The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-26 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir G. CLERK took the oaths and his seat. Colonel SIBTHORPE presented a petition from the parish of Saxleby, against further concessions to the Ro an Catholics. Sir T. MOSTYN presented a similar petition from the hue !red of Mayler in the county of Kent ; also a similar petition from the parish of St. Asaph. Mr. WYNDHAM presented a similar petition from the Arehdearonry of Sarum. Mr. DAVENPORT presented a petition from the Journeymen Silk 'Weavers of the town of Macclesfield, who informed the House that their distresses were much increasing. The Honourable Member said, that the town of Macclesfield, which was once so fast approaching to wealth and prosperity, had now fallen to a state of incre dible distress, and one might now see 500 or 600 houses unoccupied. He believed that the cause of this distress was the late alteration in the Silk Laws. Those laws were found not to answer, and in such a care the or.ginal laws ought to be revived. Sir G. PHILLIPS believed that the petitioners, and the Hen. Gentleman who presented the petitiou, were under a great mistake when they thought that the trade had been injured as he (Sir G. Phillips) believed that the laws had been calculated to produce a contrary effect. He believed that if any respectable manufacturers were examined by the House, they could state that instead of the late alterations having injured, they had improved the e;lk trade. Instead of the French trade being improved, the manufacturer!: of that rountry complained that the new laws had itettrell them. He considered it far more likely that the present distress arose from a too great increase of manufacturers, and from the introduction of machinery, which had lowered the prices. Mr. BRIGHT considered that if ever there was a caaa which called for investigation lee the House, it was the present one. Various causes had been assigned, but he believed that the true one could not be discovered till the House procured evidence. Sir H. PARNELL, was convinced the true cause of dis tress was, as the Duke of Wellington lately stated, to be attributed to the great extent to which smuggling was carried in this"country, but the only means of removing the distress was, by reducing the present high rate of daties.—(Hear.) General GASCOYNE.—My lion. Friend has just given the most conclusive reason, that a Committee should be appointed, he says the present distress does not arise front an alteration of the laws, but owing to the extent to which smuggling was carried. If that was correct, it was the greatest of all reasons why it should be inquired into.—(Hear.) —The Hon. Member wishes the petitioners to persevere, and they would find the laws would be of great benefit. He (General Gascsyne) would ask, how could men, who only earned a few shillings a week, sur rounded by a starving family, persevere? lie was con vinced a Committee ought immediately to he appointed. The petitions were then brought up and read. Sir ROBERT KING said he was entreated to present a petition from an individual named Loughlan against the legality of the return of Daniel O'Connell, Eeq. liar the County of Clare, and praying be might be heard by Counsel at the Bar of the House. The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Baronet, according to the standing orders, the petition was too late. Sir ROBERT KING said he should have presented it sterday had there been a House. Some conversation followed in a low tone, which it was :_re,yossible to hear in the gallery, at the conclusion, The SPEAKER informed the lien. Member that yes rday would have been one day too late. The petition was then withdrawn. Mr. BANKES presented two petitions against any further c encessione to the Roman Catholics. A new Writ was ordered for the election of a Member for Corfe Castle, in the rnnm of Mi. Peach, having ac cepter! the Chiltern Hundreds. Admiral SOTHERON presented fourteen petitions from places in the county of Nottingham, against any fur ther copceseiocs to the Roman Catholics. Mr. ESTCOURT presented a petition from Stafford- Attire, against the Roman Catholics. He stated that he had always opposed c oncreesion ; he should, at a future time, exprees more fully his objections when the question came before the House; until then he should wish to be considered an unqualified opposer of the Catholic Claims. After a few words from Lord Mtterow, the petition was ordered to he printed. He also presented two other simi- I at. petitions. Lori DUNCANNON presented 24 petitions from the Tjyge t lvaartL f 4irtlT,4 l g: letting Act. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition against the Catholics, from the Mayor, Magistrates, Clergy. and Inha bitant. of the city of Bristol. He wished to call the et tension of the House to the number of signatures, as he believed that no petition, which had ever been pre sented from the city of Bristol, hail been so respectably and numerously signed. It was signed at a public meeting of the inhabitants in Queen-square, where a statue of King Wiliiarn the Third happened appropriately to be placed. The number of persons was estimated dif ferently, the fullest accounts stating' them at upwards of 20,000. It had not only been eigned at Bristol, bet the neighbouring village of Clifton. Persons had been appointed to examine the signatures, when it ap peared that the petition had been signed by a great ',ember of ladies, whose signatures were very ungallantly erased, though they probably formed the most interesting part of the petition. After that examination the petition contained 39,894• signatures, which was the streugest ma nifestation of the public opinion he had over witnessed in that pity, and he hoped would have the proper influence on his Majesty's Ministers. Mr. TENNYSON oloserved that the lest census for the city of Bristol rated the inhabitants at 5'7,0410, he would say be believed them to be 90,000. The males were rated at 58,000, including of course the male children who must be computed at half the number, by which cal eulation the petition of the Hon. Member would be found to contain the whole number of males in Bristol, including the children. A counter-petition had been presented bearing I 7CIO signatures, which number must of course be deducted an d, ,;:tder such cireurnstanc.cs, he conceived that the petition w es one which the Hen. Member should have been ashamed ;. - e e present. He hat another objection to make to it, that the word " undersigned " had been erased and the words "Mayo'. Magistrates, Clergy," inserted. He would not reject 'the petition for this, but he stated the fact for the purpose of showing in what way it had been got, and the spirit which intiuenered its supporters. With regard to the counter-petition, he deprecated the practice which had been pursued to prevent perroto from signing it, the Mayer having interfered a t a p ublic nieetiog, and dis persed it ot, the ground that the public peace ofe.a Rattan gered by it. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE did not expect that a petition which came from such a place on such a quest.:mi would have been rece;ved in the manner it had been. He regetted, and was surprised at the observations made by tint Hon. Member apposite, and would assert on his own mesuci 'Way that a more faithful and haired manifestation of the public opinion had never been brought before that House. We much regretted that latterly petitions had been received in the way they had, by Members oft the other side of the House. It was iu direct opposition to the principles which -they always had the crediterfsopporting. It was fit that there should be the same respect paid to petitions on one side of the question as on the other. The petition now on the floor' of the House was entitled to more attention than per haps aoy that would be presented during the present Sessioo. AR rega.r(!ed the subject of the petition, the Hon. Member people of this country would pause a noped that the little before they came to any angry feeling. With respect to the eoneinest of the Right Hon. Gentleman who was no longer a Measber of that House, lie bid not (LEFT SfVAICING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. •Several petitions for and against the Catholic Claims were presented. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION SUPPRESSION BILL. The Marquis of ANGLESEA in adverting to Bill of last night, spoke at considerable length in commenda tion of the Prospective Relief Bill, which was to follow. The Marquis of LO'NDONDERIIY was happy to hear the Noble Marquis express himself as he did on this Bil. Not one but should bail with delight the Bill which was proposed last night as calculated to put and end to one of the most unfortunate and mischievous Associations that • e7er existed. The Marquis of ANGLESEA wished it to be under stood, that if there was any possibility to disperse that Association by the Government of the country, without the hazard of loss of life, could not have the slightest objection to it. If he were now at the head of the Government, if no relief Bill was produced, that would have had a reason for his withdrawing from the Government. He would not have their Lordships sup pose that he had formed this resolution from any connection that he bad with that Body. He would une quivocally declare that he had none whatever, " So help me God," said the Noble Marquis, I never had any com munication with them. Such I have no hesitation in stating it as my firm conviction that the Catholic question wonld have assumed its . present shape, but for the exist ence of that Association. The Eal of DARN LEY considered, that looking to the present situation of the country, with relation to the Catholic Emancipation question ; the Catholic Association had been of great benefit, as tending to the in troduction of the proposed measure of relief. The most certiin wayof putting an end to the Roman Catholic LEFT SPEAK OXFORD, HALF-PAST FOUR, THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, Nine o'Clock. OXFORD ELECTION. BY EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS. The Election for this University took place at twelve o'clock this day in the Hall of Convo cation. The interest excited in Oxford by this contest, so unprecedented in the circumstances which have occasioned it, was as great as could have been expected, and the exertions made by either party were adequate to the importance of the principles which were in a considerable de gree to be perhaps influenced by the result. Every horse and post-chaise that could be procured upon either of the roads were placed in requisition by one or other of the parties, and at the inns it was by no means an easy matter to procure a bed. The town is literally thronged with the influx of strangers, brought thither by business or curiosity, and the surmises of the result of the election are as doubtful as possible. It is con- sidered that it will be a severe and a close contest ly those in the interest of Sir Robert Inglis, and by the friends of Mr. Peel. It is said, that it may be severe, but that the result will certainly be in hii favour. At twelve o'clock, the hour at which the election was to commence, the door of the Hall of Convocation, was surrounded by a dense mass of the Doctors, Masters, &c. belonging to the various Colleges, and these, again, bad amongst them no inconsiderable sprinkling of the public. We noticed also Lord Clifton, Lord Apsley, Lord Morpeth, Mi. G. Dawson, and several other noblemen and gentlemen of consequence,—but the candidates themselves are not permitted, during the elec tion, to come within six miles of the city.— When the door was thrown open the rush that took place was tremendous ; and it was soon discovered that the hail was not sufficiently large to hold above half the applicants for admission The constables at the outer doors vainly exert ed themselves to keep out the students. A few of the young Oxonians, by a simultaneous rush, bore down every thing before them, but they were still far from attaining their object, for they only thus gained admission to the outer Hall, from whence they could only catch a c i : ,„ r guNg forward, and could hear nothing. During the course of the proceedings which followed, the interruptions were frequent. Con tinued cries of" Poll. poll," resounded from all parts of the Hall, and the heat at length became so oppressive, that these cries were at last drowned in still louder cries of " break the win dows"—a request which was very quickly complied with. Several squares of glass were instantiy broken with umbrellas, which were thus put to a purpose the very reverse of that for which they were invented—letting in the weather. They were invented to keep out the weather, but now they let it ir.. a circumstance in good keeping with the rest of the proceedings. Mr. Peel was elected to keep out the Catholics —now he lets them in—and yet even thus per versely applied (if we may use the term, the public in either case reaped the benefit. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Conshierably before this hour, which was announced for the opening of the Election, the avenues of Merton College leading to the doors of the Convocation Hill, were crowded with Mestere, Doctors, Graduates, and others. At twelve precisely the doors were opened, and the rush w tremendous. So appalling did the danger of obtain ing admission appear, that numbers shrunk back in dis may. As the ervard rusted in, Nobles, Commoners, and strangers were _Mingled in one confused scene of dense up . roar. In an instant the Convocation Hell WWI crowded to suffocation, and the cries of " let me out, let me out again !" were vociferated from hundreds, hot escape was utterly impossible. After SQme degree of order and i'denee were obtained, the VICEXHANCELLOtt declared the object of the meeting in 127 Latin sentences in the usual manner and thrma lities.—(Cr;es of " Order, order, and hear, hear.") An officer having read the Act of Parliament, authoris ing the form of election, The VICE..CHANCELLOR. then read the writ from the t4“own-office, commanding the members of Con vocation to eeettrn a proper Member to sit in Perna went, in the enena of the Right Honourable ROBSKT Peet, who had t ncepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern Idundrede.—(Great upsne,r ; end cries of " Go to the pell ! Go to the poll !") The Ytc CtiANCELLOIL now announced that the Con voeatioa was ready to receive the nomination of candidates and votes its their snpport.—(oo to Poll ! Go to Poll ! resounded from all parts of the Conyoeatinn—great num bers not knowing that a candidate had not yet been pro posed.) Dr. 2 , l„tastratri, Warden of Merton College, then rose and proposeei 14,-. Peel, amidst the loudest and most vehe ment uproar. In 4147:;eg so, he said, Sir, I cannot but re gret that the nomination of t 4 sight Hon. Mr. Peel shou'a have fallen upon this occasion to soLe hands of a person so unable as I am to bring forward the nruninat.i.to of that gentleman in the manner in which it might have b e en ben e tiee forward by many other persons present in this meeting. I feel, Sir, in consequence, very touch depressed on the ocean:ion; but I shall endeavour to it charge my duty to the utmost of my power, In coming forward now, Sir, I am animated by feelings of private respect for that gentleman ; I am animated alto by fe.cliogs of sincere attaciiezent to this University, for which if I did not entertain the etrongeet attachment, I should be the most unprincipled of men. Animater) likewise am I by a sincere regard and zeal for the Established Church and Constitution of this coentry.—(lmmense app!enee.) If I bad stood up and nominated to you a young man, I might have proposed a young man who had adorned all the paths of the Literature of this celebrated Univer sity—who had been endowed with all the honourable principles and feelings of Religious Liberty, which it has always been the object of this University to instruct in,— but I might have felt that I wanted the best of all possible testa--the test of experience ; I have now to sup port a gentleman, who, for twelve years of most active ex ertion, has been unremitting in his public career, when called to various official sitoationa, where his great powers of mind have been employed ever since—partly for our selves, and partly in the service of his King and his min try.—(Very great cheers, and cries of Poll, poll, poll.) I pass on therefore at once, Sir, to that question, upon wl.ich alone I apprehend any thing will be raised by way of objection to the elution of Mr. Peel on the present oc casion-1 mean the question of Catholic Emancipation. — (Hear, hear, and Poll, poll, poll.) It does so happen that I am, perhaps, the only pet son of my age, in his Majssty%, d o minions, and h o ldi n g , the situation I do, who has not had an opportunity of r ecording his sentiments of thi s great question. I conceive it to he a most important question. I fi n d by the law s regarding that questio n as i t now stand Ma jesty's subjects to those rights and privileges which, if they , on the one side exclus i o n of many of his are entitled to have, ought to be common to all mankind. (Cries of " Papery !" Pull , P oll, Poll.) -1 know, Sir, that there is a divided Council, and that there is a divided Parliament on this question, which all have to lament. On the other ha nd I know, and am sensible of the restless—the domineering feel ing of the Church of Rome—(Great cries of Hear, hear)—and I rasa ITS SI.•VERY. (Immense cheers and applause, which lasted for several minutes.) I fear, Sir, the arguments of those who oppose me—(hear, hear) — because I state candidly that I wish to have the question fairly brought forward. I wish to state mY own opinion upon the subject. (Hear, hear.) The question isaskiel t why should these number of men have b een exclnated so long from the privileges which others have enjoyed, but for the benefit of the community that it should have been so ? Sir, I know that under the constitution of this country—constituted as it has been for a century and a half, this country has flourished more than ever it did be fore those persons having been thus excluded.—(Great cries of hear, hear ; and go to poll then ! go to poll then.) —Under these circumstances, Sir, I sin led to state then, that the question appears to me to be one of the greatest difficulty—and I sin induced, in Christian charity, to admit that there are persons who are bound to support both sides of this great and important question. (Isreidfiil uproar and cries of Poll! Poll ! which were reiterated along the menders of the convocation in the outer halls, %Oita did not know what was going forward, but who tragedy caught up any sounds they heard front within.) Sir, it is not to he denied that the course which this great Univer sity has taken is invariably adverse to the Catholic Faith— (Cries of " Surely, surely—aye, and it ever will be," with immense uproar and commotion ; and break the windows, break the windows, the heat and suffocation were so in supportable.) Nor is it to be denied that one of the great motives, and which in my humble judgment and belief, of all others ought - to have been so, which induced this University in former times to return Mr. Peel to Parlia ment was the course lie had avowed, and which lie had hitherto taken with respect to this question.