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pre-defined removal of abuses—are increasing. Under the Administrations which preceded those of the Duke of Wellington, all persons who were disappointed in the attainment of any object whatever through the opposition of Parliament, were immediately for the reform of that body ; these men remain s till f e t tere d b y t h e i r or i g i na l principles and professions. But to them has now bev' aided a body who were previously tot° to opposed to them—the high church or Tory party. With these, matters went swimmingly during the Pitt Administration, and ever since. They had no 'occasion to wish for a reform of Parliament, for Parliament did every thing that they wanted, till the Catholic question ob tained a successful hearing. Then sprung up a new era. Parliament has decided in a manner hostile to the wishes of the high church or Tory party ; and this party, therefore, fearfully and cautiously begins to say that Parliament should be reformed. They assert that Parliament on the Catholic question was at variance with the people ; to whom, therefore, it should be more nearly assimilated—it ought to be made a more faithful echo of public opinion. We certainly have no objection to this course, though we are not so clear that the well-informed mass of the people was opposed to the removal of the Catholic disabilities. But " the high and lofty ones" would be wise to consider well what they are about. We know something hotter than they do what the radical reformists are. The pure Tory blood will not like associa tion with their vulgarities. Why Carlile, how ever they may turn up their noses at him, be longs to their body ; and so doe 3 Taylor the reverend, and every species of infidel and blas phemer that the country contains. It will be an odd union of extremes to see these mingled with the Duke of Newcastle, and Lord Winchilsea, and the Marquis of Blandford, to set reform agoing. For ourselves, we shall always defend, as we have done, a practical and defined re form,—we shall always urge the removal of a detected abuse,—we shall always recommend the transfer of the elective franchise from a corrupted borough to a populous and commercial town ; but we have found it greatly to our advantage, in reputation, and in influence with the public, to have nothing to do with the radical reformers, except to expose their characters and ridicule their pretensions. They are a bad set, Lord Blandford ! and they arc an impotent set ! and you are a very silly man to pay them any atten tion I--Ibid. We have copied from the Caledonian Mer cury an article respecting the Ministry, of a something startling nature. Though the Press of the Metropolis has been silent on the subject, some of the topics have been not unfrequently discussed in the metropolitan circles. Though it is difficult to convey an idea of the difference between Whigs and Tories in the present day, it is not the less true that one division of the Aristocracy call themselves Tories, and another Whigs. The difference is rather the result of hereditary connection, than any intelligible diver sity of principles. However this may be, it has always been an understood matter that the Go vernment should be wielded by one division only of the Aristocracy : and that if the Tories sup ported Ministers, the Whigs opposed them ; and if the Whigs supported Ministers, the Tories opposed them. Recent circumstances led the Duke of Wellington to break through the traditionary rules respecting party, and to attempt to carry a measure deemed by him essen - tial to the welfare of the empire by means not of either party, but of the best disposed men of both. The Duke was successful. But the question on which he tried his strength was one which had for a generation been advo cated by all the Whigs, and opposed by a part of the Tories. That it was advocated by all the Whigs, while the number of Tories opposing it was gradually diminishing, was almost decisive of the merits of the question. But though the more intellectual of the Tories had gone over to the Whig opinion, the majority still remained obstinately wedded to the other side ; and hence, when the question of Emanci pation was carried, the Tories hung back, and the Whigs remained rather as an army of obser vation than as allies. The object of the Duke of Wellington was to proceed in a straight-forward course, dispensing the favours of the Crown im partially between Tories and Whigs, and tying himself down to neither. But the great impedi ment in the way of the success of this policy is alluded to in the paragraph we have taken from the Caledonian Mercury. The King has not supported him. From weakness of character, the infirmities of age, or secret partialities, his Majesty has so conducted himself as either to give hopes to the opponents of the Administration, or at least not to destroy the hopes previously enter tained. A spirited Monarch would have con sidered the Duke of Wellington as a faithful servant of the Crown, determined to obtain for it that share of the government of the country to which, by the Constitution, it was entitled. But his Majesty, it would appear, does not under stand this policy. The question is, then, whether the Duke will be able to support him -self on the mere streHgth of his popularity with - the country, the consequence of the general belief in his honesty and disinter estedness; or whether he will be under the necessity of throwing himself into the arms of one of the two great parties in Parliament. If his Majesty were able to see with his own eyes and without any party spectacles, lie could not fail to discern the danger which lurks in the advice to throw Mr. Peel overboard. Who, after such an example, would dare to yield to circumstances ? The war of factions must become a war ad internecionern. But though it maybe the interest of a party to punish all defections from its ranks, it never can be the interest of the Crown to throw difficulties in the way of transitions from one party to another. The punishment of Mr. Peel for supporting the Minister in an emergency, would deserve to be stigmatised