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writer) appears to be nearly as extensive as that ing the necessary vouchers. The City has been • of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, from time to time endowed with great revenues or Chancery, with the exception o f que stions a s for public purposes, and, when they come to to the titles of real property and Jury trials. supplicate Parliament for more money, they The greatest defect in the English Judicature is ought to be able to give a satisfactory account of the want of local Courts with jurisdiction as ex- every shilling of their expenditure. We ask, is tensive as that of the Sheriff Courts of Scotland. it right that a Body who did not hesitate to If such local Courts were established in Eng- lavish 20,000/. on a single dinner should have land, with the power of trial by Jury, and their the power of raising taxes on any portion of his proceedings and judgments liable, as in. Scot- Majesty's subjects ? Mime about ere has been a great land, to he appealed to the supre: ne Courts— deal of talk from time to t that corpo which would secure an uniformity in the proce- rate trust which is called the " Orphans' Fund." dare and principles of decision—a great benefit We should like to see some account of that certainly would be conferred on the people of charity which we could understand. This fund, England. But although a sufficient model of and others which the Corporation hold in trust, such local Courts exists in Scotland, the Eug- may be admirably administered, for aught we lish lawyers are either ignorant of the fact, or so know ; but, it they are, it is a pity the right prejudiced as to treat with derision any attempt steps are not taken to convince the public of the to benefit the English system by any thing con- fact. It is worth observing, that, during the dis fessedly taken from Scotland, how excellent so- cussion in the Common Council, the Reporters ever it may be." So far from being in love with for the Press were excluded. Were the " pa unpaid Magistracy, the Scotch writer seems triots" of that liberal Body afraid of too much an xious to get rid of that remnant of it which light being thrown on their proceedings ? resembles what in England drew from Lord When they have to be delivered of pompous Durham the Other day strictures which have speeches about patriotism, free trade, civil and not been very palatable to the City Functionaries. religious liberty, &c., they court the notice of the s , The admiration we have expressed (he says) Press ; but, when the question of the accounts is of the constitution and usefulness of our Sheriff' discussed, they shut the door in its face ! Courts does not extend to the Burgh Courts ; Morning He? ald. for these generally exhibit an epitome of all the Our readers will find, under the head of Com vice§ which can be supposed to exist in the Su- mon Pleas, a report of a trial in which the promo Courts, with not one of their redeeming Morn i ng , Journal is interested not a little. qualities. Their institu tion mi g ht have been NA' e allude to the libel case of " Ferstandeg v. useful at a period when the laws were few and s ienple, and there were no la w y ers b y profession, Gutch and others." Several monthsago the and when it was the policy of the Crown to prosecutor was charged, as it afterwards turned render cities a nd t o wns i ndependent of the feudal out unjustly, with a larceny. He was tried and Aristocracy ; but they are now mere capita acquitted, and a second bill that was submitted mortua, excepting that they are pregnant with to the grand jury was thrown out. Mr. Fer much evil. A Judge should at least have an standee. afterwards waited on the committing intimate knowledge of the laws, and be of such magistrate, and called on him for an apology, a liberal education, and in such a rank of life,as which was given ; at least an explanation some to afford some guarantee o f his inte g rit y . But what tantamount was given. One of our con who in general are the Judges (Baffles) in temporaries, in the meanwhile, took up Mr. Burgh Courts ? Men drawn from the ordinary Ferstandeg's case, and grounded on it some walks of life—shopkeepers and artizans, to whom strong charges against the magistrate, in answer the simplest and most elementary of all law to which the writing which the jury of yesterday treatises (Sir George Mackenzie 's Institutes) determined to be a libel appeared in the Morn would be more perplexing and puzzling than the ing Journal. We had not, up to the moment Apocalypse, or the Rev. Edward irving's Eirtei.• of our unlucky insertion of the alleged libel, ut tuitions of the same, are to others. • • . . tered one comment, or made one remark, on the If the common run of Bailies have any legal case. We considered it, and we consider it still, knowledge they must have it by intuition, as one of those common-place operations of a law which cannot legally be predicated of a man who generally salutary, although sometimes injurious, which our remarks could neither mend nor mar. has never stunned law merely because he is clothed with legal a othority," It is astonish- Had we made any com ment we should not itn ing how much men are influenced by what probably have regretted that appearances had they are accustomed to see. Ask any English- placed any person connected, ever so remotely, man what are the chief advantages !leen propose with the sacred cause of literature in such a po sition that an honest magistrate had no to themselves by the social union , and he will et live but to commit him as a thief. We should alterna once say the protection of life a nd p ro p erty. not have extenuated the case, nor should we l Religion is left by the U nited States of North aggravated it, To the former ellslY America to the discretion of individuals, as not have malici falling within the scope