The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-16 00:00:00

the cause to which we are to ascribe the surplus _in one important branch of the Excise revenue of the last year. It will be remembered, that at the time alluded to, a Statute was in operation, under the provisions of which the Malt Tax was collected. The conditions of this Statute were of a nature so vexatious and inconvenient, and subjected even the fair trader to so much harassing !interference on the part of the gauger, that the maltsters, with a very few exceptions, came to a general resolution to reduce their deal• ings to the lowest possible scale, and the falling off in the duty became so considerable, and was so directly traceable to the causes just mentioned that a repeal of the obnoxious statute became in dispensible, and the effect of the repeal (which came into operation at the beginning of 1828) was instantly visible in an increase of the Malt Duty beyond any former example. This in crease was effected in two ways—directly, as af fording the maltster an exemption from the one rous conditions previously imposed, and indi rectly, by inducing him to augment his dealings to compensate for his former compulsory inac tivity. Of these two causes, the last would ne cessarily exhaust itself in the course of that sea son in which the obstruction was removed, and we believe no intelligent man contemplated the possibility of the Malt Tax continuing equally productive. At the time of the annual fiscal statement made by the Chan cellor of .the Exchequer in the last Session, that Minister anticipated a falling off in the par ticular branch on which we are treating to the amount of seven hundred thousand pounds ; and we learn that his anticipation is borne out by the fact, in so far as the year's revenue has hitherto proceeded ; and it is not a little singular that a solution so natural, and so easily accessible to the most moderate penetration, should have been so entirely overlooked in so many elaborate cal culations, We have made these remarks and detailed these facts, not for the purpose of shut ting our own eyes or those of our readers to the financial e mbarrassments of the country ; but it is an approved maxim in the conduct of public as well as private concerns, if we would proceed with any prospect of a satisfactory result, fairly and manfully to consider the case in all its bear ings, and to refuse to suppress any fact, or to draw any inference, from the consideration that either one or the other may be applied to the disadvantage of our own view of the question.— Ibid. Lieutenant-Colonel Evans, who is already most advantageously known to our readers as the author of a clever work, " On the Designs of Russia," has again taken up the pen on a subject so nearly allied to that o f the publica tion alluded to, as to be not improperly termed its twin brother—we mean "On the Practica bility of an Invasion of British India, and on the Commercial and Financial Prospects and Resources of the Empire." The chief part of the work, we are informed in a supplemental note, was not only written, but actually printed, before the passage of the Balkan by the Rus sian army ;—a fact which, coupled as it is with the now well-known moderation of Russia, greatly strengthens the positions and arguments of the author in favour of increased watchful ness of the designs of Russia. We have not yet had such time to peruse the Colonel's work, as to enable us to give a satisfactory account of it ; but we cannot resist the temptation of giving in the meantime an extract from the supplemen tal note with which it is ushered into the world, and in the sentiments of which we cordially concur. At the prew3nt crisis the observations of the author are doubly interesting : " At such a time," observes Colonel Evans, "it m ai not be extraneous to look b ack, for a moment, on the transactions of the four years' eventful reign of the pi eseut Czar, Nicholas. z " At his accession, an insurrection took place, the importance. of which was much magnified. The strength of it appears to have chiefly consisted in what musthave totally hindered its ultimate success —namely, the loyalty of some regiments to the rightful heir of Alexander, Some thought in th;s country, that if the Autocrat had been then cut off, the greatness of the Empire had been put a stop to. But how goon are recent events forgotten T. During the last hundred years alone about eight members of the Imperial auseian family have perished by poison, in dungeons, or by assassination. Amongst them wee even the father of the reigning sovereign. Twice also during that period has the dynasty been violently ciiaogcd in favour of foreigners, and even of women—one originally a peasant girl, the other a petty German princess, And in what respect did these catastrophes defeat the aggressive policy or avert the ambitious progress of the Muscovite state ? Counting downward from Cesar or Anthony for .500 years, what a multitude of those who wore the purple, or of scions of the stock, may we not enu merate, that were slain by conspirators, or put aside in a like manner, without freeing the world from Roman bondage ! And yet Rome was all that time in the decrepitode of its age, and, with little inter mission, in a declining, distracted, and anarehieal con dition. How different from the rude, youthful, and ascending vigour of the present northern power I " No sooner was the Crown steadily placed upon the head of Nicholas, than his Ambassador at the Porte gave in a peremptory ultimatum, The can tonments on the Pruth were concentrated ; the troops were assembled ; six weeks were granted for a decis;on ; at the expiration of which, if the de - wands should' net be acceded to, the Principalities, it was announced, would be taken possession of.