The Sun. — London, England, 1829-03-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE TIMES.) The low defeated faction, finding that its wild ravings against the steady advocates of just princi ples are treated with utter scorn, has recourse to lying and calumnious inventions. Its furious invec tives and false assertions are equally powerless. His Majesty's disposition is unchanged : he adheres cor dially, and (what is still better) with the full con viction of an enlightened understanding, to the mea sures which his. responsible Ministers have intro duced for the welfare, nay, the salvation, of the em pire, and not more to their own glory than to the glory of their Royal Master. Having made this ge neral statement, on which our readers may confi dently rely, we will condescend to give a contradic tion to one or two particulars in detail. The visit of Sir Henry Halford to the Duke of Wellington, which has given rise to such absurd and false sur mises, had reference solely to the Duke's own health, which, from his incessant labours, is not indeed seriously impaired, but requires care and attention. The circumstances of secrecy alleged to have accom panied the Duke of Newcastle's visit to the King at Windsor are of the sagacious Duke's own " getting up." The King acceding, as a matter of course, to the Duke's request to have an audience, had no wish that the interview should not have been as conspicuously public as the magnificent castle in which it took place. The mysterious character given to it was an ingenious device of the Lord of Clumber. We think we may venture to say, with out fear of contradiction, that the issue of the conver . satrap: was a most complete, and to his Grace a most mortifying, failure. As to poor Lord Eldora—but .no,—let the baffled old man chew the cud of dis appointment undisturbed. Let him feed on his own heart : it will be a bitter meal. The King, we re peat, is cordial, convinced, firm. We refer to an article in another part of the paper giving an exact account of the Duke's reception. The affidavit of Mr., or Captain, Garth, which we published in our last number, wrapped up though it was, and guarded against all avoidable disclosures, has driven some people to a state which borders on insanity. The most desperate denials of facts have been attempted by certain daily and weekly mercenaries, but it is all in vain. It it be desired to conceal from a Christian community the contents of a certain box, will " somebody" be pleased to in form us how Captain Garth's demand of a Imp sum of money, and an enormous pension, came to be listened to even for a moment ? That there was a promise--an eergagernent—to comply with them, no one dares dispute. What, then, was the -consideration ? This is what the world calls for. People do not now-a-days bind themselves for nothing, for no necessity, for no dread of infamy, or other paramount evil, to pay the debts of those who importune or threaten them,—debts amounting to very many thousands of pounds; and to pay, be sides, annuities of 3,0001. per annum ; they do not, we say, bind themselves under such heavy obliga tions, if they have nothing to fear as the conse quence of their refusal to incur them. What then, we ask again, was the service which Captain Garth had rendered to the principal party, of whom Sir Herbert Taylor is the agent, equivalent to so vast a recompense ? If no service had been rendered, what service was expected ? To come to the point, —what secret was to be kept? Tell that, or say nothing. Two mystification* have been got up, since it was found impossible to pass by this affidavit or to answer it : Ist, a parentage has been described for the person swearing it ; 2d, his character has been violently abused. But these are silly diversions of the public feeling : the morals of this individual have no sort of bearing on the case, let them be ever so monstrous or jisgusting. The point to which these clumsy advates should direct themselves is not, what is Captain Garth, but who is he. (a ROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.) We have inserted an extract from the Age, on the subject of the Affidavit of Captain Garth, which appeared in the Chronicle of Friday last. We wish it to be distinctly understood, that we neither pro nounce, nor even insinuate an opinion as the sub ject of Captain Garth's claims, nor have we ever hazarded one imputation against 14 exalted Indivi dual on account of his connection with the claims in question. The affidavit we published becaese it wac a step in a judicial proceeding, but here our in terference terminated. We indeed remarked, that after the appearance of such a document, it would be expected by the public that some investigation into the circumstances to which it referred should take place. We have deemed it necessary to make these remarks, because it is affirmed by the Morn ing Journal that we have advocated the claims of Mr. Garth, and that malevolent insinuations have been fiendishly directed by us against an illustrious Duke lately arrived in this country. We know nor whether our contemporary has been instructed to make the statement which appears in the .Manning Journal of Saturday, but 1:e lays claim to high authority. "We have made ourselves," says he, " acquainted with the whole facts before we have ventured to express this opinion or them, and we now declare, in the most solemn warmer, and on undoubted evidence, that there is not the slightest foundation for the accusation." He gives us this history of the connection of Captain Garth with the Royal Family : " Teis Captain Garth, then, is the reputed son of an illustrious Princess, wino, by every religious and moral tie, was tie wife of General Garth. The law of this country interposes certain restraints on Princes oF Prin cesses of the blood marrying subjects of the King. The marriage, therefore, of this illustrious Princess was con sequently illegal. It was as illegal as that which was con summated between the Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray. But the law could not slip such a union of its moral obligations. It could not dissoivo the marriage between the parties. It could only interfere to taint the issue, and disqualify such issue from inheriting pioparty soceeding to titles. The religious and moral ordinance could net be affected. The obligations of the parties to each other remained unharmed—their honour could net be reproached, nor their private virtue assailed, The person called Captain Garth is the issue of such a conaexion.