The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-06 00:00:00

r the defe l v ‘ ; itness HS DAI'J iged 30, d r dom, b e t r ro be tr ) .' al of advoe been at 1 '; terefore, ' ll rt , cif . the C 0 : 1 j e is all ted at °he :ommateu 7e, hov el° sentei4 t out of COnv.; Ct ;. Aniett. I s 0 1 , 1 th e t a t indicted ! 0/. I Os. 0 1 ' Ai d PresCQ C 1, stated I the follOti the time the prisoner was with us ; I had It occasion to find fault with him, his conduct strange and extraordinary that I told him . no longer put up with it ; he sometime sked me for the loan of 201. I did not comply that request, but made him a present of 101.; bsequenrly made several similar applications, rich were refused, on one occasion he pulled a nit of his pocket, and behaved in the most and abusive manner. I. therefore found it -nary to discharge him from my employ; a few afterwards he called and begged that I would hitTlemployment, I refused, when he asked me t v I could expect mercy in heaven if I refused him on earth; he then went to the window out a pistol, and said, now Mr. Lane, I . ve, for I can get mothing to do, I will there to my brains out. I remonstrated with I succeeded in getting the pistol from his said yeti had better be careful for it is loaded ed, which on examination I found to be the Teat deal of conversation followed, in which ler conducted himself in the most wild and .t manner. This took place at my house, fore he left I requested him to call at the :xt morning, and I would consider of the of again taking him into my service. lie ;ly came about eleven o'clock. I perceived len.got a pistol, and a sword-stick, which ided lie should give up before we entered tversation : to this he agreed. He. then so hard to be reinstated, that I complied 'equest; on which he said, " I will serve slave." He had only been in the office a line about a fortnight before he left his em :hout mentioning it to any one, and was not ird of till his lint examination at Marlbo ;eet. Croft deposed that the chepte was not his ing, and two clerks in the office said they it was the prisoner's. :as the case for the prosecution. prisoner made no defence, PIM. CLARKSON call several witnesses for the pur l!. of showing that the prisoner was not of sound Id. All of them deposed to acts which never Id be committed by persons in their proper Ases, He would frequently jump out of bed at ght, and appeared to fancy himself some great Lleic actor, and in th e mos t w ild an d v i o l en t man ,7 rep ea t passages f rom Sh akespeare ' s p l ays, h e I t ",d sometimes to tell his friends that h e had wreak his vengeance on many, and before he died do a deed that must astonish the world. The t °idlo r d of the public-house, where the prisoner was 4 t .!en int o cus t o dy, s a id that on that e venin g h e r„ 4 tainly behaved like a madman, and on witness re g to take a glass of sherry with him, he took a tol out of his pocket, and threatened to shoot `1 1 41 ; he likewise wanted change for a 501. note, as ‘'./4s going to Ireland, and h e s a id Bank of Eng , ad n otes were of no use there—nobody would take It Zr• Baronllm.i.octi summed up the case with pet great minuteness, and the Jury returned a ver of Guilty. account; P Tat of t i to the I le ltlent e what is J o *, at ao a to the ofliv 7 rt i ,' Could r „ lb Mee asks tamp. : the first C Mt that otter; the n e , t!nbsec sble nu mbe ' i 4 iyhich The P l f ti 'itYl out . 11 . ength ei t o' vi tAeut an decimal s AI t l e eetisary "stance 4 ; ( 1 ,1,1.,! 1 Ya after an half a) , ' l ,%'e him 4 year in vl b o lc o Il to °ll ' I 'ei barged 0 11 , 5 5 e leY to I rk starriP," o . '''i pullet l many 1110 b e st stall fi gure of of 1 1 1:1 Ye blow g i n i t fa il; ON and light then . iiiiid, he a la offied> ' 411 d et,kik di ila ' e ng strong $i ii. -; op. Ig some 1 , 1 :0 4 7 Prison, )n exatilfr j j e , e aerent !reeived Li $ 4 , 1 : 1 before eral pieee s g t ° ' l te ilex The ditrer e !'a rr.° Pliety 1 , on mea oll 4 1 1, t _'°rdingl no dotile i ) . 1 . , had th, fraud vi l i i i i e t . demand, I were se '" , i 'to eons' -ceived 3 ' P'ealled Si yard, ands ‘'ith his n met by t li ,i! ) ,. (141 as a large qutio`,, 'kettd tin ;king the, Pr i 11 °Y, with COUnterf e : l „ l , : Lin hear h they se''; { . ° ' l gh-stre tegemt-str e j e , b Mr. Cr' ch was lea r h!kl-writi the coes te d ''ieved it The Lea, This wt on the P a y The pr defendant dlr. C L , lest: nute b s ,P °3 e of sll irk, and 1 ,,,"j ,' l tid. A character " 11 14 b e k rises, I if )1' excise,' 4 I glu- ‘,- t i . , aril far as he to { , It eic actc corrobele' er repeat NEW COURT. Jones, was indicted for stealing a piece of I con from the shop of Wm. Pidkin.,—Guilty. I , ti 9eorge Broivn, a wretched•looking youth, was leted for stealing, on the 25th Nov., a piece of W. the property of Mr. Isaac Turtle.—Guilty. h The prosecutor recommended him to mercy; he "eyed the prisoner committed the offence to sup "Ott nature, as he had been turned out of doors by father and mother, and was at the time in that ,titute condition that in all probability lie must " 4 4 been starved. Several other prisoners were convicted during the I) taing of petty larcenies. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARI 'here was a good supply a 1. ' 4 01 trade. C e l ery was h :41t, er, than e n thi s d ay se ' nr .4 ont the same. )EN MARKET. a this morning's market, and igher, Oranges and Lemons light ; prices of other things SA LAW' _I iy. Meti; , keep c' or cheque it s is , rked it s r t s ; led it V 415 .,i, WV the P 0; wag abl e ; the chi/ two of l ' nd with t ' h; —I cool:, person he mo n k, 16th ° c hi Bank, tr i Mat .501. on t 'o • ,Aw- -1 the 16 0 .1, p, and 01/ .o ' 1 told know h itli :t Alect so e f i e aid that All day, 0 0 prisoe rig.• 1 0 0 , HAY mARKI,"rs.--( AL per L'ad f 36 Trasses.) J A MES'S and aCt% o e heavy Lowland Meadow Hay Meadow Hay £2 0 to ..£2 blue sai g l i 10 2 S uncle '51.0 iii4ceur Band Meadow and ttye-grass Hay 3 5 4 asked bjj, t A good supply, and a dull trade ; prices as last quoted. eforc e l,k l hea v y Lowl in 1 Meadow Hay Iha .sew me.,4o,,. . H t ay leadow Hay S to £2 ocket $ upland Meadow and Rye-grass Ha 3 0 .1. 61140 t o V s " Hay (e ' xtra tine)....4.75 0 G%n t e y rVly 3 5 4 ed the o £1 4to £1 Wheat ) I go ctiee of Straw Ys. per load higher than last quoted `y ' Hai', and interior Straw no alteration. s that lie leaving,tft rhaps, 4 ford could ;tested .fi v ‘ otes 1 5 . 1 t " he eveg o send I A he WO 5/ ~. i.d. s. d. r‘ h tlets (per cwt.) 36to 7 0 'Ws (12 heath) 1 9 :3 0 t( ' Red . 2 6 4 0 i s e Radish (bur.d'e) 2 6 4 0 ill, beoli 20 30 'ro ta 12 bunches) rci P , 2 0 4 0 [ eltorts or Greens 2 6 4 6 N is lO 16 4, 3 fin.) * .... ........_Bl4ll (Irapes (per 111)1 6 2 6 s. S;Anage (half-sieve) 0 8t01.6 OM., us 2 0 3'6 Apples 3 6 7 0 Nars 3 0 10 Sweet Oranges (WO) S 0 0 0 Ircnvins 6 0 11 0 English Walnuts ..., 1 0 2 0 Span. Cheinuts (peck) 5 0 10 0 French ditto 9 0 7 0 French Walnuts 411 6 0 Spanish Haslenuts 5OlO 0 Oni ins for pickling) 1 0 2 0 , FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. this morning's market was well attended, but not i b lely supplied with any kind of fish. Turbots and V L eti were the chief sorts that were offered for sale. The wing were the prices:— N ; , 01 , e Turbot, each 2ls. 04. to :1.1:.0d. Qtro small, per do. \ t t. ..... .. 