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=- "¡.E S \(iE AGAINST F LETCH EM. Mr, WILLIAMS (who was assisted hy Mr. TEM- .miJ i.iiis.vvas afi'action for a libel but be- t-I)tel-i,ig illit) the circumstances of the case, would state who were the partics-The -plaintiff. Mr. Sa^ entered into the nml. East India Company's service, in IS09, he being then •of I lie age of fifteen, and continued to advance in rank in lhHI department -of the state, till his re- turn to England, which happened3n 1823, in cori- se<|iieuc-<> of a rheumatic illness, which amicted him in th< way of lameuess, and rendered him pe- -c\i liar and. rewisvkable in his walk, which in the -5 would be found a featureiuthe case, Mr. iSage on his return to England, found liis brother- in-law, Mr. Seller, a brewer of Chester, haddied, leaving a widow (the plaintiff's sister) and child- ren. yet too voting te take the management of the business, and Mr. Sage, being then at leisure, and wishing to occupy his tille, undertook the superintendence of the brewery, and continued to do so up to the present time. The defendant, Mr. Fletcher, was well knowlI as the Editor, Proprie- tor.-ami Publisher of the CHESTER CHRONICLE, and from the "Ientb of time he had been so, had at least the .benefits of experience in "this"profes- sion. Having said thus much of the parties, it would be necessary now to make a few observa- tions Olt the case. The jury were well aware, tllat tiiis ancient and respectable city, of Chester was much divided Mi politics, and that whether thow politics were brought into action by the •election of representatives of parliament, or the tKiiuinatioH of city officers, they were supported with, a warmth of spirit and animation, that strongly marked the zeal with which the respec. live partizans adhered to the interests they es- poused. Mr. Fletcher, out of compliment, he ( Mr. Williams) would say, was attached to what was called the corporation or Grosvenor party and he said., out of compliment to him, because that party had the power to speak, act, or do any thing they pleased, of themselres—(A laugh.) The other side was named with great reason, for the very many meritorious services it had per- formed under the auspices of the highly honoura- ble Baronet, who was at the head of it, the Inde- pendent, or Egerton party, Of this latter party was the plaintiff; and this high offence, in the estimation of the defendant, had been deemed a sufficient reason for holding him up to derision, as spleen or malignity might propose. The libels in question were published on the occasion of an annual election for Sheriffs, of a popular kind, in October last. The candidates then proposed, were Mr. Shearing on behalf of the corporation or Grosvenor party, and Mr. Whittaker, who was supported by the Egerton interest; and by the termination of that election, Mr. Fletcher had the satisfaction of triumphing in the success of his own party candidate, after a well contested and animated struggle. Mr. Sage before that time had been a member of the independent party, et.d the crime laid to his charge was, that he had the wickedness then to look Mr. Fletcher in the face, and still say he was true to thesame cause. (A laugh.) The month of October having so ma- terially contributed to the success of their favoured candidate, it was thought that Mr. Fletcher would have received so much satisfaction from that event, that he would have permitted the city and his op- ponents to remain in quietness till another popular opportunity presented itself; but no. his object in the meantime was to put down the manifest exertions of the independent cause by the publi- cation of gross libels, containing false inuendoes and personal attacks on its members. As an illustration of the calumny, ribatdry, and sneers which the defendant was desirous of bringing on the plaintiff by his writing, the following- extract from one of his papers mav b« giVen: — "Sunday.—This being (he Sabbath. 1ro Whitebrook, Mr. Limt, and, Mr. Bowden, and ] other professing Christians, were piously em- ployed in the amiable work of cajlvassing, in order by their exertions, to renewon londay the shame- ful scenes which their commendable labours brought to perfection on Friday and Saturday. ♦' This day, Lieutenant Sage, brewer(who, we hear, is on the Sick List of the Hon. the East India Company's Military Establishment), took the command, and trotted through the street like aijf elephant on hot bricks. The laurels that he woii on the Ganges, Hope whisperetlwould be renewed on the Dee; but Hope told a flattering tale." inasmuch as by ten o'clock on Monday morning Mr. Whittakers was some tkree or four scores o voles. 00 the wrong side of the Post.