road, and I repeated my answer that he dared not do so, and that his conduct was quite ridiculous. At this time Mr. REID. his agent, came up, and desired him to come away, which he did. I have since heard, Mr. GRAHAM said that I had interfered with the electors at the meeting; but I have only to say that it is a gross falsehood ; I only spoke to two electors that day, and they, and two other gentlemen that were passing through Methven, who were standing near me all the time, will at- test that I did not interfere in the smallest degree. These gentlemen expressed their surprise at the treatment they saw me receive. These are the plain facts of the case; I leave the electors to draw their own inferences from them. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JAMES JOHNSTON. * Methven Castle, near Methven, the seat of ROBERT SJIYTHE, Esq., Chairman of Sir GEORGE MURRAY'S Election Committee. THE energy of scientific men is highly commendable where utility is blended in the pursuit to which they devote them- selves ; but even then, the decencies of life ought to be re- spected, and the prejudices of society so far regarded as that scenes of an irreverent and disgusting character should be kept from the public eye, even if it were necessary for the advance- ment of useful knowledge that the Professors of such art or science should become actors in them. But when to gratify the ridiculous curiosity of some moon- stricken craniologists, without the possibility of answering any good purpose, or furthering any rational object, such proceedings as those which are described below, are permitted, we do think it a duty to denounce such barbarism, such indecency, and such pro- fanation, in the strongest terms. We believe that our readers will need only to read the details, to agree with us in the disgust we feel upon this occasion. The widow pf BURNS ( the Scotch poet) died the other day, and, as is usual in this empire, was to be buried a few days after her death.— Now for the Dumfries Courier •— " It is known that the remains of BURNS, were exhumed, privately, on the 19th of Sept. 1815, and deposited with every regard to decency in the arched vault attached to tile mausoleum, then newly erected in honour of his memory. Originally his ashes lay in the north cor- ner of the church- yard, and as years elapsed before any general movement was made, his widow, with pious care, marked the spot by a modest monument. Every thing was conducted with the greatest propriety and care ; and after the second grave- bed of the poet and his offspring had been carefully prepared, the original tombstone was placed above their ashes, and the vault closed for a period of nearly 19 years— from the 19th of Sept. 1815, till the 28th of March, 1834. On the day preceding Mrs. BURNS'S funeral, the vault was opened by Mr. CROMBIE, a work of considerable difficulty and labour, and the keys of the mausoleum, which is guarded round and round with high iron- pillared doors, were placed temporarily in our own possession. And here it may be best to confess the whole truth. Ever since we became acquainted with what occurred Sept. 19,1815, we had regretted that so favourable an opportunity was missed of taking acast from the poet's skull; and the more so, when informed that the phrenologists had made an imaginary one from the portrait, and on this theory assigned to BURNS all the qualities of a great statesman. But there was one difficulty— soothing the^ repugnance and conci- liating the feelings of those who alone had a right to decide, the prin- cipal male relatives of the bard and his late relict. Mr. ARMOUR arrived from London by Monday's mail, and it was six before we could find courage to introduce the subject. He, after much anxious conversation, gave a reluctant and conditional consent. From this moment matters were put in train, and at seven a small party repaired, one by one, and by different routes, to St. Michael's church- yard. But the hour was found unsuitable, and the opportunity inapt, from the number of anxious eyes still abroad. At nine, the attempt was renewed with success. Again the party conferred privately, and proceeded stealthily, one after another, by the quietest paths, and after clambering over the church- yard walls met by appointment in front of the mausoleum. Mr. BLACKLOCK offered his services at a favourable moment, and it was well we had a gentleman with us qualified to give a scientific account of the appearance, pre- servation, and peculiarities of the skull. While one of our number kept watch above, the rest of the party descended into the vault by means of a ladder and a muffled lantern; and we shall not readily forget the mingled emotions which arose in the mind— passing away and returning with the most thrilling influence— as we stood solemnly, on the poet's grave, and recalled the awful malediction of SHAKSPEARE. The night was most serene, and the dim light of the lantern and the loneliness of the vault contrasted strikingly with the light host of stars that sparkled brightly in the heavens above. Mr. CROMBIE'S knowledge of localities rendered the process of disinterment comparatively easy; and Mr. BOGIE, who had seen the skull in 1815, proclaimed its identity the moment it appeared. But in the absence of such a witness, its size and appearance were quite sufficient to avouch the fact, and, after it had been carefully cleaned, a cast was taken from it before the parties retired to rest. Early on Tuesday morning a leaden box was made, and carefully lined with the softest materials; and on the same day we, as in duty bound, witnessed the reinterment of the sacred relic it contained, previous to the funeral of Mrs. BURNS." Nothing can be more loathsome than all this— But above all, for absurdity, give us the delicate attention of lining the box in which they put the poor fellow's skull after they had knocked it off, plastered it, and done with it, " with the softest materials!'''' We suspect their own heads must be lined with materials of a similar character. THE DUKE OF RICHMOND— POST- OFFICE PATRONAGE. MY DEAR JOHN— I perceive by your Paper of Sunday last, that you still remain in error on the subject of the West India Post- office appointment of Lord SUSSEX LENNOX. That you have no objection to be set " right," I feel satis- fied, therefore I send you the following facts and " doings" of his Grace the Postmaster- General. It is true, that Lord SUSSEX received his appointment from his brother— no one else had the power to bestow it; and to accomplish this— 11 is true, that a kind of rap was made between his Grace and the then Jamaica Packet Agent and Postmaster, Mr. W. J. ANSTEY, to make room for Lord SUSSEX, in the very teeth of a notable " minute," vamped up by the Postmaster- General, to amuse us old " meritorious officers" of the Ge- neral Post- office, entitled by length of service* to retiring pensions. > It is true, that to make way for Lord SUSSEX as Packet Agent and Postmaster of Jamaica, Mr. W. J. ANSTEY was, on the death of the Postmaster of Bath, transplanted to that city, where, after some twelve or sixteen months' residence, Mr. W. J. ANSTEY'S services were no longer required by his Grace, and he is succeeded by my old friend MUSGRAVE, of the Two- penny Post! It is true, that no such office as Postmaster- General in the West Indies does, or ever did exist— there is only one officer of that description in our department, namely, the Duke of RICHMOND ; but there are fifteen or sixteen Packet Agents and Postmasters in that quarter of the globe, and Lord SUSSEX fills the humble situation of one of them, and is of consequence nothing more or less than a " Packet Agent and Postmaster" at Jamaica ! ! It is true, that to console him in the menial office he has been induced to accept, and to prevent the degradation that must attach to his Lordship, and the Noble family of his Grace, by a public expose of such an appointment, the name of Lord SUSSEX has been carefully excluded from the list of Colonial Packet Agents and Postmasters in the Court Calendar of the present year, and that of Mr. W. J. ANSTEY there remains, although at the time Mr. A. resided in Bath!! It is true, that to qualify— that is, to come within the meaning of his Grace's " minute," and enable him to pro- nounce Lord SUSSEX as a proper person, 11 who must well know the duties of a Deputy Postmaster,''''— it was necessary that his Lordship should quit the 7th Fusileers in double quick time, and Lord H. F. CHICHESTER very kindly con- sented to purchase his company ! It is true, that as the office of Packet Agent and Postmaster at Jamaica is worth about 1,5001. per annum currency, it was of course considered as a thing rather too good to be trifled away upon a " meritorious officer'''' of the General