15 0 20 0 r es. per three pairs -fish, each 1 0 20 0 g 4 e Whitings, per 15.... ....0 10 0 Ote. each 1 3 / 4 (lducks, per dozen lz U 30 0 VII. each .. tpttivtts, each 1." Flounder,. per quartern y;',';e Eels, per 'a tt : . o, . per bushel 4 0 6 0 k• l ' , eh Plaice, per basket 3 6 10 0 i_t2e Lobsters, per score 4O 0 45 0 trierior ditto lO 0 20 .0 gitiirips, per gallon 2 6 3 0 ee Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hutvired 7 0 9 0 P t lch ditto 6 0 7 0 b , rtled Herring, per 100 0 0 6 0 'est Common oysters, per bushel 8 0 15 0 'tveA '32 0 36 0 I /1-s t et " W l, ' Oe SCOTCH MARKETS. \, EDINBURGH CORN MARI:HT.—Dec. 3. e had a large supply of Oats to day, and prices were i'Nderably lower. Beans and Pease a small supply, sale lo ) and r a ther cheaper; Old brought 445. per quarter. 4 14 , 1,, ley a large supply, and prices down. Wheat a mid "g supply, and prices about the same as last market-day. „ Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. ...... fOs Ott 43. i 6,1 29s Od '404 Od 41s (ki 7.54 p, 39s Od 24s Od 33s Od 40s Od ' 4l 70i Od 31s 0,1 22s Od 32s Od 32s Od 0 ,„ ICFS OF PROVISIONS, &C. r. per - Os. Id. to Os. "id. Fresh Butter,lb.s. Bd. to Os. 10d p . piton-......,. 0 3 0 7 Salt 0 8 10 1 - it 0 5 0 9 Ditto, per mst.7o 0 76 0 0 4 0 6- Eggs, per dos. 0 0 1 3 per qr. 1 6 3 0 OatStrawckV.) 6 0 0 0 - "Ir cwt._ -.32 0 37 6 Wheat Ditto.. 5 0 6 0 kne ' ro Loaf 010 011 Barley Ditto 5 0 0 0 141 b. 0 0 0 4 Hay, per st.-- 0 6 0 7 —My e ll9 o ce of t h • mour olov,' ut he °.l ined- - 4 Goat fill take I fotl e, o 50/. lute; and mftersOr • •eti 1 receo is to see 1 to ttevioir ,e re for t.• EDINBURGH MEA! we had a large supply of p t _. which sold rather heavi P Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. ..t oatmeal £2 0 0 ki s ", , l4 1 IS 0 I lh 0 I,ttemeal . I 12 0 s \. t llarley—No. }, per cwt. 15, L MARKET.—Dec. 2. Oatmeal at this day's war ily, and Is. under last week's Per Stone of 141 b. First Oatmeal £o 2 2 Second ditto Barlermeal... ..... Peasemcal .-2d, 185.-3 d, 20s.—Poa11 265. , - GLASGOW CORN DIA RKET.—Oec. 3. 1 11 'it our mar k e t to-day there,was a s t ea d y mo d e r a t e de ki for all kinds.of - Grain at last week's rates. • , Nleat, Der 2401 b. s. d. s. S. Oats, per li-ilb. a. d. a. d. I.lsh, old 35 oto3B 0 Irish "Oto 246 ;I,*-- British ......... ..._ .... Iti_ Ma (tee . :ifi 0 :'S 0 Emu, Per 2601 b. lit ' ..... .. :12 0 35 0 English ki'lliey, per 3201 b. Scottish 1 / 4t liail ' — o 0 Pease, Scottish 1 11 h 32 6 34 6 Oatmeal, per 114)1b. 20 6 21 0 %1: 30 0 33 0 Flour, per 2801 b.... 53 0 58 0 r... [e pris ° „ n ne a r stoclp lost h h i e i n uot e; Me" to t r the ove t . /18 Vire Excelleney,the Lard Lieutenant, and a h party of distinction, leave town on Wednesday next, a visit to Castle Forbes, the seat of Viscount Forbes, P. We understand that his Excellency, previous to his 'ari l to Dublin, intends spending a few days at Florence -41, the seat of the Earl of Enniskillen. —Dublin Even r c ool 04, 't partner i e lds, the ce iter l Y 4 ;rote on not in 111 I believe NE MARQUIS OF CLEVELAND.—Sir H. !lord passed through this place early on Monday morn on his way to town ; and we are glad to learn, by a ' 4l ntiniCation from Sir Henry, that "he left the Marquis tleveland much better." 1 his intelligence will, we lure, gratify a great number of people who feel con "mil at the Marquis's illness.--Doncaster Gazette. 'he latter THE LATE EARL OF, LlVnt'OoL. DOVER, DEC..).--The intelligence of the death of the late highly respected Loll Warden of the Cinque Ports was received This met ring, and every possible mark of esteem was immediately shown to his memory. The flags at the Castle, ‘Vestern Heights, the Public Offices, the Baths, and every vessel in the Port were immediately hoisted half-mast; and we were pleased to see that the different foreign ships in Port were as zealous as the British vessels in paying this last tribute to the memory of 'the late Earl of Liverpool. The Banks and many of the principal shops, par tially dosed their windows--indeed there appeared a general anxiety to spew that the memory of our late Lord Warden was held in grateful remembrance. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Dowager Countess of Mountnorris, in Bryanstone-square, from Paris; Sir Benyon de Beauvoir, Bart., in Connaught place; the Earl and Countess of Eldon, at their residence in Hamilton-place, from their seat at Encombe, Dorsetshire ; Lord Carrington and family, at Whitehall, from their seat, Deal Castle, Kent •, the Earl of Sefton, in Arlington-street, from his, seat, Stoke Farm, Berkshire ; Count Colbert, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, from the Earl of liar_ court's seat in Oxfordshire • Mr. and Mrs. Beauchamp, in Mon tagu-square ; Captain It. ' Parry, in Clarges-street ' • Mrs. and Miss Holmes, in Gloucester-place ; Major and Mrs. Fitzgerald, in Arlington-street; Captain Leigh, in Pall-mall, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Constable, in Albemarle-street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Mills, in Park-street, from Brighton ; Major and Mrs. Dickenson, in Green-street, Park-lane, from Cheltenham ; Major and Mrs. Knox, in Orchard-street, from Paris; W. S. Quintin, Esq. in Green-street, from Yr6rkshire ; Reynolds Solly, Esq. and lady, at the 13erners' Hotel, Berners'-street, from their seat, Serge Hill, King's Langley, Herts ; . John Mur ray, Esq. and Mrs. Murray, at ditto ; Edward Jones,. Esq. at ditto, from Southampton; Edward Knight, Esq. and family, at Bryant's Hotel (late Warne's), Conduit-street, from his seat, near Canterbury ; General Brown, at ditto; the Hon. Mrs. and Miss Buchanan, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Scot 'arid ; G. Sligo, Esq. at ditto. CHANGES. The Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury, tbr a few days to Hertfordshire; Lady Juliana A nnesley, from Lady Lyttleton's, Great Malvern, to Lord John Somerset's, Hempstead Court, Gloucester ; Mr. and the lion. Mrs. Hope, from Mansfield street, to Oeepdeene, Surrey ; the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Mr. Horace Twiss, and Mr. Quintin Dick, for Paris; Prince and Princess Lieven, from Ashburnliam House, Dover-street, for Richmond ; Viscount Templetown and the Hon. Miss Upton, from Brighton, to Lord G. H. Cavendish's seat, Eastbourne, Sus-ex; Lord and Lady Bangor, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, for Brighton; William Peel, Esq. M.P. from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his scat, I3onehill Cottage, Tamworth, Staffordshire; Major Staples, from ditto, for Brighton; Captain Reeves, from ditto, to Bath% the Earl and Countess of Surrey, from the Marquis of Stafford's seat, West Hill, for the seat of Sloane Stanley, Esq. near Rom sey ; the Earl of Fife, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street, for Windsor ; William Cumming, Esq. from ditto, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Langley. from Regent-street, for their seat in Staffordshire; Count de la Pasture, from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, to Gloucestershire; Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Clarke, on a tour. WINDSOR, DEC. s.