The Sun. — London, England, 1829-07-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It does not appeir to us that any thing oc curred in consequence of the Orange proces sions on the 12th and 13th ult., which might not well have been anticipated, and which in fact we did not ourselves think probable, should the Orangemen be permitted to assemble with their insignia, and the Catholics, quite enough suscep tible of provocation, be in numbers capable of opposing them. The accounts from the north are very different from those which describe the state of Dublin. In many pints of Ulster the Orange orgies were celebrated, the challenge thrown in the tealh of the Catholics accepted, ; battle given, and lives unhappily lost. I n Fermanagh some of the intelligence received makes the killed and wounded on both sides upwards of 20 men. At Strabane, in the county of Tyrone, some men were also sacri ficed. At Armagh many windows of obnoxious Catholics were broken, an Oran o ,z i e „ der of the name of Tyrrell was put in gao l for wounding a young man by a pistol - .6not, and a postscript to the letter adds, ..nat an express coming in at a late hour rroin the neighbourhood of Cool Islay,,, a company of soldiers were instantly marched thither the report was, that in a fray between the hostile parties 10 men had been killed outright, and upw a rds of 30 wounded. 111 Donegal the people are represented to be in la frightful state of commotion. The fact is, that these accounts prove the real condition of political feeling in Ireland to have been but half understood by the authors of the Re lief Bill, or they would have gone a good deal further in providing against contingencies dan gerous to the public peace. The disposition of the Catholics to harass and disturb the Govern ment for the recovery of their constitutional rights, was attended to ; but no security was tbonght wanting to them or to the public, against a spirit of aggression on the part of the more viole-Nt anti-Catholics, wreaking vengeance for their recent defeat in Parliament, on the feelings, the properties, and persons of those whose poli lical wrongs had been legally redressed in spite of them. It was a calamitous oversight to omit the enactment of a law for putting clown at once ~/.oprocessions : it was another, to leave arms xvhich had been distributed to the Orangemen during war-time still in their hands, when there were none against whom to employ them but the King's own subjects: it was a third and fatal oversight, to leave the execution of any or ders for preserving the King's peace to the vir tue or discretion of a body of justices so deeply and extensively leavened with Orange predomi nancy, who, as is said, refused in several in stances to interfere or prevent the party exhibi tion. We trust that the Ministry will at length take warning, and not leave the future peace of Ireland to the guardianship of either of two im petuous factions, or compromise the repute of their own liberal policy of emancipation, in not riving fair p'ay to its really pacific grin ciples, by suffering it to be too roughly handled before it had acquired a hard sur face and become fit for use. Until the Orange spirit shall have forgotten its resentment, and the Catholic abhorrence of it have had time to cool, a vigourous system of coercion must be Employed to keep those separate who cannot yet approximate in kindness, and to enforce by law that mutual forbearance which usage and senti ment may hereafter be in Ireland, as they are elsewhere, sufficiently powerful to ensure. We publish Mr. Sheil's letter to the Dub/in Evening Post, in defence and justification of his own conduct as a barrister, fin. accepting a fee from Lord George Beresford, as his Lordship's Coun • sea at the expected election for Waterford. The letter woud have been superfluous but in a count!), where party spirit has raged to the ex tinction of almost every other, and where the exactions of party upon individual interests have been raised into a sort of prescriptive, and, indeed, unlimited impost. Certainly on a balance of accounts, Mr. Sheil proves himself by no means in debt to the body with which he has been associated, and unless his detractors would indemnify him for the total sacrifice of his pro fession, we see not where their interference between him and his clients was to stop. These contested elections are unfortunate for the return of Irish parties to good humour and tranquillity just at present, but there is nothing in them, nor in their operation on society, to raise a doubt in any reasonable mind that the natural food of popular disturbance throughout the country, has been exhausted.-7 tmes. It would seem that the splendid entertain ment lately given by the West India Proprie tors to the Members of the Government was, as a political speculation, a failure—and, in their own language, the money was quite thrown away. At a subsequent interview the answer delivered to this enlightened body was stated to have been unsatisfactory in matter, and not abundantly courteous in expression or manner; it was to the effect, " that they (the West India Proprietors) had their harvest during the war; that they must expect to participate in the ge neral depression in common with other great national interests ; that this depression it was be yond the power of the Government to controul, or, for the present, to remedy ; that, in the mean time, the Proprietors would employ them selves advantageously if they exerted the intere:t they possessed with the various Colonial Legi;.