The Sun. — London, England, 1823-09-12 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, September 12. [bIPHNING CHRONICLE.] The few letters received by the post of yester- 40y. from the northern provinces in Spain, are altogethersilent on political topics, the writers 'help/ afraid of: alluding to any other subjects that .those connected with mercantile business, o gerMul.und systematic is the plan of espionage antl , Vefigeance pursued wherever the Royalists have, establiihed their sway, more particularly in those parts where they are not overawed by the presence of the French commanders. In Bilboa they have invented a new process of torturing their 'political enemies. They unceremoniously seize the person of any ind►vidual towards whom they bear enmity, and having no horse-ponds in the.way, take him at once to the harbour, where, bolind with cords, they drag him through the water till he is nearly drowned, then cast him on the sands, where they leave him. This, they say, is what the Liberals deserve for Singing to them the Tragula song, when they bad the upper hand. The fact is, the French have generated in the Peninsula a state of poli tical anarchy and civil war, the consequences of which are truly dreadful. They have over turned one Government, and it is utterly out of their power to substitute another, whilst in the mean time the party holding the ascendancy give themselves up to all kinds of excesses. They are answerable to no one, and act constantly through the instigation of infuriated Priests.— The exercise of the laws is suspended, and however great the outrage complained of, no re dress is to be had. One letter particularly al ludes to the gross deception the French had practised throughout the country, by putting forth the most positive and solemn assurances that the negociations with the Cadiz Government were so far advanced as to require nothing more than the preseace of the Duke d'Augouleme in Anda lusia, to ratify the arrangement in due form.— This stratagem had been practised with the ut most success, and the inhabitants, who had no means of ascerta►ning the truth, the French. being in possession of all the channels of communica tion, had been led to believe that, if they con ducted themselves peaceably and quietly, they would soon be freed from the presence of the in• vaders, whose intention it was speedily to with draw to the Ebro, and thence to France. This deception is said to have given rise to the Armis lice of Liallasteros, contrary to the opinion of his Officers, who are represented as among the most staunch Constitutionalists in the country. [MORNING. POST.] At a late hour last night. French Papers arrived by express, but without bringing the official, or indeed any details of the capture of the Trace dero. The meagre statement of the telegraphic dispatch stilt remains, therefore, the sole authen tic record of that event. Private accounts how ever have reached us from a most respectable source, which inform us that although the Tro codero fell on the Nlst ult., the attack really commenced, as it had been originally announced, on the 25th ; so that the enemy had had six days }lard fighting before he could obtain pos• session of a point which, even if wholly gained, could have no decisive influence upon the fate of the pending operations against Cadiz. The ilioniteur of Tuesday contains an oficial Bul letin from Marshal Lauriston, which gives the particulars of a successful attack on two of the suburbs of Pampeluna. Some idea may be formed of the disposition of the inhabitants towards the French and the restoration of Ono- Jute Despotism, front the fact of their having barricaded their doors so strongly, that the sol diers of the enemy were obliged to cut them flown with hatchets before they could penetrate into their houses. The only advantage obtained by the possession of these suburbs, is, according to the. Marshal himself, the facility which it gives to his Engineers to 46 make reconnoissances quite at their ease." lie does not mention the loss of the Constitutionalists, and is, consistently enough, entirely silent with respect to his own. ENEW Times.] A resolution has been taken by the American Government, which though it is the just and le gitimate consequence of the principles avowed by almost all the European Governments, no one of them has ventured to adopt—it is the declaring by law the Slave Trade to be Piracy. Of course This 'declaration can affect only subjects of the United States ; but with regard to them, we ap prehend it wholly annihilates the protection of their national character, so that if an American Slave trader should be captured by an English or French cruiser, the American Government would not in any way interfere to save him from the late which might await him by the law of France or England. We cannot conceive any good rea son why our own and every other Government which has renounced the Slave Trade should not join in adopting the American principle. The Diplomatic Ministers of the United States, it is said, have received instructions to communicate their law to the different European Governments, anew request them •to pass similar laws, the consequence of which would be the certain and entire abolition of the Slave Trade ; for no one would venture to embark in it if declared piracy all over the world. ['ri . TlMf:s.