The Sun. — London, England, 1828-03-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, No circumstances have been made public since our last, of a nature to dear up what may yet re quire elucidatiOn, in the acts of Russia, or in the immediate policy of England and of France. Russia has alleged, it is understood, many offences on the part of Turkey towards herself, which go to esa finish, on behalf of the Emperor Nicholas, a right of redress for Russian injuries, distinct from the right of interference for the sake of Greece, which his Imperial Majesty derived from the Duke of Wel lington's Protocol, and from the Treaty of London. Is that Treaty still in force ? The provocations which Russia has received from the Porte, and which were consummated by the famous Manifesto, have been such as, in the eye of a calm observer, abundantly justify a recourse to arms on the part of the Russian Government. The main inference to be drawn from that Manifesto is, the utter disre gard entertained by Turkey for the treaties formed with Christian states, and the consequent necessity which it imposes upon them to keep in their own. hands the guarantees of their own just pretehsionS. In other words, the acknowledgment of Turkey that she meditated, both in the Treaty of Akerrnan, and in her subsequent assurances on the subject of Greece', nothing more than to gain time and to cheat the Chris-. tian Powers, was an unanswerable justification for any one of those Powers to redress its own injuries 6s/ force. Yet it is not to be denied, that the posi tion in which Russia has (however fairly) placed herself as a belligerent, relatively to the Porte, puts zm end to her former character of mediatrix, with -which the treaty of London had clothed her. With out any formal declaration, therefore, the Emperor Nicholas has actually ceased to be a party to that convention. Under the treaty for the independence; of Greece, Russia having virtually withdrawn from it, has no right to call upon either England or France to make any further effort for its execution. But to France this country is still bound by her en gagement, if France be still ready to fulfil her part of it. If France, therefore, notwithstanding the se paration of Russia, forced upon the hoer Power by the barbarous impolicy of the Porte,--if France pre serve her readiness to execute the tr,:aty of London, and call upon England to co-operate with her, and to liberate Greece, we cannot conceive it possible for his Majesty's Government to refuse compliance with such a demand upon its good faith, its justice, and sound policy. From Greece herself the requisition will come with equal or even superior force. That oppressed and desolated country has done nothing to forfeit her sacred rights, under the treaty, t o the, pledged interference of Great Britain. Eng land could not, when she promised protection and a release from bondage to the Greek people, have meant to render the maintenance of her own word of honour to Greece contingent on the duration of tranquillity upon tine Ti ussian frontier. Suppose Russia to be, which she is not, an, aggressor upon Turkey in the passage of the Pruth, what participa tions have the poor Greeks in that offence ? And if they had, why make it a pretence for withholding from Turkey the advantage (for such it was truly described to be in the treaty) which would accrue to her from the establishment of the Greek independ ence ? If, on the other hand, and as the case really is, Turkey has brought this northern mischief on herself, can the Duke of Wellington lay hold of such reprehensible conduct in the oppressor, to excuse his abandoning an oppressed people to the fate from which he had solemnly pledged his Sovereign to rescue them ? It is impossible that the reports upon this subject can be well founded. It seems impossible that such bad faith would be shown to Greece, or that the noble office of her liberator should he surrendered by England to any other nation in the world. It cannot lie true, as surmised, Mar the British Government hangs back on this occasion, in order to give to the Government of France the exclusive honour, or the solid power, to be achieved through a complete fulfilment of the obliga Lions of the Treaty of London.—Timcx. The French are making great preparations for the embarkation of troops. " Nobody doubts," says the Gazette de France, " that the troops, as well from Brest as Cadiz, viii join those at Toulon, and that the destination of the whole is the Mediterranean ; but will it be for Algiers, the Morea, some Island in the Archipelago, or the Dardanelles ? This is the subject of many conjectures." The same paper contains an extract from another Journal (not named) ill which it is stated that Lord Stuart is gone to St. Petersburgh to represent that Great Britain, by the Treaty of London, did not mean to intervene, except as a maritime power, to protect the Greeks against the arrival of succours to the Turkish and Egyptian army; that as a Continental war and invasion of Turkey must have consequences much more exten sive than those which could have been foreseen at the time of the negotiations, the result would be that the British Cabinet in that case would have other measures to take for its honour and its interests .ind;that the passage of the Prtith by a single Rus sian regiment would lead to the annulling of the Treaty, as far as Great Britain was concerned.— 'NV logree of reliance ought to be placed on .above statement we can certainly_ have )10 means of knowing. But it is hardly ne cessary" to encumber the case t i1:11 a consideration of the fiirlomatic movements which our Government may deem it necessary to make, to save appearances, to be able to :ell the course which Russia will take and the fate of the Alliance. It is the policy of a power of the magniOnle of Russia, when it has de termined on a certain course, to announce that de termination as finally taken, and to proceed to act ,on it with as little delay as possible. It is always policy, when a certain course has been resolved on , to submit the reasons for it to others, as if with vice of soliciting their assent, more especially if t h ere be a suspicion that the assent would not be given ; because, when a party is invited, as it were, to the discussion of measures, he may feel his pride interested in resenting, the slight offered to him by the disregard of his suggestions; whereas, when a determination is boldly announced and acted on without delay, the party who afterwards interferes does so with a knowledge that such interference is an act of hostility, and without he have made his mind fully up to the consequences, he will remain passive. An appearance of hesitation invites to op nosition ; and the opposition may