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been explained ; and that an Kt of liberal and wise conciliation will prevent such controversies from ever being raised hereafter.—lbid. A statement has just got into circulation of a nature so extraordinary, and apparently so im probable, that we should have some hesitation in noticing it, had we not learneu from expe rience the truth of the French saying, that "le vrai n'est pas tozfjours le vraisemblable." We by no means intend to pledge ourselves for the accuracy of the statement in question, but we shall give it in the ipsi.csirrta versa that we have heard used in one of the very citadels of Ultra- Toryism ; while the lugubrious solemnity that accompanied the communication, and the lu dicrous apprehensions which it cecited, were un impetchable evidences of the. sincerity of the orator and the conviction of his audience. The prediction may, to be sure, prove to be what is called in the polite vocabulary of St. James's a mystification, - and in the more liceiely dialect of St. Giles's a hoax ; but that it circulates in high places, without contradiction, we have the evie dence of our own senses. This extraordinary intelligence was conveyed in the following words : —" So then it is ail up ; a motion is to be made immediately after the opening of the Sessioa, by the Duke of Wellington, for leave to bring in a Bill to relieve the Catholics from certain Disabi lities en certain conditions ; and the motion is to be seconded by the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of London. I wish them joy of their conversion." It was further added, that the Bill was already prepared under the eye of an eminent champion of the High Church Party, and had been submitted to the conside ration of his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury. Such is the report, and we must again caution our readers that we pledge ourselves for nothing beyond the accuracy with which we re peat the words we have heard used. Should the prediction be verified by the event, we shall bless ourselves, and exclaim— " arum quod prornittere Nein() Anderet, volvenda Dies en attulit nitro." ',Morning Chronicle.] The very highest legal authorities in this country have, we understand, pronounced in favour of the right of Mr. O'Connell to sit in Parliament without taking the obnoxious oath. ha - ee the authority of a gentleman of the highest honour for stating, that he lately heard James Scarlett decline, that after giving the fullest consideration to the question, examining the various Acts of Parliament bearing on it, and the opinions of Mr. Charles Butler, Baron Dil lon, &c., he was thoroughly satisfied that Mr. O'Connell was entitled to take his seat without the oath. It is somewhat singular that the gen t loman to whom we are indebted for our infor mation heard Sir James deliver a different opi nion about a month ago, so that his preposses sions would seem to have pointed to an opposite conclusion from that to which he has been led by more deliberate inquiry and careful considera tion of the law of the case. The opinion deli vered by Sir James as to the most eligible course of procedure for Mr. O'Connell to adopt, was also communicated to us ; but that we shall not now allude to. We have heard lately other lawyers, of minor eminence, give their opinion that Mr. O'Connell had a much better case than was generally thought of. We should be dis posed to infer from this, that the profession are awaie of the opinions of their leaders. In the course of yesterday, before we knew that Sir James Scarlett had delivered the above opinion, a Barrister of considerable practice observed to s, that O'Connell had a good case.--/bid. The two Frenchmen so very improperly con victed, at the Westminster Sessions, of an at tempt to commit an unnatural offence, and son enced to a long imprisonment, have obtained a free pardon. A contemporary (the Times) says, that « the pardon was grounded on the objectionable manner in which the case went to the Jury." As it is proper that every Magis trate should have credit of his own works, we ought to mention that the Magistrate who acted as Chairman on the occasion was Mr. iNlarriott. We know that some of the Magistrates who were on the Bench with him were quite thun derstruck on hearing the charge, and equally so ou hearing the verdict of the Jury. It is but justice to acknowledge the attention which Mr. Peel instantly bestowed on the case when it was brought before him, and the promptitude with which Mr. Phillips, the Under Secretary, interposed his authority with the gaoler, !to obtain the instantaneous lihe ration of the noor foreigners, who must otherwise have remained three days longer in prison, till the formalities were gone through:— The unfortunate men were exceedingly affected by the announcement of their pardon. They certainly have had a most narrow escape. A contemporary (the Globe) some time ago ob served, with reference to some remarks of ours on the mode of conducting trials in England, that though guilt frequently escaped, there was a general persuasion that the innocent were sel dom found guilty. We believe that, in weighty crimes, the innocent are seldom convicted, and that the guilty often escape.