..., Lion of a confessedly useless Post -master, on the avowed plea that it strengthens the corrupt, the impure, the unconstitutional influence of tiie Crown in the House of Commons. In that House where by the Constitution, the exercise of influence on the part of a Peer makes him liable to impeachment. To Ministers, we doubt not, the injurious effect of this laudable though trivial curtailment of their patronage—that Lord Melville should weep over such innovation is not surprising—that he whose Father was raised from a state of positive servitude t,t the peerage, and immense wealth—by the vile system which it is still sought to maintain—that the son of that man who was sent to trial for his peculations, by the casting vote of the then Speaker of the House of Commons, (the present Lord Colchester), and who escaped deserved pu nishment by the ingenuity of Mr. Trotter, who &dined answering to all the important points under r.T.Tence to a clause of an Act of Parlia ment, " which declared a man should not be bound to reply, where his answer would criminate him self;" we say, that the son cf such a man should still wish to support the system that " works so well" cannot surprise us—but in despite of the pathetic tears of his Lordship's, not only will this reduction be persisted in, but many more will be enforced upon Parliament, before the people will feel that their Government is what it ought to be. —" Knowledge is power" and the people are be coming every day more and more alive to the inftmous delusions that have been practised upon them, by the Heaven-born minister, and his worthy successors. We have sincere regret in stating that adviees just received from Madeira describe that Island to be in a state closely bordering on open rebellion, not of the peaceable citizens, but of the soldiery.—We must defer particulars till we have more minute intelligence—that we have already is most alarming to those who have either relations or property there. Advices arrived last night from America ; the news contained in them is unimportant, except that they announce the death of that distinguished mem ber of the senate and the bar Mr. Pinckney.—l - le bad all of Sheridan's ability without his foliies and vices, and the esteem in which he was held was strongly proved by an adjournment a the I louse of Assembly and all the Courts of Law in complinumt to his memory. On Monday last a public meeting was held in Shrewsbury of the proprietors, landholders, &c. of the county of Salop. Although there was nothing in the slightest degree of in the requisi tioa fir calling the meeting, yet the high sheriff refused to accede to it; and it was held under the sanction of the chief magistrate. An attempt was male to adjourn the meeting, because forsooth, cer tain noblemen and gentlemen of the county had not obeyed the call to attend it. Tim meeting, the first of the kind, we believe, held in Shropshire for many years, was most numerous and tespectable, and the proceedings were such as did them infinite credit. Leaving all speculative points out of the question, they call on ministers tier economy and retrench ment in every branch of the public expenditure.— To what extent this would afford relief is not the qnestion, since it is one of the first steps towards it that ought to be taken. A report is exceedingly prevalent in the Ilterary circles, that the Emperor of Rnssia is at this mo ment negotiating fir the purchase of the Royal Library at Buckingham House. Every volume in this splendid assemblage of books was collected by his late Majesty ; for when he came to the Throne, what was then considered the Royal Library (ex cept a curious body of Facetix, in all languages, collected by Geo. II.) This report is strengthened by the following circumstance:—" A certain great personage comas:soda Mr. B— to remove the bodes, which constituted the library at the Palace ut Kew, to Bnckingham House. Mr. B. receiving this message from a third person, and himself feel ing, as he thought, the impropriety ~r the measure, Lesitased to carry the command into eitixt, unless lie had an order, in writing. Tnis hesitation created much displeasure in the highest quarter, and the Looks wete peremptorily and in haste iemoved."— Surely this choice and very select Library is net in cluded in the u,:ntemplated bargain. .~~..._ THE NAT/ONAL REGISTER HaLr-Pay.—Au official• return to an order of the House ofCommons, of the number of persons re ceiving ordnance half-pay, or military pension, now in holy-orders, states only one, viz. the Rev. C. Boothby, of Satterton Spalding, late a Captain in the royal engineers, who lost his leg at the battle of Talavera, and retired from the service in I S 15, in consequence of impaired health. The return adds, that as flir as it can be ascertained, there are no officers on half-pay of the artillery who are now in holy orders ; but there are two officers who have stated their intention of going into holy orders. DEATH OF THE RECOHDER.