The Sun. — London, England, 1835-10-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The leading article of the Times of yesterday must have produced a prodigious sensation in the Tory cir- des. Mr. O'Connell's attack on the Duke of Cum- berland, his disparagement of the Duke of Wellington, nay, even his entertainment at the Castle, are put aside for a new horror—" Each - minute teems a new one." A frightful discovery has been made—or is said to have been made, at Tetsworth, a small village in Ox fordshire. An important office was vacant, no, less than that of Postmaster to the village, and is alleged by the Times, upon the authority of a correspondent, that through the influence of Mr. O'Connell the place has been given to the protege of a Catholic gentleman! Stands England ?—stands Tetsworth where it did ? 11l as the Times has thought of the Government, it confesses that it never dreamed of meeting in one of our country villages with evidence of the successful in terference of Mr. O'Connell. Our contemporary (we must give the his due) handles this subject with much forbearance, and endeavours, indeed, to compose the public mind, and inspire confidence in the new postmaster of unhappy Tetsworth. Like iEneas, curis ingentibus eecrer, Spem vultu simulat, premit altum ' conic dolorem. " We hope (says the Times) that at all events the Tetsworth nominee of these worthies will be . found competent to the post he has been appointed to fill" the post being the Post-office, with all its weighty du ties, in a village with a population little under 500 souls ! But now we come to the most alarming fea ture in the case. The hope which the Tinges breathes it soon damps by the announcement, " We understand that he is a collar-maker." Think of that good people I A collar-maker I The apprehensions ex cited by this circumstance are of the gravest kind. Where could he who is " fitting for this isle a yoke " find so apt an instrument as a collar-maker ? The Times sees and states the danger with its usual sagacity. " Now these operatives, collar-makers, are precisely they whom Dan stands most in need of, and the sort of people Romanists would naturally be inclined io patronize." For smelling out a Popish Plot our Contemporary has no equal—Oates and Bedloe were boobies compared with him. Let the people of Tets worth look to it, and keep their necks out of collars if they can. What follows, however, is of remarkable Jiberality—" The man, however, will not necessarily be a worse postmaster because he has been a collar maker." This is saying much—too much, considering whose nominee he is alleged to be, and that he is probably a cardinal in disguise. But other important thoughts now occur to the Times. But can he read and write, or has he only just begun to take les - sons for the purpose of ac inking those accomplishments ? We pause for a reply from some worthy of the village of Tetsworth." All these circumstances will, of course, be sifted at the meeting of Parliament. Sir Robert Peel will move :for the papers relating to the appointment of the Tets worth postman, and the matter will be referred to a Select Committee of Inquiry. The Tetsworth case will doubtless be one of the great questions of the session ; And certainly we shall not give our support to the Go -,vermnent, if we find that in the appointment of the Tetsworth postman there has been a design to subvert t 7 ,:e -Established Church, and to re-establish Popery in these realms, as our far-sighted Contemporary of the Times would seem to intimate. The nation must not be collared at Tetsworth, and subjugated to the Pope. The proximity of Tetsworth to Oxford certainly gives a very suspicious appearance to the affair. It looks as if the Pope's collars were first to be fixed upon the sages and divines of that orthodox University. But, thanks to time Times, there is warning of the danger.— Morning - ChronicL% The Marquis of Chandos is not, it seems, the only Conservative who dreams of a change of Ministry. The Standard tells us that the present Ministry are to be turned out of office " within a very few weeks." We suppose the 15th of November is the day fixed on for this coup d (lat. The success which attended the last ,15th has no doubt endeared that day to the Tories. For our part, we have heard nothing of all this ; and we really supposed that Sir Robert Peel and his friends had made up their minds to an exclu sion from office for some time. But we will not longer withhold from our readers the announcement of our Evening Contemporary : " If the removal of the present men be an object of great interest with any, the consolation is at hand ; that as the country now plainly seeks good Government and safe Government, the slaves of the incendiary mendicant can govern no longer. Something of the kind they seem to feel ; for there has been, during the last fortnight or three weeks, a very extraordinary movement amongst all the Ca binet Ministers, and all who possess the confidence of the Cabinet. We believe we are safe in saying, that one Ca binet Minister, at least, has distinctly avowed his conviction that there will be a general election before Christmas ; and several others are, at this moment, carrying on a secret canvass in contemplation of such an event. "We know not through what process a dissolution of Parliament is anticipated to arrive.- Stupid as Ministers are, however, we can scarcely suspect them of the folly of dismissing the only majority that ever will support their views. We, therefore, conjecture that they expect to be turned out of office within a very few weeks ; and that they calculate, probably erroneously, upon Sir R. Peel's turning out their majority with them. Be this, however, as it may, they are canvassing with very great industry." Our readers are now as wise as we are. We sup pose the Standard wishes its friends, to make an effort to seize the reins of power before the Magistracy of the Reformed Municipal Corporations be filled up. No, no, good Standard, the Tories, with all their folly, will hardly venture on the freak of again agita ting the country this Christmas —Morning Chronicle. A correspondent, who ought to have good means of information on the subject, assures us that there has been no clandestine or underhand transfer of artillery men from the service of his Majesty to the forces un der Colonel Evans. We shall be glad to find that the report to which we alluded yesterday is not true. At the same time, if it should turn out to be unfound ed, still we shall have nothing to reproach ourselves with for having given currency to it. The case of the officer of artillery which we substantiated by means of an official letter, made it our duty not to smother a ru mour the truth of which that case rendered so probable. —Times. The result of the present Registry is admitted to be nearly everywhere greatly in favour of the Conserva tives. This is what was generally expected to be the case ; and the advantage thus gained will not, we ap prehend, stop here ; but will be followed up by the conversion, whenever another election takes place, of