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it the re lied, and perly ex ns. Hie rtain law ise of the sponsiht (sing fre it rnildet he people• tions file d not allude !d the in' cer) wer e e for th e and 91 1 ise. The f 11 0 ry o , Lillian 0 6 unds tments ns had le t id of Din ° nce of the sere alone orination ° ors, and " e L before bin' were, Owe" for staling which they .r attended; .rown was ever trivial, the part ° I :re stated 1! 5 s, the Soh. , iineae, M r ' 'as usual to dered atiffi' the Crown' ras in a Case Crown e 4 (a-geutle' by all wb,,`' side, 31 " only 1 5 " )n two lov eounel—' nce of they toieb t arty Asoilr not do, the ,ter at oth 3 " , ght up frt ° lame 31 ° 13e yen tried It rice. 14°'''' It was regulated by an Act called the Navigation Act, that a penalty of 200/. should be incurred in any case where there appeared a variance between the manifest and the ship's cargo ; or, in other words, between the bill of par , eels and the contents of the ship. It appeared that Cap tain Bryant, alter having taken his cargo on hoard, was ap plied to to take on board 45 casks of pepper, he found it was impossibl e to take the casks on hoard, but consented to find "towage for the pepper if shipped in bags. The pepper was shipped in that form, but it had been previously en tered in the manifest as shipped in casks. The Captain explained this to the proper authorities here ; and so clear did the matter appear, that he was allowed to amend his manifest and correct the mistake. After another voyage, the first thing that met him on reaching England, was a Process from the Exchequer, which was brought to trial. A most respectable house in the City memorialised the Customs, and represented the case as it really was ; and after several attendances, the Memorial was reject ed, without any reason whatever being assigned. A by 14 r . application was made ; and the answer made 14 r. Carr, the Solicitor to the Excise, was, that ti ° offer had been made by the defendant, but that his case would be again considered. Such were the proceedings Of that Court, that a man once accused could not be coil- Lhe Id eteci innocent; but before he dared venture to approach fountain of mercy, he must concede his guilt, and even offer a compromise before he could b e treated with, or en tertain a hope of obtaining pardne. The law went on in !be case to which he alluded, and the parties went on to a fift h memorial, when the Solicitor again informed them that they made no advances ; but as they advanced the icise retreated, until, at length, the case went into the 'chequer, and when the amended manifest was there teedered in evidence, the Chief Baron refused to receive it, n „P ti o the ground that the Commissioners of Excise had no penal to allow it to be amended, and a verdict for the full t , i 7, l i,alty of 200/. was recorded. The Captain tendered a ,"'" of exceptions ; and after having been driven about from '-oort to Court, it was at length agreed that he should pay t he citsts of the whole proceeding, no penalty being de -1'444d. He maintained, that where a penalty had been 'orarred, it ought to be levied in the most simple manner, not imposed in the shape of costs. Proceedings might hp inetituted for the recovery of 101., but the costs would Ito ount to 172:. In one case, for the recovery of 162/. ;9 ' 2d., a sum of 89/. Bs. sd. was paid to the Solicitor. ha d an alteration iteration (which certainly was not an amendment) nad of late taken place. Instead of bringing eel tain into the Exchequer, Magistrates were enabled to "ear and decide upon them in the different counties, '' s o that every v ill age conta i ne d within itself a little jun of Excheqner, in which the interposition of a n u 'Y was altogether done away with. Let the House in aosre for a moment how that system worked. And in "'terin g upon this part of the question he was glad to L' e 'erne Hon. Members present who had turned their at- Wtion peculiarly to it. He wished to call the attention the House to the ease of an honst yeoman, to whse character an Hon. Member near hi e m was ready to be o ar tea tirtiony be meant the case of William Storks. That P _ ° °' man submitted a case to the Treasury, of which no u ' i tt need be ashamed, and of which most men might feel Pro st u d. His case had been submitted to a bench of Magis slteas of whom three were Clergymen, of course the - i l l 'ocate s and dispensers of Christian me cyand Christian a t ss tr ; l y. Before he went further, he would observe that ah . 'uing upon Excise Laws was not the duty of a Protest c't!Clergyrean—nay, he would go further, and say, that "n such a person became perfectly competent to decide an Exchequer case, he might with advantage be ap fulted to the office of Attorney-General, hut he frons t Moment was rendered unfit to discharge the sacre d s t ias of hi s offic e as a Chri s ti an t eac h er . —(H ear , h ear , er .)--The unfortunate individual to whom he alluded .41 R ummoned before a bench of these Clerical Barons. th e ev. Gentleman were drasged from the retirement of (I t ''' . cloisters, and the labour of their studies, to hear the tili a es and that too on the eve of the day when it was their sti !Y to pour forth their eloquence in support of the holy e s i t i °t —eloquence which, by the way, was of little ad -1,-,l'ttge, unless supported by the example of those hy ts ."`"o it was poured forth. The Reverend Gentle- NL II Wire called forth on a Saturday, and the poor man t -44 wits, upon the oath of an excisemen, fined iv„ * it ,'Y pounds, for not having, as was said, complied 1 ,4 certain Excise forms in tuneing beer. The man the money, but so conscious was he of his innocence .s ° convi nce d th a t th e exc i se o ffi cer h a d sworn f a l se l y , 2 he determined to seek redress. The !Ilan was sr tet4d and tried at the Essex -ramie's, teie's, and in spi of all t 's ' t ktray o f ta l ent , i n spite of all the silk gowns opposed e ira,• such was the force of truth that he, with only one ' t iasel, succeeded in gaining a verdict against the decision o these clerical Barons.