The Sun. — London, England, 1835-09-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1835. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It would be amusing and not uninstructive to make a collection of the occasiois upon which Heaven has been thanked for a House of Lords. In every in stance it would be found that some impolitic, unjust, or nefarious practice was concerned. In turning over the leaves of Boswell's Johnson, we were struck by a passage in praise of the wisdom and independence of the House of Lords, to the same effect, and about as well merited, as the commendations in the Times, Post, and Standard, for the last three months. Re ferring to an argument of Johnson, in favour of a negro 's claim to his liberty in the British Isles, Bos well writes I record Dr. Johnson's argument fairly upon this particular case ; where, perhaps, he was in the right. But I beg leave to enter my most solemn protest against his general doctrine with respect to the Slave Trade. For I will resolutely say, that his un favourable notion of it was owing to prejudice, and imperfect or false information. The wild and dan gerous attempt which has for some time been per sisted in to obtain an Act of our Legislature to abolish so very important and necessary a brand). of commer cial interest must have been crushed at once, had not the insignificance of the zealots who vainl y took the lead in it made the vast body of planters, merchants, and others, whose immense properties are involved in that trade, reasonably enough suppose that there could be no danger. The encouragement which the attempt has received excites my wonder and indigna tion ; and though some men of superior abilities have supported it, whether for a love of temporary popula rity when prosperous, or a love of General ,mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status whichin all ages God has sanctioned, and may has continued, =rad not only be robbery to an innu 7 Inerable class of our jellozv-subjects, but it would be extreme cruelty to the 4frican savages, a portion of whom it saves from massacre. or intolerable bondage in their own country, and introduces into a much happier state of life ; especially now, when their passage to the West Indies, and,their treatment there, is humanely, regulated. To abolish that trade would be to Shot the gates of mercy on mankind.' Whatever may have passed elsewhere concerning it, the House of Lords is wise and independent Intaminatis fulget honeribus Nec sumit nut ponit secures Arbit.rio popularis aurte." It appears marvellous now that any man of com mon sense and common humanity could have put forth these weak pretences for the worst barbarity, and with as much warmth as . if the holiest of causes were at stake ; and half a century hence posterity will wonder as much at the present defence of Odious abuses which they will have seen swept away, as we in our time have seen the abolition of the slave trade and eman cipation of the negro regarded with such horror by Boswell, as disturbing a status sanctioned by God, and robbery to man. All these works in their time are denounced, as we. see above, as " wild and dan prows attempts," prompted by ".a love of temporary popularity," et'' a love of general mischief;" and against the success of such righteous enterprises all reliance is placed, " whatever may have passed elsewhere con'- cerninfr it," in the wisdom and independence of - the Lords I We must observe, by the way, on the perfect understanding which Boswell hail of the principles and Avorkil:g of the Constitution, as it existed before our Reform Bill. He speaks of corruption as the anti attrition of the great machine, with the simplicity and frankness with which the French writers of memoirs of the age cf Louis XIV. and the Regency mention the in -deuce of the immoralities. In opposition to John son's argument for taxing the American colonies by the power of the sword, Boswell - insisted that America might be very well governed, and made to yield sufli cient revenue, by the means of " bill:Ile:re (the italics are the author's) as exemplified in Ireland, while the people might be pleased with the ii:zagination, 9 f their • participating of the British Constitution , by ha:.ing a body of representatives withortt whose consent money could not he exacted from them." With the same shrewd view, the expedient of a Parliament an t lie then E:ritish inailel was reeommended conic few Years ago to the ney of Algiers. In the progress of civi lization cheating is funnel better than for cc, and fraud has . its reign till public intelligence shakes it off. Our people ,will bear a vast pressure of abuse, under the ~;anction of custom ; but the lesson of experience. tough late, comes at last. The political character of John Bull is, perhaps, best illustrated :n the story of a worthy resident in a bad neighbourhood, who observe:l to a friend, " Though I hate moving, three being Os Poor Richard says) nearly as bad as a fire, I am about to change my quartets ; for I have been knocked down and robbed regularly every night of my life for the last three years, and now I really begin to think that it is high time to move into an honester neigh bourhood ; and it cannot be denied but I have given' this a fair trial." John Bull bears a long series of robbery, but the hour of resolution to change comes at last. Johnson's view of the House of Commons. broached in a conversation with Lord Newhaven, is curious, and may be adopted by some of the Tories of the present day. He observed, " The House of Com mons Was originally not a privilege of the people, but a check for the Crown on the House of Lords. I re member Henry VIII. wanted them to do something ; they hesitated in the morning, but did it in the after moon ; he told them, It is well you did, or half your 'eads should have been upon Temple-bar.' But the House of Commons is now no longer under the power of the Crown, and therefore must be bribed." Thus bribery was ever the great Tory specific.