The Sun. — London, England, 1829-03-14 00:00:00

br otherwise, whether invested with power to commit, the authority of the courts, the expencrs, whether any allow ance was made to debtots, and by whom paid ; also an ahstr mct of the number of suits depending in the courts of England and Ireland, stated in classes, the number of exe cutions for debt, the number of debtors, &c. ; also an ab stract return of the number of affidavits filed in the Court of King's Bench, in the Filazer's office, Court of Com mon Pleas, Palace Court, &c. FUNDS IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. lIARVEY then moved for a return of the number of causes and matters pending in the High Court of Chan cery, in which monies have been paid to the credit of the suitors, the amount of the money now invested in the Bank of England by the Court of Chancery, the interest thereon, and the time when the causes commenced. The Hon. Member observed, that it appeared from a return made last Session, that the i•u•u paid into the Court of Chancery, on behalf of suitors, amounted to 39,316,3261.; in 1819, the sum was 33,000,0001. only, which sheaved an increase of the suns now in the hands of the Court of six millions sterling. The object of his motion was to in form the 'House where the money was placed, and the proceedings of the cause in each case; thereby sheaving whether the delay in that Court was attributable to the machinery of the Court itself, or whether, as some thought, it was to he ascribed to the persons who had the manage ment of the Court. QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY. The Hon. Member then moved for certain returns rcla. Rice to Queen Anne's Bounty. Lord F. GOWER moved for a copy of a despatch for• warded to the Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry in Ire. land by Sir Jonah Barrington. Lr,rd JOHN RUSSELL presented petitions in favour of the Roman Catholics from the Protestant Dissenting Mini s.rrs of Lancaster and Cheshire; from Derby, from Chi chester, and three places near Manchester. After the other orders of the day were disposed of, the House adjourned at half-past Nine o'clock till Monday. SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. A portion of the mysterious affair, to which such frequent allusions have been made, has at length come out. This portion—but a small one, indeed, of the whole—is an affidavit made (as the ground of an injunction from the Court of Chancery) by Cap tain Garth. The deponent (Garth) herein swears, that Sir Herbert Taylor had agreed—as the agent, no doubt, of some more important persoa—to pay Garth's debts, and settle on him an annuity for life of three thousand pounds a year, as a recompense for the mysterious contents of a ce:tain box. The bargain was closed, and the box vas to be depo sited, with its contents, at Messrs. Paul's, the bankers, under the several seals of Sir Herbert Tay lor, as the agent of the unknown personage, and of Mr. Charles Molloy Westmacott, as Garth's agent, till the proper securities for the round sum, and the payment of the annuity, could be got ready. Garth having relinquished the box, no round sum has been advanced, and no securities for the annuity have been prepared. The object of Garth's affidavit, therefore, originating in a suspicion of his quondam friend Westmacott's faith, is to prevent him from going with Sir Herbert to the bankers and claiming the box, before the stipulated price has been paid to Garth ! " This deponent further saith, that he be lieves that the said Charles Molloy Westmacott in- tends to join with the said Sir Herbert Taylor in de mending the said box and its contents; and in pre venting the deponent from regaining possession of it, or of the stipulated equivalent for it!" Such is the portion of this extraordinary transaction, which is now made known by the affidavit,—an affidavit preg nant, no doubt, with the most important inferences. Who is Herbert Taylor, and who are Garth and Westmacott ? And what could bring the first into contact with the two last ? The answers are ob- vious. However, for a moment we pass over this : our object is, not to create general disgust by sad disclosures, but to prevent, if possible, future mis chief to the State. And a proof of these our pro per feelings is, that we have refrained from pub lishing this affidavit till it has appeared in all the other papers, though we have had it in our hands for more than a week, and obscurely alluded to it in our journal of last Saturday, to make it known to those who were most interested that we had it.— We only wish the good of the country. Nay, fur ther, we have received the letter signed G., " to the name of the writer of which," he says, " some credit might be attached." Let him come to us se. cretly, and if he can prove what he asserts in behalf of the accused, we solemnly pledge ourselves ; whatever may be the effect upon the political inte rests of the country, and however we may be charged with having been "bought off," "having sold ourselves," &c., and all that trash—that we will never once again allude to the subject; or if we do allude to it, it shall only be to make that innocence appear, of the existence of which we shall have been first convinced ourselves. But G. will have a difficult task of it. Does he know any thing of another letter, written to his mistress by a slily weak-headed man, on wham it is the fashion now to heap the most disgusting panegyrics, only because he blundered out something against Ca tholic emancipation, which was made up into a speech for him, and has been subsequently framed and glazed ? If G. knows nothing of that letter, %we do. But again we say, we only wish for the tranquil settlement of the Catholic question, and the future welfare of the country, Our pity is most un feignedly bestowed where pity is due, and to the extent that it is due; but it is impossible that any one labouring under the imputations that are non in circulation, should be tamely suffered to take a lead ing part in thwarting the councils of a responsible Administration, or in directing the national concerns of a Christian people.