The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-12 00:00:00

SHRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. We. spoke yesterday with confidence of the promptitude which the Duke of Wellington would show, if any even of the subordinate persons of his Adtreeistration truckled or faltered in the aid which they - .vete bound to lend towards reeryine the pre tsent(rand measure which occupies all attention--; end z so doing, we only recommended that tho,.e p -rscee should, according to their several capacities met 7sowera, and the means afforded by their re epree've offices, imitate their chief. Was this un reaseeable ? Tee Duke now is not in the situation tut some Mitiieters, who, if they cannot carry a queseon, are tentent to " rub on" in subserviency sued r)scurity, and administer the fragment of power whi&A is left in their hands according to the irre spon-ible will of others : his Grate has brought for ward the Catholic Question ender the imperious laws of dety and necessity ; and " he will die by it," :f we may use that metaphorical but strong expresenete. Those who adhere to him, and serve him, therefore, know the sincerity of the chief they follow. He will not desert them : he iecapable of it by his nature, and there tote he has a right to expect that they should be, as we said yesterday, " heart and soul" with him. If nor, let them walk into the hostile :al kA, and he ;yid despise their opposition as much as he now does their treachery or wavering faith. But a word as to the new and open Oppo sition. What does it, or the members who compose it, mean ? They profess the-greatest love for the Duke; they admire his genius, and approve of his policy, except upon this ene question. Do they euppose, then, that if upon this one question they roultl defeat him, he would or could subsequently be content to administer the other affairs of the teenntry according to their desires, and upon the principles which are common to themselves and hien? " The unruly child : we have corrected his petnlence, and restrained his impetuosity in one point; and now he is good again, n'e will take hien up into our favour I" No, ye conceited foster-pa rents of fell-grown Statesmen, if you defeat the mighty heir of your principles here, you lose him for ever as your leader; and then what lu eortvel of rett? Whom will you find to set up in Ws place? Yon broke Canning's too sen sitive heart—weakened as he had been by a harassing illness—by your barbarous treachery; hut you are assailing firmer nerves than those of Canning row. But, calmly, who could or who would date to take the reins of Government if the Duke of Wellington were to lay them down ? We frankly eonfese we know not. But this would be the s'tuatien of one who should make the attempt : The Duke of Wellington had no natural appetite to bring, in the 13ill for Emancipation; he under took it as an net of necessity, from the conviction that if and it alone could tranquillize the agitated empire. The MCI, therefore, be he who he may, that upon the Duke's supposed retirement should step into his place without a Bill for Emancipation, ,indertakes to govern us upon the principle of no tranytillity ; he opens a civil war as his condition of office. Such a man should either be led to the block, or transferred to Bedlem the next hour. It is not only the Duke of Wellington, therefore, and the Ministry of which he is chief, that are pledged to Catholic Emancipation—it is the whole British empire itself, as it values its own internal peace, and deprecates the destruction of its children by the hands of each other.—Tirnes. We should hardly have thought it worth while to evaste words on such a personage as Mi. Bankes e in any crdinary conjencture; but in the dearth of men of e's n the rest ordinary abilities now left to fight the be 'des of No-Popery, Mr. Bankcs is somebody. He can collect his ideas, such as they are, which the Duke of Newcastle is unable to do ; and he does not rave and bellow like the Earl of Witichelsea. At all events, his claims to lead the Opposition in the House of Commons will hardly be questioned. This consequential gentleman having taken it upon him to read Mr. Peel, on Tuesday night, a moral lessor to this effect, that " public men were public propel:et, and it grieved him when the characters of such erten were lowered in public estimation ; and nothing, in his opinion, could more lower them than t lose sudden conversions from fixed principles, withtn t any adequate cause"—unfortunately for this lover e f consisteecy, Mr. Peel was enabled to pro duce some awkward Memorials, which went to prove that h s own Protestairtism had nor always been of so unaecommodating a character as at present. " beg leave (said Mr. Peel), iu turn, to ask him how he reconciles his present with the following Resolution, ire favour of which I find his name en rolled in the Votes ?—' That this House will, early in the next Session of Parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws aTecti g his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland (Hear, hear), with a view to such a final arid conciliatory adjustment as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the Unit€ i Kingdom, to the stability of the Protestant Estelle• ehment, and to the general satisfac ion and concc;d of all claei-es of his Majesty's subjects:— (Hee , hear.) Whet were the reasons which duced my Honourable Friend to vote for that Re solution I find its his own speech. He hoped it wouli never he a point of honour with any Govern ment 'o persevere in measure,e After they were con vince, of their impropriety:— (Cheers. ) These are the vu ry words of my Honourable Friend himself, and proceeds . thus Political expediency was not a 7 all times the same; what at one time might be cc isistent with sound policy would at another be eempletely impolitic. (Hear, hear.) Thus it We % with respect to the Roman Catholics. — What changes had not taken place in the ques tion i'self, as well as in the minds of the House, since it was last agitated.' " This was no daub , an awkward reminiscence ; and poor Mr. Bankes, in the very outset of his career, must hare felt t severely, had he not been secured by nature against any of the weaknesses connected with sus ceptihility. Up rose the Hon. Gentleman quite urt obits-Led, declaring, " I am perfectly aware cf the circumstances under which I became a party to Cie vote moved by Mr. Canning, at the end of the Session of 1812. I was certainly desirous of seeing the question settled, and I hoped that it might be arranged to the satisfaction both of Catholics and Protestants; but the moment it was communicated to me that nothing short of concession of Seats in both Houses would satisfy the Catholics, I strenuously opposed