—Morning Chronicle. Unquestionably the object of prison discipline is to prevent as well as to punish crime—in other words, I to punish crime already committed, in a manner most likely to deter others from the commission of similar crime. In the infancy of legislation the summary mode was thought the best, and the impatience of men who had not yet learned to reason inflicted death on every criminal. It was soon found, however, that this off-hand system was not, so expeditious as it was deci sive ; criminals seemed to grow under the, axe and the gallows ; and 2,000 men executed in one year did not frighten 4,000 men in another from qualifying them :selves for the same fatal termination of their career. The legislators of a succeeding age began at last. to be impressed, though slowly, with the conviction that extreme severity was not a perfect check ; and the Ministers of Elizabeth adopted a milder course, and instead of putting to death 2,000 felons a year, reduced the number of legal victims to less than 400 a year. Crime was not found to multiply under ;the milder system, neither was it much diminished. But the offences committed were marked by less atrocity: that ferocious spirit which was engendered by the knowledge that the man who stole a handker .chief would be inexorably visited with the same fate as tthe man who murdered his father, became softened, when it was found that there were degrees of punish ment, as well as degrees of guilt. Still the aggregate of criminals was scarcely less, though the. desperate burglar and the highway robber were succeeded by the petty shoplifter and the sneaking pickpocket. As .these offences, though not of so alarming character as those of a former age, are yet most mischievous and aril inconvenient, the makers of law and the adminis trators of law are as busy as ever to punish or prevent the new modes of delinquency. Magistrates and gaolers, orators and writers, are incessantly occupied in the discussion or application of various schemes of prison discipline. Preventive measures, coercive mea sures, remedial measures—the working system, the si• lent system—good feeding, low feeding, all succeed each other—each plan has its day, makes a to lerable sensation during its short existence, and then gives place to some other plan promulgated with equal confidence, and abandoned with equal in diff '?,rence. Among the newest of the various fashions and patent expedients for diminishing crime is one, whic•lm, in spite of its name, is making, a considerable noise in the world : it is called " the silent . system," and is a sort of modification of Howard's solitary con finer:lent. It is borrowed from our brethren across the Atlantic, Soho being the greatest talkers have naturally co.nsickred a sentence of " silence". a very severe one : it 1, as for a reason probably not very dissimilar become a pr, Idigious favourite with the French, who are the next greatest talkers in the world. In order that . our reader, % "nay understand it, we shall quote a description of it from a pamphlet just published, entitled A Letter to the Duke of Richmond by a County Magistrate:—. " A description of the system is summed up in its title. 'lt consists in the rigorous maintenance of silence among the prisoners, except when spoken to by an officer, from the moment they enter the prison to the moment of their libe ration. Each rises, washes, works, goes to the chapel, to his meals, to exercise, and to bed, in the midst of his fellow prisoners, without a word of communication ; and, where the system is thoroughly worked out, without exchanging a look beyond what is absolutely unavoidable. Each indivi dual is thus isolated amidst numbers, in regard to moral and social communication, as much as if alone. Mutual conta mination is prevented ; and in the silence of the place, and of his own thoughts, the prisoner is left to the undisturbed impression of the moral influences acting upon him through the medium of personal restraint—regularity of hours and of employments—of food and rest—of cleanliness and order —of religious instruction, reading, and worship. " The means by which the silent system is executed are these :—The employment of a certain number, according to circumstances, of the best-conducted prisoners as wardsmen or monitors, to prevent, or detect and report, the slightest infringement of the- rule of silence among the prisoners. Every yard, workroom, eating-place, and sleeping-room is open to the inspection of the officers of the prison, from situations commanding a view of every individual, without the inspector being perceived ; the wardsmen and.prisoners being, consequently, unaware at what moment the supe rior eye is upon them, or that it is not always so. The smallest infraction of the rules is thus sure of detection. Immediate punishments follow, consisting for first and slight offences, of prolonged labour, or deprivation of a meal ; for repeated offences, of solitary confinement ; in extreme cases, the further punishment authorized by the Gaol Act." That the writer of the pamphlet is a conscientious man we have no reason - to doubt ; that he i 3 a bene volent man we are not unwilling to ,believe, because his general tone where his theory is not in question is rational and considerate ; nor do we in one sense dis pute the efficacy of his plan. It would, as he says, terrify even the oldest offenders ; it would do more, though he does not suspect it—it would unseat the reason of nine out of every ten prisoners ; some would be driven into moping fatuity, others into desperate madness. This prison-trappism would in fact be as severe as the old Draconian system of death for every offence : but in . our minds it would be less justifiable. Society even in its least . civilized state can hardly sanction the de struction of the mind of man, or recognize madness as a proper species of remedial discipline. The drop of water falling momentarily on the head of the victim of the Inquisition has always been considered the most savage and demoniac invention of that frighful tyranny, because its result was madness. All observers of hu man character must see that the tendency of the " si lent system" is to produce precisely the same effects. And yet the worthy but credulous writer of the pamph let speaks of in the following terms :—" Old offenders have found its rules intolerably severe." No doubt but then follows the following exquisite piece of sim plicity—we were going to call it humbug : "First, offenders, as yet uninitiated in crime, and not lost to moral sensibility, have expressed their grateful sense of a system of management which has saved them from the depraved language of their fellow-prisoners, and the in struction in criminal arts, for which our gaols have been among the worst schools. And individuals have gone back to their families, accounting it, in the language of one, the best job in their lives,' to have been under the salu tary influence of a system, which, with its accompaniment of religious instruction, has proved effectual for the refor mation of their characters." After stating that the system pro:luces the stillness of the grave, the author luxuriates in the followiiT, exulting description, with which we shall close our extracts: _ _ " But no partial observance of the system, it must be mitted, will accomplish the object in view. Silence, ob served as far as regards order in a prison, has - long been an established regulation in various Houses of Correction, and