Star. — London, England, 1831-04-04 00:00:00

11 1 I 11 • t , ; • r ,+} ; If ~~, 4. • ,~.~ , ~:`~ ~ i , ! , I di4: l4. 2V it ejit ."—' ... - -Q.7's . 7 ...,- ' 5....4: E• : -3,, n , - . 0i—....-- ii ...- ••.\ ,--- ..i.. "i-li i AA; A n r THE BRITISH -,-.- .--' 2I . A. > F. M I , I it F. ;,:z.nc;;A: ____,,,„—__. CALEDONIAN MERCURY, M A Heti 31. BOROUGHS OF WRY3IOUTII AND SIELCOMBE REGIS, AND SIR EDWARD SUGDRN. On the arrival of the list of the majority and minority in the late important division in the House of Commons, on Saturday last, we tweed with some curiosity, although not with much doubt, to the votes for the above boroughs, and tolind them thus divided : For the second reading of the bill, T. F. Buxton.— Against it, John Gordon, Sir Edward Sugden, and Mas terton Ure. Three to one against it. This is just as might he expected. These boroughs have, ever since the time of the cele brated Bubb Doddington, who was ennobled by the title of Lord Melcombe, been famous in Parliamentary annals for their venality and comption. They originally be longed to the famous Pultenev, Earl of Bath, and came, we believe, by the marriage of the heiress of his title and . stt.tes, into the possession of the Scottish family of John stone of Westerhall. The late Sir John Lowther Johnstone, Bart. who was possessed of property within these boroughs that gave him the entire controul of the election of the four Members, besides large estates in Scotland, America, and the West Indies, died in December 1811, leaving a widow, an only son, then an infant, and two daughters. Pre viously to his death, he executed various deeds of settle ment of his estates and affairs in trust, and appointed the late Lord Alloway and Mr. Masterton Ure, W. S. trustees upon his estates, and tutors and curators to his children. These gentlemen accepted the trusts, entered into the whole possession and management of the estates and effects of the deceased Baronet, and exercised the political influence at tached to the Weymouth property in returning members of Parliament; as one of these members, Mr. Masterton Ure has sat in the house ever since. They continued to act in that capacity till 1825, when the young baronet, Sir F. George Johnstone, attained his 14th year, and legal pro ceedings were instituted both in Scotland and in England, the results of which were, that Lord Alloway retired from the trust and guardianship, and that Colonel John Gordon of Cluny, the brother of Lady Johnstone, and consequently ma ternal uncle to the minor, was appointed by the Court of Chancery, in his room. The transactions which have taken place since that period are so curious, and afford so complete an insight into the lien Litany of the rotten borough system and the purposes to a IM•11 it is generally applied, that we consider we are only doing an act of public duty in giving them publicity. It may I:e as well to state, that for the extraordinary disclosure of '• the secrets of the prison house" we are indebted to some jailicial proceedings which were commenced last year before the Court of Session, but it is said have been since quashed he circumstances are briefly these : From the moment of his appointment by the Court of Chancery to be guardian and trustee to Sir Frederick John stone, Colonel Gordon appears to have been anxious to en gross in his own hands the entire exercise of his nephew's Parliamentary influence, with a view not only to his own return as one of the members, but for other ultimate pur poses, on which we are not called to give an opinion.— Being a man of large landed estate and considerable wealth, as well as of considerable ambition, he has been desirous for a long time past of getting himself elevated to the peerage, and with a view to this object, and to maintain his influence, a scat in parliament became indispensable to him ; and it was not long ere he obtained one as one of the representatives for Weymouth. Colonel Gordon, it would appear, em ployed a Mr. J. J. Fraser, W. S. to act for him as his agent in the transactions connected witn the Johnstone trust and this borough. Some misunderstanding having arisen between these two parties, led to the judicial proceedings above alluded to, and among others, a a:mttons was raised in the month of September last, at the instance of Mr. Fraser against Colonel Gordon for a sum of money, a balance alleged to be due to him for his agency. This summons was printed by Mr. Fraser, and various copies have lately been in circulation. One of these has fallen into our bands, and we shall give a few extracts from it, for the benefit of the public. It consists chiefly of a series of 'Letters, the authenticity of which, we