proceed to such an extreme, that a party, without at first- intend.' I ing it, may feel his hon our so far im p li cated as to be unable to recede, whereas decision in the outset repels all who are not equally decided, The Rus-sians having a cause of justification (she has, we believe, many causes of justification,) did wisely an communicating her intention to invade Turkey without delay as a matter decided on, thus throwing on the Poweo who may dislike her proceedings the grave responsihiDy of challenging them. England, borne down with a heavy National Debt, and strug crling under a financial deficit, will naturally' pause before she takes up a question which only remotely concerns her, with the certainty of thereby entailing a war on herself. France is at present in circum stances somewhat similar to our own. Her recent exterior operations " have (says M. Benjamin Con stant) cost this conquerors three hundred millions to give to the conquered anarchy and scaffolds ;" and the expenditures of a revenue of a thousand millions, *with large deficit, has by no means disposed the minds of the people to fresh wars, even on the suppo sition that a war for the preservation of Turkey would be not unacceptable to them. But how stands this' matter We have now better means than we had of inferring what the conduct of France will be -under given circumstances. The late Elections hav ing given the victory to the Representatives who Are in unison with the feelings of the nation, the Government must, as a matter of necessity, be liberal) and when we know what is the language held by the popular Journals, we may predict that the conduct of the Government cannot be very much at variance with that language. Now, what is the language of the popular Journals regarding the announced passage of the Russians across the Pruth ? Is it of indignation against the Russians ? Is it of pity for the Turks ? Is it of apprehension for the Balance of Europe about to be destroyed by the annexation of Turkey to old Russia ? No, quite the contrary--it is a lan g uage of exultation that the Russians have been too cunning for the English Government ; and that the object of the Treats- of London, which was to baffle the Russians, has been frustrated. "The English Diplomacy (says the Courier Francais)lis beaten ;Ithe Russians are on the march, and Nicholas has escaped from the toils in which Metternich and Castlereagh held the Emperor Alexander. The Autocrat is tired of being the great Police Superintendent of Europe ; he will no longer occupy himself with our Election Law ; he will no longer impel us towards the miserable Spain, but leaving to every nation the care of governing itself according to its wants and the degree of civili zation to which it has attained, he will take care that the destinies of his own nation be accom plished." After laughing at the conduct of France in 1787, in opposing Catherine, and quoting a se vere witticism of the Prince de Ligne against the then Ministers, the Journalist proceeds to observe, that " the last Ministers have left us without an army, with a deficit in the receipts, and a debt of two hundred millions. It is not in making war on other countries, but war on France and her in stitutions, that they have placed us in this deplor able situation. How are we to extricate ourselves ? How heal mit. wounds ? We should attempt this in vain by putting ourselves in the train of the Eng lish, who, on the question of the East, have interests opposed to ours." The Courier Fra7nlis is cor rect in saying that it is not the interest of France to go in our train in defence of Turkey ; but it does not follow, that because it is not for the interest of the French to aid us against the Russians, it is therefore our interest to be opposed to the Russians, or that we have really an interest opposed to theirs in Eastern matters. Neither France nor England has an interest in expending their resources in a foolish crusade on behalf of the Turks. But we quote the passage not on account of its reasoning, but as illustrative of the prevalent feeling in France at this moment, which, so long as the Representa tives are liberal, the Government dare not disre gard. The Constitutionnel, in like manner, evi dently chuckles at the idea of the Russians dic tating- peace to the Turks in Constantinople. Ad verting to the passage in the Moniteur," It is on the banks of the Danube that we must wish satisfaction to be obtained; for too many complications would present themselves to every one on the other bank of that river on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire." The Constitutionnet adds--" Is it quite certain that the Russians will not believe them selves forced to cross that river? Yesterday an army on the Pruth was sufficient to constrain the Porte to listen to the propositions of the Powers; now it is to be the banks of the Danube that is to be transported ; who knows if to-morrow it will not be indispensable to encamp on the banks of the Bosphorus, and if we shall not be told it is at Constantinople we must wish satisfaction to be ob tained.'—lf we were constrained to draw a conse quence from the occupation of the Principalities by the Russians, that consequence would be absolutely contrary to that of the ilioniteur, and 'much more conform assuredly to the particular character of the Ottoman policy." We think, therefore, we see in dications of a dissolution of the Triple Alliance. The French would by no means be disposed to op pose themselves heartily to the advance of the Rus sians. The Russians have no doubt counted on this want of cordiality. Their decision leaves us no alternative but hostilities or acquiescence; and the Ninistry who rush on hostilities will have a dreadful responsibility on them.—illonzing Chronicle. Our readers will find in a preceding column le report of a Meeting held at Bristo last week, for the purpose of petitioning Parlia ment for a repeal of the Stamp Receipt Tax on small sums. The respectable Journal from which we extract it (Felix Farley's Journal), very justly observes, that any argument against the time chosen for such a petition must appear futile, when we con sider the smallness of the sum to be repealed, which has been stated at 40,0001., and certainly does not exceed 50,000/. Several plans are pointed out by " Felix," in which that sum,if it be accounted of so much moment, may be made up, but we eßrtainly think he has omitted the most easy and obvious—namely, an addition to these Stamp Receipt Duties which it is proposed to retain. Let Government add twenty-five per cent. to each Re ceipt Stamp above sixpence, and the addition will more than cover the deficit occasioned by the aban- donment of those below that sum. It' is not the expense which the petitioners aim at saving, but the intolerable vexation and trouble which such minute and petty legislation—at all times a grievance —oc casions, and the door which the bribe of the penal ties opens to villainy and dishonesty between man and man. Where the tax is only exigible on sums so important, that no prudent man will part with them without the guarantee of a formal receipt, the amount of the tax becomes a secondary considera tion.