along with it the training of the young and inexperienced prisoners, by practised criminals, in the more advanced stages of crime, has been proceeding unchecked. But this is a quite different thing from the silence system as now en forced for, according to this system, as already stated, every individual, though working, walking, and eatinz in company with his fellow"prisoners, is as much isolated as regards communication with them as if he were alone ; no spoken communication can take place among them. Com munication by signs, which persons familiar with the inge nuity of prisoners have supposed Would be substituted fm speech, has been attempted, detected, and, by the vigilaul application of the plan, prevented as completely as commu nication by word of month. At Wakefield, ward,' when uncecupied, or moving, is as strict a rule silence itself ; no eye is suffered to wander ; and prisoners may be (the keeper remarked) for a length of time, within two or three of each other in the lines in which they walk, work, or eat; without becoming acquainted with each other's persons." . Nobody will suspect us of any maudlin sympathy with the criminal pests of society, or of any wish to withhold from proved offences that degree of punish ment which may at once vindicate the law, and terrify others into an observance of it. Though we. respect the motives, we dissent from the views of those who would make a gaol a place of comfort, and thus afford a premium for delinquency : but while we wish every prison to be an object of dread, and every culprit to be subjected to such a course of discipline as may work in him the only penitence of which most crimi nals are capable—a sincere sorrow that he has incurred a severe penalty, with a resolution to amend his life in order not to be visited again with the same privations or suffering—yet we would not have Newgate con verted into Bedlam, with the additional inconvenience, that in the greater number of cases the lunatic Would be sent out into the world again. Under any system a thief seldom comes out of gaol better than he went in ; but if he comes out invested also with the dan gerous attributes of insanity, it will be like letting wild beasts loose to ravage and destroy. But we confess we do not anticipate that the possible mischief will be incurred ; indeed, if we can form any judgment, we should say that this novel expedient will be even more short-lived than most of his ingenious predecessors, and will very probably expire before the magistrates who patronize it have killed the last partridge of the present season. Before the next Ist of September our worthy county magistrate will, probably have a bran new prison 7 system concurrently with his new " Man ton."—Tinzes. We last October, during the time of the revision of the lists of voters for Members of Parliament, ob served, " that too many of the Learned Gentlemen (Revising Barristers), have appeared to think that it was their duty to insist upon the most strict observance of all, even the smallest technicalities, instead of, by a liberal and common-sense construction of the Act, assisting the overseers in amending their lists ; and, in stead of endeavouring to ,rectify errors, have - been too much disposed to read long lectures on the non-ob servance of some, in fact, most trivial informality." These remarks are again pressed upon our notice by . reading the report of the proceedings before the Revis ing Barristers for the City. of London, as reported in our paper of yesterday. On the occasion in question both the Learned Gentlemen are said to have refused to take the lists from the overseers of many parishes, on the ground that they were not the original lists. Now, assuming from the doubtful wording of the Act that it is clear that the overseers in cities and boroughs are bound to deliver to the Barristers in Court the original lists, does it not occur to these Learned Gentlemen that a printed list may be the original list adopted, and acknowledged and signed by the overseers as such ? Would the Learned Gentlemen contend that the first rough copy mis-spelt perchance, worse-written, and hardly legible by the luckless scribe himself, never, perhaps, signed by him, or intended. to be anything more than a direction to his hired amanuensis, or printer, to make out the list from, is the original list contemplated by the- Act? And that this, is what really does and must necessarily take place in nine cases out of ten we are aware, and we should have sup posed few persons could have been ignorant of. With .as much show of reason, it might be contended that a mere rough draft or first writing of a lease or deed was the original, because first committed to writing as the foundation whereon to make the instrument. Thus in the case contemplated, the overseer, in many instances so bad a penman that his lists would be illegible were he to take upon himself to write them out himself, makes a species of rough copy for the sake of collec ting together his materials, and of giving instruc tions for the making out of the document which he intends to acknowledge as his list. As the overseers stated on Monday—when they have got their list either printed or written out—why the rough sketch or foul copy is thrown away. Does Dot this prove e's es fa what such first copy (not original list,) was mean t for ? This, it should be borne in mind, is not a case where it is suggested that the overseers have first acknowledged and published one list, and now wish to adopt another. In nine cases out of ten the course adopted by the overseers alluded to appears to us not only the most convenient for all parties concerned, but almost in some cases necessary for the despatch of bu siness, and, as far as the legality of it is concerned, we cannot doubt. The Learned Gentleman, however, stated, that if the disjecta rnembra of these rough copies, could not be found at the printer's or .else where, they would reconsider their decision, and when they do so, upon a little consideration of the inconve niences, to say nothing of the incorrectness of their first judgment, we can pretty well prognosticate which way they will decide. We know nothing of the two Learned Gentlemen alluded to, and beg leave to assure them that we make these remarks without meaning the slightest disrespect towards them ; but as the conse quences of such a decision would be productive, we think, of great inconvenience, and would also tend very much to delay the progress of business, at a season when, from all accounts, there will be real and sub stantial points upon the numerous objections to be decided, we have thought right thus to call attention generally to the subject.