The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-14 00:00:00

( .44 \,, i; ?? ,7 *i•r;,ti -' r- ' -'\ 4 ; , / a ,v 4 -,..... ~> ~ ....0e'6 = 24,-i; t f a i r g et ,:l4iß r Aikiititi, supremacy in Molday:a . , Caitid Waitiiit - iit i : - .riyi.; any material diiniuu 7-toil, e ver l it i lmj, e . mediate - payment of the 1.1 n) -trowasid - reAfr i Turkey, the Russian troops wiii-CilligifFtd-ifitss the Truth immediately. — Times. The present is a very fitting opportunity for canvassing the privilege which Foreign Ministers have hitherto enjoyed of an exemption from duty On the articles imported for their own use.— This is a privilege which, from its very nature, is liable to be abused ; and it is well known that it has often been grossly abused. We take it for granted that the Ambassadors of the great Powers of France, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Eng land, are themselves above embarking in. smug gling transactions ; but experience proves that even in their case, a sersant will not scruple to abuse the confidence reposed in him by his mas ter to smuggle under cover of his name. As to the Ambassadors of the minor Powers, it is no toriously known that some of them live by smuggling. When a very active servant of the Crown detected, during the Ministry of Lord Liverpool, a smuggling transaction, in which the A mbassador of a certain Monarchy was im plicated, Lord Liverpool and Mr. Canning, knowing that for years that Ambassador had had mottling from his Court for his support tbis expensive capital, and knowing also t'!Ow the supplies could alone be obtained, telt a reluctance to expose the nakedness of t e land. It was thought better, on the whole, tt.: wink at the abuse. Some of the Ambassadors at Paris in like manner exist sinviggling. In these days of improved com 'rnil4eation, it may well be questioned whether ' l''Aident Ambassadors arc in any case required. 'nen the people were considered merely as the stock of the Sovereigns, and everything depended on the caprice of a .\ lonarch and his mistresses ,r minions, and polities meant Court intrigues, t hen a resident Ambassador might be indispens able, with a view to security against plots and machinations. But, in our times, the most abso lute Sovereign governs with the advice of a Se mur, or some other body, to which all public orfairs arc submitted ; and the idea of conducting public affairs on any other principle than a ten dency to promote the public good, is universally disclaimed. It is at least certain that the con duct of all the great Powers can always be now pretty correctly anticipated, with reference to any given conjuncture, by taking into consideration the circumstances and situation of such Powers. Warlike preparationa Cannot be made in silence, and armies catittot be put in motion till long after !hit idatol has been given. A functionary of a instils More humble description than an Ambas 'lffil ;eight answer all the purposes for which an Ambassador can be employed. But waving this question, it is at all events clear that there can be no necessity for maintaining Ministers at Courts of a secondary rate. The Ministers of the great Powers are above the necessity of Smuggling, and they would willingly forego any aslsantag,e they can derive from an exemption front tlitties. But if there should be any diffi- Olty about' the matter, on account of the alleged Unfairness in compelling the Ambassador of a country in which taxes are low to pay more in a highly taxed country than the Ambassador of such country would pay in his, it would become the Government of this, the highest taxed na tion in the world, to pay down at once an allow ance to the different Ambassadors, in order to repel any charge of wishing to gain, on an ex -chouge of Ambassadors, through a difference of ditty. But we are persuaded all the great States +s-ottld at once consent to the abolition of the privilege. As to the smaller States, the effect oftnch an abolition would, no doubt, be to pre vent many of them from having Ministers here. It is the custom in some parts of the world, which we will not particularize, when a man, by his conduct in a situation at home, has merited the gallows, to appoint him to a foreign mission, and the privileges of the new situation arc soon turned to account. Now that these people arc no longer necessary to our Stock Exchange for purposes of deception, it would be as well at once to annihilate them, by cutting off their pri vileges, which supply them with the sinews of W a re— Moen ing Chronicle. We published some months ago the speech tlelivered by Sir John Grant, on closing the Court at Bombay on the Ist of April last, and the Proclamation of the Governor in Council which followed. We learn from a most respectable quarter, that letters have been received from Cal einta, stating that the Judges there think Sir John Grant acted properly in closing the Court, and that the character and honour of the King's Judges did not admit of their acting any longer alter such an interference with their authority as that ordered by Sir John Malcolm. Our readers will recollect that the Judges were ordered not to bring up a person before the Court, on the allegation that the Judges of the King's Court bad jurisdiction beyond the Island of Born bay ; and that the Habeas having, notwith standing, been issued, its execution was pre vented by the military, acting under the autho rity of the Governor in Council. The opinion of the Government at home was sufficiently evinced by the appointment of the Judge Ad vocate, then at Bombay, to be the Senior Judge over Sir John Grant ; and the decision of the King in Council, on the petition of Sir John Grant, supported the Governor of Bombay in the course he had taken. It is extremely