—New Times. On Fritlay, the Finance Committee was engaged from twelve to four, examining Lord Palmerston, re specting the War-office, the payment of the troops, agency, &c. On Saturday the Sub-Committee was employed in ascertaining the amount of half-pay, pensions, and allowances, now payable on the mili- tary and civil branches of the service, which, w e fear, will turn out to b© enormous. It was stated, some time ago, that these charges had gone on in creasing during the last year, which need not be a matter of surprii,e, if the late sides of half-pay com- missions, and the intrt;duction of young men into the . place of old ones be considered, Although there are seven or eight thousand Officers on the half-pay of the Army, it would be seen by the statement we published on Thursday, that upwards of 800 young and new Officers were Gazetted to new commis sions, in the years 1826 and 1827 ! How can our dead weight decrease if such things are allowed to . _ go on ? 'But why should we call it dead-weight ? it ought to be called live-weight.—Morning Herald. It would be well if the House of Commons were completely to set itself against all Bills of a paro- dual nature, that went to the extent of enabling parishes to borrow money. The system of borrow- ing has brought this country to her present weak state in a political respect ; and the same system, pursued with respect to parishes, would in time bring all parishes into a dilemma. If parishes think it proper to lay out money, let the money be taken from the rich, and others of the parish, at once, by means of a parish-rate, and not borrowed from the rich men of the parish. The rich are very willing to lend money at good interest and good security ; but we would enable the parish to take money from them as a gift, not as a loan. It would then make the rich parishioners look a little after die affairs of the parish. At present parishes in general are left to the management of interested attorneys.—lbid. Despatches were on Saturday received by the French Ambassador from his Court ; and in the course of the day his Highness had audiences of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Dudley, Th e „ni_ munications made on this occasion were of so im- _ . portan a nature that a Cabinet Council was imme diately summoned. Another Council was held upon the same subject yesterday; and Messengers are ex pected to be _despatched this day for various parts of Europe. With respect to the conduct pursued by our Government under the delicate and important circumstances of the present moment, we have only to say, that it will be found to be at once moderate and firm—conciliatory and determined—spirited and wise —such, in short, as all unprejudiced minds must approve and applaud, as the only course that sound policy could dictate, whether regarding our national honour, or high character, or our greatness and properity as a people,—Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday Elizabeth Mason, a fine young woman who was in the habit, a few years ago, of walking the saloons of the theatres, was brought before Alderman KEY, who sat for the Lord Mayor, charged with having threatened to shoot a gentleman named Marshall, , and Mr. Deacon, the proprietor of the Saracen's Head Inn, Aldgate. The prisoner, who it appears used to walk the saloons under the name of Lady Melville, and who strongly resem bles one of the ladies of that noble family', here said, that she certainly with the greatest calmness deliberated upon the pfopriety of shooting the two complainants, and that she Caine to the resolution not at all prematurely or abruptly. Mr. Deacon stated, that from what he had heard of the prisoner, he had every reason to apprehend the most despe rate violence from her. His friend, Mr. Marshall, had in fact been in the habit of visiting her, and was now about to he married to another lady ; and the prisoner took it into her head, w ith ou t reason , t h at t h ey had planned th e marriage between them for the purpose of getting rid of her. Alderman KEY-Well, Madam, what have you to say to this accusation? Prisoner—What ! Why, I certainly purchased the pistol to despatch the two fellows who have just addressed you. That Deacon I particularly detest and aim at, and him I certainly shall put out of the way ; for he is an encumbrance upon the earth. As for :Marshall, I have lived with him for six years in a conjugal way; he now abandons me, and marries another, after having vowed eternal fidelity; but I shall reach him wherever he goes. I'll pink him yet.—[Her " Ladyship" then indulged in language which might be supposed to issue, accompanied with flames, from the mouth of a fiend.] Alderman KEY committed the woman to gaol in, default of bail. He advised the two gentlemen to exhibit articles of the peace against her at the Quarter Sessions. GUILDHALL—THE UNGALLANT VETERAN, AND HIS YOUTHFUL SPOUSE.-Alr. David David appeared upon summons to answer the complaint of' his wife, Mrs. Jane David, who gave the following succinct synopsis of her case :—" Your Worship, this old chap is my husband ; and, though he doesn't half maintain me, he larrups me once a week reg'lar." Mr. David David laid down his hat to reply. " Your Honour," said he, " I'm an old soldier, and I'll tell you no lie. Ido towel her sometimes, but nor half so often as she deserves it. Look at me, your Honour, and look at her. I'm eighty-two, and she's a stout young woman of thirty one ; and yet she never did a day's work since I had her-.. though my whole dependence is a pension of 14s. a-week, from the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. I went abroad with General Howe in the year seventy-six, and I served my country, in y oits or another, for f or t y -t wo years ; b ut I never saw na lard service in all that time than I have undergone since I gave this woman the privilege of calling me husband—and that's only two years and a-half ago !" The ALDERMAN reminded the old soldier that he had taken a wife " for better or for worse ;" and however hard he might find the matrimonial service, it was his duty not to flinch from it until he should be regularly discharged. " Aye, it's fine talking, your Honour," rejoined the un gallant veteran ; " the fact is, her redrew wags so fast and so sharp, that mortal man can't bear it—it's a desperate sight sharper than ever General Bonaparte's sword was." Mrs. David never used her tongue without good cause, and would endeavour to use it more gently in future, if her husband would but keep his hands to himself. Finally the old man agreed to try her once more, adding —" There's one consolation for me yet—l hope to get into Chelsea College soon, and there, thank God, no woman is ever admitted." BOW-STREET.