presume, will not be called in question, and it is upon these letters that the importance of the case in a public point of view chiefly turns. We have nothing to do with any question a• srisin out of this judicial proceeding between Mr. Fraser and Colonel Gordon, nor shall we say one word to the pre police of the plias of either of these parties. But the sum ii ens to which we alluded having been made public, we see UV : rason for refraining to notice what is there set forth. In the proceedings in Chancely which Col. Gordon insti- Liteti fur the purpose of getting himself appointed trustee and guardian to hi. nephew, Mr. Sugden was g enerally re- I .fined as his counsel, a circumstance which probably led to Il.e subsequent connection between the parties. At the ge neral electien in 1826, Col. Gordon was returned as one of Om four members for Weymouth. In 1828, on the eleva tion of the Right Hon. Thomas Wallace, another of the members. to the peerage, his seat became vacant, and was contested by Major Weyland, the second husband of Lady Johnstone, and C'ol. Gordon's own brother-in-law, and Mr. Sugden. The latter was with much di ffi culty elected Rod •:-. • returned. Mr. Fraser does not inform us on what interest Ni r. Sugden stood, nor by whose influence he was returned at this first election. But it comes out afterwards, as it were incidentally, that Colonel Gordon, through Mr. Fraser, paid the expenses' ; and the reimbursement of them, or a portion of them, seems to have been subsequently the "abject of a good deal of chaffering on the part of Mr. Sug den. " Thereafter," to use the words of our autho rity, " as the said E. B. Sugden was in a state of great in security with regard to his future representation of the said boroughs, and as the influence of the said John Gordon therein had by this time increased very much, the following proposal was made to the said E. B. Sugden :.- --' Lieut.-Col. Gordon offers to return Mr. Sugden, free of expense, for Weymouth, so long as he may require a seat, Mr. Sugden allowing Colonel Gordon to sell two of the three remaining seats ; he also, with Lords Grantham and Goderich, will use his best endeavours to obtain a peerage for Lieutenant- Colonel Guidon; Mr. Weyland to be excluded from the borough.' " This offer appears to have been made in con nection with the purchase of some political properties at Weymouth of considerable value, which Colonel G. was then desirous of making ; but which there were objections to his 'tame uppeating as the sole purchaser of. This we gather from l'ilr. Sogilen's own memorandum of the agree ment, which he drew up, in consequence of this offer : " Colonel G. is to buy of Messrs. Ilennir. and Horsford their freeholds, and the conveyance is to b e i taken in the joint names of Colonel G. mid Mr. S. as purchasers, but Mr. S. is to hold as a trustee only for Colonel G. Mr. S. is to be i eturned free from expellee, so long as he requires a seat, and the other seats are to be disposed of as Colonel Gordon thinks proper.—E. 13. S." The object and effect of the device of vesting the property in the joint names of Col. Gordon and Mr. Sugden wore Tbis is clear, not only from what is mentioned in the text, but from a passage in Colonel G.'s letter to NI r. Fraser of 11th of May, 1830, " Why the elections of 18211 and 1829 are introduced into the Colmel's accounts are more than he lovers ! t ' There was no other election at both these times but Mr. Sugden's. 'll l . (according to Mr Fraser) to create double votes to increase tho political influence arising from the purchase, and to complete Colonel Gordon's ascendancy views over the borough. We omitted to mention that the stipulation about the peerage was forborne to be mentioned, but the promise of obtaping it was confided to Mr. Sugden's honour. After some farther intermediate negotiation which was carried on by Mr. Sugden, this arrange ment was finally carried into effect, as appears by the following minute of agreement drawn up by Mr. Sugden : —" Lincoln's Inn, 6th of December, 1828-1 hereby declare, that the purchase made in Weymouth of Messrs. Henning and Horeford, was, although concluded in the joint names of Colonel Gordon and myself, made for him solely, and the 21,0001. was his money, and I am a trustee for him, but I am to have the benefit of my seat, according to the arrangement between Mr. Fraser, on the part of Col. Gordon and myself.—Enwn. B. Sua DEN. The 10,5001.' paid into my account at Hoare 's is the money of Col. G.