The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-20 00:00:00

brother for his conduct, and which, therefore, they had a right to resent as an insult. In this predicament were the Courts of Austria, France, and England. Before the representatives of these Courts at Vienna, the Portuguese Prince had repeatedly sworn,in the most solemn manner, to govern the kingdom of his ancestors accord - ing to the charter given, and the succession fixed, by his brother ; and it was only on the interces sion of the Allied Sovereigns, who became as it were sureties for his good behaviour, that he was escorted to the Tagus by a British squadron like a sovereign Prince, in stead of being transported to Brazil like a suspected rebel. Even after he reached Lis bon he again repeated his oaths before the diplomatic representation of Europe, as well as in the presence of the assembled Portuguese le s islature, and thus, in doubling his perjury , a ag gravated the insult. But the Spanish Court had made no such solemn engagement, nor had it been invited to come under any public engage ments for him. If any secret compact existed between the parties, it must have been entirely of another character ; it must have included a stipulation to violate his oath, and to abolish the charter as soon as possible. The year before his arrival the Spanish Government had supported i Silveira rebels, who had proclaimed him King, though against the menaces of England, and at the risk of kindling a war in Europe-- This same Government had protested against the charter which Don Pedro had given to his people, and which Don Miguel had pledged his sacred honour to maintain. In assuming the title of King, and in abolishing the constitution, therefiire, this perfidious Prince was only acting in conformity with the desires of Spain, and the Spanish Ambassador must have thought him self in strange company when he signed time diplomatic round-robin by which his Royal Highness was excommunicated for his defe rence to Spanish policy. It is true that Fer dinand might have thought the precedent of successful usurpation . dangerous so near home, as the contagion of faithless ambition might extend to the members of his own family ; but it was not more dangerous in the end of 1826 than in the 'beginning of 1828. It is likewise true that his alarms and efforts at the former period were directed more against the Portuguese order of succession ; but in this case, again, he must have acted inconsistently or hypocritically in lat- I terly disavowing his nephew, NN hom he formerly supported. If the rights of Donna Maria had not been usurped, the Charter must have been • preserved. The succession of the young Queen and the new institutions were bound up together. The brave and loyal men who are now in exile— whose property has been confiscated, and on whose head a price is set, for endeavouring un successfully to defend the cause cf their sove reign and their country—would not have strug gled for the rights of an infant female, in oppo sition to those of a full-grown Prince, had not tiifferent systems of government been connected with their names. eparated from the Charter the title of die young Queen must have appeared in their eyes as it does in ours, of no more value than the seal of a contract or a deed torn from the parchment. The desires of Ferdinand have been fulfilled in destroying both, and the wonder ie., that he should have worn the mask of dis pleasure against his nephew so long, rather than that he shout ave now thrown it away.—lbid. We are not officially acquainted with French I affairs to be entitled to pronounce an opinion as t-0 the charges of corruption brought by some of our contemporaries against the Parisian Jour nalists, it does certainly, we own, sound strange to our ears, that the writers in papers exclusively circulated among .the French—a proud and ssunctilious nation—should be guided in their ? ,, , pe t c l i i kltions, not by what they conceive calcu fated to i:romote the interests or humour the in- elinaiions o 4 that nation, but by the instructions of 2t foreign Minister, to whom their services are bold. Setting aside the baseness of such prosti tution, when we consider the number of literary men attached to each of the Liberal Journals, the value of the property at stake, the jealousy 'rivals interested in exposing corruption, and e i imickness of perception of the cultivated part el the Feench public, we are unable to reconcile t h e s sit s ms i ssi venality with the possession of even nt , iderate isortion of judgment. We should eager be disposed to attribute the conduct of Dur LZeral contemporaries of Paris to a disposi tion but too common with the journalists of all eonntries, to flatter time passions and prejudices oft cir ready s. It is certainly Most absurd in the Parisian Journalists to suppose that the English Government conspired with the Prince Polignac to dismiss their Liberal Administration. It is equally absurd in them to foment a jealousy against England, from which they can have no !bing to apprehend in the' way of aggression. E ng :'end can only injure France through the in strumentjity of Continental Allies ; and it *less in her, borne down as she is with debt, to co:.' would be maw with any state against France, the existence z , t which, as a power of time first order, she 'bas as so .trong an interest in upholding. If, indeed, France Should seek to aggrandize herself at the expense of neighbour ing s tates, England might, iwtivithstanding the inconvenience, feel herself bound from a regard to her future safety to exert herself to prevent such aggrandisement, But why should France look to any increase of power from schemes which would involve all Europ4 in war and con fusion ? We would fain hope 0,4, though something like a regret sometimes esciipia