The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-29 00:00:00

I FRY AND CHAPMAN'S BANKRUPTCY. This morning a special meeting of the creditors under the Commission of Bankruptcy awarded against the above firm, was held in the Commis "nere Court, Basinghall-street. At the last meet ing it was resolved, in consequence of the extensive nature of the debts, that time should be given until to- day, before the Bankiupts passed their examina tion, .in order that the creditors might have ample time for satisfying themselves as to the regularity and general correctness of the accounts which exhi bited such enormous items under the title of bad debts. Soon after twelve o'clock the Commissioners, Messrs. Holroyd, Smith, and Trebeck took their seats in the room appointed for the ninth list. The Meeting was not by any means fully attended. Se veral small debts were pros ed ; there were two, however, which exceeded 4001. The bankrupts are in attendance. Mr. CHING attended as Counsel for a gentleman, named Penson, who it appeared was connected with the Dartmouth Bank, of the firm of Hisule and Holdsworth, the amount far which Mr. Penson wanted to prove was 15,0001.; it arose out of some partnership concern, and the Learned Counsel was proceeding with his case when Mr. Commissioner TREBECK said that all that Could be done at present would be to allow a claim of the allegations of Mr. Penson.—The sth of Fe bruary was time the fixed for that purpose. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-(TIIIS DAY.) DESPERATE RIOT IN CATO-STREET. Michael Gregg, John Barry, Patrick Burke, John Flaherty, John Cart 11 y, Daniel O'Neil, Wm. Wallis, Daniel Brown, Daniel Sullivan, Patrick Flaherty, Eugene Carroll, James Jones, and Cathe rine Gowan, Were indicted for riotously assembling together in Cato-street, on the 26th December, and there assaulting Henry Richard Buckeridge. Upon the prisoners (all of whom are low. Irish nlen) being asked the usual question Guilty or Not Guilty ? Sullivan replied, " Devil a bit, yo ur Honour ; b ut I suppose you wont b el i eve us : (Laughte r .) After evidence had been duly heard, The CHAIRMAN summed up, and the Jury ac (Pitted John and Patrick Flaherty and Daniel 43 'Neil, and found the others guilty : they were sen tenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. TIIE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) ~,,, FISFI-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. of e 11, 4 morning's market ex hibit e d b ut a scanty supp l y ' all kind s of fish, which went off a t an a d vance on our last quotations. The following were the prices:— Prime Turbot, each 2ls. 04. to 28a. Od. Ditto small, per do. Cod-fish, each 7 0 18 0 Soles, per three pairs Fine Whitings, per 15 - riaddoekt c per dozen .. 3 0 7 0 15 0 'JO 0 - Brill, eadi . 7 Gurnetts, 1 each 1 0 6 Live Flounders, per quarte rn . Live Eels, per 516. _ ..... Dutch Plaice, per ba s k e t 4 0 5 ii 3 0 7 0 Fine Lobsters, per score 45 0 50 0 inferior ditto Shrimps, per gallon 0 d7O 8 0 Scotch ditto Cod Sounds, per barrel Pickled Herrings, per 100 'o 0 6 Best Common Oysters, per bushel 0025 0 0 HAY MARKETS. —(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Co arse heavy Lowland Meadow Ha ....... ......£2 12 to .£2 18 west New Mead ow H ay y .. 23 3 Me U pland Meadow and R ye-grass Hay... ..... Clover Hay 3 10 5 5 O at Straw . . .... XI 10 to £1 14 I Wheat Straw 114 118 Supply good, trade dull, and prices as on Tuesday. Cbmarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 15 2 3 0 V"t New Hay l5 i'lhe . U CI pland Meadow Meadow and Rye.grass Hay ll 3 5 3 4 1 4 5 „qver Hay (extra fine)..Xs 5 ... Genera y 3 "at Straw .. ... £1 8 t • oX1 12—Wheat Straw 112 116 quot A Y erate'good supply, and a dull trade ; prices a s l as t ed SOUTHALL MARKET—Jan. 28. At this d a y' s mar k et, w hi c h exhibited a limited supply, a nd Iv . as rather numerously attended by buyers, each kind of meat sold with some degree of briskness, at the Boringfol w pri ces per stone of Slb. to sink the offals:— Muttontt • on 3 . 4 d. to 4s. 8c1• I Veal 4s. 6d. to ss. 10c1. 310 5 0 Pork - - w 4 0 5 2 neei; The f Veiloregoing quotations are M u tt on , 2d . per stone higher, .____.____and Pork, the same as those of this day ssennight. Bee(, HAILSHAM MARKET.—Jan. 28. Autto 3s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. Os. Od. to Os. Rd n-----. 4 4 4 8 Perk ---. 4 0 5 4 There were a great many rotten Sheep in the market, which sold at from 2s. to 3s. per stone. A great supply, and a very (lull trade . STEYNING NIA iti(Ei,,jar)26 Beef 3g. 10d. to 4s. Bd. I Veal • • Os. Od, to Os Od Mutton 4 6 52 I Porkw—'•s. •4 • • A moderate supply, an d a very dull trade. 4 ARUNDELan, 27. Aga., 3s. Sd. to 4s. 4d. I Veal ss. Od. to ss. 4d. Mutton 4 0 5 0 Per C.:7= 4 0 4 4 i _ S t uPPIY good, and trade with all but prime Mutton, which was risk demand very dull. CHICHESTER MARKET.—Jan. 28. 141 44'n f pl 4 2 4 6 :is. 6.1. to 4s. 4 d.45. Sd. to ss. 2d, / 3 1 50 'n Lean Stock but little doin. Su g p y good, and trade dull. - - - _ RU MFORD MARKET.—Jan. 28. Vie r s. d. tots. d. I. d. 8. d. 144, .................... .:3 2 4 6 Veal s ucklin g ................ 3 8 5 6 Pork 4 0 5 2 . ..mg Calves from 14s. to 395.; Quarter old Pigslss to 18s. each. A short supply, and a brisk trade. une of the Aides-de-Camp already appointed 26 as of Earl Grey; another is the Hon. A. Wellesley, Imn o f the Rev. Gerard Wellesley, and nephew of the Duke of Wellington. The command of the yacht has been con ferred on Captain the Hon. W. H. Percy, who, we be "ve, lately commanded the Hotspur. The Venerable Thomas Singleton (Archdeacon of Northumberland) will accom pany his Excellency as Private Secretary.