the proposition I had advocated in the hope of conciliation." It would have been better for the Hon. Member for Corfe Castle to have held his tongue, - and quietly borne the retort, than to have committed himself still farther. Ile knew, when he made this reply, that he was drawing on his in vention, to use no harsher term. In the brilliant speech of Mr. Canning, introducing the motion whict Mr. Bankes supported wit his argument and his vote, Mr. Canning again and again urged the expediency of admitting Catholics into both Houses of Parliament. He was at pains to show the inconsistency of giving them political poiver in the elective franchise, without the corrective of entrance into Parliament to render it innoxious. '' What then is it," he said, " that you have done towards reconciling the Protestants and Catholics ? Reslving to introduce the Catholics partially at least into the bosom of the Constitution, whom ,among them hare you chosen to associate in the first instance with yourselves ? Those of them who were peculiarly distinguished for rank, for property, for talents ?—those who from their station and their (+erecter are naturally looked up to as leaders of the body ?—these with whom you are in the habit of mixing in every other place, and whose admission into House you would, therefore, hardly per ceive 'n ---those who, from thew property and their rank, have a decided interest in the conservation of the present frame and system ofsociety? No such thi ng . An these you have rejected, and continue to reject; while on the princple of Universal Seffrage, or s omething very like ir, you have admitted to a per ticipation in the Constitution—to political power — the great mass of the Catholic population, without distinction or selection. You adopt the peasantry, and reject the gentry." So much for Mr. Bankes, and so much for the expedient to which he did not think it beneath Inn to resort.—Mornikg Chronicle. There is a period of life in which education among the many is almost wholly tieglecled, though it is precisely that period when the strongest impressions we received, and when the character takes its pe , l• tient shape. We refer to the time when the yeo:h leaves school, and when, before the mind obtains the solidity of manhood, it is unwilling to submit to the restraints of boyhood. In Holland institutions have beet, formed ) called 11er/to:ling or Herinnering Scho lv!", (1. se schools of repetition or remembrance), for the purpose of preserving the memory of that which has been learnt at an earlier period, and of exercis ing the mind on those topics which were the sub ject of previous studies. Those establishments exist at Leeuwarden, Zwolle, Arnhcim, Zaandjik, and a few atilt: places, and have been found eminently useful its improving the character, and saving that knowledge, which, though the fruit of so many cares end toils, is too frequently and speedily for gotten. Of a truth, half the time is wasted which is employed in education, as, education ie commonly carried on, Of All that is learned in school, little re mains for society ; the !ad, once escaped from the au thority of his preceptors, makes all haste to forget what he had acquired at so muct cost. The insti tutions referred to receive young people when they have reached the age of 14 years; and not only employ their leisure hours in more firmly impress ing what they have been taught, but in helping them to make farther advances, and those with a particular reference to the trade or profession to which the youth is devoted. The builder, carpen ter, or mason, for example, is taught something of drawing, mechanics, geometry, and mathematics; the gardener. baker, and butcher, are instructed in ' the elements of natural history; the tanner, book binder, or shoemaker, has lessons in such portions of lie field of chemistry as are connected with their particular pursuits... Libraries are attached to these schools, and, as the attention of many valuable and influential men has been directed to them, they are ikely to spread widely. —Morning Herald. It is said, that among other useful provisions in the new Bill, which is to be introduced into the Honse of Peers, by the Lord Chancellor, it is in tended to enlarge the powers of the Court of Com. missioners of Bankrupts, for the purpose of relieving the Court of Chancery from having a great portion of its time occupied by hearing causes relating to Bankruptcy petitions, and that all appeals from the Court of Commissioners is to be made to the House of Lords. We have also heard, that another pro vision of the Bill will relieve the Lord Chan cellor from appeals of the Rolls Court, which are to be made after the Act is passed to the House of Peers. This, it is hoped, will be advantageous to all future suitors in Chancery, and accelerate the bu siness in that tedious Court. There are other material alterations proposed in the Bill ; but the whole practice in Chancery has long required reform, to prevent the procrastination and delay that characterise the proceedings of the Conrt, which are attended with ruinous expence to suit ors, and induce many individuals to surrender their rights, rather than expose themselves to the manifold miseries that result from a suit in Chancery. Mr. M. A. Taylor has been for many years endeavouring, but,. unfortunately, in vain, to produce reforms in this Court. The Chancery Commissioners mode a voluminous Report, but it was the " mountain in labour ;" and we have have not heard of any benefit that has been de rived from their cumbrous labours. Some minor arrangements in the practice were recommended, but nothing has yet been done on a broad scale to meet the wishes of the public. Lawyers will not move in the business. Lord Eldon's Act to alter and amend the Bankrupt Laws, has left the grand subject in its ancient position ; and though the pro ceedings of this Court have been repeatedly the subject of severe animadversion and unqualified re probation in Parliament, still nothing has been dote, as if it were profanation to meddle with the Court, and as if the perpetuation of the evil were beneficial to an indignant public, and that the fleecing of suitors was necessary to deter them from litigation. On this subject we hope that the Legislature will be roused from its lethargy, and be awake to the just complaints of the public.—Morn. Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION.HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR thought it necessary to mention, that he had received a great number of letters, complain ing th.t the public were exposed to great plunder from a gang of swindlers, who were iu the habit of sending circulars about to merchants, manuf,cturcrs, tradesmen, and otheis, stating that they wens ahle to accommodate them with money, or unexceptionable bills, for a commis sion of live per cent. Those gentlemen, his Lordship said, argued very strongly in their circular in favour of the system of getting money by bills, whi,n might be re newed, from time to time, until prospe.rity should I e the consequence ; but if bills were sent, ti use who exp , advantage were much mistaken, for they would not .nal find themselves ,port of the commission, which was ..:- quiretl beforehand. but the bills would soon be in :he market for the benefit of the gang of negotiators. The f.liowiog was a sauthte of the argument :—" Where p.lrties have a large stock which they find it difficult to dispose of from a variety of causes, they naturally con clude that it is better to wait for a better market, and to }lay for the stock partly by a bill at pretty long date, on which the broker would have his c ommission, than to sell the stock at a serious loss. Country correspondents, who might fancy a house or so to themselves entirely, in London, to accept for them, or draw hills upon, may have the thing done in a quiet way. Foreign bills can be had in any language required instantly, hnt this is confidentially stated. This circular must not he shown to any one except to confidential and respectable friends, as it is safe business we require, and dune in a quiet mercantile manner." Mr. Nobler told his Lordship that this was very like a quotation from the circular of a party of swindlers who had been routed from the neighbourhood of Soho-square some time aRn, and had taken np their reeidenee some where in the Commercial-road. The Loan MAYOR. said, that he had been given to un derstand, that there had been many victims to this mode of doing business,' but he thonght those who were taken in must be inexperienced and credulous indeed. He regretted that such scandalous practices should exist, but he had no way of preventing deception of the kind, except by giving a caution to the public in his public capacity. An officer brought before the Lord Mayor, a mate of a ship and his wife, who had been quarrelling at the private door of his Lordship, in such a manner as to collect op wards of 100 people round the spot. The officer stated, that the sailor claimed the woman, who was in company with another man, as his wife, and when the stcanger yielded all title to her, seized her by the arm and wanted to hurry her along to gire him satisfac tion that she bad not been unchasta in his absence ; that she screamed out " llur, er " violently ; and t:iat it became necessary to take them before the Lord Mayor. The sailor said that he had been absent upon a voyage, 1 and upon his return found his wife likely to become a mo- ' ther, although he had not seen her for a year and a half. He at once resolved not to have any further intercourse with her, but he thought it only right to save himself from the expense and annoyance of supporting another man's child. He therefore, upon meeting her, said that she must give him the name of the man who " saried him out" in his absence, and also confess that she had been unfaithful. The wife said it was quite a mistake to suppose that she acted improperly. She was quite a different sort of per son. She had three children by her husband, and it never occurred to her to go astray. The sailor said, that upon arriving in London he heard she had been playing the d—!, although she had regularly drawn half of his pay is his absence. He was resolved that she should confess her guilt, and name her lover, for • then he could get rid of her altogether. Th e poor fellow warefrightened on hearing he might be compelled to support the child, if not released by au etude siastical proceeding. The wife stated she would have nothing to do with her I husband whatever. Mr. Nobler advised him to let her go where she pleased. The sailor.—No, I'l! have her along with me now; she nmst tell me what has happened Wince I went away. He win_ then proceeding •t 0 remove her, by throwing her over his shoulder, but was told that he trust commit no violence. The sailor'said, he did not Lnow a place on the face of the earth where a poor fellow would lie treated in a simi lar manner. The LORD Mayon admitted it was a hard case, and ad vised him to consult his friends. 130 W-STREET. Yesterday Jane Davis alias Jet: Vimcint, the young woman who for five }ears had assumed the disguise of a boy, and had filled several situations as such, without ex citing the slightest suspicion of her real sex, was brought before Mr. 111114snutt. for a final examination. 'She had been charged with stealing a sovereign from a man in• a house of iil-fame, in Rupert-strtet, Haymarket. Mr. 51iNsuut.t. asked if the prosecutor was in attend ance, and being answered that it was not his intentidn to proceed with the charge, the Magistrate told Ford (the gaoler), to remove the ptisoner from the bar, and bring her in front of the bench, which was done accordingly, aqd after a suitable admonition, she was ordered to be dis charged. 31AM.BOROUGILSTREET. TILE MARQCIS CAMDRN AND THE EARL OF BELFAST. —Tuesday being the day appointed for receiving the deci sion of Sir GEORGE FARRANT and Mr. CONANT upon the above information (which, it may be recollected, is an in formation laid under the Building Act, for an encroach ment made by the Earl of Belfast on the premises of the Marquis Camden, situate in Arlington -street, by causing an opening to IT made for the purpose of forming a win dow, in a wail dividing the premises of both Noble Lords), Messrs. Warde and Alderiey, solicitors for the Marquis Camden, and the solicitors for the Earl of Belfast, waited upon the Magistrates, for the purpose of receiving such decision, when the following statement, in writing, was handed by the Magistrates to the solicitors, as the result of their deliberations : " The Magistrates, having examined this ease with the utmost care and attention, and having matnrely cone into and weighed the conflicting evidence adduced, are of opi nion that, under all the circumstances, they could not, sa tisfactorily to themselves, decide a contention of so much importance, and so materially affecting the right*. of the two Noble Lords ; they therefore decline giving jnrlgment on the present occasion. " Great Marlborongh•street, Feb. l 0." This determination makes the proceedings, which have been attended with great expence, a mere nullity, and was received with evident surprise by both parties. The Marquis Ganden has, we hear, expressed his deter mination of not letting the proceeding drop. UNION.HALL. Yesterday six journeymen hatters, in the employment of Messrs. Mayow, the extensive hat-manufacturers of Union street, in the borough of Southwark, were brought before Messes. SWARM', Klan, and