The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. It is probable that the Catholi,: Relief Bill is to lt e b ro ught in next week by his Majesty's Minis ters : the preliminary Bill will have received the Royal as'ent about Wednesday. Upon the cer tainty of its pee/dug both Houses of Parliament it is tint worth while to speak : the power of carrying that inestimable measure admits no dispute. As for the order in which the new law may be ten dered to the acceptance of the Lords and Commons, ti.. Duke of Wellington, considering the kind of opposition which be meets with, has maintained a prtelent silence. We shall, probably, see the Bill in troduced at first into the Commons, in order that the striking phenomenon of a nearly unanimous House of Commons may make way through certain minds, which no ray of light from general reasoning has ever had force to penetrate. There seems to be somewhere a ludicrous disposition to whine at the Duke of Wellington for insisting that a Govern ment measure of unparalleled importance shall he actively upheld, instead of thwarted, by all the members of that Government and by its officers. Now only observe the stupidity or hypocrisy of this complaint. Mr. Pitt spoke and voted in favotit of an abolition of the Slave-trade, as often as that mea sure was submitted to Parliament, during a long course of years. But that powerful Minister per mitted the placemen mid other deputies of his Go vernment to vote either for the absolution or against it : so that, during his whole life, the Slave-trade remained untouched except by public opinion, which his speeches contributed to enlighten, though his ministerial forbearance had no small tendency to stagger it ; and what (lid this avail Mr. Pitt ? Why, that from end to end of the kingdom he was re proached with duplicity, for not exercising the in• herent control of the Crown, and compelling his in ferior functionaries to act upon his declared opinions. Mr. Pitt lost reputation as a Minister for not mak ing that policy which he professed to approve, a Ministerial policy,—that is, for refusing to enforce it. So, with regard to Catholic Emancipa tion, all those Cabinet Ministers who argued yearly, during the Liverpool Ministry, on be half of that great cause have exposed them helves to an almost universal suspicion of in sincerity and dishonesty in their professions of attachment to it. Even Mr. Canning did not escape. It was asked every time the question was agitated, why, if the Ministerial advocates of Emancipation deemed the measure, as the Duke of 'Wellington does at this moment, essential to the peace of the realm, they could ever think of strengthening, by their co-operation on other points, the hands of men whose obstinate resistance to religious liberty must thus have been adverse to our internal peace ? The Duke of Wellington, however, is railed at because he establishes his own good faith and integrity by supporting, es a Minister, that system of state policy which, as a reasoning and conscientious man, he believes to be indispensable to his country's welfare. What is the meaning of the declaration which has been made so repeatedly and emphatically by the Duke of Wellington, that he thinks Emancipation " indispensable to the public safety ?"--that without that " measure it would be impossible to go on ?" What, we say, is the palpable meaning of this decided lan guage? Why, that a Minister who thinks so, by remaining Minister, incurs a positive obligation to propose the necessary - lair, and by proposing i t be comes equally responsible for the success of it, so far as his influence extends. What then follows, if, with his opinions, he suffers his inferior officers to vote against the removal of these frightful disabili ties, or to be " neuter," as some of them have had the modesty to demand ? That the whole world will call him a pretender and an hypocrite, that he will be accused of so employing the inherent patron age of the Crown, as to undermine his own policy, to forfeit his own pledges, to abandon, in substance, the post which he ostensibly retains, and to betray the tranquillity and safety of the realm. But the Duke has a too rigorous feeling of his duty to act with such baseness under the cloak of littleness. The word has gone forth -L" You, who receive pay from the Government, work heartily with the Government, which appoints you to execute its orders; or others who do agree in principle with the Government shall be commissioned to supply your places." This is the discourse of tin hottest man, antla ny different language would be treason to the Sovereign. Another grievance with Messrs. Newcastle and Eldon is, that " Parliament has not been disseleed." The King's Councillors, forsooth, are to punish the House of Commons for agreeing with them in opinion upon the interests of the State, and to throw the country into a confusion little -short cf that which reigns through " the ideas" of the Lord of Newcastle, in the virtuous hope of being en ibled, by a No-Popesy Parliament, to frustrate a great national measure, recommended by the Crown itself! And to what end this dissolution? We mean to what No-Popery end. Does the Duke of Newcastle really fancy, that the Orange cause would gain by a new election ? How many Anti- Catholic votes would be obtained from Ireland ? In addition of at least 30 emancipators. Nay, how many from England ? Let the nation and the Brunstvickers keep their eyes ou Oxford, on Oxford, the citadel of the No-Popery cause. If Mr. Peel should be thrown out for Oxford, that cause will have gained nothing,--not a vote, not even an Anti- Catholic inference. Mr. Peel was elected as an enemy to Emancipation : if rejected when no longer its enemy, there is no proof of any progress in Anti- Catholicism at Oxford. Matters just remain where they have been. But if Mr. Peel be now returned for Oxford —now, when he has renounced no-Popery as an untenable position —now, when Mr. Peel, on the purest and most manly principles, has become a friend to Catholic Emancipation—if Mr. Peel, though in all respects. we admit, he would be the him with the foulest contumely. In all parties the I instinct of self-preservation leads to the endeavour to deter from desertion, by the punishment of those who desert, and this is one of the great evils of parties, that they demand, in this imperious man ner, the sacrifice of individual morality. The treat ment of Mr. Peel is the assassination of Archbishop Sharpe repeated, in a style suited to the mildness of modern manners. The Archbishop had been high in the confidence of the Presbyterians, and he went over to the Episcopalians; an unpardonable offence. Mr. Brownlow's desertion was a bitter pill to swallow; Mr. Dawson's was still more bitter, for, from his possession of office, it was viewed as ominous with regurd to the intentions of