The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP fIIIa t WDON JOURNALS. - T he 4i ft t o io ll f khroughout the me tropolissmt:lve laye,•nb Jr übt subsequently throughout the' eoaritry—which has been, and will be, created by our declaration yesterday, of our convicticsif that Catholic Emancipation is at hand, induces us, to returrr to, the subject. No respectable or rational• argument has been at tempted to shake our conclusions. We still, therefore, retain our belief, that one, not given to recede, is resolved as a Minister to carry a measure, which must as much exceed all others iti'its importance and beneficial results to this realm, as his own glorious battle of Waterloo exceeded in its, consequences every preceding triumph of his military career. The one has only given liberty to Europe, which might have been achieved by different means and different hands: the other will extinguish religious discord, and give unanimity and Christian love to the consolidated kingdom, of which the hbiest statesmen have seen the necessity, but hitherto attempted the execution in vain. The act of Catholic emancipation—now, we boldly augur, in preparation—can be compared to no other event of European history but to :the ce lebrated edict of Nantes, by which Henry IV., of immortal memory, restored peace to his dis tracted country, anii transmitted his name to posterity as, one of the greatest benefactors of mankind. The act of such a king was worthy the emulation of such a minister. We cease from making any further remarks at present : a veq short tune inn,:t make us acquainted with snore facts ; lon, as the eventful •ritoment of the meeting of Palliantent approaches, intelligence, have nu question, will pour in upon, and supply the place of inference and argument. — Times. If it were possible for enlightened men to abandon from disgust a publie•cause which they have .embraced on principle and throtieh convic tion, the cause - of Catholic - liberty Inieht tun s;nrne risk of being lost even at this late hour, through the inconceivable impritience of sonic Di' its most conApiettous advocates. We shall way JlO more but-just refer our readers to the head of .‘ Catholic Association" in tide dav's Times, and to the terms in which the Dukes of Wellington and Northumberland arc there spoken of by Air. The best informed of t:,e French Journals concur in stating, that M. De Rayneval, the provisional substitute - for the Count de la Ferro uaye, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, is defini tively to be his successor, and our own informa tion, from a private source, leads us to the same conclusion. It must not be forgotten, however, that one Parisian Paper states positively, that the appintment has been already offered to M. De Rapeval, and that -he has refused it ; this ver siote of the affair we have good reason to think unfoundetlf A t . t his moment, when negociations • axe i n act i v e s progress between the three great Powers—Engrabd, France, and Russia—involv ing conflicting inieeste and intricate combina tions, and on which • destiny of Europe ap pears to hang, it is atteacipted to infer a predi lection on the part of M. De Ilayneval towards Russia, likely to counteract the line of policy which the interests of England require, and to tiirow the weight and influence of France into the _opposite scale. We have our own reasons (or thinking this interference to be altogether eriaxecnis. M. De Rayneval is, it is true, mar ried to it Russian lady of high iank (a Prin c'ev, I k ei t ieve), and it is from this connection that litissii.4 prepossession is inferred ; but it is alga true they is a man of ability and ex teneiiee experience, igl4 . 4y, . been employed in a diplomatic capacity at .Fretticsburgh, at Berlin, rand at Berne ;.he also resided in 141140 n for a considerable One (if we are - rightly infiermad), in the capacity ' , if Consul-General. His saga t.itv is generally eti , liowed in his own country, and thLre is every reason fer supposing, that the pre sent intimate and grOwil, harmony between Great liritaiu end France, so gear from being in terrupted I.;r impeded, will, in the f o,ept pf his accepting tilt; guidance of Foreign Affairs, Fe, eive an a ddi t i t ol impulse. We are in posses sion o f some pr i v ate advices on this subject, to w hi c h, we s h a ll no t, pill the attention of our Feeders until the appoint it of M. De Ray neval is officially notified.—Meyeling Chronicle. Among the grievances of whieL s,he public have to complain, in the exercise of the 4.: , ;.kgiern art of legislation, is the very perplexed and ot,, scure wording of Acts of I?arlianaent. There j. a judicial maxim which says, igizirantia legem . Aeminem excusat ; but if ignorance ok tbe law snot to excuse any man who happens to yloia,te it.-setieiy it is incumbent on Legislators to make the law Ars clear as possible, that men may have aliotiAtir in knowing the meaning of enact n'.tets NaVaii they are required to yield obe. ai eh ee,.aegl the nature of the responsibilities to tf:ey arelirdale, But is it so in practice? Auy plain-minded aion i who opens a book of modern Stet:des; wit 4.44 n. be able to answer t h at queei tiou, tbr himself. ',lie language of A c t s of P ar liaroent, instead c* ;ring a simple „concise, and perilictious. exposition "),C the will o f time Legistature,-,k; jargon that seems eaK...