The Sun. — London, England, 1829-12-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It would appear hot,' our city arliek.t, that monied men feel no apprehension of the apps- tile for Government .-kultuities, under the recept act, becoming keen enough to induce so general an investment of money in the purchase of them as could lead to any immediate and inconvenient increase of the national expenditure. When we alluded to this subject some day since, we re collect throwing out as a contingent and possible consequence, that taking for granted the libe rality of the conditions offered by the Act of Parliament, large sums of money, it is true, might be handed ever to the Commissien2rs for reducing the Debt, and thereby 'a large reduc tion night be made in the principal of the debt ; but at the same time, and through the same means, an enormous annual payment of annui ties might be incurred, to the grievous aggravation of our present burdens, although to the eventual relief of those who come after us. Were the empire circumstanced like the United Stater; of America, where the national debt is but slnall, and the amount of taxation greatly within the means of the people ) We might adopt without scruple the plan of the United ZStafvs, and submit to the establishment of such a sinking fund as would in a few years absorb the sum total of the debt. But, situated as we are, it is at least a question whe titter the counqy be capable of so severe an effort, and it must occur to us as a considera tion primafacie deserving notice, that any and every plan for converting debt into annuity, is one for the relief of future ages at the expellee of this. It is, however, satisfactory to learn, that no apprehensions nee:l be entertained of practical embarrassment from the scheme which is now in progress ; albeit, we do not quite un derstand the reason Alleged for such security. — The City Authorities state that no large amount pf stock can be transferred to the Commis- sinners, because so much more than a moiety of the public funds is held by corporations, trus tees, &e., who are not empowered to convert their capital into income. Now this argument stands good so far as the annuities are pur ehaseable by a transfer of stock, but it does not bold against the purchase of Government an unities by money. We are satisfied, neverthe less, to take the opinion of the men of capital es we find it, and to watch with due patience the progressive working of the measure.—Titnes. We insert a Letter under the signature of " A Common Place Moralist," in which the writer confounds things perfectly distinct— namely, Reform with Revolution, and the em barking in a revolution with the mode of carrying it through. The difference between Reform and Revolution is as distinct as the difference between repairing an edifice and pulling down an edifice to replace it by another. In almost all the countmics of Europe changes of one kind or other are constantly taking place, of more or less importance. Without adverting to the in novations gradually effected by time—such for instance, as the conversion of villains into free men, and the growth of a numerous and wealthy middle class—numberless changes •of import ance have been and are continually effected by the constituted authorities. Such a change was the destruction of Heritable Jurisdiction in Scotland, and of Clanships on the extinction o the rebellion of 1715—such was the abolition a the Test and Corporation Acts—such the grea measure of last year, which placed Catholics and Protestants on a level in civil matters. The Austrian Government, by the mode in which it effected its bankruptcy, beggared the middle class, the most important in every country and cniabled landho!ders to rid themselves of their mortgages for a small fractional part uf the orig;nal amount. lii this country .the Bank Restriction Act transferred a large part of the property of creditors to debtors, while the repeal transferred a large part of the property of debtors to creditors, the fluctuations producing, among other important results, the deceiving landhol ders into family arrangements and debts, calcu lated according to a depreciated currency, and the substitution of a new set of proprietors to the old. But something more than this is meant' by Revolution. Revolution implies a change effected, not through the constituted authorities, but by a power superior to them. A revolution always carries with it its own justification, for it never can take place in any country in which the duties of Government are at all adequately dis charged. A man must haze observed society to very little purpose who has not discovered that so long as men arc protected in their properties, all who possess property, which is another ex pression for the great bulk of the people, take a deep interest in the maintenance of order, and when any attempt is made to disturb it range themselves on the side of power. If any insur . rectiouary movement were to be attempted in this metropolis, for instance, or in any other • town of the kingdom, there is not a man not in desperate circumstances who would not cheerfully aid in an endeavour to:put it down. A revolution supposes a Government which has alienated time great body of those on whose support a Government can alone securely exist, and a people placed in circumstances in which they are driven, as the lesser of two evils, to endea vour by violent means to effect a change in the Government. No man with sufficient sense to allow him to he left at large, would think of ad vocating a Revolution any more than he would think of advocating a fever ; but both Revolu tions and fevers take place, nevertheless—Revo lutions when the machinery of the State will no longer work, and fevers when a derangement of the animal system takes place. Were