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Man, two ftom Nottingham ; by Lord G. Cavendish, seared from Der by ; by Mr. W. IV !Atmore, front o,westry ; and by Mr. Pane, from Chipping Norton. Lotd ALTHORP presented a petition from a parish in the county of Mayo. praying for the establishment, at the public expense, of some mode of religious instruction, by which Protestants and Catholics might alike be bent fitted. PARLIAMENTARY REVERIE. The Marquis of BLANDFORD presented a petition from Horsham, praying for parliamentary reform. hlr. O'CONNELL presented a petition, with the same prayer, front the association for radical reform, meeting at the Rotunda in Black friars-road. The petitioners stated, that they had read with indignation a declaration made bb the Duke of Wellington in the House of lards, that no reform was wanted in the present representative system of the country. They implored the house not to believe one word of that de claration (a laugh,) and concluded by praying for a bill to establish ra dical reform—a prayer in which he (Mr. O'Connell) heartily eon. cured ( Hear.) Mr. WARBURTON, in presenting a petition, of which neither she prayer nor the name of the petitioners reached the gallery, ut tered an expression of regret that none of the ministers were in the house. Mr. HUME said that he was sorry to differ from his hon. friend with whom be had so often the happiness to agree. He thought that the house would be much better constituted, if no placeman took a place is u, and if ministers when present were only allowed to explain their measures, and not to vote upon them. Among the changes which be expected would now shortly take place, one most advisable change, in his opinion, would be the fixing of some limit to the number of admissions into that house, of individuals dependent on the Crown, from holding naval and military commissions under it. The number of such members, he believed, was at present nearly equal to a third part of the house, and was a great, enormous, and cry. ing evil. He believed that every naval and military officer considered himself independent, but when they looked forward to their promotion, he was afraid that a change sometimes came over their views of public questions almost unknown to themselves. He was therefore of opinion that the house would never fairly represent the opinions of the peo ple until all naval, military, civil, and other officers, were prohibited from holding seats in that house. (Peals of laughter.) lie said that not an East India director, — no, nor a Bank director either,—no, nor any one holding a monopoly under the Crown, the King's printer in. chided among the rest,—should be allowed to have a seat in that house. (laughter continued.) That was his view of things, and he believed that the people went along with him in it. He did not expect to see such a reform carried all at once ; but the thing must come gradually down, and he should be happy to see the day when no minister should have a place in that house, except for the sake of explaining his mea sure.. The Sheriff's of London presented at the bar two petitions from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London, one relative to the rates for London Bridge, and the other calling for parliamentary reform. The first was referred to the Bridge Committee. On moving that the latter be read, Mr. Alderman WOOD availed himself of the opportunity to state the reasons why the Corporation of London had again come forward to petition for parliamentary reform. The members of the Common Council being elected annually, might fairly be considered as represen tatives of the feelings of the thousands by whom they were elected. They knew that their constituents were as favourable to reform at the present moment as they had ever been in past times ; but they likewise knew that it would be impossible to collect them together and to gains decla ration of their sentiments in the Common Hall in the short time allowed them by the notice which the hon. and learned member for York. shim had given of his motion on this snbject. If that peat body had assembled, he had no doubt but that 99 out of every 100 persons who constituted it, would have signed a similar petition to the present.— ( Hear, from Mr. Brougham.) The leading members of the corpora. tion had therefore assembled the common council, and their reason fn so doing, was the declaration recently made by the Duke of Welling. ton—that the country required no change in its reps esentative sys. rem. ft was impossible that they should sit silent titer such a decla. ration, because they knew that their constituents were suffering severely in consequence of the want of reform ; for till reform was grante d ' they did not expect that any of those reductions in expenditure would be made to which they Mt themselves entitled. He hoped that by the decision of that night his lkonstitnents would be satisfied that reform was at hand. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, it was impossible that it should be otherwise, after the division of last night,: (hear, hear, hest)—s division at which he was sorry that severe indisposition pre vented him from being present. The declaration in the King's speech, followed up by the postponement of the King's visit to the city, led him to think that it was time for the Government to be changed. ( chins ) The worthy: alderman then proceeded to comment upon the impro ety of which the Lord Mayor and Sir Claudius Hunter had beensuilty, In making communications to the Government, without any authority from his brother magistrates, but was met with loud and long continued cries of 6 Question,' which prevented us from hearing him comedy. " I must blame ministers," said the worthy Alderman, " for being frightened by two such persona, when 1 believe, indeed I am sure, they might have gone to the city—l would have ons all in my power to preserve them, (roars of laughter) and been as safe in their seats at Guildhalls, they are here or anywhere else." RESIGNATION OF NINISTIRS. On the question being again put, that the above-mentioned petition be read, Sir it. PEEL rose. Every eye was instantly directed towards him, and the most complete silence pervaded the house. The right boo. baronet spoke as follows :—"Sir,—Thedeepand unfeigned respectiwhich I owe to this house induces me to take the earliest possible ',opportunity of publicly stating, here in my place, that, in consequence of what occurred last night, I have felt it my duty to wait upon the King, and humbly and respectfully to inform his Majesty, that I per ceive it is no longer in my power to undertake the administra tion of public affairs, so far as the administration of those affairs de. pends upon me, either with satisfaction to my own feelings, or with per fect advantage to the country. Sir, his majesty has been gra ciously pleased to accept the resignation thus tendered on my part, and I leave to inform the house, therefore. that I consider myself as holding the seals of the Home Department, only until his majesty shall have been enabled to appoint a successor to me in the office which I have resigned. The same, Sir, is the case with the other members of the government. They all onsider themselves as boldly g their respec tive officesonly until their successors shall be appointed.'e Lord ALT HORP said, in consequence of the communication which we have just received from the right hon. baronet, I am sure that every gentleman will feel that it would be most improper and most incorrect to undertake any serious and important debate under such circumstances. There is no longer any administration in existence, and I hope that my hon. and learned friend (Mr. Brougham) will not submit to the house this evening, a qu.ation of so much importance as that of which he has given notice. In my memoiy, no important question has ever been dia. cussed under much circumstances ; and I trust, therefore, that for this reason as well as for the advantage of the question, my hon. friend (Mr, Brougham) will comply with the suggestion I now make to him. Mr. BROUGHAM said, I am sure that the respect which I feel for this house is, on all occasions, fully equal to that which has been so fitly and so gracefully expressed by the right hon. secretary (Sir R. Peel). I do, however. feel the greatest repugnance to purling off the motion ' which stands for this evening. My noble friend (Lord Althorp) near me is quite right in saying that no question of so much importance has ever before been brought forward, when there was deficiency in the ef fective Government ; but my difficulty is this, namely, that no question of somaim ce—no question involving such mighty and extensive intents ever yet been discussed at all, under any circumstances, within the walla of this house. Sensible, therefore, of the deep re sponsibility which I have incurred in undertaking to bring for. ward a question of such vast importance, I cannot help feeling the difficulty in which I am placed, in being cancan by my noble friend to defer it--especially as the suggestion of my noble friend has been backed 1 in some degree by the expromion of similar opinions on the part of others. I am anxious, of course, both from the respect I owe to the house, sod out of regard to' the interests of the question itself, to defer to the declared sense of the 'house, either as to the shape in which I shall bring forward the motion, either as tothe manner is which I shall being it forward, or as to the time at which I shall bring it forward. I throw myself, therefore. fully, freely, and respectfully upon the house. If the motion be put off, I own it will be contrary to my opinion, and to my wishes; the house may be right, or it may be wrung; I may be right, or I may be wrong ; but I think that I am right, and I beg it, therefore, to be understood, that what I do, I do in deference to the wishes of the house. And farther, as no change thatmay occur in the Administration can by any possibility affect me, I beg it to be understood that. in put ting off the motion, I will put it off:until the 26th of this mouth and DO langsr. (Cheers.) I will then, and at no more distant period, bring forward the question of Parliamentary reform, whatever may be the condition of circumstances, and whosoever may he his Majesty's ministers. (chews.) Sir K. PEEL said—.l feel it necessary, in order to guard against any misunderstanding, to trespass again for a few moments upon the atten. tie. of the house. I am not apprehensive of any thing I have said being misunderstood here ; but , - in order to guard against any mis apprehension going forth to the counny, 1 may be allowed to notice one expression which fell from the noble lord (Althorp) opposite. I know, very well, what the noble lord meant, but out of doers the expression to which I allude may possibly be miscon. strued. The noble lord said, "There is no longer any Adminis tration in existence." This is, no doubt, in effect true; but it ought to be generallknown and understood, that until my successor is appointed, I am In full possession of the authority of the Secretary of Stite for the Home Deportment ; and that I am quite prepared, If public should require me, to exercise that authorkfto its ut most extent ), being quite =oddest that I shall receive the support of As hoose and of the cottony, if I exert that an in any case in which the public welfare alit for the exertion of it (loud obet7front all parts of the house.) ALTHORP said—l assure the right hon. 