The Sun. — London, England, 1828-11-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. Those who wish to understand the deplorable condition into which the University of Dublin has fallen, may refer with perfect confidence to an Irish letter which appeared in the Times of yesterday. We will go ffirther, and tell his Ma jesty's Ministers that if they are in want of some authority on which they might implicitly depend, -for intelligence at once discriminatina, dispas sionate, comprehensive, and religiously true, re specting the general state of Ireland, or any one or more questions embraced within it, they can do nothing more profitable to themselves or to their country, than by reading the communica tions of this our valuable correspondent, and acting on a conviction of his judgment and inte o-rity. We have no base end to answer by offering such advice. Separated from Ireland, from her miserable distractions, and from all de finite interest, except as subjects of the empire at large, in their consequences, we !save no hopes nor fears for Ireland, beyond what coms mon humanity must suggest to all Christian spectators of her long-protracted sufferings, save only—and they are not feelings to be ashamed of—such hopes or fears as must come home to every Englishman, when he beholds in the ever-shifting, though never unclouded, aspect of Irish politics, the index of some terrible convulsion, the issue of which must be life or death to British prosperity and power. — It is, therefore, with sentiments towards Ireland akin to those which must be presumed to actuate the minds of an honest English Minister, that we pray the King's Government to consult the opinions of individuals residing on the spot, equally independent of office, of Orange club, of faction, and of Popery ; whose means of infor mation speak for themselves, who see nothing which is not real, and dare to tell every thing that is so. To such authority we would turn the attention of Ministers, for a boar of facts which have not before been brought together in a form and with a perspicuity so striking, rela tive to an establishment which has constituted for two centuries and a half, a distinct, impor tant, and increasing power, operating upon the whole system of society, and with most effect upon the moral foundation of society—namely, upon the mind of all the educated Irish youth. It is lamentable that in respect both of the stu dents of the University, and of the more vir- Wous portion of the Fellows,, a series of injuries so monstrous as those described in our correspondent's .fetter of yesterday,_ should have been perpetftit4".:•tinds b is y - such igno ble means. - It s*ely - ,4ooo:that: tiOyrium ber of the Fellows of an Institution *SO venerable for age, extent, and dignity,- should proStitute the honours of an office to which they had at tained through the noble paths of science and classic literature, to the' basest purposes of sor did and treacherous rapeeity. The charge against these men is heinous, - though not singular,— viz., that they have trafficked in bigotry for profit : not one, but many, of the 15 junior Fellows of the University, to whom is intrusted by the sta tutes the tuition of the collegiate youth, are known to have posted es tniss,innerieS over the country, preaching up every where the persecu tion of the Catholies,—canvassing all the provin cial prejudice of One parents throughout Ire land, for means to polon the civil and religious spirit of their children, —partnering to the father's folly"for venom wherewith to inoesdele the son ; anti , by representing themselves as the tree Brunswick Apostles, the only real defenders of Protestant ascendancy—that te, of loaves and ashes—to have made such a name kts has given them a monopoly of the pupil-market in every quarter of the kingdom, by inducing the mass of Orange families to place their young men in the hands of these self-puffed hypocrites, to the litter neglect of the more moderate, Rep', gen tlemanly, and conscientious Fellows, who woold not sully their station by vile practices, nor des • oracle their learning or religion into instruments of piracy upon the lawful resources of their brethren. If the University of Dublin be not purged of these foul schemes, it is lost to all tbe fair ends for which it was instituted. Instead of training up youth in those courses which con duct it to pure taste and liberal knowledge,• the chambers of an incendiary Fellow become fur naces of miserable faction. Religion is there stn through no medium but that of horror against the persons of Roman Catholics; the British Constitution is known only as a machine for giving Irish Orangemen an exclusive right to every office in the realm, from Lord Chan cellor to a police constable. Civil liberty is iu their eyes more than a power to oppress — Christian charity than a privilege to hate—war, in some shape, whether of sentiment, word, or sword, becomes the practical essence of a system rebellious against God, and destructive of civil society. We do trust that the watchfulness of the Kin g ' s Government will be fixed upon this perversion, to degrading and demoralizing uses, of an institution in its nature so exalted as the ancient and sole University of our sister island, the b eques t of an immortal Queen, and, in better times th an those u p on which we have falls, the cradle of all that was; most .enlightened, most g enerous, and devoted, in the history of Irish character and genius.