the Go vernment of this country to apply a sponge to the National Debt, and - to derange the affairs of the country in such a manner as to produce dis - tress and alarm throughout society, a persuasion might take possession of men's minds that, to avoid greater evils, the desperate expedient of violence ought to be resorted to. But as, in this country at least, no Government will ever be so foolish as to have recourse to such despe rate measures, the equally desperate conse quences will not follow. We have always looked with horror on changes of Government effected by violence, and have felt thankful that our lot has been cast in a country in which we were not called upon to choose between the sup port of a Government so bad as to drive the people to a revolution, and the endeavour to put it down. Even, under the most favourable cir cumstances, the putting the masses of the people in motion to overturn the authorities of a coun try, must lead to much suffering L. : l much ermine. The abuses which can only be remedied by revolution, and which, in spite of the natural aversion of mankind to changes, produce a re volution, suppose great corruption and depravity in the possessors of power. Men in such cases do not relinquish the advantages they enjoy, or seem to enjoy, with good will, but consider all those who seek to wrest power out of their hands as mortal enemies. All revolutions exhibit to us the privilegea anti die unprivilegti in a state of uncompromising hostility towards each other. In England we saw in the great Revolution — called, on the restoration, the great Rebellion — a few of the great proprktott, and nearly the whole of the middle classes in towns, arrayed agai'tst t'.‘ie King, the Nobility, the Church, and the rabble. Fortunately for England,. the fury of contending parties was net intreased by the interference of at--;,!gliers. Had England, like Franca; tun open to powerful neighbours, and tlle Court and the Nobility lent to the designs of foreigners, and appeared at the head of an invading army, a fearful re-attiott would have taken place on t,hr pat of the other. Our in sular situation protected us from the greateq of ail calamities—the interference of foreigners with our disturbances. But in France and Spain it was otherwise. The privilegd clasats in both had recourse to foreign aid. The Champions of the Revolution in )'ranee found themselves at tackrat from without, and in constant danger within from treachery and conspiracy. The\ saw that desperate measures alone could save them, and they had recourse to desperate mea sures. An anecdote is related in a Note to the Correapondence of George Forster, the President of Mentz, when it was taken possession of by Custine—an interesting work, just published in Germany, which shows what the state of excite ment there was among the Republicans.— " There \vas quartered, it is said, on Forster, a grey-headed man, a carpenter by trade, from Normandy. As the conversation, a day or two after his entry to his quarters, was directed to the necessity in which the trench were placed of ' sacrificing property and person for the cause, he remained silent on his entering the room, and listened some time ; and when the word sacrifice was uttered, he approached die speakers, took off his helmet, and bowing his grey head low, he said, as if in confirmation and by way of conclusion And therefore have 1 brought my grey hairs, and many with me, who have nothing to give to their country but their life.' He gave his life in one of the battles before the first siege of Mentz." When men are wrought up to a state like this, and have made a sacrifice of their all to what they deemed so holy a cause, who will say that those at the head of affairs ought not to adopt measures ade quate to the emergency, that the sacrifices may not have been made in vain ? The Revolution in Spain was effected under less favourable cir cumstances than that of France ; but the mea sure having been effected, it was the duty of the country to take (hie measures for the security of the nes order of things. Instead of this, they acted as if a revolution was an every-day matter —as if armies could be wrested from a King and privileged orders, without desperate attempts to recover the lost power. They looked stupidly on while foreign gold and domestic treasons were destroying their work. They could have pre served the Government by the means the Revo lution placed at their disposal ; but they chose rather to sacrifice those who trusted to them, than their enemies. So much with respect to the Letter of our Correspondent, and his mistake with respect to Revolutions. As to the conse quences of the Revolution, this is another ques tion, and a wide one, but we cannot now enter on it.---Morning Chronicle. We are glad to perceive that the unceasing efforts which have been made by ourselves and others, to draw the attention of the public to the real situation and prospects of the country, and especially to the evils which have been pro duced by a return to a metallic currency, under a system of undiminished taxation, and without any additional vent for our products, have at length attracted attention in almost all quarters, and that even those who lately spoke of us, *1 of others who entertained the same opinions, as " drivellers," " men of one idea," &c. have themselves not only net considered the matter wholly beneath their notice, but even made full confession of the evils of which the change al luded to has been productive. This is some thing gained, and who knows that by and bye those who were pleased to charactise us by the above genteel epithets, may not themselves be come equally obnoxious to their application? But to come to the subject in hand. The New Monthly Magazine has an article " On the State of the Country," in