— S toteanko s . Tins EARL OF ERROL,--The late accident under which this Nobleman has been so long confined, ffloes not now, we are happy to state, prevent his Lordship romr taking airings in a carriage. His Lordship, however, t !erne. It is said th at the Earl of Errol is to form hie one of the new Vic eregal suite, k eeping the appointment Lordship held in the Suite of Lord Anglese- a—a cir cumstanee which would afford the Irish public, we are sure, the greatest pleasure. • An important chang e is (it is reported) about to be effected in the Consular department. It will be re membered that before the reforms which took place under Mt• Canning's Administration, our Consular agents were generally merchants, native or foreign, residing at the byports where they represented British interests, and paid fees upon British trade. Mr. Canning abolshed tis .7"era, which w as li a b le to strong objections, i deciding ftt our Con su l s henceforward should be unconnected with the trade of the places where they resided, and be paid a PP L ec ific salary. This arrangement is, it is said, now to be abandoned; and though the present holders of o ffi ce are not t° be dismissed, merchants are to be preferred for Con • - .11 vae.ancies c os cur. These al officers will therefore be "noider e d merely co mmerciagents, and be placed eZ und er the di rection of the Board of Trade. Whether in 4ad, sees a re t o h e substituted for deductions of salary, - ue t p r , no appear yet to be decided.-- Times. hu.441, statement in some o f th e P apers t h at t h e the PI: of Chand os i s t o b e S ecretary for Ireland, under d of North um b er l an d , i s w i thout foundation. The erd tinguished N o bl eman who now holds that high office -I,v Pra neia L. Gower—hae consent e d t o re t a i n it.. Lord t ea % Gotver will leav e I re l an d t o atten d his Parhamen at)? duties, early in the ensuing week. TH E T "JPITALFIELDS WEAVERS.-Last b u k , i , -- aY n ight a m ee ti ng o f s ilk -weavers took place at the it G loucester p u bli c -h ouse, S ea b r i ght-street, at w hi ch T re aolied to hold a general meeting of weavers o n De), 'Y next, at n i ne o ' c l oc k , a.m., to memorialiseth e of Welli ngton, and accompany the petition in a body. liare's wife, in crossing the bridges, was reet t n ited by some person who had seen her in gaol. A cr owd a ced gathered round her, and pelted her with snow inte-rfnern.d,other missiles; and h ad ' not the police promptly he r o v ° In her behalf, the ungovernable rabble . that beset be r Z if -u 'd have quickly executed summary justice, both on idea 6nd the sickly infant she bore in her arms. An in her Pr"ailed in the West Port, that she had taken re fuge rrold den, and a multitude of disorderly people con w'rted there, to root her out of it, but quietly dispersed, tiud " aro t_ e nted that she was not in the neighbourhood. We to wit. :cit .) d that she left the Police O ffi ce in the twilight , Pap er d e r whither it is not easy to guess. —Edinburg h LITERATURE. TWELVE YEAR; MILITARY ADVENTURE. Two voi.s. DON . 1529. " Out of a filmily of six boys it was proper that one should he devoted to the infernal Gods, and as my shoulders promised to be of the re quisite breadth, and my head of the suitable thickness, I was chosen as a fit offering ; or in other words, I was selected for the military pro fession, as beim -, the greatest dunce in the family." Such is the remark with which the author of the present amusing volumes commences I his narrative ; a remark which we are so far from having the slightest inclination to question, that we are even desirous of carrying it further, and deducing from it this unavoidable inference, namely, that if it requires a great dunce to make a common subaltern, it must require a super human blockhead to furbish up a Commander in-Chief. Notwithstanding, however, that our author thus " writes himself down an ass," his book is any thing but asinine. He proses, it is true, now and then : but be never brays, he never once shows his ears—but may be read with advantage from the first . to the last chapter of his two portly octavos. He sets out with a rambling but highly diverting account of his different campaigns in India during the Mahratta war, which was conducted and brought to a satisfactory conclusion by Gen. Wellesley, (now Duke of Wellington), and famous for his epistolary faculties ; in the course of which we are presented with several characteristic, but scarcely novel, sketches of Indian modes of life, more especially of the native troops, during a campaign in the monsoon season. On landing at Madras, previous to joining his regiment near Poonah, our author is put into a bed at an hotel, of which we have the subjoined details:— " Here I passed the night in a bed which might be called a chop-house for musquitoes, where fresh tender European flesh was regularly served up to them on the arrival of a fleet, just as Aldermen are regaled at the City of London Tavern on the landing of a fresh batch of turtle from the West Indies. To be sure, there was some pretence of ex cluding these voracious animals by what are termed mus quito-curtains ; but they only served, like the walls of the tavern aforesaid, to exclude the vulgar herd, while a set party of old hands, aware of the repast which awaited them, had taken care to secure a birth within. This tor menting insect, happily known by report only in England, is justly an object of dread to all new corners. A young lady from the Highlands of Scotland, having had her ima gination worked upon during the voyage by the terrible description given of it by the officers of the ship, who feel a pleasure in hoaxing the griffins; and having heard, by some means, that it had a proboscis or trunk, , on seeing an elephant near the beach where they landed, exclaimed, as she caught the arm of one of the passengers for protection, ' Is that the animal ye caw a muskeetee ?'" Before he quits the Presidency for his mili tary duties, our author is an eye-witness of the mode of manufacturing matrimonial specula tions; his remarks on which we should do him great injustice were we to withhold from the reader : " The system pursued in disposing of the fair objects is exactly the same as that used at the sales of king's stores in a dock-yard, where the auctioneer begins by putting the highest price on the article, and keeps lowering and lower ing, till some bidder assents to the price and bears off the goods. First, the young lady is instructed to set her cap at a civilian high in office, or at an officer high on the staff. If, in the course of a few months, there is no bid ding at that price, then she condescends to cast a smile upon the second rank, and so on to the bottom. Should she possess any pretensions to beauty, she is soon snapped up ; for the scarcity of the article prevents people from being very fastidious in their tastes. If