The Sun. — London, England, 1829-08-28 00:00:00

fur their obstinate adherence to the ceremonies of the Pentateuch, their passion for money-get ting, and their aversion to pork.— Times. We have received Lisbon Papers to the 15th Inst., and a mass of correspondence, dated the 14th, for which we have to-day no room. We shall only take the present opportunity to state that the reports contained in some of the Paris Papers respecting negociations going on ir. hog between one Government and that of Don Miguel, for the purpose of getting the young Queen of Portugal transported to Brazil; are as nnfotinded as their rumours about English in koference in their late change of Ministry. Set ting aside the impossibility of such negociations in the present state of diplomatic relations between the two countries, it is well known to those who have opportunities of inquiring into such matters, that the recall of Donna Maria 11. is the sole and untounselled act of the Emperor her father, with which this country cannot, by the • most hosained inference, be connected. If we are well . informed, so far was the British Government from urging or advising the return of the young Queen to Rio, that it endeavoured to dissuade her father from taking that step, as amounting to a virtual abandonment of the Portuguese throne. As capable of bearing this construction, we can not help thinking that the retreat of her Majesty at tit* present moment is unwise, and prepares Oro way for the recognition of her uncle's titles. h may well be argued, by the powers disposed co such a recognition, that if the Portuguese re fused to place themselves under her sceptre when she held out to them in Europe, there is little chance that they will receive her commands, or acknowledge her title, from another hemisphere, where their natural jealousy of Brazil, their former colony, will be added to the other motives of her rejection.—lbid. At a time when our Journals are so horror struck at the tendency of the French Law of Succession to convert Monarchy into Demo cracy, and recommended with so much earnest tress the re-creation of an Aristocracy on an English model in France, it may not be amiss to inquire what the people of this country owe to the existence of such a body among ourselves. In the first place, we are indebted to the exist ence of a rich Aristocracy for the peculiar dis tinction, that in no country of Europe would it 1)e possible to assemble so large a body of men as constitute the two Houses of Parliament, with so few individuals in it raised above hnbe tility. It has been again and again remarked, that the laws are made in England by people to whom tio one would entrust the making any thing else. Rich men from their biith are of becessity either stupid or indolent. " Liberal, not lavish (says the Poet) is kind nature." To possess available talent there must be the motive to industry, and that motive is alone dire neces sity. It is observed, that so long as people pos sess abundance of land, there is no prevailing on them to labour constantly—that the first grand incitement to industry and civilization proceeds from the belly ; and that so long as the belly has, an easy and quiet time of it, the bead and hands sympathise with it.. In families the in fluence of necessity is beautifully exemplified. The eldest son, the heir to the estate, has gene rally, from a very early period, admirable diges tive powers ; he glows miraculously in height and breadth, from his fortunate exemption frotn the necessity of all those operations of mind or body which interfere with the process of digestion. The younger children, on the contrary, are taught betimes that they have to acquire as well as to digest ; and that to make their way in the world they must cultivate habits of industry and application. In a short time these opposite causes produce the most op posite effects ; broad-faced and good-natured stupidity in the one being as commonly ex pressed as energy and alertness in the other.— Hence the phrase in .: I Scotland of " Jock, the Laird's brother," implying that the Laird has the body, and the brother the soul. When a Peer, not elevated from the Commons, displays a mo derate,share of industry and talent, it will in nine cases out of ten turn out that he was a younger brother, and succeeded unexpectedly to the title. Thus Lord Lauderdale, unquestionably an ener getic and hard-working man, was bred a lawyer. Thus Lord Lansdowne was a younger son. The means of entering either House of Parliament being the possession of a large property, and to acquire a large property requiring the exertions of a life, it seldom happens that any man (not a regular trading politician placed in Parliament betimes, through family influence, to work his way through a succession of places to the highest situations), can, even if possessed of abilities, find his way into the. House of Commons during the period of his mental and bodily vigour. The sensation produced in Parliament by the introduc tion of one man, with the habits of industry and application usual in the middle classes, and es sential to success in life, at an age compatible with exertion—we allude to Mr. Hume—suffi ciently shows what might be effected were Parliament open to men of small for tunes. Mr. O'Connell possesses the industry indispensable to a successful lawyer, with the ambition to do good to hit fellow-creatures, which the most mercenary, heartless, and unprin cipled of all pursuits, seldom fails to destroy long before the ambition to be rich has been gratified; and as the entrance into Parliament of a lawyer, with the intention of benefiting others and not himself by his services is a novelty, prudence re quires that we should wait to see the success of the experiment, before