- c i a ll; contrived to overlarpod obscure the sense, o f w i t :ch it ought to be they:,msparent medium. Wh a t the consequence ? gequently hap pens that Act of Parliament . ;514.4.e,d to ex plain an Act that went before, and xrhiPl:l to have explaiiit:ditself ; and the latter Act Tog _generally abxplanation. . s urtlitli.'s of its own which require e Thi,i f ,.:o be sure, tends to increase litigation. The obsoncitles of the law are the seeds of strife, and thereby . do lawyers reap s geldilt harvest : but, as the • ,object of Go vcrinnent is the well-being of s‘w.;-s.ty, a wise I.vgiz,,laturc NVill lint make itse.lf . a4.4:smy to :the growth of litigation, which is oac „cf the greatest curses under which a pelule eau eutl'er. But the Legislature that passes Haws of pan obscure and ambiguous meaning does make! itreh . wiessar* - encouraging a litigious :,:yi,e;t in the cominueity. It is strange, but nevertnee", leas true, that the language of our old Acts - 4)f ! , i'driiament is much more clear and explicit titan of more recent Statutes. Many of our an cieot enactment% are models of style for intelli 4,7ibie conciseness of expresaion; they do not compel us to guess at which 4 , 1 two opposite aneanings was intended to be takw !pm the same sentente,. nor drive us to the paini;ui Anil iaf hunting the seonse through a labyrinth of Ter , t lbiage. The langww. of common sense would 1 lie the fittest language foe Acts of Parliament, instead of tile stately pedantry of diction in -which they are at present clothed. The " Ten Commandments" are a code of laws affeet-i-ng all, the great moral duties of human life., Their 'cleaning is as clear as if they were written with sunbean.. They are so short that they can be easily compressed in a single page of letter press. They leave indeed been written in a pace rot so big as the palm of one's hand. But, let . them be put into we language of our Inv dern Acts of Parliament, they will grow in bulk as they: suf f er in meaning. ney will fill a volume, and require it bust of lawyers to explain them ; and what they forbid, or what they allow, will be rendered still further uncertain by the conflicting decisions of the Courts.—Morning Herald. If anv one should ever determine to render himself ridiculous in the estimation of his coun trymen, to urge his enemies to the expression of greater malice, and to prejudice the cause he may have taken in hand, we recommend to him as a model, at once infallible and unobjection able, the conduct of Mr. O'Connell and his Catholic brethren in Ireland. Every step which could possibly be adopted by them for effecting those objects, is eagerly and cordially embraced ; while, if any inference could he drawn from their conduct, with re gard to the question of Emancipation, of bthich they make a stalking-horse for violence and abuse, it is that they would regret its being carried by the British Legislature.— As an illustration of these remarks, we need only refer to the determination of Mr. O'Connell to make his appearance here in the early part of the next month with a tail of Irish Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Priests, for the purpose, as he says, of taking his seat in the House of Coin mons ; and to the torrent of abuse which be poured forth on the newly-appointed Viceroy. With regard to the former, if Mr. O'Connell has an equal right to sit, speak, and vote in the British Legislature as any gentleman who has been returned to serve in it, why_bring a tail with him at all ? Why make so much noise ah:nit a twitter of every-day occurrence, and show so much anxiety to he guarded and strengthened by a corps which has no right to enter the House of Commons ? Why not come sii.gly and unat tmded, ss other Members have bcen in the ;Ait of doing ? The•truth is, that ;kir. O'Con 'loll knows that he has only tolpresent himself' at the Speaker's table, and to have the oath pro posed to him, iii order to' he sent to " whence he came," in the custody of the Serjeant at Arms ; and by the same singular rituitv, which has led Mint to determine on such an attempt, he has resolved that his OWII countrymen, as well as the British Legislature, shall be specta tors of his detest I With regard again to the new Lord Lieutenant, as he has been appointed without the concurrence of the Agitators, and, it has been alleged, professes sentiments con trary to those which they hold, the wisest policy would certainly have been to have treated him with all due respect, and, by mild, con ciliatory, an:l prudent conduct on their part, to have convinced - him of his error. But no. The habitual language of the Asso ciation was not so easily to be forgotten; nor prudence so easily taught to its leaders.— He must be treated as the members of the Brunswi3k Clubs, denominated " blood hounds" by Mr. O'Connell, were lately treated.. l i He must have every fault exposed, every weak ness laid open, every difference of opinion from that held by the Agitators brought forward as an example of weakness of intellect. It is true Mr. O'Connell says that he " does not speak of the Duke of Northumberland in the language (21 . vituperation . ;" and it is possible that what he has said of his Grace may not be considered in the sister kingdom as in the slightest degree bor dering on " vituperation," but we question much whether if such language were used here by one gentleman towards another, it would not be answered in that summary mode whiCh'does not admit of verbal replies. The following sam ple, however, will enable our readers to judge for themselves : " I don't speak," says he, " of the Duke of Northumberland in the language if vituperation ; but he need not require a penal law to enforce the opinions of others. He is not Christian enough to alloy ff?ry man to worship God as he pleases. Emancipation his been granted in all the Catholic commies in the woild, I arraign him as an insin cere Christian. He seeks to impose fetters upon the religion of others. (Hear.) I next arraign him for want of intellect—if he was possessed of it he would be a better Christian. I don't say, however, but he may be possessed of Church-warming piety c-noljgh to see how necessary it is to have that mea sure passed which agitates and distracts the Empire to its very centre, and which Wellington himself admitted would benefit every man in the state. (Wear.) Northumberland is a weak man ; he has not intellect enough to see his error—(hear)—or judgment enough to be convinced. Oar Rulers think, because it is probable he will cause a stir ,;;;;!,oparst our shops, that our wrongs will be buried in This is Peel's paltry plan—if they wanted OoTi c rpsy who would be impartial, and