The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The mace we reflect upon the treatment experienced by Sir Charles Sutton from the piebald majority of 316 votes on Thursday, the more we find in that proceeding to make us deplore the excesses into which party violence may lead individuals, in all the respects of private and social life un exceptionable for honour and discretion. There never were exhibited in any one Parliamentary debate, and professedly in support of a single motion, so many arguments, allega tions, and suggestions so fatal to each other, or so damna tory of those who employed them. There never were made palpable, through the mere progress of discussion, so many pompous littlenesses, or so many rancorous mo tives, thinly veiled at first by pretences, which, even had they been real grounds of conduct instead of feigned ones, would have been most inconsistent and absurd. The first excuse put forth by the factious organs of the Whig-Radi cals for affixing this unfair stigma upon Sir C. M. Sutton, was his having intrigued against the late Ministry, and in termeddled unbecomingly in advising the dissolution of Parliament. As these calumnies against the Right Hon. Gentleman spread into more active circulation, it also got wind that they would meet the most public, complete, and satisfactory answer from Sir C. M. Sutton. This was a pros pect too alarming to be directly faced. So the tactics of his enemies were changed at once. It was announced that all charges against the Right Hon. Gentleman for intrigues and partisanship were to he waved, as wholly " beside the ques tion"—(not a word was whispered about their being ridi culously false.) It was intimated as the only reason for -re jecting Sir C. M. Sutton, that the house had the r : _ght, and ought to exercise it, of electing a Speaker v-, nose po li t i cs spoke " the sense of the majority." This, indeed, was plunging from bad to worse. For so: d e days previously we had ourselves been endeavourin g to show that no such Speaker could be found as one who should speak the sense of the majority. But it was left for Lord Stanley to open a cross fire against tl - .ls same "great principle." He showed pretty clearly that it was one which the Whig Ministers themselves on tile two last occasions had not merely failed to recognize, but had, when it was proposed to them, ac tually and expressly condemned, declaring that "it was not a principle which ought to determine the election of a Speaker." Accordingly, in 1831 and 1833 the Whigs preferred Sir C. M. Sutton to the "great principle ;" wl - Jereas, now, " tirnabout being fair play," they extol the "principle," and sacrifice the object of their former re peated choice. But, Lord Stanley went a little further. Addressing himFAf to certain gentlemen among the majority which had thus been packed for the rejection of Sir C. M. Sutton, and of the principle on which the Whigs, as Mi nisters, had already acted, he tried the validity, or at least the good faith, of Mr. Abercromby's election, by the same test, and put to the gentlemen who flattered their own consciences that they were voting for a principle and not for a faction, and who justified their choice by the asser tion that they would elect a Speaker whose opinions should agree with theirs, whether they were prepared to avow " that Mr. Abercromby's principles were theirs"—that " his politics were theirs." Why even the Hon. Member for Surrey (Mr. Denison) could not say so. He could not say that Mr. Abercromby, whom he proposed as con curring in the sentiments of that majority of which Mr. Denison made one, did speak Mr. Denison's own senti ments, which were those of the old constitutional, not the speculative, Whigs. - Mr. Abercromby supported triennial Parliaments and the ballot, and had left it doubtful whe ther he did not prefer the " voluntary principle" in reli gion (that is, the exclusion of the poor from public wor ship) to a Church Establishment. Were these either positive or negative opinions, to which the real Whig Mem bers of the majority would bind themselves, as they must do in common consistency by their vote for Mr. Aber cromby ? Thus we find that the " great principle" was one which in the case of Sir C. M. Sutton, the Whigs had twice, bj electing him as Speaker, con demned ; and one which in the case of Mr. Aber cromby they would not dare to abide by. But there was another ground of objection to Sir Charles Man ners Sutton : he was a person, forsooth, of too de cided politics. He could not be an "impartial" Speaker. Then how did they relieve themselves from such . a difficulty ? By the choice of Mr. -Abercromby, as was triumphantly stated by Sir Robert Peel, "a member of the late Government, whose removal from office was to be speedily brought under the consideration of the House " a party concerned in e - .le of the most "important discussions about to occupy the House of Commons ; " and this was the " impartial" :_ipeaker of the Whigs ! But it seems Lord John Russell could not keep his word. He could not rest contented with his principle, or keep his nails off Sir C. M. Sutton's character, which he and his compeers had an nounced ostentatiously to be a subject " altogether beside the question," and which, in the outset of his speech he declared to be a the effect of discussing which might be to leave the House without " an option " in the choice of a Speaker. Notwithstanding this, a large portion of the latter end of the Noble Lord's speech (which we regret to say appears to us to be feeble in intellect and mean in spirit) was a direct attack upon the pretended partisanship of Sir C. M. Sutton, by his advice in Council and otherwise, in the teeth of the Right Hon. Gentleman's victorious defence, as it was of his Lordship's own preliminary declarations. Indeed, the me mory of the Noble Lord seems to possess a most accom modating imperfeaion. As he had made such use of his forgetfulness in the correspondence of a Right Rev. Bishop ; so he would with Sir Robert Peel's permission have turned the same faculty to no worse account in relation to Sir C. M. Sutton, denying that he had ever imputed to that right hon. gentleman an active part in advising the dissolution of Parliament, while we fear there is on record a certain writ ten address of the Noble Lord to Members of Parliament, declaring " his conviction that Sir C. M. Sutton had dis qualified himself for the chair by his attendance at the Council which advised the dissolution." We quote below a passage from the speech of Sir C. M. „Sutton in self-de fence, to show the utter fallacy and malignity of those charges respecting his supposed advice to change the nistry, on which Lord John Russell thought it not unbe coming to dwell, after he and his party had taken advantage of the professed intention to abandon them. Their idol "principle" gaped for a human sacrifice, and they offered up Sir C. M. Sutton. But the nation is used more barba rously than the P..ight Hon. Gentleman. The passage to which we allude, as reported in this journal yesterday, stood as follows :—" Now, as to the charge against him with re spect to the formation of the present Government, he would boldly and at once say, that with the exception of his knowledge, in common with the public, of the appoint ment of his Right Hon. friend Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, and the Duke of Wellington, he had never advised, he had never suggested, he never was in any way consulted, and he never knew of the appointment of any one individual till after it had taken place. So much with regard to that charge." Now this, though accurate in its general expression and meaning, may be liable to miscon struction by low and factious minds, which are to be found even more in high than in humble station. To prevent, therefore, the possibility of misunderstanding, we have pro cured a precise statement of the language of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He stated, that "although he knew, in common with the public, of the intended appointments of Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, and the Duke of Wellington, before those appointments had actually taken place, he never advised, or was consulted, or in any way in terfered about them ; and of all the subsequent appoint ments he was entirely ignorant till after each had been completed."