— orn ing Herald.. It is one of the most melancholy signs of the times that a proposal so rational and so pious as that of the Rev. Hartwell Home, for a religious celebration of the approaching centenary of the printing of the first com plete Bible in the English language, should be met by the friends and supporters of the present Administra tion, as if they felt conscious of danger to the political power of their patrons from the mere fact of any con siderable portion of the people of Great Britain che rishing and pouring forth a sentiment of gratitude to the Supreme Giver of all Good, for the inestimable blessing of the sacred volume rendered to them in a language which they can understand. We feel that it is not within our province to attempt to convince any of our fellow-subjects of the duty of paying special honour to so important an epoch in the history of our country ; for those who do not acknowledge and fulfil the obligation with instinctive and cheerful alacrity, who are not eager upon such an occasion to offer the thanksgiving of humble and grateful hearts, must be far beyond the reach of any argument or persuasion which it would become us to employ. We do not venture to aspire to the honourable and exalted duty of making men Christians and 'Pr:otestants who are not so. We speak to those who are, or whom we suppose to be, Christians and Protestants already ; and to such auditors it is surely unnecessary to address any argument with a view to show that the first publi cation of the :Bible in the language of our country, and in print, is an event which ought conStantly to be held in grateful and pious recollection, and that, if it were only for the sake of cultivating this habitual feel ing of affectionate and reverential gratitude, such an event ought at particular seasons to be especially commemorated. Ail that can be necessary m ad dressing Protestants, is to intimate that the 4th of October, 1505, was the day on which a complete Bible first existed in our native tongue, and that the third Sunday from this time will be the 4th of Octo ber, 1835, tine third centenary of this great and truly important occurrence. Is it not natural that every man who values the sacred oracles, should on that day feel a warmer glow of gratitude to Divine Providence for time advantages which this inestimable gift has conferred upon himself and his country ? And is it not most fit and just that the general sentiment of a ration should find some means of social and pub lic expression ? Or will it be contended that a reli gious nation should stifle the expression of its gra titude to Heaven for a signal mark of favour, lest offence, perchance, be taken to a political party, whose deepest - disgrace and misfortune it is to be incapable of sympathising in so just, so sacred, a feeling. Our Ministerial contemporaries attempt by clumsy sophis try and effective ridicule to prevent the intended cele bration ; hut their efforts are only sweessful in con vincing the world that reverence for the Bible, and a just . appreciation of its value, are incompatible with the support of an Administration like the pre sent; of which Mr.' O'Connell is the substantial prop, and the true leader. There is revolting impiety in the recourse to ridicule upon such a subject, and those who oppose, and, if their power were equal to their will, which fortunately it is not, would prevent the commemoration, would willingly avoid the scandal of such impiety, but they feel that they must do something with a view to abate the rising Protestant feeling of the country ; and, - as they arc destitute of argument for the purpose, they resort to what may be very properly deno minated very vapid and vulgar attempts at wit. Such exhibitions are disgraceful to their authors, but still more disgraceful to the Administration for whose in terest they are employed. The celebration of such an event as the printing of the first edition of the British Bible, if all England took part in it, could never, it is certain, have done the Ministry so much harm as the attempt, the unsuccessful attempt, on the part of their friends to deprecate and interrupt that national effusion of gratitude and piety. But for this, it could never have been so clearly discovered as it is at the present moment, that the manifestation of a genuine and power ful Protestant feeling in the country would be the cer tain means of depriving Ministers of those places and that power which they cherish above all things. But for this, which has all the effect and validity of a voluntary confession, eit could never have been know so certainly that the present Ministers arc the enemies of Protestantism, and that they arc aware how incumbent it is upon all the true friends of Protestantism to be the determined and persevering opponents of the present Ministers. The spirit dis closed upon this occasion by the organs of the Admi nistration must convince the world that, whatever pro fessions his Majesty's Ministers may think it prudent to make in Parliament, the interests of Protestantism and their interests are diametrically opposed, and that to promote and preserve the latter, the interests of Pro testantism are to be abandoned and denounced without the slightest hesitation. The language employed upon this occasion by the Ministerial tools is enough to con vince every clergyman of the Church of England, and every conscientious Protestant Minister, of whatever sect, that those who would discourage and prevent, if possible, the meditated religious Jubilee, in honour of the re-opening of the Bible to the people at large, ought to be strenuously resisted—that all they advise in this or any other matter connected with religion, should be eschewed—and that all they would pre vent, ought to be diligently and eagerly - carried into effect. We sincerely hope that the heads of the Church will fully sympathise With the feelings, and sustain the energies of the inferior Clergy, and that entire harmony will prevail on an occasion equally in teresting to all between the congregations of the Estab lished Church and every class of Protestant Disien ittile e:rsNr%,,ehsi may not o c tn,t the a single throughout u 4 g thilo of Gpolarcectaoeb o ter, Britain f and Ireland, P o r l o e te i s ) t i a es n s t in w o orship con ferred on this nation three hundred years previously will will not be commemorated by a suitable manifestation of pious gratitude. That this duty has been twice neglected is certainly not, as the Ministerial writers pretend, a reason why it should be neglected for the third time. As .little force is there in the cavils by which they would depreciate the value of the first printed English Bible, because manuscript Bibles in the English language were previously in existence, and because the first printed