— The Convention of Airman followed, which was, in fact, an engraftment of a new and galling treaty upon that of Bucharest. Tina Turks openly con fessed that they yielded, with the lenife to their throats.' " This done, Persia is turned upon ; and a pro vince, which covers the capital, and comprises, by its features, the absolute key on that side of the Shah's dominions, are wrested from him, trader the pretences of the most monstrous and glaring futility. " The Royal Family of Persia being now lost in public estimation, are at present actually kept upon the throne of that con:ltry, through the good plea sure of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, for such pur poses as, no doubt, will, in due on, be developed. " Not a moment is then lost in Tccommenchig operations of a decisive character against the Porte. The proceedings in Greece being intermediately in progress, a President is actually furnished to it from the Foreign Office of the Emperor. " It is almost idle to talk of the particular terms of the treaty of Adrianople. The general conse quence of these transactions is—that one of the States hitherto, comprehended in the European confederacy, and most important by its geographi cal position, has virtually ceased to exist, " Such has bee. the busy and triumphant course of this jiJicious and able Prince; whose modera tion has been to ridiculously a theme of admiration, and who, in reality, has already achieved more for the substantial aggrandisement of his power, at the very outset of his career, than have the greater part of his most successful predecessors in a whole reign. " The overthrow of the Ottoman power in Eu rope has been so utter and irremediable, and the dismemberment so vast, that it may now be well doubted whether the Sultan has been 'wisely coun selled, in yielding the sanction of a recognition to the respite,_ for it is no peace,—which records in a formal manner his subjugation. The shadow of a resistance could only be offered ; but it may be con jectured that it should have beets offered. The fe rocious Sultan, if indisposed! to play in reality the part of a soldier, should perhaps, have retired into Asiai and left to his Lieutenant the task of carrying on, if possible, for a little longer, the contest on this 'side of the Bosphorus. Henceforth, at all events, he cannot be a free agent on the banks of the channel. It will now probably be the object of the Russians to keep him where he is, to call him an ally, and to make use of him so long as it shall prove convenient to do so. " By the rumoured stipulations of this Treaty, a surrCequal to about 150 millions sterling, compared with our income, is required from the Sultan, whose resouues are totally exhausted, and who could not obtain credit for a sliver. Hopes are en tertained that sonic modification may be procured on this head. It will not much signify. Four for tresses on the Danube are to ate demolished ; four other fortresses in Asia, with the fertile and beau tiful Pachalic of Akhalzik, are to be ceded; the greater part of European Turkey is to remain under the guardianship of the Czar ; and the intention is avowed by one of the supposed articles, of placing the commerce of the Euxirie, Asoph, Marmora, and even that of the port of Constantinople, - at the dis posal of Russia! That a the Caspian is already so ; that of all the Levant would of course be soon similarly influenced." —.Morning Advertiser. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. - - Causes on Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes will be tried in London on the I►9th October. Application to postpone such as are defended on merits, must be made to Lord Tenterden by summons, supported by affidavit•, on the 14th October. A day's notice must be given to the plaintiff's attorney of the intended application ; and the summons must be taken out on or before the 13th, and made returnable on the 14th, on which day they will be heard. London Special and Common Juries Appointed. Common Juries, Tuesday, Oct. 20. Palmer v Hope Boyer v Weeks Shearsby v Coul+in Bell r Boxer, Gent. Taylor ♦ Gedge Calvert v Slatter The King r Carrington Izon and others v Bishop and another I G►wan v Layall The s nne v the same 1)e Visme v Mott Rowden v Edmonds Wsllford ♦ Merchant Wilson ♦ Kaye, Gent. Whitfield v Hambrook Ellis, Gent. v Woodford Hart v Seaton Bickerton v Collett Wilson v Bardry 'l'aylor v Watson and another Putney • Ford Angler Alexander Hudson r Jackson Wilcock v Mason De Gra♦e and others r Rob. Payne v Johnstone son, Gent. Phillips • Crosthwaite and Gilman v Hague others JJailey ♦ Paine Gibbins v Davies Rotherham and another I' Norton v Cranwell Jones. Special Juries, Thursday, Oct. 22. Congreve, Bart. v Hutton Ogle v Pratt Brown v Duncan I De la Chauntette v the Graham and another v El- I Bank of England lice and others Hermon and another v Kin- Brocklebank• v Sugrue naird Soulby v Knight and another Clegg v Woi hrs. Murray v Hodgson, Esq. Adams v Sanders Sand and others v David- Mope v Whiggins son Brown v Capel and another Baxter v Hobhouse and Smith v Heskeketh others Roberts v Davies Ball v Hall and another Bramnah and another v West v the same Bennett. Oct. 23. Sturge:v Groves Tennant and another v Straehan and another Gordon ♦ Taylor Yorke and others ♦ Barnett and others Griffiths v Bostock, Gent. Friday, Murray ♦ Heath (by order) Nicholls v Asquith and another Pitman and others v Daniell The King, an the prosecu tion of the Apothecaries' Company, r Clapham Burke v funnicliffe Saturday, Oct. 24. Hall and others v West The same ♦ Connop and another Wilkinson v Howell. Watts v Lawson Baker v Watford Lebo v Dyer Mitchell and others v Baring and others Monday, Oct. 26. —Remanets of former days. Middleex Common Juries will be tried on tile adjourn ment day, the 27th Oct., and daily till the 31st inclusive. Middlesex Special Juries appointed. Monday, Nov. 2. Howell v the same Bury v Stewart and others Smith v France. West v Newman Newman r West Hicks v Baker, Esq. Robinson v Waterhouse Thursday, Nov. 5.