—Mr. Gourlay, of whose long in carceration in the House of Correction, Spa-fields, the public are so well aware, drove to the office en Saturday in a coach, and upon ascertaining that Mr. Halls was the sitting Magistrate, he immediately alighted, and, advancing to the Bench, said, " Do I address myself to Mr. Halls ?' Mr. HA LLS—Yes, Sir, I am that person. Mr. Gourlay—Then I have come to demand of you, Sir, a whip and a penknife, of which one of your officers deprived me when I was illegally committed to the House of Correction by you in 1825. Mr. HALLS—I shall send for the officer who will, no doubt, restore whatever property you say you have been deprived of. Let an officer go directly, and tell Ellis that he is wanted. Sit down, Sir. , . Mr. Gourlay sat down accordingly, and in a few moments Taunton returned, saying that Ellis was in the country, but was expected in town in a day or two. Mr. HALLS (to Mr. Gourlay)—lf you will leave your address, the articles you require shall be sent to you. Mr. Gourlay (rising apparently in a state of extreme ex citement).-1 am going to Scotland almost immediately, and probably I shall have left town before your officer re turns. He then paused a few moments, and added, " I take this opportunity of telling you, Mr. Halls, that your conduct towards me has been most infamous. Not only has your illegal arrest and detention of my person in prison ruined my fortune and peace of mind, but it has blasted my reputation also." Mr. HALLS (mildly).—l am sorry you should think so, Sir. Mr. Gourlay (with increased vehemence).—Think so! I have felt it, Sir; but you shall pay dearly for it. Your conduct, I repeat, has been most infamous. You, an ad ministrator of justice, nave lent yourself to the base con spiracy of which I have been so long the victim. You shall hear from me, Sir; you are unfit for the chair you fill. You are— Mr. ITALLs.—Officers, remove that person from the office, show him to the Clerk's office, and let him leave his address there. Mr. Gourlay then retired, and left a large printed card in the hands of an officer, upon the blank side of which he wrote as follows :—" Any thing for me may be left with Wm, Syme, Esq., Fenchurch-buildings, Fenchurch-street." The card, which was handsomely printed, was as follows : " Robert Gourlay, colonial land-agent, begs leave to in timate, that he laid the foundation of this business, in Upper Camula, in October, 1817, and for months enjoyed flatter ing prospects. Instigated by legislative councillors, he then called for inquiry into the state of the provinces, and would have carried that important measure, still so urgently re quired, had he not been destroyed, deserted, and ruined, by those very men. Emerging now from unexampled perse cution, he is about to start with renewed hopes, never for a moment having abandoned his designs : at once to esta blish business, and outface machinations to blast him as insane, he purposes to make the tour of the kingdom. In country parishes he will advise labourers to form emigration societies; in market towns he will converse with farmers, as to settlement abroad ; and in great towns he will de liver discourses on the principles of poor laws, reform and emigration, wherein he will prove, that without altering a single statute, changing a single institution, or interfering with property, the whole .Aystem of the poor laws and rates may be dispensed with in twenty years, and the national debt may be paid off in fifty years, from ales of colonial lands." LENT ASSIZES. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—CAAIRRIDGE, MARCH 11. DOE, ON TI DEMISE OF SEWELL, GENT., ONE, &Ce,AGAINST ANNE GARFORD, EKINS AND WIFE, SMITH AND WIFE, AND HART AND wirE. Sir JAMES SCARLETT (with whom were Mr. RO BINSON and Mr. F. KELLY) stated the case for the lessor of the plaintiff. This was an action of eject ment brought by Mr. Sewell, a respeetablo attorney residing at Chatteris, for the recovery of a black smith's shop, and some copyhold lands. The defend ants were the widow and co-heir of Garford, the tes tor. The testatorwas a gentleman who resided at Dod dington, in this county—an illiterate man, but with suf ficient shrewdness to conduct the affairs of life,and who was never once suspected of not possessing perfect competency of mind to make a will, till some par ties, after his death, thought proper to spread that false and malicious report. He was a farmer, and possessed of an estate which the widow enjoys for life, of 1201. a year, besides the blacksmith's shop, and some land of about 25/. a year, the subject of the present dispute. His wife had some relations named Favargue. As long ago as 1812, Garford made a will, by which he bequeathed the whole of his estates to trustees, for the benefit of his wife for her life, with a limitation over to her relations. He also bequeathed 1/. a week to his brother for life, which was reduced to 10s. by a codicil of 1817. In 1827, being attacked with illness, he sent for Mr. Sewell; but that gentleman being occupied, sent his clerk, who, by the desire of the testator, made some slight alterations, but still excluded the whole of his own relations. The brother to whom he left the 10s. was now dead ; and he seemed to have no concern whatever for his own family. The three defendants, Ekins, Hart, and Smith, were children of his brother. Towards the Harts he enter tained some slight affection, but his opportunities of seeing them were rendered very 'infrequent by the interposition of his wife ; and \Olen he had recovered from his illness, he thought he had not acted uo flinch apart from his wife as he ought to have done. Sewell had long been known to testator, who was in the habit of applying to him frequently for advice, and towards that gentleman the testator had always a great feeling of gratitude. In 1827, when the second codicil was made, he expressed a wish to one of the witnesses who witnessed the will, to make some alterations in it. This man was in habits of intimacy with the wife and the Favargues ; and was sent by Garford to Sewell to request him to make the will afresh. Sewell being unwell, sent his clerk, to whom, in the hearing of this witness, the testator gave instructions for making the will, the witness (Hall) making several suggestions. Garford stated that he would not then say who