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reach, I am yet perfectfy satisfied that the ge neral condition of that country affords evidence of indisputable improvement, and may be fairly considered a subject for congratulation. 'Dis tress exists there (where does it not exist ?), but the condition of the general population is one of decided amelioration. The Revenue is slowly but steadily improving ; the feuds are insensibly losing their character of ferocious Li gotry ; the tranquillity of districts recently dis turbed is gradually increasing ; the confidence in the fair administration of justice appears to gain ground ; the excitement observable in some of the counties, where circumstances indicate the approach of contested elections, is of a character so nearly approaching to the legitimate and whole some agitation which accompanies them in Eng land ; the good effects of recent reforms in the various public departments are so obvious and so universally admitted ; the facilities for the due administration of the laws in districts hitherto scarcely entitled to the appellation of civilized, have been so much augmented by the appoint. ment of intelligent and resolute stipendiary Ma gistrates ; offenders have been in so many late Instances detected and secured to await the judg ment of the proper tribunals ; there appears a de termination so general and so marked, to dis courage the union of a secular politician and a religious instructor in the same individual ; the rational and dispassionate men of all denomina tions appear so fully convinced of the fatal ten dency of religious dissensions, and of their utter inefficiency in forwarding any one desirable object : All these considerations, combined with some well judged and popular measures on the part of those to whom the administration of Irish affairs is more especially entrusted, bears me fully out in my position, that th! progress of eve:its in the Sister Kingdom is a fair and legi timate subject for congratulation." We shall not weaken the effect of this statement by a word of comment. We shall content ourselves with assuring our readers, that it comes directly from an individual having all those advantages for observation which, in the commencement of this article, we stated him to possess.—Morn. Chron. Horace Walpole, writing to Mr. Montague i n 1756, says, " But what do you think of young Mr. James Lowther, who, not of age, becomes master of one or two and forty thousand pounds a year ? England will become a Flep tarchy, the property of six or seven eople ! The Duke of B d is fallen to be not above the fourth rich man in the island." The pre ponderance of a few great families seems to have struck this acute observer as an innovation, fraught with the most important consequences, in a constitutional point of view. Since that time the disparity of fortunes has become still more remarkable, One dozen of men possess an income and influence equal to those of the whole of the rest of the Peerage. Let us take for example only nine of them—the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Bedford, the Duke of Northumberland, the Duke of Buccieugh, the Marquis of Stafford, the Earl of Lonsdale, Earl Fitzwilliaten Earl Grosvenor, and Earl Harewcod. What an enormous share of the property of the whole order we have here ! We have more than once remarked that the property of the privileged orders bears but a small propor tion to that of the whole country. The income of the whole House of Peers, for instance, has seldom been estimated at more than two millions and a half. The saving in the expence of car riage between Liverpool and Manchester, by a late improvement, is alone estimated at 600,0001. a tear; that is, one fourth of the income of the Peerage. But then while entails and other cir cumstances have thrown three or fbur Ducal estates into the possession of single Peers, and in this manner a few individuals have obtained su striking a preponderance, the remaining property of the country has become more and more divided. Arid this accumulation of estates on the one hand, and division on the other, are the cause of the political impotence in which the people are now placed. 'The secondary class of gentry laet only a generation or two. The owner of an estate of 10001. a )ear, for instance, if he have three or four children, must either eel; the estate, or mostgage it so deeply to pro vide for the younger children that in another generation it must come to the hammer, Titus th e ' c i vet mess of property of the country he a constant Ntate of circulation. But the great landowners, who possess. , political power, arc under no necessity of diminishing their estates; for they have all the Church property, which is larger in arnoont than their private fortunes, at their disposal, and the monopoly of all the rich pkices under the Government ; so that their children can always be peovided for at the ex pence of the public. Since the time of the Commonwealth a very great change bac taken plaice in the condition of this country. At that time great Landlords possessed more of the property of the country than at present ; but there was not that prepondereting influence in a small number of individuals we now witness. In our days the middle classes have beseorne pos sessed of a share, of property out of all pre portion greater than they then possessed ; but from the distribution of political influence th a t property is only made to rie-et the chains of the people, by increasing the fund I's-Qin which the privileged fete derive inexhaustible friE:l;;C pi per petuating their dominion, and a constantly ope- Y.lting motive for •gPirtlpting the principles of the population. It is to this unequal distribu tion ,o 4 property, and the necanopoly of political !salver, which enables the holdeee of that