The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-10 00:00:00

reet--yrobably.a tribute, or pecuniary acknow ledgment, will, in the first instance, form part of the a rgurnent.—Bid. The Standard of la3t night has the following observations : " Nothing can be more clear to us than that the late relaxation of police discipline in 'Westminster and Middlesex has been connived at, if not pro moted, in order to open a way for the introduction of the gendarmerie force. " The Stipendiary Police Magistrates, it will be remembered, hold their offices during pleasure; had an intimation, therefore, been made by the Secre- Lay that their continuance in office should depend upon their activity, and upon the improved state of their districts, we may be sure that they would have acted in a very different manner from that in which they have acted. None of them has ever been seen to improve, and none of them has been dismissed, as the whole, with one or two exceptions, ought to be; the conclusion is, therefore, unavoidable, that Mr. Peel never hinted to them the necessity of improve ment ; in other words, that their gross negligence was connived at. " Let, then, the parishes still unafflicted by this unconstitutional novelty take warning that it is only by taking away all pretext from, the Minister, they can hope finally to escape the viitreion. Let them remodel or strengthen their police force as they may find necessary; and in doing this, let them not he sitate to adopt any change, consistent with constitu tional principles, which seems to offer advantages." The late relaxation of Police discipline in Westminster and Middlesex ! There has never been, till now, any Police discipline in West minster and Middlesex. If our contemporary means to say that the Police of London was better formerly than of late, we refer him to the murders and robberies which were frequent, not merely in the suburban parishes, but in the most frequented streets, till within a few years back. At the time M. de Calonne, who before being Prime Minister of France had commanded the Marechaussee, suggested to our Government the Horse Patrol, as an approximation to a Police, the insecurity was so great that it was about as easy to bring a footpad to justice as one of the Combination-men in Tipperary. The same attempts to create prejudice against im provement, to which we are now indebted for the names of gensdarme) ie, have been re 'totted to on all, former occasions, when any change was proposed. Though it had been de clared by Burke that the Magistrates of Middle• sex were the very scum of society, and though the abominations sanctioned by them were a disgrace to a nation pretending to civilization, yet when Mr. Burton introduced the Bill ap pointing public police offices, the same Minis ters, who were all confidence when the hundreds of millions were asked, which remain yet a bur- eign - on.us, trembled lest they should rouse the r i prejudices of the English Aristocracy. Mr. DUndes, not naturally a timid man, aware of the jealousy of the Great Unpaid, was ob liged to Faceed by stealth as it were. A Police, in the proper sense of the word, would not then have been granted. It was deemed a e rea t innovation that the old ruffians, known 0 by the inrine . of Trading Justices, who shared w ii!l tiaer myrmidons and the thieves the spoil of the community, should be indirectly superseded by the establishment of twelve offices, is which attendance should be regularly given every day by Stipendiary Magistrates. These Stipendiaries were, according to the Parliamen tary debates, appointed rather with a view to afford summary :jpstice to the poor, than fur purposes of police ; and, indeed, it was quite possible that the same men should be able to decide all the Magisterial business of this im mense metropolis, and attend to the police at the same time. The only means which they could cominan.d in the way of police machinery, were the police officers ; but these men, in reality, were altogether indepen,dent of them. We ae mit Cleat many of the Police Magistrates have always been imbecile men ; but we contend that if they had been first-rate men, as the system • was ciendamentally vicious, they could not have introduced any material improvement into it. What was wanted was a separation of the i,ma gistracy from the police, anti such a regular or ganization of the latter as should connect, by gradations, the lowest with the highest, So much for the connivance of the Government at the relaxation of police discipline. The manner in ,cinch the parishes still unafflicted by this un constitutional nove e ty—as it is termed by our contemporary- ---may belle to escape the visite -47e, is, according to inm, to imitate exactly evil* he reprehends. They can only etre' e lien their yolice force by giving it the cheraeter of Mr. Peel's, All these qualities objected to in Mr. Peel's, meet be equally possessed by the Police of the parisbee, if they hope to escape ee •bat he terms the visitation?, It will not be con tes;ded that there is any part .of On instructions of the New Police superfluous., with a 'iew to the preve:ition of crime ; and if the Parish Po lice are not a.' effective in the prevention of crime they fail in the Chiect wished for. But it is re quires no great shamof foresight to be able to r can have a good Po tell that the parishes never A good Police supposes' organization, and orpoization supposes unity of po7nDose. The Chief Commissioners put in motion tt whole Police for —consequently there can be ii co uaeractions, no collision of views. Now, a Parish Police neuet represent pretty fairly the ,democracy which appolota it. One functionary will think that it would not be safe to meddle wilt public-Houses, as they have moch influence on the elections at St. Thomas's Day, tnether thinks that to employ a Police in watching thieees, or affording gecurity to person and pro perty, is only justifiable when London should be completely purified from ail teew-paw work. The Alderman thinks that women, ..e - e beg as they are not disorderly, may walk the streeto ;4 well u men ; the would-be Alderman thinks thet Ininaculate chastity alone shoetlei have the privi lege of issuing out after sun-set. 