of the true Euro pean white, she is almost sure to go off tolerably well ; but no mixture of the Asiatic will suit persons of any rank. Should the young lady continue on hand till the arrival of a fleet conveying a fresh supply of fair ones, she is, of course, thrown somewhat into the back-ground, and her chance of a good match considerably diminished ; so it often happens, that females are thus compelled to accept offers which, at first starting, they would have rejected with disdain, and in some instances, to take the very men whom they once treated with scorn. But she must be a hapless virgin, indeed, and possessed of no ordinary detrac tions, who is compelled, as a dernier ressort, to put up with an ensign of native infantry, by whom she may be borne off to spend the honey-moon in a hill-fort. How happy marriages in general prove among Europeans in India may hence be inferred." It is not our intention to follow the author by forced marches through his very desultory de tails, but rather to imitate him in the rambling and unconnected style of his narrative ; for this reason, therefore, we subjoin the following amus ing anecdote : " Here I cannot omit mentioning a curious circumstance which I witnessed about this time, a consequence of the privation undergone by these unfortunate beasts. Lolling one day in my tent, ruminating on the hardships of a sol dier's life, and on the shifts to which he is often reduced, my eyes and my thoughts were naturally attracted to my poor cattle, who stood picketed at a short distance, with nothing to chew but the cud of disappointment, having waited since morning in eager expectation of the return of a foraging party. I observed one of these, whose well defined ribs bore testimony to the scantiness of his fare, gradu a lly stretc hi ng out his head to a turban, belonging to one of my servants, which happened to lie within the length of his tether. After giving it a turn or two with his nose, I suppose to ascertain the possibility of its being masticated, he seized the loose end in his mouth, and ac tually began to swallow it. He swallowed, and swallowed ; an d, as the voluminous folds of the turban unrolled, so fast did they disappear down the throat of the bullock, until, of at least ten yards of stuff, there remained only a small bit pendent from his jaws. I was so amused with the whole process, that I could not find it in my heart to stop him ; but lay on my couch observing his operations for at least an hour. Another minute, and the turban, which had nearly reached its latter end, would have been safely deposited in the stomach of the bullock to be brought up for rumination at a favourable opportunity. Just at this critical moment the owner returned, When, looking about for his turban, he beheld the end dangling from the mouth of the animal. With an oath he flew at the bullock, and seizing the only visible portion of his garment, pulled and pulled, hand over hand, and oath upon oath, while the tat tered, but still connected, cloth came forth, like a measur ing tape out of its case. The man's rage and gestures at the destruction of his turban, the beast's astonishment at the novel kind of emetic he was undergoing, and the atti tudes of both, formed a scene absolutely irresistible." On quitting India, after a long and arduous service, in the course of which he is rewarded by a colony of Guinea worms, nearly two feet in length, taking up their (apparently) permanent abode in his left leg, our author quits India for Spain, where he joins the army, under his old commander Lord Wellington, and where he en ; counters the usual adventures of a soldier. This part of his narrative, however, founded on• fact, is any thing but novel. ; we 'therefore dismiss it with the remark that it is lightly, and in parts even humorously written. The chief interest attached to the book ends with the first volume, to which, therefore, for the sake of our readers, we wish that it bad been restricted. Altogether, however, it may be pronounced a frank, manly, and good-humoured production, penned with all the candour of the soldier and all the ease of the gentleman. A few days since Mr. Jenkins, grocer, of this place, found nine of his pigs, out of a farrow of fourteen, actually frozen to death in the stye.—Maidstone Journal. AN EXTRAORDINARY AUTHOR. A very strange scene took place at the Kean's 1-lead Theatrical-house, Russell-court, a few nights ago. A young gentleman, who fancied he had high talent for writing tragedies, went to the Kean's Head, for the pur pose of making known his powers, under the impression that they would be fairly appreciated by the company. As soon as it was known in the public room that a literary fiat was in the way, the customers immediately determined ❑pon administering a wholesome correction to his vanity. They assumed the characters of managers, authors, and booksellers, and imposed upon the dramatic genius with the most wonderful effect. One of them was Mr. Price, another Mr. Colman, a third Mr. John Murray, a fourth Mr. Constable (of Edinburgh), a fifth Mr. Fawcett, and a sixth Mr. Longman. The candidate for dramatic honours had actually brought with him a specimen of his powers,—a tragedy; and it was deter mined that a strong contest should forthwith be entered into amongst the managers for the theatrical property in it, and amongst booksellers for the copyright. The author received introductions to the several gentlemen interested in the work, and was requested to read his tragedy, which he did, standing on the table, while Mr. Price and Mr. Fawcett held the candles to him. The applause was, of course, tremendous ; but Mr. Price was very fastidious, and threw in an occasional —, which evidently annoyed the author. Mr. Colman's better taste, however, cor rected the barbarous interruptions, and Mr. John Murray, as soon as the piece terminated, pulled out a well-folded 1,0001. note of the Bank of Elegance and Fashion, and offered it for the copyright. " No," said Mr. Colman, " such a genuine production shall not be sacrificed. It shall be first represented. You want to crush genius, as is your usual practice, Mr. Murray." Here Mr. Murray, without hesitation, gave Mr. Colman the lie, and the gentlemen were about to resort to the argn mentum baculinum, when Mr. Fawcett offered to play the piece, and to accept for a stipulated sum a tragedy a ! week from the writer, whose eye was wandering all the while after the 1,0001. note. " I don't wish to have any disputes, gentlemen," said the latter, " and I am willing to close with Mr. Murray for that note."