The Sun. — London, England, 1828-08-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 'e present onr readers to-day with 'a very singular 'document—the remonstrance . got' the French Bishops against the late liberal measures of the Government;---os what may more pro perly be called the representation of the Catholic Orangemen of France to the Most Christissi descendant of Sts Lpuis, complaining of perse . eution, and menacing resistance, Isecause the 'voice of, the nation has imposed some restraint upon their interested intolerance, or lowered their 'ascendancy preteusions. As, from the press of other matter of more domestic interest, we have for some time past been unable to be stow that attention upon the progress of cede sesstical discussions among our neighbours which their importance demands, it may be useful to recapitulate a few facts necessary for the full comprehension of the present question, and for the aue appeciation of the conduct of the peti tioners. The ere raised against clerical encroach 'clients, as exhibited in 'the acknowledged esta blishmest and increasing power of the Jesuits in France, had resounded throughout Europe, and was one of the main causes of the expulsion of the btst Ministry. However reluctant, therefore, the , Court might have been to take any steps for turbing clerical domination, the yew Cabinet was compelled to do something to free the public from their alarms of '-an order, who, without as sistance or countenance of the Court, would have been as harmless as a set of junipers or dancing dervishes. They therefOre appointed a commission to inquire into the conduct of the ecclesiastical seminaries in which the Jesuits were chiefly employed, and to ascertain the precise state of the law which applied to their renovated institution. At the head of this commission VAI'S the Archbishop of Paris, and its eight ether members being equally balanced, his Grace gave 'his casting vote in favour of the Jesuits. The re port of this commission did not satisfy the Mi nisters by whom it was appointed, nor the pub lic which urged on the Ministry. Accordingly, to the dismay of the high church party, and the delight of the more liberal portion of the natio'i, the Ministers of. Justice and of Ecclesiastical Affairs issued, on the 16th of June last, (with out reference to the opinion of the extinct com mission), two Royal ordinances for the regula tion of the ecclesiastical seminaries, which effec tually ended the reign of the Jesuits, without mentioning the name of the order, or alluding to the interests of its members. By the first of these, the. establishments known under the de signation of Secondary Ecclesiastical Schools, directed by persons belonging to a religious con gregation not authorized in France, and existing • at eight places to which we have formerly alluded (Aix, • Bilkim, Bordeaux, Dole, Forcalquier, Montmorillon, Saint-Acheul, and Saiute-Anne l'Auray), arc ordered to be subjected to the re gime of the University, and no person is per mitted to he employed in any establishment be lon&ing to the University, or in the secondary emesiastical schools, who has not declared in writing that he is unconnected with any such unauthorized religious order. As the above Jesuit establishments were entirely supported by pupils belonging to: the wealthier classes 'ot destined his the church, who paid for their education and support at a rate so high as to enable the teachina fathers , to receive mid educate a ,number of ecclesiastical scho lars gratuitously, the decree for placing them under the University, which, by its constitution, separates these two sorts of pupils, effectually destroyed their utility to the Church. The se cond ordinance, published on the same day, limited the number of pupils to be received in all the secondary ecclesiastical schools over France to 20,000; prohibited the reception of any external or day pupils ; ordered all pupils to tali'e the eeclesiastical habit at the age of 14 ; - rendered the approbation ofthe Crown necessary to the nomination of teachers ; and created 8,000 pensions or biirsaries of 150 francs (or 6/.) each, for the encouragement of yOuth inclined to enter the church without possessing the means necessary for defraying the expenses of their sup port. To those unacquainted with the course of ecclesiastical studies, and the history of a clerical education among-our neighbours, it.may be ne cessary to explain what is meant by the Se condary Ecclesiastical Schools. Before the Re volution, when the.revenuss and the honours of the Church were sufficient to tempt the cupidity or ambition of wealthy or distinguished families, the primary or' secular education of those de stined for the ecclesiastical state was attained in the colleges, open alike to the laity and the clergy. The young Levites, as they are called in the Bishops petition, could then pursue their early studies among the children of the other tribes, and were not set apart for the service of the altar till they had taken a degree in an esta blishment of secular or profane learning: But when Buonaparte re-established the Church with bishoprics at a thousand a year, and parish livings at 401., he could. only entice into its bosom youths who were unable to pay the charges of an expensive education. Indeed, such was the aversion to a clerical life sonie time after the re storation of the church establishment, that conscription was nearly as necessary to fill the ranks of the clergy as those of the army,---that 'only the sons of peasants and artisans could be -prevailed upon to take the tonsure, and that se• seral thousand parishes remained without spi ritual guides. In this state of thin gs , i t was ecclesiastical recruits, not necessary to encourage only by au exemption from military service, but by a gratuitous education. :Accordingly, every bishop was authorized to open a school in his diocess to instruct pupils destined for the church, in which they might obtain the degrees prepara tory to their theological course, without attending a college. The establishments,were Galled "se condary ecclesiastical schools' —they were ex empted from the regime of the University, placed entirely under the control of the bishops, and prohibited from receiving any but intended churchmen. By admitting pupils of a different class, as they did in the case of the Jesuit esta blishments, they departed from their rules, and forfeited their privileges. The two ordinances above-mentioned, therefore, only brought them back to their former