Govern ment, and accordingly Mr. Dawson was abused in very unmeasured terms. But Mr. Peel having been the leader of the party, and, what is most galling, the only man i►► the party capable of inspiring the least respect as a leader, rage knows no bounds with regard to him ; and in reading some of the invec tives of which he is the subject in the daily papers, we are almost disposed to question whether the times of the French Revolution are not returned, when the invective of the journalist was a preparation for the guillotine. The fault of Mr. Peel is, that he did not sooner abandon his party ; but every man has not the disposition to become a martyr, and he may well be excused for some reluctance to expose himself to such a hostility as he has had to encoun ter. Before we reproach individuals for obstinacy in error, we ought to inquire how far the moral state of the country serves as an apology for their COTP. duct. If the moral. state of a country be very low, the consequence of acting on pure principles will be proportionably severe towards individuals. There never, perhaps, was a country so poisoned with re gard to morality as England—there never was a country in which so much pains were taken to poison the public conscience. There is hardly such a thing in the country as the free and open exercise of individual judgment on any one subject. A man must resign his understanding to some faction or party in all matters whatever, and swallow the test of that party, as the very condition of his being al lowed to open his mouth. The religionist has his test, the politician has his test; and these must be swallowed without limitation. An honest motive is never allowed ; the first thing done, is to look to the result to which what is said points, and as the result is approved of, or disapproved of, an individual is praised or abused. The utmost indignation is expressed by those who entertain one set of opi nions against those who entertain another set; it being assumed as unquestionable that the conscientious exercise of the understanding is crimi nal, and deserving of reprobation, if it lead to con clusions not approved of by the party judging. As far as we are aware, this abandonment of self-direc tion—this awarding of reproach or eulogy, for the side taken, and not for the sincerity and candour with which an inquiry is conducted, is far more pre valent in England than in any other country. Cant and hypocrisy base their favoured home here. It is always implied in this country that there is a merit in the opinion, independent of the road by which it is reached. Hence we praise and we blame, be cause we are told to praise or blame, and because we must make up our minds to praise or blame ac cording to some test or other. We cannot have a stronger instance of the excessive corruption of mo rals in this country than the divisions on this ques• tion of concession to the Catholics. On the one hand, we see it impossible to form a Cabinet which can hope to govern the country on a principle of opposition to the claims of the Catholics. We find that, all the politicians on whose names the country dwells with any regard were favourable to conces sion —Pitt, Burke, Fox, Sheridan, Windham, Can ning, among the dead—to sty nothing of the living. Majorities in the House of Commons have, with a trilling exception, approved of concession. The great majority of Barristers (the cleverest men in the country) take the same side. Every where the active talent of the country is found supporting concession. tt rn we to the Church, and what do we find there The Clergy, with a few exceptions—so few that they are hardly worth mentioning—taking a most de cided part against concession. Now, will any one pre tend to say, that there can be here any thing like the conviction derived from independent inquiry ? The Clergy are educated, and though not so clever as Barristers, have advantages not possessed by the generality of mankind, in preparing themselves for a correct decision—they have leisure, and they can obtain books. The lower people take their opinions on this, and all other subjects of a complicated na ture, on trust, and therefore we put them out of the question ; but of the classes above the lower, can it be accident that the Clergy are all one way, while other well-informed men are chiefly on the other ? No, it is not accident. The opinion is taken as the coat is taken ; both must be worn. The Clergy man who should express an opinion at variance with his body is marked out for vituperation. He is as much under the influence of terror as the Journalists of Paris were during the time of Robespierre. In the causes of this state of things it is not the place here to enter. That such a state of things exists is, however, but too true. Hence the pertinacity with which opinions are defended, merely because they have been once taken up : and hence the desperate inconsistencies into which men boldly plunge in support of them. We have men who all their lives have professed to hold the swinish multitude in ab horrence, and loathe the very idea of universal suf frage, boldly proposing, as a test not to be challenged, for deciding the most complicated of questions, the suffrages in its favour of the people, hiring mobs of labourers in frocks to over-awe public meetings, and exciting riots whenever they they have the populace in their favour.—Morning Cbronicle. We are glad to observe that Mr. S. Wortley has brought the Game Laws once more under the notice POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W.STREET. John Abrahams, son of a Jew who sells old clothes in Hollywell-street, Strand, was yesterday brought before Mr. Mrsisitum., charged by Mary Ann Nobbs, a respectable- ' looking young woman, whose father is a tradesman in the city, with having assaulted her. The complainant stated, that on Monday last she had occasion to pass through Hollywell-street on her way to the city. Just as she had reached Temple bar the prisoner tapped her on the shoulder, telling her she must go hack with him. She asked him what for, and he said she should soon hear. He then laid hold of her by the shawl, and as she felt unconscious of having committed any offence, she consented to return with him. He held her in cus tody until they reached Hollywell-street, when he pushed her into an old clothes-shop. A man in the shop asked her what she wanted? She replied that she was brought by Erce, and wished to know why she had been so treated. The prisoner then came into the shop and said, " This is the girl who stole the cloak from us " The other man s'tid it was a mistake, and that the prisoner was a fool. Complainant said she would acquaint her father, who would not suffer her to be insulted with impunity. She was then abused by the prisoner and others, and told thitst she had only been a week from the tread-mill, and