Star. — London, England, 1831-07-05 00:00:00

convinced that they would not rely en abroken reed. The only question, however, before the House, was 'the coo. locative safety of the three plats now suggested b y th e • . VAAOUS parties whose seaminess had iteM stated. (Ilea he .) .. who were for adhering to t The first was, that party 0 1 system; the next party was that•which was willing to grant a generous and satisfactory refoent ; slid the third i w as, that which was for granting an evasive and illusive re form. lie might ask who would no t sacrifice his time in an I inquiry whether or not it were good to peat the elective 1 franchise to the industrious inhabitants of a whole district,. or to confine it to those of a petty landlord ? The declare. ; ion of the late Minist r y was calculated to drive the people to despair ; for if consistent, they, and all who thought with them, must look upon reform •as a paddye evil, and they would probably attempt to fritter sway the de. tails of the measure. The question, however, was one ,f g ee; propilety. The opposite party. asserted that :here was danger in reform, whilst he maintained that t here was danger if there were none. But they looked o pe . o it as a sort of wit lateral question, never costal doingg that it had two sides. A great number of gentle. men were pleased to sly that there is danger in the Refonn Bill ; but did the thought never occur to then that there was danger in not reforming ? The measure was not so much one of reform as one of reconciliation—it was calm. lated to restore that harmony between alb; the constituent parts of the Constitution that had been broken up. The spirit of conciliation which pervaded the measure was its most important feature. By any niggardly reform the peo ple would believe themselves to be defrauded, and they would resent such an attempt more than they would any thing else. He might appeal to all history to confirm his assertion, that a late reform, or a reform refueed at the propidary moment, has caused the greatest convullions and agitations in this country. The Right Honourable Baronet opposite bad quoted a passage from Cicero, in a former debate on this subject, and had done hitn she honour to apply the passage to him ; but he could supply another from the same writer, which was opposite to his argument, in favour of a timely concession. The passage to which he had alluded was— ., Concessa plebi a patribas Jae intestate, arms cecidaunt restineta seditio, at inventum, at temperamentum, quo te naciores CUM piincipibus equari se putarhtt in quo uno fait dreads 'talus." It surely would not be urged that Cicero was a Roman Radical; but even he saw the necessity of making a concession to the people for the good' of nil, as was plainly seen in the last few words of the observa tion—" In quo uno fill' eivitatis salmi." (Hear, hear.) — lie did not quote Cicero on this occasion so much as an example, as he did to bear testimony to the justneu of their argument. The whole English history teemed with examples of the necessity of making concessions to the people ere it was too late. Nor was foreign history deficient in bearing testimony to the same fact. Charles the First, bad he acted with decision before he lost the confidence of his people—had he adhered to the petition for their rights, and abstained from attempting to raise money without consent of his parliament, might have closed his days and reign in peace. Did any one doubt of this, let them refer to the first volume of Clarendon, and see' what that statesman and his. torian relates. Did any one believe that if James the Second had respected the rights of his people, and had abstained from leading a foreign force against his own subjects, he might not have reigned tranquilly to the end of his days? The party who are opposed to this measure held out a revolution to be its consequence, but he rather inclined to predict that such an event would follow upon a refusal of reform. He was convinced that restraints would become necessarry on the people, who would be daily more discontented, and ultimatel y disaffected to wards Government; that scuffles would ensue between the Government and the people, and repeated shocks would ensue, which must end in he destruction of the British Constitution. The Constitution might perish in spite of reform, but it could never stand against a series of conflicts between the Government and the .?.. Is must perish when such a crisis came on, and = l a crisis was only to be prevented by some permanent and extensive measure like the present. When however, the friends of the bill made use of there arguments, they were charged by the opposite party with using menaces, and with endeavour ing to frighten them into an acquiescence. Now no such arguments were made use of by those who advocated the bill, though they were menaced with revolution upon its passing into a law : but then they had not two sets of weights and measures. He was decidedly of opinion that the reform of Parliament affords the most probable means of preset'. lag the Constitution. Again, it was said, that the settlement would not be final. But to this he might teply--What le final ? The same argument had been urged on the question of Catholic Emancipation ; and he trusted that his hon. and learned friend had used his, that night, to the same purpose and to the same effect; for it was then said, that so far from being final, it was only giving the Catholics a weapon of offence wherewith they would force further.