—Tinzes. The Paris Papers are justly indignant that the French Government should be under th e neces sity of having recourse to the Pope, to obtain, through his mediation a compliance on the part ] of the Bishops with the lase laws respecting Edu cation. They say this is• precisely what is wished for by the Ultramontanes, a recognition of the poWer of the Pope to interfere in the in ternal affairs of the kingdom. It is beneath the dignity of a Government, they acid, to allow it self to be beholden to a foreign power for the execution of the laws. Here we my observe, that we have a great advantage over t French with respect to our Catholic subjects. Having made the Catholic religiisn the religion of the State, our neighbours are in some degree at the mercy of th e Hierarchy, wiikh being a recog nised power, when opposed to the will of the Legislature, may expose the State to the sianger of civil discord. It is only when the Catholic Religion is established as that of the State, and when it considers it se lf as ent i t l e d t o a voice, that foreign interference is of much consequence That the Pope may easily be managed by a powerful Government like that of Feaexe may be readily believed; but however corn pliant the Church has always been towards great Sovereigns, since the latter becam e sen - Able of the advantage which arbitrary, power might derive from the aid of the priesthood, a State aspiring to be free, like that of France. ought to spurn at the aid. But in this Country the Catholic Hierarchy are not recognised ; they need no more be consulted respecting any measures than any other Dissenters ; the law affects them as citizens, and not as members of any particular Church; and therefore we neither require the good offices of the Pope, nor can be affected by his ill offices. Hence it appears to us, that it would be absurd in the Government to interfere at all with the internal arrangements of the Catholics, except with a view to acquire an improper influence through the instrumentality of the Clergy. If we seek to have any controul or influence in the nomination of the higher clergy, we expose ourselves to the compromise of the national dignity by discussing with a foreigner the expediency of internal measures. But if we leave the Catholics to themselves, they may con sult the Pope, or the Dalar Lama, or any other spiritual authority, in any part of the world, from which they think they can derive spi ritual benefit, without its being necessary for the Government to trouble itself about the matter. We should know the Catholics as. Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen, and not as the professors of their religion. If the Catholics were the majority in the empire, or if Ireland were a separate kingdom, there might be some ground for jealousy with respect to a foreign connection. We then fear that the Clergy, acting under the guidance of the Court of Rome, might endeavour to obtain an ascend ancy for their religion. But two-thirds or three fourths of the inhabitants of these kingdoms are Protestants, and the Union renders the Catholic majority in Ireland subordinate to the general majority. The English and Scotch are certainly not in danger of becoming Catholics ; and we do not see how the Catholics could have any in fluence were the laws of exclusion repealed, which they do not now possess, so long as they remain so small a minority. The most digni fied course for the Government to pursue would be to repeal the laws of exclusion, leaving die Catholics in the same situation as other Dis senters. We say the inost dignified course, but we are aware not the most palatable course, fur there is in all Governments a hankering after un due influence, and a hierarchy presents an al most irresistible temptation to any. Government desirous of experimenting in this way. Leave, we say, the Catholics to themselves. Purchase tranquillity for Ireland by conceding the claims which justice demands. The union, which is now so compact, among Priests and Laymen, Nobles and Commons, men of property and men of no property, can only exist so long as the exclusion exists which is common to them all. The affairs of the next world would soon give way to those of this with the Catholics, as with all the rest of the world, when the next world is not made a pretext for impeding their movements in this. We trust much more to the natural indifference of laymen in a thriving community to religious polemics, than to any denial of the right of the Church to interfere in temporal matters. The line cannot be drawn between ecclesiastical and temporal ; for every temporal act has also its religious cha racter. From our entrance into the world till our final exit, the Priest claims the right of sit ting in judgment on all our movements. The King or the Minister, in the exercise of their temporal authority, either act righteously or wickedly ; and the Priest takes cognizance of the political act in its character of sin. There is precisely that sort of vagueness in the terms spiritual and temporal, which is favourable to the furtherances of improper attempts, where the prospect might be 'encouraging. But the proper corrective is the growth of intelligence, which, in all countries, Protestant not less than Catho lic, is continually reducing the influence of the Priest. If, even in countries exclusively Catho lic, we see the influence of the Priest diminish ing cypry day, . and individuals asserting more and more their right to . think for themselves in most matters, there can be no reason to suppose that in this country, where Catholics and Pro trstants are brought into constant collision, mix in tho s!tmc society, read the same books, the Nests would ho allowed to retain much more influence over their flocks than the Protestant Clergy possess over theirs,—jforningchronicle. 