The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, by 'his speech of Monday last, hus done himself much personal credit; and, what is still more gratifying to a public•spirited Prince, he has performed a sig. gal serrice to his country. It is not always that men who have resigned high office under circum stances of coesiderable irritation, bestow the same degree of cordial and generous applause upon the mbers of the Government with which they have lately differed, as the heir preemptive to the Crown has in this instance rendered to the Duke of Wel lington for his policy on the question of Emancipa tion. So far, therefore, the Duke of Clarence has been by no means deficient in a patriotic disregard of selfish feelings for the sake of a great public cause. Nor hare the grounds of the illustrious Duke's opi nions been less characterized by reflection and good sense, than his motives by liberality and honour.-s- His Royal Highness states most truly, that the British Government can never for one moment be sure of its footing with foreign Powers, while such materials of distraction, and such a field for insidious diplomacy shall exist, as those afforded by the unredressed grievances of so many millions of Catholics. This it is which places the policy of emancipation in its trite light, viz.. that of a system not merely beneficial to the community whose tviongs it professes to repair, but conserva tive of those very interests and institutions, the Nafe guardianship of which had hitherto been sup posed to constitute the chief reason for resisting it. The appeal of the Heir Presumptive to the Bishops will produce, we truer, as lasting and effectual an impression upon the conduct of those venerable per eorages, es it manifestly did upon the minds of the great tintiority of lay Peers among his audience. " Ministers of peace"—such was the appellation be towed upon theta —" Ministers of peace," do not the work of foreign enemies and of internal war; or dare to call yourselves " Ministers of peace" no no longer. There is no answering this in words ; there is no evading it in deeds: the Bishops are ad jured by their apostolic vocation, to restore " peace on earth," and " good will" amongst their fellow subjects.—Tinzes. The petition from the city of Bristol, which has obtained a truly asinine eminence in the present conjuncture, against further concessions to the Ca tholics, was presented List night liy Lord Eldots, According to his Lordship, the petition was signed by 38,QU0 persons. The Duke of Sussex called his Lordship's attention to the circumstance, that, at the last enumeration, the population of Bristol was wily 87,779—that, consequently, the whole number of adults at that time was only 44,000; and taking the adult male population at one-half, supposing all the adult males to have signed it, there could be hut 22,000. The managers of this petition have, therefore, been rather too industrious in obtaining names, conceiving probably that the Signatures of children would pass muster as well as those of grown people, and not being aware of the possibility of determining, from the proportion of grown people in any given population, whether the signatures exceeded that proportion. Something ought to be allowed, no doubt, for the increase since 1821. The population of Bristol in 1811 was 76,433, and in 1821, 87,779. If we suppose a proportionate increase, the population now will be somewhere about 97,000. This would give a population of adult males of between 24 and 25,000. Deducting the 1,700 petitieners for concession, the number of long eared adults entitled to sign -would at most ha about 23,000. But were we to assume the signa tures in Bristol to be 38,000 ; what a poor crop has the great town of Manchester yielded'. On Monday right it was stated that, after extraordinary exertions, 22,000 names had been procured to the petition for Manchester and esalford, and of these many were do mestic servants, children at Charity Schools, &c, Now, as Manchester had risen between 1811 and 1821 from 89,573 to 133,178 inhabitants, the num ber probably exceeds at this time 170,000. If 97,000 yielded 38,000 signatures, 170,000 ought to yield, 66,000. If the proportions for Bristol be al lowed, there must have been a wonderful backwatei noes in Manchester, So mach for the petitions. We should not have thought it worth while to bestow so much notice on these signatures, were it not as sumed by the intolerants, that the functioes of the Legislatuse ought to be in a great measure reduced to casting up the numbers of them. The clergy throughout the country have been making prodi gious exertions in the way of obtaining names, The eonduct of the clergy in thus opposing themselves to the Administration, and to the well-informed and respectable part of the community, and in making tommon cause with those whose language sets every thing like decency at defiance, is to us quite unac countable. They seem as if possessed by some evil spirit. Interest alone, generally supposed to be all-powerful with the Church, will not account for the proceedings of the clergy. They cannot believe that the Protestants can be in any dan ger from the Catholics. The most stupid man that ever issued from the walls of a College must know that the giving political power, as it is called, to the Catholics, is only giving them power in the ratio of their wealth and numbers; and that if the Protestants outnumber the Catholics in the ratio of three to one (to say nothing of the still greater proportionate wealth of the Protestants), the political power of the Protestants n.ust be to that of the Catholics as at least three to one. But this is supposing political power to be distributed in the ratio of the population and wealth, which is no toriously not the case. Theie are very few Catholic Peers, so that the Upper House can receive at most a very small infusion of Catholics. Supposing even the Catholic Freeholder: in every case to return Catholic Members (a most ridiculous supposition, when we consider the share of landed property pos sessed by Catholics), we know the utmost that could he returned in this way. The Clergy, there-- ftire, must know, when they are talking of a Popish House of Peers and Popish House of Commons be ing the result of a settlement of the Catholic Claims, that they are lending themselves to the pro pagation of an abominable falsehood. It seems, too, wickedness without an object; far they cannot expect that the gross absurdities, to the propaga tion of which they have so generally lent them selves, will have the least weight in friglatening the Duke from the course on which he has determined. They have expended a great deal of energy very uselessly, as far as we can conceive. We cart see the intention to mislead, and the wish to be mis ehievous ; but we cannot see the smallest possi bility of their succeeding in their object. We may allow to Lord Falmouth that " the Clergy of tke Church of England have a right to a voice," without allowing that they should exercise their right in so perverse a manner.