The Sun. — London, England, 1828-08-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A formidable engine towards advancing the cause of religious freedom in Ireland will be the establishment of local clubs for securing the election of liberal representatives throughout the country, and ousting all who will not pledge themselves to vote for emancipation, and against an unfriendly Government. The question has been paltered with too long. It was said, with some truth, by Mr. Canning and others, that the political storehouse of England did not con tain the materials of an Administration alto gether favourable to the Catholics. That no Ministry, decided and exclusive advocates for emancipation, would hitherto have enjoyed the good will of the Court or the confidence of Par liament, we are now ready to acknowledge.— With regard to the Court, it is needless to say any thing : its political inclinations derive their whole importance from the want of virtue in the Parliament, and of energy in the people, by which last a large proportion at least of the na tional representatives are elected. To neutralize the Court, therefore, if not to propitiate it, there was nothing necessary but to pour into the Le gislature a larger infusion of liberal blood ; and the absence of that all-powerful ingredient arose, in a great measure, from the unripe sagacity, half-awakened spirit, and imperfect organization of the Catholic community of Ireland, now en gaged in consummating a new policy, but feebly adopted at the last election, but which embraces within it the infallible remedy for perverse Courts and divided Cabinets, viz., a numerous and un compromising opposition in Parliament, pledged, as the condition of its being, to enforce on he half of the people from which it emanates, a speedy surrender of Court caprice, and a detec tion and dissolution of that mystical confederacy among ten or a dozen placemen, of whom, while one half denonnces emancipation as ruinous, and the other invokes it as the sole salvation of the empire, the first party identifies its own political existence with the advocates of what it proclaims to be' public ruin, and the second with the enemies of that which it deems to be our salvation ! To apply a eleci eiye remedy to this foul-working of the Consti ention, is in one word the present business of the Catholics of Ireland. fly returning none but thorough friends to emancipation, they will reach the Ministry that it can oscillate no more. To the honest portion of the Cabinet there will thus be afforded a grand occasion of illustrating Its pure principles, and of escaping from embar eassments which cast a strong suspicion on their purity. The real friends of emancipation will no longer hesitate to represent it in " high - quarters,* as that measure, without carrying -which they must unavoidably resign. The op ponents of the measure, if they do not yield to so fitir an opportunity of being enlightened and converted, will resign, because they no longer make the cry of "No Popery" available. We f annot picture to ourselves a number of men in the whole nation, who ought to pray so devoutly for success to the Catholic interest at every Irish election, as those members of the Cabinet who feel that the unsettled state of this question, with the ferment and discord growing out of it, has disabled them from doing justice to their coun try's honour and their own, lest each foreign enemy should find or make an ally in the camp of Great Britain. It is by some, we see from our private correspondence, asserted, • that a late conciliatory overture a Dr. Doyle to the Duke of Wellington has • been disavowed and disapproved of by other heads of the Catholic church. We have the strongest reason to believe that the very reverse has happened.— We have been assured, on well-informed autho rity, that the heads of the Catholics, clerical and lay, are desirous to evince the most tractable spirit of acquiescence and co-operation with his Majesty's Government, should it consult them, in whatever may tend to an immediate adjust ment of this dreadful and daily aggravating quar rel. We have long ago affirmed, and we stand to the fact, that the aspect of democracy which the spirit of the multitude assumes with more apparent eagerness every hour, has alarmed the men of property among the Catholics, and per haps, in a higher degree, the reverend persons at the head Of the hierarchy, who are even more eoncerned than any Protestants in the kingdom for the maintenance of all that species of autho rity. which founds itself on moral prescription, and is left unprotected by the law. The Catho lic landlord, in the struggles which have recently taken place, felt that although the object sought by the return of popular representatives to Parlia ment was one which involved his own political in terest more deeply than that of the 40s. voters who elected them ; yet the destruction of the land lord' s influence over the same voters, was an in etrument by which the end itself seemed rather too dearly purchased. The priests, instead of fear lessly obeying the orders of their Bishops, have b e en swept into the demagogue torrent of the t i me ; and landlord, bishop, and priest are aware, that in the triumph of tumultuous numbers, their own peaceful and patriarchal sway has lost its most solid security. If the Kind's Govern ment, then, be disposed to act fairly towards Ireland—but still more, to the Crown and Church of England, — we conjure them for the hundredth time to hasten the good work before she daylight abandons them, and the dark ni g ht confounds them. We urge the guardians o f this Protestant empire to disarm Popery of h er terrors, by redressing her wrongs. rhe period has not long gone by when the s ympathies of England,—ot Church and King,—of landlord and merchant, of gentleman and yeornan,—were enlisted on the side of suffering Popery, because Jacobinism was her assailant. Let them beware of what now goes on in Ireland, where every thin is governed by the speech attd passion of . the day,---where habitual authority yields to the encroachments of a power not far remote from what once was Jacobinism,—and where i the re cted pr a y er f or a cons tit ut i ona l right s dege aerating before our senses into a prayer for the .everthrow of th e constitution.