The Sun. — London, England, 1829-09-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have been distressed by meeting about town, within these few days, small parties of young men, in threadbare foreign uniforms, who seemed emaciated by hunger, and broken down with suffering. On inquiry, we learned that they were some of the unfortunate Spaniards who had fled to Portugal two or three years ago, and had found refuge in the benefi cence of the Princess Regent. Soon after Niguel's arrival at Lisbon, he crammed these miserable creatures into prison ships, and there detained them in a state of severe priva tion, until the other ,day, when he determined on banishing them altogether from Portugal. Being allowed their choice of country they should repair to, a considerable number preferred France or Belgium (as we have been informed), while others, possibly about 300, were attracted to England by the accounts which had been circu lated of the kindness shown to their countrymen here. After a voyage in which the masters of the passage-vessels behaved to them with the utmost humanity and tenderness, they landed here, the great majority of them without a far thing in their pockets, and how they made their way to London it is difficult for us to conceive. In London, however, they have been for a week or more, houseless, pennyless, and despairing. It appears that as there is no provision for these wretched men, either on the Government , list, or from the funds intrusted to the com mittee, they have no means whatever of finding either shelter or food. For sustenance, as they have no settlement or parochial claim, God knows, but we do not know, how or where they can procure it. Many—we believe most of them—lie in the open air all night,—now, when the nights begin to prove sharp, and in thin and scanty garments, fitted only to a Portuguese summer. There is, surely, or was, not long since, a building open to the houseless wanderer by night, and furnished with straw enough for wretched outcasts to repose upon, under the title of " Refuge for the Destitute." We would submit respectfully to the supporters of that wise and useful Institution, that they cannot employ whatever unoccupied space may be at their dis posal with more signal benefit to the cause of humanity, than by permitting the poor exiles abovementioned to occupy a portion of the spare straw bedding in the " Refuge for the Destitute," from night to night. This pressure on the bounty, or rather the indulgence of the sub scribers, cannot in the nature of things continue long, for the men are starving, and must very shortly perish. If we are incorrect in supposing that such a house still remains accessible to the unsheltered poor, there is a resource which might be available by the Quarter-Master-Gene ral, or by the Ordnance (whichsoever depart ment it may appertain to) —we mean some one of the numerous barracks which are scattered through the southern counties, and which, since the war, have been uninhabited, except by a barrack-master or his seijeant. Any of these empty buildings might, at the pleasure of his Majesty's Government, be made subservient to the above charitable use ; and a slender ration per diem of bread or potatoes, with table-beer or milk, would at an easy rate furnish the un happy creatures with means " to keep life and soul together" for a little while, banished as they have been even from the floating dungeons to which an angry tyrant had doomed them. We throw out these hints with great respect for the consideration of gentlemen in office, as suggest ing claims upon their Christian charity which they on whose behalf we supplicate are them selves unable to bring forward. While on this subject of Spanish suffering, we would recom mend to the gentlemen who take the most active part in administering the funds of the com mittee, some notice of one or two particulars which have reached us in the form of animadver sion, complaint, or suspicion, but to which we call their attention in no unfriendly spirit.-1. It is illeged—and we repeat it only because the statement can, with so much facility, be denied if unfounded—that portions of the general fund have gone in irregular grants to individuals whose names were either not in the list at all, or ap peared there as being those of persons in the receipt of less sums than had actually been be stowed upon them. We would submit, that where extra bounties, beyond the ostensible weekly allowance, have been given to any persons out of a charity fund, a great delicacy ought to be observed in procuring the sanction of a full committee to the particular disbursement, and that a distinct record of the grounds on which it is sanctioned should be immediately entered up.-2. It has been asked, when on the first occasion a large sum—namely, some hundreds of pounds—was stated to have been laid out in donations to individual Spaniards, with the view of enabling diem to quit the country—it has been proposed to us, we say, to ask, what num ber of persons had actually at that period re ceived such gratuities from the committee or its officers, what were the names of such persons, and what and at what period the sum given to each P—lt is quite obvious that there can be established no check so complete and satisfac tory, upon fraudulent applications to the com mittee, by Spaniards of disreputable charac ter, as the certainty that the names of aa who succeed in such applications, and the professed object of them, will be invariably made public ; and thus the whole body of Spaniards (who are well known amongst each other) be enabled to judge whether or not the members of the Committee or its officers have yielded credence and granted favour to false representations made by worthless men. We are indeed of opinion, that even a surmise of such a misapplication of bounty from a fund so sacred, ought to induce the parties to make known the particulars without reserve. 