which a reduction of taxes, and a more equal distribution and appor tioment of the public burthens is enforced as necessary, both on account of the change in the currency, and the enormous pressure of the na tional debt, in order to prevent a sanguinary revolution—in Blackwood's Magazine, in an able article " On our Domestic Polity," the ruin which has been operated by the change in the currency is depicted in glowing colours—Mr. Western, who is well known by his able speeches in Parliament, and some clever pamphlets, on the subject, has put forth a letter enforcing the same arguments—and last, though not least, our cotemporary the limes has itself confessed the injustice of continuing the present rate of pay in our public establishments ; seeing that the cur rency has been advanced in value at least one third ! Lectures, our readers are aware, are also at present in the course of delivery, by persons well versed in the matter, and entertaining the same sentiments, on one point at least, with our selves, and which lecture are numerously at tended and eagerly listened to by persons of every rank. We take it for granted, therefore, that the public attention has , at length , b een fairly roused to a sense of the importance of the subject. and that the time is not far distant when the knowledge of it will become so gene ral, and the outcry against the panic-measure of 1826 so universal, as to compel the Govern ment, either to retrace its steps by permitting the circulation of small notes by country bankers, under due regulations for securing the ' public against loss, or to such a reduction of the public burthens as the increased value of the currency, and the decaying trade of the country, so imperatively demand. With regard to the arguments of those who differ with us in opi nion, and advocate an adherence to a golden standard, whatever may be the difficulties or the ruin in which it may involve the country, we are frank to own that we have never been able to discover any thing which would bear a moment's investigation. The country bankers, say they, abused their privileges of using small notes, and inundated the country with them, to the great encouragement of ruinous speculation. — Granted that this .accusation is true in its fullest extent—tthough, as we have repeatedly shewn, it is utterly destitute of any real foundation — and what is the true inference? Assuredly not that country 'bankers should be restrained from issuing, small notes, but that their concerns should be placed under such legislative regulations as to prevent such an abuse of their privilege as is complained of. If the argument of our opponents on this head were to be held good, it might with equal justice and reason be• contended that no newspapers should be published, because news- papers are sometimes guilty of libels. But will the most strenuous supporters of thc arguments attempt to defend such reasoning ? Again, it is said that " a return to the small note system is impossible?' But why is it impossible? Be cause, say its opponents, " small notes would not be now as they were before, should they be again called into existence." Why they should not be so, we are not informed, except that Cob- Ina would " hammer" at them—but to this we reply, that if small notes would not be received in the same manger, and to the same extent, as before, it is an argument for their re-issue, inas much as it would furnish a check upon their over-issue; and with regard to Cobbctt's " ham mering," why we say let him " hammer" away, and the public will be better guarded against the alleged unsoundness of the currency.— Vorning Advertizer. It is not a little extraordinary that there should be any class of persons in this country whose habitual calling should be that of reviling our best institutions, maligning our general policy, and underrating our commercial prosperity. Such a class, however, does exist, and it has found an echo in many of the French (soi-disant) Libe ral Papers. The gloomy pictures drawn by the mendacious English Journals are copied into the French, and English commerce and general superiority are marked out as the enemies of all Europe. We tyrannize, forsooth ! We monopolize ! We have a power like that of Aaron's rod ! Have we ? Take it that we have ; what is it that gave us an'l continues to us the monopoly ? The question is of easy solution. The Continental Powers would not deal with England if it were not to their advantage ; and England could not introduce her articles into the foreign markets, were it not for the great extent of her capital, the superiority of her machinery, and the extraordinary enterprise of her manufactures. Since the peace several fac tories have been started in Germany, France, and Holland : some of them have thriven—some have failed; but in proportion to what they pro duce must our foreign exports be diminished. During. the war our manufactures found their way to the very camps of the enemy and the farthest quarters of the globe. Since the peace our commerce has become restricted, and par tial distress has almost necessarily followed. Our war expenditure was more than seventy millions a year—we had an unrestricted pa per currency credit knew no bounds — trade, capital, wealth, all assumed a highly fictitious character. The facility of obtaining discounts and bankers' paper in mortgage en abled every man, who was willing, to embark in agriculture or in some branch of commerce, until at length landlords trebled their rental— every inch of ground was brought into cultiva tion—market prices ascended in the same pro portion—the wages of labour did not lag be hind ;—and is it to be wondered it, that such an artificial state of things should not continue for ever ? The misfortune is that it continued so long as to aggravate that