—" Close with Murray," roared out Mr. Price, " I'm if you do. No, no ; he shan't have the broth out of the tragedy. It would not be worth a to us if he put his unlucky claws upon it. He is no more fit to patronize a tragedy than a newspaper." Mr. Murray, in a huff, pocketed his property, to the discomfiture of the author, who was pre vented front expostulating by the ferocious appearance and manners of the representative of Drury-lane. At length it was resolved that the author should supply the two theatres with tragedies alternately„ the managers to "hide the horse" for the first piece. Accordingly the horse was hidden, and Mr. Fawcett was the lucky gamester. Mr. Price's rage at his disappointment then became wholly unappeas able. He seized the tragedy, and in an instant it was in a blaze, while the rest of the company screamed at the ad vancing destruction, which was however checked by the activity of the landlord,:who, like a true fireman-waterman, threw a large jug of beer over the flaming work. There was then a general cry of " Turn out Price; turn out the rascally Yankee;" but there stood behind that gentleman's chair his servant, in a fine laced coat, which had been bor rowed at a Jew's for the purpose, and the moment his master was threatened he swore he would put the whole room in the watch-house if they stirred a foot. The con duct of this servant was inexplicable to the author, for he sometimes sat down by his master with a pipe in his mouth and even took the liberty to drink out of the same glass; but then it was all attributed to the democracy of American habits, and the author considered it no degradation when the " odd companion" for a gentleman swallowed three fourths of his own glass. But the scene has not yet reached its climax. The hour had arrived when the ma nagers must look after the theatres, and the booksellers and authors separate to prepare for the next day's labour. Mr. Colman then rose, and with much grace and elegance requested that the young author would leave them a testimony from which they would each of them de rive considerable honour. " What, gentlemen, could I spare which you would think adequate ?" asked the author. " A lock of your hair," answered Mr. Colman ; and a large shears was soon procured, and Mr., Murray was de puted to the office of removing a lock for each of the com pany. The favour was granted without the slightest hesitation, and the dramatic hero actually departed as if he had just left the hands of the most experienced shaver; but he did not go until each of the performers dropped the cha racter he had resumed, and confessed that it bad been put on for the purpose ofcuring a most injurious and ridicu lous vanity.— Times. Prince Licven, the Russian Ambassador, ac companied by Count Matuseewicz (who arrived on Monday night, on a special mission, from the Emperor of Russia), waited on the Duke of Wellington yesterday morning at 12 o'clock, at the Treasury, and had a long interview with his Grace. After visiting the Duke of Wellington, the Prince and the Count proceeded to the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and had a conference with the Earl of Aberdeen, with whom they remained till half-past two o'clock. The Earl of Aberdeen had after wards an interview with the Duke of Wellington. The French Charge d'Affaires transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office with the Earl of Aberdeen. The Marquis de Barbacena came to town on Monday, from the residence of the young Queen of Portu gal, at Laleham. The Marquis remained in town on Mon day night, and had a long conference on Tuesday with the Earl of Aberdeen at the Foreign Office. Captain Stirling, the commander of the expe dition proceeding to form a new settlement on the Swan River, in New South Wales, received his final instructions yesterday, at the Colonial Office, and afterwards left town for Portsmouth, which port, Captain Stirling, with the two vessels containing the settlers, &c. will, it is ex pected, leave this day, for the purpose of proceeding on the voyage. The Lord Chancellor, Earl Bathurst, and Mr. Secretary Peel, visited the Duke of Wellington yesterday, at the Treasury. The Cabinet Ministers dined together yester day evening with Viscount Melville, at his residence in be Admiralty. Lord Ashley, and a deputation of gentlemen connected with the East India trade, attended at the Trea sury yesterday, and had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. We believe "the Duke" has answered his Grace of Leinster, in reference to the Protestant declara tion, in terms something like the following :—" My Lord Duke,—l have received the declaration transmitted by your Grace, signed by certain Protestants, and favouring the measure to which they give the name of Qatholic eman cipation, and I have the honour to be," &c. Morning Register. Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald has declared his inten tion not to dispute the validity of the return of &r. O'Con nell on the ground of the interference of the Catholic priests in the election. In consequence of this change, Mr. O'Connell has again changed his plan of proceeding, and has expressed his intention to be in London on the sth of February.—Morning Paper. THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND:— Lord Prudhoe, Captain Royal Navy, has been offered by his Lordship's brother the State Stewardship of the House hold. As his Lordship is not in England, his acceptance of the appointment is not yet known. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has to-day an nounced to a Deputation, which waited upon his Lordship for the purpose, that he will name an early day for a Pro testant Meeting of the Citizens, conformably with the re quisition presented by the Deputation to his Lordship. The Archdeaconry of the East Riding of Yorkshire have resolved to petition against the Catholic Claims. DIED.