3d. As publicity ie the essence of all confidexce, it would be desirable for the Committee to print every quarter, an exact statement of their ex peuditure for the preceding three months ; and when, as before mentioned, any extra grants have been made, the name of the individual, the amount of the sum, and the purpose for which given, ought to be distinctly recorded. One large sheet would suffice for this excellent ob ject, and 100 copies might be struck off, of which 20 should be distributed among the prin cipal Spaniards, and one of the remaining 80 sent to each daily London newspaper, to be either published, or retained at the office, for the inspection of those who might desire it. We beg to be understood as speaking out upon this .subject, with a perfect assurance that our frank ness will be candidly and not unkindly taken, — We lire well aware that some of the most distin guished names which adorn this kingdom are to be found among the members of the Spanish Committee ; but we also feel that in this, as in every charity, the real management for the most part falls on two or three more active indivi duals ; and it is in truth a debt of justice to th e m, to convey publicly to their knowledge, ob servations which they might otherwise never hear, except through channels and motives with which we disclaim all connexion. 4. We have been requested to obtain a public statement, on the authority of some manager, of the last Spa nish Bazaar, specifying the hands in which the sum resulting from the sale of the articles was deposited, and the purpose (if other than the ordinary purposes of the Committee-fund) to which it was destined.—Times. The incredulity, real or affected, of the lead ing French Journals on the subject of the nego tiation in the East of Europe, and the ingenious speculations by which they support the extraor dinary inference, that peace is impossible with out a previous occupation of Constantinople, are calculated to excite an uncertainty by no means warranted by the real position of affairs. For the purpose of placing things on an intelligible footing, we shall briefly recapitulate the steps that have preceded and accompanied the pend ing negotiation, premising that we shall hazard no assertion upon any questionable authority : and we shall take this opportunity of repeating our already recorded opinions, that there is not only no impossibility opposed to the pacific ter mination of the present international discussions, but that this desirable consummation may be considered as on the eve of being accomplished. Immediately after the arrival of the Prussian Special Envoy, Baron Muffling, at the Ottoman Capital, he despatched a confidential attache to the head-quarters of the Russian Commander in-Chief. The simple fact, that the person so employed must of necessity pass through the positions occupied by the two hostile armies, shews that the measure must have had the sane- tion of both the contending parties. The indi vidual employed by Baron Muffling (we believe his Private Secretary) was charged to procure, if possible, an immediate suspension of hostilities ; but this was refused by the Russian Commander on the perfectly reasonable ground, that by sus pending his victorious career at that moment, he must lose the advantages to be derived from his previous scientific combinations. The fall of Adrianople and the occupation of advanced positions, by which it was in his power at any mo ment to march upon and invest Constantinople, served at once to confirm the overwhelming su periority of the Russians, and to alarm the Eu ropean Diplomatists resident at the Porte ; and the last named functionaries did, as we some time hack exclusively stated, conjointly address a Representation to the Count Diebitsch, point ing out the fatal consequences to be apprehended from the excited fanaticism of the Mussnlmans in case of a direct advance upon the capital, and announcing the willingness of the Sultan to treat upon the original basis. On this representation the Russian General agreed to a cessation of hos tilities, and consented to receive in his camp the Turkish Deputation authorised by the Sultan to open the negociation. It is scarcely necessary to allude to the now acknowledged fact of the Prussian guarantee conveyed by Baron Muffling to the Reis Effendi, and by that personage placed in the hands of the British Ambassador—a fact first communicated to the public in the columns of the Morning Chronicle. We have thus brought down our narrative to the opening of the negociation. Of the exact nature of the dif ferent conferences, or of the terms to be defini tively adopted, we do not profess to be in pos session ; but we know that it is more than ex pected that the adjustment of the terms will not be a matter of much time nor of extreme diffi culty, and that the conditions will be of such a nature as to redeem the pledges already given by the Emperor Nicholas, that he did not under take the war from motives of personal ambition, nor contemplate its conclusion as the consum mation of any views of territorial aggrandisement. To sum up all in one sentence, peace will be re established, as far as concerns Russia, on the basis of the treaty of Ackermann ; as relates to Greece, on that of the convention entered into by the three great Contracting Parties.