The Sun. — London, England, 1828-11-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. A correspondent has sent us a small publication, containingthe speeches delivered at the late Meeting on Penenden Heath, with prefatory remarks Fo s s this publication the public, we learn, are indebted to Mr. Prentis, of Rochester, a gentleman well known in Kent as a zealous advocate of civil and religious liberty, who has been very active to r escue the county from the stain of intolerance which the late attempt of the Brunswickers is calculated to fasten on it. In a note to the first page of the prefatory 'remarks it is stated--" To, the assertion publicly made, that Mr. Shell was brought over to the meet ing by the leading m embers of the liberal party, we take this opportunity of giving a most unqualified contradiction. They did not even know that he was com i ng until about an hour before the meeting; and Lord Darnley in particular, who was supposed to have given him a freehold to enable him to ap pear upon the occasion, was most anxious that the success of the cause should not be risked by his pre sence, however his printed speech may tend to pro mote it." The compiler of the publication, a neigh bour of Lord Darnley, was, no doubt, either in debted for the note to his Lordship, or drew it up with his authority. The Marquis Camden, in the version or his speech in this authorised publication, is made to say, " I should be glad if any body con nected with that Association (the Catholic) were present here. If there be any person here con nected with that body, let him listen to one 'who has been uniformly their friend; let him hear what I think of their most mischievous, most seditious, and almost treasonable conduct. I wish they may hear that, whilst I still think that there might be a settlement of this great question, I also think the means they are taking to forward that settlement only tend to distress the friends of Me measure, and often do mischief to themselves. I state this most strongly, that it may not be said that I am a friend to the dreadful disorder which that Association has been the means of creating in Ire land." All this is exceedingly characteristic. The appeissance of Mr. Sheil at the Meeting distresses Lord Darnley—the existence of the Catholic Asso ciation distresses Lord Camden ! The first ques tion a true politician would ask himself is, what are the means best calculated to ensure the suceess of a certain cause ? The question the two Noble Lords ash is, what are the means ealeulated.to distress the least the advocates of the cause ? It is quite enough that they should condescend to advocate the cause—the Catholics ought, in their gratitude for such condescension,' to leave the matter in their hands, remaining quite r t different - as to the result.— _ What childishness ! Ministers would listen year after year to the harangues of the Noble Lords, for thirty years to come, with the same polite attention with which they have listened to their harangues for the thirty years preceding, and the cause would just be as far advanced at - the end:Of - the former as it was at the beginning': of 'the latter. What' is the great argument foe concession .the Catholics ? Is it not that such eo i ncessiOn is `necessary to the tranquillization of Irelande--thailt wetild strengthen the empire, greatly reduce the expenditure, by re lieving us from the millions now n p ,cessar y to keep down the Irish, and rescue the lower ortler of Englishmen from the overwhelming poverty to which they are subjected liy Irish immigration ? What is it that _the Catholic Association has done ? It haO united • the Catholics of all ranks and callings so closely and intimately, that they are enabled, through the instrumentality of the existing laws, to command the elections of Ireland, and thereby return to Parliament men pledged not merely to vote for Emancipation, but to oppose the Administration whiCh shall resist, their claims. The Catholic Association has not certainly weakened any one of the old -argu ments for Emancipation, while it has furnished Mi nisters with several additional arguments of a very intelligible description. Does this distress the No. ble Lords ? . Are they grieved to see the Ministers placed in a predicament which torus them to at tempt conciliation ? Can' they derive no instruction from the conduct of the Brunswickers ? Is it be. cause the 'Catholic Association has" inured the cause of the Catholics, and diminished the chances of concession, that the Brunswiekers have taken the field ? Are the Duke of Newcastle, and Lord Kenyon, and Lord Winchelsea , delighted with the Catholic Association ? Does Lord Eldon give one cheer more to O'Connell for the services done by him to the cause of intolerance 2 01 no. .They know better. Self-interest is quick-sighted. They found that Hannibal was at the gates. They found that the Duke of Wellington was no longer indifferent that the Association were gaining ground ; and that it was necessary for them to make a desperate effort. The Brunswickers fought as men always fight in their own cause when danger is im minent. They did not look jealous on this man and cold ou that; they did not, when forming the plan of the engagement on Pehenden Heath, ask them selves what will Lords Camden or Darnley think of this or that movement, but how it will tell. Their hearts were in the work. They despised no aid, but received gaily all who offered to fight tinder their banners. In an election contest we never see a - candidate displaying fastidiousness az to the voters —we never see him deliberating how such or such a vote will injure him in the Opinion of his oppan.ent; because the contest here is his ore n. We dwell the more on this subject, because it is a besetting sin of the liberal aristocracy of this country to consult their own .feelings in the indulgence of an excessive fasti diouaness, when the union of all is required, which, whenver it is discovered, produces the most la niehtable effects on the public. The Aristocracy • eunAlo nothing' without the body of the people; and where the end is wished, the means ought never to Le neglected. "In, on an occasion like that of Penende» Heath, that felt an interest in the promo- I Religious Liberty, t i o n of the eali,a•• of and Religious of t h e mos t g if te d cou ld o bject to the presence natives of the nation whos e wrongsformed the g round for the advoca c y of the Liberals, w i t h a view" to urge, in powerful an d impassioned Tcp,,guag__the title of his countrymen to the enjoymeht'oi Consti tutional rights ! The very presence of such a ek e tinguished victim of injustice was of itself calculated to strike the imagination of the most torpid. 