~ There appears in another part of our paper a correspondence between a number of British merchants trading to the new states of South America and the Foreign Secretary here.— (See another column of the Sux.)—The mer chants demand the appointment of commercial agetits for Great. Britain, in the ports of the new Republics. Mr. Planta, by order of Mr. Can rang, replies, that the establishment of " COUSUI• " Ships is under consideration." So at present rests the case. When the enfranchised colonies first held forth a priority of commercial advan tages to foreign states corresponding with the or der in which such states should recognize the in fent governments, we were not slow to warn the British Ministry of the readiness with which the North American Republic would be likely to catch at the promised good, by hastening her formal act of recognition, and thus forestal ling the merchants of Great Britain in the trade with South America. The thing accordingly came to pass : Mr. Monroe had begun by send ing out his feelers, and finished by appointing re gular official functionaries. The Portuguese and Swedish Governments have acted with the same prudence ; and the consequence is, that the mer chants of these three nations are all on a better footing than those of England, in the ports of the new Republics. The address to Mr. Cunning re cites the hardships of British commercial houses, which consist, Ist, in the " difficulty and dis couragement" under which they labour, for want of official accredited agents to whom " the mer " chants and masters might apply for assist ance in the various cases of local grievance " or necessity which are constantly occurring." 2d. In the immense and increasing magnitude of the interests thus exposed to needless vex ation, the mercantile establishments in the seve ral ports connected with the country having mul tiplied to more than 80, and the British capital distributed amongst them amounting to several millions sterling. We trust, therefore, that the Independence of the States will be recog nised by his Majesty's Government ; and hope, at all events, that the auxiliary measure of nominating official agents, commercial and po litical, may be resorted to without delay.— But another view of this subject presses at this time upon our consideration. While the British Government is on the eve of doing what ought to been done a year or two since—that is, recognizing the free colonies, and profiting by that recognition—a neighbouring Government, that of France, has recently, as it is understood, come forward with a pledge to reduce the infant states again to bondage, and to rob the subjects of Great Britain of that ne w commercial intercourse which they are just be ginning to enjoy. It is well known to have formed from the outset of the present war a prominent article among the temptations by which France recommended her tyrannical po licy to the Spaniards, that she should aid them with her fleets and armies in con quering the colonies, and re-establishing over them the Bourbon yoke. What the con dition of such an arduous as well as iniquitous undertaking would be, is self-evidence--a formal and solemn compact that France should be the favoured nation in her trade with the Spanish co lonies, to the exclusion of all other States ; out of which, too, would grow the establish ment of the French Bourbons in complete supremacy over Spain both transmarine and European. Are the English Ministers, we ask, prepared for this state of thing s ? Will they endure--(that we need riot usk, b ut)--will they venture to entail upon the people of England the mortifications which must necessarily follow ? The climax certainly of English injury and dis honour will be the unresisted application by the House of Bourbon, of the resources and ascend ancy achieved through its violence in Spain, to the re-conquest of the Spanish colonies, and to the renewed monopoly of their commerce. [BRITISH PRESS.] The fanaticism of the Serviles is still at its height in Spain, though opposed by the French officers and troops. The Monks and their fol lowers take every opportunity of resisting An gouleme's decree from Andujar: they organize