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SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. proof that they who should accept of them would (FROM THE TIMES.) be ruined. He contends too that the grant to Mr. Peel " is in no respect - more obnoxious We have reason to believe that the office of than in that indulgence which allows him a Lord Privy Seal is no longet vacant, and unless period of twenty years for bringing the land into our information deceives us, we are equally eon- cultivation, while others are limited to ten. In fident that when the name of the forthcoming taking possession of c o extensive a tract, he Cabinet Minister shall be announced, men of all seems to have been perfectly alive to the neces parties will agree that a more creditable or more sity of granting himself this privilege. He can valuable acquisition could not have been made , hardly expect, while good land , within a rea to his Majesty's Government than in the person sonable distance of water carriage, though lying of the new Lord Privy Seal. In recommending less conveniently, is to be got for nothing, that the gallant, liberal, and enlightened Earl of ; a settler will consent to become his tenant, and Rosslyn to the Sovereign, for one of his official render himself liable to the evils to which we advisers, the Duke of Wellington holds out a have before alluded. He knows that while others sure pledge to the nation for .the sound and are limited to ten years, they must labour honest character of that policy which is likely to strenuously to fulfil the terms on which they follow from their joint advice. Lord Rosslyn receive their grants ; and that his land, form would, nevertheless, become a situation of more iing the very nucleus of the settlement, must, detailed and administrative efficiency than that without a single effort on his part, or of Privy Seal, which, if not a sinecure, like the the expenee of a shilling, rapidly increase President of the Council, is the next thing to it. in value by the progressive improvements The Master-Generalship of the Ordnance, for around it, and thus easily ensure purchasers example, would afford such an officer as Lord among succeeding emigrants. It must indeed R o sslyn opportunities of skilful and impartial be a powerful cause of irritation among th e superintendence over an important branch of the Colonists, to find that a man who has so seriously public service, in addition to his general duty of injured them by excluding them from the political deliberation in the Cabinet, for which best part of the Colony, shall be permitted last, however, no Statesman of these times is quitly to rest on his oars, and profit by their in more abundantly qualified than the Noble and dustry." The writer hopes the subject will b e Gallant Earl. again brought before Parliament, and conceiving (FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.) that it is due to the public that every part of the In the New Monthly Magazine for June, transaction should be satisfactorily explained, we there is an article on the subject of the Swan have done our part to draw attention to it, while River Settlement, in which heavy accusations explanation can be given. It remains to be seen whether it is " one of the most shameful jobs are brought against Mr. Peel. We have more with whit the annals of our jobbing country have than once alluded to the discontent caused by the grant to Mr. Peel's brother; and from all for some time been distinguished;" or whether that we can learn, there is little chance of its injustice is done to Mr. Peel. At all events, speedily subsiding. Government is not more if, as the writer says, of his own knowledge, entitled to grant land to individuals than to be- hundreds have changed their destination, or stow the public money on them, except for the given up all intention of leaving the country, promotion of the general good. Government though they had made considerable preparation holds the land, as well as the public money, i n to proceed to Swan River, a suitable explanation trust for the public, and is not entitled to squan- may have the effect of restoring Swan River to der away either the land or the money. In the their,good graces. Ministers cannot be supposed, case o f the Swan River, it must be shown that any more than other men, to be altogeth er d ea d the public good has been promoted by the grant to he suggestions of self-interest ; but they ought to Mr. Peel. Generally speaking, grants of not to make themselves conspicuous by a disposi large tracts of land in a colony are an injury, and tion more than usually grasping. not a benefit to the public; and it ought to be satisfactorily shown, that the grant to Mr. Peel is, on account of some peculiarity, an exception to the rule. The writer of the article alluded to, does not hesitate to say , that Mr. Peel's grant will produce the same disastrous consequences at the Swan River which the large grants in Canada are known to have produced. " Another and more im mediate evil (he says), is, that such a large extent of country will intervene between the /Efferent settlers, interrupting their commu nication with each other, as well as with the sea. In Gourlay's work on Canada, lie gives a statistical account of a number of districts in the shape of reports, drawn up by the most in telligent of the inhabitants of each ; and these, with only one exception, attribute the compara tively slow progress of prosperity to the injudi cious system of keeping large reserves for the maintenance of future schools and churches, and of giving large grants to persons who are non resident. From such grantees generally no terms were required ; and even when bound to cultivate tile land so granted, within a limited time, few took the trouble to fulfil the conditions ; the - se new residents, too, being frequently