The Sun. — London, England, 1829-05-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. Our city article contains an amusing account of a quarrel among the " powers that be" in the money region. " Tantane animis creleqibus ire'?" Such wrath inflame the sons of stock and pelf ! We turn, however, from the actors to the scene — the money-market. We spoke yesterday of the sus picions and fears which lowered there; to-day we must describe them as dispersing, and the atmo sphere as rather clearing up. But were the case otherwise, whit would be the consequences ? Would Government adopt any new measure ? Or, to ascend still higher in our inquiries, has a just appre hension of some new financial scheme on the part of Government, occasioned the perplexity in the money market ? We shall answer these questions sepa rately, beginning with the last. We are of opi r;ion, then, that if the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange have suffered doubts to agitate their minds, in the midst of their ordinary operations, from an idea that Government had some financial measure in view, by which their speculations might be subsequently blasted, they have suffered them selves to be led astray by an ignis fatuus,—they have been startled at a creation of their own brain. Government can have had no such financial scheme in contemplation ; and if Government has given no joss: cause for the alarms, it will undoubtedly not suf fer those alarms to produce or occasion any mea sure. We spoke, indeed, yesterday of blind fears and uncertain apprehensions, as operating a decline in the funds; but we were far from invoking the in terference of Government. Let such fears and ap wehensions puff anti sigh themselves away. The State is obliged to remedy substantial evils if it can ; but it is under no obligation to dissipate futile and unfounded fears by positive acts. Thus, we presume, may both the questions be answered.— T;nres. The observations which we have made upon Se leet Vestries have been the occasion of our having lead sent to us the Bill for the fresh regulation of the Select Vestry of Bow. The arrangement, in this case, may probably be one of compromise. We observe that the old twelve select vestrymen are re taieed for life, with other twelve added to them by annual election. It ray be wished to protect the twelve under the present exasperation of the parish ; otherwise no vestrymen whatever ought to be such fur life. It is of the very nature of all adminiatra tions—whether national or parochial—that there should be responsibility ; and how can a man be re sponsible after he is dead ! As little do we approve of annual elections : a vestry whose members are to be changed every year can execute no measure of great utility. The Select Vestry, to our minds, should continue for at least three—perhaps five— years. In fine, we hope the new Select Vestry at .Bow will not be a model for others,—/bid. In the work " On the Rise, Progress, awl Present State of Public Opinion," attributed to Mr. M`Kine non, it is observed, that " in a country where the laws are equal, the only means left of defining the several classes of society is by property, which, as lows as freedom and civilization exist, can possess the only power or influence in the State." When• ever a man, therefore, wishes to shape his course aright, he must watch the motions of people of property. What they generally do cannot be wrong. And, indeed, worth au property have long been synonymous in this country ; for we say, Nil-. B. is worth three thousand pounds year, and Mr. C. four thousand ; that is, Mr. B. possesses only three thousand pounds of worth, while Mr. C. possesses four thouesend pounds of worth, being more worthy by one thousand pounds a year. If we are to believe those who arrogate to themselves exclusively a re paid foe religion and foe our venerable Establishment, she great of this country have now become Atheists are) Idolators ; so that a profession of Infidelity is no locger a passport to a Lunatic Asylum, but a pass port to fortune. Were assertions like this confined to one or two publications, we should attach little importance to them; but any one who bas had an opportunity of looking into the various Ultra Tory Teliieles of information for these two or three months past, o=ust be aware that they All concur in stating that what used formerly to be a teem of reproach, is w an attribute of those who till one high places. What are simple-minded people like ourselves eo do who have a respect fur the constituted authorities of the country ? Among the other great men of our day who have raised their prophetic voice against the backsliders in high places, is the Rev. Thomas .M dock, who publishes a periodical worlsi.ealled the " Public Enquirer at Stoke-upon-Trent aaid oxford." Mr. Mulock is not behind in boldness of assertion or extravagance of phraseology, the most distinguished of our contemporaries in the same line in this me tropolis. In the fifth number of his " Public En quirer," dated April 2.5, be indulge,: in the follow ieg strain ; " A sword is upon the Clialdeanc, sai:h the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of BabyLan, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. A sword is upon the liars ; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men and they shall be dismayed ! In thesa awful words of the only wise God, I beleJloi as imaged in 3 mirror of heavenly truth, tie present condition of this once mighty, lipt now prostrate and powerless Empire. Let hire that readeth understand, when I proclaim with all God-given antho,- rity, that the doom of Great Britain was sealed, with her own suicidal hand, on the very day that her Monarch gave j e er to the wishes of her Legislature ; by assenting to the Bill fur virtually allying Popery to the institutions of this Proteoiapt State. Something of this kind has been bab bled by the Earl of Eldon, and a few of his Lordship's isgkeys ; bat it is perfectly plain by their contingent i s ts am! tots, that they do not believe one word of what they attempt to confirm. 