—The Com lmuider looked queer—he could not keep pace with the grandeur of his conceptions (of which he wag tl,ie. s not delivered), and appeared like another great man in Chronouhotonthologos, who in his dilemma vitti almost matchless forethought, roared outfoj a Coaeh-Iet a Coach be called, Aud he that calleth be the caller of the Coach, And in his calling let no call be heard, But Coach Coach! Coach Oh for a Coach, ye Gods But ho coach was at hand; andlayinghold of the hapless arms of some unfortunate wights near him, be trotted off in search of votes and adven- tures. First he applied to an independent publican in Frodsham-street, and charged him, on his allegiance, to vote for Mr. Whittakers, or he should have no more of his ale to sell! The honest voter, however, heard the terrible denunciation undismayed, I)a cd off the COlli mander's bill, and gave an order to another brewer.—thus proving, ill the teeth of the adage, that a mail may go further: and itot fare woi-.w. Feeling as b.: (Mr. Williams) did, the pain, which such ridicule and sarcasm on the misfortunes of the plaintiff must occasion, he, as his counsel, could not refrain from smiling at the obvious re- ference to the lameness of the plaintiff in the for- mer part of this paragraph* d this shewed to demonstration that one or tbe, defendant's OI)jt,clsl had been'attained, as, by thcmalignity ofhTs pen, 1w had raised a laugh at the expense of the plain- tiff. anil, by holding him-up-to ridicule, had done that which in law was accounted a. libel, as hav- ing a tendency to a breach of the peace. In the first part of this libel, the plaintiff is made to appear in a ludicrous and ridiculous light, but in the lat- ter part or it he is cliarge.J with having attempted to gain the vole of a publicaivby thelexercise of an undue influence, and as this accusation affected his character an.I reputation lie (Mr. Sage) went t,, ttie Fditor of another paper in tti(! city, that wa IÜghly respectable. and conducted with great moderation, and gave a naked unvarnished cnli- tradiction to tlie defendant's statement, unaccom- panied with any hostile or malignant observation, although he felt himself injured and aggrieved hv the attacks that had so unjustly been made •oil his person and integrity. The consequence of that forbearance was, that on the next dav of publication, the defendant further insulted he character and honour oi" Mr. Sage by tlie fol- 'mving anjusiifiable and tauritingremarks: TIIR INDEPENDENT PUBLICAN We certainly (ve some respect for Mr. Sage, because he s the honour of wearing a military coat—be- ,tè he has seen some■ service, and because he :,r vesin a respectable circle as a tradesman but tli:Ti f,.(.)n, Just animadversions if he has acted wrnn? r ."therefore, call upon him to state whether the wticti in the Cou- r. is pt.D.ished by liis authority —• \ye have os<y avoided entering into a formal eontra- oi u,)v of L, a' .v on oi any of the gross mis-slatemejus of the *»'*<uim uf11 wwirya? CHRONICLE'S account of the late election. But we are desired, and authorised to state, that the story told of Mr. Sage's interference with an ill- dependent publican, in Frodsham-street, is false altogether, from beginning to end. The contra- diction was hardly necessary.—If this be done with his consent and approval, he has been guilty of laying before the public a statement which is not true. The fact is precisely as we stated it last week. Mr. Williams very properly refused to vote at the dictation of Mr. Sage, and with- drew his order in favour of the King-street'bre- wery of Messrs. Shase, and Co. Since then we have to Communication the following, and pledg-e ourselves for its accuracy. On Friday last, after seeing the CHRONICLE, Mr. Sage looked very like whathisname sake is often put into (meaning a goose,) and called upon Mr. Williams, request- ing him to affix his name to a certain document, for the purpose of contradicting what we have as- serted, as it would oblige him. Mr. W. spurned at the invitation. and asked Mr. S. whether he wanted him to sign that which was a lie? and, finally, like a man. refused to do anything of the sort because what he had stated was the fact. This e,rplanation would not have appeared, only for the insertion, by some unwise person, in the COUBANT, of the above paragraph, which is a most impudent fabrication. We wish Mr. Sage well, but. at the same time, it is necessary for him to learn, that he has not Sepoys or Lascars to command at Chester, as he, perhaps, might have had at Calcutta or Delhi.