tools of the Government, the sufferers by the abuse seldom dared to complain. The necessary con eequence was, that the actual settlers were scat ems! At distant intervals among the woods, their ifiamLual intercourse seriously obstructed, and the reserves being destitute of roads, the carriage of produce to market was next to impossible. The t enter in the New Monthly Magazine affirms that there is not the slightest foundation for the allegation, that tile grant will be beneficial to the colony, and that the advantages spe cified have no reality. " After the thing (he ways), could no longer be concealed, they have attempted to deceive the public still more grossly, by pretending that the grant, instead of being an obstruction, will prove a benefit to other settlers, by forming a sort of depot, from which the lat ter may be supplied with cattle, grain, and other ehings, which they may not, at first, be able to ek) vide for themselves ; and as it lies a con icieeable distance up the river, it leaves ample room for other emigrants, in equally favourable situations. Now, we can tell the public, on un doubted authority, that the first of these asser tions is a fallacy—the second untrue. From the open state of the country, and mildness of the climate, settlers cannot arrive, at any season of the year, without finding themselves enabled s t once to plant some sort of grain —wheat, barleyand oats, at one time ; Indian corn at another ; potatoes, and all sorts of vegeta bles, throughout the whole of the year : so that if they proceed with :moderate prudence and in dustry, they can have little or no occasion to de pend on,,others for these articles. "To enable our readers spore clearly to understand our proof of the f a lsehood of the Report, as to the situation of the, grant, we will refer them to the description previously given of the courses of the two riYers; the one coming from the north-east, and the other from the south-east :—They form a fork, or angle, of about forty-five degrees ; and Mr, Peel's boundary line, commencing at the extreme point to which the Canning was explored (32 mike from the sea), and carried parallel with the mountains towards Swan River, reaches the latter thirty miles from its mouth, hi a straight line, and above fifty, following the windings of the river. The distance between the two rivers at these points is thirty-three miles, and the space remaining between the boundary and the moun tains is generally from one to three, and never more than four miles in breadth. Of this nar row unoccupied slip the greater part is unfit for cultivation, the surface to the distance of a mile from the mountains being covered with fragments .of chalcedony and other rocks ; the reinaining patches being hemmed in and excluded from the river by . Mr. Peel's domain, can never be de sirable situations for free settlers; so that they must be coi:sidered as portions of the grant. — Having thus secured the fertile uplands, Mr. Peel's next object is to get possession of the whole water communicat;ssn of the Colony, which he does by running from his extensive limits on the two rivers, lines nearly direct to the coast, which they reach, the one fifteen miles to the North, time other the same distance to the South of the river's mouth ; there completely engrossing the whole navigable courses of the two rivers and Cockburn Sound—the only harbour. The tract of country, thus shut against free settlers, contains about 650 square miles, including the water surface, which may occupy nearly fifty square miles more." The writer charges Mr. Peel with all manner of trickery in the terms held out, and refers to his experience in Upper Canada for a THE SILK WEAVERS. Mr. BROUGHTON, the Worship-street Magis trate, was again occupied nearly the whole of Sa turday in the examination of journeymen weavers, some of whom were charged with conspiracy to force their employers to a compliance with the prices and terms of working offered by the men, arid others with destroying►, or assisting in the destruction of the property entrusted to them by their masters. Henry Dowset was first placed at the bar, to hear the depositions read, in order to his committal for felony, under the 6th Geo. IV., chap. 129. The prisoner had four looms of work in his pos session, the property of Messrs. F. and J. Giles, paid for at advanced prices, and had received 11. 10s. wages in advance upon each. They were all de stroyed on the night of Saturday week, and the ac count which the prisoner gave to the officers was, that a party of cutters came to his house, forced open the street door, and destroyed the work. The depositions having been read, the prisoner was committed. Samuel John Ames and George Muckland were afterwards placed at the bar, and Mr. BROUGH., TON informed them that they also would be com mitted as participators in the destruction of the work in two looms, the property of Mr. Ambrose Moore, but they were for the present remanded. James Harper, Abraham Davis, Wm. Goodwin, Wm. Scarlet, Wm. Shad, John Neighbour, and W.n. Hicks, were then placed at the bar, charged with a conspiracy to force their employers, Messrs. Duff arid Brooks, by threats and intimidation, to an al teration in their mode of carrying on trade as silk manufacturer=. It appeared that on Friday week, the whole of the prisoners, deputed by their fellow•wurkuien, waited upon Mr. Brooks, and presented a copy of the resolutions agreed to by the general meeting at Temple-mills, in Essex, and afterwards adopted and acted upon by the different shop meetings. These resolutions were to the effect that the works or all manufacturers who did not comply with the offered conditions should be sealed, and that any cane spreader who turned a cane, without a printed cer tificate of its being paid at the " right price," should be expelled from the trade. The