'Very different, however, are my con gietions concerning this nsatter, for I believe, as surely as trust in Christ for everlasting life, that the Three Es.. rates of this Realm have concurred in admitting Popery, which is a form of Anti-ehrist, to Mora than equality with that form of religion which for three centuries had been recogni , ed as the truth by the King, Parliament, and people of Great firitain. By this Act, the grave at' legal itl city hath hem; dug by the pretended friends of freedom—and total slaves - y - ,--the just bondage of sinful betrayers of truth—must be the fa4re heritage of all Eng lish generations. The Duke of We:l;ngton (his Grace cannot pistol me for this) is an Atheist man walking alter his own ungodly bats--incapable of shame, a d as yet unaffected by fear. Of the private life of his confe derate in guilt, Mr. Peel, I know nothing ; but my know ledge of the So - s - i?turcs leads me unequivocally to aver, that he must hare sunk into some tremendous turpitude, ere the depraved apostasy of heart and penal blindness cf.a;n4 :which he has so fully manifested, could seize so soddenly span the Home Secretary—be sure thy sin will find thee out. Under the auspices of thasse unrighteous rulers a statute has been hurried into perilous per fiction, by the tenor, scope, and even wcrding of which, e.is nation hath formally renounced the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The deed is dune with ruinous certainty. No after-measures, to which are alarmed and awe-struck Go vernment and Legislature will assuredly resort, can pos sib'y avert the judgments of the Lord God Omnipotent, now ready to be poured out upon the condemned popula lisn of this self-destroyed country." The Rev. Thomas Muloek, like some of our contemporaries, is a great enemy of Political Eco nomists and Free Trade ; and accordingly he tells us : " The power of steam—the infinite ingenuity of we. Alianical contrivance—all the subtle subdivisions of han dicraft labour—and all the tricks of trade in raising arti lieial capital to put every other process into full activity— these, I say, were the earliest results of the day-dream of Free Trade—and the dream is over, and men are fully awake to the substantial sorrows inflicted by a theory— captivating in i!s principles, and showy in its statements— hut impassible to he carried into exeeution in the present s'ate of the world. The Liberal system so much extolled in our day is a system bottomed on the selfi.liness of man's nature—on his intuitive proneness to better his own con di;i rn at the expense of his nii3hbours ; and tkis,i!4e-, Glared, both in the law and by the Gospe!, - tiibe man's chief sin and surest curse. So -here- yare, 0 philoso ph ie,ll perfectiontsts, .working to improve society by pro moting the identical evil principle which God sent his tbrist to destroy ! Your plan for creating and diffusing universal opulence is obviously, and by your own showing, a wicked scheme for gorging mankind with the guilt of iusatiable ever grasping covetousness. Ye must reckon, therefore, upon the continued consuming curse of _Cod pursuing you through all your devilish devices, until pro jectors and their victims are gulfed in total destruction." If, however, it be any consolation to the people of England to know that their ruin will not be so complete as that of the people of Scotland, the Rev. Thos. Mulock affords them that consolation : " As Scotland (he says) was the cradle of Atheistic Political Economy, so do I fully expect a commercial con vulsion in that country, transcending in calamity all that has ever-been experienced here. The Scotch traders are a community of Kirk-going nligious robbers, in whom selfishness, or, as that theological infidel, Dr. Chalmers, styles it, an enlightened self-int.reat,' is the sinful sti mulant to every modification of knavery. I cannot but compassionate the miseralde thousands now enduring un speakable privations in this land, in consequence of the mad policy which Mr. Huskisson engendered, which that canting hypocrite, Mr. C. Grant, followed trp, and which Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, helped by Mat o' the Mint, Mr. Herries, avows his determination to uphold. Nothing but evil can be expected from evil councillors. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but. when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." From Blackwood's Magazine down to the weekly single-sheet periodical, air hold this language. We are ruined and undone, because Atheism, and idola try, and liberal opinions, have obtained an ascen dancy in England. The English used to be termed a people of plain good sense. Are these publica tions addressed to Englishmen ?-31orning Chron. The length of time which generally elapses before a first dividend is made under any bankruptcy is a serious evil, and one which we apprehend could not occur if the Commissioners, in all cases, (lid their duty. The pei iod which, in almost every case, oc curs, before the final winding-up of a bankrupt's property, is bad enough, but which, perhaps in some cases, cannot be avoided ; but why property, which is in hand, and immediately available, should not be promptly divided among those to whom it belong-A, cannot be accounted for upon any other than the old hackneyed ground of the " law's delay," and the way in which the law plays with, and fleeces every thing and every body which falls within its reach. Of all dividends those on a banker's estate might, one would think, be the most easily made. They are mere holders of, and dealers in, money; and, money being all that is wanted for a dividend, bankers' estates must be in a singular situation in deed, if something, at least, is not speedily forth coming to answer a dividend, as it would have answered cheques, had they rot stopped payment. We have alluded to this subject in consequence of a letter, written with great feeling and good sense, and addressed to us, under the signature of " An unfortunate Creditor" of the late banking-house of which Rowland Stephenson was a partner. Our cor respondent reminds u:0 that, at the second meeting, it was publicly stated by the Commissioners and provisional assignees that a dividend from Us, to 14s. in the pound might be expected, and that it was understood that, very soon after the final ex amination of the bankrupts, a first dividend would be made—that no symptoms of redeeming this pledge are apparent—that he has applied in the pro per quarter, but cannot so much as get an answei and adds, moreover, we have no doubt with much truth, that a redemption of the pledge we have al luded to might save several of the creditors them selves from bankruptcy. It may be asked, " what have the public to do with this ?" We answer, a great deal ; for if, under a mismanagement of the public institutions of the