-Fei-I)iim sat. Gentlemen, what was Mr. Sage to do? — He was first lidiculed and laughed at, and then ac- cused of having published a fabricated statement. Was he to sit down it, the face of his Compatriots and submit to these insults ? He; Mr. Williams) knew that the passive* doctrine of oiir religion bade us, if our enemy slapped one cheek, to turn the other to him. This was indeed religious professing, but he feared it was not the practice of mortal man in there days. There was then only two remedies-the one was the cane, and the law. It would not be tolerated that the first should be resorted to and there then only remained an appeal to a jury of the country, which course the plaintiff had taken, and as he had been made the victim of ridicule, so he hoped to receive a compensation commensurate with the injury he had sustained. Mr. Samuel Farr. the Crier of the Court, pro- duced copies of affidavits, procured from the Stamp Office in London, by which it appeared that Mr. J. Fletcher, the defendant, was the pro- prietor and publisher of the Cl]rSTEII'CilitOSI(ILL. Win. Egerton, Esq, the brother of Sir John Egerton, Bart. and the High Sheriff for the county of Denbigh, knew the plaintiff in India, at the time he was in the East India Company's service. After Mr. Sage's arrival in England, he became lame from an illness previously contracted, and still continued so. On reading the libels, he con- sidered they were pointed at Mr. Sage. The elephant walking on hot bricks, he conceived was an allusion to the plaintiff's lameness. He knew that Mr. Sage assisted Mrs. Seller, his sister, in the management of her brewery. Cross-examined—Mr. Sage was stiil in the Company's service. He was not at the election dinner in October last. He was in London at the time, and had no local knowledge of what was occurring. Mr. Dunstan, the Governor of the County Prison, proved that the CHICSTEII CHRONICLE was read in that city and county. Cross-examined.— He saw the defendant abroad between October and January, he walked with a stick, and was looking very it). He did not know that Mr. Fletcher was confined to his bed at the tune the libel was written, fi-oiti the effect of an accident. Mr. JONKS, in addressing the Court fur the defendant, said, it wis tio-t liis 0. indulge in any observations that would gi ve pain to the feelings of the plaintiff, neither wonkl he.- enter into a discussion of the politics of either party as all who knew him, knew thalhehad aban- doned all discussions of that nature,, for the last year. He considered this case as a trumpery struggle between the independent party on the one hand, and the Grosvenor interest oil the other, and after attentively at that which was called a libel, be was at a loss to discover from what motives of poUtical hostility, or to put costs into the pocket of the attorney, as it was quite clear it was not brought for the setting right of Mr. Sage's character, but to keel) alive the spirit of hostility, and the local politicsofthe city. It was said that Mr. Fletcher had indulged in these remarks to gratify some sentiment of hate, spleen, and malignity, that was i-iiiikiiiig within his breast against the plaintiff, but it was not in evidence that Sage and the defendant had even exchanged a word, and so far from their having been published with a view of indulging any supposed malignity, it would be shewn that at the very time of the publication, Mr. Fletcher's health was so much impaired by an accident, that he was confined to his bed, and incapable of giving directions or of making the least personal exertion. What, then, could these observations be publish- ed for, it was osked? why to answer political purposes, and to keep alive those electioneering squabbles that so much divided and disturbed the peace of this city. With these, however. Ihejury and the court had nothing whatever to do they were not to enter into the rival contentions of opposing parties, nor judge too rjgidly of the feverish temper that might be supposed to exist in the moments of a contested electi(mi-but, (lis. missing all pasty reflections from their minds, cooly consider whether this was any thing more than little wordy war between the conflicting in- 9 in terests, without any intention of injuring or un- justly aspersing the-character of the plaintiff.- It appeared that the wortlsw.e,re nothing more than a play of parley, andsuehas all mankink ad- mitted on such occasions. With-these remarks he wotild:eave the case in the hands of the jury, satisfied they would dismiss it wjtfi the. contempt it deslryed. Mr. JUSTICE WARREN said; this action had arisen out of the beats of a contested election, and every one knew that at elections, squibs were passed between party and: party, that were not deserving of after consideration. This, however, would not justify the publication oflibels, though it would sometimes go a long- way inapportioning the damages that ought to be given. This was certainly a very slight case, and his Lordship did not think there was any intention to injure the charaoter of the plaintiff, but if the jury should conceive the publication had that effect, Mr. Sage was entitled to a verdict, though from the very trivial ground there was for the action, they would probably be inclined to give the least possible damages. The jory found for the plaintiff—damages One Farthing.
