The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-05 00:00:00

Lev knew that the Teti, Seene was an invention! because it was iii possible that the witness cot it have forgeaten such a remarkable circumstances 'his is the grand support of the conspiracy , and ettie should think the artists, whose credit -was re. stake, would be anxious to know as much as possible about so singular a circumstance as a conspiracy hatched in an open 'tent, in a fair— a ctrctnnstance to which, as an anomaly in con- Spiracias, the Solicitor-General, in his °Deming speech, deemed himself bound to dedicate a considerable portion of eloquence. But then again, when we reflect that a previous knowledge of the absence tel the teat scene in the informa tion sworn at the time supposes a resolution to obtain a capital conviction on evidence known to themselves to be worthless, we cannot bring ourselves to think so ill of human nature as to charge a number of men in a respectable station with so horrible a purpose. Yet, if we take the other alternative, we impute to professioeal men gross negligence, great want of discern ment, and altogether a most unjustifiable mode of conducting the business entrusted to them, and for which they were highly paid. These who know the Gentlemen will be able to au sever whether they Would be best pleased to be chased with a disposition to hang men on evi• tense known to themselves to be bad, or wi:h incapacity and mismanagement. Being unwil ling to inflict unafecessary injury on any man, we leave the matter as we found it. It certainly affords serious matter for reflection that if the proceedings had closed with the conviction of the first four, the worthlessness of the evidence would never have come to light.—Eid. The . Times, and some other Papers which are yoked with it in the harness of Liberalism, expressed a just and unmitigated abhorrence of the crimes of the " Doneraile conspirators" on the conviction of Leary and his associates. That appears now to have been only a jesuitical adaptation of sentiment to circumstances—for no sooner was it known that the Jury were dis t:barged without coming to a decision in one of the cases subsequently tried, and in another re turned a verdict of acquittal, than those Journals trimmed their opinions _according to this new state of things, and endeavoured to cast doubts on the propriety• of the conviction of the first four criminals. Putting aside that they are estoned by their own previous acquiescence in Ova justness of the condemnation of those men 'fom now questioning the validity of the verdict which has handed them over to the sword of the law, we will inquire upon what grounds they at tempt to retract -Jim original opinion. It is because no more of the conspirators than the first four have been convicted ? Do they forget that but one Juryman held out against his eleven i' , llows with regard to the guilt of three others of the prisoners ? That was, no doubt, a fortunate thing for the prisoners; and, although it has unly the effect, in law, of postponing their trial, it has also a moral influence favourable to their ultimate escape—but does it at all tend to dis prove the existence of this most foul and atro cious conspiracy ? Not in the least. We leave tout of the question that the dissentient Juror was a Roman Catholic, because we understand that some .of his fellow-jurymen, who had no doubt about the guilt of the three prisoners, were also Rolnan.Catholive. We give him credit for con •scientious motives, although Mr. Justice Tor rens observed that his mind seemed to be dif h,revaly constituted from that of other men. Still it is possible that the men tried on the second indictment, and, indeed, every other prisoner but the first four, might be innocent, and yet these four be as deserving of the fate which the law awarded them as if all their alleeed asso ciates had been found guilty. v Of the 'persons charged with being engaged in the Cato street conspiracy, so:ne were guilty and others not. Who doubted the guilt of Thistlemood or lags because some other per eons fimed in their company were not believed to be participators in their criminal designs ! " But, then," says the " Liberal" Journals," the ittincipal witnesses to support the conspiracy are nroved to be so infamous that no credit cen be teivett to their testimony." We say, that if in famv of character were to disqualify witnesses 1:om giving evidence, or if, having given evidence, it was hot to be taken into the consideration of a Jurv,—the highest and most dangerous crimesl against society could never he proved at all. We ' say, as we have said before, that the infamy of conspirators would constitute their protection. Conspiracy is a dark and secret crime, and the deeper the guilt—the more atrocious the object ofthe conspirators is—the more secret and dark are their confederate machinations. That Pro vidence who, in his unsearchable wisdom, can make even the vices of men conducive to the \indication of the moral goverinneut of the world, has decreed that men who secretly com bine for a guilty purpose, more especially for the shedding of human blood, shall be detected by that treachery of their own nature which is the effective agent of retributive justice. Hence such criminality is almost always brought to pu nishment by the evidence of accomplices. It is true, that such testimony should be corroborated by unimpeached witnesses in some particulars, or by the coincident testimony of circumstances. In the case of Leary and his convicted associates w e - hare the overt acts of the conspiracy placed beyond all doubt by the repeated attacks, by numbers of armed men, on the life of Mr. Bond Low, the firing into the carriage of Dr. Noreot, mistaking it for that of Mr. Croagh. Ti;ese circumstances, and others, which are