— But we believe also, that in those extensive classes of trials in which prisoner and prosecutor are both on trial great injustice is very frequently done. When a thief is prosecuted for pick ing a pocket, for pilfering, or robbing, an acquittal conveys no imputation against the prosecutor, and it is known that evidence is frequently kept back from a variety of causes. But when a charge of rape is brought forward, or an attempt to commit all unnatural offence, an acquittal is a sentence of condemna tion against the prosecutor; and it is here that Juries and weak Judges are particularly to be dreaded. The Juries too frequently, when an offence is odious, instead of exacting a more rigorous proof, endeavour to show their abhor. rence of it by-laying hold of almost any evidence to convict a prisoner. A very able and respect able Magistrate, of much experience, assures us that he has too often witnessed this bias in Jurors, originating in something like a dread lest an independent exercise of their judgment should expose them to a charge of partiality, for the offences they were trying lead them to.greitt injustice towards prisoners. These cases require: the ablest Judges and the most enlightened Ju rors ; and they are precisely the....cases which have generally the worst. Much Wickedness, malignity, and artifice, are often at the bottom of the prosecutions, and, } great discernment and ability to sift evidence are necessary, in order to decide justly. But these canes are banished to Sessions, where there is at least as great a chance of the Magistrates being silly as wise, and of their setting the Juries wrong as setting them right. In cases of heavy crimes, the busi ness of a Juror and Jud ge i s comparat i ve l y easy. The evidence for the prosecution, except in cases ofblood-money, now almost unknown, is seldom chargable with more than the fallibility which attaches to all testimomy.. The corpus delicti is . generally placed beyond question, and though stances we have 'above enumerated ; and these suspicion, and, perhaps, vengeance, may oc- circumstances proclaim to them, as to all the casionally lead to the straining of testimony, rest of the world, the utter falsehood of their yet we have often been struck with the genes assertions. But these hardy .fabrieatora of false ral fairness in that respect. Hence the paucity " herbs are aura hth tbe Asti b ariothii. tea of cases in which verdicts of gUilty art otigla to have kept theirs inVentfte pro- to which the public do neit•sidiseribe e los- s ees pensity check, luild and reckless as it is: , many there may be of attittals from fastidions- l'hey cannot lie ignorant that thii upon natio» ness respectiN evidence, or from technical ob- has spoken and ,is siow s p ea ki n g the stills j'ectiOns, that leave the prisoners under a taint'. led of Catholic Einaircipation in a manner But in the other description of rases the piPse- 110 Administration can misunderstand, and no cutor, and prosecutor's relations acid friends, all Administration, however powerful (and we re ' stain every hcrre to obtain a conviction, and joke to say that one more powerful than the defendants and their evidence, no doubt, the present has never existed) could disregard. oitcn act in the Fame maither. The Jurors are The charge levelled against the Duke of Wel naturally enough sorely perplexed, and in nine lingtoit and his Colleagues, that they meditate a cases out of ten, the most experienced barrister surrender of the British Constitution, by some cannot anticipate the verdict, which is a lottery, of the Liberal Journals, and sanctioned, we re- But the consequences are beyond measure se- grct to add, by some who do not call themselves rious to one party or the other. A man convicted Liberal, has not even that degree of plausibility of certain offences, may only suffer imprisonment which might serve to shield its authors from the firs a year ; hut he is ruined in his prospects, and imputation of wilful and deliberate falsehood. unable to hold up his head. The sympathy la- We own it appears somewhat difficult to con "visited by the public on the burglar, the murderer, jecture what motives can be sufficiently strong to reaches not him, as the extent of his suffering is induce men to hazard a charge of this nature, not obvious. The case of the two Frenchmen which they know to be false, and which they was so unequivocally favourable, that no painful j therefore know will in the space of less than a sifting of evidence was necessary. They who I week from its promulgation be triumphantly re could believe that two foreigners, strangers to futed. Perhaps it is thought good policy to the country, and unacquainted with the lan- alarm such Protestants as are weak enough to guage, would assail a young man at seven o'clock leed any credit to inventions like the present in the evening, at so public a place as near the (and that there may be a few such we do not statute of Achilles, and take for such an mere- doubt), in the hope that after several false alarms Bible story the evidence of a young man, who of this description, their habitual confidence in lived without doing any thing, and was loitering the constitutional firmness of the Administra about there at that hour, would swallow any tion, and their former zeal in its support, thing. There never was a case so little per- may not be speedily or wholly restored.— plexed with difficulty. But how many cases are Perhaps it is thought good policy by the party there, where the innocence is as undoubted, adverse to the Administration, and desirous if but where there is at least a shew of evidence possible to embarrass, divide, and displace it, to against it. 'This is the weakest part o f th e increaee the agitation which unfortunately pre- English judicial system. Unfortunately the class veils among the Roman Catholics in the Sister of misdemeanours and the description of crimes Kingdom, by exciting expectations which the alluded te, are most comprehensive.