pur neighbours that they no longer have the Blimp , for their boundary, there is too much good sense in the country to allow them to think of in creasing their power by means which would kindle the flames of war from One end of Europe to the other. But though we cannot believe in the existence of any se rious design for extending the territory of France, we are inclined to believe that the French have not yet forgiven us for the part we acted in thy war, which ended in giving to trance her ancient limits. Of this jealousy the Journalists have sought to avail themselves. o against the Ultra- Ministers. A good cause ought not 1:4 , be sup ported by unjustifiable means ; and as it tan answer no good purpose to foment a jealousy of England, we are far from defending the conduct of the Parisian Journalist'g. We are inclined, however, to believe, that the eceking to make an unpopular Ministry more unpopular by attri buting to them a connection with England, which they know to have no existence, is the extent of their sin. The English and French have, in reality, the same interests ; and though we do not see that Russia ought to be an object of alarm to either of the two countries, yet it became both to watch over the proceedings in Turkey, not with a view to oppose themselves to Russia, which bad an undoubted cause of war, but in order to show that the Governments of Europe wish to discountenance all ambitious pro j ec ts, an d are ever ready' to arbitrate between belligerents. As much stress hag been laid by some of our contemporaries on the Treaty in favour of Russian subjects, we may refer to an extract from the Scotsman, in which it is shown that the withdrawing the subjects of nations trading with Turkey from Turkish tribunals has always been customary.—Morning Chronicle. (From the Scotsman.) The full Treaty between Russia and Turkey, in all respects, bears out the comments we made on Wednesday. ludeed, it will be seen from the articles subjoirnsd, that we pretty correctly antici pated the view and language of the metropolitan prints. One tl,ing, however, in the remarks of the Courier, Thee; and Globe, excites our surprise. The 7th Article of the Treaty declares, that " Rus sian subjects (in Turkey), shall live under the ex clusive jurisdiction and police of the Ministers and Consuls of Ressia." We are amused to find all these three well informed Journals exclaiming against this as a dangerous innovation, which annihilates the Sultan's authority in his own dominion, when, in point of fact, it is no innovation at all, but merely a new sanction given to a practice which is one or two centuries old. At Constantinople, Smyrna, Sa lonichi, and, we believe, every considerable town in Turkey, the rule has long been, that the English and French subjects residing in the place for trade have lived tinder the jurisdiction of their respective Ambassadors or Consuls ; and we have no doubt that other nations have the same privileges. We know this is stated by many travellers ; but at pre sent we can only lay our hands on the old and accu rate Tcurneforte. This writer tells us that the pri vilege in question was conceded to the French so far back as the reign of Henry IV. in 1604. "11 fut arrete," says he, " que les ambassadeurs et les consuls de mitre nation, rendroient justice aux mar chands et negocians sujets de sa Majeste selon leer loix et coutumes, sans qu'aucuri officier Turc en put connoitre." (Letter 12, vol. 2d). The practice arose from the nature of the Turkish Code, which is so barbarous, that without exemption from its jurisdiction, no Frank merchant possessing, any ca pital would live in the country. The blame im puted to Russia on this account is therefore entirely groundless. We published, a few days since, a statement of what we then understood to be the causes of the unusual excitement—we will not call it dis content—which now exists in the Bengal army. We have since had an opportunity of ascertain ing further particulars connected with the alleged grievance; and we believe we may mention the following with every reliance on their accuracy. The officers in India receive the same pay as officers serving in England. They also receive sal allowance denominated batta, which is in tended to provide for the peculiar personal ex peaces attendant on service in a tropical climate. Boisides, they receive, when rot in the field, quarters free of expence, or an equivalent house rent ; and tent allowance for keeping up tents, and cattle for carrying tents, in case of being called upon to move suddenly against an enemy. The principle of the service, ever since the Com pany established a regular military force, has, it appears, with one exception, been to give their officers a larger allowance when on actual service in the field than when sitting clown quietly in cantonments or garrisons. This difference has been made under the head of batta—full batta being granted in the field, and half batta with houses, or house -rent, in garrison. The exception bass been in the case of a portion of the Bengal army, who, in consequence of an erroneous mea sure adopted many years ago, W ere granted the same allowances when in quarters as when in the field. The error was this. On making up their ac counts of the expense of maintaining quarters for their officers in garrison, it was found that, from some mismanagement, the expence had been greater than was anticipated ; and it even appeared that if the officers had been granted field allowances without quarters, instead of gar rison allowances with quarters, the Government would have been gainers. The natural and pro per arrangement to have been adopted under these circumstances would have been to give the officers house. rent, and to leave them to provide their own quarters, which they could always do at less expense than