mat ters, of public notoriety, put the fact of the exist ence of this most nefarious confederacy ite murder beyend the possibility of the shadow of a doubt. And, as to the infamy of the wit nesses, it was just as clear on the first trial as on the subsequent ones— the aoorovers conic forward in the character of men tainted with the same crime as the prisoners the dock ? No cross-examination could make them appear worse than their own acknowledg ment did. Men who could enter into a combi nation to assassinate, and, hieing thwarted in car ryieg their guilty - designs into execution, then turn King's evidence against their associates in enormous crime, would be capable of any atro ciiv which they might have the power and the opirorttinity to effect. It is constantly said by English Judges to prisoners' Counsel, in cases "here the characters of approvers are put under rigid. investigation, Wily occupy the t i me of the Court In showing the infamy of the wit ness's character ? Can you make it appear blacker than it is by his own admission of being an accomplice ?" So it is with such men as Nowlan and others. Their admission of hav ing conspired - to - murder Mr. Low, because be was an active -Magistrate e - Mr. Creagh, because t hey 'disliked him as it' landlord ; and- Admiral E ve ns, because he' voted 'against -the Catholic G a i t - e s—places them under the taint of a moral ttli pitude, yrhich . it would be difficult for any cross-examination to deepen with a darker shade of guilt. All this appeared as manifestly on tl►c first trial as on any of the others ; and if the Liberal" papers doubt now because the wit nesses are so infamous, they had equal reason to express doubts originally about the accuracy of the first verdict. But they did not ; on the 'contrary, they expressed their assent to the just conviction of Leary in the most unequivocal terms. But the apostles of modern Liberalism, like certain class of persons whom it is impo lite expressly to name, are equally remarkable for short memories and vast effiontery.—Mortz ing An extraordinary pamphlet has just issued from the press, the subject of which is the Fo reign Pulicy of England, and its form that of a letter frOm Mr. liimry Gally Knight to the Earl of Aberdeen. This production, which aspires to guide the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the course most conducive to the honour and prosperity of this country, is just what might hare been expected from an English Radical, whose f.. )11y has been ripened and exalted by ha bitual association with the Liberals and Illumi nati of the Continent. The following proposi tions, presenting, in statement and reasoning, a curious climax of fhlsehood and absurdity, con- vey a faithful and accurate abstract of the work before us. The first is, that since the death of Mr. Cannicg, the Government of England has lost the respect and confidence of the conti nental nations. This the author attests with great confidence, upon the authority of his own personal observation. The second proposi tion is, that this declension in the charac ter and calamity to the fortunes of Eng land, are the natural consequences of the deception and treachery practised by her Government towards the Constitutionalists of Portugal, and of the abatement of zeal and vigour in the cause of Grecian independence, which was perceptible in her counsels imme diately on the accession to power of the Welling ton Administration. The third and concluding proposition of this author is, that the Govern ment of England can only recover the character and station it has lost, by encouraging and as sisting Russia to assume, without delay or disguise, the immediate sovereignty of Greece and European Turkey, requiring from that Power, in exchange for this aid and sanction, a public and formal declaration that the Thrones of St. Petersburgh and Constantinople I shall cease to be occupied by the same individual—in the course of two or three generations. These pro positions are entirely worthy of each other and of their author, of whose pretensions to the cha racter of a political reasoner they are so perfectly decisive, that we might well be excused from replying to him, were is not that sonic of his assertions and opinions are occasionally advanced by others who neglect to accompany them by the same efficacious antidote. To the assertion of this gentleman, that England has lost her character and influence upon the Continent since the overthrow of the Canning Administration, we arc happy to be able to reply without impeaching in the slightest degree his veracity. In the continental societies in which he has evidently been chiefly in the habit of mixing, we hope, and believe that the present Government of England is not held in high esteem, because we know that precisely in proportion: to their esteem would be the suspi cion, aversion, and contempt of every continental Government, and of every man in Europe who deserves the character of a faithful and loyal sub ject to his own Sovereign, or of a friend and supporter of general order and tranquillity. Had the author been content to assert the fact that mutual sympathy and reciprocal confidence no longer exist between the British Government and the unquiet and dissatisfied spirits of the Continent, we should have re-echoed his ob servations with cheerfulness and pride ; but when he says that this change has been brought about by a failure on the part of England to realize expectations which her previous conduct or any language ever em ployed by a person filling the high and responsible situation of a I3raish Minister, had fairly and reasonably excited, lie utters what we are bound to pronounce a direct and manifest falsehood. England never announced by words, or intimated by deeds, an intention to support the constitutional