hold the scales of Justice )6th an even hand, why remove Lord Anglesca ? (Hear,) I.le would not 1p mistaken in his views — but h e would not il.opp to be O F creature of the wretched, narrow-minded P. el-- " The tool, That knaves cio work with, k 7.44 a fool." 4iforminy A five r i sere DARING R.O/30ERY at TRUMPINGTON. . . On Sunday night last the house of Mrs. Hum phreys, a retired lady, living in the lane leading to the church, was broken open by four villains, who in made up to her bed-room, each with a ,l,)!udgeon in hand. Two of them pulled from be neath their . ena,tll a pistol, litationed, themselves on either 'side Mrs. Humphreys, and declared they would murder hey* attempted resistance; they also stated that they would w t;.,re to the house by lighting a bag of straw w high they ;t 4d ; t yith them, ,gild which they left in the house. They then epp : oi,e,nced Elie work of plunder, stripping the drawers of -v 4 trioo,s n,r4eJ of linen, plate, and 114 in money, togother with it I bu e t4sotne wedding-dress, which was highly 0%44 by tvLis. , 14.yypbreri, and con,i ci,red b y a ll at a family ,cl,riaggy : then sat dowri ito the presence or 11)0 itp4 reg:l,l,:e4 a ttigrp f ,• v lves,e,A4 wine, wl.ieh Ail took )..rort.i k im pe r? that NirA. kiamphrttys had rz'eck'Oti /Joy 140 re from her LiaTihter, who was to pay lia‘ .4 visit 4,9 Monday. After staying nearly duce 114!ttE4 they 41)arted, taking with them a quantity* of plate, which were silver tea and table-spoons, maikel; M, 11., and others marked S., a pair of sugar' ioagp o4arked H. M. K., two very old-fashioned rieg shit gc l awai, one a ligkitect N;;.tite, and the. other a fi,gured pir'rk . tuatly,otpy articles. It is strongly suspected that thili gang tt sAe t ep under very suspicious cir cumstances tart the fl-Tlp,e : mutwi,ny (Sunday) nearer Cambridge, A part l y b atl ,(?r4t.n Ai / three o'clock, and ;vas pfrigioang home ,ley house, when they obrorvii # p s e,rsan its ; the F. r edge ?. , and three others standing by on the iCe. 4Ptlc At them immediately called out—" Wirg 4,9 roo .49 tt4,o .sy this time of the morning?" Neu Was l'ACg:;,,gll. Immediately four men, muffled up with great mho, crud their faces nearly covered with caps, presented t i t , ,3,i,f...ye5, and proceeded to jostle against them. The young LOP) tie ged them to ex plain, but were answered by li.ledivs, They then ,each took from underneath _his coat. a ialq4gAV l whic4 gplivinced the young men that their object was robbery ; fortunately, the rest of the party by this time came we, vihich caused the ruffians to retire. From the description, we have reason to believe that this was the gang that committed the robbery on the same night at Mrs. Humphrey'.... , .Cambrid,c L'hronicie. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL Mary Panic'', otherwise Mazy Gilligan, the wife of a man now under sentence for uttering bad. money, was charged with uttering a counterfeit half-' crown and a counterfeit shilling to Mr. Jackson, a fishmonger in Msiden-lane, Wood-street. The prisoner, under tke advice of her solicitor, refused to answer any questions put - by the Magis trate. The Solicitor to the Mint, who seemed to he well acquainted with the prisoner, pressed for her commitment, and the Alderman committed her for trial. Elizabeth Owen, otherwise Margaret Mullins, was clanged with uttering a counterfeit half crown, at Mr. Symonds's, a cheesemonger, in Fetter-lane, on Monday last. Being suspected of having passed base coin there before, she was detained, and the officer who was sent for identified her as having been in his custoly ten days before for passing a bad sovereign at Mr. Hughes's, a cheesemonger, in the same lane, uuder circumstances which left little doubt of her guilt. The Mint solicitor intimated that she had been in Newgate on a similar charge, and Sir PETER LAURIE asked where the child at her foot (about live years old) was born. She replied, " in Newgate." Sir PETER—Are you willing to disclose where you obtained this bad money ? She shook her head in reply.—She was also committed. A middle-aged woman, named Ellen Ckneey, who had been in custody some days on a similar charge, was dismissed, with a warning to be careful for the future. On Wednesday last, Miller, the driver of one of Mr. Abbott's 'cabriolets, - No. 76, of Gower-street, Bedford-square, was charged by Crick, one of the Society's ollicers for Preventing Cruelty to Animals, with wantonly ill-treating his horse in Fleet -street, en Saturday last. Ile was discharged, with a severe reprimand by Sir PETER LAURIE, and made to pay costs. - In re CHARAiITER..—We had occasion to state, in our last report from this Justice room, that two Jews, in offering themselves as bail for a brothel keeper, declared that - they did so to oblige " Mr. Levi, a Sheriff's officer ;" and we had occasion to state further, that Foster, a City llarshalman, said, Levi, a Sheriff's officer, was the owner of several brothels. Yesterday, a person, calling himself " Levi, the Sheriff's officer," came into the Justice room, Herald in hand, to complain of those statements. He de clared that he was not the owner or keeper of any brothel or brothels; that be never had anything to do with any place of the kind; that he knew nothing whatever of the two Jews who had made use of his name in offering themselves for bail; and that the statements ~vliich had gone forth to the public were calculated to injure his character and business as a Sheriff's officer; finally, he said, he trusted the Ma. gistrate (Sir PETER LAURIE), would call upon Mr. Foster, the Marshalman, to contradict the statement which was attributed to him in the Herald report. " I shall contradict nothing," said Foster the Mar shalman ; " if the cap fits you, you may put it on." " How could .1 help putting it On, when there is no other Sheriff's officer of the name of Levi ex cept me ?" said the complainant. " Yes, there is another," . rejoined the Marshal man,-.