- latures in inducing them to accede to the wishes and second the views of the Mother Country, instead of going to loggerheads with their Go vernors, and running restive upon every propos a l of improvement." This little lecture, delivered in a tone and manner particularly serious, was signally unpalatable to the votaries of Calipash, one of whom feelingly exclaimed, " I wish to God I had the money that their dinner cost me back in my pocket !" —Morning Chronicle. We have not, for a long time, read any book which has more disgusted us than the Travels of Captain Basil Hall. Of his judgment we never entertained a high opinion, and we had a still lower opinion of his accuracy as a traveller. There are sonic men who are under a constant illusion, and to whom all objects appear in a light in which they appear to no one else; and Captain Basil Hall is one of them. His Loo Choo and his accounts of Chile and Peru will, however, always please as Romances, to which by this time, the title may be said to be fairly established. Our readers may have per ceived, on more than one occasion, that we are not peculiarly enamoured of every thing Ameri can. We should not think of looking to the United States for examples of excellence in science and art, or all that sheds the highest lustre on our nature. High civilization has no doubt its evils,.and the competition, and necessity for constant exertion in England, are the cause of suffering as well as enjoyment; but still we shouldyn Tefer the varied enjoyments, the excite- Ment 'orEligelaiid, to the level life of America. Neither ere we disposed to consider all the po-. litieal experiments attempted in America as con clusive with respect to Europe. But we rejoice that an opportunity has been afforded of trying cn a large scale the experiment of founding a Society, unfettered by the restraints of ancient institutions, while Ixnefitted by the arts and inventions of the civilization which has grown up under these in stitutions. The experiment yet may not in every respect be conclusive with respect to Ame rica ; for we may attribute some things to the political institutions which may be the result of particular circumstances, as the absence of mono poly of hind from thinness of population, &c.— But, however this may be, the field has been clear in America for many important operations which could never have been attempted in Eu rope, but which will, notwithstanding, have a powerful re-action on Europe. In one respect, America and Europe, and more particularly England, afford a striking contrast to each other, namely, with respect to religion. The Ame ricans have no alliance of Church and State ; no civil advantages are associated with the profes slon of any belief. In some countries of Eu rope while establishments are retained, the adhe tenee to creeds have been waived. In England, however, a large portion of the produce of this country is alloyed to a particular religious Cor poration on condition of the unqualified adhe rence of the members to certain definite doc trines. Now there are many persons in Eng land who conceive that it strikes at the root of all morality, and who, therefore, prefer the Ame rican system. The distinguished Author of Essays on the Formation and Publication of Opinions, in a recent publication, under the title of " Essays in the Pursuit of Truth, Sec." observes— " If a simple wish to arrive at correct conclusions is the proper state of mind in which to enter upon any subject, and a strictly impartial attention to the conflicting evidence the proper conduct to be pur sued during the examination, every practice or in ititution in society which creates other wishes, and offers inducement to pursue a different conduct, must be pronounced inimical to the attainment of truth. Amongst these we must rank institutions bestowing emoluments on individuals, with the stipulation that they teach certain doctrines definitely prescribed. It must be acknowledged that institutions of this character are likely to have great influence on the moral and intellectual conduct and condition of those who come within their sphere. lie who enters into them has no choice as to what he shall teach. lie must either conform to the prescribed doctrines ; or quit his station and give up the emolument. At the outset he either believes or disbelieves the doc , trines. If he believes them, he has cogent motives fur abstaining from all examination of their validity; at least from any fair and candid examination of the objections brought against them. The indolence of mind engendered by the perfect coincidence of his p'nions and his interest disposes him to shun an intellectual effort which could not have a la result than the conclusion in which he is already at his ease; and the apprehension of the bare pos sibility of a different result operates equally to de ter him from the enterprise. Every consideration presented by circumstances in which he is placed, suggest that his exertions should be restricted to an inquiry after more striking and ingenious argu ments in support of the opinions which he is at present fortunate enough to hold. If, on the other hand, he does not believe the doctrines which he has undertaken to profess and expound, he will hare equally strong reasons to keep him from a full and impartial inquiry into their truth. To escape the degradation of inculcating on others doctrines which he disbelieves himself, he will apply all his attention to the evidence in their favour; ail his diligence, his talent, his ingenuity will be exerted to magnify the ;Lrguments that he wishes to find conclusive; all his care will be employed to keep his mind from the operation of antagonist considerations. A man in either of the situations described can hardly be ex pected to be possessed with a wish to arrive at the truth, whatever it may be. It is the natural ten dency of his disposition to destroy this wish in the most candid and impartial mind, and to substitute in • its place the desire to attain or strengthen a convic tion of the prescribed doctrines. The consequences of arriving at results inconsistent with them are too fearful for him to contemplate, and he will therefore venture on no course of which he does not see a probable termination in their favour." So much with regard to the connecting certain advantages with the teaching of certain defined doctrines. But C a pt. B as il