party in Portugal. Her Mi nister, on the contrary, expressly, and in the strongest language of which he was master, dis• claimed any such intention, when by virtue of subsisting treaties, and on the direct application of the Government then existing in Portugal, she found herself compelled to employ her military force in defence not of tide or that Constitution —not of the rights of one Monarch or another, but of the national independence when threat ened by foreign invasion. How then were the Constitutionalists of Portugal deceived, or how can it have happened that the continental Liberals were disappointed ? Does this zeal ous advocate of Mr. Canning's policy and character mean to say, that his solemn decla ration to the Parliament of England was dis credited by these parties ? Would he have us understand this Minister to have enjoyed the fa vour and confidence of the Liberals of Europe in virtue of their persuasion that he was a juggler with the interests of mankind—that he intended to cajole and deceive the British Senate and people—that his words were intended to convey one meaning to England and another to Portu gal—that they locked up an occult and mys terious enigma, to which those only who were fully initiated in the arts of Liberalism possessed a key ? Be it so. We desire nothing more anxiously than that the Ministers of England may never again be the objects of an affection and confidence to be obtained by such means, or held upon such conditions. England, bound by the Treaty of London, has up to the present moment scrupulously fulfilled every :obligation it imposed upon her ; and without regard to the opinions of this author, or of the continental Liberals, of whom he is the fit representative, she will continue to do so until its objects shall be fully accomplished. Let the States men then, to whose hands the honour and interests . of the country are now confided, be the objects of suspicion, dislike, and reproach, to our author and his continental friends, for having convinced the world that their zeal and vigour in the cause of Greece would never have lea to the battle of Navarin. Let the word " untoward" endure for ever, an indelible record that their policy is riot the policy of their prede cessors in office. These become new and une quivocal titles to the esteem and confidence of the British people, when they are presented to us as the marks which distinguish Ministers from politicians, who, like our author, pronounce the acquisition of Greece and Turkey by Rus sia to be a consummation not merely harmless, but of all others the most advantageous to the .general interests of Europe.— Morning Post. A sensible and a very able letter will be found in another part of our paper on the much de- bAteti SAW.of tie turrenev, 10 Which tkPe iteg to call the attention of our readers. Whatever may be thought of the relative merits of paper and gold, there can be no question with aity ra tional inihd on t*d points first, that Govern ment being a protective body, instituted for the benefit of all, has no right to adopt measures which tend to enrich one party, or class, at the expellee of another ; and, secondly, that eVery unnecessary exertion of controttl on its part over the afFairs of the community, must inevitably injure its best interests, by preventing that freedom of trade, and facility of exchange, which are necessary to their prosperity. — In the repeated interference of the Go vernment, however, with the currency of the country, it has not only overstepped the due limits of its authority, but, on the one hand, a very considerable class of society has been robbed for the benefit of another ; and on the other, the trade of the country has been reduced to an al most unparalleled state of stagnation. In proof of the former point we shall mention a can which was brought under the consideration of Parliament last session,.and which, if it is not well known, ought to be made known, to every one who doubts the mischievous ope ration of changes in the value of the currency—it is that of Mr. Charles Andrew "Fhompson, late of Chiswick, in the county of Mid dlesex, who previous to 1793, was possessed of 300,0001. in Consols, besides personal property to a large amount, and who is now left without a shilling, and obliged " to earn," as he himself states, " a precarious bread, by means and sacrifices to which the habits of fifty years have but ill accommodated his mind."' This is a startling fact, and to those who have not studied, ' and do not understand, the operation of a change of value in the currency, almost incredible ; but it is nevertheless a fact, and the matter came about in this wise :—" In the first instance, nearly a fourth of his whole property was swept i away by the measures of the Government, in de clarin4 war in 1793, which reduced his 300,0001. Consols from their selling price of 921. to the selling price of 601. In the second instance, his remaining 180,000/. were rendered, in fffeci, worth only 90,0001., by the de preciation ofthe currency consequent upon the Banking Restriction Act. After submitting to these heavy losses with patience for nearly 20 years, another sum of 60,0001. was confiscated by the depression of his stock of wine, consequent upon tile restoration of the currenc 11, which was attempted on the return of peace. And now by the legislative act for restoring the value of mo ney to a level with the ancient standard, or beyond it, the whole of his remaining property is seized with a remorseless hand." These are facts which have been amply proved before com petent tribunals ; and what a picture do they exhibit of the mischief resulting from the in terference of Government in affairs with which it might never to meddle ! First, the currency is depreciated in order to enable the Govern ment to carry