'maw, that I_dld not roisondeemand him. Gots forbid that I should have to him soy disponi= se allow the public eery= to mar 'okay, in son =pass of the changes which are shoat to mks Pelee. AU I Immo ' vu, that under such circumstances, motions of so much importance as that of my hon. and learned friend have never been discussed in Paz- I lament. Sir R. PEEL raid—My explanation was intended to prevent mis conception out of doors. I was well aware that the noble lord had not misunderstood me. Mr. Alderman WAITH MAN rose amidst loud murmurs, and so much noise, that for some time he was totally inaudible in the pllery. When the worthy alderman's voice could be bard, he observed that the petition from the city of London had met with more complete concur rence than any other petition he recollected. The petition was then read, and ordered to be printed. As soon as this discussion terminated, we observed many members of the Opposition quit their places, and shake Sir R. Peel very ourdially by the hand. Lord FORDW ICH presented a petition from Canterbury, praying for reform in Parliament. Lord NUGENT presented a similar petition from High Wycomb. Mr. Daxrrwx and Mr. Horns postponed the presentation of similar petitions which had been intrusted to them. Sir T. ACLANDpresented a petition from South Molton, against the duty on cosh coastwise. Air. WYSE presented a petition from C.arrick.on-Suir, praying for the repeal of the union. The hon. member made some obaervathm, which were not audible in the gallery. Mr. O'CONNELL begged to support the prayer of the petition. Sir G. MURRAY presented copies of correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, respecting commercial intercoune with the West Indian colonies.—To be printed. Mr. W. WHITMORE moved for returns of the quantity of grain and flour imported into this country during the last ten years. On the motion of Mr. HERRIZS, the Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up, read, and agreed to. Several election petitions, among edam one from Reading, agaiost the return of Mr. Russell, and from Peterdeld, against the return of Sir Wm. Jolliffe and his brother, were presented, and appointed for the 4th of Japuary next. Sir J. MACDONALD presented a petition from Lord Porchester and Mr. Ogle, and also from several voters for Petenfield, complaining of the retain of Sir William Jolliffe, and his brother, Mr. Gilbert Jol. lire. The petition stated, that the returning Mika is nominated by the lee' jury, a body carefully selected by the steward of the court, from the friends and dependents of the lord of the manor, Mr. Jolliffe; that the returning officer at the last election was a tenant of Mr. Jolliffe, and his manor an attorney from Croydon, in Surrey, who acted as mayor In IBA at the request of Mr. Jolliffe; that by the partial, illegal, and arbitrary conduct of the mayor and his assesses, Lord Porehester and Mr. Ogle were deprived of the votes of many boos foie electors upon the most frivolous objections—such as that they were not in possession of their tide deeds, although they offered attested copies, and proved that Mr. Jolliffe held the original deeds as the owner of the largest part of the property held under the same title, and although they had bona fide paid the purchase-money, and been in possession and received the rents for several years; that the Mayor admitted many pastas to vote in the Jolliffe interest, who were not 6ossajlide freeholders, and particularly that, though it vas admit ted by the Mayer, that persons had polled at former elections for Mr. Jana, who bad only faggot votes, and although the vote of Sa muel Twyford, Require, who bad voted at former elections, was re. jected, because it was evident, from the manner in which he answered the questions of the opposing counsel, that he had never paid any con. sideration for his freehold, and was passaged of no real interest in it, but had merely accepted a fraudulent and collusive conveyance from Mr. Jolliffe to qualify him to vote in his Interest, the mayor afterwards, in defiance of reason and justice, admitted persons to vote for the Jolliffe candidates who refused to ,answer the same questions that had been put to Mr. Twyford, merely because they had voted at former elections. The petitioners also charged the members with having procured their election by bribery and treating. IDUCATION IN 11111CLASD. Mr. WYSE gave notice, that after Christmas he would bring for ward a motion for the better allocation of the funds appropriated for the education of the people of Ireland. An 800. IN EMBER presented a petition from the Protestant Dis senters of a place in Pembrokeshire, praying for the abolition of negro slavery. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the House adjourned at Five o'clock precisely. DUTY ON SEABORNE COALS. Pram the Heil Adetraser. Petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the roped of the partial and oppreasive tax on coals amid coestwiae 2tave been sent from Hull, most numerously and respectably signsi How much, it may be • matter of inqufry, hes this a z us e Z which is paid by the marring peasantry in th e South of gusted with o th er cams to excite the poor of Kant to arts of sad folly, which now but people labouring under the greatest ming mil be Witold to per. aite ? With respect to the duty on mob amid aostletes, we sub. not the following extract from the Report ot the Common' Committee of last Session : " Our Committee entertaining a doubt whether the cedar Its their appointment empowered them to examine Into/and report an the *ley of continuing in this part of the kingdom the Government Duty of is. per theddron en Coal, and of Is. per children on small Coal carried coastwise, have forborne to prosecute to any extent such an inquiry g tough from many facts bearing on this !ranch of the subject, and stated incidentally by some of the witnesses, they are strongly impressed with the expedimg, both u regards the general prosperity of the country, and that of its shipping Interest in particular of removing all Duties on Coal, consumed In this kingdom, whenever financial arrange. ments can be made for effecting such removal with security to the public revenue." Petitions to the legislature, (a copy of which we subjoin,) are also now lying at the Exchange foe the abrogation of the over-sea duties on coals, which are so heavy as to be nearly prohibitory, and therefore un productive as a source of revenue. A - Foreign Coal Trade would be highly beneficial to the ports of Hull and Goole, as Holland, and pro. bably France, would be chicly supplied from the Humber, Tyne, and Wear. Liverpool is indebted to her bulky articles of export for her superiority over this port, as they tend materially to reduce freights to that town. Indeed, it is no uncommon cricumstance, for freights from Danzig and other Baltic ports to be lower to Liverpool than to Hull, in consequence of return careen being more plentiful with our rival. A free trade in coals would place this port in a very different situation; and few vessels would go out in ballast, as coals at a low price would always command a market on the Continent. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. in Parliament assembled. The Petition of the Undersigned, Merchants and others, interested in the trade and commerce of the port of Hull. Humbly Sheweth, That your Petitioners beg leave to call the attention of your Honour. able House to the Duties on Coals exported to foreign countries, which your petitioners conceive to be very injurious to the Shipping and Coat. mereial Interests of this kingdom, as they tend to abolish the trade in coals to other countries. That your petitioners submit that It is very impolitic to prevent the don of coals by the imposition of large dudes, inasmuch as it acres the coal-owner to the necessity of burning his superabundant coal, which in other circumstances would find a ready sale for export, thus increasing in a great degree the trade of the country, and cocoa. raging the shipping interest in particular. That your petitioners further beg to represent to your honourable house that the amount of duty levied on coal exported is quite trifling, and therefore the benefit it produces to the revenue of the country can in no possible degree compensate for the serious lajury it inflicts upon the commercial interests of the kingdom. Your petitioners humbly pray your honourable house to adopt measures for the total repeal of all duties on coals exported to facelift countries. And your petitioners will ever pray, Le. L4l W BBPORTS. ROLLS COURT, Nov. 18. JUDGMENT.—THE DECCAN PRIZE MONEY. ALNXANDILI AND OTHIAII V. TEI DOLE or DIBLIANGTON AND OTHICIL His Honour the Master of the Rolls pee judgment this morning in this important ease. The plaindfrs, the Messrs, Almad a , a house of great eminence in India, claimed by their bin to be Gadded blr'iue of three deeds of assignment frost the late Marquis of Hastings, to certain property which the Marquis would be modeled to, tatter the warrant of the King for the distribution of the mite tummy taken in the war between the Pindsrees. and ca f tan a /la t h s Mahraus states. The defendants, with the excepdaa of gar T. Hisbp, insisted that nothing passed to the *WIG in Teepees to the three deeds of assignment, the subject of those deals being liia able in respect to the situation in which the peeped, meet att ll the of the execution of the deeds. Sir Thomas Hislop conteaded that the Marquis of Hastings had no property whatever in the subject of the deeds. The first question to be considered in the !opinion of the Court was, whether the prise money attributed by the Ring's warrant to the Marquis of Hastings was or not the subject of arrangement in a Court of Equity. His Honour did not consider it material ob s d iss I t was the subject of sediment in a Court of Law, because the simmat of the 64th of George 111. declared that all pia mosey was to bins 1, the captors, in such shares as the Kin, by some general tits, e ss u di rest , or as his Majesty mi; think to direct , its partkehr case, by warrant nudes his manual Ina Court of Mgt isp sh am could be no doubt that the su ject of capture was aisiguable: The sob. pet of capture might be termed a rated espetation, but If it Tem net so according to the established rules of a Court of Equity, it ermild be Is. unless there be With that W i rch ble took it out of the ge neral cestended r f u n gsr a ease that the property in question was sakes out of general tuls. First, it was said that prise money was in the nature