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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. No clear account has yet been given of the progress, either of Turks or Russians, after the battle of the 11th ult. That the successes of Count Diebitsch terminated with that day there seems, among other reasons for believing, this, — namely, the complete silence of all the Russian authorities and their partisans, as to any subse quent disaster befalling the army of Redschid Pacha. In the mean time it is averred,—and, besides having every motive for wishing it to he true, some opinions are stated in well-informed quarters which would operate in favour of its credibility,—that the Russian General has sent a message of an amicable nature to the Grand Vizier, proposing either an armistice for a defi nite time, or more directly making overtures for negotiation. There is, as we have hinted, good reason to apprehend that Russia feels disposed for peace, and on conditions by no means ex orbitant or alarming. It would be humane and just, both in the Imperial Government and in those of all its European Allies, to promote, by every means short of dishonour, a consumma tion so infinitely to be desired. Russia would act wisely by adopting such a course, even with regard to immediate consequences ; for it seems next to impossible that in the progress of a war which affects the commercial interests, as well as political feelings, of many other States besides the belligerents themselves, transactions should not take place, however innocently on the part of the latter, through which the rights of neutrals must be more or less infringed upon, and their policy receive a bias directly adverse to the original wishes and resolutions of their Governments. An inconsiderate objection, we find, has been raised to the probability of such pacific demonstrations on the side of Russia, because of her recent advantage in the field. But it is precisely at the moment of victory that a sagacious sovereign would be most anxi ous to display his readiness for an adjustment of differences which turned more on points of honour than of profit, since no one could, in that case, ascribe to him any motives but such as were creditable to his character—consistent with his dignity—generous towards his foe—and re spectful towards the sentiments of surrounding nations. If an equitable peace can be brought about by efforts to enforce a sense of its blessings upon the Turkish Sultan and his Ministers, we are sure that neither England nor France will be negligent in the discharge of a duty so solemn and so grateful in the eyes of all mankind. — Times. Our acute correspondent, Daniel Hardcastle, has favoured us with an elaborate and able exa mination of the Savings' Bank Act, passed in the session of 1828. To say the truth, although we agree with our friend Daniel, that powers of a novel character, and to a large amount, have been acquired by Ministers under this dexter ously-framed Act of Parliament, it does not strike us so very clear that such powers are of a benefi cial tendency. There are two things in law making to be gravely deprecated. 1. The ren dering complex transactions which are naturally simple. 2. The professing one purpose—and under cover of it diverging to another. S. The employing circuitous and disguised manoeuvres for effecting objects, which, if beneficial to the public, ought to be avowed, but if questionable, ought not to be prosecuted or attempted, at least in a crooked manner. Here we have, according to the recital of the several clauses referred to in this so called savings-banks act," a whole heap of adventitious and heterogeneous provisions in grafted on it, conveying enormous discretionary powers to the executive government, and in no degree bearing upon the original subject of the act, or connected with its title. The Commis sioners, when called upon to repay to individuals who have lodged money with the trustees of the savings' banks, the amount of their several depo sits, ought, as we conceive, to have recourse to no other method of performing so very plain and direct a duty, than by merely selling out so much stock as might be required for the pur pose. But the machinery devised by the new Act of Parliament is quite astounding from its complexity, and most suspicious we are bound to say, from the ends to which it may be directed. With the money of the depositors the official functionaries are permitted to purchase up un funded debt (Exchequer-bills) ; with these Ex chequer-bills they are permitted to purchase funded debt, by having a corresponding portion of three per cent. stock credited to them in the books of the Bank of England. Why not buy the stock at once ? And let it be remembered that this stock is not so much three per cents. taken out of the general market, but stock created which did not exist before. Next comes a power to re-purchase Exchequer-bills with the very same new stock which the former purchase of Exchequer-bills had produced : with the last batch of such bills the act does not state at all explicitly what is to be done by the Commis sioners. The 55th section, as it seems to us, conveys to the King's Ministers a frightful power, inasmuch as, instead of compelling them to pay the money standing in the names of the Commissioners to the depositors, as it may be demanded, they are hereby enabled to issue Ex chequer-bills to the amount, on -which bills the Bank of England is to make advances of money ! The bills so created may be extinguished :—llow ? By money lodged with the trustees by the svork ing classes of England. But the hocus-pocus ends in this—that to the full extent of the whole savings banks' fund lodged on public faith in the bands of public officers, these officers have the power conveyed to them of borrowing money in one shape or other without the cognizance of any one but the King's Ministers and the Bank of England, and thus of increasing, to a formidable pitch, the amount of the public debt, while the operations through which the whole