demeanour of the prisoners to their employer was respectful. He refused to submit to the terms proposed by the resolutions, and they left him. One of the defendants said, that on Friday week, at their shop meeting, there was opposition to the resolutions ; but the defendants, although they might have disapproved of them, were uppoißted to carry them to their employers, being some of the oldeq hands. _ . Several of the defendants spoke to the effect that they did not themselves approve of such proceed. ings, but acted under the controul of the bedy o: the trade. After some observations upon the case, the de fendants were held to bail for their appearance at the Sessions for trial, on the charge of conspiracy, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. A young man, in the employ of Messrs. Giles, afterwards appeared before the Magistrate, to com plain of a party of " sealers," from whom he appre hended some violence, because he would not let them seal his work. The Magistrate gave some directions to Mr. Garton, the chief constable, respecting the mea sures to be adopted on the complaint of the young man. Three brothers, named John, Thomas, and I . N/- ham Taylor, very smart-looking young men, were afterwards placed at the bar, three looms' work in their possession, the property of Messrs. Stone and Brooks, having been destroyed on Friday night. It appeared that a party of the Bow-street patrol, receiving information that work had been cut at the house of the defendants, in Scott-street, Hare street-fields, went there and found the three looms' works produced completely destroyed, while he woo, of another manufacturer (work upon which more money popi t 4 be earned) was left untouched. The prisoners were held tp hail to appear for re mrnimition that day week. S e ve f ul cor : S of COOBpiraGy and other matte connected with iho lilk , tratie were adjourned at fz late hour of the evening. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. FRIDAY, MAW water 16 minutes past right o'clock.--Wind 14.W.-,-4rriyed the Wilhelmina, Petrrs, from Stialsund ; Heloise, from Stettin ; Maria, Brinkman, from Rostock ; Boston, Boston. CLEARED OUTWARDS.--The Clytus, Fowler, for 134 y Chaleur ; Esther and Jane, Kelly, for Isletnan ; Mullett, Alason, for Quebec; and Jonge Willem, Jeuzen, for Rotterdam. Passed Holyhead, inward bound, the Europa, from New Orleans. SATURDAY, MAy 80.—Wind N.E.—Arrived tha Eu ropa, Ellis, from New Orleans ; Susanna Willielmina, Bencke, from Dantzic ; North Briton, --, from New castle, CLkAG.;CP OUTWARDS. —The Emily Thompson, for New York; John ;4yes, Worthington, for the Mauritius and Calcutta ; Mungo Park, fur Oporto ; Ceres, --, for Ostend. The Earl of ABERDEEN, Mr. Secretary PEEL, and Earl Powts, had interviews with the Duke of WELLINGTON on Saturday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY SO. THE KING V. PATTISON. The COURT granted a rule nisi. THE KING V. ROBERT WELSH. In this case, on a former day, a rule had been obtained for leave to file an information, it, the nature of a quo warrant°, against Mr. Welsh, for exercising the office of a capital burgess of the city of Wells. The ground of this application was, that the de fendant had not, prior to his election, been put' in nomination at a meeting of the corporation, as re quired by a by-law of the corporation made in 1815. Mr. TAUNTON and Mr. CAMPBELL BOW showed cause against the rule. Sir J. SCARLETT and Mr. ScARLETT.were heard in support of the rule. The COURT took time to consider its decision.' THE KING V. WILLIAM TUCKETT AND ANOTHER. The defendants, William Tnckett and Robert Raddon, were brought up to receive the judgment of the Court, having been convicted at the last assizes at Exeter, on an information filed by the Attorney-General, chargin:z them with having con. spired to defraud his Majesty of his revenue of the Customs, by causing a quantity of spirituous liquors to be run and landed without payment of the duty, and attempting to bribe one of the coast-guard officers at Dawlish. The defendant Tuckett was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and the defendant Raddon to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction at Exeter. EX-PARTE AARON SMITH. This person, whose case has been already reported, was brought up by habeas corpus,and bailed, himself in 5001. and four sureties in 100/. each. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAY 80. COLEMAN V. WALLER. The LORD CHIEF BARON delivered his judgment in this cause. It was an action of assumpsit on a special agreement, brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of 225/. 10s. from the defendant, under these circumstances :—ln December, 1824, a firm, at Southampton, of the names of Dent and Mannett, became indebted to the plaintiff in the • sums of 6001. for money lent, and 340/. for goods sold and delivered. 'When the plaintiff lent the 6001. he re ceived no security: but he afterwards obtained from Dent and Mannett a warrant of attorney, upon which, on the Bth of December, he issued up judg ment, and the Sheriff took possession of Dent and Mannett's stock. Dent and Mannett then wished to effect a compromise with their creditors, but the plaintiff refused to withdraw the execution, unless he had security for his 6001., so as to receive 20s. in the pound in respect of that debt. The defendant agreed to enter into that security on behalf of Dent and Mannett, and for the benefit of the creditors, upon which the plaintiff withdrew his execution. — A commission of bankruptcy was afterwards issued against Dent and Mannett, under which the plaintiff sustained a loss which he sought to recover from the defendant under the agreement. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff'. It appeared that the plaintiff, notwithstanding his refusal to come in under the composition, had actually signed the deed about the 18th of December, 1824. Dent and Mannett became bankrupts in July, 1825 : at the trial the Jury were requested to find whether the warrant of attorney to the plaintiff was or was not a preference; they found that it was not, and there fore found for the plaintiff. The Court were of opinion that the plaintiff should be nonsuited, for he had signed the deed, agreeing to accept the compo sition and discharge the debtors ; the Court acted in this case upon the principles that governed the case of " Cockshead v. Bennett," and ordered the rule to be made absolute. ADMIRALTY COURT, MAY M. THE ELIZA.-SALVAGE. This vessel was bound from Antwerp to London, and on the night of the 12th of November got on a sand bank off the coast of Scotland. Two fishing cmack, came to her assistance, and the vessel was got off. The owners offered 1001. which the salvors refused. The value of the ship and cargo was 7,200/. Sir C. ROBINSON considered that the salvors were entitled, for their services and loss of employ. merit, to 1501., which he pronounced for with costs. THE KENSINGTON MURDER. It appears that the girl Susan Bennett, since her examination at Bow-street on Thursday, has made a full confession of all the circumstances connected with the conduct of Birmingham on the night of the murder, which came within her own observation. Her statement, which of course will be received with great caution, not only in consequence of her abandoned character, but her former prevarications, is to this effect :—She says that on the night of Wednesday, the 16th of May, she was walking up and down in Kensington-road without having tasted any food during the day. Having neither money nor a lodging, she climbed over the Palk wall into the Kensington barracks. It was then about huff past eleven o'clock. She saw a sentinel, who was on duty, and Birmingham, in the yard of the bar racks. The latter asked the sentinel if he knew who she was, and the soldier replied that he did not know. The prisoner Birmingham then came up to her, and said, " If you like to go into the barracks, you may lie in my room." She consented, and accompanied Birmingham to his room, and being greatly fatigued, she lay down upon the bed with out taking off her clothes. Birmingham did not take any liberties with her, but remained in the room until it had gone twelve o'clock, soon after which he dressed himself in a brown fustian stable dress, and put on a sort of foraging cap. He then went to the table and took a knife from thence, which appeared to be a common dinner-knife, and then left the room without saying a word. She con sidered that Birmingham thought she was asleep when he went away. Not having been in bed for several nights, and having fasted the whole of that day, she thinks she must have fallen asleep imme diately • after Birmingham went away, and she did not wake until five o'clock,. in the morning, when Birmingham returned in the same stable dress which he put on when he went away. Site asked if she should get up and leave the barracks ; but he said " No; you had better lie still until six o'clock, and then I will show you the way out." At six o'clock site accordingly got up, and upon going into the yard she saw a setjeant sitting on a seat, who appeared as if he had just got up. The serjeant must have seen her go out. 'laving quit ted the barracks she wandered about all day in the park, and also in the neighbourhood of Kenshigton. On the morning of Friday, she was lying asleep in the open air, near the magazine, when a solJier awoke her, saying she must go along with him to the barracks, and if she would say that Birmingham was with her all night of Wednesday in the bar racks, and that she remained with hint until Thurs day, she would get him out of trouble. The girl then went on to state that Birmingham's master offered to reward her handsomely if she would get him off. F,he consented to do so, and told the ' Coroner that Birming ham w as with her all n ght, and that she never slept during the time he con tinued with her. Such is the substance of the state ment which the girl has made. The conduct of the soldier who was on duty when the girl climbed over the wall of the barracks, a nd permitted Birmingham to take her to his room, has been the subject of a court-martial, at which the accused was found guilty, was sentenced to 300 lashes, which sentence was carried into effect on Saturday last. If Birmingham be the murderer. whi c h o f c ourse at present is only conjecture, it is difficult to account fir the motives by which he was influenced, as it is well known that he professed for the unfortunate de ceased a strong affection, and had actually promised her marriage. SUICIDE. • On Friday last the neighbourhood of Beckenham, Norwood, Sydenham, and other adjacent villages, were in a state of the utmost excitation, in conse quence of a man having been discovered, as it was at first supposed, murdered near the Croydon canal, close to Penge-common. The man was discovered by a bricklayer, about three o'clock in the afternoon, and had his skull nearly blown off, as supposed, by a pistol or gun shot ; he was quite dead, and no weapon could be found near him. Paine and Tyrrell, two officers of the Bow-street patrol who are sta tioned in that district, were applied to, and they immediately commeaeed a search to find, if possible, the weapon that had destroyed the unfortunate man. Drags were procured, and the canal was most dili gently searched, as well as th,e banks near where the body lay, but nothing could be found to lead to any . trace who the deceased was, or how he had been destroyed. Notice was immediately sent -to the Coroner, at Kingston, of the circumstance, and a jury was summoned to investigate the mysterious circumstances. On Saturday afternoon, at five o'clock, Mr. RICHARD CARTER