—Tintes. The interview which was granted by the King to the Duke of Newcastle on Wednesday was attended by some particular circumstances. The Duke ap plied to the King to know if his Majesty would grant him an audience; the request was complied with, and three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon was named by the King as the hour when he would re ceive the Duke. His Grace came at the time ap pointed to Windsor Castle, incognito, on foot, having walked from Eton, and remained for a considerable time with the Sovereign.—Morning Herald. The greatest sensation was produced by the strange affidavit of Captain Garth in the Chronicle of yesterday. Whether Pandora's box shall be opened to the public is a matter on which we give no opinion, but we should suppose that an investi gation of a solemn nature will now be deemed indis pensible. Though the contents of some of the let ters are known to more than one of those who have enjoyed the intimacy of Captain Garth at Melton Mowbray and elsewhere, yet those who were not in the secret did not know what to think of the mat ter. But the affidavit of Captain Garth, and the bill in Chancery detailing the terms of an agreement between no less a personage than Sir Herbert Taylor and himself, by which Sir Herbert was bound to pay the debts of Captain Garth, amount ing to no trifle, and besides an annuity of 3,0001. for life, for the suppression of certain documents, na turally leads to the belief that the strange rumours previously in circulation were not unfounded. People say who is Captain Garth, that a man so mixed up with the Royal Family as Sir Herbert Taylor should deem it necessary to treat with him for the delivery of any papers that he can possess, at the high price stated in the affidavit? The mediation, too, of one of the first banking-houses of the metropolis, with whom the papers were deposited till the com pletion of the bargain, gives an additional import ance to the business. And, lastly, the Chancery suit to prevent the Bankers from parting with their deposit on terms short of those stipu lated with Captain Garth. We say nothing of the individuals with whose reputations rumour has taken such liberties, as connected with trans actions in these papers. We have no wish to hunt down any individuals, nor did we allude to any of the rumours till the Courts have made the business matter of public notoriety. But it is clear that matters hare now proceeded so far, that something must be done. Nothing can be so injurious to the exalted individuals affected by the rumours, as the re maining longer silent. It would, indeed, be an Insult to the British public to suppose that they would not resent the attempt to trifle with the na tural anxiety which they must entertain for the vin- dication of the reputation of the personages so deeply compromised by the reports of the alleged contents of the papers, which so much pains have been taken to obtain.—Morning Chronicle. The circumstance of Sir Henry Ha'ford having had a long interview yesterday with the Duke of Wellington at the Treasury, naturally gave rise to conjectures. We are unwilling to allude to the reports in circulation with respect to the highest personage in the realm; reports which, after all, pro bably had their origin only in the surmises alluded to. It is known too that persons of known hostility to the great measure now before Parliament, are about his Majesty's person. From a passage in Lord Eldon's speech last night, it would appear that his Lordship wished it to be believed, that by the presence of the Duke of Cumberland, he has been put in possession of his Majesty's secret wishes. We believe the whole to be a sort of stage-trick of that crafty Lord, to which he has resorted with a view to revive the drooping spirits of their partizans throughout the country. After citing the part of the Speech at the opening of the Session, which regards Ireland and the Protestant Establishment, his Lordship added—" This was a distinct pledge to the country that nothing would be done by his Ma jesty that would bring the Protestant Establishment into the slightest hazard. His Majesty distinctly stated his determination to preserve the institutions which must ever be held in this Protestant king dom inviolate. For this gracious declaration he (Lord Eldon), for one, felt the deepest gratitude ; and it was the more necessary to call the attention of the House to this declaration, as his Majesty's name had lately been used on several occasions in that House, in a manner not at all accord ing with Parliamentary usage and principle. Their Lordships, however, had the declaration of a Right Rev. Archbishop and a Right Rev. Bishop on that subject ; and it was his own conviction, founded upon means of judging of his Majesty's opinion, such as few persons had the happiness to enjoy, that it was his Majesty's determination, to use the terms of his Majesty's most gracious speech, to preserve inviolate the Protestant Constitution and form of Government in this country. The question, therefore, would be—whether the measures which were soon to be submitted to their Lordships' consideration were of such a character, that his Majesty might give his consent to them, and yet preserve inviolate the Protestant Constitution and form of Government." It is quite clear that Lord Eldon here means to in sinuate that his Majesty had changed his opi nion, and that the measure now before Parliament would not receive his assent. He means to convey this, or he means nothing; because to say that he had particular means of knowing his determination to do only that which is put into his mouth in the Speech at the opening of Parliament, namely, pre serve the Protestant Constitution inviolate, is merely to say that his Majesty did not intend to deceive Parliament. But, on the other hand, his statement, if it mean anything, conveys an imputa tion against his Majesty's sincerity, or a libel on his understanding : for its meaning is, that the mea sure which had been submitted to his Majesty, and approved of, would, after all, fail to receive the Royal Assent, as his Alajesty had either changed his mind, or was expected to change his mind in time to defeat the measure. We consider these the lowest and most despicable arts of defeated faction. —lbid. PRICES OF STOCES.THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. s'N 4 3 per Cent. shut Ditto Red. shut t per Cent. 101 Mi% Ditto, W 26 Rlnk L. Ann. Inlia Stock shut Ditto Bonds 46 47 psn.l PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 6IIA Buenos Ayres Bonds Chiba], Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 Guatimala Mexican Bonds . Ditto, 1825 DAT AT ONK O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, .