—A more complete vindication never was ut tered.—Tinges. It is the advantage of arguing public questions upon principle, without any regard to party feelings or temporary purposes, that whether a cause so supported be successful or not its advocate has nothing to retract. Thus it is with reference to our support of Sir C. Manners Sutton, as the man the most fit and qualified of all men for the Chair of the new House of Commons. The success of his inex perienced opponent, in consequence of an artfully-excited party feeling, carried into effect by a coalition of Whigs and Radicals, makes no change in our opinions. We have nothing in that respect to alter or retract. Our opinion of the relative merits of the two competitors for the Speaker's Chair stands the same as it did. Nor can we abate a par ticle of the disgust which we before expressed for the con duct of those partisans of faction, who invented a mass of calumnies to serve the purpose of the election, and with drew them to prevent the accused from meeting responsible accusers face to face, an d cove ring them with shame and confusion. The errors, and even the prejudices of ho nourable adversaries we can respect. But malignant and conscious falsehood is no more a legitimate weapon of political conflict than the poisoned arrow is of civilized warfare. The false charges against Sir C. Manners Sutton were repeatedly put forward, as being not only Ca pable of proof, but being intended to be substantiated in the House of Commons. The poison having wrought its effects on the public mind, before an antidote could be ad ministered, the partisans, who were Members of the House, but, not being in the secret, believed those calumnies, were requested on the day before the election not to make any charges against the late Speaker, lest he might be thereby afforded an opportunity of refuting them. We ask the late Whig Attorney-General whether this be British justice ? We ask his Radical ally, Mr. Gully, once champion of the prize ring, whether this be British fair play? Indepen dently of the superior claims of the late Speaker to the Chair of the House of Commons, over every other person, we supported him upon the ground of obtaining for the King's Ministers a "fair trial." It is not true, as Mr. Denison stated, that the Melbourne Ministry was not tried. It was tried upon great measures ; the question of Irish tithe and the Coercion Bill. Upon both those questions it confesssed its own want of principle and capacity by placing itself in the hands of Mr. O'Connell, having allowed him to substi tute his own iniquitous Tithe Bill for the Ministerial one, ' and to expunge the clauses in the Coercion Bill directed against the political agitators of Ireland, while the severity of the law was allowed to remain in all its force for the chastisement of their dupes and victims, the ignorant and misguided peasantry. This, we think, was trial enough. If the present Ministers were to act with the same confessed weakness, want of principle, self-humiliation, and incapacity, upon the same questions, we should think that the sooner the Kin.- dismissed them from his councils the better. Such conduct was calculated, in its effects, to degrade the Crown, to undermine the Constitution, and to bring the integrity of the empire into danger. Though we wished the success of Sir C. Manners Sutton, for the reasons which we have stated, we stated no grounds of anticipated success upon any numerical data. We expressed our trust and confidence in the sense of justice and propriety of the House of Commons ; and if we thought too highly of the character of the present House of Commons, it was a ge nerous error, which the vote of Thursday evening dispelled. Our mistake was a complimentary one to the supposed good feeling and good sense of the newly-elected. Representatives of the people. We had not forgotten the charact^ - ,hfc c the Whig Ministers had given the late " -- -ke; for all .-aapea those talents and virtues that con' Chair. We had, it is true. , • , • , ... - ctignify and adorn the netnin the last four years, seen many instances of Wtg, inconsistency—some of them very gross—but we present - aonfess we did not think so poorly of the - - P ouse of Commons as to allow ourselves to be lieve that, in the face of the recorded and recent testi monies which the Whigs bad borne to the unrivalled merits of the Right Honourable Gentleman, they could, by any act of shameless inconsistency, without daring to state that he had done any thing to forfeit the high character which they then gave him, induce a majority of the repre sentatives of the people to set him aside, after a service of eighteen years, for an untried and inexperienced man. This we did not anticipate. Our adversaries accuse us of that which is equivalent to having had too easy a faith in the supposed high-mindedness and public virtue of the people's Representatives, a mistake which we hope they will forgive us. With respect to a large portion of that assembly, we are not likely soon to fall into a similar error again. We can now better understand what they mean by " public principle" than we did. If they carry the .same public principle into all other public questions, the nation is doomed to see its real business again neglected for the selfish con tentions and ambitious struggles of party. The alleged " principle" of having a Speaker whose political sentiments were in accordance with those ofthe majority was so ably dis posed of by Lord Stanley that not much can be added to strengthen his argument. If the Whigs were the majority of the present House, which they are not—if the Radicals were the majority, which they are not—in the former case, according to the " principle" laid down, a Whig should be in the Chair ; in the latter a Radical. Whigs and Radicals differ rather more widely in their principles than Whigs and Conservatives. Of which of those two parties, then, is the present Speaker the representative as to political opinion ? Whether lie be a Whig or a Ra dical, he represents only a minority of the House. If Mr. Wakley speaks the sentiments of the Radicals, the ma jority produced by the union of the two parties is not a union orpolitical sympathy. In the very moment that self-interest binds them together in one common object, mutual hatred and jealousy threaten some violent disruption of the unholy alliance. As to the pernicious effects of party feeling upon the choice of public men for offices of great trust and responsibility, we will here quote the words of Lord Brougham in the year 1828, relative to the un happy consequences of that party feeling, or intolerance, as we should call it, in depriving the country of the services of men the best qualified for eminent and arduous situations. On that occasion he spoke of judicial situations ; but the same principle is applicable to others. "If at the present moment," said Mr. (now Lord) Brougham, " the whole of Westminster Hall were to be called upon, in the event of any vacaney unfortunately occurring among the Chief Jus tices, to name the best man to fill it—to point out the indi vidual whose talents and integrity best deserved the situa tion—whose judicial exertions were the most likely to shed blessings on his country, can any one doubt for a moment whose name would be echoed on every,ride ? No ; there could be no question as to the individual to whom would point the common consent of those most competent to judge—but then he is known as a party man, and all his merits, were they even greater than they are, would be in vain extolled by his profeszion, and desiderated by his country. I reprobate this mischievous system, by which the empire loses the services of some _of the ablest, the most learned, and the most honest men within its bounds." We reprobate the same system, and for the same reasons which in the above passage are so forcibly expressed. The House of Commons exhibited, on Thursday, a striking example of the effects of that mischievous system which Lord Brougham described as preventing the merited eleva tion of Lord Abinger to the highest judicial situation in his own Court many years ago. Such arc the injurious conse quences to the publice service, of that party-favouritism which undervalues the highest qualification for office, in comparison with the party merit of an " accordance in po litical sentiment."