that lice character was known. The prisoner's mother then came into the shop, and told the complainant not to mind it, as it was nothing more than " a lark." She went home, and her father told her to go to Bow-street and obtain a warrant against the prisoner. The young woman was a good deal affected while giving her evidence. The prisoner said in reply, that he had no intention whatever to insult the complainant. The fact was, she bore a most remarkable likeness to a servant girl who had lived with his father for about a week, and had then absconded with a cloak and goods to the value of 61. Under the impression that the complainant was the girl in question, he certainly had followed her, and requested site would go back with him to his father's, but he used no violence whatever. lie was very sorry for the mistake which had occurred, and was willing to make the most humble apology. The mother of the complainant stepped forward, and said that her daughter was a proper and well-conducted girl, and was never absent from her father's !loose, who followed a respectable trade, excepting when she went for a short distance on an etririd. Mr. MINSHULL sail, that the complainant, as far as he perceived, was a well-behaved respectable young woman, The prisoner had acted most imp-operly, and must answer fur the charge elsewhere. Ile (Mr. Minshull) understood that the Jew clothesmen in Ilolywell-street were in the habit of insulting the passengers, and forcing them into their shops. Whenever a complaint of that nature should come before him, he would immediately grant a warrant against the offending party. The prisoner was then held to bail, and was obliged to find two sureties, who were bound in 201. each, to answer fur his appearance at the sessions. A gentleman, who said he was an American planter, came to complain of his having been tricked out of nine sovereigns by two fellows, who met hint in the neighbour hood of Temple-bar, and induced him to purchase three pieces of glazed calico, which they assured him was fine Irish linen of a most superior quality, and which, under peculiar circumstances, they were obliged to part with at a considerable sacrifice. The gentleman added, that he merely came to warn the public against such practices, and had no intention of proceeding further in the business, being obliged to embark for America in the afternoon. At the evening sitting the two duffers mentioned above, whose names are Grace and Jones, were brought in custody to the office. The American gentleman, whose vessel did nut sail as Fog) a as he expected, appeared and substantiated upon oath the statement which he had pre viously made, adding that he had bargained with the isoner Grace for the three pieces of what he supposed to be fine Holland linen ; and with Jones he bargained for 1,000 cigars, for which be advanced the sum demanded, amounting to 305., without seeing the cigars. - The prisoners, who were attended by a solicitor, were ordered to give bail, themselves in 401., and two sureties in 20/. each. They are both young and rathertespectable looking men. Temple-bar has been their heat for several months past. They offered to return to the prosecutor W. of the money to forego proceedings, but he very properly refused to de so. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday a young foreigner, dressed in a most fashion able style, who gave his name Mr. Charles Radius, of No. 80, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, and described himself as an artist and teacher of languages, was placed at the bar before G. W. MAitatorT, E.g., charged with robbing Lady Laura Meyrick, the wife of Colonel Meyrick, of Berkeley-square, of a reticule containing sundry arti cles, as she was leaving the King's Theatre on the previous evening. Colonel Meyrick stated, that as he was leaving the Opera-house, about 12 o'clock the previous evening, with Lady Meyrick, she said she had lost her reticule, and sus petite(' a person who had been following her. He had ob served the mats, and sent for Handley, the officer in at tAldanco, and described the person to him. They both went in search of the prisoner, and in a short time saw bins standing at the entrance of the Opera-house. They watched, awl saw him put his hand round a lidy's waist and very busy. Handley immediately took him - into custody and searched hint, when the contents of the reticule were found in his position. Edward Handley, an officer of this establishment, de posed to being applied to by Colonel Meyrick in the man ner stated. He watched the prisoner for some time ; he saw him very busy hustling several ladies as they came out of the Opera-Louse, as if he was feeling for bracelets. He immediately took him into custody and searched him in the hall ; he found a pen-knife in his hand ; whets the prisoner made a rush to get away, be followed him, and he was stopped by Lord Tullamore. On his person he found a handkerchief, a smelling bottle, an opera-glass, and a ticket fur the box No. 35. Colonel Meyrick identified the above articles as belonging to Lady 31eyrick. Handley continued—Besides the above, he found a ring, a bracelet, and a purse containing one half-sovereign and six shillings. After lodging the prisoner in the, watch house, he went to Charlotte -street to search his lodgings, and found a number of lathes' handkerchiefs wi'h different marks, several opera-glasses, pieces of purses, and the clasps of reticules, and-a purse containing four sovereigns. The prisoner, in broken English, said be was a German, and had been . about 18 months in this country ; he taught music, painting, drawing, and languages in families of the first distinction, and also architecture. The handkerchiefs and Opera-glasses produced were presents made to him by best g representative after Mr. Canning that Oxford cif Parliament. On Tuesday evening that Hon. ladies alto had been his pupils. He was in the gallery at could make choice of—if a ter having renounced .itemuer, in mo% mg for leave to bring in a Bill to the Opera-hous e , w h en h e recogn i ze d, i n t h e b oxe s, Lady , f the errors of No-Popery, he be, as we trust he will alter and amend those laws, stated that he saw quite Flint, who had been his patrr ness s i nce h e h a d come to this be, re-elected, and by oxford! what will Newcastle enough last year to convince him that the House country, and also Mr. Joseph J e kyll, th e b ro ther of the,_ oarrister ; and after the performance was over be we nt to and Winchilsea exclaim ? Will they then call for a a was ready to adopt some effectual measure ritive th e en tr an c e , an d a f ter speaking to them, and wishing dissolution ? But we conclude, as we began : the to this subject. Since then the offences under the them good night, he picked up something under his feet, question will be carried without an