ELIAR.II, charged with using certain threats towards - Edward Smith, a workman belonging to the same firm, and deterring him from hold ing his situation. The comp] ainant was a journeyman in Messrs. May ow's employ, and in consequence of his having given some in formation which led to the discovery of some stolen hats, the men in Mr. Mayow's employ, particularly the six de lendantg, had conspired together for the purpose of get ting him removed. They commenced a system of perse cution against him, in the first instance, because he did not advance a certain sum with a view of treating his shop mates; ever since which he has been kept in constant ter ror, and threatened with being thrown into the copper and scalded to death, as well as being hanged. In consequence of the prejudice that existed against him in the shop, he was obliged to throw np his situation; and, he added, that there was such a feeling in the trade amongst the journey men against him, in consequence of the discovery relative to the stolen hats, that he was fearful he should not be able to get employment, and he bad a wife and children to maintain. He added that every man in the employ of Messrs. Mayow would have " struck" bad he not left the situation. Johns, the constable, stated the reason of the prejudices that existed against the complainant. Some time ago an old man went into a public room with a number of un finished hats, and for better security be placed them under the seat where he was sitting. He happened to fall . asleep, and during the time the hats were taken by some parties in the trade, and Smith having witnessed the circumstance, afterwards gave such information as led to the recovery of the property. Since then he has become obnoxious to the journeymen hatters, and subjected to every species of an noyance. Mr. KING (the Magistrate)—He has done a praise worthy act by giving such information as led to the resto ration of the old man's property. The Magistrate then asked the complainant whether he had actually left his employ owing to the threats used towards him by the de fendants ?—The complainant having replied in the affir mative, Mr. SWA BEY told the defendants that they had ren dered themselves liable,tinder the Combination Act, of being committed for three months to hard labour. Mr. Mayow, who was in attendant*, stated that ever since t',:e complainant entered his service, nothing but con fusion hail prevailed amongst the journeymen. The cause, he believed, was produced in consequence of Smith not having acceded to some terms relative to a treat to his fellow-workmen, which it appeared was the practice of the trade. The defendants declared that they had never exhibited any animosity towards the complainant more than asking him for the money that it was usual for all journeymen, on their first varance into the employment of a new master, to advance. lie had been repeatedly asked for it, but without success; he had still neglected his work, got drunk, and, finding that Le as not likely to retain his situation lonl, ad .pled this plan out of revenge. Mr. Mayaw said, that had he known as much of the complainants cuaracter as he does now, he should never have employed him in the factory in Union-street. The Alae•hitrates said, that if they were to believe the oath of the complainant, it was e;tidrut he had left his situation in consequence of being intimidated by the de findants; the warrant against them should still remain open, and if they presumed to molest him in any way, the Act should be put into operation against them. Mr. Mayow was then asked if he would c onsent to take hack Smith into his employment ? He replied that he had no objection to give Lim work at one of Fie manufac ' tories in Gloucestershire, at, which it was ultimately ar ranged- he shouid be employed, the defendants promising, as members of a society of journeyman batters, that he should be furnished with a " fair blank" to enable him to travel down to the manufactory. RECORDER'S REPORT. Yesterday the Recorder mndebis Report to his Majesty, at Windsor, of the following prisoners capitally convicted at the last Old iluiloy Sessions, via.:-- John Callaghan, IS, Joseph Donovan, 16, and Frederick Byrne, 20, stealing in a dwelling-house; Jo•eph Finister, 24, Thomas Mulvey, 15, Henry Wood, 16, John Wooda son, 16, William Jennings, 25, George Child alins 25, Joseph Burnham, 27, and Esther Shaw, 20, house breaking; .William Richardson, 22, John Page, 23. burglary ; Robert Barton, 38, forgery ; George Robinson, 19, highway robbery; and Benjamin Burnt!), 26, shooting at Mary Mortiork with a loaded pistol—all of whom his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite during his Royal pleasure, except Joseph Burnham and Benjamin Burrup, who are ordered for execution on Tuesday next. HAMMERSMITH SUSPENSION•BRIDGE COMPANY. A general meeting of Proprietors in this under taking was held yesterday at the Crmwn and Anchor Tavern ; GEORGE HYDE WOLLASTON, Esq., in the Chair, supported by Sir John Scott Lillie, and the other Directors. From the Report read by the Secret ar y it ap peared that the Company had sold to the Middlesex Water Works Company one hundred and four acres for p 4,000/.; to J. T. Colebrooke, Esq., 217 acres, and a mansion, for 17,1001.; Mill Farm, consisting of 139 acres, had also been sold to a Mr. Sharpe for 12,000/.; forty-two acres had also been retained by the Company for their own purposes, the supposed value of which was about 6,500/. At the present period the debts of the company amounted to 1.;,5931.; assets to the same period, 30,2241.; leav ing a finance balance of 14,631/. Mhe Report also contained a proposal or recommendation for narrow ing the Middlesex approach to the bridge, to render it parallel with the other. Some discussion on this part of the Report took place. The question of narrowing the road being put it was negatived by a trifling majority. In other re spects the Report was received unanimously. On the motion of Sir J. S. LILLIE, Bart., Major- General Sir John Wilson was ballotted for, and duly elected to a vacant seat in the direction. Mr. Walker intends to resume his Astrono rajcal Lectured ne4t Leut. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(L , ST NIGHT.) Mr. Johnson, from the S e cretary's Office of Ireland, brought up an Account of Stamps in that country. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the inhabi taiivi of Eccleshall, against the Catholic Claims. Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from.Aghadoe, in Queen's County, in favour of their claims. Several similar petitions were presented from other parts of the Queen's County. Mr. DUGDALE presented a petition from the Phy sicians and Surgeons of Birmingham, relative to the pro , curing of subjects for anatomy. Mr. HENRY MAXWELL presented petitions against the Catholic Claims from Newtownhury, Donegal, and Bara. Mr. H. BATLEY presented a Memorial from the East York 31iiitia, on the subject of Disbanding the Militia Staffs. _ _ . Colonel FA NE presented a petition from Lyme Regis in Dorset, against Concessions to the Catholics. Lord MILTON presented a petition from the Surgeons and Physicians of Sheffield, relative to procuring subjects for anatomy. Major-General KING presented four petitions against Catholic Concessions front Killsls, Clackan, Dunferry, and Kilbride, in the county of Mayo. Lord CLIFTON gave notice t!4at he should present to morrow a petition from the Freeholders of the county of Kent, in favour of the Catholic claims. His Lordship then presented a petition from Kildockry, in the county of Mesth, in favonr of the Catholics. Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from the parish of Thomondgate, in favour of the Catholics. Mr. J. WOOD presented a petition from Chorlton, in Lancashire, in favour of Religious Liberty. Sir A. GRANT brought np the Report on thu Supply, aid it was on the motion of Mr. G. aixvmort postponed until Friday next. Mr. RUMBOLD presented a petition in favour of Re ligions Toleration, from the Dissenters of Yarmouth. The Howe then adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Fin. 11. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not sit to-day. His Lord ship attended the King at Windsor, on the report of the Recorder being presented to his Majesty. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Fzn. 11. THY. ICING D. HATTON AND OTtIERA. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL showed canoe against several rules for quo warrant° informations against certain eorpa rators of the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, for exer cising the offices of mayor, bailiffs, justices of the peace, and town-clerk, without ene authority. The Learned Counsel stated, that the rules (of which there were fourteen in the whole) had been obtained on the relation of two persons of the name of Lowe, and another named Fox, supported by their affidavit, . and that of an attorney of the name of Charles Flint, who, having been successfnl in disturbing the corporation of Stafford, had taken a flight from that place to Newcastle-under-Lyme, in order if possible to dis perse the rorporatore of that borough. Two of the relators were eordwaincrs, and the other a journeyman hatter; and there could be no doubt that Mr. Flint, the attorney, had prevailed upon those persons (who rented houses under M. a year value, and possessed no property) to come forward opus this occasion, and enable him to set the proceedings in motion, in order to put costs into his poeket. Sir .1. SEARLFAT and Mr. CamrnEet, were beard in support of the roles. Lord TENTEADEN said, that as it bad been stated that this application was made on the part of persons who wale in a very inferior condition of life, and that its principal object was to put costs into the pocket of a professional man the Court would, before deciding upon the rules, give the parties an opportunity of answering the affidavits.—Rules enlarged. EX-PARTE TISCOCKT rTABATA NA.. Mr. BROUGHAM was instructed to move for a rule call• ing upon John Fisher, Robert Alexander, and George Gutch, the printer, publisher, and proprietors of a news -I paper called the Adorning Journal, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them. He made this application on the part of Viscount Itabayana, the Minister from the Emperor of Brazil. From the, affi davit of his Excellency, it appeared, that a great number of persons--about B,ooo—had taken refuge in this country from Portugal, with the knowledge of the English Go vernment, and that they remained at Plymouth up to a certain time, when they were desired by the Government to disperse. On the 28th of January last, a. paragraph (of the publieation of which Viscount Itabayana was not aware until a few days ago) appeared in the Morning Journal in these terms : " The fact which we animadverted upon yesterday of a Portuguese transport having arrived at Havre, from Ply mouth, with a portion of the refugees on board, has caused some speittlation, in which severe reflections upon the honour and character of Count ltabayana ire liberally in dulged in." _ _ " Early in the present month the vessel in question left Plymenth under a custom-house el..eranee for the Brazils, and under a solemn assurance, 1) Brazilian Alelie.ssa dor, that such was the real destination of the einigrante. 1 he vessel sailed with a favourable wind, and had she kept her course, as promised, she would ere now have been half way across the Atlantic. instead of this, however, we find her in Havre, 120 miles out of her course, and in defiance of a strong easterly wind "It is long since we endeavoured open the eyes of Lerd Aberdeen to the perfidy and treachery of the Porte giusie Liberals, and now his Lordship has a damning proof of the truth of our imputation. It is tree that Itabnyana is about to leave this country, but we are sure his Excel lency will deeply regret that - he lied not done AO before this transaction came to light. At the Foreign-office he can never exhibit himself again ; and when lie departs lie will leave a name behind him which wonld make even a black equerry of his adopted country blush, and which will pro bably be brought to the recollection of his Imperial truster when the honour of Brazilian Envoys shall furm the sub ject of British diplomacy. Of the Count, therefore, we say no more for the present. We leave him to his con science and his friends, in order that we may notice matters of far greater value." Mr. Justice BALLEV-That ' s enough. Mr. BROUGHAM-The affidavit of Viscount Itahayana • denied, in the most positive and explicit terms, that his Excellency hail ever interfered with the treatment, de parture, or embarkation of the emigrants, who be stated were under the superintendence of the Portngnese Mini ster, and that he never made any repreeentation to the Secieetary of State, or to any other person, respecting the clearance of the vessel. Lord TENTEILDEN-Take 11 rule..--Rnle Niii granted. SHERIFF'S COURT, FEB. 11. &MITI! r. LADY RESL&I. This was an action brought by ;flan• Smith, the rno tbeK and administratrix of Joseph Smith, deceased, against the Dowager Lady Greeley, for wages, as coachman to her ladyship, who was so much disinclined to pay her debts that numbers of her servants and tradespeople were obliged to seek this method of getting their money. 