-“ there is your father. He came in with you, and I iaw him here not a minute ago." " Your father; it appears, is gone off, Mr. Levi ?"- said Sir PRIER LAURIE. " Oh net, be is not gone, Sir Peter," replied Mr. Levi ; " he came on purpose With me, and he is only looking out for the two men who are stated in this report to have made such an unwarrantable. use of my name yesterday. •We understood they were to be in attendance to-day." " And, in my opinion they ought to have been here," said Sir PETER LAURIE, " for I was not satisfied with the account they gave of themselves; but it seems the City Solicitor thought they were sufficient sureties, rind so they were accepted. And whether you know thew, or not, they certainly swore that they came here to oblige Mr. Levi, the Sheriff's officer." Mr. Levi, sen. now came into the room, and ad dressing himself to Sir Peter Laurie, he said he hoped what had been alleged against his eon, Mr. Levi, jun. would be contradicted, for he and his son had been Sheriff's officers many years, and both of them had always borne the best of characters; and he added—" you must recollect me, Sir Peter, for I have done your business, and, I hope, satisfactorily ?" " Indeed, I know nothing of you," replied Sir P. LAURIE, "and therefore I beg you will not claim acquaintance with me. I happen to have served the office of Sheriff, and it is very possible that the deputy Sheriffs may have accepted your securities to act as officers under them; but of all that I know nothing, for it is a matter which is generally kept out of the Sheriffs' knowledge." Mr. Levi, jun. hoped that Sir Peter would, at least, order Foster, the Marshalman, to unsay what he was alleged to have said—viz. " that Levi, the Sheriff's officer, was the owner of several brothels;" but Sir Peter would not. " Then - will Mr. Foster now say that I am the person he alluded to ?" demanded Mr. Levi, jun. " No, I will not," replied Foster; and then, Mr. Levi, jun., having requested the Reporters to give this contradiction to the public, the matter was dis miKeg: FoRENsIC IfTiEF7I,EMENT.--A young man, named Court, was charged with embezzling two guineas, the property of his employer, Mr, Charles Bichoff, a solicitor, residing at No. 147, Leadenhall street; by whose statement it appeared that the pri soner was his confidential clerk ; and that, having been intrustet.) ; op the 20th of April last, to give - a brief, with two guineas, to Mr. Campbell the bar rister, he gave him the brief only ; and kept the two guineas. himself, Sir Pgfgg LAURig asked whether Mr. Campbell accepted the brief without the money; and Mr. Biehoff answered in the affirmative. " Then," said Sir'Peter;" I think the brief ought to deposited in, the. British Museum as a curiosity. 1 thought Counsel never spoke unless they were fee'd ; and that it was the only ready-money trade going. I po idea that they gave credit." " Ali•. jichoff explained that it was very usual for barristers tOg l i've'eret t iit where they knew the solicitor. The prisoner was tb'en' `iemarid 4ntil Tuesday next, there being no plod befOre the 'Magistrate that Mr. Campbell had not received the money; and Mr. Iliehoff stating that he had several other, and Fp 9r,e 4 ? 3igy, charges to prefer against the prisoner-. i ll()W-STREE1 yesteyg v .y a yo i l!ioA . ltitl, named Dqvid Daniels, wo pharged citpit4 width' breakipg - ot4 of the d‘vellitig - A=He of ;,1 person named loser, Woo resides in High -street, E. 0 - ild!", aPd Iktealillg Oterpfilirn 31. 75.. and some articles of grocaty, The poisoner decliced saying itaytliing lieauta tion of the charge, mid ,)Ir. MINSUULL committed him to Neo - gate for tr; N :„ ~:.; ; ..s.:rmittg that the breaking out of a house was a eapttlaalotry _1 . .., 1. - . dl 0 the breaking in. r ',....stsiosits...,tr,, , • ria -e,,, i ,, ANECDOTE. -- TllB late i. Art. johi; Vietkey once addressed a person fiat the pulpit, (at'tlie pttiti4lar rewit of a few persons,) who was making great discord; .4 •Ny t ftie,aa i l, i i'isb you not to sing quite so loud, you flisturh ,tiie eo wegat:?./' The • .reply was, " Sir, my ? ihe4rt ,i,op. f us e d f must sing toe./.'Wesley only added, ..-.,. i! &,si., fti zi , I no; Biiiimg .g i l t iFF 41' NoL,svoxr 1 .-- 4 On this interedittg &;01) ; 04 ;.- CPErPI,II:I.4eAt rrite' !I' follows:—" On a reeent visit i p4.cei44 !. ya.s.t ,01,!T ,(tf surface slid down, occasioned by the late e - iolecu 1i,174.4 4 wind co-nperatinz with the spring tides against the bass of ' kivs:iffi which so-completely shook it as to bring down an extraiil..i.w7 9uan tity of the superineurnhent soil, e xtend= ing over a sp::t.;i W.,;;e z. r than sixty feet square, when a large body of fire became iNwp:iii.4 7nil for two or three days presented all those striking feZGiies 4,11:1;;? ,I;or.-e been so frequently detailed in the Dorset County" ChrcAlcli. The tire has now again retreated, but the exhalation of noxious vapour continues very ratite." . . n .. ~.... ... f.: - CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday evening an inquisition, which lasted six hours, was taken at the Horse and Sacks, Harrow road, Paddington, before Tnomas STIRLING, Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of a new-born male child, who was discovered wrapped in a piece of cloth, on the wall of the Grand Junction Water works. Elizabeth Parsons, servant to Mr. Forte, of No. 52, Lower Praed-street, Paddington,. on Tuesday afternoon last, observed a bundle on the wall that divided her master's garden from the Grand -Junc tion Water-works; the endeavoured to reach it, in doing which it fell into the garden of Mr. Bell; wit ness immediately informed him, and he went into the garden and brought it into the house; having opened the cloth, the body of un infant was disco vered. Witness has no knowledge how the child came in the situation in which it was found, nor does she know who the mother is. Juror—ls there not a lady residing a few doors from you who was lately considered . to be in the family way? Witness—Yes; she is a widow lady, and her name, I believe, is