effort, except one which proved to be the reti cu l e , th e con t en t s o f which had Game Laws had continued to increase, and the lie - of angry vociferation or uncandid cavil by the dyingbeen identiti,d by Colm el nyii,.k. It was the fear of the remna4a of the Brunswick band. The opposition cessity for the alteration was now greater than ever. ccarge its •lf against his character which induced him to in the Commons will hardly volitive to divide: that It is certainly true that offences under the Game make his escape from the officer. Ile had sent forM .e r. in the Lords will make a longer but not more effec- Laws, instead of being diminished, are rapidly on the Bransby Cooper, to whom he was w e ll knowo, and his tive sure he would speak to the respectability of tive struggle. The cause of justice and expediency i ncrease; yet t h ose l aws are a b un d ant ly severe , an d (for here the right and the expedient are the same) character. do not fail of their object through any relaxation in Mr. MAI:llow said, it was a melancholy case to see a will triumph, the beneficial fruits of which will be ractice, fere is no pf our ena Coe more pin te pri's son i life d n such a felt throughout this empire to the most distant ge ri p u gorosly or en th forced. The art r ea son o P w hy l those d laws degra erson ded sit h uation, soner but the ease was n place clearly made out, and aerations. It will surprise serve of our readers, but so ineffective, notwithstanding the extreme he must commit him for trial. will doubtless gratify all, to learn, that the Duke of are e rshness of their principle and execution, is The prisoner, in the g r e atest agitation, protested his in- Cumberland, if not prepared to take any part in that the greatness of the temptation to offence nncrnce, and said he had been a pupil at the Academy a t this great triumph, will certainly do nothing to Mar Palk fur eight yea's. which they create counteracts their own severity. or impede it. What will die Brunswickers say, ~,,,' , I ~at tempt lion arises ' when deserted by their great Chief ?—Time.e. violate my oath if I did not commit you for trial. with regard to the sale of Game, by which the price Prisoner.—My friends will never believe the charge It appears now to be th e prevailing opinion, that is so much enhanced that it operates as a very at- , a gainst me—it "is too Ipirrible. Do let Mr. Bransby Mr. Peel will succeed i n hi s re - e l ect i on . W e bare tractive premium to poacking. It has a similar effect , more than once, after the conc l us i on o f a deb a t e on t o the prohibitory system in encouraging smuggling. Ccoper and Mr. Jekyll be sent for to speak for MC. Mr. MArtntorr said there bad been a gentleman at the the Catholic Question—when struck with the utter If t h e sa l e o f g u ile be once legalized, the price of • office, b u t wh e n he heard the particulars of the charge, he inability of the opponents of conces s i o n to advance the article must fall, and the temptation to the ' considered it so bad that he went away. a single argument deserving of the least attention poacher be proportionably diminished. An article i The prisoner, on being removed from the bar, struck against that measure—felt chagrined that Mr. Peel of human consumption, when forbidden, becomes a his hand with violence against ar . , forehead, exclame apparently in should cling to a cause w hi c h was support e d by no luxury, which the rich will purchase at any price, a state of great mental agony, i d--" Oh God, Man in the House of Commons, of any mark as a and the poor will endeavour to bring into the mar- this is horrible. politician, but himself. The fierceness—nay, even k e t at any r' s k— eve n th e sever ity of th e l a w it se lf : He e to prosecute. was fully committed fur trial, and the parties bound : brutality, with which he has been attacked by those will be an inducement to daring spirits to violate it over , w hom he has abandoned, however flattering to him especially in c a ses where it is su pp ose d th e legal ia.—An unfortunat e f ema l e , in one sense, as affording an unequivocal proof of cr i me i s tota ll y i n d e p en d ent o f more l considerations. THE PLAISTEI n t named Mary O'Brien, was taken up the preceding hi s iropot tance to them — for men's passions are never It is a maxim of our Common Law that there is on n i g h t , an d plac e d in Spa-fields watch-house, for assaulting strongly excited by the loss of what they hold in property in animals ferce naturee ; or, in oth e r words, a wa t c h man . Upon her undergoing time usual ceremony slight regard—may render it problematical to all lin wild animals. 'I his maxim arose from there of searching, a large piece of f br0 ,1, 1 %, ‘ ,1 - a n tic. p: m li ie e plr r nr , l7 c ol o cnin ‘ k , e l er r t e ,e.d. l aisa w Tt - o, i i t i, h ye but those whose principles are of the very purest being no such thing as the principle of the Game some glutinous substanc o e l ,w,:s ,is c e u description, whether a public man should everchange _Laws known under the ancient Common Law o f night constable, and an opinion he has once embraced, however unten- England. It was with the slavery that William the paper grid that she had it fur the purpose i t i r e f found sl ‘ able he may discoVer it to be. So long as he clings Norman introduced . that the Game Law: were in- set it down , that i., t te h r e ,, of t i h , e . to an opinion, he leaves it questionable with his grafted on the institutions of this country ;—they ena i ia t r i : ) g- l u t e c he ' r P ti l i i e more effectually to rob such victims as she t fortunate enough to entice from the strict paths opponents, whether his error is in his head were alien to our free Saxon Constitution,. and are of 111 !g propriety. The circumstance soon got wind, and long or his will; but the moment he renounces it, a degrading badge of our subjugation. The sooner before it was time to convey the prisoner from the watch his change is uniformly attributed to bad mo- they are got rid of, or, at least reformed, the sooner house to this office in the morning , the streets adjoining the tives by his late party, who never t hi n k o f w ill a great sourc e of lo ca l o ppression and exp ense former were crowded with persons of all ages, sizes, and combatting his arguments, but deem the mere h e cu t of}; and the habits of the rural population sexes, anx i ous to get a sight of the " resurrection smug act of changing a justification of their Loading improved.—Morning Herald. ger" as she was called. About half-past ten she was brought before the Magistrate; upon her being placed at the bar, the watchman stated tHe charge of assault, and the constable of the night stated. to the Magistrate the fact of finding the plaister upon her. He also related the won derful sensation which the circumstance produced, awl the difficulty he had to bring the prisoner safety to the office. Mr. Sergeant SELLON asked the prisoner how she be came possessed of the plaister. when Prisoner.