Hall, in entering on this ticklish ground, advances at such a rate as to distance all competitors. The attaching cer tain advantages to certain opinions may be advis able or not ; but it is to be presumed that those who connected advantages with the opinions be lieved sincerely in their truth, and charity may lead one to suppose that those who subscribe to the opinions arc also sincere, whatever may be thought of the act of so pledging themselves to teach that which they have a worldly motive for acquiescing in. But Captain Basil Hall boldly lays it down, not that opinions believed true should have an advantage, but that the great ob ject should be to prevent all transition to those opinions which would be adopted but for the worldly advantages. He assumes that if things were left to take their natural course in America certain opinions would be adopted, and he would prevent the adoption of those opinions by the very same means which would prevent the adoption of truth. We have never read a more heartless manifestation of indifference to truth. " Unitarianism," says he, " as I heard it laid down at Boston—and I am acquainted with it in no other shape—may, I conceive, fairly be called, with out any thing disrespectful, the Democracy of Re ligion ; for while it affects to teach men to cherish entire mental independence, it disentangles them to tally from that allegiance and that reliance upon the merits of their Saviour which Revelation inculcates on the minds cf all those who believe in his divinity, as the surest, indeed the only solid ground-work of their hopes; whereas the doctrines referred to above send us hack in a vicious circle of unsubstantial rea sonings, to the shallow fountain of ourown unasaisted thoughts, for what certainly cannot be found there. I am firmly persuaded, therefore, such principles, sooner or later, must lead, in any country thatadopts them generally, to as portentous changes, in ques tions of religion, as those which civil democracy, if I may so call it, has already brought about in every country, whose people have tried the very perilous experiment of direct self government. " I have the less scruple in staling my opinions with respect to the probable effects of the diffusion of these doctrines, from finding the same expecta tion, as to the probable extension of Unitarianism, advanced with complacency in various American publications. In that country the popular cast of the religious institutions and discipline is already very great; while the facilities of further change is so in viting, that these liberal doctrines, from harmonising so well with every thing else, are almost sure of ul timate success. " The difference between America and England in the important point of Church government lk appears; to be simply this :—With them religion, like every thing in the country, is left to take its ockovlillecct toge ther we, on the other hand, have chosen ol to cd from long,, titer the experience which .has andr t ages of trial and discussion , fix this a means t n t- f densed knowledge in one solid fabric. st constructed, disciplinea ny io ltehnet p o o r w r .e a r d f i u c l a establishmentlaia ts n so . d c o o c n tri they Area the mass of the community are rendered well nigh impossible, as . far w a h t ile le , a a s t t tk a e s same time , ih the Churchpersons who left pne o r t fe C c h t oo li s b e et - to y go to alongate exercise their birthright, and think and act for them E dye:. " In these respects, indeed, the Church of - Eng-- land has the good fortune—in which the rest of the country far more than equally participate--of being diametrically opposed in every circumstance to the religious institutions of America. Changes with it must be remembered, are proverbially difficult •in all things—in matters relating to the Church pre eminently so ; and I trust before the cloe of this work, I shall have 113 difficulty showing in what manner this long-continued stability in the most important branch of the English Government—this type of the Rock of Ages—has contributed to fix the national character ; and also how confidently, as long as the Established Church retains its ascendancy, avoiding carefully all internal changes, and setting popular interference with its constitution at defiance, we may likewise predict the permanency of every thing else we hold dear in the country." Captain Basil Hall is quite prepared for enact ing the part of an Inquisitor, if circumstances should ever render it advisable to avail himself of the advantages connected with that post. All the distinguished names of the Church of Eng land recommend freedom of investigation, and admit that when truth and error are fairly pre sented to the mind truth prevails. They never say that if fair enquiry should lead to any other result than that at which they have arrived, the result should not be embraced. But Captain Hall barefacedly assumes that enquiry will lead to a certain result ; and while he does not pre tend that there is any tendency in the human mind to embrace error rather than truth, he passes sentence of condemnation on enquiry. He is a precious philosopher and a precious moralist. A❑ Evening Paper states that the death of the acting Clerk of the Peace for the county of Middlesex affords a good opportunity of new regulating the fees of that officer, which are, as our contemporary truly states, a serious griev ance, amounting almost to an extortion upon the people, and those generally very poor ones, on whom they fall. A poor wretch, for instance, who is acquitted at the Middlesex Sessions, is, in some instances, actually charged more than his punishment could have amounted to had he been found guilty. Yet this is part of the law which is described " as the perfection of human reason." But our contemporary is mistaken in supposing that the death of Mr. Allen affords any better opportunity than the retirement of Mr. Stirling did ; both those gentlemen having been tl • nng