many to the side of the Constitution, whom the Radi cal agents have, with more zeal than actual knowledge, now placed on the opposite side. A great proportion of the voters now classed on the Radical side are so placed for no other reason but because they so voted at the last election. But has nothing occurred to disgust hundred of such persons since ? As, for instance, can it be supposed, Mr. O'Connell's connection with the Go vernment, coupled with ' his now undisguised objects, had no effect in alarming multitudes of Reformers, who, while they wish to see real abuses and defects remedied, are not prepared to abolish the House of Lords, extinguish the Protestant Church, and pave the way for the re-establishment of Popery in its stead ? Besides, to assume that because a man has once given his vote for one person or on one side, he must therefore do so always, is in itself an absurdity which defeats one of the most favourite doctrines of the Whigs when out oaf ofEce—" frequent appeals to the people." Instead of annual, as called for by the Radicals, we might as well; in such case, at once have perpetual Parliaments. Happily, however, such cannot be the case. Every fresh appeal to the people is in its very nature a call to them to re-consider their own conduct, as well as that of their late representatives, and it would be a mockery of all fair judgment, and render such an appeal a nul lity, could either one side or the other take the list of voters, and pronounce what each man's suffrage will be, on an occasion which has not occurred, and which may be influenced by circumstances which no one can "etilge. Instead, therefore, of any thing like ' avy must, in the very nature of things, be vr, at de njecture attached to the result of any i futore electi ut, reasoning from probability and from all we Pee hear around us, the present pros iect is, we coin tly anticipate, most favourable to Wie triumph o onservative reform over the ek pro- - j -ts of those o cannot now be better described tha n as dives." It remains then to be seen whether the King's present Ministers will put these anticipations to the test. Let the result be what it will, it cannot, we believe, be denied that the registry is now in a far better state to produce a fair avowal of public opinion than it has ever been before ; nor was the dissolution of any House of Commons ever more anxiously looked for than the present. Out own opi nion, however, is, that. Ministers have no intention to try the experiment. Precarious as their tenure of office is, and rotten the prop on which it rests, the re sult of the registration holds out to them no prospect of bettering their condition, nor have they any wish, therefore, to " venture on a world unknown," which, in all probability, would he found to " treat them worse than this has done." In the mean time, we would strongly urge upon the heads of the Conserva tive party, not to lose or trifle with the 'vantage ground which the apparent results of the present registration has given them. Let them not deceive themselves into the notion that because the Whigs are losing ground, Reform is becoming unpopular. Such, they may be assured, is by no means the case. To preserve, and not destroy, is the leading principle, the test of Conservatism ; but the real Conservatives are few in deed who do not wish to see the absolute necessity of effecting such salutary Reforms in the Constitution, both in Church and State, as may arrest decay, increase utility, and enable us to hand down to succeeding ge nerations, those blessings of civil and religious freedom which our ancestors have bequeathed to us.—Morn ing Herald. In the letter of our Dublin correspondent, and in the report which we have taken from the Evening Mail of the proceedings before the Dublin Election Commission, some details will be found of two Whig O'Connell jobs, as finished and perfect in their several ' kinds as any which the junction between the King's Government and the great Irish Agitator has yet pro duced ; and that is saying a great deal. Both of these jobs, as might naturally be expected, when it is recol lected that their authors are great Parliamentary Re formers, are calculated to operate in the most direct manner upon the constitution and character of the Legislature : the one assails the independence and cor rupts the purity of the House of Commons ; the other militates against its legitimacy as a representative body, the Members of which ought to derive their legislative power from the suffrages of a constituency legally established. It appears that Mr. Ronayne, who is admitted by all parties to be destitute of every other qualification for the office than those of having been a fierce Repealer and an obsequious tool in the hands of Mr. O'Connell, has just been appointed by the Irish Government Assistant Barrister of the county of Tipperary. Mr. Ronayne represented the town of Clonmel in Parliament, having succeeded during the Repeal agitation in overpowering the influence of pro perty in that place. But the principal proprietor has, it seems, since the last election, paid some attention to the registration of voters, and, from this and other cir cumstances, property at Clonmel, as elsewhere, has resumed its ascendancy. Mr. Bagwell's return at the next election is regarded as quite secure, and, for tunately for Ministers and for Mr. Ronayne, Mr. Bagwell happens to be a gentleman of undecided politics. In these circumstances an opportunity was presented of accomplishing several capital objects at one stroke, and at a cost which the present Ministers of the Crown have always regarded as trivial, that, namely, of appointing an incompetent and unfit man to an impor tant judicial office. Tire future Member and permanent patron, under the Reform Bill, of the pocket borough of Clonmel might be propitiated by the offer of an earlier accession to the dignity of a Member of Parlia ment than he could otherwise have obtained. He is propitiated, as our correspondent intimates, and more than propitiated. The bargain with him is actually struck. The future votes of Mr. Ronayne's succes sor, who will sit in the House of Commons for his o.vn reformed borough, are bought and sold in the gross. Then, again, one of the most useless joints of O'Connell's tail is provided for, in such a manner as must inspire zeal and fidelity to their chief among all the remaining portions of that formidable appendage, showing them very plainly that if they do but display these qualities, whatever may be their deficiencies in talent, learninn-, good sense, or respectability, all will be overlooked, and, by dint of these qualities merely, they will be deemed fit and proper claimants of any promo tion which the Government has to bestow. A nd, in the third place, another proof, and the strongest perhaps that has yet been afforded, is placed before the country, that the whole power of Government in eland is substantially vested in Mr. O'Connell, a demonstration admirably calculated to beget confidence among the foes of British connection, to gratify the feelings of the