—R, COURT OF CO; London Special J Monday, Wardale v Dixon and others Everett v Barclay Pantifex v Dunston and others Delafield v Freeman, Gent. Tuesday, Brunatte v Edden and others Buxton and another Greenwood Wi!son y Burgess _ Wednesda' Moser and another v New- man and another Laundy and another ♦ Ben- susan Cazenove v Sugrue Thursday, Bossley v Owen Foster and others v Charles Gore v Wynne Murray v Nichols and another Friday, Fawcett, Gent. v Huble Hodson and another v Tarleton Daviee and others v Burton Siturday, Glenny v Thi?zelton Morrison v Jones The Wardens of the Gobi smith's Company v Nol lans, Clerk Monday, Birch v Alexander and I another Gardner v Thieteaa Bottomley v Pugh Parr v Garrard - - Tuesday, Bland ;.7.nd another v Gordon Bretton v Pettlsan Croa:rev Lee and mother :emanets of former Days. MMON PLEAS. Furies Appointed. Oct. 19. Hurst v Stead and another Fox and another v Clifton and others Cockshot and another v Holt and others. Oct. 20. Short and another v Master. man Ilutterford v Evans, Clerk. Oct. 21. Morrison v Mitchell Perring and another v Tucker Coventry v Lubbock and another. Oct. 22. Cumming and another v Bailey Hawkins and others v Exeter Booth v Plummer. Oct. 23. Dalglish and another v I Hodgson Angas v Smith I Hall v Morrison. Oct. 24. Robinson v Waterhouse and another Carvalho v Martinez and another Ward and another v Smith Robertson v Furnival. Oct. 26. Johnston and another v Strong Strong v Johnston and another Hughes v Andcrton, Gent. Oct. 27. Stracey, Bart. and another v the Bank of England Parker and another v Frietas Goldsmith v Morgan. , Oct- 28. Granger v Dent Short v Nlasterman and another i Mount v Larkins. Thuraday, Oct. 29. Smith and another v hardy Foster • Brooksbank Incz y Tindall and another Youn g and another v Cohen Duke and Ka;tl;er r Dorrien and another. Common Juries w:l; be tnicen each day after the Special tales, in the order in whirl - . they ptand in the printed list. London Common Juries appoiaed. Monday, Oct. 19. Galloway • Davies Perfect and others v Hartley and others Ungham v Colegatn Maynard v Crick Boxer v Procter. Weduesda: Phillips v Roper W. Pritchard v /saacs Lubbock, Bart. and others v Green Kau v Hill Smith and others v Moon and others Loader v Walker Postan v Rose Leathes and a nother v Wil liams and another Aliddiesea: Special Friday, Slade and a nother v Gawde and another 1 Juries appointed. Oct. 30. Marty': v Elmorel Loid Teyttham v Tyler. Inunon Juries. I Godefroy v Dalton Griffin and another v Loyd I Seller's and another v Nor man Middiesex Co Griudall v Lawson 1 Saunders v Baker Kay v Groves Purvis v Ue►npscc, Rhode, and another Gil - Alardy Alihill White v the saLie Evan, v fare Barlow v Carron West v Watts Minister v Brooksbank Ulln v Simpson, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man named Barligton, an apprentice to Mr. Brown, a fishmonger in L e adenhall-market, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having committed a robbery in the Hull-moon and with having broken out of the inn after the robbery. The thief was detected in rather a curious manner. Grimes, a constable, was applied to by a bird seller, who complained that youn g Bartington had passed a bad crown-piece at his shop, and refused to change it. The officer immediately went to the prisoner, and after some conversation, which led to suspicion in the Mind of the officer, searched him, and found a pocket-book, containing a n umber of duplicates, an old watch, and other property, which did not appear to belong to him. Having heard that a robbery had been committed at the Half moon Inn, and that amongst the property stolen was a bad crown-piece, if that could be called pro perty, the officer went to the landlord, who instantly identified the crown-piece, which he had laid aside, marked, in order to return it to a neighbouring tradesman, from whom he had taken it in change for 1001. in bank-notes. An investigation was at once commenced, and the prisoner was accused of house-breaking and robbery. Mr. Charles Wilson said that during his absence in the country, on the night of Wednesday week, his house bad been robbed of several articles, some of which were his property, and the rest the pro perty of a gentleman who occasionally lodged in the house. Amongst the articles was a pocket-book, which contained about 1501. in bills. The money stolen amounted to no more than between 2/: and 3/. Bills to the amount of between 5001. and 600/. were scattered about the floor of the parlour, inside the bar, Which had been broken open. The thief, he believed, must have entered in the day time, the house being extremely accessible, and hidden him self until the dead of night. A two-gallon bottle which lay empty in the bar had been taken into the cellar and filled with spirits, and it was found, along witk a stolen great coat and other property, in a place in a house to which the prisoner had con stant access. About two months before this rob bery was committed, Mr. Wilson said an attempt to rob the house had been contemplated. It had been ascertained that some person had got up the chimney of one of the rooms, for a large quantity of soot was not only found in the grate, but sooty footsteps were traced across the room, and the mark of a sooty hand perceived upon the lock of the door. The robbery which had at length taken place in his absence had been, he was sure, some time in con templation. Mrs. Hanley, the housekeeper of Mr. Wilson, de posed that at eleven on Wednesday night the pre mises were secured. The door leading into Half moon-alley was bolted, the bar and parlour were locked, and some silver was left in the till and drawer, amounting to about 28s. or 295. The wit ness had a pretty canary bird in a cage, and when she came down in the morning; and