state, and enforced reeula list's which, Under Napoleon, were thought bene ficial, or at least were obeyed without a mur mur ; w hile they conferred • upon the church, and placed at the disposal of its Bishops, pensions to the amount of 60 ,0001. sterling a year. But, strange to say, th ese d ecrees have created a clerical uproar from one end of . France to the other. Some eighty prelat es — Cardinals; Archbishops, and Bishop s , w i th 50,000 or 60,000 parish priests, loudly pros = test against them, raise the cry that the church is in danger, and pretend to group around their tottering altars. Their fantastical Jour nals, like some nearer home, hoist the flag of distress, and proclaim approachine, martyr dom. Some of the most fiery spirits among pro the prelatel even talk of resistance, and pose a crusade against the Royal bounty of 60,0001. a-year ! Addresses, petitions, protes tations, and remonstrances, are sent up from every diocese. Lamentations from the pupils of the suppressed schools are spread over France, to melt the hearts of the faithful. Several pre lates have published charges to their clergy, in which they call upon them to prepare for threat ended calamities. One Bishop (the Bishop of' Chartres) has plainly told his Majesty that he is determined to oppose the execution of some of his Royal orders ; and in the document of which we insert a copy, a Cardinal, signing fbr the whole French prelacy, speaks a language which requires the mitre to protect it from a charge of contumacy. If the Ministers and their Royal Master are firm, all this noisy bluster—all this affectation of alarm and denunciation oft , impiety —will end in nothing. A church establishment so poor or so unpopular as to be obliged to employ missionaries because it cannot find or make - paStors sufficient to supply its parishes, is •. not likely to be dangerous if separated from the authority of Government. Its principal force lay at the Tuilleries ; its strength consisted in the weakness of the King's conscience, and of that it is now deprived. His Majesty has been induced to considerthe opposition to his decrees as factious, and the Moniteur of S un day assures us that he is resolved to see them executed.— Times. The word Protestant is so incessantly rung in our ears by some of our .Contemporaries, that a stranger newly arrived among us might be tempted to believe, that the religious zeal of the century which followed the Reformation had re vived. Thank God, religious zeal has never, in our tines at least, had any thing to do with the Ca tholic Question. The demonstrations of Pro testant zeal in this country are always connected with the belly ; and with the cessation of inte rested motives the demonstrations will also cease. Whenever the zeal is not fed with grosser food than that which the spirit requires, it dies fast away. Even Oxford is ashamed of the clamour. If religion were at all concerned in the matter, we should naturally have the most fiery demon strations of. zeal from the parts of the country where there is the most religion. In the northern parts of th e i s l an d th e i n fluence of the Clergy is unquestionably much greater than in England— the religibus education of the people is more at tended to, and there is far more zeligious feel ing. No man who has ever seen the earnest faces of the Scotch on a Sunday, when nearly the whole grown population is thronging to, or Tinting the various places of worship, can hesi tate for a moment to believe that religion is a matter of greater concernment with the Scotch than with the English. But we hear of no firebrand among the Scotch Clergy taking credit for his opposition to the Catholics. There may be a diversity of opinion among them on the subject of the Catholic Question—though we are assured the opinion that the period for settlement is arrived,•is becoming more general among them, but as there is no premium for zeal either one way or other, the various opinions exist very comfort ably together. The towns of England, which arc too large to be influenced by individuals or Cor porations are equally tranquil. The diffieulty, as .we. have -already observed, will be in Ireland, where • there exists a party, the consequence of which rests exclusively on religious .distinctions, Between the Orangemen and Catholics there are more substantial grounds.of hatred than religious differences—diversity of race and hereditary ani mosities. • Pinkerton used to say he could, with out looking at the title, tell a book written by an author - of a very irritable nation, as even the leather burnt his fingers. We do not think we should be taking-credit for any great discernment when we say we could detect an Irish Orange man from the very first sentence which flows from his pen on the subject of Protestantism. There is a sort of frantic exultation about Irish Protestants whenever Protestantism conies in .their way. They write as if the blood flowing in their veins had not - cooled since their last battle: The fiercer animals by nature seem in their dreams to be pugnacious, and it is not - always safe to be near a dog that dreams he is encountering an enemy.' We should suppose the wife of an Orangeman would be in danger of being throttled by him, when he dreams, as be must do, of strangling Catholics. We, can readily believe a contemporary (the Standard ), who assures us that the Irish Protestants are most determined fire-eaters. _Fierce • and brave they no doubt are. They have been fleshed for two hundred years on the poor Catholics. The state of Ireland is the price we have paid for their ferocity. " If his Grace (says' our Contemporary) were under any circumstances, accessible to such a motive (as fear), he knows that science in which he excelS all mankind, and he knows his own country and Lis own kindred Irish Protestants too well to admit the suggestion of fear in this case. He knows, and he has asserted in his place in Parliament, that fifty thousand men, armed arid disciplined, constitute a garrison competent to preserve Ireland secure and tranquil in defiance of the utmost efforts of treason ; and he knows.that the British standard displayed for one week on the sacred walls of Derry, or Ennis killen, or on the towers of the faithful' metropolis, would collect beneath it six times fifty thousand of the bravest men that ever drew the sword. We speak advisedly, for they are the bravest men that ever drew the sword; they are descendants of Eng lishmen and Scotchmen; the best blood of Britain taken from the boldest and most