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cording to ancient usage, upon 

 the Tynwald-hill, before the in- 

 habitants of the island, in the 

 presence of the Lieut.-Governor, 

 the Lord Bishop, the Attorney- 

 General, and other authorities of 

 the island. An impressive dis- 

 course was preached by the Lord 

 Bishop upon the occasion, in 

 which he strongly recommended 

 a general improvement in the ad- 

 ministration of the laws, and so- 

 licited the legislature to abolish 

 all distinction in the law of debtor 

 and creditor, as it affected the na- 

 tive and the stranger; a distinction 

 which had long been prejudicial 

 to the character and credit of the 

 island. His lordship also animad- 

 verted with great force upon the 

 spirit of litigation, which was so 

 injurious to the interests of the 

 island, and trusted that immediate 

 steps would be taken for correct- 

 ing it. Divine service being end- 

 ed (which according to ancient 

 usage was in St. John's chapel), 

 the Lieutenant- Governor, Council, 

 Deemsters, Keys, &c. proceeded 

 to the Tynwald-hill. Two chairs 

 of state and a table were placed 

 beneath a canopy erected upon the 

 summit of the hill. The chair 

 on the right of the fable was oc- 

 cupied by the Lieutenant-Gover- 

 nor, C. Smelt, Esq.; that on the 

 left by the Hon. and Right Rev. 

 tlie Lord Bishop of the diocese, 

 surrounded by the council, &c. 

 The Lieutenant-Governor having 

 ordered proclamation to be made, 

 the promulgation of the new sta- 

 tutes commenced ; which, as usual, 

 were announced, sentence by sen- 

 tence, in Manks and English. 

 During the recital of the Bankers 

 and Cardnote Suppression Act, 

 there appeared a manifest disposi- 



tion to tumult amongst a part of 

 the assembled crowd, which in- 

 creased in such a degree as to re- 

 quire the assistance of the civil 

 power. That power was found 

 ineffectual. Several stones were 

 thrown by the mob at the hill up- 

 on which the legally constituted 

 authorities were placed ; but for- 

 tunately without effect. At thi5 

 juncture, the Lieutenant-governor 

 directed the military (a detach- 

 ment of the 85th regiment, under 

 the command of Lieutenant Ash- 

 ton) to give their aid. The show 

 of resistance was continued for a 

 short time; when the majority of 

 the insurgents, seeing a few of 

 their leaders subdued, and taken 

 into custody, fled with all the 

 speed they could. Most of tlie 

 ringleaders are committed to the 

 gaol at Castletown ; and warrants 

 are issued against others. Only 

 one of the mob was slightly 

 wounded in the arm by a sabre. 

 It appears that this tumult was 

 occasioned by a false report, in- 

 dustriously propagated, that the 

 new laws had for their object the 

 levying a heavy tribute upon her- 

 rings, to support the bishop and 

 clergy ! The act respecting the 

 herring fishery only prohibits the 

 use of tarred nets, and orders the 

 sale to be no longer by the tally, 

 but measurement by the cran, 

 agreeably to the arrangement in 

 the British fishery. 



8. Constance, {Grand Duchy of 

 Baden.) — It appears that Madame 

 Krudner has likewise been refused 

 permission to reside in the king- 

 dom of Wurtemberg. After hav- 

 ing harangued the Jews at Gail- 

 ling..'n and Bandegg, whom she 

 declared to be the peculiar people 

 of God, she arrived here. Not 



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