should•have the residue of his estates, but would go to Chatteris and there state it. He did not go till August, and then the original minutes of instructions had been lost. Garford then expressed his desire that a will should be made, and for the first time intimated his wish to do something for his own family and Sewell. Sewell said he would not take the instructions, as he was to be the object of the testator's bounty, and his clerk (Howell) took them. By this will he bequeathed his house and home-stall to his wife, and charged other parts of the estates with the payment of 20/. a-year to her for life, and after charging other parts with 100/. to one of the Favargues, and 600/. to the Harts, he bequeathed the residue of his estate to Mr. Sewell. The real question was,—did they conceive the testator competent to make this will when he made it in favour. of Mr. Sewell ? Did he know what he was doing, and wish to do as he had ;lone ? If he did, however unjust or capricious it may seem, though they would not have made it, still they cannot deprive the testator of the right he had to leave his property to whom he pleased, ar.d their verdict must be for the plaintiff. An immense body of witnesses then gave evi dence of general competency, their belief that he understood perfectly what he was about, and that they never heard before his death a word breathed to the contrary, though they had since. One said " he was not so cunning as a lawyer, but he was no fool for all that." Mr. Sergeant STORKS, for the defendants, ad duced an equal body of counter-evidence to the effect that the old man was decidedly incapable of making or even comprehending a will when made. The Jury, after some consultation, foxed for the defendants, thus setting aside the will. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, I%lAncli 15, On Thursday last the Commission was opened here by Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Baron VAUGHAN. The calendar contains the names of 105 prisoners, although last week no less than 04 were disposed of at an adjourned Sessions. Forty-five causes were entered for trial, but those hitherto tried have been entirely destitute of any public interest. Ann Bailey was indicted, on the inquisition of the Coroner, charged with the murder of her bastard child. The Jury then, by direction of his Lordship, re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner, in person and intellect, exhibited a miserable instance of squalid destitution. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday afternoon an inquisition was taken at the George Inn, Holloway, before Thomas Stir ling, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of Mary Ann Palmer, aged 38, who terminated her existence under the following circumstances : Mr. G. Culverwell, a surgeon of the Lower-road, Holloway, deposed that the deceased was in the ser vice of Mr. Hardisty, of Molloway ; he had attended her professionally for about a fortnight before her death; her indisposition was produced by a violent cold, attended with fever. Witness saw her on Wednesday last, when she was much better in health but extremely low-spirited; on Thursday last wit ness was called in to attend the deceased. . He im mediately went, and found the unfortunate young woman lying on the floor, with a dreadful wound in her throat, which she had inflicted with a razor ; she, however, was alive, and perfectly sensible ; the wound had divided the windpipe and gullet, but not the principal arteries. There was not a possibility of her recovery, and the cause of her existing in such a dreadful situation was, that she respired through the wound instead of the mouth and nostrils. Wit ness stanched the blood, and she survived till the next morning, when she expired from exhaustion, arising from the wound she lad inflicted on herself. Prior to her dissolution, she by signs (the power of speech being completely destroyed) intimated that she wished for pen, ink, and paper, which being furnished her, she, labouring under great anguish, and in an almost unintelligible hand, wrote the following sentences :—" My master's house has been robbed; but how, the Lord only knows. I went out oue day, and locked up the house. When I came home, I found the street door open, and all my master's plate taken away; the Lord only knows who got in while I was out : the circumstance has preyed upon my mind, and has made me deranged; I was deranged all night at the thought of my mas ter losing all his plate; but before I should be sus pected of stealing from my master I would die; I committed the act while I was deranged, but when I had done it I came to my senses." On witness questioning her as to whether she had any other thing on her mind besides her master being robbed, she, although in a state that her life was not worth five minutes purchase, wrote the following words : " If it should please God to take me to-night, oh how happy I should be ! I was once in happy cir cumstances, surrounded by friends, and even had a servant to attend upon me, but that is all over, never to return. I have had more troubles than I could bear, but my brother's wife knows all about it. I can write no more; my spirit will soon take its flight." Miss Hannah Hardisty—On last Thursday after noon, witness having occasion for something called to the deceased, but she not being forthcoming, wit ness went up stairs to her room, and was shocked at discovering her kneeling on the floor, with her head reclining over a wash-hand basin, and in the act of hacking at her throat, with a razor, from which the blood was copiously flowing. Mr. George Hardisty, of Holloway, and of the Subpoena Office, Chancery-lane, stated that the un fortunate deceased laboured under a mere delusion in supposing he had lately been robbed of consider able property. Such was not the case—he had lost nothing. The deceased had been in his service four months. The Jury returned a verdict-4' That the de ceased committed the act whilst insane." DRURY-LANE THEATRE.--Mr. KENNEY'S much abused Comedy—Forget and Forgive —compressed into Three Acts, was on Saturday night perforraed at this theatre. It was tolerably successful, but had it not been for LISTON'S broad comedy would have been a decided failure. The house was full. CASSEL, MARCH 2.