— E. B. S. 2,0001. to pay off old bills, to be paid by Mr. S. on or before general election if he is returned. If he retire, and another person is returned fur his sent, he to pay the 2,0001. or only 1,0001. if Mr. S. is returned before general election." These purchases, however, could not be carried on so se cretly but that they got wind in various quarters before they were completed. A letter from Mr. Sugden to Mr. Fraser, dated September 4th, 1828, mentions his having received a letter from Mr. Henning, one of the sellers, in which he says, " you will be somewhat surprised to hear that let ters have been received from Scotland, stating that Colonel Gordon is the sole purchaser of the freehold. It has excited considerable feeling here, (at Weymouth)." As there ap peared to be danger of an ultimate collision between the in-i terests in the boroughs (that is, between the interests of Colonel Gordon, and his nephew, Sir Frederick Johnstone), Mr. Suallen recommended the step of gaining over Mr. Mas- , tenon Ure, the other trustee, and " attaching him to us;" a proposal was accordingly made to Mr. U. which he declined to accede to. It appears from a letter of Colonel Gordon to his agent, dated the 17th of Dec. 1828, that! bis sister Lady Johnstone had written to the steward of the trustees at Weymouth, stating that " his (Colonel Gordon's) conduct had plainly proved that he had no wish but to gra tify his own ambitious views," a statement which he regards as a calumny, and desires to know if it is not actionable. Finally, Alderman Bower of Weymouth " made vehement complaints in writing at this period, that the said John Gordon had unfairly and illegally supplanted his nephew (Sir F. G. Johnstone) in the said boroughs." These com plaints were communicated to Mr. Sugden by Mr. Fraser, to whom he wrote the following letter:—" Lincoln's Inn, 23d January, 1829.—My dear Sir, It seems hardly possible to avoid answering Bower's letter ; but it cannot be j too general. On the other side I have sketched what suggests itself to me. Ido not think it advisable to apply to Mr. Gilbert Stewart, for reasons which it would be useless to detail in a letter. I advise you not to show any eagerness to purchase either Buxton's or Wels ford's. I um, &c. Etlwd. B. Sugden." The sketch of the letter to Alderman Bower annexed is in these terms— " That his long letter scarcely admits of a reply ; but Col. Gordon has no doubt that the step taken by him will secure, instead of weakening the interest of the family. Mr. Sugden is not likely to want the seat for a long period ; and he (Colonel Gordon) will always be ready to purchase ', his interest n hen he no longer requires it ; and he (Col. G.) ' 1 has no reason to suppose that the interest of his nephew and himself will lead to any disunion between them." In 1829, Mr. now Sir Edward Sugden, was appointed Solicitor- General ; and, conformably to the agreement before men tioned, he was, on vacating his seat, again returned by Colonel Gordon, free of expence. After some time, Colonel Gordon, finding that there was no appearance of that coronet encircling his brows for which they had been so long aching, or, to adopt the precise language of our authority, " the said E. B. Sugden not having obtained a peerage for the said John Gordon within the stipulated pe riod, a serious altercation arose between hint and the said J. Gordon, who complained that he had been deceived by the said Sir E. B. Sugden." In this state of matters, Sir E. Sugden wrote the following letter to Mr. Fraser :—" House of Commons, Thursday morning—Col. Gordon asserts that you never communicated to him the arrangement signed by you and myself regarding Weymouth. This, indeed, is directly contrary to his own letters in my possession ! But lie goes still farther, and says, that you misrepresented the matter to him. This has placed me in an unpleasant situa tion ; and I call upon you, as a gentleman, to state distinctly how the fact really is, and to furnish me with any evidence in your power, to shew that all the facts were fully commu nicated to him. 1 am, &c. Edward B. S ud d en. " _ _ This is the last of these interesting documents which oc curs in this curious production. One thing appears suffi ciently clear, if any faith is to be attached to them, that Sir Edward Sugden, his Majesty's Solicitor General, was, im mediately after his appointment to that high office, returned to Parliament under certain engagements, which it is to be hoped are not usually entered into by the high legal func tionaries of the Crown. It will be recollected• that one of the libels for which Mr. Alexander was prosecuted by Lord Lyndhurst, then Lord Chancellor, was for asserting or in sinuating that Sir Edward Sugden had paid him ',OOOl. for procuring him his appointment. Nobody believed the story at the time ; but if any doubt remained