heard of the robbery, she missed the canary bird, and found that the door of the cage was open. The canary bird was found by the officer at the house of a person in Crucifix-lace, into whose care the prisoner had placed it. The nephew of Mr. Wilson stated, that upon coming down stairs at half-past five o'clock in the morning, lie found that the bar and parlour had been broken open, and that several articles had been stolen. The small door leading into Half-moon alley was unbolted, and he had no doubt that the thief escaped out of the house through that outlet. Bills and papers were strewed about the floor of the par lour. Mr. Wilson said, that the person who committed the robbery in all probability must have taken two turns, as he had carried off a large stock. Where he could have hidden himself was not at all known. Perhaps if the bad crown piece had not been offered by the prisoner, who probably was not aware that it was abaci one, the discovery of the thief never would have been made. The prisoner had deposited in the pocket-book of Mr. Wilson, which was taken from his person, several duplicates, amongst which were one for a violin, arid two for flutes, which had been stolen some time ago from the lodgings of a neighbour of Mr. Wilson's, to which the prisoner bad access. Mr. Brown, the master of the prisoner, and a respectable fishmonger, stated, that the prisoner had conducted himself well, and behaved in a satisfac tory manner. Some knives and forks, and spirits found upon his premises, were not his property, nor did he know any thing about them. The prisoner had constant access to all parts of his house. The violin and flutes were identified as the stolen property of three persons. The prisoner did not utter a word, but appeared not to be aware of the perilous situation in which he stands. A professional gentleman attended for him, and took notes of the whole of the examination. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial,and all the parties were bound over to appear against him. BOW-STREE Robert Salter, a journeyman butcher, was charged with having violently assaulted his master, Mr. Palk, a butcher, residing in -Maiden-lane, Southampton street, the fingers of whose right hand were nearly cut off, by a blow- aimed at him by the prisoner with a large knife. Mr. Palk stated, that the prisoner had lived in his service for some time past, but his conduct upon se veral occasions was so violent and overbearing, that he was determined to part with him, and accordingly he tendered him his wages op the previous night, but he refused to quit the house, upon which some words arose between them, and the prisoner in a violent passion snatched up the knife now:produced, and inflicted the blew, the effects of which might be seen. A person who happened to be passing at the time rushed into the shop, and seizing the prisoner by the arm, succeeded in wresting the knife from - his grasp. A man of colour, named Parker, corroborated Mr. Palk's statement, and said he never witnessed con duct so outrageous. The prisoner threatened to stab him (witness) to the heart if he dared to interfere. Sir R. BIRNIE and Mr. HALLS appeared at first to think that the offence was capital, but the circum stance of the knife having been seized in a sudden fit of passion, and without premeditation, induced them to treat it as a violent assault only. The prisoner, whose passionate disposition appeared incapable of being controlled even in the dock, denied the charge, and accused the witnesses of having sworn falsely, and in the violence of his anger shook his clinched fist at the magistrates. Sir R. BIRNIE told him that he was a violent fel low, and bound the witnesses over to prosecute at the sessions. The prisoner was then removed by Ford the gaoler to the lock-up room, and in a few minutes the fellow was brought back roaring like a bull, and declaring he had been almost murdered. Ford explained, that as soon as he conveyed the prisoner to the lock-u p room he attacked him with so much fury that in self-defence he was obliged to knock him down. Sir R. BIRNIE told the prisoner that his conduct was so desperate? he must find bail, and give 48 hours' notice of the persons hp. meant to produce as his sureties. The prisoner was then removed. ARLBOROU GH-STREET. Information was given yesterday morning to Mr. ROE, the sitting Magistrate at this office, of the foi:owing daring burglary and robbery, committed at the house of Mr. Burghart, an extensive tailor and draper, No. 17, Clifford , greet, Bond -street, very near the house of Messrs. Stultz, tailors, whose pre mises were broken into a few nights ago, and for which two persons are now in custody. Mr. Burghart stated, that about two o'clock on that morning, Mrs. Burghart was suddenly awoke by something like a noise in thehouse as she thought but after she had awakened, she could hear T wthing of the kind, and supp osin g tha t i t was a dream, slie went to sleep again. Shortly after he was also awoke by the same sort of noise, but he, too, sup posed that he must be in a dreaming mood, and was about to compose himself to sleep again, but before he could do so he was rather surprised to hear, at that unseasonable hour, the noise of a coach rattling along the street in front of his house, which made, he thought, a much greater noise than such vehicles usually did. He listened for a minute or two, when to his still greater surprise, the coach suddenly stopped, and that too, as appeared to him, very near his own door. Although he was a little puzzled about this, he did not instantly get out of bed, but lay thinking for a short time what it could be that the coach came there for, and wondering which of his neighbour's houses it had pulled up at. At last he bethought him to have a look out at his window and satisfy his curiosity, when, to his utter astonish ment, he saw that