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SUXUA Y. The Sunday, or Chistian Sabbath, was appro- priated to the first day of the week in eternal re- membrance of the Resurrection of Christ, but was not strictly solomnized'a&a period of cessa- tion from all business until about, the year 321. when Constajitine ordered its more rigorous ob- servance, and interdicted plead- ings, and juridical processes, public and private. B:;t from that period, how various have been the temper and spirit with which the Sabbath has been solemnized in different ages,—fluctuating from the sternest self-mortificaiion and the nlOst inexorable rigour. to the opposite, extreme of ir- reverend and licentious hilarity: well might Erasmus say, that the human understanding was ELKI, I H JHIIUILLWINW™ like a drunken blown attempting-to mount a horse, if you lHlp hÍin up on one side he falls on the other. The Olli puritan who refused to brew on a Saturday, lest his beer should work on a. Sunday, was scarcely more ridiculous than the sceptical G. J., Le Sage, of Geneva, who, according to I his biographer, Provost, being anxious to ascer- tain whether the Great Author ot Nature still prescribed to himself the observance of the ori- ginal day of rest, measured, with the nicest ex- actitude" the daily increase of a plant, to ascer- i tain whether it would cease growing on the Sab- bath; and finding that it did not, of course de- cided for the negative of the proposition. —By statute, Car. J. no persons on the Lord's-day •• shall assemble out of their own parishes for anv sport whatsoever? nor in their parishes shall usa any bull or bear baiting, interludes, plays, or other unlawful exercises or pastimes: on pain, that every offender shall pay 4d, to the poor." In ISIS, King James, on the other hand,, was graciously pleased to declare, that for his subjects' recreation, his Majesty's pleasure was, that after the end of divine service they should not he disturbed, letted, or discouraged from any lawful recreations; such as dancing either of men or women archery for men; leaping, vault- ing, or any othwr harmless recreations— nor having of May-game. Whitsun^balls, or mort ice dancing, or setting up Maypoles, or other spoyts therewith use, so as the same may he had, iii (I-Ai i and convenient time, without impediment or let of di vinesei vice.—Our own times have had their full share of this pendulating bet Weeiir extrejne-j. Toth,elively Parisians nothing appeared 1nort- atrociously tyrannical than that their restored sovereign should shut up the shops on a Sunday/ and compel some little external, revcrervce of the day, beyond the mere opening of the church doors for the accomodation of a few devout old women. His pious inflexibility on this point had very near occasioned a counter revoigtion. Eli niozi dieu," said the Frenchman in London, wlien he looked out of a window, on a Sunday morning, in the city—" what national calamity has hap- pened?"—the houses all shut up—the silent and deserted streets, forming such a sepulchral con- trast. to their ordinary bustle—the solemn conn- tenances of a few straggling passengers, and the dismal tolling of innumerable bells, might well justify this exclamation in a foreigner nor would his wonder be diminished upon learning this was the English mode of exhibiting their eheerjulness and gratitude to heaven. What would such a man say, especially when he reflectd upon the Sunday theatres, dances, and festivities of France, were he to be told. that even in these times, the lawfulness of shaving on a Sunday had been serimidu discussed bv one of our most nu- merous sects. The question was thus gravely submitted to the methodist Conference of IS07 As it has been suggested, that our rule re- specting the exclusion of barbers who shave or dress their customers on the Lord's-day is not sufficiently explicit and positive; what is the de- cision of the conference on this important point V And thus replied that august assembly to the weighty interrogatory: Let it be fully under- stood that no such person is to be suffered to re- main in any of our societies. We charge, all our superintendants to execute this will in every place, without partiality, and without deJay, Poor human nature how often in thy failure to enforce these and other unattainable austerities dost thou verify the lines of Dryden • Reaching above our nature does no.good. We IYIUSL fall backt(.) otti-ol(Iflesh,,tti( ot From Uracilifs and Gaieties, Vol, I -¡; -■'#'