—Morning Herald. We have great satisfaction in being enabled confidently to state that the vote of the House of Commons on the election of its Speaker will not affect in the slightest degree the course which his Majesty's Government had determined to pursue. The present Ministers assumed the reins of Go vernment in the determination to propose such measures of reform and improvement in the civil and eccles s ti na l insti tutions of the State, as will, in their jude . ;,, e ni, conduce to the public welfare. Those measure; -his Majesty's Minis ters will still propose, in the fi!:, n - reliance, a reliance in no degree diminished or imp::, r 6a by anything that has taken place, that they wilt- 'tie found worthy of the approbation and support of t'ie Legislature and of the country. They will not antLeipate any factious obstruction to the steady march a patriotic Administration, calmly and zea lously pursuing such measures as we have described ; but should such obstructions be interposed to their progress, they will be found prepared, neverthe less, resolutely to encounter, and triumphantly to surmount them. What the nation requires is a Government liberal and energetic, firm, skilful, and con scientious ; and the present Administration is determined to show that it can be everything that the nation requires. Against such a Government the arts of faction must be practised in vain, or with no other effect than that of ren dering faction at once odious and weak—the antagonist of a beneficent Government, the enemy of a rational and en lightened people. The above general intimation of the de termination of his Majesty's Government may suffice to dissipate any momentary apprehensions which the unex pected vote of the House of Commons on the election of its Speaker may have occasioned. We have no desire to enter into the speculations in which some of our contemporaries have indulged, as to the course to be adopted in certain contingencies, which are, we hope and believe, in the highest degree improbable. It is manifestly premature to speak at present of a new appeal to the people, because there is at present no reason to believe that the existing House of Commons, by a factious resistance to measures of a popular and beneficial character, or a factious opposition to the Minis ters by whom such measures have been introduced, will incur the hazard of being thrown back upon a constituent body whose disapprobation they must have incurred, and whose confidence they must have forfeited, by a line of con duct at once so wicked and so absurd. The Government will.be.strong in proportion as the measures it may have to propose shall be found entitled to the approbation of the nation ; and in this strength it may set all the arts and all the violence of the most cunning and powerful faction at defiance, should that faction comprehend even a numerical majority .of the existing House of Commons. Some gra tuitous wrath has, we perceive, been expended by certain journals in the interest of the Destructives upon an idea of their own conception, that the present House of Commons will be short-lived. The idea is, we hope, entirely erro neous ; for we will not abandon our expectation that the new House of Commons will so conduct itself, upon the whole, that its longevity may be universally regarded as a public interest of much impo r tan c e. It i s on ly thus that a Representative Assembly can entitle itself to length of days. There is something remarkably inconsistent in deed in the trembling anxiety expressed by some of our Whig-Radical contemporaries for the existence of the new House of Commons, when considered in conjunction with their undisguised and laborious efforts to displace the pee sent Ministers of the Crown, since it must be evident to the most careless and superficial observer, that the very first step of any Administration by which the present Govern ment could possibly be succeeded, must of necessity be a dissolution of Parliament. Nobody can surely be so fool ish as to imagine that the Melbourne Ministry, if reinstated to-morrow, or that an O'Connell, Hume, and Wakley Ministry, or that a Ministry constituted of any conceivable combination of these two parties, could go on with the present House of Commons for the space of a week. Why, then, this silly affectation of horror and resentment at the bare idea of the present Parliament being brought to an early end, when the accomplishment of the single object for which those who exhibit this ridiculous affecta tion toil incessantly, night and day, must of necessity pro duce, as one of its first effects, the very result at which they manifest so much dread ? The present House of Commons enjoys its existence by the same tenure a s every f ormer House of Commons. r lt will live just so long as the Sovereign, with the advice of his Majesty's responsible ser vants, shall judge its protracted existence to be conducive to the national welfare. Longer than this it ought not to live. Those who express so much groundless apprehension lest the new House of Commons should fall in early youth would, however, do well to recollect that if the present Ad ministration may dissolve it whenever they think such a measure essential to the welfare of the St a t e , any other I THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1835. Administration that can possibly be formed must dissolve it forthwith, let their opinion of the public utility of that pro ceeding be what it may.—Morning Post. Never did any House of Commons so completely answer the expectations of the country as the present one by its vote of Thursday night. That vote has done it immortal honour—it will be received with applause through the em pire, and registered in history as one of the most glorious effects resulting from the Reform Bill. The people, who, have been too long delayed and deluded in their hopes of obtaining that which is their just right, viz., the re formation of the Church—the reduction and equaliza tion of taxation—the abolition of all useless places and unmerited pensions —the reform of the law, and Of the corporate institutions of the land--will with joy believe that now the word of promise is not only to be kept to the ear, but UT: m( l i n th e hope. But although the House has for ever, the effort s measures - 6 gnus blasted , andted, as we trust of the Tory faction, it has as yet many. ~, • . a grave, vital, and most interesting nature to: It must, to preserve its consistency—to maintain its honour—to speak the voice of the people—when the address is to be agreed upon—come to a vote, that it has no confidence—that the country has none—that it never can have any in the present Ministry. This done—we think the Duke—the military dictator—Sir' Robert and his colleagues may quit office, and retire for ever from public life. They have done enough to immortalise their names—they may now leave the political stage to other, more liberal, more reasonable, and patriotic men ; and t'ien their country may esteem them, not for any good they have done or intend to do, but simply because they have not become the perpetrators of mischief—the forcers of a revolution—the real precursors of confusion, dismay, and bloodshed. The intense anxiety manifested to ascer tain the result of Thursday night's debate is a proof that the country is alive to the course pursued by the present House, and we hope every liberal constituency throughout the kingdom will watch the conduct of its representatives, and if they do well to encourage them by a cordial and affectionate approbation, and if they waver or do ill to remind them—they hold their trust solely and exclusively to promote the interests of the Empire.