— He had denied, and would deny, that there was any ebb. in the Catholics that could lead them to make such an andle denied that there was any thing in the people that could induce them to make each an effort. He could now appeal to experience, and ask any man whether Ireland was not now in a better condition than she had been before the posing of that measure ? It was now at the option of the House, whether to admit a body of their countrymen into their counsels, or to refuse them that boon. The recepion of the Bill by all classes proved its popularity. and the small number of opponents confirmed that fact.— He trusted he should not be accused of cowardice in depre. eating such an event as the rejection of the bill ; for- V* must own that when he looked at the country, end at the agitation that was likely to arise, if this powerful remedy were rejected, he could not but entreat them to consider well before they showed any Indisposition to tepee a trust in those from whom they derived their trust. Let him also warn them against the assertion of the doctrine tharpolitical privilege was property. He could not but recommend to the advocates of that doctrine to guard against its consequences ; because, in that case, property would become no more in violable than political privilege. He could not but imam them to silence the distinction between privilege and pro perty. in order that they may guard against the spoiler, and prevent him from obtaining from themselves a sanction for that plunder which, driving matters to extremity would lead him to commit. (Great cheers.). Mr. BRUCE would real the house to the real question, not whether they would have reform, but whether they I would have the bill now before than? (Hear.) He protested against the opponents of the present measure being called tie opponents of all reform ; they were for reforming all abuses and for extending the representation without doing sway with the benefit of corporate and municipal commune. tics, risking the permanent tranquillity of the country and destroying the constitution. (Hear.) They might secure this, but they must first reject the present rash and ill-digested bill, bolstered up by the sophistries of foolish declaimers. (Laughter.) He congratulated the house on the change with respect to the Privy Camellias and other corrections, which certainly no longer rendered it the bill, the whole bill, 1 and nothing but the bill, to which Honourable Gentle. men opposite said they were pledged. (Hear, hear.) It was still unwathy, however, of the sanction of the house. It threw the elective franchise into a class,neither so elevated as to be independent, nor so numerous as to be popular. Re. presentation should not be a medium between property and numbers, but a combination of both. He differed from the member for Preston, because his ( Mr. Hunt's) plan was to substitute for the artistocracy of wealth, nobility, and educe. don, the aristocracy of numbers, vulgarity, and ignorance. But then he was for depriving no class, not even the lowest, from a share in the representation, from such a share as se. cured to it an exemption from oppression. The present syr em drew no fixed line of demarcation i • it proscribed no class; it made no parias. You could not la y your hand on any one and say, you are a freeman, and you a bondsman. Hence the difference between the Continental snd the English poor. The bill was a flagrant violation of justice, because it sacrificed the vested rights of corporations. But political privileges were not property. At least they were so united, that one could not be abruptly swept away without injuring severely the other. (Heat.) It was not politic to exclude from that house all those who, from property, or habits. or connexions, formed a sort of lick between the lower and the upper house. He denied that the constitution had changed to the disadvantage of the popular rights ; the Peers W4lO less powerful than formerly. The peers demanded mere es be protected, than to be deprived of further influence. At. taehment to the constituted aristocracy was not confined to themselves. Should ever the people be goaded by a flagi tious press to raise a hand on their