the Government ; but instead of pursuing this course, the Bengal Government, acting on their arithmetical comparison, whilst leaving the officers to provide their own quarters, gave them field allowances as a compensation. By this arrangement the Bengal Officers received the same allowances when cantoned as when en gaged in a campaign. In reviewing, some years afterwards, the military establishments of India, this discrepancy was observed and ordered to be corrected. The established principle of the service has, accordingly, hut after much de lay, been applied to the Officers serving at those stations of the Bengal Army at which Officers were originally supplied w;th pub lic quarters. These stations rvere, we find, only four in number out of nearly fifty, and the number of officers affected by it was about 270 out of nearly 2,000. The loss* sustained va ried from 200 to 20 rupees per month, accord ing to rank ; and was, of course, temporary only, ceasing when the officers were moved to other stati:ms in the ordinary arrangements of relief. This is the measure which has produced the feeling now existing in the Bengal army, and which gave rise to the somewhat unmilitary ad dress of Colonel Baker, recently published by one of our contemporaries. It is treated by him as an infringement of the Table of Pay and Al lowances, as fixed in 1796, under which he en tered the service; but on referring to this Table, it is quite apparent that its provisions are main tained, and not infringed upon, by the present arrangement, The table consists of allowances when in the field, and of allowances when in garrison ; and these latter allowances (with the ; addition of house-rent) are those of which Lieutenant-Colonel Baker, and the officers of his reginient, are now in receipt. The anxiety of the Court of Direetors to adhere to establish ed arrangements appears, we understand, in this, that although subsequently to the erroneous ad missidp of the officers to full batta in canton ments, many other stations have been occupied in the more distant pioyinces, which, properly, come under the designation of fissed canton ments, they only required the return of the Go, veruee t erit, to the old system at those cantonments in the Lower Prpvinces at which the half-batta system had actually 1796. Thus the Bengal army has still great, very greet edvan ta,,eee oyer the armies of the other Presidencies, at which ti)e sowed and wholesome system of in creasing allowances t;n3p, of war has been uni formly and completely ected npon, from the earliest timee, We believe there is not the slightest intention of altering or extending these arrangements. Of course, the equalization of allowances to officers serving at the different Presidencies of India must be a very desirable object. It has been stated that this object can only be properly accomplished by bringing up the lower in all cases to the higher ; but even supposing that an equalization on this principle (by which the distinction between Garrison and Field allowances would be destroyed at Madras 4 ' The Lieutenant-Colonel, 200 rupees a month ; Major, 145 Captain, 40; Lieutenant, 30; Ensign, 20, and Bombay) would have been a wise arrange ment, it is unfortunately too true that the finan cial pressure arising out of the long and expen sive war with the Burmese admits of no increase in the pay and allowances of the troops.—lbid. It is a somewhat singular coincidence, that while the drama almost invariably (whether truly or not we do not say) represents both the law and lawyers as the very scourge and scum of so ciety, the present race of theatrical people, de termined not to profit by the lesson their own text affords them, seem one and all bent upon seeking every possible, and almost impossible, opportunity of involving the concerns in which they are engaged in all the horrors, perplexities, uncertainty, and expellee, which never fail to fall to the lot of those who are contented to divide the " pearly shell," while the valuable prize within goes to those who are the mere instru ments in the affray. We have heard it stated— though the actual truth can, of course, never be accurately ascertained—that there has been, within the last quarter of a century, more money spent in dramatic litigation than would purchase all the theatres in b the kingdom. If so, how much must taste for law surpass the taste for the drama ! But, as if to reach the climax of absur dity in these matters, we hear now of the minors following in the train of the majors, and, instead of growing wise by experience, taking the precise course which they must, if they have their eyes about them, see has brought ruin upon the most costly and prosperous establishments. Lord Eldon, we remember, remarked, more than once, that if theatrical litigation went on increasing as it had done in his time, there must be a Court established for the sole use of the different theatres. A Board of Arbitration would be the wisest Court that these disputes could be referred to ; if, indeed, the tweedle-dee affairs which hare lately been converted into suits, or threatened suits, in Chancery are really worthy of any notice or reference at all. We do not say that literary property, when it is worth protecting, is not as much entitled to _ protection as any other, or that the creations of the fancy, whether in poetry or prose, whether in overtures, airs, or choruses,—ought not to be secured, as far as they can be secured, to repay the genius of which - they are the offspring. But what we contend is, first, that such matters have often not one ray of originality about them ; secondly, that they are nine times in ten, not worth protecting ; and lastly, that no profitable end can be gained by litigating about them. The sale of a sixpenny copy of a song, which the au thor or the purchaser