of Government; and our habits would ioturally have disposed s in all other countries it is merely an object of certainly not to the latter course. Such would the care of the Legislature, on account of have been our conduct had we intermeddled in the support which a belief in a future state of the case at all ; but, in point of fact, we did not.l rewards and punishmer,ts is conceived to give to Indeed, had the inadvertency o f t h e m a g istrate, ff the administration of justice. Reli g ion, it has or the sufferings of the accused, been much been said, is an affair between man and his more marked and severe, it was not very likely I Maker ; and the same principle which leads that, at a moment when not only our feelings' man to attend to his temporal welfare, would and thoughts, but those of every man in the lead him to attend to his eternal welfare. Though, kingdom, were intensely fixed on the great meae therefore, there, were no Establishment, man sure which Ministers were then about to bring would still be religious ; but in England and forward, and within but a very few days of the Ireland a Religious Establishment is kept openient that had ng of the most im hel port d fantmS t ession of P ar-1 he ; up at an expense of many millio ns, that jus- liam been rohe era of t tice may have the sanction of a belief in a future Revolution, it is not very likely that we sho! , hl I state, while, for the great object of the social have employed our pen in discussing the nee its union, justice itself, there le no provision, of a dispute between Sir Richard Birnie and an unknown stranger. Our correspondents, of except for a few of the rich. The great body of the people are without Courts; and delivered whom, at that moment, we had a press such as no journal, we believe, ever groaned under, were over to such individuals as choose to administer gratuitously to them such justice as they may not, at least of all of them unfortunately were chance to have any knowledge of. This absence not, so busy as we were ; and one accordingly of the first of all the duties of Go v e rnment has undertook to do that for which we ha d neithe r ever been spoken of as a matter of boa st ; and inclination nor leisure , namely , to defend Sir ainst the time was when the multitude , by dint of the Richard Birnie, not ag Mr. Ferstandeg, but constant repetition of the boast, conceived that a g ainst certain attacl:s of a morning contemporary. it was not more advantageous for England to be We read over the letter of" Reprehensor at the without wolves than without Local Courts. It time (who " Reprehensor" might be we keew has been the subject of boast that great anx iety no more than the child unborn), and it appeared has been manifested to communicate to the peo- to us no more than we have here stated it to be. pie of Hindostan a suitable administration of We read it over last night after the verdict of justice ; and great stress has been laid on the the jury had been pronotinsed, and we declare due administration of justice as a means of pro- to Heaven that this second perusal bee not in moting the welfare and improvement of the duced us to alter our opinion one tittle, The people. As the religion of the Hindoas is not letter in question we now again declare, as we only not a good one, but worse than no reli- did when put on our defence, is no more a libel gion, and it would be a great blessing conferred on Mr. Feestandeg than it is a libelb on the on them them if we could convert them to Christianity, peror of China ; and none but mle-pated what would be thought of the Government of fool, or a malicious knave, or a compound of this country, were it, with a view to produce both, could, such. by aily The perve ve ryrsity .scope and of ingenuity purpose ? make that result, to employ the reve nues of that catin- it out to be try in paying an Establishment of Christian mi. t ande a it was to dome, or mmenon what t, not on had been imputed what Mr. nesters, and and to leave the administratio n of j ustice g bad to be discharged gratuitously by , any one who to him, but on what he had written, and what should be ready to become an Unpaid Magis- had been written about him. It is not the Irate ?---Morntng Chronicle. Ferstandeg of the police office, nor of the ses sions, but the Ferstandeg of the The Corporation of London, after all their newspapers, that the letter adverts to ; and it adverts' LC him high talk about " chartered privileges," have in the latter capacity, not to plant a blow, but thought it prudent to " strike their flag," and to parry one—not to attack his character, but to submit their accounts to be " overhauled"• by defend the character of the Magistrate, which he the House of Lords. It would have looked and those who took up his case had attacked. We better to have dose this with a good grace in the then knew nothing—we now know nothing—of first instance, instead of making it a reluctant Mr. Ferstandeg. We never knew one who did , -He concession, for certainly it was - very proper a nd could seedier nothing by our neglect which we av reasonable that, when the Corporation came to I him—he could suffer nothing by our notice had the Legislature to beg for money, the Legisla- we been inclined to give it to him. His charac lature should inquire how its funds had been ter might be black, or wielte, or piebald, we cared expended. If the petition of the Corporat i o n not—the p ublic cared not, We had all of us had been entertained in Parliament without such matter of more lasting moment to ponder pp ! if' an investigation being instituted, the public would we had been inclined to libel so obscure an inch, I have a good right to complain of the " liberality" vidual our pains must have been thrown away. extended to the Civic Body at the expense of We should have subjected ourselves to an accu the interests of the nation. The public