Biblecon- con tained errors which were co r rected in subsequent editions. It will surely not be disputed that the first printed Bible was as accurate as the pre existing manuscripts, or that the comparatively easy and cheap multiplication of copies by the application of the art of printing, was an incalculable gain to the cause of religious truth ? And is it not a disinge nuous .cavil to speak of the more perfect translation which was subsequently made, without acknowledging vi ene of e, the strong probability that the extensive circulat ion the printed volume was, in the hands of Provi dence, one of the chief causes of the improved translation ? The objections i amount in effect only to this, that Co verdale s Bible, being the first printed copy of the sa cred volume in the English language, was preceded by the manuscricpt from which it was printed, and led the way to subsequent improvements and corrections of the firstrrectionsofthe text, circumstances which may be alleged printed edition, we believe, of every work, certainly of every translated work. Such reasoning can establish nothing, but that the understanding of its author is ob tuse, and the object for which it is advanced crooked. —Morning Post. A pamphlet on real and rational Reform in the Church of England has just been published, , by the Rev. J. G. Lloyd. From the vigorous and dashing spirit of the style, we should have supposed the author to have written stans pede in uno, had he not informed us that it was done lying on a sofa, over a cup of coffee. However, a genuine and energetic spirit of Reform and Religion animates the whole essay, and even the most moderate of honest politicians can offer no tenable objection to the positions which 'he has taken. The preaching of certain parsons on politics, instead of religion, is thus admirably commented on : " The prostitution of the Protestant pulpit to political purposes, is'in my opinion, as a Christian, a dreadful dese cration of the temple of the God of Peace, who enableth men to be of one mind in a house. I will not, I dare trust myself, to express my feelings on this awful subject. When the minds of the congregations are, or ought to be, fixed upon heaven and holiness, upon God, his mercies, and his judgments, are the selected ministers and stewards of his mysteries,—wearing, too, perhaps, the symbol of the ministry of the Apostles themselves, the lon g -looked for and tco dearly purchased lawn,—to drag them down from . the contemplation of things eternal relating to that immortal part which never dies, to the decision of whether Lord J. Russell or Mr. Parker are to sit in the National Assem bly, and mend or make laws, which themselves and our selves must soon perish, for few and evil are the days of the best and oldest of us." A hope is next expressed that some means may be adopted to prevent the hereditary Mob from exposing themselves and the country which tolerates them to the ridicule and contempt of foreigners, and that HE who honoured the Lords by accepting a peerage, and who is not only saving but adorning his country by his talents and exertions, may long remain unfettered by the harness of Downing-street. His greatest ene my, must admit the justice of this tribute to Lord Brougham. The manner in which pamphleteering and preaching is patronised amongst the politico religious party is thus ably exposed : " Suppose the Minister to want a pamphlet on any pro fessional subject —say AGAINST the Catholics—they find a very clever man, possessing more talent and turbulence than Christian charity and independence. He writes so good a pamphlet that our legislators treat it as our barristers do their briefs. What reward do they give this professional political pamphleteer? A Deanery, say Chester, if it be vacant, it is a good and proverbial stepping-stone." " ..Again, suppose the Minister, that able dispenser of those very convincing arguments called Canons' Deaneries, and Bishopricks, to want another pamphlet, say in FA VOUR of the Catholics, suppose the same secular Minister applying to the very same clerical Minister to reply to his own pamphlet, suppcise his doing so, what reward had he— in this world I mean If any Bishoprick was vacant, say Exeter for instance, he would probably receive it." Does the author allude to Phillpotts ? No, no he does but jest ; "poison in jest.' " The story is extant," and written, if not in very choice Italian, in very plain English. The writer naturally expresses his horror of allowing such a man, if such there be, " to put his guilty hands on the heads of innocent children." The conduct of the Bishops, in absenting themselves from their spiritual duties ; the movie of election, vesting the " recommendation" in the Crown— And the necessity, inevitable necessity, of alteration in he ~ s tem—is commented on with eloquence, energy, and effect. " Gold firs', gold last, gold midst, and gold without end," appears to be the motto, end, and aim of the Ministets of the Established Church. On this point the author adduces a case, not unusual, though miquitou3, con nected with the promotion of the clergyman who offi ciated at Peterleo. On the question of supporting clergymen by voluntary contributions, the writer ap pears to s2crifice justice to expediency ; however, in regard to the practicability of such .a system, he need only look to Ireland for conviction. In reply to the assertion of the Bishop of London, " We want more churches and more clergymen," the author most respect fully inquires from what premises his Grace has drawn such a conclusion, as, in his opinion, its converse might be drawn " from empty churches and unemployed clerzymen."—Morning Adertiser. POLICE IN'T'ELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday, an elderly man, who had the appearance of having seen better clays, and who gave his name William Harding, was charged with obtaining 200 pens from Messrs. Terry, wholesale stationers, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, by false pretences. It appeared that the prisoner had, formerly been in the occasional employment of Messrs. Wrixon, eminent solici tors, in Jewry-street, Aldgate, as a hackney miter, and on the 9th of July last, he went to Messrs. Terry, with a note signed as by the senior partner of the house of Wrixon and Co., ordering 200 pens. The clerk at Terry's knowing the firm of Messrs. Wrixon to be of the highest respectability, although they were not customers, at once sent the pens. On a subsequent day, the prisoner called again at Terry's with a similar order, and obtained the same quantity of pens. On Sunday evening last, the prisoner 'accosted Po• licemun No. 50, F, whom he had formerly known, and said, .6 I want to speak with you." The constable