and a h;ghly•respectable jury, as sembled at the sign of the Crooked Billet, at Penge common, on view of the body of the unfortunate man above-mentioned. On application at the jury -room, the parochial officer refused the reporters admission, and a note was about to be sent to the Coroner, to know whe ther it was his wish that reporters should be ex cluded, when the officer entered the room, and an nounced that some reporters from London were in attendance to report the investigation, and asked if they were to be admitted. Mr. CARTER-1 am very glad of it ; let them be admitted immediately; I like publicity in these pro ceedings. John Scott, of No. 13, Love-lane, Rotherhithe, bricklayer, about three o'clock on Friday afternoon, was proceeding, in company with a person named Scarlet', along the towing-path of the Croydon Canal, leading to Sydenham, about a quarter of a mile from the Crooked fillet, when they saw a man lying on the side of the bank, his face covered with blood, and quite dead. There was a very large wound on the right side of the face, and a large por tion of the skull torn off, apparently caused by the discharge of a pistol, loaded with shot or ball. Witness immediately gave information at Penge wharf, and the body was removed to the Crooked Billet public-house. CORONER—Did the deceased appear to have been dead any length of time. Witness—Not long; the body was quite warm. CORONER—Had you ever seen the deceased be fore ? Witness—Never : he is quite a stranger in this part of the country. CORONER—Was any thing found on searching the unfortunate man ? Witness-1 was present when he was searched at the Crooked Billet; there was a quantity of gunpowder and large shot found in his pocket, also 3s. 6d., some halfpence, and a metal watch, Lut no papers of any description. The de ceased appealed to be about 28 years of age, live feet five inches in height, dark complexion, black hair and whiskers which nearly met under his chin. He wore a fustian shooting jacket, ahno•t new, drab ker seytnere trousers, arid black waistcoat, a green neckerchief, silk hat, and a black crape batid around t : his shoes were fastened with small budiles ou he sides. Paine and Tyrrell, two officers of the Bow-street patrol, had searched the canal, but could find no fire-arms. The CORONER, on addressing the Jury, remarked that it was most mysterious that no weapon had been found near the unfortunate man : there was, however, a probability that a pistol might have been overloaded, and have recoiled from his hand and fallen into the canal, although search had been made fur it. There being no further evidence, the Jury, after a short consultation, returned the following verdict : —" That -the deceased destroyed himself by dis charging a pistol or other fire-arms, loaded with powder and shot, to and against his head, but what sta'e of mini he sti as in, or who he was, no evidence appears to the Jury." Chadwell, on the part of the parish, undertaking to prosecute. William Just, the driver of the hackney-coach, No. 95, appeared to answer the complaint of Mrs. Liddle, a lady residing at Brompton•row, Brampton. Mrs. Liddle stated, that on Tuesday night last Mr. Liddle and herself were returning home from the Lilian Opera, and hired the defendant's coach in the Haymarket, to convey them as far as Hyde-park corner. He set them down on this side of the new triumphal arch, and demanded 2s. 6d. as his fare, although, in fact, his fare was only Is. 6d. Mr. Liddle, however, paid him the half-crown, rather than have any altercation, and took his number, de termined to punish him for the extortion. Mr. Liddle, however, was not able to attend that day, but as she (Mrs. Liddle) saw the half-crown paid and heard it demanded by the defendant, her evidence was deemed sufficient. The defendant did not deny having received the 2s. 6d. from Mr. Liddle, but said that it was his legal fare, and accounted for it thus :--his fare for wards, he said, was truly only Is. 6d., but then he was entitled to Is. back . fare from Hyde-park.corner, where he set down, to the nearest stone pavement, --that is, to . White Horse-street, Piccadilly, that being where the Macadamized road begins, it having been long decided, he said, and never now disputed by any one who understood the matter,.that hackney coachmen are entitled to back-carriage, if they once touch on a Macadamized road, the same •as if they are taken on a turnpike road. " Indeed !" said Mr. CONANT ; " and pray where did you get that law, or who decided it 2' ." Oh !" said coachee, " it has been decided by the Attordey, General, Sir Charles Wetherell, and the Commis sioners of hackney-coaches, at the office in Essex street; and Mr. Quaife desired us always to charge back fare on a Macadamized road." " Then I suppose," said Mr. Cori ANT, " if . you are hired in the Strand, and drive up Regent -street, you will charge back carriage to the Strand again." " Most certainly," said coachee. Mr. CONANT—And from Bond-street, I suppose, into Grosvenorsquare, (for the square is mac adamized), you will also charge back fare ? Defendant—Why, I don't well know as to that, your Worship, for the Commissioners or the Attor ney-General did not exactly tell us any thing parti cular about the squares; but I em quite sure about the streets; and the Attorney-General has even de cided that stage-coaches may now take up passen gers on the macadamized streets, although they can not on the stone pavement. Mr. CONANT—WeII, I don't know what your view of the Attorney• General's decision may be, but I can tell you that it you act generally under it, as you have in this case, you will find it rather an expensive job: you must now, for this extortion, pay a fine of 10s., together %lid' .ss. 6d. costs, and return the Is. you overcharged. Defendant—But, your Worship, if I am wrong, it's the Attorney-General's fault, and the Commis sioners'; I'll be on my oath they told us to charge back fare, and it's a hard case that I should pay the fine. It's the Attorney-General, your Worship, or Mr. Quaife, in Essex-street, that ought to be fined. . Mr. CONANT—WeII, if you think so, you had better get it back from them; but at present, if you don't pay it, I must be under the necessity of sending you, for a short time, to the House of Cor rection. The defendant then paid the fine, &c., declaring his intention of applying to Sir Charles Wetherell to reimburse him, and to set him right upon the law of the matter. NEW LONDON-BRIDGE.