The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-14 00:00:00

Europe, and dwelt with pride on the provisions ansbng the present race of lawyers more justly made for the establishment of schools. We . entitled to look up to its highest distinctions; were not a little astonished, therefore, to find the ! and the keeping alive the recollection of feelings following statement gravely made in the number 1 which, if they ever had any real existence, must of the Quarterly Review just published : have been of a transitory nature, is alike illiberal Taking into account about two millions of and unjust towards all parties.—Morning Her. negroes, who are wholly without instruction, we A prospectus of a new Literary Club, or, as should probably find a much larger proportion of it is styled in the paper, a " Memorandum of persons in America, destitute of even the know the First Meeting of the ' Literary Union,' ledge of writing and reading, than in any part of has been handed to us, which it may not be al- Europe, except Russia and Turkey ; certainly a together uninteresting to notice. The object of much larger proportion than in a country which, of late years, it has been the fashion with persons the propounder s of the institution, at the head who know nothing of its concerns to cry down as of which is the author of " The Pleasures of hopeless and incurable—we mean Spain." If Hope," is to- establish a new society for the pur the man who penned this nonsense had only at- pose of intellectual intercourse and amusement, tended to the number of newspapers circulated in and which shall be conducted with due regard to all parts of America, a number nearly twice as economy and character. These we consider to great as that of all the newspapers of Europe be the great requisites for the success of such a taken together—he must have seen the glaring society ; and we need scarcely add that the total absurdity of-his assertions In several of the States absence of any such institution in the metropolis, of America there is hardly to be found a grown considering the great number of literary and scien individual who Cannot both read and write. From tific characters for which it is distinguished, is no the statements in the speeches of the late M. de less extraordinary than it is incomprehensible and Witt Clinton, it appears that in the State of New disgraceful. We trust, however, that we may now York, containing a population equal to that of safely indulge the hope that such will be the Scotland, the proportion educated was equal to case no longer—that the society which is pro that in any nation of Europe. The Free Schools posed, under such happy auspices, will be este of New England, which have kept pac e wi t h the Wished—and that men of talent and character growth of the population, which have been pro will in future have the opportunity, whatever flounced " as yet uninitiated," have made read may be the measure of their pecuniary circum ing and writing universal in the five States form stances, of meeting on equal terms for intellec ieg that Division of the Federation. In time tual intercourse and rational amusement. No number of the North American Review for . detailed plan of the mode in which the society July, there is a sensible article on the subject of is to be conducted, has, as yet, been laid before popular Education, of which the object is not to us, beyond the resolutions passed at the first flatter the countrymen of the writer, but rather meeting of the Committee, at which it, however, to stimulate diem to make still greater exertions was agreed, Ist, That a Society shall be este for the diffirsion of knowledge, with a view to Wished, amounting to four or five hundred tnem guard agaitset the dangers resulting from the bets, for the purpose of promoting frequent meet euffi-age of an ignorant populace ; the writer en- ing and intercourse among the professors and d ea vours to combat the notion entertained by friends of art, literature, and science ; 2dly, some of his countrymen , that e n o u g h in the wa y That the greatest care shall be taken, in the of in s truction was communicated , as all were formation of this Society, to admit none but taught to write and read, and urges the encou- men of unexceptionable personal character ;3dly, ragement of popular institutions similar to those That the Society shall be named the " Literary 6' which under various names ha v e , within the Union ;" and 4thly, That simplicity and economy last six years, spread themselves over every part shall be held as leading principles of the Society; of the British Islands, and poured floods of in that three or four pounds shall be the utmost tellec,:ual light upon the lower ranks of society." annual . subscription required ; and that a house "We now turn with satisfac tion ( he sa y s ) to notice of meetin g shall be sought for in a part of Lon the progress which institutions similar to those we don, ' as central as possible, which shall be well have been cons i dering ha ve made in this countr y , furnished, and accommodated with proper ser ene'. especially in our immediate ne i g hbourhood. vents, and such refreshments as the Society shall Front the view we have taken, it is obvious , as decide upon, as well as with such periodical was stateci in the beginning, that they have publications as the Society may deem proper ; nothing in common with our free school system. but we haye no doubt, from the names which They take up popular education where free are mentioned as composing the Committee, schools leave off, and carry it through the higher that it will be in every respect worthy of the ori stages. Persons who have derived most benefit " inal idea. The Committee, of which the author ,from the one are best qualified to d er ive benefit of The Pleasures of Hope" is the chairman, from the other; those sow the seed--ethese consists at present of W. Ayrton, Esq., Prince mature the plant. Reading, writing, grammar, Cimitilli, Sir George Ducket, Bart., Sir Francis geography, end arithmetic, which comprise the F .. • reeling, Bart, .1, Goldspaid, E sq ., D r . H en _ substance ef what is taught in free schools, derson, W, Mackinnon, l'f,sq., J. Martin, Esq. are merely the alphabet of education, con- W. Newberry, Esq., Right Hon. Sir Gore Ouse sidered with reference to Lyceums. We in- ley, Bart., W. H. Pickersgill, Esq. R. A., Rev. s!st upon this, because a want of seal on the A. Wade, D.D., and holds its meetings at the subject of Lyceums has been sometimes tie- British Coffee-house ; but we understand that fended by saying that the means of popular the Adiemeem Club-house is soon to he va education provided in New England are al- cited, and that the Committee is in treaty for its ready ample enough I" It appears, then, that purchase. We wish the fc Literary Union" all the univereality of education of a primary sort possible success. A society of the kind was "tali the obstacle in the way of a higher descrip- much wanted, and the literary world is greatly tion of institutions. But th e p osition has reall y indebted to its authors for having proposed it, — obtained more notice from us than it is entitled Morning Advertiser. to. It is the disgrace of the Literature pf this country that all manner of assertions are hazarded, The present circumstances of Ireland have afforded occa s ion to two different classes of per with regard to points as to which correct in sons, of showing how far party predilections, isermation, with a very little trouble, might be and attachment to long-cherished opinions , pre obtain: A. The Reviewer in this case has allowed hstiself to be led away by the ,considera- dominate in their minds over the suggestions of duty, the dictates of reason, and the evidence of tion that time difficulty of education increases facts. it wee scarcely to be expected that the with the scantiness of a population ; and lie op and o nents and the promoters of a measure so boldly infers, that the amount of education will lorezealously contested on both sides as be regulated by the difficulty. This would, how- g - that of Catholic Emanipation, would at a very ever, be a very unsafe rule to go by. In Norway, early period after its adoption take precisely the which is one of time most thinly inhabited coup- same view of its effect upon the condition of tries of Europe, there are few persons who cannot Ireland. Giving to each equal credit for sin read. The teacher circulates from far m- h o u se verity io the previous discussion, it was natural to farm•house, etaying a certain number of weeks to anticipate, that n ITatching the effect of the at each place. In America the facility of ob- Relief Bill, the one party Woold bore a clearer ". tae ing the means of subeistence, and the num- ' 'of the evils, anti I and quicker pereeption bet of Zeitating questions constantly presented of the benefits which duty respectively foresaw and to the people, ._ -• naturally int : Wens:a the extent -• i foretold as bane likely to arias from it ; and of education. Wis`.: regard to the contradictions 0 the full extent to which the adverse with which some Reviews, ;:ed more especially to nen as to the actual state of the Quarterly, abound, we may oi, * l:'iriet that opinions f Ireland can be aecoented for from this cause, we readers are now dispensed from the necess;'” 4 7 ,-e willing to admit, or we should perhaps rather consulting different publications, in order ' to - - . sous,. Sp claim, that this diversity pfiudg have an opportunity of hearing both sides of a say, an s . , it be coiwidgred ae dishonourable question. In the Quarterly Review bane and ment should ,-. antidote follow regularly on the heels of each to either party. se ; i e lang , nage ieeently address other. Thus, for instance, we are told in an ed by Lord George Berestk::!l to the electera of article on European Turkey, that " Men are the county of Waterford conveys, with all the what they are made by their Rulers ;" and the ac curacy and force that language admits, the writer quarrels with Mr. Madden m adden for aintaining only feeli n g s u p on the sub j ect we are now de writer the Turks never beood citizens sirens of cultivating — feelings w hich ought to or at good soldiers. can When we come turn g to an article be applauded and cherished indeed by every on s . me Finance Committee we find a contrary man in the United Empire, in whose eetiroa doctrine !it'd down with the greatest complacency. tion the peace, prosperity, and happiness of " An English or . a Scotch population (says the his country are objects worthy of regard :—" I Reviewer) woula have made Ireland another a lwa y s considered the late question as purely 1 handers, Grenada, or 1- ombardy. Her lawyers political ; as such , while that question was tell her, that misgovernment Ls left her one of under discussion, I openly a nd c en s cie ntiousl y item g the poor and barbarous kindoms, We would opposed it. The Legislature in its wi s udged differently, and has p assed the Re say that religious dissension may palliate, but Bill. The Jaw of the land is thus cannot exculpate her backwardness. A weak fief e ssentially altered ; to it I bow, and I hold mind leans for excuse upon circumstances-=-u strong one creates them. Her children are it the bounden duty of every goes' ;lib ject to co-operate in bringing about that happy brave—we believe generous. If they now tea ch result which the Legislature contemplated, and themselves the virtues of peace, steadiness, con to obliterate every trace of the divisions which tent, frugality, temperance, foresight, we may, have too long kept Irishmen asunder." The as ne do, look forward," &c. Government is 1 feelings; thus admirably expresses! .ere incompa the tapirs of all the evils of Turkey, but Govern tittle, tio doubt, with a desire to exaggerate the m ent has nothing to do with the evils of Ireland ! evils which now afflict Ireland, or to draw from Both views are narrow ; but we shall not enter them the subject of a melancholy triumph oyer further into time gubject.