£ 1,000 2d. 53.52 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 53 52 pm. Ditto Small 2d. 56 54 pm. Ditto Commercial Bank for Account 2ll India for Account 'Cons. for Acct..— ...... 8774% THIS DAY ♦T ONE &CLOCK. Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old 'Ditto, New Russian 91N:5 Spanish, 1821 1824 French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent. —t. —c. Exchange —f. —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT OKI O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2ll Ditto National 5 Protectot - Insurance Comp. Sl yi £1 3 0 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 11. Bank Stock - St. Patrick In , ur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3.i per cent. 91% National Ditto Ditto, Ncw 94N (Patriotic Ditto 4 per Cent. lOl, Hibernian Bank ... ......... Gov. Deb. 3 1 4 percent.... 95 3 4 !Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock - i Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock - Imperial Mine City Dcb. 4 per cent -' Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. - Commercial Buildings COURSE OF EXCIL , Amsterdam C.F 12 3 Ditto, at sight 12 1 Rotterdam 2 U 12 31 Antwerp 12 81 Hamburgh M. B. 13 131 Altona 11 13: Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Ditto 2 U. 25 75 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin — Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1511 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 8. 2 M. 10 5 Trieste do. 10 5 36% Madrid Cadiz 1 6 Gilboa Barcelona 3634 Seville 363% Gibraltar 49% NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn_ 471( Genoa 25 60 Venice 4114 Malta 47 saples . 3 9 ,X Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 46 Ito Janeiro Bilna 34 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight ll4 Cork l;4 BULLION, PER OZ. £. 5. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in.bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 MA. Arrived. Due. O America 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayre. 1 Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 O France 0 O Gottenburgh 1 0 Guernsey&Jersey 0 LS. Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh 2 O Holland O Jamaica O Leeward Islands 1 Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico 1 Waterford HIGH WATER ♦T LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...16 minutes after 10. 1 Evening ...47 minutes after 10, _n cag , 4 "7"., . ..- Inv .., ,- - ,--- LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1829, It is amusing to see the old hacks of the Ultra. Tory faction, who, for the last 30 years and up. wards, have been constantly upholding the Aristo cracy, at the expence of the popular privileges ; who have always been the first to ridicule the right of public discussion ; and have saddled the country with sinecures to an almost indefinite amount, from an almost equally indefinite period—it is amusing, we repeat, to see the crafty old Intolerants, who have wrought all this mischief, now come forward and plead the privileges of the lower orders in op position to the existing Government. In the Upper House last night, Lord REDESDALB was quite pathetic on the subject of the Anti-Catholic Petitions. F sensitive nature was shocked by the rude language that had been applied to them by the opposite party. " Such language," his Lordship observed, " was in sulting to the lower orders of the community." The Earl of ELDON too—that pillar and main-prop of the temple of bigotry and all uncharitableness— waxed wroth on the same affecting topic. It was with great pain," he said, " that he had heard a Noble Marquis express his surprise that the people of England should—do what ?---presume to judge of the important question which at present filled the mind of every thinking man in the country." Really the people of England have every reason to be grate ful to the Noble Lord for this indirect vindication of their right of judgment, and their gratitude will only be exceeded by their astonishment when they learn by whom it has been pronounced, and to whom it has been applied ; when they learn that it has been pronounced by Lord ELDON, the staunch unswerv ing, unpitying advocate of every act of public des potism and injustice that has taken place within the last half century; and that it has been applied to the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the experienced and en lightened friend of the people, the bitter foe to in tolerance and Ultra Toryism. But as if this of itself were not sufficiently absurd, the Noble Lord goes still further, and actually presumes to applaud his own consistency T. Pray, what species of consistency is that, which having opposed the rights of the people for upwards of fifty years, now turns sud denly round, and complains of the way in which those rights are treated on the present occasion by the Government ? Is this consistency ? Nay, is it even common sense ? If it be either the ona or the other, then; with the most unfeigned cheerfulness, will we give the Noble Lord full credit for the pos session of it. The Duke of NEWCASTLE has, we perceive, paid a visit to the KING at Windsor. The visit was paid incog., a pretty clear proof that the subject of it was not one that would bear the test of public consideration. Had it been of a private or personal nature, the Duke would doubtless have gone with a splendour and magnificence befitting the patron of Mr. SADLER, and the proprietor of so many boroughs. But the visit, we suspect, was one purely political, and was the last desperate resource of a faction which, in the extremity of its hallucination, hoped every thing from the brilliant wit, acute reasoning, and consummate oonversational tact of the ducal owner of Clumber-Hall. Need we add, that such hopes have been disappointed ? The following, from the Mcssager des Chambres, am the only extracts worth notice: — PARIS, MARCHII.