The Sun. — London, England, 1829-05-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT .0P THE. LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE TIMES.) The affair of the city of London, which comes be fore one of the Houses of Parliament to-night, is obviously one of the first importance to the character of the city, its independence, and even the preser vation of its charter. An order, of which the fol lowing is t 3 ropy, has emanated from one of the Le gislntiv'e Bodies of the State, addressed to the Cer- Por.,lon of the city of London : _ " You are directed to make out a return of the c:rpen diture of the corporation of the city of London, from the year 1813 to the year 1829, both inclusire,--the usull sources from whence the funds are derived,—the purposes to which the expenditure was applied in each very—distinguishing such estates as the Corpnration holds in trust, together with the application of the rents, issues, tied dividen,l* arising thereon." Poor City of London ! And art thou come to this at last ? To make out an account of thy ex penditure on the order of another ! Well, sub mit ;—make out the return required; and then wait for xhat may come next. However, to enter a little into the rationale of the subject. It is certainly competent to the House of Lords, or the House of Commons, or to any body, or even to any individual, of whom a favour may be asked, to impose what condition he pleases as the price of that favour. The proper mode of proceed- Mg in the present ease would have been, a negoti ation between the authorities of the city and a com mittee of the legislative body in question; and then, in rase the negotiation had terminated in a treaty or is Compromise, the crder should have been trans- Initted from those city authorities to their proper officer to furnish the account required. But an order from Westminster, or from Windsor, addressed to the "Zorporation of London, by a body wholly ex trinsic to itself, and demanding a return of its ex penditure for the last sixteen years, is certainly such a thing as the city of London never heard of till the present day. It-is the act of a conqueror or a supreme lord towards a conquered state or a vassal. Had Buonaparte, for example, succeeded in his in vasion of England, be might in till probability, after lie had taken up his residence at St. James's or Whitehall, have addressed such an order as that which we have selected above, to the city of London, in order to enable iim to regulate the amount of the contributions to be imposed : but : - .athing short of such power as he would then have possessed could enforce submission. We observe with pleasure, that the immortal Captain by whom that tyrant was reduced to his . just dimension-, has viewed this sub .it-te in the same light in which we view it ; for he says that, " on looking closer into the muter, he was led to believe that it was not usual to move for each accounts as the City of London was called on to produce." As, however, the accounts had been called for, and the City of London demurred, it was for the House to decide on what course was to be taken." This is just and candid. But the I-louse has been urged by other advisers to perse vere. "We have been wrong, but we are too great to retract ! It is better that the City of Lon don should be forced into submission to an unusual order,' than that we should be brought to acknow ledge ourselves in the wrong ! Are we to 6c bearded by the Corpora:ion of London ?" For our own parts, we should be sorry, both from moral feeling nnd political. principle, if any body be found to great to confess precipitancy and error, to recede from oppression. We find that a number of Ultra Tory Noblemen are about getting up an " Eldon testimonial," for the characteristic . services rendered to his country by the Noble and Learned Lord in whose honour the said work is undertaken. An Eldon testimonial Good. " And on the base of it an enumeration of all the motions made in Parliament since his Lordship became a Member of it, for the redress of any one or more-grievances,—for the reform of any one or more abuses,—for the amendment of any law trenching on the liberty of the subject, or of any legal practice op pressing it,—for limiting prerogative,—for promoting public economy,—for serving the popular interest in any one sense; and annexed to the catalogue a list of the votes, and even an abStract of the speeches of Lord Eldon. Let this be done, and we shall have indeed . 1t " testimonial," with which no record of the glories, military or civil, achieved by the Duke of Wellington, from the hoer when he first drew a sword, can ever be put in competition. (FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.) In another column will be found Mr. O'Connell's Address to the Electors of the county of Clare. It is not for us, destitute as -we are of the necessary local knowledge, to express any opinion as to the probability of his re-election. At the same time, it is difficult to believe the Electors of Clare will be insensible to the circumstances so forcibly stated by Mr. O'Connell in the commencement of his Address. " Electors of the county of Clare, to you is due the glory of converting Peel and conquering Welling too. The last election for Clare is admitted to have been the immediate and irresistible cause of pro ducing the Catholic Relief You have achieved the religious liberty of Ireland. Another suds victory in Clare, and we shall attain the poli tical freedom of our beloved country." The people et Clare must be strangely constituted, if they do not feel both elated at the thoughts of what they have achieved, and eager still to indentify them sekes with the man who enabled them to acquire so proud a distinction. "in my person (he saye) the county of Clare has been insulted. The brand of degradation- has been raised to mark me, because the people of Clare fairly selected me. Will the people of Clare endure this insult, now that they can firmly but constitutionally efface it for ever ?" Mr. O'Connell promises to do much, and we have no doubt that he will attempt much. For many most cogent reasons, it is desirable that he should find his way into the House of Commons. They who were capable of the meanness of