-7'imes. h is said that-the Duke of Wellington has declined filling up the vacant Welch-Judgeship himself, but has transferred the nomination to the Lord Chancellor, alleging that though the patronage belongs to him, as First Lord of theTrea surv, yet that , hi s p rofessi onalhabits having been of a n other kind, he deems hims e lf unqua lifi e d to make the selection. This repo r t we aire as we have received it, not at all vouching for its accu racy.i If true, however, t does much credit both to his Grace's taste and judgment, and f orms a strong contrast to that grasping lor pat ronage which we have sometimes see n prevail. But hi s race has, upon this occasion, an opportunity of conferring a signal benefit on the country— viz, by not allowing the place to be filled up at all for the present. There can be little doubt, especially after the strong exposition it has re cently received from the pamphlet of Lord Caw dor, that the whole of the Welch Judicature - Joust undergo a speedy revision, one effect of which will probably be the abolition of the pre sent mode of appointing Judges altogether. In that case, the present holders of these offices will, of course, be looking for compensation, accord ing to the good and wholeseme practice " in such case made and provided." And with that prospect, therefore, before him, the Duke of Wellington surely would act wisely in keeping an appointment like this at all events in abey ance ; when, if otherwise, the holder, before he is well warm in his seat, must leave it, and the country be saddled with a remuneration for ser vices which will have ended as soon as begun. — Morning Herald. The recent decision of the Bow- street Magis trates in the case of the Strand Hotel Licence, was in our opinion perfectly just, and exactly what it ought to be. We see no reason why the Licensed Victuallers should have a monopoly in the sale of wise and beer, and spirits, &e. or why they should attempt to rival (in their small way) the great Leviathans, the Brewers. The obvious policy of the late Act was to open the trade, and enable respectable persons, having respectable hotels, to sell wine and spirits, without being subject to the plundering visits of the cormorant informers. But the Licensed Victuallers seem to be up in arms at any invasion of their rights, as they are pleased to term their monopoly, and club together for the purpose of defeating the evident intention of the Legislature. The pub lic accommodation requires to be attended to before the vested interests of any individual class of the community ; and those who minister to this accommodation are entitled to the protec tion and support of a liberal public. If men choose to embark their capital and industry in hotels, taverns, or inns, why should they be prevented ? What moral or political ob ject could be obtained by the prohibition ? In short the trade in the sale of wine, spirits, &c. should be as open as any other, if any thing bearing the semlelance of free trade is to be per mitted in this country. Two Magistrates are empowered to grant a licence ; but, highly as we generally approve the conduct of our Magis tracy, we have some regret at transferring the further power of the Board of Excise to their Worships. Already we have seen a want of unity in their decisions, and nothing can bring any law more into disrepute and disuse than every. day variations in its construction. Some of the City Aldermen (including Mr. Wood) have lately refused licenses to most respectable individuals upon grounds by no means warranting the con clusions of those fUnctionaries ; but then, the Licensed Victuallers abound in the City of London —many of them have votes—many of them can influence thevotes of others, andcertain gentlemen, of course, were only looking to the preservation of their constituents, or doing a kind ness to the Kings of the " vat and blue ruin," when, to a worthy man, who neither dealt in smoke nor gin, they refused a licence. Howe ever one good must result from the late remedial Act, and if it be absurd or misconstrued now, the public have some guarantee that the subject will not be lost sight of in the course of the next Session.--Morning Post. The more we consider the subject, the more are we convinced that the extension of the mo nopoly of the Bank of England to all parts of the country is a measure of unmixed evil. Of this, we have not a doubt, the Directors are themselves convinced. The expense of these useless establishments will never be repaid by any profits the, will realize in the country ; or, if they do make such exertions as will command these profits, they will thereby place the parent establishment, on the first moment of panic, in the most imminent danger. Let any man con ceive for an instant 3 simultaneous run on the Bank and its numerous bratmhes. The Bank, under such circumstances, would be differently situated from the Provincial Banks, There never was such a thing as a general run. At ao time in our history, at no period in the history of our national embarrassments, was it ever known that all the banking establishments of England were pressed for payment of their notee at the same time. The weaker Banks are first assailed, and though these fail, and many others are, in con sequence of their failure, sadly harrassed, soil the majority remain firm, are not even doubted ; and these last are, therefore, enabled to help the country and protect their constituents. This has always been the case in all the panics which have overtaken us. But a run upon the Bank of England—and such an event may occur sooner than some people imagine—is a run upon the parent establishment and all its branches at the • same instant. If assailed At one point it will almost immediately be assailed at all points. One branch cannot assist another ; suspicion thrown upon one will affect all. And what would be the consequences of this general attack ? Suspension of cash payments perhaps ; but the most extensive and heart-rending dis tress nevertheless. The branches would have no moral influence on their constituents or the provincial holders of their aetes. They have no character but that which manatee from Threadneedle-street. Unlike country barik - eee, their resources are unknown. They have no substantial property to point to—no land to re deem them—no stake in the country, in the shape of corn fields, or stone buildings, or blooming orchards, to inspire that confidence which is necessary to subdue an " ignorant im patience" of a love for gold. They are known to be deeply involved in the financial obligations of th e Government ; and this very knowledge will prove their worst friend when the day of trial C ornea, as come it must, if very different mea sures from those in progress be not promptly adopt e d. Any commercial pressure on the pa rent