pro perty to dispose es they please of the pliffsk3 se seeurces, that we atteilmte the singular spectacle (Male!) this country atTo4i; of a numerous wealthy middle elass, without the Artoes usually found in that JUR, There is throes-bons. the country a great proficiency in the arts of pnednetion. Mechanical contrivances of all sorts every where abound, But there is lie taste for the highest oljects of inquiry. The literature cif the coun try is almost exclusively what is esit s eil light reading, The Press of F.t rence and Germany' teems with books in all the higher branches of - literature, which afford an unqudstlooehle evi dence of the existence of superior cultivation in the middle classes of these two countries. In deed, of education in this country these is lite rally nothing deserving the name in the present day. Even the object w 144 is supposed to en gross the attention of youth—ti&e g!lidy of the classics—is not attnined, The two richest Uni versities in the world, Oxford and Cambridge, only distinguish themselves by occasionally printing the labours of soot. German schder.— Enough of classical literature is, however, ac quired by the Aristocracy to make them pe dants, for what can be in more wretched taste titan the practice of quoting Latin in an As sembly of Country Gentlemen, by ninety-nine in a hundred of whom it is not understood ? The immense interest which the high Aristocracy have in the perpetuation of the existing system in the phi- Church and State, and in corrupting ciples of the nation, has produced due fruits. What must strike every foreigner in the literature and social intercourse of England is a tone of hypocrisy and disingenuousness. There are so many interests arrayed against candid inquiry, that prudence is every where on the alert. I►► other countries diversity of opinion is not viewed as a crime, and inquiry is nct interdicted. In England all opinions but those which favour the predominant interests are proscribed. It is true the Churchmen arrogate to themselves a supe riority in this respect over the Dissenters. Thus, for instance, in Field's Memoirs of Dr. Parr, we are told that " his (Dr. Parr's) concern for the honour and happiness of the Dissenting Clergy led him to remark with regret the re straint under which they are too ofte❑ held by their congregations. Though fettered by their forms in other respects, yet in that respect (he said,) the Ministers in the Church enjoyed more freedom than those out of it :" and he concur red in the observation of a friend, that among the Nonconformists in England, and the Pres byterians in Scotland, " it was not the learned who teach the people what to believe ; but the people who prescribe to the learned what they are to teach." But it would not be difficult to show that the mental slavery of the Dissenters has the same origin with the corruption in Church and State. The system on which we are animadverting is unquestionably strong ; and it may hold out for a considerable time. The people themselves will only succeed in acquiring , the influence to which they are entitled when fa voured by circumstances. The Aristocracy will never yield one jot of their power till forced, by an overwhelming necessity ; and the people are in too prostrate a state to be able to vindicate their rights. The middle classes are all too much engrossed by the desire of wealth and expensive living, to concern themselves with public rights. But it is in the nature of power to he aggressive. The Aristocracy of this country will, like other Potentates, push their triumphs to the point where reaction commences. We have seen that the expenditure is never diminish ed, whatever the necessities of the nation— whatever the distresses of the industrious classes. Two very interesting documents will be found to-day amongst our foreign intelligence—one a Manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas to his sub jects on the conclusion of peace with the Porte, in which his Imperial Majesty claims great merit for himself on the hackneyed score of mo deration ; but dilates, at the same time, with a pride amounting to ostentation, and which he takes no pains whatever to disguise, on the trans cendant advantages which a series of splendid victories, crowned by an honourable peace, have secured to his empire. The other is a declara tion, on the part of Prussia, explanatory of the motives which induced her to interpose in the affairs of the East, and containing a concise history of the negotiations which were the im mediate effects of that interposition. Though the Court of Berlin was too prudent to set forth in this document, the whole of its claims to the merit of having successfully interposed between two powers, with pretensions so apparently irre concilable, yet enough is let out to show that, at every stage of the late negotiations, its representatives acted a most influential part. It was at the recommendation of Baron Muffling, " whose rank and personal charactor were pecu liarly qualified to assure the Sultan of the im portance of his mission, and give him confidence in the pacific overtures which he was to make," that the Porte was persuaded to listen to pro posals for an accommodation, and that the Rus sian General was prevailed on to stop in his rapid career of victory. The ,negotiations, after hav ing been brought to a nearly fortunate conclu sion, would have been broken off, and Constan tinople occupied shortly afterwards by the Rus sian army, whose advanced posts had been pushed almost up to its gates, but for the appearance of a Dens ex nzachina, in the person of another Prussian diplomatist (M. Von Royer), who hastened to the Russian camp, and cut the knot with a promptitude which formed a striking contrast with the part played at that decisive juncture by our own Ambassador. In the whole