insisting on his exclusion ought not to have the triumph of his failure. But the great reason why he should be re turned is, that he cannot settle down into a quiet spectator of the- evils which press on his country. The necessity of constant exertion in the cause of his country is imposed on him by past events. A Morning Paper of Saturday last contains a very long and detailed statement of the sittings and at tendances of the Master of the Rolls according to the present usage, concluding with a protest against the adoption of Lord Lyndhurst's scheme for the future regulation of the duties of that department. To this statement, which bears every mark of hav ing been drawn up by a member of the profession, and which might, without any violent presumption, be supposed to emanate from an authorized source, the answer is ready and decisive enough. Either the attendances of the Master of the Rolls do or do not in the whole amount to that portion of time which the public have a right to expect every legal functionary will devote to the business of his department. Now Lord Lyndhurst's -plan is, that the Master of the Rolls shall continuously, throughout the judicial year, sit during the same hours—namely, from ten tW four— which the Vice-Chancellor employs in the business of his Court. This is no more than the just and reasonable measure of judicial labour; if the Master of the Rolls gives so much in his present various and irregular sittings, the proposed change %1 ill de no prejudice; but if he give a smaller portion of labour in return for the emoluments, dignity, and patronage of his office, the country may justly re quire that change. With respect to the patent rights of the Master of the Rolls, so strongly in sisted on in this article, they would be with very ill grace urged by Sir John Leach, whose state of health having long interfered with, has lately alto gether precluded that performance of the duties of his office which constitutes the condition of his pa tent. An able and a learned Judge we admit Sir John Leach to be ; but with all his ability and learn ing, it is well for him that.he is in a situation, the _ . . capacity arising out of his infirmities; The physi cian, the tradesman, the advocate, whose health fails him, eridtires;in the loss of income, the visitation of Heaven : it is only public functionaries—Judges more especially—the penalties of whose infirmities fell on the country. (FROM THE MORNING HERALD•) The proceedings last night in the House of Lords, relative to the Corporation of London, have excited no little interest in the City to-day. There is, how ever, but one opinion on the subject, and that opinion is most decidedly against the Corporation. Indeed, we do not see how it could be otherwise. Though men we too frequently not unwilling to partake of the spoils arising from direct or indirect robbery, yet few can be found to defend such practices in the abstract—that is, when they then: elec t s arc not to have a share in the plunder. This affair of the Corporation of the City of London may' be thus briefly stated. The Corporation has very large funds at its disposal for the repairs of London Bridge ; how those funds have been disposed of we will not stop to inquire, but certainly not exclusively in the re pair of the Midge. The cld London Bridge, as is well known, was so constructed as to occa sion, upon an average, the drowning of eight or ten persons every year. The Corporation, however, though by far the richest in the world, was too poor to remedy this evil,. end people were drowned year after year, till the number that thus perished amounted to many hundreds, if not thousands, and still nothing was done. At length it was thought expedient to pull down the old bridge and build a new one; but the Corpora tion of the City of London, pretending to be too pour to effect this, they go to the Legislature, and ask them to advance a million of money, and to in flict a tax upon the public to the amount of 60,000/. a year, to be raised principally from coals. This most modest request is acceded to without inquiry by those excellent guardians of the public purse, the Members of the House of Commons. Neither the liberal and Gallant Knight of the Borough, nor the two pure and patriotic Members fur Westminster, say a word against it. The thing is acceded to al most as a matter of course, and a Bill is accordingly sent up to the House of Loids. There, however, Lord Durham, who, by the bye, happens to be a dealer in coals, thought proper to move that there be laid before the House " an Account of the In come and Expenditure of the Corporation of • the City of London, from the year 1813 to the year 1828, inclusive, distinguishing the sources whence that income has been - derived, and the purposes to which the expenditure has been applied; and also the amount of the funds which the Corporation held in trust, the purposes for which the trust was created, and the appropriation made of them." The Noble Baton made this motion professedly - for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Corporation had any just grounds on which to found their claims for taxing the public. The motion was agreed to unanimously, but when the order was sent to the Corporation, the members of that most august body refuse to comply with it, and talk abeut its being subversive of their " rights . and privi leges ;" by which high-sounding phrase, we appre head, is meant the right of humbugging and cheat ing the people. If their accounts arc correct—if the money of the Corporation has not been im properly applied —why refuse to give a state ment of their affairs ? The Corporation came before the Legislature in forma pauperis, and ask to be allowed to levy a tax of 60,0001. a year, for a cer tain purpose of their own, on the ground that they are too poor to effect it without assistance; and then the Legislature ask them to make out their case—to show that they really are paupers—like sturdy beggars they turn round, and insult the very party of whom they had solicited charity. The House of Lords appear to be determined to sup port their privileges, but from the City petition be ing brought forward by a member of the Govern ment, and more particularly from the observations of the