said— " Why, Harding, I have not seen you for some time, what have you been doing with yourself? " The prisoner re plied that he had come for the purpose of giving himself up, having committed a fraud upon Messrs. Terry, in Shoe lane, and adding that he could not keep out of the way any longer. _ The prisoner had nothing to say, and was remanded until Saturday. Q UEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday Susannah Pardell (who was represented to be a respectable married female) and Thon:as Smith, an el-4 derly man, were brought up in custody before Mr. WHITE, charged with taking off a quantity of fixtures from the house occupied by the female prisoner, and disposing of the same. Mr. Daniel Allen stated that a short time back he let a house to the prisoner and her husband, situated at No. 34, Lambeth-square, New-cut ; upon which occasion he (wit ness) supplied the house with appropriate fixtures, consist ing of kitch6n-ranges, stoves, copper, and shelves. A few days ago he received information that the articles in ques tion were sold to a broker by the female prisoner. On ascertainiug this to be correct he caused her to be appre hended, as well as the prisoner Smith, from the circum stance of his being with her at the different times she sold the property. A respectably-dressed man here stated that he had known Mrs. Pardell for a number of years. She had been very well off, and was respectably connected. John Munting, a broker, of 39, Calcroft-terrace, Lam beth, stated that he purchased the fixtures of the female prisoner, she stating that they were her property, and had paid 14/. for them. Smith was with her at the t►me. From an inquiry made by the Magistrate, it appeared that the husband of Pardell was in prison for debt. The female prisoner, who appeared affected at her situa tion, stated that she considered the fixtures her husband's property. She disposed of them on account of distress. Both prisoners were remanded until Tuesday next. HATTON-GARDEN. On Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, Sarah Meyers was again brought before Mr. BENNETT, when Sergeant Camp bell, of E division, attended, and stated that, according to Mr. Bennett's suggestion, he called upon her uncle, Mr. Sweatman, jeweller, of Lambeth Marsh, but he was not at home. He saw Mrs. Sweatman, her aunt, who refused to come forward, and said she would not suffer her husband to do so. He had also seen her father-in-law, and her mother, and they also refused to attend. Mr. BENNETT expressed his indignation, and asked the officer why he did not insist on their attendance? Ser geant Campbell—l have used every effort to cause their at tendance, but could not succeed. Mr. BENNETT asked the prisoner what she would do if she were liberated? Prisoner (wildly)—l will go back to the hospital. ' Mr. BENNETT-But will you promise me not to repeat the act ? Prisoner—l will, your Worship. Scrjeant Campbell said that the surgeon of the North London Hospital had offered her to return for a few days if she thought proper. Mr. BENNETT—Then take her there ; and when she is about to leave, bring her to this office, and I will see that something shall be done for her. Scrjeant Campbell—l have got a wedding-ring, which I took from her. Shall I return it to her, your Worship ? Mr. BENNETT—Most certainly. The ring, she said, had been purchased by her father in-law, and given to her in order to cause a belief that they were man and wife. Mr. BENNETT again remonstrated with her, and told her if she would promise not to attempt her own life again, although her relations had abandoned her, she should be protected. She promised to do so, and during the above period she seemed - to be partially unconscious of what was passing, whilst she looked steadfastly at one spot, and her full and dark piercing eyes protruded from their sockets, and indi caied excessive despair. Serjeant Campbell then took her to the hospital, and on the road she seemed more cheerful and conversationable, when she informed him that her mother lived for some time with her father-in-law, prior to her father's death. He was distantly related to an eminent barrister, and the 2,000/., had been left to him, and she would eventually be entitled to it. She also said that her mother bad reproached her with having attempted to set fire to her house, which she denied. Campbell said, when he saw her mother on Tuesday night, she wished for her death, but her father-in law said nothing. He described them as being very illite rate persons. • MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Yesterday Nathaniel French was brought before Mr. CHAMBERS for final examination, charged with having plun dered his late employer, Mr. Hodgkinson, silk mercer and draper, No. 91, New Bond-street, of goods and money to a large amount. The prisoner was formerly in an extensive way of busi ness as a linen•draper at Cardiff, but having become unfor tunate he bad been compelled to take situations in London houses of business, where considerable confidence was placed in him owing to his knowledge and industry. Mr. Hodgkinson stated that the prisoner bad been in his employ as foreman for above two years. The prisoner suddenly left his situation, and then it was discovered that he had for some months past carried on an extensive system of plunder. His lodgings having been discovered, a search 'warrant was obtained, which was executed by Clements and Mace, officers of this establishment. On proceeding to No. 26, Brabant-street, Camden-town, witness and the officers found the prisoner in bed. A box was searched, and amongst other things a tin case was found, which the prisoner said belonged to his daughter, who had gone to Cardiff. Clements was proceeding to force the lock, when the prisoner handed him the key, with the remark that he would find in the case what he wanted. When the case was opened, a sealed packet was discovered, which, on in spection, was found to contain several duplicates of property which had been taken from prosecutor's stock. The method used by the prisoner to obtain possession of goods without suspicion was to take out a parcel as if to show it to a cus tomer. He would return without some of the goods, and would make an entry to the customer as if a sale had occurred. _ A search having been made among the pawnbrokers, there were found in their hands three damask tablecloths, stated to be worth 15 guineas each ; eight pieces of Irish linen, value about 30/. ; seven dozen of napkins, sixteen sheets, and other property, amounting to about 1001. Be sides these articles, a number of bills, said to have been re ceived by the prisoner, and not accounted for, amounting to upwards of 300/., were found. Mr. Hodgkinson said he was unable to state the amount of his loss. which he believed to be more considerable than what he had at present ascertained. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was fully committed. THAMES POLICE-OFFICE. Yesterday George Francis Soper, the master of the ship William Henry Angus, appeared before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. BRODERIP, to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 6/. 15s. to David Mills, a seaman, for his ser vices on board, in a voyage to Grenada. Mr. Pelham, a respectable solicitor, said he appeared for the complainant in this case, and the only question for the Magistrates to decide would be, whether the sailor had de serted the ship or not. He had been sent ashore at Gre nada, and locked up for sixty-eight days, under a commit ment of a Magistrate for an assault on one of the seamen. While he was in prison the ship sailed, and he now claimed wages for the actual time he had been on board. The sailor having proved that he had signed articles for the voyage to Grenada and hack at 2/. ss. a month. Mr. BALLANTINE said the defendant had had the benefit of the man's services as far as Grenada, and he ought to pay him for that. _ Defendant—lt is a complete desertion in every sense o: the word. _ _ Mr. BALLANTINE—I don't see how you make that out. The act of desertion, if I understand any thing of words, means a voluntary leaving and absence from the ship. This man has been taken ashore and put into gaol for some offence, and compelled to remain there. That is any thing but a " complete desertion in every sense of the word." The case, in my opinion, does not fall within the Act, be cause the man did not perform his entire contract, which contemplated a voyage to Grenada and back ; but if Mills has been of service to the ship, you surely won't go so far as to say he shall not be paid for his services. The defendant said he could not wait until the man was liberated from prison, and he had witnesses to show— Mr. BALLANTINE—That the man was taken out of the ship and sent to prison. I assume all that, but I think it would be more satisfactory to yourself to pay the man for the outward-bound voyage. I cannot make an order, but there are certain things which gentlemen of good sense and rood feeling will always do without the intervention of the law. Mr. BRODEIIIP perfectly agreed with his colleague. As a matter of law, the case was corani 72011 judice, and the Bench could make no order, but, as a matter of feeliq the Magistrates would recommend that the man should de paid the sum he had claimed. If he was not paid, e fendant must recollect he must transfer the wages to the Seamens' Hospital. Mr. Soper gave a cheque for the amount. MAR YLEB ONE. Yesterday Williams Murray, who was charged on Mon day with fraudulently obtaining thirty-two bottles of wine from Mr. Preston, wine-merchant, No. 62, Connaught-ter race, Edgeware-road, by representing himself as the Hon. Major Seymour, and nephew to Lord Edward Somerset, was placed at the bar for re-examination. Mr. Flower, of the firm of Alderman Harmer and Co., appeared for the prisoner. The depositions of the former witnesses having been read o ver, _ _ Mr. RAWLINSON asked if there was any other person who wished to say anything against the prisoner ? A young woman, who gave her flame Elizabeth Armson, then stepped forward, and having been sworn, said that she lived with her aunt, who kept the house 13, Taunton-place, Regent's Park. About nine months ago the prisoner took apartments in the name of Major Butler, and having been provided with board, as well as lodging, for three weeks, witness asked him for the money, when he gave her a draft upon a banking-house in the City, where, upon in quiry, she was told that no such person was known. She returned home, but found that during her absence the pri soner had decamped. She bad not been able to lay her hand upon the paper he gave her ; but hati no doubt, if time were granted, that'she could find it. Mr. RAWLINSON remarked that there was a reasonable probability to suppose that he bad drawn a check upon where had no business, and if the paper was found a case m ight be established against him. Mr. Hall, stationer and newspaper-agent, Albany-street, here said that a few months back the prisoner called upon hi m , and, representing himself as a Major Thornton, de sired three different papers to,be sent to his residence, No. 3, Stanhope-terrace, Regent's Park, every morning, which was done, and having been supplied with a quantity of sta tionary, he took in the bill one morning, and was told the prisoner had gone no one knew whither. Since his appre- hension he (Mr. Hall) had found out that besides decamp ing in the debt of a lady in whose house (in the vicinity of the Regent's Park) he had boarded and lodged, he had stolen a sovereign. The lady, however, was out, and would not be back in time to appear. The prisoner who, by the, advice of his solicitor, said nothing, was then remanded till Monday. Mr. RAWLINSON observed that he hoped the prisoner's draft would then be produced, and that the lady whom Mr. Hall said had been robbed' would be in attendance. Yesterday James Davis, a well-known cracksman, was placed at the bar, charged with being found concealed on the premises of Mr. Henry Knapp, builder, No. 40, Ci rencester-place, New-road, with intent to commit a felony. Prosecutor stated that on the previous night, about half past twelve o'clock, lie was aroused from his sleep by a ring at the bell. He got up from bed, and on looking out of the window he was told by a person that he had seen a short time previously a man and woman watching his premises, and he thought their conduct looked very sus picious. Witness immediately got up, and having armed himself with a thick stick, went into the timber yard, when, on looking at the folding door which led into the street, he found that it was not in the state he left it on going to bed. He,then looked round, when he descried the pri soner and another man secreting themselves behind some planks. He made towards them and hit the prisoner 'on his forehead, when they both got up and ran to the gate. He followed, flourishing his. stick, but letting it fall, he thought it prudent to retreat into the house, and they both escaped. " Shortly after the prisoner was brought back by a policeman, when he recognised him as being one of the men, and gave him into custody. Thomas Jones, a solicitor's clerk, living at No. 26, op posite the prosecutor, said he was returning home with his wife, when within a door or two, he heard a female standing at Mr. Knapp's door, scream " Murder," and at the same time saw the prisoner and another man come out of the timber-yard gate, and run across the