would ' sation, not of criminality of intention, but of have reason to suspect that Parliament connived want of tact. But we did not libel Mr. Fer at the extravagance of that Body, and cared not standeg, nor did our corresponde nt. What how they squandered their revenues as long as injury has he sustained by the remarks of the they could come for new supplies to the pockets latter ? Who esteemed him lightly, who ridi of the people. We hope, now that the accounts culed him, in consequence ? \Vas his character are to be submitted to the House of' Lords, that darkened by oise shade from any statement that that august Body will require all the vouchers ever appeared in our columns ? If it was, will for every item of expenditure, and not be con-1 ten pounds remove it ? What is the nature of tent with a merely formal or superficial examine- that moral injury forwleigh two hundred shillings tion of general statements. Mr. Hunt, in his' is a satisfactory solatiurn ? U the Jury, as by situation of Auditor of the City Accounts, has their verdict it may be assumed, thought that Mr. found it no easy matter to obtain the informa- Ferstandeg's character had really been wounds., tion requisite for a faithful and effective discharge how could they possibly imagine that it would of that office. He was not content to be an he cured by so pitiful a plaister ? It is by Auditor in name only—he was not satisfied tol such monstrous proceedings that the insti tread in the steps of those predecessors who ! tution of trial by Jury is brought into con were too courteous to scrutinise the accounts of tempt, and by such monstrous proceedings SO honourable a Body as the Corporation with the institution will finally he overthrown.. At any thing like a suspicious severity. He did not, this moment we see many symptoms of de like them, think he ought to remain in that situa- creasing attachment to that celebrated form of Sion more for ornament than use—he thought trial. Carry ;what case we please to counsel , be it right and necessary to investigate the par- it clear as noon day, both in law and in fact, ticulars iR detail, and every obstacle was the answer I cannot advise you as to going thrown in the way of his obtaining the docu- into court—you must advise yourself pn that gents essential to f orm i ng a correct judgment of point—it is a perfectly good case, but—it is ins, what appeared on the face of the papers laid be. possible to foresee what the jury will say to fore him and his colleagues. We trust that, f it." The impossibility of foreseeing what a when the House of Lords come to look into the jury will say to any case is, in fact, proverbial ; accounts, they will be more fortunate in obtain• R and it is their a iorance, stupidity, and knavery, ignorance, and, worse than all, their incalculable caprices, that, we had almost said, •constitute, but assu redly they terribly aggravate, the misery and uncertainty inseparable from an English law suit. The speech of Mr. Sergeant Wilde yes terday was in every respect able. That it did not penetrate to the understanding of the jurors would surprise any one who was not aware by experience of the compactness and solidity of their covering. The summing . up of the 1 Learned Judge was most impartial. Sir Nicholas is no longer a politician nor pleader, and we shall be most happy if, as we augur from this beginning, he leave, now that he is so highly elevated, all the feelings of the Parliament awl of the bar to those who still mingle in the strife of either. It will be to us an infinitely more pleasurable task to accord our i _meed of praise to the Judge than it ever was to inflict our censure on the Solicitor-General. I'he letter for whose insertion we have been con demned is in the report broken by the inter spersed remarks of the two Learned Counsel. We subjoin it here entire, that our readers may judge of it for themselves. We subjoin also, as a kind of psychological curiosity, the names of the twelve good men and true who, notwithstand ing the conclusive arguments of Mr. Sergeant . Wilde—notwithstanding the admirable charge of the Learned Judge—and notwithstanding the plain dictates of common sense and the plain meaning of common English, have deter mined that it is and must be esteemed a wicked and malicious libel. The following is the letter : "CASE OF FERSTANDEG. " To THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING JOURNAL. " Sir,—For some time past, as you no doubt are aware, there has been some little interest excited in the magisterial world, ar►d amongst readers of news papers, in consequence of the committal of a Ger man for the stealing of a manuscript under peculiar circumstances, his subsequent acquittal, and demand for an apology from the committing Magistrate.— With your customary impartiality and disinterested• tre,s I rejoice to see that you have not (like one of your contemporaries) taken up with furious zeal the case of the foreigner, and vituperated a Magistrate of this country, without paying any regard to the circumstances of the affair, but have fully and equally detailed both the beginning and the end, and then left the public to judge for themselves._ On the other hand, however, one of your contemporaries has risen up, with the most laughable heat and wis dom as agreeable, for the purpose of showing that there was undue power exercised by the Police Ma gistrate in committing the German. But on a little reflection it will be found that this gentleman did nothing but his duty; that he had no business to be acquainted with the character of the prosecutor, if he really is so unprincipled as he is represented ; that two witnesses swore to the theft ; and, as the justice in question truly remarked, in condescending to explain his conduct to the person, he would have been liable to a mandamus from the Court of King's Bench if he had refused to entertain the charge.