—Yesterday morning Sir John Sylvester, the Recorder of London, was thund dead in his bed by his valet, at his house in Bloomsbury-square. His body was nearly cold, and it is believed that he was attacked with a spas modic affection in the middle of the night, which proved find. On Friday Sir John was seen walking out, and in the afternoon he dined with the Duke of York, and a large party of fiiends, at his Royal Highness's house in the Stable-yard, St. James's, from which he returned home about twelve o'clock at night, in his usual state of health and high spi rits. He retired to bed immediately. Sir Juhn had filled the office of Recorder for many year.;, and was always a favourite at Court. lie was present on Thursday ut the King's levee, ani made his report of the convicts under sentence of death at Newgate. A Lisbon packet has just arrived, with letters and papers to the 14th inst. The news of• the events in Rio Janeiro had reached Lisbon ; and from several letters it appears, that the decrees of the Cortes, for the establishment of a more economical system for the administration of justice, had been misunder stood in Rio Janeiro, and that this had created a degree of fermentation. It is very difficult, how ever, to form a just conception of the state of public opinion in the Brazils. The last official communi cations from Bahia specially urge, Ist. That the na tion should remain united, for the common welfare of the whole Portuguese family, Rd. That the Constitutioual Government shouid be immediately established in that province, and that in the mean time the present. one should be retained. 3. That the Portuguese troops be allowed to remain in the province. The accounts from Sierra Leone show that the Slave Trade is still carried on with activity on the coast of Africa, in French vessels. If the French ministers connive at this abomination, the stainer they are expelled from office the better, to make room for others, who would punish with the ut most rigour of the laws, the traffickers in human flesh. Recent accounts from Sierra Leone mention, that vessels have been boarded by some of our cruizers, with wretched slaves packed almost as close as herrings in a cask, with scarcely the power to move. • It is reported in the fashionable circles that the Duke of Devonshire will shortly add another Duchess ti the list of that exalted rank. On Thursday evening, as two young ladies, Misses Pcrthmore, were walking on the banks of the Re gent's Canal, they observed themselves followed by two men, whom they endeavoured to avoid. At a favourable opprrtunity the fellows turned back, and met the young ladies. from whom they took a shawl and a reticule, containing some silver, and at the same.time inflicted a wound with a sharp instrument on the fleshy part of the arm of the elder one, who was robbed, and she fell immediately. The villains escaped towards Paddington with the booty. They are supposed to belong to a daring gang at Padding ton, and a description of their chess and persons is hnown to the police. Lord Willoughby de Broke, a large proprietor of land in Helpriugham, Lincolnshire, or his Steward, has hit upon a most notable scheme to afford relief to the poor inhabitants of that parish. It is no less than this :—to take land from the farmers, which they rent ut from 25s to 3M. per acre, and to let it in small allotments to the poor at the moderate rate df 645. per acre, more than twice the rent now paid by the farmer—the said poor to grub up old hedges, and make the divisions to the new allotments, at their own expel's° " The better day the better deed," and theretiire this boon to the poor was anouneed upon a Snnday ; but whit is still better is, that if they pay their rent a day before the farmers, they are to have a quart of ale at the Barley Mow, at Threekingham. " Some are born wise !" ItEcouriEn's REP° ar.—On 'Thursday last the Recorder mad.: his report of the prisoners in New gate, convicted of capital of at the last February Sessions, when William Osborn and 331 ward Cochran, for burglaries, were ordered for execution on Tues day next. The others were respited during his Majesty's pleasure. RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. res. pectfidly acquaint the Public, that the Ticket \o. 11,221, drawn last Thursday a Prize of 120.000, was Sold by them in Shares, at their Old-established Office, 104, Bank Buildings, Cornhill.—Tickets and Shares, warrontel undrawn, continue on Sale for the Next and Last Day, the 231 April. 101 TO THE EDITOR. Strt„--I really cannot any longer suppress my indigna tion at the Norwich Union Office!—lt is not to be eudn►ed that that abominable Institution should go on engrossilig the greatest part of all the new business in Fire IS and I must call upon my fehow share-holders iu the County Office to resist such usurpation ! Would you believe, Mr Editor, that this vile Norwich Union, whirls my friend the Managing Director has so ellen proved to be not merely a •• bubble," hut a burste% bubble, a Society absolutely defunct and xust-axstatati, has had the insolence to increase its busisiess this last year MORE THAN ALL THE orttEß ESTABLISH. ME:STS FOR FIRE INSURANCE ruittouutiour THE KINGDOM PUI"IDGETHER !! 1 _ Is Ilia-, I say, Mr. Editor, is this to be tsorne?—lt was bad etionk that this detestable Society should be RUCCVO). fill whilst it was alive, but to be thus presumptuously active when dead is insufferable! I know not what to do 1-1 would attack the C.anduatura of this " &Mite controversially it I durst, but I have observed the woeful mishaps of my (liens? Mr. Beanniout in his repeated assaults uu this animated corpse of an (Mire —this polypus sohnie increases tske faster Joe being cut 10 pieces.