'The officers can have no principle to guide them so ierier as th e y ar c appointed by, and accountable to, pope lar bodies. If the City people divest themselves of their powers of patronage and controul, and name a Police in in.'itation of that of Mr. Peal, they might as well at once pray that his system should be extended to the City- They would in this way add to the effectiaetSeas of the Police, because it is obvious that if the.* be two Po lices—one in the City, and one in the ; ( c44 of the Metropolis—the two must often clash with each other, and the exertions of both will be less beneficial than if subject to one heal—ibid. The " absorbing question" of last Session was eminently useful to the enemies of " re• trenchment and economy." The consequence of the sudden and violent death of the " Fi nance Committee," by the " seasonable squab ble" between Messrs. Berries and Huskisson, were never repaired by the formation of another, since they h ave b ecome The " liberal" papers, the panegyrists of Ministers, are careful not to advert to the subject. Their admiration of the p r inciple of economy has been supplanted by their admiration of the efficacy of en uncon trolled Government. They would not have Ministers embarrassed by nice calculations of re trenchment, or the country made unhappy by its being supposed that every possible saving is not made in the profuse expenditure of the State.— In fact, the " liberal public instructors," that used to cry out incessantly against the wasteful ness of the " system," no longer direct the eye of invidious attention to the distribution of the " loaves and fishes." They are all engaged in a rival:) , of adulation to the present dispensers of' pensions and sinecures. We have always borne testimony to the splendid services which the Duke of Wellington has rendered the country, and we did so at a time when some of those who indulge in the most servile flattery to his Grace at present, and seem ambitious to be dis tinguished for superior sycophancy, exhausted upon him the language of low invective, coupling his name with those Statesmen whom they elegantly described as a " bully and brute Ad ministration." Then, however, Mr. Canning was the lord of the ascendant, the idol of the Liberal Press ; he was to be exalted, and the Duke of Wellington to be abased. The Duke was then out of place, out of Royal favour, powerless in all the splendour of his fame, and, in the opinion of those who abused him, likely to continue so. He is now in a situation that commands all the patronage of State, all the re sources of the nation. He has it in his power to reward the services of those who make him the god of their present political faith ; there fore, they who deified Mr. Canning now adore the Duke. Admiring, as we do, his great mi litary talents, and incapable of separating the re collection of his actions from the glory of Eng land, we cannot, at the same time, venerate so highly his civil virtues, or the wisdom of his Government. He has certainly not redeemed the pledge which he gave in the beginning of his Administration, of carrying into effect the principles of retrenchment and economy, He does not abolish sinecures when they fall vacant, any more than his predecessors did. He has allowed Russian policy to get a most fearful as cendancy in the affairs of Europe ; and, though he has got rid of Mr. Huskisson from the Coun cils of' the Government, he has not taken any steps to get rid of the principles of his " philo sophy," and his " free trade," which have brought so much mischief on the country as can be but poorly compensated for even by her mili tary glory.—Morning Herald. Thank God ! the terrific and devastating epi demic at Sierra Leooe has at length subsided. That ill-starred Colony is granted a respite from the horrors of a too fatal disease, and the few remaining European residents in Freetown have ! a melancholy leisure to devote a thought and sigh to the memory of those who have been snatched from health to death, perhaps in a few short hours. The advices we have received are up to August 26, and they present at the best but a picture of woe and desolation. It is true that the virulence of the epidemic has passed away, but the effects of its fatal ravages are felt in almost every dwelling in the town ; and what is worse, they are not confined to that clime alone, but have caused tears, misery, and wretchedness in this country. The compara tively few cases of fever which have latterly oc curred have yielded to medical treatment ; and thus, in the midst of their fear and trembling, the surviving residents are restored to a hope, at the best but precarious, but which to them bears all the joyousness of an escape from shipwreck. The mercy of Providence has enabled us to an nounce the cessation of the disease ; and we ar dently trust that a very short time will elapse be fore the conduct of his Majesty's Government will enable us also to detail the measures which have been adopted to guard against its recurrence. The subject is one of great importance, and de serves, indeed demands, the most serious con sideration. In the way of trade, the Colony, in cluding its dependencies, is literally worth no thing. To talk of the timber, the oil, the ivory, the gold dust, and the gum, which are imported into this country from Sierra Leone, is idle : they do not ill their gross value equal, much less compensate for, the sum which is given from the public purse for the maintenance of that Colony. The sole question to be considered is this:— Does Sierra Leone afford