— All these facts are nor, however, discovered by your contemporary, which, to suit its own, and, perhaps, others' piques, inserts 'letters frot - e the Germria to scandalize the Magistrate, after a true bill for lai.cetry has again been thrown out against the fellow. This conduct, both of the German and his paper sup porter, is very fine; but I hope, Sir, that its true Merit will be properly appreciated in your inde pendent columns. • • I am, Sir, your obedient servant, REPREHENSOR." like following are the names of the Jury : SitECIAf. 41:R7:1E11 r ! Thomas Hickman I John Hare James°. I..;impscm I Isaac Bird James llork GeorgaJderwood William Doyle Joseph Rayner Henry Weymouth. I James S. Giles Robert Stapleton I TA ESM A 14—Frederick Cloak.—Morning Journal. Vol- some days past the public have been in undated with repOrts re;;pecting a change in the Ministry—the retirement of Mr. Peel, and the involuntary resignation of the Lord Chancellor. The whole of these reports have their origin in disappointed feeling, and interested Malignity. There is no ground whatever for believing that any change is 4b.put to take place in the charge of the great seal, and nearly as little that Mr. Peel is about to resign. Both the Lord Chan cellor and the Home Secretary are, we believe, but too well pleased with their present situations to thin.: of resigning their offices into other hands ; s and the only reason for expecting that Mr. Peel would vacate his office, is the circum stance of a Peerage having been offered to him. Should the Right Hon. Gentleman choose to accept this reward for his services, it is then by no means impossible that the Secretaryship for the Home Department Would pass into other hands ; for in that case no efficient representative of the Government would be left in the House of Commons. But we have every reason to be lieve that no other change either will, or would, take pine. Mr. Peel would still be a Cabinet Minister, though holding the seals of another office.—Mornzna b Advertiser. The interest excited by the Cambridge Uni versity Election appears to have taken place of that which prevailed lately respecting Catholic emancipation. We have no interest in the mat ter, and quite as little feeling beyond the honest wish of ,rjeeing the University adequately repre sented. One of the car dilates is known to every one ; with the other the public ha,T, 41y been made acquainted by the praises of his friends. In another part of our paper, however, will be found a letter from a quarter to which no suspicion can attach ; and after such honourable testimony, we would fain hope that " the man wot was in the Cabinet" before the Catholic Emancipation Bill was passed, and who is still in it, notwithstanding his opposition, would stand but little chance, when pitted against the academic honours and unsullied fame of Mr. Cavendish Next Saturday the discussion will ope 4 in the Chamber of Deputies on our situation relative to the Ic ! ap to the King of SPAIN, which are considered as a snare laid fur the credulity of our small capitalists, and as a deception dexterously managed by a Spanish banker, residing in pads, who, within a f* - ;vr years, has realized an immense fortune.—Paris Paper. 7_STothing transpires on the subject of our' ex ternal policy there is still a talk of an expedition against Algiers. Our quarrel with that regency is embarrassing. It is an insect in the mane of a li4n, which roars, shakes its mane, and cannot rid itself of the ananyaneil,-. You know that the Da struck our Consul with his fly..flaP at a solemn audience, and that the latter received orders Mt r e,diately to retire. The rage of the DEY had been pro respecting two a ut ogra ph l e tters yoked by the silence of Baron de DANIAS, then our Mini "nbaA iir. rianti ' %d addri,s.z,.:.d to him. F ranc e had gproved to have been 4i; r swtehricfhorthFeorbeaig: F,r.y7,-.- , nt of formerr suppliesan d fm grain 7 00m,000r0e orof e f s r s a n p C : . nbfied, but the DaY had creditors in France who insisted upon their rights. Thence arose law-suits, the decision of which was long P6,:-'l 3, n - wil• The DEY wished that the fp4oPwd:Soirdipiliabgegiyen up to reserving to himself the justice the claimants. His two letters, which remained tr.Answered , contained thi s p ro po s itign, along with compla ints on the nivizion rehie4 had been made of a part of the 7,000,000 of francs, among persons who now hold, or who have held, a certain rank in our admiv oistration. The Day, ascribing to the Consul the want of an ehswer to his letters, yielded to his vivacity, and his fly-flap gave the signal of an annoying war, because it is injurious to the comnierze Gf star southern provinces, and because it is difficult to say bow we can end it ho nourably.—Paris Letter. PUBLIC MEETING OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. (Abridged from the World.) In consequence of the intended departure of the Rev. Dr. Phillip, accompanied by three Missionaries from France, and two others from this country, and five who are expected .from Germany, for South Africa, a meeting of this society was held at the Rev. Rowland Hill's chapel yesterday. Long be fore the time for opening the meeting, the chapel was completely tilled, and a large number of persons were unable to obtain entrance, at the doors. Surrey-street and Blackfriars-road were crowded with carriages and other vehicles. W. A. HANKEY, Esq., took the chair, and the Rev. JOHN CLAYTON, jun., delivered an address to Dr. Phillip and the young missionaries. The Reverend Dr. PHILLIP next addressed the meeting, who traced the progress of the Christian faith. I look, said he, to the disciples as they were assembled to wait for the out pouring of the spirit, which was the promise of the Father. At that period the whole church might have been numbered by a child, and the place they occupied might have been mea sured by inches. In obedience to the command of Gosh, they went forth without wealth, without worldly connections, and the idols of the nations, the philosophy of Greece and Rome, the prejudices and antipathies of the human heart, and the opposi tinn of the most powerful empire that was ever es tablished upon earth, bowed down before them. Paganism was once the prevailing religion of Eu rope, and of the land in which we live. It was once in as full possession of the high places and strong holds of this country as it now is of Africa, of India, and of China. It was successively attacked and conquered by the arms of divine truth, and the weapons of our warfare have lost none of their heavenly temper, and are, through God, as mighty as ever to the pulling down of strong holds, and of every thing that exalteth itself against his power.