on an expensive war, and a large portion of the community is mined by the ope ration—and then it is attempted to be restored to its former just standard, and those who have been formerly benefited by the change are next hurled into the abyss of poverty! There is no class, in fact, but the fundowners and the loan mongers who have been benefited by such mis, chievous tampering ; but they indeed have been enriched, and are wallowing in the wealth of which others have so iniquitously, and without any fault of their own, been deprived. In the meantime the last alteration in the value of the currency is carrying its devastating effects far and wide. More dockets have been struck within the last ten days, and more business done in the Bankrupts' Office, than at any period since 1825 and 1826 ; while it would be seen from a paragraph which we copied, the other day, from a Manchester paper, that although the one pound notes of bankers have been sup pressed by Act of Parliament, one pound notes of a new character, and destitute of the security afforded by the former, have begun to be issued as a matter of necessary accommodation by mercantile firms. We always thought that it would come to this, and that the attempt of the Legislature to compel the country to use what medium of circulation the former pleased in its commercial dealings, would issue in a return to a worse currency than that which it proscribed ;—and our anticipations are on the eve of fulfilment. Is it not time, then, for the Legislature to interfere—to retrace its steps, and to permit the circulation of that currency which is best adapted to the wants of the country ? Report says, that the Duke of Wellington is inclined, but that Mr. Peel ob jects ; and what may be the result, it is impos sible at present to state ; but one,thing is clear either the taxes must be reduced, or the people must be allowed to pay them in the depreciated currency in which they were imposed, or meant to be paid. Between these two there is no al ternative ; and though we care not much which, a reduction of taxes to an amount cor responding to the increased value of the cur rency, would probably be the most advantageous to the public in the ,long run, though it would not affbrd that immediate relief which the other is calculated to effect.—Morning Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 4. COTTON V. JAMES. In this case, which was an action to recover da mages against the defendant, an attorney, for mali ciously suing out a commission of bankruptcy against the defendant, Robert Turner Cotton, an ar chitect and surveyor of Great St. Helens, which was left unfinished yesterday when we went to press, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages 150/. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 4. LLOYD V. ALDRED. This was an action of trover, to recover the value of an amethyst necklace and a pair of ear-rings. In April last the defendant, Maria Aldred, wrote to the plaintiff, a jeweller, of Gerard -street, Soho, stating that a friend who bad just arrived in town intended to present her with some articles of jewel lery, and requesting him to call on her with a neck lace and a pair of ear-rings. The plaintiff waited on her with the articles, which she approCed of, and said she would keep them to show to her friend. The plaintiff objected to leave them ►without the money, and said he would call again; but the :le ' fendant refused to return them, and immediately put them tinder her clothes in bed. The plaintiff went out to a neighbour, who came in, and the defendant was remonstrated with, but she persisted in her re fusal to return the articles. The present action, therefore, was brought to recover their value,—viz•, 38 guineas. There was no elefence. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 39/. 18s. CHIVALROUS COMPLIMENT.—When Lord ANsoN commanded the Channel Fleet in 1747, he cap tured six French men-of-war and four East lndiamen. Of the shirk of the line which he took . , one was called "The Invliacible," and another " The Glory ;" and when the Commander of the first came to surrender his sword, he thus addressed the victorious Admiral—" Monsieur, vous an% num r Invincible 0 la Gloire VQU Mit," eaut;oti;rtg, perom from ti;setribling there. Ti,e ------ - Oi'.'fre, for the p etitions were ns follows :—ls , on ; • • LOW-STREET. 1 . LI :, tithe 4. 4 • .. ~ the c, 1 maiiing imc nention to , eeemparty, and Oving . A Well:looking Voting evoinen, named Aim Hai , the necessary instructions I 51, itiOrt t N y de theft de te:le, was brought before 11r: HALL by a police:eon: i mended for writirig the petition, and it citethifottte staple, ami the owner of a 6ottteshhPJ ih Bedford: ! m y th appliCant hfid not sufficient money, tliev took bury, charged with contemplating self-destruet'on. what ta c t' el'i!l4 g et, tin 4 gaVe him Credit for the The account she gave was, that, some weeks ago, r , ma ; n d e r, The bargain a:se cirri-; th a t there 1)666- being then out of place, site went one day into the tioners who were successful should pay te',.:.!.e. Com• tit y After a service, and on her return, she watt tret party, on their appointment , 10 s. 6d. additional. by it gentlemaii Who rittitAted her; and eeked i if she Weeks, bewever, rolled on, anti the petitions v. ere was in want of a situation. She replied, that sit not aile‘ , ',veteti; The candidates c:tiled day after day had just been to look for one. The gentleman then until they were tired. Th 6 frieorie r§ im p ortuned told her that if she would go with him he would i those who had not paid the balance of t`'6 55., , r2rl . give her money and provide her with a good place. threatened to summons them to t he Court of i‘e- • She declined the offer, and slid she could not go quests, until they began to see p r