about it, it would be intirely dispelled by the evidence which these pa pers afford of the money-loving (or rather money-saving) propensities of the learned member for Weymouth. On the transactions which have occurred since that time a veil of mystery is thrown, which it is out of our power to remove. We take it for granted, that as Sir Edward Sug den was returned for the third time fur Weymouth at the last general election, the parties must hare come to a better understanding than existed at the time at which Mr. Fraser's " Summovs' breaks off. If Col. John Gerdon's long. che rished hopes of being hailed as the " Thane of Cluny" rest on the chances of Mr. Ex-Solicitor-Gen. Sugden being raised to the woolsack, we fear they will be disappointed. hitherto the latter astute and learned personage has had much the best of the bargain. But the reform bill is a death blow of another kind, and we can easily conceive the rage and mor tification which must swell the bosoms of those who have dabbled so deeply in this dirty, immoral, and degrading spe cies of property, at the prospect of its utter annihilation. There are some parts of these transactions on which we will not trust ourselves to say one word ; they will present themselves naturally to every one. The public will now be I at no loss to understand the reasons for the strenuous oppo sition given to the reform bill by the honourable and learned Ex-Solicitor-General, and appreciate them accordingly. I The magistrates of MusseMing') have set an example of liberality and good feeling, which magistrates in general should wisely imitate. When the news arrived of ministers having carried the second reading of the Reform Bill, they immediately set the town bell a ringing, and in the most handsome manner answered the wishes of the inhabitants by authorising an illumination, which took place last night. HAW ICN. MARCH 23.—The town of Hawick is m such a state to day as the oldest man living never witnessed, in consequence of the ar rival of the news of the second reading of the parliamentary reform hill being carried—the streets crowded from one end to the other, bands of music parading the town, corporations, Gags, ringing of bells, &c. ex. ceetling any thing ever seen here. There is a large fire just lighting at the market place. Every eye beams joy, and everyone appeared happy, shouting and exclaiming, " King William, the reformer, for ever." His 3lajtsty's Min;sters for ever," &c. &c. How different the, scene 7 r compared with what took place a few evenings ago, when the populace carried round the town the effigies of Sir W. Rae and Mr. Dundas, and burned them at the cross ; the former, u was labelled, foe " telling a lie in the House of Commons on the Scots," and the latter for "barter ing away the public money." ILLUMINATI ON— RIOT. Monday evening this city was pretty generally illuminated, in cele bration of the second reading of the Reform Bill; and on that occasion the Edinburgh mobocracy folly sustained its character, u the most recklessly mischievous, and wantonly wicked, of all mobs in all coun tries or cities on the face of the earth: The illumination commenced between seven and eight o'clock in the evening; and about an hour after, several small corps of young blackguards, who had previously filled their pockets with stones, from road-metal easily to be procured in the vicinity, paraded the principal streets, chiefly in the New Town, dealing destruction as they went to all windows not lighted up, and to many which were lighted, but which did not display a number of can dles sufficient to satisfy the mobocracy that the proprietor. were hearty in the cause. As we stated on Monday morning, there appeared to exist consider able doubts as to whether there was to be an illumination or not that evening; but in the forenoon preparations were observed in various windows in the High Street and throughout the town. Still many were undecided as to what they should do, and many delayed their prepare. lons in the hope that an order either for or against the measure would have been issued by the public authorities, and well knowing from for mer experience that a partial lighting up of the windows would be only an invitation to mischief on the part of the mob. About three o'clock, the Magistrates and Sheriff, who, we under stand, had been in consultation on the subject from an early hour, had a plaerrd printed recommending the public " to delay any illumination on the subje ct of the reform bill, until it should have passed and be mum a law. . We had the substance of this notice prepared for our second edition, when it was recalled (before being issued), and we un derstood (half