resistance, not only in their mysterious private meetings, but they oppose its execution in their journals, published under the eyes of the French' authorities. The object of Talmud°, Montemar, and Calderon, with the legion of monks and bigots that follow in their train, is tocoverSpain with ty ranny and mental darkness. The French squad ron that blockaded Barcelona, has, it appears, quitted that Port and gone to Cadiz ; a few light vessels, unequal to any thing like a blockade, only re mained ; in fact, Barcelona is now almost com pletely open. The few troops who came over with Manso, were, it appears, returning fast to their Constitutional friends again. Eight horse men bad already passed over, and the fidelity of their remaining comrades was more than doubtful. The heroic Milani', with his division, had arrived at Tarragona. He occupied the important po sitions of Oliva, Lorito, and Hermitage. Moncey had taken position at Altafulla, Vallf, and Reuz. Fifteen battalions of infantry compose the corps preparing to act against Milans. All Moncey's intrigues, both at Figueras and Sou, had utterly failed. The Governor of Figueras would hear of no proposal, though the hopes of the Consti= tutionalists were represented to him as lost,— From Seu the Officer sent to Head-quarters, declared to Moncey, that the officers and sol diers of Seu d'Urgel had sworn destruction to the bands of the Faith, and that the Go vernor of Seu would bear of no proposition made to him to recognise the Regency. Means were then adopted to try and seduce the Consti tutional soldiers, and withdraw them from their officers. A manifesto, addressed by the Faith banditti to the garrison of the forts; was, it is said, printing at Manresa, for distribution. 'rhe Journal de Toulouse, under date of the 4 28th, from Seu d'Urgel, states, that even on the festal day of St. Louis, the Constitutionalists were un feeling Pagans enough to fire from the break of day to midnight on the town and besiegers eighteen bombs fell in the town, and five houses were utterly destroyed, and several others greatly injured. Five days before a sortie took place on two different points, on the side of Monferre, and not far from the walls of the town. On the elst, a booth fell on a guard-house, occupied by some of the Faith banditti, and five of these cut throats were wounded. All the disposeable troops at Madrid had received orders to proceed by forced marches to Andalusia. A company of artillery marched with such haste, that they were expected in ten days before Cadiz. Nothing fur ther has arrived from the besieging, army, nor is it yet known to what extent the Trocadero has been carried. The next accounts, detailing pro bably the attempt on the Isle of Leon, will be most important. This will be a most hazardous and fearful adventure for the French troops. [MORNING HERALD.] We yesterday gave the report of the Commit tee of the House of Commons, relative to the West India Docks. It appears to be drawn up with strict impartiality, and enters very fully into the subject. The West India Dock Com pany wish for an extension of their charter. The concern appears to have been profitable. They have realised in the space of 21 years, the time granted them by their charter, three hundred thousand pounds. It also appears that independ ent of the 300,0001. realised, that during all, or nearly all this period, dividends have been made. Had there been no dividend during the 21 years, and the 300,000/. only had been realised, it would have been no great gain for dividing 300,000/. by 21 years, gives only little more than fourteen thousand pounds a-year. There can be no doubt that the Parliament has a right to say to this prosperous Company, " the privilege for which you contracted with us for your monopoly is expired, you ought not to expect us to re new it ; it becomes comparatively public pro perty. You cannot complain that the specu lation has not answered your purpose, for, on the contrary, your own statements show great pros perity ; we think that the public have now a right to the reversion of the thing in which you had a legal exclusive interest for a certain number of years. Had you come forward to state that the concern had been unprosperous—that you had laid out more than you intended—that you had been mistaken in your calculations as to the Dock dues to be charged for the West India vessels received into your Dock, that you had been obtaining too little, and that you had been losing instead of gaining, and that at this period you were minus 300,0001. in stead of having a surplus to that amount, then we, the Parliament, pitying your situation, and being sorry that you had spent so many years in doing no good to yourselves, will con sent to a renewal of your Charter