et t y clearl y that with him then, as she was iii a hurry to go home: the prisoners, with all their specious pro mises, had He then forced some money upon her, and she c o ts- no interest whatever. Under these circumstances, sewed to meet him on the following evening. She they gave information to the new police how the did so, and they met several times after, until, at money had been obtained from them, and the pri last, by oaths and promises of protection, arid hay- sorters were a pp re h en d e d. ing also sworn most solemnly to make her his wife, she consented to his wishes, and her ruin and dis- Mr. WHITE questioned the complainain at sc;tne length, and it appealed from their answers that !lteY grace were the consequence. had given tie money merely for writing the petitions The unfortunate girl appeared dreadfully affected and not for ohtaining the appointment, although it while giving this statement. was clear the poor fellows had been induced to do so Mr. HALLS asked her if site knew the name of by supposing that the prisoners had great interest. her seducer. She replied that she did not, but de- Mr. WHITE told the prisoners that they were scribed him as . ll t a ll, d ar k mun, qu i te th e gentleman little better than swindlers, and a very little more in his appearance, and apparently independent in his evidence would Lave justified him in sending, them means. He had quite deserted her, she said, and to the House of Correction as rogues and vagabonds. although site had taken every means to find him out , He should, however, discharge them, but cautioned site had not succeeded. them to take care N: hat they were about. The Magistrate told her that he would give an As soon as the part:es got outside the cflice, a order for her admission t o s t . Ann's workhouse, mid violent altercation took place, eted the discharged at the same time the parish officers should be made prisoners threatened to summon all those who lital acquainted with her story, in order, if possible, that riot paid up their .sz. • the person whom she charged with her seduction might be made responsible to the parish for the in cumbrance which his heartless conduct was likely to entad upon it. Eliza 31ann, a female about 30 years of age, was also charged with havi rig attempted suicide. The prisoner was discovered ie the act of throw ing herself into the Thames at Watelloo-bridge, about six o'clock in the morning, and was given into custody of one of the new police. She stated that she was driven to make an at tempt upon her life, owing to the ill-treatment she experienced from her husband, who had another wife living. She was a widow, site said, when site had the misfortune to meet with him, and lost her father, mother, husband, and child, all within two years. She expressed contrition for her conduct, and the Magistrate ordered her to be locked up until her friends should be sent for. FOLtCI INTELLIGRNCe UNION-HALL In the course of f lie day three youths were brott,,Yht up on a charge of attempting to commit a felony a few hours p►eviou;ly. The youngest of them, a lad not more than 12 years of age, on being questionA, stated that he was reared in Laml►eth workhouse, but had never been appre►►ticed out by the parish officers. From further inquiries into the matter, it appeared that the little fellow, becoming tired of the life he had led in the I,vorkhouse, absconded, and soon fell in with a number of dissolute boys of his own age, who were initiating him into bad and per nicious practices. It, however - , seemed that he was not a hardened ofezn and Air. Chambers, anxious to save him f►om the destruction that awaited him f not pre,ently rescued, directed that he might be taken to the overseers, with a request that they would put him apprentice to some trade whereby he might by industry and honesty earn a live lihood. The Magistrate, in the course of the inquiry, threw out a few suggestions which, if carried into effect by the different parishes in the district, might tend to decrease a considerable por tion of the expenees incurred in binding out the children of paupers to different trades. Mr. Cham bers's plan was to this effect—that if each parish, or even one, commenced the trial of either• building a boat, or purchasing one already built, to be em ployed in fishing, and to engage a competent person to act as toaster, and instead of binding the parish boys to trades in London, to bind them to him.— This plan would he (the Magistrate) Lad no doubt, be attended with the most beneficial results, fur it would not only take a considerable expence off each parish, but would also strike at the root of a mono poly that existed in the fish-trade, for then fish could be brought to London, and sold at least for one-third of the price that is now charged. Places for the sale of such fish might be easily established at Deptford, Rotherhithe, and other places on each side of the river, up as high as Vauxhall; and in the event of war, the boys who had served their time on board these boats, and were consequently inured to a seafaring life, would make excellent sailors to serve on board King's ships. The Magistrate added that he was convinced, were this plan to be generally adopted by each parish in the district, it would be found, on a trial, to succeed in an eminent degree. A parish officer of Bermondsey, who happened to be present, acquiesced in the opinion, and said that if such a plan was adopted some of the parish boys, who were • incanigible while in London, would have no opportunities at sea of acquiring bad habits and pilfering, as they were in the hab►t of doing the moment they were permitted to leave the workhouse. On the night of Saturday last, a young woman named Susanna Budd, was charged under the fol lowing rather singular circumstances : Mr. Edward Burrows, surgeon, of No. 111, High Holborn, stated that on that evening the prisoner, whom he had known as an occasional patient, came to his shop and brought a bottle with her, which she wished him to examine, stating that something was wrong in the house in which she resided. The bottle contained a liquid mixture, and witness ob served that the prisoner appeared strangely unsettled iG her mind. Just at this moment there was a dis turbance at the shop-door, and a man in a dying state was brought in. The prisoner, as soon as she saw him, exclaimed, " Save him I save him ! Ile is murdered!" The man soon afterwards expired, and the prisoner was given into custody. The witness added, that he had not at that time examined either the state of the body or the contents of the bottle. The prisoner, when before the Magistrate, mani fested every symptom of temporary derangement, and the Magistrate felt it his duty to detain her until the circumstances under which the man had met his death should be inquired into. She was accord ingly conveyed to the House of Correction, where it required the assistance of several men to hold her down and prevent her from doing mischief. She afterwards became more calm, but it was deemed necessary to keep a constant watch upon her actions. Yesterday she was brought wt to the office for the purpose of being re-examined. Mr. Hans inquired whether a coroner's inquest had been held upon the body, and what was the re sult of the inquiry ? It did not appear, however, that any judicial in quiry had been instituted by the Coroner; at which both Sir It. BILINIE and Mr. Haus expressed their surprise, directing an officer to proceed immediately to the churchwardens of St. Andrew's, Holborn, to understand the cause of the delay. An officer stated, that Mr. Burrows had given it as his opinion that the bottle which the young wo man brought contained a simple mixture of sarsa• patilla. - The mother of the prisoner came forward and said she lived at Dorking, and came to town upon learn ing the circumstances in which her unfortunate daughter was placed. She had been to see her, she said, in the lock-np-room, and was happy to find that she was more composed. Mr. HALLS observed, that although he had every reason to believe that no blame whatever attached to the young woman, yet it was his duty to detain her until the Coroner's verdict should be known. QUEEN-SQUARE. On Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, just as Mr. WHITE, the sitting Magistrate, had taken his seat, the office was crowded by numerous candidates for the New Police, to prefer charges against five men, who had been taken into custody on their complaint, of having obtained money front them tin der false pretences. In a few minutes the prisoners were placed at the bar, and gave their names, — Michael Casey, a schoolmaster, Eugene Casey, a schoolmaster, J. Whittaker, a chemist and druggist, J. Winnafen, a discharged police constable, and Woods, a butcher. The prisoners, it appeared, had been for nearly two months carrying on a most profitable occupa tion in writing petitions for candidates for the New Police, and they conducted their business in the tap-room of the 'Rose and Crown, at the corner of Downing-street, where they daily attended, and the following notice to attract strangers was posted up in the room :—" Petitions for the New Metropoli tan, Police, written on an entire new principle, may be had here." The petition company consisted of six, the five men at the bar, nod another man named Shaw, not in custody, and some of the party acted as touters, and frequented the neighbourhood of Scotland-yard to look cut for candidates, and to represent to them where they might get petitions dawn up that would be sure to get them situations. The prisoners were apprehended by one of the New Police constables in the tap-room, on com plaint being made that they had obtained money from several poor men under false pretences. On the table were found writing-paper, the Court Guide, and a Directory, also a book containing the receipts of the day for petition writing : the higest sum for one (lay was 3/. 17s. Mr. WItITE observed that there could be no great harm ill persons writing petitions for others, and receiving money for so doing; every person had a right to be paid for his labour, and perhaps the pri soners wrote 'the petitions better than they could be procured any where else : he would, however, hear the complainants. It appeared front their statement, that they had been attracted by the board in the tap-room to get a petition written on the " new principle." Winnafen pretended he was an inspector of the police, but always requested that his name might not be men tioned, and Eugene Casey pretended to be a serjeant of the new police; - Michael Casey acted as a kind of secretary to the company. One of the party gave them most sanguine hopes, on account of his great interest with the Commissioners of Police, that they would be appointed in the course of three or four days at farthest. From the plausible man ner of the prisoners, the poor fellows thought them selves as good as appointed, which,may,ia some measure account for .the number .of, persons who have been daily surrounding the New Metropolitan Police-Office, in Scotland-yard, Whielt , has at-length became so great a Illi15 ,, "•• the Commissioners have been compelled to put up a printed notice, CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquest was held on Tuesday at the Golden Fleece, on the body of a young girl, named Mary Anne Al!core, one of the unfortunates on the town,- who met a shocking death the preceding, night. From tile evidence, it appeared that Alleorn, who had been cohabiting for the last fifteen months with a man named Edward Richardson, an itinerant min strel, met William