privileges, there would be found many a loyal man to fight, even to the death, in their cause. He entreated them not to substitute rash theo ries fir a constitution, the fruit of experience, which had been so long the blessing of their country, preserving the Ipublic liberties alike front the despotism of the individual, as from the licentiousness of the many. He denied that the people were unanimous In favour of the Bill. He was sc quainted more particularlywith the sentiments of the Scotch. The great farmers of Scotland were opposed to it, as being destructive of the good understanding between them and their landlords, and of the agricultural interests in general. The small farmers abhorred and detested it, because they would exeseise it soootft to the will of their sops rion. The proprietors of Soothmd saw in the Elia the prostration -of their inn:tsetse and , the holders. of the superioritiee saw in it the violation of their pteilerec, 1, held sacred wince the Union: The small borousha saw there was little difference between being aka c g th e i em rt:bfranchised and king condemned to form part of a minority. The counties i. was proposed to, many absolutely forbade tha laws. He admitted Scotland was now` unanimous In favour of a well-considered Reform, but that feeling was but of a year standing, and scarcely existed' when the late member for Edinburgh said there was no de sire fur Reform in Scotland, for which he bad become the object of so much obloquy. (Her, hear, bear.) He' would state at the proper time to the house what Reform rmukl satisfy the people of Scotland. They were told the ministers were unanimous in favour of the present bill. He would look at their former Acts. They were unanimous in the formation of a Committee on the Civil List—and unani. moos in rejecting the recommendation of that Committee.. unanimous in declarations In favour of rarenehment--and unanimous in retaining the present expenditure— unar imous in declarations in favour of nen.intaference—unanimous in interfering with the affairs of Belgium.—They were now unanimous in support of Reform—and they had unani mously in their favour all the radicals, and unbelievers and misbelievers. (Hear and laughter.) He hoped the House would oppose to all their unanimous contrivances the power kf Talton and a wine experience. (Hear.) • Mr. FERGUSON said it had been the understanding of the house that there should be ao discussion of the Scotch bill till It was brought before the house on the second reading. (Hear.) He could say for himself, 'ha. the people of Scot. land were almost unanimous in favour of the bill. (Hear.) It had been said the majority of members tome to the house pledged to support the bill, He wax in general no friend to pledges—ho had given none; but the present was an extreme case, in which the electors wen sat competent to judge as their 7.7rtatives, and were justified In demanding pledges. house was of opinion that the Constitution was to be restored, they could not allow Gaston. with five voters, to return two members to parliament, while Leede, Manchester, and such places, returned none. If rotten boroughs were allowed to remain, the liberties of the people could not be restored, for in that case no Minis. try could stand without the support of the proprietors of rotten boroughs. Nita Peers returned 64 Members, and it was said this was a part of the Constitution, and must be comlaned. The papa denied. that this was the Conatitu. non, and the discussion bad now been going on for 60 years. It was said a number of seats in that House should be sold in the market, and a number more filled by the nominee of Peers. Probably the Peers who returned Members were not so base as to alas in the seats. It was decided by law that men might be sent to the Miler/ for committing what was now called a precious part of the Coostitution.—(Her, bear.) There never could be peace in England till the people had the right of electing their reprasniatives restored to them ; and he felt confident the present was a conservative measure. Daring fifty years every sort of reform had been f r a tiosed to the house, and negatived, from the universal sy of the hon. member for Westminster to the proposal of t e noble lord for giving representatives to large towns ; and even when a borough was so convicted of corruption that some ri was allowed by all to be neeasary, the disgust of the p:O7. was completed by refusing to give the franchise to a large town. (Hear, hear.) The house front that moment lost the confidence of the people, and could not continue to any use ful purpose without Reform. (Hear.) No legislature could continue to legislate without the confidence of the people-- (lcer.) He was confident, large as the mesent reform was, lees would not now satisfy the people and be dunked the Ministers for proposing it. Au Hon. Member