indulging in anticipations from it. However, it is enough for us to show, from the sensation produced by o or three energetic men in seven or eight hundred, of what importance it would be for the public good, were the present practice of constructing Parlia ment exclusively from the most imbecile, be cause the richest men in the country, reversed ; or, rather, were there no rich Aristocracy to per plex the choice of the nation, but in place of them a number of men of fortunes sufficient to dispense them from exertion for their daily bread, and to give them the means of cultivating their minds, while the ambition to benefit their fel low-creatures by their labours would be a suffi cient stimulus to exertion to those who could not hope to dazzle by the mere possession of fortune, and who could not acquire distinction without earning it. One of the most mischievous results from the possession of a rich Aristocracy is, that as wealth becomes the condition of admission, those men who are most distinguished throughout the country for their knowledge, and informa tion, and abilities, are necessarily excluded. Any man of two or three thousand a year, who should think of entering Par liament from any other consideration than that of making his vote the stepping-stone to pl a ce or pension, or professional advancement, would justly be deemed a candidate for Bedlam. In vain the people say we have confidence in he answers, prudence tell s me not your wisdom ; to make myself a beggar for the public, in a country in which poverty is a disgrace, and the only disgrace, and throw im self dowii to the level of those who feel themselves degraded because they are poor, every hour in the twenty-four in which they do not enjoy oblivion in sleep. I n the next place, the excessive luxury, the neces sary attendant on an Aristocracy, constantly present to Englishmen, is one of the causes of that constant aspiration after more than is ne cessary to comfortable existence, to keep up ap pearances, which is one of the great causes of the wretched education and partial information of so many individuals in this country, who ought, from their means, to have a little leisure for the cultivation of their minds, and the im provement of the minds of their families. Mr. t Cobbett, who, whatever may be thought of his speculative opinions, will be allowed to be an acute observer, in his " Advice to a Young Man," says, with respect to this peculiarity in the social condition of this country— _ . " The shame of poverty, the shame of being thought poor, is a great and fatal weakness, though arising, in this country, from the fashion of the times themselves. When a good man, as in the phra seology of the City, means a rich man, we are not ro wonder that every one wishes to be thought richer than he is. When adulation is sure to follow wealth, and when contempt would be awarded to man y if they were not wealthy, who are spoken of with deference, and even lauded to the skies, be cause their riches are great and notorious ; when this is the case, we are not to be surprised that men are ashamed to be thought to be poor. This is one of the greatest of all the dangers at the outset of life: it has brought thousands and hundreds of thousands to ruin, even to pecuniary ruin. One of the most amiable features in the character of Ame rican society is this—that men never boast of their richey, and never disguise their poverty; but, they talk of both as of any other matter fit for public con versation. No man shuns another because he is poor : no man is preferred to another because he is rich. In hundreds and hundreds of instances, men, not worth a shilling, have been chosen by the people and entrusted with their rights and interests, in pre ference to men who ride in their carriage. " This shame of being thought poor is not only dishonourable in itself, and fatally injurious to men of talent ; but is ruinous even in a pecuniary point of view, and equally destructive to farmers, traders, and even gentlemen of landed estate. It leads to everlasting efforts to disguise one's poverty: the carriage, the servants, the wine (oh, that fatal xvine!), the spirits, the decanters, the glasses, all the table apparatus, the dress, the horses, the dinners, the parties, all must be kept up; not so much because he or she who keeps or gives them, have any pleasure arising therefrom, as because trot to keep and give them, would give rise to a suspicion of the want of means so to give and keep; and thus thousands upon thousands are yearly brought into a state of real poverty by their great anxiety not to be thought poor. Look round you, mark well what you behold, and say if this be not the case. In how many instances have you seen most amiable and even most industrious families brought to ruin by nothing but this ! Mark it well ; resolve to set this false shame at defiance, and when you have done that, you have laid the first stone of the surest foundation of your future tranquillity of mind. There are thousands of families, at this very moment, who arc thus struggling to keep up ap pearances. The farmers accommodate themselves to circumstances more easily than tradesmen and professional men. They live at a greater distance from their neighbours; they can change their style of living urperceived; they can banish the decan ter, change the dishes for a bit of bacon, make a treat out of a rasher and eggs, and the world is none the wiser all the while. But, the tradesman, the doctor, the attorney, and the trader, cannot make the change so quietly and unseen. The accursed wine, which is a sort of criterion of the style of living, a sort of scale to the plan, a sort of key to the tune; this is the thing to banish first of all; be cause all the rest follow, and come down