adventurous classes at the time when courage and adventure flourished most amongst us : and the discipline of danger and anxiety from Popish neighbours during nearly two centuries, has steeled the hereditary qualitiesOf.the llibemo-Britens to the highek terliper . of 'gallantry ; with such an array upon the spot—with the mil lions which Britain. could pour fOrtli by steam in a day almost, who could fear ?, Is it the Duke of Wellington?" Far be it from us to question the warlike pro pensities of .this valorous race. It is, perhaps, posSible to. garrison - Ireland with fifty thousand men, and to. keep down; the Catholics with such a garrison,•.and the six times fifty thousand Orangemen. But Scotland can be garrisoned with five hundred men, and we hope to see the day when a thousand will be sufficient for Ireland. Good God ! is one of the finest islands in the world.to be for ever a garrison, —a theatre for the display of the ferocity of four hundred thou sand men, and the oppression of si x millions ? We wish to see Ireland like England, time people soberly engaged in the pursuits of industry, and reaping the rewards of it in the varied enjoy ments of all classes. Throughout all the rest of Europe, Catholics and Protestants live happily together; and why may they not in Ire land ? If we' thought that there was any thing in the Catholic Religion which unfitted its Fo lessorS for the enjoyment of the rights of citi zens, we should—rather. than make Ireland a perpetual garrison, a, theatre for the display of Orange.fiereeness—vote fur the titter annihila- , tion o f the. Catholics as comparatively more hu mane • and politic. It would, no doubt, be a new experiment in the history of the world, to massacre six millions of. people. But with the people we ,should be - rid of the garrison of fifty thousand men, and the expellee of keeping Ire land—we should get rid of Orangemen, and Protestant zeal.—Morning Chronicle. The resignation of the Duke of Clarence pro ceeded' from an honourable and spirited feeling in his Royal Highness, and augurs well for the cha racter of his Government, when, in the course of nature, he may ascend the Throne. The Lord High Admiral found' that his Council op posed the measures which he thought important to the public service, in a manner not altogether sufficiently guarded to prevent the possibility of personal offence. In fact, umbrage was t a k en at the conduct of on e indi v idual. An explanation took place. From this it appeared that the Ad ministration required that the department of the Navy should be made use of, as before Mr. Canning was the Premier, for the purpose of strengthening the hands of Ministers; but the the independence of the Duke, as a Prince of the Blood, and as wholly unconnected with party, made such a course impracticable. It was then settled that his Council should be respon sible to—or in other words, take their orders from, Downing-street. This c l elaircissement, while it removed the grounds of personal offence, rendered it impoSsible• for his Royal Highness to remain in office, if he valued either his self-esteem or the good opinion of the nation. Immediate and unhesitating resignation was the consequence. We shall not be suspected of flattery when we say that this is an event deeply to be deplored. The stories of extravagant expellees are wholly unfounded. We defy con tradiction when we state that the sum of I,oool_ will cover all the charges upon the Treasury ; and that the Duke most liberally employed a large portion of his private income in executing his official duties ! The " head and front of his of fending" was this—Lord Melville's system was no longer acted upon. Services and merit be came the passpOrts to promotion. The recom mendations, or rather claims, of the borough mongers were disregarded. The Duke of Wel lington's Government felt that without wielding, for the purposes of purchasing and retaining 1 'ar liamentary support, all the public patronage, it could possess no stability. It, perhaps, may be urged, that in the present corrupt state of. the Representation, all Administrations must actin a similar manner; but if this defence be admit ted, it-shews hi the strongest possible light the necessity of Parliamentary Reform.—Aid. A meeting of the Common Council was held yesterday, an account of which our readers will find in another column. The principal object . of the meeting was one which has excited a good deal of speculation among our City friends, and which we have on more than one occasion ad verted to—the discussion of the proposed ap proaches to the new London Bridge. The sub ject was introduced by Mr. Weston, who com plained that when inquired at, he could not answer a single question, a condition which is certainly far from enviable. Mr. Weston was . followed by Mr. Dixon, who stated that the re- ports on the subject were never made but when money was wanted, and who complained— which, by-the-bye, was rather unreasonable—that compensation for the loss of an increasing trade was impossible. Mr. Stevens complained of want of information ; he was, moreover, much op posed' to a standing Committee. Mr. Favell defended the Committee ; and while he lamented the loss which might be suffered by the shop keepers of Fish-street-hill, contended, and we think with some justice, that there was a para mount interest to be. attended to—that of the public—for which he deemed it the duty of the Committee resolutely to stand up. There were several other speeches made, among the mast satisfactory of which we believe will be found ;hose which state that the arch over Thames street has received the full approbation of the architect, which speaks sufficiently for it desir ability, and of the Lords of the Treasury, which ensures its . adoption. , Netu Times. An Evening Paper, in answer to some obser vations of our's relative to the intention of the Duke of Wellington to carry the question of Catholic Emancipation, says, 4 , We deny that his Grace has the power to carry it, and we more strongly deny that he is a man to volunteer apostacy, merely because the opportunity is offered to him. If he thought that the Roman Catholic question ought to be carried, what but the most unworthy motive could have prompted him, to assign his - objection to that question as his reason for withdrawing from Mr. Canning's Administration ?" Leaving out of the question all consideration as to whether the Duke does or does not possess the power to carry Catholic Emancipation, let us examine the truth of our contemporary's