loyal and peaceable Papist population, and to reduce to a proper sense of their insignificance and degradation that refractory and lawless portion of the people, who obstinately persevere in the profesion of an heretical creed, and the practice of an odious worship. It was not to be expected that so liberal a Government as we have now the happiness to possess, should forego these obvious advantages for sake of con siderations so trivial as that of maintaining the respect ability of the tribunals of Ireland, or that of preserving the independence and purity of the reformed House of Commons. What signifies to them the dignity, the efficiency, or the reputation of a nation's jurisprudence —what signifies to them the character or the composition of the Reformed Parliament—when placed in competition with the opportunity of buying a cheap vote, and of doing an acceptable piece of service to so firm and powerful a friend as Mr. O'Connell ? But if this part of our Irish news demonstrates how little regard Ministers entertain for the administration of justice and the pu rity of Parliament, the other portion of it to which we have alluded bears a testimony equally direct and equally conclusive, as to the utter indifference of the whole Ministerial party to the legitimate descent of votes in the House of Commons from the antecedent votes of a legal constituency. It is now clear, from the proceedings before the Dublin Election Commis sion, that the investigation into the validity of the re turn of Mr. O'Connell and his colleague, as Repre sentatives of the city of Dublin, was transferred from a Committee of the House of Commons to another and less expeditious tribunal upon false pretences, and for the purpose merely of prolonging the usur pation of two seats in Parliament, which had not been obtained by the votes of a legal con stituency. When Mr. O'Connell urged the ne cessity of transferring the inquiry to a Com mission in Dublin, the general opinion among those who knew anything of the proceedings of his party at the election pronounced it to be merely a trick to gain time. But it was scarce)y expected, we believe, that so decisive a proof of fraud and delusion would ever have appeared as is involved in the prompt and unhesitating resolution of the Commissioners — who were certainly not appointed because they were supposed to be unfriendly to Mr. O'Connell, his party, or his objects—that of about 700 witnesses, whose examination Mr. O'Connell's agent had sworn to be indispensable to his case, not a single man was a ne cessary, or even an admissible, witness. The sincerity of Mr. O'Connell's attachment, and that of his con federates, to sound principles of representation, to the rights and privileges of the people, and to the cause of order, justice, and good Government, may be estimated by the fact, which can no longer be contradicted, that he wilfully imposed upon a Committee of the House of Commons by means of false allegations, for the pur pose of prolonging, to the utmost possible duration, the flagrant usurpation of two seats in the House of Com mons, in defiance of the votes of a clear majority of the lawful electors.—Morning Post. MEMOIRS OF LIEUT.-GENETIAL SIR THOMAS PICTON, G.C.B.—" Sir Thomas Picton was another Ney —le brave des braves—the right arm of Wellington. The chivalrous character of his exploits excited an admiration which was justified by the solidity of their results. The members of Picton's family have been liberal in their com munication of valuable materials to this work. The extracts from his private letters, in particular, are full of interest. The book is ably written, and contains a spirited sketch of the operations of the British army in the Peninsula. The account of the storming of Badajoz is a powerful piece of description."— Morning Chronicle. The mobs in Mississipi continue their power and functions. Journals from the vicinity give accounts of fur ther murders—" executions by the people," as they ,are called. Such is the dreadful state of society. The jour nals of the week furnish the usual amount of violence— Lynching, as it is termed—murdering, whipping, tarring and feathering!—American Paper. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1835. TUNIS, SEPT. 10. tion in this regard, it may be safely predicted that Africa is lost to the empire, and the success of Mehemet Ali is placed beyond a doubt as well as that of France." (From a Morning Contemporary.) The state of commerce in this Regency has varied but little during the past three months : it is languishing from the sensibility of the public, both as regards events in Tripoli and the uncertainty of things around us. Much anxiety, indeed, is felt at this time, and confidence languishes daily in the new Government of Mustafa Bey, from the attitude he has assumed, which is one of opposi tion, if not hostility, to the policy pursued by the Porte in Africa. The uncertain issue of a policy so bold has created a sort of panic, and every one appears to retire within him self while waiting the result of the Shakir's mission to Con stantinople, whither this confidential officer has been sent with valuable presents for the Sultan and Divan, in the hope of procuring a firman for the Bey. Those whose opinions are formed on a knowledge of things in Turkey previous to the reform of abuses, conceive that the golden key is still calculated to open every lock, the embarrassments of the Government affordinc, probably greater facilities to more influential powers. Add b to this a communication made to Mustafa Bey by the French Cgnsul, to the effect, that if the former would subs cribe to coTiditions conformably to the secret articles of a treaty proposed to him by France, the French Government would then pledge itself to support him at tome, while Admiral Roussin should be instructed to obtain the desired firman at Constantinople. Independently of considerable sums of money confided to the Shakir to employ in this negotiation, independently of the valuable objects in jewellery, &c., sent to the Sultan, he was also furnished with 200,000 Spanish dollars, 200,000 Mateboob, and 100,000 Venetian sequins, the value of which collectively would be about 120,0001. sterling ; and besides this, the Shakir is armed with an extensive, if not an open credit, upon the French house of Messrs. Durand and Co., to insure the success of a measure of this importance to the interests of the French Government, as much as that of the Bey. This Prince, however, is not without his misgivings, not withstanding all, and the state of the public mind does not contribute to exhilirate his spirits. The protection and sup port of France are, indeed, something to draw consolation from, and the Consul of that nation, as may be supposed, is everything in the State. There can be doubt that if France should succeed in realizing the pledge she has given, it will be to her the value of a permanent conquest of all North Africa, by the in fluence she will acquire, although her arms may not be able to penetrate the interior. The Mediterranean then may change its name