the coach was drawn up at his own door, and he distinctly observed and counted six men on the hall-door steps, busily employed in doing something that he could not at that distance clearly ascertain; but satisfied that it was not any thing for his interest, he called out to them as loud as he could to know what they did there, and at the same time, in almost the same breath, called for the police ; but the instant his voice was heard, the six men scampered off in different directions, and the coach drove away with all possible speed another course. He (Mr. Burghart) was then fully im pressed that the persons he had seen at the door were a gang of burglars, who intended to break into the house; brit he had no idea that they had effected that purpose, as he supposed that he had disturbed them at the commencement of their operations; and with this impression, and being, moreover, quite undressed, he did not immediately run down stairs, or make any pursuit, which he otherwise might have done, at least after the coach ; but he still continued at his window calling for the police; but he could not see or hear of any of that body for at least five minutes, when one of them came walking leisurely along front another street e he called to this police man from his wir.dow, and told him to stand at the door until he (Mr. Burghart) had dresesd himself and gone down stairs, which the man did, and sprang his rattle for other assistance. On going down stairs, the first intimation that he (Mr. Burg hart) had that any robbery had really been com mitted was by stumbling over several pieces of cloth in the street-door passage ; but on examining fur ther when the police were admitted, he discovered that upwards of 6001. worth of cloths, waistcoat silks, &c. had been removed from his back ware house or workshop, more than one half of which was carried clear off in the coach, no doubt, and the remainder left behind in the passage, owing to the thieves being disturbed in their operations. On examining the premises to ascertain how the burg lary had been effected, it was discovered that the thieves, with a crow-bar, forced up the iron railing over the area to the kitchen in the street, and hay ing thus descended, or at least one of them, an easy access was found to the lower part of the house, and from thence to the wareroom and the street-door, which there was little difficulty in opening inside to admit the others of the party, and convey out the (roods. There was no person whate ver, it a pp ears, r 'slept in the lower part of the house, which is un dergoing a partial repair, Mr. Burghart and the whole family sleeping up stairs. It was a singular circumstance, too, Mr. Burghart said, that a little terrier dog which he had had in the house, and which was a - most watchful creature, always giving an alarm at the least noise at night, was missed on Tuesday last, and could not any where be found un til that morning about three o'clock, when the alarm of the robbery was given and the police at the door, the little animal, to his (Mr. Burghart's) surprise, walked into the hall, frisking his tail, and there could be little doubt that he had been in the possession of the thieves. By the directions of the Magistrate, Clements and Goddard proceeded to -the house to undertake the investigation of the case, with a view to tracing out the burglars, but when they got to the house they learned that the matter was entirely in the hands of the new police, and that Mr. Burghart and his clerk and all parties were gone, by orders, to attend be fore the Commissioners of Police, at Whitehall, and they, (Clements and Goddard) could not therefore learn any thieg by which they could stir in the business. Mr. Burghart, in the course of his account of the robbery, said that the six men he observed on the steps of his door appeared to he all very well dressed men, and one of them he could clearly see had a black band or crape round his hat. The coach, he said, which was clearly a hackney one, was one of the largest and heaviest he had ever seen, and made an unusually loud noise. It appears that some time ago Mr. Burghart pro secuted a man in hie employ for dishonesty, and the prisoner was convicted and sentenced to seven years' transportation, but the sentence was afterwards com muted to a term of imprisonment, which is said to have very recently expired, and that the man is dis charged, and upon this man, who is known to some of the officers, a suspicion would seem to rest. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Mrs. Rachel Wilkinson, a middle aged lade, dressed in the height of fashion, whose hus band holds a situation of 500/. per annum in the Customs, appeared before the sitting Magistrates, M. WYATT and T. WALKER, Esqrs., and the Rev. D. Mesrmas, on a warrant charging her with as saulting and otherwise ill-treating her daughter, a delicate-looking young girl of 18 years of age. Both parties were accompanied by a number of respectable friends. The complainant stated that the treatment she usually received at the hands of her mother was of the most unfeeling nature, and that so far had she carried it, that on more than one occasion she lite rally deprived her of the common necessaries of life. For the last four months her cruelty had been on the increase, till at length she beat her so severely, that the stripes raised weals on her back, shoulders, and other parts of her body. The Magistrates having desired her to confine herself to some spe cific offence, and that of the latest date, she went on to say, that on Wednesday week her mother again beat her, and, not content with this, turned her into the streets, accompanying the act with sonic coarse expressions, anti bidding her provide for her self in whatever manner she chose. Her brother, a gentlemanly young man in appear ance and address, here came forward, and said, that