observation about apostacy, and about his Grace having seceded from Mr. Can ning's AdministratiOn on account of his objec tion to the Catholic Claims. . In the first place we deny that the Duke of Wellington would be guilty of even the semblance of apostacy by making the adjustment of the Catholic Ques tion a Cabinet measure; and, in proof of this assertion, we . have only to quote a few extracts from his Grace's speech in the HouSe of Lords on the 10th of June, 1828, when the Catholic Question was last befbre Parliament. On that occasion his Grace said, ,‘ he hoped that his views, and those of hi 3 Noble Relation the Mar quis Wellesley, did not differ very far in reality, as he was himself most desirous to see thesub , jest brought to an amicable conclusion. But he was desirous .to see real distinct: securities proposed before he would.c,onsent .to give any vote upon those claims. He had never seen any political objection to. the: theological doc trines of the Roman Church. He ; considered this question, as , a question merely of 'expe dience. What;we; must dO must ;be by legis lation. Their Lordships, however, must legisz late fearlessly, and carry .their legislation into 'execution * * *. It would be well to allow the public mind to rest, and in the end it might be possible to do some thing." We apprehend that the above extracts are a sufficient answer to the observations of our contemporary relative to -apostacy,; without any comment on our part. AS for what is said about the Duke of Wellington withdrawing from Mr. Canning's Administration on account of his Ob jection to the Catholic Question, we shall only observe that, so far as our recollection serves us (and we speak only frOm memory) his Grace never assigned such a reason. We always un derstod that the cause of his withdrawing from Mr. Canning's Alinistry was a personal slight or insult which his Grace conceived Mr. Canning liad put upon him in his letter announcing the dissolution of Lord Liverpool's Government., In this understanding we think we are borne out . tbhyethDeuekext,s speech,raets o hih cfwre,it i hay s e n g o i t v l e ie nkalbyia above. from h rom is, Grace would have; expressed himself so favour. , ably no n t t h o s t b lie ef r Cth e:m ol a i d p Question, ethatciuestio h n ad th h e e, ,g . a ro - u fe , w d . of his refusing to join M r . Canning's Adminis tration.-Morning tration.Mory:ting Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—Messrs. Mayo and Barrett, assignees of Thomas Jones, who kept the White . horse Tavern, Fetter-lane, a bankrupt, were summoned for refusing to . pay Si. 6s. 6d. for. three, quarters tithes, due to the Com miseioners of Tithes for St. Andrew's, Holborn. Mr. Barrett said, that there were no assets in the hands of the assignees, and that no business was now carried on on the premises ; they were kept open because there was a clause in the lease that it should be forfeited if the house was shut Up, but it was notorious that the busi'neas was only nominally carried on, and yielded no profit. The Clerk to the Commissioners contended that the pay ment of the tithes could not be held to depend upon whe ther the occupation were beneficial or otherwise. It had been admitted that the assignees had carried on the busi ness after the bankruptcy; and although it had turned out an unprofitable trade, they had thereby subjected themselves to the claims now made. Sir Jour( PERRINO, after taking the opinion of the City Solicitor, determined to grant a warrant for the re covery of the amount. CAUTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.—Wm. Shaw was charged with stealing a plated candlestick, extinguisher, and a pair of snuffers, value IL Is., from the shop of Mr. Banfield, the goldsmith, in Cheapside. The prisoner entered the shop yesterday morning, to inquire about a ring, and was followed by a tall man, as soon as it might be supposed the former had got some goods before him for examination. They did not recognise each other, but the tall man asked to be shown a silver toy frame at a distant part of the shop ; and while Mrs. B. was reaching it, the prisoner snatched up a parcel containing the above articles, and ran away. It happened, hOwever, that Charles Herdsfield, the Marshalman, had been watching the motions of these two men from Cornhill, and on seeing the prisoner dash across the road between the coaches, into Gutter-lane, he pur sued and secured him, and found the property in his pos session. He.said he had just picked it up by the water.- side.—The prisoner made no defence, and was corimitted for trial. 31ARYLE130NB-OFFICE.-13y virtue of a warrant, a gentleman, who styes himself Sir James Colleton, and lives at. No. 13, Nottingham-street, was brought before Blr. Hosicins yesterdiiy, to answer charges of assault preferred against him by One of his female servants. Sir James ref quested the indulgence of a, private hearing, but the Ma gistrate refused it, and desired Anne Christie, the com plainant, to come forward and state her case. She said, that on Friday morning at one o'clock, after she was gone to bed, her master came into her room with a pail of water in his hand, and by throwing it over her converted her and her bed into a perfect sop. That on Sunday morning, as she was getting a cup of tea, he came down to the kitchen, (matched up her tea-pot, and threw it right at her ; and she complained of not having been al lowed sufficient food to support nature. Sir James wished to be sworn, that he might answer the charges upon oath. Mr. HOSKINS could not allow it, but was ready to hear his defence. • Sir James stated that the complainant had been nine days in his service, and never sober. Four nights follow ing each other he found a pail of dirty water standing in his way to bed, which had been left there by the complain ant; and on the fifth night he sent another servant to de sire her to remove it. She was in bed, and refused to get up, and he threw it down just where it was. " Speak the truth," said the complainant ; not where it was, but over me in bed." " I never saw you or your bed," replied Sir James, and proceeded with his defence. When the complainant was allowed to (line in the kitchen at one, she compelled him to wait till eight ; and to remedy the evil, he allowed no dinner in the kitchen until he himself had dined. On Sunday morning he particularly wanted an early break fast ; the complainant (lid not get up till half-past eight, and when he found she had prepared her own, and ne glected his, he threw her tea away. . " And the pot tco, and at me, too, your Worship," added the complainant; "here's a proof of it," exhibit ing one made of metal, very much bent and disfigured. Mr. Hosxins told Sir James the reasons he had brought forward were all very good for discharging his servant, but not for assaulting her, and required'him,'after he had de clared himself to be sole occupier of the house in Not tingham-street, and that he had held it three years, to enter into his own recognisance of 40/., to answer any in dictment that Ann Christie may prefer against him. George Heath, driver of the hackney-coach, No. 476, and Edward Trail, driver of a cart belonging to Mr. Bradshaw, of Brorupton, were found racing in the New road, and were fined 10s. each for furious driving. BOW. STREET.