LaAin, groom to Mr. Locke, of Herne-hill, Camberwell. The meeting was by ap pointment, and took place at the Steyne Tap, at about half-past ten on Sunday night. They had two glasses of rum and water there, and left at eleven, when the house clo.ed. While they were conveys-' irg together in the street, Richardson accosted the deceased, desiring her to go home. She refused, on which he struck her in the face. Larkin inter fered, and bc•gged him not to strike the girl, offer ing to stand something to drink. They were re• conciled, and they proceeded to the Albion Tap, being joined by Jane Hutchins, also a prostitute. They gained access to the tap at about twenty mi nutes past eleven, and continued there till about twelve, baying been supplied by the landlady, in the interval, with two half-pints of rum and shrub,—a circumstance to which the fatal result is, doubtless, attributable, and which we hope will not escape no tice in the proper quarter. There were, it app etred, three other persona in the tap at the time. When the party left the Albion Tap, deceased walked with Richardson, and the girl Hutchins with Larkie. They crossed the carriage road, and while proceed ing on the pavement, a dispute arose between de ceased and Richardson. The parties were all in liquor. Deceased refused to go home with Richard son, saying that she had been a fool to him long enough, and would be so no longer; and that if she went any where at all, she Would go to her mother's. Altercation ensued, and Richardson struck her in the face. Soon after he struck her a second blow, which felled her to the ground. Before the second blow was struck, the unfortunate girl entreated him, for God's sake, not to strike her again. In her fall she struck her head against the stone coping of the iron railing. She never moved after she fell, nor showed signs of life. Richard son, though enraged, became alarmed when he saw the state of the deceased, and raising her head on his knee, called to her tenderly, saying, " It is your Edward by you." The deceased was then put into a fly and conveyed to the watch-house, where Mr. Baldey, surgeon, was sent for. On examination of the body, it appeared that a dislocation of the second cervical vertebra had taken place, with a fracture of the processus dentatas, the pivot on which the head turns. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Edward Richard. son ;" who, being previously in custody, was com mitted to the Assizes on the Coroner's warrant. — Brighton Guardian. Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. \V PAyNE,the City Coroner, at the General Abererom':ie Friar-street, Blackfriars-road, to inquire touching the death of SARAH MoKOAN, aged 31. The deceased had formerly lived in the service of Lady GXESLEY, but InA lately been dismissed front her situation. Several w it nesses•spoke to the distressed state of mind of the de,ea , ed, which was ascribed to her having become enceinte during the absence of her husband. She had complained of vio lent pains in her chest, and one of the witnesses declared that she had been ill-used by two Irishmen; but this was not proved. Mr. BRADY, surgeon, said that the death of the deceased was occasioned briuflammation of the chest. The Jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God." INAt';OURATION niNfritit AT STA.- VONERS' HALL An interesting meeting toOlt' place at Static:mem ? ... hall, on Tuesday, on the occasion re six gentlemen. Mesiersi larxrrnce, Clarke, Rowe, Steel, and Long man, (will (ailed upon the Court of the E ationere Company, About 111 . 7 genthmen of great reyee tabilifyi all more or less connected with literatttree cud rrfo.lt of them . men of great wealth, acquired by such connexion,Sdt down to a dinner, in which were blended the substantial old English fare with the finest luxuries of other climate, The LORD MAYOR elect (Mr. Alderman ClMir .- , der), at Hester of the Company, presided. Wheat the cloth was witlrJrawn, and after the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, Mr. Alderman VENAELES took occasion, imme diately after the execution of a song from the pen; of Mr. Thomas Moore, who %vas present, to propose the health of that eminent and highly-gifted poet. Mr. MooRE rose, and expressed the high gratifi. --atlett which he felt at the way in which his health }tau f t;Oetf ,aid, pro w n:.4l the !nanour had been conferred up on him. He was, proposed, and the circumstances under tul and gratified at finding h imself surroum ed eith gentlemen altogether connected of the country, and respectabl e with r, ' sir pursuits, the liberality the literature • 'ty by the character of tn. nerty emlmrked in t heir or their conduct, and the pro, bibl e on such en oc undertakings. it was not pob_ on the change casion to refrain from remarking nublisheis which a few years had produced. The i n tors, ‘ p e r7 ) fi e t T e l e d fi t b , y b t u b t e t htalentsolio n d o s f aanudthoprastrofroirs the i r e e rrt. of the present (ley were not mercenary specu_ cluai liberally fostering talent, and risking their capital in its eneouraetnenr. There was now a c lose a lliance between authors and publishers—such an allianca s ought to exist, for it would be in vain for authors to beget, if their offspring; could not find their way into . the world. They were the mothers, indeed, but the publishers were the nurses, and without them ;heir. children would have no existence. There was nowr he said, a degree of intelligence among publisherss which enabled them to appreciate merit : and men• of talent now knew where to look forward for ha. reward. On the health of the Master of the Company (the! Lord Meyer elect) being given, that gentleman said: it was a subject of high grat fication with him to' have aquired his property chiefly by a connexion with literature. He had now .left the field, but his place was well and ably filled, and he had every rea son for congratulation. After other speeches, and an evening passed with great hilarity, the member , separated. THE MARKETS. COA I, M A !.? A:lair's reattinent.. .31 6 Clavering ....... 