'he Law of Forgery is to have another vic tim on Monday next. The wretched man who is then to suffer has been kept a long time in dreadful suspense as to whether the capital sen tenee was to be executed upon him or not. It will be recollected that the Rev. Peter Fenn, the person to whom we allude, • was convicted, and received sentence of death, in the last September Sessions, at the Old Bailey. From that time until Monday last, in consequence of the Re corder's Report not having been laid bcfbre his Majesty, his fate, and that of twenty-three other caintal'eonwicts of the same Sessions, remained undecided. During that time we understand great efforts have been made to save Fenn's life ; and the knowledge of those efforts being made in his favour, along with the great delay that took hinge, encouraged some hopes of a commutation of his pun;shment in the mind of the unfortu nate man. The agoui7ing conflict of hope and fear in the mind of a human being so circum stanced must be torture of the most excruciating hind. At length this miserable struggle of' ter ror and hope is exchanged for the awful cer tainty that his doom is sealed. The effect of the intelligence of his fate upon the prisoner, it is stated, is such as might naturally he expected where the sentence had been allowed to be long inoperative, and the chance of 'Dewy appeared to be not altogether impossible. We have al ready put (Mr opinion of the Law of Forgery upon record—we consider it sanguinary and vindictive law.—Morning Herald. r ih; es til v Correspondent of the -Times occu pied considerably more than two co l' tans of that Journal in the futile attempt to cast odium upon the most eminent Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, and upon the Irish Nobility and Gentry whose sons are pursuing their sin dies in that celebrated University, merely be cause certain individuals of the Fellows are more resorted to in their function of College Tutors than the rest of their colleagues and competitors. 'The slender basis of fact upon which is erected the monstrous superstructur e of misrepresenta, dm , an d calumny we are about to expose, sl t ts the of Fellows Ireland amounts to no more thatnhethpirsz this--th a t tbe Constituti oi who have been and are the most active and t zealous d in efe stimulatingnc defence of acainst the enewachtnents of Popery , are those upon whom thg, fathers and guardians of the youth of Ireland re pose the on and that the effect of ti;;,s general co n fid ence is, s e greatest confidence ; as may be naturally .supposed, to increase th e F emoluments they derive from the uss, h ..gge of u • the very important, honourable, and ardo ti ,• ; duties to wilizb they are devoted. These are the facts as stated in the writer in question him- Aelf, when disengaged from the mass of tiresome gossip and useless circumlocution with which he has contrived to encumber them. An 4 are the inferences prawn from these facts by this candid correspondent, from whom our contempo rary derives his information respecting the state of Ireland ? -It seems incredible that prejudice and malice should so far bewilder and Stupify the mind of any man ; and equally incredible that such an effusion of prejudice, malice, and stupefaction, 'should obtain insertion in any public journal of the least pretensions to re spectability ; but it is nevertheless certain that the above facts are taken to warrant the conclusions-Ist, That the Protestant Gentry of Ireland, in selecting as the tutors of their sons such of the Fellows of Trinity College as they deem most capable and worthy, have set the example of exclusive dealing ; and, 2dly, That the Fellows who have signalised themselves in the Protestant cause have been actuated chiefly by the desire to increase their own popularity and emoluments as instructors of youth. Any comment upon this perfect spe chnen of stupidity and malevolence would be superfluous ; yet we cannot deny ourselves the satisfaction of extracting from the whole affair the acknowledgements which it necessarily in volves, and which, proceeding from. one whose bitter enmity to Protestantism and its champions is conspicuous, are on that account of peculiar value. It is gratifying to find that the Learned Divines who are the most zealous champions of the Protestant faith do in fact enjoy the pre eminence as the instructors of youth. Impossible as it is to believe that the parents of the Protestant youth of Ireland should, in the selection of their tutors, regard political opinions and conduct exclusively or chiefly, we are delighted to collect, from the statements of their adversaries even, that the men who are the most zealous champions of the British Constitution, have ac . - quired the reputation of being the most Learned Professors, the most pious Divines, the most worthy and excellent mem Nor is it less satis factory to us to find these enemies of Protestan tism recognizing (although they calumniously misrepresent its operations) the disposition of the Protestants of Ireland—of that part of them in particular who have the means and the incli nation to give a liberal education to their off! spring, the best and most important part of every community—to appreciate as they ought, in the present state of the country and of the question, zeal and talent exerted on behalf of the Protestant Constitution of the Empire.— Morning Post. The citizens of London have taken serious offence at what they term the unwarrantable fatigue of the Recorder in - the performance of one of his most solemn duties. It is, true that about 24 hours elapsed from the rising of the Council at Windsor to the announcement of the result to the prisoners in Newgate. This, no doubt, is a most extraordinary delay, which is very far from being satisfactorily accounted for by that learned person in his address to the Court of Aldermen. The error we suspect is, that the Recorder has failed in cotrocting a suf ficiently ingenious excuse. That it is to be im puted to his fatigue is, we confess, rather beyond the bounds of credibility—and the Recorder, we presume, is only ascribing to his own weak ness what ought to be attributed to the feelings of others. If the Court of Aldermen knew all, they would be less harsh with the Recorder. We could enlighten them a little on the subject, but it is as well to refrain. " When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."