establishment would be attended with terrible consequen ces , even if the Prime Min i ster hi mself sat in th e B ea k parlour with a suspension order in his pocket; but much more dreadful would be the havoc, the apprehension, the dismay, which would follow a general pressure on all the brandies at the same instant. W e th row ou t these hints to enable Ministers m ore co r rectly t o comprehend the inevit a bl e ten d ency o f t hi s ill-judged measure of their prede cessors — a mea sure;the ee ry maddest many m a d ones upon their co untry during their d abort but disas trous career. An d the hint, we they of th e hope, will not e ) , be thrown aw at the present moment. Any man who will be at th e troubl e to make himself acquain ted with the effects whi c h is producing on the busi ness bill the new currency bankers, will see many seri ous reasons for alarm. These gentlemen fore see the coming storm, and are preparing to meet it. Mr. Huskisson spoke unguard edly when lie put forth his late and last warning. Had lie been a Minister, he would not have been so rash—lie would net have confessed the truth so boldly—he would not have dared to point again to the state of barter which is before us, without also send ing in at the same time his compliments and his resignation to his employers. But that he did Speak the truth is known to every banker and every man of business. The .bankers are gradually narrowing their issues—they are re ducing the amount of their discounts—they are shortening their credits—they are, in fact, pre paring themselves to do nothing, but wait the course of events. That the branch banks will give that accommodation which they decline, is out of the question. It is not now even asserted by their advocates, that they can or will do the business, or lend the aid which the industrious part of the community, the numerous classes bf small tradesmen and dealers, of farmers and drovers, and many others, have been accus tomed to receive from the banker, to whom their profession, their character, and their property are known. The consequences of this, we say it again, will be dreadful—and these consequences will eventually be visited on the Government and the Bank of England. If the Currency Bill be enforced, and we see nothing but the prospect of a war to induce us hy believe that it will not be enforced, another panic must come ! And this crisis cannot be far distant. We do not wish unnecessarily to alarm the public, but we could, if we had leisure, call attention to some unquestionable symptoms of it at this very mo ment in operation. But we shall speak more plainly on this subject by and by.—New Times TRIAL OF WILLIAM CORDER. LEGAL FICTIONS. The forms of our law are of so happy a nature, that when they are employed on the gravest crimes, they cause a feeling of the ludicrous to spring up in the minds of the reader. The daily papers have given a❑ abstract of the indictment against Corder, which abstract oscupies about three-fourths of a column of small print ; and we ask whe ther any mortal can glance his eye over this article, with out having his sentiment of horror at the crime disturbed by a sense of the laughable absurdity of the jargon in which it is set forth ? " First Count..—. The Jurors of our Lord the King, upon their oath, present that William Corder, late of the parish of Polstead, &c., Suffolk, yeoman, on the 18th of May, &c., with force of arms, &c., in and upon one Maria Mar tin, in the fear of God, &c., then and there being, felo niously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did make an assault; and that the said William Corder, a certain pistol of 2s. value, then and there charged with gunpowder and one leaden bullet (which pistol he, the said William Corder, in his right hand, then and there had and held) then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did discharge and shoot off at, against, and upon the said Maria Martin ; and the said William Corder, with the leaden bullet aforesaid, out of the pistol aforesaid, by the said William Corder discharged and shot off, then and there feloniously, wilfully, &c., did strike, penetrate, and wound the said Maria Martin in and upon the left side of the face of her the said Maria Martin, &c., giving her the said Maria Martin one mortal wound of the depth of four inches, and of the breadth of half an inch, of which said mortal wound she the said Maria Martin then and there in stantly died ; and so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths, &c., do say, that the said William Corder her the said Maria Martin did kill and murder." As it would be impossible to proceed in the investigation of truth without the wholesome aid of a contradictory averment or a palpable lie, in the neat' count it is stated that William Corder killed Maria Martin with a sword of the value of one shilling. The value of the instrument, it must be inferred, is a material article i❑ the consideration of the act. It is absolutely necessary to justice that the pistol should be described as worth two shiliings, and the sword as worth one ! The naked state of the accusation of Corder - is this : He killed one Maria Martin with a wound from a pistol bullet on the left side of the face. Of this wound* she in stantly died. He killed one Maria Martin with the Wow of a one-shil ling sword on the left side of the body, of which wound she instantly died. He killed one Maria Martin with the blow of a sword on the right side of the face. He killed one Maria Martin by a blow on the right side of the neck. He killed one Maria Maras by strangling her with a handkerchief. He killed one Maria Martin lay shooting her with a charge of shot from a gun. He killed one Maria Martin by throwing her into a hole, and heaping upon her five bushels of earth of no value, and five bushels of clay of no value, and five bushels of gravel of no value, of all which load of fifteen bushels of no value she instantly died. Ile killed tone Maria Martin by heaping fifteen bushels of clay, gravel, and earth, in equal quantities and equal worthlessness, upon her in a hole of a particular size. He killed one Maria Martin by stabbing her with a sharp instrument, and also strangling her. He killed one Maria Martin by shooting her with a pis tol loaded with shot, stabbing her with a sharp instru ment, also with a one-shilling sword, by strangling her with a handkerchief and throwing her into a hole, and heaping earth, gravel, and clay on her. Now, it is mathematically certain, that if Corder killed only one Maria Martin, and not ten