of these, as well as the preceding transactions, we miss the energetic, or rather pa ramount, influence which used to characterize British diplomacy ; and our Cabinet, whose con duct is perfectly unaccountable, appears from be ginning to end to have moved in the same dull, timid, and narrow circle—paralyzing the Coun cils of the Sultan by the tameness of its policy, and suffering the Russians, from a false respect for their belligerent rights, to gain one decisive advantage after another over a Power, whose subjugation, in the opinion of many, would en danger the existence of our Indian empire, and perhaps reduce us, before many years, to the ne ceasity of subsidizing all Europe again, to prevent a recurrence of the danger with which a conquer ing Power had menaced us before. We are not sure that we have escaped from that necessity yet; for, the accession ofpower and consideration which Russia has derived from the matchless skill antl courage she displayed in the late contest, will enable her, for the future, to assume a decided controul in the affairs of the world, and to oppose British influence with advantage at every point. In Greece, Portugal, Turkey— in short, in every country where we ought to e-ac'..eie an undisputed controul, we shall find Russia ready and eager to contend with us for supremacy ; and the potability is, that we must either renounce all rivalry at once, pr renew with her that mortal combat we fought some years ago with imperial France. All this might have been nreventcd had our Cabinet employed a language beeomn this country, and enforced iz it by a small naval aiinament, as soon as the Russians prepared to pass the Pruth. But we never think of the conduct of Ministers on that occaa;oo, without being convinced that to it alone is dus t4e nrostration of the Turkish em pire, as well as the aiareanlg increase of power which Russia has just acquired,--,—Mornog Hcrald. Among tb mpst obvious of' the absurdities and contradictions into which the tribe of self called political economists, who have reduced this once flourisl4g and happy country to its present state of misery and embarrassment, fall, is this—, that while they profess to adyocat4 on the one hand a systeni of free trade, they expect it, on the other, to be carried Gil with a restricted eur!- rency. This to our apprehen6on, and to gym , reasinlid;le man's common sense, we should think, must appear ilka ez,pecting a bird to fly after having first clipped its wings, currency is no thing inure than the representative of property and the substitup for barter ; and the preCioo metals form at once a convenient part' of that currency, and the least fluctuating standard of value. To what extent currency exists ought not to be an object of any anxiety, much less of alarm to the GovernMent of a country ; and all the Legislature at an time has t o do with it:is to see that it be issued upon safe principles-- viz., that it on all occasions represents actual value ; but whether that value be gold, silver, land, hoses, tea, coffee, cotton, or tobacco, is a matter of no , earthly concern, farther than that the more extensive this representative of value is the more rich and prosperous must the coun try be which possesses it. These principles will, we are aware, sound very strange and heterodox in the ears of the theory-mongers, who, from Mr. Horner and the Bullion Committee down wards, would have us believe that one or other of the precious metals forms the only legitimate currency into which all others should be imme diately convertible. We hold, however, the paper circulation of a country to be in every re spect as valuable and legitimate as gold, pro vided it represents real value : and, moreover, that without it neither the Revenue can be col. lected nor the enormous mercantile and every day domestic money concerns of such a commu nity as ours carried on. Above all, looking at our peculiar situation, we contend that to contract an enormous public debt in one descrip tion of currency and to attempt to pay either the principal or the interest in another, is a proposition impossible in itself, and such as could enter the mind of no practical .man, unless it were one from whose mind the delusions of mere theory had driven every grain of common sense. We are well aware of the distinction which exists in application between a bill of exchange and a promissory note payable to bearer ; but, as long as each represents actual property, they differ but in name, and in the ex tent and way in which they form part of the na . tional currency. The daily transactions of the clearing-house in Lombard-street, where enor mous sums in paper are daily exchanged against each other without ever being converted into money, is no unapt practical proof that the pre cious metals may be the standard of value with out being the medium. Though we may have imperfectly expressed ourselves, our creed, as must be perceived, is a very concise one ; and all, we apprehend, which is wanting to restore the currency to that wholesome state from which " political economy" has removed it, is, that the Legislature shall take care to place such guards ou the issues of a paper currency as shall render it universally a representative of actual value.