scheme may be managed—between the alternate employment of the money of the Bank, of that of the depo sitors, and of the several denominations of public debt,—are such as to make a search into the several proceedings adopted by the Commissioners one of great labour and uncertainty. We repeat our dislike of these involutions and envelope, molts, in the financial system of the country, which ought to invite ex.amination, and to faci litate, instead of endeavouring to baffle it ; and we do hope, that in the next session of Parlia ment, this whole novelty which we hays been touching upon may become a topic of diligent We do not feel at all inclined to fall in with the opinions of those who profess either on the one hand to entertain alarm, or on the other to throw an air of ridicule over the fact of a military person being placed at the head of the new sys tem of police. If there is any danger or incon venience likely to result from it (of which we se e none) whom have w e t o thank for bringing it upon us but the tribe of civilians who have, for a number of years, been trying their hands at the same subject, and whose admitted failure is the main, if not the only cause, of the Go vernment being compelled to resort to new means of providing for the_ public safety ? We look with as much jealousy as any can do at any approaches towards a military Government, in itself so hostile to the free spirit of the Consti tution ; but, as applied to police, the idea of a civil force organised upon military principles, is neither very new nor alarming. the " Trained Bands," " the Lumber Troop, and even the man in armour," with his satellites, are all many proofs that our ancestors in the city of London did not look either to the constable's staff, or the vigilance and wisdom of the Dogberries or their days, alone for protection. In later times great effOrts have been made, and much expence in curred, in endeavouring to improve the police by means of a new and better description of Magis trates ; and, as far as the fair in-door business of a Magistrate is concerned, there is no question but that much improvement has taken place.— But in exteriors, and prevention, very little ad vance has been made. Those precious speci mens of honesty and wisdom, parochial Boards and Select Vestries, have kindly eased the Magistrates of the main pact of what ought to have been their labours, while unaccustomed to see beyond the walls within which the mere letter of their duties con fines them, they have silently suffered nurseries of crime to thrive and grow up under their very noses, nurtured and watered, in some instances, by the very hands which ought to have been em ployed in rooting out and extirpating such noxious weeds. At length the evil becomes in tolerable, and a new method of endeavouring to remedy it is hit upon. And can it be wondered that those who are making this attempt should confide its execution to a new description of Head ? But, because the Prime Minister happens to be a soldier, we cannot, forsooth, see a soldier appointed to any office, but up starts somebody and tells us, " beware of a Military Govern ment." What the people want, on this subject of Police, however, is, protection. This they have never yet had, either from Magistrates, from Constables, or any description of civil force; for, be it remembered that, with all these ima ginary fears of a Military Government, we hardly hear of so much as a house being on fire but the military are called out to protect the inhabitants in their lives and property. Away, then, with all this cant and parade about a Military Go vernment. A civil force, organised upon mili tary principles, but without the civil abstraction which belongs to the character of a mere soldier, is the best that can be obtained. Of course, such a force can only be properly organised un der a military man, who is quite as likely, we should imag►ne, to feel a due interest in the pre servation of the laws and liberties of his country as they can do, whose main labour it sometimes appears to he to mystify the former for their own ad van tage.—Morning Herald. The Courier of Saturday observes— “ The Dublin Evening Port of Tuesday calls for Proclamations headed by the name of Northumber land, and signed by all the Privy Councillors ? Does it wish to create alarm and dissension ? Lord L. Gower acted more wisely in calling upon the Magi strates, by letter, to use their best exertions in pre serving the public tranquillity. And we have no doubt they will be able to preserve it ; and those who wish that they may be, should avoid all irri tating language, all allusions which may revive former differences. It was with disgust we read in the Morning Chronicle of to-day, such observations as these, that every addition of wretchedness on the part of the peasantry is a cause of additional rent to the landlords.' Is this so—can it be so— can there be a greater absurdity than to assert, that the poorer and wretcheder a man is, the more pro fitable he is to his landlord, and the better able to pay his rent ? Is it certain, as the Morning Chronicle also mentions, that the landlords of Ire land will oppose any measure at all equal to the wants of the population ?' Why are the landlords thus held out as objects of hatred to their tenants ? What measures have they opposed that were cal culated to benefit the population ? Are they such fools to their own interests and safety ? And is this the Whig prescription for pacifying Ireland ?” If our contemporary had paid a little atten •tion to the evidence before the Committee on Emigration, or the Evidence taken by the Com mittees appointed to inquire into the condition of Ireland, he would have been able to under stand our observations. In stating that every addition of wretchedness on the part of the pea santry i 3 a cause of additional rent to the land lord, we said nothing more than has been again and again said by witnesses the best acquainted with Ireland. The great misfortune of that country is the excessive competition for land, caused