diffi cult at this distance, and with the imperfect knowledge of the situation and circum stances possessed in England, to form an opi nion on the business. It must always be borne in mind that .Judges in India are not, as in Eng land, controulled by public opinion, as there is no public ; that the existing Government is charged with the protection of the nations under their sway, and bound to exercise in their be half a controul over all functionaries, including Judges. In England, when Judges misbehave, there is first the censure of an enlightened public, and next the appeal to Parliament, which can address the Executive. In India, the Com pany unites the functions of King and Parlia ment, and Protector of the Nations; for it is to be borne in mind, that at present the English in India have little sympathy with the natives ; and the forms of English law, in the hands of men linked together as the English in Bombay must be, may easily be made a most effectual engine of oppres sion. We are not disposed to attach much im portance to the sympathy of the Calcutta Judges with the Judges at Byphtay. In every profession there is an esprit de corps, and the History of India affords some: instances in which that esprit has not alwaysaliaplayed itself beneficially. But in the presents4remnstances of the country, with the Commander of the army opposed in a mate rial point - to. the Civil Government, this addi tional' cause of discontent may be of importance. —lbid. The public will do well to keep a wary eye upon the proceedings of the several Water Com panics, who, not contented with enjoying a mo nopoly, which sonic, if not all of them, have most shamefully abused, appear to be meditating flesh measures to increase the general evil to their own advantage. At a recent meeting of the South London Water Works it was gravely, and no doubt most truly stated, that if a coali tion could be formed, and a greater spirit of una nimity exist between the Companies on the Surrey side, the interests of the whole would be advanced ; while another speaker openly arraign the disposition which he said existed among those Companies to undersell one another. This is free trade with a vengeance; and the public has only to witness this opposition to underselling introduced into al the other necessaries of life, as into this most essential one of water, to be at the uncontrolled mercy of those who would thus be allowed to revel in inordinate profits. With the exception, however, of water and of beer, happily this cannot take place. In other trades —as in thoe of the butcher, the baker, and the grocer—the sellers arc too many, and the rivalry toogreat, to admit of such impositions being prac tised. The time, too, we hope is fast approaching, when the monopoly of the mash-tub will experience a downfall, and when the public, but more especially the lower ordet s, will be allowed to enjoy the whole some staple beverage of the country, instead of the deleterious trash which is now dealt out to them Irons magnificent establishments, which seem to exist but to poison the community, en rich the possessors, and overawe both the Go vernment and the Legislature. But that water, the free gift of Heaven, an article so essential to health, happiness, and life, should be sealed from our use except at an almost unattainable price, is more than we trust will be ever submitted to ; but which would inevitably be the case if those who take upon themselves the supply of it were to complete the combination which they openly avow their intention, if possible, to effect. We regret that one hint which we have frequently given, as a means, to a certain degree, of coun teracting this, has not been more generally adopted ; we mean in the erection of pumps for the supply of spring water to all parts of the town. We arc aware that, from habit, people are persuaded that fund and soft water ;we not equally applicable to all purposes. This, how ever, is a mistake ; and when we compare the purity of the one with the proved and acknow ledged filthiness of the other, we do not think that any part of the community would long omit to prefer the well to the cistern, if they had an opportunity of doing so.—Morning Herald. If to be silent about the distresses of the country were to remove them, we might be dis posed to copy the example, without participat ing in the motives of those " public instruc tors," who decry the publication of unpleasant truths. Such writers advocate the principle of concealment, not from regard for the people, but through sycophancy to their rulers. But con ceahnent can only serve the purpose of a tem porary delusion, without alleviating the pressure of calamity. On the contrary, it must accele• rate the crisis of national suffering, which the errors of Government arc calculated to produce. The greatest advantage of a free Press—its truly national and proud characteristic—is to make the voice of truth be heard in the high places of power. In absolute Governments the operation of terror and servility prevents, it ge neral, the language of truth from reaching the ear of the Sovereign. Hence the errors of Go vernment arc not known, where they might be re paired, before their disastrous, and often irreme diable, consequences force themselves upon the Monarch's attention. In such States the su preme authority, unless when wielded by a despot of original and vigorous character, is virtually usurped by men who practice beyond all other accomplishments the artifices of fawning and se•• ductive deception. Inebriated by the delicious poison of flattery, their nominal master, but, in reality, their slave, enjoys the dreams of pleasure upon a bed of roses while his people suffer. The miserable condition of the great mass of his sub jects is