—lbid. party know Ministers will not realise, and could not if they would. P er h a p s this short-lived We do not ourselves profess to be in the se slander upon Ministers proceeds from persons, crets of the Cabinet, nor do we give much credit who, being regardless of character, or consci to those who do. We suspect, indeed, that the ous that they have none to lose, aim at no present Premier's confidantes are not exceed- higher object and feel no higher interest than to rngly numerous, and that some of those who, create a transient sensation and to attract to from official situation, think they know, or ought themselves a momentary notoriety. Perhaps to know, his Grace's intentions, do not, in fact, O'Connell and the Catholic Rent are the ori know a greal deal more of the matter than those ginal sources of the calumny. This is the more who know nothing. Under this reserve we may probable, as the calumny is just the thing that be permitted to state that it is strongly rumoured, was wanted to serve the Agitator as a pretext for in some of what are 'called well-informed circles, postponing his Parliamentary enterprise, and to that, notwithstanding all that has passed, the preserve the Rent from the sudden and irretrievable Duke has a design of bringing forward a propo- declension which the inevitable issue of that eo sition relative to the Catholic Question, which, terprize threatens to occasion. These several if acceded to, will set that matter at rest, or, if motives, and perhaps others which are less refused, will be of such a nature as to throw obvious, may have contributed, in their differ the whole odium of its rejection upon that party, ent proportions, to the concoction and propa whether in or out of Parliament, who set them- gation of a calumny which was sure, as its selves in array against it. There are two pro- authors must have known from the first, to be positions which, we believe, admit but of little speedily and effectually repelled. The Admini dispute ; the one, that the loudest brawlers for stration of the Duke of Wellington enjoys the Catholic Emancipation are among the most de- full confidence of the British Monarch and of sirous that it should not be granted ; the other, the British people, and they enjoy this coal that nothing but ample securities will ever re- deuce upon the well-understood condition that concile the moderate part of the Protestant corn- they shall be true to the British Constitution, munity to it. It will be to meet the views of the and so far from surrendering any part of it, that latter, and to leave the former without a pretence they shall so employ the great power and influ for agitation, that the Duke of Wellington's ence with which this confidence invests them, as proposition will be offered ; and it will be ac- to humble, and enfeeble, and restrain its assail companied, we have as little doubt, by a decisive ants. These conditions, ire repeat with pride putting down of that abominable nuisance the and exultation, the Administration of the illus- Association. Whether the latter may be a wise trious Wellington will faithfully and zealously step or not we do not pretend to au- fulfil.—Morning Post. bur. We should rather say that this assemblage, (noisy and mischievous as it is), is beneath the notice of Parliament, and th a t, l e f t _ _ POLICE INTELLIGENCE. to itself, it must soon die of the abortive insig nificance of which it is in reality composed. There a►e those, however, whose opinions can not be disregarded, who think that the Associa tion ought at all events to be put down ; and, above all, that the abominable tyranny of the itent ought to be put a stop to ; and the Duke, probably, will find it necessary, for the sake of propitiating all parties, to accompany whatever he proposes to Parliament by an titter extinguish ment of this contemptible Legislature. But, after all, much as tl.e country in general would rejoice to see this embarrassing question set at rest, we much doubt whether public feeling upon it is now in a state to admit of its being attempt ed with any chance of success. Those who have an evident interest in preventing any settle ment of it have been but too successful in feed ing the natural alarm which is felt upon it; and it requires no great sagacity to perceive that the question has retrograded fiery considerably ever since the violation of the Association has much increased. The country at large, how ever, has a great confidence is the Duke of 'Wellington ; and,•even should he not succeed in bringing the question to a speedy settlement, he may, by a judicious proposal, plat the clamor ous part of the Catholics so-much in the wrong, as to deprive them of much of their means of doing mischief, and of keeping up that excite ment which has hitherto been the main impe di►nent to its final adjustment.—Morning Herald. That portion of the British Press which de grades itself by subserviency to the Popish Fac tion in Ireland continues strenuous in its at tempts to propagate the belief that some mea sure of concession to Popery is in the imme diate contemplation of his Majesty's Govern ment. The dark surmises and audacious asser- Lions of this class of our Contemporaries we have already met with a peremptory contradiction, and we have done so from an unwillingness to per mit them for a single day to abuse the credulity of any part of this anxious Protestant community upon a subject of so much importance, and not from any idea that either they or the parties who impel them are in any.degree the dupes of their own imposture. None are more fully conscious than themselves that there is no shadow of truth or even of probability in the statements by which they strive to agitate the public mind—that a very few days only are now to elapse before the delusion they endeavour to create with so much earnest ness,- and so little dexterity or effect, must be dissipated for ever—that none of the symptoms or appearances by which they affect to corrobo rate their assertions are other than circumstances of the most ordinary occurrence—that in his recent confidential communication