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GUILDHALL -OnTlitirsday Henry A.Iteroit was charged with obtaining goods under false pre- Unices, from Messrs. Leaf and Co. Of the Old On the 2d instant, tlie prisoner selected some black and blue silk, presenting an j onler for the same from Mr. of Place, Commercial Road. The prisouerhit.d been formerly in Mr. Walker's employ, b|it had left him a year ago; and ultimately the above order being discovered to be a forgery, the prisoner I was detained in attempting to obtain a fresh par- I eel of good, In the intermediate tinie, he had obtained some articles from Messrs. Leaf, and it was said, from other houses also, but the first charge only was deemed sufficient for.the purpose; of justifying his committal, and he was sent to Newgate for trial. George Pope, about 10 years old, was charged of justifying his committal, and he was sent to j Newgate for trial. George Pope. about 10 years ol(J, wa charged with assaulting one Develin, the Street, lveeperof the Liberty ot St. liarttiolomew. tile,, Great, and of so serious a lIa-ture was the charge against this young urchin, that it was not deemed prmbiitto trust Develin with the management of his own case, and the. ease was accordingly opened with a case, and the case was accordingly opened with a long speech from a Mr. Illidge. He stated, that Bartholomew Close, till lately, had uniformly maintained its monastick, character for silence; some schools, however, had been set np there, aud one of them kept up a dispute with the boy's of another in Aldersgate-street for some time, with great animosity, and this having subsided, a new contest had recently sprung up between two schools in the Close, situated next door to each I other, the one kept by a Mr. Savage, the other by a Mr. Hill; and the uproar that had been the consequence, at the hours for leaving school, was so annoying to the whole neighbourhood, t that the nnrish had been absolutely oblisred. for I the first time, to appoint a Street Keeper to pre- serve the peace. On Friday afternoOl the Street Keeper found a cluster of boys armed with sticks, just come out of Mr. Savage's school, waiting for those of Mr. Hill's, and who, seeing the formida- ble preparation of their opponents, were afraid to leave their premises. DeveHn was accordingly called for to disperse the crowd of urchins, and on his approach, he was assaulted by the boy Pope.—Mr. Savage, the Schoolmaster, said, the cause of the complaint was some epigrams^ made by the boy upon Develin, who acted for a Mr. Pvm, one of the inhabitants of the parish; Mr Savage read one of the Epigrams, whi^hi ran thus:— The Close of Bartlemy's well known, A paradise to revel in, The Saints from thence drove out the boys, And then they let the Devil-iit." A nottier ran thus t r P. Y. M. be Y. M. P. Then Pym is Imp 'tis clear to see Now is it odd, in times so evil That a d-d Imp should raise the Devil 1" Mr. Aid. Cox laughed heartily on the lines being read, as did all the persons present, except Develia himself, who disclaimed, with some warmth, that he had felt any displeasure at the witticisms on his name.—Mr. Alderman Cox felt that Develin had not brought a proper object of punishment before him, and dismissed the com- plaint, recommending Mr. Savage to attend to the conduct of his scholars more strictly, or the school must be indicted as a nuisance.
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In the House of Lords on Friday— The Lord Chancellor presented several petitions against submission to the demands of the Irish Roman Catholics, including one from the Uni- versity of Oxford. Many petitions against a repeal of the Corn Laws were presented by different noblemen. 'wr.T"Y" _I" in tti.e House of .Commons— The early part of the evening was occupied with the presentation of petitions, far the greater number of which were directed against concession to the demands of the Irish Roman Catholics, and tlw propospc] repeal of the Com La ws. On the order of the day for the third reading of the Game Laws' Amendment Bill, Sir John Shelly complained of the exaggera- tion that had been used in stating the number of persons imprisoned for poaching as averaging 1200 annually whereas, except in times of great distress, the number did not exceed 500. He moved that the bill be read a third time in six months. Sir J. Bridges seconded the amendment. A conversation of some lengtii followed. Mr., Cripps, Mr. Tennysoif, and Mr. Stuart Wortley, spoke in favour of the bill; and Mr. J. Douglas, Mr. H. Sumner, Mr. It. Colborne, Sir J. Chet- wynde, and Sir H. Vivian, for the amendment. On a division the numbers were- Fi)i- tlitt reldill nt For the amendment. .I The bill was then read a third tune, ana passed. Lord F. Leveson Gower then brought forward his resolution for a grant, to enable the Goverii- ilielit to-litalie a pecuniary provision for the Roman i Catholic Clergy. The noble lord introduced his motion by a very long speech the first half Of which consisted of a very highly flavoured pane- gyric Upon the Popish priesthood, and the last of arguments to shew that his proposed measure wo.uld reclaim these excellent pastors from the practice-of cucouraging or conniving at the sedi- tious proceedings of their flocks'. He cuutiously guarded hiinselffi-oin the suspicion of wishing to weaken the influence of the priests, and even ex- ulted in the prospect that his measure would in- crease that influence. His Lordship, in conclu- sion, gave the following scale of his designed es- tablishment for the Roman Catholics :— £ 4 Archbishops 1,500 each. 6,000 22 Bishops, 1,0(>0 each 22,000 20 Deans, each b',000 2000 Priests to be allowed dfc"200, J?120,and.i?(i0 a-year each. 250.000 Colonel Packenham seconded the resolution.— In reply to the argument that had been used against the measure, as a precedent of which all the other Dissenting Clergy might avail them- selves to demand a pecuniary establishment, the Gallant Colonel observed that we owed the pre- servation of the Bible to the Roman Catholics, while to the Dissenters we owed no such debt. Mr. Leslie-Foster approved of the measure. Mr. Hume opposed the motion. He contrasted the liberal provjsi0n proposed for the Roman Catholics with the niggardly st'Peiiil,allowed to the Presbyterian clergy of the north of Irejland. and observed, that whatever we may o we tt> tlje Roman Catholics, we owe much more,to the Disspnters. Mr. Banks opposed the motion, as not to please any party; The hon. member corrected a mis-statement made on a former night, lw MiV .Brougham, relative io an oath whicfj.the h'oil. and learned gent., had said to be takew. by the clergy upon institution no such bath hei 'said.vyas taken. Mr. T. P. Courtney opposed the motion, and suggested a revision of i-he thirty nine articles as I, necessary. Lord G. Cavendish supported the motio). Mr. Peel opposed it in a speech of some length, and of great eloquence. The RIght HOII, gen- tleman observed upon the unseasonableness of agitating the question in the present temper of the Roman Catholics, exposed the absurdity of expecting to attach the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland to to State, by a provision for the se- cular Clergy, while the Regulars (amounting al- ready to forty religious houses, and capable ofan infinite multiplication) should be left wholly tin- provided for; and adverted to the shocking ano- maly of making a state provision for the propaga- tion of doctrines which every Member of Parlia- ment swore to be impious and idolatrous. Mr. C. Wynn, Mr. R. Martin, and Mr. S. Rice supported the motion. Mr. Foulburn opposed it, taking the same line of argument pursued by Mr. Peel. Mr. Calcrraft, supported the motion. Mr. Creevey opposed it. He thought that provision ought to be made for the Roman Ca. tholic Priesthood out of the funds of the Protes- tant Church. Mr. Brougham supported the motion, on the ground that the numbers of the Roman Catholics gave them a claim which no other dissenting sect could allege. Mr. Plunkett supported the motion, and allud- edits effect in curing the jealousy of the Roman Catholics, who, were it to be adopted, «mldvitf> longer complain of contributing to the support of a Clergy, of whose doctrines they disapproved, without the complaint being retorted upon them by the Protestants. .On a division the numbers were- Forthemotion 205 Against it 162
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£ cmtion, TUESDAY EVENING, APRILS, I PRICE OF STOCKS. 3 Cent. Cons. 92 £ Cons, for Acct. 92$ Cent. 95f India Bonds, 76pr. 3 Cent. Red. 91| 2d Ex. Bill? 1000J- New 4 per Cents 106 £ THE Paris papers of Thursday and Fri- day, with the ETOILE of Sunday, are chie- fly filled with the debates of the two Cham. bers. The discussioos on the expenditure of the Spanish war are conducted with j great animatiou, and with much party hos- tility, in the Chamber of Deputies. In that of the Peers, the law of the Rentes ■ "=, — was adopted on Thursday, by a majority of 134 to 92. On oneol the amendments proposed to the project the numbers were so near as 123 to 103. The indemnity project, which had passed both Chambers appears in the Moniteur of Thursday with the Royal sanction. We were the first to inform our read- ers, that after various meetings to the Cabinet upon the subject, his Majesiy's. Ministers had resolved upon a dissolution L of Parliament during the pre.seat year.