pressure which we have recently been compelled to witness. And still we have a decided superiority in the demand for our manufactures. Whence does this arise? From our love or admiration of England, or from the excellence and comparative cheap ness of her commodities ? The French Journalists will perhaps inform us. We could not keep the :command of the fo reign market, if, -as has been stated, we could not afford to sell a better article, and at a cheaper rate, than our competitors, be they whom they may. The truth is, that France has not sufficient commercial enterprize to risk her capita) or her skill in competition with England, nor are the habits of her people as yet fashioned to mercantile pursuits. Such a country must possess many of the elements of commercial greatness, but hitherto they have not been suffi ciently blended together—they have not put on that form and consistency which alone could enable her to enter into successful rivalry with the commerce of Great Britain. If France, and Germany, and Russia deal with us, it arises from their necessities as much as from our supe riority ; and in such a state of things we see no reason why they should quarrel with us.— Morning Pos'. DESTRUCTION OF RAMSGATE THEATRE. RAMSGATE, Dec. I.—Last night, at a late hour, this town was thrown into dismay by I he announce ment of a fire, which had broken out in the theatre a short time after the performance had closed. In an instant the bells on the pier were set ringing, and the engines put in motion, and, in a short time, the inhabitants had congregated near the scene to the amount of many hundred , . Unfortunately, from the confined situation of the premises, there was a scanty supply of water, and it was feared that the houses proximate would fall a prey to the devastat ing element. However, by a judicious application of the quantity that could be obtained, the fire was confined to the building, though it raged, from the combustible nature of the interior, with appalling and destructive force. The roof very soon gave way, owing to the rafters having ignited through the agency of the burning scenery, which consumed like wild fire ; and now that a vent had been ob tained the flames mounted very high in the air, illuminating the sky for miles round, and throwing on the surface of the sea, contrasted with the dark ness of the night, sublime tints of gold, now vary• ing into brighter colours, then changing to the sombre shade of evening, as when the sun, having half spent his course, falls on the bosom of the . . water. Notwithstanding the exertions of the inhabitants,. who seemed to vie with each other in activity, no human aid could subdue the terrific influence of the element, and long before day-light the whole of this fine property, with all the scenery, dresses, decora tions, &c. were consumed. The theatre ;is the property of Mr. Fawcett Sa vill, whose company of comedians have lately been performing with great success. The house, we understand, is insured, but not to an amount sufficient to cover the loss. The fire is supposed to have originated from a candle having been incautiously left burning, and a spark flying from it communicating to some of he scenery. The poor comedians are left in a wo 'IA plight. The late Duke of BRIDGEWATER, at his death, left most of his houses, his plate, his pictures, va lued at the time at one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, to his nephew, the present Marquis of STAFFORD ; toge ther with the canal property in Lancashire, which brings in from fifty to eighty thousand pounds per annum, with remainder to his second son, Lord Fitatscis LEVESON Gowsa ; consequently this young Nobleman, the pre sent Secretary for Ireland will, at the death of his father, should he survive him, possess a larger income in the county of Lancaster than any other person.-- To the last Earl of B R IDGEWATER but one the Duke left A,hbridge, in Hertfordshire, with the rest of the family estates in Bucks, Salop, and York shire, to the amount of thirty thousand pounds per annum, and nearly six hundred thousand pounds in the funds. The Duke of BRIDGEWATER had the great merit of origi nating inland navigation in this country, directed by the celebrated Mr. BRINDLEV, of whose life Dr. Kings has given an interesting account in the Biog. Brit. The well-known Wittram GILBERT, Esq., many years an active Member of the House of Commons, superintended and improved the canals after BaiNatay's death. POLICE INTELLIGENCV. I OW-STREET. • Ycs'erday a respectable artist, who lives in the neighbour hood of Long-acre, whose name, under tire circumstances, we forbear to mention, was brought in custody before Mr. ilAms, and placed at the bar, charged by a constable of police, upon suspicion of haring stolen a valuable gold watch, seals, and chain, the property of a gentleman named Neve; s, who resides at No. 38, Southampton-street, Strand. 'l'l►e defendant, upon bearing the charge, burst into a fit of laughter, upon which Mr. HALLS ob served that it was no laughing matter. Defendant—l know nothing whatever of the charge, and my merriment is excited by the singu larity of Any situation. Mr. lIALLs having inquired where the party who had lost the property lived, directed the gaoler to remove the defendant for the present, and bring him forward as soon as the witnesses should arrive. The artist, who carried his portfolio under his arm, was accordingly locked up, and in about 20 minutes after Mr. Nevers and his maid-servant en tered the office, when the defendant was again brought forward. The Magistrate immediately asked the servant if she knew any thing of the prisoner at the bar, and she at once answered " Yes, that is the awn who stole my master's watch." The defendant looked perfectly astonished, and seemed almost to doubt