for any other qualified to distinguish waters belonging to France, whose possession of Algiers in per petit° will be indisputable, for Tunis is an ally, commanding from her geographical situation the back of Algiers, while France rules in front, must ensure stability to French au thority in that regency, whether the Cabyles may submit, or live upon their own resources in the security afforded by THE CITY AND THE SURREY MAGISTRATES. After the general business of the Court of Aldermen was ended on Tuesday, Sir Chapman Marshall presented the report of the Committee of Police, to which the petition of Mr. Wallis, for a licence for a house in the borough of Southwark, was referred. The petition stated that Mr. Wallis, who has reached his 62d year, and is a citizen of London, had been the owner of a public-house in South wark for many years ; that it had become necessary to take down the house, in consequence of the Approaches to the London Bridge ; and that, close to the spot which that house had occupied, he had, at a large expense, built an other house, in the reasonable hope of procuring a license for it from the Surrey Magistrates—a hope, however, which, although repeated applications had been made, never was realized. Having incurred an expense of nearly 8,000/. in erecting the new house, and epdeavouring to accomplish the object, which was so unfortunately frustrated, the peti tioner, who had been the father of sixteen children, eleven of whom were alive, threw himself upon the compassion of the Court of Aldermen. The report was to the following effect : " After full consideration of the powers of the Magis trates of this city, and of the county of Surrey, with re spect to granting licenses in the borough of Southwark, and upon reference to the decision in the Court of King's Bench, in 1791, in the case of the King v. Sainsbury, this Committee feel that they cannot recommend the Magis trates of this city, at this distance of time, and upon this particular application, to exercise their power of granting licenses in the borough of Southwark, although they feel that the petitioner has strong claims upon the favourable consideration of the licensing Magistrates." Alderman FAREBROTHRR—What is the opinion of our law officers as to the right of the Magistrates of the city of London to exercise this important power ? If we have the right, which I believe we certainly have, here is a most fair opportunity for exercising it. The Town Clerk said that, in consequence of this dictum of the Court of King's Bench (for he could call it but a mere dictum), the Court had not exercised the concurrent right since 1791. It had been thought not expedient. It appeared, however, clear that the Aldermen who had passed the Chair had, notwithstanding the jurisdiction of the Sur rey Magistrates, the power of licensing public-houses in Southwark. Alderman FAREBROTHER—The idea of resizning our right is quite out of the question. I mean nothing disre spectful, by any means, to the Surrey Magistrates, but I should like to know why they refuse to license this man's house ? Alderman T. WOOD said that there existed not a doubt as to the power of the Aldermen to grant licenses in the borough of Southwark ; but the question was as to the time. The Aldermen who had passed the Chair had a concurrent jurisdiction, but he believed that the jurisdic tion was lost as to cases in which the other set of Magis trates had already determined. Alderman FAREBROTHER observed that the petitioner must renew his application for a license, and the Aldermen who had passed the Chair would attend at the place of application. The Town Clerk—The Magistrates can meet at the Town Hall in the Borough on the day of application, and can all exercise their power on the occasion. Alderman T. WOOD—Alderman Farebrother has passed the Chair, and can attend and assert his right. Alderman FAREBROTIIER—Very well, I shall do so. The powers of this Court are greater than they are generally supposed to be. Perhaps the Lord Mayor does not know that he can appoint a Magistrate for Surrey, and a Magis trate for Middlesex, if he think fit. Alderman T. WOOD—It is so named in one of the charters. The LORD MAYOR—I shall think of the matter.—(A laugh.) The COURT then unanimously agreed with the Report, and requested the Lord Mayor to lay it before the Court of Common Council. the Atlas mountains. The Bey is now, and in the event of success will be come more than ever, the creature of France. Ahmed Bey of Constantine, at present so much dreaded by that Power, from having borne up with such signal success against her both in the field and cabinet, would become pent up in the interior, and the authority he now enjoys must necessarily become demoralized or corrupted ; besides Christian antagonists to struggle against, he would have others of his own religion. Engaged in war against France and French misrule in Africa, be would not know how to quit head-quarters, from the fear of an attack on the side of Tunis during his absence. Ahmed Bey has now a very imposing force under his command, but that force is of a description adapted to de fensive an not offensive operations. His finances, although limited, are capable of supporting this army. He enjoys the confidence of the people, both Arab and Berreber, who evince as much attachment, and pay him as much obedience, as if he were seated on the throne of the Deys. He receives his tribute regularly, and without demur ; some bring it in from a feeling of religious fanaticism, others from a conviction of the necessity of supporting the de fender of the rights and liberties of the nation against France, whose conduct in Africa inspires universal horror even in the population of this Regency. The frequent communications between Ahmed Bey and the Porte have contributed materially to strengthen the mutual confidence which exists, and his authority over Constantine has been consolidated upon it. Should his enemy, Mustafa, how ever, succeed in obtaining the firman, Ahmed will at once be discouraged. The Bey of Tunis, without waiting the result of the mis sion, has been advised to anticipate danger by taking timely precautions. With this view, knowing the little depend ence he can place on the townspeople, he is endeavouring to attach some of the Arab tribes, while he lends himself un reservedly to the policy of France. Already he has con fiscated 4,000 muskets, the property of Ahmed Bey, which had been purchased in Italy, and shipped from thence by his agents ; and should he be successful at Constantinople, there cannot be a doubt he will then cast all scruples aside, and openly declare war against the enemies to French supremacy. It is much to be deplored, under existing circumstances, that our own Consul, a man who might enjoy weight in the country, does not avail himself of the opportunity to acquire it by a line of policy calculated to attach to England the most influential interests in Tunis. His policy, if policy it merits to be called, is directed to measures which pro mote the views of France materially, as on a previous occasion, when