—The Opera of The Marriage of Figaro was performed at the theatre of this town yesterday. At the end of the first act a performer of the name of PISTOR, who played the character of Bar lobo, placed himself before the looking-glass on returning to the green room, and cut his throat so dreadfully that it occasioned his death instantaneously. Another performer played his character; in consequence of which the public was not apprized of the tragical event till after the per formance was over. MILTON'S will bears date 1670, and in 1674 he died. I n t ro d uctory to one o f t h e l egac i es i s t h e fol lowing :—" Unto my daughter, next mentioned, I should have bequeathed more, but she neglected me in my old age ! I therefore," &c. Mr. SEYMOUR, a gentleman of fortune and family, in Wilts, has been found Guilty of having (in con cert with his footman, CHARLES MACKLIN) attempted to commit an unnatural offence. The trial excited a great sensation in the county. Mr. SEYMOUR has, we learn, absconded, but his Advocate, Mr. Sergeant WILDE, says, that he ha little doubt of being able toyver turn the verdict, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, MAncir 14.—High Water 47 minutes past 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Governor Fenner, Mar tin, from New Orleans, with cotton and tobacco; Hype rion, Forbes, from Charleston, with ditto, and Indian corn ; Scotia, Gilchrist, from Pernambuco (sailed 31st January), with ditto ; Fair Maid, Clogger, from Galway, with oats; Sarah, Hogg, from Duadalk, with ditto ; Rose, Stove, from Westport, with ditto; Mary and Agnes, from Kirkcudbright, with ditto; Elizabeth, Hannay, from Port William, with ditto ; Neptune, Jones, from Cardiff, with iron ; Erin, Morgan, from ditto, with ditto; Resolution, Evans, from ditto, with ditto; Larch, Morgan, from ditto, with ditto ; Providence, Nanning, from Charleston, with clay; William lluskisson (steamer), Lindsay, from Glas- , gow, with sundries ; Enterprise (steamer), Crawford, from ditto, with ditto ; Edward, Tosh, from Dundee, with do.; Etna (steamer), Emerson, from Dublin, with the mail.— Three brigs off at a quarter past six o'clock. CLEARF.D OUTWARDS-The Venture, Chapman, for Cape de Verd and Brazil ; Star, Hill, for Elsineur ; Arab, Walker, for Gibraltar : Mediterranean Packet, Hewan, for Leghorn ; Esther and Mary, Sprainger, for Ramsay. Telegraph-office, Friday, March 14. GREAT ORMS' HEAD.—No signals arrived here from the westward at eight o'clock : two brigs off, homeward bound, have not shown their numbers. Wind West, light breeze. No. 6, pilot boat, north of Golden Grove : nothing more to report off these stations. No. 9, Beaver, 8.8. passed Point Lynas, at 11 a.tn yesterday, outward bound. Pilot boats, No. 2,6, and 8, off Point Lynas. HOLYHEAD, at noon.—One brig off, homeward bound, has not shown her number.—Wind West, blowing fresh. One brig off Point of Ayr, homeward bound, has not shown her number. LIVF.RPOOL, MARCH I(..—High Water, 34. min. past 10. —Wind S. —Arrived the Ellen Jenkinson, Blundell, from Lisbon, with fruit; Fairy Queen, Bond, from Gibraltar, with ditto ; Helen, Treasure, from Bordeaux, with brandy and wine ; Brothers, Jarvis, from Gigon, with nuts ; Huskisson, Parry, from St. John's, New Brunswick, with timber; Browns,lPCarter, from Baltimore (Ireland), with wheat; Prince Regent, Morgan, from Drogheda, with ditto ; Eliza Knightly, Berrill, from ditto, with ditto ; Two Brothers, Mundell, from ditto, with ditto ; Arctis, Murphy, from Wexford, with ditto, &c. ; Jane, Broadfoot, from the Isle of Whithorn, with ditto; John, Town, from Londonderry, with ditto; Venus, Jones, from Cardiff, with iron ; Mary, Hudow, from ditto, with ditto ; Trafal gar, Jones, from ditto, with ditto; Louisa, Owens, from Newport, with ditto; Thetis, Thomas, from Poole, with clay; Friendship, Fry, from ditto, with ditto ; Active, Cole, from Teignmouth, with ditto ; Auspicious, Fox, from Dartmouth, with cyder ; Ann, Gleister, from Maryport, with sundries; Louisa, 'Williams, from Bristol, with ditto; Earl of Roden, Spencer, from Dundalk, with ditto; Rob Roy, Curtain, from Dromore, with ditto ; Frederick, Bin ning, from Morlaix (in eight days) in ballast. The Jahn Ormond, Crookshank, from Oporto off. The Dalhousie Castle, Walton, from New York (sailed the 18th of February), off. One ship, one brig off at half-past five. CLEARED OUTWARDS.—The Bahaman, Pearce, for Calcutta ; Speedy, Scott, for Africa ; Atlas, Lawton, for Providence, A. S. ; Wellington, Ogby, for New Brun swick ; .lames, Douglas, for Riga ; Java, Rich, for New Orleans, in ballast ; Inca, Gibson, for Valparaiso and Lima ; Eugene, Cole, for New Orleans; Lancashire Witch, Rol stone, for Lisbon ; Robert Russel, Bell, for Quebec. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, I‘l4 am 15.—We are sorry to state the loss of his Majesty's bomb-vessel the Terror, Captain David Hope, which sailed from this port on the 29th January, to join the Mediterranean squadron: This unfortunate event occurred on the 19th of February, on which day she was wrecked at Villanova de Melfontes, near St. Übes (on the coast of Portugal). All the officers and crew, except one man, were saved, together with the stores, provisions, and money—about 27,0001. in silver and copper coin, intended for the use of the Commissariat at Malta.—The Jean (of Quebec), from Liverpool, hound to Gibraltar, was lost on the same day, within a half cable's length of the Terror; and one-third of her cargo was saved, with the crew and passengers, except an officer of the 42d Regiment, a wo man, and three children. The following extract from a letter from Lisbon gives snow further particulars of the loss of the Terror bomb, and adds to that disaster, we are extremely sorry to say, a still more melancholy one—the total loss of the transport Ann and Amelia, Lieutenant Hopkins, agent, with all the crew and passengers.: Lieut. Hopkins who was a good and highly-esteemed officer, has left a widow and four young children, living at Southsea, to deplore his . boas. Among the passengers, we understand, was Mr. Peake, son of the late Sir Henry Peake, late a Student in the School of Naval Architecture, who was on his way to join his Ma jesty's ship Warspite, in a service connected with his pro fession. The Ann and Amelia was very valuably laden with stores of all kinds for the Mediterranean Fleet. TA oils, MARCH I.—On Sunday last we were sur prised by the arrival of Sir Thomas Dixon and the First Lieutenant of his Majesty's late bomb the Terror, who had travelled, dressed like freebooters, and armed with pistols, more than 70 miles on foot, to obtain assistance from the Admiral in the Tagus. Their ship, it appeared, after en countering tremendous weather, about 70 miles to the southward of Lisbon, ran on shore near St. Übes, and bilged. They found themselves, in the night time, in about 15 fathoms water; they instantly let go the anchors, but were in a moment thrown upon the beach. Fortu nately it was high water, and a sandy shore, or her bottom would have been beat out, and all hands have perished. The crew, happily, were all saved, except one man ; and when the tide receded, they got her stores and specie out. The Admiral sent the Pyramus and Lyra tender, and the steam-packet has since sailed, to assist in endeavouring to get her off. 