—Morning Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CEIANCERY, Nov. 27. When it came yesterday to Mr. Sugden's turn to address the Court on the part of Mr. Reece, in the case of Blakemore v. the Glamorganshire Canal company, the Learned Gentleman requested the interference of the Lord Chancellor in a case of a very pressing and delicate nature. A suit, under the name of Dunn v. Dunn, was pending in the Court, but several bills having been filed against the defen dant, and all the proceedings relating to the same subject matter, the Vice-Chancellor had referred it to the Master to inquire which of all the • suits it would he proper and sufficient to adopt for the pur pose of bringing at once before the Court all the merits of the cases, and the rights of all the parties. During the pending of this inquiry. the putting in of an answer was postponed, and the consequence was, that en order for an attachment against Mrs. Dunn hadbeen obtained from•the Vice-Chancellor, and the parties who bad obtained that order were about to act upon it by committing Mrs. Dunn to the Fleet prison. Mr. Sugden went on to state that the pro ceedings which had been taken by the plaintiff in the case were peculiarly wanton and distressing. The defendant, Mrs. Dunn, was the widow of the late Major Dunn. She was a lady of great opulence, and in very delicate health, having two young children, one of whom she was herself nursing at the present time. A Rev. Mr. Rodhers, who had married a sister of Major Dunn, proceeded, on the Major's death, to commence a suit in Chancery against the widow of the Major, on the part of the children of Major Dunn by a former marriage. The lady, not knowing which way to turn until the Master should report which of the suits was to be continued, had put in no answer, as she knew not to which bill the answer ought to be directed. Mr. Sugden sub mitted to the Lord Chancellor that there was not the slightest ground for such a proceeding, as the lady was a person of great respectability and opulence, and had not the slightest notion of delaying her an swer one moment after the Master should have made his report. Mr. Sugden concluded by praying that the Vice Chancellor's order, directing the issue of an attachment against Mrs. Dunn might be suspended. Mr. COE opposed the motion, upon the ground that Mrs. Dunn was on the point of quitting Eng land for the Continent, never to return. This fact was stated iri an affidavit made by a tailor's clerk, of Bedford-street, Covent-garden. Mr. SUGDEN requested that the Lord Chancellor would allow the matter to stand over until this morning (Thursday), for the purpose of obtaining on affidavit from Mrs. Dunn, in answer to that on which Mr. Coe had rested his opposition to Mr. Sugden's motion. The LORD CHANCELLOR complied with Mr. Sug den's request, and the Vice Chancellor's order was in the meanwhile Suspended. This morning Mr. WAKEFIELD, who had been with Mr, Sugden, acquainted the Lord Chancellor that the affidavit, for the procuring of which the motion had been. adjourned, was made by Mrs. Dunn, who expressly denied the statements in the affidavit of the tailor's clerk. When the contents of this affidavit were stated to the Lord Chancellor, his Lordship was pleased to maim the order of suspension made on Wed nesday evening. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 27. Mr. Justice BAYLEY took motions of course up to :en o'clock, when there was a full Court. THE KING V. JAMES SCOTT, GENT. The question in this case was, whether the de fendant, now an attorney of the Court, had or had not refused to attend a trial in this Court, pursuant to a subpoena served upon him, and whether such sub poena had been served. The question had been re ferred to the Master, and he now reported against the defendant. The Couttrr sentenced him to three months' im prisonment in the custody of the Marshal of the Court. calling upon MOREL. Mr. F. POLLOCK applied to the Court for a rule call in gupon Peter Jones to show cause why a crimi nal iiQinnation should not be filed against him, under the following circumstances :—A gentleman named Morel, over whose hind he had shot, warned him off; upon this he wrote him a letter, telling him that if he could get one cf his friends, if he had any, to lay his hand upon his heart and say that he respected him, he (Jones) would then shoot no more. After wards, when the applicant was walking with his brother Edward, Air. Jones, in the public street, called out to him "coward, coward."--Rule granted. IN THE MATTER OF ROCAFUERTE, THE INSURER OF MEXICAN DIVIDENDS. THE KINC THWAI PES AND OTHERS. This was a criminal information against the de fendants as proprietors of the Homing Herald news paper, for an alleged libel on M. Rocafuerte, the Mexican Minister. A rule nisi having been obtained on a former day, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now moved that it should be made absolute, .and began by observing that it would appear front . the statement of his Learned Friend, Sir James Scarlett, who appeared for the defendants, that there was a preconcerted de sign, on the part of the people of Mexico, to de ceive the people of England, to abuse their confi dence, and zob them of their money. It was, how ever, needless for him to say that no such design ever existed. In infant States like that of Mexico, circumstances might naturally be expected to arise, which would cause the suspension of payments for public purposes ; but it did not, therefore, follow that the money might not be ultimately applied to those purposes. It was also said by his Learned Friend that there were here no grounds for a criminal information, and that the question ought to be left to al Grand Jury. In his opinion, however, the course now adopted was the proper one, under all the circum stances of the case. He now came to consider the two grounds of objection taken by 'his Learned Friend. The