he held at the disposition of the Bey a British ship of war for the purpose of communicating between the Regency and Malta, in order to ap prise the Bey of all the movements of the Otto man squadron while operations were in progress against Tripoli. That he should be friendly dis posed towards a family who have enjoyed the supreme autho rity exactly 101 years, and that his views are limited to the interests immediately surrounding him, seem not altogether unreasonable to admit in extenuation ; still it is hardly to be accounted for how be can be blind to things of infinitely greater magnitude, and if not, and if he is acquainted with a treaty (as we may fairly suppose he must be) to cast Tunis into the arms of France, what must we suppose of his ca pacity, to say the least about it ? That he should unite with the views of the French Consul, and employ all his exertions in probing, for the information of the Bey, what ever secrets he might be able to penetrate as regards the measures employed by the Sultan, does not seem rational conduct in a British functionary who cannot be totally igno rant of our present relations with an empire of which Tunis forms a part. That he may be friendly disposed towards a family who have enjoyed the supreme authority in Tunis exactly 101 years, and that immediate pecuniary interests should create or augment a bias, seems but reasonable to admit ; yet in the face of things tending to uproot British interests, in face of a treaty for the consolidation of French power at the cost of England, we are left in amazement ; and reflect as we may upon his conduct or capacity, it would seem but reasonable to expect he should consult the Govern ment before taking upon himself such responsibilities. It would be unjust to place the conduct of Sir Thomas Reeve in any point of view approaching a si militude with that of Mr. Warrington in Tripoli, whose incapacity needs no other elucidation (leaving morality apart) than the fact that the failure of his intrigues to put a mature upon the throne devoted to his private in terests, although they ultimately caused the removal of the dynasty, have twice alienated that Regency from England by casting her into the protecting arms of other Powers—first, France about five years ago, now Turkey ! while the protection he promised to Mehemet so long, ended in the death of that deluded puppet. Nor is this all the evil felt, for the object which gave zest to so many intrigues, the bonds or obligations of the old Bashaw, British and foreign claims included, fell with the fall of a dynasty chased away by a British Consul, and Alli's influence at Constantinople is greater than when upon the throne of Tripoli. It is said he now sees and sorely re pents of the past, and well he may, for of whom will he demand payment—of the Porte ? No one believes that she would contribute money (if inclined to pay the per sonal debts of her servants) to be employed in resisting her authority again in the Regency. Of old Yousef Ba shaw ? If he concerns himself about anything in this life amidst his infirmities, it is, we should hope, in preparing himself for the next, where he has much to atone for as regards the imbecility and misconduct which contributed to so many frightful disorders, and ended in the misfor-' tunes of so many deserving men. " More than three months have elapsed since the Turkish Admiral visited Tripoli, and tranquillity is not yet restored. It is affirmed that Nedjib Pasha, finding himself secretly thwarted, has therefore had recourse to . the measure of blockade. " In regard to both Regencies, it is now well understood that the Porte was induced to cast her eyes on Africa, be cause the state of things on this continent menaced the ex istence of her own authority nearer home. After the treaty of Koniab, between the Sultan and the Vice roy of Egypt, the latter pursued a new system for weakening the Porte, which he has followed hitherto with success, and without relaxation ; this was by sowing the seeds of revolution in other departments of the empire, or fanning the flames of war after it had broken out. The Porte, well informed of the intimacy existing with France, and of the probability that Mehemet Ali might succeed, under French protection, in his object of obtaining inde pendence, found that the measure of occupation in Tripoli could not be delayed with safety to herself, while the re organization of that Regency would enable her to make head against the policy both of France and Egypt. " Judging from these things, it does not seem at all pro bable that the Porte can be persuaded to sacrifice such im mense interests after all she has done, as would inevitably be the case should she accede to the wishes of the Bey of Tunis. But should things turn out contrary to expecta- CONSISTORY COURT, WEDNESDAY HINXMAN V. HINXMAN. In this case it will be remembered that on the last Court day notice was given that a decree for the sequestration of the property of the Rev. H. Hinxman should be moved for to-day ; and a(ccordingly, on behalf of Mrs. Charlotte Hinxman, Dr. BURNABY, in the place of Dr. Phillimore, rose to move the Court to pronounce him in contempt, in pursu ance of the provisions of the statute 2 and 3 W. IV., c. 93. The Learned Counsel went through the various stages of the proceedings in this case, to the circumstances of which the above Act, he contended, was fully applicable ; for it appeared that in several instances the defendant had ne glected to attend to the orders of the Court, and though the monition for alimony by ways and means had not been personally served upon him, yet from the affidavit of Mrs. Hinxman's solicitor, no doubt could remain but that he was perfectly aware of all the proceedings that had taken place, being at present actually in London, and merely concealing himself to avoid the service of monition which the Court had issued against him. The COURT, in the present instance, was satisfied, first, that the defendant had absconded for the purpose of escap ing from a personal service ; and, secondly, that he knew of all the proceedings before the Court, which must therefore comply with the motion of Counsel. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A boy, between ten and eleven years of age, was brought before the LORD MAYOR and Alderman THOMAS WOOD, for the purpose of being bound as an apprentice to a respec table chimney-sweeper, under the new Chimney-Sweepers' Act, which provides that no boy under ten years of age shall be bound to that trade. This provision is obviously intended to diminish the number of climbing boys. The child intended to be bound is at present on the parish. The LORD MAYOR wished to know whether there existed any objection ? The Overseers of the parish to which the boy belonged said there was not the least. The LORD MAYOR observed that the streets swarmed with poor children, to whom the new poor law regulations furnished an additional incentive to commit depredations for the support of life. In his opinion it would be much better if those wretched children were protected by this trade for six years instead of being subjected to contamination from the proflicacy around them. Chimney-sweepers' boys were not half so badly off as the boys who worked in the coal pits. On the contrary, when it was customary to give them a trial before they took to the trade, he was not aware of any instance in which the climbing was objected to, and had witnessed many ludicrous proofs of preference. Alderman T. WOOD by no means objected to the master in this case, but he could not, without further consideration, and looking over the Act, consent to the application. The LORD MAYOR—I certainly take a different view of the case. It is our duty as Magistrates to carry the Act into effect, and here we are directly, and in my opinion most fairly called upon. However, the case shall stand over until you satisfy yourself. Mary Mearthy, an old Irish woman, was brought up by an officer, who found her lying insensibly drunk in the streets. She had in her pockets some pairs of stockings, which seemed to have been just had out of a haberdasher's shop ; and she had about her person several duplicates for a great many pairs of other stockings. Mrs. M'Carthy said that she had met an ould friend from Ireland, and they went into a shop full of lights, where she drank something very sweet, until she thought the place was one blaze of fire, and knew nothing more until she awoke in a watchhouse. The old woman was remanded. • No doubt is entertained that she stole the goods at a shop-door, and treated her com panions with the produce of the plunder. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a poor but very neatly-dressed old woman, named Ann King, who stated that she was seventy-nine years of age, came before Mr. Halls and complained that Mr. Kieft, the overseer of the parish known as the pre cinct of the Savoy, had refused to relieve her, although she was infirm, and had a legal claim upon the parish. Mr. HALLS would willingly assist her, but, under the law as it now existed, he had no power. The applicant said her case was an extremely hard one, and stated that the precinct of the Savoy was her maiden settlement, and that she had never gained any other. When she became old and destitute she applied to the overseers for the time, and preferred to be in some degree indepen dent, and having a great dread of a workhouse, she told the Gentlemen if they would give her a small out door allow ance she would endeavour to make out a subsistence by selling a few things about the country. This allowance was granted and continued by every succeeding overseer for many years, and, indeed, up to the time when Mr. Kleft came into office, and he was the first to refuse her. She had travelled on foot from Maidstone in the full expecta tion of receiving her usual stipend, but was refused, and that in a very rough manner. Mr. HALLS said he would endeavour to . obtain relief for her by writing to the overseer. The worthy Magistrate then wrote a very polite letter to Mr. Kleft, drawing his attention to the poor woman's case. The applicant took the note, and returned in a short time with it in her hand, stating, that Mr. Kieft on reading it gave it back to her, and told her she might take it where she liked, for that he knew what he had to do, and he should not relieve her in any way until she came passed in the regular course. She told him the last time she slept in a bed was at Maidstone, and he said, " Why, then, you must go back to Maidstone, and get the people there to pass you in the regular way." Mr. HALLS—This is very extraordinary conduct, and I have no hesitation in pronouncing it to be highly disgrace ful on the part of the overseer. Ballard, the officer, was then directed to go with the old woman to Mr. Kieft, which he did, and the latter said be understood she had a room at Maidstone with some furni ture, 4nd that she must go back there and get passed back again. He also said that he had been imposed upon by people with false passes. Ballard asked if this woman had ever imposed upon him, and he said she had not, but he should not relieve her, " and that was his answer." Mr. HALLS gave the poor woman sufficient to relieve her immediate wants, and told her to call in again. She shed tears and appeared extremely grateful. MARY LEB ONE. Thomas Bowyer, a short, thick-set master chimney sweeper, in a small way of business, living in Little- James-street, Lisson-grove, was brought before the Magi strates on a warrent, charging him with assaulting one Mary Ann Griffiths. The complainant, a woman about fifty years of age, whose face was adorned with a proboscis of unusual size, had, for more than a twelvemonth, lived with the defendant as his wife, and taken care of his domestic concerns. He had latterly very much ill-treated her, and "on Monday last as ever vos" he came home at dinner-time, and they having two small children each before they came together, she had pro vided some soup for them, which, on seeing, he flew into a violent passion, and declaring it wasn't " fit to give to war mint," took up a basin nearly full of it, and threw the con tents over her. Thinking that he might follow that up by another, she went out into the street, when he ran after her, and gave her a blow in the face with his brush, which he always carried with him, which caused her to have a black eye. Mr. RAWLINSON (to defendant)—What have you to say ? Defendant—Yer Verships, I've this here to say : she's got two children, and so have I, by my wife, who died four years ago, and since that ere time I've been obliged to hact to 'em both as father and mother. I've also learnt this voman's boy to climb a chimbley as yell as my own hoffspring, and in gratitude for my return she hoften abuses me and pelts me vith brickbats, with, I must say, hurts my feelings, and wot with this, that, and t'other, I sometimes vish I vas transported. On Monday she abused me, and, becoming exasperated, I don't know what I did. Complainant—Oh, you monster. Now I'll tell the truth. Your Worship, I'm his lawful wife, he made me Mrs. Bow yer (although we agreed to keep it dark) last June twelve month, and married another woman last March, and we're both on us alive now. Mr. RAWLINSON—WiII you agree to leave one another ? Defendant—l'm willing to do anything for a happy life, if I went without a bit of bread for a week at a stretch. Her tongue has almost drove me mad, and so 'xasperates me that I hav'nt been able to enjoy any o' my victuals for this fort night. Mr. RAWLINSON—One seems to be as much in fault as the other. The warrant.is discharged, but I dare say you will soon make it up again. Complainant—Never, s'elp me tater. • The defendant then left the office, accompanied by his lovely Mary Ann, who declared she would immediately go to the parish, and compel him to allow her a separate main tenance. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Robert Roberts, a young man of respectable appearance, was yesterday brought before Mr. CONANT, charged with having stolen a considerable quantity of property from Mr. Thane, artist, of Russell-place, Fitzroy-square. The prisoner said nothing in defence.