past three) that the authorities had then determined to take no step in the matter, but to leave the public to do as they chose. This second resolution, however, they afterwards saw cause to depart from, and, about an hour after, issued a handbill, recommending that the illumination should be generaL From the lateness of the hour, however, at which the resolution to illuminate at Edinburgh was taken, many inhabitants of the suburbs and more distant parts of the New Town had no knowledge of it ; else we have no doubt the illumination would have been universal. The greater part of the Old Town, however, was, considering the abort no tice, brilliantly illuminated, and in the New Town all who knew of the recommendation, and could provide themselves with the means, hurried lights into their windows. The following devices in variegated lamps attracted chief notice : In the New Town—Waterloo Place, the General Post Office, a crown and two stars; the Stamp Office ' W. R. surmounted by a crown ; Messrs. Hallam and Company's Tea Warehouse, a brilliant star ; Mr. Brown's China Warehouse, " The King and the Constitu tion ; " Ramplin's Royal Saloon, a crown. Prince's-street—Theatre Royal, an elegant star ; North British Fire Office, W. IV. R. surmounted by a crown, with a star on each side. George.street—The Scottish Union Insurance Office, W. R. with a crown and star. In the Oh! Town—Merchants' Hall, transparency, his Mllajesiy crowned by liberty, the glorious 302,' the bill, the whole bill, and Nothing but the bill' The Weekly Journal office a crown, M'. 11. IV. and two diamonds. At Mr, Scott's medical baths in Antigua-street, first window, a transparency of his Majesty, with ' The King, God bless him'— Middle window, transparency of a ship (the vessel of the State) in dis tress, with the sea breaking over her, with the Borough Rocks to lee ward, and a monstrous rock called The Debt,' tight a-bead, and a ffgure sitting upon one of the Borough Rocks, representing the Duke of Wellington washed overboard, for whom a boat had been sent off, by the new pilot, Earl Grey. Third window, transparency of the harbour of • Reform,' with • Earl Grey for ever,' and at the bottom, • the Pilot that weathers the rocks.' This was extremely admired, amid the'crowils in passing repeatedly cheered for the King, God bless him :and for Earl Grey, and afterwards for the' Old Lawyer'. and the 111edieal Baths.' Tice streets were crowded with people of all ranks, and both sexes, admiring the fine officer of an illumination of Edinburgh ; but. an hour after it commenced, little bands of blackguard boys and half-grown men commenced the work of destruction. They began with parading an effigy of the City Member along the bridges, and up to the cross, where the fire being set to it, it was carried blazing down the High street, amid the shouts and laughter of the multitude. The depreda tors then perambulated the new town, breaking glass as they went ; in one or two Odes, men whose appearance would indicate better things, were observed encouraging the rioters in their work. A paper of yesterday publishes the following(from a correspondent) as a list of nearly all the individuals in the New Town, whose windows have been seriously injured: Altercromhy Place.—Mr. Bonar, of Kimmerghame ; Mr. Trotter, late Provost ; No. 12 ; Mackintosh's Hotel ; Dir. J. Morrison, W.S ; Hotel, No. 25 ; Professor Russell ; Mr. Syme, painter. Heriot Row.-111r. Russell, advocate, Mr. Jas. Mackenzie, W.S; Mrs. Cay ; Dr. George Wood; Mr. Fergusson, principal Clerk of See sion ; Sir Robert Dundas, Bart. Mrs. James Weddetbum • Mr. Pur. die; Mrs. Colonel Hutchinson ; the Rev. Mr. Alison; a nd Nos. 20, 42, 45, and 46. Moray Place.—Falconer's Hotel, late Mr. Stewart of Munn's, fifteen plate glass panes broken • Lord Advocate's but the moment the crowd discovered their mistake in attacking the Lord Advocate's win. dows, they gave three cheers for his Lordship, and passed onwards ; Mrs. Oswald of Dunnikier ; Major Cunningham; Baron Hume; Mr. ' Staddart, advocate ; and Nos. 9, 10, 21, and 22. Queen Street and Albyn Place.—. Mr. Hugh Tod, W. 8; Doctor David Hay, surgeon ; Mr. Blackburn, of Killearn ; Earl of We myu ; Mr. ` John Bowie, W.S; Mr. Jo h n A. Campbell, W.S; and several others. Charlotte Square—Lord Cringletie ; Mr. Francis Carteret Scott. George Sueet—Mr. C. B. Scott, W. S. Lord Craigie, Sir James Hall, Bart. Mr. James Rose, W. & Mr. Stewart, accountant, True tees' Office, Mr. Campbell of Fairfield, Messrs. Walker, Richardson, and Melville, W. S. Mitchell and Heriot, haberdashers. St. Andrew's Square—Mr. G. Innes of Stow, Mr. George Bell, sur geon, Mr. Joseph Bell. surgeon, Mrs. J. K. Ca mpbell, Dr. Hamilton, senior, Sirs. Forbes, Mr. Boswell, advocate, Scottish Widows' Fund Office, Mr. Gordon of Cluny, N. P. Dougla s's Hotel. Mr. Tuwse, solicitor, York - place; Mr. John Kermack, W. S. Pic cardy-place ; Mr. Alexander Allen, W. S. Leopold-place ; Mr Fin layson, V.'