The Sun. — London, England, 1823-04-30 00:00:00

iritE LONDON JOITIOTALS. DM IX Ettrods ,front the Morning Papers, ,April 30. EIV TI mEs.] The great gtiestion which has occupied the House of Commons for two successive nights may be brought, we think, to a very short issue. Parliament is called upon to declare that his Majesty's Ministers have done wrong. But in what way, and to what extent ? Should they have plunged the country into war ? Oh, no ! If we had gone to Am, we must have become principles in the war : we must have gone to war with France, with Russia, with Austria,and with Prussia ; for the only ground that is suggested for war, on our part, is a ground on which the three latter P owers have distinctly pledged them selves to support France. In such a war, we must not only have reimposed the two-and-twenty ' of taxes taken oil' since the peace, but we must have submitted to new and heavier burthens : and we must have done this at a time when the whole Continent would have been leagued together to prohibit our European trade, and of course to reduce our manufacturers to extreme distress. --Ministers did right to adopt a neutral policy. But (say their opponents) they ought to have re moustrated against the conduct of France: Wdl, they did remonstrate—Yes, but they should have remonstrated 44 earnestly, vigorously, solemnly." It would really be obliging if some clever gentle man would undertake to strew the maximum of earnestness, vigour, and solemnity which belonas to a neutral remonstrance. Judgments may differ on this point: and in particular the judgment of the party remonstrating, and the party re monstrated with, are very likely to differ. Sup . pose Ministers had couched their remonstrance in the language of certain speeches which have recently been heard in Parliament—might it not possibly have- happened that the Continental Governments would have taken such language amiss ? Having once shown a vigour in speech, we of course could not retract, and so we should have found ourselves very unexpectedly engaged in the war we had previously determined to avoid. lint perhaps the lov,ers of excessive vigour in speech would have been willing to compound for a proportionate lack of vigour in action ; in other words, they would have had our Ministers bully themselves into a scrape in order Una they might finally meta:. nut of it. In our humble' opinion this would have reflected little credit on British Diplomacy. [Moll N 1 Nt: ell ItONICT,Ed The Army of the \Western Line of the Ebro halts' at. Vittoria, to allow. Marshal Moncey and General Mollifor to arrive on the line of that river considerably mere to the eastward, in the diraction of Barcelona ; but it must be two]. Jetted by our readers, that we have before stated, that tvlina, nith a larg,e army of the best troops of Spain, was in the neighbourhood of Uri4el'; lie consequently has on his right thank Figueras and Barcelona, and in his rear Saragossa. There. fore, we apprehend, these Generals must first force Mina to retire before they can a d. va.nce. If this should be done, •then they have to attack, mask, or take these strong places before they can arrive in line on the Ebro, with the Western Army ; and if the Spaniards defend these places, and. Mina should fall back on . Ballasteros, or place his army either in the mountains or in these immense stron t' e . garrisons, we do not see a chance of the French armies advancing in line on Madrid. Then comes the question, dare the Doke d'An4ontetne advance by himself beyond the Ehro, without the armies of Mollitor and Moncey en his left, and with St. Sebastian, Pam -peluna, Saragossa, Figneras, and Barcelona. in his rear ? We think every military man that knows Spain m .ilI say bete begins the danger with respect to the French armies. We have not - yet found tie Spanish troops giving up their strong places, or deserting their colours ; conse quently every step the French advance in Spain the danger increases, and they may require the Russian, Austrian, and Prussian forces to assist them before this holy work can be effected. 'lite Russians have, we repeat, marched already an enormous force for this purpose, and the Austriap army, also, on its march from Naples, 50,000 Strong, has halted in. Lombardy, instead of re turning home as agreed on at Verona. This halt, as it appears'by the Lausanne papers, alarmed the Swiss Government. We have already noticed these movements of time Itus,sian forces, and repeat again., without fear of contradiction, that our ' statement is perfectly true. With respect to the .50,000 Austrians, we ask why they do not go lome as agreed on ? and we believe we may answer, because the French may require us he- Inediately in Spain.