different Maria Mar tins, destroyed by different means, as would appear, nine distinct great lies have been averred respecting the circum stances; 3nd it follows that no less than nine great lies, with tbeir accompaniments, are absolutely necessary to the discovery Of fate truth, and the ends of justice. If it had simply been set forth that Corder had killed Maria Martin, the minds of the Jury would surely have been utterly at fault, and unequal to discover, by the examination of the j evidence, whether he had indeed murdered the deceased, I and by what means. How admirably promotive of the elucidation of the truth and the detection of guilt is that exact averment of the five bushels of clay, the five bushels of earth, and tie five bushels of gravel! And what cu rious and profound Affect there is in the statement that the earth, gravel, and clay, were of "no value !" How di rectly all these facts bear on the pint at issue! And while so much nicety is observed, how much latitude is allowed ! For example, exact in tendency as those com bined fifteen bushels sound, the clerk of the indictment might have made corder either smother Maria Martin in Polkaed barn, with as much soil as would make a new world, or he might have made him slay her by flinging on her half a peek of mould. provided only a lie be told, English justice is satisfied. The effect of the lie is indif ferent ; all that is wanted is the eustom ad comforting exaartple of falsehood. Whether you use a rnonntaig or a 411 indictment for murder, is indifferent, pro vided you gin , : a t the necessary character of a he. For example: to have za;:al that William Corder killed Maria Martin by heaping earth up,:, l?er, might have been true; but the exactness of stating that he her with five bushels of earth, five of clay, and five of gpayel, produces the desirable certainty of a falsehood. If falSelanoai ?Pre supposed to be an exhaustible body, nothing could be con ceived more politic than the syetem.of English law, which would in this case expend so many lies in its own forms and proceedings as to leave none for the convenience of evidence; hut unfortunately such is not the moral philo sophy, and the w,:titese who goes into one of our Courts, the vital atmosphere of whialt is charged with fiction, is too likely to have his inward and : lafr,rat mendacity pro voked by the affinity. He sees, in the reputed sacred forms of justice, that the falsehood which 'is aca - atinted convaeient is net esteemed shameful ; and why, lie consie dere, may not the individual man have his politic fictions as well as that abstraction of all possible human excellence, justice—The end sanctions the means. We cannot touch pitch without defilement, and it is impossible' that a people can be familiarized with falsehood and reconciled to it on the pretence of its utility, without detriment to their rno rals.—Erconiner. " The Judge, in his charge, supposed it possible that the accused might be found guilty of all the manners of killing described in the ten counts. He has then to ex plain how a person who Instantly died of one sort of wound could also have instantly died of another sort of wound ; and unless he can make out this variety of causa tion, all predicated to be acting momentarily to the same end, and which yet could not by possibility be shnulta necius in action—for Corder could not give Maria the blow of a sword of which she instantly died, at the same Coo' went at which he wounded her with a pistol ball of which she instantly died—the Judge has, out of compliment to the forms of law, supposed possible a physical impossibility. , From th e a b un d ance o f work of ever y descrip tion which is at present to be had, and from the low price of provisions, the working classes may be said to be in possession of the comforts of life to a greater degree than at any period for some years. Provisions of all kinds are much cheaper than at this time last year. Butcher's meat is about 2d. a pound below last year's prices. The best oatmeal was last year selling at . Ltd. ; it is now Is. ; and in fpotatom there is the ssme difference.--Glasgow Chronicle, THE SEA COAST OF IRELAND. , We have already commented upon the extent of the waste lands of Ireland, and their great facility of drainage and reclamation. In further pursuance of our object, namely, the developement of the re sources of this island,,we come to the subject of the Fisheries and the Coast Improvements. Ireland possesses a sea coast of many thousand miles in ex tent, and a succession of the most magnificent har bours in the world, particularly bordering the Atlan tic ocean. This coast is remarkable for its indenta tion of creeks, and bays. If we draw a line from Londonderry to Cork, we cut off a section of the island in which there is not less than five thousand miles of sea coast. It may be sa tisfactory to the public to learn on what authority this statement is founded. In examining the splendid map of the county of Mayo, executed under the direction of William Bald, Civil Engineer, we find there are not less than seven hundred and fifty miles of sea coast in that county. From this fact, as an element of analogical measurement, we cannot assign less than the above quantity between the above-mentioned northern and southern points. This may be considered rather singular; but the island of North-Uist, one of the western Hebrides was surveyed by Mr. Reid in 1802 or 1803 for Lord Macdonald, and although not more than twelve miles long and twelve miles broad, was found to contain a coast of eleven hun dred miles—and the island of Benbicula, lying to the south of it, not more than nine miles long and eight broad, was found to possess a coast of abou'X four hundred and fifty miles. Now, if it were . pa r , sible to subject the coast of Ireland, and that of France, to actual measurement and comparison, we apprehend that the result would be in favour of the former in the proportion of three to one. Thus it ap pears that if the physical capabilities of Ireland were appreciated as they should, our country would pro duce three seamen where France can produce only one. It is to be regretted that this coast, which, taken in a national point of view, might prove one of Eng land's principalbulwarks, by supplying her with abun dance of hardy seamen to man her fleets, has been, we may say, almost neglected. Were it not for the exertions of Mr. Nintruo, Civil Engineer, who an nually drew public attention to the great importance of improving the western coast of Ireland by the erec tion of fishing piers, and the formation of useful har hours, we do believe that nothing would have been done to this day. The French appear to be sedulously attentive to the augmentation of their marine power—and also to the improvement of their harbours. The operations now going forward at Cherbourg ought to rouse the attention of Eng land to do every thing in her power to preserve her dominion of the ocean. It is well known that the naval dock at Cherbourg is the deepest in Europe, anti capable of containing fifty sail of the line. The rubbish thrown up from the excavation of another dock at the same place, is visible at a distance of seven or eight miles. It is also contemplated to erect thirty-two building slips for ships of the line, in addition to those already existing there. Thus it appears that France bears in recollection the say ing of one of her own great men. " The flag of the ocean is the sceptre of the world." We shall return to this subject.