as the height of baseness. The Duke of Wellington could never hold up his head after sacrificing Mr. Peel, and he would deserve to be universally deserted. We have heard of the dissolution alluded to in the Caledonian Mercury. It would have the effect of throwing out several Members returned in the interest of Mr. Canning, and either at tached to Mr. Huskisson, or not attached to the present Ministry. The thick and thin supporters of Government would certainly be increased in number by a dissolution. But, on the other band, many supporters of Government would be heavily taxed by it. We cannot, therefore, not withstanding the reports we have heard of dis cussions in the Cabinet on the subject, and overtures to distinguished Counsel to secure their services in time, prevail on ourselves to be lieve the idea of a dissolution was ever seriously entertained. Between this and the new year many things may happen to enlighten Members with respect to their true interests. As to Ca tholic Emancipation, no man will contend that what is done can be undone. If with a hostile Administration there was a majority in the House of Commons in favour of Administration, it is not very likely that a repeal would obtain a ' majority. The question, therefore, is settled for Ever. The disturbances in Ireland may strengthen the Government, but they can never promote the objects of the Orangemen. Ireland, God knows, contains constantly within itself materials of po litical disorder. The tranquillity of the country for some time past is unnatural. It is the re sult of the immense efforts of all the influential Catholics, Aristocracy, Attorneys, Priests, &c. But the realization of the object of the alliance which compressed the peasantry necessarily man cipated them from a state of constrained peace, and it will not require the provocation of Orange men to revive the Rock system. But a servile war will not further the views of the Orangemen, but, on the contr ar y, by thr o wi ng th e Land holders on Government for pcotection, give in creased vigour to the Executive. We are, there fore, by no means alarmed at the recitals of Orange plots. Wherever there are combusti bles there will be explosions. It is impossible that any change can deteriorate the condition of Ireland.—Morning Chronicle. Our readers will see from a Report in another column, that a Meeting of the Friends of Ra dical Reform took place last night, in the Thea tre of the Mechanics' Institution. Mr. Cobbett alluded to an expression made use of by us in characterizing the late exhibitions of popular ignorance and prejudice on the subject of Catholic Emancipation. There can be no ques tion that the great majority of the people of England was hostile to Emancipation. Even in Leeds, where the utmost pains had been taken for nearly 20 years to wean the people from their prejudices, it was with difficulty that a majority Etvourable to Emancipation could be obtained. We had, however, in this very Leeds, a strong instance of the progress of improve ment, for in a few years, the majority of fifteen to one against Emancipation had been converted into a minority. In the country, prejudice and ignorance_ retained more of their pristine vigour. But better views were gradually penetrating to the most secluded corners. The experience of the last few months, while it proves the gross ignorance which still prevails in a great part of the country, by no means warrants us in entertaining desponding views as to the future. On the contrary, the changes for the better which have taken place in all populous places, warrant us in entertaining the most sanguine views as to future improve. ment. If the people of England are determined on Parliamentary Reform, they will effect it. We are far from advocating the present state of the Representation, which is as bad as can be. But the people are not yet determined on Par liamentary Reform, and the persons interested in upholding the present system will not abandon it without a struggle. 1 he world has now had some experience of Revolutions, and one lesson has been derived from them, that the greater the intelligence of the mass, the less the danger from the misdirection of the energies of the people. This is a motive for preparing for change if it should take place, and not for opposition to it. It is at the same time a consolation for delay, as it holds out the hope that every year renders the people more fit for making the most of Reform when they obtain it.—lbid. The result of the recent election at Cork is a proof of the supremacy of Protestant power, even in that part of Ireland, where certainly it is not so predominant as in many others ; and it seems well calculated to convince the Roman Catholic Agitators, that in attempting to per petuate their own existence as a separate body, in defiance of the law, they do but provoke a power which they cannot resist, and with which eventually the whole authority and influence of the British Government must be combined. — This election, it is said, shows how futile were the apprehensions entertained by those who op posed the admission of Roman Catholics to Parliament, that they would be enabled to re turn a large proportion of the Irish Members. The remark is scarcely a fair one ; for those ap prehensions were founded upon the supposition that the measure of Emancipation might be un accompanied by any improvement of the elective franchise. It is plain enough now, we think, that the Roman Catholics will possess very little influence in Irish elections ; but it is no less evident that their leaders mean to retain if possible, by means of agitation, all the importance which agitation alone has given them. The chief object of Government, and of all the loyal part of the Irish nation, must now be to put down agitation ; and we believe the law as it now stands will be found to afford the means of doing so very effectually. A permanent So ciety, meeting frequently in Dublin or elsewhere, and attempting to create a general fund, and to organize systematic operations for electioneer ing purposes, is plainly the Catholic Association in a new disguise ; and if such a Society be to lerated, the mischief which the Association pro duced will be continued and increased. The law has with great wisdom confided to the Lord Lieutenant powers by the exercise of which he , can easily put down such assemblies. These discretionary powers he must exercise vigorously and fearlessly, or the reign of agitation will be perpetual. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ! will be fully justified, we apprehend, in prohibit ing, and if necessary in dispersing by the strong arm of power, any political meeting whatever that adjourns or assumes the right of adjourning from time to time —any that attempts to collect contributions, or even ventures to recommend them for any political purpose whatever—any that can be identified to the imagination or un derstanding of mankind as a continuation of the mischievous and proscribed Association, even by the circumstance of any of the leaders of that Association mingling in its proceedings. Again, the Lord Lieutenant will be fully justified, and is we think bound in strict duty to prohibit, and in case of disobedience to disperse by force, any meeting held professedly for electioneering pur poses, unless it confine itself to the definite ob ject of one particular election immediately ap proaching, for the supply of a vacancy already declared—unless it be held within the county in which the vacancy has occurred or is about to occur, and unless the persons taking an active part in the proceedings are exclusively such as either have a right to vote or present themselves in the character of candidates. And lastly, with respect to meetings got up with a view really or ostensibly to the exercise of the right of petition, the peace and welfare of Ire land absolutely require that the law—we mean here no recent statute, but the old law of the land, so wisely calculated to curb the zeal of vagabond orators—should be constantly and rigorously enforced. On this valuable branch of the law Mr. Hunt could give a very useful lecture to some of the itinerant orators who have hitherto found their occupation, or their mode tiresome-leisure, in the Hall of the four Courts, agreeably and, profitably relieved by agitating ex cursions to the ' provinces of Ireland.—Morn ing Post. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Whitehall, July 13, 1829. The King has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Oxford, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Doctor Charles Lloyd, late Bishop thereof ; and his Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter, the Very Re verend Richard Bagot, Clerk, M.A. to be by them elected Bishop of the said See. The King has also been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Edward Burton, B D., the office and place of Regius Pro fessor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, together with the place and dignity of a Canon of the Cathedral Church of Christ in the said University, pr. perly belonging to the Regius Professor of the said University, being void by tie death of Dr. Charles Lloyd, late Bishop of Oxford. The King has also been pleased to present the Reverend Thomas Gunn to the church of Keiss, in the parish of Wick and presbytery and county of Caithness, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Thomas .ToHie, late Minis ter there, to the church and parish of Bowden, in the county of Roxburgh. War-Office, July 13. 7th Reg. of Light Dragoons —Surg. W. D. Thomas, from half-pay. Royal Waggon Train, to be Surgeon, vice J. Cal'ander, who retires upon half-pay. June 25. 1 lth Light Dragoons—Cornet R. A. Reynolds to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Anson, dec. June 25. 13th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. Terry, from half. pay 6th Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Hume, promoted. June 25. 3d Reg. of Foot—Ensign S. Robbins, from the 67th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sterling, deceased. June 18. sth Ditto--Ensign A. L'Estrange to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bishop, deceased ; and Gentleman Cadet J. F. Sparke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice L'Estrange. June 25. 7th Ditto—Lieut. G. F. Strangways to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord F. Lennox, who retires ; and Second Lieut. Lord E. Thynne, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Strangways. June 25. 26th Ditto—Ensign T. Seccombe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Boyes, deceased ; and Gentleman Cadet J. W. Boyd, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Seccombe. June 25. 28th Ditto—C. F. H. Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Craven, appointed to the 67th Foot. June 18. 34th Ditto—Lieut. W. Considine, from the 43d Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cuff, who retires. June 25. 43d Ditto—Ensign J. Ford to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Considine, promoted in the 34th Foot ; H. S. Kerr, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ford. Junc2s. 52d Ditto—Lieut. G. C. Swan to be Adjutant, vice Bentham, who resigns the Adjutancy only. June 18. _ . 53d D►tto—J. Scott, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Doyle, promoted. July 10. 60thltitto—Hon. G. Ifyng to he Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lord E. Thynne, promoted in the 7th Foot. June 25. 61st Ditto—Gentleman Cadet J. Douglas, from the Royal Military College, vice Blair, who retires, June IS, and H. Kelty, Gent. vice Douglas, appointed to the 79th Foot, June 25, 1829, to be Ensigns by purchase. 62d Ditto—Major J. Reed tole Lieutenant-Color.el, by purchase, vice Smyth, who retires ; Capt. E. Parker to be Major, by purchase, vice Reed ; Lieut. D. Burges to be Captain, by purchase, vice Parker ; Ensign W. Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bulges ; W. A. Pender, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell. June 15. 67th Ditto—Ensign and Adjutant T. J. Deverell to have the rank of Lieutenant, June 25 ; Ensign Hon. A. Craven, from the 28th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Robbins, promoted in the 3d Foot. June 18. 