to Dr. Curtis, the Illustrious Head of the Administration ex pressed opinions irreconcileble with the inten- Lion they now impute to him—and that the probability is infinitely small of such a man as the Duke of 'Wellington having suddenly chang ed his opinion ; no day having passed since he declared it, in which something has not been added to the strength of the circumstances upon which it was founded. The authors of the statements to which we refer —statement s calumnious towards the Noble Duke as well as the most able and distinguished of his col leagues, and which, if they were believed, would deeply agitate and grieve the whole Bri tish nation—are fully aware of all the circum- GUILDHALL A lad, 17 years of age, named James Wood, clerk to Mr. Poytider, the clerk of Bridewell Hospital, was brought before Sir -PETER LAURIE yesterday, charged with stealing a cheque for 601. Mr. Poynder stated that the prisoner had been in his service two years, and on Wednesday last, about ten o'clock, he gave him a cheque for the 601. on Messrs. Glyn, desiring him to give it to Oxford, one of the porters to the hospital, that he m►ght get cash for it, and obtain a Bank post-bill for the same amount, complainant being accustomed to remit 601. monthly to a widow in the country. The pri soner entered a notice respecting the cheque in a'me morandum book, and also prepare the usual slip to be delivered to the clerk at the batik, obtaining the particulars to be included in the post-bill. The pri soner was to carry the cheque merely from one part of the building to another ; and finding he did not re turn to the counting-house aftei!`the lapse of twenty minutes, complainant went to the porter and in quired whether he had received the cheque. Finding he had not received it, the complainant hastened to thabanking-house,but arrived too late to prevent the prisoner from receiving the amount. He heard no more of him till Snaday, when he was appre hended by his son, who, in walking to church, ►net him at Newington-butts, and caused him to be se cured, although he denied his 'name, and struggled violently to escape. Tho►nas Oxford, the beadle, deposed that the pri soner did not bring the cheque to him. John Lukey, a clerk at Messrs. Glyn's, proved that he paid ti►e cheque produced early:on Wednes day morning to some person. He gave the person forty sovere►gns, and four Si. notes, of which he had the numbers. Charles Moore, a painter, at No. 11, Waterloo road, stated, that the prisoner took a lodging at his house on Saturday evening, and deposited 491. with him for safe custody. E ar l y on S un d ay morning the prisoner had 2/. back to buy a coat and waist coat. The rest of the money was in a bag, which he now produced, having learnt, through the pri soner's mother, that he was in custody for this of fence. Mr. Lukey examined the centents of the bag, and identifiedfour .5/. notes as the same which be paid upon the cheque. Brooks, a constable of Union-hall, deposed that he secured the prisoner, and found about him 21.55., a licentious book, and a number of Pearce Egan's newspaper. The - prisoner hid his face with his hands, and did not offer any defence; bat his mother attempted to intercede with the prosecutor. Mr. Poynder desired that she would address what she wished to state to the Alderman. Sir P. LAURIE said this was useless, because he would not permit any lenity to be shown. The dishonesty of clerks seemed to be daily increasing; he had last week liberated one %vim had embezzled two sovereigns, and the same day was called upon to send an officer to Birmingham after another, who had embezzled a large sum belonging to the refu gees. Fortunately, the city possessed a very active and intelligent officer (Mr. Cape, the marshal), and the man had been secured with the greater part of his booty. The notoriety which Stephenson's guilt and flight had obtained seemed to have greatly in creased the crime of fraud and embezzlement by suggesting it to the minds of all. Some examples must be made. The prisoner was committed for trial. Thomas Edwards, a well-behaved, quiet-looking lad, was charged with having attempted to poison himself. James, a constable of Aldersgate ward, said, the prisoner was brought into the watch-house foaming at the mouth, and nearly insensible, from h av i ng swallowed a quantity of laudanum, as it was suppos ed, from a bottle found upon him. A surgeon was called in, who advised that he should be removed in stantly to the hospital, where the poisonous liquid was taken off the stomach by using the stomach-pump. Being now sufficiently recovered to be discharged from the hospital, he was brought before the magis trate to N disposed of; Sit. PM?* Litirtftr. interrogated die prlgtintt flutsidertible 'grid ri th his statement it peared, that ilk' fitili6 i riihfribihti reef detYd-ilit he had subsibted by hiririg himself a M. Gillieg,of Deal; until that gentleman went fS the 'cOritinent,; and that the prisoner disliked the ideaof tritVelling,iiiid thought lie ShOld,,be able to obtain another situation, but lind, been disappoint ed, and after living for some weeks on th tiontiik of an uncle at Clifton, arrived in London with half a-cre‘ht in his pocket about three weeks ago in much of employment. Having failed in obtaining it, and disliking the disgrace of applying to a parish, be deterMified On self-destruction, being in great distres. Sir P. LlT.Titir, ,;aid, he had not a greatET ref poison himself than to poison any other person, and he hoped he would seriously reflect upon the situa tion in Which he would have been placed, if he had succeeded in his dreadful purpose, and had appeared before his Maker haring taken array the life he had given him. He did not deserve to be treated with so much kindness, but he (the Alderman) would cause a letter to be written to his uncle, and if he could not provide for him temporarily, then an endeavour should be made to place him under the protection of the Marne Society, as he was willing to go to sea. The prisoner seemed very thankful, and was remanded to the Giltapur-street Compter till Thursday. Thomas Man:hard, was committed for stealing a parcel, containing two gown-pieces, from the head of a chaise, as it was passing through Redcross-street on Saturday evening. 