'w e . cannot close these, observation, without adverting to tl excellent letter appended to the prefatory re marks from Mr. Law Hodges,' the Mover of the Amendment at the Meeting. "It is well known," he says, " that soon after the suppression of the Abbeys and Monasteries in England, to which the poor formerly looked for support when in distress, the present Poor Law was passed in the reign of Elizabe:h ' but when the religious houses and other charitable foundations were done away in Ireland, no provision by law for the poor of that country was ever mad e • the direct consequence of this Cruel neg lect is, that the burthen which ought to have been placed on thelay and clerical property of Ireland, now falls exclusively and most heavily on England; Indeed little doubt exists that an addition to the poor.rates of England is thus annually caused to the extent or a million. I should gladly have availed myself of the occasion of the county meeting to have thus called the attention of men of all parties to this 14.a -tional grievance, and to have proposed some resoitt. would bevy laid the time on the su b j ect w h ich foun dation of a petition to Parliament during the next Session, having . for its object a statement of this a ffects both count r i es , an d p ra yi ng gr i eva nce, as it - ' that no time may be l ost in Passin g a poor-law o d e quate to the pressing wants . , and adapted to the is cir cumstances of Ireland. T his measure absolutely indispensable, and of urgent necessity; fork i s no t to be believed that England can or will a ny l onger endure to bear the double burthen of maintaining the poor of both c ountries; and ko man can ration ally entertain a doubt that this mean-'.'"w ou ld di rectly and powerfully contribute to the peace a Ire land, and would therefore essentially aid the object proposed in the requisition. To have expected the smallest attention, that day, to this or any other eubject, directly or indirectly arising out ,of terms of the requisition, would only have ended in disappointment, since it was obvious that the clamour of the Brunswickers was systematically directed against all who might wish to speak from the right hand side of the Sheriff." Another word as to the Association, and we have done. It will be seen in our report of the proceedings of the Catholic Asso ciation on Monday, that it was stated, on the au thority of Mr. Rosson, that the Duke of Norfolk admitted, if ever he should find his way into the House of Lords, he would be indebted for it to the 40s. freeholders of Ireland. Who taught the 40s. freeholders the secret of their strength ? Answer. that, Lords Camden and Darnley.-111orn. C'hron. The letter of " A Naval Officer" gives us an op portunity, nay, imposes on us the duty, of saying something on the subject to which it relates. 'Whe ther Sir George Cockburn is to be made a Peer on the meeting of Parliament, and placed at the head 'of the Admiralty, we know not ! but we do know that no arts of his occasioned the resignation of the Duke of Clarence. Sir George, though obviously the ablest man, was wholly passive in the matter. If the Royal Duke would not serve with Sir George, and would go out because he would not serve with Sir George, and would assign no reason why he would net serve with Sir George but that he would not—Sir George meanwhile remaining silent, and knowing nothing of what was doing—why then it was obviously the intention of his Royal Highness to retire ; and his health subsequently has shown that his resolution was founded in propriety. The Duke's written intimation of his unaltered purpose to resign, which had been previously expressed in words, came, as is well known, from Portsmouth, and was speedily followed by his Royal Highness in person to town; but the journey, and the inter view which then took place with the King himself, made no change in his resolution.—Tintes. The Lord Mayor of London has received with much kindness the proposition to give a ball in Guildhall for the Spaniards; indeed, we believe that the suggestion had presented itself to his own mind ; but ona more mature consideration of the circum stances, he concurred in the opinion that a concert mould prove more attractive than a ball, the latter species of entertainment having less novelty to re commend it, and there being a reasonable expecta tion that some at least of the principal musicians in the metropolis would add, gratuitously, the charm of their professional talents to the general pleasure of the evening. There are besides, as we have heard, a few delightful female singers amongst the Spanish emigrants themselves, whose presence, if in health to appear, and performance of the native compositions of their country, could not fail of lend ing to such an occasion fresh interest, grace, and spirit. Let music, then, be resorted to for this benevolent object. But, thanks to the piety of some, and the generous enthusiasm of others among our countrymen, we shall not be dependent on any single source of relief. Although there are doubt less many virtuous clergymen who meditate the exertion of their natural influence with their pa rishi iners to so benign a purpose, we are called upon to name expressly one Rev. Gentleman, who has already announced the determination to preach a charity sermon on behalf of the exiles, on -Sun day, the 7th of December. The Rev. Edward Ir ving is the man, and seldom has he occupied a more commanding point from which to reach the Christian feelings of his audience. The spark has touched the gene Sous youth of our ancient Universities, as will be seen from a letter which we take pride in making public. This welcome communication proceeds from Trinity College, Cambridge, announcing that in two days only, since a board was put up in the room of the Union Debating Society, the sum of 401. had been subscribed, and that at the hs.7asi of the contributors were some of the most eminent names