—Freeman's Journal. The wheat harvest has commenced in Gla morganshire, and the crops, we are happy to hear, are abundant. The farmers complain heavily of a want of hands.— Cambrian. Harvest is now generally in hand throughout this county, and notwithstanding the unsettled state of the weather, considerable quantities of wheat and barley, both excellent crops, have been cut down and saved in good con dition. A few days more of fine weather will relieve our farmers from all apprehensions with regard to these crops. New barley was sold in Penzance market this week at 15s. per bushel, 24 gallons.—Cornwall Gazette. ,-• COACH ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, as the Tally-ho Coach was hooting York for Harrogate, with a pretty full load of passengers and luggage, and had proceeded as far as the New Bridge, the back seat gate way, and with a sudden crash precipitated such of the passengers as unfortunately had placed themselves upon it, into the street. One gentleman, who was returning from his duties as a juryman, pitched upon his head, and was taken up in a state of insensibility. He was conveyed back to his inn, and at the time of our informant leaving the city, two days after, was still lying there, in a very doubtful situation as to the extent of the injury. On an inspection of the coach, it was learnt that a bag of corn had been, in spite of remonstrance, very improperly suspended from the hind seat, one part of the foundation of which had evidently been fur some time in a state to which no careful proprie tor would have trusted the limbs and lives of his customers. —Leeds Mercury. EXTRAORDINARY DRAUGHT OF' SALMON. —On Friday the 25th ult. many salmon having been seen to leap near a rocky point of the sea coast, in tke island of Islay, on the property of G. F. CAMPBELL, Esq. M.P., for Argyleshire, a common drag net was shot at the place, when 279 full grown salmon were brought ashore, and at least as great a number escaped, owing to the bursting of the net from the immense weight of fish.—Scotsman. In consequence of the late floods, an immense quantity of worms were brought down by the stream, •and deposited in a field belanging to Mr. ABBOTT, of Lowd ham. They were so extremely numerous, and the effluvia arising from them was of such a horrid nature, that Mr. ABBOTT was compelled to employ carts, on Monday, to remove them away from his premises.—Nottingham Mercury. One of the heaviest falls of rain ever expe rienced in this country, took place about half-past one o'clock on Sunday last. I❑ a few minutes the ordinary channels in the streets for giving passage to the water were overflown, and nearly the whole pavement appeared as one general current. Several shops and cellars were inun dated, and many thoroughfares rendered impassable. Happily the shower extended only about a mile around the town, which seemed to be the centre of its range, other wise it must have been attended with much injury to the crops in the neighbourhood. In half an hour, according to the, indications of an accurate rain guage, kept in Pro vost ItasisAy's garden, the quantity of rain which fell in that alasrt time was upwards of four-fifths of an inch,--a quantity which exceeds in degree the tropical rains on the banks of the Oronoco, where HumßoLoT informs us he once observed an inch and a half of rain to fall in three hours. In the Journal de Physique it is noticed, as au extraordinary occurrence, that an inch of rain once fell at Montpellier in an hour.--Perth Courier. PCW'4ET-PICKING.--It is really a rare occur rence to, ear of a person's pocket being picked in this part of the country. However'diaitinguislisd may •be the pro ficiency which some of our nerthern rogues may have at tained in some descriptions of knavery, they -are perfect ignoramuses in the science of pocket-picking. Oa Wed nesday. last, howestr, our Lammas market was visited by some of our southern amateurs in the profession in ques tion ; and they furnished several of his Majesty's lieges in ;t,i4s place with very conclusive specimens of what might be done in their honourable vocation, by those who pre properly maslera of it. One farmer had his cofierOtitd of fifty-seven pounds—another of five pounds—andi :rd of two pounds. There were several others from whose pockets whatever quantity of the circulating medium they contained was most mysteriously extracted ; but we have rot learned the exact, amount thereof. One of the light 6n„,,,ered gentry was apprehended ; but although there were no doubts of the nature of his profession, nothing could be proved against him. In the course of, his examination a gentleman present, evidently wishing to tease the scientific pocket picker, expressed himself most anxious to know what plan he adopted when doing business ou a small The pocket emptier replied, that there were vari ous plans and that he would immediately furnish him with a specimen of one of his plans. The gentleman readily agreed ; and after requesting him to stand as if engaged in conversation with another gentleman, the explorer of pockets proceeded to furnish him with 4. lesson in the science he professed. Ile placed himself cheek by jowl with the gentleman in question; arid with indescribable dexterity reached his hand towards the gentleman's watch then giving it a gentle pull, he got the chain en tirelychain ; out of the pocket. lie afterwards gave it another equally gentle pull, when the watch itself appeared ; and then dashing it on the ground with all his might, he re marked with indescribable sang-froid, " that is one way, Sir, of pickinc, pockets." We need scarcely add that the watch was broken b in pieces,---and that the gentleman referred to, thought he had paid dear enough for one lesson in the fashionable science - of pocket picking.