country, an apparent wrong like this is committed, every one is interested in re medying an apparent abuse which may be his own case tosi - 01orrow. Among the defects in the present Bankrupt Law«, one., we conceive, is, that the Com missioners, who ought to ha :he active and control ling parties between the assignees and tl.e creditors, cannot be set in motion but at the will of some other persons, which persons, be they the most honour able men upon earth, are not much interested in promoting expedition. We do not see why the law should not expressly provide that, whenever there are funds in hand to pay one shilling in the pound upon any bankruptcy, a dividend should instantly Ibe made. HoW many men are there who would be glad to receive ten or even five per vent. upon their debts, rather than be kept an indefinite time out of the whole ? Or would it not roue their zeal if the lawyers (including the Commissioners) were al ways paid last—or, at frost, were not paid any thing till the creditors had receives A . on:ethiner ? Such a regulation would act, we suspect, with the magic of Harlequin's wand.—Morning Herald. We have been frequently delighted with the force and justice of Lord Tenterden's remarks to Jurors on the extravagant charges in tradesmen's bills, some of whom really seem to act upon the principle of their business being a mere lottery, where those who pay are to be the prizes, which they set off agaiPa the blanks, which pay nothing. In a late action brought by a coach-maker against Lord Coch rane, Lord Tentewden renewed and reinforced this subject in the most apposite as,d striping manner. After commenting upon the extraordinary and doubt ful nature of the demand altogether, his Lordship informed the Jury, that " if, however, they thought the Oaintiff ought to recover, they would then take into consideration the enormous amount charged. The Jury could ript be doing a more beneficial service than, when tradespeople sent in such type ready extravagant bill, to look closely into them, and endeavour, as w ell as they could, to protect the public from being imposed upon by their trades people; which, unfortunately, tradespeople were too much proee to endeavour to do." And the Jury upon this found for the defendant, thereby exonerat ing Lord Cochrane from the. 4,emand altogether. In the result, we confess, we do not ei;prel.y agree with them. That they were entitled, and marred round, to cut down the demand, we think there was no questinuj but they seem to have been influenced, in negativing it altogether, by attaching somewhat more importance than it deserved to a silly inscrip tion on a tomb-stone set up somewhere in South America. That the dtmand was an extraordinary one cannot be denied ; but extraordinary people ar s e the parents of extraordinary things; and we doubt very pu;rb whether the noble defendant in this case is exactly th,e. man whose actions and whose orders can fairly be judged of by the same test that would apply to the majority ot—map4ih4,-,-/bid. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ±C,TiIIT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 1. iVOO A:siD OTHERS Z. GRIMwoOD. This was an action of trover to recover possession of certain title-deeds, which had beeF. deposited with the defendant as a security for a sum of 5,000/. ad : vanced by him to Messrs. Brightwell, brewers, of Ceggeshall, Essex. The plaintiffs sued as the as,. signees of Messrs. Brightweil, 42 had become bankrupts ; and the ground on which they zolight to recover possession of the deeds was, that they had I...evp placed in the defendant's hands in consi; deration of a corrupt contract between him and the bankrupts, whereby he had received more than the lawful rate of interest for continuing the loan of the 5,0001. after the time that he had expressed his in tention to call it in. The Jury found for the plaintiffs. wai..cttp V. BULKELEY. This was an issue directed hy the Lord Chan cellor to try two questions—first, whethe ;he de fendant had fraudulently induced the late General' Richard Rich Wilford to extend a tine, levied by him, to other property than that which he had con tracted to sell to the Governors of Chelsea llos pital; and, seeoridly, whether he had fraudtrier4ly omitted to inform the General that the effect of such fine would be to revoke any will that he might have previously made, devising the property comprised in the fine. The jury found for the defendant on the first - -14tre, and for the plaintiff on the second—viz., that the defendant had fraudulently omitted to inform General Wilford that the effect of the fine would be to revoke any will that he might have previously made, devising the property comprised in the fine. APRIL 25. PELAXE V. HILLCOAT. This was an action of debt to recover a penalty imposed by a local turnpike .act.. The defendant, who was the treasurer under the act in question (the Windsor Forest Road Act), was charged to have incurred the penalty in having acted as tru s tee while he was treasurer. The words of the act were, that " no trustee shall enjoy any office or place of profit" under that act. The defendant, being a trustee, acted as treasurer, and held the balances which were from time to time in hand. Those balances were left by the defendant in the hands of a friend of his, named Roberts. What was the arrangement between the defendant and Roberts did not appear; but there was no proof that the de fendant actually received any profit from these balances. Under these circumstances, Mr. Justice Gazelee, who tried the cause at the last assizes, was of opinion that the office in question was not " an office of place or profit" within the meaning of the act, so as to subject the defendant to the penalty. He accordingly nonsuited the plaintiff; but gave him leave to move to enter a verdict for the penalty, - in case the Court should think the case brought the defend s ant within the penal regulation. A rule having been obtained calling upon the de fendant to show cause why the nonsuit should not beset aside, and a verdict entered for the plaintiff, Mr, AmErtsoN now showed cause, and endea voured to maintain the nonsuit. Mr. TAUNTON and Mr. TALFORD appeared to support the rule. Mr. Justice BATLEY thought the true question was, whether profit was made by the office held by this defendant. The question should be left to the jury, that they might say whether the balances were such as that they could reasonably infer that profit was made of them. As this question had not been left, the rule could be made absohite only so far as to send the case again for trial. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE and Mr. Justice PARKE concurred in opinion, and a new trial was ordered accordingly. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MAN• 1. THE AGE NEWSPAPER. Mr. Richard Downing Richards came up to be heard on the matter of his petition, arid was opposed by Mr. oil behalf of Mr. Hughes Ball, Mr. 'Likes, and M. D'Egville, of the King's Theatre. Those gentlemen had brought actions against the insolvent for libels in the Age, arid recovered da mages. The insolvent, in his examination by Mr. HEATH, stated, that in June, 1827, he soil half of the Age to Mr. Charles Molloy Westmacott, being then con fined in the King's Bench prison. He never en tirely gave up the paper, and conceived himself now entited to the otl,er moiety. He had seen:some do cuments regarding the sale of the paper between Westmacott and a person named Bowden ; but he was not privy to the sale. In June, 1827, when he sold one-half the paper, he wrote to the Stamp•. office, stating himself still to be a proprietor, but at that time he discontinued publishing the paper, and it was recommenced publishing by Bowden the following Sunday, beginning No. 1, as a new pa per. In about six weeks Bowden gave it up to one Anne Durham. On the 25th July the insol vent received front Bowden 701. for writing leading articles for the Age—when he left off publishing it, he wrote to the Stamp-office requesting that Bow den might be entered as proprietor at the Stamp office, because he, the insolvent, was a prisoner in the King's Bench. While he was in the King's Bench, an agreement was drawn out by which Bowden agreed to sell one half the paper to West macott, (which agreement was partly in insolvent's writing), having reference to the English Gentle man ; it was dated the sth July, 1827, but it was newer executed ; the conditions were, that Westma cott was to advance 250/. in three several sums, to enable - Bowden to meet expenses. On the 25th of July, another agreement was made, which was exe cuted : it was between Bowden and Westmacott, aad recited that Bowden was the sole proprietor. By that agreement, Bowden was to sell one half of the Age to Westmacott in consideration of the sum of 2001.; of that sum 100/. was paid by Westma cott to Bowden in insolvent's presence in prison, and the other 100/. was to he paid to the :stamp office. Insolvent did not know that Bowden ever advertised the Age for sale, but being in want of money, he might have authorised Bowden to do so. As to Miss Durham being the proprietor, the insol vent knew nothing whatever about it; he was not privy to any transaction relating to her having a share in the paper. A deed and receipt fur 3001. given by Bowden to Anne Durham was produced, and identified as Bowden's writing. Insolvent never made a transfer of the whole paper, and he had now an equitable claim to out: half with Westmaeott, As to entering Bowden's name at the Stamp-oaice, it was very common to enter mimes of persons who were not the real proprietors. Bowden was only a compositor; and as insolvent was in prison, it was by his direction that Bowden sold one half to West macott ; the other half he, insolvent, still claimed. Mr. HEATH asked the insol - ient if he would have any objection to state in his schedule all that he had sworn as to his claim to the half of the paper. Mr. Richards had no objection whatever. The records of the actions brought by the oppos ing creditors against the insolvent were put in ; in the case of Mr. Bail Hughes, the damages trete 1501„ costs 86/.195.; in that of Mr. D'Egville 1504, costs 844 ; and in that of Mr. Baikes costs 21., and increased costs 79/. 10s. The two former were not defended, but the latter Mr. HEATH—how repent the offer, Mr. Richards, on the part of Mr. D'Egville, to give up further opi:Nition, provided you will say who was the author of the az!, Insolvent—l do not know his name. Mr. Comm, for the insolvent, said that there was nothing at all aggravating in the case. Respecting the actions of M r . B a ll Hughes and Mr. D'Egville, they were not defended. Mr. Raikes's was, and the" damages were only 21.; and the probability was, that if the others had been defended, the Ci4nl i gC s would have been also reduced. It was not true that the insolvent had possession of one half tile paper all the time, for he had been tricked out of it, and had received nothing, except the 70/. for writ ;tug leading articles, which fact argued nothing as o the property ; for many proprietors, who were also editors, received sal7ies as editors independent of their shares in the It way a singular circumstance that all the documents produced to day were in the possession of Mr. Wcstmacott, who era: the ostensible proprietor, and who would be ex tremely desirous of keeping the paper to himself. IlF.Arro--4 - 4 is not ; Anne Durham is the proprietor. _ _ kr. COOKE said, she was merely apuFpet, There wire female puppets as well as made puppets ; and to pretend to ;-,4y that Miss Durham was the pro prietor, was mere nonsense, Westmacott acting as the sole proprietor and manager. There was no proof of what connexion subsisted between Mr. Westmacott and Miss Durham, but it was clear that Westmacott was a proprietor, and as the case would come . before a;;other Court, Mr. Westmacott and his puppet would find that they conk; not do exactly as they pleased. Mr. HEATH then applied for Mr. Ball Hughes and Mr. Raikes to be appointed assignees. Mr. Raikes waii a man of business, and Mr. Hughes, now in Paris, would be in town next week, Mr. Salmon, of the firm of Cunningham and Salmon, printers, applied to be appointed an assig nee, they being creditors for 2001 . If Mr. Hughes 13311 and Mr. Raikes were appointed, not a creditor would be paid. Mr. HEATII consented to withdraw Mr. Ball's Hine, but hoped Mr. Raikes would be appointed. Mr. MAHER, a barrister, appl ed for a Mr. Jay ar.d Mr. Willis, the attorney, to be appointed assig nees. The Learned Counsel said that Westmacott was the real party befOre the Court, and had put forward these opposing creditors as stalking-horses. Mr. HEATH disclaimed any such imputation against these gentlemen. After some further discussion, the Court decided that a meeting of creditors should be.called, .when. assignees might be chosen. _ There were only two Commissioners in Court, Messrs. HA.Rms and BOWEN. They said they would not give their opinions as to whether dlr. Heath was at liberty to pursue his opposition today, without consulting the other Commissioners. They therefore would adjourn the case until Monday, the 11th instant, when the Court would deliver its judgment. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. THURSDAY, APRIL SO.—High water 37-minutes past eight o'clock.—Wind N.N. W.--Arrived the Mona, Jones, from Dublin ; Eliza, —, Isle of Man ; North Star, --, from Glasgow. CLEARED OUTWARDS.--,31e Susannah, Law, for Liebau ; Agenoria, —, Newfoundland; Fraw Gebke, for St. Petersburg ; Smyrna packet, for EN don, Malta, and Constantinople ; and Ariadne, Newfoundland. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. The following case wich occurred yesterday before Mr. Motstfur.f. and Mr. HALLS, affords a strong instance of misconduct on the part of a " substitute constable." or in oth,r words a pets 4) who, for the consideration of a few pounds, undertakes to perform the office of constable in a parish, in sul,stitution of some respectable householder, who is thus permitted to shift a responsibility which he would otherwise incur, to some needy individual who, generally speaking Las no character to lose, and front the first moment of his appointment has no other object in view than that of turning the office which he holds into a source of advantage to himself. John Dumeci )1, a substitute constable of St. Clement Danes, was charged by Maria Howley, a woman about 40 years of age, with an assault with intent to commit a rare. The prosecutrix stated, that having been separated from her husband about eight years ago, she lived as servant in the house of a publican, i❑ St. Martin's-lane. On Monday night, she and her master had some words, and fearing that he would use some violence towards her, she left the house at two o'clock o❑ Tuesday morning, and went to the watch-house of St. Clement Danes, where she claimed the protection of Mr. Smith, the parish beadle, and the defendant, who was acting' as night constable. After some time Smith went away, and no person was left in the room but the defendant, a little boy, and herself. The defendant immediately began to take liberties with her, having sent the little boy out of the room, he threw her down, and used her in a gross and scandalous manner. She could not enter into particulars before so many gentle men, but the paper which she held would explain to the Aii,gistrate the manner in which she had been att►cked. Mr. MlNsuum. having read the contents of the paper, which the prose:unix handed to him, observed that it was very delicately worded, and that it was well for the defendant that he I►ad not fully effected his purpose. The M gistrate then asked the prosecutrix if she cried out for assistance? The prosecuu ix replied that she did, but no parson came; and the defendant told her that her cries were useless, as they were quite alone. Mr. MlNsttut.t. asked the defendant what he had to say in answer to the charge? The defendant replied that the prosecutrix had accused him wrongfully, adding, that she was no better than a street-walker, as she was living in open adultery with a man in the very house with his wife. Mr. Mursittm.t.—Even if what you say were true, it furnishes no excuse whatever fqr the conduct with which you have been charged. Hoe is an unprotected female, obliged as she states, to leave her home at two o'clock in the morning, and take shelter in a watch-house ; and you, instead of affording her that protection to which she was entitled, take advantage of her situation, and make an abominable attack upon her person. The prisoner was locked up in default of bail. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Isaac Martin, a Jewish confectioner, re siding in Alitre-street, Aldgate, was brought before Me4srs. flAanwicx and WYATT, charged with having feloniously stolen a 50/. Bank of England note, the property of John Digby. John Digby was a green-grocer, and resided in Butcher row, liatcliff. On Sunday, the sth of April, he bad a 50/. and ti:. Bank of England note in hie possession, both of which he saw on that day in a box, which lay in an upper apartment, the key of which he kept in his pocket. On the Thursday following his wife sent to him for the key, havinz occasion to pay for some sweetmeats which she had purchased. On his return home he asked her syith what she had paid for them ? and she said a Si. note and seven shillings in silver. He examined the box, and found that in place of the Si. note, which was still in his possession, she had given away the 501. The latter, which was numbered 4,519, and dated the 231 of August, 1829, he had received in change from the Bank. Hannah Digby, the wife of this witness, desetibsd the mode in the purOtase took place. When she gave the prisoner the note, she asked him if it was correct ? and he saying it was, she gave him the difference in silver. She did not know how to read or write, and through this the givin g the one note for the other occurred. The prisoner when he went away said he would bring her thirteen glasses and some other articles on the S441;110)7, bit this he . never did. Mr. Sri' TT-Look at the prisoner, ar.d say whether you are positive he is the man to whom you paid the 'Toney ? Witness—Upon my oath he is. To Mr. Isaacs (a solicitor) —The prisoner, when Le left her, did not give her his . address ; nor did she know a person of the name of Romaine or Samuels. The prisoner,-Why, you were with him this morn ing ? Witness-1 know no one by these names. Mr. HARDWICK (to Mr. Isaacs.)