Haywood. Mr. Gilbert Finlay Girdwood, surgeon to Pad dington workhouse, examined Mrs. Haywood, and has no hesitation in saying that she had lately been delivered of a child. The mother-in-law of Mrs. Haywood acknow ledged that her daughter had been addressed by a gentleman named Sillitoc, but that she (witness) was sure her (laughter had not been with child. Several other witnesses were examined, whose testimony went to prove that Mrs. Haywood had lately been delivered of a child. The Jury returned a verdict " That Arabella Frances Haywood had been delivered of the child in question, and had concealed the birth of the said child." She was accordingly committed for the offence: COURT OF COMPENSATION, JAN. 30. A Jury WAS summoned this morning at the Ses sions -house, Westminster, before ARTHUR MORRIS, Esq., the High Bailiff; and - SMITHERS, Esq., his Assessor, to determine the compensation due to Mrs. Margaret Price, for fa° houses, No. 22 and 23, in Chandos-street. , The Jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the premises. Mr. Buotrimitst, on their return, addressed the Jury for the plaintif. Her property consisted of a large house in Chandos-street, known by the, name of the Key Hotel, about whieh they would hear, no doubt, a great deal from his Learned Friend Mr. Harrison, for the Crown; but that was u matter which they would entirely dismiss from their mind:. To show how futile was this objection, he should state, that the property formerly belonged to the Rev. Mr. Nott, a clergyman ,of the Church of Eng land, in 1806, when it was burnt down. on which occasion a lease was for 70 years granted to the pre-. sent tenant, with a covenant tinder which 7,0001. were expended in re-building the premises. There were 48 years of the lease now unexpired, at a rent of 701. per annum, which was from the circumstances most punctually- paid. The Jury would therefore have to consider what tiny man of capital would readily and willingly pay for such a property as this, subject to no deductions or risk of bad crops or seasons, but paid as regularly , and with as much certainty, as the half - year's en d came. There was also an oil-shop, of the largest business in the neigh bourhood, for which Mrs. Price also claimed com pensation, and which was let at the low rent of 52/., but was -well worth 1051. a-year. The Jury could not give less than 2,500 guineas for this, and he should leave the case in their hands, satisfied that they would do full justice between the parties. - Price, son of the claimant, said he pur chased the property in question for her. One of the' houses was called. the Key hotel, which had 41 feet frontage ; the oil-shop was 25 feet . in front.— The net rent of the Key was 70/. the tenant insu ring and paying lend-tax. It was very substan tially built, and the rent was as regularly paid as a bank-note. It would let for 4001. a-year, if now vacant. The oil-shop was let for 521. A tenant would now give 100 guineas a-year for them. The lease would be worth much more without the pro viso to give up if wanted for public improvements; gave notice to Mr. Armstrong, the tenant, to quit at Chtistmas last ; had estimated the present value of the Key; it was 2,4001. at 3 per cent.; there was ground enough to build six houses upon, which would produce 2,000/. increase value, after the ex piration of the lease; the,oil-shop was worth 3,0791. Cress-examined by Mr. HattntsoN.—Was a sur geon, but not in practice; gave 9001. for the house, subject, also, to the payment of several incunibran ces in the shape of annuities for lives, one of which was in existence now ; they amounted to 260/ per annum; there were very few bidders for the pro perty, on account of the incumbrance. It had cost a great deal more than 2,5001. to Mrs. Price; there was a loss of above 3001. by the fall in the stocks during the interval between the sale and the com• pletion of the purchase; the house No. 22 would new let for the sum of 420/. a-year for a family hotel; could not say whether it was not a family hotel now; the first people in the land went there. (A laugh.) Did not know whether it was a house of accommodation any more than another hotel ; had heard it was so when he bought it; did not think he was bound to answer that it was u— house; should decline to answer the question altogether; thought that when persons of the blood-royal and of the first respectability dined there, it was only fair to value it at 420/. a-year; could get that for it if the present improvement had not taken place; did not think it would require a long quarantine to pu rify it ; six months might be enough. Re-examined by Mr. Bitouuttam.--There were no females lived in the house except. the servants. )ri that account he did not consider it a- house. Was not so well acquainted with the meaning of that term as the Counsel for the Crown. (A laugh.) Bantork said he was a surveyor, and con versant with the building and letting of houses. He estimated the value of the property at 7,530/. 11s. • Tnsoil-s-hop was ,worth 2,6004 He could let it for 1051. a-year to-morrow, if it was vacant. Mr. HARRISON replied in a very lengthened and ingenious speech, um the course of which he said, thut the interest in such estahli-hments as that of the " Key" was, from the march of intellect, and the advancing morality of the age, much dete riorated, Mr. timiTifEßS summeJ tip, and the Jury retired at a Owe): to tivi o!elof*, to consider their ver dict. In a quarter of an Imp' they returned intq Court, and assessed, as compensation for the above mentioned premises, 4,000/., being half the ataoust of the•snm cluirticd. Lord t North u sed p 3, the p1414s qpci simibs - I • 9f Londop it Tepp,..Vep4itt • O n F r icji l y Mist, 4 small seat-dull vas }l , ,it in Lugg Meadows, near th oily, by the ftev. Pearce, of !Jokier. Several will geese and plover* have alga been Idled, a c;rcunistance of rare occurrence in this vicinity. .-.llereford Jourhul. Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven as a )dung Inan was wallingalong Newington .eiiitieway, i„!