to their proper level in a short time." There is a great deal of truth in this obser vation. No man can doubt that much—for which an Englishman must toil from morning to night—benefit neither his body nor his mind, and has merely for object to present an appearance of wealth—the only god in England. The con sequence of this love of appearance is great im morality ; for when the means cannot be obtained in a fair way, they will be obtained in a foul way. The Noble Author of the English in France observes, that a young Frenchman dreads no thing so much as the being accused of extrava gance. Extravagance is an Aristocratic quality, and the reverse is desirable in England, where we see many young men squandering their for tunes, not from any pleasure they take in extra vagance, but to avoid being thought of an in ferior grade. We could easily shew that an Aristocratic country must be an immoral coun try, because all look up, and the lesson from above is necessarily immoral. But we shall pursue the subject in its other consequences on a future day.—Morning Chronicle. It seems that, by returns made to the Freud . Police, there are at this time nearly 36,000 Eng. lish domiciled in France, and whose annual ex. penditure is calculated to amount to little shor of 4,000,0001. per annum. Now, taking the British subjects resident in France to amount to only as many as those that are dispersed over Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and other parts of Europe, and the expenditure of the latter to be the same, it follows that an in come of between seven and eight millions a year is drawn from England, Scotland, and Ireland, the greater part of which would be expended at home, if the means of living at home would ad mit of it. The amount, reduce it how we will, is a frightful one, and sufficient itself to account, for some part of our present national embarrass ments. It would not be too much to say that the public revenue loses, in direct and indirect taxation, full one-half of the expenditure thus withdrawn from the country. Without this enor mous drawback, the very increase which is an nually taking place in our population, houses, &c., would necessarily show an increase in many heads . of the public resources, which have hitherto exhibited scarcely .any. It is no part of the business of a Government to tell its subjects where they shall live ; but every Go vernment has a right to say to its subjects— " While you draw your means of living from home, you must contribute your share towards the maintenance of the State which pro tects and insures to you your property." Some thing like this, we are convinced, must very soon be said to the numerous absentees who are draw. ing so largely from the national wealth without contributing their proportion towards the na tional stock. For what, after all, is the social compact, but a mutual pledge and security of the members towards each other ? Take, for instance, two landed estates of equal value, both of which are mortgaged, to pay the fundholder his prin cipal and interest. Of one, the rents are spent at home, and a fair share contributed towards the annual dividends; while of the other, the whole, except a small land-tax, is transmitted to be spent in Irance or Italy. The same may be stated of two equal sums in the funds. And is there any just reason upon earth why, of two debtors, one should pay interest and the other none ? Or, still more forcibly, can there be any reason why the resident land or stockholder should pay, not only his own debt, but that of the absent one ? These alone arc pretty cogent reasons why taxation, to a large degree at least, should fall upon property, and not, as now, n al most wholly on home expenditure. edo not wish to see freedom of action interfered with ; all that rte contend is, that no man should be at liberty to withdraw himself and his income from the country without contributing his share to wards the payment of his own just debts, as well as the expellee of protecting the property which affords him the income.—Moro. Herald. SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—CAP.LISLE, Auc. 25. CORBY V. THOMPSON AND OTHERS. This action was brought to recover the value of a quantity of hay, of which the defendants had for cibly dispossessed the plaintiff. It had happened that in April last a person of the name of Bell, a grocer at Brampton, in that county, had had a small demand against James Anderson, one of the defend. ants. To recover that demand Bell had instituted an action in the county court, and had got a verdict and issued execution. The execution had been in trusted to the plaintiff, who was a sheriff's officer, and he had gone to make the levy upon the premises of the defendant Anderson. Anderson lived at a place called Coldfells, and there he had a byre for cows, and a stack of hay. The hay had been taken from two fields, in one of which the defendant Thompson claimed a property, but it was notorious that Anderson had always been regarded as the owner of the hay, he always using it for his cows, and treating it in all respects as his own. Upon that stack of hay the plaintiff had seized, and had been in the act of carrying it away in carts provided for the purpose, when a person of the name of Irwin had come up, and claiming the stack as his own pro perty, had discharged the plaintiff from seizing. The plaintiff had disregarded that discharge, and had proceeded with the levy when another claimant to a property in the stack had arisen in the defendant Thompson. It had been explained to Thompson that only a minute be fore, Irwin bad claimed it as his own, and then Thompson had changed his ground and said that it was Irwin's, but that Irwin held it for him. The plaintiff feeling confident that the property was An derson's, had proceeded in removing the hay, when Thompson had put in a threat that he should soon be forced to discontinue, and sure enough upon some signal of Thompson's the Coldfell had been made to resemble the glen which Sir Walter Seott had described in one of his poems; for men had suddenly shot. forth on all sides to the number of about 100, and had effectually prevented the bailiff from proceeding in his work, and almost frightened him out of his senses. The hay had b een ta k en back, and it was to recover its value that the pre sent action had been brought. A verdict was given for the plaintiff—Damages 121. Thomas Mounsey was indicted for feloniously embezzling 11. 