—What do you pur pose by this line of examination ? Mr. Isaacs—To show, Sir, that this is a concerted plan between Romaine and the prosecut,u• to extort money from my client; and that in fact, as I am instructed, there never was a 501. note in the prosecutor's posscssio,^,. l‘lr ! HARDwicK—We know nothing of Romaine; he is not before us. It is on the evidence alone that we are authorized to act. Isaacs—Certainly; ll r. and on this principle I shall prove to yon that it was a 51. and not a 50/. note that was given to the prisoner. Mr. liAnDWICK—Prove that by credible testimony, and the case is at an end. An elderly Jew here eagerly hurried forward to swear to the fact ; but it turning out that he was the servant of the prisoner, and that he was actually watching his cart without the door when the money was transferred, his evidence was not received. M. Isaacs—Well, Sir, admitting, which I do not, that the prisoner did receive this 501, note, it is not a felony ; the prosecutor has his remedy, and may bring an action of :rover for the recovery of his property. Mr. IlAnnwicK—lf I give a note to change, and the prisoner does not bring back but absconds with the money, what would you call that? Mr. Isaacs—A felony. Mr. HARDWICK—If it comes to his knowledge after wards that he has received a larger sum of money than he is entitled to, and that a conversion of the property has taken place, it is equally felonious. Mr. IlAttnwtcx was about to commit the prisoner, when Mr. Limes requested that he might be admitted to bail. Mr. HA Rumex said, that though such a power was placed in their hands, it was only conditional, and must be regulated by the opinion they held of the guilt or inno cence of the accused. If he had any doubt, he would Tea doy comply with the request; but having none of the felony iniputed to the prisoner, he did not think himself justifiable in acceding to it. Mr. I4aacs said, that if it was the intention ultimately to commit the prisoner, he would rather it was done at once, as he would more imme.lititely derive the benefit of the habeas corpus. Mr. HARDWICK said, that though there was sufficient evidence forthwith to commit the prisoner, yet, that the e nds of justice might be completely answered, he would remand the prisoner to a future day. The prisoner was Alien remanded until Wednesday next. We may be tempted som e d a y t o give an ac count of the secret movements of two or three agents in the late desperate endiivour made by an illustrious person to overthrow the present Administration ! One of the must active of the party was a celebrated diplomatic lady, whose vanity lad been piqued by the gallant Duke at the head of the Cabinet having, in his late conversations with her, t E ar l aye a more courtesy than confidence, and greater anzitty to discuss general than political topics. This, perhaps, was mere than could be borne by a personage who has for many years taken so decided a tone in the diplomatic world, and who has manifested her political enthusiasm in an unequivocal manner, by giving to the great promoter of the Holy Alliance a most positive pledge of her a ttachment to his principles. TWa surely was such a voucher for the sincerity of her friendship, that it seems hard the Duke could not give confidence to one SO dis posed to be confiding.,.-_. FROM THE GAZETTE OF-LASTNIGHT.• St. Jamea's Palace, April 29, 1829. This day had private audiences of his Majesty— His Highness the Prince of I.ieven, Ambassador Extra• ordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of All the Russias, to deliver a letter from his Sovereign ; The Marquis of Barbacena, on a special mission from the Emperor of Brazil, to deliver a letter from his Sove reign ; The Count Moltke, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Denmark, upon his re• turn to his Mission ; And the Chevalier de Zea Bermudez, Envoy Extraor- , dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Spain, to deliver his Credentials as Minister Plenipoten tiary from his Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca ; To which several audiences they were respectively in troduced by the Right Hon. Robert Peel, one of his Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of Stite, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Knt. Master of the Cerereonie.. St. James's-Palace, April 29. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Richard Cosway, Esq., of Bit sington, in the county of Kent, late Secretary to Vice- Admiral Lord Collingwoot The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain John Franklin, of the Royal Navy, Me Commander of the Northern Land Expeditions. The. King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Seymour, Esq., one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Bornhay The King was this day pleased to confer Ike honour of Knighthood upon William Campbell, Esq. Chief Justice of Upper Canada. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain William Edward Parry, of the Royal Navy, late Commander of the Expeditions for the Discovery of a North West Pu.sage, &c. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Anglin Smrlett, Esq. Chief Justice of Jamaica. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant and High Steward of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. William 111‘Caa, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated Feb. 14, 1829. Commission in the Renfrewshire Yemanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County'of Renfrew. Duncan Darroch, the younger, Esq. to be Captain. April 13. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. William Holroyd, Old Bailey, eating-house-keeper. William Edwards Edwards, Wilton, Wilts, mealman. BANKRUPTS. George Benfield Moore, Uxbridge, Middlesex, uphol sterer, to surrender May 8, at twelve, 12, at eleven, and June 12, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners. Poole, Greenfield, and Gamlin, Gray's Inn, London; Riches and Woodbridge, Uxbridge. James Burch, Honiton, Devon, grocer, May 12, 13, and June 12. at twelve, at the Old London Inn, Exeter. Cox and Aberdein, Heniton ; Darke, Red Lion-square, London. Gustavus Edward Beckers, Angel-court, Throgmorton street, merchant, May 5, 12, and June 12, at twelve, at the Court of Commi , sioners. Ogle, Great Winchester street, Broad-street. John Cooke, Bermondsey street, Surrey, woolstapler, May 5, 12, and June 12, at ten, at the Court of Commis sionera. W itts, Dean-street, Southwark. Edgar font Buchanan, Stowmarker, Suffolk, maltster, Ally 14, at five, 15, at ten, and June 12, at twelve, at the Suffolk Hotel, Ipswich. Mirriotts, Stowmarket ; Jones, John street, Bedford-row, London. Jernima Hughes, Hereford, baker, May 11, 12, and June 12, at ten, at the lied Lion, Leominster. Fitch, Union-street, Southwark ; Coates and Hammond, Leo minster. Stephen Warner, Crayford, Kent, farmer, May 8, at twelve, 15, at eleven, and June 12, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Bowler, St. Thomas-street, Southwark. George Brook9,' Town Mailing, Kent, linen-draper, May 8, 15, and June 152, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioner:l. Farrar, Doctors'-Commons. Charles Tarver, Romsey, Southampton, corn-factor, May 12, at three, 13, at ten, and June 12, at