'Ali - . King, an attorney, stated, that Lady Gresley was fcc,nerl). his client ; he was the witness to an agreement between her ladyship and Smith, the deceased, by which the latter was to reeeive thirty guineas a year t the de ceased was in her employ from the 10th of November, 1827, until the 25th of Angnst, 1928 ; witness was pre sent when the deceased handed her ladyship his account, amounting to 491. 12s. 5d., to which she made no ob jection. There being no defence, the .Tury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 491. 12s. sd. Tier ladyship, we under stand, is now under the surveillance of the Marshal of the King's Bench, and keeping np a large establishment in the State-house. So strong is her penchant fur litigation, that she actually has above thirty actions new pending against her. Within the past week two actions hare beex decided against her, in one of which Mr. Alexander recovered a verdict of 1201. for wine, supplied by hitin ; and in the other, Mr. Satchel' recovered 24.91. for tableale. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 10.---Wind water 42 minutt-4 past three.—Arrived the Waldo, Jaroes, from Bahia ; Tobacco Pant, Reed, from Savan nah ; Brunswick, Stanwood, from ditto ; Zamor, John son, from Virginia ; Manchester, Macey, from New York; Ildgrave, Fleming, from Paraiba; Selina, from Gallipoli ; Halen, Upham, from Gems ; Rapid, --, from Africa ; Scsmander, —, from Bue nos Ayres; Alcyone, Mnir, from Bombay; Wm. Morris, from Ulverorone. Sailed—The Monagahele, Dixey, For Philadelphia; Regnlar, Bond, for Berhice ; Fruit Preserver, Bond, for St. Michael's ; and the Jane and Margaretha, Dickins, for Antwerp. - - . Dr. Sctidamore has been appointed Riiv.i4e phyticiam to hie Grace the Duke of Northumberland. DISCOVERY of CURIOUS MANUSCRIPTS OF LOCKE AND OTHERS. (From the Chelmsford Chrotr;ele.) A parcel of Manuscripts have come into the possesaida of Dr. Forster, df Boreham, which were the property of the late T. Furly Forster, of 'Walthamstow, Esq., of so exceedingly cm ions a nature, that We here h advisable, in order to prove their authenticity, to. state The mettle of their transmission into the hands of that gentian - de 7 they were left to his father, the late B. Forster, Esq. by Idt. Benjamin Furly, a literary character, of Rotterdam, and the cotemporary and intimate friend of the celebrated me taphysician John Locke. Among this curious feecieuitts, at the exantifiatidn of which ate have been regent, was found the original MS. of ibe " Essay concerning Human Understanding," bearing a very early date, With numerous corrections:and ensures ; it was addressedi and airikdra to' have been submitted by Locke to his friend Mr. Ferly, before publication. The other MSS. of note consisted chiefly of Original Letters from Locke, on various political religious, and miscellaneous subjects; and of some original familiar letters of Algernon:Sydney, Lord Shaftesbury, and others. There were also some medical letters and prescrip tions of Locke, who *AS himself educated for a physician, and who appears, by his sarcasms, to have known how to appreciate the reel and pretended merits of physic at the period in which he lived. Some of Mr. Locke's correse pendency is dated from Amsterdam, daring his exile, and relates to the strange and unmerited persecution with which he was assailed. Mr. Locke's genuine love of li'- herty is expressed in a note written by him on the sacrifice of Sydney, at the bottom of one of the letters of the latter, ' dated from Marseilles. Another bundle contained the MS. correspondence of Toupe, author of "Thnentlationete in Suidam ;" of the late Mr. Richard Gough, the anti quary; and a curious MS. work on coins, by Strkely ; some curious critiques of the history of Sir John Hawk wood, 6f Sible Hedingbam, by Gough ; and a large cor- respondence between the Hon. Thomas Pitt, first Lord Camelford, from Naples, and the late Beejamin Forster, resident at Broomfield, in this county. There is also a MS. relating to the origin of the Abbey of St. Neot's, in Cornwall; a Syriac MS. and other miscellaneous papers. —But what is most remarkable is, that it seems evident,. from a passage in one of Locke's letters, that he has some where left an unpublished metaphysical work on Cause and Effect, entitled, " On perceiving all things iv God," which hue either been lost or suppressed. The original letters are by far the most interesting por tion of the MSS., as they will serve to verify certain dates, and to fill up some chasm in the life of Locke; most of them are dated from Amsterdam, in 1687 and 1688 ; a few are dated from Oates, in Essex, in 1691, then the seat of Sir Francis Matthew. It appears that his celebrated " Essay," which bears date, 1685, was that year confided to other hands as a measure of security, for we find written in the first leaf of it, To Edward Clarke, of . Chipley, Eq., James Tyrrell, of Oakley, Esq., or Dr. David' Thomas, of Salisbury, " as if it had been sent away and confided to them ; a circumstance rendered more probable when it is considered, that it was in the earns . year that the English envoy at the Hague demanded the surrender of Locke, on suspicion of his being concerned in the unfortunate enterprise of the Duke of Monmouth. We may in all probability yet pub lish some farther particulars, with the permission of the poseesstor, relative to dates and localities, as the long resi dence of Locke in this county will render any anecdotes of him interesting to the inhabitants of Essex. It appears that he died at Oates, suddenly, in his chair, on the fes tival of SS. Simon and Jude, in 1704, in his 73d year, while Lady Macham was reading to him, and that he was buried in the Church of High Laver, in this county. THE MARKETS. COAL MAK A ctair's Beaumont 3l 9 Forrest Heaton lieburn Main 32 3 Holpwell 32 2 Killingworth SI 6 Pelaw Percy 28 0 Pon top Windaor 3) 0 Shipeote 3O 0 Townley ••••••• 33 Willington Wylam 33 6 WallsEndßewieke&Co. 3* 0 Ditto Bell Robson S. Co. 33 6 Ditto Brown's----„—.. 33 0 Ditto Burraton 32 6 Ditto Carr and Co .. 31 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 31 6 Ditto Cramlington........ 29 6 Ditto Hilda 32 Ditto 32 .0 Ditto Jeamond 32 9 Ditto Northumberland 31 6 Sldpa at market, 178N—Shii -Feb. 11 Waits End Newmarch— 31s. tkl. Ditto Peareth 32 0 Ditto Perkins and Co. Sg Ditto 33 6 Ditto Russell's 34 0 Ditto Walker ......-- 33 3 Eden Main 31 9 Fawcett Main.----... 29 0 Neskam 32 6 Stebarts' Eden 27 0 Walls End :is 6 Walls End Lambten— 35 3 1111 Walls End Lyons.--- 33 0 Walls End Stewart's 35 6 Wade's Springwell uns. 29 6 Cowper 29 6 Hartley 33• 0 W. E. Henderson —.. 30 6 Oawthorp--..,—. 26 0 Silkatone Field and Co. WI 0 Warde's Llanelly 38 0 W. E. (lark Trader—,—'3o 9 Tanfield 33 0 W. K 22 6 soil, 77%—•Unso hi, 100% COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK Wheat — Barley. 1 Oats. Beans. -- Per Quarter. s. to s. a. to s. ta . to s. P. s. Abingdon--- 08 84 35 42 '35 42 56 Andover---.... 