of military pay, and therefor* could not be assignable. The Court was dear that it could not be looked at in that view, since military pay was that which the person employed was given by the crown as a compensation for the du ties he had dischargM towards it. Prise money could not be looked at in that light ; it was an extraordinary bounty conferred by the crown, and must be considered either as a reward for past services, or as an excitement to future exertions. Another argument urged was, that even if the principle of military pay did not apply, yet still the property could not be conaidered as assignable, the Marquis of Hastings being consulted by the government as to the mode of its distribution. This proposition the court did not consider made out. It was true, as a general principle, that the policy of the laws could not permit a man entitled to share in the prise to be the party consulted as to its distribution; but the diet of that policy, if applied to the present case, would not be to render it un assignable, but would destroy the right of the party In the subject altogether. The distinctions taken at the bar, in his honour's mind, were far too subtle. and be felt no hesitation in declaring the share of the Marquis of Meetings in the prise money was assignable in a Court of Equity. With respect, however, to the share of Sir Tho mas Hislop, another view must be taken : he insisted that the mat quis bad nothing so assign. Sir Thomas Hislop's cams' bad, how. ever, in the mind of the court, overlooked part of the one. which would throw great dill:aides in their way. How could it be said, under the King's warrant of IRO, that the Marquis of Hastin bad nothing to assign, and that Sir T. Hislop was entitled to t he whole property P It was clear the Marquis of Hastings was entitled to something. The claim of Sir Thomas was much too greend, and it bad never occurred to his counsel to contend, that if he was not entitled to the whole he was to part. nor had they ever hinted at the ascertainment of his demand in this court. The minute made by the Lords of the Tres. sury was fatal to Sir T. Hislop's demand, for it said, that wherever the principle of actual capture could be applied, It was due to the cap- tors that it should be applied ; that it was a principle the Down ought I rather to extend than to - limit; and that that principle was applle # poor Ito the booty taken at Poonah, Maiddpore, and N . Wherever the principle of actual capture could not be the division of booty ought to be extended to all the army em in the operations of the war,and the minute recommended the to pat the booty which Sir Thomas Hislop claimed to trustees—the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Arbuthnot, who were appointed to that °See, and were to make out a proper scheme for its distribution, which was to be sub. mitred to his Majesty for his approvaL It had been contended, that when once his Majesty had signified his approval of the scheme, that that approval was binding upon him. The Court could not admit the validity of that argument, his Majesty having the sole power of die. tributing this fund, was fully at liberty, at any time, upon further consideration, to revoke that approbation. The King, however, in this we, had not departed from the scheme laid down by the trusties. and upon that principle the warrant had issued. Taking the whole of the case together, the Court was of opinion that Sir Thomas Hislop bad no possible claim under the warrant of 1823, and it must therefore pronounce a decree. declaring the plant/fib entitled to the benefit of their deeds of assignment from the Marquis of Hastings. The effect, there. fore, of his Honour's decision will be to give to the Messrs. Alexander, a right to so much of the prise-money as will pay their demand upon the late Marquis of Hastings. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 16. CRIMINAL zarroanavrow.--Tus auto v. ADEN MINT. - _ The A 7 rrontraw.Clittznat. moved foe a rale to slam; cause why a criminal information should not be filed against C. F. Ailey, Cha tham:l for the publication of a libel on John Fame, Seq. M.P. for Oxfordshire. The AT TOINZY-13IIIEBAL stated, that application was made on the affidavit of lir. lane, by which it appeared, that during the eke. tics fa Oxfordshire last summer, a placard was published, with the most offensive matters, injurious to the character of Mr. Fem. —The Attorney.Oeneral said it was memory be should explain the contents of the placard, by adverting to several imems. The affidavit stated that r. Fans and Mr. Alward Mild married two sisters I Mr. Fane had a daughter meeeisd to a gemlentan at the bar, who died last year, and the objest of the libel was le se the at tendon of the freeholders of Oxiseaddre to a meet ellismitre impute tics east on Mr. JeddreU. Mr. Fame, seen eta the dm& eras bar rimer alluded to, received a lieontekleg a womb to the following purport ;—" We the emexpected dientli of a gentleman at the bar, cossested with Mr. Fess, is likely to kW to light a can of a seem onemordinery Wow% relative to the marriage of the deceased Pardwar. The adodnal offence spoken of has been carried on far yeses pest." Mr. Fame stated that he had no knowledge of way repeat to Aids the paragraph al. luded, and he found it bed been avid bp suns persons as the foundation of further Arnim vie IdmielL He received soon after a letter from an Wields') wile Aped Wulf on Oxfordshire Freeholder. It alluded to asindeleue repels oloombiodl to the pre. judiee of