The Sun. — London, England, 1829-06-23 00:00:00

The second subject which came to be discussed in the House of Lords last Friday—second in order of succession, but by far the foremost in importance—was the relations of this country with Turkey, Greece, and Russia. The public feeling has been much excited, not alone by the magnitude of the conflict between Russia and the Turks, but by great uncertainty respecting the manner and extent in which the interests of England might be affected by its occurrences, or eves her active interference called for, to avert an issue disastrous to the repose of Europe. Nothing could be more satisfactory or desirable for the country than that Ministers should have felt themselves justified in throwing some light upon our prospects in the East. We hardly know how it has become the fashion to talk about the treaty of London,—the liberation of Greece, — and the fulfilment in that point of the obligations . entered into, by what once was . the triple alliance, as if they were the first and paramount objects of attention to Englishmen at the present hour. Greece has been liberated ; the substance of the policy professed by all the Courts which signed the treaty of London has therefore been secured ; and whether the Greek boundary shall include the Morea only, or be carried north to the gulfs of Arta and Vol°, Europe generally, and Eng land personally, are not concerned in one twentieth part of the degree to which the question between Russia and Turkey threatens to embar rass and disturb them. Lord Holland scarcely displayed his usual candour in imputing to the Ministers, and to those who support them, that they consider " the existence of Turkey in Europe as necessary to the balance of power." For ourselves at least, we reject the supposition of the Noble Lord, put and argued on as it has been done by him. No thinking man could wish the balance of power to be maintained by such an engine as a semi-barbarous monarchy, if any other means were at hand. Nor, if Europe were directed by wise, long-sighted, and harmonieus councils, do we believe that the Turks need be suffered to occupy a yard of European territory for even five years more. It is not the existence of Turkey that is wanted, but the exclusion of a more formidable military power from her deserted provinces. The Turks are not loved, but the Russians are feared ! That is the true feeling (we say not how just) entertained by the advocates of a balance of power in Europe. With regard to the execution of the Greek treaty, if that convention shall be so construed as to require the territorial limits contended for by the Greco-Russian party, with Count Capo d'lstria, the old servant of Rusbia, at its head, we suspect that Lord Aberdeen was by no means too discreet in declining " to give an opinion as to the probable result" of the ef forts making to " execute the Treaty" of Lon don. Our Government has evidently placed more faith in the appearances held out by Russia on one occasion, and in her positive as surances on another, than it seems her conduct warranted. The Duke of Wellington was mis led in his hopes that she would not make war upon Turkey, and in his confidence that she would fulfil her own promise to forbear from vexing the commerce of the Mediterranean by carrying her offensive measures to the Darda nelles. We may imagine the whole of this question to be a ticklish one, from the Duke of Wellington's avowal that it was " now impossible for him to explain how it happened" that Russia had broken her above-mentioned engagement, and appealing to their Lordships for an extension of their indul crevice to Ministers for sonic longer time. t,No body could have felt more exultation than we did at the new laurel acquired by the British navy under Sir E. Ccdrington, in his brave ex ploit at Navarin ; but it would be difficult to deny that the Court of Russia has managed by her attack on Turkey to turn the British and French trophies to her own account, and to pro vide Ministers with an ex post facto but solid justification of the phrase, on which we were not backward to join our neighbours in animadvert ing, when they described that victory as an " untoward event." Having only in view the coercion of Turkey to evacuate Greece, to ac quiesce in the treaty, and thereby to take away from Russia what then appeared to be her sole ground of immediate war upon the Sultan, un doubtedly few measures could have been con ceived with more skill, or more brilliantly exe cuted, than the destruction of the Ottoman fleet; but with the light which has been subsequently furnished, seeing that the Russian magazine of pretexts was not confined to an assortment of Grecian growth, it is equally manifest that the ruin of the fleet of Turkey has but supplied fa cilities to a far different undertaking from any that could have been approved by France or England, and may be indirectly followed by con sequences which no honest admirers of the treaty of London, or prudent advocates of Greek independence, had anticipated. We are not ashamed to acknowledge some apprehension of the nature of those results upon which Lord Aberdeen refused to commit himself, but which may be rendered altogether unavoidable by a just jealousy for the honour and intrinsic inte rests of Great Britain. It is not unseasonable to add our conviction, that his Majesty's Go vernment has expressly insisted on the free con seat of Turkey to whatever alienation of terri tory the final execution of the Greek treaty may be held by the Allied Powers to demand.— Times. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Charles Do pin animadverted in strong terms on the evils produced by Foundling Hbspitals ; which in France seem, indeed, to be a source of great de moralization. But M. Charles Dupin, besides exposing this evil, which led to a general in crease in the proportion which the illegitimate children bore to the legitimate throughout France, recommended, as one of the means of checking illegitimacy, that facilities should be afforded to marriage. There is, we believe, in Paris a Phi lanthropical Society, of which the object is to persuade people to marry. In several countries of Europe, again, as in Switzerland and in Ger many for instance, difficulties arc thrown in the way of may of marriage with a view to prevent the increase of a pauper population. We sus pect M. Charles Dupin takes but a very partial view of his subject. It is not the difficulty in the way of marriage, but the difficulty in the way of rearing families, from poverty that must be grappled with. But M. Charles Dupin seems unaware that there is any connection be tween the rate of increase of a population and poverty. Did he ever hear of parents exposing children in the United States of America, or dis playing any aversion to marriage there ?—Morn- Lug Chronicle. The case of the Rev. Mr. Wray, Archdeacon Goddard, and the Bishop of Lincoln, was brought before the House last night by Mr. H um e, when Mr. Herries alluded of course to the 480/. living, it being of course his interest Mr. CAMPBELL moved for a rule Nisi for a new trial in this case, tried at the late sittings at Guild hall. The action was brought on a judgment re covered in Jamaica, for 1,.5.541. IGs. Bd., current money in that island, with interest and costs ; and the question was, how the amount of current money was to be calculated in sterling money. On the part of the plaintiff it was proved, that in Jamaica 1401. currency was estimated as equal to 1001. ster ling. For the defence it was proved, that 22i per cent. premium were paid upon bills of exchange drawn upon England, and it was contended on the part of the defendant that this premium being changed into currency and added to the 1401. would make the real rate of exchange 1711. 10s. For the plaintiff, however, it was insisted that the rate of exchange ought to be calculated at 140/. currency for 1001. sterling; and under the directions of Lord Tenterden the Jury found for the plaintiff, the de fendant having leave to move to set the verdict aside. The learned Counsel now contended that the real rate of the exchange was shewn to be 1711. by the premium paid at Jamaica for bills on England.— Rule Nisi granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 22. WILLANS V. TAYLOR. This was an action for a malicious prosecution. The defendant was the proprietor of a gaming house in Pall-mall, at which the plaintiff lost con siderable sums of money. The plaintiff's brother brought an action to recover three times the amount, under the statute of Anne, and the plaintiff was a witness on the trial, upon which occasion he swore that he had lost certain sums at the defendant's house on the 4th, sth, and Gth of April. For the defendant, however, witnesses were called, who swore that the sth of April in that year fell on Good Friday, and that there had ban no play in the house either on Good Friday or on Sunday. They would not swear, however, that the play of the Thursday night did not continue beyond twelve o'clock, and thus run into the Friday morning. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. The de fendant brought a writ of error, and ultimately brought the case before the House of Lords, where the judgment of the Court below was affirmed. The defendant also preferred a bill of indictment against the present plaintiff, Which bill, however, was thrown out by the Grand Jury. He then pre ferred a second bill, and went himself before the Grand Jury to be examined. This bill was found. When the case Wag ready for trial at the sessions, Taylor lodged a writ of certiorari, and removed it into the Court of King's Bench. The plaintiff was thereupon obliged to procure fresh bail, and a clerk of the prosecutor's then attorney called upon the persons to whom he had applied to become bail, and endeavoured to dissuade them by divers mis representations from so doing. For three years the prosecutor contrived by various expedients to keep the proceeding suspended over the plaintiff's head; and when at length the plaintiff compelled him to come to trial, Taylcr himself, although in Court all the time, and although on a previous occasion sworn to be a material witness, was not examined. The Jury, without hearing any evidence on the part of the plaintiff, returned a verdict of acquittal. This was the prosecution complained of, and for which the present action was brought. The COURT granted a rule to show cause. MILLS V. COLLETT, CLERK. This was an action for false imprisonment tried before Mr. Baron Vaughan, at the last Assizes for the county of Suffolk. The plaintiff was charged before the defendant, who is a Magistrate and a Clergyman, with having unlawfully and maliciously cut, broken, barked, uprooted, and otherwise de stroyed a tree, of more than the value of IL, the pro perty of Dr.Baddeley. In the depositions the plaintiff was stated to be the occupier of the land on which the tree grew. The Rev. Defendant, however, com mitted him to take his trial for a felony, wider the 7th and Sth Geo. IV., in consequence of which he suffered several weeks' imprisonment in the county gaol, and was discharged by proclamation. It was for this imprisonment that the plaintiff sought to re cover compensation in the present action. On the trial two objections were taken by the defendant's Counsel ; one was, that the notice of actien proved on the defendant, in pursuance of the directions of the Statute, for the purpose of enabling him, if he thought fit, to tender amends, was dated from Half Moon-street, Piccadilly, London, there being no such place in London, but in Middlesex ; the other and principal objection was, that the Magistrate, having been merely guilty ,of an error of judgment, in discharging his duty in a case over which he had jurisdiction, the action did not lie. It had been ad mitted by the plaintiff's Counsel, in his opening address to the Jury, that the defendant had not been actuated by any corrupt malice or personal feeling towards the plaintiff. The Learned JUDGE declared his opinion that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, but to sate the expence of a new trial, in case he was mistaken, he directed the Jury to estimate the damages. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion that the nonsuit was right, and that therefore the rule must be discharged. The only question for the Court was, had the Magistrate jurisdiction to hear the charge? Now the charge was conceived in the very words of the Act of Parliament, for it charged the plaintiff with having maliciously and unlawfully cut, broken, barked, uprooted, and destroyed a tree of the value of more than one pound, the property of Dr. Baddeley ; and that was declared by the Act to constitute a felony. It had been always held from the time of Croke, Charles, down to the present, that where the party was charged with felony the justice was not liable. On this occasion the plain tiff was charged with felony in the very terms of the Act. But he could not help here observing, that either the Magistrate or his Clerk had acted most reprehensibly in taking down the depositions of the witnesses in the express words of the Act of Par liament, instead of according to the true state went of facts. nis Lordship by to means acceded that the occupiers of land were exempted from the penal consequences of this Act, if they cut down trees belonging to the landlord. As, for instance, where trees were excepted from a demise, there the party to whom the land was demised, if he cut down any of the trees, was liable to an action of trespass and not waste; and in his Lordship's °pi , nion, therefore, might be guilty of a felony under this Statute. But it was not necessary to decide that point at present. In the case referred to in Cowper, the moment the Magistrate convicted for the first offence he became functus officio; and therefore had no jurisdiction to entertain the subse quent charge. In the present case he did not exceed his jurisdiction in hearing the charge; and there. fore nothing but corrupt or malicious motives (which were disclaimed here) would render him liable for a mistake ; and even then it would be in a different form of action. With respect to the point as to the notice of action, his Lordship would give no opinion upon it now, as the decision of the principal question rendered it unnecessary. Mr. Justice PARK was of the same opinion. He had heard yesterday that 80 bills had been thrown out by the Grand Jury at the Middlesex Sessions ; now, if the doctrine contended for here on the part of the plaintiff were correct, they might have 80 ac tions to try in this Court against Magistrates for false imprisonment, although most probably the committals were perfectly correct and peoper ac cording to the evidence. His Lordship also took occasion to animadvert on the conduct of those Ma gistrates, or their clerks, who dared to take down depositions from witnesses in the very words of an Act of Parliament. One of his learned brothers had complained that this practice had prevailed all round the Circuit which he had gone last spring. He (Mr. Justice Park) took this opportunity of giving notice that he should fine every Magistrate's clerk whom he should find doing so on the Circuit which he should be upon. Mr. Justice BURROUGUI and Mr. Justice GASELEE concurred.—Rule discharged. MAYOR'S COURT. CHILD AND MANN V. THE CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday this case, which is one under the New London Bridge Approaches' Act, came on before a Jury at Guildhall. The COMMON SERJEANT, Mr. BOLLAND, and Mr. MIREHOUSE, were for the City; Air. PLATT, Mr. BURNABY, and Mr. BULLOCK were for the claimants. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. to appear quite ignorant that there was no. truth in the statement of the living yielding anything to the Vicar of Bardney. - It is sound policy to persist in a misrepresentation as long as possible, because some may read the misrepresentation who are unacquainted with the truth. It seems that the Bishop is proceeding zealously in the. work of enforcing duty, and that great changes have taken place of late. Mr. Herries pointed out to Mr. Hume the possibility of a great re form in ecclesiastical matters. Mr. Hume had complained that -Archdeacon Goddard himself was non-resident ; but Mr. Herries answered, " that an Archdeacon ought not to be resident— that he ought on some accounts to be a stranger to those whom he was to superintend. His duty in the Church was something similar to that of a Staff Officer in the Army ; he was not attached to any particular place, but was em ployed to inspect a district. He ought not, perhaps, to be constantly interchanging familia rities and civilities with persons who were sub• ject to his authority." As the great evil to be guarded against in an Archdeacon is residence, and in a Parish Clergyman non-residence, Mr. Herries probably has in view the application of the incomes of Archdeacons to the Parish Clergy, to facilitate residence ; and one Archdeacon, as a sort of Ecclesiastical Staff, or Inspecting Offi cer, may easily ride over all England twice a war. The fewer the number of Archdeacons, the less, of course, will be their intimacy with the Clergy, and their power of interchanging familiarities and civilities with them. The re form indicated by Mr. Herries will be of great benefit to the Church.—lbid. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 22. SCOTT V. BEVAN. The CommoN SERJEANT stated the cpsc. The claimants are attornies, and they sought for compen sation under the New Act, for the loss they sus tained by being compelled to give up their premises, consisting of apartments on the first floor of the house No. 128, Upper Thames-street. In this case the claimants altered their situation for the better, for they were now at the foot of Southwark-bridge, in a much more quiet, airy, and respectable situation. They were not likely to do themselves much good by making an enormous demand, except in one re spect. Future claimants must be so taken with the ingenuity of the two gentlemen, in standing forth with any thing like a claim at all, that it would be but reasonable to suppose that solicitors who had displayed such talent in a case of their own, would be the very best men to apply to for assistance in obtaining recompence. The following is the claim, the items of which caused some in Court to smile : By the loss of practice occasioned Ly the said Francis Child and Charles Mann's being compelled to quit their offices, No. 128, Upper Thames-street, and by the loss of time occupied in looking out for offices and in the removal of the books, deeds, and papers £soo 0 0 By the loss of half a year's rent of the offices, 128, Upper Thames-street, it being abso lutely essential to get premises as near as possible to the previous situation, and there being no possibility of getting any eligible situation for that purpose without taking them as from the half-quarter before Christmas 42 10 0 By the expences incurred in moving to the . present . offices Unexpected term of 11 years, at Si years' . purchase ... Fixtures remaining . on the premises as valued 100 0 0 £943 1 8 The claimants hal, it appeared, already removed to a place in which they transact business. The Committee of the Bridge-house Estates offered the defendants the sum of 55., in order to bring the case to trial. Three surveyors prom' that the apartments in question had been rack-rented, and therefore the lease was of no value. The rent. of 701. per annum now paid for them was the full annual value. Mr. PLATT very ably contended that the removal of the house in which his clients carried on business was calculated to be very injurious to the business of an attorney, and called witnesses to prove the injury. A person, who had been clerk to the claimants, stated that they had good connexions and business. The business, which had been increasing, was to the extent of about 1,5001. a year. They had fifty, or perhaps a hundred clients, and they ran the hazard of losing clients in consequence of the inconvenience of the place in which they now carried on business. On his cross-examination, witness said that the claimants had lost nothing by going from the Bo rough, where they formerly resided, to Thames street ; but they must lose by leaving Thames street. Many of the clients lived at the other side of the water, and although they were some of them men of great affluence, they would not like to pay pence a-piece to cross the Southwark-bridge to go to the office. There was one gentleman, and a very liberal one too, who was worth upwards of 100,0001., and that gentleman would not like to pay a penny. The RECORDER—What ! if he had to transact business to the amount of 2,0001. or 3,0001., would he hesitate to pay a penny ? Witness did not mean that; but the rich man would not like to pay . a penny to cross the bridge. Thought the claimants' demand of 500/. for the in ' jury of removal very inadequate, and that 2,000/. ought to be the amount demanded.—(A laugh.) Mr. Elwes, - a respectable surveyor, considered the. apartments to be worth 1001. a year. The RdeORDER summed up, and told the jury to make a fair assessment, but not to allow themselves to be influenced by any fanciful matters. The Jury retired, and returned a verdict assessing the claim as , follows :—Lease, Is.; good-will, Is.. the other.items, including fixtures, 1471. 16s. Bd. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. SUNDAY, JUNE 21.--High water 51 minutes past one o'clock.—Wind S.—Arrived the Camoens, Haram, from Oporto ; John Taylor, ---, from Calcutta ; Delaware, --, from Virginia ; Vrow Helena, Winter, from Antwerp. -CLEARED OUTWARDS.--The Boston, Mackey, for Boston ; Splendid, M'Pherson, for New York ; Chief tain, Blair, for Quebec ; Gipsy, ---, for Bombay; John Wells, Curtis, for Philadelphia ; Junius, Coates, for Newfoundland ; Star, Duff, for Cadiz ; Susannah Wilhelmina, ----, for Dantzic; Bermudi, Tucker, for Barhadocs. A BERYSTWITH.—This very delightful water ing place is filling very fast with fashionables.—Cumbrian. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—FRASER BURGH, JUNE 15.—A most calamitous occurrence hap pened in this neighbourhood yesterday afternoon, by which six individuals unfortun atel y lost their lives. Five of the party who were nearly allied, had gone to ch urc h t oge th e r in the forenoon, and after dinner had proceeded to the fishing village of St. Comb's to gratify themselves with a short aquatic excursion , t he da y bein g mild. They readily procured a small boat, and a fisherman to govern it; but the little barque bad not gone above half a mile from the shore, when, in the act of putting about, with its sail up, it was seen to upset, and although another boat instantly put off to their assistance, the whole party Lad sunk to rise no more. One female was soon after got floating on the water, but the vital spark had fled.—Scotsman. THE LATE MATRIMONIAL DISAPPOINT. MENT Al' T. OEORCiE'S CHURCH. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) It would scarcely be worth while to allude to the parties in the late affair at St. George's Church, Miss Charlotte Zouch and Thomas Woodin, Esq., had not the pretended friends of that lady stood forward to defend her conduct, and attempt to palliate her follies and extrava gance, by impugning the character of a noble family, in deserting her in distress, and deceiving her in her expectations ; and she has found a champion to defend her cause in Colonel W. Blennerhasset Fairman, who has dubbed himself her chamberlain, in a letter which he has pub lished. In order, however, to prevent the public from being imposed upon by any false-coloured statements, got up for purposes which may be plainly seen through, the following facts will, perhaps, open the eyes of the public to the whole affair, and show the great delicacy and re finement of this much-injured lady, as she is styled by her chamberlain. It is perfectly true that Miss Zouch is related to a noble family. She is a cousin of Lord Lowther's, by whose family she was brought up and provided for. His Lordship's father, the Earl of Lonsdale, has treated her more with the parental affection of a father than of a distant relation, until her con duct was such that he was compelled to refuse all further assistance. Her extravagance and gaiety,were so great, that the wealth of Crcesus would be insufficient for her support ; anti this assertion is fully borne out by her extravagance since she became acquainted with Mr. Woodin and occupied apartments in Regent-street,—a transition from the miserable hovel at the rag shop, No. 4, White's-alley, where she had been previously residing, which ought at least to have been a lesson to her and taught her prudence, if she was in that want of funds which the occupa tion of such a wretched apartment would seem to warrant ; but whether she resided there to suit another purpose by holding a Samaritan levee, we cannot determine. About three years ago Miss Zouch was released from prison for debt ; but on her regaining her liberty, she again com menced her extravagant career, and was at last arrested by her creditors, and became a prisoner in the Fleet. A man named James, a bailiff's follower, became her servant in prison, and as sisted her in the begging letter department, by distributing the circulars. In this prison she be came .. acquainted with Colonel Fairman, who was likewise a prisoner, but who was lately re leased by taking the benefit of the Lords' Act. This gentleman acted as her amanuensis, and composed the circulars, advertisements, &c., which were issued to the London Samaritans.— One of the impositions practised by this lady on the public during her sojourn in the Fleet, was in the month of May last year, when she adver- ised and issued tickets for a concert for her be- nefit at the Argyll Rooms, headed—" For the benefit of an unfortunate lady." One thousand circulars were printed by Cunningham and Sal mon, the printers in Fleet-street, which were written by Colonel Fairrnan, and circulated amongst the nobility to whom the appeal was made by her man James. A number of tickets were distributed and paid for, and bills were posted round the metropolis for the purpose of exciting the philanthropic feelings of the public. The plan succeeded, considerable funds were raised, but forsooth no concert ever took place to this day, nor were the printing of the circu lars, &c. ever paid for until lately, when an agent of Mr. Woodin's called upon Mr. Cunningham, and, to his great surprise, settled the account, 5/. 10s. In the month of April last, Colonel Fairman revived the Palladium Sunday news- paper, which died alter two publications for want of funds. In this paper appeared one of the Samaritan advertisements, written by the Colonel, and the following paragraph :—" In reference to an advertisement at the head of our paper, we beg to observe, that a spirit of gallantry has in duced us to let it take the precedence, as it pur; ports to be an appeal to the benevolent from a youn g lady in distress. The applicant is well connected, and therefore we the more regret that vicissitude of fortune should reduce her to the necessity of soliciting aid in a manner which cannot be otherwise than humiliating to the de- licate mind of a female. For the honour of the noble family to which she is allied, and whose Protestant principles we admire, that some per manent arrangement may be made to supersede the periodical repetition of such ostensible calls is a consummation devoutly to be wished.' " A short time ago two men were engaged to march up and down Parliament-street with large placards, setting forth that Miss Zouch was a cousin of Lord Lowther's, and the men were directed to stand opposite his Lordship's door, at the corner of Whitehall-place, for the purpose of annoying and insulting his Lordship ; the nuisance continued some time, until Mr. Phil- lips, his Lordship's secretary, gave orders to Thompson (the street-keeper) to remove the men ; they were accordingly cautioned that they might walk up and down Parliament-street with th e i r placards as long as they pleased, but if they stood opposite his Lordship's door, they would be taken before the magistrates at Queen-square police-office, and dealt with accordingly. This had the desired effect, and the parties who engaged the men soon got tired of paying them, and the plan failed without any money being paid for remov ing the nuisance. The man James, who still continues the lodging in 'White's-alley, remains in Miss Zouch's service, and dines with her on those days when Mr. Woodin is not there. His wife is also her companion, and attends upon her, and was one of her fashionable friends who attended her at church, dressed in a green silk dress and white scarf, the cost of which was nine pounds or guineas, paid for by Mr. Woodin. , When the intelligence of the marriage being stopped was circulated amongst the tradesmen whose bills were not settled, the greatest alarm prevailed, and the frizeur in particular was greatly alarmed : his man was instantly despatched to Regent-street with his bill for his morning's at tendance, oils, &c., previous to going to church, which was 11. 