—These immense preparations are not made for nothing, but expressly for sup porting France in herattack on freedom (or ra ther what these Sovereigns call revolution), and agreeably to arrangements made at Verona, we' ' shall not he surprised at announcing, in a very few days, the breaking up of Russian, Austrian, and PEUSSiitli forces, from their camps, with the intention of entering Spain. We challenge the Government prints to contradict our statements on these most important truths. ominous preparations, pregnant with danger to Europe, will render it exceedingly difficult for Govern ment to adhere to their policy of neutrality. [btoutsisa rosT.l The debate upon IYIr. Macdonald's motion re lative to the late Negociations was resumed l a st night, whefi several more Members spoke to the question. A strong wish was manifested to bring the discussion to a Clow, hut at one o'clock thi , morning a further adioninment was agreed to. The Chancellor of the Extbequer and Mr. Secretary Ped spoke most ably and satisfacto rily upon the subject; us did also Mr. Curwen and several other Gentlemen whe never fail to command the attention of the 'louse. This eveu. lag we snail p robabl y be gratified with the Speech of Mr. Secretary Canning. Whilst we record the Debates in the two Houses of Parourlia ment upon this subject, and look back to own humble labours ever since it' first began to interest the country, we cannot refrain from an expression of satisfaction on the entire coin cidence of sentiment which we now feel our selves entitled to boast with all the most wise and eminent of our Statesmen.—The steadfast and zealous supporters of law, order', and subor dination, we have not suffered ourselves to be betrayed by our respect for them into any compromise with melty, oppression, and hy pocrisy. We have endeavoured to rescue the cause of legitimate authority from the prostitu tion and abasement to which others of its pro fessed friends have not scrupled to consign We have not permitted in silence Its sacred name to he invoked by the apologists of in:justice or the abettors of tyranny.• Anxious for the maintenance of peace, as the certain means of prolonging and accelerating the rapid career of national prosperity, we have sought to inspire peaceful sentiments no further than they were compatible with that honest indignation to wards oppression, that proud sympathy with inde pendence, which have ever been the distinguishing characteristics of our country. That this coun try should think as is worthy of the most enlight ened, and feel as is worthy of the most free nation in Europe, upon the great question which has so much engaged her attention, was our most ardent wish and our highest object. The gratification we have derived from the proceedings in Parlia ment is not greater certainly than we expected ; but yet it is perfect. Reprobation of the prin ciples and conduct of France is in both Houses of Parliament the universal language. Warmly and, uniformly as we have expressed indignation at the insolence of French pretensions and the ini quity of Frenchattack upon Spain, we have yet not ceasedto contend, that upon the calm and dispas sionate motives which ought ever to sway the de terminations of Statesmen, neutrality, a prudent and watchful neutrality, was the present policy of England. Here again the proceedings of Par , liament afford us equal grounds of exultation ; r and in the final result of the present debates, we anticipate a proud triumph for Ministers, whose cause is that of Wisdom, Moderation, and Justice. • [IIIOIV4ING HERALD.] Mr. CObbett's method 'of backing'out from ilk repeated assertions in the year 1892, ," that agricultural produce would be lower and lower, until Mr. Peel's Bill was repealed, and that be.: fore Christmas, 182`x, the very best wheat would be at 'four shillings the bushel, or. thirty-two shil lings the quarter;" whereas, on the 26th April, last, just double Mr. Cobbett's price, or sixty four shillings the quarter, was offered, but re fused, in the Norwich Market, or the Norwich Mercury's market accounts, which -.we inserted ' yesterday, was untrue—, Vide an rAeuing Paper of yesterday, for which paper Mr. Cobbett, it is said, writes that - article which is called the Leading Article:— . 4 , T H IN us COMING AB nu T.—Afeat rues; hay rises; even earn rises! Aye, then, things are coming about, indeed A Phut winter that has destroyed on the turnips, and that has mat retl no grass to grow ; it itiveiv Spring that makes the grass 24 days, at .leattt, - later than it was lastyear ; vice frosts every morning in the last week of April;-:-these promise to bring things about t But if, even now, destructive as has been the V inter, and grudring as has been the spring—if, even now, the weather shoula be only tolerable, wheat will be lower than it was last yea. But, only think ut the Farmer's Wars brin ' brought about by the ilealtruction qf hit cattle .fbod . I —by lns being compelled to give his ewes and lambs corn instead of turnips,—and by his being compelled to sell his sheep half fat ! NeVertheless hlgh pricer will delude fur a while." Our readers will see in the above leading article of Mr. Cobbett, that it has more than one if." [BRITISH PRESS.] 