--The Moniteur of to-day, contains a Royal Ordinance, the object of which is to accelerate the labours of the Co►nmissioners appointed to liquidate the claims of the emigrants, who are to be indemnified out of the 30 millions of rentes assigned for that purpose by the law of 27th April, 1825. A Letter from Madrid, of 26th February, informs us that "M. de Goicoerrotea, Director of the caissed'amortis senient, died suddenly last night. He had been present the day before at a grand dinner ; the High Treasurer had brought him away in his carriage, and had set him down at his own house, without his chewing the least ap pearance of indisposition. The following morning, at four o'clock, Goicoerrotea was dead. " M. Xavier de Burgos is spoken of as his successor, whom his financial talents and literary knowledge rank among the first Statesmen of this country." Fturticit Fuxns, MARCH 11.—Fire per Cents. 107 f. 50c. 65c. 70c. ; Three per Cents. 78f. 77f. 95c. 78f. 78f. 75c. 15c. 20e. ; Bank Shares, 1855 f. The Lisbon Gazettes have been received, they are filled chiefly with diatribes directed against the Libe ral party. Don MIGUEL, it seems, has become suffi ciently recovered to receive a deputation which waited on him on February 16, at the Palace of Queluz, to express their thanks, gratitude, love, and so forth. The following are extracts : LISBON, TAB• 15 We learn by letters worthy of credit, from the capital of the kingdom of Angola, that the King our Sovereign was proclaimed there with due solemnity, and the greatest satisfaction to the public, on the 26th of October last, be ing his Majesty's bit th-day. FEB. 16.—T0-day, at one o'clock, his Majesty was pleased to receive, in the Palace at Queluz, the deputation from the city of Funchal, in Madeira, composed of the Viscount de Torrebella and Ascenso de Segueira Freire.— The Viscount de Torrebella addressed his Majesty in an eloquent speech, expressive of the sincere love, fidelity, re spect, and obedience of the inhabitants of Madeira, to his Most Faithful Majesty Don Miguel 1., and their satisfac tion at his accession to the throne of his august ancestors, to which he was incontestably called by the fundamental laws of the monarchy, and by which happy event the ar dent wishes of the brave and loyal Portuguese nation were accomplished. His Majesty returned a most gracious answer to the de putation which then went to wait on the Queen, who sent her thanks, but could not receive it on account ef her ill health. FEB. 20.—The Gazette of this date contains some ac count of the repulse of the Portuguese emigrants from Ter. ceira by the English ships under Captain Walpole. FEB. 21.—Flow many reflections are suggested by every thinking man, by the facts which were published in yesterday's Gazette, that the Porteguese rebels, who are going to the island of Terceira, had been repulsed from it by the ships of war of his Britannic Ma jesty. First, it is an additional proof how the Liberals lie, who already gave out that they were quite safe in the island. Then we cannot but remember with indignation the boldness of Messrs. Palmella and Itabayana, who en deavoured to deceive the British Cabinet by pretending that they were sending to Brazil a cargo of plague (huma earga de peate), which they intended to smuggle into that island, already sufficiently unfortunate, in consequence of what it has of the same kind. If these reflections are ob vious, it is equally evident how the British Cabinet ap preciated the solemn promises made by the Marquis de Palmella, since, in spite of every thing, two fri gates were sent to wait for the expedition from Ply mouth. This conduct of England towards Portugal, its most ancient ally, in such circumstances, is indeed above all praise, and must serve to undeceive the demagogues and prevent them again falling into the temptation of trying to deceive those who are not asleep, and who know them. Some may say that these Argonauts intended only to touch at Terceira, and then proceed to Brazil ; but this is an swered by the return of the expedition to Brest, better than by the protest of Joao Carlos, unless that is the way to go to Brazil from the Azores. This alone proves that the rebels bad no intention of going to America. This alone justifies the precautions which England adopted, that its policy might not be jeered by the cunning policy of South Audley-street. Eternal shame after so many disgraces! What figure do men who were born Portuguese make in the world. And how do they deceive themselves, if they persuade them • selves for a moment that the French Government will afford them the assistance which they desire, fo commit hostilities against Portugal. Fats. 22.—This being the anniversary of the happy re turn ef his Majesty to this kingdom, was celebrated with the accustomed solemnities, and with every demonstration of the public satisfaction, which was particularly manifest ed in the theatres, where poetical compositions suitable to the occasion were recited, in the midst of the greatest en thusiasm. In the evening the capital was splendidly illuminated. His Majesty was pleased, by a resolution of the 20th of February, to appoint the Conde de St. Lourenco to the office of Secretary of State for the War Department. I We hear that a grand project is in contemplation between the Governments of France and that of England, to do away with the small Power on the Barbary coast, as at length the different Powera paying them tribute, become a complete nuisance. The plan is to colonize the ceast of Barbary, with French and English subjects, for which they are to obtain the sanction of the Grand SULTAN, in a special negotiation, and a person of heretofore great renown is to tie employed in the business at the Court of Constantinople. The following are extracts from the Allgoncine Zeitung, received this day. The contents are un- important : VIENNA, FED. 28. Our funds have improved in consequence of the news of the deposition of the Grand Vizier, who was considered as the grand support of the party that is in favour of war, and it is supposed that there is now more reason to hope for peace. VIENNA, MARCH 2.—Metalliques, 97 5-16 ; Bank Shares, 1097. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 10. It is reported that M. Jatibert's negotiation has taken a favourable turn, and that he will soon leave this city.