by a superabundant population, to which land is necessary as a means of existence. Hear what the well-informed Protestant Bishop of Limerick says on this subject : " As far back as I can trace, I find the quantity of land which was to be let out in small portions not sufficient to meet the demands for it. The proprietors of land had it in their power to require a rent not measured by the intrinsic value of the ground, but by the excessive demand for it, occasioned by a superabundant agricultural popula tion. • • . . . The peasantry have no property—their landlords will not permit them to have any. Like the frog in the fable, let them swell until they burst, and still they will be found not to have dilated beyond their rents—these rents are a kind of magical circle—a kind of prison— the tenants are so many confined insolvent debtors, and if some unlocked for combination of circum stances should seem to set a poor wretch free, and he is ready to escape from pauperism, even then he may find some old standing arrear coming against him as it were a gaoler's fee, and remanding him to his confinement, Ido not keep my sheep for shew,' said a gentleman to me a few days since, my principle is, that those are the best cattle that pay best for their feeding,' and I need not say that few Irish landlords keep their tenants for shew— their principle is with men as with cattle—those are most to be encouraged, who from a given spot of ground return most rent, and they would think it just as unnatural to let a tenant save and hoard, as they would to leave their sheep for years unshorn. . . . . Compering the rents of the present day (I mean the rents reduced' as they have been, in consequence of the depreciation in the money price p r agricultural produce) with Mr. Young's account or the rents in 1788, we find that they have rather more than doubled ; and yet, if we take an average price for the last three years, we shall find that (except in the articles of poultry and butter, and one or two unimportant matters besides) the prices are the same as those stated by Mr. Young. This as -ertion, the truth of which can be easily verified, must appear somewhat strange. In 1778, the people were complaining of •the eieorlritancy of their rents; and in 1824 the rents are double ; the prices the same, and the mode of farming verylittie improved. The consequences • of this severity must be felt somewhere. Either then tlia landlord's claim is resisted, pr the priya tions of the pear must be considerably increased.-- Both of these misfortunes have happened. In Mr, Young's time the food of the Irish poor was so plentiful, that he was anxious to introdirce something resembling their habits of living among the English labourers. I mean no mor e than that he was anxious to cultivate the pota toe, and give every English labourer a potatoe-garden and a cow, after • the fashion then prevailing in Ireland. If he tra veiled among us now, lie would retrench one ar- LAW INTELLIGENCE. tide, when recommending its Irish comforts. Po tatoes he would still find, and, generally speaking, plenty of them; but the cow and the flowing milk- ROLLS, COURT, JULY 11. pail (except in some districts, where equivalent JENNINGHAM V. HERBERT. evils are felt), these are gone—no ! not gone abso- , This bill was filed for the distribution of the pro lutely—only transmuted into a part of that increased perty of Mrs. Anne Frances Middl e ton, and the rent, which the landlords are now exacting !" only question was, whether a Scotch heritable bond passed under the will of this lady.—Judgment post- It would be easy for us to multiply authorities P to the same purport ;but we have quoted enough, paned. we presume, to enable our contemporary to see i that his very laudable desire to be serviceable has led him to employ himself very unprofitably. The great problem to be solved, in the case of Ireland, is, the enabling the cultivators of the soil to acquire a capital. But if every addition to the population, by causing an increased com petition for land, only forces more and more from the cultivator, the acquisition of capital becomes impossible. We know of no way of checking the increase of population but by throwing the maintenance of the poor on the land, which in time would force the landlords, in self-defence, to oppose the multiplication of paupers. The moment you check the competition for land, as a means of existence, you pave the way for the employment of capital on the soil and im proved cultivation. In the long run, both land lords, and tenants, and poor will be benefited. But, in the first instance, the landlords will, we fear, be in many cases sufferers, and for this reason, we have advocated the public only for a time to prevent the change from being so severely felt b) individuals. But to this measure the landlords of Ireland are strongly opposed. This is what we meant when we said, " that the landlords of Ireland will oppose any measure at all equal to the wants of the population." Before venturing to make any further observations on this sub ject, it would be well if the Courier endea voured to ascertain what the intentions of Mini sters are with respect to it. Several of them be fore the close of the Session expressed them selves by no means unequivocally in favour of a Poors' Rate in Ireland ; and we have always understood that since that time the Government have been anxiously instituting inquiries with a view to the effecting such a measure. Our contemporary talks of soothing language to Ire land, as if that country could be cured by words. We are far from questioning the persuasive powers of our contemporary ; and we believe Cornelius Scriblerus's Lydian would have had as good a chance of softening the Scolding Applewoman, as the most dulcet strains of any Court Journal in allaying the irritation of the Irish. The cause lies too deep for oratory to heal. The cure if it be effected, must be effect ed by strong medicines. We fear that both the bullet and the bayonet, to use the significant lan guage of another contemporary, must be pre scribed more than once before the cure is coin plet ed.