—lt was put upon my mouth I was drunk, and 1 put it in my pocket to serve somebody else in the same way, just to have a lark. Mr. Sergeant SELLoN said that he supposed she had it for the purpose of robbing. The Learned Sergeant, how ever, upon inspecting the pitch plaister, as the paper found upon the prisoner was called, found it to be nothing more than brown paper covered with treacle. He at the same time committed the prisoner to the House of Correction for fourteen days' as a common prostitute. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, F. 18. APPEALS.-TROTTER V. TROTTER. A question of some consequence with reference to the laws both of England and Scotland was argued in the House of Lords, on an Appeal from the Court of Session. A Colonel Trotter, who had been stationed far thirty years in India, had sent home money to one of his brothers in Scotland to be by him deposited in banks at interest.— The brother wrote to him for a power of attorney to invest the money, as he would see occasion, in heritable lands, and obtained it ; in consequence of which, about 3,0001. or 4,0001. were invested in heritable bonds. The Colonel never returned, but made his will in India without any legal advice or formality, by which he left the who'e of his property to his brothers and sisters, share and share alike, and appointed his next junior brother and heir at law, and his youngest brother, who had acted as his agent, his exe cutors. Under this will the heir at law slaimed the heri table bonds as heir at law, and his share of the personal bonds besides; and his claim was sustained by the Court below, and the decision appealed from on the ground that the heir at law could not take both under the will and against it, but was bound to elect. The House has not as yet given judgment: The fol lowing is a copy of the will : " fCharles Trotter, of Edinburgh, Colonel in the Ho•- nourable East India Company's. service, for the love and affection which I have and bear to Major-General Thoa. Trotter, Mr•. Young Trotter, and William Trotter, my brothers, and to my sisters Mary, wife of Mr. John Pit cairn, and to Miss Christiana Trotter, and to Mr. Alex ander Pitcairn, of Edinburgh, husband of my sister, and considering it to be my duty, while in health, to execute a settlement of all estate and effects which may belong to me at lily death : For this purpose I do hereby constitute, make, and ordain my brother, Young Trotter, of Groom house Mill, Dunse, and William Trotter, merchant in Edinburgh, to be my executors of this my last will and testament, in Great Britain, and trustees, also, for the estate of the late Captain Dickson, of which I am execu tor and trustee for the children, and to which I nominate Mrs. M. Trotter, jointly with the house of Messrs. Ar buthnot, Dc Monte, and Company, executors in India. And further, I do hereby constitute, make, and ordain Messrs. Arbuthnot, De Monte, and Company, of Madras, to be my executors in India, asd trustees for bonds, bills, and vouchers of every kind. And further, I nominate the said Messrs. Arbuthnot, De Monte, and Company, of Madras, but in trust only and to the end and for the pur poses after mentioned : First, that they make payment of all my just and lawful debts ; second, that for the love and affection I bear to my sister-in-law, Matilda Trotter, widow of my deceased brother, Robert Trotter, they make pay ment of the sum of two thousand (2,000) star pagodas— third, that they hold in their hands the sum of two thou • sand (2,000) star pagodas, for the sole benefit of Charles Trotter, a native of India, to be disposed of to the best ad vantage; fourth, that they remit the residue and remainder of my India estate, as they realise it, to Europe, after de ducting all expence of management, to my above-named brothers in Edinburgh, my executors in Europe, Young Trotter and William Trotter, who are hereby instructed to divide the remainder of my estate, as they receive it from India, and the whole of my. property in Europe, into six equal shares, to be paid to each of them, viz. Thomas Trotter, Young Trotter, William Trotter, Mrs. Mary Pit cairn, Miss Christiana Trotter, and Mr. Alexander Pit cairn, of Edinburgh, share and share alike, or to the law ful issue of such of them as may be dead. In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Pallam cottah, in India, this 28th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1819. [Signed] " CHARLES TROTTER (L. S.) " In presence of " JAMES WEBR, Lieutenant and Adjutant 2 , 1 Battalion, '7th Regiment, N.I. " THOMAS WAYLAND KEY, Serjeant." COURT OF`KING'S BENCH, FEB. 18. GRIM3IALL V. HEAVISIDE. This action, which was tried at the adjourned sittings in London after Hilary Term, in the last year, was for an assault and battery, committed on the plaintiff on board the ship Thames, an East Indiainan. The defendant (the cap tain of the ship) pleaded in justification, that the plaintiff, a seaman on board, had conducted himsell in a mutinous man her, and that the punishment had been inflicted upon lion for the purpose of preserving discipline in the ship's crew. The assault complained of consisted in the administering of four dozen lashes upon the plaintiff, awl afterwards putting hint in irons, and confining him in the quarter gallery passage for several days. It appeared that the captain had been under the necessity of punishing one of the own for disorderly conduct, and while the crew were assembled on the quarter deck, in the usual manner, to witness the punishment, the captain said, " I thought there was an end of all this ;" to which the plaintiff replied,—" I thought so too ;" and added, " if I had my mind, there should be no more flogging on hoard." The Captain considering this ex pression as indicative of a mutinous spirit, ordered the plain tiff aside until the flogging was over, and then had him tied up and punished in the usual manner as a mutineer.— No witnesses were called in support of the plea of justifi cation, Sir James Searlett conceiving, after the cross examination of the plaintiff's witnesses, that the evidence preponderated in favour of the defendant. The Jury, how ever, found for the plaintiff.—Damages 501. In Easter term Sir J. Searlett obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. The case now stood for at guinea on the rule nisi ; and Lord T ENTERDEN was ploceeding to lead his notes of the trial, when Sir J. ScAnt,ETT said he had received no instructions to support the rule. Mr. 13nouGuAst, for the plaintiff, said he was not in structed to oppose it, and his client was willing to have it made absolute on rayrnent of costs. Lord TENTERDEN-1 suppose, then, you expect to get larger damages on a second trial? Sir J. SCA It LETT said, the Court might deal with the cise as they pleased.