—Last night Sir R. BIRNIIC and Mr. Harts were occupied until a late hour, in the investiga ' sion of a case of extensive robbery by servants, who appear by the evidence to have carried on their depredations in a manner so systematic, as to elude the vigilance of their em ployer, even for a series of years. The names of the two principals were Isaac Fryatt and Wm. Downes, who were charged with stealing a vast quantity of property from the warehouses of Mr. Caldwell, the well-known furnish ing ironmonger, at 57, Haymarket; and a man, named Henry Ward, was charged with receiving part of the goods, knowing them to have been stolen. The prisoner Fryatt had been for several years in the employment of Mr. Caldwell as porter, and Downes for an equal period of time as a journeyman. Within the last two months, Mr. Caldwell had reason to suspect that be was robbed ; but his stock was so extensive that it was very difficult to ascertain the fact. About a fortnight ago, how ever, Mr. Caldwell discovered that several articles which had recently come into the Warehouse above stairs had disappeared, and he found also upon reference to his books, that they had not been sold. His suspicions being thus confirmed, he applied to Upson, the officer of this establishment, who watched the premises for some days without being able to ,detect any one; but by inquiry he learned that the prisoners, Fryatt and Downes, were on terms of intimacy with Ward, who livevat No. 9, Crown street, Soho, and to whose house the officer ascertained parcels of goods were often brought by himself and ether persons. Upson then suggested that a boy should be placed in a concealed situation in one of the depots under ground, and that some articles should be marked so as to be afterwards identified. A very intelligent lad, named Garnell, was placed behind a screen in such a situation that he could see over the whole depot, and after Being there for two or three successive days, he yesterday, about 0110 o'clock, saw Fryatt conic softly into the place, and after looking at his watch, he went to an oven in the back part, removed the door, and took out a brown paper parcel, which he put into his pocket, and went away. The lad immediately gave notice to Mr. Dodds, the chief assistant of Mr. Caldwell, who followed Fryatt out and accused Wm of theft. He denied it, but the first thing taken from him was the 'paper parcel, which was found to contain a dozen of knives and forks, which formed. part of the goods marked by Mr. Dodds pre viously. Downes, from information obtained by Upson, was also taken into custody ; and as soon as the fact of their apprehension was known, another workman, named James Nuxon, came forward, and offered to tell " all about the robberies." In consequence of kis information, Upson, accompanied by Morris and W. Bond, jun., ,went to Ward's house, where they found a vast quantity of , prciperty of the different kinds dealt in by Mr. Caldwill,, a great deal of which - was identified by him and Mr. Dodds. The officers next went to the lodgings of the other two prisoners, and there also they found a considerable quantity of goods belonging to the prosecutor. The amount in value of the articles found was altogether about 200/. Sir R. Butalta.asked Mr. Caldwell to what amount be supposed lie bad been a sufferer? Mr. Caldwell said it was inipossible at present,to tell, but lie believed the system to have been carried on for. four years, .and he could not have lost in that time less than 1,0001. _ _ _ • Sir IL these robberies by servants are carried to a dreaflful extent. There is no such thing as safety for our property now-a-days. James Noxon, the approver, was then examined, and stated that he had known that a system of robbery had been carried on for a long time. Sir R. BIRNIE—And you did not communicate it to your employer? Witness—No, Sir, I did net. Sir R. BlicsaE--1.7p0n my word yottare a pretty fellow— but, however, your evidence is necessary, and so go on. Noxon stated, in Continuation, that he knew that an in timacy had subsisted for some time between Ward and the other two prisoners, and he knew that goods were con stantly taken off the premises by the hatter, and conveyed to Ward's house. He had also seen Ward conic to the front o f Mr. Caldwell's premises at stated hours, and then Fryatt and Downes handed out different articles 'to him through th e iron-railings. -He came in this way several times in the course of a day, and went away loaded with goods each time. The officers produced a hackney-coach load of goods which they had brought away from the prisoners' houses, and said they had left a great deal behind, which could not be identified. Sir R. RIRNiE said that they might, he thought, under the circumstances, have ventured to bring away the whole ; but they certainly had pursued the safe course. The prisoner Fryatt was very vehement in his defence, and said he had honestly purchased the goods found at his lodgings. In the course of his statement, however, lie seemed to lose his caution, and said, " that rascal /siorcon knew all about it, and shared in it, and hat stolen more than any body else." Downes said nothing. Ward declared his innocence. The prisoners were remanded for a final examination on Monday next. Yesterday .I!ehtt Pitcher, assistant to a butcher in Newport-market, was charged by a gentleman named Eckerville, with setting a furious bull-dog at a small dog which accompanied him, whereby the wife of Mr. Ecker ville was dreadfully bitten in the thumb, and a piece ac tually torn from the poor animal whom she endeavoured to protect. Mrs. Eckerville, who appeared with her hand tied up, stated, that as herself and husband were passing through the market about ten o'clock on Wednesday