— Nothing, however, is known for 'certain. The disposi tion of the Grand 'Vizier causes a great sensation; it is said that, notwithstanding his energetic expressions after taking the seals, he was secretly in favour of peace, and that this is the cause of his dis grace. Since the departure of the Russian flag of truce, to whom the Reis Effendi gave a preliminary answer to Count Nesselrode, nothing farther has occurred on the subject, and a speedy answer is the more expected as the Russian Government had fixed the 15th Feb. as the time before which the Porte should give a final answer whether it would send Commissioners to Acker man. The Reis Effendi desired to be first informed of the basis of the proposed negotiations, and the flag of truce was despatched with this answer on the Bth of January. The reply of Russia might therefore be already here. We insert in another part of our impression this day a petition from the Merchants, Bankers, and other Inhabitants of the great commercial town Of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying that " the political restrictions which affect his Majesty's Roman Ca tholic subjects may be removed." And we have great pleasure in announcing (upon the authority of a well informed Correspondent) that the enlightened Corporation of that Borough will meet on Saturday first, (this day,) by special summons, " to take into consideration the propriety of supporting Govern ment in their intended measure for the pacification of Ireland, and of imploring Parliament to adopt such measures for the removal of the civil disabilities of the Roman Catholics, as may be deemed con sistent with the security of the Protestant succes sion." We congratulate the country on these truly liberal symptoms of the times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. Rumour/I, Miami 12.--Wind E.--Arrived the Daphne, Spearn, from Corunna; and Sandwich packet, from Lisbon, in 12 days. GREENOCK, MARCH 11.—Arrived the Glasgow packet, from St. Michael's. The William, Ashton, from Archangel, has arrived off Tynemouth Bar. TIIE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, Trvirr.rs o' CLOCK. Consols, which improved yesterday afternoon, maintain their price this morning, and are still 81 for the Ac count, and 874 4 for Money, with very little business doing. A fidure of some consequence is reported this morning, supposed to be in the contract line. The Foreign Market as yet remains without a feature worth observation, and the prices are nominal at present. Three per Cent. Consols, 874 4; Ditto, for Amount, 174 4; Four per Cent., 1014 1 ; India Bonds, 45 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 51 3 pm. FOREIGN.-Brazilian, 61 ; Buenos Ayres, 33 4; Chiltan,2l 2 ; Colombian, 18 1 ; Danish, 644 5 ; French, Five per Cent., 1104 11 ; Greek, 134 144 ; Mexican, 23i 4 ; Peruvian, IS 14 ; Portuguese, 444 5 ; Russian, g 44 5 ; Spanish, 94 4. Mixas.—Anglo Mexican, 774 5 die. ; Brazilian, 81 3 pm. ; Bolanos, par ; Real Del Monte, 120 30 per share. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 874. THREE O'CLOCK. Consol, for Account, 87-,a, sellers; for Money 87 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlN—Having this day read a paragraph in your Paper which alludes to me, I have thought it proper to state the thing properly to you, as it appears you have been very much misled by your Correspondent. At the time alluded to I certainly disguised myself in the dress of the Order of the Ancient Druids, to make it more public to the lower orders, for the express purpose of signing the petition in favour of our Catholic fellow subjects, having always considered Emancipation of that body as of consequence to the prosperity of our national interest, and now doubly mere so, it having the sanction of his Majesty's Ministers. I should feel happy if you would contradict the statement of my signing both peti tions, and I never have been the tool of any party nor e►er intend to be. I am, Sir, &c. &c. _ _ THOS. WAKEHAM RICHARDS. P.S. I trust you will not think it too much trouble to put in this contradiction, or what I have written if you choose. Hastings, March 13, 1829. The Duke of Newcastle had an audience of his Majesty on Wednesday, at his Palace at Windsor. The Duke of Cumberland and a select party dined with the Princess Augusta on Wednesday, at her Royal Highness's residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent entertained a distin guished party to dinner, on Thursday, at her apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington. The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Sophia yesterday, at their apart ments in the King's Palace at Kensington. Count Potowski and an Official Messenger arrived at Ashhurnham House, Dover-street, yesterday morning, from St. Petersburgh, with despatches for Prince Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, from the Emperor of Russia. The Prince, after the arrival of the despatches, was in constant communication during the day with the Earl of Aberdeen, and also with the French and Nether lands Ambassadors, and others of the Foreign Ministers. An Italian 'Messenger arrived in town yester thy morning, from Ancona, with despatches from Sir Fre derick Adam, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. A Deputation of Silk Weavers waited upon the President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade on Thursday,'at the Office of the Board of Trade, in White hall, and had a long conference with the Right Hon. Gentleman. 'The Earl of Vernlam had au interview with the Duke of Wellington, yesterday, at the Treasury. Lord Seaford h a d a conference with the Earl of Aberdeen, yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Earl Bathurst transacted business at the Foreign Office yesterday. Sir Edward Paget and Sir Alexander Hope visited Sir George Murray, yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer continues in a favourable state. The Right Hon. Gentleman was visit• ed yesterday by the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Primate of Ireland, Sir George Murray, Mr. Herries, and Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald. Earl Bathurst visited Mr. Secretary Peel yes terday. Earl Harrowby visited Earl Bathu rst yester day, at the Council Office. Mrs. Champagne has issued cards of invita tion for a ball on Thursday evening next, at her house in Harley-street. STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—It will be seen on reference to the charges of the Judges on circuit, that there is, at present, a moat remarkable absence of crime, particularly in the county of Limerick, a few years since one of the most disturbed districts in the country. This may be regarded as a proof, that in proportion to the progress of political spirit, private morality has extended. __Dublin Morning Register. ST. PANCRAS PARISH.