—Morning Chronicle. Of the great improvements which have been attempted by the people of the United States within the last few years—especially in steam navigation, in constructing rail-roads, digging canals, and establishing manufactories of various kinds, and for various purposes, we have sedu lously endeavoured to inform our readers ; but the enterprise and attention of these Republicans is not exclusively confined to matters whose main object is to improve the face, and increase the wealth of the country, but, as we perceive by some late American Papers, to the promotion of that intellectual and moral improvement in which the people of the United States have as suredly as yet run no race of competition with Europeans. The mode of education which is gaining ground is characteristic of the people— practical and useful—combining mental with physical improvement—theory with practice, and blending the acquisition of science with those healthful pursuits and recreations which at once ' invigorate the mind and prepare the physical man for whatever labour or exertion may be required in after life. The plan, as our readers are aware, is not new ; being the same which has been so successfully practised in Switzerland, and partially in this country ; but its spread in distant districts of another world is a subject of no small interest : and some of our readers, we dare say, will be pleased by our submitting to them, in the absence of better matter, the follow ing extract relating to it from a late American paper : " The committee on Academies, to whom was referred the application of sundry citizens of Oneida county, for incorporating the trustees of the Oneida Institute of Science and Industry, report : " That it appears from the memorial of the pe titions, and the affidavits accompanying the same, that a public school, intended to combine horticul ture, husbandry, and the mechanic arts with litera ture, has been founded in Oneida county, by the spirited exertions and liberal donations of an asso ciation of gentlemen ; that more than three thou sand dollars have been received in subscriptions and donations, and expended in the purchase of a farm, erecting suitable buildings. and procuring stock, implements, furniture, a library, &c.; that the said school has been in operation for nearly two years, and affords hopes of becoming eminently useful. The applicants pray to be incorporated, in order to en title them to a distributive share of the literature , fund. ANSTRUTHER V. ANSTRUTEIER. The petitioners in this case were Gentoos, and were in India termed managers of the estate of Sir John Anstruther, and answered to the character of executors in this country. They raised claims to a large sum of money, about 2,7001., due to them for advancements, &c. made to Sir John Anstruther, and a reference had, on a former occasion, been made to inquire as to the validity of these claims. It ap peared that the petitioners had formerly possessed certain promissory notes, and other documentary evidence to prove their title to the moneys they now claimed, but they had unfortunately been locked up in a room which was subject to the visits of the white ants. This room had not been opened for some considerable time, and when unlocked it was discovered that the white ants had completely eaten up or carried off every remnant of the paper. In this predicament the petitioners had no remedy but to give their own evidence of their claims. His HONOUR thought this was a case in which he could grant no relief. The petition was accordingly dismissed. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 11. REX, ON THE PROSECUTION OF WELLESLEY, V. SUSANNA SCOTT. Mr. CHITTY, on an affidavit that the defendant in this case was very unwell, owing to her confinement in the King's Bench Prison, applied to the Court to fix a time for the trial. The case was made a Special Jury one by the prosecutor. Mr. ABBOT sa►d it could not be taken before others that were appointed, and mentioned Friday the 24th. " The plan of education devised for this school, tneeti the decided approbation of the Committee, and if judiciously put in practice, cannot fail in their opinion, of realizing the high expectations of liberal benefactors. " Among the advantages which this plan of f ers over that of academic schools, may be enumeratad the following : " By enabling the pupil to defray the principal portion of expellee of his education by his labour, it renders the advantages of the school accessible to the indigent classes of society. . _ " By alternating labour with study, physical and intellectual health and vigour are promoted, and the habits of application and industry established. "By blending practice with principles, in a business which is to constitute an employment for life, new interest and new ardour are imparted to both; and the irksomeness of study is tr►nsformed into an instructive recreation. " By diffusing, in the departments of productive labour, the elemental principles of the sciences upon which their successful operations are based, new facilities are given to improvements in the useful arts. " And it forms no inconsiderable recommendation to the consideration of the Regents, who are consti tuted the guardians of the higher branches of edu cation, ►hat this plan of instruction is calculated especially to improve the knowledge, and elevate the character of that class of our fellow-citizens, whose industry constitutes the main sources of our wealth, and whose numbers give tone and character to our political and social institutions. " From these views of the subject submitted to their consideration the Committee deem the insti tution particularly worthy the fostering care of the Regents of the University, and respectfully recom mend that a charter be granted, in accordance with the prayer of the memorial. A true copy, " Q. HAWLEY, Secretary. " Albany, April, 18=29." Pforing Advertiser.] AMAZING DISPLAY OF COURAGE !