such great facilities for settling the liberated African, and such great comforts and blessings to him when settled, as to outweigh the loss of European life its main tenance occasions, together with the considerable sums of money expended on its support ; this is the real question, and most sincerely do we hope, for the sake of humanity, it will be fully and properly entertained, In the first place, and we have no doubt such will be the case, minute in quiries ought to be made as to the probable causes of the late tremendous epidemic. With • the results of that inquiry, and also with that inquiry itself, the public ought to be made fully asquainted ; for the maintenance of the Colony presents one of those peculiar cases which ought to be decided by the feelings and the wishes of the community in general. In secrecy there can be no State policy upon such a subject as this. To render an inquiry satisfac tory, it is of course necessary that all the Medi ea; Gentlemen in the Colony should be called u p on to cimiish ample reports of what they saw of the disease itOl together with their own ob servations f; upon it, anij thr, causes by which it was induced. One report has already, we be lieve, reached the Right Hon. Secretary for the Colonies. It is that of the Colonial Surgeon, ! M. Asyle ; and if we are not incorrectly in formed, ,i.t is pv_tens,:ive, as it should be, both in '. the sdhjeet it alludes o !mi.; tote e manner in which it treats of them. We -hope y - 4 a copy of the report itself may be procured Fit no distaPt per 04, and in the mean time we present our readers witZi z.Ast we understand to be a kind of table of contents; --y " First, An aceouat of tkre ordinary bilious remit tent fever of Sierra Leone in nes4y inTjyed Euro- Issas.. Secondly, of a species of fever persa4siji seasoned sassy ; which is ordinarily unattended with danger; and iviaily, the epidemic, with copious illustrations as to its .cattse, it t -A a short diary of all the f;itail cokes. The peculiar clret,u,osiwi,c lei of the different ships Rio aJso notice'!, whether sickly r ; -,4 wherefore, et vice ver.m, these statements are ac s companied by a plan of Frecitow4, •p . lt i owlng tile' houses in which disease prevailed, with an inan 91, reference, and the names of the persons who were a£ red by it ; and likewise by a small chart, limited to the c.k. i ..i., and progress of the disorder us far as its commeneentstit 4:.d course from the interior." Such a Report Ought .t.ss Isc: j.irnislied by every Med:saal Officer in Sierra Leunii.; rci• if that were the can a correct judgment might be formed as to its liai.44y to a return of the epi den,;irs, Until something decisive be ascertained on this p6il3-until we know whether th; Colony is periodically n 4:iugcr of so dreadfulm a soa s i tioit , as it has just expers or not, it would be rash and premature to give any zignioii as to the propriety of its, abandonment or retention. It is palpable, however, that no time should be lost ; anti we trust that the clottds will not be allowed to gather and lower for another rainy season before the question is set at rest. Our Correspondent, in whom we have entire confi- dence, says : " The number of European seamen, in proportion to the number of vessels at Sierra Leone, who died during the prevalence of the epidemic, was very great; and that of the West Indian, American, and native African settlers in_the colony, was beyond all former experience. _ _ " His Majesty's ship Eden was lying in Freetown Harbour at the time ; she became very sickly, and after putting to sea the malady assumed a contagi ous character—it was supposed from the unclean state of the vessel—nearly depopulated the ship, and was eventually carried by her to Fernando Po, where it proved equally fatal. Among the victims during the _Eden's passage and at Fernando Po, five Medical Officers, not leaving one in the latter colony, were numbered with the dead. " The following list of deaths from epidemic fever, between the 21st of April and the 23d of August last, is confined to resident Europeans in Freetown wily, exclusive of the military : " Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Reffell, Chief Justice Bannister, Mr. Geo. Bather, Mrs. T. H. Barber, Edw. Bebill, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Lavers, Mr. Grove, Mr. B. Nicoll, Mr. Darby, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Magnus, Mrs. Bishop, Mr. Gib son, Mr. Mourn, Mr. Cleugh, Mrs. De Paiva, Mrs. Wil helm, Mr. Laughan, Mr. Christenson, Mr. Williams, Mr. Geo. Cole, Mr. Peck, Mr. Walker, Mr. Coates, Mr. Wil kie, Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Macullum."—Morning Post. We have received no further intelligence from what must in the mean time be considered the theatre of negociation, but which, in all pro bability, will soon again become the theatre of war ; for—although most of our contemporaries, from what cause is best known to themselves, are either silent on the subject of the perfidious conduct of Russia towards France and England, in imposing on the Sultan the most exorbitant demands which were ever made by one empire upon another, or endeavour to gloss over the treaty as an affair with which England has little to do—it is not, we hope, to be generally cre dited, that the present settlement of the affairs of the East will either be sanctioned or permitted by either France or England. A more nefarious and insidious attempt to destroy an empire, and to deceive those whose interest it was to preserve it, than the whole conduct of Russia exhibits since the signing of the protocol at St. Peters burgh, is not to be found on record, even in the history of that empire. First of all, "to begin from the beginning," she professed an extreme love for the freedom and independence of Greece, which seeing that the words freedom and inde pendence are no where to be found in the