more than the Deputies of th e rea l Cl er k o f the Peace, who is a v er y age d person, having what is called a freehold, or vested interest, in his office, with all its fees and emoluments to boot. The true and really urgent reason for settling this matter, and remodelling or abolishing these abominable fees, arises from the advanced age of the present possessor ; for if, in the course of nature, any thing were to happen to him, no time would be lost in bestowing the office upon a new occupant, who would, of course, oppose his vested interest to any reform ; and thus the evil would be entailed upon another generation. Really this affair of fees iq Courts of Justice has become an evil of enormous mag nitude. A good caricature might be formed of a client or a suitor in any of our Courts, who, instead of clothing, might be represented as stuck over from top to toe with " the current coin of the realm,' which the lawyers, in their different grades, might be represented as strip ping him of; till they at last leave him stark naked. It would be delightful if this " perfec tion of human reason" did but "practise what it teaches ;" but, alas even " reason" ceases to be such, when self-interest steps in. Thus, for instance, the law professes to punish extortion and injustice, yet in its own person inflicts as much of both as it really deals with under any other !.read. But we find that we are generalising, when we meant to be particular. Referring, then, to the topic which gave rise to these re marks, we ask Mr. Peel what his legal reforms are worth if they leave such a striking and noto rious evil as that which we have adverted to much longer unredressed ?-111orning Herald. We only allude to the rumours so diligently put forth by certain Morning and Evening co temporaries, respecting a change of Ministry, to give them the fullest contradiction. Attempts, we are aware, have been made to sow dissension in the Cabinet, and jealousy in the mind of the highest Personage in the Realm ; but they have been hitherto as fruitless and vain as they have been base and unprincipl e d ; and we can state , on the best authority, th a t there is no more ground for believing th a t an y c hange is about to take place in the Ministry, than for apprehend ing a blockade of the port of London from a Russian fleet. Both events are undoubtedly possible, but they ar e hi g hly i m p ro bable, anti for precisely the same reason in both cases —the want of power to effect them.—M orn i n g Advertiser. It was my good fortune, when I first was called to the bar, to become acquainted with Mr. THOMAS SHELTON, the Clerk of Arraigns at the Old Bailey , a situation which would sour the mind almost of any man. lie is now 70 years of age. He was always very intelli gent, very opulent, and is one of the kindest of living beings. It has been a habit of mine, for some time P'''t (and I am now writing on the 24th of September, 1824), to dine upon a Saturday, on my return from the city, at DOLLY'S Chop-house. Here, about a month ago, I met my friend SHELTON. We dined together. In the course of conversation, knowing his laborious occupations, and the dreary place in which he lives (for his office is in Newgate, just over the scaffold where the offender., are executed), and knowing his opulence, and it being a very heavenly day, I said—" SHELTON, where do you go this summer ?" "Go !" said he ; " I never go out of London ; where can Ibe happier? I have not been out of London for twenty years, unless you call the Park out of London, for I was in the Park about sixteen years ago ; and as I am told there is a very nice place called the Regent's Park, I intend to see it this summer."-4 Cor reepondent of the Morning Herald. • Mr. HENRY ERSKINE JOHNSTON, of thea trical celebrity, arrived in town on Sunday last, by a steam-packet from Ireland, in the principal cities of which he had been most successfully prosecuting his avocations in a manner which secured the double advantage of personal benefit and professional fame. At Cork, aft er an a b sence of 17 years, his reception was kind and flattering. His spirits were agreeably excited, tinder the hope of meeting his relations and friends; but, alas! human happiness is net of long duration ! for on proceeding to the house of his son-in-law, Dr. PROBYN, of Twickenham, where lie bad expected to meet his dutiful daughter, NANNETTA HEN RIETTA, he learnt, with unutterable surprise, sorrow, and morning at three o'clock, aft er o ff er i ng up h anguis I that she was a corpse! Poor NANNETTA had • to the Almighty that he would s en d h e r f._ died rve t t a p t r a a , r e y r , dear father to close her eyes. PROBYN was but 28 years of age, and had been married between seven and eight years to the Doctor, to whom she was the most affectionate and devoted wife, and by whom she had born four lovely pledges of their affe ction (all auf wh om are living), be en si v d e es r : d femalenn which she he had been p remature l y don the Sundaylat of prec yy _ . An inquest was held on Saturday at St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, before WILLIAM LElvis NVA'3IAIs:, Esq., on the body of JABEZ CriaisTmAs, aged fi ve years and four months, who was run over by a Waggon in the Curtain-road, Shoreditch. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Doti." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Jaws Sura was re-examined on Saturday be fore Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER, charged with ❑ttering a forged will, purporting to be that of 'Thomas Brandreth, of Langley, in Kent. After some further evidence had been adduced, the Alder man said that he should commit the prisoner for trial. On reading over the depositions, Mr. Pizey, the stock-broker, said he felt himself bound, in fairness to the prisoner, to add to his evidence that Why man said he wrote the will himself, and that the prisoner had no participation in making the will. The prisoner was present. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER thought he had better have left that out, for it was not creditable to him that it did not suggest suspicions in his mind when he heard them talking in this way about the making of the will. Mr. Harmer—You did not communicate this con versation to Mr. Freshfield, the Bank solicitor ? Mr. Pizey—No. The passage was added to his testimony, and the prisoner and his professional adviser declining mak ing any defence, the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. BOW-STREET. On Saturday two young men, of gentlemanly ap pearance, were brought in custody from the watch house of St. Mary-le-Strand, charged with having created a riot at the English Opera-house on the previous night. The names which the prisoners gave, as entered in the watch-house-book, were " Captain Richardson" and " Young Hell." The real name of the former is Charles Richardson Ber &city, and that of the latter Charles Davenport. Bond, jun., stated, that on the night of Friday, about eleven o'clock, he was on duty at the English Opera-house, when a coach containing the two de fendants and three other gentlemen drove up to the door. All the gentlemen appeared intoxicated, and one of the defendants, who called himself Captain Richardson, had a dispute with the coachman re specting his fare. They then attempted to force their way into the house, but were resisted by Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thoma=, the constable, stated, that seeing the state in which the defendants were, he refused to allow them to enter the theatre, being apprehen sive that they would create a riot and disturb the performances. The defendants, however, appeared determined to force their way, upon which he (Mr. Thomas) called upon the police-officers to aid him, and with their assistance succeeded, after a consi derable struggle, in conveying them to the watch house. Mr. Berkeley, in explanation of the char g e, said he resided at the Piazza coffee-house. A party of friends and himself took a coach on Friday night, and were driven to the English Opera-house, where the coachman attempted to impose upon them by demanding his fare a second time. Wh en a b out to enter the r t'heatre they were seized wi;11 violence, beaten, and knocked about, and finally dragged to be watch-house, where they found the night-con stable so intoxicated that he was unable to write down the charge. Edwards, th - e night constable, here stepped for ward, and declared that he was perfectly sober at :he time. Mr. HALLs addressing Edwards told him that his general cenduct was so bad, he should•not consider him in the light of a constable, and never would ex amine him as such. tie the❑ told the gentlemen that (hey must put in bail for assaulting the constables, unless they could make it up with them. The coachman also must be paid his fare and for loss of time. The defendants retired, and having made their peace with the parties whom they had assaulted a nd satisfied the coachman, the Magistrate dis charged them with a caution to pay hackney-coach men their tare, and refrain in future from assaulting those who were appointed to preserve the public peace. A person, who described himself as a doctor, pre sented himself before Mr. HALLS, and said he came to lodge a complaint against his Majesty's Govern ment for refusing to pay him the sum of 461. 165., for attending and physicking 300 mum employed as labourers by the Board of Works, at the Castle of Windsor. " I have made frequent applications for my money," said the applicant, "to the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel, but without effect. Indeed, the last letter which I wrote to the Duke of Wel lington was a very smart one, I assure you, and I had an interview with Sir Richard Birnie in his pri vate room soon after upon the subject, but I have never been able to obtain my money." " You have come to the wrong place, my friend," observed Mr. HAu.s, smiling; " you must proceed for the recovery of your money elsewhere ; but I can hardly think that your claim would have been re sisted if you really performed the service which you say you did. There must have been a sad epidemic amongst the labourers at Windsor, that so many as 300 of them should have had occasion for your pro fessional assistance." Applicant.—Then I suppose I must go to law for the amount of my WI ? Mr. Ilatis—That is a question for your own con sideration. I can give you no advice. Applicant—Then I can only tell you this, that I shall not give up my a*endance and medicine for nothing; and moreover, Mr. Magistrate, I consider I have just as good a right to be paid for my pro fessional assistance as you have for sitting in that chair. "No doubt of that," said Mr. lIALLs " good morning to you, Sir." The applicant then withdrew. Mr. John Wayland, draper, of No. 15i, Strand, was held to bail for a violent assault upon a young girl named Sarah Etches, who was knocked down, beaten, and bruised by the defendant. WO RS HIP-STREET. Isaac Quince, Mary Baker, and Esther Bagshatv, were on Saturday put to the bar before Mr. BROUGHTON, on the following charge : Robertson, an officer of Shoreditch, stated that on last Good Friday the Virginia Chapel, in White chapel-road, was broken into, and several articles were taken away, such as chairs and books, and that she school-room adjoining shared the same fate, by being deprived of every thing worth taking in the baize, carpets, &c. In consequence of information he received a few days ago, he proceeded to the house of the prisoner Quince, who is a reputed thief, and who has but very lately returned from transportation, and by a little management, effected a n entry into his house, where he found the.chairs, carpets, baize, and a clock, all of which have been identified as the property of the chapel; and in one of the rooms be found the prisoner Quince in com pany with Baker and Bagshaw, and took them all into custody. In a bucket full of