first was, that there was no libel at all ; and the second, that if there was a libel, still his client did not come within the rule of Court in. not denying the truth of the imputations cast upon him. Now the Court would see how the facts of the case stood, and he must here apply himself to the first objection.. The newspaper in question had charged the Brazilian Minister, Viscount de Itabay ana, with falsehood, in having given the Portuguese bondholders to understand that the Emperor of Brazil would satisfy their claims, though after a change took place in the Goverment of Portugal, he denied having told them any thing to that effect. HNow it was a similar imputation to this that M. Rocafuerte complained of. The article in the paper was as follows : What a man's object could be in sending such an ad vertisement to the public papers, and then suffering his name to be made use of to contradict its contents, it is not difficult to imagine. Some people affect to be astonished at a Minister of a foreign State acting in the way that this Viscount de Itabsyana, Minister Plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, has done ; but for our parts, when we recollect the exploits of Hurtado, Rocafuerte, and others of the representatives of the new States, we cannot be surprised at any thing which a South American Minister may do. The swindle—for we can call it by no other name—is still going on in the Portu guese Bondi. In the early part of the day they were suf fered to improve a little, when certain person began to sell on the strength of something which was to appear in an Evening Paper, in the shape of an official announcement of the non-payment of the dividends. There was no man who considered the import of this paragraph but must be convinced that it affect ed, in the most serious manner, the character of M. Rocafuerte. As to the second objection, that the truth of the imputation was not denied upon oath by M. Rocafuerte.; how, he would ask, was that gentleman to deny what did not appear on the face of the libel; for it did not say that any undue rumours or reports were propagated by the Mexican Minister? M. Rocafuerte could never, for a moment, have fore seen that such a charge would be made; and could not be expected to answer by affidavit that which the libel wt the face of it did not exhibit. The same ship which brought letters to this gentleman from his Government doubtless must have brought over letters from other persons to their correspondents; but he was not to be responsible for any rumours that might arise in consequence. He (the Solicitor-Ge neral) maintained that on the face of the affidavit his client denied all that he was called upon to deny, namely, that he had ever acted in the manner im puted to the Brazilian Minister. M. Rocafuerte swore that, whether in his capacity of Minister or Charge d'Affaires, he had never put forth any false reports whatever. In the official situation he held, it would not have become him to put forth confi klential communications from his Government. There was, however, no intention on, his part to conceal any thing that ought not to be concealed ; and in instituting these proceedings he had no other object than to vindicate his character. Under these cir cumstances he (the Solicitor-General) hoped that the Court would consider him entitled to have the rule made absolute. Lord TENTERDEN said, that affidavits might have been made as to the advertisements and other pub lications authorised to have been put forth by M . Rocafuerte. Sir JAMES SCARLETT said that several advertise ments as to loans were published in the different newspapers, and never contradicted. Mr. PATTISON, who appeared on the same side with the Solicitor-General, said that the charge now brought forward against M. Rocafuerte was not that he had published false advertisements, but that, after receiving the orders of his Government, he circulated rumours with the view of serving private individuals. This was a charge altogether distinct from the matter contained in the libel, and, there fore, M. Rocafuerte could not be expected to have anticipated it. Mr. Justice BAYLEY said it appeared that an ad vertisement had been published, with the sanction of M. Rocafuerte, stating that a ship had gone out, which was to bring home 500,000 dollars for the payment of the dividends on the Mexican Loan. Now his affidavit did not state that he had ever published any thing from the Mexican Government, without permission of the Mexican Government o to do. _ _ Mr. PATTISON said that no hint was given to M. Rocafuerte of this new char g e , in the first instance. That gentleman only thought that the imputation, cast upon him was the same which was cast upon the Brazilian Minister. If he had circulated any rumours at all, they would have been different from those now talked of. Mr. Justice BAYLEY-It is said that. those ru mours were calculated to depress the Funds Mr. PATTISON begged leave to observe that the contrary was the fact. The charge now urged against M. Rocafuerte was, that he had put forth rumours of the same character as the advertisements. If it was sought to produce an operation on the Money Market, such information as that presumed to have been circulated by these rumours would have been suppressed. The libel against the Bra zilian Minister did not charge hini with having re ceived any information which he had suppressed. When charges of this description were given in a n ewspaper, they produced, as applied•to a foreigner, a much stronger effect on his mind than they ►would do in the mind of an Englishman, if applied to him. • _ . _ _ - Lord TENTERDEN was of opinion that in this case the rule must be discharged; but the discharge of a rule for a criminal information did not in all cases preclude the party from redress who applied for it. Ills Lordship then referred to the advertisement re specting the ship which was to bring home the 500,000 dollars, and said that, after the lapse of a c onsiderable period no notice whatever was given of its a rrival, nor did it app ear t h at i t h a d eve r arrived. It wa s quite impossible for M. Rocafuerte not to knew that this advertisement had been put forth, for it a ppeared in the Times and other newspapers. He ought to have alleged, upon affidavits, that he had received instructions from the Foreign Minister of his Government to put forth the advertisements, and not have contented himsel: with stating that he had never published any false reports. He ought not only to have said that he had received such instruc tions, but that he believed the contents of the letters communicating them to be true.