--Agin Courier, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—No less than 28 dealers in fruit, men, women, and girls, were charged with obstructing the highway in the neighbourhood of the Exchange, by stand ing about the streets with fruit for sale. They were taken into custody by Taylor, the beadle of Cornhill Ward. It is well known to the public that for years past the neighbourhood of the Exchange has been completely beset by a number of the poorer part of the Irish and Jews, who. manage to get a living by retailing fruit from baskets, which they carry suspended from their necks; and many complaints hare from time to time been made on the sub ject, hilt the Magistrates have almost invariably overlooked the offence; considering that in the first plAce it was d con venience to the public, who were supplied with good wholesome fruit at about one-fourth the price they would pay for it at a shop; and, secondly, that the poor creatures selling it were getting an honest living, when, perhaps, they would otherwise be guilty of picking pockets. The inhabitants of the Ward of Bread-street have, however, i❑ their wisdom come to a resolution, that these poor creatures shall not earn an honest penny, and in furtherance of this wise decision, they hare presented a petition to the Court of Aldermen, complaining of this nuisance; and, in consequence, Sir John Puling, the Alderman of the Ward, has been compelled to cause the whole of the fruit people to be temoved, and they, naturally, Upon. being driven from one place, resorted to another and so they merely went from Threadneedle-street to Corn hill, and it was for endeavouring to rend their fruit there that they were now brought up, at the instance of Mr. Pidding, the stock-broker; and if we were allowed an opinion, we should say that this charge of these poor people obstructing the way, comes with very ill grace, indeed, from Mr. Pidding; for during the whole of the lot tery season, there was not an individual in the city of London that created so great a nuisance as Mr. Pidding did by himself and his servants together, with their puffs, placards, walking boards, &c. The LORD MAYOR desired it to be understood distinctly that he was no party in causing these poor creatures to be apprehended ; and Sir John Perring shifted all the blame on the shoulders of the inhabitants. The ward beadles also tried to exculpate themselves, by asserting that it was at the instigation of Mr. Pidding, and Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Ca., the bankers, that they interfered. After a good deal of explanation, the LORD MAYOR sug gested that it would be far better that the poor creatures should be allowed to sell their fruit, provided they managed to be the least possible annoyance to the inhabitants ; and he recommended that they should disperse themselves as much as possible. The prisoners were then discharged. One of the beadles said that he had got ninety-two more poor wretches in custody ; their cases, however, were not heard. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday, a rough-looking middle aged countryman, named John Spilling, was brought up by Smith, one of the dismounted patrol, charged with at tempting to violate the person of his daughter-in-law, a girl of 13, named Mary Connor. Smith stated, that he was on duty in Hampstead-lane, en Sunday evening, and when nearly opposite Lord Mans field's lodge his attention was attracted by hearing two or three loud screams proceeding from a field close by. lie hastened to the spot, and there found the girl (Connor) lying on the ground and struggling with the prisoner, who was in such a situation as to leave no doubt that he was attempting violence of the worst description upon the child. Witness immediately seized him and took him into custody —and the girl cried, and said that her father had behaved very wickedly to her. The witness lodged the prisoner in the cage, and took the child to a surgeon, who, however, said that no material injury bad been sustained. Mary Connor was examined at great length by Mr. Halls and Sir R. Birnie; and it appeared from her statement that she was the daughter of the prisoner's wife by •a former husband, and that her mother had four children by the prisoner. Their house was at a place called the Hale, not far from Harrow, but she had been for some time past living with a relation at Laytonstone, in Essex. On Sunday the prisoner came to the latter place to fetch her home, and he took her by way of Highgate, where they stopped at a public-house and took some.re freahment, and he gave her a glass of gin, which com pletely stupified her, and she could remember nothing that passed until she found herself with the prisoner in the field where they were discovered by the patrol. There her father-in-law was behaving very improperly to her, and she screamed as loud as she was able.—(The witness here gave a minute description of the conduct of the prisoner.) The prisoner, in his defence, said that at Highgate the girl became very much fatigued, and he had called for a glass of gin for himself, but could not drink. it, and be gave it to the girl, thinking it would refresh her. They had not got far from Highgate when she seemed stupified, and so tired as to be unable to proceed, and he took her into the field and placed her on the grass, with a bundle tinder her head, sitting down beside her to watch her while she slept. He denied that he offered her any violence. The Magistrates said, they could not believe such a story in the teeth of the evidence, and remanded the prisoner until Thursday. MARYLEBONE.—A handsome young female, accom. pilled by an elderly lady, applied to Mr. RAWLINSON for advice under the following circumstances:— A person who represented himself as being a carver and gilder, comfortably established in business for himself, in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street, prevailed on the young lady, whose connections are highly respectable, to marry him ; and the ceremony was performed about a month since. As they had not been previously acquainted more than three or four weeks, it was agreed that she should remain with her friends for a time, till proper arrange ments could be made for her reception; but, from the hour of their marriage until the present moment, he had entirely deserted her, and positively refused to reader her any assistance whatever. They had never lived together even for an hour ; and, whenever application was made to him on her behalf, he said be would provide bare walls, which was the utmost he would do for her. There existed no reasonable pretext whatever for this cruel behaviour.