Post- office ; and as precedents are sufficiently numerous on the part of his Noble, colleague, the Premier, when relations must be taken care of, his Grace was fully justified, no doubt, in violating his " minute," to provide for Lord SUSSEX !!! It is equally and bond fide true, that his Lordship has no intention whatever to decline the salary, as his Noble brother, the Postmaster- General, did at first— but merely to save the trouble of claiming the arrears, he will regularly take it as it becomes due. AN old Officer IN ST. MARTIN'S- LE- GRAND, BUT not A WHIG, DEPEND UPON IT. WE have been highly entertained by a perusal of the work which we cursorily noticed a fortnight since, The second Series of The Naval Sketch Book. It is now published, and the public will judge for itself. As far as we are concerned, pleased as we were with its commencement, it has greatly improved upon further acquaintance, and displays a sharp- ness and terseness of writing well calculated to give effect to descriptions of scenes and circumstances which hare been regarded with no common eye. We have always held that publishing extracts from a work of fiction is the most injudicious of all possible schemes, un- less it be to sell the review at the expense of the publisher of the novel; there is, indeed, one thing worse, which is giving a detail of the plot and incidents, by which undue attention to the public desire for novelty, the whole interest of the book is deliberately destroyed. In The Naval Sketch Book there are dozens of " delicious bits," which, we are sure, would delight our readers; but, upon our own system, we abstain from giving them here. A few detached anecdotes cannot, however, injure the work — we shall, therefore, indulge ourselves with one or two :— In deeds of humour ( says the writer, speaking of a brother Post Captain) " T R is a ' tower of strength/ JACK made mirthby a telegraph— and through the medium of bunting, of which the signal flags are composed, constantly ' let fly ajoke.' According to the practice of the period, some of our more expert and speculative cruizers, particularly commanders of fast- sailing frigates, entered into mutual compact to share in the profits of all prizes captured* apart. They appointed a specified latitude and longi- tude for rendezvous, and agreed to communicate the result of their respective success. Such a compact was formed between Captain T. ana Captain P. Six weeks often would elapse, ere, with crowded canvass, the cruizers discovered each other. On one occasion, com municating by signal, the ship of Captain P., a long way to leeward, asked if Captain T. " had taken any thing?" The answer was, " Yes." The number representing this word remained flying so long, that the first interrogator, losing all patience, and stimulated by the expectation of gain, demanded—" What?"—" Physic," re- plied T R. Speaking of another naval worthy, Sir JOHN P., an Ad- miral, he tells the following story:— When Sir J. was at anchor at " Madeira, a deputation of the British merchants was sent on board, to request that he would per- mit the chaplain of the ship to take an early opportunity to conse- crate a piece of ground destined by them to become a cemetery. To this Sir J. felt not the least objection, and gave his orders accordingly to the Reverend Gentleman of the ship. The latter, however, knew that a consecration was beyond his clerical authority. He indeed, said as much to the Captain, ob- serving that there was an insuperable difficulty in the way of a com- pliance with the wishes of the merchants. " Difficulty I" exclaimed Sir J., " I know of no such word in the naval vocabulary." " But, Sir, according to canon law " " Cannon law," interrupted the impatient Commander, " that is the very thing I like." " You mistake me, Sir," returned the Chaplain, who did not per- ceive the pun of Ins Captain ; " by Canon law, I mean the law Ecclesiastical; and this directs that none but a dignitary of the Church can consecrate a ground for burial." " What dignitary ?" " A Bishop, Sir." " Oh ! we will soon rectify that," said Sir John. " Here, messen- ger, tell my clerk I want him." . ' The clerk quickly obeyed the summons, and was directed by Sir J. to make out an " acting order" for the Chaplain to officiate as Bishop. The clerk looked a little astonished, and more puzzled, which being perceived by our humorist, lie said—" you have nothing to do, Sir, but look at the printed instructions under the head of " Acting Orders ;" in copying this, you must substitute the word " Bishop " for " Lieutenant." " Jack at Oporto " is full of character, and full of informa- tion upon the state of affairs in the Tagus, which of course comes from the best authority. Speaking of Don MIGUEL, one of the characters ( the Ser- geant), says, that he is charged with being guilty of assassina- tion, upon which this dialogue ensues :— Sam. Assassination!— Bless ye ! he's a regular practised murderer. Ned, if you remember when we were in the Douro, he managed to murder two of his principal generals with his own hand'. One of them, however, was, to be sure, a sort of Teady- resurrectmi- man, having recovered three different deaths! Sergeant. How d'ye mean ? Sam. Mean! Perhaps the recital of an anecdote or two may serve to explain. . . Sergeant. I am all attention, and always open to conviction. Sam. No doubt. But to begin. The Captain had been invited to witness a review on the South- side; and being naturally anxious to see the stote and condition of the Royalist troops, he at once accepted1 the Genessi's invitation* It happened,- however,- that- before he' could proce>{ d to the MigueKte camp, he had occasion to visit the Consul at Opsrto. According to custom,- f attended the* Captain, and hardly had he Tuft the Consul's office, beforehe was acs » sted: by an Eng- lish gentleman, who inquired the reason of his apparent haste. " 1 want to be in time/' said the Captain, " to see- iEMos reviewhis troops" —" LEMOS ?— you'll never see Lemos again! Don't you know, that last night, that devil incarnate— that monster MIGUEL, murdered the unfortunate man in a dungeon ?'_' " Well," said the Captain, " we certainly had heard a rumour of his having been under arrest." " Too true, Sir— did the deed with his own hand— masked, at midnight— enters the General's ceil— takes advantage of his reclining posture— plunges his dagger up to the hilt in his heart— and, demon- like, leaves the instrument of death sticking in the bleeding body, so as to make it appear that the unfortunate man had destroyed himself— and, for what reason ? Merely because the monster took it into his villainous head, that LEMOS, of late, had been too sparing of his shells, and too lenient to the people of Oporto. The fact is, the General had acquired some little reputation lor humanity— and witliMiGFEL, that was in itself sufficient that he should no longer live." . " Poor man !— I shall, nevertheless," said the Captain, m one of his half- and- half waggish ways—" I shall, nevertheless, endeavour to see him, dead or alive !" and the gentleman not seeming to relish the Captain's marked incredulity, pettishly returned—" Oh, we all know that Captain ' s never disposed to believe anything bade! that hated monster." " Well, good, bad, or indifferent, on my return you shall have the truth," said the Captain, leaving his informant mut- tering something to himself, which sounded to me like infatuated Toryism. We then crossed the river in the gig, and proceeded direct for the Miguelite camp. The captain rode on horseback— I followed on foot. Tha Serra battery had already opened a warm tire in the direction of St. Ovidio— the head- quarters of the Royalist General—• for you must know, it was only necessary for a cocked- liat, or a fea- tliered- cap, at any time, to ' heave in sight,' to ensure, from either side a tremendous fire. Giving, however, the batteries a bit of a berth, and taking a somewhat circuitous round to avoid the bursting shells, and thick- coming shot, which were topping the walls— thin- ning the woods— and levelling the trees in all directions, we dis- cerned at a little distance, descending the hill, a mass of mounted military officers, in rapid trot for the troops, which already had broken on the view with their bright barrels, and glittering bayonets, extended in a long line across a neighbouring field.—" Come," says the Captain, " come, we shall sooti ascertain the truth"— when imme- diately upon * joining to,' the very first man, who returned the skipper's salute, was fat LEMOS ! liimselfriding ill front of his staff.— " Well ?" said the Captain, turning to the Viscount T o, who was as intimate and familiar with all the officers of our squadron, as I am with any of you—" Well! I must say, Viscount, that your Gene- ral is decidedly the fattest— best looking— and best mounted ghost of his day."