—Rule discharged. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 27. DICAS V. JAY AND ANOTHER. In this case Mr.. Sergeant CROSS had obtained a nay to show cause why the plaintiff, an attorney, should not be struck off the Rolls for certain mis statements alleged to have been made in an affidavit of increase as to the amount of money paid to wit nesses for their expences in attending upon a trial and,arbitration, upon which the award was given against the defendant. - Mr. Sergeant WILDE now produced affidavits to resist the rule. The first point related to a supposed overcharge for rooms engaged at a coffee-house, for the purposes of the arbitration. This was explained by the affidavits of Mr. Divas, of Howard, the pro prietor of the coffee-house, and of a waiter named Harris. Mr. Jay's affidavit next proceeded to refer to a case in which two guineas were charged, and sworn to have been paid to a Mr. 'Whittell, as a witness, whereas he swore that Mr. Whittell had informed him that he had received no more than one guinea and a half. This charge was thus answered :--Mr. Dicas swore that he gave his son two guineas to he paid to Mr. Whittell, and ,that at the time of the taxation of costs, he believed that sum to have been paid. William Dicas, the son, swore that he did tender the two guineas to Mr. Whittell, but that the latter refused to accept more than 1/. I3s. After 'hearing Mr. Sergeant WILDE at some length on these two points, the Court signified their opinion that the first was satisfactorily answered; but that the latter, as well as some other charges contained in the affidavit on which the rule had been obtained, and to which the Learned Sergeant also produced affidavits in reply, required further inves tigation; and as they felt that they could not in Court obtain all the information which was neces sary to guide them in their decision, they ordered that it should be referred to the Prothonotary to re vise his taxation of the costs, and to make a special report. ARCHES COURT, Nov. 27. THE OFFICE OF JUDGE PROMOTED BY BENNET V. BONAK ER. This was a suit of office promcited by the church wardens of the parish of Church Honeybourne, in Worcestershire, against the Rev. W. Bonaker, the vicar of the parish. The King's Advocate stated the nature of the charges contained in the articles now standing for admission. Various instances of negligence and irre gularity were pleaded to have been committed by Mr. Bonaker in the discharge of his duties as a clergyman from 1824, and especially in constantly neglecting to perform divine service on Sundays, and, when it was performed, in changing the hours. It was also stated that Mr. Bonaker had committed various irregularities in the publication of banns. It was further pleaded, that on several occasions Mr. Bonaker had improperly refused to perform the offices of religion relating - to the solemnization of marriage, the baptism of children, and the burial of the dead. It was also alleged in a separate article, that at dif ferent periods, towards the close of 1826, Mr. Bo naker levelled the graves in the chuich-yard, and removed the soil and the bones of persons who were buried there into his own garden for manure. This circumstance was felt by the parishioners as a great outrage on their feelings, and induced them to re solve on instituting the present suit. Dr. PHILLIAIORE submitted that the articles ought not to be admitted in their preSent form. Dr. ADAMS argued on the same side. _ The KING'S ADVOCATE (with whom was Dr. Lnshington) observed, in reply, that the question for the Court was, whether the offeace charged in those articles were offences coming with ecclesiastical cognizance. The JUDGE said that the Court decided for the admission of the articles; but, at the same time, if the Rev. Mr. Bonaker put in an affirmative alle- gation, and admitted the charges against him, which would put it at an end, the Court recommended the Churchwardens not to proceed with the suit vindic tively, but to give it up as soon as they should be satisfied that the end they had in view was effected. Dr. PHILLINIORE understood that the Rev. Mr. Bonaker would be able to disprove every one of the charges against him. The KING'S ADVOCATE observed, - that in that case the articles must be admitted to proof. The articles were then ordered to be admitted. HAIIP RTON V. HAMERTON. Our readers will recollect that this was a suit pro moted by Major Hamerton against bis wife for a di vorce, by reason of adultery, alleged to have been committed by her with Mr. Bushe. After hearing the case fully argued on the last Court-day, the Court decided that the libel charging the adultery had not been sufficiently proved ; but, at the same time, the Court directed the case to stand over, to ascertain whether the husbriiid intended to produce any further evidence to support the averments con tained in the libel. Dr. LUSIIINGTON now appeared on behalf of Major Hamerton, to request the Court to allow the case to stand over longer. The Court saw no reason to depart from the rule it had laid down in this case last court day. It would grant further time to Major Hamerton to pro duce proofs, but expected all possible diligence and specification. The Court then rose. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK W heat. Barley. Oats. _"Beans. ----- Per Quarter. s, to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 8. Blandford —............— S 3 40 5 0 Brigg , 74 80 35 40 24 30 40 45 Cambridge.. — 78 36 21 42 Chard —..,........... 56 ' 76 32 38 21 30 42 48 Huntingdon —.... 66 '76 31 42 • 21 30 32 42 Long 5utt0n..,..... 56 '74 29 24 38 42 Louth .........--. 6 o '76 28 42 18 30 42 48 Lynn...........—..-- 60 '76 30 38 16 21 40 41 Newark .........~.. 70 82 "39 46 11) 34 40 50 Nottingham...... 79 47 28 49 Peterborough..... g 0 '7O 26 30 18 25 Plymouth ...,...—. 70 82 37 41 25 23 42 49 Pontefract— . 76 ,:0 25 52 Sleaford .........—.... '76 80 3 o 3.3 22 21 50 52 Uppingham --... 70 82 38 44 19 34 40 50 Wished' .....—.......... 60 74 20 26 40 42 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Nov. 25. We had a good supply of Wheat, and a large arrival 0 Barley. but only moderate of other Grain ; Foreign Whea. LEEDS CORN M A RKET.—Nov. 25. We had a good supply of Wheat, and a large arrival of Barley, but only moderate of other Grain ; Foreign Wheat being now liberated at the low duty, caused the millers to hold off purchasing, only for immediate wants, and the few sales effected in Old and New Wheat were at much the same prices as last week. The best samples of Barley met slow sale at 2s. per quarter decline, and all middling qualities were unsaleable. In-Oats, Shelling, and Beans, very little doing, and no material alteration in their value. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffblk, 60Ib. -- York. and Lincoln. (iolb. Barley, Norfolk and Suflblk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire -- Orinding Beans Oats, I'otatoe --:healing, Foreign 15d. to 16d...,...Eng1i5h 15d. to I6d. per st. Shelling 3Ss. to 40s. per load Rapeseed, English, 281. to 30!. Foreign, —l. to —/. par last. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Nov. 25. IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week( ending Nov. 24. Wheat. Oats. 'Barley. Flour. ' Oatme Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Eris Irish, &c. Scks. Load s . 21,018 ‘28,7-13 753 1,500 I 3,262 3,723 ANCHES'rEIt SMITHFIELI).—Nov, At per lb. sinking the offal. 3,397 Id. to qd. 1•? sfil. to 7,1. 618 Cattle b 210 Pigs 4i 6 MANCHESTER. POTATOE MARKET.—Nov. 22. Potatoes, ss. 61, 7s. 3d., and 75.5 1 11. per load of 12 score and 121bs. ; New ditto, Os., Os. Od., and Os. Od. per ditto ; Turnips. 4s. od., 4s. tid. and ss. Oil. per load of J 6 pecks ; Onions, Ss. Od., Ss. (Id., and Os. per 12 score. MANCHESTER YAII No. d. d. Throstle Twist, 20 —lOl to 11 20..12{ 13 40...151 1; Mule copTwisti 30 ....111 121 for win p --j 40 ...H. 15 50 —l7l 20 CO —2O 2'2 26 50 ~..27 30 MARK r . —Nov. 25. 30 101 to 111 40 111 12 50 11 15 16 19 20 120.-- 34 38 I 94)° ; 18 4 . 2 : 911 8: 10 -. 7 8 it 81 91 M ulc Cop Wett —* Weft Irons waste .." GLASGOW RETAIL Reef....... per lb O. sd. to Os. Bd. Mutton 0 0 6 Veal 0 7 0 9 /lams Lamb perqr. 0 0 0 0 Ouartern 0 II 0 0 Flour, per atone 2 0 2 8 ltye MA RK Frs.—Nov. 24. - Oatmeal, per st. 2s. Od. to 2s. 6d, Peacemeal 2 0 3 4 Pot Barley, cwt 15 0 20 0 Pearl ditto 22 6 24 0 Grey Pease 9 0 10 0 White ditto 0 0 16 0 Blue ditto. lIOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, • Nov. 26.—0 n Saturday last, 471 New Pockets were sold ;no variation in prices. The demand nearly equals the supply. SECOND EDITION• SUN .OFFICE, Seven o'clock' THE :LONDON GAZErf OF THIS EVENING. Admiralty-Office, Nov. 28. • di' Extract of a letter from Captain Lyons, of his Afige ship Blonde, to Vice- Admiral Sir Pulteney "%NO; K.C.B. Commander-in - Chief of his Majesty's SkigO ig t b in the Mediterranean, dated off Morea-Castle, the October, 1828. " In obeying your order to act in .concert with.t hoe nior Officer of his most Christian Majesty's ships ) 1 had the good fortune of finding myself associated l 4 ihose distinguished Officers, Captains Mauduit Dofo, of La Duchesse de Berri; Hugon, of L'Armide ; Si' ll ,• of leneuve, of La Didon ; and in detailing the proccedik the Blonde, I at the same time describe those of the f frigates, for I assure you, that throughout an ardue o e vice of twelve days and nights, in very unfavourable t its ther, the most perfect concert and hearty co-operatieo_ been invariably manifested. "On the 18th inst., General Schneider expr 0 14 wish that four 18-pounders shoulg be landed frog , ship ; and in less than fous hours they were on shore , t y all their appointments; the diffiuulties occasioned W h iii surf on the beach being overcome by the fine spirit puimated all, French and Engltsh being in the water 7,1 tually assistinn each other. In this operation, the O l e intelligence of Lieutenant Sanmarez Bruck were vet/ sp icuous. " On the 20th inst., Lieutenants Luckraft and Poelj Messrs. Mockler, Hay, Blair, and Austen, Matesidj. Messrs. de Saumarez, Kennedy, Hawkins, and Dorf shipmen, landed with a patty of seamen, and ceriusS i ll making the batteries, under the direction of the P v : Officers of Engineers and Artillery. " At nine o'clock on the 22d, the batterFiapened 1 -er on Morea Castle, and in a few hours silenced the posed to it ; but as the army advanced in their appru go is ' to the breaching battery, th e C as tl e o p ene d fresh 0. 1 which rendered it necessary for the marine battery to at intervals, for eight days and nights. 