--Morn ing Chronicle. The new police force commenced its opera tions last night, and attracted considerable notice, as well as gave rise to no inconsiderable portion of observation. That the public generally is indisposed towards it there can be as little doubt as that the watchmen, who have been supplanted by it, are inclined to form an unfavourable esti mate of its efficiency—but there can be no question that the plan has been well digested, and that if those who preside over its execution see it carried into full effect, it will, after the new policemen have gained some experience, be found to afford much greater protection to per son and property than they have hitherto en joyed. In adverting to this subject we cannot but express a hope that as many of the old watchmen as are capable of undertaking the duty, and able to produce satisfactory testimo nials of character, will be employed under the new system. There are many of them, there is little doubt, who are possessed of every requisite for the new service, and as employment is not at present within the reach of every one, we think it is little short of an absolute duty on the part of the Commissioners to give a preference to every one of them who is possessed of the requisite qualifications. There is also another observa tion which we deem it worth while to make in reference to this new police. One of the in junctions laid down for their special observance, is that of taking note of the manner in which public-houses are conducted, and giving in re ports respecting their hours of commencing and dosing business. To such orders there can be no valid objection, provided no further credit can he given to the reports than they may be foiind to deserve ; but we think it is really too much to subject Licensed Victuallers, first to .the informations of common informers, and next to the informations of policemen. There are many other classes, we think, who might more jivitly be subjected to this sort of espionage, which, when it is considered that it is directed against householders who must be possessed of some property, as well as a considerable share of respectability, before they could be allowed to embark in the trade, is truly odious. If the pew police is to act as spies in this respect, it would b.O but fair, at least, that the common in former should b. laid on the shelf.—Morning Advertiser. The complaint in one of his MAJESTY'S eyes is a cataract in the organ. A consultation has been held on the subject, at which we understand Mr. Pastors and Mi.. M,EX A NDER, the eminent oculists, assisted; and should it be do fined advisable that hi 9 MAJESTY should undergo en operation foe the recovery of his sight, it is to be performed by Mr. ALEX ANPER., wi,o operated so suc cessfully on the Earl of LONSDALE for a similar 4.-orn plaint, that his Lordship can now see as well as he did for )•e• •irs before the cataract w as formed. A catar ac t i s an obstruction of the pupil of the eye, by the intprposition of some eztrancous or opaque substance, which either dimi nishes or totally ezting!iish es the si g ht. It is g enerall y al opacity of the crystalline Immou, and in the hei 4 innin g win often yield to medicine ; but when this does nut hap. pen, and it becomes firm, it must be couched, or rather extracted.—Morning "Advertiser, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Philip Rodney, alias William Lloyd, a middle-aged man, dressed in the first style of fashion, was brought up charged with the following daring attempt at robbery : On Monday evening Mr. Ayres, the hat-maker, went to the English Opera House, and while wait ing for the opening of the pit doors he felt himself pressed behind and in front, and observed that he was surrounded by several well-dressed men, who appeared to be acting in concert. When the door opened these fellows hustled him, and the prisoner thrust his hand into his pocket, and had got his purse, in which were twenty sovereigns, partly out, when Mr. Ayres seized his hand and held it fast. The prisoner struggled very hard to get the purse, and called out to his companions, " The old -- won't let it go—bonnet him," and they did bonnet him as it is called ; viz. knock his hat down so as to cover his eyes completely. The prisoner again made a desperate pull at the purse, but Mr. Ayres still held it fast, and the whole gang then began " punch ing " him in the sides and back, and he called out lustily for help. Fryer, one of the police officers in attendance, with great difficulty made his way through the crowd and succeeded in taking hold of the prisoner, who even up to that moment had hold of Mr. Ayres's purse. A desperate attempt was made by the rest of the gang to rescue the prisoner, but Fryer, assisted by Mr. Ayres, who though advanced in years, is a very powerful man, kept him in custody, and conveyed him to the watch-house. A picklock key and a con siderable sum of money were found upon him. The prisoner said he was not the man, and hoped he might be allowed to go at large, as the gentleman had lost nothing, and he (prisoner) had a wife and eleven children at home. Mr. HALLS—Then you should endeavour to sup port them honestly. You are aware that we know you us a regular thief. The prisoner made no reply, and was fully com mitted. John Williams alias Catsmeat, the young man who on Thursday last was charged with stealing two bottles of wine and a quantity of brandy, the pro perty of Mr. Maddon, the landlord of the Ship, in James -street, Covent-garden, was brought up for final examination. Mr. Maddon said, he had caused his stock to be examined by the excise officer who visited his house, and he found that he was deficient in wine about 42 bottles, and in brandy about as many quarts. Mr. Haddon added, that the prisoner had stated, that he was proprietor of a public-house, and that the wine and brandy were his own property, and were brought from that house. But the fact is your Worship, said Mr. Maddon, he is not particular in what he says. Sir R. BIRNIE—No, nor in what he takes, I think. Mr. Maddon said, he had ascertained that the prisoner had taken away four bottles of wine at a time, and lodged them at different public-houses, pretending that he was in business for himself. Mr. Martin, the landlord of the Three Crowns, in Richmond -street, Rupert•street, which house the prisoner said he was the proprietor of, came for wardand declared he did not know theprisoner at all. William had nothing to say, and was fully com mitted. • v lIATTON.GARDEN. A young man, about eighteen