— The Earl cf Falmouth presented a petition from . Penzance, lamenting that it was not so numerously signed as many that had been presented, and many more that he had yet to present ; the reason of which was, that there were many Dissenters in the neighbourhood of Penzance who were notoriously in favour of the Catholics. In the House of Com mons, petitions were likewise presented from Pen zance, and other places, against concession to the Catholics; which petitions, according to Sir R. Vyvyan, " came not from illiterate and unen lightened persons, but from a community well in formed in religion, and which had the advantage of the instructions of Wesley and other eminent teachers." Mark this, ye Clergy of the Establish ment. 'When it is endeavoured to pros e that par ticular petitioners against concession to the Catholics are not so ignorant as the majority have been de scribed to be, the reason assigned is, not that they have had the benefit of the instruction of the Clergy of the Establishment, but the instruction of Wesley end other eminent teachers. The Clergy of the Establishment are made to march in the train of Wesley and other eminent teachers. The truth is, that the Wesleyans are the leaders in this opposi tion to the Catholics. The Clerry of the Esta blishment take their station after them. They draw on their popularity. hus, for instance, at Leeds, the Clergy of the Establishment at the great public Meeting called in that town to petition against con cession to the Catholics, gave the lead to a Wesleyan Minister. This is a very humiliating confession of weakness, no doubt; and the Wesleyans, no doubt, laughed in their sleeves at the Clergy of the Establishment looking so far off for danger, while a more formidable power was so much nearer to them. To complete the humiliation, Oxford must have Wesleyan Representatives. Lord Falmouth describes Penzance as intractable in the way of pe= titioning, from the number of Dissenters in it ; and Sir R. Vyvyan accounts for the wisdom of the pe titioners, from their being Wesleyans. No more question of Churchmen than if there were no such thing as an Establishment. Lord Falmouth was obliged to confess that the great landholders of Cornwall were friendly to eontession ; only the Clergy were to a man true to the Protestant Con stitution. And Mr, Pendarves threw a little light on the manner in which, out of a population of two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, nine thou sand signatures had been procured. " All persons were sought after—even school -boys were requested and urged to sign those pennons. He would men tion one more circumstance which had been com municated to him by a Nlagistrate, under whose ob servation the transaction fell. Two men bad been tried and convicted of stealing a large quantity of turnips. After the conviction had taken plate, these two persons Were immediately canvassed, and their signatures eagerly sought after and obtained to the Anti-Catholic petition (much laughter, and cries of hear, hear !)." These men were, no doubt, fully sensible of the blessings they enjoyed under our Protestant Institutions, a proof of the working of which they had experienced in their own per sons. All our prisoners now-a-days are Saints, and no doubt contribute largely to tl.e opposition to the Claims of the Catholics.—Morning Chronicle. An important omission characterises the Irish Dangerous Societies Bill, which was not discovered till it had arrived at the second reading in the House of Lords, the correction of which has occasioned de lay in is progress. But for such omission, there would have been no occasion to refer it to the Com mittee of Lords. It had provided against the future meetings of members of now-existing Societies, but emi:ed to mention those which have ceased to exist, !V hit! II is the ease with the main object of the Bill —namely, " the Catholic Association." An amend ment is 'introduced accordingly, to affect the So cieties that exist, " or that shall have existed, or may be formed." This correction creates another difficulty; for, as the Bill imposes penalties, it is what the Commons term " a Money Bill ;" and the alteration of a Money Bill by the Lords has always been held by the Commons to be fatal to the con tinued existence of such Bill. However, it is also discovered that the alteration happens to be in a clause that says nothing about penal ties; so that it. is hence argued—curiously enough in the estimation of " out-of-doors" intellect— that such alteration is not an alteration of the Bill, as it does not appear in the money-part, or penalty-imposing clause, of the Bill! Whether the Commons will so construe these alterations of their " Money Bill," for such it is, as it imposes penalties, of course remains to be seen. The amendment will be submitted to the Commons this day ; but whether they hesitate or not, about such interference by the Lords, may not excite much anxiety in the country, since the measure itself, so arbitrary in its principle and so dangerous ih it 3 example, experiences unanimous approbation. The delay is said to have had another effect—that of inducing the abandonment of an intention that heretofore existed, for the purpose of saving time, of introducing the ulterior measures into the House of Lords white Mr. Peel was getting re-elected for Oxford, or returned for some other place. It is calculated that Mr. Peel may be in his place on Monday or Tuesday next ; and, as the new mea sures will repeal various penal Statutes, it is said to be most advisable to let them go to the Lords with the sanction of the Commons.