1 t is greatly to be lamented, that the motions made from time to time in the House of Com mons, involving in their result the dearest inte rests of the country, should be whistled over the Wind by a Ministerial majority, and , then pass out of public remembrance. Mr. Hume, with, a spirit that nothing can daunt, and with a perseverance that nothing can repress, ex poses, night after night, abuses which manifest the most profligate violation of justice by persons in office, and his statement is no sooner spade than up starts some Treasury Secretary to justify or palliate the abuse instead of expressing the slightest anxiety either to punish or to put an end to it. We have no doubt hut that the shame ful oppression practised against Mr. White, the collector of taxes in the Kingston district, as de- I tailed in his petition presented to the 'louse by Mr. Hanle, was, in every statement, correct. lie was dismissed by the Board of Taxes, and it was apparently his exposure of fraud in the Tax department that led to his dismission. It appears he discovered that in the collection of the Laud Tax alone in that division 15,0001. had been levied from the inhabitants, which had never reached the Exchequer, and that within the hilli of mortality one hundred and fifty thousand pounds had been embezzled in its transit to the Treasury ! The detection of this, it seems, was not relished' by' the Tax Board, and, as is UnCOITIMOn practice on such occasions, an anonymous informer trumps up a charge against the individual who had expressed this base system of peculation, and this anonymous statement is made the foundation,of his dismissal from office, Neither the Tax Board Der the Treasury—neither Mr. Low rides nor Mr. Lush ingtonhave any further occasion for his s er v ices. The latter Gentleman affirmed that there was every disposition to retain Mr. White, but " he had six windows in his house that were not entered." There Is no difficulty, however, in collecting from the reply, that this charge wa, manufactured for the occasion. " The fact is," said Mr. Hume, " that White had six windows stopped with plaster, and an exception had been taken that they were not stopped with brick, but this man's crime was that he had unkennelled pack of defaulters." The Ex-Secretary, Mr. Lushington, does not deny this statement with re gard to the windows; out lie has another charge in his bag. " Ile felt bound to state that he, Mr. White, had embarked in a trade of all others the most objectionable, n spirit-denier, without any permission from the Board of Taxes so to do." Inexpiable offence ! To become a dealer in spirits without the, special leave of Mr. Lowndes No system of peculation can compare in perfidy with a crime like this ? It is not 'pretended that Mr. White in any manner misconducted himself in the carrying on of this business. But then the crime itself of dealing in spirits in a commercial country like this! The trade of em bezzlement was innocent in the comparison. But, coupled with the unpardonable offence of exposing those concerned in the latter traffic, no punishment shortof dismission from his public situation could be at all adequate. But we check ourselvei. Irony is too playful a weapon for such conduct as that before us. We trust that Mr. llume will return to the charge. Mr. White has shown an honest zeal in a good cause, and ought not to be made the sacrifice of his integrity. The , facts involved in this act of scandalous oppression ought to be fairly and fully brought forward, as the case stands at present before the public. Mr. White has been dismissed from office after 29 years' ser vice, without any appearance or colour of justice. He is thus consigned to ruin, and deprived ,of that provision to which this long period of ser vice would have entitled him ; while Mr. LOwndes quietly goes out of office with actually a greater salary than he enjoyed while he was in it. He had then 1,5001. a year for doing little ; he has now 1,800/. for doing nothing ! This is economical reform in the tax department ! GENERAL TURNPIKE ACT MEETING. Yesterday a highly respectable Meeting of Gentlemen interested in the payment of the additional toll upon waggons and other carriages conveying 'more than certain weights, took place at the George and Vulture Tavern, Corn hill, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain clauses in an Act of the last Session of Parliament; " To amend the geenal laws now In being for regulating. Turnpike Roads in Egland." Mr. Homo* being called to the Chair, Mr. GimoonY rose to address the meeting. . The weighing machine was first introduced in the 13th year of Geo. 111., after it had been in use for about 20 years (1795), and the ob jections - which were then urged were equally applicable at present, and he would therefore proceed to read, souse of the remarks of an able writer upon the subject; it appeared that in the flour trade a load of 15 sacks would weigh 37 cwt. the waggon, 28 cwt., being more than 100 per cent. advance of toll on the carriage of goods; the same proportion of expence was calculated upon sugar, lime, and a variety of other merchandise; the expence upon beer and bricks 50 per cent.; that upon coal 35 per cent., and . upon wine 25 per cent.