-COMPENSA- TIONS. GUILDHALL, SATURDAY, MAY 30. THE CORPORATION OF LONDON V. MESSRS. TM:MAR AND POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M A RLBOROU GH-STREET. On Saturday a man named John JVP Dugal, a shoemaker by trade, and a woman with whom he cohabited, named Elizabeth Mary Collett, residing in Portland -street, Golden-square, were, for the second time, brought before Mr. CONANT, the Sit ting Magistrate, charged with starving and other wise ill-using three infant children, their illegitimate offspring. Mr. Bradford, a surgeon, residing at No. 216, Tottenham-court-road, having accidentally heard some days ago that there were three children at a house in Portland-street in a very declining state of health, owing to the ill-treatment of their parents, went there and had an interview with the mother, the female prisoner, who showed him one of the children, and said that it had a constitutional disease which prevented it from taking any nourish ment, and that this was the cause of its miserable and squalid appearance ; he desired her to bring the child up to his house, and that he would prescribe for it, which she accordingly did, but on examining it, he found that the child had no constitutional or' other disease beyond what arose from a want of pro per nourishment. The mother said that the child had a peculiar aversion to all sorts of meat, and in order to try this fact, he induced the mother to leave the child with him for a part of the dsy under the pretence of giving it medicine, but when the pri soner had gone away he placed some bread and but ter and meat before the child, a little girl of five years old, and she immediately began to devour the food in a most ravenous manner, giving the pre ference to the meat, which clearly showed that the poor child had been kept a long time without a sufficiency of food of any kind. He was then sa tisfied that the account he had heard of the ill treatment of the children was correct, and he forth with gave information to Mr. Chadwell, jun., one of the overseers of St. James's parish, who very humanely lost.not a moment in taking the necessary steps to relieve the children and punish their cruel parents: The prisoners and their three wretched offspring were then brought before the Magistrate, and nothing - could exceed the starved and skele tonized appearance of the poor infants, and Mr. Bradford said that lie had no doubt but a little time longer of such treatment, had they not been re lieved, would have ended their sufferings with their lives. Airs. Sod, the landlady of tie house in Portland street win re the prisoners resided, said that they had been lodging with her for only a short time, but she very soon perceived, that although they took very good care of themselves, they entirely neglected these three infant children, the eldest of whom, named Clementine, was only five years of age; the second, Rosa, about four years old ; and the third, a little boy named Daniel, only two years old. The prisoners were in the constant habit of locking the three children, without a morsel of food, up in a room, and leaving them there all day long, and until eleven or twelve o'clock at night, va hile they them selves were out drinking, or passing their time in some other unprofitable manner. The female prisoner used frequently to drag one or the other of the children up the stairs, from the bottom to the top of the house, by one arm, in a manner that would seem almost to pull the shoulder joint out of its socket, and she seemed no have no more feeling towards them than if sine were a she bear, upon whom some straggling orphans, not of her kind, had intruded themselves. Several other witnesses residing in the house called, and he stated that he considered the premises gave testimony as to various acts of cruelty and worth 20 years' purchase upon a compulsory sale. neglect on the part of the prisoners to the children, They might let at 7001. per annum, but were worth and in the end, after a very protracted investiga- more to Messrs. Jones. He valued the' leasehold tiny, both prisoners were fully committed to the interest at 12,4001. No such premises could be sessions to take their trial for the offence; and the found in the neighbourhood. On his cross-exatni witnesses were all bound over to give evidence, Mr.. nation, he admitted that i n general the value of wharf-side propeity bad greatly diminished• g : also admitted that he had consulted Mr. ritli f , It also appeared in evidence that Mr: Roper Bo to Winatanley had been called is by the elairagn" value the premises. • ad d eelf A considerable body of evidence was and several eminent traders were examined, to slin do that the business was of the nature and o*P iol es i represented by the claimants' Counsel.. „ Se". t declared they would give from 8001. to 1,00010',-, annum for such premises. The present stock valued at 20,0001., and the loss of the removal -:;;;- estimated at 15 per cent. '1 he average profirpit stated, should be 10 per cent. on such a busiaell'it,' It varied from sto 20 per cent. The average to turns were stated by the claimants' clerk W es 207,2091. 