Russian vocabulary, ought to have been greatly suspected ; and by dint of threatening that she would go to war with Turkey for the independ ence of Greece, unless I'rance and England joined her in endeavouring, to liberate that classic land without recourse . to such a measure, hooked them into a triple league for that purpose,which, if it had any meaning at all, assuredly laid it down as the basis of future co-operation, that none of the three Powers should either seek territorial • aggrandisement or exclusive advantages from the proceeding, or, pending its progress, make war singly upon Turkey. It was not the interest of Russia, of course, to observe this last condition ; and finding that she had but weakness to deal with, on the part both of Turkey and her allies, she had no sooner bound the latter, hand and foot, to the liberation of Greece, than she found it convenient to declare war against Turkey, and make them parties also to her ambitious views on that empire. This was all, probably, that Russia expected to take by her first motion ; but finding England and France more complaisant than she had hoped, she next ventured to de clare, in breach of a former compact, not only the Dardanelles, but a great part of the neigh bouring coast, in a state of blookade ! Nobody at the period in question believed that the Duke of Wellington would submit to such an affront; but the thing was swallowed—Constantinople was straitened for provisions—what remained of the Turkish fleet paralysed—and France and England, by the declarations of the latter, again interdicted from interfering. The. intentions of Russia now became evident ; but her professions of moderation increased with the suspicions o f her allies, and territorial aggrandisement was de clared to be wholly out of the question,— " Russia," it was haughtily said, " had terri tory enough and subjects enough ;" but General Diebitsch had not then crossed the Balkan, nor the fortresses on the Danube fallen into the hands of the conqueror. A well-disciplined and numerous army, however, at length effected both those objects ; the - Turkish forces g ave way in almost every quarter ; General Diebitsch found himself at the head of a strong army in possession of the second city of the empire, with_ mit even the shadow of an enemy to oppose his march on the capital itself; the Sultan deluded, deceived, and deserted, was forced to yield, and the mask, which had deceived no one but those whose interest it was not to be deceived, fell to the ground. The great object had been achieved, deception was no longer useful, and was thrown away as worthless. The moderation of Russia was now made known in a manner which could deceive no one ; and those who had trusted to it, taught its true definition and real meaning in the Russian vocabulary. Here the matter rests for the present ; but will it rest much longer ? We have no decisive informa tion on the subject, and our contemporaries, with the exception of The Sun, seem to be equally in the dark ; but if a Chatham or a Pitt had been at the head of affairs in this country, the terms of peace which Russia has had the insolence to propound to Turkey would scarcely have been uttered before every tangible point in the empire of the former would have heard of it in a manner not to be mistaken.—Morning Advertiser. ISt A 1 : 1:4 , ,T-FLACE AT LINCOLN.—This VC nerahle connty town too !—is now to descend to the disgrace (would that we mild consistently employ a milder term) of continuing without a marketplace being provided.—" That it should come to this," we confess that we by no means feel surprised : we cannot attribute she to !ack of means, nor to a morbid public spirit: it is chleKY the collision of private interest, which is, in our opinion,'" phief and sole cause of the public benefit and convenience heinelCsi sight o;". Mr. Such-a-one, in the corporation, has property . in one par titular spot, near which he feels convinced a market place l.;e tligibly made : another is in the same pre dicament, actuated in his i;ublic capacity by motives more r ad'vancirig l itia own interest than that of the whole coin imia so entertaining the . like foelin ,, s they go on r j og n , t e 7 „2i ve li the 19'W - estintie ' ' c9rpo b r:ttiin' to rue h ghest. But really this is no: the way to advance the i 67 terests of the corporate body, any more than tilL.2 public, and whilst such miserable and unbecomin ,, consi derations as these are entertained we must ever deApair of seeing the city of Lincoln in that fi mrishing state which, bt j gc•_:nt - i town, it ought to sustain. A meeting of the cainniate v i as the other day, at which it was decided by a majority of seve;;, that „il further ..r.: - ,temnts to provide a market-place should be suipendad.' therefore, now re•ts with the commissioners appointed 'r,;i?.r the new act for the improvement of Lincoln. To the - enterpri,dp v -- n!i:•it and discrimination of these gentle men, the public must 001. , As the subject is one of vital importance, we shall not 'for a tootgint lose sight of it, until that - accommodation is afforded, the continued deprivation of which bears hard upon the industrious (las. , ses of soeiety,—..,staniford News POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. .Eliza Baker and - Elizabeth Atyield, two showy looking prostitutes, were brought before Mr. Alder man FAREBROTHER, charged with being disorderly. William Whitton, a patrol of Farringdon-within, said the prisoners were walking through Cheapside between one and two o'clock in the morning, in company with a gentleman, behaving in a disorderly way. He spoke to them, but nothing would quiet them but taking them to the watch-house. Alderman FAREBROTHER asked if the gentleman gave charge of them ? Patrol—No, Sir; he was in their company. ALDERMAN—Did you bring him here too ? Patrol —No; he was very glad to go away. ALDERMAN— Did