— Since the year 1773, about 1(1 acts' had been passed' to amend the original law, and in 1811, Mr.'Sinclear Introduced a bill into Parliament, which was thought to b ear hard Upon 'the public at large, and was accordingly opposed with success by three gentlemen present; in the last session of Parliament, Mr. Frankland Lewis brought in the bill now complained of. For, although by this bill, a greater weight 'was allowed to be carried than had 'hitherto been the case, it took away front the Trustees of roads, the power of accepting compositions, and the whole toll was necessarily exacted; it could not be that the greater toll was necessary for the improvement. of the roads, for it was within the recollection of most present that a short time since the Whitechapel or Mile:end-road was one of the worst entrances into the metropelis—whereas, without the exac tion of the additional toll by the weighing machines, it Is evi dently now oire of the best roads in the country. A long discussion then ensued upon the question; whether the prayer of the meeting should extend to the total extinction of the weighing machines, or only to the obtaining a right of carriage for an additional weight. Mr. GREGG/UV thought the prejudice less general than was supposed; the Trustees of the Surrey and Sussex roads, for instance, were understood to be diametrically opposed to the principle of the machines, and their line of road was very extensive Mr. RIIODES thought the meeting had been called, at rather too short ri notice; the motive was good, but he did not think the urgency of the question would preclude a further - notice of three or four days. Ile therefore moved that Mr. Gregory he instructed to give publicity to a future meeting to be called on Monday next, the sth day Of May, at the'George and Vulture Tavern ; and to take the necessary measures for procuring as full an attendance of those interested as possible. This motion having been carried unanimously, the hour of three o'clock was fixed upon as the most convenient for the Coal and Corn Trades. • Mr. RHODES took the opportunity of observing, that he had seen Mr. M'Adam upon the subject , whose opinion was de cidedly against the principle of die weighing machines; and he thought upon that Gentleman's stating his opinion to the Committee, upon Mr. Lewis's Bill, the object of the Meeting would be fully accomplished. . The Meeting then adjourned to the day appointed for the next General Meeting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1823. TUESDAY, APRIL 29. The Didlington Stakes of, 150 gs each, 100 gs forfeit, for colts, tint. 71b. fillies, list. 41t. Ancaster Mile. • P. of Grafton's c. Cinder, by Woful, out of Charcoal 1 Ld G. 11. Cavendish's c., `by Orville, out of Bizarre 2 5 to 4 on Cinder—Three paid. Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. for fillies, rising thre years old, and not engag ed in the 1000 gs Stakes, list. St e . each, D.M. warranted untried at the time of naming. Mr. Wyndham's b. by Whalebone, dam by Gohanna, out of Amazon . D. of Grafton's hr. f. Veil - - - 2 5 to,l on Whalebone f.—Six paid. The King's Plato of 100 gs, for mares, three-yr-olds Bst. four, 9st.4lb. five, itst.lolt. six and aged, lOst.'R.C. • Mr. Molony's b. m. Luss , 5 y rs - - - 1 1). of Grafton's ch. f. Wizgig, 3 yrs - - , 2 Mr: Prendergast's ch. f. by Rainbow, 3 yrs - - 3 Mr. Wyndham's b. f. Twatty, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Barnarti's b. 1. by Molex, dant by Totteridgc, 3 yrs 5 Mr. Goddard's b. f. by Marmon, out of Nymphina, 3 yrs El 3 to 1 ngst Luss.-3 to I agst-Whizgig-5 to 2 agst 'Twatty. The 2000 gs Stakes, a Subscription of 100 gs each, h. E for colts, Bst.7lb. and fillies, Bst.4lt. R.M. rising three years old. • Mr. Rogers's ch. c. Nicolo, brother to Langer 1 2 D. of Grafton's br. c. Ta lism a n - Six startedL-Sixteen paid.—The Judge placed but two. - . •4to 1 agat Nicolo-7 to 2.agst Talisman. Mr. Wyndham's Centaur walked over the last three miles of the li.C. tor the 1:50 by subscription. Noawicit, APRIL 30.--We have authority to statv, that if, on the reported representation of Mr. COKE, in the house of Commons, the signa tures of the Clergy of the Diocese of Norwich, to the Petition in favour of the Roman Catholic Claims, has increased since the last . te the same effect, from 48 to 55—the signatures of the Clergy of the County of NoVolk, presented by Mr. E. WODEnOusE, have increased from 200 to 240. At a Meeting of the Roman Catholics held in Dublin on Friday, Lord KILLEEN in the Chair, it was resolved that an Aggregate Meeting should be convened for the lOth of May. ExEcwrioN.