—An old man, named E.t.ts, between sixty and seventy years of age, has been committed for trial at Devizes, far marrying six wives, three of whom are now living in different parts of the country? STREET V. GILL AND ANOTHER. Mr. GURNEY (with whom was Mr. COMYN) stated that this was an action for. trespass and taking an illegal and excessive distress. The plaintiff occupied the house, No. 12, John -street, Tottenham-court road, and the defendant Gill, was his landlord, and distrained for . an arrear of rent of 211. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 801. BAYLIS V. GOLDICUTT. This was an action for a bill of exchange for 1451., drawn by a person of the name of Harris, accepted by the defendant, indorsed by Harris to a person of the name of Bannister, and by Bannister to the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff-1451. Gs. WALLINGTON AND OTHERS V. DANCE. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 3504, drawn by a person of the name of Beeston, accepted by the defendant, and indorsed by Beeston to Joseph Hart. The bill came into the hands of the plaintiffs for a valuable consideration, and the acceptor having refused to pay, the action was brought. Verdict for the plaintiff, principal and in terest, 3594 COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JULY 11. THE KING V. JOHN SOTHERN AND OTHERS. Mr. WILTON stated this to be an information charging the defendants, who were glass manufac turers, at Old Swan, about three miles from Liver pool, with having lighted a fire under a certain an nealing arch, without having given due notice thereof to the proper officer. There were other charges, for concealing certain glass which had not paid the duty—for refusing to deliver a declaration to the proper officer, &c. &c.—Verdict, 1001. for the Crown. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JULY 11. William Taylor, who described himself as a horse-jobber, was opposed by Mr. CRESWELL, on behalf of Mr. Kirkman, of Kirkman's Hotel, Brook street, Grosvenor-square ; and also on the part of Mr. Darby, a livery-stable-keeper, in Portman -street, Oxford-street. Mr. Kirkman stated, that in the early part of 1827, having some previous knowledge of the in solvent, he recommended him to Count Rennard (who was then an inmate of his hotel), who sent the insolvent to llamburgh, to ship some horses for Berlin. On his return from thence, in June, the same year, the insolvent came to him, and said, " If you will take less than sixty pounds for your grey mare, I know a banker, at Llamburgh, who will pur chase it." Mr. Kirkman agreed to sell it to the banker for fifty-five pounds, and gave the insolvent an order to receive the animal. Insolvent then pledged himself that the money should be remitted from Hamburgh in sixteen days. On the following day the insolvent said that he had shipped the mare off, and witness never heard or saw any thing more of him, until the latter end of last year, when he caused the insolvent to be arrested. Witness had since ascertained that the mare had been sold in London for twenty-eight pounds, by the insolvent. Two persons who were present when the agree ment took place between the parties, fully con firmed it. Mr. Darby, the other opposing creditor, said, that in August, 1828, he had a pony to dispose of, when the insolvent (whom he had known before) said he could sell it, and asked the price, which was twenty guineas. The insolvent agreed to obtain this sum., and witness believing he would repay the money, let him have the pony to sell for him as an agent. He, however, had not seen the insolvent since, till his appearance in Court. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said, that two cases of gross fraud had been established against the insol vent, and ordered him to be remanded for sixteen calendar months. Alexander Larrock, a baker, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, for having paid a portion of his creditors a sum of money, which would have paid a dividend of Bs. in the pound upon the whole of his debts. COURT OF CONDELEGATES, JULY 11. 11A3IERTON V. IIAMERTON. This was a suit for divorce, originally brought to the Arches Court' from the Consistorial Court of Gloucester, by Major W. Meadows Hamerton, against his wife, for trim. con, with a Mr. Bush, with whom she is now living at Paris. The appli cation now made was to admit additional evidence. The husband discovered the frailty of his lady by a letter, intended for her, written by Mr. Bush, falling into his hands. Counsel were heard, and their Lordships decided upon the additional evidence being admitted, and the Major will be entitled to a re -hearing in the Court below. The Tally-ho coach from Birmingham to Chester was upset near that city on Friday last, and several of the outside passengers had limbs broken. IRELAND, SIX-MIL-EBRIDGE,JULY6.—The registration for the barony of Bunratty commenced in this town to-day. All the other baronies have been gone through: and although 2,425 notices bad been given, only 615 claimants had received their certificates. Whatever rumours we had last week, we do not hear a word this week about a candidate to oppose Mr. O'CosnaLL. In deed, it is now acknowledged by all parties, that a contested election might endanger the peace of th e coun t r y ; a nd a num b er of the Tr itinfluential landed proprietors have come to a resolution not to oppose Mr. O'CorrNELL.— This conduct is highly creditable to them ; and indeed, ,luring the late canvass, Mr. O'CONNELL h a d ever y re a son to be pleased with his reception, even from the most vio lent of his opponents. Wherever he called he was hos pitably e ntertained, and, amongst the higher circles here, it is very pleasing . to find that a spirit of good-will and fellowship e xists, if we may except a f e w w h o , f rom f am ily and official motives, still feel an interest in the opposition of a ca ndidate by the Brunswick party. When •Mr. O'CowNELL was passing through Kiliush, a number of protestant lad!, s were to lie seen in the windows, cheering hi m and waving white handkerchiefs as he proceeded through the streets. When he stopped to address the an elegant open barouche d rove up b es ide him. people, con taining four as beautifully and fashionably dressed young wom en as any vehicle could exhibit. They are the daug ht e rs of a most respectabl e P rotestant i n that neigh bourhood.