in science, with members of the noble houses of Lansdowne, Bristol, and Fitzwilliarn. This not being a question of Whiggism or Toryism, we trust that the noble pride of Oxford will be roused into a conflict of beneficence with her rival. As may be found from some others of our correspondents, auxiliary means of support to the cause are reen:nmended with activity and in profu sion. The application of the public theatres to the ends of the charity we have before eilyerted to, and as titer:~ is no perceptible difficulty in the way of such a meaoljous employment of the drama,_ we hope, ere long, to rut on record its successful re sults. The establishmem Qf at least occasional ex fiib,itions of the dramatic genius of Spain, we have reason tp believe is now under serious consideration. A charitable notice which has been circulated at Clapham, has already isr.oduced some fruits; and we are pleased to see that the gml sense of the pro motet's: of it accepts the most trifling contributions. Altogether, s s lse prospect begins to be a elteerful one. The clouds of unro2sited and unsuccoured affliction are, for a time at least, dispersing.—lbid. From the interview on Thursday last of the Marquis Pahnega with the Duke of Weliipgton, and the immediate return of his Grace to Windsor, from whence he had departed but the. same morning, an opinion had sprung up that some iniportot crisis had arrived in tiic affairs of unhappy distracted Portugal. Yet What change of importance can take place sad de;2l,,y in the concerns of '..hat country ? Even the death of the usurper would hardly call for, or at least would not occasion, ally particular bustle in the movements of the British Ministry, and particularly of its Chief. The Marquis Palma has, it is said, presented letters of credence signed by pon Pedro, and constituting him Ambassador at the British Court, xs the part of Queen Donna Maria; and cer taittly,if this wsssp what the French call en regle, no mare fitting person mold be selected, none more deter- Olg of the honour than the Usuis ; but it is under ..tstootl that our Government cannot accept him in a diplornati,s r sharacter thus constituted. ft ;s with , out precedent that the guardian of an infant .4oye reign should exercise she power of naming an Am bassador to represent the Sovereign at a foreign Court, From the troubles in the West of Europe, the mind vibratcs like a pendulum to those of the East. A person of creflit, recently arrived fioro the scenes of action, speak.s in no high terms of the dis cipline and military conibinatios pf either Russians or Turks; but the former have the aciyantage,—the latter are ridic;,dons. We sincerely hops a peace will be negotiated between them this winter. The negotiators, we learn from French Papers, are at Corfu. Why are they not at Constantinople ? The Matter does not ternsire any great attention to diplo matic etiquette.--46id. SUICIDE. 'ra° h fz e it r ehre fo ‘Pv r a6fi s so es:emerrinal Yesterday afternoon il a . coroner's inquest was held in Whitecroosso-street ody o so f n i‘ir b s e . f E or l e iza l b 'n e o t iv l rA G s ly S ti l d if o l i c el°lecioekma'dinfgoremest tTlOleN;nEaoit:lrglo,B.rni a d t yea to ors. the deceased, and had Sa k n n t been very uneasy in her get out of bed in the middlecionfnShe bad lately tdThelWould night from one room to ar w m i t t l t l id e eo r ss . whn e s T an r i l rt4e h s her t u k ‘ r i % s : L i v l i b c l e y i l i: walking , a:b t l l o oln i k i t g : about three o' en copper, f a o n t t i l n d on h l e v r i l t ; l i e n s g s which was filled with water. Th e. aer as emptied 6 . 42 Previous night, and the w ecea=l2 she supposed, 'bad turned on the water. from the' ;e cistern which is above 4., as at the time s t baud. VerLd her she had hold of the cock with Mrs. Poole had been confined in the above prison about five years. She knew the deceased.. There were some frivolous eLarges broug ht a g ainst h er. by , .one of the turnkeys named ?plarkhan 3 , and whi c h were inquired into by the Gaol Committee, who dismissed them and retained her -in her bituation. Markham himself was dismissed soon after. There was a rumour that Markham was to be reinstated, and this appeared to distress her mind. Marldlagl said hi. , had done for Spencer (the late Governor of the gaol), and !ke was determined to do for her and Douglas (one of the t ,- ..;,:nYeys.) Deceased was ex tremely kind to the prisoners, &,nd in order to relieve their necessities had parted with almost eery thing that belonged kó her. The Jury returned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed herself during a temporary fit of insanity." TO THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER. GENTLEMEN,—Having seen a publication to which you have all (with .very few exceptions) affixed your signatures, permit me, as a resident within your diocese—as a proprietor of land in several of the parishes to which you belong.— as a neighbour, and as a friend, to address yOu,.and to state some reasons which induce me to think that, " mindful as you are of the sacred character of your. profession, and greatly averse from mingling in matters of a purely political nature," the present is not an occasion which justifies any deviation from that excellent general rule. I trust I am sufficiently known to some of you, and that all will judge me with sufficient candour to en able me to claim for myself the credit of a firm and sincere attachment to the Established Re ligion, of imbich you are the Ministers—an at tachment which, I think, in more than one in stance, my conduct has proved ; but I cannot bring my mind to think with you that the in terests of the Established Church are implicated, in the manner you suppose, in the great political question which has so long agitated, and now more than ever agitates, the minds of all descrip tions of persons in the United Kingdom. It is, or strictly speaking, a political, not a theological question, except inasmuch as the histories of all sects and religions—the history of the world, and of human nature itself—sufficiently prove that erroneous opinions may be reclaimed by kindness and forbearance, but never can be by harshness or severity. If other examples of this truth were wanting, it would be sufficiently established by the example of Ireland ; where, under a system of exclusion the most elaborate and well-con trived that ever existed, the relative proportion of Roman Catholics to Protestants is greater than at the first enactment of the Penal Code. The more odious and galling restrictions of that system of coercion have been gradually removed, till at last, by the Act of 1793, the lower orders of the Roman Catholics have been invested with power, to the undue and mischievous exertion of which they have been driven by your continued and obstinate exclusion of the educated, the wealthy, and the noble, on account of the errors of their faith. - But supposing, for the sake of the argument, that the genius of the Romish Church is " unchanged and unchangeable," as you assert, and " that it has now taken ad vantage of a prevailing spirit of latitudinarianism to promote its own designs of enlargement and aggrandizement," I beg to ask by what possible process the immediate admission of a very few Peers of some of the first families in the king dom to the House of Lords, and the eventual admission of a very small number of Roman Catholic Members into the House of Commons, together with eligibility to office under a Pro testant Sovereign, can effect their supposed ob ject ? You will, perhaps, question the probable admission of a small number to the House of Commons. As far as the representation of Great Britain is concerned, it cannot be doubted (and a large proportion of those who know Ire land best will agree with me) that, the present sense of injustice once removed (by which alone the Catholic Association exists, which is only the union of millions as one man to resist and resent that injustice), the power of time Priests, of the demagogues, and of their followers the people, will cease, harmony will be restored, and pro perty, which is for the most part in the hands of Protestants, will resume its natural sway. But you are alarmed for the safety of that Church of which you are the natural guardians, and over the interests of which it is . your duty to watch. Consider, I beseech you, the real nature of the danger to which the Establishment is exposed. You have set before your eyes two phantoms of a different nature—Popery, with all its ancient horrors,—and that you are pleased to call latitu dinarianism. You appear equally to dread the evil designs of those who believe too. much, and of those who believe too little. With regard to the first, permit me just to hint, for your serious consideration, that as long as the Ministers of the Established Church place themselves, as you have done, in the front of the battle, and appear the most strenuous, powerful, and active op posers of all concession to the Roman Catho hes, they will exert the tremendous power which their exclusion, and that alone, gives them, against the Establishment. Remove the civil disabilities, and the religious animosities will, in a great measure, cease ; and, permit me to add, that " form and sound doctrine and ancient dis cipline, which the State has taken under its protection," will be better " supported by a mild • spirit of kindness and conciliation to our erring brethren, than by the spirit of crimination and censure which pervades the document which I am attempting to answer. The merits of the pure form of doctrine we profess will then shine forth in their native lustre, unalloyed by the dross of political conten tion ; and the slow, but certain, progress of isusli will be promoted by mutual kindness and the increasing diffusion of knowledge, instead of being retarded as it is at present, by the bitter ness of party violence, and by the ill-judged and abortive attempts of proselytizing zealots. And this brings me to consider what appears to me the bugbear of latitudinarianism, which means, I suppose, infidelity, or indifference to all forms of religion. That this exists to a certain extent in this, as in every other country, cannot be doubts, but less in these islands, I am firmly persuaded, thasi in any other. Irreligion is not, and never has been, tiic besetting sin of this na , tjon ; but fanaticism has. That has once sub verted the Monarchy, and if any real slaver threatens the 4stablishment it is from this source, rather than from the other. lam addressing a body of Clergymen who, in the sober and con scientious exercise of their sacred duties, are as fai removed from enthusiasm and cant as they are fr©m indifference to the pure form of (Joe -1 trine•which they teach. But are they not aware .of, or do they not see, a very different spirit ex tending itself in every part of the King's domi nions ? P Is tiler n 13rOUS powerful, and rapidly-increasing sect growing ins in the very bosom of the Church, and professing its .dpp trines, but inculcating different rules of conduct, anui e : c .n intolerant and overstrained sanctity, ' which, if it ssere to become general, must end in the dissolution of ali ci;il society, and the sub version of the Established Cimrcb 2 and of the Monarchy itself? have thus, Gentlemen, in the spirit, I trust, of Christian .charity and of neighbourly kindness which I feel towards you, brought forward some of the reasons which induce see to dissent from xhp tincument you have thought fit to 1)040, Permit m e , n conclusion, to remind you that tue wQrth.y susd reskecatable Prelate who presides over you has, by has vote F4ylial.wnt, recorded a different opinion from that which you have been so anxiou s to promulgate. I have the ho nour to be, Gentlemen, your faithful and o bediin,t L7ervant, Cobham-hall, N ow , ifj , PARNLEY. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 21. IN RE THE CHIPPINO-SODBURY SCHOOL. In this case, which we gave in part yesterday, after Counsel had been heard on both sides, judg ment wss postponed. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 21. ROWE, EXECUTOR, V. BRENTON. Mr. Illingwortb proceeded to read sworn copies of the Rolls of the different Assession Courts for the Duchy of Cornwall, from an early period in the reign of Edward 111. to the close, for the purpose of showing that both the free conventioners and the native conventioners of the manor of Tewington re newed their holdings every seven years on payment of a fine. Mr. Harrison then produced the assession rolls of the sth of Henry VI., *lid stated that all the rolls between the time of Edward 111. and that period were lost. Mr. Illingworth read them to the jury. They were produced for the same purpose as those of the reign of Edward 111. It turned out, however, that the manor of Tewington was not included in these rolls. Several other assession rolls were also read. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Harrison, that the series of assession rolls was frequently in terrupted from the time of Elizabeth to the 30th of George 11., when they ceased altogether, and the entries began to be made in books. There was no mention of the manor of Tewington in the books after the date of 1798, which Mr. Harrison accounted for by the circumstance of the manor having been sold at that period. Various entries from the Assession-books were read, to show that the conventionary tenancy was of a mere copyhold nature, the tenants having the right of perpetual renewal; and that the same tenure which had existed before, and at the time of the in stitution of the Duchy, had continued to the time of the purchase of the property in question by the person under whom the late Mr. Joshua Rowe claimed. The surrender and admission of Mr. Rowe's immediate predecessor appeared to have been made in a similar form to those which had been take❑ by the tenants of the Duchy manors several centuries ago. Mr. 11lingworth stated, that lie had examined the Assession-rolls and Ministers' accounts from the time of Edward 111. to the latest period, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the rents paid by the con ventionary tenants, and the fines and tolls of tin, and the old and new acknowledgments, as entered in the Assession-books, corresponded with the entries in the Ministers' accounts. Witness was engaged in this business several months. He found the entries to correspond, with a few trifling exceptions. Mr. BROUGHAM objected to this evidence as in conclusive. Lord TENTERDE over-ruled the objection, ob serving that it was the usual and best evidence that could be given on such a subject. The grant of the four Stanneries, in Cornwall, in the third year of King John, and the confirmations of it in several subsequent reigns, were put in; and extracts from them were read by Mr. Illingworth ; as were also extracts from the Acts of Convocation, in the 26th George 11. The enrolments of several leases of Toll Tin, in the manor of Tewington, and several other Duchy manors, granted by Queen Eli zabeth, James 1., and other Monarchs, were also put in and the entries read. These documents were re lied upon to show that the soil was always considered as distinct from that which was beneath its surface. A person of the name of Tregoning proved the receipt of tin-toll for a party claiming under the Duchy title, between 40 and 50 years ago in the manor ofTewington, and several other Duchy manors. Another witness stated that he had taken the toll in some of the Duchy manors (but not Tewington), from the year 1805 to 1810. An old man of the name of Organ also proved the taking of tin-toll at several places within Lemellon Moor. Two of those places were called Sandrycocks and Porth, which were stream-works. Tin-dues in the stream works in Rowe's Lemellon were paid to the Duchy. Several papers called " Tin Bills" were then pro duced by a person of the name of Pearce, the son of the late purser to the Porth stream-works. Mr. Calenzo, an adventurer and bound owner, explained that these tin bills were papers given to the pursers to enable them to settic with the adventurers and bound owners for the tin•dues. The bills, with the receipts annexed, dated in the year 1786, were then put in and read. The receipts were "for tin-dues in the stream-works at Porth belonging to the Duchy." Mr. Calenzo stated, that he had been a bound owner over Carthew's Le Mellon for nearly twenty years. The limits of his bounds extended over en closed lands. Part of the enclosures were known as Duchy land. He had received tolls, as an ad venturer, for the enclosed lands. He had divided part with the Duke of Cornwall and part with the land-owners. On cross-examination, he stated that he had always paid for the renewal of his bounds. No tin had been worked upon Carthew's Le Mellon during the last 20 years, and therefore he had re ceived no dues in respect of that. The proceedings of the;day were closed with the examination of this witness, and the Court adjourned at six o'clock. • PREROGATIVE COURT, Nov. 21. MARSH AGAINST TYRRELL AND HARDING. Dr. LUSIIINGTON concluded his argument this day, by contending for the validity of the will of Mrs. Harding, on the ground that it was her voluntary act, uncontrolled by her husband. Mr. Harding was justified in urging his wife to withdraw her concerns from the hands of Mr. Marsh, after the failure of the banking-house through the affair of Mr. Faunt leroy. All his concerns were then in confusion, and considering- the situation of Mr. Marsh, in rela tion to the deceased, being her trustee, banker, and agent, this course was not only justifiable, in Mr. Harding, but imperative upon him. The Learned Advocate then entered somewhat at length into the subject of the deeds executed by Mrs. Harding in favour of the Marshes prior to her marriage, when she was a femme sole, and could have disposed of her property without the aid of trusts. There was nothing in the conduct of Mr. Harding to render it improbable that the testatrix would, lfter marriage, make the bequest to her husband rather than •to a stranger. The truth was, that when the whole conduct of the Marshes was ex plaiwed to her, it had awakened her indignation, and the transfer'of the property from them to her husband was the necessary consequence of the dis covery. Dr. Nicnom followed on the same side. Dr. PHILLIMORE, for Mr. Harding, would not have spoken, except for some reflections upon the conduct of Mr. Harding as inconsistent in separating himself from the executor in this case. In this he had acted under advice with reference to certain deeds, the validity of which would be a subject of consideration in another Court. Mr. Harding stood before the Court on the general policy of the law, which favoured the transfer of property to the husband. ;r ff, JEER will commence his argument for Mr. Marsh to•trorrow, STATE OF TRADE.