night, the de fendant, who sat before his master's shop with a huge bull dog between his legs, hissed as they passed him, upon which the bull-dog immediately sprang forward and seized a favourite dog, of the spaniel breed, belonging to her (Mrs. Eckerville), by the shoulder, with .such a savage grasp that a piece of flesh came away with his teeth. The complainant, in endeavouring to rescue the poor little animal, received a severe bite from the bull-dog in the thumb. The defendant denied that he had set on his dog to at. tack that which belonged to the complainants. As to the bull dog, he never did nobody no mischief, and was the quietest animal under the sun. The defendant was ordered to find bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. Information was given by two gentlemen that the neigh= bourhood of Ewell, in Surrey, was nightly kept in a state of the greatest ahrm, owing to the depredations committ ed by a gang of housebreakers; by whom several houses had -been ent .red and robbed of various property. The applicants stated that they bad waited upon the Magistrates of Union-hall for assistance, and an officer of that establish ment was directed to take Hp a temporary residence at Ewell. So daring and numerous was the gang, however, that the aid of one peace-officer was found of no use. They applied a second time at Union-hall, and were referred to this office. Sir R. BeRNIE said he had just received information of a daring and extensive burglary having. been effected at Tooting, and there was very little doubt but that the same gang were concerned. Bishop and Rutliven were then sent for, in order to devise means to detect the depredators, and provide for the safety of the inhabitants of Ewell. Mr. Armitage, the gentleman. who had been in custody for want of bail, was liberated on Wednesday night, a surety having been obtained in theroom of Mr. Masters, who could not qualify for the sum required. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Mr. Roe., the sitting Magistrate at this office, yesterday took the opportunity of addressing himself to a reporter who attends the offiee for one of the morning papers, with reference to some observa tions shout a want of acommedation in the office, made under the head of Marlborough-street in the paper in ques tion. However unjust it may he to attach blame to the Magistrates of the office for not improving that which is beyond the reach of all improvement, there is nothing -un true its saying, that this place, as a court for the admini stration of public justice, is a disgrace to the metropolis. The whole 'are t of the Police-office does not exceed in extent that of an ordinary sized sitting-room at the back of a moderate tradesman's shop ; and into this space; during five hours'of every day in the year, Sundays and Christmas day .only excepted, Magistrates, complainants, witnesses, reporters, police-officers, parish-officers, firemen, chimney sweepers, watchmen, paupers, prisoners, Sze. are all jumbled together in one scene of indescribable confusion;--nor could any alterations in such a space remedy the evil. The following letters (which have not hitherto appeared). form the whole of the correspondence which BarroW ad dressed to Mr. Butler, 78, Ryder-street, Saint James's, under whose charge of obtaining a suit of clothes, under fraudulent pretences, he was committed for trial : " Mr. John Hopkinson (late of Trinity College, Cam bridge) will feel obliged by Mr. Butler's waiting upon him, at his chambers, immediately, say two o'clock.-6, Hol born-court, Gray's-inn ; April 27, 1828." " Mr. Hopkinson will feel obliged 11,111 r. Butler letting him have his frock-coat and trousers, if done, as he wishes to go to Uxbridge early in the morning.—May 3. 1828." • " Mr. Butler will see Mr. Hopkinson so soon as he • re turns from Uxbridge, to try on the frock-coat, say about Wednesday or Thursday.—May 4, 1828.-6, Holborn court." " Mr. Hopkinson's compliments to Mr. Butler, and as he fiuds be cannot be in town before Saturday or Sunday, requests Mr. Butler will have the goodness to deliver his frock-coat to his laundress, or her daughter, as they have other things to forward to him ; there is no necessity to try it on, as the other coat fitted him perfectly well. Mr. Butler will, therefore, have the goodness to say what time, it will be done, that the girl may call for it.... , ..Langly May 6, 1828." The prisoner, appears to be one of the most successful and accomplished swindlers that has figured about town since the notorious Major Lisle. If a card of address belonging to any Nobleman or Gentleman accidentally fell in' his way, he resorted to the trick of representing 'himself to tradespeople as being an intimate friend of the Gentleman Whose name was on the card, and in this way obtained g oo d s on several occasions. In one ithitance, soon after. he had established himself in the chambers, in Holborn -court, lie picked up the card of a gentleman named Hinde, whom he had succeeded in the occupation of the chambers, and applied to a tailor employed by Mr. Hinde for credit, as a friend of the latter gentleman, which he found no difficulty in obtaining. Mr. Orchard, a respectable solicitor, re siding at No. 6, Wilmington-square, and whose name he mentioned to Mr. Butler as his reference, is entirely•at'a loss to account for Barrow representing,himkelf being acquainted with him, unles s - one o f hi s a dd ress . ca rd s ' accidentally came into the prisoner's possession. The young woman, Matilda Nelson, who appears to • be Bar row's accomplice, acted alternately the part of his wife, sister, and laundress ; and she assumed the dress and deportment of the above characters, as occasion might require, sometimes accompanying . him to trades men at the west end of the town • in his stanhope and pair, and in other instance going into a tailor's shop, dressed like a servant girl, to inquire for her mas- ter's clothe s . Th e prisoner passed in the immediate neigh bourhood of Oxford-street as Captain Barrow, of one of the West India Regiments, and under that name was beginning to obtain goods from some tradesmen in John street and James-street, when Mr. Butler heard of his operations in that quarter, and gave such information to the persons in the neighbourhood as deterred them from trusting Barrow to any extent. A few months ago, he was confined in the King's Bench at the suit of several persons whom he had defrauded, arid during hie imprison ment he contrived to steal and dispose of every thing he