seldom known to him until the melan choly truth speaks in a voice of thunder, and startles him from his repose. It is thus, from the suppression of truth, that despotic States are subject to such frequent and sudden rev°• lutions. In free States the errors of Admi nistration—the consequences of the folly or incapacity of Ministers—cannot fail to be made known in the quarter where they ought to be rectified except through the corrupt sub serviency of the Press. If those journalists who make false representations of the state of this country at the present day—who attempt to give the colouring of prosperity to abounding wretchedness, have any private motive to serve we stop not to inquire ; it is enough for us to know that their conduct is calculated to plunge the nation in deeper misery, by hiding from the eyes of its rulers the convincing evidence of the errors which they ought to retract and the evils which it is their duty to remedy. We are not alarmists—neither are we flatterers—we court no party—we pay a blind devotion to the idol of no political sect—our ambition is to serve the public—guided . by that principle, we cannot lend ourselves to the delusive and dangerous system of keeping the distresses of the country out of view. We may say of them, in the words of Mr. Dunning's celebrated motion respecting the influence of the Crown, " they have increased, are increasing, and ought to be diminished ;" and how arc they to be diminished ? Is it by describing trade as advancing when it is rapidly on the decline ? Is it by representing the ma nufacturing districts as reviving into wholesome activity, when the artizans work upon stall/big prices, and the peace of the country is disturbed by repeated explosions ? Is it by stating that the agricultural interests are improving, when the account of every market and fair only tells us of the fall of prices, and every audit-day dis closes the fact that the farmers cannot support the appearance of solvency unless their landlords return them a portion of their rents ? It is na tural that Ministers should be slow to believe the ruinous effects of their own system ; but it is equally natural that those who see the true interests of the country, and wish to preserve whatever remains of its ancient grandeur and valuable institutions should endeavour to con vince them of their mistakes. If men are blind to their own defects, how are we to expect improvement ? It is now about the fifteenth year of peace, and the country instead of showing any symptoms of the restora tion of its prosperity is growing weaker and weaker. Undoubtedly the pressure of the enor mous debt, which is the consideration at which the military glory of the last war was purchased, has a most depressing effect on all its interests ; but the juvenile statesmanship of Air. Peel made that debt doubly oppressive ; nor is it to he wondered at when the Gamaliel at whose feet he sat to learn the science of political economy, was the founder of the Macculloch school--that school which put forth the mischievous and stupid paradox, that the absenteeism of landed proprie tors benefited the country which they deserted— that school which, in groping after recondite non. sense, shuns the contact of common sense. Then, as if the mistakes of Mr. Peel, with re tard to the currency were not sufficiently injuri ous to the State, comes Mr. Huskisson, another ambitious disciple of the theorists, and makes himself an unenvied celebrity by breaking down the best protection of our commerce—carrying away, with an inundation of " philosophy" too powerful for Parliament to resist, those Naviga tion Acts which Adam Smith—himself a liberal theorist—admitted to have been founded in the most deliberate wisdom. To crown the cala mitous effects of those measures, Russia has been allowed to trick us in diplomacy, to beat down the empire of our '' ancient ally" in the field, and to establish a supremacy in the East, which may one day enable her to realise what even the genius of Napoleon could only contem plate with regard to our Indian possessions. Under those circumstances at home and abroad, we see no present hope for the country unless Ministers themselves see and feel the truth. Whatever credit we may give them for their mo tives, we certainly cannot, without violence to our own conviction, pay any compliment to their wisdom. We care not who are Ministers so as their measures arc of advantage to the empire ; and we should be as ready to praise as we now are to censure the present AdminiStration, if they would retrace their steps—make a practical confession of their errors—" emancipate . ' them selves from the fascinating follies of the theorists who have beguiled them--and restore that sound, wholesome, moral, and dignified tone of policy under which the country so long prospered above all the nations of the earth.—/bid. At length we have the satisfaction of laying before our readers a copy of the first chapter of the Treaty of Adrianople—the first chapter we say, because what we insert alludes to various matters which still remain to be settled, and be cause the Hamburg Reporter of Friday last, Which we have just received, mentions that there are three separate treaties-Ist. The treaty of peace, properly speaking, which we now publish —2dly, An explanatory convention, consisting of four articles ; and 3dly, A separate act, relating solely to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. What the explanatory convention and the separate act may be, we have no means of knowing, but from the accounts in the German Papers ; but the treaty itself is now before our readers, and that they will resemble it in spirit and effect there need be little doubt. The first three articles of the treaty present nothing worthy . of remark, beyond the pretended surrender, by the Emperor of Russia, of all the forts and towns which his armies have taken in the course of the war—the establishment of the Pruth as the boundary between the two empires, the free navigation of the Danube to the merchant vessels of the contracting Powers, and a stipulation that the " right bank of the river shall remain unin habited from the point where the arm of the St. George separates itself from that of Soulineh to a distance of two hours from the river, and that no establishment of any kind shall be formed there any more than on the islands which shall remain in the possession of the Court of Russia, where, with the exception of quarantine, it shall not be allowed to form any other establishment or fortification." By the fourth article the fron tiers between the Russians and Turks in Asia are to be " the line which, following the pre sent limit of the Gouriel from the Black Sea, ascends as far as the border of Imeritia, and from thence in the straightest direction as far as the point where the frontiers of the Pa elialiks of Akhaltzik and of Kars meet those of Georgia, leaving in this man ner to the north, of and within that line, the town of Akhaltzik, and the fort of Khallnalick, at a distance of " not less than two hours." The effect of this boundary line is to give into the hands of Russia in perpetuity all the countries to the north and east of the above line, towards Georgia, Ime ritia, and the Gouriel, as well as all the coast of the Black Sea, from the mouth of the Kouben as far as the port of St. Nicholas inclusive—a pretty considerable rounding, as it has been termed in some Papers, of the Russian territo tories, in that quarter, but much less objection able in every other point of view, than the rigid stipulations in sonic of the subsequent articles. The fifth and sixth articles relate to Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia, and provide for the pre servation of all the privileges and immunities granted to the two former by the Convention of . Akermann, and for the issuing of a firman which shall order the execution of the clauses respecting Servia in the said Convention, within the period of a month after the signature of the treaty. The seventh article we commend to the perusal of our readers as one of the most obnoxious in spirit, and the most likely to furnish grounds for future war, that was ever contained in a treaty of peace. It is incapable of abridgement. By the eighth article, 1,500,000 ducats are to be paid to Russia within eighteen months, in full of all demands, for losses sustained by her merchants and sub jects since the year 1806. The ninth article stipulates for the payment of a sum of money, as an indemnity to Russia for the expences of the war ; but the sum itself is not specified, and does not appear at first to have been agreed upon. In the tenth article, the Russian Plenipotentiary takes at once the place both of France and Eng land, and provides by his own sole act and deed for the immediate execution of the treaties re specting the independence and limik of Greece, simply leaving to these two Powers to witness, along with Russia, the execution of their stipu lations. This is a bold and not very respectful step, but fully warranted, we must allow, by the inactivity of the Powers who are thus so unceremoniously treated. The ele venth article of the treaty stipulates for the evacuation of the Ottoman territories by the Russian troops, from the moment when the sti pulations of the treaty can be considered as ful filled, for the Administration, and the order of things established therein, under the influence of Russia, being maintained, and the non-inter ference of the Porte, until the stipulations have been fulfilled !—in other words, for that part of the Turkish Empire remaining under Russian, domination, external and internal, until the sti pulations of the treaty have been fulfilled to the utmost extent. The remaining articles merely respect exchanges of prisoners, general pardons, and other matters of little moment to either of the contracting parties. It must be evident to every one, from this brief recapitulation of the different articles of the Treaty of Adrianople 1. That Russia has secured to herself by it the virtual domination, though not the nominal sove reignty, of Moldavia, Wallachia, Servia, and Greece. 2. That she has eecured greater commercial ad vantages to her subjects than are enjoyed by those of any other Power. 3. That she has eentrived by the indefinite manner in which the stipulation's of the treaty are worded, to %yolk i►►to it as many grounds of war as wig ju , tify her in recommencing hostilities at whatever period she pleases. And, 4. We were going to add, that by ftipulating for the government, external and internal, of that part of Turkey, of which she now holds military possession, she is paving the way for its final conquest, and the conciliation of the Turks to her sole, exclusive, and unlimited, dominion. But we arc not yet in possession of an official copy of the separate act which is to specify the sum to be paid by Turkey to Russia as an in demnity for the expensex of the war, and, till we are so, we shall not indulge in any pointed obser vations on the subject. We cannot, however, conclude for the present without observing that, if Russia he permitted to carry the above treaty into full effect, a blow will have been struck at the independence of the Turkish empire, from which it may never recover, and an insult offered to France and England which in other times would not have been borne—at least here.— Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two gentlemen, who are connected with the Taunton Bank, applied to the LORD MAYOR for a warrant to search a lodging-house in Ironmonger lane, Cheapside, in con,equenee of a very serious robbery which had been committed there between Sunday night and Monday morning last. The cir cumstances, which are of a mysterious character, are as follow :—The proprietors of the Taunton Bank are in the habit of sending up to London cash and bills to a considerable amount, and the person usually employed in conveying such property to its destination is a respectable tradesman of Taunton, who secures himself against coach-robbers by stitch ing the bundle in the pocket of his coat, which he never takes off until he arrives in town. He had on this last journey to London adopted the same pre caution, and upon reaching town he went, at be tween eight and nine o'clock on Sunday night, to the lodging-house of Mrs. Andrews, Nos. 22 and 23, Ironmonger-lane, where he had been in the habit of sleeping. At nine o'clock, after having taken a glass of ale and some tea, he returned to his sleeping room, and, as he was accustomed to do, put all his clothes under his head. Bein g greatly fatigued he soon fell asleep, and upon awaking, he found that, instead of being under his head, his clothes were on the chair next the bed. This alarmed him, but upon examining his coat he saw that his parcel was stitched up in the pocket. He then concluded that all was right, and that he must in a dream have dis turbed his clothes. However, upon putting his hand into his breeches'-pocket, he felt that his purse, in which he had the night before deposited four sovereigns, contained only one. Again he was em barrassed ; for the bundle which he had received from the Taunton Bankers' contained between 5001. sad 6001. in bank -notes, and between 4,0001. and 5,0001. in bills. The secret was disclosed upon his cutting open the pocket, for although he found all the acceptances in their proper place, all the cash had been removed. The thief must have found the tradesman in a very deep sleep indeed, for the clothes eAdd not have been removed without disturbing an ordinary sleeper, and some time must have been occupied i►► unpacking the parcel, repacking it, and sew►ng up the pocket afresh, after the money had been sepa rated from the bills. The LORD MAYOR expresed surprise at the strange circumstances of the robbery, and asked whether the tradesman bad not locked the door, or whether any person slept in the same room ? To this it was replied there was no lock to the &or, and that although there was a bolt it would not shoot, and other fastening there was none. The LORD MAYOR said the sleep of the trades man must have been intense, or he would have felt his clothes going from under him. It was here stated that the tradesman was rather deaf; so that between that defect and the excesive fatigue it was no wonder that his sleep was like that of death. The LORD MAYOR ordered that Mr. Cope, the Marshal, and another officer, should go to the lodging-house in Ironmonger-lane, and execute a search warrant there. This was done without de lay, but without effect. Mr. Cope mentioned to the Lord Mayor that he had, as he expected would be the case, found no thing like a clue to the property. Ile had ques tioned the proprietor and servants, but they ap peared to be completely ignorant as to the person ‘vho might have committed the robbery, or the means by which it could have been effected. Upon inquiring into the character of the house, the Mar shal had learned that other robberies had been com mitted there. One gentleman had been plundered there a short time ago of 105 sovereigns, which were cut from his valise. The Lulu) MAYOR asked whether the people of of the house seemed to be aware of such practices ? Mr. Cope said that they could not deny that rob beries had been complained of as having been com mitted there. _ _ His LonDstuP hoped, that for the sake of the public, the circumstances of this very extraordinary robbery would be publicly mentioned. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday. a young man, fashionably dressed, muffled tip in a cloak, was brought up in custody from St. Martin's watch-house, charged with steal ing a tortoiseshell snuff-box, the property of a gen tleman, from the lodgings of Isabella Beaumont, of No. 49, Holywell-street, Vauxhall-road, Westmin ster. The prisoner gave his name and address, Mr. William Edwards, No. 1, Wimpole-street, Caven dish-square. Isabella Beaumont stated that about three weeks ago she accidentally met the prisoner, who accom panied her home, and remained all night; he break fasted with her the next morning, and as he was going away he said he had no money about him, but he would leave his silver snuff-box, and call in the course of the day and give her two sovereigns. He had not been gone many minutes before she missed out of one of her drawers tortoiseshell snuff box, which had been given to her to take care of by a gentleman who was at present in Paris. The snuff-box he left with her turned out not to be silver, but only Britannia metal. No other person could have taken the snuff-box, as no ene else had been in the room. She showed it to him on the previous evening, and he took a pinch of snuff out of it. She saw no more of the prisoner until last night, when she met him in the saloon at the Haymarket Theatre, and she gave him in charge to the constable in attendance. The metal snuff-box was handed to Mr. WHITE. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he met Miss Beaumont in Regent-street, some few weeks ago, as she had stated, and accompanied her home. He should allow that he had not acted in a very gentlemanly manner in leaving the metal snuff-box fora silver one. He had certainly seen the tortoise shell-box, but solemnly declared he never took it. He met the complainant twice since be was at her i i 9gand nodded to her; an d h e a l so gave h er his name e and address, and she addressed him by his name in the saloon. The complainant denied this statement. Mr. WHITE ordered the prisoner to be remanded for further examination, and directed the officer to make strict inquiry about the snuff-box. UNION.HALL. The example set by the new police in scouring the streets west of Temple-bar of the disorderly prostitutes with which they were nightly infested, to t h e great annoyance of the public, has had the effect of giving a stimulus to the exertions of some of the old police at this side of the water, and yes terday morninga batch of thirteen of the frail sister hood was brought up in custody, followed by a mob of at least 100 perm - , , .. The two constables 1111 V attend the Coburg Theatre stated that the portico in front of the house, horn the moment it opens, is constantly infested with prostitutes, who not only conduct themselves with the greatest levity, but arc also iu the habit of using language of such a description as to shock the ears of all decent people. The officers then. said that two of the County Magistrates who had re cently visited the theatre complained of the nuisance in question, and directed them to apprehend the women who were chiefly conspicuous for being riotous and disorderly. Mr. CHAMBERS took great pains in the investiga tion of each case, and the defendants proved to have been prominent for riotous and disorderly conduct he committed for one month each to Brixton, antl the remaining four out of the above number he dis charged, with an admonition,.that in future, if they should congregate together under the portico of the Coburg, to the great annoyance of the persons at tending the theatre, they might expect to share the fate of their unfortunate companions. On the preceding evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as John Sweet, one of the new po licemen, was returning home to the Kent-road, atter his day's duty was over, in pas.ing the Elephant and Castle he saw two men, dressed as sailors, sur rounded by a mob of the go-cart men and other va gabonds who constantly lurk about that place. The policeman hearing the two men whom he supposed to be sailors quarrelling about a sum of money, which one accused the other of stealing from him, he (tho policeman) immediately interfered, when one of them, named Hitson, alleged that he had been robbed of 101. by a man named James, in whose possession money nearly amounting to that sum was found. On discovery of the money by the policeman, the mob, which, as we observed before, chiefly consisted of cads and go-cart men, wanted to prevail upon him to share the money between the contending parties, and suffer them to proceed about their busi ness. Ile was averse, however, to act under such advice, :nal took the two men off to the watch house, where he lodged them for the night, and kept the money in his possession until the matter was explained before a Magistrate. Yesterday the whole of the parties were in attendance, and the policeman having described the circumstances under which he locked them up, the Magistrate said that he had acted perfectly right, otherwise, in all pro bability, the money he had taken care of would have been plundered from those who had the con tention about it. On investigating the circumstances at this office, it came out that the two men were both discharged convicts, and had arrived at the Elephant and Castle on the preceding evening, from Portsmouth together, having each 101. on their departure from that sea-port. On the road, where the coach stopped, it appeared they had both drank freely, and on being set down at the Elephant and Castle, one of them, named Ritson, discovered that the whole of his money was gone. On the discovery he accused the other of robbing him, and the alter cation that ensued between them soon drew an assemblage about them. In the course of the in quiry, however, it was ascertained that amongst the money Ritson had lost was a 5/. note. When the policeman searched the person accused of the rob bery nothing but sovereigns were found in his pos session; and it also appearing that it was impos sible he could have converted the note into smaller money on the road, Mr. CHAMBERS discharged the accused, and directed the money found upon him to be delivered to him again. The Magistrate extolled the conduct of the new police-man for his activity on the occasion. A Mr. IVbeckr, who described himself a gun maker, was charged with disorderly conduct that morning, and seizing the rattle belonging to an aged and infirm watchman. The watchman, who described himself 78 years of age, stated, that about three o'clock that morning, while on duty in the Waterloo-road, he heard a none at Mr. Blanchard's shop-door, and on going up to see what was the matter, he found that the door was burst in. He immediately laid hold of the per son whom he suspected shoved in the door; upon which the defendant stepped up and said, " That is not the person who did it, for lam the man." The watchman then added, that in asking the defendant whether he meant to rob the house, the latter seized him by the collar; and when he attempted to spring his rattle for further assistance, the defend ant twisted it out of his hand and broke the handle of it. The Magistrate could not help expressing some mil raise at seeing so aged a man engaged as nightly guardian of people's property ; it was quite time he should resign the situation, and if he had acted with fidelity and honesty in his situation, the parish au thorities should not forget his services. In reply to the above charge, the defendant said, that he was in the habit of calling at Blanchard's shop frequently for cigars, and