19s. 6d., and ordered not to Te - turn home until the bill was paid, or the amount would be stopped out of his wages. The fears created were, however, groundless, as Mr. Woo din discharged every debt ita the most honourable manner immediately. Various causes have been assigned for . Miss Zouch's extraordinary con duct at church, none of which, we believe, to be the real cause. It is stated that her leaving an infant brother and a little sister to the uncertain protection of her noble relations preys on her shattered spirits; also the irritability of her n erves, the bustle of prep ar i ng f or a l on g voyage, the flurry her refined mind must be subjected to in its contemplation of changes on which she had scarcely time to reflect, and a variety of other sickening nonsense, which we can assert from au thority is all false. C er t a i n it is that the n oble family above-mentioned know nothing of the relations alluded to being in any way de- pending upon Miss. Zouch ; and as to the in fant brother, he must be a tolerable old infant, as Mr. Zouch has been dead some years. It is not yet settled whether the marriage will be again attempted, but it must be very soon de cided, as Mr. Woodin is about to tale his de parture for India immediately. The above facts may be depended on, and need no comment. Many other circumstances might be stated which we tcftaln from at present : the above is quite sufficient to show the true character of this dis tressed lady, and open the eyes of the public and prevent imposition.— Times. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The scandalous mis-statement of facts, which ap pears in your journal of this day, calls aloud for severe animadversion. We are instructed by Miss Zouch to re quest that you will give immediate contradiction to the many insinuations which it contained, tending to injure her hitherto unblemished character in the eyes of the world. It is true that, by the death of her parents, and having no friends to direct her youthful steps, Miss Zouch became embarrassed in her affairs, and was finally cont. mitted to the Fleet Prison. It is not true that immense sums were collected by her advertisements and pamphlets. On deducting the expenses incurred, the amount does not exceed 20/. On the sudden and unexpected change of fortune which has recently taken place, raising her at once from the abyss of woe to such a pinnacle of prosperity, it is not surprising that Miss Zouch was overpowered by her feelings, and was for some days prior to the adjourned ceremony in a state of strong nervous excitement. In fine, in the course of the marriage service she fainted, and has since continued so excessively unwell as to be unable to move from her bed. Immediately on her restoration to health she will be united to the object of her affections. As to the ridiculous story relative to the exhibition of the wedding-dress, it is too contemptible to require refu tation. Requesting your immediate insertion of this letter as the only means of doing justice to an amiable and persecuted lady, we remain, Sir, your obedient servants, FULLER AND SALTWELL. • Carlton Chambers, Regent-street, June 19. HAMBURGH PAPERS. BUCHAREST, MAY 25.—The bombardment of Si listria has begun. During the night of the 21st the horizon in that direction was completely on fire. It is said, the garrison, which is only 13,000 strong, has expressed a wish to capitulate, but the Count Die bitsh, convinced that he will be able to take the place by storm, has rejected every proposal of the kind.— Our executive Divan has been summoned by the new Vice President Bosniakow, to provide the means of supporting an army of 90,000 men. Where the money necessary for obeying this order is to come from, it would be difficult to say; some persons speak of a project of farming out the whole of the Church Pro perty for a series of years. The contagion continues to rage in all its horrors; the bodies of the dead and dying are continually seen lying in the streets. The report that the plague has broken out among the Russian troops before Silistria continues to be be lieved. BORSEN-HALLE, FRIDAY JUNE 10.—WHEAT.-. Although the arrivals of the week have not been very large, the market has been heavy. The best samples have been taken for exportation, but only at reduced prices; of inferior samples, on the other hand, the sale has been so difficult, that many holders were obliged to bring their stock to the hammer. Our own consumers bought but little. In RYE there has been but little doing. BARLEY and OATS are of easy sale, our arrivals not being equal tojhe demand. From the Ist to the 10th June inclusive, 113 cargoes of corn passed through the Sound. Of these 56 were bound for British, 19 for Dutch, 10 for French; and 15 for Swedish and Norwegian ports ; 1 was bound for Hamburgh, and of 11 the destina tion was unknown. - . - Weight. Rix dollars. Dantzie Wheat 122 to 126 152 to 170 Pomeranian 142 to 129 140 to 150 Anhalt, white llB to 124 130 to 150 ---- red 122 to 128 140 to 152 Danish 120 to 129 120 to 130 Dantaic Rye llB to 122 69 to 'it Magdeburgh Barley 9B to 104 54 to 60 Anhalt 94 to 101 54 to 641 Upland Oats ...• Very little business is doing in funds. Discount 4 per Cent.money. The steam-boat from St. Petersburgh arrived at Travemunde on Tuesday, and the letters were de livered in Hamburgh on Wednesday. The Ex change in St. Petersburgh having declined, the sending of silver hence has ceased to be profitable and has for the present been discontinued. Bills on Amsterdam are in great demand. Upon Paris and London there are bills and money. End of June. Last Tuesday.—To-day. Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent 63% 637i, Anglo-Russian Loan 93% 93 % Hamburgh-Russian Loan .... 88 ..... „.. 88 Polish Bonds lOO4 ..... „.. 100 Austrian Bank Shares 1113 lll4 Austrian Metalliques 9B Exchange upon L0nd0n....... at two months, 13 i),,', at sight ~.. 13 11 Amsterdam, at two months, 35 60-100 Paris VIENNA, Julia 12.—Metall. 9Si. Bank Sh. 11131. THE ARMY. (From the Limerick Chronicle, June 20.) There is a'report in the military circles that the Lime rick and Cork districts are to be consolidated, and that the General commanding will fix his head-quarters at Fermoy. Yesterday the depot of the 86th Regiment, under the command of Major Cre,agh, arrived from Dublin, and marched this morning to Fermoy. The 65th Regiment, now on its march to Fermoy, is to embark for the West Indies. The head-quarter division of the 3d Dragoon Guards, under Col. Holmes, arrived at Coventry on Tuesday.