for a term to be agreed on." Had such circumstances as these have occurred, then there could be no doubt but that the Committee would have recommended the Parliament to have extend ed the Charter. But the result appears to have been the reverse of harship, and conse quently, we cannot see how, with any reason, the Committee could do other than they have done—namely, say that they could not take upon themselves to recommend an increased period. At the same time we must be free to confess, that if we were large holders of this good thing, we might be very cautious in ex pressing an opinion either as to the policy or the justice of giving it up to the public out of pur e patriotism ; we should naturally like to keep it as long as we could, and especially if we thought it probable that what we had, a year or two since, been so improvident as to give 1001. for, was, in consequence of the non-renewal of the Charter, likely to fall down to 601. It is possible, under such circumstances, that our love of self might get' the better of our love for our country.— Interest is so strongly implanted in men, that is hen it comes into contact with what is called love of country, we too generally see the latter give way to the former. But to return to the " West India Dock Stock Interest" subject, from which we have a little wandered, it appears that as the Committee mention that the London Dock Charter does not expire for three years, it would he but fair to continue the West India Dock Charter for tire same period. To this we imagine there can be no objection ; but when that time arrives, we think that the Charter of each should cease, and that both Docks should become comparatively public property. At the same time there is no knowinz what sort of a c a s e the London Dock Company may then be able to make out as to the propriety of extending their Charter, for, in a pecuniary respect, they may not have been so fortunate as their West India Dock neighbours. As a principle, the Committee of the house of Corn mous there is nothing for th e publielaybs t benefit (" t s .:;u ' al to open competition, and leaving things of every description to find their own level ; but they also add, that cases may occur in which it may be judicious to depart from such general principle. NEW YORK SALT SPRINGS.—The Syracuse Onandugo Gazette, speaking of the increasing manufacture of salt at Salina and the works adjacent, says the manufacture is yet compa ratively in embryo. Many strangers have visted the works the present season, to witness the process both by solar evaporation and boiling.— The following calculation will give an idea of the amount now manufactured :--At Salina there are about 50 blocks of buildings ; at Liverpool, 20 ; at Geddes, 13 ; a ve raging 14 kettles each, and making in the -wh o l e , 83 blocks ; each of these is capable of making 40 bushels of salt per day, amounting to 3,320 bushels, or 6G4 barrels, ; which commands a qu ick sale at 14s. and 14s. 6d. per barrel making the amount manufactured in a day equivalent to 1,162 dollars, and ex ceeding 300,000 d o ll ars a -y e ar. 1 t is expedi e nt to add, that f ormerly man y c omplaints were m a d e respecting the qu a li ty of the salt, which had been obviated by th e l aws enacted the last Session of the Legislature, direiting the manner of inspection, which renders it impossible for the manufacturer, if di spose d, to defraud the public, as no salt can be sold p re vious to inspection, and the inspectors are faithful in the discharge of their duty. BALLOON FOU ND .-011 the Gth inst. a large balloon, with a car, or boat under it, but without any person i n i t, was picked up at sea, near Wych-op-Zee, by fish erme n, and, carried into the Texel, w h ere, it is said, it was taken in charge by Mr. TIEDE CHRISTIANS. It is made °t. ['Phis and has the arms of England upon it. - - i 4 probably the balloon Of Mr. GREEN, with which he ascended from Leeds on, Friday last, and the loss of which was described in the account of that event.l OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. ROBBERY AT COLONEL MERRICK'S. Yesterday Jams Clark, aged 26, and Gilbert Down, aged 29 (both soldiers), were indicted—Clark with stealing in the dwell ing-house of William Henry Merrick, Esq. two watches, a diamond and emerald necklace, and various other articles, value 1,0091. and upwards, his property ; and Down stood charged with aiding and abetting in the committing of the said robbery. Clark was respectably attired in a plain dress, and Down ap peared in a regimental drill dress. Mr. 1 3 1.avi stated the case for the prosecution at consider able length. With respect to the case of Clark, the robbery would be clearly proved; as it respected Down, to whom the box was conveyed, the question was, did he receive it with a guilty knowledge, or whether he was an accessary before and after the fact ? Colonel Merrick examined by Mr. Law.