Duke of Wellington upon the thing, we are afraid, that it is intended to be hushed up—that, after all, the mysteries of the prison-house are nos to be disclosed. The words of his Grace are not a little remarkable—he is reported to have said, that "If the Noble Baran had done me the honour to communicate with me be fore I came to the House, and had given me an op portunity of considering the motion, if I had had time to inquire into the subject, I think, in all probability, your Lordships would have been speed all this trouble. When I read the paper I own it did ap pear to me that there would be no objection to the production of the documents Begging pardon of the House, I did say that there was no objection on my part, nor on the part of Government, to the motion ; but, if I had considered the subject, I cer tainly should not have consented." We perceive that Lord Ellenborough was one of the Noble Lords who condescended to become the apologists of the Corporation. His Lordship has a brother who is one of the City law-oflicers. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MAY 2.3. IS TIIE MATTER. OF THE PETiTION OF R. BEST, ESQ. _ . This was a motion of great importance, directed by the Court of Chancery, to try whether a le g acy and annuity left to the insolvent subsequent to his discharge, would pass to his creditors towards liqui dating their debts, although the testator had, by a codicil f to his will, directed that neither the legacy nor the aannity should be assignable or liable to the then or future debts the party might contract, or had contracted. In 1825, the testator (who was an uncle of the insolvm) made his will, in which he bequeathed to the solvent a legacy of 5,000/. and an annuity of 4001. a year. In 182, the insolvent took the bene fit of the Act, his debts then amounted to 11,000/. and the testator in the following year made a codicil to his will, in which he revoked the annuity and the legacy left to the insolvent by his will, and appointed certain trustees, authorising them to pay the annuity quarterly to the insolvent, and to invest the legacy for his sole benefit ; and if he should either become bankrupt or insolvent, then they were to apply the said annuity for his sole and separate use. The tes tator also left the insolvent's wife and his only son an annuity of 1001. a year. In 1828, the testator died, and the assignees then applied to the Court of Chancery for a portion of the annuity to be applied to the payment of the insolvent's debts. The Lord Chancellor referred the matter to the Commissioners of this Court. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, after referring to a number of cases which had been cited, said that the Court was clearly of opinion that the annuity passed to the creditors, under the 59th section of the In solvent Debtors' Act, there being no life interest left to any other person in the event of the insolvent becoming a bankrupt or insolvent; and they there fore ordered 250/. a year, out of the annuity, to be paid to the assignees towards the liquidation of the debts, and such order to commence immediately. Primrose Hill has, we regret to perceive, been denuded of its fine trees and sheltering hedges, the shade of which was a luxury to the citizens of the western pat of London, for time immemorial during the fine season. Is there not in this a violation both of good taste arul of kind feeling towards the middling and lower classes a the people? The following curious story is in circulation —The duty paid on foreign prints - being high, many in genious modes have been invented to smuggle the Patio engravings into London. Last week a number of folio volumes came from Paris, consigned to an eminent book seller in London. The duty was paid, and the book seller deposited them on his shelves fur sa►e. Yester day his French correspondent appeared at his shop, and begged to have the books again at the invoice price ; and the bookseller parted with them for a small emolument. The cunning gentleman from the continent no sooner had the books in his possession, than he cut open the backs, which contained a number of scarce and valuable French prints.—Evening Paper. One would have thotight the duty too small (being now ld. a print) to make it worth while to take the trouble to orAtle it.— Mariritta Paver. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHA LL. Philip Dignam, a shopman at Messrs. Cook and Gladstone's, warehousemen, Cheapside, was charged with stealing two pieces of kerseymere. Mr. nobler, jun. attended as solicitor for the pro secution. The frequent vi-its of a tailor, named Gilman, to the prisoner, exciting the suspicion of other persons about the premises, one of them discovered that the prisoner had given two pieces of kerseymere to the elothworker to be delivered at Gilman's residence in Grange-court, Carey-street, and in prosecuting his inquiries at the clothworkcr's, he met with the prisoner there, who, finding he was detected, re fused to return to his employers, and was given into custndy. A piece of French cambric and some silk handkei chiefs, belonging to his employers were found in his box, and also 101. in money, and several bills of exchange. Gilman was among the NI . it n esses against the prisoner. He stated that the kersey mere wss sent to his house without any previous order or notice having been given; and when he told prisoner such a quantity was of no service, he begged him to keep it for a few days. Messrs. Cook were satisfied Gilman had na guilty knowledge re specting the prisoner's conduct. The prisons r, who oiTered no defence, was com mitted for trial. On Thursday last, the driver of the hackney coach, No. 678, was charged before Mr. Alderman WAITIiMAN, by Throsby, one of the officers of the Society fur Preven:ing Cruelty to Animals, with wantonly ili-treating one of his horses in Newncrate sal-et ; he was tined 10s., but on account of his good character, and it being his first offence, en his promising not to offend again, the worthy Magis trate made him pay the costs, with a severe repri mand, and be was discharged. WORSHIP.STREET. On Saturday, the several journeymen Weavers in custody on suspicion of assisting in the destruction of the property of their 'employers, were re-ex amined before Mr. BROUGHTON and Mr. TWYFORM Win. Gallignc, in the employ of Mr. Walters, of Wi'son-street, was first placed at the bar. His de fence was, that he was asleep during the time that the cutters were destroying his work, but gave an alarm when he found what had taken place, imme diately after their departure. Charles Sims, a watchman, stated, that en the night in question, he was on duty near Gailigue's house, and calld the hours regularly. He did not see any men at the time mentioned by the prisoner (half-past two in the morning), nor hear any alarm or call of watch. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. PHIL LIPS, in a manner which afforded much amusement to the persons present. The careful guardian of the night would not swear to any number of times that he might hare been asleep on his beat, but he was certain that he had not slept at the time when this cutting was said to hnve been expected. Mr. BROUGHTON—D.) you know the difference between sleeping and waking ? " Yes," said the %vat eiman. . Mr. BROUallToN—You seemed rather puzzled by the questions of that gentleman; but you are sure that you were not asleep at the time mentioned. The w•itnesa said he could swear to that. Mr. BROUGTITON afterwards addressing the pri soner, said that he and his brother Magistrate were of opinion that there was riot sufficient es idence before them to send him to tiial; but he must give bail for his aprearanee to answer any charge that might be preferred against him. _ _ James Alexander, whose case has before been stated, was placed at the bar, and was also admitted to bail. John Clifford, in the employ of Messrs. Stephen Wilson and sons, was next brought forward. Mr. BROUGIITON observed, that his case differed materially from the others, and it was a question whether he should be sent to the Old Bailey for trial, or dealt with by the magistrates under another act. Owing to the disturbed state of the district, they had not had time to give his case all the consi deration they desired ; and they would therefore adjourn it for another week, and take bail for his appearance at that titne. Mr. Phillips.—The magistrates will not require 48 hours' notice of bail, but will take it at once; and you ought to be very much obliged to them : 1 must say that. Dori/set, in the employ of Messrs: F. and J. Giles, was placed at the bar, and the depoSitions which had been taken were read over. _ Four looms of work were destroyed in his posses sion, a week after his employers had consented to pay the full price demanded. He had received money in advance, and he pleaded that the cutters forced their way into his house. There was no ap pearance of force having been used, however, and a strong case of suspicion was made out against him. Mr. BROUGHTON—Your case is perhaps more serious than all the rest. There was HO question of price here, for the price had been raised florn 6d. to 9d. A difference about prices could in no case be admitted as an excuse ; but here there was not even that, and it shows that there must have been a strong and malicious feeling against these gentlemen for some other cat:se. You say that men forced them selves into the house and destroyed the work. If the officers are correct, that can't be true; and the question is, whether we shall send you to be tried by a jury, or deal in a more summary way under another statute. _ _ The piisoner wept bitterly, and declared he had no hand in the destruction of the work. Mr. BR OEG HTON —You and all the men should bear in mind, that if you tacitly cunsent to the destruction, you.are as guilty as if you did it with your own hand. The prisoner bad told the officers that his door was bolted and locked when forced open ; but he now said that the bolt very often missed the socket, and might have done so on this occasion.—lle was remanded for a week. A young man was afterwards brought before the magistrates on suspicion of being one of a party of " sealers" who had sealed up the work of a young man present, against his will. Suspicion was strong against him, but no case could be established and he was discharged. William Lee, a man who last week gave important evidence against Birmingham, accused of murdering an unfortunate female at Knightsbridge, was brought before Mr. BEN ETT for final examination on a charge of felony. He has long been known upon the town, and has been only a few months out of prison after a con tinetnent of two years. The present charge against him was for stealing a number of silver thimbles from the shop of Mr. Bell, a silversmith at Hackney. A number of pawnbrokers' duplicates were found in his possession for various descriptions of property which had no doubt been obtained in a similar way. Six pawnbrokers were in attendance with part of the property, but not any of it was identified. The prisoner was fully committed for trial on the charge of robbing Mr. Bell. The Keeper of the Clerkenwell prison was in at tendance, and represented to tke magistrate that Lee had been bound over as a witness against Birming ham for the murder. Instead of being committed to Newgate, there fore, he. was sent back to the New Prison to remain there till the sessions. STATE OF TRADE.—Business in this town is nearly in the same state at present that we reported it last week. Little or no improvement has taken place in the country trade, and in other branches things remain nearly as they were. We think it right, however, to men tion, that, owing to the tenour of the late discussion on the East India question, one or two highly respect dile houses here have already begun to place themselves in readiness for seizing the first opportunity of turning such a change to aceount. Indeed we might say, that having the com mand of unlimited wealth, they are determined to invest a large capital in commerce with the East, the moment tl.e country is • permitted to enter upon that new and fertile field of enterprise. —.3faneheetei AdvertiBer. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. On Saturday the anniversary of this excellent institution was celebrated by a dinner at the Free masons' :Tavern, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex in the chair. The object of the charity is to provide maintenance and education for the orphan or unprotected children of Rich Scotch soldiers or sailors as have died, or been disabled, in the service of their country; or for the children of such poor Scotchmen as are left, destitute in this metropoli., wnhout having acquired any parochial settlement, or any title to parish relief. The Asylum has been erected into a corporation, and though of recent origin, has been avowedly productive of great benefit to the Scottish poor. The funds placed at the dis posal of the Directors have been managed with great economy, and the arrangements made for promoting the comfort, health, education, moral and religious habits of the children, receise.the praise of every person who visits the establishment, or is aettilainted with its details. It was therefore with no little sur prise that we ob , erved on Saturday so scanty an attendance of the wealthy and the powerful, con nected with Scotland, to support an institution with such peculiar claims on the natives of that part of the island. His Royal Highness was not supported. by a single Scotch nobleman, though at present probably no large dinner party ut the west end of the town (with the exception of one for charity) could be found without some stray member of our northern peerage. The Royal Duke and Sir .Alirhael Shaw Stewart, NI.P., pleaded the cau'e of the institution with much feeling and effect, and the boys (upwatds of 50 in number), who were, paraded round the room in the Highland garb, and to the music - of the Highland bagpipe, presented, in their healthful ap pearance and satisfied looks, the best vouchers foi the light employment of the funds, in aid of which they solicited further subscriptions. DREADFUL SUICIDE. Saturday evening.-an inquest was held at the Crown, Lancaster-street, Burton -crescent, on the body of Charles Lewis, who destroyed himself under the following dreadful circumstances Miss Jane Lewis, a young girl of interesting ap pearance, daughter of the deceased, who during her examination evinced the deepest affliction, deposed that her unhappy father, about a week since was seized with a "nervous fever, and had medical at tendance; he became somewhat better, but was yet unable to leave hi 4 room ; on Tuesda: morning last, about half-past seven o'clock, she was in bed, when, to her great surprise and terror, her father entered her bed-room, ;vith alknife in his hand ; she asked him what he %V al going to do with the knife, when he exclaimed, " Oh, Jane I. they will hang me, your mother, and all of us to-morrow mornin.2 ; but 1 mill prevent it." Her father immediately began cutting his throat—witness jumped out of bed and screamed out, and endeavoured to take the knife from him, but could not. Mrs. Jones, a lodger, came- in, and wrenched the knife from his hand; at this time he did not wound himself much, and wit ness fell on her knees and begged him not to break .her heart; a surgeon was sent for in the interim; but before his arrival her father got possession 01 another knife, and inflicted a more severe wound on his throat; Mrs. Jones again came down, and with her (witness's) assistance, they a second time got the knife from him; he (deceased) was now out rag►eous, aid running into the kitchen laid hold of another knife; and before witness could reach him, gave himself a dreadful wound in the throat which bled profusely, and caused him to fall on the ground, and he soon after died. Other witneFses spoke to the deceased's state of mind, and the Jury returned a Verdict of Insanity. GLASUOW, MAY 20. This morning, Edward Meorc, convicted at the late circuit of the murder of his wife, on the road leading to Stonelaw, on the night of the 16th of November last, underwent the last sentence of the law in front of the gaol. He had undergone a per ceptible change in his features and general appear ance since his condemnation, being considerably emaciated. After partaking of a glass of wine he was led to the scaffold, which he ascended with a firm step, accompanied by Mr. Brown, of St. John's, the town officers, and other functionaries. On reach ing the platform he signified his wish to address the crowd. Like other convicts whose crimes are atro cious, he • declared before God, in a fervent tone, that he was innocent of the crime for which he was about to suffer; but that he was resigned to his fate. The prisoner then shook hands with the cler gyman and others, after which, with considerable vehemence, he threw the handkerchief behind him. After a few seconds had elapsed, during which the crowd expressed their dissatisfaction ut the delay, the drop fell. The unfortunate man gave several convulsive struggles, but appeared to he quite dead in about three minutes. After hanging the usual time the body was cut down and delivered for dis section. Moore was a native of the county of Lon donderry, in Ireland, and when first incarcerated he appeared destitute of all knowledge of religion, and could scarcely read ; but during his long confine ment be was attended by the Rev. Mr. Brown, and several other ministers of the city. Ile paid great attention to their spiritual 'instructions, and devoted a considerable part of his time to reading. On every occasion he solemnly denied the crime for which he was doomed to suffer. The crowd was unusually great. The Mowing account of the death of the Quee:a of Louis XVIII. appears in a letter written by Louis during his exile in England : it has been published in the Court Journal:—" The QUEEN had a tolerable night on Saturday. At nine o'clock, the hour at which the fit usually came on, there were no symptoms of it. However, it commenced soon after, and I then saw bow fully she was aware of her situation, and with what resig nation she awaited her approaching end. In proof of this, it will be sufficient to relate one circumstance. A man named iIIOTTE, who was in the service of my Ispother died in 1769, during a violent storm ; and afterwards, th people about the Court, when speaking of very bad wea ther, used to say—Tempts de la snort de Morrr. On the fatal Saturday to which I am now alluding, the rain poured and the wind blew more violently than I ever re collect in England. We were all speaking of it, when the QCELN, interrupting us, observed, that