any person give charge of them ? Patrol—No. ALDERMAN—Then tell me what they were doing. —Patrol—They seemed to have an inclination to stop every gentleman they met. ALDERMAN—Seemed to have an inclination ! But did they interrupt any person ? Did they stop any person to speak with them ? Patrol—No. ALDERMAN—What did you see them do ? Patrol (hesitating)—Stop persons in that indecent sort of manner which must be noticed. ALDERMAN—Did any one complain of being an noyed? Patrol—No, Sir. The ALDERMAN said he should not entertain such a charge as this, and immediately dismissed the prisoners. It was observed that this was the sort of complaint which Mr. Alderman Scholey had been attacked for dismissing. A Mr. Deasey was brought up by the same patrol, charged with making a noise in Cheapaide at one in the morning, being in company with a dozen otlwr young gentleman, and with spitting in com plainant's face when he required them to desist. lie said one of them pretended to be one.sf the superiors of the new police, another was dancid, and a third was feigning to be a foolish foreigner, and talking some " jabberish." They were all making a noise, and refused to disperse, and the prisoner in particular, had said he did not care for all the City Aldermen, constables, and watchmen. Mr. Deasey declared warmly that he would not be guilty of spitting in the face of even a dog, and when complainant collared him he treated him like a brute, saying he would make him feel he was in the paws of a lion, Ile came up to them with " What's the matter," and being told he was just too late, he took offence; and it was he (the pa trol) that started the notion that one of them be longed to the new police. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTIIER said a dozen young men could not be permitted to make a disturbance in the night-time by playing buf o in the street.— The police must be protected from such treatment. He might find bail, or retire and speak with com• plainant.—Mr. Deasey took the latter course, and was discharged. BOW-STREE In the course of yesterday, Mr. Thomas, the su pervisor of police, stated to Mr. MINSHULL, the sitting Magistrate, that he kid received a letter from Mr. Davis, one of the firm of Barclay, Perkins, and Co., stating that a considerable sum, in Bank-not s and cash, had been stolen from their counting-house, and requesting Mr. Thomas to give them a descrip tion of the notes which it was stated were found in the possession of a drunken man in Holborn on the evening of Sunday last, as, perhaps, they might prove to be the same of which the firm had been robbed. Mr. Thomas added, that the money found upon the person in Holborn consisted of three notes of 1001. each, 201. in small notes, and seven sove reigns, which did not at all correspond with the stolen money. Under these circumstances, Mr. Thomas wished to know how be was to act, as he did not conceive himself justified in taking upon himself to apprehend the man upon suspicion. Mr. MlNsntax observed that the man in whose possession so large a sum of money had been found ought to have been brought before a Magistrate on the following morning. Although the money might not correspond with that which had been lost, it was possible that it might have been changed, to avoid detection. At all events, the matter ought to have come before the Magistrate. Mr. Thomas asked if he should be justified in taking the party into custody upon suspicion ? Mr. Musisntim. replied, that perhaps it would be better for Mr. Thomas to wait upon him, and re quest his attendance at the office. Mr. Thomas said he should take that course; and in the evening he stated to the Magistrate that he had made inquiries respecting the individual upon whom the money had been found, and who resided in Middle-row, Holborn. He found that he was a respectable man, arid ascertained that the 3271. which he had with him on the night in question was the produce of the sale of his property. Mr. MINSMILL said that as that was the case, of course no suspicion could attach. As a general rale, however, .he thought it would be better to bring parties found under suck circumstances before a Magistrate. Mr. Thomas—Am I to understand, your Wor ship, that I am not to discharge persons in future upon my own responsibility ? Mr. MINSHULL—After a charge has been entered against an individual at the watch-house the case ought always to be brought before a Magistrate, who alone has the power of discharging parties accused. You may, however, take bail for their appearance in the morning. Mr. Thomas said he should attend to these in structions. MARYLEBONE. On Tuesday night there was a great disturbance at the ited Lion public-house, in Hampstead, and on the following morning William Valentine, a cor poral of the Coldstream Guards, was brought before Mr. RAwuNsoN, by Richard Saunders, a constable, as being the principal actor is it. By the evidence of the landlord, it appeared that three corporals of the above regiment came to his house, and called for half a pint of gin. They got into a dispute with other persons who were there, respecting the occurrences of the last war. Words gave rise to blows, and in the scuffle some of the parlour furniture was broken, and one or two per sons were wounded in their hands by the prisoner's bayonet. Saunders was called in by the landlord to quell the riot. Ile found the soldiers and others all fight= ing together ; he endeavoured to part them, and the prisoner drew his bayonet, and stabbed the man he was contending with through the hand. Mr. RAWLINSON said the charge became very se rious, and asked if the wounded man was present ? —Benjamin Harrison, a Hampstead constable, told him there were two persons injured, and neither of them would come forward miles: they were pool pelted. All the parties were drunk, and all were in fault. Mr. RAWLINSON insisted upon their being brought before him, and postponed the ease till yesterday. A sevant belonging to the Coldstreatn Guards gave tie prisoner an ex ce ll en t c h aracter , and said he had no doubt Sir William Gl:eville would do the same if it was necessary : and he becaMe reepon sible :or the prisoner's appearance when required. Yesterday the inquiry was re3umed, and a person lamed White, and another, were present with the/r han4s bpund up, but they refused to 'rake any eltarge, 4ecatpe? 