one, at the Town-hall, Romsey. Sandys and Sons, Crane -court, Fleet-street, London ; Holmes, Romsey. Elizabeth Kershaw, Milnrow, Lancaster, and William Taylor, Boston, America, flannel-manufacturers, May 20, at five, 21, at nine, at the Albion Hotel, Rochdale, and June 12, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Nor ris, Allen, and Anthony, John-street, Bedford row, Lon don ; Wood, Rochdale ; Whitehead and Barlow, Oldham. John Newton Radclyffe, Queen-street, GrosVenor squ ire, coach-plater, May 5, at twelve, 8, and June 12, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Darke, Red- L . ion-viare, Thowai Alder, Witney, Oxford, tallow-chandler, May 11, 12, and June 12, at ten, at the Maidenhead Inn, Oxford. Miller, Ely-place, Holborn, London ; Looker, Oxford. Cockshatt, Warrington, Lancaster, cotton manufacturer, May 16, at four, 21, and June 12, at twelve, at the Bridge lnn, Bolton, Lancaster. Adling to4, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row ; Boardman, Bolton. DIVIDENDS. David James, Alinories, woollen-draper, May 22, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Robtrt Robinson, Hastings, Sussex, grocer, May 23, at eleven, at the StirAn inn, Hastings. Richard Frisby, Richard Miles Frisby, and Henry Frisby, Mark-lane, wine-merchants, May 22, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. John Williams, Bristol, woollen-draper, May 22, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Edward Howard and James Gibbs, Cork.street, Bur lington-garden., St, James, Westminster, money-scrive ners, 1',14y 22, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. S. Wel'er, jun., Oxford, victualler, June 24, at twelve, at the White Hart and Greyhound, Oxford. William Bown Harrison, Manchester, and George Har rison, Liverpool, cotton-dealers, May 23, at one, at the Office of William Thompson, solicitor, Liverpool. John p f otlwroe, Bristol, hatter, May 23, at one, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. James Al organ, Bromyard, Herefordshire, butcher, June 3, at eleven, at the Bay Horse Inn, Bromyard. Junius Smith, Broad-street-buildings, merchant, June 19, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Arthur Palmer, Alincing-lane, merchant, May 22, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Joseph - 43eddov, , , Margaret's-buildings, Waleot, Somer setahire, pastry-rook, May 23, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Bath. James Christie, Leadenball- street, ale-merchant, May 22, at twelve, at the Court of Cotrni,sioners. Henry Palmer, Kent and Essex-yard, High-street, Whitechapel, coach-maker, May 22, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. William Salmon, West Mailing, Kent, auctioneer, May 22, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. James Pui kis, Regent-street, oilman, May .16, at eleven, at the Court of Commissiriners. Charles Cleverly and James Hutcheson, Cbiswell-street, linen-drapers, May 22, at eleven, at the Curt of Com missioners. CERTIFICATES—Met 22. John Meyer, Law rence-Pountney-place, merchant. Jane Eliza Greenwood, Bath, milliner. William Griniman, York-street, Bryanstone-square, builder. Timothy Heald, Grenada-place, Kent-road, merchant. John Morris Herring, Aberystwith, Cardiganshire, victualler. Richard Cooper, Ledhury, innkeeper. Thomas Kilby, Fenchurch-street, broker. William Ilinry Wallis, Harpur-street, Red Lion-square, engraver. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. John Dewhurst and Isaac Dewhurst, Skipton. York shirr, cotton-spinners. Henry liJwinan and Wilson Dickinson, Manchester, 8 tddlers. William Fenton and John Heavy'slde, Belle Vue, Wake sehoolmesters. Ifenry Parkins and Charles Delves, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, linen-drapers. Thomas Simpson and John Thomas Sanders, Birming ham, platers. Richard Goore and Thomas Pyke, Liverpool, corn merchants. Edward Phillips, William 'Alarm, Everett, James Tilby, and John Hart, Bristol, vitriol•manufacturers. William Jackson and Hugh Layland, Ashton, Lanca shire, tnaltstet s. John Reynolds and Robert Farr, Rutland-place Wharf, Thames-street, coal-merchants. Edward Lewis and John Rawson, Lorrgrounds, Work- I sop ir N ill o i t i t m in N Ah , a w n i i n ti n re, an b t r i ie l k; , t i n n a in k i e i rs. Dicker, King's Arms yard, WliitecroFs-street, carpenters. • Robert Seddon and Strettell Seddon, Manchester, cot ton- merchants. Isaac Conine, James Prockter, John Hey, James I, nagley, Samuel MWgley, a pcl Larreuee ,Aotr 0r b' Sunny Bank Mill, ROchasile,,Ll peashiri, cotton-spinner.' John Forster and William Sc. ott, Carlisle, joiners. Peter Longshaw-and Daniel , Sutton Leather, WarriPr ton, Lancashire, hrassfounders. John Barnett, William T. M, incrieff, and WM. 0 0 1..° Regent-street, music-sellers. Thomas Clavell Urry and W m. Henry Eastcheap, grocers. Thomas Mason, Henry Maso o, and John Mason, tea-dealers. Elizabeth Bennison and Eliza beth F r a n kland, Live r" ' linen-drapers. . George Carr and William Bs Ewn, Sheffield, Britaanr metal manufacturers. Richard Chaffy) , and Henry O'Neil, Therncombe, 13 f ! voushire, wool staplers. James Holmes, Charles Tru knan, and Margaret Cl lotte Holmes, New Bond-street perruquiers. Henry Hartop, William Cr; iham, and Robert Gialiagh Milton Iron 'Works, 'York-hit e. Henry Mills and Henry Be) Ison Mills, Yorkshire, %/ 13 !' i. . fingers William Yeats and Jacob Feats, Cross-lane, St. Dori tan's-hill, wine merchants. William ;More and Adam. Arrowsmitb, Edgware-ro d, gun-makers. BLOCKADE OF TERCEIRA. The following copy of a, declaration on oath, swoll l -s 4 s at the Mansion-house, wa.! posted yesterday a lto : I:P (1P : /i r Lloyd's, and is a very pr etty commenta ry on the ,pal er blockade of Don Miguel against the Island of Tercern, which was announced to the British Government witb . 