—Witness is Colonel in the 3d regiment of Foot Guards ; the prisoner Clark he took out of the ranks and made him his livery servant. iVit ness discharged him on the 12th August, and he was to go away the next day. Had lived with him for twelve months. In his house he had a kingwood box, which contained the arti cles mentioned in the indictment, except two watches and seals. The value of the jewellery, &c. was worth from 1,2001. to 1,400!. Witness lives in Berkeley-square; missed the box on the 14th of August from his Lady's dressing-room, where he used to take breakfast occasionally ; hence Clark often had access to the room. Whenever witness travelled he took the box with him ; did not sec the prisoner Clark after the 13th till the 10th ; witness put an advertisement into the papers in the interim, and in consequence of which he re ceived a letter, purporting to come from White and Dobson ; from this communication witness was induced to go towards Portsmouth, in company with Westcott, an officer. They overtook Clark, in company with another man when he held a conversation with him, but held out neither promise or threat to induce him to confess what had become of the remainder of the property ; he said he had broken the box open in a cop pice about two miles beyond Dartford, where he had left it, be had disposed of two watches, one gold and one silver, in Chatham ; by the account he gave, witness discovered them next morning ; went afterwards to the plantation to look for the box ; a turnpike-man informed him where he would find it ; it had been taken away by another person. Found the gold watch in the possession of Slormin, a Jew, and saw the silver one ex posed in a shop window—part of the articles were sent in a sealed parcel to the witness from the office, and the other part were found in the secret drawer in the box ; a few trifling things were picked up near Dartford on the grass; every individual article had been recovered through information given by the prisoner Clark. Mr. Baron GRALIAM asked the prisoner Clark, if he would put any questions to Colonel Merick ? To which the prisoner replied, that he wished to plead guilty. Mr. Law stated, that as all the property had been recovered Colonel M. did not wish to proceed thriller ; therefore, if his Lordship would receive the plea of guilty, the prosecutor would recommend the prisoner to mercy. F. Worger, a constable of Brighton, went to Portsmouth in consequence of information ; found part of the stolen property on his person, and another part concealed in a box in the room ; witness took him into custody and conveyed him to London ; met Colonel Merrick on the way; he gave witness every in formation as to the disposal of the property. Westcott deposed that he accompanied the Colonel.— His evidence went to corroborate that of Colonel Merrick, as to the disclosure made by Clark. Joseph Cook, groom to the prosecutor, stated that Clark left his master's service; about two hours before he left he sent witness to the prisoner Down, who was waiting at the Hole-in. the-wall, Berkeley-mews, and told him to continue there till Clark came; some conversation passed as to the time Clark might be expected to arrive. John Fisher, the landlord of the Hole-in-the-Wall, proved that the prisoners were at his house on the 13th of August, about four in the afternoon—Clark went over to the Colonel's house, and Down went away—saw Clark again in about ten minutes, with something . under his arm, like a box wrapped in cloth—he went to the Bricklayers' Arms in the same mews". The prisoner Down cross-examined the witness, but elicited nothing material to his defence. Ishmael Reeve, the landlord of the Bricklayers' Arms, saw the prisoner- Downb at his house on the day of the robbery; Clark called Down out ; he had a box with him ; they went away together in the direction of Little Grosvenor-stret ; Down conveyed the box. Jane Dry deposed that she was the wife of a musician, and lived in Gee ' s -court, Oxford- str e et saw the prisoners on the 13th of August,. Clark brought a box to her room ; the same now before the Court; he inquired for her husband, observing he had something for him ; he was not at home, and they went away directly ; Down carried die box—they left the cloth be hind them. Ann Dry corroborated the testimony of the last witness, but would not swear to the identity of Down. Colonel Merrick identified die property produced as his own. Several other witnesses were examined, whose testimony went to prove that Clark had possession of the box on the day in question. The prisoners were called on for