—Morning Herald. BRUNSWICK GAMBOLS About half-past nine o'clock on Thursday night, nume rous motley groups of beaux and blackguards began to as semble in C4.l!ege-green adjacent to the statue. The usual yells and vociferations soon gave unequivocal proof of the party they belonged to. "No Popery !" " Down with Wellington, Peel, and the Pope l" " A groan for Angle sea, O'Connell," Itc., were responsively re-et:hoed from the attic story windows, and from the railed-in space in front of the College, which was numerously filled. Two of the Magistrates from College-street police-office, and a suffi cient numher of peace-officers, were promptly on the spot. The efforts they made to keep down the indications of riot, which were but too apparent, were effectually seconded by the arrival of a party of the 7th Hussars, who, in passing by :he Cllege, were assailed wills groans and hisses for themselves and Lord Anglessa. Hearing their gallant and beloved Colonel's name so vituperatively ride use of, the brave follows instantly dashed in amongst the noisy miscreants, and made such good use of the flats - of their swords, that the valiant Brunswicliers were soon dislodged. A party of the horse-police, that inoffensively passed a few minutes before were loudly cheered by " a clap for cur friends, the Protestant police of Dublin." The Lord Mayor, who also arrived, and most vociferously cheered by his Brunswick brothers, whom he 'Midi%) anti in a subdued and complaisant tone, requested to disperse, lest, as he expressed himself, "our Cause" should suffer. A party from the Head Police-office also came up, and took six or eight into custody : four of them dandies of the most exquisite cast, and two others the raggedest and most squalid ruffians ever beheld— they were lodged in Fleet-street watch-house for the night. Two detachments separated from the main body, for the purpose of attacking the houses of some obnoxious individuals in the Green and in Merrion-square. We understand an attempt, which we were glad to hear turned out unsuccessful, was made on Lord Plunkett's house in the former place. Mr. O'Connell's residence in the square was partially attacked, but after break- Mg about twenty squares of glass, the ruffians were made to scamper in all directions by a few of the 7th Hussars. A gentleman called at our office to any, that during the evening's exhibition at Marshall's Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo, Lower Abbey-street, when the person who describes the incidents in the picture, came to that part, where the gallant charge of cavalry, headed by the heroic Aoglesea, when he pointed out the figure of the brave General, a peal of hisses and groans burst from a numerous group of Brunswickers, who, it seems, went there for the purpose. -At the close of the exhibition, when the barid struck up " God save the King," these regal rebels honoured the national anthem with similar tokens of their loyal devotion to the reigning Monarch of their adored House of Brunswick. It was near twelve o'clock before the Hussars compelled, or their gallant brethren in arms, the Dublin police, coaxed, the dispersed groups to ascend to their garrets, or dive to their cellars. —Dublin Freeman's Journal. VERY DARING AND NOVEL AFFAIR.— Within these few days a circumstance occurred which has caused no small sensation in Falkirk. There lately resided I ' . , here with her mother an unfortunate girl, who may now b e i A few nights since, a young Than intended to about 18 or 19 years of age. This object was born with- ! carry off a farmer's daughter, who resides in the neigh out arms or legs, and swirled destined to Ie an outcast bout hood of Portunma, and to whom he was viiiig his from the usual pale of humanity—at least of her sex.— addressee. A few hours before the appointed time, one of The attentions of her mother, bowever;• overcame apps- the party who was to assist the fond lover in carrying off rent obstacles, and Jean .111•Coul being naturally quick his fair one, mentioned the circumstance to the young girl's and intelligent, soon became an excellent scholar ;—her brother, and advised him to have her taken out of the accomplishments, indeed, may have been over-rated in way. The young man took the hint, and instantly had one so pitiably labouring under physical bereavements— himself attired in his s.ster's apparel (to whom he but many benevolent ind;viduals were induced, on ac- bore a strong likeness), and was in the act of making count of her accomplishments, to visit and assist the poor up some caps when the party came into the house, and creature. Some time ago her mother died, and left her without any ceremony took him away, and carried him a heavy charge upon a step-father, who being lately mar- across the Shannon to the county of Tipperary, where rich again, the helpless girl was naturally exposed to less they lodged him at a friend's house for the night. So anxious careful guidance. We believe some showmen carried h e r was the woman of the house for her safety, that she about the country in a caravan as an e xhibiti on . From - had a bed made up in the barn, for the supposed girl and this species of adventure she escaped, and has cantinued, her only daughter, in which she I,,cked Vali up, and kept till last week, to live with her step - father at the village of the key herself, for fear of any intruders. However, in Redding. It appears that she was left in the h ou s e a l one some f e w kours after the mother heard some no is e inside, one evening, when some h o ld r uffians entered and seized for which she sharply reprimanded them, and finally re the unresisting victim, who was carried off. She wag ti re d f or the night. On the discovery of the affair next see n upon a fellow's back towards the north of Falkirk_ morn i ng , the mother became almost frantic, and a ll sorts an accomplice following behind ; hut what the object of of destruction were vowed for the delinquent—but by the the men may be, or whither they have conveyed her, re- kind interference of the daughter the matter was hushed ma i n s in the dark. It is probable she may again h e the u p, an d t h e happiness of the couple crowned by th e arrival tenant of a caravan, but something of the Burke kind has of the priest, who married them, by which lucky circum been suspected by the easily excited public.