— Major Storey commands at Birmingham. The Duke of SUSSEX intends to make a tour through Ireland this summer. Lord GLENTWORTH is ap pointed to his Royal Highness's household.—Leinster Journal. Admiral Earl NORTHESK re-assumed tile command of this porton Monday. —.Deronport Telegraph. On Mr. O'CoNNELL ' S making his way through the stuff gowns, with a huge hag of briefs, to take his seat in the Court of Chancery, yesterday, Mr. PREN DERGAST, the Registrar of the Court, having observed Mr. O'CoNNELL, asked him if he might enter an appearance for him, to which the Liberator replied, " You may ; and enter M.P. after it." This confident anticipation of the result of the Clare election produced a very disagreeable sensation amongst the SAURINS and LEFROYS of the inner bar.—Dublin Morning Register of Saturday. HAYMAKING.—The hay harvest has com menced under very favourable auspices, and is now in rapid progress on the fertile banks of the Calder, in the townships of Dewsbury and Mirfield, also at Huddersfield, Elland, and Halifax. The crops arc in general light._ Carlisle Journal. Yorkshire broad cloths have been in very brisk demand in the German fairs of the present year, they have set all competition by foreign manufacturers at defiance,— Leeds Mercury. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SILK SALE.- The Company's sale of Bengal raw Silks commenced yesterday morning. There was a pretty full attend ance of throwsters and manufacturers from the country, but the bale began heavily. The quantity of Company's Bengil to be offered is 2,400 bales ; the quantity of pri vate trade or licenced raw silks is however very large, in deed, much more so than for some years past, particularly of China silks, the arrivals of which have latterly been very considerable. As the quotations of nearly all the de scriptions of raw silks are now as low as just subsequent to the panic in 1825, and as the silk trade, at nanchester and most other places, is becoming much more active, the prices at the Company's sale are expected to improve as the sale goes on. Inferior Brazil silks were on sale yes terday, and realised from lbs. 9(1. to his. Sd. per lb., being a decline on the quotation realised for the same quantities in the corresponding sale of last year. The stocks of raw silks of most descriptions are heavy. SLANG.—The slang term for ringing a bell used to be to "agitate" it; this is now tamed " 0' Con nellizinq the bell. Pent. NAST!. the T C he om fo rn ll i a tt w e i e n was received by the House on Saturiay g of ig th a e H Ca o P u Y se a o f f ( C ha o!: goansia,tiNa,lit;icbg°l Resolved, let. That no evidence has been laid before your Coto' mittee, to justify any charge of fraud against Mr. Nob' 2d. 'That in the case of Suffolk-street and Pall-roll East, Mr. Dash did not obtain for himself the lease uPr ee his own valuation under cover of the name of Mr. Ed" wards, and that he did not represent Mr. Edwards as 0. man of no substance, unable to execute his e ngagemeit t. ., 3d. That in this same St l frolk - street case, t h e g rotto° was let after a valuation by Mr. Shaw, crt erninCot se " reyor, wholly unconnected with Aft, Nash, terra O a t qiiainted with his previous valuation ; that Mr. FAO"' was not a ctiti,us person in the transaction, but the bol fide taker of the lease, that his signature was not affixe°„'P nor his name used by Mr. Nash, that he held the gronao until it bad risen in value by an increased demand for i 4 and that he then sold his lease to Mr. Ilash for a coos'' derable sum of money. 4th. That in the remaining case, that respecting the' ground adjoining the Regent's Canal, your Committ er have found that Mr. Nash became the Lessee of t he Cro n in consequence of the desire of the Regent's Canal Ccoe" patty, stibject to certain onerous conditions connected With ' the interests of the Company, of which he ha d been t he projector and principal promoter. sth. That it appears to your Committee that Mr. 11 04 became the Lessee of the Crown Whilst acti n g as its Age° and Surveyor, and that in his capacity of the Crown's sur veyor, he had to report upon the buildings erected by M ee ' self on the ground of which he was the Lessee. Gth. That although there 'is no eviden ce before on Committee to shew that any less accrued to the Fob° from his acting in these distinct capacities , yet it is,th e v opinion of the Committee, that the Commissio ners of Vire!t and Forests should not permit any Sur ve y or or Arehit; employed on behalf of the Crown, to have any inameafe.. interest in any land or buildings, relative to which liable to be called upon to give an opinion in his ottt`f.,, s capacity, until his duty as Surveyor of the Crown, relatl— to such land or buildings, shall have entirely ceased. is 7th. That in the opinion of your Committee the re not, according to the evidence given , an y g round wh: r ever for impeaching the integrity 6! M r. Nash, nor 001° supposing that the valuations for the le of the Too lands made by him, were either influenet 4 by tmP motives; or lower than they ought to have been:: LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Met ro p olis is 10)4d. ford ' 411.). Loaf. There are others who se ll from ;4d. to Igd. that price. (NN)leedwwDkEi.tontrgoiciDigstinitt PRICE OF SEEDS.-June 2 , 2 .. .. 4. firke ....6. .....,05. New White ..." C itedD l o o . Clover Seed (pe . " ............. Cwt, 4 ....550 01... 50 46050 5 5 . Old Ditto ••••••••••;•.•• 3OB . fine 40s. 60s. fine 705 . 11 4: ver __ Old Ditto Ditto ....... 60s. 7N. fine 8 :.5• „, New Trefoil Old Ditto ... - . fine`' 401 ' ...6; Rib Gras s .......-.—.--...........--.».-........... 395. 41s. fine --. 0 . English Carraway 5eed—............-.-.4-.. -s. 41s. 465. fine 45. Foreign Ditto ...........