--This morning a very great number of persons assembled in the Old Bailey, in consequence 'of the last awful sentence of the law being carried Into effect upon Henry . Seaton, aged. 2 6) James Adridge, aged 22, and John Walker, aged 18,' for the crime of burglary. The wretched men were convicted at the last January Sessions, and since their condemnation have evinced a very contrite disposition.--About halflast seven o'clock Sheriff' TilomeSONl arrived New„aate, and proceeded, with his attend ants,.to the press-room,where the Unfortunate cul prits were introduced, and disencumbered of their irons ; on being bound, and, after a short interval spent in prayer, the awful procession proceeded: to the platform, where the executiouer having completed his melancholy duties upon each man, the signal was given, the drop fell ) and this world closed on them for eVer, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 29. The LORD CHANCELLOR remained occupied in hlic private room from 10 o'clock this morning till 1. Hie Lordship then heard part of the case of " Farquarson v. Balfour,', and rose at 2. COURT OF KING'S BENCII, APRIL 29. ( Sitting of the JUDGES after Term. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE brought into Court his Ma jesty's warrant, granted under the late statute, for disposing of the arrears of tern! business, and directed that it should be read by the officer. The warrant commanded the Judges, or two of them, to sit at We.stminster-hall, Sergeant's-inn, or some other convenient plaie, from the 21st day of May next, to the commencement of Easter term, for the dispatch of business which should re main in arrear at the conclusion of the present term. - The LORD CrirEr JusTrcE notified that the Judges would sit in some apartment adjoining the place.where the Court now sits, and that he should endeavour to Make arrangements to sit at Nisi Prius at Westminster during the same period. NOVELLO v. Towooop. The discussion of this case, adjourned on Friday, was now resumed. It may be remembered, the question was, whether a chorister in the chapel of the Portuguese Ambassador, residing in a house separate from that of the embassy, letting part of his house to lodgers, and engaged as prompter at the Opera-house, and a teacher of languages, has a right of action if his goods are disttained for rat - es, faxes, or rent. Mr. E. Lewks resumed his arguMent in the nega tive of this question. He urged that the privileges never extended to any goods but those of the Embassy, and that the seizure of the plaintiff's property could not deprive him of the ability to per form his accustomed duties. Their loss would not affect his voice, nor injure his musical skill. It would be perfectly mon strous if a person in such a capacity could take houses apart from the Antbassador, let them to lodgers, and then evade the payment of rent and taxes, on the pretext that the rights of the Ambassador rendered his property as well as person invio late. :Mr. CAMPBELL, in reply, contended that no distinction bad yet been taken between_ the person and the, goods of a person at tached to the Ambassador's suit. .If the property of a person in the confidence of the Ambassador were subject to process, the dispatches from his Court, and the dresses appointed for his suit, might be taken by the Sheriff of Middlesex, when imme. diately requisite for the purposes of the embassy. This country had always shown greet respect for the religion of Ambassadors; and it was found by the case that Mr. Novellu'e assistance was required in performing the most solemn rites df.' the Catholic faith. What those rites were, he (Mr. Campbell) did not pro fess to know ; but he believed a chorister was employed in some of those mysteries which excited the deepest veneration ; and thus a poet of that faith had thought when' he described the ceremonies of mass " From the full choir when loud Hosannas rise, " And fill flie . pinup of dreadful sacrifice." The Cou ghve j udgment for the defendant on this single ground that the privilege claimed was not at all essential to the performance of those services ,which the plaintiff was bound to render. They would sustain the privileges of an embassador, as far as they could, contribute to his convenience, construing that convenience. in regard to his rank, his.offiee, and his religion : but it was the privilege of ••an ttietbaseadoe, not of the servant; and it was impossible that any ambassador could desire that a person.engaged.