—Adviee me then, Mr. E.lttor. as a friend to " REGULAR" and " WEL SECURED EITARLIIHMENTA,' how I may crush this abominable nuisauce—and beltese me, Yours, &c. A .skareholder in the Conuty Office. P.ll..—Suppose I hash tap all the old charges Whit:1111151 been made fur the last ten years? It is tour that they have been repeatedly refuted—but what eau I du neitti ILLICIT LLER Y.—For some time past-the excise hive had alt 1111 l atioit, that a private distillery of •consi deiable magiiitude was Inexistence in the neighhourhoott of UppbrThaines.strect, 1111 l so secretly was it conducte 4 that the exact place could not he ascertained till within the last few days, when an anonymous communication was sent to the excise, that it was carrying nit at the ex tensive premises, No: 24, Upper Thanres•street, and the proprietors were understood to be sugar-refiners. In con= sequence of Misinformation, Allans di and several active officers repaired thither on %Veduesday afternoon, and on getting to the premises they found panned on the door post, ..Gtv:lt and Co.; and on the door was written, " No parson admitted except on busitiess."— Toe officers first endeavoured to cuter without being per ceived; but folding the door fastened inside, they were induced to ring a large hat at the side of the door, wt' t' down came a gentleman dressed very respectabl!, who, ou seeing the officers, opened the door and rushed by Mena into the street, without saying a word. Allanso.i proceeded with the other officers gently up stairs, wile... 0.1 getting to the first floor, three men rushed out of the trout room, ran up stairs, and ellected.their escape at, tLe top of the house. The officers, on enteriog the mom, were nearly tuff:seated with steam, two stills of consider able dietivistoos being then at w o rk. Thu Mom w i, is extremely well fitted up as a distillery, with water pumps erected I iierriii, and the water laid on with leaden pipes, coininunteat nag with the yard ; the feotit windows were blocked. up, to present the operations being discovery!. Toe officers then commenced a vigilant select', when they liiiiiitt upwards of 2,200 lotions of inolass-w-as , .. 200 galions of low wines, lon.callotis of strong spirits, altogether making about 441 gallons of spirits; twenty two wash-backs, vats, still-worms and heads. Toe whole of this ex easier apparatus was immediately UR-. veyed to the great store-rouat at toe Excise Ullice.-Ir..s Wien trade has, it is said, been carrying on fur a cut.s.- derable period. Ft itE —About nine o'clock on Tlitirsday iii4ltt a fi e broke out in the back premises of Nlt. Ihwes, japatitier„ Laystall.street, Gray's-inn lane, which, Iron ate inflam mable nature of the stock OH ale prcumes, spread 0011S1 derable alarm in the neighbourhood. Several engines arrived, and bead Aveli worked and stippled with watts, stroll subdued the uevuurit% element, without doing ary material damage. AccioeXTs.—Oil Ft icily morning, between one and two o'clock, a gentlemaii, about 35 years of age, threw himself trout the window of it is chamber, which is ea the third floor, and looks into Three Kings sired. Ile was found a short time alter, supportiii4 Imuself ou lIIS knees with one hand, and the other alaitist a whitlow shutter, near the spot where he fel:. 'l2iie person who found him inquired if he had liu t Mooch', to which he answered lit the negative. lie ws. immediately taken into toe house, but expired to toils mote than half all hour. It appears he had been lataidr in,s tinder a fehrile attack lOr sonic time, but had only been cotifiliet! to the home since the preceding and since that tistie had been 4,: - .en bled. Ile had ti been left inure than twenty minutes ',Yore the accideiii. —Oil Thursday eveiting a labourer named Athri•hy, the employment of NI r. Thomson, wit° is resolence nl Argyle-place, Mai Ibinough.street, wade at work on die top of the Maiming, suddenly slipped his h del, and fell out the pat einent. lie was instantly taken up in a state of iueeusibiln, and carried to tile Nlold I est x I loopital, where he now lies in a very dangerous state. • SUDDEN Daarii.—Nlonday. about four oilock, Slr. Nixon, warden of the Fleet Prison, suddenly fell trots his chair, in the office of the ludge, and immediately expired. Prompu ataistance was rendered Itim, auil medical gentlemen quickly were scut ler and arriv.ai, but of no avail, as the s spat k had Mr. N had been troubled with the gout about a fortuight stove', but was recovering. It was supposed apoplexy was Ike immediate cause of his dead". CAUTiON.—Sunday ei citing, at time o'clock, a de cently dressed man called al the house of Mr. ON, sien of the Green Man, Berwick -street, Soho, and et - g.usxd a bed, for which he paid and went away be afterwards .returitett at eleven o'clock and went in bed, and rose in the morning about nine, and took ha departure. On Mrs. E:hsatterwards going tt; the arpart mems she missed a pair of sheets. As thefts or kind are constan4 practised, persons who let tn•tla auould ingantly examine theta when the lodger rises. Some bakers nt Chichester arc now sellioy ttt quartern loafitt a--~ - _, - - _ _~_ - ._ '~ ~