road. He pursued them, and overtaking them, struck the prisoner with his umbrella, when he turned round and gave witness, several blows in the face with his fists, and started off again. Wit ness still pursued him, and on arriving in Warren-street, went behind him, and succeeded in pinioning his arms and holding him till a policeman came up. The prisoner's com panion effected his escape. The prisoner in defence said the prosecutor had mistaken him for another person. He saw a man rush out of the premises, and suspecting he had been committing felony, he , ran after him, when he was struck with the umbrella by the last witness, who followed and gave him in charge. Mr. RAwLlNsort said he was an old offender, and corn mitted him to three months' hard labour in the House of , Correction. GREAT BRITAIN AND VENEZIIEL CONVENTION BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND THE STATE OF VENEZUELA, SIGNED AT LONDON OCT. 29, 1834. Whereas a treaty of amity, commerce, and n avigation , consisting of fifteen articles, was concluded between his his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the State .of Colombia, whic h said treaty, together with an additional article thereto, was, signed at Bogota on the 18th day of April, 1825 ; and whereas, after reciting that extensive commercial inter course having been established for a series of years between the dominions of his Britannic Majesty in Europe, and the several provinces and countries of America which (then united) constituted the State of ,Colombia, it seemed good for the security as well as encouragement of such commer cial intercourse, and for the maintenance of good under standing between his said Britannic Majesty and the said State, that the relations then subsisting between them should be regularly acknowledged and confirmed by the signature of a treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, it was in and by the said treaty declared and agreed, that, under certain regulations and conditions therein specified, there should be reciprocal freedom of commerce between the territories of his Britannic Majesty in Europe and the, territories of Colombia ; and, whereas, at the signing 0.1, the said treaty, the provinces of Venezuela were u nited with, and formed a component part of, the State of Co lombia, but have since that time finally, and entirely, se parated themselves therefrom, and from all other countries or provinces then, or now, united therewith, and have be come a separate and independent State under a distinct Government ; and whereas it is desirable that the com mercial relations and intercourse now, or lately, subsisting between the territories of his Britannic Majesty in En rope, and the territories of the State of Venezuela, re spectively, should continue and be carried on in the sam e manner, and under the same regulations and conditions as are expressed and specified in the aforesaid treaty be tween his said Majesty and the State of Colombia, and that his Majesty should acknowledge the independence of the said State of Venezuela, it has been accordinaiY agreed to conclude a convention for the purposes aforesaid. The high contracting parties have, therefore, named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say— His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Grea t Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Henry John Viscount Palmerston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland, a Member of his Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Con" cil, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a Member of Parliament, and his Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs : And the President, charged with the Executive Pow er of the State of Venezuela, the General of Division Marian°, Montilla, a member of the Order of the Liberators 01 Venezuela : Who, after having 'communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in good.and due forn'' have agreed upon and concluded the following articles Art. I.—His Majesty the King of the United Kingd° of Great Britain and Ireland, and the State of Venezuela, the independence of which State is hereby acknowledg etl ' recognised, and declared by his said Majesty, mutna tl agree to adopt and confirm, as effectually as if the sal°, were inserted word for word herein, the several art icles •and provisions of the aforesaid treaty concluded between his said Majesty and the State of Colombia, together wi t ' the aforesaid additional article thereto ; and that all matters and things contained in such treaty and addition 3 article, shall, mutatis mutandis, from and after the conclu sion of the present convention, be applied to the high el; tracting parties, their subjects and citizens, as e ffectuin, as if they were recited word for word herein ; confion'n and approving hereby all matters and things done, o r t 0 .7 done, by their respective subjects and citizens, under tP aforesaid treaty, and in execution thereof. iv Art. 2.—The high contracting parties further mut uaL agree to adopt and confirm, as part of the present conve r t ; Lion, as effectually as if the same were inserted w ord. : be word herein, the declaration explanatory of that part Of p ri seventh article of the aforesaid treaty concluded bet rie '„ his Britannic Majesty and the State of Colombia, wh eret a it was defined what ships should be considered as ent iti . e i to the privileges of British and Colombian ships, w h 'f o ! declaration was signed at London on the 7th day of vember, 1825, by the Right Hon. George Canning , tu r e , - r his Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State lb's: Foreign Affairs, on behalf of his said Majesty, and t o Senor Manuel Jose Hurtado, Plenipotentiary of the St 3, of Colombia, on behalf of the said State ; and that tio, said declaration, and the several provisions therein c e ot , tained, shall, from and after the ratification of the Prli o , convention, mutatis mutandis, be applied to his said jesty and his subjects, and to the said State of Venei ee c l l. and its citizens, as effectually as if the same were inse rt ' word for word herein. 3.—The present convention shall be ratified by his jesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great n r 'i t '; and Ireland, and by the President or' Vice-Pr esse fi, charged with the Executive power of the State of 'O, nezuela, with the consent and approbation of the C,, gress of the said State, and the ratifications shall be co•e'r changed at London within the space of six months, or 0 0 ° if possible. c e In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries 11 1 3 , ir signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of arms. 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