—The demand for twist for exportation continues brisk, and on Tuesday a small advance was generally obtained upon low numbers. There is 0172 we are happy to say, every appearance of a steady demand for this article during the water, as when the shipments for the continant haye keen completed, the pur chases for the Russian market will commence. We are sorry we cannot speak so favourably of the demand for piece goods: This is exceedingly had, both in the foreign and home trade; but as the market is generally dull at this season, the present state of it does not furnish any just grounds for alarm. Though wages are lower, we believe that all hands are employed. We are happy to say that the commercial embarrassments, Wllic4 have created s o sic distress in Glasgow, have pot reached this town and we hope that the mpre solid system of trade which is pursued here will now, as oil former occasions, preserve Manchester from those losses to which its extensree busi ness might otherwise have exposed it, —llfanhester Paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Elizabeth Murphy, the woman who has been in custody for some days past upon a charge of robbing Mr. Verrey, the Swiss confectioner, in Regent -street, in whose service she had lived for some time, was brought before Mr. CONANT, the sitting Magistrate, for final examination. A vast number of pawnbrokers attended, and pro duced a great variety of articles of property, such as sheets, table-cloths, towels, male and female wear ing apparel, &c., -which the prisoner had pledged with them, and the whole of which Mr. Verrey, who gave his evidence by means of an interpreter, iden tified as belonging to him; the wearing apparel was partly for his own wear and partly belonging to his deceased daughter; and many of the articles had been stolen before and some since Miss Verrey's death. The prisoner admitted the robberies at Mr. Vertey's, and had nothing to urge in defence, except that if permitted she would make up to Mr. Verrey the full amount of what she had pledged the pro perty for. Mr. CONANT said, that the prisoner's conduct was of the most atrocious kind. She even took the op portunity while Mr. Verrey, a foreigner and a stran ger, was suffering under the loss of his daughter, tin der the most heart-rending circumstances, and while even the poor man was confined to his bed by ill• ness arising from that loss, to plunder him of every thing she could lay her hands on. Clements, the officer who attended at the funeral of Miss Verrey, said that the prisoner on that occa sion was more than any other of the domestics re markable for the abundance of her sorrow. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. FIRE AT THE KING'S NEW PALACE. On Thursday night, about half-past six, one of the workmen's sheds, in the space between the wings, took fire, and burnt rather furiously for about an hour and a half. The water at Buckingham-gate was let loose in readiness for the fire-engines, which latter arrived in about two hours after the fire had burst forth. By the time they arrived,the fire had burnt out. During the continuance of the fire the people, especially the military in their undress, were running to and fro in all direction, and the gravel heap in the Park, in front of the Palace, was crowded with spectators. No accident of any de scription occurred. As to the Palace, it was never in the least danger.—Morning Herald. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. On Thursday night, at seven, the neighbourhood of Pimlico was thrown into a state of the utmost consternation and alarm, in consequence of a fire breaking out in one of the large wooden sheds on the vacant ground in front of the new Palace at the top of St. James's-park. The flames spread with such inconceivable rapidity that the greatest fears were for some time entertained for the safety of the palace, the shed being within a few yards of the magnificept pile. On the alarm being given a number of soldiers in the adjoining barracks imme diately rushed to the spot, and a plentiful supply of water being obtained, two engines on the ground were brought into requisition, and in the course of half an hour the fire was subdued, but not before the shed, containing a great quantity of workmen's tools, materials used in the building of the palace, was entirely consumed. The flames, in consequence of the combustible nature of the mate rials, rose to a considerable height; and the sur rounding atmosphere was illuminated to a consider able distance. The light reflecting on the surround ing objects rendered the trees in the park, the canal, and the palace, distinctly visible, presenting a very beautiful appearance. The conduct of the soldiers cannot be too highly praised; it is owing to their exertions that the palace was saved from destruc tion, and they exerted themselves effectually in pre venting the immense multitude who had collected from gaining admission to the building. Several workmen will be great sufferers by the fire, the shed being full of tools belonging to them. The fire-offices' engines were early on the spot; but the fire had got under before they arrived. It was. for some time supposed that the palace was on fire, and the greatest anxiety prevailed. The shed was, we understand, used principally fur holding and preparing the Stan hope mixture with which the roof of the palace is plastered. Very serious injury might have ensued had it not been for the presence of mind of Mr. Johnson, clerk to the works, who, assisted by a Mr. JenningS, got the casks of tar used for the mix ture rolled out of the shed.-211orning Journal. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Friday.) SUGAR.—The Sugar Market remained in a very languid state till yesterday, when the demand again recommenced ; the grocers purchased to some ex tent for the home consumption, and the refiners also came forward and evinced every disposition to do business on an extensive scale. At the close of the market this afternoon the estimated purchases for the week were 2,600 casks. The Refined market has been heavy all the week, and the accounts from Hamburg!' beingiaonl Molasses eh f s a e v aa o r ce u c r a vuem b r l yi e i 1 , dat a ui d loi d .n e d oTf thtoehretehseitsogmcekno more es ral languor of the trade ; yet there is no reduction d isnt e i m llti a tier n i d vpi f al o .ii. r ee l s o l\ w goods this afternoon. WEST INDIA — MOLASSES.