40- ,, 40 Mr. Brown, of Cheapside, requests us to state, that he'should have readily attended on the sitting Alderman to give evidence respecting the passing of a bad shilling at his house, (as stated in The; Sun of Saturday,) if there had been a chance that the woman could he prosecuted on his case; but this was impossible, from the identity of the shilling received from the prisener being lost, by being nixed with others. M ARLBORO UGH-STREET. Yesterday an elderly man, having the appearance of a respectable tradesman, who gate his name Thomas Robinson, arid said he was a shoemaker by trade, residing in Bell-yard, Temple-bar, and a middle-raged female, of still more respectable appear appearance, eiressed in a handsome silk cloak arid bonnet, &c., who said that she was a widow, arid her name Jane Williams, residing at No. 26, Henry street, Hampstead-road, were brought from the watch-house of St. George's parish, Hanover-square, before Mr. ROE, the sitting Magistrate, upon the following charge : One of the beadles of St. George's parish stated, that on Sunday, jest about the conclusion of the sermon, after morning service at St. George's church, preached by the Dean of Carlisle, an alarm was given that the pockets of a lady and gentleman had been picked in one of the pews, and the two prisoners having, by their manner, and being entire strangers to the place, excited suspicion, they were given into custody and taken to the watch-house, where they were detained, but the gentleman who gave them into custody did not give either his name or addres-4, acd was not now forthcoming. The prisoners, however, having given a very unsatisfactory account of themselves at the watch-house, it was deemed proper not to liberate them until they should be brought before a Magistrate. Goddard, the officer, said that he knew the female prisoner perfectly well as a notorious pickpocket, and the constant companion of a well-known "swell" thief named Prendergast, who is about town ; and he knew that the prisoner had been several times in custody at Bow-street and other offices on charges of felony. Clements, the officer, said that he knew the male prisoner well also. lie knew him to have been in custody some time ago, with two other men and a female,'all of whom were apprehended at a Bible Meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern, where they were detected • in attempts to pick pockets; and the female having succeeded on that occasion in cutting away a young lady's reticule from her arm, she was tried and convicted for the offence, and transported for 14 years; and the prisoner, with his male corn panions, were committed by the Magistrate as re puted thieves for a certain term to hard labetir ; they, however, appealed to the sessions against this conviction by the Magistrate, and the persons who conducted the appeal for the prisoners haring prac. tised some trick upon the witnesses against the pri soners which kept them out of court until the ap peal was over, the conviction was quashed for want of evidence, and the prisoner and his companions got off. Clements also added that he had been that morning at the address given in the Hampstead road by the female prisoner, but no such person was known there at all, so that she must have given a false address. The fem'ale prisoner persisted that she does reside at the address she gave, and said that her two daughters are living there with her. Both prisoners denied all knowledge of each other, and Mr. ROE directed that they should be remanded until Wednesday next, and that in the mean time every exertion should be used to find out the parties whose pockets had been picked in church, and who gave the prisoners into custody. A woman, who gave her name Elizabeth AP Neil, *as charged with going down the area of the house, No. 29, Upper Grosvenor -street, occupied by Lord Mountehailes, with intent to commit a felony. It appeared that at a late hour on Saturday even ing the prisoner was discovered down in the area at the bottom of the steps, and when detected she pretended to pick up some bits of coal that lay about ; but as a great number of valuable articles have lately been plundered from the lower part of his Lordship's house, it is supposed by similar means, the prisoner was sent to the watch-house, where, on searching her, although she pleaded great distress as her excuse for going down the area to beg, a small bag was found on her, containing 61. in sovereigns, half sovereigns, and silver. Scofield, the officer, said that he had every reason to believe that the prisoner was the woman who some timid ago robbed an old lady named Metcalf at Islington, in whose service she was, of 3001., and absconded with it ; but the old lady was now in such an imbecile state of body and mind, that she was unable to attend at the office, or to identify the pri soner. The MAGISTRATE committed the prisoner for three months, as a vagrant, to hard labour in the House of Correction. THE QUADRANT, REGENT -STREET.