his own identity. Mr. HALLS then addressed Mr. Nevers, told him to look narrowly at the prisoner, and say whether or not he was the same individual who had robbed hint of his watch. Mr. givers, after an attentive examination of the person of the defendant, declared positively that he was not the man. The party who had stolen his watch was somewhat taller, besides which his dress was different. The defendant. observed, Out he was only an artist, and as the gentleman for. whom he was taken belonged to a much more thriving fraternity, he had no doubt but that his dress was better. Mr. HALLS observed, that the defendant had evi. dently been mistaken for the party who bad stole! Mr. Nevers's watch. He then called the artist for ward, and, after regretting the circumstance of his apprehension, hoped that he had not suffered any material inconvenience by the unlucky mistake. The artist replied, that no person could measure his feelings but himself. lie had been locked up as a felon with two persons whose appearance and con versation were of the most depraved description. He then bowed and withdrew. The circumstances under which Mr. Meyers lost his watch are somewhat curious, and may afford a useful lesson to those who let lodgings, to keep a wary eye upon strangers, however respectably dress ed, who may happen to call respecting their apart ments. It 'happened that on Monday night last, about half-past seven o'clock, a gentlemanly looking man called at Mr. Nevers's, saying, that he was re quested by a barrister of the InnerJemple to look at the apartments which he had to let. He also mentioned the names of several respectable persons, to whom he said a reference could be given in case the apartments suited. Upon entering into conver sation with Mr. Nevers he placed his hat upon a table where that gentleman had previously left his watch, and when he arose to take his leave, after he had seen the apartments, he contrived, in taking up his hat, to carry off the watch, &c., with which he immediately decamped. He had scarcely closed the street-door after him, when Mrs. Nevers asked her husband, in some alarm, if his watch was safe, observing, that she heard something jingle as the strange gentleman took up his hat. The maid servant, who happened also to be present, made the same remark ; and Mr. Nevers, upon looking for his watch, found that it was gone. An instant pursuit took place, but the thief was too nimble to be taken. A description of his person was subsequently given at Bow-street, which led to the apprehension of the artist, whose only offence was, that he bore some slight likeness to the thief. A sum of money, in Bank-notes, amounting to between 300/. and 4001., was discovered about a fortnight since by a man who keeps a lodging•house in St. Giles's. The money, it appeared, was found between the matting of a bed which had been let out on the previous night to a strange man. The owner of the lodging-house 'advertised the money upon two occasions, and several persons had, from time to time, come forward for the purpose of claiming it, but none of them were enabled to give such a description of the notes as to prove their identity. A Mr. Sykes appeared yesterday before Mr. HALLS, and stated, that a friend of his, who was then in the country, bad lost a large sum of money, and having reason to suspect that it was the same that had been found by the party who lived in St. Giles's, lie wished the Magistrate to question him respecting it, for which purpose he had summoned him before him. Mr. HALLs having questioned Mr. Sykes as to the description of the notes which his friend had lost, found that he could not give any, upon which he directed him to write to his friend, and in the mean time he directed the lodging-house-keeper to rnish a description of the notes which he had found. WORM! P.ST REET. Yesterday five men, named Price, Scott, Cope! ) Woodward, and Freeman, sawyers, employed at the extensive cooperage of Mr. Richmond, in Vincent street, 01d-street, were placed at the bar before Mr. IJENETT and Mr. TWYFORD, for final examination, on a charge of having, by threats and intimidation, prevented one Daniel Gallagher from working for the same employer. Mr. James Richmond, the employer of the de fendants, stated, that on the evening of Monday week the complainant Gallagher culled upon him, and asked for work as a sawyer, stating that he had a large family and was in distress, and offering to work at sawing staves for a Id. a dozen less than the usual price. The witness agreed to employ him, and desired him to go to work the next morning. Mr. BENOTT asked if it was agreed that the complainant was to work at the reduced price as he had offered ?—Mr. Richmond said no; he made no • agreement whatever as to price, and intended to pay the full price. Daniel Gallagher, the complainant, a poor-look ing Irishman, was then sworn, and deposed, that having been engaged, as stated by Mr. Richmond, he went to the yard between six arid seven o'clock the next morning to get the work ready for himself and son, who was also engaged. Mr. Richmond was then in the yard, but went out after having given directions to the foreman to get a pit cleared out for complainant to work in. Complainant had sent his son to fetch their tools from a place where they had last been at work, and was going out of the yard in order to meet and assist him, when he passed all the defendants except Copey, and as he passed, Scott said, d A'n't you ashamed of your self to come here to work ? You'll get your neck broke, you Yellow." He made no reply, hut passed on ; and presently afterwards met Copey, who exclaimed—" Oh, you ---- Yellow, you'll get served out." He did not say a word to any ol the defendants, but went out to meet his son. Mr. TWYFORD—What did they mean by calling you