. S. do; Mrs Kincaid Mackenzie Gayfield-square ; Mr. T. E. Alacritchie ' W. S. do ; Mr. J. Wyld, lioyal.terrace ; Mr. Ryrie, do ; Mr. Neill, ar chitect, do. Prince's-street—Mrs. Home Drumtnond ; Mr. Donaldson, W. 8 ; Lady Mary Clark; Mrs. Key; Mr. Fraser Tytler ; Mr. 51unto ; Lieut.-Col. Martin. Mattlaud.nreet and Shadwick.place—Urquhart and Co; Mr. James Law, Si. S ; Mr. W. Keit . ; Rey. T. H. Jones ; Dr. Mackenzie ; Miss Stewart. Mr. A. Thomson, W. S. North Frederick-street; Mr Pitcsirn, sur geon, North Caule.street ; Mr. Craigie, do. Athole Crescent—Mr. James Tytler, W. S ; Mr. Dundu, of Anis ton ; Mr. A Cockburn, wine-merchant; Mr. D. Horne, W. S. Mr. J. Henderson, Coates Crescent ; Mr. Henderson, ditto; Mr. Leveson 1). Stevan, Walker-street ; Mr. Rose, Commissioner of Excise, do. Melville-street— Irs.Bonar of Ratho ; Mr.W.Bonar. ; Mrs. Smith ; Lieutenant-Colonel Tytler; Mr. A. Watson, W. S. Mr. T. A. Duff, advocate. _ A correspondent of the paper says, About half-past ten I was witness to the most shameful destruction of property in Shandwick-place, land -street, Coates crescent, and Athole crescent, that I believe ever occurred in any town governed by what is called civic authority, anti this by a rabble of which nine tenths were boys. Some persons cer tainly, in the different streets, did almost court the fury of the mobility, for many had neither candles nor flambeaux, which used formerly to protect houses where there were invalids, were contemned—not only that, but the porters and chairmen who held them in their hands were disgracefully maltreated, beaten, knocked down—the torches wrested from them, arid, in one instance, a poor fellow, actuated with the true Highland resolution of not giving up his post, was actually thrown over the railings into the Prince's street gardens. I was an eye witness to one disgraceful assault on a porter, and was assaulted myself for at tempting his rescue, and had twenty-four panes of glass in my house broken, which, over and above torches, had candles in the windows. The town of Leith was brilliantly illuminated on Tuesday evening, but matters were better managed in the vassal than in the superior state. Numerousapplications having been made to the Magistrates on Alon_ day, that body very properly recommended a day's delay, in order that every one might be prepared, 'and thereby no one left in the dark. —Some very fine devices were Displayed in front of the different public offices and buildings: amongst these we noticed the Trinity House, with W. IV. R. in very large characters, and a crown with an anchor immediately beneath ; the Old Shipping Company's smack Walter Scott, Captain Tulloch ; the Edinburgh and Leith Company's smack Trusty, Captain Anderson ; and the Edin burgh, Leith, and Glasgow Company's smack Forth, Captain Sanderson, were brilliantly illuminated with lanterns hung from the rigg ing t the latter had a handsome design of variegated lamps in front of their office, W. IL and an anchor in the middle. The house of Mr. Wisbut, the Senior Magistrate, the Leith Bank, the National Bank, and the town Hall, were beautifully illuminated with designs of variegated lamps; and the ships in the Wet Docks were mostly lig hted, Which had a very imposing effect. The device in front of the Town Hall was " Persevere," the motto of the corporation, in variegated lamps, which had an imposing effect, and was particul arly appropriate for the occasion. Eight flags were displayed, one from each window of the Trades Hall; and a device was io one of the windows—his Majesty in an Admiral's uniform, and a ship crowded with fat rats, under his feet the emphatic words tefonn Bill. In the Eirkgate. a device was exhibited, on which was inscribed_ Huzzah for our Sailor King ! Huzzah for his gallant crew ! Huzzah for the Member to Leith ! Huzzah for the Bonnets of Blue! !ALBS This elicited numberless "hums" from the passing crowds, and in Charlotte-street. another device, "To our patriotic King, his ii. beral Ministers, and the independent 302." The bellb rrng a merry peal during the evening, and all was joy, festivity, and Koo d humour. Dalkcith wu partially illuminated on Monday evening, a nd tho . e who did not chute to comply with the expressed wish to do so, we re visited as in Edinburgh, with the vengeance of the mob. Two can loads of glass went out from hence on Tuesday to repair the damage. A WHALE IN THE FIRTH.