—" Vat, ghost ? vat is de matter ?" said the Viscount at'aloss to comprehend the Captain's meaning, for I was as close to both, as I am now to BOB— having only that moment, handed the skipper his cloak.—" Vat. is dematter mv good friend ?—" Nothing— I was merely about to remark," said the skipper, endeavouring to smother a smile —" that the General seems to be dreadfully subject to sudden death!" " He die on de sudden J" " Yes, for I understand that this is the second time within this month that Don MIGUEL has stabbed liim with his own hand. By the bye," continued the Captain, " has the Commander- in- Chief recovered his recent death ?" " The Commander- in- Chief did not die!" " What, then, you're not aware that on the North Side, the day before yesterday, during a discussion as to the propriety of attacking Oporto, that Don MIGUEL drew his sword, and instantly run the Count through the body ?"— " The Count St. LORENCO does not yet know he was killed by de King," said the Viscount, laughing; " but he will be here himself in half de hour, so you can see for yourself."—" I am particularly for- tunate," said the'Captain, " for it's not every day that the ghosts of two General- officers are to be seen gratis." And now, sergeant, will you believe it, that these same fabricated ' facts,' under the head of '" MIGUEL THE MONSTER !!!' found their way into several of the English papers ? We can no more. All we can find room to do is to recom- mend The Naval Sketch Book to our friends, who will find it a most spirited melange of matter, nautical, humorous*, serious, political, historical, frequently instructive, anil always interesting. PROPOSED " LITTLE- GO" EXAMINATION FOR THK DEGREE OF A. 51. IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. AT THE APPROACHING COMMENCEMENT. 1. Given the astronomical sense of Professor AIREY, the geological sense of Professor SEBGWICK, and the algebraical sense of Mr. GEORGE PEACOCK ; to find the common sense of the trio. 2. Given the popularity of Professor SEDGWICK'S defence of the University against the attacks of Mr. BEVERLY; and the unpopu- larity of his letter advocating the admission of Dissenters into the Universities; find how much he has fallen in his own estimation, in the estimation of his friends, and in the estimation of all good men. 3. Find exactly the quantity and quality of religious feeling in any man's breast which induces him to take orders in preference to resigning his Fellowship. 4. Enumerate and explain the phenomena exhibited by Doctors DAVY and LAMB in the management of their respective Colleges, and state the probability of one or both becoming Bishops, at tha same time taking into account that Lord GREY has no relation eligible. 5. Explain generally the distinction between the terms " Matri- cide" and " Destructive," and state the ci- cumstances under which the former term would apply to those persons who wish to " swamp' " Alma Mater" by the admission of Dissenters to all the privilege of the University. 6. Define the term Dissenter, and enumerate the different reli- gious sects which exist in England at the present time. 7. State, at length, the different practical methods of becoming an Atheist, a St. Simonian, and an Unknown- tongueite. 8. Define religious instruction in the Universities, and thence de- duce a method which will apply to all Dissenters of what nature or kind soever they may be. 9. Find the centres of vacillation, oscillation, and suspension of those members of the senate who signed neither of the declarations; and state generally what might be their motives respectively for withholding their signatures. 10. Having given the distance at which short- sighted persons can see distinctly, it is required to find the distance between a given object- glass and given eye- glass, in a political telescope, when adapted to the eyes of Messrs. AIREY, SEDGWICK, and PEACOCK. 11. Let the water in a hollow spherical vessel when full represent the Established Church; let the admission of a Dissenter to all the privileges in the Universities be represented by a small hole boredin the vessel, and let the admissions increase in a given ratio ; find the time of emptying the vessel, i. e. of destroying all religion. 12. Given the quantities and directions of the forces of the Dissen- ters, acting upon the Church Establishment, to determine the quan- tity and direction of the resultant or compound force. 13. Given the admission of one Dissenter to each College on a given year, and the number of these admissions to increase in given ratio yearly; find the time when each college will be filled with Dissenters. 14. State a few of the objections which Dissenters will urge against their attendance at chapel, 15. Shew how to determine, by observations, the direction in y,: fcic& the Comet of Parliamentary Reform is moving; and find, by ap- proximation, the time in which a revolution may be expected, by its collision, with some planet of tlse political system of Gteat Britain, April 20. • 16. Given theforces of Political Unions, to find tlie time m wnicli they will produce a given effect. 17. Let Prtoce TA LLEYRAN D and Lord PALMERSTON lie represented by two ships at sea: the former moving in a given straight line, the latter endeavouring to overtake the former by always moving towards it; find the curve traced out by tSie latter, and hcnce deduce the weak, vacillating, and crooked policy of the Foreign Secretary. IS. Tlnd, respectively, the force of resistance to the admission of Dissenters to the Universities, and of Protestants to the Roman • Catholic College of Maynooth, and compare these forces. 19. Find by approximation the degree of animosity, acrimony, and bad feeling which has arisen in the University, in consequence of sixty- three of her Members stepping voluntarily out of the con- fines of their respective duties and callings into the troubled area of sectarian discussion. 20. Point out the distinction between the terms " Political Union," « Trades' Union," " Repeal of the Union," and the want of " Union," in his Majesty's Ministers, and state the probable cause of the last. 21. Compare the revolutionary movements of the Political Unions and the Reform Ministry, and state at what periods the latter, with respect to the former, were standing at ease, marking time, advanc- ing in ordinary time, or advancing in double quick time, respectively. JOHN BULL. 127 A most gratifying event to the friends of the present Ministry has recently occurred— the office of JACK KETCH is abolished, and that, too, without compensation. It certainly seems a coincidence almost as curious as that of establishing gunpowder manufactories in the rebellious part of Ireland, where the whole population is armed, and only wants ammunition, to dismiss the public executioner just at the period when, if the law is to be maintained, or the Constitution sup- ported, the gallows will claim no small number of patriots. The Post says:—" Lord BROUGHAM informed the Court of Chan- cery the other day, in the course of some remarks on the present state of business before the various Courts of equitable jurisdiction, that the House of Lords might well be fatigued with its labours, since it had recently sate ' fifteen days in one fortnight.'— Lord BROUGHAM has said many things in disparagement of the House of Lords as a Political Assembly. We are pleased to find him bestowing so remarkable a compliment upon the industry of the same House as a Judicial Tribunal. According to intelligence from Madrid to the 8tli, contained in the ' Trench Papers, the long expected changes in the SpanishJMinistry have taken place. Count TORKENO succeeds BURGOS in the Home Department, General LLAUDER replaces ZARCO del VALINE in the War Office, and REMISA is named as successor to IMAZ in the Fi- nance.— It is necessary to add that these reports rest entirely upon the faith of the French journalists. Her MAJESTY honoured Covent- Garden Theatre with her presence on Wednesday, and was most enthusiastically received by a nume- rous audience. On Her MAJESTY'S entrance every person in the Theatre simultaneously rose and heartily cheered her, and when the verse in the National Anthem of God save the King was sung that particularly alluded to the QUEEN, there was a general burst of applause throughout every part of the house. The QUEEN repeatedly bowed to the audience, and seemed highly gratified at the loyal reception she experienced. The Corporation of London went in state to the Levee, on Wed- nesday, to present an Address to the KiNG, the prayer of which was, that His MAJESTY would empower the London University to grant degrees. His MAJESTY returned the following answer:— " I thank you for your expression of loyalty and attachment to my Person and Government. " I am anxious to promote the extension of the benefits of educa- tion throughout my dominions, being convinced that sound leaminj and science are the best foundations both of respect for the laws am of reverence for religion. " I shall direct your Petition to be referred to a Committee of my Privy Council, as I have already directed other Petitions that have been presented to me, in order that I may receive their advice, after that full inquiry and consideration on the subject which its impor- tance demands," It may not be generally known, says the Post, that when the Cor- poration of London present an Address, in addition to a coach being provided for every quartette of Common Councilmen, each of them pockets a fee of ten shillings. The cut bono of a City address is herein manifest. To ride up Cheapside with their elbows out of the window of a landau is something; but to finger the cash in addition must, in every unprejudiced mind, dissipate any doubt of the great importance and absolute necessity of the expedition. Were not their loyalty as unquestionable as their disinterestedness, it might be a matter of some doubt whether they at all times prefer a whole to a half sovereign. The Hampshire Telegraph says a belief prevails that His MAJESTY intends to visit Portsmouth, on the occasion of the launching of the Indus, of 80 guns, in June next, in company with his Queen Consort, attended by a distinguished party. From Berlin, we learn that the KING intends to make a journey to Konigsberg in the beginning of the summer, and will probably visit Posen, and then proceed, by way of Breslaw, to Toeplitz. We have the melancholy task to announce the demise of ISABELLA ANNE INGRA'HI, Dowager Marchioness of HERTFORD, who expired at Hertford House, in Manchester- square, on Saturday evening, the 12th inst. The Marquess of CAMDEN, as Master of the Trinity House, gave a grand dinner on Saturday to Viscount SIDMOUTH, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Captain Sir JOHN WOOLMOORE ( Deputy Master), and Sir HENRY IIARDINGE. The intelligence from Scotland is most cheering as to the prospects of success of Sir GEORGE MURRAY. His canvass has exceeded every anticipation that had been formed of it, and fully manifests the strength of that honest and independent feeling which has determined the electors of Perthshire not to be made the mere tools of Whig chicanery and desperation. Nothing can exceed the disgust which has been excited by the announcement of the appointment of Mr. GRAHAM as one of the [ Lords of the Treasury, and this single act of joining the " refuge for the destitute" will, if we mistake not, be decisive of the impending struggle. We find the following extraordinary intelligence in the Suffolk paper:—" Mr. E. L. BULWER died at Lincoln on the 31st of March with a numerous body of his constituents. Both the Members for Xincoln were invited, but Mr. HEXEAGE was prevented by domestic engagements from attending." A riot occurred at Oldham, on Tuesday last, in consequence of the apprehension of two men belonging to the Trades' Union of that place. It appears that on Monday night two police officers broke in upon a meeting of the unionists at a public- house, and took two of them into custody, together with some of their books. On the following morning, as they were proceeding' to take their prisoners before a Magistrate, they were followed by alarge crowd of unionists, who expressed their disapprobation of the capture in no very gentle terms, and who uttered loud yells and other discordant noises as they passed a factory in which a number of knobsticks ( persons who work for less wages than those dictated by the Unions) were at work. The knobsticks, it seems, had been armed for their protection against expected attacks from the unionists ; and, either in alarm or bravado, as soon as they heard the shouts and yells abovementioned, some of them fired from the windows of the factory, and thereby one man was killed, and several others were wounded. Immediately after- wards the factory was stormed— upwards of 4,000 panes of glass demolished, the machinery much injured, the two policemen seri- ously beaten, and their prisoners rescued. In a short time after- wards, however, two troops of Lancers and some companies of infantry arrived ; but too late . to prevent the mischief; and by the time of their arrival the rioters had dispersed. Twelve of the ring- leaders have been apprehended, and committed for trial. We regret to find that the proprietors of the Victoria Theatre have been obliged to reduce the prices of admission to their entertainments. — We suppose the invasion of the YATII is the immediate cause. The attractions otLurline, and of Mrs. YATES, with YATES, REEVE, BUCK- STONE, and Mrs. HONEY, have compelled the VICTORIANS to diminish their charges. We hope it may prove a good plan, and do good to one house withoutinjuring the other, for all parties concerned are popular servants of the public, and most justly popular too. The following remarkable theatrical announcement is a mixed appeal of vanity and poverty to the taste and feelings of the inhabi- tants of a town in Sussex:— ( COPY)—" At the Old Theatre, East Grimstead, Saturday, May, 1758, will be represented the affecting tragedy of Theodosius. I'aranes by Mr. PUGH, who will strive to support the character of the Prince, in which he was so much admired at Hastings. Theodosiusj by a vonng Gentleman, who never appeared on any stage. Nothing in Italy can exceed the altar in the first scene of the play.— N. B. The great yard dog that made so much noise on Thursday " night, during the last act of Richard 111., will be sent to a neighbour's over the way; and on account of the prodigious demand for places part of the stable will be laid into the boxes on one side, and the granary be open for the same purpose on the other." The progress of incendiarism, notwithstanding the terrible examples which have been made of those who have been convicted of this diaboliacal crime, appears to be alarmingly oil the increase. Scarcely a fortnight has elapsed since the termination of the Norwich Assizes, when two men were left to suffer death upon the scaffold for arson, and yet we find, that in that short spfcee of time four fires have occurred in the county of Norfolk alone. The last of these fires occurred on Friday evening, at Croxton, a small village in the neigh- bourhood of Thetford, on a farm occupied by Mr. SAMUEL RorER, when a wheat stack was entirely consumed. On Thursday night as Mrs. CRAMFTON, the Lady of the Surgeon- General, was reading in her drawing- room, her clothes caught fire; and before her screams brought any of the servants to her assistance she was so dreadfully burned that notwithstanding the exertions of Mr. CRAsfPTON himself, assisted by almost all his professional brethren, the unfortunate lady languished in great torture throughout the night, and expired the next morning.— Dublin Register It appears from the property- tax returns, that the agricultural classes contribute to the State, more than three times as much as the manufacturing and commercial classes of every description united. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald says that during the commotion there, the inmates of one house, to the number of 42, were bayoneted by the soldiers, who spared neither age nor sex— not one having been left alive but an infant, aild even that was severely wounded with bayonets. The correspondent of the Standard mentions that in one house 29 individuals— in another 12, and in another 17, were put to the sword without mercy. We learn through the French papers that the Austrians have entered Switzerland with a considerable force. The German Con- federation also is moving on the northern frontiers of Switzerland, which from the southern quarter is approached by the King of Sar- dinia. Two French armies are to be formed on the north and east of France, to observe or meet their movements. The Gazette de Frame says, recent intelligence from Madrid leads to the conclusion, that affairs in that countiy are getting worse every day, and that the Carlists are gaining strength. LORD SONDES, at his late audit, held at the Falcon Inn, Uppingham, Rutlandshire, made the liberal return to his tenantry of one- third. Under the late dynasty, two millions of francs were required for the secret service; but Louis PHILIPPE camiot manage with less than two millions and a half. This is a fact worth remembering. At Newmarket, on Monday, the Riddlesworth, was won by Viator, grey colt, by Stumps, out of Catherine; the dam of Incubus, Tarantula, < fcc. Bentley, second favourite for the Derby, is by Buzzard, out of Miss Wentworth. Both the above horses were bred by Mr. COOKES, M. P. for the Eastern Division of the county of Worcester, and were sold by auction, as yearlings, at Doncaster, for 300 guineas each. We learn from Rome that, after a winter of unusual mildness, the cold has set in with extreme severity, and the thermometer has been several times down to the freezing point. On the 25th ult. snow fell on the mountains of Abruzzo. A similar phenomenon has not been seen within two centuries and a half at the present season. A circular has just issued from the Secretary of State's office, par- ticularly addressed to young and married agricultural labourers, who are anxious to emigrate to New South Wales or Van Dieman's Land, offering, under certain regulations, to advance, by way of loan, a sum not exceeding £ 20 to each family, on condition of re- paying the same out of their earnings in the colony where they propose to settle. The Cambridge Petition is signed by 268 Members of the Senate, the greater number, 230, between two and four o'clock. It is now in the hands of the Duke of GLOUCESTER and Mr. GOULBURN. Since the accession of his present Gracious MAJESTY to the throne ( 22d July, 1830), fifty- six Admirals, seven retired Admirals, and sixty- three Generals have died. The Dutch papers to the 15th inst. inclusive, state that the King and Queen of the NETHERLANDS paid their annual visit to Amster- dam on the preceding day. The audience given by his MAJESTY on the 15th is said to have been more numerous and brilliant than usual. It has been stated by a Trades' Unionist, that 365,000 are the num- ber of the members of Unions in the metropolis and the snbnrbs, and that within twelve hours they can raise, for any given object, £ 1,500 by a penny subscription. By a Parliamentary paper, just printed, it appears that the ex- penses of the Barristers employed in revising the lists of voters, amount for this year to the sum of twenty- two thousand five hundred pounds. The expense of last year was £ 30,500. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS The Lord Bishop of Gloucester has licensed the Rev. THOMAS PARRY to the Perpetual Curacy of Baunton, void by the cession of the Rev. Lawrence Latham, on the nomination of Miss Master, of the Abbey, Cirencester. The Rev. EDW. HOWELLS, M. A., has been appointed Succenter of Hereford Cathedral, void by the resignation of the Rev. William Cooke, M. A. The Rev. CHARLES TAYLOR, M. A., Head Master of the Cathedral School, Hereford, hits been presented to the Rectory of Moreton- on- Lugg, void by the death of the Sev. F. Woodcock, M. A. The Rev. WILLIAM THOMPSON ALDERSON, has been appointed Chaplain to the House of Correction at Wakefield, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Edward Ridsdale. OBITUARY. . , At Mullion, Devonshire, aged 66, the Rev. T. L. Bluett, A. B., Vicar of that parish. At Liverjrool. aged 78, the Rev. P. Buliner, 51. A., Vicar of Thorpe and Or by, in the county of Lincoln, and for the last eighteen years one of the Curates of Liverpool. At Great Oakley, aged 63, the Rev. Joseph Harrison, Curate of that parish more than 30 years. On the 16th of January, the Rev. P. Humphreys, nephew of the celebrated Dr. Doddridge, and for 30 years Rector of the parish of Portland, Jamaica. At Wolverhampton, in his 72nd year, after a few days' illness, the Rev. Thos. Walker. On the day of his funeral, the shops were closed, and his remains were followed by many of the Clergy, the Churchwardens, Overseers, Select Vestry, and upwards of 200 gentlemen of the town. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, April 17.— This day the following degrees were con- ferred -.— Masters of Arts: Rev. W. Cooke, St. Mary hall; J. Hop- ton, Brasennose; F. Wrench, Trinity; Rev. J. P. Penson, Worces- ter.— Bachelors of Arts : Hon. E. C. Curzon, Christ Chnrch ; W. B. Mackenzie, Magdalen hall. CAMBRIDGE, April 18.— At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred:— Bachelor in Divinity: Rev. J. R. Rushton, Clare hall.— Honorary Master of Arts: Hon. R. Cavendish, of Trinity college.— Masters// Arts 11. R. Read,_ J. W. Blakes- E. Price, St. John's college.— Bachelors of Arts: F. V. Meulen, J. Newman, A. Peacock, P. Moncrieffe, E. Thompson, II. O'Brien, andG. P. Buslie, Trin. coll.; W. F. Dobson and T. J. Boys, St. John's coll.; F. Braitliwaite, Clare hall; G. Mackie, Pemb. coll.; li. Wood, Caius coll; L. A. Norgate and C. J. Dashwood, Corpus Christi coll.; E. B. Allen, S. Bridge, and T. Bennett, Queen's coll.; E. Kelly, A. IVarechope, R. C. Saunders, and D. Haigh, Catli. hall; F. A. Crow, Christ's coll.; W. J. Whiting, Magd. coll.; J. Letts, Sidney college. ORDINATION. The Lord Bishop of Dromore held an ordination in the C'athelral Church of Dromore, on Sunday the 6th. Thecandidates admitted to the orders of Deacon and Priesthood were the Rev. Mr. Lefroy, on the presentation of the Archdeacon of Dromore, to the second Curacy of the parish of Seagoe; the Rev. Mr. Armstrong, on the presentation of the Rev. Elgee Boyd to the Curacy- of Dromara; the Rev. Mr. Johnston, on the presentation of the Rev. Mr. Richards to the Curacy of Loughbrickland; the Rev. Mr. M'Cormick, on the nomi- nation of the Rev. John Davis to the second Curacy of Clouallon; and the Rev. Mr. Minnitt; to the order of Deacon for the Lordship of Newry. The examination was conducted by the Archdeacon t> f Dromore, the Rev. Hugh Hamilton, the Rev. Mr. Dolling, and the Rev. Mr. Beatty. MISCELLANEOUS. CITY OF LONDON NATIONAL SCHOOLS.— An impressive and con- vincing sermon in behalf of these shools, was preached in the Church of St. Olave, Hart- street, City, on Sunday morning last, the 13th of April, by'the Very Reverend Dr. CHANDLER, Dean of Chichester. The collection amounted to 321. 12s. 6d. We understand that arrangements have been made for the erection of a new Church in the township of Brohghton, the whole expense of which will be defrayed by the Rev. JOHN CLOWES. The site fixe l upon is between Stony Knolls and Lower Brougliton, and the build- ing is to be commenced forthwith. Such an edifice has long been wanted in that neighbourhood, and the munificence with which Mr. CLOWES has come forward to supply the want, will tend still more to endear him to the hearts of those who rejoice in the prosperity of that Church of which he is so distinguished a supporter.— Manches~ ter Courier. The anuual examination of the boy sbelonging to the Bath National School took place on Thursday week before the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, the Right Worshipful the Mayor and the Body Corporate, Col. DAUBENEY, the Archdeacon of BATH, and a number of the Clergy of the Established Church belonging to the city and district. His Lordship and the Mayor both expressed themselves highly gratified at the very satisfactory manner in which the several ques- tions were answered by the boys. The Lord Bishop presented the two senior boys with a sovereign each. A highly respectable meeting took place at the National Schoil Room, Chelmsford, last week, for the purpose of considering ths propriety of erecting a Chapel of Ease, m the hamlet of Moulsham. The Rev. C. A. St. JOHN MILDMAY in the Chair. Various resolu- tions were proposed and seconded bv G. A. GEPP, Esq., Mr. B UTLER, R. BARTLETT, Esq., M. CHALK, T. M. GEPP, Esq., Mr. T. J. GILSON, and others. A subscription was commenced in the room, and the Chairman, before the meeting was dissolved, announced that it amounted to 1,0641. 9s. Among the subscriptions are the following: — The Rev. C. A. St. John Mildmay, 2001.; J. Crabb, Esq. 2001.; the Hon. Mrs. C. A. St. John Mildmay, 501.; the Dowager Lady Radstock, 201.; Lady Mordaunt, 201.,; Miss Erskine, 201.; the Hon. Miss Waldegrave 51.; the Hon. Miss II. Waldgrove, 51., & c. A committee was appointed to manage the business, and a general subscription will be solicited. On Sunday last the Kings Letter in aid of the Society for promot- ing the enlargement and building of Churches and Chapels, was read at the parish Church of St. Clement, Worcester, after which a sermon on the subject'was preached by the Rev. JOHN DAVIES, Rector. The collection'amounted to 111. 8s. 9id. A quarterly meeting of the Worcester Deanery District Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, was held at the Episcopal Palace on Wednesday last, when a statement was made by the Rev. ALLEN WHEELER, the Secretary, of thenuinber of books which had been issued within the last quarter, which was as follows, viz.:— Bibles, 107 ; Testaments, 146 ; Prayer books, 518; bound books, 134 ; tracts, 13G0 ; school cards, 663 ; psalters, 33; making a total of 2966. This exceeds the number distributed in the preceding quarter by 2031 ; the total number distributed in that quarter having been 935. The Rev. Mr. LAKE has been removed from the Curacy of Liskeard, by order of the Lord Bishop of this Diocese, upon information for- warded to his Lordship that Mr. LAKE had suffered a Wesleyan minister to officiate in the desk of the parish' Church.