95., the property of John Machell. The prisoner made an ineffectual defence, and was found Guilty. John Allen and Isaac Rae were indicted for felo niously assaulting Patrick Foggy on the King's highway, and robbing him of 1/. 10s., a watch, and a pocket handkerchief. The prosecutor identified the watch when pro duced in Court. The Jury found Allen Guilty and Acquitted Rae. _Richard Hodges and Robert Jordan were then indicted for receiving the property mentioned in the last case, knowing it to be stolen. The Jury fouud both the prisoners Not Guilty. WESTERN CIRCUIT—BRIDGEWATER, Ace. 26. Notwithstanding the relief which Mr. Justice BURROUGH experienced last evening, and that a still further improvement has taken place in the state of his health, this morning the Learned Judge has been tillable to resume the performance of his duties. His place in the Civil Court has been supplied by Chief Justice TINDAL; Mr. Serjeant E. LAWES and Mr. SELWYN being engaged in trying prisoners during the day. There is no doubt that (as stated yester day) the commission will be opened at Bristol on Saturday, merely for the purpose of adjourning the Assizes to be held in that City to a future day, when the business here shall have finished. As we anticipated, the case of " Doe v. Bren ton" has gone off, and, notwithstanding the im mense expense incurred by the parties, will not be tried at these Assizes. GREGORY V. SLOWLEY. This was an action to recover the value of a mare, which was so injured through the negligence of the defendant, as to render it necessary to kill her. The Jury, aster a short consultation, brought mita verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 121. BOND V. NICHOLS, EXECUTOR. This was an action brought to recover compensa tion for board and lodging supplied by the plaintiff to Mr. William Nichols, deceased, and his sister, during a period of three months that they resided hi the plaintiff's house. The action was against the father of the deceased, who was also his son's executor. — The plaintiff is a Dissenting Minister, residing °tithe sea-coast in this county, and the late Mr. Nichols went to his house for the benefit of his health. He was attended there by his sister, who came down from London at the desire of the deceased. It was for the expence incurred by the plaintiff during their stay that the present action was brought. The case had been only partly gone into by Mr. Seijeant WILDE (with whom was Mr. COLERIDGE) for the plaintiff, when The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE recommended a pri vate adjustment of the difference subsisting between the parties, on the ground of their former friendship, and the delicacy of the circumstances it involved. Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS (defendant's Counsel) con curring with the legal advisers on the other side in the propriety of this arrangement, the case was re ferred to Mr. Praed—a nominal verdict of .50/. da mages having been entered up for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Mr. John Beck, one of the Westmin ster coal-meters, appeared before Sir R. BIRNIE, to answer the complaint of Mr.lhomas Bradfield, who has distinguished himself in bringing to light some of the frauds in the coal-trade. The summons which the defendant appeared to answer set forth that he, "being a labouring land coal-meter, did, on the 19th instant—to wit, at Hungerford wharf, in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-fields—deliver cer tain meters tickets to one Absalom Abrahams, for a certain quantity, to wit, 32 sacks of coals, the whole of which he did not see measured." By the 104th section of the 47th of Geo. 111. c. 68, any labour ing laud coal-meter so offending, is liable to a fine not exceeding 101., and is further declared ineligible to act as coal-meter for the future. Mr. Harmer appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Bradfield conducted his oven case. _ . The clerk having read the averment set forth in the summons, the defendant pleaded " not guilty' to the charge. Mr. Bradfield then called Mr. John Sambroke, who deposed that he lived at No. 10, Isabella-row, Kennington-lane, and was some time ago employed as a labouring land coal-meter at the Surrey side of the river, but was now in the service of a coal merchant. On the 19th instant, witness went with Mr. Bradfield to a public-house at Hungerford wharf. Witness observed a waggon loading at Mr. Lumley's wharf. Three men were filling sacks under the s uperintendence of Mr. Absolom Abra hams, the vender of the coals. Mr. Lumley, the owner of the wharf, was also present. When the coals were -loaded, witness, accompanied by Mr. Bradfield, followed the waggon to the residence of Lord Sinclair, at No. 27, Bryanston-square, where he saw them delivered to a female servant, who re ceived the tickets. —..