75th Ditto—Ensign 1-1. A. Graham, from the 17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lord W. Beiesford, appointed to the 43d Foot. June 25. 79th Ditto—Ensign M. Fitzgerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Newhouse, who retires; Ensign J. Douglas, from the Gist Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fitzgerald. June 25. 61st Ditto—Sergeant-Major J. Patterson to be Quar ter-Master, vice Roberts, who retires upon full pay. June 25. 85th Ditto—Ensign W. F. M. Mundy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Keats, promoted; E. Humphrys, Gen tleman, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mundy. July 5. 91st Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon A. Callender, from the 45th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice J. Robertson, who retiresupon half-pay 45th Foot. June 25. 97th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet R. A. Jones, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice, Price, who resigns. June 25. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. H. F. Bentinek to be Adjutant, vice Dering, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. June 18. UNA TTA C D.-LieUt. J. S. Keats, from the 85 th Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase. July 9. Ensign J. St. Clair Doyle to be Lieutenant of Infantry, by purchase. July 10. STAFF.-Capt. J. Woodgate, from half-pay 20th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice S. Colberg, who retires upon half-pay. June 25. MEMORANDA. —The name of the Quartermaster of the 74th Foot is Connon and not Connor, as formerly stated. The date of Lieut. Wilmot's commission, in the 10th Foot, is the 19th September 1826, and not the 7th of that month. The date of Lieut. Dal 's commission, in the 14th Foot, has been altered to the 6th Jan. 1826, from the 19th of that month. The under-mentioned Officers have been allowed to re tire from the Service, by the s a le of unattache d com missions :—Capt. W. Leard, half-pay unattached ; sth July. Lieut. W. Shaw, half-pay Rifle Brigade; July 10. BANKRUPTS. Henry Hallam and John Taylor, Salford, Lancashire, tallow-chandlers, to surrender, Aug. 3,4, and 25, at ten, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Mile and Parry, Temple ; Ainsworth, Crossley, and Sudlow, Manchester. Joseph Williams, Manchester, chemist, 25, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. A tkinson and Birch, Norfolk-street, Manchester; Maki nson and Sanders, Middle Temple. Aug. 3, and William Dunn, Hatton-garden, perfumer, July 21, at ten, 24 and Aug. 25, at nine, at the Court of Commis sioners. Mr. 11. G. Smith, Cateaton-street. Henry. Harman Sutton, Rutland-wharf, Upper Thames street, coal-merchant, July 21, at eleven, 28, and Aug. 25, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Sharp and Field, Bread-street, London. Robert Baden, Burford, Oxfordshire, innkeeper, July 24, at six, 25, and Aug. 25, at nine, at the Bull Inn, Burford. Price, Bus ford ; King, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-st. James Williams, Holborn, boot-manufacturer, July 21, at eleven, 28, and Aug. 25, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners. Carter and Co., Lord Mayor's Court-office, Royal Exchange. Edmund Mitchell, Mincing-lane, broker, July 21, at twelve, 28, and Aug. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Rankin, Richards, and Lake, Basinghall-street. William Fuller, Pimlico, boulder, July 21, at twelve, 28, and Aug. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. Ivimey, Harper-street, Red Lion-square, James Stoncheuse, Mincing-lane, City, wine-merchant, July 21, at twelve, 28, and Aug. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Ilutchison and Inaeson, Crown court, Threadneedle-street. i a u H ly a 2 lezt a z t a o n v d elv J e, oh 2 n s, B at a e k l e e r v , en, and Aug. 25, at St. James's -street, S dealers, ohp j eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Ashurst, Newgate street. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. SUNDAY, Juts- 12.—High water 49 minutes past seven o'clock.--Wind N.W. to \V.—Arrived th e Sir W. Wallace, from Demerara; Alexander, Turnbull, from Newfoundland; Hercules, Chase, from Ch ar l eston ; Charlotte, Sloan, from Quebec ; Kingston, D empsey , from Illiramichi. Passed Holyhead, outward bound, at 11 a m. the Oscar, British ship. ----- PlGS.—Since the great influx of Irishmen into this city there is now hardly a close in it that is not swarming with pigs, which are bred and fed i n t h e h ouses of these Patlanders, to the great detriment of their health, and a nuisance of their neighbourhood. Last week, in Caledonian o Mercury , ry l . vith typhus, ill h consequence of this p ractice, five persons in one cl o s e la y of fever, and some time a g o ten persons were s ent fr om thoemthe same Battery-close, ase. C a nongate, .—in one week, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday the master of the Pearl steam-vessel appeared before the LORD SIAYOR, in consequence of a report in the Saturday's newspapers, which was calculated to do serious injury to the proprietors of the Pearl steam-vessel. It originated, the master said, in the complaint of Mr. Joseph Somes, the ship-owner, who was stated to have said that the Pearl was guilty of great negligence, and that the power of the engine was not checked, as was neces sary, when passengers were leaving her. The LORD MAYOR said that the case appeared very properly in the newspapers, as Mr. Somes had mentioned it. He had never heard a complaint of a more serious and alarming nature, and he supposed that the master now attended to vindicate himself. The master then swore to the truth of the fol lowing statement : " London to wit.