--There are no pur chases to report. EAST INDIA SUGARS.—Mauritius Sugars have been in request during the week, as they rate Is. a 2s. below West India Muscovades. On Tuesday 73t Siams, good white 355., ord. to mid. 31s. Gd. a 335. Gd. FOREIGN SLTGARs..—No purchase of Foreign Sugars are reported by private contract P • 300 chests Havannah were offered at public sale, the good to fine yellow sold 355. Gd. a 385., the brown was taken in at 31s. Gd. to 355. _ _ COFFEE.—The public sales this week have not been extensive; the demand continues very con siderable for the advanced season of the year. About 400 bags Batavia ord. sold 355. a 365. ; 450 bags ord. to good ord. Brazil, 365. a 38s. 6d. ; a large parcel Cheribon, about 375. ; 80 bales Mocha, 68s. The West India British Plantation m eat off freely, and at full prices; no alteration in the currency could be stated. This forenoon two sales 196 packs British Plantation, good mid. Berbice taken at 80s.; mid. Jamaica scarce, good ord. sold 38s. a 41s. Coffee market dull, but not lower. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.--There are scarcely any Leeward Island Rums of low quality left on the market, the quotations are, of course, completely nominal; Jamaica descriptions continue neglected. In Brandy or Geneva there are very limited purchases reported: there is no alteration in the currency. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The Tallow market continues fluctuating; the prices of Yellow Candle Tallow had advanced to 40s. 3d. and 40s. 6d., receded to 395. 3d., when large purchases were made by the speculators and the trade here, and were fur ther assisted by considerable purchases for France; the price has since gradually advanced to our pre sent quotation. Hemp and Flax maintain the late improvement in price, • 'Dip jaws from St. Peters- burgh are dated sth inst. Exchange 10d. 7-16. Tallow 100 rubles. Freight 275. 6d. to 405.; 20 ships, all freighted, and no ship room at present, until some arrive; the Channel has been frozen up for two or three days, but is now open again. INDIGO.—no prices havp rather given way; se. veral sales are reported at only Id. per lb. advance on the late sale, and several parcels offer at nearly the same decline; the sales are however en a limited scale, as the large holders will not sell at any reduc tion. As a great proportion of the Indigo is held on speculation, the accounts from India continue to excite great interest ; the dates from Calcutta are of the 3d July, the accounts are favourable, the rains had been slight, and very favourable for the crop; the general estimates are 80,000 to 100,000 maunds, but the dates are still too early to give any o'r statement as to quantity. we ß re c o E ffere —E d a at at 17s. a 215.; a large was taken' in at 16s. a rly p iunbltihce sale, week the 747 proportion bags Patna t o ll 0 1 has since been disposed of at I7s. IRISH PROVISIONS.—There is no alteration Ps, prices of Beef and Pork in this Market. butt are unvaried. COTTON.—The Cotton Market has coot ° languid and uninteresting all the week. chases by private contract 'are trivial, and wwill the slightest alteration in price. 300 Sandi a ; 20 Madras at 54d.; 80 Bowed at • EAST INDIA SALE-THIS DAY) ' 0 , The Last India Company's sale of Cottos, l •• id) was bat thinly attended; the Bengals, w h, st. 76 84 56 92 56 86 56 89 72 80 74 84 82 86 56 92 68 86 56 86 80 92 60 80 46 70 84 40 92 55 78 4% 48 33 43 36 42 36 40 42 46 41 49 43 48 36 44 3? 49 36 40 32 42 36 44 27 83 -4, aa 28 24 36 32 40 34 40 30 40 e. d. s. d. 63 69 16 96 63 80 60 06 84 88 s. d. s. d. 11 0 12 0 e I$U W, NO THE Y 7 COUNTRY COR .ETS DUlt Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. A5hburn..,..,,,,,.,, Basingstoke .......... Bath - 27 36 38 20 33 45 25 34 26 30 g 28 32 44 , 26 31 35 37 ''''' 27 36 42 2241 1' 32 3 41 30 32 29 36 g Bridgewater ...„... Bristol Chesterfield Derby Devizes — Doncaster ..--..... Dorchester,...—..... Exeter,.....,..--... Gloucester....—..... Hungerford —..... Leicester. "2 - i 'Co I Romsey Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet Taunton Yeovil 24 40 24 33 •-• a 2 6 28 ° s so 96 16 sa 28 30 36,1 Per Bushel. Shrewsbury ............ s7d. s. d. ~ 59 fig 9 BIRMINGHAM . AIARgETs, Nov. 20. 10 Coax MARKET.--11,t this day's market we bitd il f supply of all descriptions of Grain, and Wheat an d were ls. per bag, Barley and Pease 2s. per quart z Flour 2s. per sack, lower than op this day se'fpugh t jo i , are full as dear as they were on the last market' m Wheat, Bs. 6d. to 9s. 10d. per 621b5.; Barley, ste° ii, to 455. ; Malt, 565. to 68s. ; Pease, 465. to 549. ri perial quarter; Beans, 16s. to 20s. per bag, ten 0 09,00 Oats, 3s. 3d. to 4s. per 391 b. • fine Flour, 699. t ° seconds, Ms. to 565. per sack of 28011 y. BIRMINGTIAN SM{TFIEIELp.—This tint's ma!”; numerously supplied with Busts, And a great mstl ll ? were effected at about the same .terms as last weeP # much done in the Mutton trade, and the live stock ' O OO, left unsold ; Pigs sold briskly at last Thursday's 910 1 tions.—Beef, sd. to s}l. ; Mutton, sd. to sid. Bacon Pigs, 9s. to 10s. ; Porkers, 12s. to 14s. perj) PRINTED RIO PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNG, 1 ‘ • • SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONpQN• J; 11 101 4%1 qtrt; Co r Pro hul ti var , • . . ~r. s , -.so. put up at 44. in August last, and refused '.',, b e , i advance, were now brought forward at the vhf' I te ; duced taxation of 3id. ; they opened at 3.. the , ~,.• hi t the competition becoming animated, they td':' , .. reached 31d. and 4d., leaving off at the latte 9 14,...._ h'cliA The decline is id. to id., and on Surat (w 1 ' v 13fIr O i v : off steadily), id. per lb. on the previous c , :riii Of 2,700 Bengal, 2,700 sold at 3id. a 4d. sib': nits l stained (Company's Cotton) ; of 2,130 Swt t , A sold at 4d. a 41d, very mid, to mid, fair, 1 "! My _, at 45d. a sd. good; of 70 Madras, 70 sold r i it good fair. Of the total (4,990), 4,100 weg, ' ke ,d; , j 800 Surat bought in at 4-ad. and id. 119 ir t'IACI The buying appeared to be chiefly for' expor t, . 1 4 1, partly for the trade and on speculation. 0 Cl.O SPICES.-The demand for Spices continue'', , A Th principal purchases are i n N u t megs an d MOO OA advance of Id. to 2d. per lb. is fully mail! . 