{ nib . stoloped, and exclaiming, "Oh niy C 44l ;''' 'haeri:vail.; 4 4n , l' eq. The body wits con veyed to the sign of .the Roekin p!,4 ceased's dress, he appears'to Nen a corn-iiJrter, there were no papers or documents found on tis'l 6 ' l ' l "a to ascertain his name or place of libode.' Ther was ii ,-4a,tr..1) in his fhb, and some silver in' his pockets. 'te boil; stil lae aF rf,4 r..t)pye house to await the inquest , kld'on : ;.•! , N. 9 NPNIY 4F chivi awseli a „ e4 of Roman Emperor tionum was iP WhiCh -liespent the greater part anti; time; u4'4 and imbecile did he become, that, if we are to believe the" reports of the time, he was greatly alarmed when Rome was taken by the Goths, till he was given to understand was not a favourite chicken of that name, but only the capital of fine Yom, vrhieh be had lost....Procopius de Bello Vandal, i. 2. MARKET INTELLIGENCE LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Friday.) :StiCAR.--The demand for Muscovades continues steady and general, the chief purchases lately are by the refiners; the good and fine are still scarce, and rate high ; the low brown Sugars continue neg lected. '1 he estimated sales for the week are 3,000 hhds. and trs. In the Refined market there is little alteration ; the supply of goods is inadequate to the demand. The fine descriptions for home consump tion are particularly scarce, and are again higher; the other qualities are without variation.--Molasses are still heavy. The Relined market this afternoon is steady in price ; few goods are offering, but the demand appears to he very limited. FOREIGN SUGAR.—There are no purchases of Foreign Sugars by private contract. By public sale this forenoon .535 chests Havannah Sugar, /reported all damaged, the quality fine and little washed ; they sold at fair rates, the best white 41s. a 425. 135 chests 91 brls. Brazil Sugars, of an indifferent qua lity, were also brought forward ; a small portion sold. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.--There are several sales reported this week ; a small parcel of ord. Deme rara and Nevis at 234., fair quality 235. 6d. COITEE.—The Market has been very firm all the week; the small parcels of British Plantation Cof fee brought forward at public sale, sold readily at the advance we have lately stated. Two sales of St. Domingo by private contract are reported at 375. 6d. a 38s. The Coffee Market continues firm; the East India sale went off with briskness Is. a 2s. higher than the previous prices, and is now at a premium of Is. By private contract a parcel good ord. Brazil sold at 375., Which is,an advance of Is. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The purchases of Rum this week are confined to small parcels of fine Jamaica, at 4s. 3d., and to inferior qualities at rather lower prices. In Leewards there are no sales. The purchases of Brandy are confined to inconsi derable lots for shipping at previous prices. Geneva is neglected. . HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—In Tallow there is little yariatioa in price, but the demand is' not brisk. Hemp and Flax are little varied. TEA.—The demand for Bohea continues ; other descriptions remain in partial request. FRUlT.—There has been very little done this week, and the grocers appear only inclined to pur chase for their immediate wants; in price no altera tion has taken place. Corms.----The late reduction in the prices of Cotton has attracted the attention of the buyers; the inquiries are considerably inereased, and the prices obtained are a shade higher. The purchases for the week, ending: last night inclusive, are only 560 Surat- at 31d. a 4id. • SPICES.—There are more inquiries after Spices, particularly Pepper. Tonceo.—About 300 hhds. of Tobacco changed hands early in the week; Strips at 6FI. and low Kentucky at 3d., and acme leafy Tobacco at very full prices; the holders since decline to sell, as the additional duty of 3d. per lb. on Stemmed or Strip Tobacco is confirmed. SALTPETRE.—The sales of Saltpetre are about 2,500 bags ; the market remains firm. SILK.—The Silk trade continues in the most dis tresied state. IRISH PROFISIONs.—There is no alteration in Irish Provisions. Oms.—The Oil Market remains Arm. Sperm is a shade higher. INDIGO.—The East India Company's sale of In digo, which commenced on the 20th inst., termi nated on the 28th; it contained originally 5,729 chests, of which BSB chests were withdrawn, and 19 chests refused (being taxed above their value). — The quantity actually exposed to sale was 4,822- chests. The Bengal qualities went from last sale's Prices to 4d. per lb. higher; the •Oude about 3d. per lb. higher, and the Madras at nearly the. same prices as last sale. The proprietors bought in about 500 chests, of which a part has since been disposed of. The letters from Calcutta are dated 3d Sep tember, they are favourable- for the Indigo market; the returns of the principal factories were given, and the estimate of the crop is now 75,000 maunds. RicE.—The sales of Race are lately on the most limited scale; no alteration in the prices can be stated. SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Jan. ?8. We had a small supply of Wheat and Barley at thli day's market, but that of Beaus and Oats was large , Wheat is. and Oats 2s. up ; Barley and Beans the sone as last week. Wheat. First Bla Oil Od Third Barley. Oats. 424 Od 304 0(1 :Ns Od 27s (Id 164 SAL 228 Od Pease. Beaus. ja , ,Oti 38 al 34, Oa 34 Oct 30s al 30s Oa PRICES OF PROVISIONS Beef, per lb.— Os. 3d. to Os. 6d. Fresh Butter, 1b.5.10.1. to Is. o,l ' Mutton 0 3 0 5 . Salt 0 8 0 1 0 Veal 0 6 0 9 Ditto, per IA t. U7O 76 0 Pwrk 0 4 O . 6 Eggs, per doe. 0 0 1 0, Lamb, per qr. 12 0 15 0 thitStraw(kp'.) 7 0 0 0 Tallow, cwt.... 32 6 83' 9 Wheat Ditto— 7 0 0 0 Quarter') Loaf 011 1 0 Barley Ditto 5 0 6 6 Potatoes, 141 b. 03 0 4 Hay, per rd..-- 0 6 -0 9, EAST INDIA SALE, JAN. 28. COPFEE.-97 bales Moeha, 91s. a 1004.; 3,675 bags Batavia, good ord. yellow 40s. a 435.; good ord. green 395. a 395. 