—Daniel Halsey maketh oath and saith that he is the master of the Pearl steam-packet ; that on Friday morning, the 10th instant, he, this depo nent, about 11 o'clock, on his passage from Gravesend to London, being off Stone-stairs, and the engine being stopped, Mr. Payne, a vraterman, came alongside to take in Mr. Somes and two other gentlemen; that the said gentlemen were perfectly safe in the wherry, and the at tendant at the gang-way gave the usual signal, " All's right ;" that this deponent then called out, " Go on," but immediately perceiving, from some circumstance for which he (this deponent) could not account, that there was a difficulty in getting the wherry clear from the side of the packet, he (this deponent) caused the engine to be stopped, and found that Mr. Payne, the waterman, in his anx:ety to get clear of the packet, had fallen overboard ; this de ponent further saith that until he saw the whole party out of danger, the power of the steam was not again put on the said packet, which can be verified by Captain Renwick, and a number of other respectable persons on board the said packet at the time ; this deponent further saith that he has the strictest injunction from the directors of the company to which the steam-packet belongs, at all times to use the utmost discretion in putting out and taking in passengers, and has frequently been rebuked by parties on board fur the time he has taken for that purpose. " DANIEL HALSEY. " Sworn at the Mansion-house, this 13th day of July, 1829, before me " WM. THOMPSON, Mayor." The LORD MAYOR, having read the affidavit, said, he did not think the case against the Pearl was in the slightest degree altered by it. He saw no miti gating circumstances whatsoever in the version just submitted to him, and he declared that if within his jurisdiction there appeared any ground for complaint against those vesssels, he should order the offending parties to be indicted. The lives of four persons were very near being sacrificed. The master said, that the fault lay with the at tendant of the gang-way, who represented that the vessel might be put in motion before the proper time, and the superintendent would not be guilty of the horrible inhumanity of proceeding when the lives of their fellow-creatures were in danger. The LORD MAYOR—If the boat had been upset, and lives lost, as would in that case have certainly occurred, you would have been convicted of man slaughter at any rate, and been transported. Per haps the charge of murder would have been esta blished. At all events, the penalty of transportation would have been affixed. The master declared most solemnly that he ob served the greatest caution en occurrences of the kind ; that there never had been a complaint before against the Pearl steamer, and that the public had duly appreciated her merits. The LORD MAYOR said, that on Thursday last the Captain of an East lndiaman, who had a great deal of experience, mentioned to him that the Pearl was in the habit of going at an excessive rapid rate (17 or 18 miles an hour), and that she lay so " crank," as seamen called the condition of a vessel that did not lay deep in the water, that he appre hended she would upset some time or other. He had observed her a few days before, and he really trembled for the consequences, there being about 200 individuals on board. Mr. Hobler said that a frightful competition had been established amongst the steam-vessels, and the greatest carelessness was manifested about human life. It was something like the racing of the Paddington coachmen, who were now likely to suffer by the successful run of the new ve hicle called the Omnibus. The LORD MAYOR. recommended to the master to act upon the most cautious plan. If neglect and carelessness were persevered in, the most dreadful consequences must en'ue. He (the Lord Mayor) trembled when he thought of the dangers which threatened. The master said that the attendant who had cried out that ull was right was discharged the moment the proprietors were informed of the error he had been guilty of, and no person would be kept who was thought capable of acting with wilful or unin tentional negligence. The Loti) - 111Arott declared that a Board ought to be established for the regulation of steam-vessels; until something of the kind were done, there could be no security for human life. The master, who was accompanied by a captain who was in the vessel when the dangerous occur rence took place, and who bore testimony to the crrectness of the affidavit, then left the office. GUILDHALL. On Saturday Captain Driver, accompanied by an officer of the Society against Cruelty to Animals, charged a hackney-coachman with grossly ill-treating one of his horses. He was fined by Sir PETER LAURIE 10S. and costs. QUEEN-SQUARE. Robert Just, a hackney-coachman, was brought upon a warrant before Messrs. GREGORIE and WHITE, on the following charge of felony. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner went to the house of Mr. Johnson, landlord of the Shakspeare's Head, Eaton-street, Pimlico, and asked for change for a sovereign. Mr. Johnson complied with his request, and counted out the change, which the prisoner pocketed. Mr. Johnson asked for the sovereign, the prisoner insisted that he put the sovereign down, and that Mr. Johnson must have taken it up. On the other hand, the complainant most solemnly denied having taken up the sovereign, or even seeing it, The Magistrates, after some consultation, decided that it did not amount to a felony. The prisoner was then discharged. MARLBOROU OH-STREET. Yesterday a . well-dressed young fellow, who gave his name George Fox, was brought from the watch house of St. George's parish, Hanover-square, be fore Sir G. FARRANT, the sitting Magistrate, charged with the following daring robbery : Sarah Bedford, a respectable young female, re aiding with her parents in Westminster, stated that o n Sunday evening last, about nine o'clock, she was returning home from Fulham, where she had been to visit some friends, in company with her brother on the outside of one of the Fulham stages. They were sitting in the back part of the dickey, with their faces towards the horses, and when they got to about the middle of Piccadilly, her brother, who if puttings h e her rd hand lost ais:i:ittyobhye r her t hingp of ic. side, ekrne t behind,lsuddenlyeek teota,skaendd ascertain,huenr her hand slipped through an opening in the bottom, and she found t 11:: gone;her p u rsh:.e,rwhich