said. if that house spoke the sense of the people, the other two branches of the legislature would be useless he would ask, if that house was not to speak the sense of the people what sense was it to wet ? Mr. Dunce and Mr. Pitt lull bah said the house should be the express image of the people, and the principle continued the same, though the make had so widely departed from it. It was said the bill disfranchised in an unpr eced ented manner. In the reign of Henry the Sixth, however, an set was passed by which all were dis fr anchised who had not a fieshold of 40s. a.year, equal to 401. of the present money. (Hear.) No one could object to the extension of the fem. skies to large towns. His honourable fraud, the member ter Besoeghbridge, said, the connection between the re. presentative and his patron was of the most bonourable character, and he was confident every transaction in which his hon. Mend was concerned must be honourable; bet he could not cessider his boo. Mend an independent member, because if his hon. friend thought it necessary for the people's good to vote in opposition to his patroolot i Mon, be must then desert the people when most they his assistance. There was no danger to the Crown from the mmmt meaeures-owas it tote said there was any between the worthless monarch the French had expo and the pent Sovereign who filled the throne of this country.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The present bill was founded on the common law of England, which gave the righ t of voting to all persons paying scot and lot. present Bill would embrace all dames in Entl eni Tbe only persons disfranchised were non-resident all others were to have the right of election during their au. This was the first tins* the franchise was given to the loam. holders in counties, which, added to the additional county representation, gave the best security to the con stitution of the country. AU misfeetanse to the Go vernments of nations bad arisen from not coomding in time. Mr. Burke said, " If there be one proceeding which mere than all the rest distinguishes a wise from a weak administration, it was knowing when to yield," not to let slip the time when concession would be received with gra. titude. If this wise principle had bees acted on with the Catholic Emancipation Bill, Inland would now be grateful instead of resentful. He was confident the people were never more unanimous in fauna inquisition than they now are in favour of reform. (Hear.) Lad PORCHESTER said, if the present measure was to pass, it would leave but a remnant of our ancient oonci 'mints, and be should give it his unflinching opposition —(Hear hear.) He cold not admit that the people were so lianas was negated on the proposed sp:cific toe the defects of which they complained. (Hear, hear.) While the tights of voters were respected in large places in small places no friendly arm was raised for their prone ' non. (Hear. hear .) The constitution of England alone ' remains, while constitutions on its model, in Corsica, in Portugallend in Belgium, had disappeared. (Hear, hear.) They had formed legislatures of three estates all independent of each other. They adopted our constitution, not as it works in practice, but as it exists on paper. Not as it exists to-day, but as, unhappily, may exist to.morrow. (Hear.) The constitution of had been to a great extent me. tidied on ours, but never equalled it in practice. The Chamber of Deputies never expressed the steady sense of the French community, but changed with every gust of popular feeling. The consequence was, that the Bourbon dynasty was for ever gone. He did not mean to justify the Ordinsnces, bat le would say that the immense Parliamentary changes that took place were chiefly attributable to that uniformity of suffrage which existed in Fiance. and the absence of those pastier interests which ars supported by our borough system. The system of election there left the government dependant on the popu lar party. (Hear, bear .) Some years ago, the Government (name aware of the danger of a representation meting on a purely popular Election, and sought to eats. Wish a constituency composed of a higher and wealthier class of electors; and in this way to come closer to our system. (Hear.) With us, the greatest landed property attached to Boroughs was most usefully represented in that House; but this most useful representation they were now called upon madly to resign. (Hear, hear.) Peeling that the nomination borough system was deficient in theory, though it worked well in practice, he would have felt less meet had he seen any elements of strength in the present bill. (Hear, heal.) But if any person had axed himself to draw up a bill to remove some anomalies, and to create as many more, he would claw up the present bill. (Hear, hear, hear.) In Melton, four 'houseful electors were