—Edinburgh stance the fellow came in for a good fortune, which other , Pacer. us. , . . wise he could never hope to aspire t 0,... Western Arg POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. John Walker, a hackney-coachman, was brought before Mr. Alderman FA arintoTur R. on suspicion of having been concerned in the following robbery :—Sometime in the night between Saturday and Sunday last, the warehouse of Mr. Hugh M'Culloch, No. 9 4, Watling -street, was en tered by thieves, who broke open all the desks and drawers, and carried off eighty pieces of printed cotton, bills Of ex change, silver, and other property to 'the amount of 1121., &r. The robbery'was not discovered until Monday morn ing, when Mr. M'Culloch inunediately gave notice r,f it at the Mansion •house, and also at the Public Office, Bow street. In the course of 3londay, Mr. Cope, the deputy City Marshal, learned, by some meant, that the prisoner had been seen with his coach waiting at Mr. M'Culloch's door on Saturday evening, and he therefore sought for him, and took him into custody ; when he readily ad mitted that he had been there, awl gays the following ci-count of the matter :—He was called off the stand at Temple-bar, between six and seven o'clock on Saturday evening, by tw o men who got into his coach and told him to drive to Dark-house-lane, Billingsgate. Ile did so ; and at the corner of Dark-house-lane they were boiled by two other men, who seemed to he waiting there for them. These two men also got into the coach, and he was then ordered to drive back to Wailing-sweat. lie did as he was directed ; and when they arrived oppo site to Mr M'Culloch's warehouse, one of the party put his head out of the coach window and desired hint to pull up there. Then they all fr,t,t out ; and, having desired him to wait, they went into the warehouse ; and after a time they returned, each laden with a large black bag, which they put into the coach, anti, having got in them selves, they ordered him to drive to John's-court, St. John's-street; at the end of which count he set them down, and having paid him his fare they went away with the prof;:rt:•, and that i 733 all he knew about it. This account not being saiisfactory to the Marshal, he detained him and brought him before the Magistrate, who was about to remand him for further examination, when lie requested to be heard further in his defence. " Mayn't I be allowed to speak, your Worship ?" said he. 6 ' To he sure you May,' said :qr. Alderman FARE BROTHER. ; " hut this is a very serious affair, anti I caution you to he cars ful in what you say. It may be that you may be indicted as an accomplice in this robbery, or po,:- sibly you may be made a witness against others; but in either case it will he my duty to detain you in custody for some days, and therefore, as you do not appear to have any legal adviser present, I again caution you to be very careful in what you Dow say, lest you should implicate yourself." " I have only this ere to say," responded the prisoner— " that the gentlemen paid me my fare. That was all I re quired of them ;—I wanted nothing else of them ; and as for anv thing of the like of this, I never thought of such a thing." 4 :We11," said the Alderman, " you may be innocent for aught I know ; and perhaps I may take bail for your fu ture appearance. Have you anybody here to give bail for you, or to speak to your character ?"—The prisoner re plied that his master was present ; and thereupon a person came forward who gave his name and address " Stephen Mortis, Castle-place, Whit,chapel." Ile said the prisoner had been (hiving his coach for several months past, and he believed him to he " a chap of good character." Unfortunately fur the "chap of good character," it was now communicated to the Alderman that several of this "chap's " brothers, and ether relatives, all hackney-coach men, had been employed in similar robberies ; and there upon, instead of being admitted to hail, lie was com mitted to the Comprer, for further examination on Satur day neat MA RLBOROU GH-STREET. Yesterday, a young man named Junes Sims alias Broomfield, was brought to this office by the constables of the Mendicity Society, before Mr. CONANT, the siding Magistrate, charged with obtaining a sovereign from Earl Spencer, by means of false and fraudulent representations. It appeared that the prisoner addressed a letter, which was produced, to Earl Spencer, stating that he, the pri soner, bad served for a considerable time as a midshipman on board the Naiad frigate, while that ship was under the comin•rnd of Sir Robert Spencer, his Lordship's son, and continued so to serve until the vessel was paid eff at Portsmouth. The letter then went on to state that the writer had afterwards obtained a situation in a merchant trading vessel called the Jane, in which he served until a short time since, when the said Jane had the great misfortune to be wrecked in a gale of wiud off the coast near Harwich, and that in that distress ing casualty, he (the prisoner) lost every thing he possessed on earth except his life, and the letter ended with the usual prayer of such impostors, for some pecu niary relief. This letter was accompanied with a certifi cate, purporting to be signed by the Mayor of Ilarwich, commencing " Harwich, to wit," and authenticating the accstunt of the shipwreck of the Jane, and the prisoner's identity as belonging to her. The letter also enclosed for his Lordship's satisfaction a certificate, professing to be authenticated by Lieutenant Webb. of the Naiad, stating that the prisoner had served as midshipman on board that vessel during the time that she was commanded by the Hon. Sir Robert Spencer; but all the documents were written, worded, and spelt in a manner that at once he trued them not to be by possibility the productions of a Lieutenant in his Majesty's navy, and much less of ant en lightened Mayor of one of the Cinque Ports. • • - Lord Sp neer, suspecting a fraud similar to many which his well-known benevolence has often subj , cte4l him to was about to be practised on him, his Lordship directed Mr. Appleyard, his Lordship's secretary, to have some inquiry made as to the possible truth of the prisoner's representa tions, and Mr. Appleyard accordingly addressed a letter to the Admiralty on the subject, aid learned, in reply, by a letter from Mr. Lawes, of that department, that no per son of the name of Sims ever served on board the Naiad ass a midshipman, and that all the documents alluded to were barefaced fabrications. Mr. Appleyard then communicated with the Mendicity Society, and some of the officers of that Establishment at tended at Lord Spencer's house at the hour appointed tot prisoner to call for an answer to his