6d, ; 'mixed 345. 6d. a 365. ; Ceylon, good ord. 365. 6d. a 375. 6d.; damaged 2s. a ss. under the sound. • StlAtt.-6,035 bags Bengal, good white 38s. a 38s. 6d.; mid. white 345. a 345. 6d.; low white 30s. a 335. 6d.; damp - 2s. b: 4s. under the sound; 3,883 bags Siam, white good and fine, 31s. 6d. a 345. 6d.; low and middling 29z. 6d. a 315.; yellow 265. a 295.; damp Is. a 3s. under the sound. RICE.-2,293 bags Patna kind, low white, 16s. a 175.; Bengal mid. 15s. a 15s. 6d.; Java yellow .11s. a I Is. 6d. PRICES OF Hors.-Jan, 30. Kent Sussex I)itto 31. I. 41. 4s. to 41. Bs. k:ssf.rx Ditto 41. 10s. 51. 56. to 6/. Os. Farnham Ditto, 01. Os. 81. Os. to 91. 96. Seconds . O/. (8. 61. Os to 71. 106. 3/. 164. 4/. 106. to 51. 100. 31. 104. 3/. 166. to 44 Os. 4s. 4/. 166. to 51. 5.4. Kent 14a,t7s—_, StlNseX Ditto • Wti ITECH HAI MA ItKET.—Jatt. kitty --........ 450. Od. to 84s. Ott. I Clover 604. Od. to 105 i. Od. Straw---. 30g. Ott. to Siii. Od. EDINBURGH ILEA] We had a middling supply ket, which met with a bile] L MARKET: —Jan. 27. of Oatmeal at to-day's tottr' k sblr, awl fully maintains, last week's prices. , . . . Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of 14111 Isttp. 0 First Oatmeal £l IS 0 First Oatmeal £0 2 Second ditto 1 16 0 *gond ditto Ilarleymeal ll6 0 liarltymeal....... - Peasemeal 1 0 0 Peasemeal Pot Barley—No. I. per cwt. 155. , --2d. 18s.—d.110.,,—Pezu I 26a. MARKET.—Jas. gs. Beans, or Pease. Barley GLASGOW CORN Little alteration in Wheat, Oita were dull and lower. Wheat, per 2101 b. 1. d. I. d. Oats, per !r64lb. s. d. , -, 0 British, old 39 oto4l 0 Tri5h........... ..... ..... 2O oto 2.4 6 new 28 0 39 0 British 2l 0 "e . CAlladA, Ave.. ...... 40 0 4I 0 Beans, I,et 26016. ~..0 Irish Barley, per 32016. Scottish , English 3O 0 31 0 Pease. Scottish ... 19 0 1.1 0 Scottish 3O 4) 31 6 Oatmeal, perllolb, 19 0 ? t3 0 Irish.... 3BO 300 Flour, per 25ti0.... 000 I PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 43i. Os. Refined 0 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 13 1) Rape Cake, per ton 3 10 PRICE OF POTATOES.—Jan. 304 . . Marsh Champions - O/. Os. to 41. N. per ton. Kidneys —..... 01. os. to 51. N. ditto. scotch Iteds ---..........,. 31. ss. to 51. IN. d tto. Oxilobles and Shawl --....,—. 2!. 1N..t0 3/. ()s. ditto. rmcEs OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. ... Per lb. d. to d. Butts.--50 to Alb—. 19 20 Tanned Horse Hides.— 16 19 Ditt0.,.....-60 to 661 b.— 22 21 Sivinish Ditto -- 22 26 Dressing Ilides...--. 14 17 Per dozen. Fine Coach 41idos —l7 21 Calf Skins... 36 to 4111 h. 19 24 Crop Hides, 3S to 40Ib. 141 16 Ditto —.—..50 to 701 b. 24 30 Ditto —.—...45 to 50Ib. 161 19 Ditto 70 to 80th. 92 25 Ditto ..----. 19 21 Sm all Seals, Greenland 21 22 RAW Per Stone. P. el. toe. (1. Best Heifers& Stecrs3 0 3 4 "Middlings ----.2 4 2 8 IIDE:S. Per Stone. e. d. to s. d. Ordinary 110 2 0 Market 7 H vticli. AP, See. per 11211).--Jan. 30. Yellow 71114. (M. Mottled .••••••..... wr 'v... y2a. Od. Ud. Graves 20s. Od. Good 54. Ud. PRICE OF 'FALLOW ' SO Town Tallow 455. Od. Yellow Russia 423. tid. .435. Cd. Soap Ditto—. . Melted Stull Ditto Roug 41N. Od. Oil. -i. Ikl. PRICE (A RAW FAT, ver stone of 8111--Jan. 30. Prize: of Tallow (as stated by the fallow Alelters) 6d. _ PIIIOE OF The price of Rore Citnctlea, in t Calm"tes,per 44,4.75. Ott, to Ita. !- CO4L tIIA It fid, Bunton a ) fi Charlotte 3,5 Heaton 37 9 yWellov*.vere..... 35 ti Kiltingworth r , r , 4ti tAr t 34 9 WatisEnitic%yielte&Co, 38 9 Ditto tiai kr end Co. 31 II j(i liitto l'efkilis :Awl Cu. St; ll Ditto Vida, zl(i 9 Ditto Itus.ell's :.tt II Slops at itt:irket, S(N--S1 CANDLES. :he rat:lll,ll(4,s, is as follows :- 13iuu,tls, pvt• tiuzea Ss. ed. K 30. Walls e*.i.d Newmarelt— 975. Od. liewmish S. Moor 31 6 Neshsin 36 6 Russell's :t6 6 Walls Fod 40 0 Walls End 36 U Walls End Stew.trt's 40 0 Itussell'al-letton'sW.E. 39 6 Cowpeu 33 6 W. E. Henderson 36 0 SilE - tolut Field and Co, 34 0 Tan acid 34 6 Old Etherlo , small r 6 Wall; Etot small l i Q idit;s said / 21 1 ,4—Unsold, 26. BIRMINGHAM MARKETS, JAL 29. Coax llatticEr.---The supply of Wheat from the far mers to-day by land carriage is larger than usual, and more is offered by the dealers, in expectation o f being a bl e to tjelivez by canal; ) and the market is dell at 2d. per 621 b. .4arky also is in gopd lupply t and Tee heavy istO at I it: p.:r quarter 'decline upon last tree 's tertni. Flour in i aintli • us ric'ent'prilies."'" O tts, aria all Odle aiticles; frith' the 'exCeption of. New Beans, which are More in quired for, are wtbout alteration. Sevetal parcels of Eci. : reign Red Wheat are oared at about 80s. to 81s. per qpirter; 621 h. to the bushel, but the uncertainty of delivery, , - ..f.. - couo.:o1 the weather, causes little to be done in them. 11 ,d. to 16.. ed. per 69.1b5.; Od , 64 , ` •#4 st Mime a. • • to 4 , 25. ; I , s. to s. to %Pls.' per roa perial quarter; Beans, 14s. 6d. to 14s. per bar, ten score gross; Oats, 3s. 3d. to 4s. per 391 b. ; fine Flour, 625. to 635. ; seconds, 58s. to 60s. per sack of 2801 b. /1111.3tINGHA 31 SUITIIFIELD.—A very short supply of all !duds of live stock to-day; meat generally advanced a y /in stdinnoun‘f $4,a41 &Sr., ^.l'r trifle in price. --Beef, sd. to 61.; Afutton, 50. to 6 1 per lb. ; Bacon Pigs, 9s. 6d. to 10s. 6d.; Porkers, I*s. to 14s. per score. COUNI'ItY CORN NIARKI-A'S DUlt NG Tilti I.VEEg NS neat. I • Parley. Oats. I Beans. Per Quarter. Ashburn----- 19 116 48 48 27 34 48 51. , Basingstoke —j 54 NI 28 39 18 '24 34 ‘l" , Bath - • 56 84 31 42 28 3l 40 4 " Bridgewater 60 80 3(1 40 31 36 36 4 0 Bristol, -- tit Si) 38 42 28 32 40 46 Chesterfield '74 SI :N 42 24 28 5 4 Derby 80 81 41 41 32 34 41 4 Devises 55 57 :32 42 23 31 ,W 49 Doncaster 78 JO 30 43 20 31 41a Dorchester...—. 513 86 30 38 23 31 441 • 5 ' Exatcr 92 96 36 44 028 30 40 s u, Gloucester........ 6(1 SO 31 40 24 32 39 Hungerford 431 90 27 33 22 30 —4" 81 40 25 — 4! Newbury............. 40 02 26 37 •19 :17 33 4 *. Itonisey ------. 