—Moriiing Paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. DIA RLBORO U Gil-STREET. A young gentleman, of fashionable appearance, was charged with having left his wife and children chargeable to the parish of Sr. George, Hanover square. The defendant's father is a man of consi derable property, and holds an official situation in the East India College, at Hertford. The defendant was educated for the medical profession, and while attending the daughter of a person in humble life, fell in love with, and married her. His friends, in dignant at his imprudent marriage, persuaded him to go to the East Indies, as surgeon in an Indiaman.— During his absence his young wife, who had some children by him, was compelled to apply to the pa rish for assistance, and she was twice removed to the workhouse of St. George, Hanover-square : the expenses thus incurred amounted to 23/. About a month since he returned from the East Indies, and was then taken into custody by the parish officers of St. George's. The defendant declared he was not in circumstances to maintain his wife and chil dren : he had been disappointed in obtaining a situa tion, and had no money. He was confident his family would not assist him, and it was therefore useless to apply to them.—He was remanded until his wife attended to give evidence, QUEEN-SQUARE. Mrs. Sarah Maybank, of Caroline-buildings, Chelsea, was charged with committing a desperate assault on Philip Pitts, a collector of rents. The complainant stated, that on Monday last he went to the defendant's house, to collect the rent, when she refused to let him come in, and struck him a violent blow over the head and face with a pump handle. The complainant here exhibited some dreadful wounds on his head, and produced the pump handle, which was a very ugly weapon in the hands of a provoked female. The defendant's witnesses proved, that before a blow was struck the com plainant had insulted her. The Magistrates, there fore, only fined the defendant 405., and in default of payment she was committed for 14 days to prison. UNION-HALL. A cowkeeper, named Welfair, residing in the dis trict of this office, was charged with entering a Mrs. Wiggins' bed-chamber, and violently assaulting her. The complainant, a married woman, stated, that on Tuesday morning last about nine o'clock, when her husband went from home, the defendant, having been admitted into the house, proceeded to her bed-room. She was in bed at the time, and the moment he entered, he flung himself down by her side, and in a flood of tears besought her to abandon her husband far his embraces, declaring that life was insupportable without her. She rejected his propo sitions with disdain, u pon which he attempted to throttle her, and withl the most horrid imprecations swore that he would either shoot, stab, or strangle her, if she would not accede to his conditions. She struggled hard with her assailant, at the same time calling for help, when the servant entered the apart ment, and on her appearance he withdrew, having before his departure, and in the presence of the servant, vowed vengeance on the complainant for refusing to conform to the terms he proposed rela tive to absconding with him. The servant girl confirmed the latter part of her mistress's statement as to the violent behaviour of the defendant. In answer to a solicitor engaged for the de fendant, Mrs. Wiggins said that she had known the defendant about two years; that he used to serve her with milk. He had never visited her in the absence of her husband, who was an undertaker; but she recollects his having called one evening to inquire for her husband, and he not being at home, as she happened to be at tea, she invited him to take a cup. She never encouraged him to take liberties with her. She admitted having gone down ,the river in a steam boat with a party on the day pre ceding the assault now complained of; the de fendant was of the party, but she could safely say that she did not amuse herself while on board with throwing hoeboys (strawberries) into the cow keeper's mouth. The defendant then went on to state that he had been on the most intimate terms with Mrs. Wiggins. The complainant's husband, a quiet and respec tably behaved man, declared, that notwithstanding the defendant's imputations on the chastity of his wife, he believed she was virtuous. The defendant then alluded to the party of plea sure on board the steamer, and attributed his subse quent irritation of mind to have been produced in consequence of witnessing Mrs. Wiggins pay more attention to a young man on board than to him. The facts were these; he went into her bed-room, and he thought there was no impropriety in doing so, and the moment he entered she fainted. Seeing her in that state, he ran towards her, in order to render assistance; and on her revival, she desired him to be gone, and alarmed the house with her screams. The complainant having declared that she went in bodily fear of the defendant, he was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace towards her for one year, himself in 100/. and two sureties of 50/. each. The Magistrate recommended the complainant to exhibit articles of the peace against him at the next Sessions, which she intimated her intention of doing. On Saturday, Miss Jane Gee Dickson, the anti quated maiden, who, some time ago, acquired se much notoriety on the Surrey side of the metropolis, by keeping the remains of her brother, Dr. Dickson, unint erred upwards of six months, and resisting the parish officers when they insisted on the body being buried, even at the expiration of that time, came to the office to announce to the Magistrates that, for the benefit of agriculture and the good of the na tion at large, she had determined to espouse an emi nent agriculturist in Essex (she did not name the fortunate man), on the 12th of August. and the nuptials are to be celebrated by agricultural exhibi tions arid rural fetes, which are to commence on the 3d of August, and continue to the 12th, when the marriage is to be solemnized. She presented the Ma gistrates with a printed programme of the per formances, headed " Grand, Honourable, and Poli tical Marriage," the reading of which excited no little merriment. Miss Dickson, having received the congratulations of the Magistrate on her ap proaching nuptials, politely invited him to be pre sent; and, as she left the office in high spirits, de clared her intention of inviting all his Majesty's Ministers, and a great portion of the nobility, as her marriage would be a national benefit. WORSHIP-STREET. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF SILK.—On Saturday William Goodwin, Eliza, his wife, and John Stanley, were finally examined on a charge of robbing the warehouse of Messrs. Cornier and Sons, of ten pieces of silk. Goodwin was committed to Newgate for trial, and his wife and Stanley were discharged. At Marylebone Office, on Saturday, Johnson, the informer, applied to the Sitting Magistrates for six teen summonses against retail brewers, for allowing beer to be drank upon their premises, not being duly licensed. Among the number was Mr. Church, of Shouldham-street, who had been fined 5/. for a similar offence on Friday. The summonses were all granted, and a hearing fixed for Monday next. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.--AS JANE WALDER, an Irish woman, fifty-eight years of age, was passing along the Curtain-road, on Thursday night, at half-past eleven o'clock, in a state of intoxication, she was knocked down by one of the stage coaches. One of the wheels passed over her right leg a little below the knee, which it completely shattered. She was hnme diately taken to St. Birth°lotnew's Hospital, and Mr. LAURENCE sent for. He arrived at a little before one in the morning, and on seeing the limb, considered it to be a case in which the life of the patient could only be expected 'to be saved by amputation. She was accordingly placed on a table, amputation performed above the knee, and the whole process gone through many hours before the woman was aware either of what had been done, or of where she was, in consequence of her having previously partaken so freely of the Bacchanalian potations ! SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL _.,1 31 AOL SATURDAY, JULY 11.—iligh water 40 minutes ripErgr,, six o'clock.--Wind E S.E.--Arrived the GetOrra, —`ithin Brown, Sharp, from Charleston.; Wm. Penn,.Gallie from Savannah ; Lady of the Lake, Leitch, from Philp hel d delphia ; Exchange, Guy, from Barbadoes; Plarpootine 1 4t M'Gregor, from St. Domingo; Margaret, Lumpton, fro And all Quebec;, Huron, Metcalf, ditto ; Hoffnung, Fender, frOghose Stettin; Johanna, —, from Dantzic; Aurora, MinOnitted from Dram. „ ay be CLEARED OffTWARDS.-The Isabel, Deane, for DelPeb nin rara ; Elizabeth, —, for Narva ;, Hellespont, Pris ,: c ,"' for Boston ; Esther and Jane, Kelly, for Ramsay ; Cat r e line Fredonia, Bencke, for Elsineur; Charlotte, for Elsineur ; Jacoba, De Jorge, for Antwerp ; HotOilisary - - --, for Quebec. Aoners Passed Holyhead, outward bound, at 10 a. in. the Boo&+laid int British ship. 'mere a Passed Great Orm's Head, inward bound, the Cbariotl from Quebec. ° , 13 reiv . • Oath COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. - r a clerk' DURING LAST - WEJEK. /land, , I Wheat. Barley. I Oats. leant , , i, . i_ nailey, Per Quarter. s. to S. s. to s. a. to s. s. to 6 - Carlisle--... - 71 - 39 - 32 _ ............_ Carmarthen ............ 65 - 38 - 18 - .38 .., Hexham................. 64 70 27 33 18 25 50 O T i Morpeth ............... 64 70 I: 5 37 25 30 38 w Penrith .........--... - 68 - 34 - 28 - --„L Sheffield ............... 68 79 135 46 24 34 46 PA -- Winchester 48 72 132 38 19 23 42 - 41 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. Ld. a. d.. s. d. Ld., s. d. 0-4 Coventry - 9 8 10 4 4 8 .5 4 3 0 4,3 5 0 tjo Newcastle (Staff.) 11 0 11 3 0 0 .0 0 4 0 4 2 .5 6 - ..7 $ sir i Northallertoa ...... 80 10 0 40 43 23 26 50 P i Stafford ....--... 11 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 7 0 'I I Swansea ............-- 88 90 49 50 28 30 00 o ;ooccun Warwick 96 104 ; 48 52 30 43 50 Per 8011. Barnardcastle - 17 0 20 0 0 0 11 0 7 4 8 4 9 0 ll o gardei Darlington -. 18 0 21 0 9 0 10 6 5 9 7 6 9 0 1„u oblema Durham --.....-.... 166 206 86 100 60 9311 0 PI 1 F oi Wolsingham --.. [l7 0 20 6 80 90 60 76 00 u WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.--July 10, !York, The supply of Wheat from the farnsers here this more' Y° ing is 'very short ; the arrival up the River is large, bI some quantity of it having been sold last week before 0 rival, and several cargoes, going to granary. to •reconditiall 13 the show of gOod fresh samples has not been large, 0 such being in request at la. per quarter higher .tban I)0 the ti last Friday, but there is no amendment either in price ° l cahn ] demand for middling qualities. Oars are without. alter Y `SECt tion. Beans are-dull sale at last week's prices. with Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk sss t 04335. fine OW. `Who!, Lincolnshire sBs. to fits. fine 66E. f - Yorkshire, &c sBs. to 635. fine 6516 SW ti --- White .... 60s. to-675.- fine 12s. El - Foreign, Old -50 s to 58s. tme 611. VAN Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - tine 22 0 . ..,,, - Lincolnshire 26s. to 30s. fine Xls. ' will f - Yorkshire Wold 29s. to 335. fine 345. itick i Beans, Tick 3ss. to 365. fine 983 . li ii u - Small 36s. to 383. fine 395. ~,t Oats, Poland and Potato l9s. to 275. fine 314. • th - Friezland and Small l9s. to 245. fine 251., Ed,,i .--- Mealing l2 4d. to 13)sid. per Stone. ''. Shelling 3os. to -s. -s. to 325. per Loan4l2' Malt 3ss. 40.. fine 425. per Low Rapeseed 231. 08. 26/. Os: 28/. 10s. per Las› WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-July 8. r iri There was a fair su] rous attendance of buy, business, and an impro' prime is. per stone of CATTLE MARKET..—JuIy 8. ipply of stock this-d a y, w ith a num!' ir (ere, which caused some briskness 0 wement in price. Beef 6s. to 6s. 64' RS 141 b. Mutton sd. to-yid. that it a p SPL Pa T unpa tinea l 35 ga th e 35 gl tis en .5 vitin ev en price 40 -. n h Jet are f erre is In , ci ty, and saps CR, Ole tir e , teOn belie 111 se *h : i r ..:I ?., ..tit j is ul t Y 4's market e 4ii t 8 prices. ['ease. Beans . 376 Od 37s oa 34s Od 346 Ocl A " 336 Od 333 Od Wheat. Aberdeen .-- Berwiek...—.. Coldstream Cupar .......--. Dundee Elgin -- Inverneis...... 56 72 48 52 49 52 70 74 64 63 60 70 50 54 60 72 60 6S of the in, Kelso - Perth The size / 34 - I intrp_ 'CH MARKETS. SCO Barley 27 33 27 2 8 26 28 30 33 Oats. I Beans. 21 24 21, 28 26 28 36 28 22 26 isure van 23 25 18 20 21 25 19 21 26 27 24 27 27 32 29 29 20 23 19 21 20 25 19 20 18 21 26 28 29 30 30 36 16 20 24 23 ies throughout the. HADDINGTON CORN Al ARKET.—JuIy 10. A very limited supply of Barley in m ar k e t, on ly 2b quarters, which sold readily at an advance on the top 9 ' 25., and on the average of 4d. A large Oat market, sail dull, and the average is Is. 4d. down ; 214 quarters solaf 11l unsold. Wheat brought better prices to-day Wi n last market. Top up Is., and average 9d. Pease 'or e Is. 3d., and Beans Is. above last week's average. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Been& First 74s Od 40s Od 30s Od 36s Od 36s OA Second 6ss Od 37s Od 26s Od Sts Od 3.5 s tfa_. Third There were 307 qrs. Wheat in market, 273 whereof were so. 13 Unsol Aver .IL Griy. 31.:85. SAL 3.l2ths. DALKEITH CORN AIARICk The supply of all kinds of Grain at was large, and sold readily at last wee] Wheat. Barley. ' Oats. First '74s Ott 36s Od 30s Od Second Third 64s Od 33s Od 25s Od CORNWALL. MARKETS. a" U ' r Tnwto.—Wheat (average) 29A. Od.—Barley M v ' s.—Oats; 11§. Ar t Hatarois—Wheat' 295. 9d.—Barley, 15s. Od. AUSTELL—Wheat, 308. to 325..-Barley, 13s. to 14s.—Oat a, Ve t ', Ils. Od. to 12s. Bonmix—Wheat (average) 3h. Od 13s. Od.—Oats, A. LAUNCESTON—Wheat (average) 325. Od.—Barley, 148. Ot I.—Oat h 10s. o.l.—Beef, 60.—Mutton, 6d. Ltsasano—Wheat, --s. to 30a. Od.—Barley,lss. Od.—Oats,^ rit t i to Bg. 6d. T i r e, k , Sr. CoLumo—Wheat, —s. to 30a.—Barley, —s. to and Mutton, 6d. to 60.—Veal and Lamb, Od to 6d. PENZANCE—Wheat, 29a. to 30s.—Barley. —s. to ISs.—.oat o, Os. to 10s. Od.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Pork„ 30. to 4d Vit Butter, Sd. per lb. HAMBURGH MARKETS.—Juts 3. BOESEN HALLE.—Our Corn Market has been wor e , " than usually heavy during the week, and only at very re':' duced prices have any purchases of Wheat been miule O f exportation. With Rapeseed our market continues . 0 . , provided.—From the 18th to the 2lst of June inclusiv e ! 116 cargoes of Corn passed through th e S oun d-" 0f these 51 were bound for British, 32 for Dutch 8 f _,, °r Fiench, and 10 for Swedish, Danish, a n d N or wer' ports ; 1 was bound for Hamburgh, 1 for the Emden; and of the remaining 13 the , destination was unknown. Weight. Rix &Barn' Dantzic Wheat 122 to 126 135 t 0.1 46 Pomeranian 142 to 128 115 to 1 27 Anhalt, white -- red 122 to 128-118 to 128 Danish ...... l2O to 128 B5 t 0.11 05 Dantzic Rye llB to 122 6O to 6 3 Magdeburgh Barley .98 to 104 5O to 54 Anhalt 9B to 104.... 50 to .54 Upland Oats ... Funds have somewhat declined this-morning, in copse' quence of the new loan contracted by the Russian Govern' ment in Amsterdam. The whole of the first series of the loan is said to have been taken at 99.—Discount 5 per cent. ; bills on London in demand, on Paris offered. End of July. 6434 - 94 % pe n r, cent 883 i 99% 1116 Austtian Metalliques 98% A A HA Polish lan u ' 'gg s n t il n b°-°-u a iDr n t gili ß hns-s Bonds a tll t B nahu n : L ° l l : l3 a ann r n : l 7 3 Exchange upon London...—. at two months, 13 .834 at sight ....... .... 13 10 Amsterdam, at two months, 35170.10 0 Paris BIRTHS. On the 11th inst. Mrs. Henry Arnold, of Marchnion te street, Russell-square, of a son. of On the 10th inst. the lady of P. C. Moore, Esq. Doctors' Commons, of a daughter. On the 11th inst. Lady Emma Portman, of a son. On the 9th inst, Lady Henry Chohnondeley, of 9°13 and heir. MARRIED. On the 7th inst. at Granton, near Edinburgh, Hercule . James Robertson, Esq. advocate, to Ann Wilhatnin' daughter of the Right Hon. Chas. Hope, Lord Preside°7 of the Court of Session. At Witney, Oxfordshire, the Rev. Henry GregorYl t 4 Anne, only d aug ht er o f t h e R ev. J . H y d e, o f Wi tne Yi a n . Rector of St. Martin's, Oxford. p. On the 11th inst. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, P. at Firth, Esq. o f F r id ay - street, to M ary A nne, eldest aught` of E. Gibbon, Esq. Watling-street. On the 15th ult. at Berne, Jervoise Clarke Jervoise, Esq. eldest son of the Rev. Sir S. Jervoise, Bart. of ill • worth-park, H an t s , t o G eorg i ans, youngest d aug ht er of N. Thompson, Esq. of Chapel-street, Grosvenor-plee• On the 9th inst. at Richmond, Yorkshire, RicligL third son of M r . H o d gson , o f Wi mpo l e-street , to . A" — i Cooke, of Richmond. DIED. On the 10th inst. a t th e S ess i ons -h ouse , Old 13ailelj Thos. Shelton, Esq_ aged 74, many years coroner 1111 clerk of the peace for the city of London. On the 11th inst. at five in the morning, after retiring to bed in her usual h ea lth, R e b ecca, the wife of J. Esq. Upper Holloway. At Huy, near Liege, on the Ist inst. Sir C. Oa ke le r' Bart., aged 51. On tliq Bth inst. aft er a s h or t ill ness , Lieut.-C°" O. H. Raban, C.B. o f th e li on . E ast I n di a Company's . . A ; vice, of Savile-r ow , L on d on , w hil e at B eauc h am p Somerset, th e h ouse o f hi s b rot h er , Li eut. -C o lonel —. IT Raban. illness, ess, th E e li l z l ab t last. h,wi a fe t Lee, Alo rr Kent,Morrie. after I°l* • PftINTED and PUELISHED by MURDO YOUNG,-a $ tit° OFFICE, 112, SiAAND, LONDON. '0 Infor m