—A general meeting of this parish was held on Saturday for the purpose of peti tioning both 'buses against the Select Vestry Act passed in 161 9 . After some discussion, the petitions were read and agreed to. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. WiRRIAGE OF A WARD. The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied a short time this morning in his private room with a case of the ma►riage of one of his Lordship's wards. Neither of the parties move in a very high walk of life, but we understand the young lady is possessed of property in the 3 per cents. to the amount of 3,0001., together with 5001. in cash. IN THY. MATTER OF LORI) CARR'S/ oar), A LUNATIC. Mr. PHILLIMORE applied on behalf of the Committee for a reference to the Master, fur the purpose of ascertain ing whether it would be for the benefit of the lunatic, that a portion of his funds should he applied to the purchasing of such parts of the library as by the will of the late Lord had been directed to be sold. The former Lord Carrisford, in the hope that the present Lord might recover from the calamity under which he laboured, made certain provisions in his will, and the committee was under the apprehension that should that recovery take place his Lordship might feel exceedingly hurt to find any part of the library dis posed of. His LORDSHIP directed the reference. DUNN V. DUNN. The arguments on this part-heatd case were then re owned, which appear likely to occupy several days yet. TICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. INJUNCTION,---STANFIELD b. FOWLE. Mx. SUGOEN said he was instructed to apply to his Honour, in this case, for an injunction and a receiver. The plaintiff and defendant were in partnership together near Brighton, and the affidavit upon which he applied to the Court stated that some time since the defendant absented himself altogether from the business, and went abroad, but that he returned in February last, and shortly afterwards went to the counting-house and removed the partnership books,which be took to his lodgings, and refused to give up ; under these circumstances therefore the plaintiff was appre hensive that he would collect the debts due to the partner ship, and leave him to pay off the demands against the firm, unless restrained by the order of the Court. Mr. MARTIN opposed the application, on the ground that ' the defendant had not had sufficient time to make an affi davit explaining the circumstances. He certainly had re moved the books to his private lodgings, but the plaintiff might there have access to them. The VICE - CHANCELLOR said he would make an order for the injunction, and the parties might apply to the Ceurt on this day week respecting the appointment of a Receiver, in the meantime the defendants could make an affidavit explaining his conduct. TREEOUT V. HOLDSWORTH AND OTHERS. The defendants in this case are the assignees of a bank rupt named Lacey, who rented of the plaintiff the Totten ham silk-mills, together with its steam-engine and ma chinery, which was now offered for sale ; the present appli cation was for an injunction to restrain them from so doing. —lnjunction granted. PAUL V. RICH, BART. This was a motion respecting what party was liable to costs, incurred in a commission of bankruptcy that had been issued against Sir Charles Rich, Bart. but which was subsequently superseded. The VICE-CmaNcaLtoa, after hearing Mr. Horne, postponed giving his decision until he had heard Mr. Sug den, who was engaged before the Lord Chancellor. WAITE V. TEMPLAR. The Court then proceeded with this part-heard case, which came before it on exceptions to the trustees' report. THE MARKET S.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a moderate supply at this morning's market, and the trade was brisk ; the prices of both Fruit and Ve getables were about the same as those cf this day se'nnight. The market gardeners wish for mild weather for the pur pose of bringing vegetation forward, it being, they assert, much more backward than at this time last year. s. d. s. d. Potatoes (per cwt.) 36t0 7 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1 6 2 6 Ditto Red 2 0 4 0 Horse Radish (bund'e) 2 6 4 0 Brocoli 2 0 3 0 Celery Rhubarb 1 0 1 6 Carrots il2 bunches) 5 0 7 6 Turnips 1 6 2 6 Coleworts or Greens 1 9 3 6 Young Onions 1 9 5 0 Leeks 0 9 1 0 Brocoli Sprouts (bush )2 6 5 0 Turnip Greens Sea-kail (pnmmet) 2 6 5 0 s.d. sd. ' Spinage (half-sieve) 1 Otol 6 Onions 1 6 2 6 Apples 5 0 17 0 Sweet Oranges (100) 3 0 8 0 Seville Ditto G 6 0 12 0 Lemons Asparagus. 6 0 9 0 Radishes (hand) 1 0 1 6 S gecl n n .h d7t ' t n o uts (peck) 3 0 1 7 g I S n p r a e ni ci sl i i ti all c ul l' ts 6 0 10 0 Filberts (121 b.) ...... Grapes (per lb.) Strawberries (ounce) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 TrusSes.) ST. JAMRS'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 Best New Meadow Hay 215 3 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3lO 4 4 Clover Hay 3 8 5 0 Oat A Straw .£l 12 to It 161 Straw 116 2 0 great supply, and a steady trad Wh e e ; at at Thursday's prices. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 1S Best New Meadow Hay 215 3 0 Fin* Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 0 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)...Xs 6 ... Generally 3 5 4 150 Oat Straw XI 10 to £1 15—Wheat Straw 115 119 Supply moderately lined, and trade still dull, but a little reno vated; prices as last quoted. BIRMINGHAM MARKETS, Martell 12. CORN MARKET.-We had a moderate supply of Wheat and Barley at our market this day, both of which were the turn dearer than last week. A dull sale for Beans and Oats. Wheat, 9s. 6d. to 108. 