to return two Members in Blackburn, twenty thousand electors were to return but one Member. (Hear.) It Wall Impossible that the Bill could be fitaL While all the small boroughs were swept away, the substantial farmer who paid 1,0001.. t year, if a tenant at will, was left without a voce. If he bill contained no other fault but this, he should oppose it. However indulgent men might be to a system es tablished for ages, they would not tolerate anomalies of re cent creation, by a bill that professed reform. (Hear, bear.) How were the Colonies to be represented ? Was it by the unworthy system of virtual representation, which was dc. dared to be unfit for sufferance in this country. (Hear.) The Colonies would demand actual tepraastation, and who could tell its danger? (Hear.) The tight bon. gentleman oppo site (Sir James Mackintosh) argued that there would be no danger from the present measure, because it was supported by men of great worth and stake in the country; but it was so in the commencement of every revolution. In the corn. mencement of our civil wars—in the French revolution—and later, in the revolution of Spain ; bet in 00 case did . such a criiiies save the parties of the State. (Hear.) He was pet. featly tanideeit that whatevw sawilless were twirl to the state, there were heoeurabla =Ms opposed to the, resent Rill, who were ready to make nob soodel• ?—(1101, hear.) At present, any man who gave decided lime et West found his way into t hat House; but Aar that Rill should pass, none could come into it but by past wad*, w pee4tes i t s o . the passion* of the multi am's ...411w.) Lola, to tram which ocessiocally whited its eonsin—lo the lead of tender; which Ministers adedelei thermal we Mews—and to the pobability of war, let ague buoy tbeemelres up with the hope that the trade. of sedition would net Odd its her ' wet. It was said that there was to much disgotty is the I country, that he pewees= would always pest wei lasti. unions of the asseigy e bet Wm* in ordinary dams proper ty was seatrity, yet times might assay whew prejtertywdsid but operate us an Mamma to rleisues. They might hear every night the Issiangess of sedition delivered to nu. memos auditor% and reesived withihssw, while the most to. trod institutions of the wantry wen eesiild at. (Hear.) sr much did he love the people. that, if he were convinced the bill would do them benefit, he should eves risk the monarchy and the aristocracy in its support; but he could see nothing but danger in the storms and tempests to which it must e:. pine the State, and in the distance be could discover no friendly haven In which the ark of the constitution might find shelter. (Hear.) fdr.O. KNIGHT said the Ministers had never departed from their principles on the Important questioa of Parlia mentary Reform. (Hew.) The progress of tints will never cease to require improwntent.ead our forefathers could never mean to close the door against all necessary change. The present change, however dangerous it might appear to some, would in effect keep danger at a distance. There was danger intim state of Europe, and that was the men powerful reason for Improvement at home. (hear.) After the present Bill should pus, the people would be satisfied that their re presentatives were actfor their interest with sincerity-- ( Hear, hear.) His conviction was, that it would be prodee jive of benefit to all elegies of the people fond that England would again become the eumplend the admira tion of the world. (Hear, hear.) At twelve o'clock Mr. DUNDAS moved that the debate be adjourned. Apeod to. The report of the Committee on the Calms Act was brought up, as was also the report of the Committee of ' Supply, both of which were agreed to. The Cornfaetor's bill was read a tint time. _ _ The *the; orden of the day were thee disposed of, and the house adjourned at one o'clock. SURREY SESSIONS. TRIAL Or THE REV. ROBERT TAYLOR. Yesterday the Rev. Robert Taylor was indicted for blasphemy : there were seven counts in the in dictment, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. TH ES IG E ft, on the part of the prosecution, said that the doctrines promulgated by the defen dant, at the Rotunda, were of the most mischievous kind, tending to revile the Christian religion ; he quoted the portions of the discourses delivered by the defendant, and which formed the grounds of the indictment; and trusted that the jury would mark their sease of the offence, and stop the contagion which such opinions were calculated to dissemi nate amongst the community. Joseph Stevens, a short-hand writer, was present at the Rotunda on last Good Triday and also on Easter-Sunday, on each of which occasions he heard the defendant address the auditory, and took a verbatim account of what he said. The witness described that that portion of the Rotunda from which the defendant spoke was