'they sal.i4 ; f' It was an affray altogether,`' Mr. RAWLINSON told them he was determined, if possible, to ascertain the whole case, and they might have justice if they pleased; but as they had de clined it, he should leave the prisoner to be punished by his commanding-officer for making such all itn i.opei , I ;is sdp.ertrts, One evening la s t iN;eek, 'Wiwi-, sir. lio4KIN, waq the sitting Magistrate, an Irishman, named'PatricA surrendered himself, and desired that he might be sent to Limerick for trial. He said he (:)tne time afro set lire to a barn belonging to the . Chief BaronO'grady, and fl e d lt;s clammy to avoid justice, but now lie wanted to Rutke his conscience easy by giving himself up to the law. Revenge led him to commit the crime, for he was a tenant of the Baron, and the Baron had made a seizure upon his goods for rent. He was detained, and a letter was written to the Baron respecting it, in nn answer to which, received yesterday, the Baron says the man has told a true story, but he does not wish to prosecute him, and he was set at Eberty. David Lloyd, a dealer in marine -stores, was corn• mitted to Newgate under the following cirum stances :—About one o'clock on Friday morning one of the police-constables apprehended Peter Connor, an Irishman, in Baker-street, with a quanty of la. belled bottles, such as stand upon apothecaries' shelves, in two baskets, and suspecting they were stolen, he took Connor to the watch-house, and brought him before Mr. RAWLINSON on Saturday. Connor said he bought them of Lloyd, at his shop in Devonshire-street, Lisson-grove, on Thursday morning; he was a dealer in bottles, and after hawking them about among the doctors all day without success, he stayed till a late hour in a public-house, and was intercepted in Baker-street as above. Mr. RAWLISSON sent an officer to fetch Lloyd, and when he came he denied haring sold the bottles to Connor, and said he did not even see him on that day. It has since been discovered that the bottles and some poultry were stolen from the chaise-house of Mr. Smith, in the lidgeware-road, three days before they were found in Connor's possession. Connor yesterday brought several witnesses forward to prove that he bought them out of Lloyd's house on the Thursday morning, and Lloyd was sent for trial. LAMBETH.STREET. On Wednesday evening, an elderly woman, a singularly forbidding aspect, named Mary Long, was placed, with her daughter, at the bir, charged with administering deleterious drugs to three sailors, for the purpose of effecting their robbery with the greater security. The discovery took place most providentially, as one of them was in a state of such profound stupefaction that it was for some time feared his life would be the consequence. Charles Howell, a constable, stated that the woman and her three daughters, the youngest only 11 years of age, were all prostitutes, and kept a broth 1 of the lowest description in Jamaica-street, Commercial-road. On Wednesday morning, a Mrs. Gent, who resides in the same street, and keeps a lodging-house fur sailors, came to him, and menti oned that a man named Freeman, who lodged with her, had been seen to enter the house of Long with two of his shipmate!, and knowing that he had a considerable sum of money about him, and the noto rious character of the house, she requested that he would go and fetch him away. Accordingly he proceeded to the house, and when the door was opened he stated the object of his visit. The woman denied that any person was within ; and upon in sisting on searching the house, one of them rushed out, and swore bitterly that he should not enter. Being a resolute man, he forced his passage in, and ran up stairs after the youngest girl, whose conduct had excited his suspicion; she gained the front room, and locked the door; he burst it open with his foot, and to his great surprise, observed two men stretched on the bed enveloped in blankets. One of them was Freeman, whom be was in search of; and upon going up to him, conceiving him to be asleep, discovered that he was in a state of insensi bility, as likewise the other man, whom he after wards found was one of his shipmates. He imme diately ran down stairs, and in the parlour found another sailor, reeling about under the effects of the stupifying potion. Having secured the mother and one daughter, he procured proper remedies for the sufferers, which fortunately had the desired effect, for they were enabled to appear as witnesses against the prisoners in the evening. One of them said, that while he was lying powerless upon the bed with an unaccountable sensatioa of drowsiness, be observed the youngest gill put her hands in his trousers pocket and rob him of 245. '1 he constable pro ceeded to search the house, and discovered a bottle, which he took to Mr. Peter's, a surgeon, in the Commercial-road, who immediately pronounced its contents to be opium, and stated that he had been accustomed daily to sell three pennyworth to the woman Long. It had been fetched usually by a young man in the dress of a sailor, who was now in an hospital, but one of the girls latterly had fetched it. Shortly after this disclosure, Prendergast, the officer, brought in the other two daughters, one of whom was immediately recognized by the sailor as the person who robbed him. The magistrate said this most extraordinary and diabolical transaction should have the fullest investi gation, and ordered the whole of them to be com • mitted for re-examination next Tuesday. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUQAR.—The two extensive failures in the Sugar trade have occasioned a complete stagnation of business this week in the Colonial Market; the sales reported are quite inconsiderable, and the prices must be considered Is. lower. Towards the close of the market this afternoon there were more inquiries after Sugar, and if no new calamity occurs before Tuesday, we think a revival in the trade may be anticipated ; the fears respecting failures have to .day con siderably subsided. The Sugar Market may be reported rather firm, as there are few sellers at any reduction, which shows the prices are reduced far below any me dium rates; at any other time the Market would have declined 4s. or 31. on such a panic taking place as has lately occurred in the Sugar trade. In the Refined Mar ket there have been few transactions, and the prices, in a great measure, must be reported nominal ; the scarcity of goods has, however, prevented any decline in the prices. The panic in the Refined Market is passing away, there is a greater disposition to do business this afternoon. FOREIGN SUGAR.—Tho only sales this week are small parcels by private contract; 40 chests of Paraiba, low brawn to mid. yellow 17s. a 215.; 100 hhds. brown Porto Rico, 21a. EAST INDIA SUGAR.—There are no sales to report. COFFIE.—The public sales this week have been con siderable, nearly the whole consisted of Jamaica, Dutch, and Dominica descriptions, of which a large proportion has been taken in, as the Mirket has been uncommonly dull; the Coffee sold went off at a farther depression of Is. to 2s. per cwt. There were no public sales of Coffee this afternoon, and we have not heard of any purchases by private contract. Rant, BRANDT, AND HOLLANDS...—The Rum Market has been very heavy all the week ; the holders would have accepted lower prices if the buyers would take off large parcels, but they evinced no disposition to corae forward ; the purchases are in consequence on the most limited scale. Brandy is held with firmness, but there are no sales of any extent. Geneva 801 neglected. A parcel of proof Lee wards were sold to-day at ls. 9d. I - Ixne, FLA', AND TaLnow.—The Tallow market has become he,s7y, and the prices are again declining. Hemp is a shade lower. In Flax there is little variation. Let ters from St. Petersburg!' are dated 23d ult. Ships ar rived, 662; ships sailed, 541. Mrs.—The estimated duty has advanced to 36,0001. ; she produce appears to exceed the general anticipation. There is more demand for new Hops, and considerable pur chases are reported at Si. Els. to 10/. 10s. cpwe,o.—The briskness in the cotton trade at t.iverr pool and Manchester has bad a cnrrespondent elect op tliia market, and the purchases by private contract tliis week would hare been much more extensive, but for the large sales declared for this day. The purchases by private con tact are 30 Bengal, Sid. ; 030 Surat, Sad. a 4id. ; GO Para, 1,200 American, and 100 Bourbon ; for the Surat' ;:opsidezahla-cc:npatition, and about 4,000 bales sold at full prices, 3 3 0. to Sid. for ordinary to middling, and aid. to 4 d. for lair to good fair ; the remainder being held for higher prices were bought in, as were also the Bourbon and most of the American. latsrt Paostrarows.—ln Beef or Pork there is no altera tion. Butters arc still dull, and are offered a shade lower. ✓; e w paean lapded is quoted about 455. ; for this incnth's Shipmout fire on board the quotation is 42a. a 435. INDIGO. —There are no purchasesof Indigo to report. The quantity of Indigo declared for sale is now 7,600 chests, which will probably be increased to about 8,000 chests. OlLS.—Great fears are now entertained respecting the success of the Fisheries ; the season is far advanced, and we hive no arrivals, yet suck is the state of trade OW there are few or no salts, and not the slightest kW."' went in prices. This day 39 tuns Sperm sold at. 711. Silk.—There is rather more demand for Silk,l9lt the prices are not higher. • FRUIT.—The only parcel of old Valentina remaininik_ i4 the Merchants' hands has been divid e d at 41s. ; olotP rr sorts scarcely any sales have been made. Of new MUlaga Fruit there is a cargo arrived this afternoon. New FP" this day—Raisins, 4,119 boxes Valentia, new 625 a 6s‘' 470 half boxes, new 625. ; 70 baskets Denia, 454. A l. : monds, 20 brio. Valentin, 71. Raisins," 1,259 boxes 1110„" Muscatel Raisins, 61. ; 1,160 half boxes, 61. 9 5 . ; quarter boxes, 6/. los. a 71. ; 200 boxes Bloom, 99 9 °) 100 quarter brls. Lexia, 455. ; Grapes, 121 jars, 295. P small proportion sold. Tirs..—The declaration fir December sale being o °L l* sidered, under all circumstances, a very fall supply,.g' Market looks consequently heavy. The East India Company have this day declared for the following Tea : On the Ist Dec. 1829. Sold last Salt Bohca 5,200,000 Congou Campoi 5,200,000 Souchong and Pekoe Twankay } L 150,000 Hyson Skin ~ Hyson 1,100,000 Total 7,800,000 7,800,000 ,_, Woor..—By public sale on Wednesday, 7th 0ct 0 7,.. 1 552 bales of Van Diemen's Land and New South Wi dc " sold at SF'. a Is. 4d. per lb. SPICES.—In East India Spices there is little eariaq°°' Pimento is again lower, fine 81d. EaurznxicE.—Saltpetre continues steady at the prig° of the last public sale. Rice.- - There are no sales of Rice worth reportink, 4 TOBACCO:—At a late hour to-day 100 hhds. new Sg'c Kentucky, reported at sid. a W., and 60 Lb& ordio ll Tobacco for export, about 3d. a Sid. Kent Pockets Sussex Ditto PRICES OF HOPS.—Oct. 8. 91 9s. 101. Os. to 111 11 ' -..... Si.lss. 91. t. to 9/. Of'' Essex I)itto _ . SI. Os. 20/. to 10/. IM. Farnham Ditto, Fine Cl. Os. 01. Os. to 01. - Seconds Cl. Os. 01. Os to 01. 01. Os. 01. Os. to 01. AL IP. t/l. Os. Cl. O. to 01. "- . 01. Os. 01. Os. to 06 Old Duty laid at XSO.OOO. Kent Essex Dato., Sussex Ditto PRICE OF POTATOES.