—On the 26th inst., at his house, Windsor-terrace, City Road, in the 63d year of his age, Thomas Northover, Esq., Cashier at the Bank of England. We recollect of hearing of an incident which occurred, not many years ago, to the Duke of Orleans, when he resided in the county of Essex, which exenapli fies the practice and the motives of coroners :—His Grace, when walking by the side of a river, observed, on the other side,' something like the body of a man lying near the edge of the water. He prevailed en a boatman to row him across, when he discovered the corpse of a person who had been drowned in attempting to swim. The boatman carried the body to the side of the river to which he be longed. The news of a dead man having been found soon reached the ears of the coroners on both sides of the river, and both arrived, with their tail of clerks and officers, to claim the body. A long litigation was the result, and some years after the death of the unfortunate man, the gentlemen of the long robe determined which judge should act as coroner. The annoyance caused to the Duke was so great, that he protested he would, while in England, do all he could for the living, but would never again inter fere with the dead.—Edinburgh Observer. CASE OF WILLIAM HARE (Abridged from the Edinburgh Advertiser.) HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. In our last Paper we stated the proceedings which had taken place before the Sheriff on the applicat ion of William Hare to that Court by petition for libe ration which was refused. The case was now brought before the Court of Justiciary by Bill of Advecation and Suspension. Mr. HUGH BRUCE a ppeared on behalf of Hare. The facts on which the petition was grounded, he said, were not disputed on the other side of the bar. Upon the 24th December an individual, William Burke, was placed at their Lordships' bar, accused of three charges of murder; one of the charges ex hibited against Burke was that of the murder of James Wilson, commonly called " Daft Jamie ;" and on turning to the list of witnesses annexed to the in dictment, their Lordships would find the name of the petitioner, William Hare. On the 19th Novem ber last, an application was presented by the Pro curator Fiscal for the county for a warrant to appre hend Hare; he was apprehended accordingly, and examined as to the murders for which Burke was afterwards indicted. Subsequently, the petitioner, Hare, was assured by the Public Prosecutor, that if he made a full disclosure of all that he knew in regard to the alleged murders, he should receive immunity in so far as he himself was concerned. He accepted of the proffered immunity, and was ac cordingly examined as a witness on the trial of Burke, and that without the caution or warning usually given to a witness having no promise of im munity, to avoid stating any thing to criminate him self. Upon that trial he did make full disclosures, under the assurance of personal and individual safety. He was cited as a witness on all the three cases, and although only called to speak on one of these cases, the immunity given was absolute and unconditional, and extended to the whole of the charges. It was quite notorious that disclosures were made by Hare to the Public Prosecutor, and, in particular, it was known that disclosures were made in relation to the murder of James Wil son. It is averred that, during all these pro ceedings neither of the private prosecutors (Janet Wilson, alleged mother, or Janet Wilson, alleged sister of James Wilson), came forward, or pre tended to come forward, and caution Hare as to the evidence he was to disclose, because they in tended to turn that evidence against him. The ar gument on the other side of the bar was, that, not withstanding all the disclosures made by Hare, they were still entitled to turn these disclosures against him. He needed not to state, that it was the firm conviction of the Public Prosecutor, that without the evidence of Hare he had no case against Burke. Having thus served the purpose of the Public Pro secutor, could he now be turned over to a Private Prosecutor to he himself tried on these charges ? At the time the Public Prosecutor gave him that immu nity he was held to be entitled to give, without the assurance of such immunity Hare would not have opened his mouth. The question now was, whether the proceedings of the Public Prosecutor were suffi cient to quash those at the instance of the Private Pro secutor. The proposition of the Learned Counsel was, that a socius being cited as a witness, acquires immu nity from all proceedings against him at the instance of a Private Prosecutor, and this immunity he derives from his being enclosed and called as a witness. Was it to be said that because Hare had not been examined on a particular charge, he was liable to be tried on that charge ? He had done all that was re quired of him in regard to the case of Wilson, and was entitled to immunity in that case. The ground of objection to the evidence of a socius was that he had an interest in the trial; but so soon as the law allowed the admissibility of socii the objection ceased. The veryact of the Public Prosecutor citing a socius on a trial gave him absolute indemnity. Mr. SANDFORD said, his Learned Friend had car ried the question of immunity much farther than he was entitled to carry it. In regard to his first plea, that of a promise given by the Public Prosecutor, he held it to be law that the right of the private party could not be compromised or taken from him by any proceeding on the part of the Public Pro secutor. As yet, he did not know if Hare was a socius crintinis in the atrocious murder they were attempting to investigate. Was the Court then to stretch forth its hand and extend mercy to this man ? He would say that the Court had no authority for going so far. If there was any compact in the case, it was to the Crown he must apply—that was the proper quarter. In conclusion, the Learned Gentleman submitted that the Bill of Suspension and Liberation ought to be refused, and that they (the respondents) should be allowed to go on with their case. Mr. JEFFREY thought he might assume that the title of the Private Prosecutor to call down the ven geance of the law could not be barred by any pre vious proeedure on the part of the Pablic Prose cutor. He knew but of two ways in which a socius could be protected, and the ordinary course of jus tice impeded, and in both the