• occasionally to afford him certain aisistance, should protect himself freni liability to contribute to the sup port of the revenue, or to the burdens of the parish in which he resided. Such a construction would he contrary to every prin ciple of the law. The ambassador could suffer nothing by the seizure of these goods under process of law, and therefore a non suit must be entered, as the plaintiff had no ground of Bedell. —A nonsuit was entered accordingly. COURT OF ARCHES, APRIL 23. Sir Jon NICHOLL this morning, had no sooner teleen his seat, than he proceeded to express the sentiments he entertain ed with regard to the case of Mr.. Clarkson; the gentleman ac cused of irregular professional conduct-. The Court was un usually crowded, and, theehrong of auditors consisted tamest the whole of the circumstances forming entirely of individuals -who practise in' these Courts The this case esei o xlo s tru k aold i r i beggar considered iibtiveaaultni brought s b t j e i n i le d r t l u i 4 v e l e u sitting r l w e t h a l u l t a t i ; g i c: e t t e t a s a t i l l l i o t f t a nowt i l rO be o e. 'lt had, in. the. first- instance, engaged the attention of the Prerogative Court,- where a sentence of suspension for twelve months had been pronounced, anti as Judge in a Court of co ordinate jurisdiction, he had now to review those same i r regularities which led already been the subject of :mimed version and censure. Since that period, indeed, an affidavit had been submitted to hint. from Mr. Clarkson, couched in very proper terms ; but though the sentiments which it pro. teased were so far creditable to him, yet there was a duty to the public that must not be eyaded, • and a respect due to the profession that was utterly irreconcilable with conduct like diet of the practitioner who now stood before the Court. Unfortu nately this was not the first • instance in the professional ' life of Mr. Clarkson, for it was only three years ago since a similar deviation bad been brought under his (Sir J. .Nicholl's) • notice, and overlooked. Whether lie had acted wisely in such forbearance was now questionable . but even yet be was dis posed to ace with all the lenity that the nature of the ease anclitis own judicielduty Would allow. Mr. Clarkson had claimed credit for right intentions; he had stated hie ignoraneeof the amount of •the specific charge that he was warranted in making; and he had likewise declared that in the charge which lie did make he was guided by . the instructions of en experienced person.— ' But the business done was little more than a matter of form, and it was scarcely creditable that it was the first occasion of Mr. Clarkson taking out an administration de War non, or that he could have been .in the state of ignorance describ ed. If,' however extraordinary as it seemed, such was the professional inexperience. of this Gentlemen, to whom ought he to have had recourse for advice and inf'or'mation? In whose knowledge ought he to have confided in order to secure his own fair remuneration, on the one hand, and to avoid the impropriety and injustice of an exorbitant demand upon the other ? Surely to the Registrar or hie Deputy, whose acquaint ance with these matters was indisputable, and from whom a correct statement might have been at once obtained; or he: might have referred to some old Proctor, whose character arid experience would have been equally good authorities for the truth of what they communicated. But he did neither. On the contrary, lie pursued a course ivitich to every Hone Member of the profession must appear remarkable. He applied to a' person employed as a bilLantiker by trade, and whose profits, and whose employment, were probably in proportion teethe. amount and exorbitancy of the charges, which, by his means. were extorted from different clients. A worse authority could not hbe been selected ; this individual was unknown, and.no. thing preve.nted the Court from culling for a disclosure of his nante.leit an unihrstanding that the charge in question was not of' ordinary occurrence. He had a distinct recollection of the former case, that of Prentice v. Prentice, having before him notes „taken preseuti facto, and the impressions made at the time being, therefore, fresh in his mind. In the instance now before them, the amount of Mr. Clarkson's bill'was 191. 143.4 d., which, upon taxation, was redeced to 9/. Ws. (Id. or nearly one half of the original charge. There were in it six items of ex. cessive charge ; one of Which, anti the principal, was 111. 