could lay his hands upon belonging to his fellow-prisoners. On one occasion he was detected pilfering some knives and forks, and he was about to undergo the punishment of being pumped upon for the theft, when Mr. Jones, the Marshal, interfered, and ordered him to be conducted to the strong room, and placed under doge confinement, where he remained until be was discharged. The prisoner has hitherto not had the benefit of any professional assist ance ; and, indeed, front the multiplicity of cases against him, he seems to consider that it would be superfluous to have the attendance of a solicitor, even if he bad the means to fee a legal adviser. • . . THAMES-OFFICE—Two, -gentlemen entered' this office, and addressing - Ca ptaLn ilicusELL and Mr. BRODE... MP, the sitting Magistrates, 'requested advice as to bow they were to get rid of a slave titan of colour, under the following circumstances One of the applicants described himself to be th e owner of a large estate in the island of Dominica, upon which a vast many slaves were kept : one of those contrived to make his escape from the island, and a few days since pre sented himself to his notice, exclaiming, " Oh, my massa, me glad to find you ; me look for you a very long time, and me new tied you ; glad of it, massa; , for poor buckra be half starved. Massa must snppert poor fellow, because him be massa's slave." He found it impossible to .get rid of the black, who stuck to him like a shadow, and followed him tome, and he was now anxious to know what was to be done, whether he was liable to the fellow's support, or whether he had any lien upon him. Mr. BRODERIP said the poor fellow was no longer a slave: the moment he landed upon British ground, he be came free. Applicant-1 bat's the point, Sir; lie is now his own master, and therefore he cannot have any claim upon me. Mr. Baonicaor—l will not answer that point, and I tell you why. This poor black may become chargeable as casually poor to a parish, and 1 nosy be called upon here after by some parish to decide upon who is, or who iS not, bound to support him. Applicant—But, your Worship, my opinion is that lie does not care a farthing about the e mancipation part o f his case. He applies to me cunning enough, and s a y s , I must now support him in his emergency, because he happened to have been a slave on my estate in the West Indies. Captain IltuntELL—Well, poor fellow, he is not to b e blamed. He shows, at all events, attachment to his toas ter. You must know that he canaot starve here. Applicant—l do not consider myself hound to support every runaway slave of mine who gets to this country. This man escaped ut Christmas two years since, and he only applied to me a few days ago. Mr.l3aonzair. declined giving the opinion as to any chilli, t { ~~~ observing that with equal propriety might the Chief itIS of the King's Bench he called upon for his view of ai. marked down for trial. C Rtr- .aptain . .CHBELL coincided with his colleague. The applicant said he had no control over the marl this country, and it was hard to be obliged to maintain Mr. BRODERIP said the only relation in society could now exist between them was that of master andl vant, and it was for 'the applicant's consideration whOi" he received him in that character or not. The applicant—Then I understand you that the bl has no claim upon me. Mr. BRODEKIP said he had spoken plainly enougi answer to the application, and he would not enter into I more specific opinion upon the subject. The black was outside the door, and upon applied coming nut said, " Well, Massa, me go with you;" I followed him evidently in great glee. The following instance of legal barbarity mentioned in a respectable periodical work, as having to place, to the writer's knowledge, within the present r —A Welsh attorney in order to bring some point to arrested the person of a lady nearly 80 years of age, actually so infirm that she could only with difficult 3 ►roved:from oae room to another; and such Was . the el of this harsh proceeding upon the health and spirits of victim, that she'died within a fortnight. So much for glorious law of arrest —Morning Herald. It is computed that hunters, shooters, &c. jure the farmer to the amount of Is. per acre annuallY' that game, by feeding on his crops, consume to an amount; that the fly,'maggot, slug, &c. will once in 6 years eat off the turnips, once in ten years the clover, a do ss. an acre damage to corn crops; making on an al rage 2s. per acre. The injury done by rats, moles, a l mice, in a farm of 200 acres, is !estimated at seven guinea by sparrows and other small birds seven guineas ; Ingo! jays, magpies, ravens, kites, dogs, &e. four guineas; nia ing in the whole Al. a year, or near 6s. per acre, or the total cultivated superficies of the kingdom an ann , depredation to the amonnt of ten millions per annum , Both Chronicle. It is now ascertained, in spite of our croakivi alrmt its climate, that this island is one of the healthy pats of the world : and if we recollect rightly, of all counties in Great Britain, Glamorgan exhibits the smell° average number of deaths—one i n 72 p er annum .-- Ch 4 tenhani Chronit • le. A woman was accused of having given poiso to her husband ; the an looked very ill, but the woin o stoutly denied the charge. Mr. Constable was sadly po r zled between the pro and the con. and at last fairly drive ° from the field by the following appeal from the weepiliii lady :—" I never gave him any thing to hurt him ; on open him, and you will see how false it is. THE. MOORS:—We have conversed with' great number of sportsmen who were out on the-12th, subsequent days. Their suceess, however, was snore Ors ° usually varied, owing to the weather and other causes ; 113 ; while in ' some places it poured nearly the whole day, ', others scarcely a d ro p o f ra i n f e ll. O ne gentleman' heard of bagged 25, and another 14 brace; but both sire r ! lucky in their choi ce of g roun d, an d h a d ass i stants n'l l " knew Irons long experience the grouse-rock's favourite el r campments on the moors. Three, four, and half-a-doz' s brace would he nearer the average of the first day's spor ts and instances occurr e d i n w hi c h veteran foivlers, after pe forming a long journey, were rewarded with one sQlitarl bird. Moor game, on the whole, is much more pleat li in Galloway than Dumfries-shire, and the coveys, •wi,. t , very few exceptions, are plump, wild and strong on t t "",, wing. Ou Thursday morning the Galloway mail in t, P c s absence of living passengers, had lots of dead ones. , 1 341 ". r boots were crammed with the gifts of sportsmen t o the' d numerous friends, and even on the seats inside, the gt l9 , r e i who appears to have a genius for architecture, had Fi',, very neatly pyramids of boxes. Twenty-five of ill'; were handed in at the town of Newton-Stewart, and (O t t a calculation We have made, we are inclin'ed to believe 0 , at least SO.OOO h ea d o f game were" exported from 61 11 1: way in the cour se o f l ast wee k, . to L on d on, Liverp°°f Edinburgh, Glasgow, and various other places. Some % the boxes were addressed to individual 4 high in office; ef le we could state' circumstances which render it probable that even his MAJESTY King GEORGi himself, has feot; more than once of late on the wi nge d d en i zen s o f, u r hi' and. moors.