----... ................-s. ...-..5. --s. fine coriander St. Foin (per Quarter)-...... —s . ..... ... 4, Rye Grass ...,...... .................. 401 . w ...., Macey Ditto Linseed, for feeding fi fi n n n e e e 5 ( 5 :561 - 6 : 56_ : : : Ditto, for crushing _ ........... 4... - 1.: ti .. . 50,38 1'7 . 5 . .. n le . ..... .. 4 . 6....4.....ne .. 40,.... , 1 : 0:: -s. 41s. 425. tide Ay. Canary Seed, New. -s. 455. fine .--.1. ::,:i, Ditto Old .... -s. .-11. ..-4. fine ...., White Mustard Seed-....(per 8u5he1),......05. 6s. is. 6d. fine„ Brown Ditto . -s. Ss. 10s. fin , ..: 4 , Turnip Seeds, Rounds • 1 _as. fine Green and Red Ditto ..........--._ Tares, Old .............. Ditto New --- Rare Seed, v —s. a4s. 40s. tine —S. —6. fine 40. 1. Foreign PRICES OF HOPS. —June 21. —4l 16s. W. Bs. to 61 it 41. 10s. 41.165. to 51. 41. 12s. 51. Os. to 61- 0!. Os. 71. Os. to 81. ~. 0/. Os. 61. 06 to 7 1 - Kent Bag— 6‘, Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto. 4/. Os. 41. 101. to 41. 166 ' Old Duty laid at £55,000. Kent l'oekets----, SII,SCX path .1000* ESSUX Ditto Farnham Ditto, Fine..., Seconds MICE OF POTATOES.—June 22. 61. N. to 01. Os. pet tort. Ct. O. to 01. Os. ditto. Kidneys —... Scotch Reds PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown , 414 Os. Relined Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cako at the Mill, per - 0 Rape Cake, per ton II,IIIMII.WIIIMII4.1WIMMIMIO.V.0••••••1•0110, PRICES OF Per lb. d.tod. Botts to 5411 b.... 19 20 Ditto---60 to 661 b... 21 22 Dressing Hides 141 17 Fine Coach Bides --. 19 21 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 h. 141 151 Di to SOD. 151 171 Ditto LEATHER. d. Per lb. d. t ° l O Tanned Horse Hides.. MI 2 6 Spanish Ditto .............. 22 l'er dozen. 0 Calf Skins..ati to 40lb. 18 . i v Ditto .......... SO to 701 b. 24 •ii Ditto --- 70 to 801 b. 22 , of Small Seals, Greenland 20 S. RAW HIDES. oPer Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone, e. d. tot Best Ileitfirs&Steen2 8 3 0 Ordinary 1 8 ''',, 4 2 6 Maticet Calf 6 Oes_ SHEEP SKINS. na 6 4 2s. CM. to 3s. Od. Shearlings........ Os. Od. to v-• Lambs ls. Od. to Is. 6d. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—June 20. 0 5, Hay 60, Od. to 84,. Od. ('lover 70s. Oa. to 955. Straw ••••.•••••••••••. Od. to 40, Od. COAL MAUI Adair's 28x.64. Beaumont _ 25 6 Boundary 25 9 Dean's Primr05e........., 25 0 Heaton —. 30 6 Helkurn Slain 28 0 Holywell 2B 0 Killingworth 28 6 Liddell's 24 6 Pelaw Percy East 23 0 Pon top Wind50r......... 24 6 Ttnfield 31 0 Tanfield Lea 2B 0 26 3 NVillington .28 0 Wylam 2B 3 Walls End Bell and Co. 28 0 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 29 3 Ditto Bewicke and t. 30 9 Ditto Brown's, unse.—... 27 6 Walls End Brown's . 27 6 Ships at market, 927i--Shii .ET.—June 22. . 0 4 ' Walls &id Newmarch.. Ditto Burraton . 29 " Ditto Carr and Co. 2 6 a" Ditto Hilda Ditto Hotspur, , a ' Ditto 30 unto Northumberland 23 Ditto Peareth 2 6 Ditto Perkins and Co. 23 6 Ditto Pith:lo's 29 Ditto Russell's Ditto Walker , L a ' Lambton's Primrose -.28 ' 7 Wails Fit(' Hatt0n.. .,... 32 "„ Walls End 29 Walls End Stewart's 32 Culm 27 a 0 Cowper' - Hartley 30 Stone Coal Drim 42 i n ' Tyne small 16 0 sold, OWA-Unsold, 2 04* IRISH MARKETS, Wheat, I Barley. 1 .-- Oats. per barrel per barrel per barrel! r '2O stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. 1 Ist. Flour, per cwt.- s. d. a s.d. a. d. a s.d.l a. d. a g.d.. Cork .—...J31 9-35 6 12 0— 01111 6-15 6 Limerick 133 4-35 0 10 6-20 0 10 4-13 0 Watcrfordl3o 0-36 0 13 0-14 0 10 0-14 0 Clonmel —.130 0-34 C 10 6-16 0112 8-14 0 Carlow ..... 30 0-36 0 12 0-19 0112 0-14 0 Cork Limerick,,, Waterford Clonmel Carlow.—.. Beef, I Mutton, per lb. I per lb. Pork, per cwt. 2d. s. d. as. d. s. 20 0-24 12 0 16 .--1 8 1$ 0-21 0 0 0— 18 0-24 10 20 0-25 0 12 0-- 1 ," 20 (1-21 ( 00 d. a d. d. a d. s. d. a s. d. s. d. —6 4 —6 22 0-24 070 0 4 —5 4 —6 30 6-35 074 0 4 —6 4 —6 20 0-27 075 0 3 —5 4 —6 27 0-28 072 0 4 —54,0 —0 00— 0070 0 s. d. s. d. 66 0 60 0 66 055 0 70 0 66 0 65 0 60 0 60 0 50 0 KILKENNY.—Butter 722. to 735. per cwt. ; Wheat 355. to per barrel; Flour 225. to 445. per bag; Oats Us. to 14s. per " •- ( 1, rel ; Barley 1(s. to 18s. ; Beef 4d. to W e d. per lb. ; Mutton 4.,,p to sd. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals ls. 2d. per cwt.; D'"" Pigs 28s. to 295. per cwt. A-fine sturgeon, weighing nearly 2001h5., ° measuring upwards of eight feet in length, was caught , Monday last by the salmon fishers near the junctio n of WI Tay and Earn. It was put in ice in the salmon vard ° Messrs. GRAY, RICHARDSON and Co., Perth, an d' 'patched to the London market on Wednesday morning." Glasgow Chronicle. Mr. SHELL is attending the Registry o f Free d holds in the County of Louth.— lVatcrford ticle• BIRTHS. On the 92d instant, in Stratford - place , Mrs. Willi* of a son. On the 20th inst. in Chapel-street, Portland-place, I * ° ' Rovedino, f daughter. At Fulfo o rd, a the lady of the Rev. Robert Sutton, of daughter. At Newport, lately, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Osbo rne of a son. MARRIED. On the 22d inst. at St. James's Church, by the Rev. 6 ' Andrews, Mons. F. Pinault to Miss Jane Hendrie. L .,, George Cope, Esq. of Wolverhampton , to An ne SOPPI third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Harwood, of Lichfield. 6, On the 18th inst. at Kirkellay, Yorkshire, the Rev. ti Gtdfrey Egrement, vicar of Barrow, Lincolnshir e, Emily, youngest daughter of the late J. Barkwortb , of Hull. ..... DIED. _ A 51, On the 21st inst. Mrs. Reid, of the Stran d, agc" relict of R. Reid, Esq. On the 20th inst. at Trig Wharf, Thames-street , rid T. Bolt, aged 70. , „ of On the I9th inst. at Southampton, John Lyon, rfr,' Iletton-house, Durham. On the 21st inst. in Conduit-street, Mrs. flini— Wodehouse. c On the 18th inst. Susannah, relict of the late x. ' ling, Esq. of Mitcheldean, aged 78. Pam= and PuausnEn by MURDO YOUNG , ()MCI, 112, STRAND, LOXDON.