decorated with the paraphernalia used in the ceremony of the holy sacrament. The business of the evening com menced by a young man, who read an extract from Volney's Ruin of Empires, which he gave out as the first lesson for that evening's service; and after read ingextracts from the above work for half an hour, his place was taken by the defendant, who, dressed in the canonicals of a bishop, stood forward, and was loudly greeted by his audience. He then bowed to the persons present, and turning to a cross which was suspended over the platform, he also made an obeisance ; then placing his hands over his eyes, he affected to be in silent adoistion. In pronouncing the word " holy," the defendant repeated it several times in an ironical manner, which elicited great laughter from the audience. The witness under went a long cross-examination by the defendant, but did not vary from his evidence in chief. The defendant, in a written defence, which oc cupied nearly five hours in the delivery, deprecated in strong language the conduct of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, whi . ch society had insti tuted the present proceedings -against him. The society consisted chiefly of the clergy, who were determined, if they could, to crush him to the earth. They were a set of priests who were unable to controvert the tenets which he pro mulgated ; and as an instance of their ignorance, they were afraid to come forward and enter into theological discussion with him, be having given, a public challenge to the whole of the priests, and had that challenge placarded at the different col leges in this country, as well as on the Continent. Persons had endeavoured to throw obloquy on him, to traduce his character, and had given him the nick-name of the Devil's Chaplain, a name AWL was calculated to impress people with the nodes that he was either the Devil himself, or some emis sary of his. He had no more to do with his Satanic Majesty than other people ; but the name p'.ainly indicated the spirit of malevolence which ex isted against him. He denied that his dis courses were calculated to revile the Christian religion, and he declared that he had as high a ve neration for the beautiful and pathetic language of the Scriptures as any man upon the face of the earth. He concluded by trusting that the jury, by their verdict, would pronounce An acquittal, which he was entitled to, not one of the counts in the indictment having been sustained. The de fendant concluded his defence at half-put twelve o'Clock. The Chairman summed up the evidence, and the jury brought in a verdict of Guilty ; and the Court sentenced the defendant to be imprisoned two years in the County gaol ; to pay a fine of 2001. and enter into his own recognizance in the sum of 5001. for his good behaviour; and find two sureties of 250/. for the next five years. OLD DAILEY,'JuLy 4. STABBING A POLICE NA N .—John Cromie, aged about .50, was indicted for maliciously stab bing Thomas Fuller, a policeman, on the 26th of April, with the iuteut to murder, disable, or in another count to do him some grievous bodily harm. Thomas Fuller stated that he was on duty on the 2 4 2 d of April at Red Lion-street, Holborn. Had three or four times taken the prisoner into custody. The latter had repeatedly declared that he would be revenged on witness, saying to him, " You shall not be here long—l'll do for yon." Prisoner passed witness several times on the above day without saying any thing, but he subsequently be gan to abuse him. He came behind witness, and struck a knife into his left side. Witness felt him self wounded, and tried to get away, but the pri soner followed him, and struck him several other blows with the knife, at the time exclaiming, " I'll do for you ?" Witness drew his staff, and tried to defend himself; but the prisoner put one of his arms round witness, and continued .ftbbing him with the other hand, thereby wounding bim in the breast. Witness, after a severe struggle, released himself, and endeavoured to escape towards Hol born ; but the prisoner followed him, and stabbed him again in the back as he ran ; witness then staggered across the street, and fell front exhaus tion ; prisoner went down Holborn towards Gray's Inn ; witness was confined from his wounds for five weeks, and expected that he should lever be perfectly recovered. The prisoner was sober at the time. Mr. John Wood, surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, described the wounds. One was on the left side, between the fourth and fifth ribs, under the breast bone ; also two others, one lower down, and the other a slight one between the shoulders. The wound on the breast was a very dangerous one, as it penetrated the lungs. Considered his life to be in danger for about a fortnight or three weeks. The other wounds were not dangerous The prisoner, in defence, went into a statement of the number of masters he had worked for, and of the persecution which he appeared to think he had suffered, in being previously taken up by the pro *locator, adding that the latter had called him an old cuckold before his children, and had got him committed to prison for an assault. Witnesses were also called, who gave him a good character for hu manity. The Jury• returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his previous good character. PLURALITY OF HUSBANDS.