water he found a quantity of skeleton keys. At the moment he was about to handcuff the prisoner, the latter said " it was all over with him !" Several witnesses were examined, who swore positively to the property produced by th e offi c er as the property of the chapel. An elderly but respectable looking woman ap proached the Mag istra te , and stated that the prisoner Q ui nce ho it appeared had once been respectable), had been the seducer of two of her daughters, who had but very lately committed suicide in consequence of ill usage they hadthe officer, experienced corroboratedat his hands. her iltestimony, but observed that on the Coroner's Inquest nothing was a ll e ged against the prisoner as to ill-treatment. Prisoner —Your daughters lived with others be fore mr— Mr. B R OUGHTO7.I—YOII shall not impugn their characters now they are dead. What have you to say i n answer to the charge against you of having the property produced in your possession ? Prisoner —I know nothing about the things. They were left to me by one of the girls who died. Mary Baker acknowledged she had also been se duced by the prisoner.—(Here the poor unfortunate girl burst into tears, apparently convulsed.) ijagglialY said when the officer came she had not been in the house many moments, having called merely to see Baker. Mr. BaouGwroN, after commenting in strong terms on the infamy of the prisoner's conduct, told him he should commit him for trial, but should dis charge the female prisoners.--The prisoner was ac cordingly committed to Newgate. LA M BETH-STREET. CHARGE OF CRIM. CON. AND ASSAULT.—Thos. Lewis, at costermonger, was charged witl► violently assaulting and ill-treating Joseph Sheldrick. The complainant was of the same profession as the defendant, with whom he had been for some time acquainted. On Friday he met the prisoner in Smithfield, while purchasing a donkey; and it being very rainy weather, they went to several pub lic-houses, and vetted their insides with some gin and beer. At a late hour they were at a public house in Brick-lane, Whitechapel, where they met the defendant's wife, and because he spoke a civil vord to her, the defendant pitched into him right and left, and injured him s?verely. The complainant exhibited marks of dreadful punishment; his nose was cut, his eyes were nearly closed, and the claret appeared to have flowed very freely from his frontis piece. The defendant, on being asked what he had to say in answer to the charge, stated that his friend took liberties with his vile. He put his arms round her waist, hissed her, and called her a dear creature, on which he (defendant) was so provoked that he carved him out. Friend S. declared he had only spoken a civil vord to her. Defendant—Vy, you know I found you in bed together a long vile ago, and when I forgived you, you promised not to take liberties with her again. It's a hard thing, your Vorsliip, that my wikshould be pulled about by another man. The complainant denied the crint. con., but avowed that the frail fair one was " more fonderer" of him than her husband. Mr. WALKER dismissed the complaint, and told the complainant he well deserved the severe beating he had received. UNION-HALL On Saturday Thomas Mlfrec, the man who stands charged with having robbed Mr. Peter Stocker, the baker, of Wootton-street, Lambeth, of 1501., besides a quantity of plate and linen, un. der the circumstances already detailed, was brought before Mr. SWABEY and the Rey. Mr. OssLow, fur final examination. Nothing material WAS dis closed in the fresh evidence brought forward. The Magistrates having consulted together, intimated that they had no objection to accept of bail for the prisoner's appearance at the Sessions, as it was one of those cases in which some doubt existed, and for which Mr. Peel's Act empowered a man lying under such accusations to go at large until his trial, on finding proper securities for his appearaoce. The Magistrates then held the prisoner to bail, himself in 1001., and two sureties of 50/. each, to answer the charge. OLD BAILEY, JULY 18. On Saturday William Goodwin, a silk-weaver, was tried for stealing, on the 7th instant, in the dwell ing-house of Mr. Comber, silk-merchant, Union street, l3ishopsgate•strect, ten pieces of silk, value 1001. The facts of the ease were fully stated at the time the robbery was committed. Mr. Comber's warehouse was opened by a false key about eight o'clock in the morning, a short time previous to which the prisoner had gone out from his lodging in the neighbourhood, and returned soon after, fol lowed by two men, who brought with them a bag containing something bulky, which they left in his room, and went out with him. At nine o'clock the stolen silk was found, in the bag brought in by the men, under the prisoner's bed. The Jury deli berated two hours, and returned a verdict " Not Guilty," at the same time declaring their belief that the prisoner knew of the robbery, and re ceived the silk, knowing it to be stolen. The Re corder ordered the prisoner to be detained to be tried:next Session, on an indictment for receiving. James Wcatherstonc, aged 28, stood indicted for stealing a turbot, the propert3 of Mr. Freeman, of Billingsgate. Richard Behr), who was admitted as an evidence, stated, that on the morning of the day named in the indictment he was in company with the prisoner and a person of the name of Hamilton, when some thing was said about fish, when the prisoner went out, and brought in a turbot. E was wrapped up, and witness gave it to the landlord at the bar : it was worth six shillings; he afterwards heard that a fish had fled from Mr. Freeman's and he took it back to the prosecutor. Behn told the Court that till then he had no sus picion of any thing wrong, because the prisoner being a patrol in an adjoining parish, lie took him to be a respectable man. ,Witness is constable of the market. ---- - Wm. Hamilton, a constable appointed by the Magistrates of 'Union-hall to attend at the Surrey Theatre, deposed, that on the morning in question he - was drinking w►th the prisoner and Brim : he saw the latter bring something in ‘I rapped in a handkerchief, but he was quite ignorant of what it was. (The prisoner and first witness contradicted this statement.) _ _ The prisoner's defence was, that he was so in toxicated that he knew not what he did ; he is in employ as a patrol, and has got other income; he concluded by declaring that his opinion wag, that Hamilton and Behn made a tool of him.