— She was possessed of a small property, which was lodged in the Bank—and it is presumed that he had calculated on its being much larger in amount, and, being disappointed in his expectations, he had taken this mode of revenging himself ou the young woman. Beyond this be bad threat ened to remove the money from the Bank, and had taken measures for that purpose; and the object of this applica tion was to know if the Magistrate could in any way in terpose to save it from his power. Mr. Rawr.iNsoN had no power to interfere, and he feared the law was in the man's favour, unless the money had been settled on the young lady before marriage. The elderly lady said the husband bad been to the Bank to make his claim ; but they were disposed there to do all in their power to assist her young friend, and would nei ther pay principal nor interest, as long as they could avoid it. The amount was not large: it was collected among her friends for the purpose of starting her in a light busi ness, when unfortunately she became acquainted with this man, and married him. _ _ Mr. RAVaINSON—What is the age of the young lady ? Only 19, replied her friend ; and, she aided, he has also married her by a false Christian name. Mr. RAwnxsoN—Then, if the marriage was without the consent of her friends, it can be set aside; but till that is done, he stands in the relation of a husband ; and I re gret that I have no power to interfere in the manner you desire. --Under all the circumstances, perhaps, it would be better if the young lady were to keep out of his clutches ; and,,before ha gets possession of the money, her friends may possibly be able to come to some terms with him. The elderly lady said that course had been attempted, and had failed..--The parties then withdrew. Buxton, as the time for grouse-shooting ap proaches, presents a gayer appearance. The number of sisitois is already considerable, and many ladies and gentle men of distinction are there.--.Stockport Advertiser. FIER RING FISHERY.—The Herring Fishing, we regret to say, has been very unsuccessful on the Moray and Banff-shire Coasts, during the last ten or twelve days. This, however, we arc happy to understand, is not owing to a scarcity of fish ; for the fishermen represent them as very abundant ; but is entirely to be attributed to the de cidedly unfavourable weather we have bad during the above space ; the north winds having blown with consi derable strength, accompanied with a degree of cold savouring snore of the, character of winter than that of summer.—Elgin Courier. Herring Fishing, in the Moray Firth, w as stopped lait week, owing to the roughness of the sea, which prevented the boats from attempting it. Such a severe tract of uorthernly winds at this seasen of the year are not in the remembrance of t he oldest indiv iduals of the place. In Ross-shire, the fish ers have not yet commenced, owing principally to the late rou g h and s qually weather.— Their engagements, says a Correspondent from Cramarty, are Is. Gd. per crane more tkan was expected. The wea ther having since become settled and clear the boats are at sea, and the fishermen remark that from the easterly winds and other appearances there is a great promise of fish in the Moray Firth. At Burghead 100 boats are employed. Our market was well supplied this day with fine fresh her rings et 16 for xispeamwinvernm Comritr. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SUWDAY, Au°. 10.--High water 7 min. past —Wind W. to S.W.—Arrived the Colombian, Geddes , from Maranham ; Thomas, Currie, from Charleetoo; Nandi, Ramsay, for Bengal; Hibernia, Kennedy i fro New Orleans ; Lightfoot, Hinde, from ditto; Orbit, Stri vens, from Antigua; Isabella, Harper, from Prince Edi ward's Island; Cornwalli s , B a i nes , f rom B ay Ch a l eur ; l John, , from Londonderry ; Wemelina Kranewl burg, Prauger, from Ainsterdana; Commerce, Churclin from Southwold. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis Is 9 d., toe tilt 4lb. Loaf. There are others who sell from %d. to 15.6 d. beioo that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.- , Aug. 11. ' ' New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 425. 50s. fine -s. s&i, Old Ditto Ditto . -,_ 40e. 465. tine-a. - 8 . New Foreign Ditto. _ _ . 4. 584 fine -4. -.4 ' Old Ditto T3 Os. --e. fine --a. 48s. New White Clover . 525. 74 4 . tine 784. sis. _- Ohl Ditto Ditto ........ 503. 5Ce. fine -s. '741. _ New Trefoil , 2ls. 30a. fine -4.:355. Old Ditto .-- 105. 18s. fine 30s. 385. Rib Grass English Cart-away Seed- -s. 3tis. 41s. fine ••• .4. Foreign Ditto ......... _, ...-S. -e. -.4 , 1. tine -- 8, C oriand er..... --__-.---..........-s. IBs. fine -sc. 31s , St. Font ...(per Quarter).-.....-.. -P. -s. 40e. fine 458- Rye Grass - .- 26e; 3.55. new 30e, 4fo• Macey Ditto .....,-......-- _. 36e. 51.4. new -s. -8 , Linseed, for feeding -- -s. 38s. fine -s. 40a. Ditto, for crushing _ - -s. 303. 3tls. fine --'l , Canary Seed. New....-......-.. -s. 500. tine 565. s , ig. Ditto Old-.............-- ... _ - s , -4'.-a. fine -- 8 . White Mustard Seed--(per 8u5he1)......44. '7s. 6d. Bs. fine ...4. Brown Ditto -s. 10a. 15s. fine -s- Turnip Seeds, Rounds.. -s. Se. 10g. fine -s , Green and Red Ditto -6 9s. Ils. fine-. Tares, Old -- -a. 318. 40s. fine ---,- Ditto New -e. -e. fine 38e. 405. liap,e Seed, English, fine (per Last) 211. 241...... Foreign -1. .111._. PRICES OF HOPS.-Aug. 11. Kent Pockets 3l. Os. 31. tie. to 31. 153. Sussex Ditto ••••••••••••••••••••••N0.V.0.0 2/. 31. Ss. to 31. b 3. 31- Os. Sl. 35. to 31. 10. 0/. 03. 51. Os. to 61. 01. Qs. 41. IN. to 54 ...Ss. 2/. 10e. Yl, 15s. to 3/. 9 1 . 21. 63. 21. 123. to 2./. 161. 2/. 105. , • 21. 15s. to 31. oa. Old Duty laid at £160,000. Farnham DittO, Seconds Kent Dal Sussex bitty E.sex Ditto— WIIII'ECHAPEL 1-lAY 31AIMET.—Aus. y. flay Od. to 955. Od. I Clover —84 a. O,f. to 119 i. Al az:. Od. to 36g. Od. 1?R1Cle; OF. OM. Rape Oil brown 331. 6s. Refined v.v.. gs. e; Linseed Oil 2 g U Linseed Oil Cake at the per thousand 1 id Rape Cake, per ton - _ PRICE OF POTATOES.—Aug. 11. New Wary W. Jos. to 2/. 100. per tort. Middlings PRICES OF LEATHER. ..---- Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. d. tot!. Butts 50 to 561 b.... 29 21 Tanned Horse Hides... LSI ~0 Ditto —...-60 to 661 b.—. 22 23 Spanish Ditto ....—.....„—.. 