concurrence of more potent persons than the Public Prosecutor was ne cessary—in the one, the release of the party was ob tained by previous trial and acquittal of a jury; the other was by pardon from the Crown, and the right of a Private Prosecutor could not interfere with either. The question seemed to be, whether the Public Prosecutor held the royal prerogative of par don, or whether this Court held the royal preroga tive. He apprehended that in all the deliverances of this Court, from 1788 down to the case of Burke, nothing had occurred which could prevent a private party from insisting upon bringing a sodas to trial. If they had endeavoured to try Hare for the mur der of Docherty he would be entitled to immunity— but in no case could the claim for immunity be founded on previous procedure, but on the fact of his having been examined in Court. The feelings of humanity and propriety were the only things which tied up the hands of the Public Prosecutor. The Learned Counsel afterwards alluded to the warning given to Hare to speak only to the murder of Docherty—to the opinions of the Judges as to the extent of protection which he was under--and contended that the Court ought to dismiss the bill of suspension, and that they be allowed to go on with the precognition. Mr. D. M`NEILL replied in support of the ob jection. The COURT then shortly consulted, when The LORD JUSTICE CLERK stated the course their Lordships meant to adopt in this case. In the first place, they intended to make intimation to the Lord Advocate, and to ask whether his Lordship meant to make any answer to this bill; and as the Court wished to decide the question in the gravest manner, they required informations, and that these should be lodged in a much shorter time than usual. It was ultimately agreed that the informations should be given in by Saturday. Mr. M`NEILL then called the attention of the Court to an intimation in the Courant of that day, stating that on Thursday they would publish a full confession or declaration of Burke, of all the mur ders which he had committed or been accessary to, which would of course apply to the case now tinder consideration. He therefore craved their Lordships to grant an interdict against such publication. After some remarks by Lord GILLIES, the LORD JUSTICE CLERK, and Lord 11EADOWUANK, an order was. issued, that nothing relative to the murder of James Wilson should be published until the pro , ceedings now pending in that case are concluded. Sir Stewart Bruce, Bart., retains his office of Master of the Ceremonies. Sir G. Rich retains that of Chamberlain ; and Colonel Gore also continues in his office. Statesman. SIR. WILLIAM CURTIS. RAMSGATE, JAN. 26.—The remains of this Gentleman have been removed from Cliff House for interment in the family vault at Wanstead, and the funeral was conducted through the town in the following order : The Town Constables. Mut ea. The Undertakers. Mutes. Officers of the Royal Harbour in double file. Boat's Crew of Drawn T HEHEA . RSE, Boat's Crew of by Six Horses. the Royal the Emma Pall Bearers. Harbour, Yacht, Mutes. • bearing bearing Three Mourning Carriages and Merchants ' Ensign of the Four, Ensign Half. Club, Half with the Staff, Staff, Chief Mourner surmounted surmounted and with Crape. R e l a ti ves o f th e Deceased. with Crape. -- • Private Carriages. Four Ministers of the Established Church. Gentlemen of the Town Committee in double file. Gentlemen Inhabitants of Ramsgate, four abreast. Artificers, Apprentices of the Royal Harbour, in double file. Labourers in double file. Artificers and Masons. The shops throughout the town were closed ; minute guns were fired from the yacht till the return of the pro cession. The party accon partied the funeral to the second )nile-stone beyond liamsga e. The body will remain the first night at Sittingbourne, the second at Dartford, and will pass through London on Wednesday, on its way to Wanstead. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. ATPOINTNIENTS FOR THIS WEAK. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Aylesby Village; Wednesday, at Fox Dales; Friday, at Kettleby Therp ; and Saturday, at Hendale Lodge—at eleven. The Blackmoor V.de Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stout ton Inn ; and Friday, at Stock-house—at ten. Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Wednesday. at the Shoulder of Mutton ; and Saturday, at Alderney Cottage—at half past ten. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed nesday, near the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke— at half-past ten. The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet every Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race Course ; and Friday, at Tellescenibe Tye—at half-past ten. The Somerset Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at St. Audries ; and Friday, at Crocombe Park-gate. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Winsford ; Wednesday, at Booth-lane Toll-bar-gate; Thursday, at Minshull Guide-post; and Saturday, at Sandiway Head —at half-past ten. Mr. Price's Hounds, on Tuesday, at The Gint (Nant glyn) ; Thursday, at Cefn Llwyd-bridge ; and Saturday, at Gwaenynog—at half- past ten. The Westacre Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Swaff ham Race Coarse; and Friday, at Necton Tuns—at half-past ten. General Wm. Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Mr. Abbott's, Wicken Castle Acre ; Wednesday, at Beetly ; and Friday, at West Lexham—at eleven. The East Sussex Hounds, on Monday, at Firly ; Thursday, at Chailey South Common ; and Saturday, at Hellingly—at a quarter before eleven. The Badsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Badsworth hall ; Thursday, at Red-house—at half-past ten ; and Sa turday, at Acton, at half-past eleven. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Shuckburgh-h ill ; Wednesday, at the Kennel, Duna:lurch ; Thursday, at Bourton ; and Saturday, at Princethorpe Village—at half past ten. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Egginton ; Thurs day, at Eton Wood; and Saturday, at Blithfield—at half past ten. The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Bunney Park ; Tuesday, at Cotes-turnpike ; Thursday, at Great Dalby ; and Friday, at Martinsliaw Wood—at half-past ten. The Conock Harriers, on Monday, at Latterly Banks ; and Friday, at Imber Furze—at eleven. The Gransden Hounds, on Monday and Friday, at the Kennel—at ten. Mr. King's Hounds, on Monday, at Holn-bridge ; and Thursday, at Park—at ten. The Whitehaven Harriers, on Monday, at Barrow Mouth ; and Wednesday, at Moresly—at eight. The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Mitford bridge ; Wednesday, at Wainbody Wood ; Friday, at Al veston Pasture; and Saturday, at Anstey Wood—at half past ten. Mr. G. Mure's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stowlangtoft— at half-past ten. The Cumberland Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Galt ; and Friday, at Middlescaugh Woods—at ten. The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Shotton ; Tuesday, at Chester-le-street; Thursday, at Brandon; and Saturday, at Sunderland-bridge---at ten. Sir G. Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hardataff Common ; and Thursday, at Norton—at ten. The York and Ainsty Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Red-house ; and Saturday, at Whixley—at half-past ten. The ilurworth Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Haughton bridge—at ten. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Westbide Vil age ; and Friday, at r,redenhill—at ten. The Cleveland Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Court green—at nine. The Haydon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Threpwood; and Saturday, at Kinneyheug Crags—at nine. The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Milby— at half-past ten. The Morpeth Harriers, on Friday, at the Kennel—at ten. Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Walton Heath—at ter.. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Saturday, at Chalden —at eleven. The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Saturday, at Lock's Bot tom—at half•past ten. Mr. Meager's Harriers, on Friday, at Harley-green--- at half-past nine. Mr. Codrington's Hounds, on Friday, at Grove Quarry —at ten. FRENCH THEATRE.—ENGLISH OPERA.- HOUSE.—A Mademoiselle Joly made her appearance here last night for the first time in the Vaudeville of La Cher cheese d'Esprit. She is very good looking, and puts forth much promise as an actress. She was well received by a full and fashionable audience, among whom we recognised— His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ; his Grace the Duke of St. Alban's ; Marquis of Graham ; Marquis Pal mella ; Lord Mountcharles; Baron Cetto, Hanoverian minister ; Sir James Langhani ; Major Cross ; her Grace the Duchess of St. Alban's ; Lady Mountcharles, &c. &c. DUBLIN.—Miss Paton, whose engagement terminated on Saturday night, has essayed her powers in a higher walk of the drama, by performing Desdemona. The experiment was not repeated, although her delineation of the character possesed many excellencies. But the Dublin audience have lost their relish for every thing but singing ; and "My Mother's Maid, Barbara," sweetly and touchingly as her "silly sooth" was warbled, was not suf ficient to glut their "itching ears." There are various rumours in circulation —as, for example, that the famous Brunswicker, Lord Chandos, is to be the Secretary—that Sir Anthony Hart is to retire from the bench, &c. &c. These rumours are altogether groundless. Lord F. L. Gower remains, as well as the Chancellor. It is said that the Attorney• General (Mr. Joy) is to succeed the Lord Chief Baron ; and other retirements from the bench are hinted at —Dublin Even ing Post. There is a report of there being an intention of converting the Colosseum into a kind of Ravelagb, if a license can be obtained for that purpose. The tunnel at the Dundee Law for the Dun dee and Newtyle Railway was completed on Wednesday. It is three hundred yards in length ; and except a part at the extremities, has been cut through a solid body of whin stone.—Edinburgh Paper. As a young man at Clandown Coal Works was firing off a gun, Tuesday week, it burst, and shattered his head in se dreadful a manner that he died instantly. The new farce to be acted for the first time at Drury-lane Theatre next Saturday, called Master's Rival ; or a Day at Boulogne, is by Peake. Liston performs the principal character. There is now in the garden of Mr. James Saltmarsh, of Moulsham, apples, the produce of the last year's growth, which have hung on the branches up to the present time. They are of the kind called " Emmens's Long Keeper," and are now in a sound and perfect state. _—Chelmsford Chronicle. There is nothing in which the public are more interested than in the advance of Medical Science ; Quinine Remedies appear to attract general at- Few circumstances have excited so great a Hughes's tention.—See Advertisement. sensation in Marlborough as the committal to prison of the post-master of that place (Mr. John Eyre), who is charged We understand that Hare's wife has been in with embezzling, and applying to his own use, various formed that she is at liberty to leave the jail, but she has sums of money received by him, as postage of letters. Mr. declined the permission, until the question as to her hus- Eyre was a most benevolent man, and highly respected in band's liberation is settled. This subject comes before the Marlborough. The sung of 1,5004, we understand, was High Court of Justiciary to-day.--Edimburgh Evening offered bail for him, but refused.