The Sun. — London, England, 1829-04-28 00:00:00

Islands, but till we do, we are bound to protect them against foreign attack and civil broils. But in t lurcaae.of Portugal, we. are culpable in having, by our former conduct, led the people to entertain ex pectations-of 'future interference, but not bound to continue our interference. Under the circumstances of the case, we might stand excused, perhaps, with fOreign Governments, for departing from a strict neutrality. But Ministers were bound to consider how far their duty to the people of this country would justify them in taking part in dissensions, which might involve - materially the resources of the nation. In private life, we sometimes hear of one man making advances to another, who speculates on the faith of a continuance of the same kindness. But though the abrupt termination of the favours may have the effect of involving the speculator in ruin, and yet it would be hard to say that a regard to his own circumstances should not authorise a man to withdraw his assistance when no longer convenient to give it. We apprehend that something like this is the case with Portugal. We have mixed ourselves up a good deal with the affairs of that country ; and after the departure of the Court to Brazil , may be said to have carried on the Government for a time, and directed the employ ment of its resources. Bet we were in this case bound by our Treaty of Alliance, offensive and de fensive, to act as we did. The same Treaty does not bind us to take part in a civil war ; and our for mer interference cannot surely amount to an obliga tion to that extent. But the Portuguese exile charges our Ministry with something different from neutrality. We have already alluded to Terceira, on which we wait to hear the defence of Ministers, " But how much more galling (he adds) to the feelings of an independent nation was the act of sending an obnoxious diplomatist, the sworn enemy of our Charter, to insult the head of the House of Braganca, by openly advocating the cause of the Ueurper, and threatening the wrath of England, if compliance was withheld ! Had the British Ministry even wished to preserve the appearance of neutrality why did they not, at the same time, send an agent to Lisbon to prevent the persecution of the patriots and the confiscation of their property ?" Let us hope that this allegation is, at least, partly untrue. — ..Morning Chronicle. Some of the French papers have stated that the French Five per Cents. are to be turned into Four per Cents.; but, in order to accomplish this, must not the latter be paid off? and that would be no easy matter, considering that there are two hundred mil lions of French Five per Cents. Certainly the French Government might threaten to pay them off, and the threat might induce a great many of the holders to accept the proposal of the Frencti Go vernment, whatever it might be —upon the same principle that the threat to pay off our Five per Cents. by Mr. Vansittart—though they amounted to 120 millions—had the effect of inducing our Five per Cent. Fundholders to accept his proposal of the reduction of one per cent. from the interest. If, however, the holders of our Five per Cents. had said to Mr. Vansittart " We will take you at your word, and be paid off—we will not accept your pro posal of a reduction of interest"—he would have bad some difficulty in paying off the one hundred and twenty millions. So, also, in the case of our Four per Cents., amounting to 80 millions, Mr.Van sittart would have found it not a little difficult, had the holders said "We will be paid off, and not accede to your proposal of a half per cent. reduction from the interest." The French Funds amount to 200 millions. Where would the French Government be able to get 200 millions to pay them off, suppose the French holders were stubborn, and said, " Well, pay us off ?" And, according to the Budget of last year, a loan will be wanted to make good the deficiency. This does not augur well for the paying off a 200- million debt. Besides, the French Five per Cents. are only seven to eight per cent. above par. If the French Ministers were to propose paying them off, they would soon sink to par. In the latter case, therefore, what would be gained by paying them off, if such a thing were possible ? But if the French people were to take it into their heads to Heil, rather than to submit to a reduction of inte rest, they would receive gold, which if they did not again immediately re-invest in something, the gold of France would disappear. This would not suit the French Government. So long as our Three per Cents. remain at a price Flom 88 to 87, %re can not see how France can get rid of her Five per Cents., except they were to rise to 120, and then the Government of France could only get rid of them by degrees—a portion at a time, by lottery— which might be effected by means of new Three or Four per Cent. Stocks—the result of further loans —though the latter would cause both Three and Four per Cents. to fall in price much below par, for a time at least.—Morning Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. It was represented to the LORD MAYOR that a most atrocious system of robbery was practised very frequently against seamen, by several fellows who carry about a respectable appearance, and call them selves agents. It is well known that seamen come home, after a long voyage, with large arrears of pay due to them, and that they are, the moment they reach the shore, made to spend some of it in the boisterous and convivial way which a long abstemi ousness from all pleasures to a certain degree sanc tions. No persons are more aware of this than the crimps or agents who infest the public house to which sailors are in the habit of resorting; and some plot is generally laid against any jovial tar whose claims for pay happen to amount to a considerable sum. It is but very lately the plan has been de tected : and now that it has been discovered, the owners of the vessels to which the plundered sea men belong are determined to prosecute those who have been concerned in the conspiracy. It has