1/2 rs Dressing Hides 15 17.1 Per doren. Fine Coach Hides 18 20f Calf Skirui.... 36 to 401 b. 19 r 2,„4 Crop Hides, S 5 to 401 b. 15 17i Ditto ..........50 to 70Ib. 24 , Ditt0..............45 to 501 b. 17i 20 Ditt0 ...70 to 801 b. 2L r , Ditto .19 22 Small Seals, ereentand 18 19 RAW I , IIDES. Per Stolle. I. d. to a. d. Per Stone. s. d. toe. Q : " Best Heifers& Steers. 3 4 3 6 Ordiruiry .....2 U - Middlings ..2 10 3 2 Market Calf 8 8 each. COALAIAit Adair's liolywell _ 32 9 Pon top Windscor 31 9 Tantield Town 32 0 Willington 35 9 Wylam 32 9 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 37 6 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 36 6 Ditto Brown's 34 6 Ditto Carr and 32 6 Ditto Clarke and Co. 33 9 Ditto Hilda 33 6 Walls Et' Newinarch— 35 9 Ditto Peareth 33 9 Ditto Russell's 37 6 Ditto Walker 36 6 Ship at market, 421xi—Sli (ET.—Aug. 11. Stsbarts' Eden Nest arn 35 9 Russell's Lyon's 35 Walls End Hetton--,...... 38 v, Walls End u Ditto Wear 0 Hartley..... 33 t Sakt4tone 3e o / Dee Green Llangetniech Coal —..... 513 Walls End Elgin Welwood Main 20 o . OW Etherley small 19 u o Lambton small , 90 v o Tantield 'Trader 3Y 30 9 Springwell small 10 9 ips SOW. —Unsold. 7. IRISH MARKETS, DUBLIN MARKET NOTE.-..Fan Front 860 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone x 0 0 3111 Bete- ll5 stone 12 0 0 Barley.----- 16 stone 0 2,647 Oats l4 stone 10 0 1,884 Cwt. 9 stone 3 0 938 Oatmeal --..... 11 stone' 10 0 Sold to Bakers only. 8,933 Cwt. Flour— Average price Receipts of Flour, 10. Sales of Do. 11 DAY, Aug. B. To N. 1. 35 0 31 '0 13 0 12 0 U 040 14 0 11 24 0 0 1 4 ; IA 0 11 I 14 ft id Flour 4 ......... fi A' Wheat ani ,797 5 iSecot_n) ' BB} Thirds Yuma OF 1 ox. 134ci. I I 24, 0 I 17 1 0 Od. per sack. nn 211. (kl. to on 14d. Od. to 906. ro >ln 36. Od. to 1% °4. BREAD. Quartern Loaf, 411). 21b. .r cwt. 16 stunt,. Iper barrel) 14 stone. s. d. as.d.e.d. a e. O. 0 0-13 0 10 3-14 0 102-00 89-00 9 0-10 0 10 U-12 0 11 0-14 9 4-10 0 120-15 13 0— 0 0 12 8— 0 0 11 1-12 9 10 0-15 0 80— 9 0 1 00— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 s. d. as. d. 16 0-18 ( 15 0-16 0 15 6-.46 6 15 0-16 0 20 6-21 0 0 0— 0 0 15 0— 0 0 0 o—. 0 0 s. d. S' 10 (y l6 1 4 t' 6 11 0 12 0,-4 , 4 ) 0 0-- 0 0 0-- 6 0-- 00 0 Pork, per cwt. 11 1 to ► 2ci. f. ' 1. ..... ....--- - —j, s. d. as. (ill. el. s. d. s. d. i. d• g 0 29 0-34 0176 071 066 0 tit 0 g 0 i 24 0-40 0t74 070 064 Of/S t ) ... 0 124 0-40'0 78 076 0 „A 0 00-- 0077073 0 67 61 ....*— g 00— CO 091 091 090 0,59 4.9 059 49 0 00— 00— 0-0— 6.--°‘ -- 0 230 008308*0700 1 60 0- 4 7 3 0 1 00— 00 78 0 72 064 0154 __.— id. a d. Cork --Ht. —5 - Limerialc— 3 —5 Waterford 4 —5 Clonmel a 41-5 Belfast t Derry 0 —0 Carlow— 4 —5 Tralee 0 —0 6 —o KILKENNY MARKET, Aug. S.—Butter, 81a. to 62 per cwt. ; Bacon Pi gs , —s. to —s. per ditto ; Whe at ' 245. to 275. per barr e l ; B ar l e y, 15 s . to 171. ; Oata, 1 16 '! 13s. ; Flour, 12 s . t o 34 5 . p er b ag; B ee f an d M u tt o n, 41 1 6 t to 5.1 d. per lb. ; Potatoes; ld. to Od. per stone ; C 4* g ' Is. Id. per cwt. SCOTCH MARKETS. ------ , oaUt el " . Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. ....._._._....... ---,-- ..........—. ---..—......—. 30 32 Aberdeen ........ 45 55 24 29 22 25 _, ~9 8erwick.,...,,.. 37 40 25 18 20' yt 26 Ju ~... Coldstream 42 44 26 27 20 21 26 28 "" ..... Cupar ............—. 50 62 30 33 22 24 27 30 ---• __ Dundee....— 56 31 25 -- -- Elgin. .. 50 54 22 23 20 21 20 ....- ...... Inverness......... 54 56 25 27 20 24 23 24 4 2 Kelso ...—....... 40 44 24 26 16 20 25 27 _,,,-- Kirkaldy 3B 58 30 3'2 23 25 O 2 -- -...' Perth —. 50 56 21 25 15 18 13 14 c' The The size of the measure varies throughout the country. INSTRUCTIONS To COUNSEL.--In the case of TAYLOR. and STICKLER, who were tried at the Assizes last week for a burglary, part of the instructions to Counsel was, Pull them well out of it, and I will glee you an extra pound."—Cornwall Gazette. PETER THELLUSSON, the partner of the late great financier NECKER, of Paris, left to his relations legacies to the amount of 100,000/. ; the remainder, amounting to more than half a million, was, by his will, to accumulate till a certain period, when, if none of b descendants and nante existed, the whole was to be apPlieu by Parliament towards paying off the National Debt. 1 9 about 100 years, the amount will be nearly one hundred; and forty-three millions. The family have endeavoured to set aside this will, but without success. Hie eldest son died suddenly a few years age, whilst out. with 0 shooting party, consisting of several noblemen, near Iv: house in Suffolk, having only enjoyed the title of tor° RIETIOLKSICAX for two years.' BIRTHS. • Ofl Ithe 10th inst., at Upper Kennington-green, Henry George Stahlsehmidt, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Mser-park, Farnham, the a d y ° G. H. Freeling, Esq., of the General Poet O ffi ce , o f , daughter, still-born. On the 25th ult., at Florence, the lady of '6linldham, of .a KM. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at St. Michael's Church, Bristol, 17 ' the Rev. George Turner Seymour, Mr. Henry Barry, O f Is T ia r ernut in Colleg e , C am b r id ge , e ld est son of M r . Bairy, ue-parade, Bristol, to Ann, second daughter On Baker, Esq., of Aldwick-court, in the countY Somerset. n n iagt: t l- he 9th inst., at Bridlington, Mr. Edward West ° Phillips, of London, to Alias Lydia Layborn, o f jil DIED. On the 9th inst., in consequence of a fall from hith'sr; Simon Taylor, Esq., of Harley-street, sincerely and servedly lamented. r, ea On the 10th inst., at his father's house, Tachbury, P Southampton, in the 28th year of his age, Captain Timson, of his Majesty's 51st Regiment of Light Itifil li ; d On the 7th inst., at Brighton, aged 2i, Jane , t e . daughter of Capt. Wm. Soper, of Paradise-row, 11 ' 2th hitbe, On the 9th Surrey. cr'lltie, ci f inst., at Islington, M r . Gysbert 1 .-e r Ar hecaries' Hall. — . wally distinguished 11/ . ot aged 34 , , equall o woprth and integrity; h e w as the youngest eon of the - Reg. John Villette. On the 10th inst., at Iloaiten, Devonshire, Mr. Gef il Russell, surveyor, o f St. M ary Abbot's-terrace, Ag ed Su' PRINTID and PUBLISHED by ATURDO YOUNCI, 8C 140 81N ottrAcg, 112, STAANP, LONDOO. Cork .--- I Limerick \Vaterford Clonmel Belfast Derr........ -- Car10w,.... Tralee— Wheat, d. a s. d. 41 21 0-26 6 22 6-23 22 0-27 0 220 00 19 6-20 9 00— 00 20 0-24 0 0 0— 00 Beef, per lb. stone. Mutton, per lb. d. a ii, 4 —6 4 -5 5 - 7 4 -6 0 -0 I 0 - 0 c- , ^,', ~~~ On t to e' Oye one 1 111 r Fort Fo r ] tale,, t o 0 , Ire,!