years of age, who gave his name John Murray, and whose appearance bespoke that he had not partaken of a substantial meal for some time past, was brought before Mr. ROGERS, on a charge of stealing a quartern loaf from the shop of Mr. M'Carty, baker, Theobald's road, on the previous evening. The officer who had him in custody stated, that on Monday evening, about half-past seven, he heard a cry of " stop thief !" and took the prisoner with the loaf produced in his hand. Mr. ROGERS to the officer—Does Mr. M'Carty appear to press the charge 2—Officer : No, he de clines to appear. Mr. ROGERS—Give the loaf to the prisoner—he is discharged. The prisoner left the bar with the loaf under his arm, and appeared grateful for the lenity shown him. WORSHIP-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Monday night a re spectably dressed young man, named John Johnson, was placed at the bar before Mr. BROUGHTON, on a charge of assaulting - Chamberlain, on the King's highway at Iloxton, and robbing him of a silver watch. Charles Still, shopman to Mr. Goodburn, of Union-street East, pawnbroker, stated that he re ceived information this morning from a gentleman (who gave his name Chamberlain), that he was knocked down by five men on Sunday evening in Iloxton, who robbed him of a silver watch worth seven guineas, made - by Messrs. Dwerrihouse and Co., Berkeley-square, London, and requested that if such a watch was offered for pawn, we should stop the party; this afternoon, about three o'clock, the prisoner brought a silver watch, made by aver rihouse and Co., and offered it for pawn ; supposing it was the same watch that had been taken from Mr. Chamberlain, I detained the prisoner and sent for an officer. Mr. BROUGHTON—Is Mr. Chamberlain here ? Mr. Still : Ile is not, Sir. Mr. BROUGHTON—What is the value of the watch you produce ?—Mr. Still : About 101. Job Watkins, shopman to Mr. Sesveiby, of Chiswell-street, pawnbroker, here came forward and said, it was no highway-robbery, for he had sold the prisoner's brother the watch produced this morning, about ten o'clock, for 3/. 10s.; there was neither maker's name nor address engraved on it then. Mr. BnouGnToN—That's very curious, if it is the same watch you sold the prisoner's brother, how it that there is a maker's name on it now. Mr. Watkins—Whv, Sir, Dwerrihouse and Co., Berkeley-square, has bee►, put on it since I sold it, merely to make it fetch a good price. Mr. BROUGHTON-011, then a respectable watch maker's name is put on it to make the purchaser be lieve its a good watch; a fine way, indeed, to cheat the public. A young man, who gave his name Wm. Hands, and who stated himself to be the prisoner's brother in•law, said he was the person who bought the watch of the last witness, and the name of Dwerrihouse and Co. he had got engraved on it for the purpose of making it fetch a good price; it was not worth any thing like seven guineas ; it was mere rubbish; now he had got the name on it, it would sell for 31. more than it would in the state he bought it. Mr. BROUGHTON—WeII, I thought the watch was a good one; its one of the most barefaced frauds I ever heard of, to use the name of one of the most respectable firms in the watch trade, with a view to deceive the public. Hands—l don't consider it a fraud ; it's a thing done every day by others beside myself, and I think every person has a right to make the most of his goods. Mr. BRoucirros—Do you call yourself an honest man ? Hands—Why yes, I do. Mr. BROUGHTON-LAre you aware that by such fraudulent practices, you are doing Messrs. n werri house and Co. a great injury ? Hands—l have only to look to myself. Mr. Edwards, a watchmaker, residing in High street, Shoreditch, here came into the oflice, and said the watch produced was a very good one, jewelled in four ho!es, and worth at least 10 guineas. Simmons, a constable of Spitalfields, said he searched the prisoner, and found a silver snuff-box and a silver ladle, on his person, also a quantity of watch dials, and twenty-four duplicates of watches at his lodgings, in Crispin-street, Spitalfields ; they were pawned for various sums from 14 to 101., the snuff-box bad C. Needham engraved on the lid, and the punch ladle bad the initials I. S. N. The prisoner was remanded till yesterday, when Mr. Ogston, of the firm of Messrs. Dwerrihouse and Co„ attended. He stated that the watch produced was not of thei► manufacture, but it was a very close imitation. The plate appeared very much like their engraving, except the word Berkely being dif ferently spelt from those of their make—it was a very good watch, and worth about 121. or 1'!!. Simmons, the constable, said, the gentleman who had been robbed had seen the watch produced, and said it was not his. The prisoner's mother, an elderly woman, here addressed the Magistrate thus :--My son was taken up for highway robbery, how dare the Magistrate keep him in custody; he has no power to do it— and my son shan't be kept in custody any longer for any one. Mr. BROUGHTON—I always regard the feelings of a mother, and at the same time respect her de finition of the law; but I must beg you to be peace able, and conduct yourself with decorum. The mother here began a complete volley of abuse towards all the officers, calling them thieves, villains, robbers, and other opprobrious names, until she was obliged to be forced out of the office. Hands, the prisoner's brother-in-law, did not at tend the second examination, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension for the fraud. The prisoner was discharged from the highway robbery, but committed for want of bail on the charge of the fraud. UNION-HALL As the office was about being dosed on Monday, a respectable-)ooking man, named Brockbridge, entered in great agitation and affliction, accompanied by his daughter, whose countenance was bathed in tears, to exhibit a complaint against , an athletic young man, with pleasing features, who