often happened, according to the represen tation made, that a sailor, upon landing and apply ing to an agent for a little money, after the state ment of his case, has been tapped on the shoulder, to his astonishment, for a debt which he never con tracted, and of the existence of which he was wholly ignorant. He is then hurried by what they call a bum-trap to a sponging -house, and told that he must pay the amount of debt and costs (often amounting so 401. or 501.) before he can obtain his liberty. The natural 'expatience of restraint upon the part of the seaman favours this conspiracy. An agent is at hand, and offers to settle the whole sum, rid Jack of the horrors of law, and put into his hand :301. or CO/. if he will consent to transfer his pay. It is, unfortunately for the unthinking seamen, the practice of owners to withhold the pay of the crews of their vessels until the vessels shall have been cleared and the accounts have been made up. It was stated that even a small portion of the wages is denied before the accounts have been regulated, so that a seaman who must have " his fling" necessarily com mences dealing with the agents, and thug, gives an opportunity of plunder, which is always snatched at. In consequence of this, the seamen have been al- ways subject to be pilfered ; but the " bum-trap " plan has only of late made its appearance. A seaman, who landed a few days ago, it was re ported to the Lord Mayor, became the victim of a conspiracy of this nature. He was arrested for 401., for a debt of which he knew nothing, and locked up. An agent made his appearance, offered his as sistance, and for a cheque of little more than 301., and a promise to pay the expenses of the action, and to liberate Jack, prevailed upon him to deliver up the power to receive his wages, which amounted to up wards of 801. The owners, however, we believe, received some intimation of what had occurred, and refused to pay the order. The LORD MAYOR expressed the greatest indig nation at so base a conspiracy, and gave immediate instructions to the officers upon the subject. We understand that some . exertions - will be soon made to prevent the enormous impositions to which seamen have been liable. Their carelessness about money is well_known, and this vice has drawn down upon them severe vengeance in the shape of crimps and agents. One of the officers of the parish of Bishopsgate, a parish remarkable for its humanity, in a conversa tion with Mr. Hobler, the chief clerk at the Man sion -house, yesterday, describAl some of the decep tions resorted to by paupers for the purpose of ob taining money. It is unnecessary to state that many of the claimants upon parish bounty, instead of ap plying in the manner generally expected by the authorities, that of a beggar, knock boldly at the gates of the overseer, his eyes, and frequently break his windows, if he refuses to supply their wants. Complaints to that effect have often been made and substantiated in the city; but we have often witnessed gloat acts of cruelty and oppression upon the part of parish officers in the harsh and in sulting rejection of real anti suffering claimants.— Amongst other cases which caused much laughter was that of an accomplished but idle fellow, named John Alsept, who has always acted with the greatest humility, and even taken refusals with unbounded thanks. This pauper writes a beautiful hand, and it will be seen from an extract of a letter of his to one of the officers that he is not destitute of educa tion :—" May I most humbly entreat that you will in your kindness be pleased to give me a little help ? A shilling would make a man of me, for which words must ever be - wanting to express my deepest sense of gratitude. Pray be not angry, benevolent Sir; I should be sorry to offend. I wait your kind answer at the bottom of the hall door, where I shall stay till it waits yourpleasure to favour me, and I re main, &c." The officers find it difficult to resist such an appeal, although the applicant has always refused to go into the work-house, having a most unconquerable aversion to work of any kind. About two years ago this pauper called upon one of the overseers with tears in his eyes, and said, " You know, Sir, that I have been a bad husband, and ill-treated my poor wife. I now repent it, but it is too late, she is dead—a dreadful death." " Indeed !" said the overseer, " It is odd that we never heard of it." " No, Sir," said the pauper, " she fell in the fire down in the country, and I want to go down to do the last offices. It is now I feel bitterly for my past conduct ;" and he cried aloud. " Well, my poor fellow," said the overseer, " I am sorry to hear this melancholy circumstance—what can we do for you ?" " Oh, if you would only let me have what would bury her decently, I'd turn my thoughts to industry, and never trouble you more." The overseer gave the poor fellow two sovereigns, and soon *afterwards they were obliged to take into the workhouse the pauper's wife, who walked up to town in perfect health. BOW-STREET. Yesterday, William Young, upon whose evidence the three unfortunate men• found guilty and exe cuted oa Monday week for the Teddington-lock robbery, was brought before Sir R. BIRNIE, in order to he re-examined, several charges of burglary having been brought against him. Before any evidence was gone into, the prisoner's solicitor urged upon the - Magistrate a legal objec tion to his client's detention. It was a principle, he said, of English law, that an admitted approver for the Crown, upon whose evidence a conviction had taken place, was entitled to a free pardon for any offences, short of murder or high treason, which he might have committed prior to the perpetration of the crime of which his accomplices were convicted. This rule of law was mentioned in Ilfagnl Charta, and was so continued to the reign of `William 111., when it was enacted, that if two persons were found guilty upon the evidence of an approver, such ap prover should be pardoned of all offences which he might have committed up to that time. By the sth of Anne, the principle was extended to horse stealing, which, prior to that period, was an offence for which no such exemption could be claimed. 