a " Yellow ?" Complainant—There are snare c alled " Blues," and some " Yellows." By Yellows" they mean men that don't belong to t h e club. Having met his son with the tools, he sa id they went direct to the pits, and the live de fendants and another man, whose name he did not k no w, were at work in different pits. As soon as he made his appearance, Copey began to play up a tune upon his saw, and the others all followed his example. Mr. BENETT—What was their impose in doing that, do you know ? The complainant said it was done by way of " drumming" him out. He got into his pit to prepare for work; but Freeman thrust his saw down into the pit with the teeth reversed, threatening to hook him up. The SAW went close to his cheek, and in putting up his hand to protect his face, one of his timers was caught and scratched by a tooth of the saw. Woodward and Scott, who were working together, did the same with their saw, and erHed him "a -- Yellow." All the defendants then jumped down into the pit, and sur rounded him, abusing hi:n for working under price. Ile at length picked up his tools, and got out of the pit, in order to leave the place ; but as he went along the yard a stave struck him upon the arm with such force as to leave a mark, and two or three other staves were afterwards thrown, one of which struck against the saw that he had upon his shoulder, or it would otherwise have struck him, and hurt him seriously. Mr. TWYFORD asl:ed if the foreman took any part in the transaction with the men ? The com plainant could not say that he did; but he did not interfere to take his part, he said. Mr. \Vooler remarked, that, from the complain ant's own showing, he had left the premises with out attempting to make any complaint of ill-treat- met.v. The complainant knew that Mr. Richmond went out just after he entered the yard.", To further questions of the Magistrates, he de clared that it was through fear of the vHlrnce threatened by the defendants that be went away without entering upon the work which Mr. Rich mond had engaged him to perform. The defendants denied that they had done any thing to prevent the complainant from working if he chose to do so. Two men, named Scott and Collins, employed on the same premises as coopers, did not hear any threats or see any violence offered to the com plainant. They heard the rattling of the saws, the meaning of which they did not know, but they supposed it to have been done in joke. Mr. Richmond, who was not present yesterday, when examined at the former examination, was not aware of any combination among the workmen, and spoke in very favourable terms of the defendants. The Magistrate:, however, said that a case of in timidation was clearly made out, and having ad dressed the workmen upon the evil tendency of such proceedings, convicted the whole of the defendants, and sentenced them to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. The defendants gave notice of appeal against the decision, and bail was shortly afterwards giver► for their appearance , at the Sessions. The office was crowded by journeymen during the examination. H ATTON-G ARDEN. Six female children, from 12 to 14 years of age, parish apprentices, belonging to St. Giles's, were yesterday brought before the sitting Magistrates, Mr. Serjeant SELLuN and Mr. ROGERS, by Wad dington, the officer, when several of the parish authorities attended to complain of the general ill treatment the children received at the hands of their master and mistress, named Hammond, tambour wolkets, residing at No. 7, Cross-street, Islington, who had been served with a summons the night be fore, to attend to answer the complaint. The chil dren were brought away, at the request of the over seers of the parish, and by the direction of the Ma gistrates; but neither the master or mistress were in attendance, nor was either of them to be found at home when the officer left the summons at their house on Tuesday night, or when he went there that day to remove the children. Mr. Wakley, surgeon and churchwarden of Sr. Giles's, visited the children on Tuesday, and found them in a most deplorable state. He was shocked at the spectacle they presented, for they were ex ceedingly squalid and filthy, and apparently reduced to the lowest condition by hunger, which he after wards ascertained_upon inquiry to be the fact. He examined the beds in which they slept, and never in his life did he witness anything half so loathsome. By the statement of the children it appeared that they were all apprenticed rin April lust, for a short time previous to which, while they were on trial, they were treated with great kindness and liberality. The moment, however, the indentures Nit ere execut ed, a change for the worse took place. They got up every morning at seven o'clock, and worked till half-past nine, when they had breakfast, which con sisted of one slice of bread and butter, and a half pint of milk and water each. At one o'clock, or half-past, dinner was served, which generally con sisted of four or five potatoes each, with salt, and very seldom a little broth, but meat almost never,l except on Sundays. After dinner they were kept assiduously at work till eleven and twelve o'clock at during which interval they never on any oc , casion got the smallest refreshment, but just as they were preparing for bed, they got a thin slice of bread and butter. They slept five together in a bed. They had no indulgence whatever, not even a single moment, from seven in the morning till twelve at night, for amusement, play, or recreation; and if any of them happened to be at any time dull or slow over their work, they were beaten with a cane by the overlooker. Mr. Se►jeaut SELLON inquired if the master and mistress were in good circumstances, and if they were enabled to afford the apprentices