33 tiolyv:ell— 32 6 34 3 Lidtleirs 31 6 30 0 Ve,aw . 31 1) Nrey East '2B 6 Shipeot.e.... .30 6 Tstitieltl Tatifielti Lea.. SO 6 Townley lam ET.—Nov. 4 Walls Newmarch.... 36.3.1; Ditto 32 9 Ditto I lotspur---.--. 33 9 Ditto Northumberland 34 0 Ditto Perkins and (70. 33 0 Ditto 35 Ditto Itossall'a 35 6 )ambton's Primrose 3t 3 Russell's 33: 6 9 Wails :AS Walls End Stewart's Russell's Hetton's W.E. 39 3 (*.open 29 0 Harder 31 0 Stone Coal W. E. Greenly. Hosp.... 29 0 Cramlington Trader 3O 3 Old Etherley and Shil don 20 Walls End small . 20 Ellison 21 0 3I 6 S 2 7 iNall,Endßeivicke&Co. 35 0 Ditto Bell Itol , son& Co. 3t 6 Ditto Burraton :t3 9 Ditto Ilenslirtm 31 6 Walls End Boundary (lad, and ('0..,. 3st 9 \4 ally End Carr and Co. 31 0 Ditto Crandington--- 30 6 ahtits at market, 11634i—Sti Old, 4.2%-.••••Unneill, 74 COUNTRY COHN MARKETS DUttiNG THE Vl'E Wheat. I Barley. Per Ouarter. Abingdon-- 8. to s. 5 , CO 70 72 82 M 1 74 40 72 51 843 4 , 3 74 53 83 61 St 62 SO 05 64 sli 76 45 81 43 72 "N 66 80 65 87 49 8t 50 SO 44 76 56 80 70 77 Ander Birmingham Cri~lport .... Oats. 6. to R. 32 33 30 32 30 32 39 3? 43 36 44) SO 39 30 23 38 45 32 42 2'i 38 30 36 3? 42 30 36 37 40 34 38 40 42 35 38 30 36 :s0 40 30 38 36 40 ii. to a. 21 39 !Braun• Cirencester --- Faringdon.--. Guileitisrd Henley.. 24 36 . 26 31 20 . 22 26 38 24 :V3 20 30 34 40 23 31 22 30 18 32 24 32 24 31 23 32 22 32 30 38 .. 23 •)-' 22 32 24 33 , 24 ; ' lO 21. 32 C IIELTF;1:11AM - 41 MA RICET.—Nov. a d d. to Pet lb. • 8 Beef 6 7 Mutton 1 6 7 Veal 6 Lamb 6 1 Pork log. to 31. 15s. per ton _____„,„ Herefigd Highworth -- Alaidenhead .-- Oakingliam Heading 5a1i5bury.........,... Southampton Stroud ---, Tewkesbury Uxbridge ....•..».•. Wanni.ter Witicbor Woroc6ter. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Wheat Barley Oats 13eims 4 9 5 6 Pease •5 0 S 0 Hwy '3/ h HULL MARKET.—Nov. 3. The farmers are more actively employed in getting their - seed into the ground, for which purpose the weather is vow favourable, we have in consequence only a limite d supply of New Wheat, the bast samples of 'which have been taken r,ff freely ut ls. per quarter above the rates a last week, with a better sale for the middling qualities. but at no amendment in value. Good Old Foreign is more request, and last week's prices are fully s upporte d, the midding and stale qualities are still very unsideale' (hats and Beans are each dull silo, and lower prices II taken for the latter article. There is a good show ° Malting Barley—the condition is soft ; Ruch are bad te I quit, lint the best runs sell at 2Ss. to 30s. per pler ter ‘, i Rapeseed and Linseed dull sale, and prices o f both are rather receding. IWheat, Old ' —s. 5435. -s• 4 ' s3s. New - 4' 5 : Foreign .--s. 595. 60s. ln bond --s --6' tea. Oats, Poland —s. 20s. 24s Old ''''. ...-... 2* 1 -- Small or Feed—. --s. 12s. 18s -s ---.• i---- Foreign —s. 2os. 2-2 s. I Barley, Norf. & Sot ... —5 ;.'tis. 28s. Line.l Weld -.-8. 28° ' ...1. , I ----- F ore i gn - ;1 5 ' 33 0 - : Beans 32a. 345. 365. Foreigr ..--5. ..P.-• ...4. Pease, White --ti. 30s. 365. Grey --s. ---s• 0 I . 1 'f a r e s —s 20s. 265. F0reign......... —s- 5 1.4* 30b 1 Rapeseed, in bond none. Free, i',et=la±st _—__.l..-_!....,.....'''A .• LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Nov. We wore very scantily supplied during the last "„- .11 with all descriptions of Grain, the arrivals lacing d e li' below the demands of the trade, and the farmer",,,, Of veries were unusually light. The whole of the e y New Wheat and Oats have been eagerly picked up arrived, hut Old (lid not go off freely. There were s":;. ral cargoes of Irish New Wbeat fresh 5 t up for this ai),, market, with one or two of New Oats — the latter of condary quality ; having a fair deniand for both arti.elhe7, Oats fully maintained the quotations of this day se'" lg , ,• and Wheat commanded an advance of tad. to 3d. per 7° l ,:y, the trade in Wheat was, however, by no means so bf' r ,,, aF, (luring the tvek. Our quotations for Barley were tit r reduced 9.d. to 3d. per 601 h. Flour was Is, h l e Oatmeal O. to Is. per sack dearer. Little variation • taen place in the value of Ind i an C orn, Beans, or Pfl'e' bet there is a fair retail demand for etch of these artiele'' DUMFRIES 7)IARKrIS.—Oct. ?S. s• a' s. d. S. ci. P. d. t 0 Wheat, Imp. Bush 6 7 to 7 0 Butter, 1602..... ........ 0 9,` ° o 9 , Barley Oats Flour, 1 12). Oatmeal - 9 Potatc)as, cwt. CA rri.r.—The number and (jollity of the Cattle 'L011,..0 at to •day's market were nearly similar to t hose of ;',51 week, indeed a noull•er of them bad been expose d .:_ t tor r market, and the dealingwAtqually dull and unsat t> PitiNiin"ANlCtiususuEn BY MURDO V"' viz Su Otrunt, 112, STaiato, 1.01").* BIRTHS. • OA' On the 3d inst. in Tavistock . place , Mrs. ---• . inson, of a daughter. ~.„, Or On the 4th inst. the lady of H. Whitehead , v' 4. Lower Tooting, of a daughter. lED . of On the 4th inst. at DorMAßßking, t e h Rev. A. Pa s° oat , 0 Dorking, to Miss Elves, of the same place. s 'i On the 4th inst. at Wanstead , H. lbbotson, 0 i j Otham, Kent, to Ciroline, youngest daughter Knowles, Esq. of Wanstead. ° DD. ller ' On the Ist inst. in Clarem lE ont-stivare, Pent onrl Goon,, Esq. aged 55. ..it a i 6ge the E l inst. at the house of Mr. Mit.llswf D O lane, Mrs. Mary Ann Bennett , aged 65. o rO r On the 4th inst: at his house, John-street, .... square, William Tunnard, Esq. in his 70th yeari r Atti"' On the 3d inst. at his house in Mecklenburg , Mtn araduke Hart, Esq. aged 73. .------ --- --- 2.11. 13