ofthe copyright has thought proper to publish at half-a-crown, is a literary piracy which ought to be put a stop to. But we doubt exceedingly whether the viva voce actings or singings of plays or operas, in any material degree, if at all, detracts from their value to the original authors or owners. Does any man be lieve that the acting of our standard plays, those of Shakspeare, for instance, at one house makes them less attractive at the other ? or that Miss Fanny Kemble's exquisite performance of Juliet can have any other effect than that of rendering one of the sweetest productions of the divine Bard of Avon more attractive on every stage and in every closet ? What applies to the highest scale of dramatic merit must necessarily embrace the lowest; and, indeed, looking at some of the dramas which are, or are said to be, the subjects of dramatic legal warfare, we suspect, after all, that these fights are only sham fights, intended to puff off mediocrity into an eminence and no toriety which it would never otherwise obtain.— Morning Herald. The accounts from every part of the country are still very unsatisfactory, and give the lie, in every respect, to the revival of trade so confi dently put forth eight days ago by some of our sotemporaries. Reductions of wages, or " turn outs" to resist them, are still the order of the day in the manufacturing districts ; and are ac companied by a corresponding depression both in the price of manufactures and in the price of agricultural produce. In support of these state ments we need only refer to the Manchester, the Liverpool, the Leeds, and the Glasgow Papers, all of which, although conceding an improve ment in the demand for goods, attest at the same time that it is not accompanied by any im provement of prices. " There are in die country," says a correspondent of the Leeds Mercury, " evident symptoms of improvement in trade, but they may prove to be only tempo rary. It is certain, however, that more goods are made and disposed of now than two months ago, especially in the fancy trade ; though while some of the weavers of those goods are working 16 hours per day, a great number arc out of employ. The quantity of goods sold in the Bradford market on Thursday last was very large, but without the smallest advance in prices.' " As the approach of winter," says the Man chester Courier, " generally gives some activity to trade, we have had a considerable number of buyers in this market during the last two or three weeks. But though the aggregate of business is considerable, it falls much below what is usually done at this season. Except in a very low de scription of calico, which is scarce, and on which an advance of 14d. per piece has been obtained, there has been no improvement in price ; on the contrary, the tendency is rather to fall. Power-loom printing cloth has lately declined 3d. to 6d. per piece, and fustians 2 , k to 5 per cent. Printed calicos have been also sold at a considerable loss. Owing to the change of season and of fashion, cloth of this description has been sold 6d. per yard lower than it brought three months ago. We have heard of many sales in which the loss to the manufacturer is truly distressing. We believe the best business that is done leaves little or no profit ; and yet we are told by some of our cotemporaries, by the Times, and other stock-jobbing Papers, that the distress of the manufacturing districts is rapidly disappearing ! The demand for yarn for exportation continues good ; but though the raw material has advanced from five to ten per cent., the spinner has not been able to obtain any improvement in price. There has not been any material change in the wages of labour for some time. As the winter ap proaches, however, the weaver will require a larger allowance of food, clothing, and fuel for his bodily wants ; and unless his labour shall enable him to obtain them, his condition, and that of his family, will be miserable in the extreme."— Then again, as to agricultural produce, the Shrewsbury Chronicle observes, that " the de pressed prices of agricultural produce which we noticed at our fair in September, have been this week followed by a still deeper depression anti gloom ;" while a Berkshire Paper, now before us, states " that the great reduction in the price of sheep at Weyhill fair had been severely felt," and that " one dealer had brought back upwards of a thousand." At Ballivasloe, the great an nual mart in Ireland, there were fewer cattle and sheep this year, by many thousands, than last year ; and yet fewer were sold than at last year's fair in Ireland. Upon the Falkirk tryst, the greatest fair for sheep, cattle, and horses, in the Noah, the Glasgow Free Press remarks, that " upon the whole this has been the most dis astrous market we ever knew." In the Leeds Mercury, also, we find the following very emphatic allusion to the same subject :—" Some meetings," says it, "have been held, and others are in con templation, amongst the landowners and others, to obtain a repeal of the Malt Tax. The re moval of this obnoxious duty, as far as it goes, would relieve both the agriculturist and the la bouring classes. Even the Corn laws do not serve the landowners ; and if we are rightly in formed, a vast number of notices have just been served upon the landlords by the farmers, com municating their intention to quit their farms at the next rent-day. It is said that, upon an estate in the county of Chester, one single land lord received twenty four of these notices last week." Such is the state of the country, ac cording to the best authorities, and a state at which we are not in the least surprised. We foresaw, and predicted it, long ago, as every one in the slightest degree confer sant with the theory of money, and the consequences which would result from a re turn to a gold