—.. By Mr._ Harmer—l lost sight of the waggon for a minute or so, but I am certain that no other wag gon was near the spot at the time. 1 will not swear, however, that another waggon might not have been loading at the same time. Mr. Bradfield said lie should now call Mr. Lum ley, the proprietor of the wharf, but begged to say that lie considered that person an interested wit- ness. Mr. Harmer—That is a most improper observa tion to apply to a gentleman whom you yourself have called forward as a witness. Air. Lumley denied that he had any interest in the matter one way or another. Mr. Bradfield's re mark was quite uncalled for, and had no foundation wha.ever in truth. Mr. Bradfield—l know what I have said per fectly well, and I repeat that Mr. Lumley is directly interested in screening the defendant. In fact, there are so many persons whose interest pulls one way , that I find it almost impossible to stand against them. All I seek, however, is the truth. Mr. Harmer—No doubt, yOur motives are per fectly disinterested. Mr. Bradfield—Quite as much as yours are, Mr. Harmer. Mine is a plain case, and relying upon that alone, I have not found it necessary to employ a paid advocate to bring me through it. Sir R. BIRNIE—CaII your next witness. Mr. Bradfield—l call Mr. Lumley. Mr. Lumley here came forward, and in reply to Mr. Bradfield, stated that he was a wharfinger at Hungerford-stairs. On the 19th instant he was standing on his wharf, and believed that Mr. Ab salom Abrahams was there at the time. Some men were employed in loading a waggon with coals. Mr. Bradfield—Now, upon your oath, Mr. Lum ley, did you not stand by the side of the waggon the whole of the time it was loading?—Mr. Lumley : Upon my oath, I did not stand next the waggon the whole of the time it was loading; for I recollect per fectly well going once or twice to the counting house. _ _ _ Mr. Bradfield—l thought how it would be. I shall ask you no more questions, Sir. The whole sys tem is one of the grossest fraud, and you are vilely interested in it. Mr. Lumley repelled the imputation with some warmth, and ' • Sir R. BIRNIE repeated the obnoxious words, and observed, that in his opinion they were actionable. Mr. Harmer (to Mr. Bradfield)—You are here, Sir, in the capacity of an informer, and as such it is highly improper that yo►► should be suffered to cast imputations affecting the character of a witness. Mr. Bradfield—l have a tight to speak out, and more especially when I see myself opposed to so many persons. I repeat that Mr. Lumley being the owner of a wharf is necessarily mixed up with the frauds that are daily practised there, and knowing what I do of the malpractices of coal-meters, have no hesitation in asserting' that they ate most infamous. Sir R.BIRNIE-1 know very little of coal meters, but I have had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Lum ley for thirty years; indeed, we were fellow troopers together, and I believe a more correct or• honest man is not to be found. Mr. Bladfield—l shall now call Sarah King, the female servant to whom the coals were delivered. Sarah King accordingly came forward and proved that the coals and the tickets by which they were accompanied were delivered to her on the 19th in stant, at the house of her master, No. 27, Bryan ston-square. Mr. Harmer—Pray, whom do you live with ? Witness—l am servant to Colonel Piggott. Nlr Harmer—l thought you were in the service of Lord Sinclair ? Mr. Bradfield—Lord Sinclair rented Colonel Piggott's house, which he left on the 19th instant; the coals delivered on that day were to replace some that his Lordship had consumed. Mr. Harmer—l did not want this explanation from you, Sir ; the witness could have answered for herself. Mr. Bradfield—l know you are ready to take advantage of every quibble, and am therefore obliged to explain. Mr. Harmer—Well ; is that your case ? Mr. Bradfield-1 have no other witness, but here are the tickets that the defendant handed to Mr. Abrahams. They are signed by the defendant, and will speak for themselves. Mr. Beck-1 wish to sec those tickets—perhaps they are not signed by me. Mr. Bradfield—Here they are ; deny your signa ture if you can. _ . Mr. Beck having looked at the tickets, said he should neither acknowledge nor deny the signature which they bore. Mr. Harmer submitted that the complainant had . . failed to prove his case. Mr. Lumley had denied upon his oath that he was present during the whole of the time that the waggon was loading, and at all events the delivery of the coals and the tickets to Mr. Abrahams was not proved. Why had not Mr. Bradfield brought forward Mr. Abrahams to prove that he received the coals. Mr. Bradfield replied that he could not have done so, because Mr. Abrahams, being himself an interested witness, was not bound to criminate himself, which he would certainly have been obliged to do had he came for ward and spoken the truth. Mr. Harmer—l submit that no case has been proved ag•dnst my client. Mr. Bradfield—l am quite sure that I have proved sufficient, but ofcourse I must abide by the Magis trate's decision. Sir It. BIRNIE—The charge sets forth that the defendant delivered certain meter's tickets to one Absalom Abraham's. Now, that fact has not been proved in evidence, and I therefore dismiss the sum- MODS. Mr. Bradfield—Since I am opposed in this way L shall be compelled to take a more decided course, for the purpose of exposing a most nefarious system by which the public are robbed through the knavery of those appointed to protect them. That system must and shall be broken up, unless my neck be broken in the effort, which is not at ull improbable, considering the way in which I am threatened every day. One of Mr. Lumley's carmen has sworn to finish me, and attempted my life with a piece• of iron. Sir R. BIRNIE--The case is dismissed, let us have no more about it. The parties then retired. Richard Jacobs, a young tradesman residing in Earl-street, Seven-dials, was brought up in the cus