—Morning Ad vertiser. The vote of Thursday has demonstrated the weakness of Ministers in the present Parliament. On no conceivable question could they have obtained so many votes as on that of the Speakership. It has been well observed by an evening contemporary (the Globe), that— " It is perfectly clear that all those who voted against Sir C. Sutton must be ranked as decided opponents of the present Admi nistration ; but the converse of the proposition will not hold good ; for there can be no doubt that many Members supported the late Speaker from considerations of a personal nature, who will yet generally be found in opposition to the Government. And when it is remembered that, in addition to honest though erring votes which have on this occasion been given to the enemy, the whole Punic phalanx of the irresolute and interested must now have acquired a conscientious conviction which is the stronger side, we feel it is impossible to exaggerate the consequences of this strike at the outset." We should attribute the confident assurances of victory held out by Ministers and their retainers to the last, to pure fraud, if we had not evidence that all through they have laboured under a delusion with respect to the real state of opinion throughout the country. If the Opposi tion had had the slightest doubt as to their real strength, it may be questioned whether they ought to have corn , menced with the question of the Speakership. But as they possessed correct information on this subject, they displayed their wisdom in meeting Ministers on the most unfavour able ground for themselves, because by so doing they de ' monstrated, in a manner not to be mistaken, the utter weakness of Ministers, and the impossibility of their carry ing on the Government of the country in any conceivable case with the present Parliament. The decisive blow has been struck. The brand of ignominy has been stamped on the Administration. The country spurns them. The vote of Thursday is a conviction on a trial which had before taken place. Ministers might be believed had they not been already tried and known ; but being known, they are not trusted. Colonel Charteris might well deem ten thousand pounds not ill bestowed on a new character ; for when bad men are known, they must be fools indeed who allow themselves to be deceived by them. The principles and actions of Minis ters are known to the country ; and if these principles and actions have rendered them odious, the affected abandon ment of them only adds hypocrisy to their other sins. The wolf may abjure his fondness for mutton, but the shepherd will not, on the faith of his abjuration, give him the range of the fold. If Ministers cannot face Parliament, what can they do ? They can resign. This is the course which common sense prescribes. But if they had been wise or well-informed, they never would have taken office, What can they do ? Without the sanction of Parliament, no Ministry can carry on the Government of this country. The sinews of war must be obtained, and the House of Commons hold the purse-strings. It is quite clear • that from the present House of Commons a shil -1 ling they never will obtain. Common sense dic tates to a man to take to the door when the • alternative is ejectment by the window. The Standard, which acknowledges that " the reverse was wholly unexpected" on its part, and makes " no reserve in the confession of mortification and disappointment," affects, in a sequel to the article in which it thus gave vent to its mortification and disappointment, to have, like Satan, taken " courage from despair."—" Since writing what precedes (says our contemporary), we have been gratified by a full confirmation of our view of the line which Ministers will take. They will assuredly nail their colours to the mast, and leave to their enemies the responsibility of destroying what remains of the British Constitution. This is the wisest as well as the most patriotic policy." We never be fore knew that the will of Ministers was the British Con stitution. This may be the Tory version of the Constitu tion, but it.. is not, assuredly, that which is known to the people of England. But we cannot see where the mast is, to which Ministers can nail their co. lours. The present Parliament rejects them. On the question of all others the least favourable to the Oppo sition, Ministers have been signally beaten. Their citadel has been stormed. What are we to understand by the threat ? Is it an idle threat ? Is it the last shift of desperate men—an attempt to work on the fears of Mem bers unwilling to face their constituents ? But the class on whom such a threat could operate, is included in the mi nority in favour of Sir Charles Manners Sutton. Are we to understand, then, that Ministers really intend to favour' the country with a new reading of the British Constitution ? That House of Commons after House of Commons is to be dismissed, till they can find one willing to yield blind obedience to their mandates—to register their edicts, as it were ? But, if they were even willing to expose the coun try to the perils of incessant agitation—if they could even make up their minds to sacrifice the prosperity of our in dustrious population by the turmoils of perpetual elec tions—there is a barrier which, it appears to us, they cannot pass. They must have money, and they must have the Mutiny Bill. Archimedes could have moved the world, could he have obtained a station for his machinery. We do not see where Ministers can make their first stand. We admit, that, after the folly of which they have already been guilty, the country can only derive its security from difficulties which they cannot surmount. We apprehend, however, that in this case we are bound to allow nothing for the prudence of Ministers. The Constitution has op posed limits to their power to work mischief. Though we really do not see in what way Ministers can give effect to the intentions attributed to them by the Standard, and though we do not believe that Sir Robert Peel in particular is sufficiently insane to adopt the criminal projects which more desperate men might propose, we still think that the country ought to be prepared for the worst. The electors should, among other possible events, assume that there may be a dissolution of the present Parliament. Their course is obvious. They should everywhere form committees for elec tion purposes,--and above all things, make arrange ments for securing proper candidates in such places as are not now properly represented. Where the independent electors have been swamped by venal votes—where wolves in sheeps' clothing have entered the fold—where supposed Reformers have turned out Trimmers and Waverers, changes should be contemplated. The division list on the question of Speaker has been of essential service to the country in this respect, that it supplies a ready test to the• Reformers. The funds needed to carry on the war ought to be immediately provided, so that there may be no slack ness when the fight begins. The late election is too fresh in-the recollection of electors, not to suggest to them many valuable lessons both as to what ought to be done, and what ought to be avoided, in another. The Committees ought to go to work immediately, to ascertain their strength ; and this will enable them to take the necessary steps with certainty. The King is unfortunately in the hands of dangerous advisers, and every true friend of our Constitutional Monarchy must deeply regret the mad and reckless course on which these advisers have entered. It is a heavy calamity to the country to have at the helm of state steersmen on whom no reliance can be safely placed. The more influential electors ought everywhere to make their neighbours acquainted with the revolutionary plans of the Tories. They