—lbid. We have now before us two documents,which have reached us through the medium of the Paris and German Papers, which, if any doubts could have been entertained of the sinister po licy, and ambitious designs, entertained by Russia, must convince the most sceptical of the very slender foundations on which they rested. The first is a Manifesto on the part of the Em peror of Russia, and the second a similar Ma nifesto on the part of the Prussian Government. The Manifesto of the Emperor announces to his subjects the conclusion of peace at Adrianople, in a language and manner worthy of the rescript which he addressed to General Diebitsch, and at the completion of the great object which he had at heart in commencing the war. The document is addressed directly to the people of Russia, but it is in the course of it made to tell a sad tale to every Eu ropean Government, interested in preventing the aggrandizement of Russia, and the dismember ment of the Turkish empire. The " imperial professor of moderation," as the Emperor has been very aptly styled by a cotemporary, first ascribes the success with which the Russian arms have been crowned, to the interposition of di vine Providence in their favour, and then pro ceeds in a style of exultation at the victories which they have achieved, which shews how very little he believed the Power which he so fre quently and irreverently mingles with combats and conquests to have had to do with the matter. The well-thumbed text of " moderation" is then reverted to ; and in the same breath that the Emperor assures his subjects of his utter dis inclination to conquest, he also informs them that " the blood of his warriors has been redeemed by nsnnerous advantages !—that the passage of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus is i henceforward free and open to the commerce of all nations— and that the security of the Russian frontiers, especially on the Asiatic side, is for ever gua ranteed by the incorporation with the empire of the fortresses of Anapa, Poti, Athaltzik, Altiz kour, and Akhalkalaki !" The preceding treaties with the Porte are also confirmed and re-esta blished, he informs them, " in full force"— " just indemnities secured for the expenses of the war, and the individual losses sustained by his subjects,"—and, lastly,—for we may safely leave Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia, out of the question, as being now purely Russian pro vinces—" the political existence of Greece, de termined by Russia, in concert with the Allied Courts of France and England, formally recog nized by the Ottoman Porte "! All those " new gifts of the benedictions of Heaven," as the " imperial professor of moderation," at St. Petersburgh, terms them, will, no doubt, sound sweetly in the ears of those to whom they are so condescendingly announced ; but how will the other European Powers who are so cavalierly treated, or rather set at nought in the document, feel under " the manifold blessings" thus bestowed by " Providence" upon Russia? How will France and England like to see themselves spoken of by the no; thern Auto crat, as mere second-rate powers—who under the wing of Russia were permitted to take a small part in effecting the independence of Greece? 1)o they entertain the same opinion of the justice of the indemnities which he has stipulated for the expenses of the war, and the mole of enforc iog them, that he does ?—indemnities to which neither the Governments of France nor England have yet thought proper to give publicity, and which even the " Imperial professor of mode ration" himself does not name in his manifesto ! The whole will come out by and bye, and we shall then see whether France and England will submit to the completion of a t rea ty, which, if adopted, every sane mind must consider as a virtual abdication of their preponderance and dignity. In the mean time the Prussian Go vernment, as if jealous of the merit assumed by the Emperor in compelling the Sultan to enter into the treaty of Adaianople, has also pub lished a manifesto, in which it details the pro ceedings of its envoy to Constantinople, Baron Muffling, and claims the merit of having brought about the glorious peace, of which the Em peror so exultingly boasts. 'Phis document, which will be found elseediere, we commend to the perusal of our readers, merely remarking, that instead of a Prussian envoy, Baron Muffling acted throughout the part of a Russian agent. The plot was well conceived, and the pi ec e has hitherto succeeded to . admintion.—Morning Advertiser. The seat of North Landis, Salt Hill Corn , mon, near Chichester, i 4 taken by T. S. Goorn, Esq. M.P. who is drily expected to hunt the season with the Drove Itoundi,—ganTshire Chronicle, I. °LICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREE f. 'Yesterday Vr. Fitch, sexton of the church of St. Clement Danes, in the Strand, was brought before Mr. MlNsituu., charged with having committed an assault upon a respectable man, named Beswick, who is in the employment of an undertaker, named Moxley. The complainant stated, that on Sunday last, about five o'clock in the afternoon, he assisted in the funeral of a sou of Mr. Taunton, one of the principal officers of Bow -street, and having con veyed the corpse to the body of the church, it was there laid upon trestles until the clergyman should read the funeral service over it. Complainant hav ing found that the pews were all fastened, went to the defendant and told him that the pews ought not to be locked, upon which he exclaimed—" What ! do you mean to teach me my duty ?" and there upon he took him (the complainant) by the collar, and being a powerful man, turned him forcibly out of the church. Complainant afterwards entered the church by another door, and was about to assist in carrying the coffin to the church-yard, when the de fendant, in a violent passion, exclaimed that he would pull him from under the coffin ; and tolt. him that he should not enter the churchyard. He, how ever, persisted in his right, and took part in sup porting the coffin to the grave, being determined to take out a warrant against the defendant for the as sault upon his person of which he had been guilty. A person, named McOwen, one of the bearers of the deceased, corroborated the complainant's state- ment. The sexton, in answer to the charge, stated, that it was against the regulations of the church to per mit