—(Applause.) Neither is it to he denied that this great University upon various occasions has declared to—l had almost said in structed the Legislature what its views on this great ques tion ought to he.—(Hear, hear, hear.)--Sir, I come now to a circumstance which took place on the sth March last. It is perfectly well known that a Convocation at that time was held here for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on this subject. Now, on that occasion it appeared to a vast majority that that petition should be presented.— (Hear, hear.)—The petition was conceived in strong but temperate language. I feel it my duty to acknowledge that that petition, supported, as it was, by a very large majority roust be taken as having at that time spoken the views and sentiments of this majority on that important question.—(Shouts of Hear, bear, hear, and very great commotion.)—l know, Sir, that there was attached to that petition the names of persons honourable, aosi ao,;slad +1,,, roots profound respect every where, and on all occasions—names for liberality, morality, and reli gion, that stand unrivalled.—(lmmense applause, great confusion, and cries of poll, poll! which lasted for several minutes.)—lf the measures that have been now proposed had then been known to have been about to he proposed, that petition would in all probability have been prat poned—(Great confusion and uproar, with cries of "No, no, no, no? Poll, poll, poll !)—(The confu sion here continued very peat for some rtinutea, amidst deafening shouts of adjourn to the Theatre, which was represented to he twice as large as the Convocation hall ; and the windows were broken with great indignation, and cries of that's right, that's right.) The Vice CHANCELLOR. at length arose, and entreated :hat the meeting would show respectful conduct on this occasion. Mr. Elms°le (a gentleman apparently of great,re speetability, called out from one of the outer doors-) The VICE-CnaNcettort—Clear the house of the under Graduates, and make room for the Members of the Cativo cation.—(Shouts of laughter and great confusion.) Dr. kaasesaat again obtained a partial hearing, and en deavoured to proceed. Sir, Mr. Peel thought proper to tender his resignation, and in having done so, he has been actuated by every honest, honourable, and every proper principle—(Cries of no, no, with continued cries of "snake room for the Masters ! adjourn to the Theatre ! and !meek the windows, for this is too hot and too CatinOts however, help thinking that his resignation hag placed. us in this very unpleasant dilemma.—(lmmense laughter, and cries of poll ! poll !)—Sir, he has been tried for the last twelve years—and I now consider him placed upon his trial.—(Great confusion.)—That he has been actuated by the firmest principles of virtue, and the most honour able motives I firmly believe, and that he will hereafter be able to prove that he has done ao—(here the *Parable speaker's voice was drowned in 'fries of Poll, PolV gni immense uproar.) On restnning, he continued I insist, Sir, thaLl consider Mt: Peel now on his trial, (deafening and repeated cries of Poll, poll, which resounded with confounding echosfrom the adjoining courts and halls.) Sir, I recommend with all due deference (Cries of 66 Sit down, poll,.poll")—I recommend with all due deference..sp . - . (Repeated calls of " Sit down, sit down," and dreadful confusion)—Sir, I recommend, with all due dekreniei Mr. Peel, to be again your RepresentatiVe.—(lm neense cries of " no—poll, poll," and great confusion.) It appears to me that all the disabilities under which the: Roman Catholics labour can be removed,--affording at the same time permanent security to our Protestant Religion and Institutions. (Poll, Poll.) I say that I consider (pa, pc:11) this, Sir, is the time of danger to ourselvee. (Hear, hear.)-1 cannot but express my high satis faction at the manner in 3ehieli this great ques tion has been discussed at this FJoiversity—it has been deliberated upon—(Cries of quite enough, quite PRoggh, poll, poll,)—it has been deliberated upon with the gyeateat calmness—in the most dispas sionate manner, and f trust 441 this kindly feeling will continue to exist. (Cries of Poll, I A po n e _ sit down, sit down—we want to get home by Sunday%) I wish only to state, Sir, that I have net the least 4, 3 0/4 that the measures which Mr. Peel and his colleagues 1 1 „.. m *i v . proposed, (Ha ! ha ! ha !) will be found to be that whigh they . stated to be.—(Cries of no, no--what's your plea ?) They will be fund tc be 9 . uite sufficient for the relief of the Catholics and the security of the Protestants.—(lmmense confusion, an d cr i es o f " Have mercy on the Clergy, for we have come a great diatate."—lnnense laughter in the hall, and confusion re-echoed from the ria,l" ; Mb , . Dr. Meridiem, finding that he could not proceed any further, se; d 91:,) Dr. INGRA7 , I, Headvef Trinity, then rose, to put io mination Sir Robert Inglis. He made but very few ob- serrations, and the Cries of "Poll! poll 1 " and confusion ' *ere so great, that. very few, if any, heard any i thing he add. lie stated that what had fallen from Marsham, so - far froth inducing those present to vote for Mr. Peel's re-election was as wide as the Eas.s was from the West from having any such tendency. Did they consent to elect Mr. Peel, and the proposed measure prevailed, they might as well at once adopt the principle of universal sufferage.—(Great applause, confu sion, and cries of poll, poll.)—The Re;e. Doctor then sat down. _ M. GIRDLESTONE made an ineffectual attempt to ad dress the Meeting. It was said ,he intended to have spoken against Mr. Peel's re-electior, but the cries for going to Poll were so universal and powerful that he could not proceed. The Vice-Chancellor then left his chair, took his 'teat at the table before him, and the polling commenced. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M AICSIO:i.HOUSE. MA RLBOROUCiI - LSTREET . Yesterday, a well-dressed man, but extremely vulgar in his language and manner, named Tobias Burke, about 35 years of age, was brought before Mr. Cos ANT the magis trate, in custody of Avis the officer, under warrant oi.:an the following charge, preferred against him at the instance of a young lady named Bruce residing in Bedford- place, Russell-square. Mr. Blackmore, a solicitor, attended with Miss Bruce aid stated, on behalf orthat lady, the particulars of the case thus :—ln the year 1821, Mr. Blackmore said, Miss Bruce had the great misfortune to become acquainted with the prisoner, who paid his addresses to her, and in the end married her, professing himself to be a sin3le man at the time. After living with the prisoner, however, for about 18 months, the friends of Mies Bruce diseaVered the pain ful fact that the prisoner was already a married man { and had a wife then living in Ireland, •and that he had prac tised all abominable fraud on this young lady, whom he hatigtus deceived ; and, determined to sever so disgraceful a connexion, as well as to punish the prisoner for his atro city, they instituted a prosecution against him for bigamy, upon which dotage the prisoner was tried 'at the Old Bailey, and, at a very heavy expense on the part of Miss Bruce's father, in bringing over witnesses and others from Ireland, a clear conviction was had against the prisoner, _and he was transported for seven years. From that time until recently, nothing was heard or thought of the pri *met by. Miss Bruce or her friends, as he was sent out of the country ; but Miss Bruee's father, a most respectable gentleman, not resting satisfied with thus getting rid of the prisoner•, determined that no shadow of pretest should remain for imagining any matrimonial claim. to subsist be tween the prisoner and his daughter, and proceeded in the Ecclesiastical Court, until he obtained, at much additional expense, a full and entire divorce. In the early part of November last, however, the prisoner returned, it seems, from transportation, and to the great astonishment and alarm of Miss Bruce, whose father unfortunately is now dead, presented himself at her house ; and, although that lady refused to hold any communication, directly or indi rectly, with him, he has ever since continued to torment and annoy her with lettets and visits to the house, claim ing, or affecting to claim, her as his wile,—delivering mes sages to tin- servant for her, and altogether conducting himself in a manner that has so ahrined Miss Bruce, that she has been compelled to adopt, by the advice of her friends, the present course to protect herself, as she abso lutely fears some personal violence from the prisoner, par ticularly as she was one of the -prineipal witnesses upon whose testimony he was convicted of felony and transported. Ile (Mr. Blackmore) therefore ettled upon the Magistrate to require of the prisoner sufficient bail to keep the peace towards Miss Pruce, and to refrain front annoying or mo- testing her in future. Miss Blom R. genteel young lady, was now sworn, and confirmed in rtsiyyartieular the statement of Mr. Black. more, and Alf i ,that being now without a father she was fearful tlatc.:fi r e prisoner would force his way into the house, and use some personal violence to her. While giving her evidenee, Miss Bruce, who was dressed in deep mourn ing for her father, wept and subbed most bitterly, and averted her eyes from the fellow who had inflicted so deep an injury upon her peace of mind. Miss Bruce's female servant was also examined, and stated that the prisoner came frequently to the house in sisting upon seeing Miss Bruce, and when answered from the area, the street-door being always by Miss Bruce's orders refused to be opened to him, he would threaten vio lence with his fist and stick, so that the witness was dread fully alarmed. To the best of her recollection, the first day the prisoner called was the sth of November last, and he Lad called upwards of a hundred times since. The Magistrate asked the prisoner if he had got his dis therge as a transport? The prisoner said that he had; but be had not just then got it with him--he had left it at home; hut if necessary, he could send for it, or inquiry might be made of Mr. Capper, at the Transport-office, who could state that lie was regularly discharged. The Magistrate asked the prisoner where be had been transported to, and what time he had served ? 'the pri soner replied, that he had been transported to Bermuda, :and had served upwards of six years there, the remainder of his sentence having been remitted to him by the Govern ment, and he returned home from Bermuda to Portsmouth in the Aurora, King's ship. In reply to the charge against him, he denied that he had gone to the home of Miss Bruce with any intention of annoying that lady, but with a desire to give her up some levers of her's that he had, and to receive hack some of his letters from her, for which he had repeatedly written to her, but received no answer. He also understood, he said, that soon after his quitting the country, " his wife," alluding to Miss Bruce, had a child, and the dictates of na ture urge.l him to feel anxious about what had become of the child. Mr. Vat-I:more said, that it was an abominable false hood in the prisoner to say that Miss Bruce had had a child. No such circumstance ever took place, and the prisoner merely said so with a view to wound still deeper the feelings of the unhappy young lady. " But," sail Mr. Blackinore, " I can tell Mr. Burke, that although Miss uce's father is dead, and he may think that she is now unprotected, he will find that she has friends enough who will see that she is not wronged or insulted ; and that Mr. Burke shall not continue to annoy her with impunity." Miss Bruce now stated upon her oath, that it was totally false to say that she had had a child. Prisoner—Will you allow me, Sir, to put one question to my wife? Mr BI—:I.:more (to the pritorier.)--your impudence exceeds any thing I ever knew, to call this lady your wife, when you know you have not the slightest claim to do so. Sir G. FARreANT said that he would soon convince the " doctor" that tne girl did go to the Sessions with an inten tion to indict. The Magistrate then questioned Mr. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk of this office, who makes out the hills of indict ment at the Middlesex Sessions, and he stated that the young woman did apply for a bill of indictment against the " doctors," but the evidence was not deemed sufficiently strong to prepare one op, The two " doctors," who are Jpwe, then withdrew, as did Mr. Adolphus soon after. MARYLEBONIi On Monday, Buckeridge, the officer, was sent down •to Dover to intercept a lady charged with having fraudulently obtained goods of several tradesmen, and who, it had been ascertained, was on her road to Frange ; and bavipg accom plished the object of his journey, he brought her before Mr. Lawn N SON yesterday morning for examination. She it superior in appearance and address : she stood at the bar with a great deal of self-possession, accompanied by a young gentleman. named Titchbourn, who was apprehended with her, and gave her name Mary Eliza IVilmot. Mr. Thomas Meozwood, of Lower Thornhanh-street, B e dford-square, stated that on Saturday afternopn hirs. Wilmot bought an inlaid tea-cheat, a work-box, a watch stand, and other articles, amounting in value to 6/. 