this was not the first instance in which his brothers and sisters had suffered from the inhuman and un natural violence of their mother. There were seven of them altogether, and to six out of that number she acted more like an enemy than a parent. Mr. WveTT—Can you, Sir, account for this conduct ? The Son—l cannot ; the only reason that occurs to me is, that my mother is naturally a woman of a most violent temper, and whenever she drinks, which she does but too frequently, her pas sions become additionally inflamed, and she then commits these extravagant acts. An elder sister of the complainant deposed to her having often witnessed her mother treating her sis ter in the most unfeeling manner. She had herself suffered for the space of 16 years from her cruelty, and was at last obliged to leave home altogether. A female domestic stated that she had seen the complainant, during the four months she was in her mother's service, treated with great cruelty, and had frequently known her to have been kept without sufficiency of food. Mr. WALKER—Are you aware of the reason Witness : lam not. The complainant always ap peared to me to behave dutifully towards her mother, and it was my surprise that she could have so long borne with such ill usage. My mistress is of a most violent temper, and drinks. The defendant and her husband, in reply to the charge, said that it was the result of a vile conspiracy against them, and that even their servant, who they supposed had come as a witness on their mat, turned round on them, and, for good reasons no doubt, had joined the opposite side, The husband, said that lie had always endeavoured to make his children hay ; that he had gi ve n t h em an excellent educa pp Lion; and that his daughter, if she thought proper, had a comfortable home to go to. The children (unanimously)—We have no cause to complain of you, father : you would have acted kindly towards us, if you could ; but you know that mother has frequently beat yourself black and blue, and that you are not allowed a sixpence in your pac ket but as she gives it to you. On last Sunday she would not even give you your dinner. The servant, in explanation of this, after declaring in the most solemn manner that she had no interest whatsoever in the business, and had only told the truth, said that on Sunday her master was obliged to eat a cold dinner, and take tea with her in the kitchen, while her mistress had a hot one, and her tea in the parlour. "In fact," said she, "my mis tress completely rules the roast." The Magistrates observed, that from what bad been proved in evidence, they would not be doing their duty if they allowed the daughter to return to the mother without placing the latter under some restraint. A gentleman said, that a situation was obtained for her at a respectable boarding-school in the neigh bourhood, where she would at once be received, pro vided she was supplied with suitable apparel. The parents at first refused acceding to this ar rangement, and the Magistrates were about holding Mrs. Wilkinson to bail, when it was suggested that the warrant should be suspended for a few days, to give her an opportunity of making a reparation for the past. UNION-HALL. Yesterday William Darvill and William William son, the former being landlord of a house of ill-fame in Canterbury-street, Cornwall-road, and Mary Thompson, un inmate of the same brothel, were brought before Mr. HONE, charged on suspicion with having been concerned in robbing a gentle man named Porter, of notes and sovereigns to the amount of 165/., on the preceding night. The complainant stated, that on Wednesday even ing, after having dined with a party, and drank pretty freely, he went to the Surrey Theatre ac companied by a friend, from whom however he se parated when the play was over. As he (com plainant) was proceeding along the Waterloo-road, with the intention of going to the west end of the town, he was accosted by a young female, who asked him for a penny to cross the bridge. He gave her sixpence, and she continued to walk by his side, and ultimately prevailed on him to accompany her back to No. 4, in Canterbury-street, Cornwall roak, where she said she lodged. They were ad mitted into this house by the prisoner Mary Thomp son, who opened the door for them, and acted as servant. The female with whom he entered the place, expressed a desire for some liquor, and having no small change about him, he was compelled to take out his purse, from which he took a half-sove reign, and gave it to the servant to get some brandy. The liquor having been procured, he drank a small portion of it, and was in a very short space of time afterwards seized with drowsiness, and fell asleep on the sofa. On awakening he found himself alone in the room. The first thing he missed was his gold watch, chain, and seals, and then his purse, which contained one 501., one 401., three 20/., and a 5/. Bank of England notes, besides 10 sovereigns, amounting in the whole to 1651. He happened to cast his eye towards that part of the sofa where his feet rested while he was asleep, and saw his purse,which contained one sovereign, the remainder of the notes and sovereigns having been taken out. Ile imme diately descended from the room, and was met on the stairs by the two male prisoners, who asked him what he was doing there. Ile replied that he bad been robbed, and that he should give the alarm; upon which Darvill said, " Don't make a noise, it shall be made all right." While the complainant was standing on the stairs arguing with the two fel lows, he saw the girl with whom he entered the house with leave the front parlour; and walk towards the back door. Upon seeing her, he endeavoured to get past the two men in order to prevent her from leaving the house. In this attempt, however, he failed, Darvill interrupting his progress, and again exclaiming that " it should be all