—II war formerly mentioned that & 1102 e whale, a very unwelcome visitor, had arrived in the Firth, to the g hat uneasiness of the fishermen on the various 'tattoos. Owing to some al. leged nicety or technicality in the law, the fishermen were doubtful that though they killed and captured the fish, how far their right of proper ty extended, and hence, though worth 6001. it was allowed to ro an , about, destroy their nets, endanger their lives, and devour the herrings by cranes at a gulp, with perfect impunity. Mr. Farnie ' residi ng T,; Bumtisland, a spirited and enterprising merchant, who takes a deep Interest in the whale fishing, resolved to kill and seize this intruder, b e the consequences what they might. On Friday last, he got a bo at manned with fearless and experienced hands, well provided with har. poons, lances, and lines, and off he sailed in search of the fish. It was soon discovered; the men approaching with caution, the harpooner was at his po.t, he threw his deadly weapon, and off went the fish with the usual velocity. While the men were rejoicing at their success, the n ix . poon unfortunately drew, as it is called by the trade, and the fish escaped, and has not since been seen. Dinazawrowsuraz.—At a meeting of the Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply for this county, there was majority of eleven opposed to the reform bill 7. - : SHERIFF'S COURT, RED LION-SQUARE, APRIL 2. lIMAIIMIIII latll/1 V. /WHOA XORMIZA. This was an action against the Defendant, who is a pawnbroker in the Edgware-road, for the injury which Plaintiff had sustained by being imprisoned for two nights and days on a false charge of having uttered forged notes. Judgment went by default. Plaintiff, who was a miller, and had been unfortunate in business, (received a present of 601. from an uncle in Yarmouth. On the 15th of January he went to the Defendant's shop to redeem some articles which he had pawned, and then offered a 101. Yarmouth note. Defendant said it was a barber's flash note. Plaintiff then offered a 101. Bank of England note, which plaintiff said was likewise a flash note. A policeman was sent for, into whose charge the plaintiff was given for uttering forged notes. He had no friends, nor had any re. freshment till the next morning, when he was conveyed to Marylebone and discharged. On the part of the defendant, evidence was put in to show that the plaintiff had frequently pawned articles of small value that he had not been known to have been in possession of such a large sum for some time, and that there were, therefore, some grounds for suspicion that the notes were forged. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the Plain. tiff—Damages, Seventy Pounds. POLICE REPORT 3. MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday, a man named George flan. nah, was charged before Mr. Alderman Cowan, who sat for the Lord Mayor, with having robbed the Hon. Mr. Stanhope, the nephew of the Earl of Harrington. of two 51. notes, and a check for 81. 18s. Mr. Stan hope dined at Blackwell on Sunday, and returned at night in the dickey of one of the stage coaches. There were persona sitting near him. On arriving in town he perceived his coat pocket was cut at the side, and his purse, containing the property above stated, taken out. The notes were instantly stopped at the Bank, and the next morning one of them was paid in by a publican named Draper, who stated, that the prisoner, who is well known to him, brought him the note for change, which he did not hesitate to give. The prisoner said that he had re ceived it in payment tor two dozen pair of shoes which he had sold to a man named Jacobs, whom he was in the habit of dealing with. He, however, did not know where Jacobs lived, but said he would be able to prove that he was above suspicion. He wasremanded till Wednesday. Mr. Cope, the Marshal, said that probably the complainant's poc ket was cut by somebody who hung behind the coach, and that many robberies were committed in that way. BIAM.BOROUGH-STRlET.—Elizabeth Flint, cook in the family of Sir George Tuthill, in Cavendish-square, was charged on suspicion of stealing 721. belonging to her master. It appeared that, far a con. siderable time past, the housekeeper had, at various times, handed over to the prisoner direr; sums of money to discharge the bills which were due to different tradesmen ; but, instead of doing which, she left them unpaid, and appropriated the money to her own use. This. it appears,was discovered by one of the tradesmen inclosing his account to her ladyship ; and on inquiries being instituted, it was ascertained that a mintber of others were left undischarged. The prisoner was consequetly taken into custody, and brought to this office, when she was remanded till Wed nesday next. Since the above examination took place, we have been given to understand, that it has been ascertained that tradesmens' bills to the amount of 2001. have not been discharged, the money to settle which had been at various times duly handed over by Sir George. QUEEN•SQUARE.