- Objections were taken against this determi- nation in the highest quarter, and Minis- ters gave way, Heccnt events, however, have led to tbe revision of this determi- nation, and we learn from good authority that early in June the present Parliament will separate to meet no more. The ge- neral election will take place immediately after the assizes are over, and terminate before the liiirv(,st.-illorniii(, (,hi-onicle. Mr. Iluskisson this evening brings for- ward a proposition to admit the corn now in bond.here for home consumption. A, letter, which appears in Tlee Times this morning on the subject, states that the quantity orBolldèd Corn does not exceed 390,000 quarters, and that at this moment it has cost, the importers 86s. 8d. per quar- ter and If allowed for home consump* iioll dq't r, e the lion duty free the holders will lose 20s. per quarter. The writer gives at the con- clusion of his letter the following state- ment Statemetit shewing the Cost and Char-es of the Wheat bonded before May 1822. l,o%vt!st cost, 40<. per quarter; highest, 60s. average cost, 50s per quarter £ On 399,000 quarters, at 50s .$75,000 Average time it has been here is five years. Rent, turning, screening, See. 390,000 quarters, at 4s. per quarter, per year 390,000 Interest oti. first cost at 5 per cent.243,750 Ditto on the charges. 56,875 Loss in nieasure, abo,u,t2 per.cent.. 24,275 1, 6 90,000 1 he cost price, including expences and interest, 86s. 8d. per quarter.^—London, May 2." The only article worthy of the least at- tention to be found in the French Papers, brought by the last three mails, relates to the affairs of Greece, It is contained in a letter from Corfu, published in the Etoile; and furnishes some particulars of the later progress of the Egyptian expedition. The Egyptians, as our readers will remember, landed in powerful force in Modou, in the Morea. The Corfu letter tells us, how- ever, tlvit they sustained a severe check at Nawaril)o, (a vague report of this event. has been in t irculuioo some time,) and 1 that the remnant of the armywhieh escaped from the engagement whéshnf:up,¡ and surrounded by a greaily superior force of Greeks in the place where thev had first made a landing. The siege of Patras is said to be^prosR- cuted with unrelaxed vigour and with every prospect of speedy success. MUNICH, AVRU- 18.—His Majesty the King of Great Britain has been graciously pleased to send a diamond ring, of extra- ordinary beauty, accompanied with a most honourable and flattering note, to Aulic Councellor and Professor llarl in Erlangen, for his outlines of a Code of Police and his general system for provid- ing for the poor. 'SWITZERLAND APRIL 16 -A plan is in contemplation to unite the Lakes of Ge- neva and Neuchatel, and consequently to open a communication, by water, between France and Switzerland, the German banks of the Rhine and Holland. The Lake of Geneva is connected by means of the Rhine with the Mediterranean, and the Lake of Neuchatel with the North Sea, by means of the Shiell, the Aar, and the Rhine. But the two takes are sepa- rated by a tract of country only three, good leagues across. To accomplish this object, therefore, it would be re- quired to dig a canal between- the two lakes, and to make the Rhine and the Aar navigable' in some places. This work was resolved upon so long ago as 27th September, 1803, in Napoleon's act of meditation. A society has already uni der.taken to make a communication bet tween the Lakes of Neuchatel and Brejt Morten. -r-
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ANGLESEY.. TO BE LE T, And entered upon immediately, THAT Eligible, Large, and VALUABLE DWELLING HOUSE, OUT-BUILD- INGrS, &. GARDENS thereto adjoining, situate in the centre of the Town of Beaumaris, now in the possessIOn f HUGH WYNNE, Esq. This tlouse is conveniently situated for the rer siding of a genteel family, or lodging house—it consists of four Cellars, three Parlours, Kitchen and Pantry; first floor, a Drawing-room, four Bed-rooms, and a Closet; second,six Bed-rooms and a Closet, with Servants' Garrets, Stabl.ing for Three Horses, Coach-house, and Saddle- room. The Premises extend from the main street to the sea. Rooms may be built at a mall expence adjoining the Beach, to command beautiful and delightful views of the Bay, Penmaen Mawr, and the adjoining Carnarvonshire hills, Orms- head, and Priestholme Island. For further particulars, apply-to HUGH" WYNNE-, Esq. Pen-y-marian, '(who will direct proper persons to show the Premises ;) or to Mr. EVANS, Solicitor, Carnarvon. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the Castle Tan, Bangor, on Friday, the <rr May instant, between the hours of -i and 5 in tlri afternoon, subject to conditions, unless disposal (?J' ii; the- mean time by private contract, of which due notice will be given. ALL that MESSUAGE or DWELLING- HOUSE, (with the well established Shop) Workshops, Courts, Gardens, and Appurtenances, thereto belonging, situate on the east side of tlie main street, in the centre of the Town of Bangor, and now in the tenure or occupation' E, VIll Evans, brazier. Also another MESSUAGE or DWELLING- HOUSE, and APPUiiTEN ANCES adjoining the. last Lot, in the occupation of.Hugh Prichard, tailor. Note —these last mentioned-premises held under a Lease for 21 years, of which about 16 are now unexpired. And also another MESSUAGE or DWEL- LING llOUSEf'adjuillillg the last preceding Lot, in the occupation of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, widow, And also two other MESSUAGES or DWEL- LING HOUSES, with the Appurtenances thereto belonging, in the several tenures of Tjjonias DU- wards, and Jolui Davies, or their uuder-ttnanis. Also 's p voi-al SHADES, of and in a ctrt.vn WEIR or FISHERY, (oil the Casnarvoi*Vin,-e side of the Straits of Menai) in the Manor of Vaynol, Bangor, called Gorad gut. The respective Tenants will shew the Premises, and particulars may. be had on reference to Mr. IIOOHISS, Solicitor, Bangor. ,f; In thr Chancery Co 'rrt of the (treat Ses- 8ioll,fo the several ( of Cat- I ley aaf • crionet'h, 9 Between FRANCIS W VLK.ER JONES, Com- plainant, And the Reverend WILLIAM WILLI AMS, Clerk, and others, Defendants. IN Pursuance of a Decree made on the hearing of this Cause, hearing date the first day of April, 1S25, I, William Price Poole, Esquire, the Register of this Honourable Court, do hereby give Notice, tliat,ttie Creditors of THOMAS JONES, late of Bryntirion, in the. Cotinty of Carnarvon, Esquire, deceased, the testator.in the pleadings of this cause named, are to come in before me at my office, situate in the town of Carnarvon, in the said County of Carnarvon, on or before the first day of July next. and prove their Debts against the said testator, Thomas Jones, and in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said decree. Dated this 2d day oj May, W. P. POOLE, R egLfter," H. R, WILLIAMS, Solicitor for the Complainant. WM. WILLIAMS, Solicitor for the Defendants. In the Chancer if Court of the Great, Sex .sions for the several Counties of Car- narvon, Anglesey, and Merioneth, I Between FRANCIS WALKER JONES, Com- plainant, And the Reverend WILIJAM "WILLIAMS, Clerk, and others, Defendants. WHEREAS by a Decree or Decretal Order, made on the hearing of this Cause, bear-^ ing date the first day of April, 1625. it was re- ferred to me the undersigned' William Price Poole, Esquire, the Register of this Honourable Court, to enquire and state to the Court who was or were the iiext of Iviu of THOMAS JONES, late of Bryntirion, in the said County of Carnarvon, Esquire,deceased, the testator in the pleadings of this.cause, named at the his decease, au$whether any, and which of them were since jdead and/if dead;' who Wa&oiv wer«»hi^ her, <«• Jbei 4}eVseiial" representative, or representatives, and I was to- fix a peremptory day for that pur- pose, and ih default of such next of Kin or their "representatives coining in within the time therein 'limited, they were to be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. Notice is therefore Hereby Given, That the next of Kin of the said testator, THOMAS JONES, who were livilig-at the time of his death, or in case of the death of any or either of them, since his, her, or their represen- tative or representatives, are by themselves or their Solicitors, to come in before me at my office, situate in the town of Carnarvon, in the said County of Carnarvon, on or before the first day of July next, and prove their Kindred to the said Thomas Jones, otherwise tl^ry will be totally ex- cluded the benefit of thesaki Decree. J Dated this 2d day of May, IS5., W. P. POOLE, Register. w ^ri^LIAMS» Solicitor for^the Complainant. WM. WILLIAMS, Solicitor for the Defendants. Increased Value of Capitals Greater Variety of PHIZ ESI AND PARLIAMENT WILL PASS No illore Lottery Acts I G. CARROLL; IN thanking the Public for past favors solicits their patronage in the. present Lottery, Which CARROLL can recommend with confi- denoe, from the increased value and greater vnri- ety of the Prizes, containing TWO X301000 £ 30,000 TWO £ 10,000 £10,000 TWO £ 5,000 f59000 Besides Twenty other Capitals, AND NO BLANKS! As every Number is sure of £6 at least, and ALL IN ONE DAY, 31st OF MAY. Tickets and Shares are now on Sale at CA R- ROLL'S Offices,'I(), Coriiiiill 7, CharingCross and6, Oxford Street, London where he Sold in Four .Months, Four Prizes of £ 20,000: and also lately, Four Prizes of £ 80,000 and by his AGENTS, J. Ormandy, Stationer, Lord-street, Liverpool» J. Gore, Stationer, Castle-street, Liverpool•