persons to enter the pews during funerals. Hav ing stated this to Mr. Beswick, that person, instead of being satisfied with the answer, held him (the defendant) by the skirts of the coat and demanded an explanation. Conceiving from his violent man ner that he was a drunken man brawling in church, he felt himself justified in turning him out. The Rev. Aft. Knight, Curate of St. Clement Danes, was then called forward on behalf of the sex ten, and said, that the complainant appeared to him to be in a dreadful rage, and the sexton was in a passion also. The conduct of the former was that of a drunken man, but he could not say that he was actually in a state of intoxication. Mr. Moxley, the undertaker, in - answer to a ques tion by the Magistrate, said, he verily believed that the complainant was quite sober when the circum stance took place. lie had attended a great many funerals in his life-time, and never knew an instance until the present of pews being closed under such circumstances. Mr. MlNsuum, observed, that both the com plainant and defendant appeared to have been guilty of conduct quite unbecoming and disgraceful, as happening in a place of worship. If there was any wish to carry the matter to the Sessions, he should certainly take care that Mr. Fitch should be present to meet the charge, and he should therefore call upon that person to find bail. At the same time he was bound to remark that the complainant had con ducted himself both inflect tidy and improperly. The defendant was then held to bail for the as sault, and the parties retired. MAR LBORO GH-STREET. Yesterday a young man, genteelly dressed in black, and wearing a remarkably large pair of silver spectacles, was brought befog Mr. CONANT, in cus tody of one of the new police, charged with the fol lowing singular robbery : A young female employed in the establishment of Messrs. Rathmacher and Broadwood, Musical-in strument-makers, in Charles -street, Soho-square, stated, that about one o'clock that day the prisoner came into her employer's shop, where she alone was in attendance, and asked to look at one of their best guitars, which she accordingly showed him, and after trying its qualities, by which she saw that he was a perfect master of the instrument, and telling her that he was very well known to Mr. Rath macher, he requested that she would oblige him with a glass of water, which she brought him ; after thinking this, he begged that she might bring him a second glass of water, which she also did, having to go each time out of the shop; and after swallow ing the second he begged for a third glass, saying that he was exceedingly thirsty. When she re turned, however, with the third glass, she found that the prisoner had bolted, and had taken with hint the guitar. She immediately gave the alarm, and the prisoner was pursued by several persons, but WItS not taken until he doubled back himself again upon the shop in the course of the chace, and brought back the guitar with him, being almost breathless when he entered the shop, and he then said that he had merely ran after a friend whom he saw passing on horseback, to whom he wanted to speak, •but could not overtake him. One of the police, however, who had joined in the chace, came in immediately after, and took the prisoner into cus tody. The witness said that she would not have been so incautious as to have left the prisoner alone in the shop on three successive occasions, when she went for the water, but that she saw by his per formauce on the instrument that he was most likely a professor, and that he said he was well known to Mr. Rathmacher. She did not herself, she said, see the prisoner run out of the shop with the guitar, being absent at the time, but she saw him bring it back after missing it and giving the alarm. The Magistrate asked if there was any person present who actually saw the prisoner run out of the shop with the guitar? Several witnesses here came forward, and said, that they all saw the prisoner running as fast as lie could across Oxford -street, and through Hanway yard, with the guitar, and they chased him until they hunted him back again to Charles-street, where he entered the complainant's shop, but not one of these witnesses saw him go out from the shop with the property. An elderly decent-looking man now singled him self out very slowly from the crowd in the ollice, and said that he believed he was the only person who saw the prisoner run out of the shop with the guitar. " And how did you happen to see him ?" said Cie Magistrate. " Because, your Worship," said the witness," I was watching him outside the door." Mr. CONANT—What were you watching him for; do you know him, then ? Witness—A little, your Worship, and that little is rather too much, for he has done me out of 21. ss. GI " How is that," said the Magistrate. " Wha are you?" "My name, your Worship, is Jame Allen, and I am the man wot drives the hackney coach No. 549." Mr. CONANT—WeII, tell us what you know of the prisoner. " Last night, your Worship," said coachee, " this gentleman came to my stand in Tot tenham-court-road, and got into my coach, and two very respectable-looking females along with him, and desired me to drive them to Greenwich. I at first rather objected to go such a distance at that late hour, as it was then past nine o'clock, and said that if I did go my fare would be rather heavy ; and I told him what it was, but the gentleman said that was a mere trifle to him, and if I drove well he would not mind doubling it. Accordingly, your Worship, I set off with my fare to Greenwich, and when we got there he desired me to pull up at the Ship Tavern, where the gentleman got out, leav ing the two ladies itt the coach, and had something to drink by himself at the bar, for I could see him, and I expected that he would ask me to take a drop of