—Devizes Gazette. t Courant of Monday. SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. A people so tried as the Irish Ca,holies may be pardoned for exhibiting now and then a little unreasonableness and impatience ; but if such in firmities may well be forgiven, we do not say that they ought not to be lamented, if not despised. When Lord Anglesea was first appointed to Ireland, the Catholics on all occasions prejudged and abused him ; or rather, they transferred be forehand, to his approaching administration as Lord Lieutenant, the judgment which they had not unnaturally formed respecting the politics of the Noble Marquis, from a single impetuous speech which he had delivered in the House of Lords against them. The same Catholics lived to see and acknowledge their mistake, and we suspect that they will very shortly do so in the case of the Duke of Northumberland. At any rate, they ought to bottle up their disrespectful lan guage towards his Grace, until they have some- thing like facts to go upon as a justification of its v►olence. Suppose it should turn out that the Duke of Northumberland had some time ago declared that " the Catholic question must ere long be amicably and finally settled," and that he is " ready to support by his vote and influ ence in Parliament any well considered measure for that purpose." We ask the gentlemen of the Association whether they are not preparing to heap coals of fire upon their own heads, if it be true that the Duke has so expressed himself; and whether it would not therefore be wise to wait a little, lest, as in the instance of Lord Anglesea, they may be driven to the alternative of eating their own words, and admitting their real griev ances to be so light, that a hunt after unreal ones was necessary to their amusement ? Now we state no more than is probably well known to at least 500 members of the political world, in affirming (and with a perfect confidence of the fact) that the Duke of Northumberland has de clared himself, after long and anxious inquiry, a decided friend to emancipation. We are satis fied that his Grace will not be a week in Ireland until his sentiments on the great question will have become as notorious there as they are at this moment among well-informed English poli- icians. Nor is the encouragement to be drawn. from such a circumstance confined to the pledge which it presents of the feelings of the Duke of Northumberland only towards the people of Ire land. As we once before hinted, it furnishes us with a strong assurance of the real wishes enter tained by the Duke of Wellington upon the sub ject. We repeat, that this nomination ought to be considered an unanswerable and highly satis factory commentary upon the Duke of Welling ton's letter to Dr. Curtis—a paraphrase from the pen of the author.—Times. There is a violent tempest, we find, raised against the Bishop of London (Dr. Blom field) in the city, because he is said to have re fused to allow any church in his diocess to be used for the advocacy of any charity supported by Dissenters. Nay, in a letter which we re ceived, it was asserted that his Lordship had said, and even given it under his hand, that if one Dissenter were upon a committee for the regulation of any charity, he would not allow a sermon in support of that charity in any of the churches of his diocess, for the sake of that one Dissenter. The letter which conveyed this in telligence to us, (though the writer comnli:Pi cated to us his name confidentially, and that of a respectable man), we declined inserting, think ing that the statement must be erroneous or exaggerated. However, the letter obtained publication in other journals, to which it ap pears to have been transmitted, and has occa sioned considerable commotion. We still doubt the fact. Neither do we believe that a Bishop has a right to enter so minutely into the concerns of every church in his diocess, as to say who shall or shall not preach in each (being canoni cally ordained of course) upon any single Sun day. However, we hope the matter will die away, for it were a great pity to see a Bishop of the Church of England exciting disturbances among his fellow-subjects.—lbid. • We received last night by Express the Speech of the King of France on Tuesday last, on opening the Chambers. His Majesty com mences with assuring them that his satisfaction at meeting them again is the more lively, as he has pleasing communications to make to them ; and the assurances he receives from his Allies offer him a pledge that, notwithstanding the events in the East, peace will not be disturbed in the rest of Europe. After recounting what has been done to give effect to the Treaty of the 6th of July, he alludes to the recall of the French troops from Spain, the hostilities with Algiers, and the relations with the States of South America, and winds up his notice of Fo reign Affairs by a somewhat theatrical declara tion, that " he shall never forget that the glory of France is a sacred deposit, and that the ho sour of being the guardian of it is the fairest prerogative of my Crown." It is not given to every Sovereign to have glory in a sacred de posit, and Frenchmen, as well as other people, who play at bowls, must expect rubbers. As success cannot always be commanded by either Emperors or Kings, and few people (are the French an exception ?) do not usually consider defeats glorious, a more modest language might not be unbecoming even in the mouth of a King of France. The glory of France ! The glory of a Fiddlestick ! His Most Christian Majesty gives a favourable account of the industry of France ; but observes, that some branches of their agri culture and commerce are suffering; but he adds, " I hope it will be possible for me to lessen the evil, if I shall not be able to cure it." What would be thought of a President of the United States, who should tell the people that, if he could not cure, he hoped he should be able to lessen their evils ? '1 he assumption of power over the prosperity of the country justifies the people in attributing their miseries to Go vernment. It would have been more prudent if he had told the Chambers that inquiries had been instituted into the causes of the distress, and that he hoped they would concur with him in endeavouring, if possible, to relieve it. His . Majesty is quite an optimist with respect to the high prices of food. " The subsistence of all (he says) is assured ; and if the price of corn, while it augments the prosperity of the land holders, increases for a moment the distresses of the indigent, Providence has created beneficence to relieve those who suffer." We much doubt, however, whether the sufferers will be as much ;Ised with this logic as the agriculturists. E..; Majesty concludes with announcing the measures which are to be submitted to the Cham bers. Some of them relate to religion, others to the regulation of the army. The most im portant is a new Municipal Law, which, while it allows scope to the Communes and Munici palities, shall, at the same time, give to the exe cutive the power necessary for the securing the safety of the whole. The revenue of last year has exceeded the estimates. •ftt will be observed that the allusion to foreign.affairsi though tran