— How be became pcssessed of certain letters which p;ased between the Princess in question and his father, General Garth, is not for us to describe." All we have to remark here is, that the same Paper, only a day or two ago, affirmed, as if instructed, that " the Duke of Cumberland, on the day of his landing in England, did not, as we have reason to believe, know that such a person as Captain Genii (why we name this person will be understood) had ever existed." Not know Captain Garth had ever existed„ and yet Captain Garth is the son of the the Duke's sister, by a solemn but illegal marriage. These two accounts do seem hardly reconcileable with each other. We pretend not to know as much of these matters as our Contemporary, or so little as the Duke of Cumrland ; but we believe we may almost say we kn 67 that whose son soever Captain Garth is, he is not the son of General Garth. THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. (From the Age of yesterday.) " REPLY TO CAPTAIN GARTH'S AFFIDAVIT. ti The leading Popery Journals, the Times and Ciro aids, Z:er printing pages of fiend- like slanders against an Illustrious I;raonage , ilawa. At last, discovered a mare's nest by the pu bli ez ition of an aflidaoit in Chancery, made by a Mr. Thomas Garth against Sir ItYlPr and others, re specting the custody of a hex of papers. " In the first place, ti,," statement is ex puree, therefore, nut entitled to credit, while it is also open to contradiction; and, secondly, we can inform the Times and Chronicle, that a full and emnplete contra diction to the affidavit of Captain Thomas Garth ejll and must appear in due course of law. If, however, the .Tinbcs and Chronicle knew as much of the person who made the affidavit in question, and the contents of the box alluded to, as the writer of this article, seen they would ws,aoil with horror at his unmanly an d di s h onoura bl e c o n duct, and blush crimson deep with shame at their own credulity in giving currency to the foulest insinuations against the Duke of Cumberland, who, we openly and authorizedly state, is as free from even the suspicion of any criminal knowledge of Captain Garth's birth or circumstances as the child unborn. The time may not be far distant when the seal that now binds Be to honourable silence will be removed, and then we pledge onreelvee to prove the truth of that which is here asserted. " At present we shall content ourselves with saying, that with respect to the annuity proposed, Captain Garth has sworn to double the sum ever contemplated ; that the payment of his just debts was limited to a specific sum named by him after mature consideration, and that they were, upon inquiry, found to double that sum ; that the only impediment to the fulfilling all and every condition agreed to by the agents on both sides, arose with and rests entirely on Captain Garth, who refused to reduce his pro digal expenditure and establishments, and in other respects fulfil the preliminary conditions of the arrangements. To sum up all, it was timely discovered that he, Captain Garth, had violated his sacred word of honour as a soldier and a gentleman, given in the presence of two persons, with respect to the pipers. That he had, even during the negociation, outraged the common feelings of decency and affection ; and, to complete his character, bad endeavoured to impose large sums upon the persons appointed to inspect and liquidate his debts, which had neither bees incurred nor were justly due. These are only a few of the facts of the case; but they are such as Captain Garth or his agents dare not deny, without meeting with a summary and sub stantial contradiction. " With respect to the box of papers, there has never been any application made to the bankers, nor any intention displayed by the parties in whose name it is lodged, to re move it, although up to this moment there is no legal im pediment to their doing so. The deposit was made with Messrs. Paul, Snow, and Paul, in the ordinary way of bu siness, they being Mr. Westmacott's bankers ; they were neither mediators, negotiators, nor parties in any way to the transaction ; nor were they consulted upon, or made acquainted with, the contents of the box. The tale of the two receipts is equally false as the motive given by Captain Garth for depositing the box in Mr. Westmacott's name in lieu of his own ; the latter had previously possession of the box. and at Captain Garth's request bad made himself fully acquainted with all its contents, by preparing a corrected abstract of the whole, for a purpose which Captain Garth abandoned at Mr. Weatenacott's request. Such abstract is still remaining with, and has never been out of, Mr. Westmacott's possession. In conclusion, we have only to say that we regard Captain Garth as the most contempt ible of human beings ; and we know, and the public will shortly know ton, that the Duke of Cumberland is, with respect to the late insinuations about Captain Garth, the most injured man in his Majesty's dominions. " By way of postscript we may add, that none of the parties who are made to appear as defendants in this case have yet received any notice, legal or otherwise, of the pro ceedings in Chancery, although we understand the applica tion for an injunction was made before the Lord Chan cellor during the past week, in his private room, and refused.' Amongst the many disingenuous and disgraceful artifices to which defeated fanaticism has latterly had recourse, none has been more frequently re peated than the stale expedient of getting up a fic titious hostility which has na existence but in the imagination of the fabricators. The last of these " weak inventions of the enemy" is to this effect : that a delegation from the Irish Protestant Hierar chy, consisting of one Archbishop and seven Bi shops, is on its way to present a remonstrance at the foot of the Throne against the measure in pro gress for the relief of the Roman Catholics. It is not enough that every educated person must be sensible that such a delegation, in addition to its want of decency, would be at once unconstitutional and illegal. It is for the ignorant, the bigotted, and the fanatical, that thi.; and similar falsehoods are hourly invented, and put into circulation with an industry worthy of a better cause. We have only to add, that the report of this absurd crusade of the Irish Bishops is utterly unfounded. (FROM THE MORNING HERALD.) Most must remember the Times' tide, of brown granite stone being ground into white flour ; of such flour being sold to the bakers, and by them mixed with wheat flour, and made up into bread. There was no truth in that Times tale, and there is, in all probability, as little truth in the present one,respect ing the Duke of Cumberland, &c. Some time since we inserted in the Morning Herald an account of a shocking business that had taken place at Hampstead, and the name of an inn at Hampstead