made right." The complainant said that this was done with the view of impeding him, and giving the girl an opportunity of escaping ; for the moment she went out at the door leading into the yard, he was suffered to go to the street-door, both the prisoners saying that they knew nothing about the robbery or the girl alleged to have committed it. Previous to the complainant having called the watchman, Darvill, who had been up in the room, said, " If you go up you will find your watch on the sofa—you overlooked it." Mr. Porter then gave the alarm, and when the watchman enter ed the house, the watch and its appendages were found on the sofa, in a place where the ;complainant declared it was impossible for him to have over looked it, when he first missed his property, and had no doubt was subsequently placed there by some one of the prisoners when he first threatened to call the watchman. One of the Lambeth patrol described the house in question to be one of a most infamous kind. — When he was called there on the preceding night, on being informed of the robbery, he proceeded up stairs, he saw a gold watch, chain, and seals, lying exposed to view on the sofa, in such a situation that any person entering the apartment must have seen it. Hearing also of the loss of the notes, he imme diately commenced a search, and not only examined every place in the house where it was likely money would be concealed, but also the persons of the three prisoners, but to no effect, and he then took them into custody. Mr. HONE inquired whether a person could escape at the rear of the house in question ? The patrol said that the house was admirably cal culated for committing any species of depredation in. It was a by street, and the rear of the house opened into a place called Glover's hatch, from which there was egress and ingress at either end. Mr. HONE said, that at the time Mr, Porter was stopped on the stairs by the two male prisoners, it was no doubt for the purpose of giving die girl who accompanied him into the house an opportunity of making her escape through that place called Glo cer's-hatch, at the rear of the house. Darvill admitted that he was the landlord of the house in question, but declared that he bud no hand in the robbery. Mr. Hosaz—lf you were not concerned in it, why did you interrupt the complainant on the stairs, and prevent him from following the girl by whom he had been robbed ? Darvill, in reply to the question, said that his house was distinguished above all houses of the same kind for peace and quietness; he said that the gentleman was in a passion on coming . down stairs, and fearing that be might disturb the n eighbourhood, not knowing, however, that he had been robbed, he (prisoner) begged that he would be quiet, and that all should be right, supposing at the time that he had only lost a little loose silver. The other prisoner, Williamson, said that he had only come there to smoke a pipe with the landlord, and knew nothing of what had occurred up stairs. Mr. HONE remarked that there was a strong sus picion against the prisoners, whom lie should re mand ; and he gave directions that immediate steps should be taken to apprehend the girl with whom Mr. Porter entered the house. wasCraig,tilsioeneorflis,ceond have e pursuit rfi the girl o is f edto give the slightest :,e a during the greater p art of yesterday, but f a il e d i n apprehending her, as it appears she has ab an d one d her usual haunts , Theprisoners, information as to where the girl might be found. Mr. Porter took the precaution of stopping the notes at the Bank. DENNIS POWER, a countryman, was mur dered in an altercation near Kilmore Chapel, county Wexford, on Sunday night.--Dublin Evening Mail. The letters from Dieppe state that one-eighth part of the wheat crop of that district was lost, and one third of that of oats The entire of the second crop was lost, and three-fourths of the oat s traw,--.-Brivh ton Gaz. MR. WILKIE AT EDINBURGH. At a Civic Feast lately given in Edinburgh, Mr. • Wilkie is reported to have given the following des cription of the town. It cannot be said to be de-, fective in point of colouring:— Mr. "WILKIE, R.A. requested, before the Lord Provost should leave the Assembly, to express the satisfaction all present must feel ut the good hu moured, dignified, and gentleman-like conduct of his Lordship in this his first appearance in the Civic Chair. In doing so he begged leave to give a toast calculated to unite with the Chief Magistrate the prosperity of that City, the interests of which would now be his peculiar care—the Modena Athens itself.—(Cheers) —He said that though a native, as they all were, he now saw Edinburgh as a stranger, and as a traveller who had seen all the admired cities of Europe ; but what the tour of Europe was necessary to see elsewhere, he now found congregated in this one city.—(Cheers.) Here are alike the beauties of Prague and Saltzburg —here are the romantic sites of Orvietto and Tivoli —and here is all the magnificence of the admired Bays of Genoa and Naples—here indeed to poetic fancy may be found realized the Roman Capitol and the Grecian Acropolis.—(Cheers.)—Still to him and tothose who count this the home of their youth, it is the ancient rather titan the modern beauties of the metropolis that excite their warmest sympathies. —(Cheers.)—The Auld Town, which was but now claimed by the Lord Advocate with enthusiasm, ae the place of his birth, is what is most treasured a nd longest remembered by the true Scotsman, and the interest attached to which every true friend to Edin burgh must hope not to see diminished. The recent improvements unite only the improvements of other cities, the grandeur df the Old Town is unique—as seen from Prince's-street, the range from the lofty citadel to the ancient palace of the Stuarts is the loftyw ondgearbol gables, surmounted habitablecities. b y un dulating vertebra of chimney top s, here tellin g the The lengthened massive lands and arid harsh against the sky, and there lost in their reeky' eminences, form, with the crown-like tiara of St. Giles's, a spectacle worthy alike of the poet, the architect, and the painter. Such an aspect in such ti vicinity might well suggest the heroic exclamation a " Who %;Ould not fight for such a land?".