on this occasion he gave the door a push, conceiving they were all up, when the watchman came over and branded him with the disgraceful epithet of house-breaker, upon which he (defendant) could not help expressing his indigna tion, and at the moment he was seized hold of by his assailant, and in the struggle the rattle was broken. Mr. CHAMBERS said, that it was impossible the defendant could have supposed the tobacco-shop was open at three o'clock in the morning, and as an as sault was sworn against him he should pay a fine of 20s. and costs. ADMINISTERING NARCOTIC DRUGS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ROBBERY. Yesterday Mary Long, a middle-aged female, of a repulsive countenance, together with her three daughters, Margaret, Jane, and Elizabeth, were finally examined at Lambeth -street office, before M. WYATT and T. WALKER, Esqrs., on a charge of administering narcotic drugs to seamen, and plunder ing them while under their influence. Charles Dempsey stated that on that day week, he, accompanied by two of his ship -mates, went to the hous,o of the prisoners. One of his companions sent out for some gin; and after his drinking a por tion of it he became quite stupitied, in which state he saw the younger prisoner, Elizabeth, put her hand into his small-clothes pocket, and rob him of all the silver it contained, as also a silk pocket-hand kerchief. He distinctly saw her take chum both ; but such was the powerless state to which he was reduced, that though he saw her he could not pre vent her. Charles Hill, another seaman, deposed that he went with the last witness on the day before men tioned to the house of the prisoners. On entering it they were at dinner, of which they asked him to , partake; but he declined, and went t o the Mercers' Arms and purchased a pint of gin. On bringing it in he saw one of the prisoners p our something into it which completely discoloured it ; and, after drink ing two or three glasses, he became so insensible that he reeled about, and k nocked his head a g ain st a table, by which it was cut. He then fell asleep, and on his awaking found that he had been robbed of about 245. Mr. WYATT—Did you not perceive somethin g peculiar in the flavour of this gin ? Witness—l did, Sir; and suspecting that something was the matter, I marked one of the half-crowns before I went to sleep, which, if I saw now, I co u ld swear to; but it is gone along with the rest. When lie awoke, finding that the envie of his money was stolen, he asked the elder prisoner to lend him a half-crown, which she agreed to on his leaving her his jacket, quantityulgen,t de a r it f o t h e te after bt c ho o at n tt s l e i i dtleelr. could compositionuil .c) Charles Howell, late a headborough of Stepney, but at pre-sent of the new police, repeated his state ment f prisoners, the f former r nub m .gpu e btt r oahsan d aordt ' s y ss i oe maamhsl he t vi o difi one his going to the house c a h ed state t h e o of house, s ti e p , e afancd oombfesntthrtuction, a sailor named Freeman, who, with the ithhttniiaeevodnoounn. been oaslvt pgiovproduced, c witnesses,etodthem, , f t o abi u ne n i d ns eg i a t ra i h remnant of a spiri tuous m sol i fi x s t tp t he ir ee e t not be submitted to the test of ari aualysis. He 1 made inquiries at Mr. Petre's, a surgeon in t he neighbourhood, arid he told him that his shoproe n confessed, that from two to three pennyworth of laudanum was obtained daily at his shop, and con 'eyed to the house of the prisoners. It genera was purchased by a young man, at present in 05: 6 Hospital, and, since his illness, by an Irish girl. L' l T' Petre promised him that his assistants should be i" attendance, and give evidence of the fact. /. 4 reply to questions of the Magistrates, H ow ell sai d that the house of the prisoners was a notorielic brothel, and, to his' knowledge, the scene of r e peated robberies. John Craig', an apprentice to Mr. Petre next witness), on being asked if he was in the 11, 0 1 of selling laudanum to any of the prisoners, reP lie : in the negative ; adding, that it used to be obtainv by a young man in a sailor's dress, whom he did ee l know to have any connection with the prisoners. Prendergast and Howell, in contradiction to this testimony, distinctly asserted that this witness se' knowledged to them that the laudanum was Boor I times purchased by one of the prisoners, and 0.13 , 4 i always taken to their house, and that it was W t " much trouble that they (the officers) could get hi ° to come forward. The NIAGISTRATES observed, that they did • 1 1 doubt the fact of his knowing the parties, and pos e : some marked observation: , on his (Craigy's) condo e " Howell here stated, that while in conversati on with fir. Petre, he mentioned a conversation ern very suspicious nature, which occurred at the hous e of a Mrs. Cocklcarnc, who kept a lodging-house fn t sailors, not many weeks past. About two mont h 4 • since, he was called aeon to remove a sailor from this person's house to the London Hospital. 0 going there, he found him in a state of deep 'tur f . , —his mouth foaming violently, his eyes fixed es 7 glazed, and with all the external indications of hi / haring taken something prisonou.. lie procured coach, and conveyed him to the institution, w here , after lingerin g , e• for some time, he expired. Ile unde r stood him tohave been a man of some property,l o • was unable to ascertain whether such was the eel or nor, owing to his extreme insensibility. Ho we ' concluded this narrative by saying, that Mr. Per ° agreed in opinion with him, thas the business W ell dark and mysterious, and required investigation. Mr. Isaacs, at the close of the examination, ise l • that the charge against his clients originated et tircly in the jealousy of Gent, a rival lodging.holl e r, keeper, and denied that the house was a broth!' adding, that it WAS kept alone for the accommi tion of sailors. Mr. WYATT—In other words, it is a crimpi‘ house. Mr. Imacs—No, Sir, it's a lodging-house. Mr. WYATT—That's a distinction without a d i ' fercuce. Howell again came forward, and said that th, e youn g prisoners were in the habit of standing the door and inveigling persons into the house. fact, they had solicited himself before they kat" who he was. Mr. Isaacs here made some observations on th e conduct of Howell, but they were put a stop toll the Magistrates, who said that his conduct was ( 1 . e . 