—Oet. 9. New Wire —.—...... II. 59. to 3L 104. pert MME OF OIL. _ -- Rape Oil, brown 421. 6a. Relined Linseed Oil _ 0:0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton te" LI:ATHEA. 1 Per lb. &l e t, Tanned Home Hides... Spanish Ditto . Per dozen. Calf Skins— Sti to 411 b. I. IP Ditto SO to 701 b. 15 0 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 2 0 11 Small Seals. Greenland 20/ PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Butts ..........50 to 561 b.... IS 19 Ditt0.—....60 to 661 b.— Dressing 14 16 Fine Coach glides 18 19 Crop Hides. 35 to 401 b. 14f 151 Ditto to 50Ib 16 19 Ditto l9 2O WHITECHAPM HAY mAnKr.r...Oct. s. Hay 50,. 01. to SO.J. Od. I (lover 80. CU. to 1100. Od. to 38.. Od. RAW HIDES. Per Stone. 1. d. to r. d. Per Stone. 8 . d. 6 16 Be3t Heifers& Steers 3 4 3 9 Ordinary 2 0 Middlings. — ...--2 8 3 0 Mil ket CSif 0 Or:, SHEEP SKINS. Oz. (Id. to Os. Od. I Shextrlings.......N. &L to z•• Lambs. Is. Od. to le. bd. PRICE OF TALLOW, S , Town Tallow 425. Od. Yellow Us. Od. 40s. (kl. Soap Ditto-------. :38d. al. Melted Stu ff 335. odl. Ditto Od. IAP, &c. per 11411).....0cr2 p - Yellow SOP ts White...- Graves . Good 1), +4.........• 1 0. voi. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone et 81b.—.Oct.. Price of Tallow (as stated by the fall ow Melters) PRICE OF The price of Store Candles, in t Candles, per doz. Bs. OtL to Or. Otl. CANDLES. ✓ he retail ihsps, is as follow?", Moulds. per duxes COAL MAUI Adair's . 33a. Od. Beaurnosit 3l 0 Heaton 35 9 liebUurn Bain Si 9 Holywell .33 9 Killingworth 36 II Kenton West .............—.. 35 3 Liddell's Alaia...--..... 30 6 Petals 0 Percy East. 3l 8 Shipeote . 30 8 Tantield Tanfield 0 Townley.— 31 es Wylaur 32 8 Walls End 1301 and Co. 36 0 Ditto Bell Hobson &Co. 38 6 Ditto Bewicke and 36 6 Ditto Burraton 35 6 Walls End Boundary ... 31 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 35 6 Walls End Carr and Co. 31 3 Ditto Cratirlington—..... 33 0 Ditto Ellison 36 0 Ditto Hilda 35 8 Ships at market, 108—Ships K W D F. i i i t t i . o rs A t i DittoD t t o P N e o r r k t nb w, e d r sof ins Ditto It iildt Ditto Russell's Ditto Walker , Lanibtou's Primrose Russell's % Walls Foil o g Walls End Larnbton..... r , Wall's End Lumley...-. ; Walls End Walls End Stewart's s i Russell's Iletton's W. Fordel ji I. Hartley Silkitone 0 ; W. E. Henderson 90 • Wall's End Warde's Llanelly 9 0 ; Fels* 0 Russell's small it • Walls End small Ellison small gold. 7A -Uruoid, 33r. COUNTRY CORN 11ARKE1'3 DUBIN() THE " 4 5 ' Wheat. I Barley. Oats. i h Per Quarter. ' Ashburn co 70 25 31 r n *r g Basingstoke 60 BO 34 40 15 29 An' s. ' Bath Bridgewater 56 80 40 20 As" Bristol 64 72 36 40 16 4 " Chesterfield 50 70 94 92 a • 1 1 , Derby 64 70 39 48 24 24 „, 44 Dorchester D°DelYlicgac:ter 60 6560 7 7 1 5 3 3 138 2 1 L 44 17 84 - 1 :6 Exeter.. 64 76 30 44 18 4 0 „ Gloucester . 48 74 32 4 0 20 23 Hungerford 47 7 2 35 39 20 so Leicester 62 40 ,g 4 Newbury........ 4 4 77 :V 40 17 34 7 Romney 22 40 24 2'd 44 0,6„ She Taunton 70 35 93 Yeovil 56 78 36 40 24 2 9, 7 ) 0 Per Bushel. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. cu• a 0 Y al --"‘" let —6O 7 7 4 5 3.4 40 32 44 — 24 32 46. Sherborne 62 70 32 40 , 44 SO ar s i Shrewsbury 90 10 0 60 801 50 78 , mill There was no night watch in Londe , 4 it after 1189 ; it was not regularly established till ig.".;iet, appears that at such period London was so subject 1° age and disorders that ilstray 111. then commanded A acre' to be kept in the cities and borough towns for lbr ation of the peace; the KING, at the same time oru- P oo that, " If any man chanced to be robbed, or by to/ ° s he damnified, by any theefe or robber, he to "'blots, chargeofkeepingtlat , ncouhnttlyy s ,Be. where the Nbbe" rinddone, should competently restore the lease." was the origin of thei,ig square, the lady of W. Farr, Esq. of a BIRTHS. a pe tag" On the Sth inst. in Upper M on tagu-stre et, On the 9th inst., at Forest-hall, the Vile°"tehil of er) nd, of a son. t h e lady Tyne On the 7th inst., at Newcastlaupoil - ' 00 Lieut.-Col. Power, of a daughter. a 'obi, On the 9th inst. in Buekinghatn-street, Aue , lady of W. Parker, Esq. of a danghter. Op? " On the 6th inst. at Poplar, Mre. P. A..feNto ° daughter. clop of a daughter. MARRIED. 5. BTisu O shbo n rpi t sd h gg e me B evi. th inst. at Christ•church, St. Maryleb°6fei,'s' Harman, Esq. of Euston-place, to Miss Palmer , • o' -3 son grove . , ille 4 At Newington, Mr. G. Webb, of St. bfartill'..air of Fields, to Elizabeth, only daughter of W. Stsvenet -". IN Of On the Bth inst. at Tunbridge, J. Stour, it in u . , e hingf Wells, to Elizabeth, daughter of ( 1• '. g EsclO O 'n n o tf t the Bth e7 B st t ha h n: i ne ni pt t .l . aci a ne t . j : Dh a nl r - g Es s tp te ree i S' , 1 0 ' bells, the second daughter of the Rev. Sir Wns• Cooper, Bart. wife r 1 P Phelps, Esq., of Montague - place, Boesell-sVairi 74th year. IsPbael, On tl .. Stli i- t • 1 ` nin law's at C ir • ..; •St ILI . in so - - t Lill, Mrs. G. Field, aged 50. it rne' On the 7th inst. Mrs. Elizabeth Penton, of .- e .out efr, Surrey, relict of George Penton, Esq., late of Nese square. 1 w *lb of ll ' On the Ist inst. near St. Orners, .I;i4 44 ; l `i' ' Coombe, Esq.lot' , her blot ~, Qsl th e 7th inst ., at lw Surrey, to f7- Sophia, relict of te late Air . "" il looms Penning Sophia, t' i Elizabeth, B. a John-street. , 13erkeley-equelieri the n et At Paisley, Mrs. Warraud Carlile, sister to th e I co d Edw. Irving. Q b In Jersey, C. D'Alton Gra ce, Esq of Ne i l l ' . ' . of Tipperary. At the Manse of Talton, the Rev. A. s. Johnetbbo t, 6 f csfr ° A bb the Bth inst. at Bliz ton, Mrs. Chester, aged 73. g ." On the Bth inst. Jame s Green, Esq. of Le t° -8. Goodman's-fields, aged 55. .7!" - 7- ------- ) 11 --- P RI NTIED AND PUBLISHED BY UURD O YON G/ VIT Sini °Friel', 11,, SVIAIf." LeSP°l4l