78 38 13irmingliain— 72 92 32 86 24 36 46 Bridport ~—.---- 36 74 : 0 2 39 26 34 54 Cirencester .---. 02 84 S 3 39 i 2.4 27 44 Furl n gden..--- 58 86 :Ai 49 26 38 46 Guildford .. , 4i 84 fi6 45 24 S 6 55 Henley—._„— 55 80 38 43 28 34 48 Hereford 64 84 38 45 36 40 co Highworth --..., f 2 8,) 3.2 42 28 11 56 •Alaidentived „.—. fto 8 4 2 4 4 , 4 29 38 Oakinghana .. . 56 76 30 36 IS 32 4.4 Reading ...„*.. 52 95 27 40 18 32 Salisbury.....--.... 84 90 34 40 21 36 16 Southampton .. 54 '7B 37 40 28 32 56 Stroud 11(1 80 32 36 29 34 to Tewkesbury ....... 56 79 40 42 30 35 56 Uxbridge 55 84 32 3S 1g Ste 48 vantage-- 5O 74 28 84 26 34 46 Warminster 52 81 :'(-) 42 21 36 49 Windsor„ 54 76' 35 40 23 28 SO Wort,ster . 90 SS 136 40 26 2'3 48 CHELTENHAM BIARIZET.—Feb. 10. Per Bushel. sd.tos. d. Pot lb. dto d. Wheat Barley Oats Beans 4 9 6 6 1.. , ..ab. ..._ Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork 0 74 1-lay HULL M ARKET.-,Feb. 3. The trade has ruled exceedingly dull to-day, which may be principally attritured to the large supplies from Ireland to Liverpool, whew buyers can supply themselvo at lower prices than here ; the supply of Wheat was good, and a reduction of Is. per quarter has been submitted to. O l t,, Beans, and Barley, role excveeively henry. In p lpoce d and Linseed no alteration. Wheat, Old 71a 706. —s. New , --g, 7N . 72, 3 ---- Foreign —l.745. iSS. .—,:. Oats, Poland —q• 244 i. 2Ce. Old —6.—o. 30g. ---- &mall or Feed.... —s. lee. 2la —s. --is Y qs. -........ Foreign ...... ...... --S. 244. XS. --6....-6. —0 Barley, Norf. & tint.... --s 34e. 3fie. Line. & Woki --ii. 351. 375: ---. Foreign . —a. 40. le t. Beans 361. 403. les. Foreign Pease, White —5. 4.8 e. 5os. Grey Taros --a. 40s. 50s. Foreign SI& 40e. —e. Rapeseed, in bond n0ne.......... Free, per last... —l. W. ..1.5i. RKETS.—Feb. 3. DUMFRIES MA. A. ft. A. (1. s.rt. s. (1 Wheat, Law. Ilusb... 8 61n 9 0 Butter, 16os 0 0 to 0 7 Barley 4 6 4 8 Eggs, (toren Oats s6 34 Beef, per lb. Fleur, 141 n. Oattneel Potatoes, cwt. CATTLE.—The number at this day's market was 467 ; the prices of the late few weeks could not be snpporte4, and between eight and nine scores were driven off nnsol. PORK.—The supply this morning was very large, 254 carts ; the prices were lower than lest week's, viz. froth ss. to 6s. 4d. COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS AND EXTORTS. IMEORTED• EXPORTED. r„,__... -..A.,-.......n Same ~...„........„-A-.-.. revions.7....„ P- This trod last ly this year. year. year. —.--------.--_ - Bags, Arc. Bags, ite. Bags, &c. Brk;s, &c. LAverpool 10,1'66 53,018 1,05X0 1,87r3 Louden 1,003 1,6k5 21 Pli Ola , Vw 3,632 6,250 --1 r Total exported in BP Some pedal 182t1 3083. In a work intitled Coup-dcril stir la AThere, it is stated that in France, out of 82,000,000 of inhabi tants, there art—. Beggars 5,000,000 Thieves by profession In the prisons and hospitals Liberated convicts 11,464 Liberated prisoners Beggars' children, without an asylum.... 60,000 Individuals whose manner of getting a livelihood is unknown Total 9,359,360 On Tuesday the followimg gentlemen were called to the degree of barrister-at-law by the Honenrable i society of Lincoln's Inn :—Johla Jeffreys William s , E sq ., Henry Alexander, John H. Hill, Elq., and Robert C. Dallas, Esq. • We are much concerned to state, that Mrs. Blom&Id, the wife of C. Blornfield, En., and mother to the Lord Bishop of London, had the misfortune lz , t Saturday to fall in the breakfast room, aHd break her arm. —Suffolk Herald. SPARRING AT BIRMINGIfiIi A very numerous assemblage of the fashionabla ofthif fancy mustered at the repository of John Beardsteorths, Esq., at Birmingham, on Monday last, for the benefit Philip Sampson sad Ikey Dobell, who is matched to Nis ; j Big Brown the Bridgeport!, hero. -- " The Corley-headed Show Boy," and." Loag Torn, j the carpenter, opened the business of the day, and grettli, exerted themselves with the gloves to afford amusement to the inaby admirers of pugilism, who bad collleeted. within iminearse and truly handsome building, to reward the exertions with trowng, eiller, and applauseof those boated whose effort., merited their support. " The Show Boy sad Long Tom" were awake to this, for they went to work io good earnest ; Long Tont severely jobbed the Show Bo( at the commencement, but Ilfr. Pasch, who seems a deter' mined sort of chap with the gloves, would . not be denied lie eurcceded in planting many rattling hits upon the long reac'e frontispiece, and on taking off the gloves,. it was gene' rally considered that " the, Show Ahoy" was second best's the Carpenter" stirred him up too nosh with his " long ' pole." Punchy, howerer, Would ptave.a nerdy castomee to many of the nine and a half nape men,. as he is up too good many harlequin ttiehs end poeeeseare gow.l We should recommend the woodstilsOttr to' lay iu a goo ° stock of " wittles" with the ntimeronslitrowns Ire coileete' " The Brummagem Pet" and the farness Sari, P v e hail's twin brother, next made their appearance. The astonished his frieuds by the rapidity of his visitatien 4 upon the vase/ organ of the Snob, and the celerity hee d ' hibited in parrying nearly all hie henry looking opponent e' returns. The Pet has, under the tuition of that " g oldete bit of metal . ' Arther Mathewson, surprisingly improved , ' and we hopehe will not be induced to over.mateh himeelfe fir he possesses every requisite to make him an astonishing pugilist. After the easy dispotarf of Dobell's brother , " Billy Batton," and the Noisy Biewev, appeared_at the scratch, and immediately set to work. The Brewer. cures I very little ceremony let fly at Button's hood right and leaf Billy countered upon the head and neck of his opponent? and (lowa went Mr. Brewer ; several other ronnde foltiate( , and Billy paid the Brewer's mahogany oontitertance ee. 4 slashing compliments that he greatly alarmed him sad aster nished the amateurs. On their retiring to . take of On gloves a general cry of one more round wile the order of tee I d ay ; the Brewer, brewing mischief and Belly *ids awake no flinching, reel fighting, but Billy . eo decidedly took the lead, that he brought his competitor to a stand still.; ice mendons applause nod lots of blunt crowned the it exertions , Several other admirable displays were exhibited, which were drily appreciated, and which want of space , obliges a t to omit ; we therefore wind up the sports of the day wig s . the great attraction, Sampson and Dobell. On these coming to position, wofnl countenances were - exhibite i among the takers of the odds upon the intended big.figh t ' I)obell's appearance being any thing but that of a . fightis% man, the rubbish being about him like a sinooli' frock upon- a