—Henry Calvert, formerly under butler to the Right Hon. Michael Angelo Taylor, was charged with assaulting his late master, and using threatening language. Mr. Taylor stated that he was compelled to discharge the prisoner on account of the violence of his temper. He met him as he was coming from chapel the Preceding day, and because he had given a gentleman a ' true character of his temper, he threatened him, at the same time collar ing him, and insisted on his giving him a better character.—The pri. soner was held to bail. Mary Smith and Eliza Collins were remanded, charged with robbing a musician, named Henry Koinde, of two 5L Bank of England notes, and four sovereigns. WOASHIPSTREZTOSer Smith was charged with robbing Mr. Miller, of the Blue Posts, in armer- J ose Oxford-street. On the B.h of February, 51r. Millet, on his return from the Bank, was knocked down at the corner of N orthampton.street, Clerkenwell, and robbed of three 101. and one 51. notes. One of the 101. notes was changed on the same evening by three men, of whom the prisoner was one, at Mr. Turner's, the Ship, in Cock-lane, Shoreditch, in which lane the prisoner resided, and sold shell-fish. He had. however, been missing until very lately.—The prisoner was remanded. Jentima Fitzpatrick, a charwoman; was examined on suspicion of being concerned in the death of an old man, named John Davey, by poison, who was a witness against a man named Burgin, accused of a felony. The deceased lodged at No. 7. New-street, St. Luke's, and the prisoner attended upon him. There were many circumstances of sus picion, but nothing which at present could be depended upon. 8s e was remanded, in order that the Coroner should summon an inquest on the body. Aldt The 2d inst. Mr. J. Cawood, of University.strtet, London Univer. sky, solicitor, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. R. Hors 1, Camden Town—The 2d inst. at Evesham, W. Merry, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn. fields, son of W. Merry, Esq. late Deputy Secretary at War, to Eli:. Mary, eldest daughter of W. Byrch, Esq. of the former place—At St. Margaret's, Westminster, the 31st ult. R. F.sq. M.ll. Nlember of the Royal Colleg: of Surgeons, London, to Eleanor, third daughter of the late Mr. I). Watson, of Whitehall. DIED. The 2d inst. at Eccicston-street, Pimlico, after a long and painful ill ness, 31r. D. Ilawes, in his 70th year—The 31st ult. E. R. Becha, fifth son of Colonel and 3lrs. 13echer, aged 16—At Richmond, 31rt ult. Mr. John Little, aged 86—The 2d inst. in the Blst year of her age, Mts. Strahan, relictof the late ILA'. Dr. otrahan, Prebendary of Ro chester, and Vicar of Islington. CORN-EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. There is a brisk demand for English Wheat today, and the beet sam ples have obtained 2s per quarter above our last prices ; inferior cane are also somewhat dearer. Barley is brisk in sale ' and Is per qr higher. Oats fully support our last quotattions. Beans and Peas remain steady. We have no alteration in the price of Flour. Whest.new,Kent, Essex 74. Ws Peas. Grey . 36s 401 Old . —s —s Beans Small . . 401 41s . Suffolk. (White) . 74. 784 Tick . 32s 31h Norfolk & Suff. (Red), Ms 726 Oats, Potatoe . 20s 31s Rye . 304 34. Poland . 24s 20s Barley. 31s 38s ..Fine 42s 48s Feed . . 22s 24s Peas, White . 40s 42s Flour, per sack, . . Otis Os Boilers . . 434 48s Rapeseed . sff36 £3B per last • ILRIVALI. i; , lil ,ii. ' 1 I , ll'heat, English (qrs.) - 2,1611 1 Barley, Foreign - Irish . - - O ats , E ng li s h Foreign . - - 21,9421 Irish Barley, English - - 1,401 Foreign - 2,322 Irish - - - --•• English Flour (sacks) 5.45 3 - 16.989 4,612 COAL-EXCHANGE—TiIIs DAY. Ships arrived during last month During the week DestWallsend, Newcastle, & Sunderland Coals.. 26s 6.1 a 28s Od Inferior sons Ships at )kirk -t, 249. SMITHFIRLD—THIS DAV. CATTLZ A? MAINSI : Beasts, 2.2o3—Sheep, 13,960 Pigs, 130—Ca!yea. SO. Beef •...... ds Oi to 44 8.1 I Pork Mutton .... ds 41 5s 0,1 Lamb .. Cs: 4d t 0 11 8d 7% 11 ' 4 Veal.. 5. 01 th Od Hay (per load), £2 15s. to £4 Os. Clover, £3 act* £5 ss. Straw, 81 16s. to £2 Os. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW• Morning -.moo Lownox : Printed and Published by JOHN IlaTuz, at the Seas Orrics, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar.