566 
fruits, among which were four magnificent 
pine-apples, weighing together32\b.10.0z. 
— 5. ‘The Regents’) Canal Company 
held their half-yearly, meeting this day. 
The quantity of the tonnage for 1821,'‘con=" 
veyed. on the canal, amounted to 157,000 
tons, being an increase) of 43,000 tons on 
the corresponding five months of the pre 
ceding year. : 
.—. 6. A court of Common Council was 
held this,;day, to take into consideration 
the Report of the Committee on the erec- 
tion of a new. London Bridge. The Re- 
port stated, that the Committee of the 
House of Commons had come toa resolu- 
tion, reqnesting the Coxporation to adver- 
tize. for plans for>the erection of a new 
‘bridge of five arches... Mr...Oldham 
moved several resolutions expressive of 
the opinion of the court, that a new bridge 
‘was unnecessary, which were carried. A 
new bridge is, nevertheless, to be erected 
forthwith, and isa most desirable object. 
— 6. A fire broke,out on the premises 
of Mr. Briggs, a tallow-chandler in Old 
Gravel-lane, Ratcliffe Highway, by which 
the dwelling-house, and an extensive line 
of workshops, &c. were destroyed. 
— 7. Mr. Cooper, in the conrt.of King’s 
Bench, moved for a rule, callivg on the 
sheriffs of London to account for Mr. 
Carlile’s. property, seized by them for 
fines of 1,500), in 1819, On sentences 
being passed of three years’ imprisonment, 
and fines of 1,5001., the sheriff, one Roth- 
well, quitted ‘the court, and proceeded 
with his deputy: and officers to Carlile’s 
shop, seized his entire stock, and conveyed 
it to Chancery-lane, where it has remained 
since, The surviving sheriff, Mr. Parkins, 
has been served with a copy of a writ by 
Mr. Canlile’s attorney. It is an obvious 
inconsistency, that the whole of a man’s 
property should be taken from him in 
liquidation of a fine, and that he should 
also be confined till'the fine is paid. 
— 10. Theale of the splendid furni- 
ture of Wanstead-house commenced this 
day. For three weeks previous, npwards 
of 5,000 persons had: daily viewed the pro- 
perty. The catalogue is in three ‘4to, 
parts of 130. pages each, and. the sale 
extends to thirty-two days. 
— 11. Mr. Western’ bronght forward 
his. motion ‘in the House of Commons, 
“relative to the resumption ‘of ‘cash pay- 
ments as the cause of agricultural: dis- 
tress ;” and, after an able speech, moved 
that a committee be appointed to consider 
the effect of that Act on.the general con- 
dition of the country: »/Phediseussion was 
adjourned to the following, day, ‘when: his 
motion for a committee was negatived by 
a majority of 134. ; 
— 12. Dr. Lushington applied to the 
Prerogative Court to try.the’ validity of 
the instrument, purporting to be a testa- 
mentary paper executed by the late kmg, 
1 
«Incidents in and near London, 
[July 1, 
in favonr of Lady Olive, otherwise Prin- 
cess of Cumberland, of which the following 
is ‘a copy!) 
ho George Rio * 3 vi S8t, James's. 
In. case of. our royal demise, We give and be- 
queath to Olive, our brother of Cumberland’s daugh- 
ter, the sam) f 15,0001. commanding our heir/and 
successorito-pay the same privately toour said piece, 
for her use, as a recompense for the misfortunes she 
may have known through her father. vee 
Witness, hogar teotd 
J, DUNNING, . CHATHAM, .. WARWICK, 
June 2, 1774. 
The court determined, however, that it 
had no jurisdiction.’ ent 
— 14, The Marquis of Lansdown 
brought forward: a motion ‘on’ the ‘state 
of Ireland, and coneliided his speech by 
moving, “that it is’ the ‘opinion ‘of this 
House that the state‘of Treland mdispen- 
sibly requires the immediate attention of 
parliament, with a’ view to improve ‘its 
condition, and more effecttially to secure 
its tranquillity?” “Phe motion’ was, how- 
ever, negatived by a majority of 48. 
The same day Sir James Mackintosh, | 
in the House of Comnions, after a foreible 
and eloquent’ speech, moved ‘tliat the 
Alien Bill be read a second time this day 
six months.” The motion forthe sécon 
reading, we aré sorry to say, was liowever 
carried by a majority of thirty{foars 
The clectors of Southwark cotiniemo.’ 
rated the return of Sir Robert Wilson by'a - 
dinner, which was numerously ‘attended, 
and a variety of patriotic’ speecties! Were 
made by Sir Robert and his politi¢al friends, 
— 19. Mr. Hunie brouglit forward Mi, 
Daly’s promised motion in the Howse of 
Commons, for a commutation of the Irish 
tithes. In the course df a speecl? of three 
hours, he gave an affecting’ picture of the 
miseries produced by the Ecclesiastical 
System of’ Ireland, and: ‘conchiled with’a 
motion; but Sir John Newport proposed, 
as an amendment, “that ‘the Hotse 
should pledge itself to take the subject of 
tithes into their consideration early in the 
next session, with a view to substitute a 
method of providing for the established 
church different from the présent vexatious 
and injurious system.” ‘This reasonable 
amendment was however negatived. 
— 20. A fire broke out in St. John- 
street, Clerkenwell, on the preniises of 
Mr. Henus, a furrier, which ‘consumed 
his’ and’ the adjoining premises. 
— 20. This day the Bank dircetors 
gave notice of their fature’ intention to 
discount approved bills at nmety-six days, 
at four per cent. interest. : 
L941. Fhe Duke of Portland moved 
the second reading of Mr. Canning’s 
Roman Catholic Peers Bill for enabling 
theni to sit'in the’ House of Lords)” Liords 
Eldon, Colchester, Redesdale, and Liver- 
pool, opposed the motion, ‘whicli’ was ably 
supported by the Lords Grey, Erskine, 
Grenville, and Holland. On a division, 
thie bilfwas lost by 171 to 129, making 300 
votes! The lord chancellor maintained, 
that 