4d. per 62Ibs. ; Barley, 355. Od. to 40s. ; Malt, 48s. to 61s. ; Pease, 38s. to 445. per im perial quarter; Beans, 14s. 6d. to 18s. 6d. per bag, ten score gross; Oats, 3s. Od. to 4s. per 39th. ; fine Flour, 595. to 625. ; seconds, 565. to 575. per sack of 2801 b. BIRMINGHAM. SaIITHFIELD•-We had a full average supply of fat Beasts at market this day, with a brisk demand, but that of Sheep was short; prices as last week. An abundant supply of Irish Pigs of all descriptions, and a great demand ; prices lower.-Beef, sd. to 6d. ; Mut ton, 5 to bid. ; Yea, 7d. to '7ld. per lb. ; Irish Porkers, from 9s. to 9s. 3d. per score. LENT ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFF'S COURT, CHELMSFORD, MARcli 1 a DYER V. COVERDALE. A highly respectable Jury was this morning empan. nelleil in the Grand Jury-room, in the County Hall, before Mr. Jehb, the Deputy Sheriff, to assess damages in a case of breach of promise of marriage, the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default. The case excited very considerable interest. The plain tiff was Miss Charlotte Dyer, and the defendant Mr. John Philip Coverdale. Mr. GURNEY stated the case. The lady Wa s the daughter of a gentleman living on his property at East Ham, near Barking. She had five sisters and two bro thers, all of whom had regarded their father's parental care by a course of the most exemplary conduct. The defendant was a surgeon and apothecary, residing at Bark ing, and was the son of a highly respectable gentleman , who was steward to Lord Petre. He was now in his 30th year ; the lady was in her 24th, two years having elapsed since the acquaintance was commenced. The defendant had been from February, 1827, received into the family as the intended husband of the complainant. As s uch he was treated as one of the family. The you n g lady waa deeply in love with him, and had no reas on to doubt till lately but that his affection equalled her own. Things went on, the marriage dress was purchased, the day fixed, and the company invited. As, however, the day approach ed, the defendant requested a postponement, on the ground of his not having been enable to comple a treaty he bad entered into for the taking of a house. The Jury would find that at this time he had fixed his plan of b rea king off his engagements, and that he was on l y l ookin g for a plau sible excuse for so doing.—This was at last found by quar relling with the lady's father, andlfrom that time he bad ceased to visit the family. The consequence to the lady was, that she had been most deeply affected both in spirits and health. The principal evidence adduced was that of the father of the plaintiff, who proved the facts of the defendant's in tercourse with the family, the making of the match, and its breaking off. The Jury, after a short consideration, returned a vet diet—Damages, 4001. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH 12 The following Petition was agreed upon at a large and respectable Meeting of Gentlemen, held at the Turk's Head Inn, March 12, 1829, J AMES Loser, Esq., in the Chair, and will lie for a few days at the Exchange, the Newcastle Chronicle Office, and the Tyne Mercury Office, for sig natures : To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, The Petition of the undersigned Merchants, Bankers, and other inhabitants of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Hu BOON SH METH, That your petitioners have long contemplated, with feelings of the deepest anxiety and alarm, the very critical and disturbed state of Ireland, arising, as they believe, in a great degree, from the political restrictions which affect his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects ; restrictions which, if at any time necessary, have long ceased to have any practical effect, except to prevent that firm union and con cord which ought ever to exist amongst all classes of his Majesty's subjects. That, in the present unsettled state of Ireland, property is insecure, the spirit of exertion and enterprise is de stroyed, and the fountains of justice are polluted ; and that these are evils, your petitioners conceive, which, if not timely corrected by Just and liberal concessions, must ine vitably put to hazard the peace and tranquillity of the Em- pire. That, strongly impressed with these sentiments, your petitioners have read, with unmixed satisfaction, his Ma jesty's Speech from the Throne on the opening of the pre sent Session of Parliament, in which his Majesty recom mends that your Lordships " should take into your deli berate consideration the whole condition of Ireland, and that you should review the laws which impose civil disabi lities on his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects." That, thankful to his Majesty for his gracious recommendation, Your petitioners most humbly entreat that your Lord ships will be pleased to give effect to his Majesty's benefi cent views, by removing those civil disabilities which still affect so considerable a part of the population of this United Kingdom. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. We expect in the course of a few days to have to announce a marriage in high life in this neighbourhood. The fair intended has been long celebrated for her beauty and accomplishments.—Berhs Chronicle. Notwithstanding the fearful forebodings with which it commenced, the present winter has passed off with less of crime in and about the metropolis than any one which has occurred for many years. The natural effect of abolishing the 40s. or pauper freehold, will be to throw the election of Members of Parliament into the hands of a more respectable and intelligent class of voters, and, instead of serving a Catho lic or Protestant interest, to create a really independent interest, the bias of which must incline towards candidates, not from religious but from political preferences, deter mined by the general character of the men, in respect to t h e i r integrity or talents.... Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W.STREET. MATRIMONIAL JARS, OR FISH AND FLESH.