-Dumfries 'Courier. The . BALLOON ASCE2sti AT BRUSSELS.--7' - fr English newspaper call e d N ews fr om H ome , w hi c h is Pu „ lished at Brus se l s , con t a i ns t h e f o ll ow i ng account o f the sceneion. of Mademoiselle GARNICAIN' on Sunday l a st :-"' t, After repeated dbpemug bruel beautiful ieie,fuwol nebras disappointments, luonaotdna yalesneeevgnettnhs i for: ilivge,b y ever gratified, Ohh had witnessingi a c ci l i n , 41 ' in m tho o s apto t p oni ne!..t r e ri tainly; MiideMolBelle GARNERIN was in no wise blanw able,o the rd i n n a o trl it 'e amity of observing. The fineness of the morning ha o• given toler a bl e assurance o f a, favourable evening, the Fer, cess ofinflation was commence d ' at a b out noon, and as ear. five o'clock it w as ev id en t th at every thing would be !„' as readiness for the ascent at the hour announced. At ern o'clock the pilot . balloon was launched, and t oo k a direa ° over the Boulevard de Louvain and Porte Sphaerbeek, , r is e p a maining in sight for tome minutes, a nd i n di ca ti ng thee upper regions of . the • atm os ph ere , a lth oug h: looking Mt' gloomy, were in a state of. calm. Mademoiselle G/', l ': Nelms appeared to wat c h th e course of her aerial lotc; senger with great int e r es t. • Th e parachute and. car W er e then attached to the b a ll oon , th e i ntrep id f emale took !le' place, the cords were withdrawn,.and.tbe"tierOnaut havi ° l reducedher ballast to the necess ar y quantity , th e ltuoYet globe rose slowly, h ut ma j est i ca ll y, over the beads, of We admiring and applauding spectators. Mademoiselle G''.l' NEkIN continued t o th row out ballast, and ascending w"d , great velocity precisely in the direction which the pilot bed .taken, in about two minutes the bold deroporiste detaeh e the parachute and car from the balloon, and for an instan t appeared to descend with frightful rapidity. ' We say IP; peared, because it must be evident that the balluott.be ie lP released from all weight, would shoot upwards instantane ously, and thus in a moment, so increase its distance fog' the car as to giv e th e l a tt er th e a ppearance o f a muc h Ol e, rapid descent than it - at:Mani , experienced. • Blidemoiset e GARNERIN chose her distance (about 1,200 y ar d s ) so Well , that the operation of detaching the parachute, and its Pr 9: gressive and complete expansion, were perfectly visible L ° the naked eye. The ear appeared to descend with ve r y little oscillation, and in two minutes ten seconds, the ad" venturous lady was again an inhabitant of the earth. , T he descent took pl ace i n a fi e ld of oats, in'the.coMmune °f Sch'aerbeek, at a distance of about half a league to th e north-east of this city. Two English gentlemen had the honour of rendering the first assistance - to the aerial v O O l 7 geur, and conducting her to Brussels in their tilbury• Within half an.hour from the period of her ascent Made inoiselle GARNERIN again entered the circle from when ce she had taken her fli g ht, an d was rece i ve d w i t h grea' , applause. _... (-10 / f • ' ~ e~ 4)4 Tin cetra • - Troy.Tl s7lVelti Poo . ll Tvli k Tweni v .tt beig of Sept anitef,t be twesl i The, Ofae s . E4 W II and 1.3 e I;'e an hl3l 5...‘.............. , at Elai frinn si Piin lativeari No iv of 1 13 . )/ wrictip • luifl : 1 :1V1( T., Aired fcq4i ßg room, 1 hews elle;ip For Houk ~. ~~F t9 4l ' For day Inc For For For For 9 th an MA er eepu RA] in g, at NE' BIRTHS. On Monday last, at his house in the Close, Lichfield, the lady of John Mott, Esq., of a sou. On the 20th inst., at Higham-hill, WalthaniatoW th e lady of William Ramsey, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at Edinburgh, by the Rev. Dickson, D.D., Minister of St. Cuthbert's, Mr. J. R• Andrew, of Belize, Honduras, merchant, to Elizabeth, third daughter of Andrew Miller, Esq., W. S., of the former•. OAT On the 20th inst., at Brighton, by the Rev. J. S• A li Anderson, G. C. Tugwell, Esq., of Bath, to Christiana Cranstoun, eldest &slighter of Thomas Metcalfe, Eq•, of Portland-place, London. On the 21st. inat., at Trinity Church, by the Rev. Robert Bourne, the Rev. Wm. J. E. Bennett, of Laleltain, • student of Cliribtchurch, Oxford,• to Mary; eldest daughter of Sir Wm. Franklin, of Charlotte -street, Portland-place• On the 21st inst., at Paddington Church, William Ad cock, Esq., of Walworth, to Miss Charlotte Leeson, of Connaught-terrace, only daughter of •the; late Matthew • Leeson, Esq. • DIED. On the 20th i nst ., at East Wick, near Marlborough , Alice, wife of Th omas Somerset, Esq., an d d aughter o f J o s. S. MUrale n , E sq., liernard.street, Russell-squar e , London. On th e 17th first.,atOakfield; near Horns e y, in the 74th year of hi s age, J osep h Higginson, Eq. H e had reside ( ' upwards of 30 years at his seat, in the unremitting NO . ' rise of useful duties, private benevolence, and social kind', Hess: his excellent and highly cultivated understanding , his kind and amiable•manners, and his truly pious and vir tuous mind, have caused, for te loss of this valuable persolb. a most sincere regret. „, : „ r . On the 20th inst., at Great B a dd ow , E ss ex, Diarl - i d General Robert Douglas, late of the 55th Regiment, the formerly Adjutant-General o f hi s M a j es t y ' s F orce s 4 , West Indies. On the 17th inst., at Birmi ng h am , a ft er a f e w days ness, in the 65th year of his age, Mr. James Harman, of Regent-street, London. On the 20th inst., a t M anor - t e rrace, King's-road, C het. sea , Thomas Cox, M.D. Pteuvirso and PunusttED by NURDO YOUNG, a t ti 5 Sus 01110 E, 112, SIitAND, LONDON. EDLN Ti GE] FORI Greta Tuesd4 Septet T' ellkt s. 3 13 4 6 4 14 4 10 4 17 1 15 2 0 I 11 0 is' 4 14 5 2 5 s 0 9 0 13 a li t eh Coat 3 L