131. 6d , at one of his contacts in the Soho Bazaar, and promised, it they were sent to her house, Na. 1, Allsop's-place, Regent's park, in the evening, she would pay for them. Mr. Moor wood took them there Un s self,_ and a female servant told him be must leave them, and 611 again o Monday to be paid, for Mrs. Wilmot was very lied with a cold. - When he went on Monday, he learned that she went 'off on Sunday . pigl4, in a hackney-coach, with a great 'many package!, at id vas sft dpwn at a SiJversatith-'s in Bond-street. Hare lot 11u4oelc, .ahlopwoW sg4h Mr. Yerey, 216, Regent-street, took, in a coach, to Alm Iviiippee h._&t.s, on Saturday night , about nine o'clock, a quantity of sltitte, habit-shirts, dressing-gowns, &c., and was to have received the money for them, but hire. Wilmot came into the hall and said, " Oh, leave your soods, and I will look them The witness gave her the account, and asked her if she could 6 ) 4 ige her py toOiq i. Mrs. Wilmot re plied, $` Mr. Wilmot stepped opt Jd tnioni.ea ago ; it yon will call about half-pant 11 orlg on luo o du morning, your account shall be settled. You had better be Here by half past ,11, and perhaps you will have to wait half an hour for Mr. Wilmot." ;n answer to some questions by Mr. Rawurtsori, this witnesi said 1 41. :4 7 :115,t bought some articles before of Mr. Verq, and p for then... Site did not know Mr. Wilmot ; she knew Mr. TieLbottrn as Mr. Tichbourn, and understood him to be Mrs. Wihnot's cousin, and the goods she took home were ordered about the 10th of this month. Bucket idge reached Dover at 12 o'clock on Monday night, and soon learned that Mrs. Wilmot was at the King's Head hotel, accompanied by Mr. Titchbourn. He sent word up to her at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning by the chambermaid, that a person wanted to speak to her, and after some time Mr. Titchbourn came down, and he had one of the shirts belonging to Mr. Verey in his hand. Buckeridge told bins he had a warrant to apprehend Mrs. Wilmot under a charge of felony. Mr. Titchbourn said t i ere was no felony committed. Buckeridge answered, " I am instructed otherwise, and as circumstances are, I think it my duty to take you back to London also." He found in Mr. Titebbourn'a "pocket-book a French passport, made out in the names of Mr. T. Titchbourn and Madame Alherton ; and Mr. Titchbourn,'in Mrs. Wilmot's presence, said that name was intended to represent her ; he likewise fennd a Bank of England note for 301., which he returned to him, and 17 trunks, portmanteaus, leather cases, &c., containing, 'with other articles more valuable, the golds belonging to Mr. Moorwood and Mr. Verey. The packages were marked, some with Mr. Titchbourn's name, and others with the letters E. A., and he brought the whole to London. The charge made by Mr. Moorwood was considered by Mr. EA WUNSON the most important, because the passport was dated Feb. 20, one day previous to the purchase of hie. goods lay Mrs. Wilmot, at the Bazaar, and they were produced and identified ; and it was afterwards stated by the young woman who attends the counter, that Mrs. Wilmot wanted a music stand, and was referred to another place, and she returned and said she bad seen one, at 275., but as she hail begun to deal with Mr. Moot wood, she might as well continue to 6o so, and if be would make one in the course of a week, at the same pike, he might send it. Mr. Maltwood,' trunk-maker, Oxford-street, and Mr. Green, shoe-maker, New Bond-street, had cemplainta to make, but their witnesses were not present. - - Mr. Joseph Avery, 53, New Bond-street, silversmith, wished to state under what circumstances he received Iltre. Wilmot and her luggage into his house on Sundty night. He had knoivn her seven or eight years, and in conse quence of a message, he went, at one o'clock on Sunday, to her house. She then returned four silver spoons she had borrowed -of him, and told him she was very busy packing up a quantity of things for Mr. Titchhourn, who was going to Paris, and as he was very unaccustomed to travel, she should see him off. She said she also was going to her aunt's, over the water, meaning the Thames, and asked hint to allow her to leave a portmanteau and a bag at his house till she should call again, and he gave her permission. At 10 o'clock on Sunday night Mr. Titch bourn came alone in a hackney-coach, and brought 12 or 14 packages, and Mr. Avery was surprised at the number. About three quarters of an hour afterwards Mrs. Willmot came in another coach, with more luggage, and at twelve they went away, after they bad had boa e supper, iu two other coaches. Mr. RAwr.iNsON asked Mr. Avery where they went to, and he replied, Piccadilly. Mr. Rawlinson asked him, whether, as his house was in the direct road from the Regent's Park to Piccadilly, he did nut think their bring ing so many parcels in two coaches there, and removing them in others so soon, was a suspicious circumstance. Why did not they take them on at once ? Mr. Avery said it was suspicious, but he was deceived : Mrs. Wilmot told him she tvas•going to her aunt's, and it being so late, he offered her a bed, but she said her aunt would sit up for her, and he was astonished afterwards to find she slept at Webb's Hotel, and accompanied Mr. Titchhourn on his journey. Mr. Titchhourn occasionally interrupted the witnesses, and said he was tinder peculiar obligations to the lady, in consequence of her kindness to his mother on her death bed, and it was his duty to render her every service. He added, that the step Mrs. Wilmot had taken was under the advice of her friends, for her embarrassments rendered it necessary that she should leave town fur a short time. Mr. RAWLINSON told him, nobody in their senses would advise an embarrassed woman to buy goods in a bazaar, under a pretence of paying fur them, feign illness at night, and set off for Paris the next day. Mr. RAWLINSON then told Mts. Wilmot she was charg ed with felony. Mrs. Wilmot requested:time to see