application, and the prisoner, as arranged, having had a sovereign given to him from his Lordship, he was instantly taken into custody. In his pocket was found, on searching hint, another cer tificate, purporting to be signed by Admiral Raver, and describing the prisoner under the name of James Broom field, as having served as midshipman under the Admiral's command, which document was, no doubt, intended for other frauds. The prisoner was committed to hard labour in the House of Correction for two months. QUEEN-SQUARE. In consequence of the publicity given to the ease of Charles Rodius, the German artist, who was committed last week from this office, for robbing Lady Meyrick of her reticule at the King's Theatre, many persons of respecta bility have called at the office to examine the property, who have been robbed in leaving the theatres. A lady residing in Hertford-street, May-fair, stated she had been robbed of her reticule as she was coming out of Drury-lane last month, and identified an opera glass and a scent-bottle, which were found at the prisoner's lodgings. Another lady from Kensington said she was robbed of her reticule as she was coming out of the King's Theatre on Tuesday the 10th instant, and identified a miniatnte set i❑ gold, and a valuable diamond ring. A gentleman attended on be half of a lady of title, and said that her Ladyship was • robbed as she was leaving the lingiish Opera House a short time ago of a purse, containing ten sovereigns. Ti , e gentleman inspected the property, but he could not identify the purse. Handley, the officer, said he had no doubt but lie should be able to find owners for the whole of the property in a few days. The articles owned are the same the pri soner said haul been presented to him by his pupils. The prisoner is to be brought up in a few days fur another ex arnination. OLD BAILEY, FEU. 21. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF BYRNE. AND ROEBUCK, FOP. PERJURT. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) Miss Baxter, the dress-maker of Tottenham court-road, gave the same evidence with respect to Byrne that she gave upon Smith's trial. Jane Byrne wished witness to give her a character, and wrote her a letter to that effect. Witness refused to do so. Byrne, however, was a virtuous young woman during the time she lived with her, and wit ness would have given her a character as such. Harriet Baxter, sister to the last witness, corro borated the foregoing evidence, adding that Roe buck had called upon her, and told her that Mr. Smith had taken most unwarrantable liberties with Jane Byrne ; that he had violated her person, and had ruined her ; in consequence of which both Byrne and herself had left Smith's employment. Catherine Lisle, sister to Mr. Smith's laundress— Was in the habit of carrying clothes to Mr. Smith's. Saw the prisoner there. She (Roebuck) told her, that Jane Byrne had been in the habit of sleeping with Mr. Smith. Robert Bridle, a milkman—Roebuck told him, that Mr. Smith said he was tired of Jane Byrne, and wished for a fresh bedfellow. John Godfrey is Mr. Berry's groom, who lives exactly opposite to where Mr. Smith lives. Roe buck told witness that Mr. Smith was like Jonah— [the remainder of the observation was so grossly in delicate that it cannot be repeated.] The case for the prosecution closed here, and Mr. HILL proceeded to address the Jury on behalf of the pri.oncr. After which the following witnesses were called to character. George Macaroni is a silk-merchant, and also a mock-broker. Knew the prisoner at the bar for 15 or 16 years. Her character during that time was that of a respec:able woman. Charles Roebuck Fenton called---Lived at Ken nington, and was a clerk in the Examiner's office, India-house. Mr. Roebuck, the prisoner's husband, was related to my family. Have seen the prisoner at intervals during these seven or eight years. Never heard anything against her character. Mrs. Lec.---Kept a school for young ladies at Clapton. The prisoner Roebuck lived with her as cook for three months, during the last year. Her character was that of great respectability. Had a good character with her and gave a good character of her to Mr. Smith. Mr. John Landseer, a very old and infirm gentle man, who is father of the eminent artist, examined. --Knew the prisoner at the bar for five or six years, and her general character during that period was that of a sober respectable woman. I should think her quite incapable of conspiracy or perjury. Knew her husband ; met him at Sir Joseph Banks's even• ing conrenationes. A Mrs. nolloway,of Devonshire-mews, also knew the prisoner for 12 months, and believed her a sober proper woman. On the night the prisoner and Jane Byrne left Mr. Smith's house, they came to wit- Ness. Did not peiceive that the prisoner was in liquor, although she was in a high state of agitation. She was accompanied by Jane Byrne, whose clothes were torn, and who was crying during the greater part of the night. At half-past six o'clock, the Jury having again assembled, the RECORDER proceeded to sum up the evidence, beginning with the testimony of Mr. Smith, upon which he commented at considerable length. It was too much, he thought, that the jury should be called upon to believe the evidence of a man, who, by his own confession, a confession which he had made in open court, and indeed seemed almost to • glory in it, was a hunter after female re putation, and a common destroyer of innocence and virtue. I-lis Lordship here read his notes to the Jury of Mr. Smith's evidence, and remarked upon the discrepancies which it contained, and the dis gusting admissions which that individual had made, and the total want of shame end decency which his words and demeanor had exhibited. In referring to the charge made against him by Jane Byrne, he drew the attention of the Jury to this circumstance, namely, that the prosecutor had omitted to set out in the indictment, an assignment of perjury, which of all others they could have easiest proved, if it were capable of proof,—he alluded to the circumstance of Roebuck having stated that Jane Byrne when she came down stairs, after Smith had accomplished his purpose, appeared in great distress, with her hair about her shoulders, and her clothes torn. Mr. ALLEY here interrupted his Lordship. An assignment of perjury on that ground could not be sustained, because there was only one witness pre sent who could prove the fact. The RECORDER - Sir, I must not be interrupted: you must not openly contradict me. Mr. ALLEY—I say you are mistaken, and have mis-stated a fact to the Jury. We could not have as signed per j ury upon the ground you mention. The RECORDER—I say you could, Sir : there were two witnesses present—the man who came, as he said, to witness Smith pay the prisoner and Byrne their wages, and Smith's groom. It is very wron?. for Counsel openly to contradict a Judge in his charge to a Jury. His Lordship then left the case to the Jury. Mr. ALLEY-My' Lord, you have told the jury that which is not the fact. You have said— The RECORDER-Sir, I will net hear your remarks. Mr. ALLEY—MV Lord, but I will be heard. I am before the public, and the duty which I owe to my client and to public justice demands of me to tell your Lordship that you have mis-stated both the law and the fact. The RECORDER-Sit down, Sir. Mr. ALLEY—I will not sit down, my Lord, nor he put down, while the interest of my client is at stake. You have stated to the jury that it would not be necessary that all the assignments laid in this indictment should be proved and fully made out be fore they can convict; I deny that, my Lord, and say, that if any one of the charges attributed to the prisoner is made out, her conviction must follow. The RECORDER-Sir, youir violence is very in- decent ; what I said, and what I say still, is this— that unless the assignments shall be made out in substance, the prisoner is entitled to an acquittal. Mr. ALLEY—I deny that you are right in point of law, and the duty which I owe my client compels the to speak. The - RECORDER—Speak decently, then, and pay proper respect to the Cotsrt. A Juryman here wi,hed to put a question to Mr. Smith, who was recalled, and in answer to a question from the jury -box, replied that it was his regular course to pay his servants their wages in preset:ce of a witness. Did not know that the pri soner Roebuck could write, but saw her sign her name. Bridle, the milkman, was also recalled, and being interrogated by one of the Jury, answered, that he had never seen Roebuck intoxicated during his calls at Mr. Smith's house. Mr. ALLEY—I shall now insist upon my right to reply. 'Mr. lIILL—Did 'any ohe ever hear in a British Court of Justice a reply by Counsel after a Judge has summed up the evidence ? Mr. ALLEY---I shall not press my right unless the Jury wish it. Before God, I have no wish hut that equal justice should be done between Mr. Smith and the prisoner at the bar. The Jery having consulted in the box ler about • ten minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. ALLEY immediately, and handing a paper to the Clerk of the Court, said, with considerable warmth, " My duty to the public and to my client directs me to say, that the other indictments con nected with this case shall not be tried here. I here lodge a certiorari, for the purpose of moving them into the King's Be h." The RECORDER—I see, Sir, your object in this proceeding, and the manner in which it is done. Mr. - HILL—And the effect of which is to oppress my client. The RECORDER (to Mr. Alley)—l should wish to know, Sir, what your object is by this most un usual proceeding? Mr. ALLEY—I will tell you plainly. lam dissa tisfied with the judgment. A Juryman—But, Sir, we have given a verdict upon oath. Mr. ALLEY—YOU have a right, gentlemen, to your opinion, and I to mine. The RECORDER—YOU have acted most im properly, Sir, and with great disrespect to the Court. Mr. ALLEY—My Lord, I have been known to you for 40 years, and in the course of that time have treated you with respect ; but now— Mr. HILL—I beg to apply to the Court on behalf of my client, that she may be admitted to bail upon her own recognizance. Mr. ALLEY—And I bog that she may be ordered to give forty-eight hours' notice of bail before she shall obtain her liberation. Mr. CLARKsON—It is very hard that she should lie detained in custody to answer the purposes of such a ruffian as Mr. Smith. Mr. ALLEY—Who calls me a ruffian ? Mr. CLARKSON—The expression was not directed to you ? Mr. Smith—You dare not repeat it to me, Sir, out of this Court. Mr. CLARKSON—Be silent, Sir. The RECORDER told the Jury that they were discharged, and soon alter the Court broke up. Mr. C. PEARSON was the attorney for the defence; Mr. HARMER conducted the prosecution. A curious circumstance connected with this ex traordinary case, was the presence in Court, (luring the entire time that the trial lasted, of several well ' : dressed and fashionable-looking women, who appeared not in the slightest degree abashed at the most filthy and disgusting details which were drawn forth from some of the witnesses. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Prise Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The market for Muscovade Sugar has become very languid, on account of the new Mau ritius Sugar being brought forward for sale; the estimated perchases of West India Sugars last week were only 2,000 l,hds. and tees.—The reports from warehouses are favourable for the Sugar Market; the comparative Stock was reduced last week ; it now only 2,486 hhds. and tees. more than in 1828. The delivery lait•week was 3,319 hhds. and ices., being 486 more than in the comparative week of last year ; the delivery of Mauritius is, how ever, 4,532 bags less. The estimated sales of Muscovades this day were 400 hhds. and ices. The Refined Market became very languid last week, and the prices in some instances were a shade lower. To-day the market is very dull and Is. lower. FOREIGN SEGARS.—A parcel of the new arrival of Havnnnah Sugar has been sold, fine yellow at 365.; it is also stated that some ord. brown and yellow, of an old import, sold 31s. a 325. EAST INDIA SUGARS. — On Friday last the first cargo of the new crop of Mauritius this season was brought forward to public sale ; it attracted much attention, and with the exception of a few lots grocery Sugars, 60s. a 625. good to fine yellow, the whole sale went off at a reduction of Is. 6d. a 2s. per cwt. The principal part of the sale consisted of strong grey Sugars, suitable for Refining :—Grey, good strong, 555. 6(1. a b6s.; middling, 545. a 545. Gd. Broun, dry, 50s. Gd. a .51s. The previous demand for Bengal and Siam Sugars (the latter at Is. advance) was immediately suspended.—The in telligence from Vienna that an additional duty of 10s. per cwt. would be immediately imposed on all Sugars in the Austrian territories, had an unfavour able effect on the Markets.