brother contained t hn a e i n e t d e nearly r that 2 ah os. in ehad silver, been robbed, and jumping off the coach he pursued a man whom he seized hold of and gave him into the custody of a watchman : 'the prisoner was the man her brother so seized, and the purse produced was the one which she had lost as she des cr ib e d. George Bedford, the brother of the last witness, said that he was sitting by the side of his sister, as she had described, on the outside of the coach, when, just as the coach came opposite to Lord Coventry s house in Piccadilly, he observed the pri soner get up on the coach behind and hang on for some time, by holding with one hand the frame of the d i c k e y, and then suddenly he jumped down and ran towards the foot pavement. Witness thinking that he observed the prisoner, while hanging on be hind, fumbling with his sister's dress, he suspected that the prisoner had been attempting to rob her, and he asked her if she had lost any thing, and on her telling him that she had lost her • purse, he jumped down from the coach and ran after the pri soner, whom he seized and gave into the custody of a watchman; but before the watchman came up, witness saw* the prisoner fling the purse now produced from his hand over the iron railing, into that part of the Green-park which is enclosed as Lord Coventry's garden, and hearing the jingle of the money when the purse fell, witness marked in his mind the spot, and after lodging the prisoner in the watch-house, the watchman and himself went back to the garden, and, walking directly to the spot where he heard the purse fall, they picked it up there, with all its contents undiminished. The watchman confirmed this latter part of the last witness's testimony, as to the finding of the purse in the garden, and securing the prisoner.— Committed. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Henry Turner, a well-dressed and respectable-looking young man, was placed at the bar before Mr. BROUGHTON, on a charge of stealing seven volumes of Dowling and Ryland's Reports, the properly of Mr. Wilks, the bookseller, in Chancery-lane. After a long investigation he was remanded. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 10}4d. for the 41b. Loaf. There arc others who sell from %d. to ly4d. below that price. • UNION-HALL. Yesterday a respectably-dre3sed elderly man, named George Shears, was brought before Mr. HONE, charged with having fraudulently obtained upwards of 1301. worth of goods, the property of Mr. Thornton, a currier, residing within the district of this office. In February last the prisoner went to his ware house, and representing that he was a commissioned agent for several respectable provincial houses in the leather-trade, gave an extensive order for leather in the name of Mr. Wollard, of Thurlow, in Suffolk, with directions that the article should be, packed, and forwarded by a certain waggon to its destination. The complainant's foreman having some knowledge of the prisoner from having formerly worked in the same factory with him, and it being also known that Mr. Wollard resided in the place mentioned, the leather, according to the prisoner's directions, was packed up, the receipts made out in the name of the former person, and the whole sent off by the waggon. The prisoner, in his interview with Mr. Thornton, having represented that the individual by whom he was employed in the transaction only re quired a month's credit for the goods, no hesitations was made to that arrangement. The proposed time however, having expired, and no communication being received on the subject from the individual to whom the leather was directed, the complainant at length wrote to Mr. Wollard, who, in reply, ex pressed his astonishment at the contents 'of the letter addressed to him, stating that he did not employ the prisoner as an agent or in any other capacity, and that he never authorized him to give an order for leather or any goods of that descrip tion. Upon receipt of this answer, Mr. Thornton, on making a minute inquiry into the matter, ascer tained that the prisoner had stopped the goods in transitu, and disposed of them on his own account. To carry into effect his intention, the prisoner, it appeared, met the waggon which contained the goods on the road to its destination at Saffron Wal den, and having impressed the person in care of the vehicle, that he was the purchaser of the leather, had it removed to the warehouse of a tradesman in that town, to whom he had sold it. Mr. HONE having been informed that neither Mr. Wollard nor the waggoner were present, said that their attendance could not be dispensed with before a jury, and recommended the com plainant to take the prisoner to Saffron Walden, from which place his committal might be made out. The prisoner, who entered into no defence, was then delivered into the custody of Groasmith, who conveyed him to Saffron Walden. A master baker, named Godfrey, was charged with riotous conduct at the Ship and Sun, Wal worth, and with having assaulted the landlord's wife. The defendant was fined 40s. and costs: The fine goes to the King. MARRIAGE WITHIN THE PROHIBITED • 'PRICE OF SEEDS.—JuIy 13. New Englishßed Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 303. 50s. tine 565. 645. Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. fine —s. —s. New Foreign Ditto . .. 505. 606 five 655. 70s. Old Ditto —30 s. 40s. fine 506. 655. . New White Clover 403. 60s. fine 706. 803. Old Ditto Ditto ' .--. 60s. 708. fine 855. 995. New Trefoil — • -14 s. 245. fine 30s. 345. Old Ditto .. -..... . ........s. -,5. fine .. 40 3 . Rib Grass .—.. . 335. 41s. title ..--s. ..s. English Carraway Seed -1. 41s. 465. fine -4. Foreign Ditto Coriander,. ....... -s. 17s. fine -s. 19s. St. Foin -(per Quarter)----- -a. -s. -a. fine -s. Rye Grass Macey I)itto ---..--------.—.....-.. 40s. 50s. new -s. -s. Linseed, for feeding , -a. 38s. fine --s. 40s. Ditto, for crushing......... ..—..,- -s. 41s. 425. fine -s. Canary Seed, New--........-.......*.......... -..5. 455. fine -s. 485.; Ditto Old—. . ,.....3„ .S., .