—Amongst the charges in the St. James's watch-house book were several arising out of fracas occurring in the Quad rant, Regent-strut. This place, which formerly used to be a most respectable part of the metropolis, has b ecome , since the vast nembera of refugees of all na tions have made it their evenin g p romena d e, and c onsequently very v the great acce ss i on o f f emales of the 7 little better than the precinct of the I'alaia Royal, and so great ,a height has the total want of anyt h Mg- like decorum arrived to, that nothing but the grossest scene of depravity is to be wit ucssed every night, which renders it a matter of im possibility for any respectable female to pass by without being insulted by the well-dressed black guards which infest it. A fashionably-dressed young man of the name of Lockhart, n cabinet-maker, but whose appearance bespoke that of a member of the army, was charged laith having assaulted another gentleman of the name of Scoti, who, upon inquiry, turned out to be a painter. The complainant, who had a tremendous mid berry-coloured eye, deposed, that on Sunday night he w as passing down the Qu a d rant, i n company with a friend, when the defendant came up, en d sa id, " Are you the fellow who thrust me d own ?" w h en, with out saying another word, or his giving him any pro vocation, the defendant knocked him down, and then his friend. Mr. ROE—What did he allude to by calling you a fellow ? Scoti,--Oh I a fellow means a sheep stealer, although I am no sheep-stealer. it; Aft, who appeared somewhat surprised at this eipla'nafioir i inopired of Plank if this was the interpretafiotr oldie word fellow. I,4itidt repli'ed that it was ist a certain class of • Mr. Rk—bid yo' aft, defendant ; or trip any insulting observationg 1d hirn Scoti- , --I did neither; lAi%.l'iluirt; iii reply tO . .the charge, said that !,•;4 been to a putn-lion's'e Titehborne-street, where the complainant and his tiseki Were. They, in the caurse of their conversation, made t!6Wie allusion to large whiskers, and which, he supposed, afiAd' to him. lie asked what they intended, When thil became quite impertinent, and he, in turn, became aiso hoe,, and demanded an explanation, on which he said, he'd Netter come out and settle it." The complainant thi2n left the house, and shortly after he passed them in the Cittadrant, when he said " Don't forget eleven o'clock to-morrow," that being the hour which was named for the insulted person to receive satisfaction; on which he said, " Oh, pro, we had Fetter have a turn-up now,", when he re , ceived the black e.j'e Mr. Roe . —ls this tide 7 Scoti--No ; we were at the same house together, when my friend said to me, " I wish I had a pair of whisktYs )" on which I replied, " I hare a pair, but they are not PCP good as some person's." We then left the how ' and shortly after the defendant came up and struck me. Mr. Snellgrove corroborated his ft iond's statement, and also as to his being knocked down. The prisoner---I hare several friends who over heard the whole of the fracas. _ _ Mr. Powlett deposed that he was in company with Mr. Lockhart when he observed, on the parties meeting, some words to take place, and the com plainant instantly put himself into a fighting attitude. A. second witness deposed to the same circum• stances. A third witness deposed that he saw the com plainant place himself in a boxing attitude; and, from what he knew of the case, it appeared that Scoti wanted to take a lady away who was under Mr. Lockhart's protection. Of late it had become quite a common occurrence for gentlemen in the Quadrant to endeavour to take away ladies horn those under whoee protection they appeared to be. A watchman deposed that, hearing a considerable noise, he went up to the spot, and observed several persons quarrelling, and a watchman, No. 27, was standing by looking at them. lie asked the watch man why he did not take them into custody, when he replied, that he was endeavouring to get his rattle out to spring, but he had not been able to draw it, and that was the reason. Mr. Rot:, turning to the conflicting parties, the worthy Magistrate observed, that if he did his duty he would convict them all for riotous conduct. •In respect to the apsault upon Scoti he should dismiss it, and for the second he should convict him in a penalty of 10s. Lockhart instantly paid the fine and was discharged. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price : idireadin the Metropolis is 12d. for the lib. Loaf. There are others who sell from ;id. to Id. below hat price. PRICE OF SEEDS.— New Englishßed Clover Seed (per Cwt.) Old Ditto New Foreign Data Old Ditto New White Clover Old Ditto Ditto New Trefoil Old Ditto Rib Grass English Carraway Foreign Ditto Gorandcr St. Fain ----(per Quarter),—.....,.. 50s. fine 563. 61s. e 60s fi4e Os. '7O , L 40s. fine ,Gs. 655. 40s. 50s. line 645. :Os. 60s. 70s. tine 85s. 995. 14s. 446. line PAM. 345. ine —3 40. i inc —5. --ri. 416. 465. fine —B. —s. —s. tine —s. 175. fine —s. ID$. Hue Rye Grass Pace) , Ditto —.......—.---- 40s. 50s. new —s. —s. Linseed, for feeding • ...... —s. &4s. fine —4. 4(s. Ditto, for crushing...-. ..». —a. 41s. 426. fine —s. Canary Seed, New . —a. 455. tine —a. 48s. Ditto Old - - 6. -.1. .-6. tine —... White Mustard Seed—(per Bushel)...—Os. Os. 7s. N. fine --s. Brown Ditto —s. Bs. 10s. fin,. -,s. Turnip Seeds, Rounds Green and Red Ditto —s. —s. 10s. tine —6 —B. 12,5. line —s. Pares, Old --a. 840. 400. fine —s. Ditto New..,.. —s. —O. fine 44.. 48s. ltareSeed, English, fine (per Last) 201. Sit. Foreign $l7l. We. PRICES OF HOPS.—Feb 8. U. 40. 41. 19s. to (V 12. s 31. ISs. 41. 4s. to V. ss. 4/. 10s. 51. 5..0) N. Os. 0/. os. 81. Ois. to 0/ 9s. 01. Co. 8/. OR to 71. Ms. I. 41. ltio. to 51. 100. 3/. 104. 31. 160. to 41. Os. tie. 41. 16s. to V. to. Kent Pockets--- Butfex Ditto Essex Ditto Farnl.am Ditto, Fine Kent Ray, Seconds Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto., WHITECH A l'El. HAY M ARKET.—Jan. 31. Hay 48..0d. to 84s. Od. I lover eke. (M. to 103 s. Od Straw. 3(. Od. to 31 . 