tody of Bond, jun. on a warrant, charged with as saulting Mr. Henry Hedges, under circumstances of rattler a curious kind. Mr. Hodges, a well-dressed man, apparently 45 years of age, and who gave his statement in a very precise and measured tone and manner, deposed, t h a t he was in Little Earl -street, near the defendant's residence, on Sunday evening last, waiting to see a young female with whom he was anxious to corn mime, and had placed himself on the opposite side of the street to watch her arrival home, when he saw a female enter the house, and supposing it to be her whom he was seeking, he advanced towards the door, but met with a very rude and unexpected repulse from the defendant, who sallied forth from the threshold, seized him by the collar, and asked him what he wanted ? Witness did not choose to satisfy him on that point, and replied accordingly, whereupon the defendant shook him, and smote him on the shoulder; arid that was the assault he com plained of: Sir R. BIRNIE—What was the cause of this at tack ? Mr. Hodges—l declare, Sir Richard Birnie, I know aot. I only know that he smote me as have described. Sir RiettAßD—There must at least be some fancied cause. Perhaps the defendant will explain it. M I . Jacobs said the cause of the pretended as sault was this :—A respectable widow named Dud ley, with her two daughters, lodged in his house, I nd had d one for sev eral years. On Sunday , at a nd o'clock in the afternoon, he saw the com lainant take his statiopposite the door, and he p laint loitering abou n o t there un til seven in the evening; when he Came and gave a double knock at the door, and it was answered by Mrs. Dudley. In a few moments a confused noise was heard on the stairs, and his wife, who went to see the cause, called out to him to come down. He did so, and found Mrs. Dudley, who is rather infirm, leaning on the bannisters in a state of considerable agitation. She said she had been in sulted by Mr. Hodges, who insisted upon seeing her eldest daughter, and would not believe she was from home. He (Mr. Jacobs) then went to the door, and seeing the defendant walking away, he merely followed and tapped him on the shoulder, and asked him what he xvanted ? to which he re plied, with a flourish of his arms, " that he came to seek Miss Dudley—that the flame had burned long enough, and had become too intense to be borne any longer, and that it must be quenched." Sir R. BLRNIE—Oh, then this is a love affair after all. Mr. Jacobs continued to state that he told Mr. Hodges that be must not come there again, or he would give him in charge to a constable, upon which he said he would come as often as he pleased, and in the presence of several persons threatened to thresh him (Mr. Jacobs), and said he would Whip him like a school boy. He denied striking him. Mrs. Dudley stated in explanation, that her family and Mr. Hodges had Leen known to each other for 16 or 17 years, having first become acquainted at a Dissenters' place of worship, at which, as at other places of the same kind, Mr. Hodges occasionally assisted. Mr. Hodges would sometimes escort her daughters home from chapel, when they had gone alone ; and as he had a wife and children, and had a character for great sanctity of manners and pro priety of conduct, this was not thought improper. About three years ago, however, he was seeing her eldest daughter home, when he made advances of a►r extremely improper description, which she at once communicated to witness, arid lie was forbidden to come to the house again. Ever since that period I , e had pestered her daughter with nonsensical letters, and had persecuted her ►n a much more serious way. She had been shopwoman for five years at Mrs. Sheppard's, a respectable haberdasher's in Compton street, and the defendant was in the habit of going there, and insisting en seeing her, and .sometimcs placed his foot against the door and refused to allow it to be closed until his wish was gratified. Sir RICHARD—What is the complainant ? Mrs. Dudley—A shoemaker and a preacher, your Wor ship.—(A laugh.) Sir R. BIRNIE—WeII, Mr. Hodges, what do 3ou say now ? Why did you go there on Sunday ? Mr. Hodges-0, Sir R►chard, you know but little about it yet. Miss Dudley wrote to me only last week, and here is her letter, and it was in conse- quenee of that I went. Sir R. BIRNIE—Now then, I suppose, for a love epistle. Sir Richard then read the letter, of which the following is a copy : " Silt,—The appellation of friend or brother will never again be applied by me to you, either verbally or with my pen. Your conduct has separated the friendship that formerly existed between us, and I do assure you never again to be renewed. If you reflect but for a moment, your conscience must con demn you. I can assure you that no appearance of humiliation on your part shall affect my mind in the slightest degree : it is all lost upon me ; and corre spondence of any kind is from this moment at an end between us. The respect I have for your distressed wife is sufficient to deter me from any future ac quaintance with you. You well know that nothing in my conduct was ever calculated to excite such baseness as yours. It has not done me the injury you might have imagined—the adversary has often been his own enemy—though he is mighty, he is not almighty. I feel much for your soul—it is awful to reflect that you may sink into eternal perdition after the professions you have made, and the attach ment you seemed to have for the. Lord. I know that you are not beyond the reach of Omnipotency, and I leave you in the hands of Him who can pluck brands from the fire, earnestly desiring your salva tion ham the dominion. of sin here, and the final consequences hereafter. Ido insist that you will not come where , " am, for, though I wish well to your soul, I do not wish to see you under any pre tence whatever. " If this is not complied with, I shall take other means, arid that immediately, as I cannot nor will not be annoyed any longer. " E. DUDLEY." Sir R. BIRNIE-1 should have thought this would have been quite sufficient to put an end to your vi sits. It is a complete dismissal. Pray may I ask what gospel-shop you hold forth at ? Mr. Hodges shook his head. . Sir R. BIRNIE—You have preached, have you not ? Mr. Hodges bowed his head. Sir R. BIRNIE—You -seem very taciturn all at once. I think the assault, if it can be called one, was of your own seeking, and the warrant is dismissed. The warrant was then discharged, and Mr. Hodgos left the office, complaining that justice was not in the land, and that he was much aggrieved. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Vs, heat. I Barley. Oats. i Beans. 'Per Quarter. s. to s. s. 8. s. to S. s. to s. Bl an dford '7O Brigg— — 69 29 21 33 Chard 56 70 32 38 24 30 42 48 Huntingdon 61 '7O 26 32 19 24 33 40 Long Sutton .. 54 60 17 21 35 37 Louth 66 70 26 30 17 25 36 40 64 '72 29 35 16 21 26 40 Newark 67 '72 31 34 22 29 41 41 Nottingham 60 '7O 22 2 9 40 43 Peterborough 50 70 37 40 18 25 37 42 Plymouth 60 76 '29 37 24 28 --71 22 43 Sleaford 55 .62 33 35 20 25 40 43 Uppingham 64 72 32 38 24 27 42 48 4Visbech -.» 51 64 26 18 21 36 38 LEEDS CORN A RKET.—Aug. 25. The arrival of Grain to this day's market has been smaller than last week. We have had a considerable quan tity of rain since this day se'nnight, but last night and to day the weather is fine, which has had a tendency to check any material advance ; still fine fresh Wheat may be noted Is. to 2s. per quarter higher, and the middling qualities have been in better demand than last week, but no amend ment can be noted in the price of inferior New and stale Old. Grinding Barley in more demand. In the price of Oats, Shelling, Beans, Pease, an,' Malt, no alteration. The millers ask an advance of 2e. per sack on Flour, but only the needy buyers will comply with any advance. Rapeseed may be noted the same as last week. There has been a small parcel of New White Norfolk Wheat which has been sold at 755. weighed 601 b. per bushel. Wheat, Norfolk and Sufolk, 601 h. --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk --- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire --- Grinding 5° ,4 27 .5 5 s ro c, co 3. 225. to 235. Beans .............................. 631 b. 255. to 28s. Oats, Potatoe Mealing, Foreign 12d. to 13d....English 1214 d. to 14d. per load. st Shelling 335. to 355. per Rapeseed, English, 27!. to 291 Foreign, —I. to —I, per last. --------- LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. —Aug. 25. Being without rain last night and this morning with a fine drying wind, we had rather a dull market to-day. Prices of Wheat must, however, be noted 3d. to 4d. and those of Oats 401. to Id. per bushel above the rates of this day se'nnight. English Flour was is. per sack, and Ame rican Is. to 2s. per barrel dearer. The value of other articles in the trade was unvaried. WHEAT, English, White , p er 701 b. los. ;a toil,. o il --.------ Red 10 3 10 6 • ---- Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White ------ Red - - Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b ,3 3 3 6 ---- Irish 3 1 3 4 - - Foreign B ARL EY, English,Malting, per Imp. quarter 34 0 38 0 ---- Scotch and Irish, per 601115. -- - Feeding 4 6 5 0 t) 0 43 0 - Foreign ....... ... ... .. , PEASE, English, per linperial quarter quarter BEANS,. 1EF:.:iriii:g5gi1,iii:::1.11.,;..i.p)r....1..n....i..1..i..e.:r.....1 ................. ..... r .. :so 40 0 42 0 38 0 41 0 Foreign •- • ... gjg FLOUR, INDIAN CORN, per 410I1s. Peri Q ai rs. Foreign, !iris !Irish Ste y ck OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2.101b5. RYE, per Imperial quarter 5l 053 0 32 6 35 0 'lt 0 36 0 56 0 62 0 IMPORT OF GRAIN for the W ' M y per:: Wheat. Oats. Barley cex ending Aug. 24. Flour. 23 00 0 : 3 , 6 2 (?) Oatmesl 5,566 13,433 1,951 1 5, 9 8 4 • 1 % 06 - 0 . th liacds. Flies and most other troublesome insects are said tube unusually scarce this year. —Brighton Ga tete. THE KING OF BAVARIA. (From the Paris Globe.) Among the monarchs of Europe, who are al general old and unfriendly to new ideas, there is a King in the flower of youth who places con6' dente in the intelligence and philosophy o f his age. His education has not partaken of the education of Courts. He has lived, like 3 student in the Universities, amidst men of science and learning,—he has traversed the continent with the eye of a curious observer and of a poet, —he has sought every where for experience and generous ideas; in a word, he has studied how to act the King, as if he were going to exercise an art or to profess a science ; or, to speak more properly, as if he were going to fulfil a priest-, hood. His religious and tender soul has risen day by day to a higher notion of its duties, a nd he has prepared himself by deep meditation for the proper discharge of them. Thus he has cast a new lustre upon Bavaria almost before he has taken his seat upon the throne. Germany has recognized in him a real German Prince; for she saw him formerly sharing in her misfor tunes, indignant at her slavery, and disgraced on that very account by the Emperor Napoleon. When the heroic youth of the Universities fol lowed the example which France had already set to the world, and relinquished their studies to repel the foreigner, philosophising . and sing ing verses by the fire of the bivouac and in the midst of batteries, Louis, Prince of Bavaria, though at a distance, and almost a prisoner, par ticipated in their devotion, and envied Korner his death on the field of battle. Afterwards, in more