—(Cheers.) He concluded by saying, that a similar exclamation may probably suggest itself to the breast of the Chief Magistrate, as well as those associated with him in his high trust, of " Who would not deserve well of such a city?" A city, to the prosperity of which he now called upon them to drink, by the homely and familiar tip' pellation of " Auld Reekie."—(This toast was re' ceived with loud cheering.) FATAL ACCIDENT. An inquest was held last week at Shenstene, on the body of Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Thomas William Dunn, whose death was caused, within a month after her marriage, in the following distressing manner :—On Thursday, the Ist inst., Mr. Dunn was driving from Lichfield towards Birmingham , between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, ac companied by Mrs. Dunn; on their arriving about $ mile beyond Shenstone, the horse suddenly fell, in consequence of having picked up a stone in his shoe; on Mr. Dunn attempting to pull up, the reins broke, and he fell over the wheel of the carriage; the horse almost instantly rose and started off at full gallop, with Mrs. Dunn in the gig. On Mr. Duna recovering himself, he immediately ran after the car" riage, and had proceeded about a hundred yards when he found his wife lying in the road, apparently" dead, with a quantity of blood upon her face. Assist-. ance being procured, she was carried to the Bull'o Head, at Shenstone, but, notwithstanding ever/ effort, the concussion of the brain was of so seven and extensive a nature, that after lingering in a state of distressing insensibility until Tuesday night last , she expired. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were married so lately as the 12th of last month, and bad been on tour into Staffordshire. They were on their return to Birmingham, where Mr. Dunn is very respect• ably connected ; he is one of the firm of Ashmore, Dunn, and Ashmore, wine-merchants, Billiter street, London, and resides at Southville, Wands' worth-road, Surrey, and his unfortunate lady, who was universally esteemed, was the daughter of Mr. Greasley, a woollen•cloth manufacturer, residing in West SmitEeld, London, and was about twenty' two years of ugc. BIRTHS. On the 13th inst. in Wilton-crescent, Lady Catherioe. Buckley, of twin eons. On the 12th inst. at Brompton, Mrs. W. C. Bin;ley, of a son. On the 11th inst. at Versailles, the lady of H. AI. Bull' bury, Esq. of a daughter. On the 14th inst. the lady of J. AI. Hanckles, of Net North-road, of a son and heir. On the 3d inst. near Boulogne-cur-Ater, the lany Ramsay, Esq. of a daughter. On the 11th inst. at Taunton-place, Regent's-park, the lady of R. F. G. Poore, Esq. of a daughter. On the 14th inst. the lady of Mr. W. IL Frisby, Mork' lane, of a sun. MARRIED. On the 14th inst. at Pampisford, J. C. Hunter, Ot of Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, to Charlotte, only guy, viving daughter of the Rev. H. Lloyd, D.D., Vicar °, Babraham, and Regius Professor of Hebrew in the 1 50 ' . versity of Cambridge. On the 15th inst. at Walworth, Mr. James Starling, O f Saffron Walden, Essex, to Rebekah, eliest daughter ° Mr. S. Watson, of Walworth. At Islington, Mary Martin, niece of Alexander Craig' Esq. of Fobbing, Essex, to Mr. Henry Pea rson, of 13`. shopsga te-street. On the 12th inst. Mr. C. Jardine, of Basinghall-strr et ' to Lucy Anne, second daughter of the late C. Letternis ll ' Esq. of Ave Maria-lane. On the 12th inst. at Woolwich, Henry Geary, Esq. y Mary Anne, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Cleave lari Royal Artillery. At Barbadoes, August 16, the Rev. Charles I.alt °° ' to Mary Christian, only daughter of the Honourable GO' Maynard. DIED. On the 12th inst. at Bath, Major-General . Sir .1. I ; Dalrymple, Bsrt. On the 14th inst., at her house in Grosvenor-stre et, the Countess Dowager of Radnor, aged 71. On the 11th inst., at her brother's house at Bromp W' Mary Ann Poulett, eldest daughter .of the late H° ° ' Vere Poulett. On the 2d inst., at Orchard-house, Camberwell, Nei i road, Lambeth, N. Randall, Eq. aged 72. On the sth inst. at Dantzic, suddenly, John Cox, E. late of Russell-square. On the 6th inst. at the Chateau-de-Mere, NormandP Captain J. Bradley, R.N., son of the late A. 11. Bradlei' Esq. of Gore-court, Kent. Lately At Preux-aux-Bois, Flanders, Mr. W. Toole, d Faringdon, Berks. EAST INDIA.—BIRTHS. At Hooghly, April 11, the lady of T. A. Witio; M.D., of a son. At Mysore, March 29, the lady of Major T. Stet `f t, 10th Regt. Light Cavalry, of a son. of At Beaur, Jan. 17, the lady of Major Henry Hall , a daughter. °/. At Wallajahbad, March 24, the lady of Lieut. C,,, Parlby, C. 8., Comtnanding the 9 th Regt. Native lofitatil of At a son B . os' elgaum, March 21, the lady of Lieut. J. A• '- sell, of a son. At Madras, March 31, the lady of H. Byrne, $4 ,1 of a son. of ° At Calcutta, April 9, the lady of Capt. J. Hall) - slaughter. f' At Berhampore, April 8 , the lady of the Non. 1 " Dalzell, of a son.• At Meerut, March 30, the lady of R. Carr Glynn, "-- of a daughter. At Dacca, April 5 , the lady of the Rev. H. R. Shef I herd, of a daughter. At Monghyr, March 25, the lady of L ieut. A. "%lre'r 68th Regt. N. 1., of a daughter. At Benarcs, Feb. 12, the lady of Lieut. K. Csoir b 45th Regt. of a daughter, P RI NTED AND PUBLISHED BY 'IIIURDO. NOUTIO , • THIC SUN QFFICB I 112, STRAND, LONDOth V / , r I A hi is Will 1 DR. On S CHR and i ___ By vi I*. / lino , UNI C 1 `~ .. ,LEI ing Nov TH•