—lbid. those who differed from us in opinion eluting A Morning Paper throws out a hint that ti 1.2 tb4 past discussion ; but on the other hand, late postponement of the : 4miiecil at Windsor they ceetairdi do not require what no feelings was owing to his Majesty's dislike to yegeive the t h a t are pure ap4 honourable ever can require, •,-abandonment Common Sergeant as the Representative s c , t? she that audacious and impelncipe(l Recorder. Some persons are very fond of 1. 1 .- d i truth, without which it eatnnet npyy be the ring their own disl4,es upon other people ; pretssiaked that Ireland is in a satisfactory stri a te, and the report in question, we have little doubt, or that any .74'0 sympto o'f improvement haS originated in the known aversion wh3 s ch the Re- yet been exhibited isa this dition of society in corder has expressed to Mr. Denman being his that co untry. We strenuously reeinted the measure • substitute upon the occasisi. This is said, in of last Session (as we sho - uldnow rest it if it the present Instance, to have o:sown itself so de- were yet to pass), up to the very me ment ,when cidedlf, that upon Mr. Denman ,be i i mi g required the Royal Aeaenst hael converted it into a pe rena-. to prepare himself for masking the 1 - teport, ~,',:!,(1 nent law of the land, fsarthesr opposition was. sending Lotiee Recorder for the I:geese - era - papers, ,raeatess, and would have been distloy4,l e.tyainst the latter eleclitn,ed. delivering them, alleging a what lied raw become an irreversible law i IPY g • . , f right to appoin: his Nen Deputy ; and it vve.a yeopid ,grave f)i , ,en sheer folly to suppose that this not till the Court of Alden wet interfered, and law g,Nicl .ever revr,z2A unless by means of asserted this right to hse their Sot; , A 'i see the papers civil war. Gur .opp - 9. sltiO n,ifierefof i e, was declared were consigned to the kends of the sZsmrrion from that moment to IV .;it ,ii' em it, and we eaneot Serjeant. A for i I any dislike Tieing e sstertamtialnow unite or sympathise wish ilissee, hut ,bust,, . 1 . , towards Mr. Denman in the high b quarter alluded i on iii ; g contrary, indignantly renounce nine' ,Ityl . - 40, we do not 'give it the .sl' b h i , test credit. gven I sparingly e,saldemn them who seek a poor com if a feeling of tbiskind ever • • existed, it was weA I oensation far 'their late defeat in exaggeratine known to have been buried in • ' ' ' ' which still ceserwhelin Ireland, oblivion when m ilia ; calamities Mr. Denman received a •ailk gown , N o man is I and who seem to regard the cosavalsions more estitnalale in private life or in his profes- m and misery at * iietion in no an lit light than as lm or i iion than Mr. Dean. Ns there any m • may bear testurioay to their political presci- ence, and serve for the aliment by which alone they can sustain their factious existence and their party pride. But our sense of duty equally prevents us from aiding the daily attempts of our former opponents to deceive the British public, and forbids us, either in honour of the Act of last Session, or from any other motive, to lend our sanction to so monstrous a delusion as that which represents Ireland to have already made any sensible advance towards concord and ' tranquillity. We cannot cry peace when there is no peace. We cannot so prostitute language as to apply terms adequate only to the descriptio n of local feuds or disorders, to a state and temper of society, in which the great bulk of the lower orders of the people sympathise with murder and protect the assassins—in which criminals stained with blood, and known to be so by their whole neighbourhood, can securely deride the power of Government and the authority of the Law—in which the assembled Magistrates of counties deem it necessary to apply to the supreme au thority of the State for extraordinary and uncon stitutional means of protection—in which the highest Officers of the Crown, and religious in structors wholly unconnected with any established institution, bear joint and equal testimony to the existence of extensive combinations of the lower classes against the social rights and the personal safety of their superiors—and in which the man popular and skilful in the arts of popu larity above every other, knows no better way to secure the continued attention and favour of the people than by agitating the country in favour of a measure, which every body perceives (and none more clearly than those who are expected to promote it), would dissever Ireland from Great Britain, and lead to the utter extirpation of Protestantism in the former country. These symptoms of the condition of Ireland are indeed not new, and cannot therefore be fairly charged to the account of any recent enactment : but neither can a measure which was expected to allay agitation and extinguish strife, be said to have succeeded, since these evils are still seen to exist in unabated virulence.—Morning Post. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 9.—ln whatever light the pro ceedings of the Special Commission at Cork may be regarded in England, they have had the effect of exciting here an universal sentiment of dissatisfac tion agai▪ nst the Government. One party appre hend the worst consequences from the failure of the prosecuti▪ ons, and the impunity of the parties impli cated in the transactions out of which they sprung; while all men, whose sympathies are engaged on the side of the peasantry, inveigh against the conduct of Government in seeking to take the lives of so nu merous a body of prisoners as those arraigned at Cork, upon no better evidence than that of three informers of the most scandalous character. The difficulty of procuring testimony in general may be acknowledged ; but in the case of a conspiracy so en o-, ), bold, and extensive, as that which the Soli citor-General described this conspiracy at Doneraile to be, it is not possible to suppose proofs of a less exceptionable nature would have been wanting. The principal circumstance of corroboration on which that Law Officer relied, in itself of the most trivial description, was that the prisoners had been seen by another person to subscribe a paper in the