Mr. Fans, and called upon him to ell isle hie character Atnthe charge of hawks misdated with Ms. Edward Joddrel. t s r t riter went on to say that Mr. Fans was Mod to investigate the charge and defend iimelf. Mr. Fano, in his oillovit, mated that be bad never heard the report &Hada to, and being anxious to dis cover the anther of the letter, be publiebed an advertisement in a London paper throwing the writer that be would meet him and give him Information on the subject. The advertisement did net predate any discovery, but Mr. Fare received another letter bowing the same signature, (Al Oxfordebbe Freebolder),~ in whisk he was informed that be would be disgraced if he ohne* dues the investipdon of the charge. At the election for Oxibeddlime the writer endeavoured to carry his threat into exam. Lion. Fin beam bed placards were sent from landon, and circulated among the shams. The placards reiterated the report in the letters of the Ozfesdaire Freeholder, end called upon the electors to de. mend a full account and explanation of Mr. Fan's doodad in the circumstances stated against im. " Let him deny," said the pla card, "that he is on terms of intimacy with onc e = of the worst of crimes." Having found out the printer of the is London , it wag ascertained that he had been employed y Mr. Adey, and from the words contained in the letters and the Osage, there was every reason to believe Mr. A&Py was the author of the libel. The Attorney-General thought the CAOlt would me sufficient ground for granting this application. I Lord TUTIERDZIG—TIIIIIII a rule to chew cause. POLICE REPORTS. Maxstow-novez.—Jaeolo Memoder, • native of Breslau, was brought before the Loan llama, charged with having been concerned with a swindling firm in Sheffield, and with having assisted in drakes& ing tradesmen of their property there. 31r. John Roberts, pearl button.menufacturer of abeffield, stated, that a short time ago a person who stated he belonged to the Inn of Bison and Co. called at witness's house, and, Preftsing to be • ro amer with ready cash, gave en ceder for some pearl buttons, which be said should be paid for on delivery. The goods were sent to the firm of Eliseo and Co. in filleffield, and each was paid down imams. diatdy. About ten days afterwardsLanother gentleman, in the same firm, called at the shop, and said be was a partner in the hp=st ed i wanted to see some buttons of the same sort that bad been on the fanner occasion. Witness amid not give an immediate supply of 100 gross which his customer then ordered. Subsequently the cu.. tomer called. and ordered home some other buttons, and said they should be paid for together with the large quantity. In due time the whole order was seat down to the firm, but the warehouse of Meson. Elmo a nd Co. was closed. and locked up, and there was no admission. Witness immediately concluded that all was wrong, and, upon making inquiryr amp , he found that the firm had pecked up bag and baggage , an & d ed, having paid some profitable visits to o th er tradesmen in the town. The defrauded tradespeople deputed the witness to go upon the look at. and he traced the goods to a steam-vowel, and finally to a wharf her Thames.. I street, where he caused them to be ped. They had been shipp e d i n , the name of It. }Lawn, and ordeM - to be dehvered to that person. The witness, sow after the arrival of the suans.vesod, went down to the Custom-house. and caused the Weeper to be apprehended just as he been to inquire foe the pa lo ges In the named R. Bicknell. The Loan MATO! tho u g ht the plan of taking a warehouse and as. aiming the appearance of traders, and then. as soca as a quantity of goods were got, running away. was a very effectual way of dung a good deal of business. The prisoner said he knew nothing of any intention to defraud. He bad been applied to by Mr. neon to go Ito the Custom.houa, and re ceive the goods. and take care of them fee a sheet time. The Lona MAYOR asked where Mr. Edson was; but the prisoner declared that he did not know where the gentleman was to be found. The rinser was then remanded Jests Nicholls. a sailor, and a native of Italy, was brought up a few days see, dimwit with having robbed Lfeutenant.Colonel John Camp ba ur a gold peek chain, and seals, value 351. at the corner of Duke street, in AW.W. Colonel Campbell stated, that as be was passing through Aidgate at 11 o'clock L die Hewes% be sew a crowd of persons assembled, and be felt a hang at his tab, aid es putting his hand to the place, dim:owned that his watt wen acne. Upon looking round he saw the prisoner 11111, fling in the (Emden of Whitechapel, and he punned and called oit " step Met" bet he fell down and did not see the prisoner until he was in custody. Mr. Jams Oliver, builder, Pnichardhstreet, stated, that b e wee on the opposite side of the street at the time of the robbery, and saw the Wieser throw the watch down at the end of the iliatwies, which be picked up. The prisoner ran as hard es be emelt! towards White. chapel, and when apprehended wade a great resistance. An A ce wee soon procured, sad be was taken into custody. Elf. Oliver further stated, that he had not lost sight of the rimier from the moment be took the watch up to the time he win taken ilia custody. The prisoner, who spoke very bed English, said that be found the watch on the pavement, and took it up. He was fully committed for trial. Bow aziT.