was men tioned. The next day we received a letter from Hampstead, in which it was stated that the account was a fabrication, and that there was no inn in Hampstead of the name mentioned. We after wards ascertained that a penny-a-line man had taken us in. Happily for us we had not paid the man hi• charge—consequently, like Sir Herbert Taylor, we backed out—put the penny-a-iine man's name down in our memorandum-book—and, of course, have never inserted a line of his articles since. We were much pleased with Sir Francis Bur dett's speech on Friday night, and his praising in the manner he did the admirable speech made on the Catholic Question by Sir George Murray. Certainly, as Sir Francis justly said, that speech was the best speech made this Session on that subject. If every Member were to compress his saying in the manner Sir George Murray compressed his, the public would read the Parliamentary debates with much more pleasure than they at present can do. Really some of the speeches are so tremendously long, and so full of useless words, and so void of thoughts, that we have often in our mind compared them with the plum pluddings that we recollect eat ing when at school ;—dough (words) plenty— plums (thoughts) so scarce—that, as our school fellows had used to say, they were hallooing after each ether. It appears to us very probable that the present tale respecting the Duke of Cumberland, &c., has been got up to suit party purposes. There can be little doubt but that it is intended, if possible, to drive the Duke of Cumberland from this country, in order to prevent him from appearing in the House of Lords and voting against the Catholics. Our hope is that no such got-up tale will induce the Dt*e to retire from this country; but that he will appear in his place, boldly declare his sentiments with respect to the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel's Bill; and if, in his conscience, he believes the measure to be a wrong one, to vote against it, as the Attorney-General and others had the honesty and the courage to do. We admire men who will vote as they think proper, whether those above them are pleased Gr the contrary; and we should think that the King would be p;.eased with such men, and will up hold them in spite of any thing that can be invented to get rid of them. George HI. stuck fast to Pitt, though the latter differed from the King on the Ca tisc4c Question. In matters connected with re ligion, it is abominable to see men change in the manner that Sir T, Lethbridge and others have done ; and those who will not who have not changed in that barefaced way we admire, and we hope the King will uphold them. We are glad that Mr. Wetherell remains in office. He was wrong to send in his We siguation ; we commend the Duke for not having accepted it, and we hope the Duke will make no change. 1t wcol not look well in the eyes of the people if he were. I; we might presume to advise the Duke we should say—" On the Ca tholic question let every man vote as his con science dictates," and admire and trust the man whom the prospect of a lozi; of place cannot deter from voting agreeably with his conscience. A wise or a just man will never turn off another who differs with him in opinion on a religious question. (FROM THE EXAMINER.) That factious aid gfsitleman, Lord Eldon, distin guished himself op Friday night - by some of his pes tilent craft. He affects to be in his itviii: s 4t:i's con fidence, and intimates that a loop-hole is proyideri for the elusion of his kingly word. This, we be 7 lieve, to be trick, sheer pettyfogger's chicanery. If the Lord Eldon were in the King's Councils, the Duita of Wellington would not be in the King's Cabinet. His Crane wouid never allow the arms to be procured from Winds.os Pelace which were to combat him in the House of Peers, 4 is remark able, that with reference, to the part of the Speech relatissg to the Catholic Claims, Lord Eldon said—" This re connnenthttion, the Noble and Learn ed Lord was of opinion, plengad his Majesty to rghing. It coiled for the advice of Parns.n?ent, and stated a tleterinir.gion to preserve the Church and Constitution inviolate, mid he regarded it with a feeling of gratitude.”—Why then has his honest I and superlatively conscientious Lordship uplifted his voice against the Ministers who recommended those unexceptionable terms ? Why was the table of the House covered with petitions called forth only by the expressions of the Royal Address ? But what a man is this ; what a mind of trick, and what no tions of mortals ! In the conclusion of his last speech—" He thought opportunities for proceeding against individuals for their conduct had been per mitted to e6cape; and so strongly was he impressed with this opinion, that when the propriety of a pro secution was intended, in consequence of an attack upon a late lamented Royal Personage, he (Lord Eldon) was adverse to such a prosecution, from an unwillingness, after the many other opportunities for prosecutions that had been neglected, to risk the possible failure of a prosecution in that particular case, and thereby disturb the last moments of that Royal Personage."—(The Noble Lord adverted to a speech of Mr. Sheil, animadverting upon his late Royal Highness the Duke of York.) Mark this, men of the Church, and good Christians! The benevolent old Nobleman was unwilling to prosecute, lest a ' failure should disturb the last moments of the dying Prince ! What ideas he must have had of the heart of that Prince, whose parting hour would he thought, be troubled by the disappointment of ven geance ! Is this Christianity ?—yea, even such is the Christianity of those who prosecute in the name j. of all meekness ! (FROM THE NEWS.) THE TORY CALL ON THE PEOPLE. . 