6. Od. I'ItICR OF 01L. Rape 011, brown Limeed 10 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 13 0 Rape Cake, per ton 5 10 PRICE OF POTATOES.—Feb. 2. Marsh Champ,iong.-----. 01. N. to 4/. N. per ton. Kidneys ^, N. to N. N. ditto. Scotch Aeds Oznobles and Sham to 51. 100. alto. 21. lOth to 31. Os. ttitto. nucEs OF Lfr:ATHEIt. d. to d. Per 11). d. to d. 19 20 Tanned Horse Hideo.. 16 19 2'2 2.t Sp nish Ditto n 26 14 17 Per dozen. 17 21 Calf Skins— 36 to 41e1). 19 24 141 Itch Ditto 50 to 701 h. 24 no Ditto 70 to (3011). 22 25 19 21 Small Seals. Greenland 21 22 RAW HIDES: Per Stone. s. rt. to s.d. Per Stone. s. d. to E. d. Best Ileitors&Steer.3 0 ft 4 Ordinary 110 2 0 6 2 8 Market Calf 7 0 encia. COAL MArt Heaton Het)kurn Main 37 6 38 0 Kenton West 36 3 Ord's Redhugh 33 0 Pelaw Tanfleld _ 36 0 Willington 37 0 Wylam WallsEndnewieketeCo. 33 6 Ditto Carr and Co. 35 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0.... 37 0 Ditto Hikla 37 0 Ditte 33 3 Ditto Russell's 33 9 Ditto Walker 37 9 Ships at market, 55--Shir K ET.-14 eb. 2. Wallo. End Newmareh— Beamish S. Moor 31 Eden Main 3h Nesharn 36 Walls End Hetton----. 40 Walls End Lyons—. 37 Walls End 511ewart's 40 Iltissell'slietton'sW.E. 30 34 W. & Henderson 34 Margarn 4O Silk tone Field and Co. 34 Tanfield Trader.. 35 Walls End small 17 Dean's: Primrose 19 sold. MX—Unsold, IRISH MARKETS. Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel r 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. 2 d. s. d. a s. d. s.d.as.d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d.as. d. Cork 26 0-39 9 11 0-21 3 II 0-19 622 0-25 P 12 0-19 0 Limerick 35 0-40 0 10 6-20 0110 4-13 0 16 6- 24 0 0 41-15 Waterford 32 0-37 0 14 0-18 01 7 0-14 0 23 0-24 0 10 0-20 0 Clonmel 3 0-40 gl7 0-19 0119 8--I4 020 0- 25 012 0-16 0 Z.l 6-34 0 12 0-19 0113 0— 0 0 20 6-21 0 0 0— 0 0 --- --- .—.7._ - ..,--- . --.— - ._ _ r- ,,.._ . -___ Butte • Beef, Mutton, Pork, per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th.. -- —. -------. —.—. —. —.— —. d. a d. ( 1. A d. e. d. a s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. A . d. ~ d Cork is _7 4 —6 so 6_32 074 067 057 051 0,16 0 Limerick—l 3 —si4 4 1 1 30 A —35 072 0 61, 058 0 5?. 0160 Waterford 4 --5 g —6 30 0-39 080 074 0 0— 0 0 Clonmel 3 —4 I —4i 34 0-37 073065 0 60 0560 56 0 Carlow— 4 —si3O 0 o o 00 81 g 2 072 0 62 0— 0 335. 12. ea per bag ; Beef and Mutton,4, KILKENNY MARKET, JAN. VS.—Batter, re. to ',8 9 . Barley, 18s. to 20s. ; Oats, to per cwt. ; Bacon Pigs , 35 a. to 375 . per ditto; W to 5Ad. per ; Potatoes, od. to 2d. per stone ; Coals ;ton4oous.r.,p2erobs.artroel 4;13.. le 2d. per cwt. !Oatmeal. Aberdeen Here, ick Coldstream . Cupar Dundee .--- Elgi n I nvern ens 34 36 :16 40 Kelso --- Kirkaldy--- Perth_--- 4C) •-.. 33 - .Feb 2. Per lb. I)itto---60 to CAllb.- I)resslng Fine Coach Rides --.. Crap Hides, 35 to 4011. Ditty 45 to 501 b. Ditto..,, SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. co 7S I 3 0 3'7 4$ 52 125 :17 47 49 27 2g 70 80 .5 37 - 73 - 39 03 7l n 00 70 26 3) :SO 54 54 SO 66 St NS 34 40 20 28 Beans Osta. 81 25 17 tt) 26 26 18 21 26 28 2$ 27 27 30 YR 32 21 82 80 85 23 26 104 20 26 27 24 26 32 16 20 14 17 ies throughout the country sure vari k• The size'of the and CORONER'S INQUEST.—A Coroner's Inquest was held at the Anchor, in Feather's-conrt, on the bodies of two children, who met their death at the late dreadful fire in Drury-lane. After hearing evidence, the Jury re turned a verdict of " Accidentally Burnt." _ CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday a Coro ner's Inquest WA. held at the Crown and Sceptre Inn, Streatham, Surrey, on the body of Wm. Beach, Esq., An elderly gentleman, of rather eccentric habits, who put u period to his existence on Friday last, by rutting his throat with a razor. Verdict—" Temporary Derangement." :Ns. 41 COMPEN SATJUIN IMPROVEMENTS. Wore A Jury Wag etfirtit'6'elf(id on" Friday Nat,. the Deputy High Bailift i of l Westminster,.. to ' mine the amount of comilifWatiOri tube paid; fix freehold of the houses, Nos. :?*atul'23, in Chat. • ° , 9 " street, the former of which is I.)t if y.totbrione- bat t " called " The Key." Mr. BROUGHAM and M r . PLATT wel Fatained n the pale of the claimant; Mr. HARRISON, .Me. Gra& ah 4 Mr. SIIEPITEAD, On behalf of the Cevemiao sioners of Woods. • The house No. 22, the Key, was proved to be? tfqect to a lease to the tenant ru possession for a term eviring Midsummer, 1877, at a rent of 70/. . per annum. 'The house No. 23 had been let on lease , for a term, of which tibout six years Would have been unexpired, at a rent of 52/. las., had net the landlord availe4 /sinSelt of a covenant in the lek'se enabling • him to tiefiroine the fame in the event o, r the pro perry being reql4eci for public improvement.a. •• The following e - 6 ,l Ance of the value of the* p perry was delivered cat Ruth : Mr. R. Price, late a surgeon of Cannon-street, sors,... of the freeholder, estimated the property to be fully ) .- worth 7,517/. It appeared en his cross-examination that he bought it at a public duction, in 1824, for f 1.3•01.,. subject to Certain unnuitiet, which be valued at 1.750/. Mr. Anntoek, of Kennington, surveyor„ valued the property at 7,5661. Ile. Bd. Mr. Limes, surveyor to the port of Lon:4 o as va -, lued the same at 8,2901. Mr. Geery, of -, surveyor, valued the sarn'e f°c 8,2741. 9.4. I Id. Bell, Esq., was:called to prove that he had bid at , r public auction at Garraway's for geonnd rents amehlriting for 4201., he'ing to 13/. 