—Ride discharged. It is to be hoped that the high-priced bakers win allow the public to partake in the late falls which have taken place at Mark-lane. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—II► a family of which there were three sisters (two of whom are now married ladies of the parish of Arbuthnott), the whole three were born on Candlemas morning; there were five years between each of their births, and the same time al most to a day between each of their marriages.—Edin burgh Paper. On Tuesday a ludicrous scene took place in the Old Kent-road. Opposite to the Crown and Anchor there are some very lofty poplar trees, and on the morning of the above day, a handsome tortoise-shell torn cat, be longing to a lady- residing near the spot, ran out into the road, and a dog having given it chase, in order to elude'its pursuer it ran up one of the poplars, and took refuge on the highest branch of the tree. The lady to whom it be longed, inconsolable for the loss of her favourite, on being informed of the perilous situation in which it was placed, lost no time in proceeding to its relief, and, with the view of inducing her tabby to come down from its elevated situa tion, site commenced coaxing it, and using all the persuasive inducements that were likely to have the intended effect. p us s, however, disregarded its mistress, and remained stationary, for by this time, a crowd had assembled, who were attracted by the singularity of the lady's gestures and entreaties to prevail on the inonser to come down out of the tree. In this dilemma a Flemish boy with a Barbary mo nkey in his arms, seeing the concern and agitation of the l a dy, pressed through the crowd, an d addressin; her in broken English, said his monkey should fetch the cat down without hurting a hair of its body, if it was permit-ed. The owner of the cat was delighted at the intelligence, and she had no sooner expressed her satisfaction, than the boy took the cord from the monkey's neck, and placing the animal on the tree, pointed up towards where the cat was sitting, and exclaiming the word " Presto," up skipped " Jacket'. with amazing agility, and taking the cat round the body with one arm, descended from the tree, with the assistance of the other, and placed its charge in the hands of its master, to the great satisfaction of the lady and infinite amusement of the hy-standers. The owner of the favourite tabby presented the Flemish lad with five shillings for the dexterity displayed by the monkey on the occasion. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. Yesterday, an extraordinary General Meeting of this Charity was held at the Hall of the Corporation, in Fleet. street. His Royal flightless the Duke of CLA RENCE in the Chair. Sir MICHAEL SIIAW STEWART, Bart., explained the object of. the Meeting. His Majesty had been gracionsly pleased to bestow an annual donation of 1001. on the Charity, and it was for the purpose of moving a dutiful address to his Majesty, in consequence thereof, that the present Meeting had been convened. The worthy Baronet then read the address, which having been signed and waled, was delivered to his Royal Highness, in order that it might be presented to the King. 'The Duke of CLARENCE having received the address, rose and said, that he took blame to himself for not having much sooner directed his Majesty's attention to the ex cellent objects which the Scottish Hospital had in view. An annual subscription was a much more effective way to benefit a charity, than by giving one sum, as was generally the practice in the reigns of George IL and lII. (Applause.)—lt was peculiarly appropriate, when his Maje,ty's health was drunk by his subjects at any public charity, patronised by the King, to give a subscription. A good example was thus aff o rded, and an interest and connection with charitable institutions kept up, which by any other means could not be so well effected.—(Hear. Sir M. S. STEWART, Bart., Sir PETER LAuRII, the Hen. Win. FRASER, and several other Gentlemen, ad dressed the ➢Meeting, and spoke in behalf of the claims of the Charity. An adibess of thanksiviving been passed to Pia Royal Highness, and the Spring Festival appointed, the Meeting adjourned. SALES OF OUR TOWN-ANATOMISTS. The exposures that have lately taken place, in connec tion with the atrocious dealings of those who have been the slaughterers or human carcase venders to the surgeons, have led to the recollection, invention, and circulation of stories, which, as they have generally been in the true " raw head and bloods , hone" style, have found a most ready reception with the lovers of the marvellous in this as well as in other places. A few specimens of these deli. cate morceaux may not be unpalatable to the curious in such matterit. The following on dits, among others, ate at present afloat in Sheffield : /t is said that the fact of a girl not having arrived at home, after it was known that she had been dismissed from her place of servitude, has laid her late mistress under unpleasant suspicions, and caused her mother very great girl, lest she should have been elapperclawed, and sold to the surgeons for dissection. It is said, by a woman, that when she lived in the ser • vice of —, she was ordered, one Sunday evening, to make a fire under the great copper : this order she reluc tantly obeyed ; but not being able to divine the reason of so uncommon an arrangement, she stole down stairs in the night to take a peep into the cauldron—when lo ! and be hold ! instead of finding it surrounded with witches, sing ing the wail-known stave— " Double, double, toil and trouble ; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble," &c. she found the head and breasts of a female, racing each other round the boiling pan, at a horrid rate ! She left immediately, but never told the story till just now. /t is said that a certain operative, who had been in the habit of furnishing specimens of stuffed animals to those persons who were curious in such matters, and who might, perhaps, have exercised his craft a little on other " sobjeets," called at the house of Mr. —; but no one opening the door, be with some hesitation, went forward—and still for ward, until he came to a room, where, on a low bench, and were busily mph Ted in flaying a fine fresh subject. /t i: said that Mr. on being questioned as to what surgeons did with the flesh of those whom they anatomized, referred the querist for an answer to the makers of pork sausages. Apropos of this hint, it is storied of our rots Richard 1., that he was once, during his crusading expedition, recovered from a dangerous distemper by feasting on the flesh of a plump Saracen, who, in default of pork, for which the King longed, had been ingeniously tiarbacued for the royal epicure, and who declared, after he learnei the trick which had been put upon him, that be would never again eat pig's flesh, when that of Paynims was to be had ! It is said that Mr. can eat his dinner with a better zest when he has had a spell at dissecting ; more over, that on one occasion, he horrified a poor woman, who was lying on her death-bell, by the barbarous propo sition, made in her hearing, to the husband, that he should be allowed to dissect her as soon as she should be dead ! It is said by Mr. —, that when he was walking at St. Hospital, an old sailor, who had fought at Tra falgar, was brought to have a leg amputated. The brave .tar stood the operation without wincing ; but in conse quence of the ravages the disease had made, be died in the house. The surgeons having a wish to examine the body, asked the seaman's wife if she would allow it ? " Yes," said she ; " if you will give me two guineas you may take him, and do what you like with him."