4 Well, then ; it now appears you need our help; You that did void your rheum upon our beard, And foot us as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold! Shall we bend low, and in a bondman's key, With bating breath, and whispering humbleness, Say this ; Fair Sir, you spit on us last & • scion ; You spurned us such a day : another time You call'd us nwb : and, for these courtesies, We will petition you shall do'l " The events of the time; the wheeling; and the " changing of fronts" in men and parties; together with the topsy-turvy view which we at present have of the English world—disclose to us as strange a scene of fanciful disto: tion as ever yet flickered be fore the slides of a magic-lantern*. Every thing is to rest now with the people; the loyal arid consti tutional people; all the Clerical Ultras of the coun try now fly to them, as the dernier resort; the Tories too ! The Tories call, who never call'd before ; And those who always call'd, now call the more.' " Poor John Bull is quite beset with friends; and never before seemed to have a proper idea of his own importance. In fact, John is always made use of as an utensil, when his aid is wanted in the interests of others, but the moment he asks for any thing for himself, he is instantly transformed into an insolent and seditious varlet, that is not satisfied with what his betters are doing for him. His shoulders are at every body's use, for others to mount by in the way of promotion ; but when he attempts to ascend a single step himself, he is thrust back with a pair of broken shins, and a lecture on his impaired loyalty. When the Reformers " petitioned," the people were an unreasoning many-headed monster, betraying an " ignorant impatience of taxation," and of all just restraint. The parchment prayers were " gotten up" as a job ; and we heard of nothing but the " abused privilege of addressing Parliament ;" of " pauper petitions ;" and of " spurious signatures ;" now, when the Parsons are the "getters up" of the petitions, and the Charity Schools are called on to turn out their Tyro Protestants to sign the interested prayers of a priestly monopoly in their pot-hook scrawls, under a compounded fear of the Pope, the Devil, and the Birch—we are dinned with tleclama lions about the sacred privilege; though its prosti tution was never carried to so base and unlimited an extent; nor was the right of petition ever abused at once by such a clamour of ignorant pretence, and uncharitable intention. The most unlettered classes will "soon see through the ruse of the black coats (as Jonathan Martin calls them), nor will the fleecing the flocks in later history be totally overlooked be fore the inflammatory appeals to Smithfield in pre cedent annals. The rival Churches may shake hands over the faggots of the olden time; persecution and plunder have done their worst; and it will rest with the more enlightened senators of our days, to arbi trate with a strong hand over the power to do mis chief, on the side of either creed. When we read some of the country papers—which contain as much debating from a sort of semi-village Anti-Catholic Assemblage, as is reported of the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament, on the discussion of some leading measure—we are constrained to admit the undeniable " March of Speechifying" in the kingdom. Reporting is now so common, that it is taught in the lowest forms of the village school. The proceedings at the anniversary of every two penny club now make an intellectual display in the newspapers. The very Ultras, who are eternally ridiculing the " March of Intellect," are now forc i ng the talent of public speaking, from the " lowest note to the top of its compass ;" and, instead of being a nation of shopkeepers, we are in danger of becoming an empire of orators. There is, however, this lengthy advantage in the reporting of country meet ;pigs in weekly newspapers, viz. that there is lime for every speaker to write, revise, and correct his own speech ; a practice by no means uncommon with the more self-szcient spouters ; and hence the curious distinctions, which we may sometimes ob serve in the provincial schools of elocution, viz. that the speeches of your grocers, hucksters, and tallow-chandlers, which the orators have acuteness enough to leave to the turning lathe of the Reporter and Editor, beat hollow the windy dissertations of the parsons and schoolmasters, in good sense, as well as good grammar. " After Lord Winchilsea's declaration in the House of Lords on Tuesday, that he (Lord W.) bad become a con vert to Parliamentary Reform, and that if Lord Grey would bring in a motion for that measure, be would sup port it, we should feel surprise at nothing, on the score of political change in public men. We fully expect, in a short time, to see the venerable Lord Eldon haranguinga mob in Palace-yard, on the necessity of resorting to Uni versal Suffrage. The will of Sir Mark Wood has been proved in the Prerogative Court, Doctors' Commons, and pro bate granted for 60,0001. personal property, in addition to the snug borough of Gatton (where the election takes places in the Baronet's kitchen), and other freehold estates, producing a large rental Sir Mark has left the bulk of his fine for tune to his son, the present Baronet. About two years ago a young man, of North aPerton, named Reed, was connected with another person in a speculative concern. The elopement of his partner, who absconded, and other misfortunes, involved him in dif ficulties; but, with an heroic resolution he determined to pay every shilling, and actually sold his watch and every thing else. From that time be may said to have lived almost on bread and water, until he paid every shilling ; and, still more to his honour, he has paid several debts contracted without his knowledge.—Doncaster Gazette. WELL-TIMED PUN.—A gentleman, not very scrupulous as to taking long credit, was telling a marvel lous story of having lost his watch in the course of a pedes trian excursion near the Cape. " It was quite dark," said he, " when I missed it ; the artic was valuable, and knew that an hour previous it was safe in my possession. at once re;:raced my steps, and after walking nearly three miles on those hiliy road.), I actually pat my foot on the watch, which was not at all injured:" " There is nothing surprising in that," said a wag present, " y ou were a l ways noted for ' going upon tick. ANE,CDOTE OF TIIE LATE Ma THOMAS tra(lesina4 o:fl‘Tewcastle, w h om M r . B ew i c k . . had for'many years employed to serve him witla coals, had . r r t, last, it was discovered, began to defraud hiM in the inett:- sure of the awt;:i*he had long furnished for his domestic comfort ; on which occ asion oar artist ~ ; !_!!! t a strong letter of rebuke to this rogue in grain, for his ingratitude and want of common honesty. At the bottom of his epistle h e sketched with hi s p en a small drawin g , in which was represesie4 fLTre o f a m an in a coal- cart , accompanied by the Devil, '‘Vile is vehicle u n d er a gal lows, beneath which w as written'the'se emphatic wo;ti,,,— " The end and punishment of all dishonest men !" This I..7ell 7 timed satire so affected the nervous system of the poor delincoeut„ ;1;a 4 ,.: lie immediately confessed his guilt to his benefactor, and on his am - t ea iaar . lor , .d his pardon. This small sketch was aft erwards engraved as a tail-piece, which may be found in th e first volume of his History of British Birds, at page 100.