'I he great cases of Dr. Dodd and Mfrs. Rudd fully esta blished the principle that an approver was ex • . . empted from the consequences of 'his own guilt by having brought others to justice. In the former ease, Lord Mansfield distinctly said, that a person giving evidence for the Crown ought himself to be hn•ld harmless. In the case of Mrs. Rudd, who was the approver against the two brothers named Peroux, who were convicted of forgery, and underwent the sentence of the law, the principle was also recog nsed. After the Perour had been tried and found guilty, Mrs. Rudd was herself indicted for having forged a bond for 7,5001., upon which her Counsel urged that the trial ought to be postponed, as no time had been given the prisoner to apply for his Majesty's pardon. The objection was argued before Mr. Justice Goold and Mr. Justice Ashburton, who held, however, that the trial ought to proceed, inas much as the prisoner had not been indicted with those who were convicted upon her evidence, and that in case of a verdict of guilty, she could apply for his Majesty's pardon as well after h er conviction a- before the trial. The jury, however, found Mrs. Rudd " not guilty," and, consequently there was fro onasion to apply for the King's pardon. In Jacob's Law Dictionary, as well as in other books of refer ence, the point was clearly laid down, that an ap prover was entitled to a free pardon up to the time ‘N hen his evidence was admitted by the Crown. Under these circumstances, the prisoner's solicitor contended that his client (Young) came within the rule of law which he had laid down, and was there fore entitled to be discharged. Sir R. BIRNIE admitted, that so far as regarded the actual offence, to prove which the prisoner was allowed to give evidence, he was not liable; but he considered that the case was different with respect to other crimes not connected with that specific charge. At all events, he (Sir R. Birnie) had made up his mind to commit the prisoner, let his ultimate disposal be settled how it might. The witnesses in the case of Mr. Parker, whose house had been broken open on the night of the 6th of December last (prior to the Teddington-lock robber,), were then bound over to appear against the prisoner at the next Surrey Assizes. The evi dence against the prisoner in this case relates to a saw, identified by the prosecutor as one which had been stolen from his house on the night in question, and which was sworn to by another witness as one which he had purchased from the prisoner on the ' 7th of December, the day after the robbery. Seve ral silver spoons and other property, amounting in all to upards of 101., were stolen from the prosecu tor's house. Charlotte Dalby (who stated that she lived housekeeper with Kite, one of the wretched men who were executed) also identified the saw; anti another witness deposed to his having been pre sent at the house of Charles Kite on the 7th of De cember last, in company with the prisoner and the three men who were executed. lie saw them divide the property stolen from Mr. Parker's house, and amongst other things the saw, which he swore to, fell to the prisoner's lot. Elizabeth Purdoe deposed, that on the 20th o f November last, the house of her master, Mr. Crouch of Hampton, had been broken open, and a quantity of hosiery, pork, pickles, &e. stolen. The two. penny piece now produced was amongst the articles otoler►. She knew it from a mark upon the edge, and also from having seen it occasionally for the space of two years. Mr. Cooke, the high constable of Isleworth, de posed to his having found this identical coin at the house of the prisoner. The witnesses in this case were also bound over, An accomplice, named Sturrick, was then brought for' rd. He had stated to one of Mr. Cooke's constables that he wished to make a confession, but upon being brought before the Magistrate, he de nied that he had any confession to make, eith.n plicating the prisoner Young, or any other person. The constable stated that he was sure the man was too . trw,-...h frightened to confess. It was the generatjielief around Hampton and Hounslow that Young- could not be detained 3 and, under the dreadof being murdered if he regained his nerty, this and severai others, were induced to keep silent, The prisoner was then removed, ind the Magi sirate directed that he should be brought forward once more previous to his being finally committed. The prisoner's brother, Robert Young, was exe- cuted about twelve months ago for a burglary com mitted in the n e i g hb our h oo d o f H a mpton. He, it is said, would have made a full confession, but that he feared it might he the means of hanging both his father and brother William. As a proof of the utter disregard which the prisoner and his accom plices paid to the dreadful example afforded by the ignominious death of Robert Young, it was stated by Mr. Cooke, the constable, that on the' night of his burial the prisoner and four others having agreed to watch the corpse, proceeded to the churchyard for the purpose, when, after passing sonic time in watching the grave, the pi ismer and another of his companions went to a house in the neighbourhood and committed a burglary. QUEEN.SQUARE. Yesterday Sir Charles Monek, Bart. came to the office to complain of an interruption which he had received on returning from the Opera-house on Saturday night last, whereby his carriage had been broken, through the conduct done of the officers i n attendance. Sir Charles said, that what he had to complain about was, in reality, the great want of proper regu lations with respect to carriages at the King's Theatre, and which bad occasioned the accident to his carriage. _ _ _ Mr. aIIEGORIE said that nothing could be more scanty or wretched than the arrangements at the Opera-house; he believed there were but three or four constables to superintend the carriages—a num ber just enough to make the servants insolent to every one. They ought to have more officers, or none at all. Sir Charles