—This forenoon by public sale, 1,030 bags Bengal Sugars, -of an un common fine quality; white fine, 38s. a 405.; good and mid. 355. a 365.; yellow tinge, 335. a 83s. 6d. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—'There is no alteration in the prices of West India Molasses. COFFEE.—The Coffee Market was very heavy all lust week, and on Friday a decline of fully ls. per ctvt. took place. About 1,000 bags Brazil sold, good ordinary pale 355., good ordinary colouring 365. a 365. 6d., fine ordinary 375. 6d. a 38s. Ja maica and Demerara descriptions were without alte ration. Mocha was more in demand for home con sumption, and an advance of 3s. a 4s. per cwt. took place. This day by public sale 223 cask'. British Plantation and 62 bags St. Domingo, the latter good ordinary pale, sold at 375., the former chiefly Jamaica descriptions ; the clean for home consump tion went off at full prices, good ordinary 42a. a 435., fine ordinal) , 445. 6d. a 455. The Coffee Market is heavy. A cargo of Brazil sold afloat at 38s. Rum, BRANDY, ANDHOLLANDS.—The holders of Leeward Island Rum continue to look anxiously fer a Government contract, which is now expected; the sales last week were confined to small parcels for export at former prices. About 600 puncheons Ja maica Rum were taken last week for home con sumption; the only particulars which transpired were that the Rums were of good quality ; the strengths 10 to IS over; the prices 3s. a 3s. 2d. Small panels of Brandy continne to be taken for shipping, chiefly of the second quality, marks 2s. 6d. a 2s. 7d.—Geneva remains at nominal quotations. - HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—'I ho Tallow Market has been languid, and the prices are a shade lower, In Hemp or Flax there is little variation. COTTON.—The Cotton Market continues very dull. The purchases for the week ending last night inclusive are inconsiderable; they consist of 400 Bengal, 3 0 . a Cid.; 550 Surat, 31d. a 41d.; 50 Madras, 41(1. a 5d.: 200 Egyptian, 74d. SILK TRADE.—We have often stated that the reported flourishing state of the Silk Trade was a mere delusion, one of the many devices resorted to by the supporters of the free trade system, when they found the ruin their measures were bringing upon the commerce of the courtry ; the bankruptcy of the manufacturers, and the procession of some thousands of artizans, pictures of misery and starva tion, is, however, attracting the attention of Mini sters and of the public; several propositions have been submitted to Government—they have been rejected—yet the 'Ministers state something will be done, and they are willing to adopt any plan for the I relief of the trade shot t of total proh ibition. In this position the question at present stands. COCHINEAL. —On Friday last a public sale of 124 bags Cochineal was brought forward, about one third sold at a reduction of 9d. to Is, per lb., fine black I ls. to I Is. 2d., mid. to good 10s. a 10s. Od., silver 9s. 6d. a IPA., foxy 9s. 3d. a 9s. SALTPETRE.—The market is little varied. TOBACCO. —The demand for Tobacco continues to be entirely suspended. FRUIT.—The chief business in Fruit continues to be in the new Denia Raisins in baskets, as usual at this season ; the good qualities support prices, us they are scarce, but the inferior, of which the stock chiefly consists, are oifficult of sale, even at lower prices ; Valentia Raisins are neglected, on account of their being superseded by the large supplies of red Smyrna Raisins. A public sale of Fruit was brought forward last week, damaged Currants cold 80s. a 88s. for butts, caroteels 89s. a 905.; one lot sound red Smyrna Raisins 425., damaged 38s. a 416. SOUTH SEA FIsHERY.—Tho following vessels were at Sechelles Islands, 9th September:—Cathe rine, 1,400 brls. Oil; Sarah, 1,100; Greenwich, 1,230; Lyra, 700; L'Aigle, 20; Mary, 809; Sarah, 900; Sir George Osborne, 30; Rochester, 1,100. HoPs.—There is no alteration in the demand, or in - the price of Hops. IRISH PROVISIONS. — In Beef or Pork there is little variation. Bacon is 2s. lower, on account of the extensive arrivals. The prices of Butters are nearly nominal ; the holders of stale and inferior I parcels of Irish Butters have made large sales at a considerable reduction in prices. EAST INDIA SALE OF' SlLK.—Yesterday the sale commenced at the India liouse, it consists of 2,400 bales of East India Company's silk, about 800 China, and 500 Privilege. There was a complete panic in the trade; fine silks fell about 15 a 20 per cent., the coarse 25 to 30 per cent. This day at 1 1 o'clock the sale was exceedingly languid; it vrai moved that an adjournment should take place, 11 was carried, and the trade in a body proceeded to wait upon the Miuisters: At a late hoer they had not returned, RlCE.—Small parcels of Carolina Rise have been sold. Bengal white 13s. a 14s. On Friday 6,586 bags ord. Jaya 105. INDlGo.—There were no soles of any extent last week; the inquiries yesterday and this forenoon ar pear increasing. This day 187 sarong Spanish, .11 0 chests East India; the Manilla sold 2d. a 9d. per lb. lower than the India sale; the Ouda was all taken in; the Caracca sold 3d. a Gd. higher than last public sale. MINING INTELLIGENCE.—SaIes at Redruth last week. Quantity of Copper Ore sold 2,115 tons; average produce 7?". Quantity of fine Copper 130 tons 15 cwt. Amount of sale 9,3091. 18s. Average standard 1091. 9s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK• Per Onarter. Poston Wheat. 1 Barla►. Oats. i Beals. s. to 1. 9. to a. 8. to S. 02 36 13 Gainsborough ......-- I Grantham. Grina‘by— Hornca.4tle. Lincoln 74 I - 52 6'2 60 72 f 6 27 31 20 30 20 30 5 0 68 1(i 25 12 18 29 30 37 20 26 8. to 5 . 34 -" ..... 42 40 22 So 36 4 0 40 4 34 6 3 37 4 4 36 40 Spilsby . 64 68 58 76 68 80 24 20 24 35 30 37 16 W 19 21 241 27 NORWICH, Feb. 21. In consequence of the continuation of foreign arrivalgo and tht, great heaviness in the Flour trade, our miller are extremely reluctant to purchase : the little businee , dune in Wheat was at a reduction of 3s, to 4s. per roar' ter, but at these prices our farmers hold back, in eY• prctation of a revival. Barley is Is. to 2s. per quartet lower, with but little doing ; the farmers being unwill ing to sell. There is no alteration in the priCe of abet' artiees, though a general dullness prevails. Flour is 2s. per sack lower. Wheat (per qr.) Ms. 725. I Beans (per qr.) ...... Vs. Barley IS4. 