manner described by the chief witness for the prosecution— such paper being represented to he an engagement to perpetrate the murder in question—but the per son called to substantiate this fact turned out to be the first cousin, of the informer, to be himself a man of infamous character, and, above all, no such fact was mentioned in the original depositions. It ap peared also that the several informers had ample ' opportunity for making up their tale in concert. In a speech made by Mr. O'Connell, at Youghal, he imputes to the Solicitor-General a knowledge of this material discrepancy between the depositions and 1 subsequent evidence. Without pronouncing an opi nion for myself, I must say that a strong impression against the candour of the Solicitor-General in the conduct of these prosecutions, extensively prevails. He did not, perhaps, act in a manner very different from whatrnaogre their protestations—most Crown prosecutors pursue; but his conduct at Cork ap, pears in very disadvantageous contrast with the liberality whiCh he professed at Clonmel. On pe rusing tire evidence, it is difficult to imagine how any acute and intelligent man could ask a Jury for a verdict on the strength of it; and we must sup pose the whole of the facts to have been within the knowledge of the Solicitor-General from the first, although it was not until the fourth day that Mr. O'Connell arrived, and that through his ingenuity the truth was publicly elicited. The unanimous and instantaneous acquittal of the prisoners on the last trial, by a Jury exclusively Protestant, may be regarded as decisive of the character of the evidence seen in its full extent; and, accordingly you may observe, that although the Journals here which ad vocate harsh measures were pretty free in their strictures on the dissent'ent Juror on the second trial, they do not now attempt to sustain the case against the prisoners. The fact, no doubt, is, that the Irish Government suffered itself to be persuaded by the local Magistrates to institute these proceed ings, which have had so abortive an issue. It can. not be that Mr. Joy and Mr. Doherty would have advised the Special Commission, if left free to the exercise of their own discretion; and it is very pro hiMe that the Solicitor-General, whose reputation the event will affect very injuriously, was a reluc tant instrument, The conduct of Judge Torrens has given great dissatisfaction, while that of his co. adjutor, Baron Pennefather, meets with ail applause. Very contrary reports are in circulation with re r.pept to the character of Mr. Going, the unfortunate der g yrr; c 4; who lately fell a victim to resentment, excited i)y his eiiiarts to set his tithes. His idi vidual merits, however, are , ip politieal point of view, of little importance , wh ile the 1 .. 00 he hap met furnishes fresh proof of the inconvenience of the preaetip mode of supporting the Church Esta blishment. I thip'k: lit the disposition to resist the payment of tithes ts stFongpr than ever; and now that the great subject of atKe- 7 thp Catholic Question—is no more, you may prepare to seg4 union of Catholics and Brunswickers against this me;,t: pbnoxious impost. The Church is by no means so strr e F,; here as it was, nor as it is sup prised ,to he. - Tkie Irish gentry are little inclined to the ferVoors of religicips dev?tii?ii; they have lresppet for the Varsoit's ministry, y, arid lovt upon him in no at ight chip , an incumbrancer o.n, their estates. It is true, tl4 giep,f krPillea are pot without regard for an establishment which agoras so comfortable a provision for their offspring ; but ioaspleell as an elder brother often pays in his cha• I'racier suf t ia,n,dkord what the cadet receives in his character of rei.tob tie case is not so clear as might be imagined. There are &WA ot;;;Frr inortant con siderations to be in cluded i n COMpitang ti.s p . r,..;;' gable strength of res i st ance to a modification irtrthe t'eliiireir ;s,tablisliment. The first is, that t he Bishops in Iretaiii eirloy a much larger share of the'patronage of livings than 6127 do in England. The second is the'vagt - disproportion Between tit; it):. Co,r,rqa :cf the superior dignitaries and the operative clergy.. Vii4esi;,4. s 1cr51:::9,7, an Irifili 'Protestant holds afford him a reaso nable cba4e- g ' 9 E a 14iih,,kr,10c that rang, and PnrYs ,t l ch a family Deanery, or unless he be someho w en nitegted with inftlence.asmay Erie of the greatest prelatic dispensers of all good gifts, the Irish Church really holds out small pros peet :)(calvaittep tg) him. The emoluments of the Irish Cilui CII art'l.kE.t.fei ,atp,spgst a comparatively small number of fam,illies, ,No loan enteric,.; t. , , Dio cese can calculate on being preferred; . .tlycnigh ,12. T merits, to any of its benefices. It is liae, that a fortunate Plebeian, like the Archbishop of D ublin, is now and the/di elevated to the Bench. He draws after him his host of sons and nephews, and a con tingency of this kind is too remote deeply to affect the mind. The weakness of the Establishment lies in this—that it affords nothing like a fair opening for a man of respectable conduct and talents. Thus there is no ,trong sense of attachment in the mass of the Protestant body of Ireland to the present system ; and the politician is no visionary, who looks forward to an abolition of that most odious and per nicious of all institutions, the Tythe System. As evidence of the speedy decay of religious animosities, I ought to mention that, in Derry, Mr. George Dawson is now so popular as to be inde pendent of his farmer patrons, the Beresfords ; and that even the apprentice boys of that redoubtable city are ready to embrace their Catholic countrymen. Meantime the miserable relics of the Orangemen of this country have had a meeting at Garragh, where a Clergyman, the Reverend I. Graham, was in com mand, and distributed the warrants for the new officers, bearing the sign manual of the Duke of Cumberland, us Grand Master, which the Rev. Gentleman warned his brethren they were not to mistake for —military commissions ! ! ! There is some expectation of Lord Killeen's be coming a candidate for Meath, in the room of Lord Bective, now Marquis of Headfort.