bad weather would no longer be called tempts de la snort de JlorrE. made no reply ; but the words nude a deeper impression on my heart than on my car. She now experienced a great difficulty of breathing in bed. She was placed in an arm-chair, and the fit increased to such a degree, that the physicians were afraid she could not held out much longer. She inquired for the Abbe DE BILEAN, who not suspecting the danger to be so i mm i nen t as it re ally was, had ve ntured to go to Aylesbury. Finding he was out of the way, she asked for the Archbishop, and after conversing a few moments with him, she sent to inform us that she wished to see us all for the last time. We went to her, but she had not power to speak to us, and in a few moments she made signs for ue to withdraw. Soon after she de sired the prayers for the dying to be said, which were com menced by the Archbishop (who, however, was scarcely able to articulate), and the Abbe DE 13. AN arrived in time to finish them. The Archbishop then gave her the absolution in articulo mortis. Meanwhile, the fit abated, and her strength returned. She sent for me ; and the Archbishop, in her name, asked me to pardon her for any thing she had done to offend me. I replied, that it was for me to beg pardon of her. No,' said she, the Abbe DE BREAK knows well that I have had no cause to complain of you.' Then, feeling her hand bathed in my tears, she said, in a gentle tone, No more of this' ; 1 must now direct all my thoughts to my Creator, before whom I shall shortly be summoned, and with whom I will intercede for you.' After I withdrew, she sent successively for my nephew and my niece, to whom she gave her blessing, _the Duke DE BEBII, to whom she addressed some pru dent and affectionate advice,—and my brother, w.ith whom she conversed in the same tone of kindness. After a short interval, the Ablle na litres came to inform me, that the QUEEN begged I would go home. Tobeyed, and you may imagine 9 . . INOVESV ON THE SUM" RERs AT TIII LATE FIRE. An inquest on the bodies of five of the sufferers in the calamitous fire that took place on Thursday. night Was held on Saturday at St. George's work house. The Jury having been swore, proceeded to take a view of the remains which had been dug out of the ruins, and which presented the usual me lancholy appearance. On their return several witnesses were examined, and from their testimony it appeared that the flue was first discovered about ten minutes before midnight, at which time the flame was perceived through the shop shutters of the house, which belonged to a fur niture broker of the name .of Pick. The names of the inmates of the house were Mr. and Mrs. Pick, and a child that Mrs. Pick had had by a former marriage, of the name of Mary, Ann Clinch, Mrs. Gregory, and her infant about three months old, and her sister, whose name was Eliza► Robbenet there was also the errand-boy, of the name of John Field, all of, whom are supposed to have been burned, although the bodies of the last five only have as yet been discovered. A man of the name of Cook, who is the private watchman of St. George's market, was among the first on the spot after the fire broke out. A woman told him of it out of a win dow in the market, and he immediately ran to the house. Just as he got there he found two or three persons eagerly engaged in breaking down the shop shutters, in the hope of being able to save the fur uiture; but. finding that he could be of little use there, he went round to the back of the premises, and, assisted by two or three young men, he suc ceeded in detaching a platform from the premises, by which the fire was prevented from extending it self to some work-shops. This %i•itness ap peared to think that the regular watchman of the beat had been very remiss, for although his watch-box was not above half a dozen yards from Mr. Pick's house,, he did not make his appear. ance for ten minutes after the fire was discovered. Those who were engaged in removing the shutters of the shop soon succeeded in their attempt; but though this was the means of saving a little of the furniture, the Coroner strongly deprecated the course pursued, as it was necessarily the means of admit ting a strong draught of air to the flames, and add ing a vigour to the fire which before was wanting. In his opinion, had every thing been kept closed, and the inmates thoroughly alarmed, they might have contrived to make their escape: but as soon as the under part of the house was once thrown open to the air, the staircase acted as it were a chimney, and the whole of the fire and smoke issued up it . with such vio!ence as effectually to prevent any escape that way. Very shortly after the first alarm of tire Ms given; a woman with an infant in her arms was seen standing at the second floor window, as if for help, bat no sooner were the shutters re moved than the smoke mounted upwards in such vo lumes that she was no longer able to retain her situation. The next-door neighbour, Mr. Smeed, finding that all hope of escape that way was lost, ascended to the trap-door at the roof of his own house, to see if any assistance could be rendered them. He had not been many minutes there before Mr. Pick made his appearance from the trap-door of his house, with no other garment on than his shirt, and with some difficulty was assisted into Mr. Smeed's parlour. All the witnesses who saw the unfortunate man, agreed in describing him to have been in an almost distracted state ; and so highly agitated, that he appeared quite unable to under stand what he was about. These facts having appeared in evidence, Mr. Pick was called upon by the Coroner to state what he knew of the melancholy transaction. Mr. Pick, in obedience to this call, :mired, that he had spent a portion of the evening previous to the fire at the Princess of Wales, a public house near his own resi dence, and that at a quartet' before eleven he re turned home. He and his wife had a broiled mack , erel for supper, which was cooked and eaten in the back parlour, and then, having raked out the fire, they retired to rest—probably about twenty minutes past eleven. He could hardly tell whether he had been asleep or not, when he was aroused by the cry of " fire," on which he threw up the