Warwickshire waggoner ; m a woof? he appears a Daniel Lambert in miniature; but V"' his fistic qualities--he stands with his left arras extende4 as a guard against his immense knowledgei.box, and his right tucked to protect his bread basket, wbitth strongii, resembles a Brummagem water-cart. Sampson seeetie6 determined to lore no time it proving -what this Gash' could do with the gloves. He'coolly surveyed him, and le fly with him right bang upon yolk. Dittos 113 ' peated, to the end of the ehapter ; indeed, Phil hit the sized man wherever he pleased, got away from all mischief , and soon prove'l to the Bruins that Dohell was a cotopie l ' e novice with the is -loves ; betting has since this set-to got of to 9to 4 upon Brown. What the crowing landlord, mei do with as great a no vice in the art of self defence as biol.; self we Cannot pretensi to Say. He seems to be a• hare' hitter—fights at two exc a llent points, and stands well r" his understandings, but ar,.th a scientific boxer blur SanlP" ear, or Ward, he would stanal no chance. If he radii does intend fighting Brown, he ought not to loss a day in training, and instead o f entering' into partnership wit' Lushington, Broseley and Co, be, aught immediately to repair to the Welkh mountains, and undergo Captain Bar' clay's system of Waining, in 'a ithajtai• manner to Cribb previous to his last fight with Molinittx. Dobell has. undoubtedly three stone tort Tench rubu P " about him, is dreadfully short of, puff, and_ want, nuoY ( lessons from the justly celebrated " tasotic'ian atid menter_ ° . science," Philip Sampson. Upon taking" off the glo w Dobeli briefly returned thanks, expressed bits groat tions to his friend Sampson and the Birmingham p.egil is ": t t ia e , r p t p h y ei r r o Immediatelykdo a ind oy after of themassi t s e ta r t aee e , y and stated that he should 11 I ° .- abgaood rdertired uro.from the arenas sHd the astonishment of th e easy. manner Phil polished off "' B bulky friend had sultsided,;lots of bills were showered announcing that Pierce Egan, that first describer nr l / 1 11° and sparring match es i n th e wor ld, h a d a ga i n en t e red tbr, field with a new paper, entitled. the " Weekly CoOrier• The generous smile of support beamed upon the coenten ances of the Brnms, many observed that the last .tiet - t' Y wonid be fine fun for Pierce 'ladle witnessed it, and 1111'• Beardswerth and other first rate swells, who had beet) fun supporters supporters of Pierce, wished that he had been-10 0 4 them that lie might take a peep at the movements of tbi' . 13iriniughain fancy, and taste a glass of the hospftabb r Squire's sparkling champaigne. Neither Ned Neal or Whitehead - ad Bob attended; 'man , " new matches were made, although many weres maxieln B meet with customers. It is fully expected that Ward . Byrne will fight near Birmingham; and there is' little doubt but that several of the London Fancy will then , ° isor that hardware place, and. the wishes of the newhilekers - for pugilistic fame gratified; -there is great talk ( In the part of Welch Davis' friends, if they de not match hip against Neal, to come to some arrangement with Samp ton. Should they fancy Phil for their mat, we know thoel can be accommodated from 1001. to 5001. by wort:neje* their intention and appointing a place of meeting, throng* the medium of this Paper, which is taken in ai,.most of the sporting houses in Birmingham. - It would seem that the Prime Minister he adopted, and acts anon, a system hitherto little practised in the administration of public . affairs in England-- 10 system of impenetrable reserve as to intended ineaeares- -- " 0 communications are made, liven to those who hold 1 1, `' Ligliest and most confidential employments, until the 11 10- merit for action is thought to have arrived. Although tlui is certainly an unusual, we are by no means prepared b 3 say that it is an unskilful or inefficient way of transacting important business. We have been put in poosesoion• of 6 curious illustration of this principle, which we give with 3 firm persuasion that it is literally to be understood as testy rate. It has been the established custom in preparing till Speech with which the Session of rarlisment taper, deli berately to take into consideration the topics which are tti be introduced, and to subroit theca to the general diece sion of the Cabinet, the very composition and mode of 0 pression have usually been subjected to the same ordild"; hilt in the instance of the Spee c h d e li vere d by the Lord' s Commissioners en Thursday, this practice has been dew parted from. It is confidently affirmed that that Spe is, both in substance and form, the composition of 14 ' ° I)nke of Wellington ; and further, that it was not comer"' nicated to any Cabinet Minister until the very latest P ay Bible moment; sod it is no undeserved enlogiurn to f(6) : that it is at least the most intelligible King's Speech °s have been favoured with for many yestes.--Morning. 0 1 . 1 ' nick.• MARCO OF INTELLECT.--A few days 'sinc e a female servant in a respectable family near Woretste r i went into her rnistross's dressing-room, and after a Mu . ' graeefnl cnrtse.y, preferred the following modest rinnest: — ': "I hope, 'Madam, you will dispense with tureen - ices tl' l4 evening, as I am engaged to a sinnil evening party Worcester." BIRTHS. t, On the 10th inst., Mrs. T. Bur Marv!, Citherine.: o :t Trinity-moat*, of a son, being her fonrtcenth child, II"' teen of rvlitnn are living. ~ • • On the 10th inst., at Twyford-how,e, ileac Biehor Stortford, Herte, the lady of C. Beaumont, Fin., of a "ll' MARRIED. '' . A e On ate 10th insrt., at St. Matthew ' 's, Brixton, by - Rev. Edwin Prodgere, Mr. Samuel Jae Leon, inn., of """ herwell, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr.,9il eg Ruesell, of Long-aete. . ' On the 10th inst., at Brighton, by the Rey. .r • l l' Barber, the Rev. W. H. Wayne, of Hill-pottage, Dero . ' to Jane, eccond daughter of S. F. Milford, Esq., Ilrig" ml. On the 10th inst., at North Bradley, Wilte, by the Re" G. R. Orchard, Mr.. 6. Straight, Alfred-place, Bedford' equare, to Emma Sarah, fourth danghter of the late Jou ° DanvetA, Req., of Richmond, Surrey. • . -: DIED. On the 9th inst., et Kennington, aged 77, Sandi, relict of the late Peter Broadley, Esq., of. Clapbam r litirrey. , On the 10th inst., Agno, the wife of Mr. B. Wais tello Curtain-road, in hey 4.2 d year. On the 10th inst., in the 59th year of his age, T. ‘-/ kell, E.q., Edward- , treet, Langham-place. On the 10th inst., at Lewes, Mr. W. LirnlterVag e4 !..):0, brother of Mt. Lanabeft, Ws. On the 9th inst., aged lb, Eden, daughter of J"' Shure, Eq., Guildford street. Ate PRINTED /111 d TtIIMISMES. MURDO. NOIII- N:o,..at SUN OFTICS, 112, &maw), Loo 4. v I