may be assured that the men who abandoned, at a day's notice, all the prin c ipl es w hi c h they had till then maintained, and professed a readiness to adopt a policy which they had always loudly condemned, are not only not sincere, but capable of any mischief, on finding their hypocrisy unavailing, should the means for per petrating it be at their command. All good and loyal Constitutional subjects ought to watch attentively the con duct of Ministers, in order to forward, if necessary, with as little delay as possible, their dutiful addresses to the King, conveying to his Majesty their well-founded apprehensions on account of the dangerous courses of his servants. By faithfully representing to the King their sense of the real danger to the Throne and all our institutions, with which we are threatened by the traitorous Tories, who, would sa- crifice everything- to their selfish designs, his Majesty may again become the saviour of his country. The people will rally round th e th rone o f a C o n s titutional Monarch, who will see that their affection is his best safeguard. The people of these kingdoms are too wise to wish to endanger the stability of the Throne ; hut they are at the same time too enlightened to submit .to be governed according to a policy they detest, and by men who set public opinion at defiance.—Morning Chronicle. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. PEARSON. This information relates to a dissenting meeting-house, at Wolverh th am at p h to i n, the contention being whether a charity foundedotherin information 1701, for for the worship and service of God," should be devoted to the doctrines of the Trinity or to Unitarianism. Mr, ROLFE, for the defendants, suggested a preliminary ob , ._ ; o e n l o a u ti r na ha:i . ng been counsel in 1817 in an jection,4, the same charity, and involving the matter now to be brought before 1.1.: Court, could not hear ' 1 -^* the Judges the cause, it being at present well understood tn._ 3, ad would not s it i n j u d gmen t u p on an y case i n w hich they .... been personally engaged as counsel. His HONOUR could not tax his memory with the details of a case that had occurred seventeen years ago. He did not con ceive it was competent for him to decline, for the reason sug gested, the burden of this cause. The cause stands over for a week. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. ARTER AND OTHERS V. GREGORY. This was an action to recover the sum of 1191. 165., being the value of a quantity of barley shipped on board the (Om fierce, of which the'defendant was the owner. The Commerce, Captain Yco, was employed in trading between Barnstaple and Bristol ; and in January, last year, the defendants shipped on board of that vessel a quantity of barley ; and after the manifest was obtained from the Custom-house ten cases of oranges, in addition to several woolpacks and empty soap-chests were placed on the deck. The pilot went on board and took the vessel down to Appledore, where a quantity of sand was placed in some of the boxes to trim the vessel, as the head was rather toe much in the water. Another pilot then took charge of the vessel, in consequence of there being a ground swell, and left it when it arrived at Ilfracombe. When the vessel came in sight of the Holmes Lighthouse the wind was blowing fresh from the south-west, and the master went below to take his tea. The weather, however, suddenly changed, and became hazy, and when the Captain came up he perceived that the vessel was out of its course, and near the land. He immediately ordered the helm to be put down, and he himself assisted in pulling up the mainsail At that moment the wind changed to the south, and became very slack, which was the cause of the vessel not answering, in consequence of which the vessel struck on the rock, and be came a wreck. The witnesses for the plaintiff stated that the deck was too heavily timbered, and that in consequence of that fault it was not possible for the sailors properly to work the ship. The Jury, after deliberating for some time, returned a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1091. 16s. The Jury then stated that they had had considerable difficulty in coming to a decision, and they begged him to make a note of that statement in his book. EXCHEQUER COURT. GILL V PAULETT. This was an action against a Frenchman for an assualt. The defendant pleaded, severally, the general issue, that he struck plaintiff in self-defence, and that plaintiff had committed a tresspass. _ Mr. • ADOLPHUS stated that the plaintiff bad been reduced from affluent circumstances to poverty, and that he had married a woman who had a daughter of a previous husband. This girl, who was about fifteen or sixteen, had been sent out to service. She was employed by the defendant, on whom it seems her appearance made a favourable impression, and the girl took lodgings, at the suggestion of the defendant, in Rose street, Soho, in the house of a Mrs. Efford, who kept a beer shop, and there defendant was in the habit of visiting her. Her parents not seeing her for some time, made inquiries, and at length discovered where she was living, and they went to defendant's house, accompanied by Mrs. Efford. They there saw the defendant's wife, and she sent for her husband. On his coming in plaintiff began to speak about his daughter, upon which the defendant took him by the throat, struck him violently against a glass door, by which some panes were demolished, pushed him into the street, and gave him a kick at parting. Mr. Baron PARKE summed up, and the jury found a verdict for the defendant. CONSISTORY COURT. CHICK V. RANISDALE AND CHICK, FALSELY CALLING HERSELF RAIVISDALE. In this case the office of Judge was promoted in order to set a marriage aside on the ground of incest. The King's Advo cate, in support of the application for a sentence of a nullity of marriage, stated the facts as follows : In 1795 Charles Goodlar,d was married to Jane Gale, and the issue of the marriage was two daughters, Ann and Joan. The party in the suit, Mr. Ramsdale, married' Ann, who died in 1824, leaving him a widower. Joan was also married, but survived her husband, and on the 11th of July last year Mr. Ramsdale married Joan, the other sister, then a widow. The office of the Judge was promoted to set aside this marriage, as being of an incestuous nature, Mr. Ramsdale having married two sisters. Dr. LUSIIINGTON said the case was of a difficult nature, and upon the material points varied. He would take time to make up his mind upon them. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Mr. Thomas Archer, the comedian, formerly of Drury lane, and late of the Surrey Theatre, came up to take his " benefit" of the Act, and was unopposed. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER interrogated the peti tioner. He inquired of him what was his particular line in the drama ? He replied that he was what was termed a " tra gedian." In answer to further interrogatories it appeared that Mr. Archer was discharged under the Act in the year 1826 ; he returned to Drury-lane Theatre, where he remained for a sh or t t i me , an d t h en qu i tte d for America. He had visited and exhibited in nearly all parts of the world. He had been in France, Belgium, Germany, and other parts of the Continent. He was absent five years, and at the time of his arrest was engaged at the Surrey Theatre. He said he was arrested in the theatre. The Learned COMMISSIONER perceived he had a handsome wardrobe, and that some of his theatrical dresses were at hotels on the Continent, where " rude hands" had been laid on them. He asked, what had Mr. Davidge in his possession ? The insolvent said Mr. Davidge, the proprietor of the Surrey Theatre, was a creditor in the schedule for 201. He took a benefit at that house, and there was a deficiency in the receipts of 201., for which his dresses were detained. -He considered them worth about that sum. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER remarked that he supposed Mr. Davidge had what was termed in law a lien on them. It was stated to the Court that a creditor for 1001. could not be found to be served with notice, and the insolvent said he had borrowed that sum of a lady some years ago, and was igno rant of her residence. The COURT thought it an extraordinary circumstance. The insolvent assured the Court that it was a fact. He had not heard of her for several years, and he never knew her exact address. He was discharged. The Court rose till Monday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH- STREET. The sister of Thomas Edwards, the blind organist, who, it will be recollected, projected and accomplished the confine ment of Mr. Gee, and for which offence he was afterwards tried, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, applied for an order to see her brother at the House of Correction, Cold bath-fields, where he is at present undergoing the term of his sentence. The day not being the usual one for granting or ders of this description, and the Magistrates generally making it a rule not to give an order on any but those stated by the Visiting Justices, unless in particular cases, such as serious illness, &c. Mr. HARDWICK asked the applicant to state the grounds upon which she claimed the order. She said that her brother Ed wards had, for some months past, completely lost the use of his limbs, so that he was obliged to be lifted in arid out of bed. His bodily health was also so impaired, through fretting and excessive grief, that he was almost worn to a skeleton ; and it was the opinion of every person who saw him, that he could not survive the period of his imprisonment. Mr. HA nnwicK, under these circumstances, at once granted the order ; and while the officer was making it out the appli cant, in answer to a question put to her, said that Mrs. Can ning had visited her (applicant's) brother, Edwards, on the Friday before, and had rendered him all th e ass i s t ance s h e could since his conviction. THAMES OFFICE. Yesterday a tall seamen named Mark Brady, formerly be longing to the Mercury, a Newcastle collier, was brought be fore Mr. Broderip for final examination, on a charge of felo niously wounding Robert Dixon, his shipmate, with intent to murder him, on the night of the 22d of October last, since which time the prisoner has been in custody, the life of the wounded man having, until within the last few days, been despaired of. Dixon was now brought from the hospital for the first time to give evidence, and was accommodated with a chair. The short facts of the case are these, as detailed by Dixon and several other witnesses. On the night in question the parties went ashore, and a quarrel took place between the prisoner and Dixon's brother, and they exchanged some blows. Dixon and the prisoner afterwards fought opposite a public house, but were parted by a policeman before any mischief was d one . B ra d y soon afterwards went on board, and Dixon followed about an hour afterwards, and on reaching the deck asked who was on b o ard ? Dixon was on the second s t ep o f t h e companion ladder when Brady got up, and before Dixon was aware of him he seize d a long and heavy handspike, and gave Dixon a severe blow on the head. Dixon fell backwards, and was insensible for Meer , hours until the operation of trepanning was per formed, ,his skull having been extens i ve l y fractured, the fall hay ing been heard by his shipmates a Thames Police galley was _hailed, the crew of which found the unfortunate man lying 012 the deck apparently lifeless, and the blood streaming front a dreadful wound on the head. Spo r l e , a con. stable, observed to the prisoner, " Why, you have murdered the man." Whereupon he coolly observed, " I have done it, I have done it ; I don't care if you hang me for it.' He after wards acknowledged he had struck Dixon with the handspike. The wounded man was bled and taken to the hospital, and the case on being admitted was thought to be a hopeless, one ; but by the extraordinary skill of the surgeons of the institution, who have at various times removed seven or eight pieces of bone from the skull, the man's life has been preserved, though it will be a long while before he is able to work. Mr. Paul Vickermann, a surgical pupil, described the wound to be a very extensive fracture of the skull, and a rup ture of the spinous artery, attended with a great effusion of blood on the dura mater. Mr. Adams had used the trephine, and removed many pieces of the depressed bone. The life of the patient had been in the most imminent danger. He was admitted into the institution on the 22d of October last, and the cure was now only in progress. The witness then unco vered the man's head, which presented a most shocking spec tacle, and referred the Magistrates' attention to the parts where the pieces of bone had been removed. Mr. BRODERIP said the surgeons had performed a most sur prising cure. It was a great triumph of medical art. The prisoner in his defence said that Dixon and his brother 1 -4 beaten him ashore, and that when the former came on " AallenFed him to fight, calling him many opprobri board, he induced him to quit his berth, and he ous epithets. unto -. thinking that Dixon would use it. threw the handspike away, surgeon if it was likely such Mr. BRODFRIP inquired of the "-- --ident. a wound could have been inflicted by at , . very heavy blow Mr. Vickermann said it must have been a on the top of the man's head. In answer to a question by Mr. BRODERIP, Dixon dent,- challenging the prisoner to fight, or standing in a fighting attitude. Mr. BRODERIP said the case was a most serious one, and committed the prisoner for trial on the capital charge of mali ciously wounding, with intent to murder. IRELAND. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The Athlone Independent, received yesterday, furnishes the following further particulars relative to a most barbarous trans action :—" On the night of Monday, the 2d instant, a woman named Bridget Ryan was murdered in a most barbarous man ner by her husband, Michael Ryan, and a man named Collins, within half a mile of Dunmore, in the county Galway, under the following circumstances:—On the night in question, the two persons alluded to brought the deceased from her lodgings at Learne, in order, as they stated, to settle her in service, which they pretended to have secured for her in Ballindign, in the county Mayo. After drinking some whiskey at Collins's of which they made her partake, they proceeded on the road to Dunmore, about four miles, when they induced her to cross the fields, as they stated it was a short cut. On entering the field, Collins struck her with a reaping-hook over the right ear, whilq at the same moment her husband, Michael Ryan, struck her with a stone over, the left ear, which brought her lifeless to the ground ; they then carried her to a river that was convenient, where Collins literally severed her head from her body. and threw it and the trunk into the water, where the body and head were found at some distance apart the following morning. Mr. Hostey, Coroner, from Tuam, attended with several magistrates, and after an inquest, which lasted till Sa turday at noon, the Jury brought in a verdict of Murder against Collins and Ryan, who were fully committed for trial at the ensuing Assizes. The body was interred on Saturday night. Ryan seems very penitent, and confesses the crime, but Collins, who ie fifty years of age, continues quite har dened. _ _ Extract of a Letter, dated Charlemont, Feb. 7, 1835. " This county (Armagh) is still in a most disturbed state. Last night information came to C. Atkinson, C. C. P., that a house was wrecked, windows broken, &c. ; when Mr. A. pro ceeded immediately with only five policemen, the rest being on duty, and succeeded in arresting four individuals , whom he brought into town. Several attempts were made to rescue them e and his horse beaten by the mob. An investigation took place this morning before Mr. Jones, Chief Magistrate, and Mr. Olphert, J. P., when they committed four to Armagh gaol. Mr. A. was obliged to send a party back last night with the informant, and upon their arriving there, the priso ners' friends had again broken into the house, and cut a poor old woman of eighty severely, and .wrecked several houses belonging to friends of the informant. The i?olice and Mr. A. patrol the roads every night—Newry Teleqrapit. MURDER AGAlN.