—Committed. W OR SHIP-STREET. Yesterday Fanny Aytoun, alias Julia Bellamy, a young woman, possessing fine and expressive features, and appa rently suffering from mental derangement, was placed at the bar before Messrs. GROVE and TWYFORD, charged with breaking a panel of one of the office doors. The unfortunate prisoner entered the office, when, in consequence of appearing much excited, Mr. GROVE di rected that she should be removed outside, where she had not been long ejected before she came back, and forced an entrance by breaking the panel. She screamed violently, exclaiming, "I am mad ! I have just come from Hoxton madhouse I" She was removed for a time, and placed in the lock-up room. In about half an hour she was brought before the magistrates, by whom she was fined five shillings for the damage done. •'I," she ejaculated, " fined five shillings ! lam mad. I came this morning from Hoxton madhouse." It was with some difficulty, and only by the persuasions of Brown, an officer of the establishment, that she was induced to remove, and into whose hands she gave two letters, in one of which were the following words : " If I should by chance be found, give this to my unhappy father from his deceased daughter." Mr. GROVE, in consequence of the representation of Brown, sent him to Mr. Miles's Lunatic Asylum, Hoxton, where he was informed that the wretched woman, by order of the Commissioners, was pronounced fit to be sent back to her parish (Whitechapel), from which place she was sent as a pauper. A keeper accordingly went with her. The parish authorities, in consequence, dismissed her from all charge upon them. She then, it was supposed, directed her way to the office. Mr. TWYFORD asked how it was that she came there ? Tilt stated that she was the daughter of very respect able parents at Bridgenorth, where her prospects in life were blasted by some gentleman who had gone the circuit. After some months he abandoned her. She had frequently been at the office, and always appeared similarly attacked. A short time ago she was brought before Mr. Broughton, who wrote a letter to her friends at Bridgenorth, but they refused to take her back. Mr. TWYFORD said it was very singular, on the part. of the parish, to send her away as they had done. Mr. Goodwin, from the Asylum, shortly after arrived to see the prisoner, and said he never saw her worse. While Mr. Goodwin was present she was at one time sing ing very plaintive songs, and at another screaming most violently. The prisoner was removed in a coach to Whitechape . workhouse. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a young man named Oliver was charged on suspicion of being an utterer of counterfeit coin.—He was committed for two months. THE PRUSSIAN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.—This league actually consists of Prussia, with a population of 13,250,000 ; Bavaria, 4,300,000 ; Wurtemburg, 1,700,000; Saxony (kingdom), 1,600,000 ; ditto (ducal government), 700,000 ; Baden, 1,300,000 ; Nassau (prematurely), 375,000; Hesse Cassel, 700,000 ; Hesse Darmstadt, 770,000 ; Frank fort on Maine, 55,000 ; other small States, 600,000. Total 25,350,000, extending to 8,200 German square miles.— British and Foreign Review. Considerable doubt exists as to the manner in which the aldermen are to be elected under the Municipal Corpo ration Bill. It is known (by schedule A) that Liverpool will be divided into 16 wards, and have 64 members of the town-council—i. e., 16 aldermen and 48 councillors ; but the doubt is by whom the aldermen are to be elected— whether the whole body of 64 are to be appointed by the qualified inhabitants, and the 16 aldermen selected from among the body, or whether, in the first instance, the town will elect no more than 48 councillors, who in turn will select the 16 aldermen. We have given a great deal of attention to the Bill, and are of opinion that the 16 aldermen will be chosen by the 48 councillors whom the town will elect.-- Liverpool Journal. TORRINGTON. -- INCENDIARISM"..-- Early on Monday morning a fire was discovered at Horwood farm, in the parish of Frithelstock, the property of Mr. Norman, which has since proved to be the malicious work of an in cendiary. It appears that a meeting was held by some of the farmers in the neighbourhood, and Mr. Norman was the chairman, when it was proposed to reduce the wages of the labourers to Is. per day. A letter was found near the de stroyed premises, stating that other farmers should beware lest their property should share the same fate. A man named Eastman has been apprehended on suspicion, who called at a neighbouring house, and begged a sheet of paper to write a letter. The person who gave him the paper folded it in a peculiar manner, and gave Eastman half the sheet ; the other half, now in his possession, corresponds exactly with that on which the letter was written, and the person can swear to the paper, and identify the writer. He was apprehended at Clovelly, where he had gone for a load of herrings.— Western Luminary. A DRUNKARD'S LEAP.— On Monday evening last, about eight o'clock, as a woman belonging to Bridge ton was coming along Rutherglen Bridge, she was met by a man going towards Rutherglen, who, as soon as he came opposite to her, laid his hand upon the parapet wall, and at one leap sprung over into the river, just at the middle of the centre-arch. The woman raised the alarm, and two men, coming up at the time, ran to the side of the river, where they supposed they could with the greatest safety reach the man, in order to save him if possible. They had scarcely reached the bank when they perceived the fellow swimming towards them ; and, on hauling him out of the water, asked him if he was much hurt, and how he liked his ducking ? " Doukin' !" cried the fellow in a passion, " what the deil pits doukin' in your heads ? I'm sure I'm as dry as ony a' ye." We understand be belongs to Ruther glen, and is rather a drouthy subject ; hence, we suppose, his fondness for the water.—Glasgow Courier. THE REGISTRATIO CITY OF WESTMINSTER. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) (Before Mr. TAMLYN.) Rodolph Weberstadt, whose claim to be inserted ono he list of voters for the parish of St. Ann, Soho, was oppose yesterday by Mr. Score on the part of Sir F. OmmaneY, on the ground of his being an alien, appeared in Court tel morning to maintain his claim. Mr:TAMLYN observed that the statute 15th George 111. was confined in its provisions to Foreign Protestants who might have served in a military capacity in America. It was clear the present claimant did not come within the provisions of the statute ; and as it did not appear that he had obtained letters of naturalization, the claim could pot be allowed. Mr. Weberstadt thought his case a hard one : he h ad bled in the country's battles. (Before Mr. CRAIG.) In the claim of Mr. John Hurst, of Taylor's-buildi n g s, Bedfordbury, The name of the claimant was after a short examination into the case struck out, it being shown that he had po t duly paid the King's taxes. The Court will sit to-day, to-morrow, and Saturday, il l the Committee-room No. 2, in the House of Commons. EAST SURREY. Yesterday, the Revising Barristers, V. Knbx and C. 13 ' Lennard, Esqrs., sat at the Sessions House, Horsernonger" lane. ef C. B. LENNARD, E. This gentleman ore revised the lists of the .) manor of na t. cham and Christ Church. There were four claims in the Christ Church list, in r e ; spect of an interest possessed by the claimants in the man % of old Paris Gardens. The only point of interest in tb case consisted in the curious fact, that the copyholders f this manor are the lords of the manor. Several of the " Lords" who were present declared that they considered their interest to be worth more tha n 40s. a year. They would not take 40s. a year for it. Mr. LENNARD said that he was satisfied as to the value' The claims were then admitted. WEST KENT. CHATHAM. (Before Mr. Full.) In this parish there were upwards of 60 new cloinit The list contained the names of 331 persons, out of Whica the Conservatives objected to 26, the Reformers to 18, the overseers to 19. SIR JOHN HAWKINS' HOSPITAL. e a John Goldacre, an inmate of the above Hospital, claim to be registered for the county. The claimant was admitted into Sir John Haw kir l Hospital 22 years ago last January. It was an aPP 6 L . ment for life, and he had, with five other inmates, voted the Coroner of Maidstone, as a freeholder of the c ountP ci , Mr. FisH—Has any person been expelled since you r 8 mission into the Hospital? Claimant—Yes : a woman for getting married. Mr. FlSH—Then, to get married is an infraction of the rules ? The claimant answered in the affirmative. , 00 . Mr. Fisn said then it appwed the inmates of the pital were removable under particular circumstances. After some passing observations the claim of Golav' e d was allowed, as also those of five other of the inmates the Hospital. (Before BROCKMAN.) Mr. BROCKMAN then vocepeded to revise the lists of the parishes of Hoo, Allhallows, Shorn, Clift, Grange, P . .„ l 'j Alston, Higham, St. James, Grave, Finsbury, Cobham '- Stoke. PARISH OF 1100. James Greenwood, who claimed to be entitled to n ti i, in respect of freehold property, was objected to by the bcral party. Vcis Mr. Prentice appeared to support the objection, w" ) ,0 was founded on the claimant having stated his resicleti" simply " Surrey." er. Mr. BROCKMAN decided that the name must be punged. 0 0 Thomas Goldsmith, who claimed to be entitled to / 0 in respect of freehold property situate in this parish' objected to by the Liberal party. Mr. Miller supported the claim. Mr. BROCKMAN—I must allow the vote, in obedience to cases decided already, that twenty years gave possessie e ' o o In the parishes of Stoke and Grange there wer e re o objections, and in the other parishes no case of ira te occurred. The Court adjourned until to-morrow, when the cas e other parishes and the city of Rochester will be h ea rd. er , The following is the result of the objections in the xnleoly mentioned parishes. Most of the objections which ' 11 .: 0( 1 sustained, arose from the neglect of the claimants to at "' and prove their qualifications : FRINSBURY. obj ecd Conservative objections, 5 ; sustained, 0. Libera l tions, 5 ; sustained, 5. H 0 O. Liberal objections, 8 ; sustained, 4. SHORN. Liberal objections, 1 ; sustained, 1. CLIFT. e c br Conservative objections, 4; sustained, 3. Libera l ° tions, 1 ; sustained, 1. COBHAM. Liberal objections, 2 ; sustained, 2. ALL HALLOWS. Liberal objections, 2 ; sustained, 0. EAST WORCESTERSHIRE. r t s c , Messrs. CORBETT and CHURCHILL held a voti, Northfield on Friday and Saturday last, for the Pu.rr,; revising the lists for that and the neighbouring pa's On Monday the Barristers commenced their lau°cie Bromsgrove, for the parishes of Bromsgrove an d bigg. Mr. Corbett presided in one Court, and conollelte the lists for Bromsgrove. Mr. Churchill sat in a sel ) ;ios Court, and took the parish of Tardebigg. The foll° are the results : OBJECTIONS. r , St Parishes. Overseers. Sust. Conserv. Sust. B e a fb a - ' Alvechurch .... 26 16 '''' ' Beoley ... 2 2 .—....— 17 Oldborough ... .....- .." Caton Hackett 1 1 —...- 0 King's Norton 31 14 32 9 Northfield ...... 16 7 22 / Yardley ..... .. 2 2 6 1 Tardebigg .— 37 31 66 , a / Feckeuham Old Swinford l9 16 37 24 50 , Bell Broughton 7 7 ". / Craidley — 22 17 "-- ' Clent — 27 $ Bagley — -- —'l6 / Broom . ..... 5 / Pedm0re........ —.— 15 1 4 1 Lubley ...... ... Churchill — _ 7 1 -1 9 ,ip ti Conservative objections in the six last parishes : t te 6, and lost 5 in consequence of signing the initials 01 Christian name. DEVONSHIRE. rr (From the Western Luminary.) R -TRATIoN• EXETER, OCT. 12.—COUNTY number of cases heard up to Saturday night, 1,2 26 :, 7 9 Objections by Conservatives, 529 Struck out.• . Radicals 677 Ditto ..... 44 Overseers 6O Ditto ...... Cases reserved 3B iADviRTIsEmmT.) E ir S A LI ; I, SILVER WATCHES TWO GUINEAS f oot c An Assortment of Second-hand Watches, all of thes e fir iee' cii , and of various sizes, may be selected from, for the hcia r l'i r s t T. Cox SAVORY ' S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, an maker, 47, Cornhill, London. rice' N.B. A pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the P t i s , Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c. may be had B ra t he i f BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at Coberley Rectory, Gloucestershir e ' ~ 6r of the Rev. William Hicks, of a son. ° r' c i f On the 12th inst., at Poyle House, Middlesex , the Is Paterson, Esq., of aug lady of George St. Vincen t ..r' hter. Vl9 ol ' 9C On the I lth inst a . the it i, St° of Redgrave Hall, ' Suffolk, d of a daughter. ur'lli•s o J On the 12th inst., at Streatham Paragon, Mrs. - ' , of a son. t he 4 On the Bth inst., at Bellevue, Bexley-heath, Kent, John H. Gow, Esq., of a son. I MARRIED. 7 ," 1 11 gli' On the 13th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, P. 11.1,401. Wilkins, of Haverstock-hill, Hampstead-road, to Elio' , ° ' E ger ter of Samuel Fell, Esq., High Holborn. T hn- ar e ' On the 3d inst., at St. George' , Hanover. square , -° or s 4 ,ty only son of D. Bergman, Esq., of Glarles-street, Gresv;o4oo to Sarah, youngest daughter of John Le Keux, Esq. Of '' Or worth, Middlesex. r. 'clas cle 'dott ' On the 3d inst., at the Church of St. Miry, - 11 _,, e st , o , the Rev. George Allan, of Brompton, to Rebecca, Y"'`'''" ter of Robert Briant, Esq., of Stockwell, Surrey. of st : 9 tst On the 12th inst., at Sefton Church, Frederick, youl?.°Aligrr the late Thomas Britten, Esq., of this city, to Charloirtieverp,'"/ youngest daughter of the late James Ackers, Est? °f % l.---- d of —__—. DIED. John On the 11th inst., at Ambleside, in his 7 2 d Y ea r ' 00/ Es On the Bth inst., at Yarmouth, Norfolk, Mrs. Sarah Marg lire OP spinster, in her 97th year. , f rlcf On the 12th inst., at St. Andrew's-place, p l ot 9- utt oni• Bth year, Matilda, second daughter of the Rev. • 11 , t a gee l ir On the 13th inst., Mr. Thresher, of the Haylnar,',4lelrue.' 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