11 -? much form and pomp sol he time since, and tends taiYl how well it has been en'brced, after being a cknowleag e by the British Governor ent (COPY.) " London, to wit. " Robert 1-1111, Master of the cutter culled the CO O less of Liverpool, makoth oath and faith, that be All' rived at Angira, in the island of Terceira, on the 1( 4 '1 April la.t past, and sailed again foe England on the 1 5 '? : of the same month ; and that, euring his stay at Terceira, he saw no appearance of any Portuguese vessels of wa r ' and he was informed that none had been K.en off th e Island since it was declared in a state of bl oc kad e by 14 ` .. Government of Portugal. (Signed) " ROBERT HILL. " Sworn before me, at the Mansion-house, this Ist May, 1529. " Wlll. THOMPSON, Mayor. GERMAN PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH Since the landing of the Russians at Sizeboli, the.' n?" habitants of the capital have been in great fear, 0 4 ! II ! most alarming reports are c i rcu l a t e d. Th e S u ltan na . therefore thought fit to have orders issued for prohibiting all assemblages in the coffee-houses after sun-set, and t" t make every body answerabl e f or th e l anguage h e ma y ho d . In fact, several persons have been arrested who took ell them to blame the ordinances of the Government, and ti 2; complain of the dearness of provisions. The price so 4 7, the bad quality of the b rea d are b eyon d a ll concept i o n, an it is only to be hoped that the fine season will facilitate' the renewal of supplies by land, and in some measure re' medy the distress that prevails. The reprisals which th e Porte exercised some weeks ago on account of the blockade of the Dardanelles, by forbidding all ships coming frog' Russian puts to enter the harbour of Omstantinop ly ! have proved very injurious to itself, as by this measure t, ' chndestine importation of pr ov i s i ons was preven t e d. is affirmed that the flour and pulse now remaining in the magazines will not suffice for more than four weeks, n° if no measures are tsken before expiration of that time f ,r the supply of the capital, the public tranquillity will be ' I. great danger. Many European merchants have therefore thought it advisable to retire for a time to Smyrn a ; • W e have no news from the theatre of wai, but gr . f a apprehensions are felt for Ghiurgevo, which is to be closely invested : the fate of that fortress tis ill Pre' bably decide that of rtudschuk. Large reinforcemen t. ; indeed, are said to have been ordered to this last place; b i !,, but if the Russians should succeed in investing it suonP,7": would be compelled to yield from want o f p r ovisiorie, t severity of the winter having rendered it impotailole supply the fortresses. BUCHAREST, •PILIL S.- The grand head-quarters of G en e ra l , Count Diebitic?' were removed from Jassay tolssaktchi, on the 90th Marrlk VIENNA, APRIL 18.—Metalliques, ; Bank Shares,. 1,105. ERA NkFORT, APRIL te• We have received some numbers of the Courier Je t Sthyrar to the I.sth March. The services of Colon , ' Fabvier were not yet accepted. Ile still resided a t Egiii 4 and seemed to w a it f o r th e arr i va l o f M. Achille Roue°' Consul •General of France, who had arrived at Nivarin the Dido frigate, and was supposed to have brought a suit , of money for Greece. Admiral lleyden has sent the frigate Constantine to Mal , a, 8.74 is supposed, to make some communicatiat!" Admiral Malco!m, respecting the seizure of two ,EgYPt' • ships. varis. Colonel Il e ide e g e r was pr e p ar i ng t o re t urn to Pa The island of Syra will soon 1m delivered from the vernment of M. Metaxa. P.I. N. Kalergi is ..exP eet" there, who has al so b een name d Commissioner Extrot dietary of the Cyclades. It is reported that there a re i" the port of Napoli de Malvaisia, two vessels manned 11 ) ( Spezziot4 and llydriots, which are prepaying to put to se a '-' with the intention of carrying on piracy. The absence of the Prince DR PO LIG.N - AC' the French Ambassador, from the levee and the drawitig" room, was occasioned by severe indisposition—so ever' that his Excellency's life wasin imminent danger the n i g tt befrre last. We a r e glad, h owever , t o b e able t o state (bar the disorder has taken a f a v oura bl e t urn , though the `cog pleteestablishment of his h ea lth i s nu t lik e ly to be sP7"Y: The interest felt for the Prince is, we believe, sincere and general. Exclusive of the amicable relations subsisthig between the two countries, with whi c h the Ambassador ?I necessarily mingled, he is a person greatly beloved in Pt 1 - vate life. lie has been attended by Drs. MATost, TIN, and BELINAYE. Dr. DEILTIN has acted ten ye ,r4 as physician to the Embassy with merited confidence. -- ; The first secretary to the embassy, M. ROTH, represente" the French Ambassador at the diplomatic dinner given bY the Earl of AREILDEEN in honour of his MAJESTY'S birth day. The manufacturers of this town reduce(' wages, on Saturday last, 3d. per piece. The pieces for which ls. 9,1. were paid are reduced to Is. 61., a wl other sorts of common calicoes are reduced in propor tion. The prices now paid are as low as they were 1826. —Blackburn Mail. BIRTHS. On the width tilt. at the Admiralty House, Coved Cork, Mrs. Augustus Broadhead, of a eon. A On the 21st ult., at Tinw e ll Rectory, near .S'a*l° r " the lady of the Rev. Charles Arnold, of a son. On the 30th ult. in Sloanc-strett, at the 11004 °- mother, the lady of C. C. Young, Esq., of a datightet;• ter On the 30th ult , at Worcester, the lady of ' 4141 _„,,, Wakeman, Esq., of Yu; shall Hall, in that county, of 1 "'". and heir. On the 29th ult., the Ir.dy of Sir Edward Kuatchhtil' Bart., of a son. At Exminster, the lady of Me. Edward William Solid i ' of twins. MARRIED. On the 29th tilt. at Christ Church, Surrey, by the Re v ' J. H. Mapleton, rector, T. D. Harrison, surgeon. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thomas Thompson, FA" Esq., wine -merchant, Whetstone. On the 29th ult , at Islingtim Church, Edward Dowo:. Esq., to Charlotte, d a ught e r of Mr. Cheeper, formerly Great Yarmouth. At West Ham, Mr. Ashton, of Grove-road, 'Mile-end, to Mary Ann. daughter of the late William Palmer, E 6( 1" of Stratford, Essex. Keene, to 19 ene:toe Elizabeth,, th i abe n t s at h t. ; tldoNtewin daughter CrohufArichr., John lkrf. Wfailririaator, Spitalfields. On the 28th ult., at Allhallows, Barking, by the ,° Rev; Dr. White, Johanna, second daughter of Mr. Edw a Joyce, Water-lane, Tower-street, to Mr. Joseph Carring7 ton, builder, Seething-lane. On the 29th ult., Crowley Millington, Esq., to 106'1 DIED. On the Ist inst., aged 49, Anne Maria, wife of Dir` James Templer, of Brixton-rise, Surrey, and Totver-streetr London, solicitor. . . On the 30th ult., at his house at Brompton, Mr. Hilton, after a severe illness. On the 30th ult., at his house at Brixton, Fears, Esq., in the 83d year of his age. On the 29th ult., at Tandridge-court, near &Astons. Surrey, Robert Willa, Esq., after two days' illness. . . _ P RI NTED and PUBLISHED by 'HURD° YOUNG, WV At Ovncri, 112, STRAND, LOT,IDON.