1 serving of every merit; and after a lengthened 117, irregular conversation, they held all the prisou v ,i to bail to answer any charge that might be prefer re against them at the Sessions, at the same time t e# l , quiring them to give 21 hours' notice of the 0° 0( vency of their bondsmen. This course, instead ...4 sending them to Newpte, was considered the on eligible, it being probable, that if put upon OA trial fur the robbery they would have been squill"' in consequence of the condition in which the pro' , tutors were at the time of its perpetration. BOMBAY PAPERS. Accounts from the south-east frontier, we uncle _ stand, have been received, confirmatory of the melanel lo7 intelligence mentioned in our last. The apprehension we then expressed respecting the let s of Lieutenant Burlton, we lament to say, has proved W' well-founded. Rajah Tecrut Singh, after the massacre at Nunelow't! which between thirty and forty men were killed, ineludiol two unfortunate Eaglish gentlemen, moved southward' perhaps, with the hope of overpowering the Politic' Agent. Whatever his further designs might have he ee they were however completely frustrated by the prolvE , operations of the Political Agent, who, calling in O F aid of the Sylhet Light Infantry Battalion, directed Cap Lister, commanding that corps, to proceed against the surgents. Accordingly, that officer being instructed, that": Rajah, with a cousiderable body of followers, had taken or a position in the strong fortified village of Moomlee, th ree miles from Churra-Poongee, lost no time in proceedingr i : attack the place; and a -communication, dated the I% instatit Mates, that after some resistance, the place taken by storm, when several of the Rajah's party Wt . , killed, but be himself made his escape, being favoured v i the thickness of the jungles. A communication of the 15th instant, from Mam lo mentions that intelligence having been received that tl O Rajah, or some of his adherents, was at Ly-Runchoo , place situated on a mountain, about 3,000 feet high, a separated from Mambo by an extensive valley, Captail l Liver made arrangements for moving on the place. From the difficulties of the road, and the ease which many parts of it might have been defended, it O s " considered advisable to attempt taking the place by 6 "! "- prise. At midnight, th ere f ore , on th e 14th, COW Lister, with a party of one hundred Sepoys, marched eel s eretly for Ly Runchoo during a storm of rain. A hi ttl a before day-break he reached the place, which he W l ' , evacuated, and destroyed it; and after giving. his party • few hours rest returned to Mamloo. Teerut Singh l e r reported still to be in the neighbourhood, but the n onlb e of his followers, it is said, was considerably reduced/ Gore, nment Gazette, April 27. Calcutta was vi.ited yesterday evening by one of the most severe thunder storms ever experienced here we b e ; lieve. It commenced between the hours of six and se e ` o'clock, accompanied by a very heavy squall from s o uth-east, by a copious shower of rain and a fall of 1" 1 „; and lasted more than an hour. The thunder was aidditi; loud and reverberating as if among rocky mountains, t"j lond crashes following each other in rapid succession, "4 the forked lightning, gleaming from pole to pole, 0 " terrific brilli mey and grandeur, seemed even while gazed, as if it were dealing death and destruction aroun d the I Ind. We have since heard that several accidents have De g curred, and there have been some miraculous escapee•/ Trvo sentries in the fort were killed outright. His MAJESTY'S Giraffe died on Sunday, a t Sandpit-gate. Mr. JUSTICE BunnouGH.—The Bath IR S raid says the venerable Justice BURROUQH, we are 110 1 to state, is nearly recovered from his late alarming illne°' His Lordship has obtained a game certificate, and is fr pected, we have been informed, on a shooting excurail at Rowdeford, Wilts, the beautiful seat of WADiI O LOCK E, Esq. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst. at Morns-court, the lady of Sir 0 ' ornewall, Bart., of a daughter. On the 11th inst. at Leamington Priors, the lady of Colt George Baker, R.N., of twin daughters, one of the' still-horn. On the 1 Ith inst. the wife of Mr. P. Johnston, Doughtl ° strut. of a son. On the bth inst. at Inestore, Argyleshire, the lady .-/ Donald Campbell, Esq. the younger, of Dunstafnage, a son. On the I Ith inst. the wire of R. Hand, Esq. of 1 / 1 4 44 Berkeley-street, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. at St. Mary's, Bryanstone-squarer i t ; Searle, jun. Esq. to Harriett, eldest daughter of the la J. Talbot, Esq. and niece to the late and sister to the pr e sent Earl of Shrewsbury. On the 13th inst. at Fulham, John Goff, Esq. to An d ' daughter of the lute J. W. Nelson, Esq. On the 13th init. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, 6 ; Berkeley, Esq. of Montagu-place, to Susan, third daugh te r of T. Clarke, Esq. of Upper Bedford-pl DIED. On the 13th inst. at Grove-end, Regent's-park, W. Higgs, Esq. F.A.S. On the 10th init. in Bedford-street, T. 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