better accom- modation. Mr. \Vakley stated, that when he visited the house the previous day, he found the children stand ing at a dresser in the kitchen eating potatoes and salt for (limier; the elder apprentices were partak ing of potatoes and meat, and Hammond and his wife had bread, potatoes, and meat. It was a known fact, however, that Hammond had been some time ago distressed, and that he had been imprison ' ed for debt. Mr. ROGERS advised the parish authorities to take the children to the workhouse, and have them examined before the Board; arid said, that if the assistance of the Magistrates were required they would promptly render it. A coach was procured, and the children were ac• cordingly removed. PUGILISM. Adair•s neaurnont MELTON MOWBRAY, Mr. 1. The Steeple Chase between Captain Ross and ashaldeston, for 1;00 covet eignx (as has been ait e n stated), came off yesterday. The gentlemen entitow" with making the arrangements having named Great;,; as the place of starting, that village wag crowded 01.: borsemest and carriages at an early hoar. The distanc e to be rode was guessed as nearly as possi ble at m; miles, a hill at Tilton being fixed on as the goal. Clis r i, was rode by Dick Christian, Mr. Osbaldeston riding own horse. At ten o'clock the signal being given, t_ i l t parties set off at a slashing pace, and for nearly the vrl3°`" of the distance were vet y close to each other. When , hat ever, within 30 yards of the winning post, on taking last f nee, Clinker stumbled, and came to the ground w it his rider. Mr. Osbaldeston in consequence won the race with comparative ease, which otherwise would have bed the most closely contested one ever recollected. The ha t " tin was unusually spirited, and to a vast amount. On the termination of the match the asse mbled field of sportsmen proceeded to Sir F. Burdett's favourite Wa rt ', whence a fox was soon started, and furnishe d the best day's sport the season has yet produced. Within the last week we have had several arrivals; amongst others we notice— The Earl and Countess of Plymouth, Mr. John andtr gr . Henry Wormahl, Colonel Giibert, Lord and Lady demi!, and the youngest daughter of the Earl of Cardie n. Captain Grant has a first-rate stud in the highest P . ' siltle condition. The Wandering Minstrel has visited us, and proloar i his stay for two days. Several persons who seem to ka_g him intimately, affirm that he is the, celebrated Cah n Barclay. Sir Richard Cape] de Brooke, who died on Friday at bit scat near Northampton, is succeeded in his title {e estates by his el lent son, Captain Capel d e Brooke, Or merly in the Guards, and celebrated for his Work at •ES Norway. It will be in our readers' recollection, th duel he officiated as second to Mr. De Crespigny in th e fi l l fought some time ago with Mr. Long WalleskY*: Richard has left a numerous family. THE MARKETS. COAL MARI 33s Od. E'r.—Dec. 2 I D N a t t i o l s End Ditto 0 Ditto Hotspnr..---..... • 3 ,0 , 9 Ditto Perkins and C 0... :o Ditto Russell's ?1, 0 Lambton's Primrose p Walls End He1t0n........ 0' Walls End Stewart's ;f 11 Russell's Hetton's Eldon Main 0 Malley ••••••••••"..M.M.IMP IO. Llangennech Coal 4 .! 0 Stone Coal Reynolds.... 0 Taff's Wa11.............—.. ;1,„ 0 Beaumont Trader • !tii • Tanfield ps sold, 'EI% rain ßo lin u gt n o d n..... ary 31 906 „..._ 1 31 0 11 ehlourn Alain ----. 34 6 33 0 killingworth 35 . o Liddell's 31 0 Newburn 33 3 Tan field Tan fi el d Lea_ 3l 6 Townley.-- 32 3 W‘lam 32 6 W . alls End Bewick e& (70. 36 6 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 35 9 Walls End Brown's ...» 3t 3 Ditto Brown's unser.... 34 0 Ditto Bensham 32 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0... St 0 Ships at market, 45 -Shll al 0 • - - 14/No THE COUNTRY CORN MARKETS Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Per Quarter. s. to a. a. to s. S. to S. ,• Abingdon.---. 58 66 32 98 21 3 3 46 . A n do v er 55 66 28 37 33 •"" 46 Birmingliain—.... 72 82 32 36 24 36 "*". #.! Eridport 74 P 2 39 26 3 4 Cirencester 40 68 25 48 23 „,,g 6 Faringdon---. 54 86 36 44) 26 0 2. Guildford -- 13 74 SO 33 22 33 Henle 54 83 30 35 29 30 -"" 6 0 Hereford ---. 64 84 18 45 39 40 High Wor t 62 89 .32 42 29 3 4 51 Maidenhead --. 63 84 24 33 22 30 42 Oak ingh am -- 56 76 30 36 18 3 : 48 , 6 Reading 45 84 32 42 24 S dishury 52 68 26 33 23 '52 46 Slu than - 100n 54 78 37 40 28 4? Stroud 'Tewkesbury .--... 65 87 40 42 j3O •'",, Uxbridge 48 81 35 38 23 ..... 44 ,, Wantage.--.—.. 50 80 30 36 22 Warminster 44 71 '26 40 23 . Windsor 52 78 30 38 445 38 Worcester. . 70 77 36 40 24., CHELTENHAM MARKET.—Dee. I. 4. P er Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. d.t° Wheat Bar l e y Oats • 1 Beans 4 9 5 6 Lamb Pease 5 0 S 0 P ork ••••••• Hay 3/ 10s. to 3/. Iss. per ton. • ' , LEWES MARKET.—Doc. 1. White Wheat (yer quarter) £9:18 oto£9 a °. : . ~ Red ditto St 0 Barley ' lO 0 -. 4 • Oats, New II 0 I: 0 Beans ll6 0 9 - 1,41. Oil Cake, New 12 0 0 p er th0 ,.. ;!°.....!•• • -. .... - HULL MAR KET.—Dec. I. iipsit 7 r,, There is a fair supply of most descriptions 0t -,, ice ''', this day's market, and from the iinprovemeo ' n , h ,`, Ti r ode" the principal consuming markets, the farmers " . . -- 4 cool an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter, which ''''' - 9 Ale plied with on the het parcels. The secondary 11111 . i .(eri experienced a better sale at an advance of Is. per 0.-cior' the quantity of foreign of any tleseriptiox "is "7 1,; high paratively limited, but especially the finer run', for W to , an advance of 2s. per quarter is firmly demanded!. iq ntiddling qualities are also higher, but little doeisfali, either. There is more demand for Oats, and fine trio ties bring more money, without al teration in K Ol 7O , parcels. Beans of fine quality sell at better priers , is other descriptions are bad to quit. Pease unaltered; it. Barley no alteration in value, and very little doing Rapeseed dull sale., Linseed supports late prices. . 