—The offer was ac cepted, and the widow tripped gaily down the stairs, ap parently much satisfieil with the transaction ! It is said that several surgeons have beet) waited upon in this town, within the last week, by persons who pro mised to supply them with bodies. Some have even of fered their own.—She.ffield Iris. PHRENOLOGY. WILLIAM HARE. The following article from the Scotsman, is said to be from the pen of Dr. Spuraheim : " Having laid before our readers a phrenological sketch of the character of Burke as compared with his ce.ebral development, we beg now to add a few remarks on the indications presented by that of his infamous accomplice and companion Hare, which has been communicated to us by an experienced Phrenologist, who Was allowed to examine the head, and whose estimate was afterwards cor rected by a comparison with a very faithful cast taken by Mr. Joseph, with the hair so closely cropped, as completely to present the appe trance of a cast moulded on the shaven scalp, except along a marginal line in front, where Hare would not allow the hair to be cut away, but even there it is so thin as to present no obstacle. " At a glance, the proportion of brain in the lower and back part, wh,re the organs of the inferior propensities are situated, is perceived to be very great compared with the top of the bead, or region of the organs of the moral senti ments, which is low and flat, indicating a preponderance of the selfish and grovelling over the higher faculties of his mind. Thu organ ,of Acquisitiveness, which lies in the temples, and which gives the love of gain, is very large, and stands broadly out, much surpassing the same part even in Burke, in whom it was very considerable. The tempo ral muscle lies over it, and throwssome difficulty in the way; Ina making every allowance for its thickness (which is generally moderate so high up), the organ is unquestionably very large, The prominence it occasions is so remark able, that an experienced or superficial observer might easily confound it with the organ of Ideality, which is far from being large in Hare, and not more, indeed, than mo derate. Next to Acquisitiveness, the organs of Destruc tiveness, Combativeness, Secretiveness, and Self-esteem, are the most remarkable, forming altogether a combination of the lowest of the propensities, which, unguided, as it was in Hare, by any considerable endowment of moral sentiment, was abundantly strong to fit him for the scenes in which he acted so brutal a part. The hope of gain would be an inducement too strong for his powers of resist ance, no matter what the means were by which the end was to be obtained. The organ of Benevolence is decidedly smaller in Hare than in Burke, and it is well known that he was the more brut d and disgusting of the two. His C om b at i vene ss is also largely, and his Cautiousness rather smaller than Burke's, giving greater warmth of t e mp er , hastiness, and proneness to fighting ; and in proof of this having been his character, his head, on being cropped for casting, presented no less than six distinct scars, the re mains of wounds sustained in his numerous squabbles and fights, chiefly in the Cowgate. The interior lobe of the brain, containing the organs of intellect, is much shorter and smaller than that of Burke, although viewed in front it presents a inure perpendicular aspect, and may seem to be well developed. It presents no indication of the acute ness and readiness by which Burke was distinguished even to the last. In short, the development of Hare turns out to be as complete a key to his mental character, as that of Burke has been shown to be to hie ; and harmonises in every respect with what is known of his manifestations." FATAL ACCIDENT FROM LEAPING A HORSE. —Yesterday an inquest was held at the Plough, Stockwell, on the body of Thos. King, aged Di. The deceased, who was groom to a gentleman at Brixton, was on Thursday last mounted on a fine hunter, in Love-lane, Stockwell, and in endeavouring to leap a bar at the bottom of the lane, the horse failed in the attempt, and fell on the deceased. lie was immediately conveyed to the Plough, and medical assistance obtained, but the injuries he rectived caused his death the next day ; the horse also received some severe injuries in the chest, and the owner was compelled to have him shot. A verdict of Accidental Death was returned, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. TuESDAV, FEBRU AMY 17.—Wind S.E.---High water 29 minutes past ten.--ArriVNl the Ivanhoe, Nisbett, from Savannah ; Aspasia, Bennett, from New York; Richard, Frazer, from Faro; Don, , from Guernsey ; Liberty, Stevens, from Westport; Nancy, Thomas, from Poole. Sailed—The Oglethorpe, -, for. Savannah ; Lally Normanby, Reay, Rio Janeiro; Sarah Raletone, Philadelphia ; Lady Douglas, Noeney, New Orleans ; James, Rankin, Leghorn ; Hercules, , Boston ; Halcyon, , Philadelphia; Harriett, —, Bor deaux ; Ann, Rowe, St. Michael's ; Marriett, Mitchinsen; Maranham. TIIE MARKETS. COAL M Alt 1( ET.—Feb. 18. ' Adair's 325. 6d. Walls End Newmarch.. Vs. Sri. Beaumont . 30 6 Ditto Newcastle.-- 28 0 Charlotte . 31 0 Ditto Northumberland 21 9 Dean's Primrose 30 6 Ditto Peareth —..—. 31 0 Felling Main 2!) 3 Ditto Perkins and Co. 31 3 Forrest Heaton .... 33 0 Ditto Russell's 33 9 /lOblaurn Main 31 0 Ditto Walker 32 6 32 0 Eden Main 30 0 Killingworth 32 0 Lambton's Primrose 30 6 Liddell's 30 0 Nesham Maio 31 9 Ord's Iledhogli 29 0 Primrose Moor 29 0 Percy East 23 0 Russell's 31 6 Tan field 33 0 Walls End Lyons 39 9 Willington 'WO= «,.32 9 Itussell'sHettonsaW.E. 34 0 WAsEnd Bewieke&Co. 33 6 Blyth Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 39 6 Cinders Ditto 3i 9 Cowpen Ditto Carr and Co.--. 29 0 Hartley « Ditto Clarke and Co. —3l 0 Eockton , 24 6 25 0 29 0 31 6 30 0 Ditto Crainlington—. 27 6 Silloaone Field and Co. 30 0 Ditto Ilikla ... 