was in custody. The prisoner was confronted with the accuser, who was so overcome by his wounded feelings, that for a short time he was incapable of making himself understood. When be had in some degree recovered his faculties he entered into a statement, in dis jointed sentences, like a man who has suffered great agony of mind, and who attempts accounting for it, respecting an evil which had befallen him in the loss of a beloved daughter, who had committed suicide that day, " in consequence of that villain's base treatment," he said (glancing- at the prisoner), " who is now before your Worship. My happiness is gone for ever," sobbed the accuser, " to-day I have been robbed of my daughter. I never knew that she had an acquaintance with such a wretch ! She has this morning swallowed poison. I got home in time only to see her close her eyes for ever." The young woman who accompanied him now proceeded to state some circumstances, but her nar rative was presently interrupted by tears. [The particulars of the suicide will be found, as collected from her own lips in the course of yester day, in another part of our paper.) Mr. SWABEY, the Magistrate before whom the parties appeared, having collected sufficient facts to shew that in a legal sense the prisoner had not been instrumental either in procuring the poison or wish ing the deceased to take it, whatever moral guilt might attach to him, expressed an opinion that he could not detain him. His Worship, however, seemed desirous of assisting the afflicted relatives; and having cautioned the prisoner, lest he should say any thing which might possibly criminate him, he told him that he was at liberty to offer what he pleased. The prisoner denied having acted in the base man ner attributed to him, and said that he was a mar ried man. This latter assertion he used, as if, be cause he had a wife, he could not have been guilty of the shocking outrage. The Magistrate told him that his own conscience best instructed him whether or not he had maltreat ed the unfortunate deceased. The prisoner again declared that he had not. After some further remarks, it was arranged that he should remain' in the custody of the constable, who had brought him to the office, until the inquest, (which will be held to-day), as it s% as by no means improbable that the Coroner or Jury would wish him to undergo an examination. The heart-broken father and (laughter then retired. Charles &mart Jthe young man who has been a week in custody, charged with stealing a silk pocket handkerchief from the person of a Mr. Casey, a fruiterer, when at Astley's Amphitheatre, on the 21st instant, was yesterday fully committed to take his trial for the offence. In Consequence of the publicity given to the case, a Journeyman printer, named Abel, who likewise lest two pocket. books the same night at:that place of amu s ement, now came forward, and, having inspect ed the books taken from the prisoner, be recognized his own. A detainer will be lodged against the prisoner on the second charge. SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE. A case of suicide of a very melancholy nature has been brought under the notice of the Magistrates of Union•hall. The victim was the daughter of Mr. Brockbridge, a turner, residing at No. 27, Gravel-lane, Southwark. It appeared that Mr. Brockbridge is a widower, and resided with his two daughters in Gravel-lane, one of whom, the subject of the present melancholy account, became ac quainted with a young man, named Arthur Eryan, who works in the manufactory of Mr. Friend, the engineer of the Southwark Bridge-road, about ten weeks ago. The acquaintance between the person alluded to and Elizabeth Brockbridge (the deceased) commenced by his having addressed her one morn ing while she was standing at her father's door. She had previously seen him pass the house several times, and upon this occasion he expressed much regard for her. The interview ended by the unfor tunate girl consenting to meet him in the afternoon of the same day. She kept her promise, and on her return home she divulged to her only sister the cir cumstances attending the meeting between her and her supposed lover. She told her sister that she had walked about that part of the town with Bryan, mid that she consented to marry him in a month, if her father permitted it ; Bryan, on his part, saying that all he required as a portion with her were some articles to furnish apartments which he proposed taking for them to reside in. On the Monday fol lowing Bryan called at Mr. Brockbridge's during the absence of the latter, whose business called him away from home during the greater part of the day, and he was invited into the house by the two sisters, when he reiterated his former vows of love and constancy. The intimacy continued, and about six weeks ago Bryan prevailed upon the deceased to ac company him to Islington to visit his sister, as be alleged. The sister, however, was not found at the place where he said she resided, and they returned to Southwark in a hackney-coach. The deceased informed her sister that on this occasion Bryan had succeeded, in spite of the resistance made on her part, in ruining her. She afterwards became ex tremely melancholy, and never left the house from the evening she returned in the hackney-coach until Monday last, on the morning of which day, when her father went out before breakfast, she complained to her sister of her restless nights, say ing that she would go to the chemist's, and get a pennyworth of laudanum to make her sleep. Her sister, who had not the slightest idea of the dread ful intentions of the unfortunate girl, permitted her to leave home, and she shortly afterwards returned with an empty phial in her hand, saying that she could not procure the liquid she wanted. After having remained in the parlour a few minutes, dur ing which she manifested considerable agitation, she told her sister that she should go up