—Charlotte Mar garet English was indicted for intermarrying with William Hands, her former husband, Michael English, being then alive. This case, from its singularity, created an uncommon degree of in terest. William Hands stated that he married the pri soner 20 years ago ; she bad borne him two chil dren, one of whom was at this time 17 years of age. About a year after he had been married to the prisoner, he heard that she had another hus band living ; he, however, made no enquiries about the matter, and 'continued to live with her. Did not think it a crime to live in a state of adultery. Did not know the real facts of the case until last week, when she prosecuted his sister for an assault. His object in wishing to get rid of the prisoner was not that he might be enabled to marry some other woman. The prisoner here interrupted the prosecutor. Sbe said that upon learning some time ago that her first husband, Bill English, was alive, she and the prosecutor " consulted the advice of a solicitor," who informed them that as so long an interval as fifteen years bad existed without any intercourse taking place between her and her first husband, that marriage had become invalid. A person of the name of Farley, who, it seemed, had promoted the prosecution, produced three cer tificates, one to prove the prisoner's marriage with English in 1798, another to prove her marriage with Hands in 1811, and a third to prove English died as late as 1822. Mr. Sergeant ARASIN said this was the most i singular cue he ever beard ; it was hard to say which was the most culpable person of the two then before the Court, the prosecutor or the prisoner. The prisoner here said that the prosecutor bad been cohabiting with another woman for the last five years, and he now wished to marry her, al though he must know by doing so that he would illegitimin the two lawful children which she her self had borne him. Mr. Sergeant AAASIN said that the prosecutor's intention of marrying again were pretty evident, but that circumstance did not in the slightest degree operate in her favour : the law, and the facts of the case, he was sorry to say, were against her. The Jury must find her guilty. The Jury consulted for a considerable time, and the Foreman at length, with great reluctance, pro nounced a verdict of Guilty. Mr. St - 41MA ARABIN said, that the smallest punishment that it was in ihe power of the Court to inflict should be awarded. The prisoner should be immediately discharged upon paying a fine of Is. to the King. Loud plaudits followed this sentence, and it was a considerable time before the Court could again resume its business. The Court in strong terms animadverted upon the conduct of the prosecutor and his companion Farley, and refused to grant them their expenses. This caused another tremen -1 dons bunt of applause, and clapping of hands. POLICE REPORTS. BOW-ST St lEET.—Yesterday Henry WilliarmLloyd, a well-dressed boy, only 11 years of age, was charged with stealing four gold seals in the shop of Mr. Widdowsoo, a jeweller, in Fleet-street ; and William Cropley, an old man, and William Carter, another lad, were charged with receiving the seals with a guilty knowledge. The prisoner Lloyd went into the prosecutor's shop on Saturday morning and said he wanted to purchase a seal, and a trsyof seals was sbewnhim,from which he selected one, the price was 38s. He said he had only 30s. about him, and went away, saying he would call again with the full amount. In a few minutes after he cilia gone four seals, value 61. were missed from the tray, and information being given at the Station House, Covent Garden, Mr. Thomas, the Superintendent of Police, went to a house in Bed fordbuty, where he found the three prisoners in a room together, and on searching the old man, Cropley, be found pawnbrokers' duplicates for the four gold seals stolen from Mr. Widdowson's shop, and which he (Cropley) had pledged within an hour from the time of their being stolen. He also found upon him duplicates for four other seals, which there is no doubt had been stolen. Mr. Thomas ascertained that the youngest boy was constantly sent out by Cropley to different jewellers' shops, and that the latter waited at a distance. The prisoners made no defence, and were remanded. TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.