30 6 Silkstone Clark --........ 30 0 Ditto llotspur---.... 31 3 Stone Coal Reynolds ..... 30 0 Ships at market, 130 Ships 501d,,58y,--Unsold, 72. COUNTRY CORN NIARKKI'S DURING 'l'H WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beane. Per Quarter. S. to s. a. to a. a. to S. It. 5. Abingdon—. 68 84 35 42 35 42 56 Andorer—:.... '77 37 25 Birmingham-- 72 82 32 36 24 36 46 63r11p0rt -- 56 74 32 39 ~ 26 34 _ 54 Cirencester 61 81 33 48 ' 22 33 44 51 86 36 46 26 38 46 Guildford 4i 81 al c 9 24 25 46 Henley 53 80 81 43 28 31 48 Hereford 64 84 38 45 36 40 -- 60 Ilighworth ...--- 62 BO 32 42 28 34 56 Maidenhead —.. (70 84 24 31 2gl 38 Oakingliam 56 76 30 36 18 32 44 Reading 80 98 31 38 24 36 46 " Southaurpton 54 18 37 40 28 32 —' 56 Stroud —..— 66 80 32 36 28 94 - 40 Tewkesbury 6i 87 40 42 30 38 56 Uxbridge —. 55 81 32 38 18 23 48 Wantage . 55 BS 27 40 19 23 , 48 Warminster Windsor 56 82 30 37 21 98 56 Worcester**. SO 88 36 40 27 30 48 L 1 VERPO, There were a OL CORN EXCHANGE.—Feb. 17. tatty country millers at to—day'smartet, as well as a full attendance of the town dealers and seieral, speculative buyers. The sales in Wheat were to a large extent, but barely sufficient to meet the wishes of the im porters, and the above-noted decline was fully confirmed on Irish and the secondary descriptions of foreign Wheat; but the finer qualities were not offered at a reduction of more than Sd. to 4d. per 101bs. Oats met a read)* sale both to the trade and on speculation : prime parcels reached Ss. 4 , 1., inferior was sold as low as 2s. lad. pet• 451bs. There was little inquiry for Barley. Beans and Pease were each Is. to 2s. per quarter below our previous currency. Indian Corn was also fully ls. per quarter lower. CHELTENHAM Per Bushel. s. d. to 8. d. Wheat RKET.—Feb. 17. Pet lb. d. to d. 6 8 6 7* 6 8 0 0 6 11 Barley Oats Beans 4 6 531 Mutton 4 0 5 0 Veal 4 9 (3 6 Lau) Pease 50 80 1 Pork Hay 3l. 15e. to 4/. 44. per ton. LEWES MARKET.Feb. 17. White Wheat (per quarter) £4 4 0 to £4 6 0 Bed ditto 3 8 0 3 18 0 Barley Oats, New 1 2 0 1 4 0 Pease 0 0 0 2 0 0 Oil Cake. New l3 0 °per thousand. HULL MARKET.—Feb. 17. Our arrivals of Grain during the past week hare been very limited, yet the trade has- been excessively dull, with scarcely any husines.a passing ; indeed, we have so little demand, that it is difficult to give any accurate quotations. The 'thew of farmers' wheat to-day was •to a fair extent, but generally out of condition, and when sales were made, II reduction of 2a. to 3s. per quarter was submitted to. - We had a good many parcels of foreign offering from warehouse, and a similar decline would have been taken had buyers come forward. Middling and ordinary qualities are, for the moment, unsaleable. Oats are very slow sale, at a re duction of Is. per qr. Barley and Beans are a perfect drug, and almost unsaleable. Rapeseed is moreinquired after at late prices. Linseed is in limited demand, a nd dull sale. •__ Wheat, ()hl Vs. Ifs. —s. New —4. MS. 706 . Foreign - —s. 68s. 'Ms. Oats, Poland ........ ..... —s. 20s. 21s. Old —s. —s.'2Be. Small or Feed.... --s. 16s. 20s. .--s. —5160. Foreign L.-a. 245. 265. ~.. ........ „,..„ —s. .--11. •••••‘ . Barley, Norf. & Suf. —s 325. 345. Line. & Wold —B. 325. 85s. Foreign —S. 345. 365. Beans 365. 38s. 40s, Foreign ..—......—5. 365. Vs. Pease, White —a. 465. 48s. Grey Tares s. 40s. 503. Foreign 34€. 401.'—s• Rapeseed. in bond none. Free, per last... —1,.. MI. 215/. DUMFRIES MA s.d. s.d.l Wheat, Imp. Bush... 8 0 to 8 6 Butter, 160 z....... ..... Barley 9 8 4 0 Eggs, dozen Oats 2 9 3 3 Beef, per lb. Flour, Illb. Oatmeal 2 3 2 4 Veal Potatoes, cwt. RKETS.—Feb. 11. s. d. 0 0 to 0 7 ,0 0 O 9 .0 4 0 5 ,0 3 04 04.0 0 .0 8 09 - . .._ CATTLE MARKET.—We had 346 cattle on the Sande this thy, which were all sold at reduced prices. The prices at our market have fallen considerably of late—for good cattle, we believe, about 15s. per head—and alto gether the market is in a dull state. PORK.—We had again a large supply of pork, via. 165 carts, and nearly the whole , were disposed of at Iron' 4s. 4d. to 6s. per stone of 161 h. HARE THE MURDERER.—After all, it would seem that the discharge of this wretch has been pre mature, as there is some prospect of a crime for which he has no protection rising up against him. Two gentlemen from Newcastle are here at present making inquiries re specting a young man of the name of Margetta who disap peared from that neighbourhood some time ago, and is sup posed to have been the Englishman murdered by Burke and Hare. The gentlemen in question have brought letter of introduction (which we have seen) to ► member of the bar, and one of them, it seems, is able to identify Hare. 11Ieanwhile the most anxious inquiries are being made, and we trust the immediate result will be, the issu ing of a warrant for the re-apprehension of this bloody monster. If some of the authorities had been as provident and cautious as they were anxious to oblige a favoured newspaper, this wretch might still have been in cnatody► or, at least within the reach of a Scotch warrant, nnin cumbered with the ceremony of indorsement—Caledonian Mercury. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst. at Ashford-hall, near Ludlow, the lady of Captain Litchfield, Royal Artillery, of a daughter. On the 18th inst. in Queen Ann-street, the lady of William John Monson, Esq. of a son. On the 13th inst. the lady of Captain Craven, 72d Highlanders, of a son. MARRIED. On the 18th inst. at Edmonton Church, by the Rev. Alexander Brown, of Rochester, William Tewart, Esq. of Swinhoe, Northumberland, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Edward Tewart, Esq. of Southgate.park, Middlesex. On the 18th inst. at Warminster, Wilts, Mr. Charles Brodrihb, to Sarah Maria, only daughter of Mr. Jawed Allies, of same place. DIET). On the 16th inst. at his house in Essex-street, Strand, George Nelson, Esq. aged 62. On the 18th inst. in Featherstone-street, City-road, Ann Philippa, fifth daughter of the late John Weston, Esq. surgeon, of Bishopsgate-street. On the 17th inst. at her house in Grosvenor-place, Mrs. Surah Hussey Delays), the widow of Edward Hussey Delays!, late of Cotton-garden, Westminster, and of Dod dington, in the county of Lincoln, Esq. On the 17th inst. at his house in Dalston, Benjamin Flower, Esq. aged 74, formerly Editor of the Cambridge Intelligencer. On the 15th inst. at Kingston-upon-Thames, in the 89th year of his age, Mr. James Astin,, well known as a florist. On the 15th inst. Mr. James Grange, late of Piccadilly, and Covent-garden, aged '7O. On the 17th inst. aged 15, George, the on of Mr. Jas. Sheen, of Holborn-hill. On the 15th inst. at his house in Gloucester. place, Gen. Evelyn, E.q. of Wotton, Surrey, in his 36th year. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by AIURDO YOUNG, at tbg SU OFFICE, 112, SIitAND, LoNvorb.