tranquil times, hoping for the establishment of liberty, as if he had been the humblest sub ject of the Kings of whom he was soon to be the equal, he sighed for the establishment of reform and economy ; and, always cultivating the arts, went to re-invigorate himself in Italy when languor seized upon his soul and melancholy in telligence overwhelmed it with despair. Giving himself up to severe practices of devotion, he confirmed himself in his creed without renounc ing the free spirit and philosophic ardour of a religion which is entirely philosophical, and en tirely in sympathy with all the best feelings of humanity. Thus his youth was divided between patriotism, the arts, and piety. Every day as a prayer, as a relaxation, as a declaration of good intention for the future, some verses escaped from his heart. He traced, as he ran, the his tory of his moral life. The day came when he was to mount the throne, and he showed hi m self upon it the same individual he was the day be fore, except that what was before a dream—a thought—became an action. A severe economy, and unexpected reforms, were substituted for . the improvident luxury of the excellent Maximi lian, his father. Liberty of thought, equality Of religious creeds, received a new sanction. Munich has become a city of arts and sciences. A rich museum, which receives fresh accessions every day,—an university, which reckons Schel ling at the head of the philosophers,—magnifi cent libraries,—regulations full of wisdom, and • well adapted to reform the rude manners of the studeuts,—have called within its walls the flower of the youth of Germany. King Louis has cleated in the south a rival to Berlin, and in the midst of that learned world to which he gives life and animation, has submitted himself, as an author without pretensions, to the criticism of the public. He offers to it, with confidence, his " Journal of Good Thoughts ;" it is thus that his book is called, and as such it should be received. They are the fruits of the studies of a good King. In our announcing them to-day, we do not intend either to pass a judgment on them, nor to enter into the curious details which belong to them, and which a very natural curiosity leads us to desire. We intend only to pay , a first homage to the royal poet. Hereafter shall be given a judgment, as free and as severe, as we should pass upon the most obscure writer. German criticism has not wounded a m odest feeling which was before sufficiently humble. Foreign criticism, we must hope, will not be more unfortunate. If, however, the recollection of our own defeats should excite in our minds any pique against the indignation of the German patriot. and against the anathemas which he launches against our arms, we can easily forgive it. The same dislike to foreign domination, lives in the heart of every Frenchman. The same curses escape from them against traitors and at the present moment more than ever , when our wounds have been intentionally re opened,--when a single name has revived all our resentments. Let our readers then pardon us, if, in a choice made at random, some of these pieces should fall into our hands. We wish to render them acquainted with the poet, and it is patri otism, which is often inspired, which is the best poetry.--(Then follows a translation.) An on dit connected with a late ducal mar riage is that when his youthful Grace bade adieu to the pleasant circle where he had for s o m e ti me b een domesti cated, making those plra.ant speeches of "a delightfu l visit," " hoping again to have the happiness," with which a gentleman bows out of the drawing room, the younge st daughter burst into tears ; still th e D u k e d e scended the stairs‘ and ascended his carriage; he had driven about two miles, when the thought suddenly struck him— If tears were shed, Those tears must flow for me. This conviction instantly turned his horses' beads; be went back again ; requested as interview with the Mar quis ; the rnhicon of a decided offer was passed, and the " happy pair" are now married.—Edinburgh Literary Gazette. EASTBOURNE.—A large draught was made Mn Tuesday last from the men belonging to the Coact Blockade, stationed at the different towers on this part of the coast, and forwarded to the Hyperion frigate at Nevi" haven. The cause of this sudden bustle is at present here unknown. It is no doubt to man the ships ordered in the Mediterranean.._ -Brighton Gazette. FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.--Tuesday last as Mr. Cams, of Oxford, was walking in his meadow, a Newfoundland dog that attended him suddenly rushed into a deep ditch, and brought out in his mouth a fine jack weighing two pounds and a half, which he laid at the feel of his master, unhurt ! Cheltenham Chronicle. BIRTHS. On the 24th inst. the lady of Sir A. Hood, Bart., High Sheriff of Somersetahire, of a daughter. On the 26th inst. the lady of D. Ferard, Esq. of Queen' square, Westminster, of a son. On the 25th inst. at Southend, the lady of Capt. A. Shairp, R.N. of a son. MARRIED. On the 26th inst. at St. Pancras, Samuel V. Edward,' Esq. to Emma Wellsford, third daughter of the late J. Smith, Esq. of Upper Berkeley-street. On the 12th January, at Nuesurabad, Lieutenant and Adjutant G. A. Barbor, Bth Light Company, to Harrie t Eliza, second daughter of Captain Pereira, of the Artillery' t p DIED. On the 26th inst. Edw. Pearson, Esq. of Mile-end Old Town, aged 62. On the 26th inst. at Highgate, Anne the widow of the late J. S. Slade, Esq. of Hilsborough, Ireland. At Florence, on the 12th inst. aged 50, Maria Nunsielst the beloved wife of J. Literati, of Howland-street, Fitt' roy-square. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNG, at trig OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDONt