ebr airtrapolbt: The Benders of the Inner Temple (on the
motion of the present Attorney-General) lately passed the following resolutions :
" That it is expedient that It be proposed to the other Societies, that so much of the "tench iegulation of the 22d of Juno 1;98, as exempts members of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin Universities, from the deposit of IOU prior to keeping terms be rescinded.
" And also, that it be proposed to the other Societies, that n11 persons of the full age of twenty-four years and upwards be admitted to the bar, after keeping twelve terms ; Provided during live years immediately prior to the call they had not been in any trade or business, and in all other respects be entitled to be called to the bar, according to existing usages. orders, and regulations of the several Inns of Court. " Ordered, that the above proposals be submitted to each of the other Inns of Court ; and that they be requested to depute three more of their bench to meet iu the Parlia- ment Chamber of this Society on Thursday the 29th of January, at three o'clock precisely, to take the same into consideration, with a view to their being adopted by the four Inns of Court."
[This resolution if adopted, will place graduates at the Universities and those who have not had a college education on the same footing.] The Postmaster-General has given notice, that " Mails for Egypt and for India will he made up at this office on the first day of every month, unless that should be Sunday, then on the following day, and forwarded by the steam-packets from Falmouth to Malta, whence they will be conveyed by branch steam. packets to Egypt and India. This regulation will commence with the mail to be made up here on Monday the 2:1 of March next. The letters for Egypt and India under this arrangement are to be charged the same rate as those for Malta ; and the postage must be paid when they are put into a Post-office," An address has been presented to Sir Robert Peel, from the inha- bitants of the parish of St. Bride, Fleet Street, thanking him for the regard be has shown for the spiritual interests of the parishioners, in the appointment of the Reverend Thomas Dale to that vicarage.
A deputation of tea-dealers had an interview yesterday with Sir Robert Peel, to press upon him the necessity of altering the present mode of collecting the duties. They were all agrecdas to the impolicy of an ad valorem duty. Sir Robert promised his best attention to the subject, but gave no intimation of the course he should pursue.
On Sunday morning, as the Reverend Dr. Sutton, one of the Pre- bends of Westminster, was officiating at the altar, reading the Ninth Commandment, be suddenly dropped down in a fit of apoplexy, and was carried to his residence in the cloisters, where he expired at eleven o'clock yesterday morning. The worthy Doctor was Prebend of West- minster, Rector of Hyde Hidden, in Kele, 'Vicar of St. Peter's in the Isle of Thanet,.and one of the six preaCkers.in Canterbury Cathedral. He was nearly related to the Duke of Rutland and Sir Charles M. Siitton.--Alorning Herald. [Dr. Sutton, then,lbad four distinct pieces of preferment—the prebendal stall alone said to be worth 14001. a year. He was related to one of the most grasping of the Tory fami- lies; the members of which are now, forsooth, turned Church Re- formers! Do men gather figs from thistles ? do they expect Reform from the Suttons ?] The friends of Mr. Thomas Wood, the defeated candidate for Mid- dlesex, dined together at Hampstead on Thursday. Mr. Wood, Lord Stormont, Captain Jonas Ryder Burton, and Colonel Wood, were the orators of the party. The gallant Captain spoke in reply to the toast of the "Navy and Army." He declares openly what the more prudent of the Tories refrain from avowing. He promised, " for his brethren, that in the event of a war they would not be found wanting, while he felt assured that the military would do their duty insurpressing the internal enemies of our glorious institutions 62 Church and State." Lord Stormont was as brilliant as usual, and indulged in the following little bit of prophecy. He called for a fair trial for Ministers, and added— As to the issue of that trial, he felt perfectly 'satisfied : he entertained not a shadow of doubt, that they would satisty the wishes of the majority of the new Parliament, and that the Address at the opening of the session would be sup- ported by as large a majority as ever decided upon the merits of any Ministry under similar circumstances.
The Russian firm of Molivo and Co. failed last week, and is stated to have liabilities to the extent of 200,0001. ; but it is believed the effect will be comparatively small upon the London merchants.
At the sitting of the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday, Sir Robert Peel, attired in his robes as Chancellor of the Exchequer, took his seat on the Bench with the Barons. After the usual oath of office had been administered, Sir Robert called on each of the King's Counsel present to move. This ceremony having been gone through, Sir Robert, accompanied by Lord Abinger, proceeded to the Court of King's Bench ; where he was received by the Judges and Counsel, who remained standing during the time he took the oaths as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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