20s. 28s. Flour, tine (per sack) .545. 565- CAIsITERBURI, Feb. 21. The supply of Wheat was not large at this day's mar' ket, but the quantity of Spring Corn was good. Wheat was from 2s. to 3s. per quarter cheaper, but we note no alteration in Pease. Barley, Beans, and Oats, were extremely dull of sale, and also from 2s. to Ss. per par" ter lower. Wheat, white Ms. to its. red 60s. to Ms. Barley, Malting 34s. to 375. Oats Beans 26s. to 30s • Pease 324. to 37a. ItIANCHESI ER CORN hi ARKI-71%--,Feb. 111. 'FhrouAhout the week the Corn trade has continued ili the same languid state described in our last, and the trans' actions have been so entirely restricted to small purchase. for immediate consumption, that it is almost impassible 0 give a correct currency. There was a fair attendance 0 0 'Change this day, with a good show of samples, but such an extreme disinclination to purchase was manifested b buyers, that it is scarcely practicable to furnish an accouo adequate to the general dullness that prevails. Customary Bushel. tjuar.of A. 0. to a. d, a. c. . to a. .1. English. Bush. Euslish. Old----- 11 0 11 079 2 79 0! sti Fine New------10 6 10 0 73 7 77 4 . 0 Second Runs —lO 4 10 674 4 75 7 2.. g. 8 Im Wheat (701 b.) Scotch & Welch 10 0 10 6 72 0 75 7 c 5 .4 nj I . Irish, Fine Old —..----- New 9 11 10 0 70 2 '72 0 id yc Inferior ---- 8 0 9 6 63 0 68 4 P'Pw, Foreign, Free ----AI 0 11 4 79 2 SI 7J 1 Barley (601 b ) English, Fine -- 6 0 6 041 '7 41 7 ,n Irish ' 34 9 36 4 31 8 35 9 • • 50 5 3 - Inferior for grinding 5 0 5 Oats (45ib.) English, Fine Poland-- 4 6 Scotch, Potatoe Irish, for Meiling 3 0 Provender.-- 3 8 5 0 4 0 3 10 3 10 0 0 33 7 3'7 3L 1 35 22 4 }..4 21 4 28 - 0 - Foreign ' 01,1— 0 0 Pease (Imp. Bush.) Blue, (boilers) ----. 6 White (ditto) -- 5 6 6 0 cleans (Imp. er.) s. d. to s. d. (Per Si English, 45 046 0 I Flour Inferior— 42 0 44 0 Si Irish, Old 41 0 4? A oreign lO 0 45 0 Malt (per load ol' Imp. Bush.) Nottingham, fine— 46 6 47 0 Yorkshire —. 45 0 40 el Irish and Inferior... 36 0 :i 0 Per Sack of `24011). Imp. Flour,Notts. Fine 55 0 56 - 0 Sup. 54 0 59 0 5 7 z 7 s l * 0 r 52 0 64 0 4 8 0 560 Sack 4801b5.) s. d. to 5. 6 ' Norfolk and 3ufrolk, Fine 54 0 56 0 - Yorks., Fine 43 0 46 A O Seconds 46 0 4 8 " -- I rig h, A 54 0 56 Superfine 59 0 61 " -Heatedor stale 50 0 5i A Per load of 2401 b. Oatmcol, English... 36 0 ST 0 -Scotch & Irish 37 9 36 0 „ Feeding TO 0 26 64 6 6 EXETER 111 Al Beef (score) los. tkl.lo, 6d. Mutton (111.) 0 6 —0 61 Ye a and & :nnb 0 0 —0 0 rk 0 0 —0 7 Gee+e (each) 4 fi —t3 0 Ducks (coup o) t o—s 6 Fowls 3 6 —1 ft KE IS.--Feb. 20: Wheat (bushel) IN. Od. 1114 0 6 ' BAriey 4 6 —6 2 Oats 2 9 —3 z' Beans 6 0 —7 0 Batter (lb) 1 9 --1 4 Eggs (14) 0 0 -1 0 Potatoes (pe;k) S 11 11 —IJ CIIESTER.—Wh eat , per 731 b. I Is. 6s. (}d. to 6s. 3d.) Oats, 491 b. 3s. NANTWICII. Wheat, per 751 b. ruts. 6s. Od. to 6s. 2d. ; Oats, 3C4b. DUBLIN MARKET '2.402 NVheat, per barrel 20 stone 3.55 Bete 10 stone Barley lit stone 6,144 0at5....... lt stone) (y:54 Cw•t. Flour 9 stone Oatmeal . 11 stone Sold to Makers only. 4,192 Cwt. Flour, 3d. to 10s. .6d., Batley, sg qrts' d. to 3s. 6d. I Is. 11. to I Is. 9d. ; 4s. Od. to . 4s. 61. TE—Frti From 23 0 12 6 15 0 8 6 0 12 0 DAY, Feb. To 39 0 16 0 19 0 20 0 29 8 19 0 20- "' s'3 ' B l i s 11 4 16 is g o? 2 1 9 I 9 3 29 0 Average price of Wheat and Hour ids. 4d. per sack. Receipts of Flour, 11 ~ Sales of Do. 6, S Firsts, .....—. from 275. Ocl. to VA. n . ' 2 —9O Firsts, . Nom 17s. 0.1. to I s a. t'u„ ES..S Thirds, from ers.ba. to 1& 4 . (61' TRICK OF BREAD. Quartern ;...oaf, ill). soz. V%tt. 1 Half.quartern, 21b. 20z.....•• 41' GLASGOW MARKETS, (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) The transactions in Raw SUGARS have not been extensive this week ; the sales amounted to 3 0 hlls., which were nearly all taken by the Refiner`' Refined Sugars in steady demand. The sales made in Jamaica COFFEE are confined to small parcels of Pale Good Ordinary, at 401 , a 435. Nothing whatever done in PIMENTO or GINGER. Roar is quite neglected ; the price demanded tot' Jamaica 16 O.P. is 3s. sd. a 3s. 6d., and Leeward § 2s. a 2s. Id. for Proofs. In the early part of the week, sales of Grain WHISKEY were made at 3s. 2d., and latterly some the holders who appear anxious to realise have ae' cepted of 35., while others will not sell at that rates The price may now be stated at 35., aad at that price it is likely to remain steady. Malt Whiskek very dull at 3s. 6d. a 4s. 2d. per imperial gallon, 2 5 per cent. O.P. There has been a fair business done in COrrog this week; the sales amount to 1;143 package' Prices, however, are ahont ed. per lb. lower that last week's quotation. The particulars are 16 Se Island, at 161 d. a 17d.; .565 Boweds at 6d, a 60; 0 165 Orleans at bid. a 70.; 242 Egyptian at It a ' a 80.; 12 Demerara at Bd.; 12 Stained ditto at Girl.; and 131 Surat at 4id. a 4-0. In DYEWOODS there has been nothing done. The transactions in ASIIES arc confined to retell parcels, and prices are without alteration;" Potsr brand, 1828, 345.; and Pearls, 345. a 345. 6d. The sides made in TOBACCO are very limited; prices, however, are maintained. Yellow Candle TALLow is selling steadily al 425. lid. a 435. The market for Fish Otis is flat : Whale is sell . ' ing at 23/.; Cod, 21/. ; and Pale Seal, 231. 105. 5 24/. per tun, old measure. The supplies of all descriptions of GRAIN oral' thine to be abundant. The sales made in Wheat have been limited, and prices are Is. lower. Print e Oats are in fair demand, at a trifling reduction - il l value, while the middling and inferior descriptiot s are almost unsaleable. The Barley trade is in a veil depressed state, at a reduction of Is. a Is. 6d.-"' ; Beans and Pease dull, and Is. a Is. 6d. cheaper. BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., of a son, the lady of Engenius Roche' Esq. It was the anniversary of his father's hirtk-days On the ISth inst., at Early Bank-cottage, Perth, ehe lady of Lieutenant-Colonel William Farquhar, East India Company's service, of a son. DIED. On the 21st inst., at Sidmouth, Lieutenant-Coign ii Neil Cockburn, late of the 4th Veteran Battalion. On the 2:2d inst., et his house , Camberwell-greens ill. his 82d year, William Pinehback, Esq. On the 22d inst., Mts. Owen, Bull-ring, Ludlow, Said' aged 86. ------ --- PRINTED ana PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNG, at 03 " - - SUN OFFICE, 112; STRAND, LONDOii. I- 1