'We have just learnt that the Ann and Amelia trans port, with stores for Malta, is lost oil Malta, about nine leagues hence, and every soul perished. A few things washed on shore, which the natives plundered. The Revenge and Melville arrived on the 27th ult., after a boisterous passage of 18 days from Spithead.—The Revenge, Wellesley, and Ocean, are to go up the Mediter ranean ; the Spartiate, Gloucester, Windsor Castle, and Melville, return to England. General Sir Wm. Clinton and Officers of the Staff will embark in the Spartiate, with the Ist Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, consisting of 600 men. The squadron are ordered to he ready for the reception of the troops by the 3d instant, though we do not expect to depart hence till the end of the month. The Briton sails to-morrow with his Excellency Sir Win. A'Court (now Lord Heytesbury), for Portsmouth. We have received letters from the Cape of Good Hope, dated 28th December, which mention the arrival in Simon's Bay of the Tweed, 28, Lord H. Joh❑ Spencer Churchill, from England, without any other casualty hap pening among either the officers or crew, since she left St. Jago, excepting that Timothy Sullivan, seaman, fell overboard on the 23d December, and was drowned. The ship was quite healthy at the above date. The names of tke Officers who died from the insidious brain fever which developed itself in October and November; after the Tweed left St. Jago, are thus particularised, to prevent unnecessary distress among those who have surviving rela tives on board that ship:__ Mr. Henry Smart Crawford, son of Lieut.-Col. Craw ford, R.A. (lied 31st Oct. ; Mr. Young Green West, son of Mr. West, surgeon, Poole, died 3d Nov. ; Mr. James Napper, surgeon, died 4th Nov. ; Mr. Jas. Hyslop, school master, died 4th Nov. ; Mr. Arthur Bridgeman Simpson, son of S. B. Simpson, Esq. Babworth, Retford, died 7th Nov. ; Mr. John Augustus Aldham, son of Capt. George Aldham, R.N., died 7th Nov. ; Mr. Chas. Wm. Thorn ton, son of the Right Hen. Sir Edward Thornton, Wem • bury House, near Plymouth, died 14th November ; Jacob Windsor, midshipman's servant, died 30th Oct.—Ma, Napper, the surgeon, died of an inflammation of the bowels, though produced by the same causes, namely, the effects of the climate at St. Jago, and sleeping on shore: as none of the ship's company slept on shore, none were attacked, except the midshipmen's servant, who did sleep on shore. The Herald yacht, Capt. Astley, sailed from Madras on the 19th October for Calcutta, to embark Lord Amherst and family for England. The Hasty schooner (for whose safety strong appre hensions were entertained) arrived at Madeira on Feb. 9, and sailed again on the 11th, for the Cape of Good Hope. The Sapphire, 28, Capt. Henry Dundas (the only ship of war at Spithead), is expected to sail about Wednesday next, for South America. _ . , 'The Duke of York steam packet sailed this morning, with passengers for Lisbon. CoußTs MARTIAL—On Monday, the 3d inst., a Court Martial was h e ld on b oar d hi s Majesty's ship Victory, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., 1(C.8., P res id ent , to try Lieutenant Raymond Evans, of his M a j esty ' s s l oop Badger, o n a c h arge p re f erre d against him by Commander Charles Crowdy, of the said sloop, of a breach of part of the 22d Article of War, in disobeying his (Commander Crowdy's) orders relative to a proposed alteration in birthing the men—when, after a minute investigation of all the circumstances, the Court declared that the charge had not been proved, and did adjudge Lieut. Evans to be fully acquitted. Lieut. Evans (who had been six week under arrest on the charge) was defended by Mr. James Hoskins. On Tuesday last, a Court Martial was held on board his Majesty's ship Victory (Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., K.C.8., President), to try Commander Charles Crowdy, of his Majesty's sloop Badger, on charges preferred against him by Lieutenant Raymond Evans, for unofficerlike, un gentlemanly, and oppressive conduct to the officers and crew of the Badger. Capt. Crowdy is to enter upon his defence on Monday morning. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget is appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral Plampin, in the command of his Majesty's ships stationed on the Coast of Ireland. Captain M. Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley is appointed to com mand the Semiramis, the flag ship on that station. Mr. 'William Harris (of Portsea) is appointed Purser of the Icarus, at this port. Mr. Henry Emery, Master Miller of his Majesty's Mills, at Plymouth (formerly of Portsmouth), is removed to the extensive Mills at Deptford. Another instance of the scrupulous attention of his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral to the claims of meritorious officers and their descendants has been recently evinced. In the year 1781 1 Lieut. WDougall, off his Majesty's cutter Flying Fish, on the Downs station, cap tured a French vessel much superior in force and number of mea, for which gallant conduct the Flying Fish was im mediately rated as a sloop of war, and Lieut. M'Dougali was made a Commander into the same vessel ; and at the peace, in 1783, promoted to the rank of Post Captain, anti, after 56 years of active service, died a Vice-Admiral. On his Royal Highness's visit to this port, a grandson of Admiral M‘Dougull presented a petition to the Lord High Admiral, through his maternal great uncle, Admiral Drury, stating his grandfather's services, and that the pe titioner was an orphan, and desirous of serving his 'Ma jesty. The petition was graciously received ; and, on Monday last, the young man received an appointment as a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines. It is reported that the Committee of Finance has pre sented a strong remonstrance against the intended removal of the Victualling Department from this to the Gosport side of the harbour, as a measure which must be attended, immediately or remotely with nn immense expenditure of public money—it is said 400,0001. in a manner uncalled for by the public service. Such, we believe, is the opinion of most practical "common sense men," in this neighbour hood, as well those connected with the Naval service, as others, and we cannot hut conclude that the Lord High Admiral ham been most ill-advised on this matter. As the convenience of the public service does not require the pro posed change, so the expense that must be attendant upon . forming an Establishment at Weevil ought to forbid the execution of the measure ; and we ask, what would be the condition of the Victualling Department of this port, for , practical efficiency, in case of any emergency requiring the equipment of a large fleet of ships and transports, should , all the capacious, well-fitted stores, and extensive wharfs attached to that department be resigned for army or other purposes, and for which they are, in their present state, , quite inapplicable? We are also glad to hear that the pro ject of enclosing the Common Hard within the Dock-yard walls, is given up. Such an uncalled-for measure would have incurred a vast expense, done irreparable injury t( the private property of a vast number of the most respec table inhabitants of the place, and, indeed, would "have • thrown the island (of Portsea) out of its propriety." COUNTRY CORN MARKETS Per Quarter. Carlisle Carmarthen Hexham Morpeth Penrith +VV. Sheffield ------- Winchester ...