55 78 :k2 38 i 23 32 32 441 Shaftesbury 79 28 25 41 ! Shepton Mallet .. '72 3.8 39 43 28 38 30 40 ,, Sherborne— 72 S 2 32 89 21 3 36 44 r. Taunt0n.......,....... 80 96 32 40 16 34 40 45 Yeovil SO 92 i 36 40 26 32 40 48 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s. d. s. d. g• , Shrewsbury 12 0 130, 56 60 5(3 60 00 00 • - - SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE:. LI V ERPOOL. THURSDAY, NNA RY water 19 minutes past tire.—Arrived the Cs ` r line Augusta, Merrill, from New York ; United Stale' Wilson, from Savannah ; Philip Tahb, fro° Baltimore; Morea, Hstotnood, from New Orleans; P r nelupe, Christie, from Charleston ; Three Sisters, DOW': from Maranham; Canadian, —.-,, f rom m aran iiso , Swift, Halyer, from Figneira. Sailed—Andrew APKeane, Mackay, for Demerara; Thomas Battersby, Yapp, for Charleston ; George GI P ; ning, Bersant, for But2nos Ayres; Charente, Cartnichse" ‘r Cadiz. The two grey carriage horses of the late Roo land Stephenson, Esq. were sold to Mr. Hurd, of t ilt/ Temple. A. penguin, a bird very rarely seen in ail' country, was found a few days ago upon the farm in thi d occupation of Mr. Carswell, of Postland. It was curious bird, appearing scarcely to have the power of fir , big, and its legs seemed still lees calculated for walklog!' It was purchased by Mr. Marfleet, of Crowlaud, svh °l being a connoisseur in the feathered tribe, has ordered skin to be stuffed.—Drakard's Stamford News. wou ß tfri uß be li .ii . g -- hly ln imp th ru e den p t re t se o n s t ay s a t n a y te thi o n f g a r fr es a p i e r e g4 Hare's previous life and transactions. Over the ca T "' leading to Iris horrid shambles, " Beds to Let" w A l4 ' painted in large letters, and his general charge was a night. Shortly after. h e had t a k en B ur k e into his JO' cite, a poor forlorn man arrived front a part of the 04 4 dom which it is needless to name, and after some t il l]) illness expired. Pro enquiry after him being made, i r ed body was sold for dissection. The money being'exPel' it . Burke sallied out for the first time in search of a peris i whose blood he might imbrue his hands. In a short i lt° o l he fell in with a woman well up in years, who beiat to a village a few miles south of this city, and decoyed:l, 1 to Hare'. abode. The usual preparations being censpl ei . l;! Burke sprung like a tiger on his unsuspecting victim ~,, he was then only a novice in murder—the struggle svo.y, vere, but humanity would shrink at the appalling de al , He was a man of remarkably strong passions—be •0 r . good tempered=by no mean s of a quarr e lsome dispositl j d but when once roused into a passion, h e became altogeti ungovernable—deaf to reason and utterly reckless, he Or. like a fury, and to take him was no easy task. Such J a e' few words have been the principal incidents in the life 1 William Burke. The narrative, short and unvarnishe d s , it is, affords ample materials for grave and serious consi dei ) tion. Murder, it is truly said, is the worst of crimes, 11 in a few months Burke has attained the summit oft " bad eminence" of being the worst of murderers. ; re / long and dark array of cominon thieves, burglars, robb% aerl homicides, dwindle into absolute insignificance W h i t oil brought in juxtaposition with this Colossus i n crime. ihi name will stand conspicuous—it will mark an era in t ill black record of human delinquency, and future ages w a . i , shudder at his horrid deeds, and fling back their curse" the name which the inhuman monster bore. _I, BIRTHS. k tY. On the 29th instant, in York-terrace, Regent'e-pa lady of Henry Luard, Esq., of a son. I On the 29th instant, in Upper Harley.street, the 1 01, g Dr. Fitton, of a daughter. od On the 28th instant, at Helme Lacy, Herefordsh ire ' lady of Sir Seudamore Stanhope, Bart., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 28th instant, at Aylesbury, by the Rev. J. I ‘ fer ; 4 l , ley, vicar, the Rev. Charles Pinhorn Farrar, of fling up t o Caroline, youngest daught e r of the late Mr. Luke l it ner, of Aylesbury. Elleo , DIED. On the 24th iustant, at Sidrnoutli, Devon, - wife of Mr. Etty,.ef Moore Critchill, Dorset. rfP On the 2:3d instant, at NeWport, Isle of Wiglitt i . Jonathan Wavell, mercer, and senior Alderman 0 ' ,11 ancient borough of Newport, aged 85 years, unive rl , respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaicu l° e On the 28t1i instant,'suddenly,- at her residence, Ep id grove, Lady Reid, widow of the late Sir Thomas P" Baronet f Oa the 111th of November, at. Puebla, on his wor 'Ol Mexico to Vera Cruz, aged 24, Henry, second eon of Benjamin Nevill, Esq., Maiden-lane, Wood-street. 0 On the 16th instant, at Nice, where he had gO e bo f the benefit of his health, Thomas Weir, Esq., of (2 11° Canada. On the 28th instant, at his house, Grove-place, L l 7, grove, Nlarylkbone, Mr. Thomas Tredgold, etvil engil. o r and author of several scientific works, tie was aP meat to the ceinninnity as a man, and to his profess io a philosopher, On the 29th instant, at her residence A EAs sbe t - Stine'', Airs. 'Joker, aged 74. On the 25th instant, aged 78, Christopher J3lsc" Esq., of Wylam, in the county of N o rthumberland. On the 27th instant, at his residence, York-buil ( ; op t , Baker -stre e t, J a mes Shorn., Esq., formerly Lieut.,o° of his Majesty's 10th Foot, aged 54. Jo! On the 2Ath instant, at his lather's, cnton E,SeTP • • Road= Rpence, agpl 44 / . On tie at 7th instant, at Nottingham, Chailes Pe" f ton, M.D., aged 71. EAST INDIA BIRTHS. At Calcutta, Aug. 22, the lady of T. B. Swinhoe, of a son. fleo At Rajcote, July IA, the 13$ly o H. Hancock, 19th of At 4 d l aug litcr. • " yff ia4rai, Aug. the lady of On Ike, Edw. of aeon.' .1., e lady of \V. Charters, E At ttvaUu,, of a daughter. At Calcutta, Aug. 9, the la+ly of J. S. Clarke, Civil Service, of a son. At Dinapore, Aug. 1, the lady Capt. Steel, DO Judge Aavuoa:e General, of a ion. At Behar)+, July 8; of Lieut. Duval? Beet. Ni. of a ion. g s Paiwrzn and PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNO, SUN OFFICE, 11R, STRAND S LONDON.