15s. 10d. The average gross profits yi 15,5401. The business of the claimants had gre°,ll:, improved since their removal from near the s°ll ' 'work-bridge. s e e d The COMMON SERGEANT, in his reply, cont.,' of the evidence given by the surveyors on the P ert eic the Corporatioa with that of Mr. Burrell, and 00. on the circumstance of the absence of bl es ; it l'Anson, Roper, and Winstanley, whose evid ollc- t he was to be considered was not such as would a nt 00( 1 ease. He congratulated the claimants on their g feo fortune in having been placed twice within 8 . to years in the way of public improvements, s e "'Se entitle them to the sweets of comp ens ation. ' OO O trusted, however, that the verdict of the Jul"' Ate fall short of the amount claimed, and fail to 0- undue hopes in other expectanti. thel The Jury retired for about one hour, when • returned a verdict, awarding as compensation f °t t The Lease Fixtures Loss on Removal of Stock and Inter ruption of Trade 6,000 0 a .6 £80,839 lon tban the sum claimed. 14,061 1 9 ed. CHARLES JONES. On Saturday a Jury was sworn in the Mayor's Court, to assess the amount of compensation which should be given to Messrs. Thomas and Charles Jones, the extensive oil and colour merchants, for the inittry done to their wide by their ejection from their extensive premises, Nos. 125, 126, 127, and 128, Upper Thames-street, which are to be taken down to make space for the intended approaches to the bridge. This was a leading case of eorapensa tion, and excited great interest among the numerous expectants. The COMMON SERGEANT conducted the ease on behalf of the city. The claims put in from Messrs. Jones were as follow : For their Leasehold Interest in the premises (fir a term of 50 years), at an annual rent of 3001 Fixtures Loss on removal of Stork 2,000 Goodwill of Trade 24,900 £44,400 The demands on the other items were considered so high, that a nominal offer only was made on the part of the corporation, who acted as trustees for the public, in order that they might bring the ease before a jury. A wholesale business like that of the claimants did not depend upon the locality, and could sustain no injury from any probable removal which could entitle them to remuneration beyond that which they must receive in the shape of pay ment for the lease, as forming part of the advantages of the premises. It marked the character of the whole claim, that three years' purchase was asked for the good-will, when such a sum would be more than the value if the advantages of the business were entirely transferred oe a new corner. On the part of the corporation, Mr. Montague, the clerk of the city's works, stated that in his opi nion, taking into consideratiou the whole advantages of the premises, 5,405/. 59. was the utmost value of the leasehold interest. Mr. Smith, the surveyor to the Mercers' company, valued it at 5,180/. 14s. 4d., Mr. J. W. Higgins, the surveyor who had been em ployed by the Katharine's Dock Company, and was well acquainted with the value of water-side pro perty, valued the leasehold interest at 5,0181. 155..5d. which he considered extremely liberal. He took into account that the sale was forced. Mr. C. S. Hoggart, the auctioner, valued it at 4,5001, and took into account the circumstance that the sale was forced. Mr. BRotiGnAm, in behalf of the claimants, made, an eloquent and ingenious speech to the jury, in which he represented to them that this was the second time these respectable merchants had been driven out of their premises, and had their trade broken up to make way for city improvements. The first time they had been driven from their pre mises, then situate on the site of the abutment of the Southwark-bridge. After a considerable lapse of time, they had the good fortune to obtain their last premises, which by heavy expenditure they adapted in all respects to a most extensive business, which by incessant and most successful industry they had accumulated. These premises they would show were worth more than 8001. per annum. They were provided with cellaring which went under the whole of the premises. 'The site at the abutment of the present London-bridge was unequalled. The trade carried on consisted of 200 different articles, for which They had 4,000 regular customers. From 300 to 400 coaches daily passed the door, and by these conveyances orders were brought and parcels sent. The sale of fish-oil and of turpentine averaged yearly halls million of gallons. The gross profit on the miscellaneous articles form'ng the business was from 15,0001. to 16,0001. per annum ; the net profit from 8,0001. to 9,0001. per annum. Some of the business was certainly ‘vholesale, but even that was dependent on the local conveniences, which it was impossible to imagine must not be lost to the claim ants on their removal. On the part of the claimants Mr. Burrell was COUNTRY CORN MARKETS• DIMING LAffr seas & Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. a. to e. a. to a. / 8. • to 8 I. Catlisle — 41 -- St: 4 7, Carmarthen...-. 66 34 17 - -",„; Ilexham—.... 64 78 27 33 IS - wr l2s 40 Motpeth.. 66 '76 34 38 2.2 93 Penrith 64 ... SYeffield - : 6 68 79 3i 46 37 24 46 """ Winchester 64 '7B 35 19 xo, ad a ' Per Bushel. 5.d.1,-,110 0 ,0 - Coventry 9 8 10 4 4 8 5 4 3 0 " 4 Newcastle IStair.)6 11 9 6 If 0 4 0 4 . 0 W Northallert ( on ...-. 1 80 lO 0 5 4 0 43 23 20 6 80 Stafford 19 0 12 3 56 60 40 42 0 6 0 Swansea 9 93 4 4 4 6 "28 g 0 v, 0 Warwick 96 10 4 4 8 58 30 49 1 ' Per 8011. II ° n 0 00 Barnardcastle..... 19 0 23 0 0 0 10 6 7 6 0 ‘ 9 u 0 1. 0 0 Darlington 18 0 220 90 10 6 50 7°, 0 , „'0 Durham' 19 0 21'6 8 0 9 0 9 6 , '4l " Wolsingliam ..—. 17 0 206 86 90 60 LIVERP LOO CORN RXCHANGE.—ItaI" —„„, d seu i ` Our market has been thinly attended to-dan ' t id• t ° trifling sales were made in Wheat at a reduction 0'4.40, 2d. per 701 b. Oats were much inquired after) t ver iceP per 451 b. is demanded for the finest,quality; Flour is offering at 38a. to 395. per barrel; duty W S 32e. per barrel, duty paid, and 325. per barrel hie Of• readily given for best qualities in bond, but there . 