currency, must also have done. That return has added a third at least to the pressure of the taxes, while, it has at the same time, diminished the means of supporting it. It has almost entirely done away with the credit system, and cut off the means by which the re tail trader earned a livelihoodit has deranged time whole money transactions of the country, and given that to time Government which the Go vernment, on its part, ought to have given up to the public. It remains to be seen how much longer the system will continue in operation without producing a panic or general bankruptcy. —Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M Ali LBOROU GH-STRFET. In consequence of private information on Friday last to Plank, the chief officer of this establishment, he went, between ten and eleven o'clock the same night, accompanied by Clements, Goddard, Ballard, Scofield, and Andrews, to a public-house, known as one of a " flash" description, called the George, in Grafton-street, Soho-square, and the officers sud denly, before any one was aware of their visit, entering one of the apartments, found 16 men there, all of whom they seized, and handcuffed with such despatch, that the prisoners were secured before they unlid recover from their surprise, or had time to think of a re►istance. The officers then conveyed their prisoners to St. Anne's watch-house, where they lodged them for the night, and on Saturday the whole hatch were brought to this office, and one by one underwent a private examination before Mr. ROE, the Magistrate, chareed on suspicion with hav ing been concerned in the darint.► arid extensive bur glary and robbery committed a few nights ago at the house of Mr. Burckhardt, a tailor, in Clifford-street, Bond-street. The result of the examination of the prisoners on Saturday was, that seven of them were discharged, out of custody, and nine were remanded for further investigation of the case. Yesterday three of these nine persons were again brought before Mr. Roe, and further examined privately, when they were once more remanded until the whole shall be brought up on Thursday next. Mr. Burckhardt at tended the examinations that have taken place, and was not a little surprised on entering the private room where the reoccedings were conducted, to see in one of the prisoners his own confidential porter, who continued in his service up to the apprehension of the gang by the officers on Friday night. This porter, who is a well-dressed respectable looking young fellow, it now appears, was tried and convicted in the month of February, 182.5, for robbing his then employer, a silversmith and jewel ler, residing near Soho-square, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation, but that sentence was afterwards commuted to four years' labour on board the hulks, w hich having expired in February last, and the prisoner having conducted himself very well while on board the prison-ship, be was discharged with a character suitable to his conduct while on board. Soon after his liberation, it seems, he got into the service of Mr. Burckhardt, who was totally: unconscious of the man's real history, or that he ever had been in prison, and there he con tinued very confidentially employed until the present time. Two days before the robbery at Mr. Burck hardes, it will be recollected that a little terrier dog belonging to the house suddenly disappeared, and was not seen or heard of after, until about an hour subsequent to the discovery of the robbery by Mr. Burckhardt, when he was surprised to see his little dog walk into the house from the street. Mr. Burckhardt now perfectly recollects that the porter in custody, ever since he has been in the house, pro fessed a great fondness for the little dog, and was in the constant habit of taking him out with him whenever he was sent on business, so much so, that Mr. Burckhardt repeatedly told him not to take the animal oat with him in that manner; but still he continued to do so, and said as an excuse, that the dog followed him against his will. An other of the prisoners turns out to be a brother to this porter; and a third, Mr. Burckhardt distinctly swears to as being one of the six men that ran from the steps of his house at the time of the robbery when he (Mr. Burckhardt) gave the alarm by call ing from the window. On Sunday morning at an early hour the officers executed a search-warrant at the house of an individual in the city, the warrant being backed by Sir Peter Laurie, where they had good information the whole of the property carried off from Mr. Burckhardt's was disposed of, but they were too late, for not only had all the goods been removed, but the proprietor of the place had also removed himself on learning that the prisoners were in custody. The coach in which the property was carried away from Clifford -street, and the man who drove it, are also very well known to the officers, and the latter is expected every hour to be in custody; on the whole it is fully established, mo rally, if not legally, that seven out of the nine in custody, and it is believed the entire, were concern ed in the robbery, and that several of them were also concerned in the burglary at Messrs. Stultz's. BIARYLEBONE. Yesterday morning James Harman, a labouring man, was charged before Mr. RAWLINSON, with stealing fish belonging to the King, out of the orna mental waters of the ilegent's-park. The prisoner was detected in the act of fishing early on Sunday morning, opposite Sussex-place, with three rude rods and lines, of ash twigs and thread, by Hawkins, one of the park-keepers, and given into custody. Hawkins produced the prisoner's tackle, and Mr. RAWLINSON asked hint if any fish was found in his possession ? Hawkins said, only one dace, about the ike of a sprat; and he was instructed by the Commissioners of Woods and !Forests