45., instead of 11. RN. 2d. or almost six times the just and legal amount. It was in vain to allude to the confusion introduced by recent alterations of the stamp-duties since they did not apply to the present case, and because a slight attention to those charges would show, that in proportion to the amount of pro :party to be administered,. and. the increased expellee of the stamps, was the progressive increase in the amount of the Proc.:. tor's lawful fees. Mr. Clarkson's conduct stood.therefore with out excuse or alteration. Ile had persisted in this demand to the last, and bad delayed, as long as it was possible, his wear, ance before the Court. With regard to his apologies for certain expressions that had fallen front hint on a previous occasion, he (Sir .1. Nicholl) could only say that they had escaped his no tice, and that he had heard nothing but what the agitation of the moment might well account for and excuse. Still tme happily the whole case did not rest here. It was in evidence that two persona who had arrived in town from 'Clleshain, in the county of Buckingham,. directed, in the usual course of business, by their Attorney in the country to. his Procter in town, came to Doctor's Commons, and there, not knowing their way to Mr. Swabey's, inquired for the Administration Office. They were picked up by a porter waiting in the purlieus, and conducted to Mr. Clarkson's, who, without asking them, whe ther they were seeking for any other practitioner, readily un, dertook their business. This porter had made an affidavit that he was not employed to find persons and to bring them to any particular office. He had also sworn that he received no gre enly or share of the remuneration for hie trouble. But it wits difficult to imagine that the whole of thieporter's representation Was correct, end though it were; still was Mr. Clarkson'► cop duct net flair or honourable to his professional brethren. Where would such practices end if they were generally resorted to ? Where. but in offering hribes for business, and outbiddingg, each other for its proCurement ? Not only must they degrade the profession, but they were, in point of fact, pro tibtted, both by analogy with the 35. th and 133 d Canons, and by sPt cial orders agreed to by the College in the . year 1742, and signed by the most eniment advocates of that day; It had' been declared that hawking - and plying for business was:an infamous practice, and was deserving of eleiriplary censure and animativereeion. The Judge ldmself, as well as every otheriof. fiver of tbe,Court, was rendered liable to auspension, and: that too on a first offence, who should be convicted of taking intro per or exorbitant fees. A repetition of the offence sehjeceed him to a removal from the profession. An attorney in the Courts of Common Law, whose bill was taxed to the amount of one-sixth, incurred punishment; here was a case in which the whole excess was nearly double, and upon one particular item almost 5-6ths. Undoubtedly justice to the public required that the objects should not be overlooked, which the legislature had in view in the several statutes on this subject, and more espe cially in that of 53d of George 111. He was not now proceed ing unadvisedly, for the demerits of the case were further , ag gravated by the attempt to colour them by the introduction of falsehood. The affidavit of Mr. Swabey, who had vouched his clerk, left no room for any doubt as to this attempt. lie (Sir John Nicholl) had consulted other Judges upon the whole subject, and - their unanimous opinion was, that justice ought to take its course. To allow a party{ to practise in that Court, who had been suspended in the Prerogative Court, did seem to him an inadmissible proposal, and his judgment was, that the same sentence of suspension for twelve months from last coeval day, be registered in the Court of Arches. Some appeals had been made to the compassion of the Court, and if it was supposed' that he (the Judge) did not feel both for the party himself, and still snore for those nearly and dearly_con nected with him, a very erroneous notion w as formed respect ing him. But the honour of the profession, as well as the righ ts of the public and the pure administration of law, w ere at stake. Painful as the subject was, and he had labourd to compthat ress the whole question, he had still the gratification u) reflect it was the brat example of a public suspensi on that had occur red during the fourteen years which he had sat in that chair, and the forty during which he had attended in those Courts. He believed that, in his predecessor's time, there was one in stance of misconduct, but it was followed only by aprivAte SU S ' pension, and it had no other object than to compel the indivi dual to , obey an order of the Court. His judgment now was, that Wm. Gering Clarkson, Proctor, be suspen ded for twelv e months. In the e vent of any future similar misconduct, in the, same party, that Court would feel itself und er the necessity et removing lain from his profession. SINGULAR AFFAIR. be a Naval Officer on half-pay, was charged yesta d aY _____ L _____ A person of the name of 3E3/Nan, stated to hall with having disturbed the peace of the family of Mr. Turner, a silk-mercer in Fleet-street, by writing strange and unintelligi ble letters to 111 r. Turner, and to his sister Elizabeth. The letters were delivered by. a child, the daughter a 31‘31illan. The letters, which were in a friendly familiar tone, mentioned ch.