-6. fine -s. White Mustard Seed --(per Bushel)----Os. fis. 7s. Gd. fine --a. Brown Ditto ------ --s. Bs. 10s. fint. -S. Turnip Seeds, Rounds -s. -s. Ns. fine -a. Green and Ite..d Ditto -s. As. Its. fine -s. 'Fares, 01d...., - . Ditto New -,s. -s. fine 41s. 465. eta; e Seed, English, fine (per Last) 301. 3 . 21....- Foreign 271. 2ss. DEGREE. A Mr. V-- lost his wife, who left him two children. Wishing to give them a second mother, he selected the sister of his former wife, who lis tened to his wishes. But both parties being aware that it was impossible to contract, in France, a mar. riage which the 162 d article of the civil code pro hibits as incestuous, went to England, where, de ceiving the Chaplain to the French Embassy, they obtained from him the nuptial benediction. With this certificate they returned to France, and after some time the father announced to the civil officer of his parish that he had a child, the fruit of his legal marriage with his sister-in-law. The Pro cureur du Roi at Meaux being informed of these circumstances, began a prosecution, at first for fraud, but ultimately only for the dissolution of the marriage as incestuous, and as having been per formed without the necessary notices, and without obtaining the consent of the father and mother. This Magistrate, at the same time, demanded that an account should be taken of his complaint against the Chaplain of the Embassy, as having, contrary to the laws, given the nuptial benediction in France to two persons who (lid not produce the certificate of the marriage having been celebrated by the Civil Authority. The Tribunal of Meaux gave the following decision :—Considering that Mr. V— and Miss Adelaide F-----, in presenting themselves to the Chaplain of the Embassy to France to be united and receive the nuptial benedic tion, did not pass a civil contract, but only perform a religious ceremony ; considering, consequently, that there never has been in the eye of the law a marriage—considering, also, that the Tribunals can not declare null an act which is purely religious, and in which no Civil Authority interfered, either French or foreign—the Tribunal declares that there is no ground for the prosecution of the Procureur du Roi. The Tribunal at the same time declared, that the child could not be considered as the lawful issue of the marriage of Mr. V— and Miss F—, since they were never married ; and that, considering also that by the 335th Article of Code Civil, the recog nition of an incestuous offspring cannot take place, and that it results from the documents that Ade laide F—, the mother of the child, is the sister of Barbe F—, the first wife of Mr. V., and con sequently his sister-in-law, Mr. V— cannot recognise the child, nor confer on him his name ; the Tribunal accordingly ordered that the register of the birth should be corrected, and that its judgment should be inverted in the registers of the Etat Civil. The Tribunal at the same time recorded the com plaint of the Procureur du Roi against the Chap lain, for having, in a dependency on the French Embassy at London, and consequently in France, given the nuptial benediction contrary to the law. —French Paper. A MARVELLOUS EGG.—On Saturday last, a duck belonging to Mr. LUCAS, a respectable farmer at Alderley, near this town, hatched nine fine ducklings, the produce of 13 eggs upon which she eat for the usu d pe riod. Four of the eggs were addle ; and in breaking one of them, Mrs. LUCAS was surprised to find a large pebble, which appeared to have supplied the place of the yolk. This is now in our possession, and may be seen by the curious. It weighs one ounce and six drach ms , an d is i about five inches in circumference n.the wid e st p ar t. B y what means it became embedded in its singular situation , we are at a loss to discover.—Macclesfield Courier. On Monday morning, while the clergyman was waiting to join a couple in the indissoluble bonds of matri mony at St. David's church, the loVe-'lsrn swain on his way thither bethought himself on a sudden of the awful change he was about to submit to, and thinking single blessedness the more preferable of the two, on a sudden took to his heels, and ran off, leaving the expectant fair one in an extreme of surprise, to bewail the fickleness of man. We hear the simple maid had, st . few days prior, intrusted her little savings with her heartless deceiver, all of which he -had managed to get rid of at Ide Exeter Flying Post. SHEEP SKINS. Wool--.........--.. 2s. 01. to3s. Od. I Shearlings......, 06. 01 to Os, titi Lambs. Is. Od. to Is. 6d. PRICES OF HOPS.—July 13. Kent Pockets 6/ 15c. 71. 7s. to 81 Os. Sussex Ditto ......... 6/. 65. 6/. 15s. to 71. 4s. Essex Ditto ~.......ww.n.v, •••••• • w vv. •.....•• 64 10s. 71. OS. to 71. 10s. Farnham Ditto, Fine O/. Os. 0/. Os. to 10/. Os. Seconds .......—...... 0/. Os. 71. 10s to OZ. Os. Kent Rags ...... 5!. 12s. 6!. Os. to 71. Os. Sussex I)itto , 5!. Os. 5/. 15s. to 61. Os. Essex Ditto . 5/. 10s. 61. Os. to 6!.:155. Old Duty laid at .£35,000. PRICE OF POTATOES.—JuIy New W:►re 6s. to Bs. per cwt. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown ................. 401. Os. Refined .........f42 0 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand ..................... 10 10 Rape Cake, per ton 5 5 LI:AT ff Per lb. d, to ci. Tanned Horse Hides.. 16 IS Sirinish Ditto .........,.... 22 26 Per dozen. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. But to 561 b.... 19 20 Ditt0—.....60 to 6611)... 21 22 Dressing Hides--1 l 17 Fine Coach 1•1 idea....,. 19 21 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 h. 141 15} Ditto 45 to 501 b. 154 17g Ditto lBB 20 Per Stone. R. ti. to g.d. Best Heifers & Steers 2 6 2 8 Middlings 2 0 2 4 Calf Skins.. 30 to 44 10 24 Ditto SO to 701 b. 24 30 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 22 24 Small Seals. Greenland 20 22 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. I. d. to a. d. Ordinary 1 6 2 0 Mai ket Calf 6 Ocach. WH ITECtI APEL:HA 1/*l4 A RKET.--July It. Hay 404. Od. to 48s. Od. COAL MARL Adair's Boundary 24 6 Bunion 26 6 Heaton • 29 6 28 0 Killingworth 27 9 Liddell's Main 24 6 ['claw Percy East 26 0 Nil top Windsor 25 0 Shipcote 24 9 Tanfield 27 6 Townley 26 6 Wy 29 0 WallsEndßewicketeCo. 