window, and saw that persons beneath had succeeded in removing one of the window shutters : on this he roused his wife and the lodgers in the next room, and they en deavoured to make their escape down stairs, hut after descending a stair or two, they found the pro gress that way was impracticable ; the witness then became so confounded with alarm and agitation, that he could scarcely tell what subsequently took place; as fir as he remembered he got a chair from his bed-room, arid by that means made his escape through the trap-door and down the nest house, as described by Mr. Smeed. He had no doubt that if the shutters of the shop had not been so suddenly removed, they might have all been able to make their escape, for they had only to descend about eight or ten steps to get at the platform which led to his work-shop ; the smoke, however, was so overpowering, that, as he had stated before, they were obliged to return, after having descended a stair or two. He did not know whether the house was insured, but he had insured his furniture and goods in the Hand-in-Hand Assurance Offices for .00!. The father of Mrs. Pick appeared to think that there was some confusion about the time that elapsed between Mr. Pick's retura home and the breaking out of the fire. Mr. Pick had told him on the morning after the lire, that he did not return home till a quarter after eleven, and he certainly thought that from a quarter after eleven till ten mi nutes to twelve (the hour at which all agreed the fire was first discovered) was a very short time for a mackerel to be cooked and eaten, a pot of beer to be drunk, Mr. and Mrs. Pick to go to bed and be asleep, especially as the fire must have been smoul dering for some time before it was discovered. Mr. Pick denied that he had said it was a quarter after eleven that he had returned home ; it was a quarter before eleven, and he could bring a witness to prove it ; neither had he said that he had been asleep ; he had told the Coroner that be could not •be sure on that point, as he had been roused so abruptly, and so alarmed and confused since. A tradesman, and relative of Mr. Pick, who had spent the evening with him at the Princess of Wales, stated that he left Mr. Pick at his own door at a quarter before eleven ; Mr. Pick was quite sober at the time, and both he and another, ho was with them, thank out of the pot of stout beiore Mr. Pick carried it in doors for his supper. In answer to a question from the CORONER, Mr. Pick said that he could not form the least idea how the fire originated. The CORONER said that the whole of the evi s deuce having been gene through, it did not appear that there was the slighest ground for insinuating that the lire was other than a.cidental; and the Jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict accordingly. TRIALS OF THE MANCHESTER RIOTERS. —On Saturday eight persons, charged with having taken part in the riots of Manchester, and with having assisted in breaking open several bread shops, and carrying off the provisions, were tried at the New Bai ley, Manchester. Seven of them were found guilty, and one was acquitted. Of those convicted four were sentenced to he transported for seven years, two to be imprisoned in Lancaster Castle fir twelve months, and one to be confined in the House of Correction for six.—Leeds Mercury. THE LATE MURDER AT KENSINGTON.— Since BIRMINGHAM'S committal for trial two persons have come forward to give .additional evidence, which will pro. bably go far in corroboration of that already sworn to.— One person, we understand, will negative the assertions of the girl who swore that she stopped With BIRMINGHAM all night, and a!so confirm the statement of his having been at the Camden Arms till twelve o'clock on the night before the body was found. The other person +lves that he saw BIRMINGHAM and the deceased, whom he knew, pass along the Kensington-road, beyond the turnpike, at an early hour in the morning. This additional evidence was swot nto before Mr. SKETCHLEY, at Kensington, yesterday evening. Persons continue to visit the spot where the unfortunate girl was murdered.. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCg, LIVERPOOL. FRIDAY, MAT a2.—High water 29 minutes 'P s one o'clock.--Wind South.—Arrived the Ann .31.101" S'" •"- Pe -- —, from Demerara ; Pommerania, Bernet ,./ e Wolgaq ; Atlantic, Scott, from Bahia ; Dorothea, 11014.4 from Dantzie ; Mr:rgaretlia, -- from Lubeck; lir? i tanni., from Dublin. aiff et ' r C I.F. A RED 0U T WARDS. —The Rowena, - R -3e_l ~l',fr Carthage - 4a ; Sh_pherd, Findlay, for Cronstadt ; I'l l t r . Leopold, Taggart, for Isleman ; Fingal, ----' f ' ` , Narva ; Geniffer, Stevenson, for Quebec ; Cerra, Y!'" for St. John's, 1. B. . ~,,, Pased Ho!yhead, inward bound, Henry Grattan, ft°— New Oilcan.. d The barques Gown and Martha M , from Alexandria, arg, Pantnure, fr.an obile, (the last 35 days out) ) wereiPt - j: at 1 p. in. 20 miles westward of Holyhead b , the Ile" , steam packet. • i,l4' Off Point Lynas, inward hound, the James, Britia b feom Lisbon. Off Great Ornts Head, the Bispham, British, fr''rri* the Mediterranean. i : rii Off Holyhead, the Areturns, British brig, frtllii 1 ...., 0-° ' at twelve. TA tl4 SATI:ItDA V, MAY —Wind W. S.W.—Arriv e ' Unicorn, Maxwell, fi - oM Savannah; Henry Grattan..fr°,s4 New Orleans ; Emerald Ik., —, from Cadiz ; ti Ma3innis, front Lisbon ; Bispham, Evans, from 3fetii i i Zante; from Leghorn. The Euphemia, Fin`i'dl;; from Nas , att, off; Dyson, Kendal, from Antwerp, Panmure, , from Mobile, off; Cann., from Demerara, off; Cognac Pa.clitt, from nambueo; off. Cr.FARED OUTWARDS.-The Richards, for New York; Friends, Cunningham, for' St. P e- r i4 burgh; Wm. Harvey, -, for Quebec; Sir F ran- 6; Burton, Reid, for Bombay ;_ Harmony, Ross, for gua ; Lady Douglas, -, for Berbice ; Scipio , p - f for St. Peteraburgh ; Flavio, Lerillo, for Barcelona :of, Marseilles; Andis, King, for Valparaiso, Arica , f a Lima; Betty, thins, for St. Thomas's; Mona Castle , Douglas. 9ff Holyhead, inward bound, the Hope, and 0 41 J from Antwerp. Ao' Pasied Point Lyra', the Tagus, from Lisbon ; g ad turns, from ditto. Va il° Passed GI eat Orms Head, inward bound, the Connell, from Lisbon ; from ditto; and Met" from ditto. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS• DURING LAST , Wheat. I Bailey. I Oats. --- Per Quarter. Is.to s. s. to s. s. to s. s• ttl Catlis It 4A 28 34 —i 19 1 a',„..; Ilex ham ot 73 27 :33 18 25 • 4 0 (14 'it 34 36 22 3 " . Penrith ; (it 37 Sheitieicl 165 19 3 - , 46 24 Winchester 160 80 32 33 20 23 42 Pcr Bushel. s. d. s. d. BA. F, d, R. cf. s. 0 6 Coventry -1) A 104 4 5413 4 ) 4 3 4 3F Newcastle ( ' Sto.ff.) 111 6 11 5 8 60 4 0 4 3 r 0 5 f Northalierton 18010 0 40 43t 2 3 26 50 8 Staftbrd 0 123 56 601 4 0 43 „- 0 0 .". S:vansea 8 6 9 0 4 0 44 29 3 3 i r f. 0 6 Warwiek„ 9 6 104 48 32 30 43 0 Per 8011. ; 10 90 0 4 Harnardeastle 022600 10 0 8 914 0. Darlington ;IS 0 52 0 9 0 10 6 5 9 7 6 ' 6 10 1 Durham ;70 206 0 0 10 0 36 80 0 0 0 WolAngham ,170 206 88 90 60 7 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—Mayes'• tier!) The supply of Wheat to this day's market i 4 tine fresh qualities are scarce, and such are radii,' b wy off at last Friday's pyi,•es, but ail other sorts mee t , i , r e sale. some quantity of Wheat is shipping from 001 pool to Ireland this week. and it is very probable 0 . there will shortly be some demand for Wheat into , shire from this quarter, which has not been the case rr l d i considerable time past. Oats are rather dearer. 0 0 has brim very little demand for Barley to-day, the _ weather having nearly put an end to malting for !I ' ll t et sou. Good hard New Beans are in fair demand, but is very little doing in middling Old ones. 7. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk r2s. to Ms. 0.0 Lincolnshire 6.ls. to 675. fine Yorkshire, &c Fins. to 60s. 60 os, -- White Foreign, Old L.6s. to 85s. tine 0 . Barley, Norfolk.and Suffolk 2ss. to `Vs. fine ' s3 p, Linooloshir- 2iis. to fin 3 ,14. Yorkshire %Vold 2l4s. to 535. 6 °a 44 :0, Beans, Tick 1.3 a• to 37s•t fi ne .104• 10 4 , qs . fi Small 3ss• g° o • c gne 31f. qp, 23 Oats, Poland and Potato 1; P Friesland and Small Healing Shelling a2s. to --s. to Md. Per to o. Malt • - • • Ms. 40a. line 42i. per Rapeseed t"--ein SteLoc SCOTCH MARKETS. ...,....,.... ...._." ....... . L._.__: ._ :__.. _ .rae4 Wheat. Batley Oats. t Beall. itl,.. - --•,—,..--- 34, Aber:leen ......,.. .'6 72 27 34 22 26 '-- , 35 Beriviek--. 45 59 24 26 17 19 21 ~. 2 ' ..„. .., Cold6tream 41 :,0 21 26 10 19 21 l' , ', .., .-• Clipar ..,....•.». 10 71 SO 33 24 27 27 0 ., 31 ' ......, " Dun(lee-..,...... 12 . SI 25 --- fcl, `..- E1g,:n......--.. 61 (ii 20 23 IS 20 .."" 0 6 40 . ' Inverness—. 60 70 21 26 s2O •25 19. - ...... ' Kelso ............,. IS 31 21 25 17 19 2 5 '".. si, ..! Kirkl - o,ly—, 64 75 33 3.; 23 27 26 '', a ,., r e Perth ~.....:- 61 I+o 23 26 16 20 26 " o unK LtS-.- 'l'h-size of the rneAsnre 'caries througt_Tt2.l2lLe2.„-------: .:..---....—. a. HADDINOTON CORN NIA tIKET...—MaY 7 1 ,., n P Barley sold readily to-day, but at lower prices rte Friday ; top ls. 611. and average gs. down— , 4 B i t !" - tgi sold. Oats also found re.idv buyers, at an,advan ee p ,il on fiat average—same top. Wheat has brought tl i ° , l l o l top pi ice, but the average is down 6d., and safer Pease and Beans vary little from last week's averagt,ni, Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. I 1 .47,4* Fint : 7., Od 36s 6d 256 Oti 33s Od ; p a s OA Second... 6'7, Od 2ta (td !33 Ott 315 Od . , 41.00 Th in .... 55, 0.1 16, Od tr2s Od 274 Od a o : 4 There were Sod qrs. of W :teat in market,' 930 when 7-- ' 45 Unsold.-5 Grey. 9 1 4i:Mt-9-12W. Aver ' DALKKBIII. CORN MARKET.- , -M a Y ' nod l'lle supiAy of Grain at this day'a market , Wa s rate, and Wheat was ls. higher on the top. res ae,; Wheat. Barley. ' Oats. ['ease. sgi t First Second 'filird this Od 3s ed 21s Ocl 30s 01 ----- CORNWALL MARKETS. 'facao.—Wheat (average) 32. Od.—Barley, 15s. 1 10 . rut!,-"" 30s. lid.—Barley, 15s. Od. Ul! AusTELL—Wheat, 30s, to 32.s.—Barley, 15s. to su ,- 11A. Cd. to 12. i. Boom~—Wheat (average) 31s. al.—Barley, ocl.--v ;Xii LA NC ESTON—W heat (average) 335. Od.—Barley, 10k. o,l.—Beer, qd.—Mutton, lid. 148 tdo' --- '. ll —Whr • 641,*°3 - LisKeattn--W to 14s. lii. Sr. COLUMB—Wheat, 234. to :Vs.—Barley, 1415.. 0 0 — and Mutton, Gd. to 60. —Veal anti Lamb, Ott to Md.,„, :„.0* I'ENZINCE—Wheat, to 31a.—Barley, to , J7 O to 1 tS. thl.—Beef and 'Mutton, 6d. to 60.—Pork, 4. 1 . Butter, Bd. per lb. seat, —3. tc3 :/93. ~.. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tor* 7 .1 1 , Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday 2re'tili. Average Produce alp 6 Quantity of tine:Copper ' ANL OS' Arno , int of Sale. 15,2ti21. 55.:01 —Average Standard - - ,„-i, ----- - It is stated positively, that a BoTOUgh; been kept for Mr. O'CoNNELL, in the event of Meet, again and losing the election for Clare.— Waterford A . horse of 103 years of age is ihos:il Berlin. It belongs to a Polish merchant. This ° lt* able animal has been always fed upon sugar since seventy years old.—. jf'aterfnrd Mirror. J spne- sammiC BIRTHS. BU On the 2lth inst. the lady of William Lobth of a son. 'les Phillips' On the 19th inst. the wit. barrister, of a son. At Ipswich, the lady of Major Turner, of a fla t 36 still-born. At Donore, in the Queen's County, the lady 0 7 • Wellesley Despard, Esq. of a daughter. On the 12th inst. Mrs. Thomas Watson, of td''7 street, Portland-place, of a daughter. MARRIED. '6O On the 20th inst. at Orston, by the Re' COI Valpy, the Rev. Charles J. Fyne Clinton, rector 0'41! well, Notts, to R.isabella, youngest daughter of d'i! •• thews, Eq. Tvnemoutls, Northumberland. On the 20th init. at St. James's Church; We' tP- o iio T. Gab!), Eaq. Abergavenny, in the county of MO" tis tal to .Maria, daughter of the late Sir Christopher Wil l° A Bart. of Baldon-house, in the county of Oxford. DIED. d CL On the 20th inst. at Connaught-terrace, Mr s ' aged 78. • On the 20th inst. Mary, wife of the .Rev. of Norwich, aged 41. On the 21st inst. at his house, Albion-terracc , bury, Mr. Richards, in his 78th year. On the 21st in.t. at East Sheen, Surrey, wife of the Rev. Edward Patteson. On the 20th inst. at her residence, near COnWal . '' the eldest daughter of the late Sir Roger Mostyo , On the 16th inst., at Kentish-town; Isabella C' youngest daughter__ of the Rev. W. A. Evanto • PRINTED and PURLIEU/ED by IitURDO irrajlg Or. . .Orrier 1 le, STaAvp.,