her solicitor. She said she had property in the Bank, and mentioned the names of two highly respectable gentlemen, and a Colonel in the Biitish setvice, as her It ustees. Air. RaWI.INSON would, if site wished it, remand her till Saturday, but in the mean time he must send her to prison. She replied, " Very well, Sir," and tearing two portraits from her bosom, she requested Mr. Rawlinson to take care of them, and her reticule, which contained a large one of full length of herself and other propel ty ; and she was permitted to retire to the magistrate's room till a coach was procured to remove her to Clerkenwell. Mr. Titch bourn requested to be sent to prison also, for he did not wish to be separated from the lady ; and he began a state ment which Mr. Rawlinson cut short, by observing that he should not be justified in committing hint, but he must, give bail for his appearance. Mrs. Wilmot was accommodated with a chair the greater part of the time, and she sipped water occasionally from a mug which was placed before her. On two occasions her feelings cnercame her, but she soon recovered herself. DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. Nobody would think of comparing his Royal High. ness the Duke of Cumberland to Clesar, especially as the latter, if we recollect rightly, was bald, and wore no moustacheos:, However, it is reported of the old Roman that, Upon one occasion, he remark ed, with laconic vanity, Veni,vidi, vici ; words which his Royal Highness may use, with a very slight va riation, descriptive of the achievement he has just performed,—Veni, vidi, dixi ; w hich, being inter preted, would run thu s : I have j ust arrived, looked Arthur Duke of Wellington in the face, and" spoken out." Yes, his Royal Highness has " spoken out" on the (subject of the Catholic claims) " thinking it a duty he owes to the country to let it know what his feelings are." The country are certainly much in debted to his Royal Highness, considering the deep interest it must necessarily take in the state of his " feelings" in regard to a question which ought to be decided on rational views of policy and expedi ency alone, and considering also, his Royal Highness has declared that " it shall no longer be said I am this thing or that, hut it shall he distinctly known what I am." The Royal Duke is exceedingly oblig ing, but really this declaration was , perfectly unne cessary. The country knows perfectly what his Royal Highness is—the patron saint of the Bruns wick, or rather Titus Oates' Clubs (as Lord Plun kett proposes to re-baptise them), the admired of Lord Elden, the idol of the exclusionists, and the very yink of Protestant Orangeism. His Royal High• ness tells us that be cannot change a - 0 opiaion whicl he conscientiously entertains ; and we are far from desiring that he should ; but, supposing his con science came to tell him that that opinion was erro neous, would his Royal 'Highness then change it ? The question., in the present case, his Royal High ness thinks is, whether England is to be a Protest ant or a Popish country but,in our humble opi, nion it is, whether we are to have a divided or 4 puited Empire. Oh ? . but says the Royal title, tho very moment you admit CgthOlie into this House, or into the other House 'of Parliament, I maintain that. this becomes not a Protestant Parlia ment :" which is just as much as if the Reis Effendi or the Grand Multi, or some other bearded personage of high note, were - to say to the Grand Seignor, "the very moment you twp . oint a single Ginouf Hospodar" of one of the 'Principalities, or admit him, however faithful and attacliCd, into your Councils, I maintain that thiS becomes a Mahomniedan Govern ment." It is usually said that one swallaW doe not make a summer; but the received adage must be wrong now that this great personage has " spoken out," and that we have royal authority to the eon trary.--.k;diatirgis Paper. On Tuesday last, tile wife of a labourinc , man, at Wralmess, in this county, named Banks, committed suicide under circumstances most extraordinary. She had tier lysi:and lower room of their house, and went into the beti,room above ; niter. her !;:..;aband near ing something heavy fall, went to ascertain the cause, and found her with her throat cut, weltering in her blood, and, lying close by her, a razor, a knife, and a sickle; which, from the circumstance of their being all bloody, must have h.?en used. It appears that th e wretch ed woman , having spread her apron upon . the fioor, eown ; and placing a look,ng-ghio opposite to her, an;, a cliiimber tztengil ttveen them to catch the blood, deliberately cut her throat while looking in the glass. Medical assistance was pre cured, but the wound was of that dreadful nature, that the survived only about 24 hours, ..-Essex Herald. OLD BAILEY, FEB. 25. The proclamation haring been made last night da an adjournment until noon of this day, which will intended for one o'clock precisely, the Court coase not proceed for the want of an Alderman. At half• past two Mr. Alderman VENABLE3 arrived, and the business commenced; but it is just to observe, that it was - not that worthy Alderman who ought to have been in attendance. Immediately that the RECORDER entered the Court, Mr. HILL rose, and addressed the Court relatov to the case of the prisoner Roebuck, whose caut f he advocated yesterday, and in the absence of hs friend Mr. Clarkson, he had also to make an appli cation respecting a person of the name of Byrne. The RECORDER told the Learned Gentleman, that it would be more convenient for him to confine himself to the case which had already occupied the attention of the Court in his commencement, and having disposed of that, they would take the other matter into consideration afterwards. Mr. HILL then adverted to the trial which ap peared in the Times of yesterday, where the Court had been occupied the while day, when the pro secutor brought his V, itheAses against his (Mr. Hill's) client ; but the result was, that the Jury declared her " not guilty" of the lie:jury with which she had been charged. Last night he (Mr. Hill) implored the Court to admit the prisoner(Roebuck) to hail upon her own recognisance, as she bad to appear hereafter to take her trial for conspiracy in the Court of King's Bench. He (Mr. Hill) now reiterated that prayer, ill the hope that it would be entertained by the Court. The RECORDER said that the Court could not grant all which was prayed, yet it would not act oppressively : something more than the recognizance of the party accused, however, appeared to be ne cessary : he should therefore order Roebuck to be bound in her own recognizances in the sum•of and two sureties in the sum of 40/. .each, upon justi fication. Mr. ALLEY—Do I understand your Lordship that it is one eighty and two forties. Are we to have notice ? The RECORDER—Yes; twenty-four 'mural-notice will be required, and granted. M. HlLL—With respect to Byrne I have to make the same application. Mr. ALLEY—I have no instructions to oppose it, nor have I any thing to feel for the prosecutor except a‘ a client. The RF.CORDBR—Let her be bound in the same recognizances as Roebuck, and find similar sureties. Mr. ALLEY —Very well, Sir; I have done my duty, and now Isbell beg pardon when I say that I shall not (as we understood the learned gentleman) any more appear for the prosecutor. The RECORDER then proceeded to the ordinary business, and passed sentence of death upon the following individuals :—viz. Bridget Sheridan, aged 35, for stealing in the dwelling-house of Mr. John Efflend, a licensed vic tualler, 42/. his property; Charles Goodlad, 22, for stealing in the dwelling-house of Arthur Geddes, Esq. his master, plate to the amount of 1001. ; Riad. Kenney, 30, for assaulting John Keeling, on the King's highway, and taking from his person a gold chain and seals, his property (this ptisonec com mitted the robbery on Wednesday the 18th instant, was committed to Newgate the following day, and tried and convicted on Saturduv, and within a week from the commission of the offence, received sen tence of death) ; Thomas Birmingham, 21, Joseph Redgard, 23, and William Kelly, 21, for a daring highway robbery in Kirby-street, Batton-garden ; William Ritchie alias John Smith, 36, for returning from transportation; and David Daniels; 16, for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Mr. Robert Tarr. The first-named prisoner, Bridget Sheridan, pleaded pregnancy in stay of her execution, and a Jury of matrons were impannelled to examine whether she was quick with child or not. They returned a ver dict that she was ; and her judgment was conse quently respited till next Sessions. The following were sentenced to be transported for life—John Wolf, aged 15, George Fowler, 14, Thomas Jones, 14, three young pickpockets. For 14 years.—James Wood, Thomas Hodgett, 23, ( who t pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling . 150/. 13s. the property of his employer), Michael Connor, William Edmonds, 35 (this prisoner pleaded guilty to four indictments), Margaret Hollis, Mary Prouter, John Bayley, Thos. Sinfield, John Briscoe,' Isaac Hoare, George Denshire, James Williams, David Connor, and Maurice Herring. For seven years.—George Humphries, W. West, J. Bratigwell, John Jones, John Holmes, Robert Watson, Richard Pendegrass, Charles Bugbee, Charles Cannon, Patrick Miles, E. Bullock, W. Turner, Henry Bagnor, G. Bolter, W. Cremes., Mary Day, Wm. Francis, Mary-Ann King, Pheebe Douglas, Ann Norris, Peter Welch, Wm. Davis, John May, John :knee, Margaret Roach, Richard 'Alison, James Best, Benjamin Edwards, Charles James Redhead, D. Elder, Mary Smith; William Bates, William Peckett, John Weller, James Lloyd, Elizabeth Buckland, John Edmonds, .Jehn Johnson, Joseph Jones, John Welk, John Bolton, Edward Atkinson, Maly Easden, William Huris, Mary Ann Smith, James Sly, James Ward, John Clare Eustace, and George King. To be imprisoned twelve months in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour.—Harriet Far rell, for concealing the birth of her illegitimate child. For six months.—Mary Palmer,Elizabeth Owcna James Maidman, Johanna Hagan, Mvy Jonas, Henry Smith, Henry Vest, William Burn, a nd John Bell. Several others were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The judgment of tl e Court was respited PP" the following prisoners -James Gallatin alias Gale lowav, for receiving 6,0001. worth of stamps', know ing them to have been stolen, sted.William Jones. • John Dover, aged 20, was convicted of pole stealing ; and sentenced to' be publicly whipped• 'I he instant the Judge left the bench, this sentence was carried into effect by the new executioner; but, although the punis.lannt was severe, on his return from the stocks he lau ;hed heartily : he hag to freeci ,- the mill for three reentbs to complete Ids sentence. An elderly female residing in Chancery-lane , imagining her death to b:s near, ordered her coffin a fevr weeks since, which was brought home and placed in her chamber ; a few days after which she woe found dead is her bed. A. few weeks ago a person in Lochwiunoch had a great part of hi: body sevefely toalded, bir acci• dentally upsetting a tea-kettle. The surgeon who was called in immediately aplied a large sheet of finely-carded cotton to the part affected, and the pain was almost in stantly relieved. On the ninth day part of the cotton fell off, and discovered a firm new skin ; and by the fourteenth a complete cure had been effected.— Glasgow Chronicle. THE BIBLE.—A book which, to say not: in; of its holiness or authority, conta:aa more spedineni of genial and taste than any other volume in 'exisienee.--- - • FALCON itY.—A race of Falconers have for many years existed in the village of Falcw...F,viveti, Bois-le-pnc, in 1 tollaud, whence 'the whole' of Ettiope' bits been supplied ; for want of encouragement, however, the race has become almost extinct, and the only one now living is John Pella, in the PCIV;ee of John Dawson Downes, Esq., of Old Gun-Hill, Suffolk. . i We ptiderstand that Sir Charles Wetherell Ito ceased 'tdte Attorney-Cieheral. In the event of his retire.. went from offiee, which, flout the impracticability of his character, has been for some time expected in the professions Sir Nicholas Tindal, the present Solicitor-General; Succeeds hint ; and Mr. Frederick PullorA, r)r - 'Jr. Spcd2n, Ku: ; bably occupy the place vacated by Sii'N. - firniiiilC . promo tion. The former gentleman is known as an eminent and accomplished scholar, and as one of the most abler, judicious, enlightened, and effective lawyc4s of the day. H e h as not hitherto taken any part in politics. Mr. Sugden is sufs - distinguished by his eminence at the Chancery bat his appi - ,trance r ayliamenthas notAstilineti his pre vious reputation. Whoever may be his successor, the re frement of Sir Ch tries Wetherell must b • regarded as a very auspicious omen of the dispositions of .Ministers.--. AtUrrning Paper.