—Correspon dent of the Morning Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. IS. DE BERENGER V. 11AMMEL. In this cause the plaintiff (the Baron de Beren ger) had filed a bill praying for an account, and that the Court would dissolve the partnership that sub sisted between him and the defendant. The subject of the partnership was - a patent water-proof gun. The SOLICITOR•GENERAL (with Whom was Mr. HILL) was heard in support of the prayer of the bill. The evidence, which was very voluminous, was then read. it consisted principally of letters that had passed between the parties, and they were written in a very ungry tone. Mr. HORNS opposed the prayer of the bill. The facts of the case were these. The Baron de Be renger, who was a dealer in inventions, invited the defendant to purchase one of these articles. After many communications, the defendant entered into partnership with the Baron in the profits which were to result from a certain novel invention for making gun-locks water-proof. At the foot of the agreement was a memorandum, which recited 17 other inventions of the Baron's, all of which the defendant was to have the liberty of purchasing in preference to any other person. A patent for the water-proof gun was taken out by the Baron, at the expense of the defendant, who .advanced 360 guineas. The patent was taken out in June, 1824, and now the disputes between the parties began. The defendant naturally wished that models of the said gun should be made, for without this the in vention could be of no use. The Baron had fur- nished nothing but pictures of the gun hitherto. At length, in October, 1824 , , a model was begun, but the Baron stopped the workman, and refused to complete it unless the defendant advanced more money. This the defendant would not do unless made acquainted with the wo►kmen who were to be employed; and, beginning to suspect that the in vention was all moonshine, he moreover required that the model should be exhibited to the public, and not to remain in the Baron's house at Kentish town. This was the state of the case. The Baron had got all the money he could out of the defendant, and he now came into a Court of Equity to get rid of the contract. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said that the simple question for him to decide was, whether the Court ought to dissolve this partnership. He understood the doctrine, as laid down by Lord Eldon in the case of " Waters and Taylor," to be this—that if it should be found that there existed an irrecon cileable animosity between two partners, the Court would dissolve the connection between them, be- cause it could not be to the advantage of either of them that it should continue. his order was there fore that it should be dissolved, that an account be taken, and that the patent, the subject of the part nership, be sold. He must res..rve father direc tions and costs, because it might turn out that there was no partnership property in this concern, and then each party would have to pay his own costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 13. TILE KING V. WATTS AND ANOTHER. Mr. KELLY stated that this case was tried before Mr. Baron GARROW and a special Jury at the last Assizes at Norwich, when a verdict of guilty was entered, with leave by the Learned Judge to the defendants to move to set it aside. This was an ea...officio information by his Majesty's Attorney- General against the defendants, Ireland Watts and Robert Watts, for obstructing and resisting certain officers of the Customs in the execution of their duty. The facts proved at the trial were these : On the 28th of December last there was some rea son to suspect that a landing of a quantity of pro hibited goods had taken place on the coast of Nor folk, in consequence of which Lieutenant Delafosse and five or six other persons employed in the Pre ventive Service, proceeded, on the Ist of January, accompanied by a constable, to the house of the de fendant Ireland Watts, at a distance of four or five miles from the place where the supposed landing had taken place. On arriving there, they produced a warrant, called a writ of assistance, and stated that they had come to search the house. The de fendant, Robert Watts, who was below, referred them to his brother, Ireland 'Watts, who was in the house. They then entered the house and pro ceeded to the first or second staircase. They were there met by the defendant, Ireland Watts, who asked them what reason they had for entering his boon. Lieutenant Delafosse replied, that they had come to search the premises. Ireland Watts then Said, " Produce your warrant." Lieut. Delafosse, producing u writ of assistance, said, " Here is my warrant," and read some part of it to the defendant, who observed that the document gave them no authority to search his house, but he told them that if they would send to Lord Suffield, the pFacest resident magistrate, or any other magistrate in the neightriirbood and procure a search -warrant, he would allow the premises to be searched. He proposed that the party should remain at the house while a messenger was despatched to I t nra Suffield, but he positively refused to permit a search ' tq }re made under the writ of assistance, Lieutenant Delafosse insisted op making the search, and produced a pistol and cutlass. The defendants made resistance, and one of the officers was collared, and pushed down stairs. ieutenant Delafosse and his party then proceeded tthe lower part of the house, and a messenger was sent to Lord Suffield. ills I,44lship arrived in a shot time, and on peing inade . acquaitited with what ltaci taben'plage, srii4 cOuld . n i dt presume to pro nounce any opinion us to the iiiitilorirf l uPlier which the officers acted; but he recommended that the deb fendant Ireland Watts should allow the officers to search the house. The defendant, on this intimation from his Lordship, expressed his willingness to per mit the to be made; but Lieutenant Dela fossethen refuse() ; " No; I shall now exchequer them;"' antl thenc• calihig . awuy his cers, took his departure. 