1 „, 1 Pepper is without variation. The late pubb,i ; 7,1 t o of Pimento are rather at lower rates, Bd. a aci , o ",' /FRUIT.-A public sale of 169 butts andll k i : . T i i teels new Currants was brought forward on Vv.,' ~ r 11.4 day (part of ea c h o f th e l a t e arr i va l s ), b u t coll sold, the buyers selecting only such lots as ' T i ll their trade, butts 91s. a 92 5 ., an d caro t ee ls , ~ . I 935. The arrivals of all descriptions of new ' r'' 4, continue extensive. This day's sale was c' ,, , .1 French Fruit, nearly 5,000 packs Imperial 4" , 'li Plums : qr. chests, 81s. a 875.; small boxes 4 ~,,, I a 1265.; cartons, 71. Bs. a 71. 10s.; half &al " I 81. 12s. a 9/. Bs.; qr. 1 . 01.; baskets, 12/. s. aTi n n Muscatels in bunches, boxes, 965. a 10 61 ' , ' 4 ' „,,.ive Ti 975. a 110 s. ; 1,650 tabnets Faro Figs, ps- , ,, gr o i 40s. New French Plums, 545. a 565. .` t k Patza SALTPETRE.-The transactions are not ext. "Tin H the prices are a shade lower, but the inquirl , Ti / 1 , I b_ I+a T pear rather increasing.:. TOBACCO.-The demand for Tobacco coo „if ocatt on the most extensive stale; but the chief Orrtird tions are parcels merely changing hands. 15 4 ‘ , ..3,7:, 1,000 hhds. sold this week, of which 500 hatlV ' Esc} Stripts, at 41d. a 54d., and for export at 7 ili t r be 41d. The late advance in Tobacco is fully ",1 14 b l eb tained. ode, TIMBER.-In the Timber Market genera,' • t--..- harbeen more doing of late, and prices u -vi. PT advance for all descriptions of articles. The , 1 1 -) p * on hand are smaller than usual at this period. , year, and importations at the close of the i d ' tatva o , likely to be mod era t e , w ith th e p rospect a f bird, advance in prices. . N IA . :... PRICES OF HOPS.-Nov. 21. 1 0 ' Ili Kent Pockets Sussex Ditto ...... . . 41 4 3 / I .: 1 1 44 8 i.. 4 41 51 4: 1 43 8 ' 5, ... t t0 t : 6 : 1 44 , : i . I._: ig ee P: Essex Ditto Farnham Ditto, }1ne.................. 0/. Os. 8/. Os. to Ft 9 Illbdr3 Seconds ........... 0/. Ils, 61, Os. to . . ' A ir , Kent Bags ...„.... 3/. 161 . 4/. Ws. to ' 4 5," r 'ti - .., Sussex Ditto _ 34 10s. 31, ifs, to , L I , Oteg Essex Ditto 4/ , 4s. 4/. 16s. to. .2 ,ttva a i i Old Duty laid at £170.000. • i ,4 j ! . "E PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown -......... 401. 05. ...,... Refined ..- Linseed Oil -.........-................................. 91 I i 4 13 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand ............A• %to I Rape Cake, per ton AWIIVINNIMMIIIIIMMVSWOVIMOVWFOW.W . . ili tticz WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.-Nov. 119 , hi t , Hay --,--- 555. Od. to 945, Od. I Clover ...... 80s. 01 t 0 J•j‘ 4 ' 5traw................... 30a. Od. to 365. Od. .„,, ) 4 :el , PRICE OF POTATOES-Nov. 21. .„0., ~,„ac Marsh Champions--...--.-.. 3/. 15s. to 4/, Os. per "'" f 7 , TIN Oxnobles and Shaws ......... 21. 10s. to 31. 105. LIMO , fl PRICES OF LEATHER; o , a Per lb. d. to d. . Per lb, Dressing Hides.-...... 15 171 8 D u it t t0 t5 ..........c ..........50 ,0 t t o o 66 56 1 1b b. ...- 22 28 21 2 s T sp ar m erl sbp H ver o itte rs d e oren......... rac. 1 .., , ... ei r ni t Fine Coach Slides 18* 21 Calf Skins... 36 to 4(lb. lit ;...,....., Crop Hides. 35 to 401 b. 16 18 Ditto .......50 W 701 b. , Ditt0...,.-..45 to 501 b. IS 20 Ditto 70 to 801 b. r t i ' ' .. Ditto _ ... 20 211 SmallSeals b oreagarsd RAW HIDES. ...... 1 1 ..... A 4 Per Stone. s. 6. to s. d. Per Stone. 0 . * 4 % Best Heifers& Steers 3 0 3 4 Ordinary Sa - Fr ,-' Middlings .2 8 210 Market Ca1f............ 9 v . : L ' l PRICE OF CANDLES. u A!?0 The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as fa : . Ira Candles, per dos. 7s. Od. to Os. Od. I M o uld s , p er d o zes." ... , A V t ) 1 ~ I " PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stonevi 81b...440,-. .11 Price of Tallow (as stated by the Fallow Meters) `t_ COAL MARKET.-Nov. 21. 0 1‘ i' 41 V el ~ 1 t., Al Adair's Beauniont .......-..-..,,,........ 33 0 Ditto M0t5pur....,........... 9 1 i k 41 Felling Main 31 6 Ditto Jesmond ........., . li'l ‘m: Gray's Stearn Coal ......... 31 6 Ditto Northumberlan d 0,1 1 4 1 41. j Heaton > ..-...... 37 6 Ditto Peareth.......... 9 1 4 1 .", Hebburn Main .........„-. 34 0 Ditto Perkins an d Ca 9 1 '''• I H01ywe11.........,.......... 34 0 Ditto Ridde11'5.........." 91 , 4014 Kenton We5t....,.,.,.,. 34 0 Ditto Russell's ...... . •. .9 1 ; - _ Killingworth ...-........ 36 6 Ditto Walker ........... 91, . „. Liddell's Maiia-........, 32 6 Eden Main ....................' s$ j‘, ~. 41.1 Ord's Redhugh .........,,„„ 32 0 Harraton _,,,,_,....... 9I ; `,---- Percy Ea5t,........ .. 31 t 3 Nesbam Main......."' 01 A l 'e "'c l aw .......-4......-.. 33 3 Walls End Hatton.... 91 , k Pon top Wind50r,.,,.,.,, 31 6 Walls End Lambton.."' 01 Shipcote . . 33 0 Walls End Lyons.... 91 Tanlield ....... T0wn1ey...........--.. 32 6 Russell'sHetton'sW.E• 91 Willington ........... .. 35 6 Cowpen ............."" 01 • ',.._ Wylam 32 6 Hartley ......" 91 i W Walls End Bell and Co. 35 6 Silketone Field and Co' 1 6 1 i 1 ,41. Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 36 0 Scotch .............„...... 41'1 J . ', 411 4 Ditto Bewicke and Co.- 38 3 Stone Coal Reynolds "9 1 ‘ toitt4 4 Ditto 8r0wn'5............ 35 6 Tanfield Trader......." 011 k T . 41 . Ditto Burraton ......-.. 36 0 Old Etherley small .I_, 01 • I l i Ditto Carr and Co. 34 0 Beamish S. moor aural i " 4 `, , Ditto Clarke and C 0... 31 6 Walls F.n4 small ....``' Of Nam, Ditto Cramlington--,. 33 0 Lambton small ......... , tII Ditto Hilda 3-1. 6 Durham W. E. squill i see , 01 Ship 150%-.Ship sat market, 150%-.Sh sold, 13. 3--Unsol d,', ' 4101 N MARK. Wheat. PTI, On the I cll instan t, at the Pl 7 s.4rove, Sussex, the ' Captain Disie, R.N. of a son. MARRIED. On the 19th instant, at Randwick, Gloucestersli ir , 6 e, the Rev. J. Elliot, A. 11., the Rev. Richard Morris ,7 ? of Stratford-upon-Avon, to Mary Anne, rel t iFf Pf James ifogg, Es, .? a.rid gni/ daqhter of Edward ;' Esq., of Randwick. DIED. f', On the 2lst iust. at Chichester, the Rev. CharlOt kington, one of the Canons Residentiary of that Ca th also Prebendary of Eastham, and Rector of EastelV tf On the 17th instant, of apoplexy, th' c of , of Thomas Gpgney, Esq., of LOailauds, near Foal° . Kent. tftg s T e , L FL "SAP k!the