—lreeteeday, Jule Feliwee, an Ad man re. as re. epecieblo was brought before Mr. Ifinsit hs t , by t j a ai g — iy a m e s„ m ated Perkins, with a die talkoldni _dosurrosnete_:— Mu. Patine strasi, that ondiellay of the late IDegan(itnetal. her. 14 bac limbenk, and sort friends, were paring the evening at the Bayswater tea-gardens, when the defendant ioined their con or and in the course of conversation he spoke es t his great relatioe; and said he had interest to procure bee husband the situation of l eru tr i ,,, waiter in the Customs. but that as he should be at some pains to " Ithe appointment, be should expect the sum of 1001. beferehand for his trouble. It was accordingly arranged that this sum should b e p a id . and witness's husband gave the defendant 401. on account, proori e r ng to pay the remainder in a abort time. The defendant having po e bA ed the money, held out hopes from time to time that the negociatio e with his friends was certainly most favourable. At last, however, be very suddenly and witness ae r i e laid eyes upon him until last Saturday, when she caused him to be takes into custody. Since then, a portion of the money had been r eturned to her, and she would DOW have so objection to the defendant's dis ri l rfil e ittenum. said, he would not consent to any such =augm ent and ordered the witness to being bar husband forward. . The defendant was then remanded for a week. He stated to the ma. estates, that be belonged to the sown of Leicassr. of which he was th e oldest freeholder now living. He also stated, that he was the person who saved the life of George 111. when be was attempted to be assassinate; by Margaret Nicholson. Mainr.t.a-noutix.—lfonday, Mesas Chunk, a young man, who stated, that be belonged to the establiahtnent of the Dubois of B ur , was charged, before Mr. Houma, under the following rather singular eiranstinses. Mrs. Ann Mackay, a very pretty women, apparently not yet tw at , years of age, said that her husband, to whom she bad bees mim e d only a few weeks, was employed at a hosier's in c Great Russell -street, and spot all Sunday witblaer' Her husband was obliged to sleep ev ery night at his master's, and le ft bee about ten o'clock on Sunday night last. At one o'clock she found herself touched by same one in bed with her, and su pp os in g it her husband returned, after becoming intoxicated, she spoke to him. His voice differing considerably front her liege lord and maser's alarmed her considerably, and she awoke her mother-in-law, who lay on the other side of her, and requested her to strike a light, as she believed Basil (her husband) was either drunk or mad. The old lady sprang out of bed, struck a light, and it was di.. covered that the prisoner bad usurped the place of Basil. The other kidrwere alarmed, and he was given into custody. Bosuns; asked her if she had ever seen the complainant before Mrs. Mackay replied in the negative. James Scales, a lodger in abs bouts, said that, when called into Mrs. Mackay's room, be found the prisoner sitting on the side of the bed, aptly quite unconcerned, and conspletsly undressed. prisoner, in his defence, said he bad been to the City. and on his return was accosted by a young woman, who invited him to the house. She requested him to be very cautions, and, leaving the door ajar, went up stairs, promising to come down immediately. Thinking teat she stopped too long he went up stairs, and found his way, he could not tell bow, into the bed of the complainant. The Magistrate sent for the complainant's husband, and, when he came to the office, consulted with him what course he wished to pursue. The husband said he was determined to prosecute the prisoner, and the latter was accordingly held to bail, to answer the charge at the sessions. Tnmens PoLece.—Riehenet Driest was charged with being in the dwellisphouse of Mr. Harrison, a chandler, in Upper Chapman.street. tit. George's East, with intent to commit felony. The Magistrates sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment, and harts labour at the treadmill. Yesterday a professional gentleman applied to Mr. HARDWICK. the Sitting Magistrate at Lambeth-street police ice, to request that he would order the restoration of a valuable silver watch, at present in the hands of one of his officers, to Captain Armstrong, paymaster of the 6th Dragoons. From the contents of a letter from Captain Armstrong, which was handed to the magistrate, and the applicant's own statement, it appeared that about the month of April, 1826, the shop of Mr. Armstrong, jun. at Liverpool, was broken into, and property, consisting of watches principally, amounting to over 6001. stolen therefrom.-- 1 1 n about ten days after, the notorious Ikey Soloman, who wan then wanting, for receiving the produce of various extensive robberies, was apprehended at Islington by James Lea, an officer be. longing to this office ; and among a variety of valuable articles found on 111: poem, was one of the watches stolen from the shop of Mr. Arm. ssttrtoonegg. Mr. Armstrong subsequently attended at this office, and having l identiled the property, was bound over to appear and prosecute at the Old Halley. In consequence, however, of Sons having sot:ceded in ::irfrom the officers of Newgate, no trial could of course take place: t ia b g aing hoped that Solomon would have been retaken, and the east: of Mr. Armstrong being the clearest against him, the property was ordered to remain In the hands of the officer. During Solomon's exile, Mr. Armstrong, having obtained a situation in India, was obliged to sell for that country ; but previous to leaving England be made te. pealed applications