not to press the charge of felony, for the prisoner had worked under them for three years upon the park-roads, and t h ey had, by way of punishment for this offence, discharged him. Mr. ItAwussoN asked the prisoner how he came to act so contrary to his duty and his interest. The prisoner said his wife had been bedridden for 12 months, and took a fancy into her head that fish would do her good. Mr. RAWLINSON told him it was not n ortl► his while to steal fish, when he could buy a fine herring for a penny. It appeared that salt-water fish was not what his wife fancied, told the prisoner hoped that '2l years service in the army, and three years under the com missioners, wi►h an unblemished character, would induce the magistrate to view his indiscretion now in a favourable light. Mr. RAWLINWN said because the charge of stealing the fish was abandoned he should let him go about his business, and he trusted the commis sioners would not so severely punish him as to deprive him of his bread. He most likely would take warn ing by his present situation, and be more circum spect in future, and he desired the park-keeper to make his sentiments known to his superiors. UNION-HALL In the course of the day Mr. Green, the keeper of Brixton House of Correction, attended at the office for the purpose of paying in a sum of 151., in curred by a man for the support of his illegitimate child, and for non-payment of which he was com mitted for three months to hard labour. The de fendant it seemed, went into gaol with a determina tion of " serving his time," as it is termed, rather than indemnify the parish for the expense to which it had been put for the maintenance of his child. The fist day's wolk at the wheel, however, brought him to his senses, the keeper said, and he disliked it so much, that he instantly paid the money due to the parish, and obtained his liberation. Mr. CHAMBERS having teen apprised of the above inquired of the keeper of the gaol whether Mr. Boot, a gentleman of property, who had been com ■titted from this office a short time ago for bastardy to Brixton, had yet paid the expenses, 681., to the parish-officers for the support of his child ? The keeper replied that he had not, and that he expressed a determination to remain in the gaol ra ther than pay the money. Mr. CHAMBERS—Does his obstinacy proceed from the supposition that he is not the father of the child sworn to him ?—Keeper : No, it does not arise from that. He has not denied the fact; but says that he conceives he was ill-treated by the parish officers, and is therefore determined to punish them by not paying the sum he is indebted to them. Mr. CHAMBERS—How does hake the wheel?— Keeper : He has not yet been put upon it. Mr. CHAMBERS (with surprise).—Not yet made to work at the wheel ! What is the reason of that ? For his being a man of property must not exclude him from the penalties of the law. The keeper said, that the only thing that pre vented him from putting him on the wheel was in consequence of his being a martyr to the gout, and had it in both his feet. Mr. CHAMBERS—The exercise of the wheel is the very thing that would drive away such a complaint. If, however, said the Magistrate, he has the com plaint you describe, and the surgeon says it would be hurtful that he should be put on the wheel, it must be dispensed with. The keeper said that several of the defendant's friends called at the gaol and offered to pay the money out of their own pockets for his liberation, but he rejected their offers, and still perseveres in his resolution to remain there three months. Mr. CLIAMBERS said, that when the three months expire he can be again apprehended, and committed, if he does not indemnify the parish for the support of his child during his incarceration. The defendant is represented to be possessed of considerable property near Esher, in Surrey. Ha lives on the gaol-allowance, although accustomed to the comforts of life. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seve►z &Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Office of Ordnance, Oct. 19, 1829. CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS. Gentleman Cadet J. Jenkin to be Second Lieutenant. Dated Sept. 23. Gentleman Cadet P. 11. Wright to be ditto. Sept. 23. Commission in the Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia, signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. L. W. Dampier, Esq., to be Major. July 11. Commission in the King's Cheshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatins of Chester. FIRST MACCLESFIELD TROOP. J. Ashness, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Powell, promoted. Oct. 7. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Charles Clayton, Glebe•terrace, Lower-road, Islington, v ictuallor. Thomas Harding, Tottenham, statuary. Wiliam Mothersloe, son., Park-place, Regent's-park, horse-dealer. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. William Goldsworthy Tucker, Exeter, watchmaker, from Oct. 20 to Nov. 6, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners. BANKRUPTS. John Webb, Leicester, hop-merchant, to surrender Oct. 27, Nov. 3, and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Pullen and Son, Fore-street, Capplegate. Joseph Thompson, Aldersgate-street, linen-draper, Oct. 27, 30, at twelve, and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Smith, Walhrook. Esther Denis, John Lambert, and John Severn, Upper Thames-street, wholesale-grocers, Oct. 27, Nov; 6, and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Swaiue and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Thomas Thompson, Upper Shorne, Kent, dealer, Oct. 27, at twelve, Nov. 6, and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Cotomissioness. Fisher, Walbrook. Christopher Higgin, Cheapside, shawl-manufacturer, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, at