--Stock4ort Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A partner in the firm of Clemmitt and Co., the proprietors of the New Inn, in the Old Bailey, appeared before Mr. Alderman ANSLXT, on summons, for charging 6d. porter age upon a parcel, on which no porterage whatever was due. Mr. Spence, the comrlainant, stated, that the parcel came from Sheen, carriage paid, to London, arrived at the New Inn, and was fetched from thence by the Ealing car rier, who delivered it at complainant's house at Ealing. The carrier charged 6d. for bringing it from London, and also demanded 6d., which he. paid to the defendants, for portering the said parcel from one office to another in the same inn-yard. This appeared so monstrous, that be could not help complaining of it. The defendant said that the two offices certainly be longed to the same premises and the same proprietors, but were nevertheless totally distinct in their nature. At one office goods were received and delivered which were car ried by conveyances putting up at that inn. The other was an establishment recently opened for booking parcels to be forwarded by errand-carts to every village in the vi cinity of the metropolis. It was the custom of the trade to charge 6d. for the porterage of every parcel from an inn to an errand-cart booking-house, and if the complainant's parcel had arrived before the general booking-office was opened, it would have been taken to the King of Denmark, in the Old Bailey, or the Magpie and Stump, in Newgate street, and the 6d. would have been paid as a matter of course. But if the proprietors of the yard chose to book it atian office of their own, the party to whom the parcel is addressed being put to no extra expense on that account, was that party aggrieved ? The premises cost 1,0001. a-year, and the additional booking-house being in fact a distinct establishment, he thought the complainant had no reason to cry out, as he was not put to any greater expense than usual. The ALDERMAN, after consulting the city solicitor, de cided that the book-office being a part of the same pre mises, the defendants were not entitled to charge for a service that was not actually performed ; but as the over charge arose from mistake, he should order merely the ex penses to he paid. The defendant promised to be guided by this decision, and paid the costs accordingly. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William Cobb, the driver of one of the Hammersmith stage-coaches, was brought to the office in the custody of Ballard, the officer, charged, under a warrant, with wilfully and wantonly driving against the carriage of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, so as to cause considerable damage to his Grace's carriage, and to nearly endanger the life of the Duke himself. His Grace's valet-de•charnbre, who attended to prefer the complaint, stated, that on Wednesday evening last, some time after dark, the Duke was coming into town on the Windsor-road, at a considerable rate of speed, in his Grace's travelling carriage and four; when, a little this side of Hammersmith, the defendant, who was driving his coach out from town, also at a rapid rate, came upon the same side of the road on which the Duke's carriage was travelling, and which was the proper side to drive on coming towards town, but the wrong side for the de fendant, and although the latter was repeatedly called to as he approached by the postillions of the Duke's car riage, he heedlessly continued his course, until, as was inevitable, both vehicles came in contact, and the Duke's carriage received considerable damage in the panels, &c., and the Duke had a narrow escape of being seriously hurt : as it was, however, his Grace escaped fortunately without any injury. This statement was confirmed by the postillions, who declared that they called several times to the defendant, as he came along on the wrong side, but he paid no attention to them, and bad not they themselves, they stud, slackened their pace almost to a walk, both the vehicles and their horses must have come together with such force that the whole must have been dashed to pieces. The defendant, in his excuse, said that he was going at a very easy rate at the time : in fact, he said, he was just then on the point of pulling up on that side of the way to set down a passenger, and that was the reason why he was on the wrong side of the road. The Duke's car ri:Te, he said, was going at a furious rate, and drove against his coach, when it might have easily avoided it by a little care on the part of the postillions. The Magistrate said, that nothing could warrant the de fendant in driving in such a manner, at night, on the wrong side of the road, particularly when he had been called to to pull up. The defendant was then fined 10s. and costs under the Highway Act, and the Duke's servants were informed that his Grace's remedy for the injury done to the carriage was by civil action. James Jones, a footman out of place, was charged with having stolen property to a considerable amount, belonging to Lawrence Peel, Esq., M.P., brother to the Right Hon. Secretary. The prisoner and his wife were left in care of Mr. Peel's house during the absence of the family on the Continent, and he broke open some of the chests, and stole table and bed linen to a considerable amount. He was re manded. UAT'TON-GARDEN. An elderly lady, accompanied by several friends, stated that she resided in Northampton-street, Lower-road, Islington, and that her husband held a situation under Government. Of several daughters, the youngest re mained at home with them. On the 14th of last month, early in the evening, she left home for the avowed purpose of going to see a married sister, residing close by, but from that time she had never returned. They had received in formation, that on the night of the 14th of February, a young female, whose dress and description too closely cur responded with that of the unfortunate girl to admit of a doubt of her identity, went into the Herald Coffee-house, in Shoe-lane, about nine o'clock, and requested permissi3n to wait there for a person, which was granted. At ten o'clock a gentleman in a blue cloak made his appearance, with whom, after a few seconds' conversation, she left the house. This person, however, was partially known there, and was immediately, on this circumstance being made known, ascertained to be a Mr. Lewis, who, with a wife and family had, for the previous twelvemonths, lived in Northampton -street, within a very few doors of the com plainant's residence, but had suddenly left his Louse a few days prior to this occurrence. His family, with whom her daughter had been somewhat intimate, also left at the same time. Application was made to a gentleman acquainted with Mr. Lewis, who refused to say where he might be found, but obtained an acknowledgment on the part of Mr. Lewis, that he had met her at the time and place men tioned, but had parted from her almost immediately, and had not seen her since. The MAGISTRATE condoled with the unfortunate lady, but regretted that it was not in his power to render her any assistance. The lady and her friends then withdrew. QUEEN-SQUARE. Abraham Ilarris, of No. 8, William-street, Pimlico, a clothes-salesman, was charged with illegally disposing of a gold bracelet, the property of the Hon. George Mills. It appeared that on the night of Tuesday fortnight, the brace let in question was dropped at the King's Theatre, by the lady of Mr. Mills, and it was found by a soldier named Scone, who was on duty that night at the Theatre, and who sold it to Harris fur 305., upon the understanding that if the bracelet was claimed within a fortnight, it should be returned. The bracelet was valued by Mr. Mills at Si. The defendant said the charge was totally false. He was ordered to pay Si., the value of the bracelet, and $l. penalty for illegally disposing of it. He gave notice of appeal. A highly respectable meeting was held on Thursday, at the Court-house, Wakefield, pursuant to requisition, to consi !er the propriety of petitioning the Legislature to open the trade to India to the merchants arid manufacturers of Great Britain, by refusing to renew the charter of the East India Company. Lawrence Hitchon, Esq. WAS called to the Chair, and opened the business of the Meeting by reading the requisition. Mr. Holdsworth brought forward a number of excellent resolutions, which, a fter some discussion, were carried unanimously. The spirited example set by Wakefield ought to be followed in all the principal manufacturing and commercial towns of the c ountry.—Leeds Mercury. NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Captain Ross, „A ix: a voyage to the Polar Seas excited at the time consi derable attention, is so far advanced In preparation for a similar undertaking, that he expects to be able to start by the middle of next month. The expedition is undertaken at the sole expence of Captain Ross and his friends, and the great novelty attending it is, that steam is to be em ployed ip 4 f'QF firS ime. captain Ross toes out in the victory, a steam-vessel 'ef 200 tops burdeua, accoo palled by the John o f 320 tons, laden with fuel, and store and provisions for three years. The powerful steam-engine of the Victory is of the high-pressure kind, and will con sume fuel of every kind, w h e th er th e woo d t o be found in ma ny places on the coast, o r th e o il t o b e procured from the tenants of the deep ; and the vessel is so constructed as incapable of destr uc ti on b y t h e p ressure of icebergs, the effect of which w ill be to raise tier up instead of crushing her. The Faddles,' worked by steam, can alq o , ba taken Off if necessary, and at Once she can be rigged as a sa iling-vessel- The crews of the Victory and John will a mount to 60 men, an 4 the officers are distinguished for their scientific attainments. The equiptnent is, in all rep t complete or als, mos , THE DUKE OF TEWCASTLE AT WINDSOR. The Duke of Newcastle has had an audience of the King. We expected that a vast deal would have been made of this, and that we should have heard of nothing but of his "gracious reception," " his Majesty's marked attention to the petitions," &c. &c. Finding nothing was said on the subject, we began to suspect that his Grace's visit to Windsor had not been very satisfactory, and we thought it right, therefore, to make some inquiries about it, the result of which we now lay before the public. Certain petitions to the King having been committed to the charge of the Duke, lie resolved not to intrust the precious documents to such im pious hands as the Ministers, but to avail himself of his right to demand an audience, and present them in person to the King. By this means he would have an opportunity of satisfying himself of the actual state of the Royal health—of cor roborating the accounts which the Duke of Cum lberland (in his anxious care for his Royal bro tiler's ease and repose) had given of " the dread fully disturbed state of the metropolis,"—" the furious assemblages about the Houses of Par liament,"—" the violent language offered to the Duke of Wellington," and other particulars equally interesting and true. The audience was demanded, and accorded. The Duke of Newcastle, who has recently discovered that the voice of the people is the only voice worth listening to, at first determined to march down to Windsor at the head of 20,000 of those political vocalists; but probably recollecting that the " vox populi" is by no means " 4,02' et prwierea nihil,"— that there would be bellies as well as voices, and that a commissariat would be an indispensable part of the procession,—he abandoned this magnificent design, 'and proceeded to the Castle alone. His Majesty received the Duke with that dignified courtesy for which he has always been so remark able, took the petitions, and naturally thought the business was at an end. But the Duke was deter mined to make a day of it; and drawing from his pocket a paper, with a menacing aspect of prolixity, and containing, no doubt, " the gathering nonsense of a dozen years," he began to vex the King's ear withal. What were the contents of this paper, and whether the Duke ever got through it, no one, not even, we believe , his Majesty himself, can tell; but when at length the Duke was " bowed out," as the phrase is, the King addressed him nearly in these words :—" My Lord Duke, I wish you a very good morning ; and should your Grace have any farther communication to make to me on this sub ject, I beg that you will address them to me through my Minister, the Duke of 'Wellington." LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. I. T. Forbes, a Lieutenant on full pay in the 89th Regiment of Infantry, was brought up for examina tion, on the last day (Wednesday) on which the Court sat for the examination and discharge of In solvent Debtors. The Insolvent, in his schedule, attributed his in solvency to the loss sustained in the campaign of the Burmese war, in India, which he set down as a loss to the amount of 7501., suffered at play, from having fallen into the hands of sharpers and gamblers. His debts amounted to 30001., about 10001. of which was contracted in India, for which country he had departed at an early age; but the remaining and far larger portion of them had been contracted since his arrival in England, in 1827. The income of the insolvent was limited to his regimental pay—about 1201. a-year; it had never exceeded 300/. a-year even with extra allowances whilst on service in India. In the further examination by the Learned Coun sel who represented creditors in India, it appeared that his debts there had been greatly augmented by the high rate of interest—ten and twelve per cent. charged upon them. During his stay in India, the insolvent declared that he had the honour of being acting manager there to different theatres of ama teurs, and he had himself built one theatre. Much of his loss in India was incurred in this way. In reply to a question from Mr. BARRY, as to whether he had to incur uny expense by the support of any person besides himself? the insolvent replied that he was not married, but admitted that a lady visited him in prison, to whose support he contri buted. The insolvent admitted that he stated he had expectations of property from an aunt (Mrs. Thompson), but it was property which it was op tional with her to leave or not. Mr. Shillerby, a livery-stable-keeper, opposed in person. Mr.HEATn briefly replied in support of the insolvent. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER then took the schedule of the insolVent, and directed his attention to several items set forth in it. It was somewhat remarkable, that the excepted articles should be returned at 19/. 9s. 6d., when he saw such large sums set down to different tailors within the space of a few months. There were 60/. to one tailor, 48/. to another, 401. to a third, as well as other sums charged for articles of dress. Then there was an item of 181..55. to a dress maker in Piccadilly. The insolvent said, that was a charge for a:pocket book, pencil-case, and other articles. The CHIEF C O MMISSIONER—What ! 181. ss. for a pocket-book and pencil-case ? The insolvent—And a writing-desk, and various other articles. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—AIid what became of them ? The insolvent—l made a present of some of them.—lt further appeared, that these articles were partly given in consideration of a bill discounted for the insolvent. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—I see 621. set down here to a very eminent and respectable house in this city, Messrs. Rundle and Bridge. What was done with the articles got from them ? The insolvent — I disposed of them. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—HOW, put them in pledge ? The insolvent—Yes. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—And where are the duplicates ? What did you do with them ? The insolvent—l disposed of them too. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—I see another item (the precise amount did not reach us) set down for jewellery to Mr. Hamlet. What did you do with those articles ? The insolvent—l made a present of some of them, and disposed of the rest. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—Then there is ano ther- sum of 451. for jewellery. What account do you give of that ? The insolvent—l made a pre sent of some of it ; and parted with the rest to raise money, of which I was in need. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—And have you the duplicates ? The insolvent—No ! I parted with them also.—(There was here some laughter, mingled with an expression of surprise and indignation in the Court.) Mr. Shillerby—l wish you would ask him what he did with the saddlery he got from Mr. 'Hudson. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—That, Sir, is Mr. Hudson's business, and not your's. (much laughter.) Mr. Shillerby—Why, he pawned it the very hour after he got it. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, after having gone through various other items in the schedule, said there certainly was nothing in the opposition raised by the creditors, to call for the remand under the Act of Parliament; but nothing could justify or excuse the conduct of the insolvent since his arrival in this country. The insolvent was then seat back to prison for a-week to amend his schedule, by accounting more particularly for the property he had pawned. ANOTHER DEFEAT OF TIIE LEEDS BRUNS wIcKEns.—An active canvass of the Leeds Corporation has been going on during the . whole of th e present wee k, to obtain a Div-Popery petition to Parliament from that body a and a meeting was held for that purpose yesterday, but we are rejoiced to say.that the attempt entirely failed. —Leeds Mercury. A pound of March dust is worth a King's revenue." There have been, for the last day or two, plenty of pounds of dust in Regent and the other Macadam ised streets. WINDSOR POLICE. A working man, named Bartlett,. living in' Bier-lane, and having only the use of one of his eyes, accused a Mrs. Clemmonds with injuring his character, by stating every. where that he had attempted to ravish a young woman who was living under his care at Marlow, where he had taken her for the purpose. lie could assure the Ma gistrate that there was not the least truth in the accu sation. The Magistrate thought it would have been better to have brought up the young woman to contradict the story. Bartlett—Yes, your Worship, but unfortunately the young woman appears to labour under the same delusion as the woman I complain of. (Much laughter.) The Magistrate—What ! she confirms the statement of your ill-treatment of her? Bartlett—. Yes, but it's all scandal for all that, for I re ceived a letter from the young woman a few days ago, in which she calls me her " dear brother-in-law ; and speaks in the most amicable terms. The letter in question was here read. It ran thus :-- "My dear brother in the law—l hope this will find you is the enjoyment of health. I thank the Lord lam ♦ery well. I have been poorly since I saw you, and not been able to go to Marlow since. I shall not be able to go this week. Oh, my dear friend ! how I wish to be in Wind sor, Here I have nobody to speak to in our religion ; but, thank the Lord, I see his goodness to me in every thing. I knew it was the Lord what stopped the letter a coming home before me, and again in constraining you to write to me to prevent me from answering the other letter. The devil was at work very much, but God is always above the devil, and so he is in this case. And lam sure I shall never be able to amend your kindness to me, but God will reward you for being a patron to the poor and destitute.— Oh, my dear friend ! keep close to the Lord. Be steadfast and immoveable, always abounding in the Lord,'' &c. &c. The letter was signed " H. Lunnon," and concluded by expressing a strong desire to return and live with her "dear' brother is the law." The complainant stated that Mrs. Clemnionds was in the habit also of throwing hot water over him, and exclaiming that she would get him turned out of society. The MAvoa said that it was from beginning to end a very strange story, in which be had no authority to inter fere, although lie should have no objection, if the womaa Clemmonds would appear, to ask her the question. Bartlett sail that he was a married man, and that every thing depended upon his character. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. r Barley. I Oats. Beans. --- Per Quarter. s. to s. is.to s. s. to 5. 5. to 5. Carlisle 71 I 32 25 Carmarthen......... 60 33 18 36 64 78 27 33 18 25 50 52 Morpeth..----.... 56 67 36 40 18 25 28 40 Penrith 68 36 25 80 92 35 46 24 St 46 55 Winchester 58 76 29 35 25 27 42 46 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. i. ti. s. d. s. d. s. d. Ld. Coventry --- 10 0 10 4 4S 52 30 43 50 60 Newcastle (Staff.) 12 0 12 6 59 60 46 49 70 76 Northallerton--- 80 10 0 40 43 23 46 50 66 Stafford 1 . 20 123 56 60 40 43 76 80 Swansea. B9 93 44 48 26 30 00 0 0 Warwick 100 104 48 52 30 43 50 60 Per 8011. Barnardcastle.,—. 18 0 21 0 9 0 10 0 7 4 7 9 9 0 10 6 Darlington —.— 18 0 120 90 10 6 59 76 90 10 0 173 Durha m 2OO 86 96 50 8611 6 130 Wolsingharn 17 0 20 6 8 6 9 0 6 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 WAKEF: ELM CORN MARKET.—Marcb 13. There is again a very short supply of Wheat, both from the farmers and up the river, but there is a fair quantity in granary remaining over from previous arrivals; there has been a pretty good demand for all descriptions, at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter, but the trade has been less lively than on Tuesday at Leeds, where the market was very brisk, and rather better prices obtained than here to d‘iy. Oats are in demand, and dearer. The beat samples of Barley are Is. to 2s. per quarter higher, but the light descriptions remain very dull sale. Beans are in fair tie mand, without any material alteration in value. Wheat, Red, Noifolk and Suffolk 6os. to 665. Lincolnshire • 6.35. to 68s. fine 72g. fine 711. Yorkshire, Scc 6ss. to 675. fine 71s, ---- White - Foreign, Old ;Ss. tolOs. tine 695. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 2Bs. to 33e. tine 368. - Lincolnshire 2Bs. to 335. fine 365. - Yorkshire Wold 32s. to 345. fine 378. Beans, Tick 34s. to 365. tine 386. ----- Small 34s. to 358. line Xs. Oats, Poland and Potato Vos. to 263. fine 328. - Friezland and Small 2os. to 235. fine 275. - Mealing l2%d. to 14d. per Stone. Shelling 32s. to -s. -s. to 345. per Load. Malt 36s. 41s. line 435. per Load. Rapeseed 3Ol. Os. 321. Os. 331. 10s, per Last. SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN AI A REET.—March 11 A full supply both of Barley and Oats in to day's mar ket ; 110 quarters of Barley sold, 9 unsold, top price 4e. and average Is. 6d. down. Of Oats 400 quarters were sold, and 153 unsold ; top price 2s. down, average about the same as last. Wheat has advanced on last day's prices, 3s. on the top, and about 3s. Bd. on the average. Pease are up Is. 6d. and Beans is. Id. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pcas6 - . First '7ls Od 33s 06 326 Od 3es 6d Second 661 Od 36s Od 254 Id 30s Od Third There were 207 qrs. of Wheat so market, 33 wlsereo 4 Unsold.—l 4 Grey. ..31. ss. Bd. 6.l2ths. A verai DALKEITH CORN The supply of Wheat aru was moderate ; that of Oat heavy, at rather higher prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First 7os OA 37s Od 28s Od Second— tits Od ats Od 248 Od Third 6os Od 30s Od 20s Od Beans. 363 Od 32 Od 2Ss Od were sold. 1 , 4 A It 1{1.:"J id Barley a s and Beat P.—March 12. A this day's market us was large; sales Pease. 33. Od 32s Od 36$ Od Beans. $B4 OA 32a 04 26s 04 CORNWALL. MARKETS. TRURO.—Wheat (average) 295. &I.—Barley, 13s. 3d.—Oats, 12s. liaLsTort—Wheat, 30s. 4d.—Barley, 13s. Sd. ST. AusTELL—Wheat, 288. to 31s.—Barley, M. to 14e.—Oats• 12s. Od. to 14s. Boman's—Wheat (average) 295. W.—Barley, 13s.—Oats, 12s. 6d. La uNCESTON—Wheat (average) 265. Od.—Barley, 12s. &L—Oats, Its. Od.—Beer '.—Mutton, sd. LtsKelan--Wheat,',2Bs. to as. Od.—Barley,l3s; to 99. Od. Sr. CoLumn--Wheat, 28s. to 30s.—Barley, Its. to —s.—Beef, and Mutton, 5d to 6d.—Veal and Lamb, Od to Sd. rENZANCB—Wheat, 295. to 31s.—Barley, —s. to 166.—Oats, Os. to l3s. 61.—Beef and Mutton, 50. to Od.—Porl, 30. to Od.— Butter, I2d. per lb. BIRTHS. On the 14th init. in Lincoln's-Inn-fields, the lady of George Pocock, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst. in Beruard•street, Raisell-square, the lady of John Davis, Esq. of a daughter. On the 14th inst. in Montagu-street, the lady of Chas. Bowyer, Esq. of a daughter. On the 2d inst. at Genoa, Mrs. Edward Le Mesurier, of a daughter. On the 12th inst. the lady of J. H. Ansley, Esq. of a son. On the 13th inst. in George-street, Hanover-square, the la•ly of Dr. Seymour, of a daughter. On the 13th inst. at Kensington, the lady of Charles William Fletcher, Esq. of a daughter. On the 13th inst. Mrs. Wm. Carpenter, of a son. On the 10th inst. at Taptou Grove, Derbyshire, the lady of Charles Wake, Esq. of a son. AIATIRIED. On the 12th inst. at Aynho, by the Very Reverend the Dean of Christchurch, the Rev. Burges Lambert, 111. A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to Julia Anna, third daughter of the Rev. Thomas Fawcett, Rector of Aynho and Greens Norton, both in the county of Northampton. DIED. On the 14th inst. at Beaconsfield, aged 68, Margaret Winckworth, relict of John Winckworth, Esq. of Padding ton-street, Marylebone. On the 6th inst. at Louth, Lincolnshire, Langley Grace, Esq. distributor of stamps for the parts of Lindsey. On the sth inst. at his house in Grove-road, Mile-end, Edward Parry, Esq. aged S. On the 13th inst. suddenly, at the Coal Market, in a fit of apoplexy, Mr. Charles Smith, coal-merchant, White• friars, aged 43. On the 13th inst. at her residence, Hachney.road, Mrs. Jennings, relict of the late Benjamin Jennings, Esq. of Stratford, aged 64. On the 14th inst. William, youngest son of Mr. George Jennings, of Spital-square, aged 10 months. On the 15th inst. at Devonshire -street, Bishop3gate, in her 77th year, Mary, the wife of Mr. George Shepherd. On the 11 th inst. in Hunter-street, aged 53, Mrs. Elizabeth Willis, relict of the late James Willis, Esq. Com missioner of his Majesty's Customs. On the 14th inst. Mrs. Hilhouse, of New Bond-street, in her 88th year. On the 14th inst. Mr. Francis Hornhy, of the StranJ, in his 56th year. On the 3d inst. at her residence at Hampstead, Mrs. Jane Harriet Casement, widow of the late Thomas case ment, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's service. On the 13th inst. aged 19, Emma Mary, youngest daughter of Joseph Sladen, Esq. of Lee, Kent. On the 3d inst. at the house of Mrs. Franklin, her daughter, in Witcham Fen, in the 100th year of her age, Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, relict of Mr. Thomas Rogers, of Sutton Fen. PAINTED and PUILISHED by MURDO YOUNG, at the Su OPFAC/4 11k, &RAND, LONDON*