fee the restoration of the watch, which wu refused on disponi helm Meted—the probability that Soloman would be brought to this osentry for trial ; and the watch continued in the hands of Dm. Theommds for the present application was, that Armstrong. jun., was indebeed to his father in a large sum of money, and having his interest in the watch In question to him, he hoped it 7r i o l trbe d deltvered up to him. Mr. Osman, the Chief Oka, remarked. that there were seven appli. cations of a similar nature to the present, madelby other parties. One of them, a parson in St. Martin's.lane, produced an usignment in writ. bag from Mr. Armstrong, authorizing him alone to claim the watch in question. There was, however, much difficulty in ascertaining to whom it could with safety be delivered. Soloman had been found guilty under a certain act of parliament for receiving stolen property, but a point was reserved for the consideration of the twelve Judces, es to whether a conviction could take place under the act in question. and their Lordships had not given any decision on the subject. He, flolontons, was however on another ewe found guilty of larceny, which subjected him to seven years' transportation ; and it therefore was clear that be could claim no property in the watch. Lea, the officer, remarked, that the late Under-Sberiff Young had also claimed the property, as being forfeited to the Crown. Mr. HARDWICK said that there did certainly appear much sneer. tainty as to the legal ownership. If, however, Capt. Annstroog could produce any documents to show a more recent transfer of the property from his son, and by making affidavit of the fact, and giving the officer such an indemnification as would secure him against all ulterior pro. endings, be should have no objection to order the property to be given to him. The applicant said he would write to Captain Armstrong, and In form him of the magistrate's wish, which he had no doubt, be would most readily comply with. DIABOLICAL MURDER.—On Monday last a murder was ''committed at Mortimer West.end, about sine miles from this town. which, foe the auelty used in perpetrating it, is almost without parallel. The facts of the case, as far as we have been able to learn, are these : Charlotte Wilma, an orphan child, about eight years of age (and who was under the protection of a person named Ford, residing in a cottage at a small distance from the spot), was on her return from school she was in company with two other children till she arrived on a hill, where they left her to go home, and she was shortly after met by a woman, which was the last time she was seen a li ve . The =stagers whom she lived with became alarmed at bee abuse, so loog after school boors, and were out all that evening and the nest dry searching for her; but to no par. poet, far they could Dot bear the least tidings of her. On Thursday. however, a young man who was looking for a sow which had stray.il away, went into a hedge-row, and in a pit there, filled with underw'm l and thick bushes, discovered the corpse of the child, mutilated in the most horrid manna ! The bead was split or% std scalped ; the body was cleft from the throat downwards, the bowels tabs out and laid on the =; one leg was actually cut off; the think lidecated, and the other ken in two places ! presenting almrsaier a spectacle that mikes the human frame shudder with horror. The pit Is close to a field through which the child h a d t o pass ; and it is supposed the fiendish vier have laid wait for his innocent victim, and seised her 15 she approached the fatal spot. That part of the parish where the murder was committed lies ia Htimpeldre, so that the authorities had to send to Winchester (Mr. She of Basingstoke, being from home), for a Coroner, and up to this monist the inquest has not horn held. Suspicion having fallen on a man named Miles, who has beer , absent from the village since the deed was perpetrated, many peaces of the neighbourhood went in pursuit of him, and be was apprehended this day at Mattingly, a short distance from Mortimer. It is a singular incident, ideal the deceased's father and mother, and three of their children, were all buried in one day, having died of the small-pti•••• Reading ifererry. BIRTHS. The 14th Ist. at Puntington, the lady of Lieut... Cool. W. Hewett, of a son—Tho 13th inst. at ikanwick. NorthamptOSire the lady of R. Wilkins, Esq. of a son.—The 16th inst. in ford-row, Iles. J. B. Cludak, ea daughter. MARRIED. The I Ith *at. at Romeo, Lieut. Col. Manly, 78th regiment, to Kate Cheek* daughter of the Hon. F. A. Prints, M.P. fot the county of Tipperary..-. The I Ith ism. at &. George % Bissmobery, W. Btu"' Est. M.D. into of Madras, to Letitia, yeomen firieser o f t h e l a te tar. Rlennsehassett, of his Majesty's service. DI ED. The 11th lost.* his seat, Childwick Bury, sear St. Alban's, Herts, Lomax, Esq. in ths 68th year of his age....Eattaday, Mrs. Lieu*. ley, many years matron to the Foundlin g H osp i ta l, w hi c h o ffi ce sho tilled with credit to herself and satisfaction to the Governors.—The 13.1 t Inst. at her father's boost In Aldgate. Jane, wife of Lieut,Colotici II Jones, Royal Inglosers--The 16th inst. Mr. David Anderson. jun. of Gray'r.iiin.laeoagid 27.—The Ilith inst. in Rockinghaen.row. New H ShePP4l : l l l s: Pin itAT 7ear LO 'l N N W "' IN N at I Y IR 6 I beI"I DGE 0-w:O.RofltthOeWl•ate_ a. 11. $ 1111 Afterooss . •. a. ...... 3 IdowDoit : hinted sad rablisbed by Josm 11irss, aftSlml 11144 " Orrice, N. 1, Pickett•plase, Temple VIA