—Yesterday afternoon►, at half-past two o'clock, the King, accompanied by the Lot(' Steward and the Earl of Fife, as Lord in Waiting, left the Royal Ledge, in a close carriage, and proceeded to the Castle, where his Majesty passed nearly two hours, when he left and returned to the Royal Lodge, and, at the usual hour, honoured his distinguished attendants with his company to dinner.—This day his Majesty again visited the Castle; and on Monday next it is expected that he will commence residing there. His Majesty enjoys ex cellent health.—The King's stag-hounds will meet on Monday at Salthill, and on Friday at Fulmer Common— each day at half-past ten o'clock. His Majesty will, in a few days, hold a grand Council at Windsor Castle, we believe on Friday or Monday the 15th instant, when we have the best reason to believe that the.office of Lord Privy Seal will be filled, and the ad , ministration of the Illustrious Premier be strengthened by the addition of several experienced and popular personages, amongst them that estimable Nobleman, Viscount Sid mouth.--Berkshire Chronicle. General Stewart, the newly appointed Gover nor of St. Lucia, has left town for the purpose of pro ceeding to St. Lucia, to enter on the duties of his office. The Ambassador from the Netherlands, Count d'Ofalia, the Spanish Minister on a special mission, and the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted businesa with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Viscount Beresford transacted business yes terday with Sir George Murray, at the Colonial-office, Dowsing •street. It is announced in the fashionable circles, that the eldest son of Mr. Campion, of Danny Park, is about to lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Kemp, the eldest daughter of the Member ior Lewes. —Brighton Guardian. The Duchess of Roxburgh and Major O'Reilly will shortly remove from Brighton to Clay-cot tage, near Frogtuore, in order to be near the young Duke, who is about to be placed at Eton for the purpose of pur suing his studies.—Brighlon Gazette. The place of Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports has b^corne vacant by the death of Lord Li verpool. The office is one of a lucrative nature, and has, in general, been conferred on the Prime Minister for the time being, whenever it has become vacant. It is, how ever, rumoured that this course will not be followed on the present occasion, but that the office will be offered to the Duke of Clarence. Dr. Charles Bell, who has already con tributed one tract to the Library of Useful knowledge, namely, that " On Animal Mechanics," has pledged him self to give another, and on a subject which, treated as it will be by him, must prove highly interesting. It is on the circulation of the Wool, explained, if we are not mis- taken, with reference to mechanics, in the same manner as the " Animal Mechanics." It is pleasant to see the leaders in science condescending to enlighten and instruct the mass of mankind, for it is thus that science, as it be comes popular, becomes also surpassingly useful and en during.—Nett Monthly Magazine. Yesterday, the election of a Lord Rector for the University of this City, took place, in consequence of Sir Walter Scott declining to accept, when Mr. Thomas Campbell was again chosen by a inJjority in three of the nations, viz., in the Glottiana, Transforthiana, and Roth seyana ; in the Loudoniana there was a majority in favour of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart. At ten o'clock the Students met in the Common Hall, when a letter was read from Sir Walter Scott, in which he returned thanks for the honour they bad done hin► on a former occasion, in electing hint to be their Rector, and stated that his refusal to accept the office by no means flowed from indifference, but waLto he attributed to his increasing infirmities, which had formerly prevented him from accepting the same office in another University.— Glasgow Chronicle of Thursday. We regret to learn that the banking-house of Corser and Co. of Whitchurch, Salop, suspended payment on Friday, in consequence of the failure of Frys and Chap-- man, upon whom they drew, and in whose hands they are said to have had a balance of upwards of 40,0001. Little doubt is entertained but that the firm will eventually be able to meet all claims upon it in full. Indeed, it is hoped . that they will be speedily able to resume their business.— Worcester Journal. The guard of the Manchester and Sheffield mail, on Sunday, while travelling between Manchester and Ashton-under-line, lost the Ilowdonshaw letter bag. It was picked up by an Irishman, and delivered over to the Postmaster at Ashton, but not before he had broken the seal of the bag, and examined the contents, for which offence he is now in custody. On being asked why he-had cut the string,—Pat said—" and sure I thought it had . been some old woman's leather pocket, and I thought I would just see what theriwas in it."—Sheffield Courant. STRAND IMPROVEMENTS.---The pulling down of the houses, preparatory to the commencement of the improvements in the spring, goes on with great ra pidity. The whole of the houses in St Martin's Church yard, Moor's-yar.l, Church-lane, Chandos-street, and 'se veral houses in Vine -street, are completely razed to the ground, and open a wide space for the admirers of archi tecture to view that beautifully -constructed church, St. Martin's. The improvements in Covent-garden-market are carried on with great activity ; the north wing is built np as high as it is intended—one story. There are two stone pillars facing James-street, over which will be formed an arch ; and it is expected that the whole will be com pleted in twelve months. The exterior and interior of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, are undergoing repair. There is now in the possession of a person residing about three miles from Whitehaven a large green parrot, of the Spanish Main species, which, on every fine day, leaves his cage.and makes a tour round the country. On the approach of evening he returns home; though oc casionally he appears about the dinner season, after which he again takes flight. In particularly fine warm weather he sometimes remains out all night, but comes home to breakfast. He talks English, and is quite an adept at the Spanish lingo ; imitates laughing' or crying to the very life, and has numerous other amusing qualifications,—. , Carlisle Patriot. AIINISTERIAL RUMOURS. A rumour is in cirenlation„ which we give as we have received it, by no means vouching for its ac curacy, hut, on the other hand, with a knowledee that it has been for some days prevalent in well . informed circles. It is this—that within the last fortnight or three weeks a difference of opinion arose relative to a proposed Parliamentary arraugetn.ent of the Catholic question, between the Duke of Wel lington and Mr. Peel, which, though it embraced no feeling on either side calculated to lead to personal disunion, was such as to induce the latter to offer to resign rather than be an obstacle in the way of his Grace's measures. The Duke is represented to have urged, that, rather than the country should lose the services of Mr. Peel, be would himself give way, and return to his former station as •Commander-in- Chief. The rumour We allude to goes on to state, rd that, with a view to this latter arrangement, Lo Sidmouth was proposed to succeed the Duke at the head of the Administration; and that this ac counts for the intercourse which has undoubtedly been going on of late between the Duke of Wel lington and' that Nobleman. It is added, however, that the difference in question was afterwards ac commodated; and that there only remains now the long-vacant office of Privy Seal to fill rip. —Morn ing Herald. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stit—The Courier of the 27th ult., in the exuberance of his fancy and the elation of his .hopes that the report of the success of the Russian arms in Silistrit is unfounded, has indulged his .readers with a short interlude, wherein two Cassocked Polemics form the dramatis pe, sonce. Without presuming to say which of these two redoubted combatants isre right, -I beg leave in some degree to ques tion the conclusions of the Courier, and most decidedly to protest against the unfair, illiberal, and offensive character of his arguments. I have not read the original documents alluded to, but only the exposé of the Courier; therefore if I labour under any misappiehension, it • must be attributed to the confused and mystified verbiage of the Journalist, who, not withstasiling his triumphant self-complacency, has no more pretensions to become our modern "Doctor dubitantium" than the Editor of the St. James's Chronicle, with all his Brunswick rakings; or even John Bull at Penenden heath, have, to be thought the standard-of public opinion. Allow me a last word as to that barren heath, before I approach this case of conscience. The Editor of the Courier did not certainly take an oath to forbear his comments, but by his own confession, in a luckless moment, lie has broken his word to indulge in them. So much for his conscience. The speech of Mr. Shell, so often alluded to by the Courier and other Brunswick Journals, I read in your paper, and was convinced at the moment, from the accuracy with which it was given, the method and order in which the sentences were arranged, that you could not have received it from any common reporter; but I was somewhat sur prised to find those who differed in opinion with the speaker or composer of this speech (no matter which), expending all their wit and argument to expose the trickery, treachery, or baseness of him who could attempt to impose on the public so far as to send a speech to the press, every word of which was not spoken, instead of combating the argu ments and refuting the historical facts therein brought for ward ; thus exhausting their strength on a point so unes sential to the real merits of the case. One might suspect it to be the consciousness of their own weakness, their own inability •to grapple with Mr. Shell's arguments, which could induce them to confine their comments to the mode in which he brought them before the public, whether viva voce or in writing. Now, Sir, I remember a learned Pre late (whose ability either in speaking or writing could not be doubted) printing some years ago a speech intended to have been spoken in the House of Lords, and he did not deem it necessary to Make any apology to the public for so doing, though he had previously written what by some was lite rally received as an apology for the Bible. Moreover, has not another Member of the Upper House of Parliament just sent a written apology to the Freeholders of Kent, for not speaking on the glorious day,—meaning it as a defence of his view of the question at issue? Why, then, may not the Irishman, the Roman Catholic, have the same fair play given him as the defunct Protestant Prelate, and the living Protestant Peer? I am not speaking my own opi nions, Mr. Editor, but only calling en the. Brunswickers to show a little fairness, a little consideration for one who certainly had much at stake, but who would have better consulted the success of his cause by-staying away - from Penenden heath (which might be considered intrusive), and confining himself to writing his opinions, or delivering them where he was likely to be heard. In sending to the Press, however, a well-arranged, connected, des expcsi tion of his view of the question, might be not be influenced by the serious nature of the subject, anti its immense im portance every way considered, as involving the interests and happiness of millions, both Roman Catholics and Pro testants; in the same way as a Protestant Judge delivers his charge to the Grand Jury in writing, not choosing, where so much is at stake, to hazard an extemporaneous effusion ; or as a Protestant Clergyman, who does not, indeed is not, allowed by his Diocesan, to preach an extem poraneous sermon, for the same weighty reasons? Being anxious to come at the case of conscience, which, ildeed, was the chief stimulus that urged me to take tip my pen, I will not waste many more words on Penenden heath and its fat-bulls of Bashan ; but I confess it gives me a sort of spiteful satisfaction to find that great Tor t es, as well as great Whigs, can condescend. to truckle to Radical pa tronage, and that the Brunswickers were contented to coalesce with that prince of Radicals, who, in his came lion-like, ever varying character, has in turn cut up, , with no sparing hand, each friend and foe, who either relied on his good faith or dared his hostility. Never shall I forget the awkward predicament in which the Whigs were placed a few years ago at York, by a similar oversight, when a most beloved, amiable, venerable Nobleman, stood trembling by the side of his radical friend and monitor. But that in these times, a Mumbe t r of the Upper House of Parlia ment, one on whom the hereditary honours of the Peerage have descended, one who belongs to a body of men, il lustrious by birth, by their own services to their country or by those of their ancestors, should declare his approba tion of every thing written and said by this arch-traitor, and in proof thereof, intends so to use his unconstitutional power, as to procure bim a seat in the lower House of Parliament, exceeds in folly, in mischief, and in wicked ness all precedent in the history of this or of any other country. How must the Radical chuckle to see the whole of his game so played for him ; he who has candidly de clared to the freeholders of Kent, that giving Whig and Tory, 13runswicker and Catholic, to the winds, his only aim and olject is, with unsparing butcher-like hand to cut up the very vitals of the Constitution, and to overturn and destroy all our sacred and civil institutions ; " whatso " ever things are honest ; whatsoever things are just, what " soever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, ",whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any " virtue, and if there be any praise, (let the Noble Lord) " think on these things," ere he consign his name and his country to such opprobrium! This man of cunning is aware, that although concession cannot of itself heal all the wounds and putrefying sores which have so long fretted and exasperated unhappy Ire land, yet that it would tend to soften down much irrita tion, to sooth and quiet many factious agitators, who, by a refusal of the Catholic Claims, are enabled now to shake the fabric of our Constitution to its centre, and thus put off the day he so much wishes to see, a day on which Bri tain's sun would set for ever, " a day of wrath, a day of " trouble and distress, a day of wrstenees and desolation, " a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and " thick darkness." I trust an Irish proprietor, though an Englishman by birth and an absentee by necessity, may be allowed thus to raise his voice and exclaim " Hic niger est,hunc to Bomane caseto." Now, at length for the case of conscience, and I am de sirous of dealing tenderly with it. The Courier states one Reverend Divine as having proposed a rery simple question to another Reverend Divine, an assertion I am by no means prepared to doubt. It is this, " Can the Sove " reign act against his conscience, and is not his oath a 4, p ur ely personal act between himself and God ?" The answer which Dr. D is said to give to this ques tion, which has called forth so much scurrility and insulting language on the part of the Courier, (by repeating which, Sir, I will not place a spot in The Sun, partially to obscure its brightness) is, that " in •case the Sovereign be in error, he will do " wrong by following the dictate s of his conscience, and " lie will in like manner act wrong, b y doing that which " his conscience forbids." In this dil emma t h e So;;ereign is recommended to have recourse to competent advisers, which might produce conviction that he bad been in error. To have done with the Courier, I will answer the Rev. Querist myself, and, as is often done, will answer him by asking another question, which is quite as much to the point as his own, though I am free to confess neither one nor the other can affect. the general issue. But I must re quest tiis Reverend Divine, this Sacrre Theologise Profes sor, to turn for a moment from his pamphlets and his poli ties, and all those worldly broils in which he is so deeply immersed, to a book which, one day in seven at least, may most his decimal eye. My question is, where was the conscience of St. Paul while persecuting the Church of Christ ? Did he then act right in fillowing the dictates of his conscience, or did lie afterwards act wrong, when the true light came down from Heaven, and the glory of the Lord shone round about him, - and he no longer " destroyed " those who called on his name," hut became the most strenuous and successful advocate of the Christian faith ? What was it which ever after produced that remorse, humbling hiss to the very dust, that humility and charity so conspicuous in all his labours, and which are justly considered the two corner stones of the Christian fabric ? What was it but the conviction that he had been too long in error, too long- osstinately following the dictates of an ill informed conscience ? What was his sin, I ask ? Not that he had acted contrary to his conscience, but had per petrated all these cruelties, by listening to a conscience • ill-informed. I ask the Rev. Pastor, if this be not the doctrine with which he feeds his poor sheep? We see then it was a case of conscience which thus misled even the• great Apostle of the Gentiles. Let those who will, draw the inference; but I cannot allow that the answer given to the question of the Sovereign's conscience deserved such harsh epithets, or such offensive insinuations, as the Courier is pleased to utter. With respect to the oath .being inirely a personal act between the Sovereign and his God, or as the Doctor puts it, " between himself and " God," I would bring to his recollection another Royal Personage, who, in the same neglected hook, we find " for " his oath's sake," rut off the head of John the Baptist. The King was very sorry, " nevertheless, for his oath's sake" he delivered him over to the executioner. I ask again was Herod right in thus abiding. by his oath? Would it not have been better if he had taken advice, or in Dr: D.'s words, which have been thought so highly ob jectionable, might not " duty have prescribed to lay aside the error, by . having recourse to competent advisers?" This is said to be laying aside conscience. But I will tell the Courier that there is, notwithstanding his indignant cm tradiction; both art and sophistry involved in this question, and it lies in putting the question at all. It is meant to mislead plain, well disposed persons into error, by bringing before their - view et the same time two things which have no sort of analogy. In regard to intemperate language, can one wonder at its being sometimes used by those whose religion (which they conscientiously believe to be the true nligion, and which we admit to be so, divested of its superstitions) is so constantly vilified and abused? for one, think as much fiery zeal fil!s the breast of the Protestant Priest, though he may express it in more mea sured terms, as is exhibited by the Roman Pontiff. Ar cades ambo ! but slid 1 wish ill to any cause I would es pecially seek the advocacy of the former, and goad him on to the contest. "On Chester on," are the last words of Kent, Dec. I, 1828. MARMION. *** In a parish of 12,000 people where I now am, 110 only have signed the County petition, and 150 the Counter petition, the general feeling seems to be to leave the subject to the wisdom of Parliament. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. ♦PPOINTJM%NTS FOIL THE ENSUING WEEK. _ _ His Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Salt-hill ; and Friday, at Fulmer Common—at half-past ten. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed • nesday, near the Race Course ; and Friday, at tae Dyke,- at half-past ten. The Broukside Harriers will continue to meet every Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race Course ; and Friday, at Tellescembe Tye—at half-past ten. 11r. Lester's Hounds, on Monday, at the Gibbet ; Wednesday, at. Coombe Corner ; and Saturday, at the Shoulder of Mutton—at half-past ten. The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at the Gransden Wood; and Friday,-at the Potton Wood—at ten. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Monday, at Sawtry Gorse; and Wednesday, at Weybridge Wood—at ten. The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Pye Corner ; Wednesday, at Peverells ; and Saturday, at Capons. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Weelsby house ; Wednesday, at Yarborough Camp ; Friday, at Brainbrook-hill ; and Saturday, at the Kennel—at eleven. Lord Harewoed's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Butter sike Bar; Wednesday, at Thorp Arch; and Friday, at the Boot and Shoe Inn—at ten. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Monday, at Hoarwithy ; and Thursday, at Berrington—at ten. The Hambleden Hounds, on Monday at Broadhalf penny Down ; Wednesday, at London Lodge, Basing-park ; and Friday, at Winter's Hill Common—at half-past ten. The Shropshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Sundorne; Wednesday, at Pradoe ; Friday, at the Hardwick Grange; and -fatarday, at the fifth mile-stone on the Bachursh road—at half-past ten. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Henhurst ; Thurs day, at Chartley Castle; and . Saturday, at Holly Bush— at half-past ten. Lord Scarborough's Fox-hounds,, on Monday, at Haugh ton School ; Wednesday, at Wickersley par ; Friday, at Grove; and Saturday, gt Shire Oaks—at half-past ten. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at High .Legli ; Wednesday, at Saltersford-bridge ; Thursday, at Peover ; and Saturday, at Shipbrooke-bridge—at half-past ten. Sir Rich. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Tupholme Abbey; Wednesday, at Brant Broughton; Thursday, at North Carlton ; anti Saturday, at Fi . skerton Long Wood —at eleven. General Wm. Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Bectly ; Wednesday, at Blythe's Barn, near Massingham ; and Fri day, at Castleacre -Mill—at eleven. Mr. Allen's Harriers, on Monday, at East Winch ; Wednesday, at West Dereham ; and Friday, at Docking —at eleven. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Desford Town End; Tuesday, at Orton on the Hill; Thursday, at prake low ; and Saturday, at the Kennel, Witherley---4' half upst ten. The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Seraptoft ; Wed nesday, at Lount Turnpike-gate; Thursday, at the sixth mile-stone on the Welford-road ; and Saturday, at Ow thorpe (Notts) —at half-past ten. Mr. H. M. Chadwick's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Mickley Corner ; Wednesday, :-.t •Langley Pools ; and Friday, at Water Orton—at half-past ten. Sir John Cope's Hounds, on Monday, at Eversley bridge ; Wednesday, at Fence; and Friday, at Unhill—at half-past ten. The Craven Hounds, on Monday, at Chaddleworth-gate ; Tuesday, at Aldborne Chase ; Friday, at Donnington-gate ; and Saturday, at the Hare and Hounds, Lamborne, Wood lands—at hall-past ten. • Mr. King's hounds, on Monday, at Buckland Beacon ; Thursday, at the Thorns ; and Saturday, at Lyndridge-gate. The Warwickshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Bishop's Itchingtou—at half-past ten. The Bast Sussex Hounds, on Monday, at Shortgate— at a quarter before eleven. The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Bishop's Wood ; and Friday, at Stone Bow Turnpike—at half past ten. Upton-upon-Severn Harriers, on Tuesday, at Billing ham ; and Friday, at Twyning—at ten. The Blaektnoor Vale Houdtle, on Tuesday, at Horwood Well, near Wineanton; and Friday, at Cattle Hill-gate, near Hudspor. The Bailsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Went bridge ; Thursday, at Bnrghwallis•hall ; and Saturday, at Acton—at half-past ten. Sir George Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hard staff Common ; and Friday, at Norton—at ten. Mr. H. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Curie house ; Thursday, at Bradenham-green ; and Saturday, at Stoke-ferry —at eleven. Sir C. Constable's Stag-bounds, on Tuesday, at Little Onn ; and Friday, at, Offley Hay Common—at eleven. The Burton Braddock Harriers, on Tuesday, at Toiler Down Turnpike -gate; and Friday, at Beamington Down. A few days since Mr. Hardwick, of Hangle ton, shot, near the De v il' s Dik e , a b eaut if u l g oshawk, which measures across th e b ac k to th e ex t reme points of each wing, 52 in c h es . —B r i g ht on J ourna l. Three sacks full o f h ares were c arried off on Tuesday, by poachers, from the preserves of W. Chamber crease.—D evizes Lay n e,r a victimss e .E— o cvizes t Gazette. ,tM.P.ie gang. for Southampton : lots of pheasants also fell This crime is much on the in_ • On Wednesday last, during a run of the Pem broke fox-hounds, of the Coal-pit-parks, an accident which but for the miraculous interference of Providence must in evitably have proved fatal, happened to Mr. Wellington Peel, a relative of the Right Hon. Robert Peel, who bad joined the hounds, and was enjoying the sports of the chase. It appears that Mr. Peel's horse was going at its greatest speed over the park, when he unfortunately rode ever a coal-pit, which was overgrown with gorze. The horse made a stumble, threw Mr. Peel over its bead to a consi derable distance, and immediately disappeared. The poor animal gave a most hideous yell as it was falling, but on reaching the bottom instantly died. Mr. Peel was remov ed on a litter to the house of a relative (Mr. R. 11. Peel, of Colts-hall, Pembrokeshire), where surgeons are in daily attendance upon hi m , an d we are h appy to sa y, that san guine hopes are entertained of his recovery. Mr. Peel had purchased the deceased animal for 160/. a few days prior to the accident. COVENT-GARDEN THEATitt. A new musical finte, founded on the lively little afterpiece of the Su/Snit, was brought out here last night. The plot, except in cne or tw points, is already familiar to the public : it is unnecessary, therefore, to dwell upon it. Eliza6clh (Madame VESTRIS) is the heroine of the piece; she is a pretty mischievous, young - English girl, who, in the dis guise of .a male slave, forces her way into the se raglio of the Grand Signior, and by her arch and winning elegance of manner, induces him to fall desperately in love with her, arni finally, to marry her. The music of the farce, 5y Mr. A. LEE, is pretty, without any particular claims either to novelty or impressiveness. The best air is sung by WooD, arid is entitled " The chains a lover's heart surround." Altogether the piece is a very attractive one, but is chiefly indebted for its success to the admirable spi rits of Madame VESTRIS. The house was tolerably full, and we were glad to find, ih contradiction to a statement made in a Morning Paper, that the chandelier is the only gas-light in the interior of the theatre. • The Lord Chamberlain visited Mr. Secretary Peel yesterday, and alsoyansacted business at the Treasury. CONSECRATION OF THE MAUSOLEUM TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE DUCHESS OF RUTLAND...— Ili! , impressive ceremony took place on Friday last, the 28th of November, the day preceding the third anniversary of her Grace's ever-to-be-lamented decease. About ten o'clock live carriage; drew up to the grand front af Bel voir Castle, and conveyed the various personages taking a part in the ceremonial to the village of Knipton, the ceme tery being within the parish, and attached to the church of that place. Here morning prayers were read, and an ad dress delivered by the Bishop cf Lincoln's Chaplain, which was one of the most eloquent and affecting orations we ever heard. On the conclusion of Divine Service, the pro cession returned to the Mausoleum, which, after the accus tomed formality being gone through, was consecrated by Lord Bishop of the Diocese, the Rev. Dr. Kaye, in the presence of his Grace the Duke of - Rutland, the Duchess Isabella of Rutland, La dies Emmeline, Adeliza, and Catherine Manners; Mr. and Lady E. Norman, Lady E. Drummond and Mr. Drummond, Sir W. E. Welby, the Rev. C. de Rous Thornton, Cul. Trench, Mr. Wyatt, the architect ; Rev. Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Eaton, Mr. Turner, &c. His Lordship afterwards delivered a discourse suited to the solemn occasion—a discourse admirable at once for its eloquence, its pathos, and elegant simplicity. The ce• remony being concluded, his Grace and the Noble guests proceeded to the Castle, where they partook of a sumptuous banquet, served up in the great dining-room. The Bishop is expected to make some stay at the Castle. THE TWO KEANS.—The public have been told that Mr. Kean was opposed to the idea of his son making the stage his profession, and that his opinion of the histrionic talents of the young man was unfavourable.— This was, we believe, at one time the fact. Tl* follow ing anecdote will show bow far the father's sentiments have changed :—lt has already been stated in the public Jour nals' that Mr. Kean and his son played together fur the first and only time in their lives at Glasgow, for the be nefit of the latter. The play was Junius Brutus, and, as might be expected from the circumstance of two such names appearing in the same piece, it proved highly at tractive—one of the moat numerous audiences ever seen in Glasgow being collected to witness it. Whilst the play was proceeding, the father, as may easily be imagined, was not an inattentive observer of the performance of his son. Mr. Charles Kean played Titus, and in one of his best scenes the, father stood inside the stage-door watching his progress, evidently, as appeared to Mr. Seymour and other persons near him, much affected by. the energy and talent displayed by his son. As the business of the scene proceeded, and the interest heightened, the father's feel ings got the better of his discretion, and, unconscious where he was, or of the presence of other parties, he in voluntarily began to clap his hands, repeating in an under tone, as each sentence delivered by the young man told upon the audience, his eye glistening with inward pride and satisfaction, "Bravo ! bravo ! bravo, by G— ! I didn't think the boy could have done it." During the gale on Monday last, a boat with five men belonging to a fishing smack upset on the out bank in coming on shore between Walcott Gap and Hap pisburgh, who were all drowned. Another boat, with four men belonging to the fishing smack Mary Ann, of Lon don, was drove safe on shore between Mundsley and Tri rninghtun. It appears these boats had just left their re• spective vessels for the purpose of hauling their lines, when the gale came on, and they were unabl e t o re t urn . Th e brig Waterhouse, of Shields, was driven on shore at Eccles, but is likely to be got off. The brig Mary and Isabella, of Newcastle, is also on shore at Waxham.—/Vorwich Mercury. An Italian paper (il Giornale d' Ainodei) of Oct. last, contains an extraordinary but apparently au thentic account of a case of total abstinence from food of every kind during the long period of two years, eight months, and eleven days. The patient in this case was a woman named Garbero, of Racconis, in Piedmont, who died on the 19th of May last, aged 48. During the pe riod above stated, she had remained without taking any sort of sustenance, solid- or liquid ; but she appears to have retained her mental faculties till within a few hours of her death. This woman was regarded in the place where she resided as a Saint, and was daily visited by crowds ; but from the examination of the body after death, by two eminent professors of anatomy at Turin, Rolando awl Gallo, it appeared that the abstinence was to be ac counted for by one of the rare effects of pathological phe nomena. These professors, after describing the appear ance of the body, which bad become similar to that of a mummy, state that the cause of the abstinence arose from a mechanical injury by which the transverse colon was carried into the cavity of the pelvis, and the stomach, (esophagus, and pharynx so acted upon, that deglutition became painful, and at length impossible. The patient being reduced, like some animals,- to live • upon her own substance, no longer sustained loss by the cutaneous or other secretion, except pulmonary, which was so slight as not to soil a glass when applied to the lips. These gen tlemen imagined that the absorption by which life was sus tained was assisted by some principle in the atmosphere— the nutritive support derived by the patient from her own substance and absorption froth the atmosphere being no longer sufficient to repair the losses sustained, the substance which was in the digestive canal previously to the me chanical injury, brought on a slow inflammation accompa nied with fever, which produced gangrene and death. TUE SNYDALE MURDER.—(Extract of a letter from Carlisle, dated Dec. 4.)—The person who is in custody here on suspicion of being the murderer of Longth.orneint Snydale, near Pontefract, has not yet been identified. He gives his name Orchard, and denies that fie ever went under that of Mosey, though he answers very nearly to the description published of that person. The Only material difference is, that this man has smooth glossy hair, whilst Mosey is described as having curly hair. Ha says he came from Hridport, in Dorsetshire ; but gives a very confused and contradictory account of himself. On Saturday week he had gone to the house of Mr. Tordiff, a miller, at Keswick, in this county, and asked for a drink of water; Mr. T. pointed out the pump to him, and bid hiin help himself. The fellow made use of some insolent lan guage, and Mr. T. shut the door upon him, but the fellow again flung it open; and it was only by the use of threats that he was induced to leave the premises. On the fol lowing day (Sunday) Mr. Tordiff happening to see a de scription of Mosey in a newspaper, was struck with its_ Ire semblance to the man who had called at his house; k and f t o h r e e fo th l l e ow ß ir e g v. m i‘ o i liii L ig yn h n a . d hionaphpisreleixenamdt and taken heisn ac countbe- custody Mosey closely to the description of A committed him to our gaol for farther ex amin ation, i at Wa kefi e ld, i n whose of himself was so contradicto ry,iose t h at he th the Magistrate answeredoKeeper of the House of Correct ion has been written to and the upon the subject, arr i ve d, therefore remains in custody. w"butf°l2re so a ve e nor n yee; RHEUMATISM, GOUT, COUGHS, AND c oLus....zik Pills, entirely Vegetable, discovered by the Rev. C. Casanurrow, Vicar of Berkeley, one of his Ma jesty's Deputy Lieutenants, &c. for the County of Glou cester. • Respec t e d Friends,—As a small tribute of gratitude to the inventor of Carrington's Life Pills, and for the benefit of my fellow mortals , I am induced to declare that I h ave the ix.til manne r ree_3,ea threat of thes ag e e, Pills yet found very great benefit in taking them. For up war d s of twenty-five years I have been so afflicted with Rh eumatism as occasionally to lose the use of my li m b s ; nothing has oneehvaev re Pill : an a relieveddtt nighti n u gehic carries off any attack • in nl rr am astonishing now sty my wif e leas expe rienced equal benefit from them. Yatton, near Bristol, 21st of sth Month. CHRISTOPHER YOUNG. Sold in Boxes, at Is. lid. and 4s. 6d. each, by BARRY and Sort, Bristol, without • whose name on the Govern ment Stamp they are not genuine, and may Le had of all other Medicine Dealers. sNRIT OF TM LONDON