eleven, and Dec. 1, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Birket, Taylor, and Co., Cloak-lane. John Ronald Lyon, Cambridge, grocer, Oct. 29, at twelve, 30, and Dee. I, at eleven, at the Bull Inn, Cam bridge. Randall and Son, Cambridge; Fuller and Salt well, Regent-street. Charles Iddols Wathen, South Hamlet, Gloucester, vic tualler, Nov. 2, at four, 3, and Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. King, Serjeant's-Inn, Lon don ; Prince and Kell, Cheltenham. Charles Bruton, Cheltenham, Nov. 2, at four, 3, and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. King, Serjeant's-Inn, London; Prince and Kell, Cheltenham. John Bishop, Dean-street, Soho, grocer, Oct. 27, at twelve, Nov. 6, and Dec. I, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Green, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. Christopher Nelson, Bradford, Yorkshire, lime-burner, Oct. 31, Nov. 3, and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Sun Inn, Bradford. Dawson and Hawkins, New Bosivel-court, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn, London; Moulden, Bradford. Isaac Franklin, Ipswick, currier, Nov. 2, at four, 3, at ten, and Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Office of Messrs. Pear son, Pownall, and Hunt, Ipswich. Pearson, Pownall, and Hunt, Ipswich ; Chester, Staple Inn. John Noel Thurston, Bath, upholsterer, Oct. 30, 31, and Dec. 1, at ten, at the Christopher Inn, Bath. Fisher, Castle street, Holborn. Thomas Harrison, Sheffield, miller, Nov. 3, at four, 4, at ten, and Dec. 1, at one, at the George Hoti, Walsall. Hall, Great James-street, Bedford-row ; Shute, Walsall. William Mercy:ether Scammell, Warminster, Wiltshire, curlier, Oct. 30, 31, and Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Caste and Ball Inn, BAIL Holme, Frampton, and Loins, New Inn ; Chapman, Warminster. William Parr, Bread-street, Cheapside, Manchester warehouseman, Nov. 2,5, and Dec. I, at ten, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Temple; Atkinson and Birch, Manchester. John Watson, Hook, Yorkshire, innkeeper, Nov. 2, at five, 3, and Dec. 1, at ten, at the Blacksmith's Arms Inn, llowden, Yorkshire. Bell, Bedford-row, London ; etpes, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, OCT. 19. WARDALE V. DIXON AND OTHERS. In this case the Jury, after hearing the summing up of the Lord Chief Justice, found a verdict for the defendants on all the counts. On Sunday morning vast quantities of pil chard.; past St. Ives /lay, but none of them were taken : it is now feared that th;s ►iescription of fish bas taken leave of our coast for the present year. This week about 20,000 herrings were taken by draw-nets abuost •n:th:n the wash of the shore ; there were also a number of dur►es taken both in St. Ives and Mounts' Bays, which were sold at frcni 21, to $(1. eack—Fulmouth Faded, DAVIS' STRAITS FISHING. The St. Andrew, Reed, arrived in Aberdeen Bsi, on '1 uesday afternoon from Davis' Straits, with 1: 7 , fish, 180 to 190 tun s . L e ft th e fishing grou p. 15th Sept. Captain Reed brings the following 1 44 counts of the fishery LEITH.-Baffin, Smith, 10 fish ; North Pule, Gutherie, 6 or 7 fitdt : Rattler, Stodart, 6 fish ; and Ulveritoo e ' Liston, 9 fish. KIRIALDY.-Caledonia, Tod, 180 tuns ; Earl Pesci' Thorns, 190 tuns ; and Rambler, Stew.trt, 6 fish. ABERDEEN.-Alexander, Allan, 5 fish ; Dee, Cook,' fish ; Heurietti, Reid, 4 fish ; Letitia, Clark, 4 fish; Middleton, James, 3 fish; Middleton, Mills, 11 fish; Ner tune, Ayton, 4 fish ; and Princess of Wales, Gray, 2 fish' early. l i ETERIZEAM-Eclipse, Penny, 15 fish, 175 tua.: Gleaner, Shand, 1: - i0 tune ; Hannibal, liirnie, 6 fish; Hope, Volum, 9 fish; Mary, Stewart, 4 fish Perseie ranee, Ogston, 1 fish; Resolution, Philip, 8 fish; Sur; iior, Henson, 10 fish; Traveller, Simpson, 12 fish; Wl' Union, Mackie, 8 fish. MONTROSE.—EIiza Swan, Fulton, 10 fish ; Loadogo Burn, 150 to 160 tuns; Monarch, Davidson, poorli fished ; and Spencer, Robertson, S DU NDEP.-Achilles, Hogg, 6 fish; Fairy, Welch, 5 fish; Friendship, Chapman, 1 fish ; Prince.. Charlottes Adamson, 8 fish ; and Thomas, Thoms, 10 fish. NEWCASTLZ.-Gore, Palmer, 8 fish ; Grenville Warham. 13 fish ; and Lady Jane, Fleming, 6 fi.h. Captain Reed has no accurate list of the Hull vel' sell, but states that one of them, the Mary Francego had got 150 tuns since the Bon Accord of this p!0 had left the ice. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is lOad. lot 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell tuna ad. to lad. bet" t tat price. PRICE OF SEEDS.-Oct. 19. Stew English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 425. 525. fine Mts. C Old Ditto Ditte.------- ..... ...41. •-.41. tine -a. ...s• New Fo:eign Ditto...-. 4la. 50a five COI. CA. O'd Ditto ..,-.........----.......---......-... 303. 40s. tine fit)a. 61a , Nerr White C10ver.................. 4os. (08. fine 70 8 . 8 O .!Dit' , D:tto-.. .. 6t/s. '7OB. fine SOL 81 4 'rely 'i're.To:l Old Ditto .. _ .....-- -s. --s. fine -a 4 ,, P'b Grasi English Czsrrl•way Seed....----,-....= -s. 40s. 44a. fine.": Foreign Ditto .......-.----....-....................... -s. .-8. -s. fine ~. Cozicrde • ..-..--. .. . -a. 14a. flee •••• 8 . L i n . ::... l'oin .......----(per Quarter )........... .-8. -41. 2161. fine v• - , Pye Gass - `Os. Stta. new -8. :, P2 .- xy El ' : t o ••••••••••••,••••••••••••••••• %a. 455. new -s." - , A ,, Linsee. .7o: frztling..-- ...... SS S. fine .-. 6 . .' L I*`), 10: eriisll , ls , :.! 2Ce . New-............... Dit*, Old---... .-....-. - - s s .. 4 40, 15 . . 4 fi t e . -s fine C: nary . 40 .-' • ...-6 White r.iost2rd Sc .1r 8u5he1)......05. 69 . ..-6 . V. -5 8.04 i: finetioe , 4: Ilinvn E• .. in ............ ....1. Us. lls. tine', l't-s:sip I' -.3,, Round 4,.,.............. ... . 