— Exeter Post. The Neiv Church at Ide.— This sacred edifice of which we gave an account a short time since, and for the erection of which the parish is mainly indebted to the indefatigable exertions of the Rev. JAMES HENRY EARLE, their Clergyman, was opened for divine service on Sunday last, and on both parts of the day was crowded to excess; their pastor officiating, who on this occasion, delivered two excellent sermons, that in the afternoon beingfrom Haggai 2d chap. 9th verse. The structure is plain, but lofty and exceedingly neat, and was built by Messrs. Cornish and Julian, of this city; a part of the means having been obtained by the Rev. Mr. EARLE in the form of subscrip- tions.— Exeter Post. The important question as to whether the Dissenters may expect co- operation from the Wesleyan Methodists in their present attempt to sever the Church Establishment from the State, has been set at rest, by an official declaration on the part of that large and power- ful body, that their feelings are friendly to the Establishment. The Methodists are favourably circumstanced as to the means of making such a declaration. The fVesleyan Methodist Magazine is an official Eublication, the Editor of which is appointed by, and speaks in be- alfof, the Conference. The organ of the whole Methodist body has spoken; and the position taken on the part of that powerful , community is that of friendliness, and not enmity towards the Church. — Bath Gazette. . We understand that the ' Wesleyan Methodists of this city have agreed to a Petition to both Houses of Parliament, to the same effect as those presented from the Congregations assembling at Angel- street and Silver- street. But in this case, as m other towns, the Minister does not act with the Laity.— fV'- rcester Journal. After two sermons, preached in Bradford Church by the Rev.. HOWEL JONES, Curate, the sum of 261. 13s. 9} d. was collected in aid of the Incorporated Society for the Enlargement, Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels. 128 JOHN BULL. April 20. STOCK EXCHANGE— SATUBPAT EVENING. During the week the variation in Consols has been downward, and • he speculators at length are beginning to be alarmed at the move- ments of the Trades' Unions, and at the supineness of the Govern- ment with respect to them. Consols for the Account are at 90% ' A at the close ot business this afternoon. Ill the Foreign Market, Portuguese and Spanish Stocks have both been materially affected durinu the week ; the former have been as high as 73, arid as low as 69%, but they closed at 70% Spanish Bonds have been as high as 3356 %, and they closed this afternoon at Ji. Russian Bonds are WH X, and Belgian 99X- Dutch Two and a Half per Cents, are at 5QH. 3 per Cent. Consols. 90% M V, H 3 pet Cent. Reduced, % \ perCt. Reduced, 96JC & New 3^ per Cent.. 98 97 3f % Four per Cent. 1P26, 102 Bank Long Annuities. 17 16 15* 16 Bank Stock, 213% Ditto for Account, India Stock, 259 Ditto for Account, 259^ India Bonds. 28 30 pin. Exchequer Bills. 50 49 t8 pm. Consols for Account, 90% % % % % The French papers of Thursday furnish fresh details of insurrec- tions and revolts in the provinces of France. Marseilles, Toulon, Grenoble, Strasburg, St. Etienne, Arbois, the departments of the Rhone and Saone, and Givret, have each furnished some scene of blood for the awful drama that has begun. INSURRECTION AT LYONS.— Fromthe Correspondent of the Standard. — LYONS, April 13.— The night has been more quiet, but we are still prisoners. To- day the fighting is in the quarter I inhabit Now and ' then we hear canoiiading in another direction towards the Faubourg St. Clnir; but to- day the environs of the Hospice de l'Antiquaille from the Hill of Gourgillon to the Rue de Juge de Paix are especially the scenes of conflict. The workmen have well defended their posi- tions, and are masters of two pieces of cannon. They have barricaded the Rue de Fleberque, the Hill of St. Barthelemy, and the Hill of des Capucins. as well as that of la Butte. The troops approach by the Place St. Laurent, and on the other hand by the Place des Mini- mes; but I know nothing of the result at the time 1 am writing. They say the cattle market resembles a slaughter- house. The cannon have been roaring all the morning without ceasine, and I am com- pelled to send off my letter earlier than usual. The city is still in a • state of great alarm,' and no one is vet permitted to leave his dwelling. The workmen will defend themselves to the last; their courage is most surprising. lam told that a bloody battle has been fought to- day near the Place des Bernardines, and that the troops were com- pelled to retire. I have alittle bread to- day, and a little wine, and I slept three hours last night; but I begin to get weary of this sort of life. At the moment I am writing, the cannon are playing away in three directions at once. Every quarter of Lyons is mutilated. The workmen have entered a depot'of arms, and they say have found 500 stand, and several barrels of powder. They give out that the insur- rection at St. Etienne has succeeded, and that the workmen will ar- rive from there to- night. This may be said to keep up their spirits. " Vive la Kepublique" is the only cry, as the workmen rush on to battle, and the troops reply by " Vive le Roi." This is a war of ex- termination. The King and Queen will honour Drurv Lane Theatre with their presence on Thursday next; to which place, we understand, their Majesties will go in state. The proposed drawing of a " Theatrical Lottery" at Covent Garden Theatre, as announced in the daily papers, will not take place. We regret to announce the demise of the Right Honourable Lady Dundas, which took place on Friday morning at her family house in Arlington street, Piccadilly. Her Ladyship was in her 66th year. It is with sincere regret we announce the death of that gallant and excellent officer, Rear- Admiral Hardyman, C. I!., on Thursday last, at his residence in the Regent's- park, afteralong and severe illness. The remains of the late John Fuller, Esq. were yesterday morn- ing removed from town to his seat, Rose- liill, near Battle, in Sussex, for interment. THE TRADES' UNIONS' MEETING TO- MORROW.— At a meeting of the magistrates at Worship- street yesterday, a letterwasput intoMr. Broughton's hands bythe chief clerk, and along consultation ensued between the magistrates, the clerks, and the officers, relative to the best mode of preserving the peace on Monday next. The letter was signed S. Mark Phillips, and stated that it was sent by the writer by desire of Lord Melbourne, earnestly requiring the magistrates of the above office to co- operate with those of other police- offices, in pre- venting any outrage from being committed by the Trades' Unionists on Monday.— The magistrates have therefore resolved to swear in a large number of special constables for the occasion, to act in concert with the police- officers n, nd_ policemen under the direction of the magistrates and the Commissioners of Police.— The police- officers will be armed with cutlasses and fire- arms, and are appointed to be in attendance at the police- offices at six on Monday, to meet the magis- trates and receive directions how to proceed. CHEAP WJNF. S AND SPIRITS. TO PRIVATE FAMILIES and ECONOMISTS.— W. MOULS thankfully acknowledges the extraordinary Increase of Business which his System of Trade litis already secured to hiin, and begs to submit the following List of prices to a discriminating Public :— Per Doz. 24s PORTS. Excellent, from the Wood Old Crusted ditto .. 28s • Superior, very tine, 5 yrs bottled 34s Very curious. of the most cele- brated vintages .. 40s Fine old Crusted Ports, in Pints and Half- pints. CAPES. • Good Family Wine .. 12s " Superior ditto. Sherry flavour 14s.. 17s Genuine Pontac, very tine 17s.. 20s SHERRIES. Per Doz. Good stout Wine .. 22s Excellent Pale or Brown 23s Fine old Straw- coloured ditto 34s Curious old East India ditto 40s Marsala. tirs. t quality .. 24s Fine old Lisbon and Moun- tain .. .. 24s.. 28s.. 34s Bncellas, very fine .. 34s West India Madeira .. 34s Old East India ditto .. 52. « .. 58s Fine old Rota Tent .. 34s. ,40s Sparkling Champagne .. 60s. .66s Clarets .. .. 54s.. 58s.. 70s A large Assortment of Wines on draught at the lowest prices. SPIRITS. English Gin of the best quality Motils's celebrated Old Torn Th » best Old Jamaica Rum Irish and Scotch Whiskies, genuine from the Still Fine Old Rum Shrub Patent Brandy Bottles and Hampers to be paid for on delivery, and the amount allowed when returned. FOR READY MONEY ONLY. No Orders from the Country can be attended to without a Remittance. No. 8. HIGH- STREET, NEWINGTON BUTTS. 