their defence, when Clark pleaded guilty , to the charge alleged against him ; Down called several witnesses, principally Serjeants in the Guards, who gave the prisoner a good character for honesty, sobriety, and soldier-like conduct. Mr. Baron 011AIIANI summed up the evidence relative to Down ; his Lordship observed that the charges were distinct against the two prisoners —Clark with stealing in the dwelling house property to a large amount ; Down with counselling and abetting in the said robbery, and also with receiving the pro perty so taken, knowing it to have been stolen. He begged to call the attention of, the Jury to the case of Down, more especially as it appeared to involve difficulties which did not exist as it regarded Clark, who bad confessed the robbery aforetime, and even pleaded guilty on the present occasion. As it respected Down, it was for the Jury to say whether he was an accessary before the fact of robbery, or afterwards, by taking possession of the property knowing it to have been stolen. The Jury retired for about twenty minutes, and returned a verdict of Guilty—Death against Clark; and Down—Not Gaily. The Jury recommended Clark to mercy, on the ground of his making a disclosure of the property. his LORI:Nall said it should be forwarded to the proper quarter. THAMES POLICE...-MURDER OF Mn. SMITH OF LEWIS. ,Ot.—John Timothy, the man who was apprehended on Sun. day last, in Chapel-street, East Smithfield, by Mitchell, an officer of this police, was yesterday examined before the Magis. testes of Greenwich. Similar evidence to that already adduced against his brother and others, was brought forw ar d aga i nst him. About noon yesterday 111 r. Simmons, the chief clerk of this office, received a note from th e o ffi cer , giving infor. mation that he was going on to Maidstone gaol with the prisoner, who must consequently be fully commi tte d f or trial at the next Assizes. At th e , time the pri soner was taken into custody, the o ff i cer sa id, I want you ;" he re . plied, " For what ?" The officer said, " Again on a charge of murder." Prisoner—" Oh, is that all ?" His coat and waistcoat was then called for, which he put on, and was taken away. On Monday, when placed at the bar of this office, the Magistrate, after hearing Mitchell's statement, asked the pri. soner what he had to say for himself—observing at the same time,'he would caution him as to what he did say, lest it should tend to his future injury. The prisoner audaciously observed— " I need no caution : I know nothing of the matter !" This pertinacity put an end to any further observation, and the pri. soner was taken away from the bar, and consigned to the discre tion of the Greenwich Magistrates. FIRE AT BuirroL.— Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Monday night, the inhabitants of SL Mary Reddiff parish were suddenly alarmed by a are, discovered by a watchman on the ground-floor of the house of Mr. R. Wil mot, grocer, at No. 51, Redcliff-hill. flow it happened is not known. Mr. Wilmot and his family had retired to rest not more than half an hour, and escaped the destruction that befel the whole house, stock, and furniture,. with. barely apparel sufficient to cover them. The interior of the building was old, consisting chiefly of wood. The adjoining houses of Mr. William fluxtable, surgeon, and Mr. Edward Peters, gro cer, were saved only by solidity of t h e i r more mo d ern party walls ; both of the roofs were frequently on fire, but the wind being calm, an extension of th e fl ames was providentially pre vented. From the want of subordination, however, among the crowd of persons who pressed their assistance with an importu. nity not to be controlled, much injury was done to their furni ture, and the opportunity for some pilfering was not neglected. Mr. Watson, landlord of the Hope anti Anchor Inn, was unwearied in his neighbourly exertions ' until the progress of danger' was subdued ; an d perhaps this would not have been so great, but for an unaccountable contest, in the corn. meneement, between two men i n t h e command of the engines, who, instead of directing the w ater upon the flames, amused them selves by endeavouring to cool thezeal of each other. These heroes are committed to Bridewell. Intoxication, and consequent imbecility, .among the rest of these anarchical crews seems to have prevailed in. a shameful degree: Had the whole of the men employed by the eight Fire-office Establishments directed their attention to three, at most, of the engines, sonic good Might havß been effected but they stood in each other's way ; and more water was wasted upon the ground than conveyed to the engines, through the contest fo: an exclusive supply.