—Verdict, Guilty. Mr. Seijeant ARABIN said, this was a most ex traordinary case when the situation of the prisoner and two of the witnesses were coupled together. The former was a patrol in the city, Behn was a constable in the market, and Hamilton was an officer appointed by the Magistrates of Union-hall, and all of them ought to have detected and appre hended persons guilty of theft instead of purloin ing or conniving at robbery tkemselves. It was fortunate for Behn and Hamilton that they were not placed by the side of the prisoner, because if they had, the Court would have passed the same sentence which it was about to pass on him. Th e sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years. William Brooks was indicted for stealing, on the 29th June, a watch value 4/, a gold chain value 305., three gold seals of the value of 3/., and a key value lOs., the property of Joseph Simpkin, and from his person. It appeared that the prosecutor was dining at the Eyre ;krins Tavern, with the Licensed Victuallers' Society, and on going out to procure a coach 'for a friend, who had made free with the bottle, he was informed by a person that the prisoner had robbed him, and the property was found on the prisoner. The prosecutor cross-examined by Mr. C. PHIL LIPS for the prisoner—You said something about a Deputy Chairman. 'Witness—Yes, we had a De puty Chairman. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—Was he as sober as you were? Witness—He was pretty fresh. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—What had you for dinner ? Witness--A goose—(Laughter.) Mr. C. PHILLIPS—A goose and a Deputy Chair man. Pray, Sir, which was at the head of the table?—(Great laughter.)—You see you had quite forgotten the goose and the five bottles of pale sherry. Witness—You were asking what we drank and said nothing about the eatables. Mr. C. PittLurs—Ab, but you know a goose can drink.—(Laughter.) The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. WONTNER informed the Court that he was an old offender. This being the last case for trial, the sentences will be pa§sed on Monday, which will terminate the Session; 'being the 'shortest that has .been known far many years, RTHS At Wilbraham Templeß,l Cambridgeshire, the lady of 0 ' Jcnyus, Esq. of a dati'ghter. On the 17th inst. at Haling Park, Surrey, the lady ° I , C. F. Burnett, Esq. of a eon, still-born. On the 18th inst. Mrs. H. Willoughby, of Charlotte street, Bedford-square, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th inst. at Broxbourne, Henry Franey' , third son of Edward Palmer, Eq. o f that place, to Bar Kara, only surviving child of Hugh Poison, Esq. of Wow -M . , side, Jamaica. On the 16th inst. at Woodstock, Oxon, Mr. J. Buda' to Susannah, only daughter of A. Russell, Epq. of 13rid0' water-squar e . At Melton Mowbray, Francis Grant, Esq. to Miss 1 ' E. Norman, niece to the Duke of Rutland. DIED. On the 18th inst. at the house of her son, Hcrol Ansell, Esq. at Tottenham, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Aust ll/ aged 64. On the 3d inst. at Cassel, in France, J. B. Whitelocket Commander R. N. On the 20th of May, in St. Vincent, aged 81, Danie t i Macdowall, Esq. an old and truly respectable inhalitant that colony. On the 18th inst., at Hampton, J. C. Rading, Es* in his 76th year. On the 17th inst. at Sidmonth, Elizabeth, wife of 11 ! Wilkins, Esq. late of Lawrence-lane. In the West Indies, Lieuts. Thlbertson and Hutcli l3 . 4 both of the Magnificent. - PAINTED and PUBLISHED by RIUR:bO YOUNG, at ti e OFFICE, 112, STAAND ) LONDON. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. 1 Batley. Oats. Beans. Ter Quarter. a. to s. ja.to a. a. to a. a. to 0. Carlisle — 71 1 33 26 Carmarthen...,...., 65 9 18 31 fig sham 64 70 127 :in 18 25 50 53 Af0rpeth....,..... 64 74 36 39 25 30 36 31 Penrith 31 29 Sheffield 68 79 31 46 24 31 46 5, 5 Winchester 40 72 32 :*1 19 23 42 4 6 l'er Bushel. s. d. s. (I. 6. d. s. d. s. d. a. rl. a. d. s. . Coventry 9 8 10 4 4 8 5 4 3 0 4 3 5 0 Newcastle (Staff.) 110 11 3 00 00 40 42 56 s"' Northallerton 80 10 0 40 43 23 26 50 5 8 ;, , Statiord 11 0 114 00 00 44 46 70 7 Swansea 9O 92 50 52 30 33 00 0 Warwick 96 104 48 52 30 43 50 6 0 Per 8011. 1 Barnardeastle.— 136 200 00 110 76 8 6 00 12 0 Darlington 18 0 .21 0 9 0 10 6 5 9 7 6 9 0 JO 0 Durham Xl5 0 20 6 8 6 10 0 5 6 9011 6 13 ‘ , O Wolsinghain .-117 0 20 6 8 0 9 0 6 0 7 6 0 0 0 '.. • WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—JuIy 17. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—JuIy 17. The farmers'supply of Wheat here to-day is again smalls but there is a large arrival up the river, chiefly foreign , and the condition of a considerable part of it is v e ry mid'• ; the Flour trade being in a depressed state west , ward, even the best garnish a, where sales are pressed, all j-er (putter lower, and there is little demand at aril tolerable price. Old Wheat is quite neglected; Oats all much the same ; Beans are without alteration in value, but the sale is heavy. The weather has been fine for the List three days, but now (at one p.m.) it is raining, w ith an appearance of continuing fur the day. Wheat is coo' sidered to lx an average produce in this neighbourhood Oats and B irley rather light, but much improved the last three weeks; Beans look well, hut it is said the fly is iita ticking them in some places. Harvest is not expected to commence here in less than one month. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk 51s. to 625. fine Ms. Lincolnshire re. to 635. fine 655. Yorkshire, &c ras. to 625. tine 648. White rifts. to 665. flne 718. -- Foreign, Old Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire 26s. to 30s. fine 11.45. . ....—_ Yorkshire %Vold 2Ps. to 335. fine 31s. /Semis, Tick 15s. to 265. tine 39s -- Small 36s. to Ss. fine Mi. Oats, Poland and Potato llis. to 275. tine 31s. Friezland and Skull lfis. to 248. fine 258. Mealing ltihid. to 13 1 ,4 d. per Stone. Shelling 3os. to —s. —s. to 325. per load. Malt 3.53. 40s. fine 425. per Load. Rapeseed 231. Os. 261. Os. 28!. 10s. per Taut BIRMINGHAM MARKETS.—.II2tir 16. CORN MARK RT.--We hare had a moderate supply of all descriptions of Grain at to-day's market, and the trade has been dull for every article except fine fresh Wheat' which is scarce. 8. d. to s. d. Wheat, per 6/Ib. Baricy, per Imperial quarter 3O 0 4') 0 Nt .. It 4B 0 CO 0 Pease 16 0 44 0 Beans, per bag of 10 score gross Oats, per :391b. I ne Flour, per sack of 2801 b. Seconds 52 0 51 0 SMITH FI ELD.—We had a rery mo:?erate supply of prime Cattle or Sheep, but quite equal to the demand, the meat t ad 3 generally being rery dull. The show of Irish Por kers was good, but the .iles were trifling. Beef (per lb.) 5(l. to sitl.iVeal (per lb.) Mutton Irish Porkers 7s. 91. to 9,. 0.1. 1 e: DUBLIN MARKET NO li Al d. to sd. $i _.....TE.—FRIDAY, July 17. From To M. P. 605 Wh t, per barrel 20 stone 23 0 43 0 35 114 0 16 stone 0 0 0 0 Barley l6 stone 0 0 0 1,981 Oats 10,965 Cwt. Hour 9 stonel 5 0 28 0 1,653 0atmea1 ,....,..,,,...,... 11 stonel 12 0 18 0 13 114 Sold to Baker s only. 7,950 Cwt. flo u r_. 1 17 9 28 0 20 OY. Average price of Wheat and Flour 51s. SJ. per sack. n Firsts, —.-- from 21s. Od. to 275. Sales of of Secsuts, from 15s. Od. to 203. _, Thirds,— from ss. Od. to 13s. 1./. PILICR OF BP.R•D. Qturtern Loaf, tlb. soz. —9 1 ,4 d. I Half-quartern, 21b. SCO 'CII MARKETS. Barley Oats. Beans. lOatmesi• Aberdeen Coldstream Cupar Cupar Dundee Elgin Inverness—, Kelso Kirkaldv 1 1 ,21 - th I, - The size 27 33 23 26 23 25 1 -- 35 3g 19 20121 25 35 5 1 18 24 15 28 - 2* 2; 27 32 - - 29 - 29 -•-• 20 23 19 21 -- 20 25 19 20 140 18 21 20 27 25 SS 70 74 30 38 C 5 3t 64 64 21 24 nn 70 21 28 50 5t 20 28 CO 72 30 38 CO 61i 22 26 of the measure vari .... .... 34 .0 DA LICEF The supply of t MIS small. Vhe than last week. ITH CORN all kinds of !at sold be -- - • till 30 30 3g 1(3 20 21 23 7106 thro4 ;hoot the intrj• H ADDINGTON CORN MA RKET.-July 17. Barley and Oats meta slow sale in the market to-dig'. Barley is up Is. on the top, and 10d. on the average; 44 quarters were sold. Oats are down is. on .the top' end ❑p 10d. on the average; 196 quarters sold ; 72 unsold• Whet went off pretty quirk ; the top price is 2s. and the average Is. 10d. above last market. Pease are up a small fraction. Beans down 10d. 'Wheat. Barley. First 76i Oil dls Od Second 704 Od ais Od Third ..., 58s Od 34s Od There were 213 qrs. of Wheat 9 Uwsold. Avera; Oats. Pease. Beans. 2%. Od 36s Od 3s Od 26s (kt :43s Od 341 Od I 1 248 Od 2Ss Od 32s Od n market, 93 whereof were 101 0, --Il Grey. ...31. 10s. Bd. 2-12ths. s/ Al A II KL."l—July 16. Grain at this day's market °avily at rather higher prices Wheat. Barley. Oats. Peace. Beans. First Th Rd 37s Od i 30s Ort 388 Mt 38s OA Second Third 064 Oil 32s Oil 25s Od I 31s (kl 31s Od CORNWALL MARKETS. Tattno.—Wheat (average) 303. W.—Barley, 15a.—Oata, na. EL4loN—Wheat, 30s. 9d.—Barley, 15s. ltd. AusTKLL—Wheat, to 31s.—Barley, 14d. to 154.--04 0 1 11,. Od. to 12, BoomlN—Wheat (average) 31$. Od.—Barlly, 16s. Od.—Oats, 94 , LA UNCI:STON—W eat (average) 32a. Od.—Barley, I la. (11.—Oatk 103. o,l.—Beef, rid.—ltrutton, rCd. LisNenao--Wheat,—s. t) 295. Od. —Barley,lss. 0d..-Oats, — 4 ' to Ss. ext. ST. CoLtimn—Wheat, --a. to 30s.—Barley, --a. to 15s.—Beer'and Mutton, 6d. to 61(4.—Veal and Lamb, Od to Gd. 'xzx N C a—Wheat,3larley, —s. to to 4F O. to 124. o(l.—Beef and Mutton, (M. to 6(l.—Pork, 44. to 41/1.-" Butter, Eld. per lb. In Manor -gardens, Chelsea, there i 3 a boy' talked W3l. STEVENSON, three years old, one half of who ,* body has been, from his birth, covered with early-0 3 ", loured hair, nearly as thick as that which grows on 1 04 head, which it resembles greatly in appearance. The abi ° hem ath is permanently tinged of a brown colour, The hair and discolouration commence at the lower and be part of the neck, extend all over the back, round the lower portio n of the belly, and completely cover the thighs antetiorly and posteriorly, down to the knees. In additio o to this, over the other parts of the body there are mad pitches of the same appearance, particularly on the anise' The face and ankles are ceinparatively free from then's. The hair on the upper part of the body is much softer than that on the lower ; on the pubes it ie particularlf thick. It is impossibl e for languag e to convey an adequate' idea of •the strange and hideous appearance which the boy's body presents, which, were it not for his very lad' ligent countenance, one might believe to belong rather . 0) . a wild beast thin to a hnman being. The boy op)* good health. The father of the child is a bookbinder-- 4 ' feeble, though healthy, man ; and the another is a prettt and sound woman. She ri,ver had any fright or dreams (luring her pregnancy, and is totally at a loss to accoutsg. for the appearance of the child. The boy has been visited. by Messr s . G REEN and WARDROP, and other suegicsk gentlemen of eminence, who consider him a most extra' ordinary phenomenon. 'heat. I I ✓ I L A T 1 treattin icct s , f ro om, th e C OPEN eePti on ' w hich c hary 110 • spa. gellero, •-,_, CL Kid! I) itto, fide,bitt o , t Patti "rd n hell 1 h ~itt o),, lialf.y, i 3 itto, g / 1 4It el qUal Ditto t li taces, hot not 444 evil *eing bl ent% IV4r esr( II At hi s Ai„ Previ r.tl Pir e d 7 I new r ontn, With , Fort °f Ut the tel volfor a SEGO with p Whol e fe w (la, 301. sint ith.4 trl I War AL Ti is n( CITA IN; T F &clod hit