- cumstances of - which Mr. Turner had no knowledge and expressed astonishment that Elizabeth did not send him money. The letters were of considerable length. The postscript to the last was as follows : " I heard today by Jane, that Isabella went to Edmonton, you would send me the money by one in order to persuade Elizabeth to come to me, or let me come to Edmonton to her. I hear Allan was seen about Shoreditch, last night, which still•increases my doubts. Jane tells me t4t f , I wished it. Therefore 1 will thank you to do so, when JF comes to-morrow, for I know not what to do. It will he a In. finite ' servlce, and I should feel ever obliged." ALDEItMAX—I never beard of such singular letters In MY life. air. Turner, how could the prisoner obtain such a know . ledge of your family, if he was quite unknown to them ? _... Mr. Turner—l am at a loss to know. I never saw the Male till I took him in custody, before in all my d4ys. - Mrs- Turner declared she had no knowledge of the prison er ' Aldernian—Perhaps the prisoner himself can solve the mys: of -Elizabeth's sisters, i t tery as be calls it. Pray what are you Mr. .111‘111illan, 31,4 where do you live ? now n s y e e x t Allan, Aider r e:d an s l :pe el' : Skinner -street, Bishopsgate. Prisoner—l am an half-pay Naval O ffi cer, and live at IS'o, 4, nti• ink those le tters' if you can. son Prisoner—lt is very evident I have been duped by my is he Alderman- - Is your son Allan here ? Bow old • i the - Prisoner—He Is not here, Sir ;he absconded from me i n Kingsland-road on Wednesday last. He is nearly twelve Ye a ' s of age. for money Alderman—What authority had you for sending to Mr:Turner's family ? bout levers Prisoner—Why, Sir, I will tell you the truth. A,. whom Months ago I met a young female in Bethnal-greeth wbee, 1 had some conversation ; she told me her DIMIC WO _1? . (, „.,,,, Turner, and tlutt fier brother kept a silk-mercer's at IN ~ o' i nt, Fleet-street I met her . several times after tha t, b i r Ulan , meat ; and she at length agreed to bee you had for sc owe Alrs. .1' ~ rtes. Since then I have never seen her, but carried on a letter i t o_ .. h , pondence ; in the course o f w hich I have forwarded to I►e.L__''.; my son Allan, at various times 21t. for her use till thel'lf. riage ceremony took place ; and on every occasion 1 u' 1 th, st ttood from Allan that he delivered the money to Eliza )e ne _ , 160 , Fleet -street, and produced a reeeitt for i i ‘Stiinet: ..riill,,i , f , inding there was no prospect of n'Y eing i t t l i n on t ' of the nte .lizabeth Turner, I wrote to iier for a restitt _ I wrote the let ney ; and I had every reaeon to believe, when ~ ' house in ", that the money J$ t with her brother, at taelr Fleetatreet. - was ' e child , 1 • Mr. Turner said that his sister Elizabeth wits a met and seldom came to London• sr p erson The Alderman asked the . • thereprisoner were any p present who knew him f 1 .9 a M r. The prisoner said he had sent for a friend °- li u : ll ,a • not but . Hookey, a Clerk in the East India Nirarehouse, i arrived. . morrow Alderman—Well then, ' perhaps lie will be here to ill then you will be remanded to prition. 'rlie prisoner was remanded accor2l ...o tglY . Politinkneotiwienr.eawn e s. 0 g ~►►ted 4! LIGHTING TOWN CLOCKS BY t'' l '' ..--W : 1 10 11 C:ic t. : day night the dials of th e Edinburgh, ► rere for the first eery, poweiful, 010 gas. The reflections are a consider" renders the hour distinctly visible at able distance. time lighted w! I, ►cl►iclr COURSE, OF EXCHANGE, Apr" Q-9 ' ............c-aeo---- it 9 . C. F. Amstet dam Ditto, at Sight i 4 6 ... .... 1 2 10 Rotterdam Antwerp , ........... .... 8 .. co, Hamburgli Altona - , • .SO (as , . .............. , SO Paris, 8 Day's sigut .. .................. " ' 1,4 * Ditto ..................... .' ........ . Q 6 79 0 Vg. ..... iS 1 ,0 m o m f Piourdeaux, ditto . .......... Frankfort on the Main ............. • 159 Ijr''llecti". 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Lady C lltherirle ntecly n 11, of a daughter. . . J 1.."'a1.P, a Tunbridge-place, to Elizabeth, wid es i: I:innilneorincyk,(l::.st.:netoki.,.B,::::: tiolifial<dew:girio:o-sitruieect:ate b.airoolin ~,,riOcne,a.fuessdprittyn,g_tgrolie:getit 'inst.,_aßtaroullicet.hniond,Dl'l?, pvolo' E4sq., second son of the late Hobert Holmes, 0 1 '-e 010 1° , Surrey, , ..• D-IE1). . i ., Th 05. A 11 ' On the Bth of December last, at Citnton,. cap tit; . , den of the Hon. C-oiripany's shit.) Orwell, age.5i,"...,,.„01-suce,., - , On the 21st inst., of apoplexy Illa.Vore,?it,el.*„. tfittoe.., .;. On t h e 27th inst., Mrs. SaratisTibson, relict o't '-' 100 Leq-1 Newingtonlhice, h:e.nningto n- , T: edg e °f he At six-mile Bridg county Clare, at the m k t dot years, Mr. Edward tlyrno, formerly an einoryires ton retained his faculties to the lst ; Ids wills ill, _....,i,.4 aez . .. f and she is in her 105th yer, Gr a ta whom hoci;ceptien i' . 80 yettrs ' she possessei h uiti was.t sight, et chi Se l4‘ ['tinted and Published, for the aorairt°l:l;oo, OfiiCe: No. 112, Strand, by J.P.Csst