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Dec. 31. ThiB,the last day of 1829, was elgnaliaed 

 by the execution of four convicts at the Old Bailey 1 



January 5, 1830. By the state of the revenue, 

 published this day, it appears there has been a 

 falling off of .1,165,449, compared with that of 

 last year ; that ending January 5, 1829, being 

 .48,305,328, and that up to this day being 

 .47,139,873! 



8. Message of the President of the United 

 States to the Congress, arrived : it breathes a 

 friendly tone to Great Britain (in modifying the 

 tariff) as well as to most foreign states.* 



10. The services of the King's chaplains at 

 Whitehall dispensed with, by order of the Bishop 

 of London. 



14. Sessions commenced at the Old Bailey. 



A deputation from the city of London 

 had a conference with the Duke of Wellington and 

 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing- 

 street, on the subject of the price of coals, the 

 combination among the coal-owners of the Tyne 

 and Wear, and of the best modes of reducing the 

 alleged high charges in the port of London. 



19. The Solicitor General applied to the Lord 

 Chancellor of the Equity Court of England, for 

 the release of Mr. Wegener, who has been in 

 prison [thirteen years for contempt of Court. 

 The Solicitor General said " there is no plaintiff, 

 no attorney, no clerk in coui't, and no demand!!!" 

 The Lord Chancellor granted the order for the 

 discharge of Mr. Wegener, without payment of 

 costs.f 



21. The Middlesex magistrates passed resolu- 

 tions to the Home Secretary of State for the con- 

 sideration of ministers, relative to the improper 

 indulgence of British spirits, aggravated by the 

 mixture of vitriol and other deleterious ingredients, 

 and sold at a cheap -rate to the lower classes of 

 the people, thereby causing misery, madness, and 

 crime, in the metropolis. 



22. Sessions terminated at the Old Bailey 

 when 15 prisoners received sentence of death, 124 

 were transported, and 40 imprisoned for various 

 periods. 



Jan. A meeting of maltsters took place at the 

 Corn Exchange, London, which was very fully at- 

 tended, when a petition to the House of Corn- 

 non-payment, had not another prisoner stepped 

 forward and advanced the amount!!! Bells 

 Messenger. 



* General Jackson has more than realized the 

 hopes of his friends, and completely silenced and 

 confounded his enemies. The finances of the 

 Americans are in such a flourishing state, that 

 the Debt will be redeemed in four years ; and if 

 the present rate of taxation continue, the govern- 

 ment will be placed in the singular situation of 

 having more money than they well know what to 

 do with it !!! What a contrast to the present state 

 of England !!! 



f We trust that at length some good will result 

 from the publication of such appalling scenes of 

 suffering. The following dialogue passed between 

 the Lord Chancellor and the Solicitor General : 

 Lord Chancellor. Why did he not apply a long 

 time since ? Solicitor General. Because he did 

 not know, or had not inquired into any of these 

 circumstances. Lord Chancellor. There should 

 be some person appointed to give advice to these 

 unfortunate persons \ Solicitor General. 1 hope 

 we shall remedy that, with your Lordship's as- 

 sistance. Lord Chancellor. IT MUST BE REME- 

 DIED!!! Solicitor General. We all of us see the 

 necessity of it. This passed in the court ; out of 

 it, the necessity of some alterations to ameliorate 



raon: wa-5 adopted, which pray? for the repeal of 

 the duty on malt.* 



MARRIAGES. 



At Troy, the Hon. P. Abbott, brother to Lord 

 Colchester, to F?ances,Cecil, daughter of Lady E. 

 Talbct, and the l&to JJean of Salisbury, and niece 

 to the Duke of Beaufort. At Marylebone, R. B. 

 Clayton, esq., son of Lieut. Gen. Clayton, to Miss 

 C. J. Dobson. At Westminster, C. Stephens, 

 esq., to Catherine, youngest daughter of M. 

 Wood, esq., M.P. At St. George's, Hanover- 

 square, S. Digby, esq., to Miss Morse. At Lam- 

 beth, J. Wright, widower, aged 102, to C. Strin- 

 ger, widow. 



DEATHS. 



Sir Charles Burton, Bart. At Kensington, 

 Miss Vernon. In Regent-street, Mrs. Willaume, 

 niece of the Right lion. W. Wyndham. In Albe- 

 marle-street, Dowager Lady Neave. In Curzon- 

 street, the Dowager Marchioness of Donegall. 

 At Camberwell, Sir W. C. te Crespigny, Bart. 

 At Manton House, Lady Isabella Boyle, daughter 

 of Lord and Lady Cork. AtQueenborough, T. Y. 

 Greet, esq., late Mayor of that place ; the fisher- 

 men hoisted flags, and illuminated their houses to 

 celebrate the event ! Alexander Davison, esq., 80, 

 of Swarland Park, Northumberland, and formerly 

 of St. James's-square, London. At Fineshade 

 Abbey, the Hon. J. Monckton. At Whitehall, 

 Dowager Lady Grantham, 74. At Hadleigh,the 

 Rev. Dr. E. A. H. Drummond, 72, only son of the 

 late Archbishop Drummond. At Hampton Court, 

 Sir J. Pakington, bart., 70, of Westwood Park ; 

 by his demise the baronetcy, created in 1620, be- 

 comes extinct. By the contents of his will it ap- 

 pears that J. S. Russell, esq., of Powick Court, 

 near Worcester (nephew of the deceased) has a 

 son about four years of age ; to the eldest son 

 that may be born of this child, Sir John has be- 

 queathed his large landed estates, so that the in- 

 come must accumulate for nearly forty years ; in 

 default of issue, the estates go to the descendants 

 of the second son of Sir William Bryan Cooke, of 

 Wheatley, near Doncaster; and in case of a 

 second default, the property goes to a grandson of 

 Mr. Knight, of Lea Castle. Sir John has, there- 

 fore, effectually barred any of the present gener- 

 ation from the enjoyment of his property. His 

 will, in some respects, resembles that of Mr. 



The petition states that the malsters, in com- 

 mon with every other class, are suffering under a 

 taxation, the principal cause of which appeared 

 to be the enormous national debt contracted in a 

 paper currency, the interest of which is now ex- 

 acted principally in metallic currency. The peti- 

 tion went on to state that the expenses of the army 

 and navy were thus increased from .3,700,000 

 a-year to upwards of .14,000,000 ; the civil list 

 from .900,000 to .3,500,000 a-year ; and, in fact, 

 the whole expenditure of the country had in- 

 creased within the last thirty-eight years from 

 .15,000,000 to about .60,000,000 a-year. While 

 the currency had been limited, all places, pen- 

 sions, sinecures, &c., remained the same; and 

 while the price of land had advanced more than 

 two-fold, rents had not been reduced, though paid 

 in the same limited currency. The petitioners 

 could not refrain from recommending a revision 

 of the church property, by which princely incomes 

 of .30,000 and .40,000 a-year were drawn by 



mitred Lords from the earnings of a starving po- 



the condition of poor suitors has been pretty visible pulation, the people now being called upon to pay 

 for many a long day ! .8,000,000 a-year in church and poor-rates. 



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