—. Per Bushel. Coventry Newcastle (Staft) Northallerton Stafford Swansea Warwick Per 8011. Barnardcastle Darlington Durham „ Wolsingham T.:— DURING LAST WEEK. ) Wheat. 1 Barley. s. to s. 47 61 52 62 44 52 47 58 44 63 s. d. s, d. 6 2 7 4 80 83 56 7 0 00 86 60 66 60 74 11 0 16 0 11 0 15 0 100 140 116 12 9 s. to S. 24 2: 29 t3:3 2S 3'2 26 30 36 2(3 SO s. d. s. d. 34 42 50 54 3!) 43 46 00 39 40, 36 40 86 a 0 80 106 80 86 86 90 S. to S. 16 22 16 21 .)9 15 20 20 19 28 20 23 s, d. s. d. 30 39 36 40 29 30 36 40 23 26 20 40 8. to s. , 52 r 46 70 43 73 50 69' 59 731 50 40 sto 46 st; 50 60 s. d. 8. d. 43 66 70 73 43 50 70 73 00 00 46 7B 13 0 It 0 10 0 11 0 10 0 12 a 00 0(1 WAKEFIELD, March 14. There is a fair supply of Wheat fresh up to this day's market ; good dry samples are held firmly for an advance! of Is. per quarter, but the price of Flour having been run down very low, the millers comply reluctantly, and the sales made are not extensive. Oats are very dull. The best samples of Barley are heavy sale, at the rates of last Friday, and there is very little demand for the thin and light qualities. Beans are very plentiful, such as ato hard and dry obtain nearly last week's prices, but thnsn which are in middling condition are nearly unsaleable.. Malt is very dull. Rapeseed is heavy, and we hear of na salea 535. to 565. fine 58,.. 575. to 60s. fine M s* - New, Red 4Bs. to 535. tine 575. White --. Foreign, Red 49s. to 525. tine 535. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk -- Lincolnshire 2Bs. to 295. fine 31s. - Yorkshire Wold 27s. to 2Ss. fine 295, Beans, Tick 3Bs. to 40s. tine 41s. - Small 3Ss. to 40s. fine 41s. Oats, Poland and Potato 2os. to 265. fine 28s. - Frieziand and Small l7s. to 235. fine 245. - bleating lod. to 12!;id. per Stone. Shelling 265 to 28s. -s. to -s, per Load. Malt 36s. 40s. fine 425. per Load. Rapeseed 26/. Os. 211/. Os. 261. 10s. per Last.. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, Red ....... White.... SCOTCH MARKETS. rIADDINGTON CORN MA RKET.--Ttlatch The Oat market was very dull to-day 391 quarters offered, and 238 found buyers ; the average much the same as last day. Little business done in Barley ; 29 quarters only were sold ; top down 4s. but the average is up Is, J. Wheat has experienced a considerable rise in price to-day(; the average is 2s. Bd. above that of last day. A small Pease market ; 10 quarters only offered for sale ; average Bd. up. A very large market of Beans, 107 quarters changed purchasers, at an advance generally upon last day's prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 1 Beans, First t o2s Od 36s Od : 1 2 s of Od Second sos Od 33s Od 25s Cl 303 Od Third 42s tkl :30s Od 16s 9d 27s (k 1 There were 292 qrs. of Wheat in market, 213 where, 35 Unsold.-14 Grey. Average '2l. 10s. 2d. 8-12ths, DALKEIT The quantity of and sold readily an, Wheat. First 6os Od Second s4s Od Third 48s Od 'H CORN MARKET Wheat at this day's id higher on the aver Barley. Oats. 3ts Ott 30s 8d 329 Od 28s Od 283 (k 1 •24a Od :`..—March I market ✓ Pease, 3t13 (kt 32i at 283 3134 od 31.4 Ott *lg 04 were sold. smatt x Beans, 3Ss tki :128 Oti 286 fit MINING INTRLLIGENCR. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursd4y '4672 is Average Produce U Quantity of fine Copper 185 1 Amount of Sale. 14,6211.55. 6d.—.Average Standard, 1181. Ws. Od. BIRTHS. On the 15th inst. in Marley-street, the lady of the Right Hon. the Vice-Chancellor, of a daughter. On the 15th inst. in Montagu-place, the lady of Ma jor -General Sir James Lyon, K.C.R. of a daughter. On the 15th inst. Mrs. S. White, of Lamb's Ceduila street, of a slaughter. At the Glebe House, Ballywilliam, the lash of Arch deacon Warburton, of a daughter. The lady of Offley Shore, Esq. of a daughter. At Bicester, the lady of William Cole, Esq, o f a coo. MARRIEI At Bombay, on the 24th of October, at St. Thomas'. Church, by tite Rev. E. Mainvcarino, Henry Hancock, Esq, o f t h e Honourable Company's" military service, to. Susan, youngest daughter of Francis De Berckein, Esq. of Upper Clapton, Middlesex. On the 15th inst. Joshua Thompson, Esq. of Denmark , street, to Hannah, Widow of the late Samuel Waddington, Esq. of Leinin-street. At Heigham, the Rev. Thomas Dixon, A.M. Vi car o f Tibenham, to Charlotte, relict of Capt. Smith. DIED. On the 12th inst. at the house of her brother. in-law, Mr. Egerton, bookseller, near Whitehall, Mary, relict of Mr. John Egerton, formerly of the same place. O❑ the 11th inst. at Ellerbeek, aged 70, John Hodsort,. Esq. who represented the borough of Wigan in five succes sive Parliaments. At the Court, Painswick, Gloucestershire, Charlotte. Louisa, fourth daughter of the late Richard Puller, Esq- On the 13th inst. at Morden College, Mr. Philip Cha- • bert, late of Lloyd's Coffee-house and Fenchurch-street. On the 12th inst. the infant son of Mr. Bright, of Bishopsgate-street. On the 12th inst. iu her 78th year, Mrs. Eliza Dames, w id ow o f the late Mr, Richard Dames, of Forest Gate, Westham, Essex. On the 13th inst. in Wimpole-street, aged 78, Henry Ufrick Reay, Esq. of Killing - worth House, Northumber land, and of Humwick Hall, Durham. • ' PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, at the ' Sri OFFICE ) No. 10, 4* mad. T ENGL give Ne That YANT MA Rel./ Tituitsi 'That said CC I TALL. next, at That will b I,ES:IA Mornin i of SIX Years. Anti CO-\IP ort Tu E T ~~ F,NGL. That said Leaden] wade firmatic Deeeml Direeto THOIII the Boi round, , The togethe lion ha k 401411 'DTI I. %;,f1 7;"' 8 KI The fol tv Market pry %;tt Covent hiarn, t Shelton and He coaciain w ick, L arid St( early ti Barn North Chumlo Bath borougl noon a • Leudon Bost tipilsby Ee.Ve n , ; Cam quarter Carl and WI pleby, Riclina( caster, Stilton, direct Ches porley, Coy( througl Weedoi Dov , Dor( Blarkw Sal isbi live an( Dart Brixlta Exei Charm Inn, s Water, Glas Bro wn ; ai Holy as Sa . 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