--A young Benedict, named Stracey, the clerk of Mr. Newland, a Barrister in Lincoln's Inn, was brought before the Itiagis trate (Mr. MINSHULL) on a warrant , charged by his wife , a good-looking woman, under 20 yea rs o f age, with in , upon her person divers bruises and contusions, with a stick, against the peace, &c. Mrs. Stracey is the daughter of respectable parents, ber father being cashier in an extensive establishment in Chan cery-lane, and she declared that her husband had for some time used her very ill—had kept her short of food, and had beaten her repeatedly. " Now look at this, your Worship (observed the young woman, pointing to her arms), see the black marks caused by his ill usage." Mr. MINSHULL—BUt pray bow did the quarrel arise; surely there was some provocation for the violence he cool, mitted. Mrs. Stracey (in a subdued t one, and ball abashed)—Why, Sir, it all arose about a red herring•-•' (Loud laughter.) Mr. MiNsmutr.—Odds fish, do you say so—what, WU"' eel about a red herring ? Mrs. Stracey — Yes , your Wel*" ship : my husband purchased a red herring on Thursday night, and he brought it home, intending it for his break fast on Friday morning ; but, being hungry myself, I ate it for my supper. On Friday morning he asked for the herring, and when I told him what bad become of it, he beat me with a stick, and lie says he will beat me when' ever be likes. Mr. MiNsnur.r,—But he shall not do that. bil l ' Stracey—He declares that he will ; and he says that, as he is a barrister's clerk, he knows the law, and that husband can legally chastise his wife with a stick, if he plea.ea. Mr. MlNsnutr , —l can only say, that, however good be may suppose his law to be, that if he does strike you with a stick, I will send him to pris on if he does not find good bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. Mr. Stracey—l have only 11. a week salary, and am ob.. liged to live in a very economical way, or I must go in debt. Mr. Alnisttua—But you should have bought two her rings, one for yourself and one for your wife ; but I believe, you are an industrious honest young man. A female voice from the lower part of the office , el' claimed, " he is a bad fellow , and us e s his wife very ill." Mr. Altatsrtur,r, ordered the female to come to the bar, and give evidence. She stated that Mrs. Stracey was nearly s t arv ed by bet husband, and but for her parents she could not exist. addition to her husband beating her, be had the baseness On Sunday night last, to bring a young man to his apartm ents to sleep with his wife. Mr. MiNsit tai.—Hey day ! What did you say? Wha t ,' bring a young: man to sleep with his, wife! Oh no, cannot believe that. The female declared it was a fact beyond dispute; but Mrs. Stracey had not courage to speak out her wrongs. Mr. MiNsetuLL—Now, Mrs. Stracey, is it true that the young man who is before me, your husband, did actu ally bring a man home to sleep with you?—Mrs. Stracey.but -!' (who hung down her head) replied , yes , S ir, it is true, I was ashamed to confess it. Mr. MINSHULL—And did he sleep with you? Stracey (after some hesitation)—Yes, he did. Mr. Mitasnum.--Good heavens ! how can that have been—explain? Oh tempora , Oh m or es !--Mr. SOP cey : I will explain, Sir, if you please. On Sunday nig ht I spent the latter part of the evening with a young Ma n ' and we remained togeth er till p ast eleven o'clock, orb° he said lie was not aware that it was so late, and he ao° 6 locked out of his lodgings ; I took him to my apartmen t°, and as he had no bed to go to , if I had turned him out be must have walked the streets all nigh t, so I consented al be should lie at the side of our b e d ; I therefore plat& Mrs. Stracey against the wall, and lay next to her myself, and my friend lay on the outside. Mr. AlissuLL—Well, I never beard of such a tbil it before ! You ought to have been ash amed to have sae se indecently. 1 have now a very different w opinion of rya and if your wife will swear ou struck her, I ill fa upon you to find bail. Will Mrs. Stracey—lle struck me this mo rnin g , and I never live with him again. till The Magistrate ordered Mr. Stracey to be locked up he found bail. LAMBETH-STREET. A PROLIVC MOTH EIL. —Joseph Zantira, a tuiddl&aged Jew, was brought before the Magistrate, to have five gitimate children affiliated to him. Anne Jones, a little female, said she had had 19 children by the defendant, seven of which are alive, and five are chargeable to thhe e parish of Whitechapel. The defendant, in reply , eala was a married man, and had a number of lawful childrev, to whom he was bound to pay attention in preference tc: those who were illegitimate. The MAGISTRATE said tha" conduct, the defendant had been guilty of the most gros s and committed him to the Hou s e of Correction until lie found sureties for the maintenance of five illegititn atc children. At half-past eight yesterday evening our towo was illuminated with a reflection of fi r e , which appear e (/ about four miles off, in the neighbourhood of Clanfield.--' Berks Chronicle. 'We quote the following paragraph from "6 of the anti-Catholic advertisements, as a specimen of t h ' language employed to induce persons to sign the petal against concession :—" People of Scotland sign ! Thin what is to be the issue if you have a Popish Goveronlent—' a Popish Parliament—Popish Provosts and maglstrstes" Popish Lords of Session and Judges—Popish patrons your churches—Popish professors in your colleges" Popish schoolmasters in your parishes, a flo od of Whifil will he let in on you, if once you suffer your Prote ßtan barriers to be broken down !"—(Descendants of Wia lac and the Bruce! to think of the result, "if" such a P re phecy should ever be fulfilled, is enough to frighten us 5 out of our wits MARRIED. Yesterday, at Berksw ell, Warwickshire, b y the Bei Thomas Gamier, George Graham Blackwell, Es el Anipney Park, Gloucesters hire, to Elizabeth Emma, " daughter of Sir E. Eardley Wilmot, Bart. On the 12th inst. at Mitcham , Surre y , b y the Belt Charles James Hoare, M.A., Rector of Godstone, same county, William Seymour, Esq. of Lincolrfe 191, barrister-at-law, to Sarah Lydia , e ldest dau g hter of t' late Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Oakes, Bar t " Mitcham Hall. DIED. On the 7th inst. Mrs. Taylor, aged 85, at Brid. House, Richmond, Surrey. On the 10th inst. at Stoke Newington, Marrs beloved wife of Charles Mason W ood y er, Es q . a feW b°ll after giving birth to her fourth child. On the 10th inst. in Berners - stree t, Thomas L w Esq. of Landilo, Carmarthenshire. PAMTED and PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNG, at Suter Ornou, 112, 82mo, Looping. 1 1