14e., which had been sekt about thirty years' purchase. It' eopyhold estate which, had been. .ted on his cross-examination that however, type:. was a freehold eold, subject to a k."'et of which 55 y eara were un -. expired, at a rent of 13/. )45., but estimated to be. worth 100/. per annum. he Mr. Acklom was called to p rove t h e value or estimated that a houses in Chandoe-street, an. rout of 100/. n-yenr, and a prep l ' hun Of 10 €/lt. ttai ht be obtained fo; the house No. 23. On eross-exta aeks . nation, It appeared that he Nilo t two houses Chandos-street, one at 601. per annet. and another,, with premises behind the same, which the landloidt had repaired for him, at a rent of 701. p. Nr• "nom.. On the part of the Commissioners, Mr. D. It: Roper, of Stamford -street, tu "Thitect,. estimated the extreme value of the property at 3 , 4 4 9 1. Mr. Alderman Farebrother estimated the ea ma a b 3,3331. 109. He sold the property by auctio 11 to. Mr. Price in 1824; there were several bidders fo 'r and the price of 9301. was 1304 beyond the p. reserved in his instructions. The annuities charg on the property, calculated by the 'Northamptc vits, tables, were worth 1,5001. Mr. J. W. Higgins, of Furnival's-inn, surveyor,. estimated the full value of the property to be 3,573/. The Deputy High Bailiff having summed up the evidence, the Jury retired for a few minutes, and returned a verdict, fixing the amount of compensation at the sum of 4,0001. • BIRTHS'. On Sunday the Ist inst. Mrs. 'Frederick Temple, of Guilcll4all, of n eon. On tilt Ist inst. at Friars-place, near .4etoti ) . the lady of Charles B. Curtis, Esq. of a son. On the 2d inst. the lady of W. H. Aiusuvortlilr Esq. of Sussex-place, Regent's Park, of a daughter. s• On the SI st ult. in Upper Wintpole-street, ,be lady oE F. If. Mitchell, EN. of a son. At Stratford Green, Essex, the lady of Wilsow Jones, Esq. Gelligynan, Denbigh, of a bon. • At his house in Genver-street, the lady of Mr. SereatWA' Rummell, of a son. 3IATIRIED. On the 28th tilt. at Hackney Church, by the Rev: Basil, Woodd, M.A., Anthony Pike, Esq. of his Majesty's.: Victualling Department, Plymouth, to Matilda Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. Jnpp, of Upper Clapton.- On the Slat tilt, at Kensington, Robert Tietv;. Eeq.. Major in the Bombay Artillery, to Jane, eldest &tighter, o! Robert Forbes, Esq. of Kensington. Julia, only daughter of the Rev. Mr. Wrench, rectal:, oft St. Michael, Cornhill, to Joseph Wood, Esq. eon of lint late J. Wood, Eeq. of Westminster, and Maradon, Deem. On the 2d inst. at St. Stephen% Welbro.k, Mr. Jamea:• Ceppork, of Gutter-lane, to Elietb,tth, youngest daughter of Janata Lynch, E. 49. DIED. Oa the 30th alt. is Upper Wimpole,itret, the Right lion. Lady Amelia Boyce. Oo the 31st nit. at, Pyrland Ina% in the '73d year.of, her age, Jane, relict of William Walter Yea, :F_Aq. eldest son of the late Sir William Yea, Bait. 6f PyrlaLltl, in the county of Somerset. On the let inst. in George-street, Portman-IN:mare. Elizabeth, widow of the late Lient.-Col. John Wilson,. ni the Tower Hamlets. On the 4th ult. at Northfield, near - Berwick-upon-- Tweed, where she had been staying for the benefit of her health, Margaret, aged 19, second daughter of Mr. Robert Thomson, of Great Dover-road, Southwark, beloved in life, and deeply lamented by all who knew her. On the 31st tilt. at Brompton, Patty Wilson, widow of the late James Wilson, Esq. Professor of Anatomy to the Royal College of Surgeons. On the 24th ult. very much regretted, Mr. Jowl>la Stott, of Ware, Herts, aced b 7, formerly of Bolto■ Hall,, Cn mberland. On the 27th ult. suddenly, occasioned by the rupture of a blond vessel, to the great grief of a numerous circle of . friends, Mr. Charles Alexander Weir, of Greeswiels, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, leaving a disconsolate wife and seven children, the yonageet only nine days old. On the 31st alt. in St.,Panl'a Chnrch-yard, in thee 52d year of her age, Mary, widow of the late Francis New..., berg, Esq. On the Ist inst. aged eight years, Jeasy E m il y, youngeet... daughter of John Shore, Esq. of Guilford -street. On the 21st alt. at his residence in Hanover -crescent,. Brighten, JAR Bean, Esq. late of Clapham House, in the county of Sussex, in the 76th year of his age. On the 25th ult. at Brighton, Harriet /lists, slant. daughter of the late Robert Saunders, Esq. of Southend, Kent. EAST INDIA BIRTHS, DEATHS, & MARRIAGES.. BIRTHS. , At Garden Reach, Aug. 30, Lady Grey, of a ton. At Chowringhee, Sept. 6, the lady of J. Brightman,' Esq. of a daughter. • At Keitah, Jane 28, the lady of Lient.-Col. Hawtrep, of a eon. At Futtipoor, Aug. 26, the lady of T. Robertson, Esq. of tering, a ron and daughter. At hibbtilpore, Aug: 18, the lady of Capt. Maleekt Nicholson, of a daughter. At Bangalois, Aug. 11, the lady of Dr. Rioks, MTN Artillery, of a son. At Madras, August 10, the lady of Wm. Ashton, Esq. of a eon. MARRIED. At Calcutta, Sept. 2, Lient. C. 11. Whitfield,' 48th Regt. Bengal Native Infantry, to Miss Ann Olivia Doff, of Calcutta. At Calcatta, Sept. 3, Mr. L Bartlett, U. C. Marine,• to Alisit A. Balls. At Bombay, Aug. 14, David Jones, Beg. of Peugelly, • Cardiganshire, to Anne Charlotte, daughter of the late J. White, Esq. 17th Light Dragoons. At Bombay, Aug. 14, Major S. Powell to Mils Good fellow, daughter of Lient.-Col. S. Goodfellow, Chief En gineer of this Presidency. At Titolysh, Angnst 99, Lient. George Miller, 25th Regiment Native Infantry Volnnteers, to Mies Catherine Eliza Adams. DIED. At CAleatta, Aug. 99, T. Xing, Eeq., aged S. At Chinsurah, of a liver complaint, hilly 22, Lieut. D. Ramsay, of the llth Regiment Native Infantry, in the 2lat year of his age. At Atmore, Aug. IS, the lady of Capt. Watkins, 62d Regt. N.I. aged 23. At Cuddalure, August 6, Captain And. newlrie, '7th' Regt. N.I. At Poonah, Ang. 4, Lieut. Alex. S. Walker, of tile Bombay Engineers. t Bombay, Aug. S, of fever, George Forbes, Eeq. of the firm of Forbes and Co. PatYran an Pum,rtsrinn by AIURDO YOUNti, ab tive Sriv OrTKV, 112, 87fLA291), POWDI72I.