04" " Last evening, the guns of the frigates, with Wo of pounders, which Admiral de Rigny landed from the jo querant on his arrival, and such of the battering tr y the weather enabled us to disembark, were fairly estabc d a in the two breaching batteries, named by General Mal:d Charles X. and George IV. the French and Englisli being promiscuously placed in eaoh ; and at day-ligh V ,o. morning, together with the mortar battery and the AY i f bomb, opened such a tremendous fire on the Castle 81 produce, in four hours, an unconditional surrender. " lam sure you will be glad to find that the zealio professional talent exhibited by Captain Lushingt oll, 4l officers, and ship's compeny, have excited the of all. The ißtna was worked up in the night, under 74 courses and close reefed topsails, and c h ore d, and 9 rlll with such precision, within SOO yards o f th e Castle, of enable that intelligent officer, Lieutenant Logan, Royal Marine Artillery, to throw 102 shells into the, io r tle, only the first four going too far. Captain Lu! . .. P OP ton assures me, that he received the most valuable a' ante from Lieutenant Walker." Windsor Castle, Nov. 24. of The King was this d a y pl ease d t o con f er the hoote r Knighthood upon the Hon. Robert Cavendish Spento.s; Captain in the Royal Navy, as Knight Commander of Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. Windsor-Castle, Nov. 24. This day the Chevalier de 'lea Bermudez, Envoy .!• f t ie ordinary and Minister:Plenipotentiary from his Cathol ic ? jesty ; and James Barbour, Esq Envoy Extraordivari Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of Asoi? had their first private audiences of his Majesty, to 'N O their credentials ; to which audiences they were respetfi introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen. His 3 1 47;0 Provincial Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs'," conducted by Sir R . Chester, }PA. Master of the ,1* monies. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Mary Elliot, Bawtry, Yorkshire, bookseller. a _ id oi , Henry Howell, Wolsingham-place, Lambeth, me DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. 0 , William Grey, Newcastle-upon- Fyne, ship surance-broker. chant, BANKRUPTS. John Swan, Alsop's-buildings, Middlesex, coal and Henry Dodson, R lie ed Lion-street, Southwark, d. factor, to surrender Dec. 5,- at eleven, 12, an d Jan. ';i° ten, at the Conrt of Commissioners. Aston, Old B street. 4 fr _i;or Thomas Christian, Crown-street, Finsbury .squaret 5;0 len-draper, Dec. 9, 12, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the tr of Commissioners. Gale, Basinghall-street. James Henry Arthur, Garlick-hill, Queenhithe, 7 4 i oner, Dec. 5, 23, and Jan. 9, at ten, at the CO Commissioners. Stevens, Wood, and Wilkinson, St. Thomas Apostle. Andrew Cohen, Magdalen-row, Goodman's-fieldaP i tY chant, Dec. 5, 12, at twelve, and Jan. 9, at eleven/ F ob Court of Commissioners. Evitt and Co. Hayden-64 inories. 41 11# William Audsley, Hell. Hole-Gtll, Otley, York, lo ol , spinner, Dec. 4, at une, 11, and Jan. 9, at eleven, 6 ; Talbot Inn, Bradford. Taylor, New Inn, Lon Riley, Bradford. William Lowick, Moulton, Southampton, butcherk, 2, at twelve, 12, and Jan. 9, at one, at the Court eV missionei s. Vinceut, King's-bench-walk, Temple; Northampton. 0 10 Richard Rowe, Whittlebury-street, Euston- 6 fr l . l , builder, Dec. 5, at ten, 12, at one, and Jan. 9, at if eo at the Court of Commissioners. Burt, Carmarthen -6 Bedford-square. 'o 6l( i John Adair Jee, Doctors'-commons, :money- ser i t op Dee. 2, at eleven, 9, and Jan. 9, at ten, at the 3 , 0 , Commissioners. R. Walker, Gloucester-street, ti square. John Brown Brown, Bulley, Gloucestershire , t po , Dec. 11, 12, and Jan. 9, at ten, at the Spread Eag le i te Gloucester. King, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street; tlf and Clutterbuck, G'oucester. Augustin Clarkson, Arbour-terrace, Comrnerc Middlesex, ship-owner, Dec. 5, 12, at twelve, a nd JP - of at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Nind and terill, Throgrnortoo-street. Jr)/ Henry Hirst, sen., Northullerton, Yorkshire, -dliv Dee. 15, at one, 16, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the PAO Bull inn, Nurthallerton . Hall and Bishop, Flee t-st" Panson, Bedale. George Mason, Cheadle, Staffordshire, horse- ad Dec. 16, at three, 17, and Jan. 9, at twelve, at the y k Hotel, Birmingham. I3odenharn, Furnival's-inn; ward, Pershore. tlf e" John Wainwright, She ffi eld, button-mold-manufsct, Dec. 10, 11, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the office o ti or Haywood, She ffi eld. Bigg, Southampton - building s eery- lane ; Haywood or Branson, Sheffield. William Norton, Clayton, York, fancy-woollen -0 0 0 facturer, Dec. 11, at six, 12, nd4 Jan. 9, at eleven , ,l. e r George Inn, Huddersfield. Laycock, Hudders 6e/P' Lever, Gray's Inn-square. . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Howdie and George Reader, mustard- 00 turers, Drypool, Yorkshire. William Jennings and William Thomas, Little Gui ld ford -street, Southwark, hat-manufacturers. 1(.1 John, James, and Richard Nixon and Sons, GIBS hatters. co" William and Walter Robfrt§on, Croaa-lane, strset, drysalters. O h" Philip John Miles, John Scandreet Harford, Gray Harford Battetsliy, Sir Richard, Vaughan, Miles, and Thomas Kington, Bayly, bankets, Brist,v ;:leentT3=ls=2lnnm'e--- IN INT ED anti PUBLI S HED by MURDO YOVNGs 4 SUFI OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONPOI4. BIRTH. On the 25th inst., at Greenford Rectory, the the Rev. Edward Polehampton, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th inst„ at Westham, by the `'err' Archdeacon of Essex, Richard Rawls, Esq., 1-I°°. t i, India Company's service, to Mrs. Bayley, of St r4 grove, Essex. On the 22d inst., at Brussels, the Rev. Wm' M.A., to Anne, daughter of the late Robert St e (0' Esq., of Ashton Keynes, Wilts, and Lae Chairman 0 Hon. Board of Excise, DIED. On the 17th inst., Eliza Ann, only daughter of George Whytock, of Cheshunt. On the 2d of July, at Prinee of Wales Island, Mi 61 Hare, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service ; and on th e f el of the same month, his sister Mrs. Jahn Patullo ; tl e p f and daughter cf James hare, jun., Esq., of the P` Medical Establishment. E© N !leo N lie §ust , ,4rui the 'Alt ill ( Lea t4ili I