stairs for a little while. Having remained longer there than her sister thought necessary, the latter called to her to come down, upon which she descended, and her sister perceiving a death-like paleness over her countenance, inquired eagerly what was the matter with her ? The unhappy girl, who appeared at this time to be in great agony, ejaculated, " My dear Mary, I have destroyed myself, I have taken six pennworth." A medical man having been instantly sent for, the stomach-pump was applied, buts the operation was rendered useless, owing to the quan tity of time destructive poison t h e unfortunate girl had swallowed, from the erects of which'she died shortly afterwards in excruciating agony. In the room up stairs, where the deceased went imme diately on her return home, after having told her sister that she could not procure any laudanum, was found a phial, containing a small quantity of oxalic acid, from which there is no doubt she poured that which she drank, and which caused the tortures that ended her dissolution. Previous to her death the deceased, in speaking of Bryan, said that the last time he saw her he wanted to prevail upon her to borrow 2/. 10s. from her father, saying that he should repay it, and that he wanted it to get some of his clothes out of pledge, in order to accompany her to church respectably dressed. On the same day, when the Union-hall Police-office was about being closed, Mr. Brockbridge, the father of the de ceased, accompanied by his only" daughter, entered the office. The unfortunate father stated the cir cumstances relative to his daughter's seduction and suicide to the above effect ; adding, that he had met with the betrayer of her virtue that day, and had him taken into custody and brought to that office to answer the charge. _ The Magistrates (Mr. SwABEY and Mr. HONE) directed the accused person to be placed in the slip, and upon being asked his name, he replied that it was Arthur Bryan. In the presence of the accused, Mr. Brockbridge detailed, in a most pathetic manner, the exemplary, virtuous, and filial conduct of his unfortunate daughter, until she had met with Bryan. He was not aware, he said, until the morning she destroyed herself, that she had formed an intimacy with her seducer; but he recollected, when he sat opposite to her, whom he looked upon as the comfort of his old age, at the breakfast-table, that she rejected her food, and appeared melancholy; and when he asked her the reason of it, she appeared confused and went up stairs, saying that she should be better in a short time. He (the father) went out shortly af terwards to his business, never for a moment con ceiving what had previously occurred, and therefore under no apprehension that she meditated self-de struction. While engaged in his business he was sent for to his house, and arrived just in time to see the last struggles of his expiring child. It was then and not till then, that his other daughter put him in possession of the facts concerning his child's seduc tion, and t! e name of her seducer, and he lost no time in seeking him, to make him atone before a tri bunal for his inhuman conduct towards his unfortu nate child, who was destitute of that maternal care which was so requisite to guard young females against the machinations of men such as the person he had taken into custody. Both the Magistrates condoled with Mr. Brock bridge on the distressing event which had plunged him and his daughter into such affliction. As, how ever, it did not appear that the man in custody had any hand either in procuring the oxalic acid, or be ing present when the deceased had swallowed the poison, the law did not reach him. If the circum stances relating to the seduction of the unhappy girl were founded in truth, and there was no reason shown to disbelieve the deceased's sccount of the violence used towards her, her seducer's conscience would torment him the longest day he had to live, if he was possessed of any feeling, and would em bitter his dying moments. Bryan denied that he had taken the deceased into a coach, and said he should be enabled to prove that assertion when required. The Magistrates directed that he should be de tained in custody, in order to prevent his keeping out of the way when the inquest will be held on the body of the deceased. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGARS. - The Sugar Market became very languid to wards the close of last week, though no general reduction in the prices could be stated, yet ord. parcels appeared rather lower, and, generally, the trade had a very unfavour able appearance. At the close of the market the esti mated sales of Muscovades this day (including 122 hhds. Barbadoes) were 700 hhds. and trcs. The scarcity of low and mid. goads for export prevented any decline last week, but the market became very dull, and the purchases that were reported were on a very confined scale—goods fur home consumption continue neglected. Molasses very heavy. There was little alteration in the Refined Market this afternoon, the prices may be stated a shade lower. 'fetal delivery of Sugar last week from the three dock warehouses-3,333 Mids. and trcs., 3,938 bags, 959 boxes and chests. The latter were all for export except 12 chests. EAST INDIA SUGAR.-In East India Sugars there were few purchases, and no alteration in the prices. This day 4,452 bags Mauritius Sugar by public sale, chiefly of the middling and lower qualities, the best was good yellow; of which about 3,500 bags sold, the inferior brown is lower, the middling and good yellow at former prices, but there was a great heaviness about the sale. FOREIGN.-There were no purchases of Foreign Sugar by private contract last week. By public sale 321 chests 114vannah, of which 120 chests were very fine strong yel low, sold 30s. 6d. a 3I s. ; middling 28s. 6d. a 305.; 246 chests 28 packs Brazil, chiefly Pernams damaged and of low quality, sold at very reduced prices, but form no cri terion as to market prices. This day 450 chests Ha vanna!' Sugar; the white, about 160 chests, all taken in 48s. a 4Ss. 6d. ; the remainder, all yellow, withdrawn. CoreEa.