3. -a. IW. tine fr - Grc.,ii en(i Red D't•-) . ----- tine ea' . -s. -a.2 Is. l , I'r:es, Old _ --.....-. -a. Us. 408. tine ~, tine (pe.r . Last) 301. 32/.. -. Foreign 271_ .... /. ,'''• v• 1 C , : ,, tt0 :.. 4n v,, .us' ;h, -s. -a. fine .W. 3 Kent Pockc'g PitICP4 HOPS.—Oct. I. M----«--••..w.--M...~ 9I 1114. 91. 15i. to 11! ° Sr ,ex 1;.1 E!. 84. 81. 154. to 91. „ Es_ :x 1 . "..t EY. 11:3. e!. 0.% to 101. ( 0 ' 1. ;•T in i o'. Os. It!. Od. to 161 10g. 0!. Os. 10'. O. to 111. 05 ' 71. 10e. 81. 106. to 91. 95 ' L t li:it 71 . . .7s. t'''. Os to 8/. tit Kent I: xDi V. 10. 81. Os. to 91. 07d Duty laid at £37,000. PRICE OF POTATOES—Oct. 19. V. ss. to Si. 108. per ton. New War; PRICE OF OIL 1111 , 2 011 b_ ,wta 4`. 3 '.. 03. Refined Unsc 21 I? Dist. o'l C: t' ,e i iy•r 11 "." 11 C•t. e, per t 5 1° Lt'ATLIEtt. 0 4, Per lb. d. t 9 0 Tanned Eloise Hides., 1 6 0 tiptnish Ditto -.. Per dozen. Call 51e,i6...:16 to 441 b. 15 01 Ditto -so t 4 701 b. Ditto 70 to 801 b. 20 0 Sm.*ll Seidl. Gmenloat 20 PRICES OF Per , 1). e tad. Ito 15 19 Dres3' . lg 11. 16 .• - e Slides N 19 Cic V 4 to = 111). 143 153 1) to Cig 16 19 tt... M .•••*/••••••Womn. 19 4201 WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Oct. 17. 11,y . Od. to 15 Od.L t lover Bh. ut. w 1204. 1 ' Straw-- au. Cd. to 42g. Od. RAW 1111)ES. jPer Stone. s. tI. 1. Per Stone. s. d. toe' Best fle'lvrs L...oers3 4 3 8 Ortlicary 't 8 3 0 Market 6 Oes,> SIIEEP SKINS. t 7! .od. I 5hear1; , 155......06. 81 to Is. • . Lambs. Is. (...* to 11. 6d. COAL. MART Adair's tlebtourn itla;n I 0 Holvwell 31 6 KillingworZli 96 6 Peiaw 32 0 Percy Tantield Tanfleld Lea.. 30 6 Willington Wylain 32 6 Walls End Bell and Co. 36 6 Ditto Rewieke and t 37 9 Ditto Burraton 36 6 Walls End Carr and Cu. 36 0 Ditto Crmlington-. 33 6 Ditto E"son 33 0 Ditto Jidda 36 6 Ditto Hotspur 36 3 Ditto Northumberland 30 6 Ditto Pearetb-...... 35 6 Ships at market. 71--Ships :Kr.—Oct. 19. Walls End Newinareh.., 375. 0 Ditto Perkins and C 0.,. 31 0 Ditto Ditto Russell's ......... 3 7 Ditto Walker. . 31 Russell's Lyon's 91 g Walls End etton—..... Walls End Lambton.... g Wall's End Lumley.... 37 g Walls End 14 g Walls End Stewart's rw 6 , Hartley Si PembertouLlangennech 4 ? 0 3_," Wall's End 3 2 0 Warde's Llanelly ;iv, 0 Pontop Trader .......... . 11 ?, 0 Hotspur 0 1; 0 Walls End small gold. 36U-Unsoltl. V* iRISII MARKETS. Wheat, Barley. Oats. I Floor, per CO' per barrel per barrel per barrel 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 atone. I Ist ----- -- . 0. s. d. a s.d. 5. d. as. d. 8.0. as. d. 0. as. 0. u. tl. l 0 :i Cork -- 15 0-29 6 10 6-16 0 SO-11 6 IS 0-22 0 6 0%. , 1 0 Limerick 1210-30 0 10 6-20 0 10 4-13 0 ls 0-91 0 0 0-1;0 Waterlbrd 23 0-30 0 12 0-15 0 86— 9 6 18 0-24 0 10 0-- 1 0 Cloirnel ..25 0-30 6 12 0-16 0 12 8-14 0 20 0-23 0 19 0- 01 10 Carlow.... 26 0-30 0 12 0-19 0 11 0-13 0 20 6-21 0 0i...!:;./7,7 Beef, 31iitZon, Pork, Butter. ..../if. $ pr lb. r:r 15. per cwt. Ist. Yd. id. 4th• .--.4. 1 .A d. ad. il. A d. s. d. a s. il. s. (1. a. d. s. d. s. (1- 49 v 1 19 ti Cork . .it —5,1 4 —6 1 2 0-24 OC2 057 051 0 45 1 2 Limerick-4 —5 4—6 30 0-35 0:59 053047 0 41 / a Waterford 41 —6 5 —.6 t) 0-33 Olii3 060057 0 5 3 , a " '", 0, Cloninel 3i —fl i 3 —5 27 0-50 0 tio C 56 0 54 0 5.2 Carlow...—. 4 —5;10 0 00— 0 01 , 16 0610 51 0 1-4..:,.4, ot KILKENNY.—Butter 623. to C4o. per cwt. ; Wheat 25 3 . t -; per barrel ; Flour 20s. to 366. per bag; Oats 10s. to Ils. V 9 $ l rel; Barley Ils. to 13s. ; Beef 4d. to 5301. per lb.; 11111%, to 4d. ; Pota:ocs sd. pr stone ; Coals Is. 2d. per cwt.; Pigs 28s. to Vs. per cwt. POLICE COURT.—ATROCIOUS CASIV. O On Thursday GEORGE CHAPMAN, a son of St. Cr ih t i ; was charged with knocking down, beating end abust i o r the most shocking manner, his own wife. The r oe il, creature appeared at the bar with both her eye; blacig g I of She pleaded for a mitigation of punishment on ace° her large family. Captain STEWART stated, that sh °° , l l month rgo, CHAPMAN bad stood at the bar for the 0 %, offence, and had been dismissed through the unmeri ted o tercession of his poor half-murdered wife. A' e ti d. prosecutor, Captain S. urged the necessity of flow nishing this cruel savage, in a manner that s hould oPer: o es a warring both to himself and others. The Msgi.tr o r said be was determined to punish with the greatest ris all who should be brought before them for ma ltrea t' their wives ; and he was sorry to say that few days e ct a without such cases occurring. CHAPMAN was sente ° o to sixty days' confinement in Bridewell.—Cdedo llt Mercury. BIRTHS. tot' On the 17th inst. at Sarsden, the Hon. Mrs. Lailo of a daughter. On the Bth inst. at tl.e Hills, D.;uglas, Isle o f gsoi t y Hon. Mrs. Alexander Murray, of twins, one a son sn ' other a daughter. 1 0( ‘' On thelBth in.t. in New-street, Spting-gardent l, J. Campbell, of a son. MARRIED. On the 15th inst. George Washington Anstie, "toll Devizes, to Harriet, only daughter of William tro , Esq. of Abingdon. f On the 13th inst. at Launceston, Cornwall, JO. , te r° Esq. of Celiege bill, London, to Mary, eldest dor," Thomas Ching, Esq. DIED. 1 1°j' On the 23d ult. at Kensington, Horatio N ,lOll l Eq., of the Ropil Navy, son of the late Grey Ple W ;oo 4 of Duke -street, Westminster, and godson of th e in)l Nelson. On the lSih inst. at Brighton, Charles At" I Y, flee man, Esq., formerly Captain in M.j e sty's 1 9° , of Light Dragoon.. o rat On 16th inst. at North Brixtt n, Mr. V I li agt.tl 61. 00 04 ' On the I lilt inst . H. North, Esq. of Harefiel" Cheatn, Surrey. On the 18th in.t. Emma, only daughter of the %hind, of ilomerton College, aged 17. ag e " b. On the 17th inst. at Slialalen-part , Sturcyt soul° Sir James Little, Knight, and also a Knight of al e Order of Charles the Third. r ,orivf P RINT ED AND PUBLISHED sty ramp° Tar SUN °rims, 111 3 %BAND, LorlOP',