14 if any, sellers now at that price. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—MaY *I9. n? W There is only a moderate supply of Wheat fro offer' this day's market, but some quantity of Foreign isle 0v ing, which will be here in a few days ; the best frelie et ° plea of both Eaglish and Foreign have met hea v Y ss l St ° decline of Is. per quarter; middling descriptions 0 , 1 ,. 0 and Old are exceedingly dull sale, at a reduction O' . v eil 2s. per quarter, and up to the close of the tnarkeesor, little business has been done. Oats are e rathe v r a iittk The malting season is over, and there has been riolot demand far Barley to-day, but the value is much the e t as last week. New Beans are in fair request, Ilnd la. per quarter dea olkrer. ?V' Wheat, Red, Norf and Suffolk Lincolnshire. ... 8 3 0. to 6.50. tint ;at' Yorkshire, &e................ as. ;° -l i .fine 79 1 . White ........-............ .... Os. `" -- Foreign, Old ****** 548. to 635. _ Barley, Norfolk and Suffhlk -- Lineolnshire. 2fis. to 30s, fine r.: Yorkshire Wold Zle. to 335. ii,t e ..fr, Beans, Tick .........••• **** ........ SIN. to 3 80. P r e e 410. Small ..- .......................»....... 96d. to Sh. n.°„oo. Oats, Poland and Potato ...... ....-... ...... ti Is. to' 80. """ glO Friesland and Small '2le. to 9,.5g- lit e os , bleating -...15d. to 14Nd. P er Wit. Shelling 3.35. to -a. ...4. ter 3 54 . P er bool Malt B.Ba. 4013. tine 425. Das _____ t• Rapeseed 251. N. est. os. sot. 0. _2_f/ WAKEFELD CATTLE NAREET.—MaY gi ' A rll o ' We bad a good supply of Sheep at this day's 113 0 1 ,0 ‘ but only a moderate one of Beasts. Of Lambs thle.rjero a tolerable supply, which met a ready sale, as ul also, at last fair's prises. Wheat. Barley Oats. _I ------"". Bean.' Aberdeen -- 56 '72 27 34 20 25 : ~---- SO / Berwick--- 45 52 24 Eli 17 20 21 ' ~.,„ ... / Coldstream .. 18 50 24 26 16 20 24 .-',,, ~ / Cupar --- 70 74 SO Ir 3 24 27 e - ; 00 , ~ Dundee.-- 70 34 25 . I .' .. / Elgin-- 64 EH 20 23 18 20 ~'''' 4 0 ' / Inverness.-- 60 '7O 2t 28 20 25 19 ,„, s `' .. 't Kelso 48 81 94 25 17 19 25 f, 54 / Kirkaldy-- 64 75 33 (38 23 Y 7 26 '",,,, e• 4 Perth . -- 64 90 23 26 16 90 26 •'" c oilfi`' it.„ - - fhe size of the measure varies throughout the ,„,,, ia 01' HADDINGTON CORN MA KKET..—.' - ,l, r Able ~4 Oats went off readily to-day, and at a eonel" - it' 46 cl u 0 vane.; top price up 4s. and average 31.--- 1 - do j lig e 0 sold. A small Barley market ; top up 6d. o' er p,. ,g 3d.-49 quarters sold. Wheat is up ls. on the o .14' 11d. on the average. Pease and Beans are 1,193 than last day. 13 0 0 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 0 6 oj First 74s Ott 37s Od 32s Ott 7163 OA 54 4 OJ, Second 67s Ott 34s Od 28s Od 3.56 (Al gl i al' Third Thrice were 20 qrs. of Wheat In mar ket, )0 wherein 19 Unsold.-'-.16 Grey. Average ....Si. 70.9 d. 7.120r1 • DALKEI'I'H CORN MARKET.-31a1 ' OP /It The supply of Groin at this day's market % /Ai and Wheat was Is. lower on the top. 15 ,1 / 4 q;i Wheat. Barley. Oats. [`cage. 56' Od First...... 736 Ost 14, s Od 30s Od 3418 Od 5 4 ' ( . . 41 Second ... 70s (Al 35s Od 28e. Od 341 Od 338 Third l36s Od 333 Oti 24s Od 3•4 s 0 11 , 'O l PIRINWLD and PUBLISUED by MURDO Y pu►`. ()melt, 112, STRAND, L01.0014* On Thursday an inquest was held I fore Carpenters Arms, Howland-street, Fitzroy-F 4 1° 8r 7.10 14 Air. Swum), coreuer, touchiug the death 0 ''4'l,o; ALEXANDER. AfacKuszie., aged fire years. Mr. 104i' 189, Totteuhaui-court-read, surgeon, was eallei a t or, tend the deceased on Saturday week last, and twos ja „,:t i ° , l .- be had been playing near a window, and had faller' - . o ed",j the street ; th e child was then insensible, and o lu : s si °° , l ( 1 for about ten minutes. Witness dressed tho br u 'i• - : 0 ; '1 : i applied leeches to the head, and he seemed i° 6l „ - i oit t° 6 of recovery, with th e exception of one symptem---1"„. t; Witness discontinued his attendance as Mr. Fos medical attendant of the family, was ' called in. the ty attended the deemed child on the day follout,"AtooS, cident, and he lingered until seven o'clock on " - g o, ( : je morning, and then expired. San Aft CAaatillihs" i'v't John-street, Tottenluon-court-road, lives in t :, e , os t ; i t house with the deceased child. The mother cv°, robe d' market, and there were three children left Pit I Y,T,,, , t, ; ;,, first floor room by themselves, and she was wi" be e m i ) j; that the deceased had liven trying to reach a clot, ifas e a ) which hang from the window, and o verbalaic e , t e i otf - t d i and that they tried to pall him in again, but cou,'" f e ll fr ol after hanging a short time by the clothes-line, 'l,e,cido the yard. The jury returned a verdict of << death." .... . BIRTHS. lAP On the 91st tilt., at T havi es- ia n , Holborn/ the m e, Henry Cobb Cornwall, Esq., of a Minghter- t he r At the parsonage, Trowbridge, the lailY e ' John Cra bb e) of a daughter. • el l ' Cr DIED• 1 Mr' re On the 27th ult., in Camberwell New-rva" g liA l p'. widow of the late Mr. Thomas Croft, of Eenchrir-ripe et On the 23d ult., at Broaistairs, Kent, Csth e ug ht er i tilda, aged 12 years and two months, see- dj !t °' George Wilson, wine-merchant, Holborn-hill. , reV , On the 28th ult., at Bath, aged 89, liat,tiaat o f the late Thomas Storie, of Camberwell, 1 ,41( 1* „1.1, g °9 c On the 30th nit., Edward, 19 months " 0 0 ' George Trower, Esq., 'lessen-square. th e oeo' On the 29th ult., at Bishop.bourne , in ~1,59. oti° Kent, Elizabeth Catherine, wile of the Rev. `-'"" 4;o' don, and daughter of the Rev. Dr. Holcomb e. f o lk, On the 26th ult., at Denton Rectory , N'''' z' Beth, eldest daughter of the Rev. Win. Cheste r ' ~ , 4 0 _.............„./ _____---... gt