30 Walls Ent Brown's 27 6 Ditto Brown's unser.— 27 0 Ditto Burraton Ditto Clarke and Co. 26 6 Ditto Carr and Co. 25 3 Ditto Hilda 27 6 Slops at market, S93—Shi, K vrr.—July 13. Walls and Newmarch.. 295. 0.1. Ditto 27 6 Ditto Heaton 30 0 Ditto Northumberland 28 0 Ditto Peareth 25 3 W. E. Perkins and Co. 28 0 Ditto r 9 9 Ditto Russell's ..—....... 31 0 Ditto Wa1ker..........,. 29 8 Neehant 29 0 Walls Flkl He1t0n....... 91 6 Walls End Lyons--,.... 29 3 Walls End Stewart's 31 6 Hartley 28 0 Silk‘tone Field and Co. 27 6 Walls End Elgin ........ 31 0 W. E. Old Etherley... 28 Burraton Trader --. 27 0 Liddell's Trader........... 24 0 Tanfield Trader 30 Londonderry 5ma11.... 19 0 IPS sold, 50%—Unsold, 39. HUSH MARKETS. Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per cwt. , • per barrel per barrel per barrel t 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. 2d. ------ --. -----, s. d. as . d. a.d.as.d. s. d. a s.d. s. d. as. d. s. d.as. If: Cork..._.,_ 2(i 0-33 0 00—0 0 13 6-15 020 0-24 12 0-18 u„, u Limerick 133 4-35 0 10 6-20 010 4 -13 0 IH 0-21 0 0 0-15 , Waterfordl2B 0-31 0 10 0-13 0110 0-14 0 18 0--24 0 10 0-15 0 Clonmel —l3O 0-31 t 10 6-16 0112 8-14 0 20 0-25 0 12 0-16 0 Carlow —l3O 0-36 0 12 0-19 012 0-14 020 0-21 0 0 0-- 0 0 • Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter. per lb. per lb. per curt, Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. 51h. 1 -- ---- -- ------- id. a d. d. a d. a. d. a s. d. s. 41. s. d. a. d. k d. a. d•,. Cork ........ 4 —6 1 —6 22 0-24 066 062 052 0480 39 " Limerick-4 —5 4 —6 30 0-35 018 062 056 0500 44 ,u Waterford 4—6 4 -- 6 200-27 072 070 066 053 0 --F Cloninel —3 —5 t—6 'l7 0-28 067 0650 60 0.58 056 ~,l, Carlow--4 --s}o —0 00— 00680660560t60-0 KILKENNY.—Butter 70s. to 71a. per cwt. ; Wheat 28s. ta310 1 • per barrel; Flour 225. to 425. per bag; Oats Ils. to 14s. per bar. rel ; Bdrley 16s. to 18s. ; Beef 4d. to 5%,1. per lb. ; Mutton 4%d• to sd. ; Potwoe s 2d. per stone; Coals Is. 2d. per cwt.; Bacon Pigs 28s. to 20s. per cwt. HAMBURG MARKETS.—JULY 10. BORSEN HALLE.—It is probably in part owing to the dullness that prevailed for some time previously is our market, that our arrivals of Wheat during the week have been inconsiderable : so much so as to f.. 11 abort by nearly 200 lasts of the quantity exported. Of the better quali' ties there now remains but little unsold, but of inferior samples there is no scarcity ; as, however, the prices of fered tall so far short of those demanded, few real sales have been effected. In Rye no sales lisve taken place, el. cept for home consumption. Oats and Beans of read): s dc.—During the last eigkt days of June 140 cargoes 0 1 Corn passed through the Sound--of these 63 were bound for British, 30 for Dutch, 12 for French, end 26 for Swedish and Norwegian ports ; 1 was bound for Ham' burg, and the remaining 8 proceeded into the North SeS' without stating their precise destination. Weight. Rix dollars. Dantzic Wheat 122 to 126 115 to 135 Pomeranian 124 to 128 105 to 120 Anhalt, white llB to 124 110 to 125 -- red 122 to 128 'llO to 128 Danish 120 to 128...... 90 to 100 Dantzic Rye llB to 122 5B to 65 Magdeburgh Barley 99 to 104 5O to 54 Anhalt 94 to 104 5O to 56 Upland Oats - - Funds firm.—Discount 4 per cent.—Bills on L o ndoa and Amsterdam are in demand. End of July. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent Anglo-Russian Loan 94 Ha.nburgh-Russian Loan Polish Bonds Austrian Bank Shares 1108 Aliattian Metalliques OB% Exchange upon London...—. at two months, 13 9 at sight. ..... ..... 13 10% -------- Amsterdam, at two months, 35 '75-100 -------- Paris ......... at two months, 188%. The three great things that govern mankind are, reason, passion, and superstition ; the first governs few, the two list abate the bulk of mankind, and posse°, them in t urns ; b u t supers ti t i on i s mos t p ower f u l, an d produces the greatest mischiefs.—Locke. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst. in Cleveland-raw, the lady of 1 ' Nussey, Esq. of a daughter. On the 12th inst. in Portman-square, the lady of Eyr• Coote, Esq. of West Park, Hampshire, and Leapardstovrtif Dublin, of a daughter. On the I 1 th inst. in Tavistoek-square, the lady of To Philpotts, Esq. of a son. • On the 10th inst. Mrs. G. Morrison, of Pimlico, of* daughter, still-born. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. at St. Martin's-in-the Fields, GO' Harrison, Esq. of Spring Garden Terrace, to Ana, wido o of the late W. Hill, Esq. On the I Ith inst. at Harpenden, Herts, Mr. J. BO" nett, of London, to Grace Sophia, eldest daughter of th e late J. Partridge, Esq. of Stone Bridge. On the 12th inst. Mr. John Temple Ager, of Clare don-street, S omers -t own , to Mi ss Mar i a Wills, s i ster °f Mr. Wills, of St. James's-place, St. James's-street. On the 9th inst. at Hastings, S. Irvine, Eeq. surgeon' R.N. to Miss Paulson, of Hastings. DIED. On the 12th intt. Edmund Turner, youngeefson of Si r P. B. V. Broke, Bart. Lately, aged 90, Commander Richard Sainthill, (l e " tired 1814.) On the 11th i nst . at D un ki rk, i n the 58t h year o f 06 age, William Wills, Esq. formerly of Russell-place, Fi ts. my-square. On the 11th inst. Johanna Louisa, wife of J. Barando ° ' Esq. of Pentonville, aged 44. On the 11 th inst. in the Wandsworth-road, H. Gib i t Esq. formerly of Old Broad-street, London, solicitor , I P his 77th year. On the 11th inst. at Chelsea, aged 50, the Rev. Pa° id Felix, Vicar of Llanilar. On the 11 th inst. Rebecca, the wife of J. Hunter, V 4. Upper Holloway. On the 11th inst. in Wilderness-row, Goswell-stres t,/ ' Jones, Esq. aged 69., On the 13th inst. at Gloucester-place, Emma RuoP er ' twin daughter of 'l'. Lt. RoOpee, Esq. of Abbot's Rie' aged 12. tbe On the 11th i ns t. i n hi s 7th year, Charles James, secokrl:4o n of the Rev. W. Lewis, vicar of Abbot's 1 • 411 ' ° Icy, Hetis. • On the 13th ult. on board the Hon. CompanY' ° ,%, Marqui s of C am d en , at sea , M r . J. B u tt on , eon 01 Button, Esq. of Wenington, Essex. --- "t g 358 Puturre and PUBLISHa) by AIURDO YOUNG, 6 -011/171, 112, STSAND I LONDON.