6s 8d & 8s per gallon. 9s 4d 10s « d 12s 12s Od 16s 10s 6d 12s 18s w R I TING PAPER. Per Quire. Per Ream. Fine Bath Post, 24 sheets, FOURPENCE HALFPENNY 7s. Ditto, ditto .. .. , .. .. 6d. .. 9s. Superfine ditto ... .. .. .. 8d. .. 12s. Ditto, thick Bath .. .. .. .. lOd. .. 16s. Ditto, Gilt ditto .. .. .. .. Is. Od. .. 18s. Satin Post. .. .. .. .. Is. Oil. .. 18s. Note Paper 3d. per quire and upwards ; Foolscap Sd. to Is. 6d. per quire ; best Sealing Wax 5s. per lb.— TURRILL'S Repository. 250, Regent- street. CIANDLES, 5Jd. per R>.; Wax Candles, 15s., 21s., and 24s. per / 121b. ; Sperm and Composition 19s. and 21s. ; Wax- wicked Moulded Candles, bnrning equal in time to Wax, 7s. ; Yellow Soap 54s. and 60s. per 1121bs.; Mottled 58s. and 66s.; finest Curd 74s.; Windsor and Palm Is. 4d. per . packet; Old Brown Windsor Is. 9d.; Rose 2s. ; Camphor2s.; Marine Is. ; superior Almond 2s. 6d.; extra superfine Sealing- Wax 4s. 6d. per lb.: Spenn Oil 6s. and 6s. tid. being the same as those deceptively warranted the best. rfZJODBOLD'S VEGETABLE BALSAM, for the cure of Coughs, ^ Lv? Colds. Asthmas, and Consumptions.— The proud attestation of cures per- formed by this Medicine, for the last fiftv years— the many daily proofs of its efficacy— its high estimation by the first Nobilily— and its recommendation by the most eminent of the Faculty, are such strong tests of its value, that no eulogy is necessary to convince ihe public of its salutary effects in the cure of the above - complaints.— The present Proprietor ( the Rev. G. Godbold, Rector of Greathain, Hants,) has appointed Messrs. Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon- street, London, his Agents for the sale of the Vegetable Balsam ; where the Medicine may be had at lis. the pint bottle, and 22s. the quart ( duty included), and at every principal Medicine Vender's in town and county. None is genuine without the Signature of the Proprietor, written upon the Label, and also the name engraved on the Government Stamp. 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Cunningham's Lives of British Artists; Progress and Prospeets of British Art— 4. Professor Heeren's Researches on the Ancient Asiatic and African Nations— 5. Journal of a West India Proprietor— 6. Cary's Poetical Translation of Pindar— 7. O'Brien on the Round Towers of Ireland— S. Mrs. Somerville on the Connexion of the Physical Sciences— 9. Lyte's Poems— 10. Trade " of Britain with France— 11. Patronage of Universities, Foreign and Domestic— 12. On the Proposed Introduction of Poor Laws into Ireland. London ; Longman and Co. Edinburgh. A. and C. Black. On . May 1 ( to form 12 Monthly Parts, at 5s.), Part 111. of ENCYCLOPAEDIA of GEOGRAPHY ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth— Physical, Statistical, Civil, and Political; exhi- biting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of all Nations. By HUGH MURRAY, F. R. S. E. 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By the Earl of ROSSE. John Murray, Albemarle- street. Now readv, with Ninety- three Woodcuts and Six Copper- plates, 8vo. 20s. ON the GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS usually called TER- TIARY, SECONDARY, and PRIMARY ; being the THIRD and LAST VOLUME of PRINCIPLES of GEOLOGY ; forming a practical Manual of Geo- logy, complete in itself. With Tables and Figures of the Fossil Shells peculiar to each formation. By CHARLES LYELL, F. R. S. The former volumes contained preliminary Treatises on the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants. The present volume is entirely devoted to Geo- logy proper in its more ordinary and exclusive acceptation. It is, in fact, a Sys- tem of Geology. Rules are first laid down for the classification of the various formations composing the earth's crust, and the principles are set forth on which an arrangement of these formations, in chronological order, may be attempted. 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" Having been in the habit then, for several years, of remarking tbis defect of instruction with regard to practical divinity, and the whole business of a Parish Priest, and having myself, meanwhile, been thrown perpetually into the most in- teresting and awful scenes with my own parishioners, I determined at length to take up my pen, and to commit to paper whatever, having passed under my per- sonal observation, might be most likely to be useful to others of the same profession. " I had no thought originally of doing more than assist my younger brethren of the clerical order, who might be appointed to the management of large parishes, without time or opportunities to prepare themselves in an adequate manner for so difficult and momentous an undertaking. But, in proceeding with my work, I began to flatter myself with the notion, that it may possibly both amuse and instruct every description of readers.— Many persons maybe tempted, upon the recommendation of the Clergy, to peruse the book ; and may find unexpectedly their fancy pleased, their knowledge increased, and their hearts touched and im- proved .''— Preface. " Great was our admiration ofthe former volumes of this work— we can safely recommend our readers to peiuse the scenes here described, with an assurance that they are in no respect inferior to those which have already been submitted to the public."— British Critic. *#* The above work has been included in the list of publications recommended by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. John Murray, Albemarle- street. DEBRETT'S COMPLETE" PEERAGE. Edited by W. COUIITHOPE, Esq. 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The remedy for Strictures, & c. has never failed of success in any case in which it has been taken. Prepared only at 29, Hunter- street, Brunswick- square. Sold in packets, at 11.2s. each; or five packets in one for 51. UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE. SPLENDOUR, ECONOMY, and ATTRACTION.— CITY of ^ LONDON ROYAL EMPORIUM, opposite the Mansion House.— THOS. PAUL and Company, in announcing to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public the deli- very of their Spring " Goods, call particular attention to their Mock of Chintz Mus- lins, which comprises all the most splendid and elegant in French as well as English produce ; and will be otfered, in consequence of the vast magnitude of their purchases, and other advantages, at nearly one- third the general prices. The newest Patterns, in lengths of 8 yds. full ell- wide, fast colours, 4s. 4d. the Dress ; Full Chintzes, a Lot of 1,000 Dresses, equally fast, 8s. fid. the Dress, worth at least One Guinea; the most superb and costly French Muslins, in wild variety, in the same cheap proportion ; an immense delivery of Silk Goods, likewise, pcte- sessing every shade of colour as well as material, is worthy of equal attention. Rich Spitalfields Gros de Naples, the usual 3s. and 3s. 6d. quality, are from Is. lid. to 2s. 4gd. The richest Ducapes, Gros des Indes, Poult de Soie, Filet Satins, Armure Faponnes, Bonnet Silks, and all other descriptions of rich and elegant Silks, bear an equal reduction. Several thousand yards of splendid brocaded Silks as low as 2s. 7$ d. and 2s. lid. The delivery of Irish Linens surpasses in cheapness any former announcement, being 4£ d. per yard less than the Wholesale and Manufacturers' prices. A splendid variety of Thibet and French Shawls, worth about 2 Guineas, may- be selected from at 15s. 9d.; and the most splendid Gauze Ribbons to the extent of some thousand garnitures at fijd. The stock of Irish, Scotch, and German Damasks ; Russia and other Sheetings; Blankets, Marseilles Quilts, and Counterpanes, with all articles for domestic pur- poses, is worthy the attention of every family. The Millinery and Dress Rooms, which have undergone recent improvements, will be opened with a most splendid and elegant assortment of the latest Fashions in Bonnets, Caps, Turbans, Pelisses, & c. & c. on Thursday next, April 24. Family Mournine furnished on the lowest terms. FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. Several thousand yards of rich Silk Tabbaretts in every shade of colour, from .