—( Bristol 03sfrv:r. ) MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. THE NEW VAGRANT ACT. Yesterday Tirifif,l2lFilla' r appeared a g ainst a conviction be fore MATTHEW WYATT, Esq. by whom he had been sen tenced to three months hard labour as a rogue and vagabond. Mr. LAW, in support of the conviction, stated, that it was founded on the Act of the 3d of George IV., generally known by the title of the New Vagrant Act, which declared that any person who should be found in any dwelling-house, coach house, stable, out-house, garden, or enclosed place, who could not " give a good account of himself," should be deemed a rogue and vagabond, and might be sentenced by any one Magi strate to hard labour for three months. The appellant Millar was found in the inclosed burying ground of the London Hos pital, in company with another person, at one o'clock on the morning of the 23d of August, having with them a shovel and a sack. In short Millar was what is vulgarly called a body snatcher, who was detected in the above situation and convicted under the Vagrant Act. Mr. ADOLPHUS, Counsel for the appellant, admitted that his client was in the burying ground, which was an inclosed place; but unless the Act was intended to do away with the trial by Jury, it could not be made to apply to the present case. The Act did not say that a person fou n d i n an inclosed place should give a good account of the cause of his bring there, but that he should give a good account of himself,- otherwise a Justice might on his own authority punish any man in the land who was found in an inclosed place be longing to another, without allowing him to have the benefit or a trial by Jury. Suppose a man of 500/. a year found in an inclosed place belonging to the house of a splenetic Justice who desires him to give an account of his being there :—he says. " I'll confess the truth, I came here to kiss your wife's maid." The Justice might say that was not a good account, and in.. stead of indicting him as a trespasser, might of his own audio-. rity convict him as a rogue and vagabond. The intent of the Act clearly was, that persons found in inclosed places, and not being able to give a good account of themselves, should bet deemed rogues and vagabonds ; but lie would prove that the present appellant lived in a house that he had purchased, paid scot and lot, and could at any time be found to answer for any offence ha had committed: the question was, whether such , a man should be deprived of the benefit of a trial by jury ? Mr. LAW replied—He could not, he said, admit that a man might not be convicted as a rogue and vagabond, because he had property ; if a man was found in an enclosed place, for the purpose of committing a burglary, or the misdemeanour of raising dead bodies, his being possessed of property could not be a justification. The circumstances were to determine whether he was not tilers for an illegal purpose ; his having property only proved that he had thriven by his iniquity :—the good account of himself required by the Act, must mean, that he was there for a lawful purpose. If he were found behind a man's bed-chamber door at midnight, with a pistol in his hand, it would not be giving a good account of himself to say, I have purchased the lease of a house, and live comfortably on the robberies I have committed :—if he were found with picklock-keys in his possession, it was not giving a good account of himself, to tell how much money he had made by the trade ; and when the appellant and his companion had scaled the wall of a burying-ground at midnight, it was not giving a good account of himself, to say, he was a man of pro perty ;—but let him account for his being found there with his spade, and shovel, and sack, sitting on the new-made grave; --let him account for it in any other manlier than having come there to make a market of the carcase. Was his escaping . over a ten-foot wall, when he was discovered, giving a good ac count of himself ? Mr. ADOLPHUS said, the speech of his Learned Friend would be an excellent speech to address to a Jury, but the question at present was, whether the appellant was to be con victed and punished without a trial by jury? If such were the construction to be put on the Act, there was not a Nobleman in the land that might not be convicted under it by a Justice of Peace. Even the Duke of Wellington, as he was known some times to play at hazard, might be committed as a rogue and a vagabond. Ile would prove how the appellant lived. Law—lle lives by others dying, and by selling their bodies. Mr. ADOLPH us denied that the conviction before the Ma gistrates stated more than that the appellant had been in an in closed place. Mr. Law said he would prove the intent, which he did, and which is not, we believe, doubted. Mr. AHOLPHUS called two witnesses, one of whom proved. that the appellant lived in a house in Gregory's Rents, for the interest of which he paid 1201. and the other proved that his house was rated at 25!. a year in the parish books. The CHAIRMAN, after some consultation with the Bench, which was unusually full, said it was their unanimous opinion that the conviction should be confirmed. The Appellant was immediately taken off to the House of Correctidn, under a strong escort of constables, who found great difficulty in p ro t ect i ng hi m f rom the fury of the mob. CLERKENWELL sEssroNs. Yesterday the Court was occupied during the whole of the day in hearing appeals. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR tt. ST. ANDREW'S. This was an appeal to remove i pauper, John Baptist, from St. George's to St. Andrew's. It appeared in the evidence that the pauper, in consequence of his being in the rules of the King's Bench, engaged a house in Cook- s t reet , at th e ra te of six shillings a w ee k, - and that after his discharge in the Insol vent Court, which took place in May, 1819, he lived in it to the commencement of the January following, at which period he was discharged from the Marshal's custody. The question that arose was whether he was to be considered after the deci sion in May, in the light of a prisoner, in whiCh case the pau per would have gained no settlement •in the parish : and the Court decided that the fact of his not being discharged from the Marshal prevented his having any claim on the parish of St. George's, and the appeal was therefore allowed. The appeal ofTwick e nh arn v. Cheshunt was of the same na ture; and in the evidence it appeared that William Quarl had been born in the parish of Cheshunt, but had subsequently te nanted a small house of 15/. a year, in the parish of Twicken ham, of a Mr. Holmes. Part of this house he had let to a Miss Hunt ; and it was agreed between him and his landlord, that Miss Hunt should p a y 51. p er ann . o f t h e rent . H e lived here for a year and a quarter, paying the taxes and rates, and the sum of 12/. Ws. to Mr. Holmes, which, with Miss Hunt's 51. would have completed the rent:---this 51., however, was not paid till Quad's wife had applied to the parish for relief, when it was offered to Mr. Holmes, but he refused then to receive it, with out die consent of the Vestry, as it would make them charge. able on the parish : and the Court ruled that the whole rent for one year not having been paid, no matter where the. fault lay, prevented the pauper being entitled to a settlement in that parish. Another question then arose, as to his having paid taxes to the amount of 101. which compelled the parish to relieve him ; and as there was some dispute among Counsel, how the Court of King's Bench had settled thi s , i t was finally determined, that if that (;curt had determined that the payment of taxes to the amount of 10/. gave a settlement, this appeal was to be quashed. SWINDLING.-Mr. 13ipsicAn, hosier, Holborn, was yesterday defrauded of goods and cash to the amount of five pounds, in the following man ner :—A gentleman in appearance came into his shop, and looked out articles to the amount of Us. and desired them, with change for a 51. note to be sent to his chambers, in Lincoln's lon, directly. A lad accordingly was sent with them, who, on getting to the door, met the party, who took the parcel from him and asked for the change, which the lad gave him, who was then. desired to go and fetch some trifling article. It is scarcely necessary to add, that in the mean. time the party had decamped. BIB'IS. On Wednesday, the 3d inst., at Milton, in Northampton shire, the Right Hon. Lady Milton, of a son. On Sunday, the 7th inst., Mrs. John Newton, of Montpelier, South Lambeth, of a son. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., Mark' Beauchamp Peacock, Esq., of Col -1 e.hlll, to Antonina Eliza, daughter of Anthony Parkin, Esq., of Great James-street, Bedford-row. lington, Mr. Charles 4222z Ol se. : totti th .auF e ice l r l itec t i ii .uorc i t n . ;_ s t. 1 , trei at eot e S ao t nr . dg l:l ,c ar tis y sp ' q s h. , a ; Evans, of Honduras, to Miss Kay, of Dalby-terrace. On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Mr. Isaac Phil- On Tuesday, the 9th inst., DIEDat Suth-Vine, . road, Sarah, relict of the late Samuel Godfrey, E sq ., of the Stock Exchange. On the 9th inst., William Ward, 2, Fish.street-hill. On 'Monday, the Bth inst., at Canterbury, Christopher Pot. Linger, Esq. On IVednesday, the lOtirinst Mr. Willia m Carter, of Peck ham, Surrey, aged 72. On the 82d ot March last, at dalcutts, John Clihnore, Esq., in his 80th year. M':llldsworth- Printed sad Publishod for the Piwpittvrous, :it the Su's- Orrict:. 112, Stratid, by J. B. CARSTAPRS. r'