— Last week a poor lame woman of the name of Bryan, on crutches, called to complain of being expelled from St. Olave's workhouse with her two children. On inquiry into the cause, it appears that her son was about to be bound as an apprentice to a shoe maker at the expense of the parish ; but the wor thy Magistrate first inquired into the character of the intended master; and finding him to be a man of bad character he refused to bind the lad, and the boy returned to the workhouse. The Overseers were informed why the Magistrate refused to bind the lad ; yet, nevertheless, they charged the mo ther with influencing the boy to refuse to be bound; and, under this false pretence, turned her and her two children into the street without money or sbel- ter.—lt is to be hoped that some humane persons will cause the affair to be thoroughly investi gated. WORS HI P-ST ttET.—Mary Bond, a respectably dressed young woman, was brought up on a night charge, from Bunhdl-row station-house. charged with being found, at two o'clock in the morning, sitting on the step of a door.—lt appeared, from what could be collected of the prisoner's account of herself, who was evidently suffering from a dis ordered mind, that her mother resides in Gray's inn-lane, and that some time ago she had placed her affections on a young surgeon, who, about a week ago, was drowned ; since which she has been suffering from fits of insanity.—Mr. Broughton having placed her in the hands of an officer, ordered him to accompany her home to her friends. aigameaus We stated yesterday, upon the authority of a person who has long been in the habit of furnishing accounts of accidents and casualties to the News papers, that a man named James Hill had died in St. George's Infirmary on Saturday, and that " Dr. Clark, judging from the symptoms attending the dis ease, coupled with the remarkable discoloration of the corpse,attributed his deatle i toithe c holera morbus." In this, as well as in many other particulars of the statement, our informant appears to have been com pletely in error. We have received a letter from Doctor Clark, denying in the most positive terms that he ever pronounced any such opi nion as that attributed to him ; and at a Co roner's inquest, which was held upon the body yesterday, the Jury, after having heard the evidence of Dr. Clark, Mr. Howship, and other medical men present at a post mortem examination of the body, returned the following verdict : "There being no sufficient evidence to prove that the deceased took any thing with the view to sclf destruction, and it being satisfactorily proved by the testimony of all the medical men, that the de emed did not die of cholera morbus; as far as we are able to judge, he died from some deleteri4 us substance taken into the stomach."—Herald. On the 2d lost. the lady of .1. Comerford, jun. Esq. of a son.—Sunday, at Enfield Old Park, the lady of the Nev. T. N. Palmer, of a son.—The 21st of February, at Cape Castle, Cape of Good Hope, the lady of T. H. Doyle, Eq. Paymas ter 75th Regiment, of a son.—Sunday. the 3d inst. in 'slim. pole.street, the lady of W. Barge, Esq. M. P. of a &ugh ten—Friday last, the wife of Mr. T. E. Eden, Threatlnee dle-street, of a daughter. MARRIED. Friday, the lit inst. at Gray's, in Oxfordshire, John Bliiner, jun. Faq. of Stuckeridge- house, Devon, to Ewa. beth, only daughter of the late John Barton A'Bear. of Pepper d.—Monday, the 4th inst. at Hatfield Church, 1 1 . e Rev. Wm. Horne, M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, rector of Humber, and of Bottum, eldest son of Sir W. Horne, Iry Majesty's Solicitor-General, to Eltsabcth, eldest daughter of Jacob Hans Busk, of Ponsbourne Park, Hens, Rsq.—Sa. turday last, at Sr. George's, Hanover.square, Samuel Han cock, of Pennis House, in the county of Kent, Esq. to Dora Harriette, daughter of G. W. Wevitworth, of Wilton. crescent, Req. DIED. The 3d inst. at the vicarage, Lewisham, the Rev. Hugh Jones, vicar of Lewisham Rent, and of Ta'garth. Breck nockshire, in his 80th year.—Friday last, in the 81st year of her age, Mrs. Dowling, widow of the late G. Dowling, of Great Alit-street, Goodman's-fiekls.—The Ist inst. at his house at Brighton, C. Rooke, ht 67. formerly Pay master to the 23d Regiment of ht Dragoons.—The 17th ult. at Cricklade, Elisabeth Anne ells, eldest daughter of the late W. Wells, Req. surgeon. Her death was occasioned by! small-pox of a most malignant kind, after vaccination, had been carefully watched through all its stages by her late fatlser.—Sunday, the 341 host. Mr. T. lawson, of Penton'street, Pasternak, in the 73th sear of his are. 11111 b STAPLES OF BRITISH COMMERCE. (THIS DAY.) Corm (Lg.: I Bowed Femme to 6jd to 716 to 71d to Ss Woo:. (Lau) ra sz°nT Pr. tektria pr. &La (thrown: 1 (raw) Modena Beogal Oda& FLA: - Antwerp Pk Bars Swats!' Bridals Correa • 3. 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