summer, as I had come so far, hilt he did'nt do it, your Worship. He then got into the coach again, and desired me to drive them to Horn Fair, that was then going on below Woolwich, and I took them there, and they stopped at the Swun, and de sired me to wait for them until they were ready to get into the coach again. They remained at the Swan about three hours, but never asked me to take bit or sup, and then got into the coach, and desired me to drive them to the Comtnercial-road in the city, "here we got to about five o'clock t his morning, and I pulled up at a house there that the gentleman told me, and the two ladies got out of the coach, and went into • the house, and then, for the first time, I suspected what they were, women of the town, from the sort of house they stopped at. The gentleman wanted to go into the house too, but I said no, if be pleased, until he paid my fare, us I now began to be rather uncomfortable in my :mind, and he then told me that he had net a farthing of money, which shocked me very much; but he said that if I would drive him to the house of a gentleman in Bloomsbury-square, he would then get plenty of money, and pay me. By this time, you see, your worship," -said poor coachee, " my horses were completely knocked up, having been out nine hours, and gone above twenty-five miles, arid I said that I must take them home, and put them up, to which the gentleman consented. I then drove to the yard where I keep my horses, and after putting th em u p I wa lk e d with the gentleman to Bloomsbury-square, where he gave a loud knock, as if it was his own house, at a door; and when it was opened the gentleman of the house came out, and he seemed to know the prisoner very well. But when the prisoner asked him to lend him three sovereigns, the gentleman's reply was " No Sir, I will not lend you another shilling; because I am sure it will do you no service, and although I have a great respect for your father, I have very little for you. You came here yester day and drank two bottles of my wine, and borrowed two sovereigns and a half from me, and then go off with two prostitutes to a fair and spend my money, and defraud this coachman, and you a married man too," and having said this the gentleman slapped the door in the prisoner's face. " I then, your worship," said coachee, " began to think I was clean done,' and I was almost dead beat with fa tigue, and told the prisoner so; but he desired menot to be in the least afraid, for that if I would walk with him to Whitechapel—(a loud laugh)—there was a friend of. his there who would give him the money at once. Well, your Worship, I went to Whitechapel, and there be also knocked at a gentleman's house, but was also refused a loan of any money. The prisoner, however, said it was no matter, for that when we got back to Soho-square—(A laugh)—he had a friend there, from whom he was sure to get as much money as he wanted, but in the mean time said, that he should want breakfast, and asked me, your Worship, if I had any money.—(Loud laugh- ter.)—l said I had; so we went into a coffee-house and had our breakfasts. Mr. CoNANT—And you paid for it, I suppose ? Coachee—l dhl, your Worship, and we then set out to go to Soho-square ; but the prisoner said that he was very tired, and he should like a cab, so we hada cab, yourWorship,to bring us to Soho-square Mr. CONANT—And you paid for the cab, I sup pose, too? Coachee—l did, your Worship—(Roars of laughter)--and when we came to Soho-square, the prisoner went into this music-shop, where he said he would get the money, and told me to wait outside ; and while I was waiting, I saw the pri soner run out of the shop with that ere hinstrument in his hand, and he ran past me like lightning, with out saying a word about the money, and that's all 1 knows about the matter, your Worsl►ip. " That's quite enough, indeed, I think," said the Magistrate ; " you are certainly the most accommo dating hackney-coachman I ever met with. How much does the prisoner owe you altogether ?" Coachee—Why, your Worship, my fare alone is 2/. ; then there is 3s. for breakfast, and half•a-crown for the cab, makes 2/. ss. Gd. The prisoner, who said his name was John Phil lips, and that he was a professor of music, residing i❑ the Blackheath-road, Greenwich, admitted that every word the coachman said was perfectly correct, awl no man, he said, could have beh:n•ed better or more civilly or liberally than the coachman did, but he denied any intention of stealing the guitar. The f►ct was, he said, he wanted to hire one, and while he was trying this ins►rument in the shop, he saw a friend go by o❑ horseback ; and he ran after, but could not overtake him, and he then ran back again to the shop with the guitar. The policeman who had charge of the prisoner said, that the prisoner never directed his course back to the shop until he saw that he could not escape, and then he wound his course round and was regu larly hunted back. On searching the prisoner, a bill was found on him for some music, tic., had of Elir. Erard, the harp-maker, in Berners-street, and the magistrate thinking that some fraud might have been practised on Mr. Erard too by the prisoner, he was sent for, anti on his seeing the prisoner standing within the bar, he said, that he knew him very well ; he was the son, Mr. Erard said, of a most respectable and clever man, Mr. Phillips, the organist of Greenwich church, and who has held that situation for 35 years, and is an extensive teacher of music besides ; but fur some years past he has lost his sight, and the prisoner always accompanies him to town, and assists him in teaching, being himself a professor of music also. The prisoner had called at his (Mr. Erard's) house the day before, and had tile bill for music found on him given to him, but this was on his father's ac- count, and