5 65. Wheat, Old —s. 565. 60s. .....New ....- -.4.. n.._.... -- Foreign £6 9 '_, Oats, Poland --s. 20s. 2U.......01d.....-... --8- Small or Feed —s. 12s. 18s. --- Foreign —s. 166.24 s - • ..... ••• ~ mo o" Barley, Norf. & Sot ... —a 265. :Ws. Line. Sr Wold --......r0k Foreign Beans 30s. 31s. 36, F0reign.........- 4 ‘...,,,e, Pease, White ....» —6. 30s. 365. Grey ........... -- 4 . 4 ,,, VA', Tarcs —s 205 . 26.5. Foreign ....... .. ii -I. R a peseed, in Mond none. DUSIFRIES MARKETS.— 0v.25. 4, I- g 6.d. e. d. 8. 0 tO O $ Wheat, Imp. Bush... 7 oto 7 2 Butter, 160 z..... ........ 0 0 a 0 4 Barley '3 4 :3 'l' Eggs, dozen ............. 0 4. 00 Oats '2 3 3 0 Beef, per 1b.... ....... 0 $ 00 . , Flour, I 11b........ - ..... p 1 09 Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. CA TM IC.—The market to-day was again lotg e o / i if plied, the total being 1779 . We can not note $ provement in the prices. . ,li . (I ' ___ _ _ _ _ • g ril There are at present living in Hull goo" I father and grandmother, whose unite d a g es do r )(:) ", - - ~i to 5S years. a 10 . ° St 0 0 The ways of showing respect val.,/ a th e f (It the byiniturn in different countries. Here, be 0 0" ker o o f roof, opposite rules prevail. When the SPA" Fonds „ House of Commons enters, the Members rise is s ign his presexce. The spectators in the gallery, °$ , occasion, are ordered to sit. Si f* ?t o p Died, in Kilinallock, Mrs. MAB.' . 1 ",_. / r the extreme old age of 105 years. She retaiwv ---A 11 : 0 1 11, O . ; ties to the last, and her hair preserved its orisi it , r without allowing a single grey hair to intrude 0. prescriptive tenure (FOR THE SUN.) MR. EDlToß,—Prize-tighting received a knock- ------------=----- ___.__--,.-- ids& down blow on Tuesday last, which is likely to prove I BIRTHS. 0100 111611-- fatal to its existence, as the few patrons that still I On the 28th ult. At Eglingham-houee, No _„, adhered to it will now be induced to take leave of the lady of W. Tewart, Esq. of a daughter......_ e l or" d On the d 2d inst... the lady of R. I. Grant, VV . 0 , the prize-ring for ever. No matter' what match is I trstea Court ! Surrey, of a thughter. . , c.a. dr made, there is no surety for its takin g p lace, and if i On t'..e Ist inst. the lady of. J. R. Harris, P"' s it does, it is now the long odds that it will prove a e be '' cheater House, Southwark, of a son. cross. It is rather extraordinary, that, in the re- ' On the 29th ult. at Hammersmith, the lady c'' i cent affair O'Neal should have been the only party Francis Thomas Attwood, of a son. of taken into custody, while Sam, who had been MARRIED. aloe I openly training at Brighton, was not meddled with. On the 23d ult. at Weymouth, Lieut. It ; be' It should be also recollk cted, that the match was the 4th Dragoon Guards, to Margaret, eldest d 0 # ..0 publicly made several weeks ago, the money depo- the late Co!. Wardell, of Belvedere, Weymouth- I. 07 0 ( sited, and not the most distant hint given that the On the Ist inst. at Cheriton, Kent, Audl e Y t . Magistrates would interfere to prevent, until . o' Neal Esq. of the Queen's Royals, to Margaret, eldes, was in custody; whereas, if the parties had been of the late H. Hamersley, Esq. of Sandgate• job„, bound over to keep the peace when the match was On the 30th ult. at llpholland, Lartees'e t r o t ~ a ri bta,r. son of T. Woodcock, ood A coc H k, i d Bank House, EST rov :o4. r first known to have been made, it would have pre- (laughter of J. A. Hodson, of Holland Genres. veted the betting, and defeated the objects of those for the borough of Wigan. 11 :10 of in the back ground, w ho were onl y this week in- DIED. A 4g strumental in having inform ation conve y ed to the suddenly, on the 22d ult., at Htlll, act-- 'sr Magistrates to prevent t he match from bein g fought ; 'William Hentig, Esq. eldeet sea of John WOO {WOO not, probably, with a view of preserving the public Esq., of Cottingham. i s of Toifier"b peace, but to serve their own private purposes. It On the 27th ult. Mr. Henry Teton tv . ,t. would be well to inquire if there was any connection his 65th year. molar between the proposed fight and any race to be run On the ;oth ult. at Sydenham, James .'" . A ,pst r4 hereafter on the turf, and if so, what was the bear- M.D., aged 65. pay M r . the Ist inst. at Alfred-place, ing of the betting? If it were a " play or Great S urre' fo od Mr. J. Adcock, aged 76. jars' , id business, the best tray of disposing of it would be On the 30th ult. at Streatham, AlsrY piey , of , to DECLARE the BETS VOID, which should be the daughter of the late Richard William 1 1, 0 compact on such occasions, for although the Pugilists h am , E, q , or iDi themselves meant to act uprightly, and fight fairly, On the 28th ult. James, infant son of F. . 1° sal It yet as the M ,gis: rates have the power of tareventing of Regent's-p irk. f OO the contest, " play or pay" betting is gross ab- 1 On the 29th ult. Mr. Benjamin Denham, ° id . Mouth-street, in the 78th year vi his age. _ w ee' ~ surdity, and ought no t to b e r e co g nised. Havin g no interests, either o ne wa y or the other in the I On the 30th ult. at Bath, Lieut. J. a" 10, Royal Navy. „e,l tY affair, and having for some time past disap- ! roote e- 0` proved of prize-fighting altogether, I have no wish lOa the 30th ult. at Cliselhunt, near .„,..,,. ie Anne, relict of the late F. Shrakeltoos r'''' • 1 whatever, un the preseet oecasien, but to see year of her age. trickery and duplicity, if possible, publicly exposed, and knavery meet with its due reward and merits. PAINTED AND Peaustian ST &WO - , m a lt C'' • ' X. Y. Z. i Tits Sus Omar, 112, &Wm , i'v- , r