—Sunday last the Mayor held an inqZ est at the County Infirmary, on view of the body of Timothy Hour,, gan, of Turagh. The principal witness was his wife, who deposed that her husband had left home in the morning, for Abington, to attend a summons from the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Inquiry, and that she discovered him on the road in the evening in a senseless state, after a severe beat ing. He was removed to the hospital, and died there of a fracture on the head. Verdict, " Wilful murder against a person or persons unknown."—Yesterday the Mayor held an inquest at the same place, on the body of Michael Dooly, a grown youth, who was killed at a smith's forge in Kilteely by the blow of a hammer, which one Patrick Shinners inflicted under great excitement. Verdict accordingly. A FIRE IN THE WOODS. The following appalling account of one of these scenes of devastation is given by Mr. Audubon, as he received _it from the mouth of a wood-cutter : " We were sound asleep one night, in a cabin about a hundred miles fcom this, when about two hours before day, the snorting of the horses and lowing of the cattle which I had ranged in the woods, suddenly awakened us. I took yon rifle, and went to the door to see what beast had caused the hubbub, when I was struck by the glare of light reflected on all the trees before me, as far as I could see through the woods. My horses were leaping about, snorting loudly, and the cattle ran amongst them with their tails raised straight over their backs. On going to the back of the house, I plainly heard the crackling made by the burning brushwood, and saw the flames coming towards us in a far extended line. I ran to the house, told my wife to dress herself and the child as quickly as possible, and take the little money we had, while I managed to catch and saddle the two best horses. All this was done in a very short time, for I guessed that every moment was pre cious to us. "We then mounted, and made off from the fire. My wife, who is an excellent rider, stuck close to me ; my daughter, who was then a small child, I took in one arm. When making off, as I said, I looked back, and saw that the frightful blaze was close upon us, and had already laid hold of the house. By good luck, there was a horn attached to my hunting clothes, and I blew it, to bring after us, if pos sible, the remainder of my live stock, as well as the dogs. The cattle followed for a while ; but, before an hour had elapsed, they all ran as if mad through the woods, and that, Sir, was the last of them. My dogs, too, though at other times extremely tractable, ran after the deer that in bodies sprung before us, as if fully aware of the death that was so rapidly approaching. " We heard blasts from the horns of our neighbours, as we proceeded, and knew that they were in the same predi cament. Intent on striving to the utmost to preserve our lives, I thought of a large lake, some miles off, which might possibly check the flames ; and urging my wife to whip up her horse, we set off at full speed, making the best way we could over the fallen trees and the brush heaps, which lay like so many articles placed on purpose to keep up the ter rific fires that advanced with a broad front upon us. " By this time we could feel the heat : and we were afraid that our horses would drop every instant. A sin gular kind of breeze was passing over our head, and the glare of the atmosphere shone over the day light. I was sensible of a slight faintness, and my wife looked pale. The heat had produced such a flush in the child's face, that when she turned towards either of us, our grief and perplexity were greatly increased. Ten miles, you know, are soon gone over, on swift horses ; but, notwithstanding this, when we reached the borders of the lake, covered with sweat and quite exhausted, our hearts failed us. The heat of the smoke was insufferable, and sheets of blazing fire flew over us in a manner beyond belief. We reached the shores, however, coasted the lake for a while, and got round to the lee side. There we gave up our horses, which we never saw again. Down among the rushes we plunged by the edge of the water, and laid ourselves flat, to wait the chance of es caping from being burnt or devoured. The water refreshed us, and we enjoyed the coolness. " On went the fire, rushing and crashing through the woods. Such a sight may we never see ! The heavens themselves I thought were frightened, for all above us was a red glare, mixed with clouds of smoke, rolling and sweep ing away. Our bodies were cool enough, but our heads were scorching, and the child, who now seemed to under stand the mattes, cried so as nearly to break our hearts. " The day passed on, and we became hungry. Many wild beasts came plunging into the water beside us, and others swam across to our side and stood still. Although faint and weary, I managed to shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed I cannot tell you how. Smouldering fires covered the ground, and the trees stood like pillars of fire, or fell across each other. The stifling and sickening smoke still rushed over us. How we got through that night I really cannot tell, for about some of it I remember nothing. " Towards morning, although the heat did not abate, the smoke became less, and blasts of fresh air sometimes made their way to us. When morning came, all was calm, but a dismal smoke still filled the air, and the smell seemed worse than ever. We were now cooled enough, and shivered as if in an ague fit ; so we removed from the water, and went up to a burning log, where we warmed ourselves. What was to become of us I did not know. My wife hugged the child to her breast, and wept bitterly ; but God had preserved us through the worst of the danger, and the flames had gone past, so I thought it would be both ungrateful to Him, and unmanly to despair now. Hunger once more pressed upon us, but this was easily re medied. Several deer were still standing in the water, up to the head, and I shot one of them. Some of its flesh was soon roasted ; and, after eating it, we felt wonderfully strengthened. By this time the blaze of the fire was beyond our sight, although the ground was still burning in many places, and it was dangerous to go among the burnt trees. After rest ing awhile, and trimming ourselves, we prepared to com mence our march. Taking up the child, I led the way over the hot ground and rocks ; and after two, weary days and nights, durinc , which we shifted in the best manner we could, we at last reached the hard woods,' which had been free of the fire. Soon after we came to a house, where we were kindly treated for a while. Since, then, Sir, I have worked hard and ',..onstantly as a, lumberer ; but, thanks be to God, here we are safe, sound, and happy." HORRORS OF THE SLAVE TRADE• The following description of a cruel manoeuvre practised on board a slave vessel, to divert the chase of a frigate, is given in " The Unfortunate Man," a Novel, by Captain Chathier, just published : " It is a chance, and the only chance," said the Captain, " and no one will care a pin about the business if we get away." " Oh, yes," said the mate, " if we could only get away Why, to be sure, I should not be so slack in stays myself, but that confounded vessel sails well, and we are evidently losing ground fast." " Well," said Smith, " let the worst be the worst, that is our capture and the fore-yard-arm. I will be responsi ble since you fear, and seeing, as I do, that the taking of the Rapid is at once the downfall of myself and family, I am resolved to have one chance more of escape. If we can go on until night, the frequent squalls may allow us to try another manoeuvre, which may prove more fortunate