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3s 2d The most superior Royal Crape Damasks, nearly equal in appearance to Silk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2s 5d Common qualities, at .. .. .. .. .. .. Is fid Good Watered Moreens, 10| d and .. .. .. .. Is Od 500 pieces of splendid Chintz Furnit ures, warranted fast colours, worth Is. 6£ d The newest and most elegant designs, usually sold at lSd. .. .. lO^ d Specimens of the newest and most fashionable designs, for Dining and Drawing Room Curtains, may be seen fixed in the Show Rooms, and are made up at half the usual Upholsterer's charges. In addition to the above, particular attention is requested to the stock of Cabi- net Furniture, Drawing- room, Dining- room, light fancy and French Chairs, & c. whieh are of the most choice and elegant designs, warranted of the best materials and workmanship, at little more than half the prices charged at any other estab- lishment. Easy Chairs, covered in leather, from 2 guineas. Japanned Bed- room Chairs, 2s. Superior Four- post, French, Tent, and other Bedsteads, and well- seasoned Bedding of every description, proportionably cheap. Handsome Mahogany French Bedsteads, French polished, three guineas. Splendid Chimney Glasses in rich double gilt frames, of the most superb and elegant designs; Brass Poles, Carved and Gilt Cornices, Curtain Bands, Bell- pulls, Laces, Gymps, Fringes, & c. An extensive Stock of real Turkey, Brussels, Venetian, and Kidderminster Carpets, matchless for novelty, splendour, and cheapness. Drawings made and Estimates given to any amount. The Nobility and Gentry will find the Western side of the Mansion House coif- venient for their carriages to draw off. City of London Royal Emporium, THOS. PAUL and Company. Opposite the Mansion House. April, 1834. ~ j%/ I~ R. T. E. PRICE ( late ofthe firm of Standage and Price) begs 1VJL respectfully to announce that he has received instructions to offer for un- reserved SALE, on the Premises, 20, King- street, Covent- garden, on Tuesday 22d, and Two following Days, at 12 for 1 each day, by order of Mr. T. Tittman ( late of 193, Strand), declining the business, All the superb STOCK in TRADE of CHINA, GLASS, and'EARTHENWARE, amongst which will be found, a variety of dinner, tea, and dessert services, perfectly unrivalled in quality ; a quantify of dinner and chamber services; magnificent china tea and dessert ser- vices ; elegant porcelain vases and ornaments; richly cut- glass in lustres, trifle- dishes, decanters, and wines; together with a large quantity of useful family articles in cream- coloured and brown ware, of every description. This Stock ( the well- known superiority of which needs no comment) has been selected with a great degree of taste and elegance, regardless of expense, and will be lotted so as to suit private families, hotel and tavern keepers, and others. May be viewed, and Catalogues had, two days previous to the sale, on the Premises, and of Mr. T. E. Price, Auctioneer, Surveyor, and Valuer, 48, Chancery- lane. ffio LADIES.— MADAME SAINT ANTON and Co., Court JH. Milliners and Corset- makers to the Queen of the French and Royal Family, respectfully call the attention of Ladies of Fashion ( who prefer the French modes) to their improved FRENCH CORSETS, celebrated in Paris for. producing a grace- ful and sylph- like appearance in the figure., without that inelegant stiffness of carriage and uneasy pressure or crease so justly complained of, at 25s.— A splendid su pply of MILLINERY just re< ; eived from Loner Champs, at prices ( for cash) thai defy competition. Bonnets, in rich satin or silk, 25s.; in tissue de soie, the pre- vailing material, 32s., full trimmed, with rich French blonde lappets, & c. Every other article equally distingue on terms extremely moderate. Ladies honour- ing Madame with a visit will not meet the disappointment so frequently ex- perienced through the medium of an advertisement.— No. 21, New Bond- street, ^ nextdoort^ Reduia^^ GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN, For the Week ending April 12. Per Imperial Qr. Wheat .. 47s 2d I Rye 32s lOd Barley ... 27s 9d Beans 32s Id Oats .... 18s 2d I Pease 35s 8d Duty on Foreign ..-^ heat % * Average of last Six Weeks. Wheat.. 47s 5d Barley... 27s 3d Oats.... 18s Od Oats 19s 9d Rye .... 21s 3d Rye 32s Beans 31s Pease .... 34s Pease 18s 3d BIRTHS. On the 8th of April, at her father's, the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham, Kirkby Overblow, the lady of Lieut.- Colonel MacLean, 81st Regiment, of a daughter. On the 5th inst., at Mersham Hatch, the lady of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., of a daughter— On the 14th inst., in Queep Ann- street, the lady of Arthur Currie, Esq., of a son— On the I4th inst., at Tunbrid< re Wells, the lady of G. F. Henefic- e, Esq., M. P., of a still- born child— On the 12th inst., at the Dean of Facully's^ Granton, Edinburgh, Mrs. Hope, of a son— On the 14th inst., at the Rectory, Amersham, the lady of the Rev. John Tyrwhitt Drake, of a son— On the 15th inst., at Rodney House, Clifton, the lady of Mark Pringle, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIKD. On the 15th inst., at Walcot Church, Bath, by the Rev. C. W. Woodley, M. A., the Rev. William Scott, M. A., son of the late Rev. T. Scott, of Watton- green, Norfolk, to Sophia Anne Wolfe Woodley, youngest daughter of Charles Woodley., Esq., ofthe Island of St. Christopher. On the 17th inst., at All Souls' Church, by the Rev. G. H. Hely Hutchinson, Henry Robert Harvey, of Kyle, in the county of Wexford, Esq. ( nephew of the late Lord Brandon), to Eugenia Fanny, only child of Simon Jacques Rochard, of Regent- street, Esq. At Hunton, Kent, the Rev. John Duncombe Shafto, Rector of Buckworth, Hunts, to Catherine Harriet, daughter of the Rev. Robert Moore, Rector of Hunton— At Paris, on the 10th inst., the Hon. Major A. F. Southwell, to Miss Dillon, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Dillon, Esq., of Mount Dillon, county of Dublin— On the 10th inst., at Ilataspeck Church, county of Wexford, Ireland^ Frederick Dayrolles, Esq., late of the 60th King's Royal Rifles, to Henrietta Louisa, second daughter of Lewis de Wilmsdorf Richards, of Rathaspeck House, in the same county— On the 15th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, the Rev. Theyre Smith, M. A., to Sarah Maria, youngest daughter of Stephen Cox, Esq., of Not- tingham- street, St. Marylebone— On the 14th inst., C. M. Pocock, Esq., of his Majesty's Customs, London, to Ann, eldest daughter of J. Leney, Esq., Lewesj Sussex— On the lfith inst., at St. James's Church? Rowland Gibson, Esq., Bar- • rister- at- Law, to Miss Halfhide— On the lfith inst., Edward Ings, Esq., of the Inner Temple, to Belle Emily Lydia, youngest daughter of Fuller Craven, Esq., of Craven House, in the county of Hants— On the 9th inst., in St. Vincent- place, Glasgow, Captain Granville Sharpe, of the Royal Regiment, to Helen, eldest daughter of the late James Connell, Esq., Glasgow— On the 17th inst., at St. George's, Hanover- square, Christopher Alexander Haserman, Esq., Solicitor- General of Upper Canada, to Elizabeth Emily, daughter of Walter Merry, Esq., of Lansdowne- place, Cheltenham, late Deputy Secretary at War— At Sidmouth, the Rev. J Bacon, M. A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to Mary, second daughter of the laite M. B. Lonsada, Esq. DIED. " At Hertford- house, Manchester- square, Isabella Anne Ingram, Dowager Mar- chioness of Hertford— On the 14th inst. in Kensington- square, Kensington, Ma- jor- General Sir Wm. Douglas, K. C. H., of Innpendean, Roxburghshire, N. B., in the 63d year of his age— On the 14th inst. at Lyme Resis, Dorsetshire, Mary Margaret, relict of the late Thomas Symons, Esq., of the Mynde Park, Hereford- shire, aged 69— On the 25th of February, at Madeira, affcr an illness of four days, in his 75th year, Archibald Brounlie, Esq.— On the 17ih inst. at St. Mary Abbott's- terrace; Kensington, in the 69th year of her age, Kitty, relict of the Rev. Thomas Stephen Attwoo'd, M. A., Rector of Buckworth and Morborne, Hunt.--, and Per- petual Curate of Hammersmith, Middlesex— On the 15th inst. aged 22, in Upper Harlev- street, Robert Legh Parnell, Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge, fifth son of Samuel Parnell, Esq.— At R} ackheafh, on the 14th irist. Wm. Ellis, Esq., of his Majesty's Exchequer J- ill Office, aged 45— In Bedford- place, on the 15th inst. Margaret, wife of Captain Chandler, 17th Lancers— On the lfith inst. at his house in Montagu- square, George Dodd, Esq., aged 76— At Fulham, on the" 14th inst. aged 73, Frances, the wife of Mr. Nathaniel Chasemore— On the 12tli inst. in the 19th year of her age, Ellen Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Mr. Henry Rodwell, of Great Portland- street— On the 30th ult. Eliza, the relict of John Hob- day Lorde, of Boughton- house, Kent, and grand- daughter of Sir John Pryse, of Newton- hall, in the county of Montgomery, Bart.— On the 5th inst. at Oneglia, Upper Robins, M. A" Rector of Enshain, Dorset— On the 12th inst. in Hereford- street, Richard Parry, Esq., of Llwynynn, Denbigh— On the 18th inst., in Arlington- st., the Right Hon. Lady Dunila-. LONDON: Printed and published by EOWARD SH, « : S. CI. L, at No. 40, Fleet- street, where, only, communications to the F. iilwr ( post paid) are received.