Monck said that he understood the name of tl►e officer who had occasioned the acci dent was Handley, belonging to the office, and•he was called in. Sir Charles's coachman stated, that he was in the rank at the Opera-house with his master's carriage, when the Marquis Wellesley's coachman endeavour ed to break into the rank. Handley seized wit ness's reins with a hooked stick, which made him lose all controul over his horses, and . the carriage got broke in the confusion. Handley positively denied the charge, and said that the Marquis Wellesley's carriage was in the right line, and Sir Charles Monck's coachman en deavoured to cut into the line, when he took hold of his reins to prevent him. He had an arduous duty to perform, and he felt it his duty to interfere in the manner he did to preserve order. Sir Charles now called his footman, who gave a similar testimony to the coachman. Mr. WHITE told Handley he had no right what ever to meddle with the reins. Handley said he did not know how he was to preserve order among the carriages at the Opera house, if he did not act in that manner. Sir Charles's coachman was trying to drive against the Marquis Wellesley's carriage. Sir Charles still contended that the officer was wrong. Mr. GREGORIE observed, that the police had the regulation of the carriages at the doors, and they ought to be the best judges when carriages were out of order. Handley said that the Marquis of Wellesley's car riage was in the inner line, which it was always the duty of the police to preserve. Sir Charles said that his carriage was broken, and he wished to know who was to pay the damage. Mr. GREGORIE said it appeared to lie between the coachmen. Sir Charles said it was the fault of Handley. Mr. GREGORIE—That is your opinion; but if we are to implicate the officer, it is necessary we should have the parties for his defence in attendance. Handley said he had no doubt but that the Mar chioness Wellesley and many others would attend, if required, and the case was postponed for that purpose. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday a common informer, named Milton, appeared before Mr. BROUGHTON, the sitting Magis trate, in support of a number of informations against proprietors and drivers of stage-coaches. The first information called on was against Mr. Winder, proprietor of a coach ; and the Magistrate, it appeared, had received information that a com promise had previously taken place. . - After some further remarks made by the Magis trate, the defendant was called into the witness-box, and examined. . MAGISTRATE—Have you paid any money to the informer ? Defendant—Yes, I have paid hini .50s. MAGISTRATE—You received a summons upon this information, what passed between you afterwards ? Defendant—l saw him and told him that I had only seven grown persons and a child upon the coach. MAGISTRATE Well, you told him your defence. What was said about money ? Defendant—Why, he asked me what I would give ; and I said 21., but he said he could not take that, and I paid him 50s. MAGISTRATE—WeII, you will give evidence in the case. • The informer said he was very willing to meet such evidence, for he had done nothing that he con. ceived to be wrong. Mr. BROUGHTON—I have often before remarked upon these practices. If the office can be made, as I believe it has for some time past, an instrument in the hands of the informers, it is nothing more than a mockery of justice. It is worse than a mockery of justice if a police-office can in this way be made a mere engine for extorting money for the benefit of an informer or any other individual., Evidence was then given of the informer's mode of proceeding with the defendant, from which it appeared that he had had the audacity to insinuate to his victim that the very administrators of justice were to participate in the spoil. Informer—l admit that I did rective the man's money. He offered it to me, and I took it with the understanding that I should not offer evidence against him. I admit that I did so, and I considered it lawful. It has been decided before the Judges that there is no offence in doing so. Mr. BROUGHTON—Youmistake • there is a cer tain statute which makes it a highly penal offence to compound penalties, and after a long argument it was decided by the Judges of the King's Bench that that statute did net apply to the case then be fore the Court. There has been no decision that an information before a magistrate may be made an engine for the purposes of individuals. The informer, who seemed perfectly at his ease, and laughingly commented upon the practice in question, said he was quite satisfied that he had committed no offence. Wyse, another informer, said it was no offence to compound a penalty in the manner stated, as his Worship would see by referring to the case of the " King v. Crisp," in the King's Bench Reports of 4th George IV. U added, that he himself had been concerned in a similar case at this very office. [The fact was stated to be, that between two and three years since the evidence of this person( Wyse) was rejected by a Worship-street Magistrate, on the information of Matthew Ilale, a convicted person, he, the witness Wyse, having been convicted and punished for some offence.] Mr. BROUGHTON having looked into the case men tioned, said that the decision of the Judges was only to the effect that the case before them was not within the meaning of the penal statute 18th Eliza beth, ch. 5, which applied only to cases before the superior courts, and net to informations before a magistrate ; but they did not say that it was no offence to lay an information before a magistrate to make it an engine for extorting money. Informer—l merely received the money not to offer evidenpg. I have not been in the habit of doing it, but hundreds of informations have been compounded at this office and others. In fact, I did not know that it was an offence. Mr. BRouGnToN—What becomes of the nume rous informations that are laid, Mr. Heritage ?