— The genius of Christianity, which is from God, like the solar fire, moves, in a sphere of its own, far above earthly things; while it penetrates our mun dane elements without being contaminated by them, it gives beauty and loveliness to every object and to every scene to which it imparts its life-giving ener gies, and over which it pours its celestial radiance. It has been said by philosophers, that so admirably is the earth balanced, that were but a fly to alight upon it from another sphere, it would disturb the harmony of its parts. We know that every thing is effected that is touched by the spirit of christian ity. It touches the heart of the proud man; arid he becomes humble as a little child : it touches the heart of the sensualist, and he becomes pure and heavenly : it touches the affections of the covetous, ?,,rid he becomes liberal ; it touches the hearts of the revengeful, and the malicious, and they become for giving and loving; it touches the chain of caste, and it melts ; it touches the idols of the heathen, and they fall to the ground like Dagon before the ark of God ; it touches the fetters of the slave, and they fall off: it touches the hearts Om statesmen, and they stretch the shield of their prOtection over the defenceless and the oppressed ; it touches the heart of the philanthropist, and the prisons are visited, the depressed are raised, the neglected are remembered, the wounds of the broken-hearted are hound up, the vicious are reclaimed, and the prodi gal son is restored is teaches the heart of the mis sionary, and lie goes forth forsaking country, friends, and ease, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearch able riches of Christ. GEORGE BENNETT, Esq., lately returned from the South Seas and Africa, described the progress of civilization and Unristianity in those coutritrip, and 'was followed' by the Rev. Maiic Wilks from Paris. TifintAs WILSON, Esq., of Hiebury, and several other gentlemen having addressed the meeting, a contribution was entered into in support of the mis sions, wi~sn gont:emen stibscribing each, the amount of 2,5001. was 'sp . eedily raised. It was announced that a similar meeting had lately been held at Manchester, when 2,0001. was contribu ted to the society. TIM jOVIINFyMEN WBAyER, At Worship-street yesterday, Benjamin Stone, a journeyman weaver, was placed at the bar before Mr. BENETT, on suspicion of having destroyed the property of Messrs. Eastman and Hill, his em ployers, entrusted to him to manufacture. lirchall, a conductor of Illow-strept F.t 09 , stated that abput'half-p ist ten, on the night of the' ISt of June, he was stationed with his party near the Sal mon and Ball public-house, Bethnal-green, and saw the prisoner in company with a watchman, who said that his work had been cut out. lie asked the pri soner if he way at home when die wen came to 'cut out the Work; and be said yes. The witness then asked him in what manner they came ? The pri soner said that he had just come home from a trade meeting, when a roan knocked at the door and asked for a light, and as soon as he opened the door eight or nine men rushed in, armed 'with swords and pis tols. One of them, he said, stood over him with a pistol, and 'another stood over his wife, while seve ral of the Nrty went up stairs and destroyed the work. The Wm - less went to, the house and was shown up stairs to the workshop, where he found the silk cut to pieces, and began to pick up some of the picces, but the prisoner said, " be - if you take that out of my house this night ?" The witness said it his duty to take possession of the Silk and of the prisoner also, and persuaded him to be quiet and not to resist, but the prisoner said his work should not he taken away, and he would resist the officer as much as he had resisted the men. The witness said that he had his duty to perform, and went to the loom to take out the roller, and the prisoner then collared and struck him. The roller was laid upon the bed, from which the prisoner attempted to take it, and being told that be should pot take it away, he struck the officer in the face. • Mr. BENETT.—Did he give any reason for refus ing to let yoti take the work Officer.—lle informed me that he would himself go to Messrs. Eastman and Hill, to tell them that the work was cut. The witness added, that he then told the prisoner, that if he did not submit without further trouble, he should send for assistance; and having vainly endeavoured to persude the prisoner to remain quiet, he sent Ledger for the remainder of his party, and they brought the prisoner and his work to the office. Walter Creed, the watchman of the beat in which t h e prisoner's house is situate, was called and sworn. H e stated that about a quarter past ten o'clock he heard the prisoner calling '‘ Watch ;" and being informed that the work was destroyed, went with him to the houFe. In a room on the ground floor he observed a table with the green baize that cover ed it pulled nearly off, and the candle upon the ground. The prisoner t o ld hi m th at it was occa sioned by the party who came to cut his work. He then went up stairs with the prisoner, and saw the loom at the further end of the room along-side the front window, r .a4 th e doroyed silk lying under the treddlea, &e. The watchman's further statement was in confir mation of that already given by the conductor. The prisoner was remanded for the production of some other evidence, and will then be committed. of Mr. Ambrose Moore's men underwent a long exammatio;;,bnt at a late hour was remanded. • -. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 8.--We have had a good demand for cotton to-day at full prices, and the sales a niount to "bop bags.—Green peas were selling, in St: Miqket, on Saturday, at Bs.'per SOCIETY FOR PREVENTING CRUELTY TO ArinfAt.s.—A Meeting of this Society took place on Wed 7 nesday, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, at one o'clock, The Meeting was respectably, though not numerously at tended; among others we noticed Sir GEORGE DUCKETT) ALP., C. N. PALLMER, Esq... M.P., the Reverend G. ITAINT POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A person employed by the proprietors. of The Sun Evening Newspaper, was charged by a gentle man, named Borradaile, with having rode up against him in St. Paul's Church-yard, to the danger of life or limb. It appeared that the extraordinary expedition used by the managers of The Sun Newspaper in getting up an immense body of foreign or domestic intelli gence is extended to every department of that Paper, and that the moment the outrider receives the copies, off he drives as if his life depended upon the race. In the present instance the defendant had the care of a large bundle of papers, and was flying, on a small rough-looking Pegasus, through St. Paul's Church-yard, when Mr. Borradaile was close . to the steps. The defendant either did not see the gentleman, or was so occupied with his charge, as to care nothing about the danger to which he ex posed him. Mr. B. sustained some injury from the contact with this flying newsman; and for the sake of the public, who were in danger of being dashed to pieces by him in his flying fit, thought proper to introduce him to the Lord Mayor. The defendant said that he had important duties to perform. He was laden with Sun newspapers, and was on his way to Lombard-street, when he un fortunately fell foul of the gentleman who charged him. He was, he said, going at a good steady pace, such as the riders of The Sun were in the habit of travelling at, and the violence was quite accidental. Mr. Iforradaile declared that the defendant was galloping through the streets at the time. The defendant begged pardon. He really w•as only cantering. He had just got out of a trot. The LORD MAYOR said, that whatever credit was due from the public to The Sun newspaper, it was rather too much to expose the lives of his Majesty's subjects to hazard in order to give it a quick circula tion. The complainant had very properly brought this case before him. He (the Lord Mayor) had often heard of the speed with which newspapers were transmitted, but he did not think that in the streets of the city so dangerous an experiment would have been attempted.—Ordered to find bail. MARLBORO U GH-STREET. Joseph Bentham was charged-with having robbed his maiter, Mr. Alderman Atkins. The prisoner was employed by the Alderman at his house in %Vim pole.street, as butler. For three or four months past the prisoner had conducted himself very irregu larly, and the Alderman had, in the first instance, reason to suppose that he was dishonest, in conse quence of having missed 81. about a month since,. About a week ago he missed another sum of V., and he then called the servants tpgethcr, and they all protested their innocence; but the prisoner betrayed great confusion, which induced him to search his boxes, and in which he found a razor-case, waistcoat, and gaiters, belonging to him (Mr. Alderman At kins). His wages were 201. a-year. The prisoner was remanded. AIArYLL'BONE. 'Yesterday 6'anzuel Lowdens, a boatman, was charged with attempting to violate Elizabeth Epplett. The complaint, who is a respectable married wo man, and lives at No. 17, Mitcham-street, Lisson Grove, stated, that as she was returning home, from Harlesden-green, on Tncsdv night, along the bank of the ge(rpels Caintl, she met th e p r i soner tow i ng a boat wit h a horse. He left the horse, and in the most gross language, asking her to yield to his in clination. She desired him not to insult her, and tried to get away; but be laid hold of he;, threw her down upon the grass, and endeavoured to effect his purpose by force. She struggled, and cried marder, - and two watchmen, who were within hear ing, came to her assistance, and secured the prisoner in Paddington watch-house._ _ The watchmen confirmed her testimony, and the prisoner was committed for tri4l, qUEEN-SQUARE. Nelson, a beadle belonging to the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, brought to this office a female, be tween 20 and 30 years of age, in a coach, in order that she might be immediately passed by the Magis trates to the pariah of AjarylAnne, to which she be longed. The poor creature being unable to walk, Was carried from the coach into the office, groaning with the greatest agony. She was in labour, and had been in that state for some time; but at the risk of her life the parish officers of St. Luke's, Chelsea, had caused her to be conveyed before the Magistrates, to Lte zassed a her own parish. Mr, GRiIGORIE censured the beadle in the strongest terms for bringing a female in such a con dition to the office, and refused to pass her. l'he worthy Magistrate then sent for Mr. Painter, sur geon, of the Broadway, and reqqeited him to go back with the, poor woman to Chelsea work-house, Whi . Ch was inirriediately complied with. Mr. GREGORIE told the beadle if any thing hq-4 pened to the woman, he would take cqs that he should be severely punished .for his conduct; and that, as the eas. , stood at present, it was more than probable he would have the gold lace taken off his coat. UNION-HALL. CHARGE OF MURDER. - -Yesterday an investiga tion took place at this office relative to the death of a young Man, named 'William Browning, twenty seven years of age, who died in one of the Borough hospitals that day, in consequence of injuries sus,: tained in his head by a blow of a poker ' alleged to have been inflicted by a man named South, alias ' Stacey, who has since absconded. The deceased was a baker by trade. About five weeks ago he was sitting in the Angel public-house, in Webber-. street, Lambeth, with South and two, other men, when a elispute arose between the deceased and South respecting a bet of sixpence, during which the former struck South a slight slap on the side of the head that knocked off his hat. The moment South received the blow (wiliah was very slight), he snatched up the poker and struck the deceased a violent stroke with it on. the temple that prostrated hiM along the floor, and repeated it while the un fortunate man was lying in a state of insensibility from the effects of the first outrage. The poker was then wrested from South, who contrived to escape from the house, and had not been heard of since. Two wounds were found on the deceased's head, one on the temple and the other on the back part of the head. Yesterday Browning expired. A warrant was issued againSt South, who is supposed to have gone on board a ship brand for South America. FRANKFORT, JUNE 2.—The Courrier de Smyrne, which stated some time ago that the inhabitants of Syra had applied to the Pope, soliciting his mediation that they might remain under the dominion of Turkey, and not fora► part of the new Greek state, now publishes a letter to the Bishop from the Demogerontes, asking him if he had written such a letter, as they had never heard of it, and also one from the Bishop, in which he declares that he his written to the Pope pnly once since he has been at Syra, and then to solicit fifteen days' indulgence for his fleck. MINERAL SPRING.—(From a Correspon, dent.)--The mineral springs lately discovered in Windsor Forest will shortly be °pent(' fur general use. Th e pump room, situated in the most beautiful country, comprising views of the forest, the Castle, gf.c., forms a very striking object. Verhapa the follpwing short detail of the disco very of this spring, at Winkfield, may not lie uninterest ingis;tyinwfnarsmeasteiintnedw, as an n i b l t o a n im in d - . to our readers. Last year, whilst the digging of a well was in progress, the labourers . were frequently ob served to drink the waters o . f . a spring issuing about 24 ci T ' h li a ry t thleiiisn‘gvamtear(lepOsses•ed considerable aperient powers, dis sipated very quickly the head-ache, brought on by the too feet from the sodas; liberal use of beer, and removed thirst and all feverish svmp torras; This testimony, added to the celebrity lately acquired l e i . e fo C ll u oN i. v il i by the mineral waters of 'Windsor-p ar k, awa k ene d atten tion, and the spring.w . as,—i , n a short ti me , genera ll y re sorted to by peOple living in the nei g hb o u r h od d. Ab ou t persons have taken the waters, whi c h h ave b een f oun d ipost eMcacipos in cases of gout, determination of blood to the head, spasmodic affections, and indigestion, We shall, in a subsequent paper, furnish our readers with the analy sis of its chymical properties, as furnished by Mr. IVA Lc it ea, of the German Spa, Brighton. LONDON-BRIDGE APPRO , A cHEV. BILE" • t o The following are extract, f rom Mr; Sew" . evidence. The witness d e li vers i n - required to co m pl ete t h e 7 pproaches to the Ne ll London-brid ge , i n a ddi t i on to what has alrea dy : l . oli purchased. Cost of the p ro p ose d approaches w i t h an arch; way, &c., will b e , accorf' Lin— g to estimate deliv ereur in addition to what to already s been purchased' 0 9,765/. an estimate of the.sura. Your present esti ma te is 999,765/. ? . .-4t is- - d Does that inclue4e t . he whol e of the expense: the approaches c,ontetnplated by this Bill, Oil into account w/iat has been already expended what is require , ( .1 to he expended, or is that sole./ for what will have to be done?--It is solely to t what will ha ye to be done, as far as York-street' Southwark, which is mentioned in the plan. In your, propose d p l an o f approaches, do you Pt 4,0 , * 4 . ,,, through any c h urc h -yard P —There is only one , tha is the church-yard marked M., just by Csan *ne street ; there are two corners of it taken off. . ~,0 What porti on o f t h e b ur i a l groun d d o y ou i ei , through ?—Th e corners o f i t are taken; even th" . r ~, might be avoid e d b y ‘re d uc i ng t h e w id t h of .t.P e street in that part. • - Are there any graves disturbed on the city ai de , but those ?—Not according to the present P 1 , 8 , 1 / 4 ; there is one a dj o i n i ng to Fishmongers' Hall, "or d comes under th e o ld contract ; f rom that we ha power to remove t h e b o di es, and to pass over c'')". none according to the present plan. ' ''''''* ' ~ • 0 . br .d i e 1 You stated in your evidence that London-- i met; , il nearly completed ; will you define what you m e t" : by nearly completed P—The whole of the fr'v proaches, and all the piers and abutments, one " a d , of the the stairs, and the covering to support the roe i way, are completed ; neither the cornice, the Pa rtr i . pet, nor the p av i ng , nor t h e road-way itself, are P at 4 upon the bridge ; b u t th ose are operat i ons o f coin. 1 paratively mi nor i m p or t ance . Ab out 100, 0004 n i round numbe rs w ill b e necessar y t o comp l ete the bridge, beyo n d w h a t we h ave pa id a l rea d y . • ' I This Bill impos es a t ax o f a m illi o n of mon ey; ir it absolutely necessary to have the money in o rder to carry on the works between this and . the.ilet' Session. of Pa r li ament , or w ill not a port i on , a siva' portion, of that money be sufficient, without detr . i... merit to the main objects of the .work, and with ° inconvenience t o t h e pu bli c serv i ce ?