he (Mr. Erard) had no fear at all as to the payment, for the elder Mr. Phillips was not only a man of excellent character, but of good property. Mr. Erard said he was quite surprised and sorry to hear the coachman's history, particularly as the prisoner is very well known to be a married man. Mr. Rathmacher said, that although the prisoner said he knew him when he came to the shop, it was not true, for he had never seen nor heard of him before. Mr. Erard said, that he wondered at that, too, for almost every one in the trade in London knew old Mr. Phillips, the prisoner's father, and indeed the prisoner himself, through his father. Mr. Rathmncher seemed very little disposed to prosecute, for he said, that when he prosecuted Mrs. Stamp Sutton Cooke for defrauding him of a piano forte, for which she was transported, he was occu pied nine days at a police-office, and as many more at the sessionsond all begot forhis expenses was Ws. The Magistrate said, that this was a case which he must certainly send before a jury, and committed the prisoner for trial. The only real and undeserving sufferer in the transaction is the poor coachman. LAMBETH-STREET. It may be recollected, that in the course of last week, the wife of a gentleman holding a consider able situation in the Customs was brought to this office on a warrant, charging her with committing various acts of cruelty towards her daughter, a young lady 17 years of age. After hearing the case, and the complaint being fully substantiated, she was about being held to bail, when, on the interference of some friends, the warrant was allowed to stand over, on an understanding that the young woman should be supplied with suitable apparel to enable her to take the situation of Governess which had been pro vided for her. Yesterday a - gentleman who has interested him self in her favour waited on the Magistrate, and having informed him that the parents had not yet taken the slightest notice of their promise,asked him for his advice as to how he was to proceed. Mr. WYATT said, that if the daughter was brought before him, he would grant a summons, calling on the parents to show cause why they refused to sup port her. UNION-HALL It is a common practice for the thieves to get up a sham fight amongst themselves, in order to attract a crowd for the pt!rpose of committing robberies.— Five fellows of this description, two of whom had recently been liberated from gaol, were brought up in custody, and in, the possession of one of them was found two dozen of the shilling Coburg box orders. Mr. CHAMBERS, on seeing the orders, expressed some surprise how the orders came into the posses sion of the fellow upon whom they were found, and inquired whether they had been issued from the theatre to him. The man, however,refused to disclose the manner in which he got the orders. Air. CHAMBERS, who appeared to be ignorant that such a practice as issuing shilling tickets to admit to the boxes of some of the minor theatres existed, remarked that he thought it must be an injudiciet plan, and gave persons of bad character an ope, tunity of frequenting places in the house which out to be assigned for th e accommo d at i on o f res pectsb e people only. As be, th ere f ore cons id ere d it of sabl, importance to ascertain the manner in which the tickets were distributed, he should send for Davidge, the proprietor, in order to have the matte r ) explained. Mr. Davidge having been informed of the cba ter of the man upon whom so many shilling 60° 1 ; of admission to the bo xes o f t h e C o b urg were foot was rather surprised at the circumstan ce , and O t t that very probably be might have stolen then 0 1 of some shop-window in which they were expose Mr. CHAMBERS remarked, that be thought hliy issuing of such orders must be injurious to the APeft racter of any theatre, when it was i n t h e power,' men such as the prisoner to p rocure or d ers for boxes on such terms. Mr. Chambers added, Of Bench of Magistrates should be made acquainted that such a practice existed. Mm. Davidge said that the practice was generta known, and bad for some considerable time bee acted upon at the Coburg. The orders, howefer'', were not sold, but distributed by means of respec t. able shopkeepers who had an opportunity of le senting them to their friends and customers. Mr. CHAMBERS said that the proprietors of DWI; lane and Covent-garden did not a d o pt suc h a plan fr filling their houses. Mr. Davidge, in answer, said that both of t he national theatres often filled their boxes with order `' and to this was to be principally a tt r ib u t e d the bi t e depreciation of theatrical prosperity. Mr. CHAMBERS remarked, that if a man went to i the boxes of the Coburg, he might possibly be sea" cheek-by-jowl to a thief, or some such charattte f ', without knowing it. Mr. Davidge said that there were three acliv °, constables attached to the theatre, who had no 0 00 occupation except to attend at the doors and pre' vent the admission of improper characters into t ll. house. With respect to the boxes of the Cobeik he would undertake to say that they were nigh filled with as select an audience as any theatre Europe. Mr. Davidge, in allusion to what _ 4 . 0 from the Magistrate relative to p er so ns o f impror„ character gaining admission into th e C o burg F 2 means of the shilling orders, said, th a t th e prop!, tors of the national theatres were in th e h a bit ofr miffing persons of bad character; and it not frequently happened that gentlemen were robbed: some dashing cyprian seated by their side in boxes, owing to the free order system which adopted at both the houses he alluded to. Mr. CHAMBERS said, that he was only awl that Mr. Davidge should b e i n f orme d o f t h e s ort character in whose possession the shilling ticket s were found, in order to p revent t h e a d m i ss ion , such persons into the house. Mr. Davidge, having thanked the Magistrat es again said that it was most probabl e t h e or d er s hit, been procured in the manner he already sus pecte d bpt that lie would institute an immediate inquirt into the circumstance. He then withdrew. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OCT. 20. ANGLE V. ALEXANDER. This was an action for slanderous words, impe l ' ing to the plaintiff fraud, insolvency, &c. The plaintiff was described as a livery-sta ble keeper in Colman-street, and the defendant a horse' dealer. It appeared that the parties had been in th e habit of meeting at a tavern in Moorgate, and oth er places; and on a quarrel taking place between thelp: the defendant accused the plaintiff of having prove' fictitious debts under a bankruptcy, sa id t hat h e traded with other people's money, and th a t he 0 : or would be, unable to pay his cre di tors more till /. 2s. Gd. in the pound. He called him also a swill'' ling thief. These expressions were p r o v ed to It 3v, been uttered by the defendant at differ e nt ti m es, 111ij , in the presence of many persons t o w h o m t' le plaintiff was known. Verdict for the plaintif . '" Damages, 50/. The following judicious prescription for a lumny, given by some ancient philosopher, will el equally well at the present day :—lf you, would be If__„ e spoken of, learn to speak well o f o th ers; an d w hen 37, have learned to speak well of them, e nd ea vo ur likewi 4 ' do well to them, and thus you will reap the fruit of I °7 well spoken of by them. ga s of Another robbery has recently taken place stamps, sent by the Stamp-office to be forwarded t° ~;:n distributor at Louth. It appears th a t s ome d a ys Si nt'' , parcel was sent to the Saracen's Head from the StO,L, office, addressed to WILLIAM ALLI SO N, E sq ., the fr u' m tributor at Louth, where the p a r c el was b oo k e d. ' t o value of the stamp . ' contained in the parcel svas abo 5001., consisting of probate, administration, and 0t hef stamps, some of 401. and 50/. each. Information *el received at the Stamp-office two d a y s sin es th a t the par had not come to hand ; and although inq u i r i e s have h e m made into the affair, it is net at all known whether ,e parcel alluded to was stolen from the coach-office, or fro„ the Louth and Boston mail, on its journey to Louth. i t, Great skill must have been shown by the thieves, as, ff ° l o the circumstance of a parcel with a considerable an3 o° in stamps having been stolen under similar eircumstaneS4 short time since, more than ordinary care was taken ci tt o parcel. This is the third robbery of stamps which 06 occurred recently. A reward has been offered by Stamp-office for the apprehension of the offenders. to BAILIE SINIPSON.—We have this wee - t ole intimate the death of one of our most useful and resFej townsmen, Bailie Joust SI3IPSON, who died on I g or last, in the 68th year of his age. His death affordassloi. instance of the uncertain tenure by whi c h ex i s t e nce ie' i od On the previous evening be was in the best healopiar spirits, and about ten o'clock he was engaged in fa l3 in conve rsation with a f r i en d, w h en h e su dd en l y f e ll dow,re a tit of apoplexy. Medical assistanc e wa s instantly , for cured, and every thing that skill or attenti on could t e rea his recovery was tried, but without eff e ct. He liPs' i oes on without the slightest apparent m ar k o f c onseien r ed till twelve o'clock on the following day, when he el tl eti without a groan or st rugg l e . Hi s rema i ns we re i ll ; the yesterday in Chap e l-y a rd burial ground, a n d thosg" day was wet and stormy, above two hundred pergonitle eluding the Magistrates and many of the country g e t to men, attended to pay this last mark of their rear e o f their deceased friend. This melancholy event, has we so d truly say, diffused a general gloom over this town $ll neighboutliood. Mr. SI3IPSON was more than forty ye lr a merchant in Inverness, about half of which time beL ie charged the duties of a magistrate, and in all his dee'ee he may be said to have carried his heart in , his hand• go b. man could be more free from any thing like guile or s e ' bi 4 ness. His never•failing readiness and alacrity to sal e ' , friends and the interests of the burgh—his humane audi tion to the wants of the poor, and the warmth and st e :,ll ness of his friendships, rendered him a f avo urite T erit h t of classes, by whom his death has been vi e wed in the lig" a personal loss.—lnverness Courier. BIRTHS. On the 20th inst. at Greenwich Hospital, the ledf ' W. 11. Hooper, inst. Esq. of a son. r Or On the 18th the lady of M. Allen, Esq. ° f ' well-row, Essex, of a daughter. he Of On the 18th inst. at Cliff Hall, Warwickshire, t of S. P. Shawe, Esq., of a daughter. k the On the 19th inst. in York-terrace, Regent'o•P e " lady of J. Nelson, Esq., of a daughter. in ; o t, On the 19th itht. at Blackheath, the lady of S' Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. l oot On the 13th inst. at Kilrush, Ireland, G. C' AO Esq. of Baker-street, Portman-square, to Jean , i daughter of F. Spaight, Esq. of Limerick. Icipf, 0. f At Wor th ing, on the 17th inst., Mr. W. 7.,,,btef ° Bridgewater-square, to Frances Mary, eldest &lib 11. Gore, Esq. late of the East India House. DIED. On the 19'h inst. the wife ;of Mr. J. Greqs ciAP Of Leigh-street, Burton-crescent. , lb/ IP , On the 19th inst. in Brunswick-place, El4ll''' to wife of L. Birch, Esq. f tb e a On the IGth inst. Mrs. Sarah Nichol., relic t 0 R. R. Niclaols, Esq. of Burton-street. the "b" At Clapham-rise, aged 64., Mary, widtV d /f Mr. B. Field, Botolph-lane. YD Al PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO th THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STAA7O, 1.49149‘).-