—Mr. Heritage said that there were then many informa tions in his possession, the parties to which he had never seen since the informations were laid. The information in question was dismissed. An information, by the same informer, against Mr. Glover, was then heard. The informer's wit nesses, Skinner and Wyse ; • swore that there was one more than the legal number of outside passen gers, including three persons in the dicky. On the part of the defendant, a respectable per son proved that only two persons, he and a friend, occupied the dicky. The evidence for the defence was indisputable, mid the information dismissed: Other informations shared the same fate. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. War-Office, April 27, 1829. MEMOILANDU.M. His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 53d Regiment of Foot being permitted to retain on its colours and appointments, the words " Salamanca," and " Penin sula," in commemoration of the distinguished services of the late 2d Battalion of that Regiment at Salamanca, on the 22d July 1812 ; and in the Peninsula, from April, 1809 to February 1813. War-Office, April 27, 1829. 7tu Regiment of Dragoon Ouards—Cornet Robert Richardson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Buller, pro:noted. Dated April 9. Audley Lovell, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Richardson. April 9. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Capt. Alexander Houstoun, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Robert Ellis, who exchanges, receiving the difference. April 2. 6th Regiment of Dragoons.—Lientenant Walter Cope Sheppard to he Captain, by purchase, vice Orme, who re ties. April 9. Cornet Robert Douglas Barbor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sheppard. April 9. William Fitzherbert, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Barbor. April 9. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Cornet Honourable William Horsley Bcresford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Musters, who retires. April 2. Charles Fitzherbert, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Beresford. April 2. 7th Regiment of Foot.—Captain William Hope, from the 96th Foot, to be Captain, vice Frederick Prosser, who retires upon half-pay, receiving the difference. April 2. 22d Foot—Serjeant-Maj , ‘r William Merchant to be Quartermaster, vice William - Mansfield, who retires. April 9. 35th Foot—Captain Robert Mortimer Cochrane, from half-pay Glengarry Fencible Infantry, to be Paymaster, vice Newton, deceased. April 2. 45th Foot—Ensign Andrea , Clendining to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Sykes, who retires. April 9. George Morehouse Metcalfe, Gent., to be Ens'gn, by purchase, vice Clendining. ' April 9. 49th Foot, to be Captains.—Lieutenant Joseph Stean, without purchase, vice Danford, deceasetl. April 1. Captain Percy James Leith, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice John Sewell, who retires. April 2. To be Lieutenant.—Ensign Averell Daniell, without purchase, vice Stean. April 1. To he Ensign, without purchase.—Henry George Hart, Gent. vice Daniell. April 1. To be Adjutant.—Lieutenant James Simpson, vice Stean. April 1. 53d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel James Considine, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir William Plunkett De Bathe, who exchanges, receiving the dif ference. April 2. Captain John Henry Baldwin, from the half-pay, to bit Captain, vice John Steuart, who exchanges, receiving the difference, April 2. 60th Foot—Hon. Henry Littleton Powys to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitzherbert, whose ap pointment has not taken place. April 2. 64th Foot—Ensign Charles Stuart-Barker to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Du Pre, deceaSed. April 2. D'Oyly William Battley, Gent. to he Ensign, vice Bar ker. April 2. 65th Foot—Captain John Alves, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Martin, appointed to the 67th Foot. April 9. 67th Foot—Major Hon. Henry Richard Molyneux to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Burslem, who retires. April 9. 67th Foot—Captain John Snow to be Major, by pur chase, vice Molyneux. April 9. Captain Samuel Yorke Martin, from the 65th Foot, to be Captain, vice Snow. April 9. 60th Foot—Ensign Samuel Lettsom to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vihe Kellett, promoted. April 2. John Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lettsom. April 2. 93rd Foot—Lieutenant Lionel Neil Ford, from half-pay sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Boalth, whose appoint ment has not taken place. April 2. 96th Foot, Captain Hugh Fergussen Kennedy, from the half-pay, to be Captain, paying the difference, vice Hope, appointed to the 7th Foot. April 2. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Hon. W. F. Cowper, from the half-pay, to be Second Lieutenant, vice E. H. Lloyd, who exchanges. April 2. UNATTACHED. To be Captains of Infantry, by purchase.—Lieutenant Robert John Napier Kellett, from the SOth Foot. April 2. Lieutenant Edmund Richard Buller, from the 7th Dra goon Guards. April 9. East India Volunteers. —Robert Edward Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ritherdon, who resigns.—April S. Whitehall, April 27, 1829, The King has been pleased to present the Reverend John Bethune to the church in the island of Berneray, in the parish of Kilbride, in the presbytery of Uist and shire of Inverness. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Thomas Robinson, Lichfield, hosier. Robert Levens, Drury-lane, coach -master. Henry Tulloh, Gloucester-street, Horton, merchant. John Jenner, Lewes, Sussex, farmer. Joseph Phillips, Bristol, builder. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Francis Coliens, Springfield, Upper Clapton, bleachers. BANKRUPTS. George Cartwright, Nottingham, commission-agent, to surrender May 5, at two, 6, and June 9, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Nottingham. Taylor, Featherstone buildings, Llothorn, London; Payne and Daft, Notting ham. Sanders Hutchinson, Alarylebone-lone, Oxford-street, w oollen-draper, May 1,8, at twelve, and June 9, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Tanner, New Basinghall street. Thomas Jarvis, New-road, Chatham, builder, May 5, 12, and June 9, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Hensman, Bond-court, Walbrook. George Children, Tonbridge, Kent, hop-merchant, M ay 5, 12, at one, and June 9, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Powell, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. James Cockburn, sen. and James Cockburn, jun. Ber wick-upon-Tweed, corn-merchants, May 5, at eleven, 12, at twelve, awl June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. Druce and Sons, Billiter-square. Stephen Moulton, Pilgrim-street, Ludgate-bill, whole sale-stationer, May 5, at twelve, 12, and June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Tilleard and Miller, Old Jewry. Thos. Ball, Litchfield-street, Westminster, fishmonger, May 1,8, at ten, and June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Robins, Bernard-street, Russell-square. Thomas Hercock, Middleton, Northamptonshire, horse dealer, May 27, at six, 28, and June 9, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Stamford. Clowes, Orme, and Wedlake, Inner Temple, London; Thompson and Son, Stamford. Robert Burton Cooper, Lambeth, Surrey distiller, May 1, at eleven, 15, and June 9, at ten, at the Court of Com missio • ti ers. Lowless, C rosse , and Batty, Hatton -court, Threadneedle-strtet._ 3, at six, 4, and 9, at twelve, at the Hope-pole Inn, Ches ter.PrleY, Cheshire, spirit-dealer, June and Gorton, Chancery-lane, Lon don ; Roberts, Chester. Samuel Baxter, Carmarthen -street, Tottenham-court road, builder, May 5 1 at eleven, 12, at twelve, and June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Blunt, Roy, and Blunt, Liverpool-atreet, Broad-street, London. William i3ainbtidge, • Ryder'S'court, Leicester-square, cordwainer, May 1, 12, at two, and June 9, at three, at the Court of Commissioners. Dover, Great Winchester street. M PE RIA L.PA RUA 3i ENT TII IS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Half-past Three o'clock to-day. RECEPTION OF CATHOLIC PEERS. The Opposition side of the House was crowded with ladies,' in anticipation of the appearance of the Catholic Peers of England taking their places under the recent Act for the removal of the Roman Catholic Disabilities. Soon after the Lord Chancellor had taken his seat upon the woolsack, the Duke of Norfolk entered the House, and took the new oaths at the table; after which he shook hands with the. Lord Chancellor. 'Lords Clifford •and Dormer also took the oaths, and were similarly greeted by the Lord Chancellor. They were not introduced as is the usual custom with newly-created Peers. Earl GREY presented a petition from the Sur geons of Newcastle, 'relative to the supply of sub jects for anatomical purposes. Mr. FOSTER presented an account of the re ceipts and disbursements of the Liverpool Dock Company, pursuant to the Act. Their Lordships then' adjourned till five minutes to Five o'clock. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT and others brought up the Spanish Claims Bill, the Assessed Taxes Com position Bill, Greenwich Hospital Bill, East India Company's Writers' Bill,- and the Naturalization Bill. Lord LOWTHER and others brought up the Clarence Railway Bill. . Mr. SPRING RICE presented the Dublin Gas Light Bill. Mr. GURNEY brought up a Lighting Bill. Mr. CORBETT brought up St. Paul's, Covent Garden Improvement Bill, and two private Bills. Mr. MUNDAY brought up a Road Bill. Mr. GREEN presented the- Kenyon and Leigh Junction.. Railway ; also the • Warrington New Railway Bill, an Inclosure Bill, the Basing stoke Market Bill; Southampton Improvement Road Bill, and another Private Bill. Earl GREY presented a petition against a Pri. rate Bill. • The Earl of MALMESBURY moved that a request might be sent to the House of Commons, for a copy of the Report taken last year on the State of the Police of the Metropolis. It was of very considerable importance that their Lordships should obtain this, and have it printed, before the measure was brought into their Lordships' House, upon the subject which the Noble Lord understood was in progress elsewhere.—Agreed to. Lord TEYN HAM presented petitions from cer tain inhabitants of Dublin, Kilkenny, and another place in Ireland, praying their Lordships to take into consideration the law as affected the Civil Disabili ties of the Jews. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from a Mr. Francis Forture, praying the House to take into consideration the duties on Teas. The petition . complained of the monopoly in the Tea trade by the East India Company. Whether the House would be disposed to go into this sutject at this time, there being so many other important considerations about to come before i►. The Noble Marquis did not know, but he considered it his duty to present the petition, since it had been put into his hand. THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY'S GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he had received a note from the Marquis of Anglesea, stat ing he was so ill as to make it i m p oss ibl e f or him to attend the House to-pight, as he had intended to do, but requesting him (the Marquis of LansdOwne) to give notice to their Lordships that on Monday next he should bring forward his motion, connected with his administration in the Government of Ireland, and which motion should also, in part, be calling for the production of certain papers. The Duke of WELLINGTON inquired what the papers were that the Noide Marquis intended to call for ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was unable to state, but promised to beg of the Noble Marquis to let the Noble Duke know. The Newfoundland Fishery, the Naval Officers Widows' Pension, the Commissioners of the Navy, the Scotch Seisen Bills, passed through Committees. —Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Danvers, from the India House, brought up Certain returns relating to Pensions granted by the East India Company. Mr. Waller brought up returns from the Office of Woods andiForests, relating to the Improvements in the Strand. Mr. SANDERSON took the oaths and his seat as Member for Colchester. Several Private Bills were read a third time and passed. The Covent Garden Vestry Bill, on the motion of Mr. HOBHOUSE, was read a . third time and passed. Mr. R. COLBORNE moved for a New Writ for the borough of Horsham, in the room of Hurst, Esq., accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. HUME presented a 'petition from the minister, churchwardens, and inhabitants of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, against the Me tropolitan Road Bill.—Referred to a Committee. Sir BYAM MARTIN presented a petition from the Bankers, Merchants, Shipowners, &c. of Ply mouth, against the monopoly of the East India Company. Mr. DAVENPORT presented a petition from the Silk Throwsters of Macclesfield, against the proposed reduction on Thrown Silk; also two other petitions of a similar nature from private individuals. Mr. SPRING RICE moved for various returns relating to Juries in Ireland. Mr. — EGERTON presented two petitions from individuals against the reduction on foreign silks. CORN LAWS. Mr. HUME gave - notice - that on the 19th of May he should move that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take into consi deration the Act of the 9th George IV., relating to the Corn Laws, and to submit to its consideration the propriety of imposing a fixed, in , tead of a fluc tuating duty. The Hon. Member also moved for various Returns relating to the Silk Trade. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. HUME begged to call the attention of the House to the subject of Private Bills, and the neces sity of giving one day's notice of their first and third reading. He did not anticipate any objection against his motion, but from its importance he would postpone the further consideration till Tuesday next. Mr. HUME then presented a petition against the Corn Laws, and also one from the inhabitants of the Edgeware-road, praying for a reduction of the additional penny upon Twopenny Post Letters. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN - and other Mem bers presented several petitions against the reduc don of duty on thrown silks. Mr. Secretary PEEL thought, after the ample notice that had been given, it was rather too much to expect that a postponement was to take place on account of the accidental absence of two or three Members; it was 'agreed on all hands that some( measure was necessary ; it was only the principle that required discussion, and that could be done in Committee. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from St. Pancras, " praying relief from the operation of the Select Vestry Act; also a similar petition from St. Bartholomew the Great, City of London, and also from St. Giles's Without, Cripplegate. Mr. EUSKISSON presented a petition from various householders against the Poor Settlement Bill. Mr. FYLER presented a petition from the Sig ( ' weavers of the city .of-Covantry,,-signed, b 0 .4 ,22. persorp, against the measures now in contemplol7' Mr. R COLBURN, in, the. absence of.theillw Member for Kriaresborough ; postponed, tw0. 1:1146 1' till. the 21st May, one r e l at iv e to M r ,,,atßeir, claims on the East India.. Company, and. The 40 1 for copies of. commu n ic a ti ons w i t h th e 'iQuee lr i ' 7 , Portugal. . A.Messenger from the Lords . requested iteo' of the Committee,on the Police.• Alderman: WAITHMAM, said, he trusted tbd Right Hon. •Gentleman.opplosite would cOnse o ) ..he .ld u measure of so much imp or t a n ce as. t h at . n ov! fore the House, rel a tin g t o th e • Silk T ra d e , to 1 0 " 4 pone its further consideration for . a short tinle; it o give.an opportunity to all those interested AO 0.1 press their opinions upon its probable effeetsJ" Mr. FYLER also wished for a- postponementi ll ! knew several Members who wished.to deliver sentiments, and who could not possibly 'attend-1r! evening. (LEFT arrixe.) MENDICITY SOCIETY. Yesterday the Anniversary Meeting of this Societi ..A took place at the Free masons ' T ave rtt.! - -4N 41: "; Radstock being called to the Chair, letters fron110." Hardwicke and Lord Skelmeradale were reiditi • closing from the for mer a su b scr i pt i on of • 2' 01 ;111 - - I apologising for their absence. ' The Report, voii was then read, stated that the cases registered lis . year were 1284. In 653 casesi• want of emPK, ment was said to be •the cause of appeals to pox compassion, and 367 were ascertained• to bell, d impostors; and 253, after being employed to B an corn,: were enabled to support themselves:' number of no n - reg i s t ere d cases was 5,297, of *tor'. 1,537 were Irish. • - Mr. WILMOT HORTON praised the objects of .1 Institution, and observed that th e number of It. mendicants was less by 3,171 than last year, bat " 1 . 11 must be attributed to the cheapness of potatoes Ireland, a circumstance not to be calculated upnw s ti all times. He thought the object of the Instituti% well worthy of the consideration of Parliamentilu i should feel happy in bringing them before,. tha t Assembly. Col. Cust, Mr. Penryhn, Col. Broughton, General Thornton, and Mr. T oo k e a f terwar d s a dd re ssed•rh e Meeting, and complained that the Society did The Iw t receive that support whi c h i ts mer i ts d eserve d:-" Meeting then adjourned. • LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. r I toy The highest price of Bread in th e M e t ro p o li s is NW -CL . - 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from .14d..t0 134 d, that price. PRICE OF SEEDS—ApriI V. 66$ New English Red Clover Seed (p er C w t.) 40 e . 50 s . fine 508. * Old Ditto Ditto —B — L tine -,..-...... ' New Foreign Ditto---„. Old Ditto New White Clover , ' 308 40. 5°e .: 4 6 7,8 6. . fine 50 8 - 6 7 ::: 106 7 0.90 , 4 : :' Old Ditto DUI New Trefoil . Old Ditto —: ---60 s. 703. fiFie 1358. -14 e. 24e. tine 96 3 .11 1 . •...•,......" ....11. ..43,. fine --31 .. . 4 _ _..... urns& -„----- 3Bs. 41.. fine ^.. English Carraway See4L-----..= -s. 4ts, 46.. fin e ' ... .., Foreign Ditto -6 -8 fine le , - 8' Coriander .......-. -8. 17s. fine ..". 1/10 ' .. ..8. St. Foin .(per Quarter).---.... -e. -e..--8. Bo ..... 4 . Rye Grass --.. 15s. 403. new ..... 4 . ...., Pacey Ditto 4os 50s. new L.''. 40 . Linseed, for feeding -8 388. fine -- 0 - Ditto, for crushing -s. 41s. 425. fine ..40 Ai . Canary Seed, New - -s. 45 5 . fine ••• 41 . :,,i' - . Ditto Old- White. Mustard Seed..„-.(per 8u5he1),......02. Bs. 7s. 81 flne , '...8. Brown Ditto -s Ss. 108. Lint. _,, Turnip Seeds, Rounds -8. -5 las. fine -, • .....• Green and Ited"Ditto -s. Pg. 129. -fillg ....., Tares, Old ....5,....m.w.......w.w.n..................... ../ii. 314. 403. fiats Ditto New -..a. -g. fine 40. -w - c . Rape Seed, English, tine (per Last) 301. 32L Foreign 21 1 -P - PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. tl. to d ' is ~ Butts..----. 50 to 561 b- 111 20 Tanned Horse Hides.. 1 6 -, g o Ditt0.........60 to 661 b.... 21 22 Spanish Ditto ............. 2 2 Dressing Hides.-----. 144 17 l'er dozen.: 24 Fine Coach Mides ...-.. 19 21 Calf Skins, 30 to 4A115. 14 30 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 144 151 Ditto ........50 to 701 b. ~,,2 24 , Ditt0..........-.45 to 501 b. 15i 174 Ditto .........70 to IRO. '""- '.4 Greenland 20 - ..• Ditto ................................. Ise 20 Small Seals, Greet,_.±--.........„. RAW HIDES, Per Stone. 19.11. to s. d. Per Stone. 5. d.to g 41 4 Rest Heifers& Steers 2 8 3 0 Ordinall - g h Aliddlings, 4 2 6 ,Market calf 7 Onaf-• PRICES OF HOPS.—April 27. Kent Potketa 41, 45. 41. 183. to of, Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto- . - 41. Os. 41, 66. to, 4/. 10s. 41. N. 41 los. to 125:04 :04 N. 7i: os. to eit 00. tit, to to IL 'Oa. SI. 15s. 41. , 4s, to 54 31. 11 1 s. 3 1 . 18s. to 41: Os. 31. 15s. 41. IN. to 51. Os: aam Ditto, Fine.... Seconds .I(ent Raw Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto., COAL MAN Adair's _ 275. 9d. Beaumont ....... 26 6 Felling Main . 25 6 Gray's Steam Coal 23 6 Heblturn Main - 23 6 Holywell _ 27 6 Killingworth 28 0 24 6 Ord', Itedbugh 24 0 Pelaw o 1 7 on Windsor 4 g Pt S 25 0 Tan field Townley 27 0 Wade's 26 0 WallsEndtlewieke&Co. 31 3 Ditto 27 6 Ditto Burraton 23 0 Ditto Carr and 2.5 6 Ditto Hilda 26 6 Ditto 27 0 . (01.44—April 27. Ditto P y . , e:r 3 d i k iik N i ae n i e r 5 n wn : „...........„......;;,...! an a d r i ... ,: ".4 4 ;7 '.1 . 4 : 0 0 6 -AA Ditto y 2 '6 Ditto Russell's • 6 N D e si Walla t t h o a r i ' % 4 Eden. Main ...—:.--.••••••• 6 Walls End 0 Walls End Larribtoti....;:. 6 Walls End Lycms,...,4ry „, 74 ° . Walls End Stevtart's a, o Hartley :SO 1 Stone Coal Drim .'w*'...4*- 37 a" Silkstone Held And Co: 2 1 1 Tanfield Trader • 44 it - Pontop Trader 4 25 4 Londonderry BMA 1 9 0 Hetton small Weston small Walls End small 1112 4:1 Su 1 n s H o lA d t i ton Aix t .... earct u ll C ni rr i.:4 - 7 1 , 4 i . 5 Ditto Northumberland 27 3 I Ditto Peareth 25 6 Ships at market 99—.-Ships IRISH MARKETS. I Wheat, *Barley. O a t s . Flour, per cwt. Per barrel per barrel per barrel -.r•••--1 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist . ---e . --.......__ --.--. --.-- cf. s. d. a s.d. s.d. a s.d. s.d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. &a t, C0rk....... 31 0-35 016 0-17 0 7 6-15 020 0-24 012 0-I', 0 - Limerick 130 0-36 ClO 6-20 010 4-13 014 0-21 0 0 0.--if 0 Waterfordl27 0-35 0 10 0-16 0 6 0-14 0 18 0-22 0 10 0-- 1 „, 0 0 Clonmel —l3O 0—.36 0 11 0-11 0112 8-14 0 20 0—.25 0 12 0.-'1„. 0 Carlow --129 6-34 9 12 0-19 oi Is o— o 0 20 6-21 0 0 077:,.!--'_,,, _ . Beef, Mutton,l Pork, • Butter. • per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. ;dd. :id. t . d. a d. d. a d. s. d. as. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s . 0 Cork .....—«. 4 —6 4 6 20 0-23 6 78.0 76. 56 040 9 ~. 0 s d. Limerick— 3 —5l 4 5 30 0-35 0700 02 54 0 16.2 A° 0 _____T Waterford 4 —5 5 6 29 0-34 6880 76 66 0 0 1 .7 Clonmel 3 —4 4 —4l 32 0 —34 073 0650 60 053 0 56 3 Car10w..........4 —5lO —0 00— 0 0 tiO 050 40 0 •-• 0 '"? * 0 ° KILKENNY.—Butter to —9. joer cwt. ; Wheat Ns. tO"' per barrel; Flour 209. to 445. per bag • Oats 09. to 129, per bar rel ; Maley 15s. to 178. ; Beef 4d: tod. per lb. ; Mutton 434 to sd. • Pota , oes 2d. per stone; C oa l ls. 2d. per owt.; BaC Pigs 30s. to 325. per cwt. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Tuesday even ing, between eight and nine o'clock, as JOHN arsitS• sen. of Horsforth, pig-jobber, was returning from Lee ds market, in company with a boy, he was stopped, .wr a near Kirkstall.forge, by four villains, who demanded money. One of them seiz e d th e b oy , an d , covered mouth to prevent his crying out, while the ®that thr ee robbed MYERS of nearly 201. The old man was conside r ; ably injured having been violently struck on the het iv with a walking-stick. W e t rus t th a t spee d y justice "i overtake the thieves, who have not at present been er prehended. BIRTHS. On the 14th instant, at 21, Scotland-street, Edinburgh, the lady of William Grant, Esq., of a son. On the 27th inst., the lady of Capttin William Cruik" shank, of the Hen. East India Company's service, of daughter. On the 22d inst., in Dorset-place, Dorset-square, the lady of T. H. Nolan, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, by th e Rey. J. T. Connell, George Glas Sandeman, Esq., of St. Swithin's- lane, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Albert Fereterl Esq., of Upper Woburn-place. On the 27th inst., at St. George's, Henover.square, by the Rev. Sir Charles Fantail, Bart., rector of West Wick: ham, Kent, John L ong l e y, E sq ., C apta i n R oyal Reg i m ". of Artillery, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the W e Colonel William Skyring, of the same corps. • DIED. On the 27th inst., in George-street, Hanover-equate' Anne, relict of the late George Caswell, Esq., of SacolU l ' park, Herts. On the 26th inst., in his 13th year, William Quince!' second son, and on the 27th, George Frederick, the youngest son, of J. R. Harris, Esq., of Wincheater-placee Southwark-bridge-road. On the 23d iii . st., Mr. Reeve, of Half-moon-street, L ° the 82d year of his age. PRINTED and PUBLISHE D by 11.1URDO YOUNG, at th e Onus ' IJ2, SisAND, LONDON.