—The public sales this week have gone off heavily, and the inferior descriptions of Jamaica have sold rather lower ; the finer qualities support prices, but there has been a very languid market. A great proportion of the Demerara Berbice Coffee brought forward has been taken in ; other British Plantation•descriptions are equally languid. In Foreign Coffee there is no variation, there have been partial inquiries, but they have not been fol lowed by any contracts; 335. has been offered and tefused for good St. Domingo. This day by public sale 259 casks 30 brls., 246 bags British Plantation, a few bales Mocha —3OO bags old good ordinary Brazil--535 bags chiefly fine ordinary La Guayra-128 bags Havannah. The La Guayra sold 355. a 355. 6d., being very full prices ; the Brazil was taken in at 335. ; the Jamaica, Demerara, Ber bice, and Dominica, all went off very heavily at rather low prices. The Market is very heavy. _ _ _ Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The Rum Market has become very heavy, the purchases for the wcek are quite inconsiderable, yet the holders continue firm, and no parcels are forced on the Market for sale. Brandy is little varied, but the purchases are few. Geneva is still neglected. lam., FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The Tallow Market has become dull, and the prices are again giving way. In Hemp and Flax there is no alteration. Rice.—There was little alteration in Rice; some small sales of Carolinas are reported at 345. and 35s.—In East India there are few sales. ToaAcco.—The demand for Tobacco for the home trade has, in a great measure, sulisided. A cargo of Kentucky has been taken for Flanders at 20s. 6d. a 215., and about 100 lihds. very low Kentucky and Virginia sold at 2d. and 2iil. SPICES. —There is no alteration in Spices. Pimento of good quality sold at 7FI. last week. INDIGO.—There is little variation in Indigo, one or two parcels of fine have been forced off at low priers. COCOA.—The holders of Cocoa, suitable for the Govern ment contract, are asking higher prices, but there are few bales of any extent. OILS.—The Oil Market has become very dull, and pur chases might be made on rather lower terms ; there are no further accounts from the fisheries. Hors.—The picking is general, the Hops came down very far below the general anticipation. The duty is stated at 33,0001. The price of new Hops Si. Bs. a 101. 10s. ; old 61. a 71. FRUlT.—There are few transactions to report in Fruit; a part of a cargo of very fine Patras Currants held lately at 86s. has been disposed of at 78s.—This day at public sale 64 butts 31 caroteels Zante Currants, chiefly damaged, 735. a 794. _. .. . _ . . Corrox.—Tne Cotton Market is very steady. The sid. a 41(1. ; 2,500 Surat, Sk t l. a 43d. ; pur chases for the week ending last night inclusive consist of 6id. a 6P. The purcha ses of S ura t Cotton have lately been so extensive, that the lower qualities are held for higher p ri c e s ; the advance is fully id. per lb. SALTPETRE.--Saltpetre is d u ll, b ut t h e pr i ces not lower. 3 12 1 0 0 Bengalpro Rico, Lust{ Pnovistoxs.—Th ere i s a li tt l e alterat i on. B acon i, d u ll, but there is no alt erat i on i n pr i ces. Butters are offered on rather lower term s . Ti erce I n di a B ee f , 42 p i eces ' 81bs. each, 51. 15s. Tierce Navy Beef, 38 pieces, 81bs. each, none. Tiercelless Beef, 38 pieces, Blbs. each, 41. 10s. a 4/. 17s. 6d. Tierce India l'ork, 53 pieces, 61bs. each, 6/. 6s. Tierce Navy Pork, 80 pieces, 41bs, each, NORWICH. Sept. 26. We had a large supply of Wheat and Barley to-day, and a fair quantity of other Grain. At the commencement of the market dry samples of Wheat, and also of Barley, were taken off at last week's prices, and damp parcels found buyers, but towards the close the overwhelming quantity of inferior samples produced a general stagnatiOtt in all, and many were taken back. Oats, Beans, and Pease, went off heavily. Flour dull sale. Wheat (per qr.) 44s. 60s. 695. I Beans (per qr.)......... 40s. 42a. Barley Oats 22s. 265. 235. flour, fine (per sack) 48s. 50s. none. Barrel Navy Pork, 59 pie" 41ba. net. Barr Mess Pork, 50 pieces, 4lbs. each, 31. is. 6d. Barr Bacon Pork, 21. 10s. a 31. MINING INTELLIGEN RedrUtlOASt week : Quantity of Copper Ore sold, 3,401 tons ; average pro duce, 7i. Quantity of fine Copper, 262 tons 1 curt. Amount of sale, 19,t071. 74. 6d. Average standard, 1091 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Per Quarter. s. to S. Boston — 53 Gainsborough sdi Grantham ....—. 50 61 Grimsby _ 45 63 Horricastle.-- 46 56 Lincoln 46 52 Stamford 43 63 York— _ 411 64 Barley. s. to s. 39 36 40 30 34 38 40 23 34 31 36 32 38 Oats. I Beans. 8. to it. I. t 0 L 36 25 27 - - 18 26 40 44 18 22 38 42 25 27 40 42 20 24' 34 40 - 26 - 41 19 28 32 44 CANTERBURY. Sept. 26. We had a fair supply of Wheat, but many samples being out of condition caused considerable dullness, ana the pries of this day week were barely maintained. -Old Beans are rather dearer, but Barley and Oats are without alteration. We have had exceedingly heavy rains during' the week, which has prevented all outstanding Grain from being carried. Wheat, White Bos. to 72s ---- red sos. to fßs. Barley, Malting 34s. to 40s. Oats Eeans 33s. to ais. Pease 32s. to 38 , . EXETER MARKETS.--Sept. 25. Beef (score) 9s Od. 9; 61. Wheat (bushel)...Bs. Od. 93.6 d. Mutton (Ib.) 0 5 0 6 Barley ' 6—5 6 Veal and Lamb 0 s—o 7 Oats 2 3—2 6 P• rk 0 5 0 7 Beans 6 o—6 6 Geese (each) ........4 o—s 6 Butter (lb) 0 9—o 10 Ducks (couple) ....3 o—4 6 &cgs (16) 0 o—l 0 Fowls 0 o—3 6 Potatoes (pe,k) 0 B—o 9 CHEsTs a.—Wh eat, per 751 b. 10s. Od. to Ils. 04.1 Bat ley, 38 VI& ss. 6d. to ss. 9d. ; 04t3, 491 b. 3s. 3d. to 4s. 9d. Nawrwicit.