JOURNALS. nettiolefoi i:wexeti extreme pledges p It has always appeared to us remarkable, anted often suspicious, that the anti-Catholics should betray so much eagerness and soreness in their dehlrds, an behalf of the Duke of Wellington, rummaged proofh t P e h s a e e r l that his G fitCd had any intention of tranquilliz ingforward i n te prlerseelanttldjstthulidbplgsypmlol,t,renasitacijotment of the Catholic -claims. Having no informatiec or facts th to ey b h r a ii:g e of 20 or 30 years' standing, whereby td fetter alarm ts \ o l, l.e.re rejoice e v. t . the subject s s a u y bj e a c g t a i ,0,,f Di denials, aon,:iike opinions with regard to the interests of Ireland, whathis Gwreacne:asdeexkiisltoilt: some months ago —viz., that WC have the very strongest reasons for attributin g to the Duke of Wellington a fixed determination i o to fo z u . ) n it d ro eddue one a Bill JO r the relief of the Catholics in th e eft- - suing Session. Y c announce this, an d we stand to it as our firm coin je intelligence from a quarter alike „incapable of being deceived itself and of deceiving others. NoVmet an have, :l. c t f i i: ,e rthneegr,oscivaffit negotiation sufficient ground noin f p or ro b; r i c i so eviilg be tween the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Pee! with a view to arrange whatever difference may have resulted from their opposite, or, at least, separate - feelings, towards a question upon which the sentiments of the highest Personage in the realm are now in accordance with those or his firSt Minister. On full deliberating we throw out this bone to the Clubmen, that they may gnaw it as they like: we anticipate much amuse ment from their wry faces.— Times. A petition in favour of Huntoti was banded about in the City yesterday, and in the space of an hour obtained nearly 300 signatures, includ ing many individuals of the first eminence, both as bankers and merchants, We select a few names :—N. M. Rothschild, J. Barnett, G. H. Barnett, R. Barclay, D. Barclay, Sir J. R. Reid, G. Reid, J. Innis, J. Irving, M. Atwood, R. Per cival. Thus it appears that a number - of emi nent persons, interested in the maintenance of credit, and therefore in the effective adjustment of the laws which are designed for its security to the crimes by which it is most endangered, have signed a petition in favqur of the wretched Hun. ton, who is now under sentence of death for for gery, at the prosecution of Messrs. Curtis and Robarts. This proves sufficiently that in the opinion of the commercial public, fraud is not an appropriate subject for capital punishment. We say nothing on the personal character of Human. The question is not as to his iudivi , dual case, but whether his description of Lance is one which the general safety requires to be punished by the loss .of - life. The human heart, we say, in . the 19th century, revolts at such n retribution for such a transgression ; and the Magistrate who inflicts it, flies in the face of those feelings which attest, because they go far to constitute, the advancement of mankind in civilization and humanity. The penalty, of death was enacted for the sake of the monied interest, —the monied interest, by this petition, loudly proclaim that they deem the penalty unneces sary !—lbid. There is no country in Europe in--which try' ing the quality of evidence is so well understood as in England. The principal cause of the su periorit) we have obtained in this respect, is the publicity of our proceedings, the short time al lotted for trial, and the necessity (where a num ber of witnesses are suddenly produced, as to the history and characters of whom little is fre quently known) of subjectin g the evidence to the ordeal of a rigorous cross-examination, bs, men skilled in the means of involving a false witness in such perplexities as force him to be tray himself. For want of a test of the quality of their evidence, the Civilians have been obliged to rely on the quantity, and by way of protect ing innocence against malice, to demand more than one witness to each act, in cases where it is difficult to obtain even one. But though no thing can be more beautiful than the English mode of taking evidence, the same praise can not be bestowed on the rules by which evidence is refused or admitted. Of these rules, it may safely be said, that as far as they go they tend to injure innocence and to screen guilt. It often happens, that on account of some arbitrary rule, an individual, whose interest in the result may be as a drop of water in the ocean, cannot 1) 3 h ea rd, while another, whose fh indirect iieb e i i i t e n v e e r s e:t i may be equal to a large fortune, is received scruple.without e says nothiug,and c.a re s fo .t r i n i o )r t o h tl i i i i g g a b t n e, t t lv i e h c o believes o a e h eirp person, 1 1 7 , Ivii o wished stat e t to s el:ioft deficient in the amount of his j)iretsi,r, profession, b iv that lie does not believe this or that, is rejected as a witness not to be believed, while he is be lieved when his account of his disbelief is re ceived as the ground of time rejection. The case of Bigamy, which occurred at Bow-street on Wednesday and Thursday, affords a pregnant proof o f the impediment which the laws of cvi ltShOelle sam e r nlo t r i e lne th an i i deuce throw in the way of justice, and of the vo he Magistrates. perplexity The at prisoner, usually skilful, asked the only witness against h (a young man of twenty-five) " if he be into s consternation,ss rs l Halls a but li in e ! %•ed in a future state, and in rewards and pu nishments hereafter ?" The witness answered, "I do not." He was a reluctant witness again s t the prisoner, whose friend he had once b een , but he did not refuse to be sworn, or t o g i ve were ' e h r e e thrownlagi sMagistrates being naturally unwilling that the case should be abruptly stopped on account of • • an o mjection of this sort to the evidence, took a day to reflect on the subject. On Thursday the witness was again examined, when he stated, that " it was not from any wish to screen the prisoner from jus tice that he had ass • erted on the former examina tion that he had no religion. He was bound to answer the • • • • and questions put to him honestly, he had done so in the most conscientious man ner." Mr. Alinshull then said, " I shall certainly swear you, because I cannot believe it possible that any man can be an Atheist." Phillippslays it down expressly, tl • t " Atheists and such infidels as profess not any religion that can bind their consciences to speak the truth, are excluded from being witnesses." Mr. Minshull cuts the matter short as to Atheists, by saying, " I cannot be lieve it possible than any man can be an Atheist." This is making short work, indeed, with the law. But here Mr. Minshull's theo logy led him a dance. The man did not pro fess hiMself an Atheist; on the contrary, When asked whether he called himself an Atheist or a Deist, he answered, " I do riot call myself by any particular name." •,\lr. i\iinshull confounded two things, which arc yet very distinct—Atheism, and the not beli eving .n a future state. The ancient Jews were certainly not Atheists; so far from it, they considered that God would punish