—A portioel might certainly be spared for the present year. t . Be so good as to stat e what sum you think Inle be fairly taken on ac coun t, to procee d f orwa rd wit t, the works, without i m p ro p er d e l ay or detriment. to the commerce of the City, or the ultimate a c " . complishment of the object ?—I think, at least' 400,000/. - - With respect to the old b r id ge , y ou say y o u vgn il3 , not take upo n y ourse lf t h e respons ibili ty o f keePl it up ; are yo u t o b e un d erstoo d f rom t h at t hat to tt think it would not be safe for two years to come'- I , I mean to say so ; certa i n l y i t m i g h t stan d,. h ut i,. will not take upon myself to say that it will sOi lt What would be your opinion of the effect eon?: delay in the present work; first, as to the coin_ pletion of the bridge, would it be prejudicial to tn ° work already done ?—lt certainly would. You have been asked several questions as to bo t tle , state of the old L on d on b r id ge: supposing t .1, bridge to be carried awa y, wou ld not a very e°,11,7 derable detriment arise to the shipping and navT,., r tion of the river?-No q ue sti on a b out it; a ."."-, ..,.. serious injury indeed. .of ' What situation would the public be in, in CS 10 g 4 "a the old bridge being carri e d away 2—Th ere ,%. be no communi ca ti on w h atever , except i n e font"' passengers climbing over the bridge. - ~ 'THE MARKETS. .ET.—June .1;t1., Walls End Newrsselt.... Wallm }lnd Hetten....--- 33 Walls End Atowart's .... 33 - - D o . Cannel 42 I.langenneeh Coal .--.. 34 Silkstaae•Field and Co. 2 7 • ; • New Etherley, O. Pesrott Wills End Elgin 31 r.„' Tandeld Trader 36 4 1' Pontop Trader 24 Hetton small 32, I. 2SW j sold, 20% ....Unsold • t. , • • -96 - - - - 58 - 0 - 0 - - - 0- • - - -- ;; COAL MAR Adair's . Holywell 27 6 Ponto_p Wirdaor 21 6 Townley .21 3 Wylain Walls End Bell and Co. 29 0 Ditto Bewicke and 31 9 Ditto Carr and 23 0 Ditto Cramlington...... 25 0 Ditto Ililda 28 11 Ditto Perkins and Co. 2& 9 Lambton's Primo:in 29 6 Neshant Main 29 0 Ships at . rnarket, 46-Ships Whc;l IN MARKETS Eft/RING THE Oats. COUNTRY COR Per Quarte►. Av i d°, ier hiimingham PSFidNrt Cirencester Faringdon—,, Guildford Henley, _ Hereford Highworth Maidenhead Oakingham Reading 11WINTI, Salisbury,.,,. w ; Southampton Tewkesbuiy Warmin5ter.,,.,.,,,,,,, Windsor «.,.,...,,«„ Worcester. e. to a. 53 80 62 '76 72 82 56 '74 60 SO 5 .S 6 49 71 54 83 64 84 62 80 52 8. 56 '76 till 85 60. 76 54 79 68 80 65 87 43 8L 54 80 50 S 2 56 76 80 84 S. to 8. 29 37 29 36 32 sp 99 30 35 36 40 32 36. 30 99 45 3& , 4,2 28 38 go 36 28 37 3S 40 37 40 34 38 40 42 30 36 28 36 32 3,4 38 32 42 s. t a. XL 22 CHELTENHAM MARKET.—June 9. ._ to d• Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Pei lb. d• 0 Wheat Barley Oats 4 0 5 Q Veal . ........ ....,........ ,?, Beans 4 9 5 0 Latub.,.................. 6 al Pease UAY 31. 10s. to 3/. 158. per ton,___l_,-.----. BIRTHS. 13041' On the 10th inst. at 11;omptori, the lady of 3. ing, Esq., of a son. - C 1701 C. i '' On the 2d inst. in Margate, the lady of Dr. of a son. r t " On the 4th inst. at the MARRIE Abbey Church, Great ga i ,_ tl.t, by the Rey. Dr. Card, William Candler, E g g . o ir.o l of the Lodge,. Worce s tershire, to Louiaa, a at ight o f John Evered, Es,j., a Hill •Hoiise, in the co So Som Onerset. • '. ' . ti , n g f the 9th inst. a t CY m "V" - -apterbur , Aday.,' q ° Esq., of Blackheath, to Anne, daughter of J. 13a'‘? .PI , ol Mailing, Kent. , n , se ll,, a On the Gth inst. at Blighton, Mr. C. J. l' °- PP" Stoke Newington, to R.rah, eldest daughter of Mr. Lewis, Southgate-road. DIED. On the 9th inst. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. BeYn°l3' of Graecchurch-street, aged 36. fi Ore ° On the 9th inst. Mr. W. North, of Bishorga' aged 63. f On the 6th inst. at Margate, - Anne, the wife o f Swinford, aged 42. On the 3d inst. at Ilamburgh, Mrs. Ilereu!e! of Wellings . puttll, and -darghter 'of MeW l4l. furd, 13;tr t. • • - f 1% , On the 7th inst. at Soho, Staffordshire, t he Wife R. Boultor, NIG Ft, t" PRINTED and PURLISHID by MURDO YOU '' Omit, 112, STRAND, LONDON. HULL MA RK RT.—.lune 9. 00 0 There was less Wheat offering to .day from the f ar b y than for some weeks hack ; the millers endeavoured t° on lower terms than last week, which not being 0 01) 0 with, there was only a limited business passing „,. 0 ,0 , week's currency. Very little doing in foreigO 11 , - 1 0. either free or under bond, and prices without alter a iScb There have been many inquiries for grinding Barleys r itet is held on rather higher terms, the quantity in the 10 8 ,4 being small ; for malting parcels no demand ; lee f r be cels are held for more money. Good dry Beans Iri v a ibite noted Is. per quarter dearer, and in fair demand. 0 ,,r Pease also sell more freely than of late. Oats fullY in g port late prices, and not many of fine quality offe r o ble the best samples under lock are held with conside i sf. firmness, at ow quotations ; for secondary qualitie to iris. per quarter are demanded, but not , frO Rapeseed and Linseed are both in limited demand , a ' prices. • 6Sl' Wheat, Old 665. '7os. —s. Now ...... Foreign —s. 665. 68s ln bond... •••• 4 - gle• Oats, Poland —s. 20s. 245. Old - - s . --- Small or Feed.... —s. I2s. IBs. ..-a• --_, Foreign s. 225. *. ..... • ogs Barley, Norf. & Sut —z S6s. 288 . Zinc. di %Vold --s• • Forgis3 -1 960. Deans 365. 38s. 40s. 05. Pease, White —s. 365. 40s. Grey --s. ; 2. Tares —s 345. 365. Foreign ..... •• Rapeseed, in liond none. Free, per last •-• 4 * • `::