—Wheat, per '7s'b. Bs. 3d. to 10s. Bd. ; Barley, 0 grts. ss. 6d. to ss. 91. ; Oats. sOlb. 3s. sd. to 4s. 3d. GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) The salts made in Raw SUGARS this week amount to 650 hhds. and trs. ; prices of Browns and Middling are lower, while the better descriptions, which are scarce, are bringing full prices. Coma.--Jamaica, 230 casks, and 150 bags Demerara , were brought forward by auction ; 150 trs. of the Jamaica were sold, triage, 16s, 6d. ; ordinary broken mixed, 24a. a 275. 6d. ; ordinary, 325. 6(1. a 335. ; good ordinary, 34• a Sis. 6d. ; fine ordinary, 38s. a 40s. ; fine fine ordinal , 41x. a 448. ; 41 trs. fine middling withdrawn at 705., and sold by private contract at 695. ; and 55 bags Demerara , Triage, 225. a 245. 6d. ; ordinary, 31s. a 33a. ; and fal , ' good ordinary, 345. a 355. 6d. Nothing worthy of remark done in PIMENTO, nominal prices, 6d. a 61-d. No sales made in GINGER. Some trifling parcels of Jamaica Rum have been sold at 2s. 10d. a 3s. for 16 0. P. ; nothing whatever done in Leewards. The demand for CorroN still continues good ; the sales amount to 1781 packages ; and last week's prices have bee° fully supported. The particulars are, 93 Sea Island, 0 9,1. a 13id. ; 19 stained do. at bid. a aid. ; 343 Bowed'' at 54d. a 6d. ; 306 Orleans, at 5141. a ; 40 M o bile, at 50. a sid. ; 87 Maranham, at tiid. a bad. ; 10 EgYr tian, at 6d. ; 53 Demerara, at 6 3 1 , 1. a lid. ; 752 West India, at Sid. a sid. ; 73 Surat, at Sid. a 31d. In DYSWOODS there has been nothing done. The transactions in ASHES are confined to retail parcel s of Pots at 345., and Pearls 335. a 335. 6d. No sales made in TOBACCO ; prices are without variation . Y. C. TALLow is selling steadily; new at 40s. alOs. 6d.; and old, 393. a S9s. 6d. Fish OILS are dull and lower ; Whale, 241., and Pal B Stal, 231. per tun old measure. During the week there have been several arrivals of ne' 4 GIiAIN from Ireland and the East Coast. The fauna ° are bringing in new Wheat, which in general is in lop condition, and sold at a reduction of Is. per boll. old Wheat steady, and former rates fully maintained. Thg, trade have purchased very sparingly of new Oats, and ol d has been in limited demand ; prices are 6d. per boll lower. Barley steady, and prices supported. No alteration 0) Beans or Pease. DUBLIN MARKET NI 2,;57 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 1,088 8ete..,..,. 17 stone 810 Barley l6 stone 4,994 Oats 12 stone 8,364 Cwt. Flour 9 stone ) 882 Oatmeal 8 stone Sold to (takers only. 5,835 Cwt. Flour From 22 0 12 0 14 0 10 0 7 0 11 0 16 0 IDLY, S,?pt. To H. F ; ; ,,, 53 0 2 15 0 1 4 6 4 18 15 17 0 12 , SO 0 --- IS 0 1 3 2 0 61 300 • . . Average price of Wheat arid flour 5o is. OW per sacg,:„ .. od. Receipts of Flour, 1°,3:38 / L1C":11(ir" ......... f ir r O °l lll 2: ((tit: to f: 3. f: 3 . C'd. Sales of Do. t 3,3134 Third , , from 70. Oct. to 15 3, ruicz OF liitEAD. Quartern Loaf, 41b. Soz.— 9d. I Half-quartern, 21b.20z...-,414d. BRITISH EXPORTS. bTATEMENT OF THE QUANTITIES I CLES OF BRITISH MANUFACTUI FROM SEPT. 19 TO SEPT. 26 INCL Pieces. Yards. Cotton 138,674 862,985 Linen ",0.8 145,375 Blanketir.g ...... - 7,1;80 Carpeting - 8,873 Baize 5lO - Kerseymeres - --.. Flannel - - Ends. Woollen Stuffs 4OB 491 Worsted Stuffs-5,446 - Calicoes - Inf. Woollens 2,418 812 Cotton Thread 8,1171 b. - Cotton Yarn ...23,050 - OF 711 H UNDERIWEIMONIiD 111111' , ItH HiP0111111) FROM LIY/1111 .00" LUSIYH. 0 1 °' lSail Cloth 9. 353 4 15°t I Cotton Hose /". Worsted Hose 4 41 • Cotton Handkerchiefs • Cotton Brace, • flats . Hardware Z 1 4 • 600 Earthenware • C7 ,400 • Salt White Bushels 18" 2 , 00 salt Rock' 56 •4 • Tons. C l vt. CD 6 A Coal 1506 6 0 l. •Ilron CATTLE. AN ACCOUNT OP CATTLE IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL FROM 92'". TO SEPT. 26, BOTH DAYS INCLUDED. stoles. Cows. I Calves. I Sheep. I Pigs. I Horses. I v.. 1 2002 I 419 5526 I 21556 I COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. IMPORTED. This year. Bg Sze. 1 5' 7 Z lt3'lO , txvon.:l 33. Same pc- IPref..oo, ~ nod List I) th i. y or. year. rags, &c. Bags, &c. 500,6:38 4,456 53,281 2,265 36,319 88.? 27 . 58,29.3. 'Bags, &c. Liverpool 591,497 London 58,872 Glasgow 27,481 Total exported in It Same period 1828 _-- ' - S ufi NUISANCE. An abominable nuisance is fered to exist nightly in several of the most poP ul° , — , streets of London and Westminster, by the progress °` cat t filled with fetid matter passing through them ab° 'r nine o'clock in the evening, which impregnates the 43 with an abominable and offensive effluvia, endangeri n g hetlth of the inhabitants, and ca l culated to produce p utrl o, fevers. The parish authorities should exert themselve', prevent this nuisance, unless they are partial to the 1 1Ø1 , ; gay, which emits its odour in such a bundance as to till t i e houses from top t o b. tom in the street through which t '- cart passes. BIRTHS. At Hastings, on the 23d inst. the lady of Frede_rii North, Esq., of that Owe, and Rougham, Norfolk) still-born child. Lock ; " On the 29th inst. at Balham-terrace, Mrs. W. of a daughter. G• lc On the 28th inst. at Margite, the lady of M r. Hunter, of a son. MARRIED. v tO n ' On the 28th inst. at Iliddleswerth, W. B. i, n - t r ir vao - Esq. third son of the late E. B. Portman, ERq• stone, Dorset, to Sarah, only dlughter of T. Esq. of At the Hotelid dleswof the orth HBralitish L l, Nor egation at Berne, ldk. t ; o 'vine II zerland, on the 23d inst. the Rev. . Montigu , Elizabeth, only daughter of the late T. Wood, 1:4q.101 niece to the late Sir Mark Wood, Bart. DIED. of On the 26th in't. at Pembroke, in the 760 .c o r her age, Miss Campbell, sister of the late Lord Cl' cre or- On the 28th inst. in Ely-place, the Rev. SoO e b e ( ) Ist Cher, vicar of Christ Church, Nen:gate-street, t year of his age. t h e tldo' t On the 27th inst. in his 19th year, George, ' son of Mr. 0. 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