'On the -proof df thge facts, the defendants were found guilty. There was iio evidence fp.at any smuggled goods had been de posited at the' defendanCs prctpises, nor were any facts' stated,'" showing' : that the officers had arty grounds for. The' libinCisihich he (Mr. i.sAfi),N. t 'the 'trial tin' thejiirt of the defend ants,4n4'WhiTch 4e :to* )i'44to'subMit to 'their LordultiA wits, tiPi e i P9t. q 1" der the writ of as36taneo to se4r6l) Pip Pipe, 40 that consequently the resistance on the part of the defendants, being unaccompanied with any unneces cary violence, was fully justified, and the defendants "Pb4 l 4 convicted under the present informa tion. • , After arguing this point at great length, anti wish far hi briskness. The putiluses for the week, Pndiag .- - „ A n SO inclusive, consist of 2,200 Surat at Sid. 4l• Bowed Bowed at stl. a 51d. ; 200 Carthagena at 4tall es " nr The favoursble intelligence from Liverpool and it er ia this morning, 12,000 bags Cotton sold at the 7::,40 1 three days at id. higher, and a better demand forr:,,, or e the latter, had some effect on our Cotton Market thi°'", ing; there is a steady and considerable busines do l 9l. Rica.—There is no alteration in Rice. OW. considerable force of reasoning, the Court, when the Learned Counsel . had concluded, granted the rule. WILSON V. COPELAND, ESQ. AND ANOTHER. Mr. CHITTY moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the defendants should not be set aside and a new trial granted. The action was in trover against the Sheriffs of Middlesex, for taking the plaintiff's goods under two writs of execution, against the effects of Lord Montford. The facts of the case were lately fully before the public. The COURT refused the rule, observing that the plaintiff ought to have called Lord Montford and Mrs. Bromley as witnesses at the trial. Mr. Justice BAYLEY said that it might be, and perhaps it was, hard that the plaintiff should lose his debt. His Lordship, however, hoped that Lord Montford would take care to indemnify him for his loss in this action. Orts.—There is a steady business doing in hi Oils, but there is no alteration in prices. TO' public sale, 40 tuns Sperm, 671. 10s. ; 15 tuns lit o pi ter 661. 10s. a 671. 10s.; 23 tuns Southern Oily x v- , 271. ss. ekt4the ASHES.—The late advance appears to have ch e demand for Ashes ; few sales are reported. Di# l3 IRISH PaovlsloNs.—There is no alteration in , Provisions this week. Ces . TEA.—There continues to be a fair demand fp s o r gous, in many cases at a small premium. Bob ess mand cost prices. Twankays are heavy. Hysons at to lid. profit. MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS, Nov. 13. John M' Tavish was indicted for assaulting Richard Onwin. Kant Pockets , • Sersex Ditto • • !Inez Ditto _ Farnham Ditto, Seconds Kent Bags PRICES OF HOPS.—Nova 13. 71 Os. Si. Ss. WIZ Oa. 61. 6s. 71. Od• W 6L 10s. 81. Gt. to 01. Os. 14/. Os. to 1 7 01. 01. Os. 111. Os to I A 9 1 . 61. Os. 71. 7s. to St. 15s. 61. 10s, to t y . 71. N. 71. Oa. to Mr. PHILLIPS, in stating the case, said it was necessary he should mention that the prosecutor had the misfortune to have his wife elope from him, and at the time of the assault in question she was living in a handsome house she had taken in the Albany road, under the assumed name of Thompson. Both prosecutor and defendant are upholsterers, and had been on terms of intimacy, the defendant having repeatedly shared the hospitality of the former, and been introduced to his wife, :so that it was - impos sible he could mistake her person. On the day in question, the prosecutor, to his surprise, met them walking arm-in-arm. He went up, with the inten tion of having some conversation with his wife, and for this purpose drew her aside, but the defendant interposed, and addressing her said, "-Place your self under my protection Mrs. T." Mrs. T., or rather Mrs. Onwin, did so, and on the prosecutor attempting to remove her arm from the defendant's he was struck by him, knocked down, and used in a shameful manner. After hearing evidence to this effect, the Jury, without hesitation, found the de fendant guilty. Ihe CHAIRMAN, in pronouncing sentence, ob served that the defendant had been most properly convicted. The circumstances out of which the assault arose were calculated to arouse the feelings; but these circumstances the Court could not take into its consideration, they being beyond its province to decide. The defendant had acted in an ungene rous and improper manner, and the sentence of the Court upon him for the assault was, that he pay a fine of 51. to the King. The money was immediately paid. Essex Ditto Sussex Dittc PRICE OF POTATOES.—Nov. 13. to o New Ware PRICE OF OIL. , a , 6 Rape Oil, brown —....—... 411. N. ........... Refined ....../11'1 6 Linseed Oil 1.0•••••••W••••••••••......... 11 1,1 Linseed Oil Cako at the Mill, per th0t55iu1d.................. b ' Rape Cake, per tun ""_........ ••••" _ . PRICES OF LEATHEA. A to rer lb. r a t 0 Tanned Horse Hides.. Sirmish Ditto rer dozen. 0 Calf Skint...SG to 4411 b. Ditto to 7011 x P Ditto to SUM 0 Small Seals . Cirbenlatniz Per lb. 8utt5............50 to 561 b... Ditt0...........60 to 661 b.... Dressing Hide 5............ Fine Coach -Hides ........ Crop Hides. 35 to 401 b. Ditt0.,............45 to 501 b Ditto d. to d. IN 191 21 22 14 16 Is 19 14i 16 17 19 19 20.1 W- HITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. -4g"' YI N -404.0 d. to Ots. Od. I Clover dos.TOX Straw32i. Od. to 40i. ott 0 R 0 AW s. d HIDE S. 4 1. i Per Stone. s.d. to . Per sfone. i n . Best Heifers & Steers 3 0 3 4 Ordinary 0 Middlings 2 4 210 Market SHE SKINS. Wool , N. Od EP . .11 . .(kL to A ''' D0wn5,.....*....-. is. Olt. tO IS. 6.1 .2 AP, &c. per ft216.-- , °•01,j, Yellow scv Mottled fil* itka Graves t r- Good Dreg5..3.....;;;;.....,••• PRICE OF TALLOW, SO . Town Tallow 40s. 6d. Yellow Russia :l7s. Od. White 39s Gd • Soap 36d. 6d. Melted 335. O. Ditto Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone et tilh-l•Nov • 1 40. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow blelters) PRIC OF CANDES. The price of Store Candl E es, in the retail L hop ss is as . 00000, 00. 3andles. per doe. Bs. Od. to Oa. Od. Moulds. per'ddleu DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE Charlotte COAL 51 A 11 314. Od, 32 3 32 0 32 6 32 0 29 3 29 0 30 9 ET.—Nov. 13: $4 4 •6 Walla Paul NewMare''' . 0 6 Ditto Pearetli«...--•*^^s 31 , Ditto 11 95 6 Ditto Russell's 3 Ditto Walker 51 Lambton's Primros e s'96 6 Walls Hid Iletton... ,#. 0 6 Walls End Lyons,;"'' 54 6 Walls End Stewar t ?,,, 01 3 ~ Russell's Helton's 0 0 Blackboy 4 6 Blyth 11 0 Cohn Trimsaran•••••" — SI 0 Hartley 4i 6 Stone Coal Dritn..--"s"'4 o 0 W. E. Henderson --"'""Iff 6 Warder!' •LlanellY ••••••". 9, 1 Adtnes.Trader .•••••••• s— > 0 Sherif!'"lill Trader •"":_,;11 0 Tyne mill ti 0 Walls End small a 1 9 Wear small /14' ni sold; 54},i ---Ulu° BY A MERCHANT. liebidurn Main ...........„.. Holywell....w. Killingworth MANCRESTER, Nov. 11.—On Tuesday evening a considerable sensation was excited in this town by the report that John Poole, Esq., one, of our prin cipal cotton merchants,. had made a desperate at tempt upon his own life. It appears that Mr. Poole, about eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, went into the Hen and Chickens public-house, in Oldham street, ut which he was in the habit of occasionally calling. Having seated himself, as usual, in a small parlour, or " snug," adjoining the bar, he called for and drank two glasses of hot brandy and water in the course of a very few minutes, and then drew a small percussion pistol from his pocket, and placing the muzzle immediately under his right ear, dis charged it. Medical assistance was immediately sent for, and it was found that the ball had pene trated the neck, but that the brain was not at all affected. The causes which have led the unfortu nate gentleman to perpetrate this rash attempt upon his own life are not at present with certainty known. Mr. Poole was highly respected in the town, and swo years ago he filled the responsible office of se churchwarden of Manchester—one of the very .ew posts of honour which this municipality has to bestow. He inherited from his father an indepen dent fortune, and ha: always been accounted a man of property; but his transactions in trade have of late been much more limited than formerly. Kentol West LiddelPg Main,.,... Pon top Windsor Tan f laid Townley, Willington 32 6 Wylam Walls End Brown's 31 0 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 33 0 Ditto Bensham ...... .. 29 6 Walls End Boundary 'l9 0 Ditto Clarke and Co. 30 9 Walls End Carr and Co. 2tl 0 Ditto Cramlington„......... 23 0 Ditto Hilda 31 6 Ditto 31 6 Ditto. 33 0 Ditto Northumberland 32 0 Ships at market, 1264--31: Tits Vj/0011. COUNTRY CO Wheat. Dar!ey . . Per Quarter. Ashburn--............. Basingstoke ........... Bath 56 64 48 73 48 '72 48 70 64 72 48 60 59 63 56 72 60 70 56 72 64 76 56 . 77 52 70 313 24 38 30 40 30 40 36 40 23 35 35 38 27 40 28 36 30 86 28 44 36 48 28 38 - 34 21 38 32 37 18 9 0 ' 44 24 30' s; se 15 9 0 so ts .94 40 19 29 48 40 23 Is ti 20 4 ,1 Si 16 SO s 4 24 56 s 46 52 1 . 0 ru 39 4 0 24 SO 90 -- 40 20 90 j. o. d. d. 5 2 7 6 0 " Bridgewater Chesterfield ........... Derby .---...... Derives —........... Doncaster ---...... Dorcheiter----. Gloucester---... Hunger ford —... Leice5ter.«............. Newbury 36 eiti 56 64 Romney Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet Sherborne-- 62 74 60 69 32 45 32 36 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. Taunton Yeovil Per Bushel. Shrewsbury 60 66 s. d. s. d. 90 104 32 -6 s. d. s. d. 54 70 LONDON MARKETS. (From the London Nets Price Current of yesterday.) Suwart.—The Sugar Market this week has been more firm ; the repeated offers of the buyers at low prices have been rejected, and in consequence the sellers have obtained the full market rates, at which the sales are more consider able than for some time past. The estimated sales of the week are 2,500 khds. and trs. The Sugar market at the close of this day looks like a revival of trade, but the prices are not improved; the sales 48s. a 51s. appear to be at rather lower rates ; the chief purchases are made by the refiners. In the Refined market there has been little al teration in prices ; the market is dull, except for goods 759. a 775. Molasses are still lower. There is au im provement in the demand for Refined Goods this afternoon for the home trade; every description of goads goes off at fair steady prices, except in low lumps ; the latter are very heavy. Foar.tcs: SUGARS.—There are no sales of Havannah Sugars ; there are considerable inquiries after them by the Mediterranean houses, but no actual sales. The purchases of Brazil consist of about 200 chests, principally low white Pername at 255., and some low brown to yellow 17s. a 19s. 6d. The public sale of Porto Rico Sugars, 410 Mids., were all taken in ; there were no offers made. EAST INDIA S U GARS.—The re-sales of the Sugar of the late India House sale continue to be made at an advance of Is. a ls. 6d. ; they are chiefly low whites. COFFEE.—The Coffee market has been rather languid, but there is no further reduction in the prices. The public sale this forenoon consisted of 80 casks British Plantation; the good to fine mid. Jamaica sold at 735.; the Demerara and Berbice said at rather better pikes. Coffee market more firm. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.--The sales of Rum lately are confined to small parcels to the trade, and al hough the market has a languid appearance, yet no parcels are pressing on the market for sale. It is understood that the Government contractors have purchased considerable parcels of low Lecwards at Livet pool. HEMP, FLAX, AND TaLLow,—The Tallow Market is more firm, owing to the small arrivals and the approach of the close of the season. In Hemp or Flax there is little alteration. The letters from St. Petersburgh are dated the 28th ult. Exchange 10d. 21-32. Tallow 97, sellers 96. Bought 253 to 300 at 97. Shipped off 1115,300. Ships arrived 820, ditto sailed 694. Far er,—Another cargo of new Currants consisting o 120 butts and 160 earth., was brought to public sale on Tuesday, the owner of which appeared more disposed to sell and meet the views of the buyers, and consequently submitted to a reduction of 3s. from the prices realized for the small quantity disposed of at the public sale of last week ; only part, however, were taken c tf, the butts at 775., and crtls at 78s. On Wednesday the importers of the first cargoes, to effect a sale, submitted to a further re duction of 2s„ and they are nosy on tap with the cargo offered on Tuesday at 755. Yesterday a very large sale of old Currants took place, consisting of 358 butts and 82 crtls. Cephalonia and Zante, in the prices of which also a very consid , ,Table fall was submitted to, good Zante Core l ai4s being . sold Lt 90, at wliiodi price a fair coantity was taken off. 1,006 boxes and • Nubs 11 Valentin Raisins, and 1,7 95 baskets New Denia Raisins , 4 ,11 1 r t1, t were also offered yesterday , but no t a lot a ppeared to be MARRIE D. C. Jc i fel' 9 , l disposed of, the Valentin being taken i n at 48s . t o 495 . , an d On the 10 th inst. at Gar ra ve Craven , j, Denias at 375. Figs continue to be taken off at low prices only son of C. 11. Turner, Esq. of Rook's - T: el s oli by private contract in small parcels, but the demand for Henrietta Foutness, youngest daughter of Al is 5 Fruit at present does not appear to he very general. This of Eshton Ball, Yorkshire. saybares and 1,000 half boxes New Valentia On Wedn,sday, the 11th inst., trt Ste l'e /1,11); Raisins; taken' in at 48 s. a 4 . 95. ; 700 baskets {few Lienia coun ty o f Glou c ester, 6) -, the 'lll4. ' 9 '; Olel ) Raisins, talc n ira at 87e. ' ' y Elizabeth O'Bryen td M.' GbersaGroe' SricEs.—There is little Pepper offering under 3d. A L a dy s hi p was' giveir away by 1 • father, • apt t V c ter lit few salts of second qua lit y Mace and Nutinegs are re- of Beaufort. p a ter aura, rti ported. Pimento is again i d. row e r . - • I On the 12h inst. at Wimbledon, ra sf° Cocon.--).'his day , 42p , barrels 68 bap Cocoa ; fine of Durneford Lod t 1 WiMblediatt;' to Mari . te n Triaidird-sold'sos. a 514., good Grenada Q.E.3i. a 3,5.. .• df • Slci•Ser, .taane; B-1 " far o of ' Isnaco.—'f be demand for fritigo has ri'gain slibsidcd ; common. •• the sales are inconaiderable.; the prices main at 'die India On the 9th inst. at Windsor, Mr. g uri , ' ,ll l ''' flouae's * Jale rates. • • • wish, to Mary Sophia, eldest surviving J"" Tphaj4,o - 77 -4: 3 0e Inhar..Fo are epnlined to small lala;thew, Esq. of the former place. parcels to the trade, and u puteiaao iigh; 124ey Ksp: PTP: c;' °° tacky for export, about 3d. On the 9 th iust. at Littleton, •-•' fac e. Hors.—The Hop Market is very dull ; the prices are daughter of Thomas Wood, E , O• of that again lower ; the new Si. 10s. a '7l. The duty is now declared at 39,8661. 10s. 60. and a ft action. Co - jun.—ate Cotton 'Mulct is steady, but without 4 r ----- -----___--_-- ----___— BIRMINGHAM 11ARKETS.—Nor. 12. .01 1 Coax MAKKE'r.—We have had a good suppe:efor descriptions of Grain at to-day's market, and a free toy Wheat. Barley is in very bad condition , and &Oct' quit. All other articles in the trade are dull. 4 ' 5 . d. to 4 i ) '', l Wheat, 0 56 40 per 621 b. Barley, per Imperial quarter T.2 0 0 ts wo Malt Pease : is 0 Ig 0 _ 15 0 4 0 Beans, per bag of 10 score gross Oats, per 391 b. Fine Flour, per sack of 25 0 1 b. Seconds 44 0 . te SMITH FIEL D. —This day's market exhibite.:4 Or, supply of prime Beasts or Sheep, and higher Pr i ° `ip 10 obtained for the beet Beef. But few Iris h F' , I ket ; prices about the same as on Thursday Isit',3.o3'; Beef (per lb.) 4ld. to 4d. Veal (per lb.) ......... . Mutton Porkers SCOTCH MARKETS. , ~ 0 , o r EDINBURGH CORN MAltliKl'.---,°", Iti.',',, at We had a large supply of Wheat to-day; be 1 . fori, el o % a rent from 475. to '7os. A middling supp l y 58. L' A last prices ; best 375., current from 2Ss. to S o ; eo lo t ; fair supply ; best 255., current from 2th b ia s A I middling supply of Pease and Beans, an d f l best 365., current from 28e. to 34e. , r , A sc, Wheat. Barley. I Oats. ,„„. e - ( e. First Second Third PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C' 0.0 . 4,1 . • .. 0 0 Beef, per lb. .•. Os. 3d. toOs. 6d. Fresh Butte r, 1 OD 0 Mutton.-- 0 3 0 6 Salt Ditto..-''fi 6 ° 0 Veal _ 0 5 0 8 Ditto, per trot. 1 0 0 0 Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per do, s 0 p/ 6 Lamb, per qr. 1 0 2 6 OatStraw(kl" 9 0 ti Tallow, cwt.... 32 6 33 0 Wheat Di tto -0 0 0 0 Quartern Loaf 01) 010 Barley Ditto,' 0 6 Potatoes. 17111). 0 4 0 0 Hay, per st ,- ' p.). e t , , ~. ,SoV• ~,0( EDINBURGH MEAL MABEE'' , ' a 01' - We had a large supply of Oatmeal at 1°- 6j je'P'i .: which sold heavily at last week's prices. Per Sack of 28C1b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second Fir s l t, ' O r a S d t t r t ° t ne : e ............ ......................... 1 ; , 11 . 1 Second ditto Barleymeal 1 10 (I Bari e yineal.. ........ . ~,0( . 1 Peasemeal 1 10 0 Peasenical ............... ' 1 Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 145.-11 d, 165.)-. 3 d. 1 . MARKET. —Nov • r 11 kinds of Grail,' 1 0) , ) •,0 1 9 10 0 , pt GLASGOW CORN There is a fair demand for are rather higher. Wheat, per 2101 b. British, old s. d. s. d. Oats, per %.8 1113 * 32 0t034 0 Irish ......... .. ....... 25 0 29 0 British ...... . ........... 33 0 34 0 Beano, .'er r" - el, 0 24 0 1 Engjish .. . . ... w••• Sattisli .... ......... P eas e, Scottish 1. O a tmeal, per 1 1 Fl ou r, per' ,301 _____,U**** --- new Canada, free Irish , Barley, per 32011). English 27 0 IC 0 Scottish 2O 0 '47 0 Irish 22 0 25 0 ° BIRT EIS. f ClO f On the 13th inst. Mrs. James R e eves, 0 - tb' a daughter. of On 12th is t. at Loyfek a li, Leict4olo4°. seatot . Sir hreileiick FuWke, Bart., Lady daughter. n _ PRINTIED AND PUBLISHILD • BY bIURVs'I,OOGO THZ SUN OFFICIE, 112, saArb9) nior Briorol 31 0 Oats ilea"o,l so oa 0