than ott. • • • last ; and if the bait does not tempt sufficiently, why we are only saving one or two human beings from a life of misery." said ,; * lie mate, " I'm agreed. Forward there," Well" said he. . _ " Sir," answered a rongb-looking fellow. " Jump down," said the Captain, " and hoist up one or two empty casks, and send the cooper aft with his tools." " Ay, ay, Sir," responded a man witl.l all the indifference of a sailor. The cooper soon made his appearance ; in five minutes s tile- empty casks were on deck, the heads of both were taken out, and the cooper set to work to cut out a circle large enough for a man's neck. The mate, who was a handy fellow of all work, began at one cask, and the car tain stood by, urging the workmen to use every despatch- The breeze had freshened, and we held our own pretty well with the stranger ; at any rate I was fearful that she did not gain upon us very rapidly. In the mean time, both cooper and assistant worked away with the greatest indif ference, and no human eye could have detected the slightest Variation of countenance in the mate, although he was fully aware of the desperate act about to be committed. When the casks were ready, the upper hoops were taken off, so as to allow the cooper to place the heads in when required. A pig of iron ballast was fastened in each cask, and then it was that the mate said in a firm voice : " Now, Sir, we are ready. If you are still determined , d—n me if you shall ever say that John Collins was afraid when death was at hand." The captain's son had been all along watching the move ments of the cooper, but was quite in ignorance of the in tention of his father. Once, indeed, he asked what was the hole cut in the head of the cask for ; but be was told to be silent, in a tone of voice which set me shaking like $ monkey in frosty weather. " Bring one of the slaves upon deck," said the captain; " and, do you hear ? pick out a lively and a slim one. The slave was brought unshackled upon deck : he, looked round him with surprise, and yet with indifference ; his de was sunken from care and from sickness, and his poor ema ciated form had qualified him to come forward in the capa city alluded to. " He's the liveliest we can find, sir," said one of the sea men ; for he was the only one who was talking, and I fancy he is as slim as any one of the rest ; but for that matter we shall have no trouble to find another." " Oh then," said his son, " try my black wife." • " Ah !" ejaculated the Captain. That would do just as well," said the mate ;" so . bring her aft ; here's you're not the first in the world who would like to get so sure a divorce." z lway went that incarnate devil, and in two minutes he was seen .ugging along his miserable victim by the hair of the head : ono ,or two more of that sex tame on deck, but were instantly seni below again. " Here, you Ganjam, jump in the cask, ay.(' show this young lady how she is to sit, for none but the devil can talk the negro language." I did as I was desired, and then got out again. The girl was then told to do as I had done ; but she hesitated , as if warned by some unseen power of the danger whirl* awaited her. As she could not succeed the first time' I was desired 'to place her properly,' which I did. Tile cooper was told to fix the head in, fitting the part about her neck. " Come, down with you," said the mate ; " now, cooper , fit-an-lier-necklacc, and take • care it does not fit too tight , for she is going into strange company." The remorse of conscience which had at first exhibited itself in this worthy associate of the captain's, had entirely vanished : like many others who, having made one false step, from that instant fly to the other extreme. Thus we not unfrequently see women whose virtues have been sacri ficed, suddenly assume the open countenance of vice, and from being modest and reserved, become shameless and im pudent. The last stroke of the mallet had driven home the upper hoop of the cask ; the poor girl, who imagined, perhaps , that some kind of amusement was to follow, kept laughing and smiling, and vainly endeavoured to make us understand her delight, as she poured forth a volume of words. The Captain had walked aft and called the mate : the stranger, had evidently gained so much, that in two hours she wo uld have had us under her guns ; and after remarking this aloud, the former said, " Well, it is ohr - Only alternative; but, used as I am to scenes of horror, I cannot bear to see a person smile, when stulh a chance awaits them." " The stranger," said the. master, "is right astern, and it is impossible for them not to ,see the cask ; now let us see if their christian charity can overeone their love of prie money. If you intend to do it, we hate no time to lose. " Do it !" said the Captain. The mate walked to the gangway, and ptit the cask close to the side. It was now that the poor imprisoned wretch imagined her destiny ; she gave a shriek so loud and. Pie r ' cing, that every slave below startled at the sound, and, er e she could continue her loud cry for mercy, the mate and oae of the seamen had lifted the cask clear of the side, and, it brating it one and twice, the third time they relinquishe d their grasp, and the poor creature, who had been sold t° enrich others, now found herself the victim for their security' The cask,* when it fell into the water, twirled round an d round with fearful rapidity, but, owing to the ballast, it al ways kept end up, leaving the girl's head plainly visible. He r eye, whenever the twirl of the cask allowed it to rest on the ship, had more of imploring mercy than the words of the most frightened convict ; she screamed for pity—alas ! pity was not known to those who had purchased her life : safety, was the only thought which occupied her half-ma derer's mind. The freshness of the breeze, the noise occa sioned by the rapidity of the vessel's way, soon predomi nated, and the shriek of the negro girl was lost in the disc tance. The eyes of the crew now rested on the cask ; th e Captain kept his glass steadily fixed on what the ma te , called the water-nymph, and a quarter of an hour woe? decide the fate of the girl, the Rapid, and the Captain' Then was conjecture at its utmost. The cask, being small' appeared ,at a greater distance than the stranger, and as' from the slight variation in steering, and the send o f the sea, the cask was to leeward of the vessel, it was imagi ne that either the negress had passed unseen, or was left to inevitable death, the spirit of gain having predominat e ' over the spirit of charity. But it was only the fears of the villains which could have harboured such an idea ; f e j t sailors are generally the most humane beings alive, anui when a woman is alive, they would risk more than anY the biped race. * The whole of this story is founded on fact. It wag Majesty's ship the Eden, I believe, that picked up the negrei turned adrift, as is related. BIRTHS. In Glasgow College, the wife of Dr. Badham, Professor of Air dicine in that Uersity, of a son. On the 18th inst., at her father's house, Reading, the lady of the Rev. Charles Mackenzie, of a son. On the 15th inst., the wife of Mr. Bratt, of the Mitre Taire' lb Broad-wall, Blackfriars-road, of a son. ... iry Hancock, Esq. e , Harley-street, to Rachel Ann, daughter of the late Rev. fatia - William Burford, D.D., Vicar of Pelham Furneaux, Herts. illy On the 20th inst., at All Souls' Church, St. Marylebone , : John Waugh, jun., of Buccleugh-place, Edinburgh, to Cath eriee' eldest daughter of Mr. James IN isbet, of Beiners-street, Londoo.o, On the 19th inst., at Old Swinford, Worcestershire, John n' e h , jun., Esq., of Schneild House, Warwickshire, to Caroline, cial t y ter to the late John Pidcock, Esq., of " The Plaits," in the eou " of Staffordshire. DIED. On the 14th inst., at Winchester, Lady Rivers, relict of the It °. Sir Peter Rivers, Bart., in her 86th year. T 1 On the 20th inst., at Lambeth Palace, Willoughby ..a s third son of Sir George H. W. 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