—( Hear, hear !) But what did the ft leera of the Crown do upon this? They moved to have trial set aside, not because the evidence was untrue— ti:ilecause there had been any misdirection on the part of es iodise not because there was any want of a mat er i a l , tts ti t 'eas on the part of the Crown ; but because the plain tt, 'km described as a brewer (which he was), when he k a4 in fact a licensed victualler (Hear, hear !). When the 4 t t ite of this case were fully made known to Ministers, sil fitas.ed they would reimburse that poor man the 300/. is s i ch he had expended in vindicating Isis character s tet unfounded aspersions. If lie had clearly explained o, t 4t he meant to state, he thought he had made i s a t case which called for a more efficient controul i 4 4, management of these causes, and therefore a case for Iss itli q. He had avoided making any proposition—nay, ifi l '"oided nuking use of names as much as possible ; and tst t ' s did mention the Solicitor of the Exchequer, it was not th e a view of casting the slightest blame on him. It was a c s ystem with which he found fault, and not th ose -wh o pa d under it. If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman op so a te sh ou ld succee d i n ma ki ng ou t a case aga i ns t hi m , lie ts' i ld have the same success that he was wont to have in (4 1 Court o f E xc h equer , w ith this diff e r en c e , th a t i n th e tl 4 t t he spoke from his brief, and with his fee, while in rt Rouse his opinions must be open and disinterested.— it% llon. Member concluded by moving the foll o wi n g re trt.ti°,l:----" That it is expedient that an efficient con sf 41 should he appointed Over the origin and conduct Cp, 411 proceedings instituted by the Crown for the Res 'ry of Penalties under the Customs and Excise Laws." t.',Che motion having been seconded and put from the I d s ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in rising to answer the sit"rnents of the Hon. Member, felt hound to state, that no de s could have brought the subject forward with more tl it 'u ts eas and impartiality. He would endeavour to follow fes ss gon. Member as shortly as possible through the dif is Lit Points upon which he had touched ; and first he oh e'; to to the consolidation of the Acts relating to the two Il s : b t branches of our revenue. The Hon. Member (Mr. thi - s 'ey) went on to state, that no benefit was derived from + measure, inasmuch as the country was called upon to 12 Prt )tt , rOOO/. a year for a due administration of the law in con e lag the revenue. But the Hon. Member should re ars tt, that the Excise and Customs of the country le sts sU tsc i sd to 43,000,000!., and that many legal proceedings C o e actually necessary for its protection. When it was re_ tioZ t ed that these prosecutions arose out of all transae '4lC:otnected with the imports and exports of the kingdom, % t a t all th e collections of the Excise and the Customs, and kit s ° , f all the provisions of all th e var ious Acts of Parlia t"etuPon the subject of our trade and manufactures and PsaLuo regulation of our commerce ; when, too, it was 7- 4 0 t ed that these prosecutions were all the protection t ht s ," to the collection of a revenue of upwards of forty tiss` Millions of money ; was it not too musth for the Hen. .‘ti eo tk *man to complain that the Government was o • ut of I 'lo upon that protection which he charact er i se d as the " 3 oant sum of 12,000!. 1 In this first point, there '6l4;4 differed in loin from the Hon. Gentleman, and "iii t u ded that the result was the very revers e of that he would have wished to maintain. The next topic kie s• n ich h e wou ld a d vert , was t h e asser tion of th e H on. N t ' a rtan that this system of Excise prosecutions tended trst%Production of costs, and that it operated unfairly and lhirvely upon the poorer class of defendants. This 'oat ~• ltvole e d o th ers o f more or l ess i m p or t a nce. The r iltl li va t, the prosecutions were too numerous, and conse- Ptsly that they were very frequently instituted very ini ?trlti I Y• In order to illustrate this assertion, the Hon. n'es s "sn cited the number of prosecutions for the Cus ;lle Eaod the Excise. The Customs, he said, were 940 ; 'do s a eiae 911 ; making a total of 1,851. Of these the attl 4 eritlernan said, there were 1,000 unsuccessful, tie °a I, et l Y 850 successful ; and, therefore, the Hon. Gen brew it as an inevitable inference, that there must if th s u cen 1 ow prosecutions improperly instituted. 7% 4 - Crown had brought these 1,000 prosecutions dose the Court of Exchequer and lost them, he might bsi tat this argument would have some weight ; t at n the House heard that these prosecutions h tot co st been either lost or abandowed, but that, on t ty, sit ra rY, the Crown had been successful in almost It lte st e , of them, he conceived that the Hon. Gentleman ti "t se t v "Y mistaken in his conclusion. He we uld beg the tal s ° hear what had been the amount of the prosecu- ' • 'ad 182 3, and what had been their result. Under the fift ys ef „`,"'cise the Crown obtained in that year verdicts th se Pee " l ue cases. The defendants were acquitted upon ea N th . a s and 173 prosecutions wese compromised by d ote s _"'" before th e y came to trial. Thus, in 1823, cisl4t% " re 286 Excise prosecutions in all, and the defend- j " re Nt h Only three.—(Hear, hear.) In 1824, the! obt, 4na 6 ned a verdict in all the prosecutions except ta t number of compromises were 147. In 1825 there were t 50 prosecutions, of which the Crown lost eight. In 1826, there were 127 prosecutions, of which the Crown lost two. And in 1827 there were 160 prose cutions of which the Crown lost three. So that there were in all 990 prosecutions, and only eighteen failures.— (He e l-, hear.) This, he thought, might be taken as an answer to the Hon. Gentleman's argument, and as showing pretty fair per centage of success in the specula tions of that—according to the Hon. Gentleman—all powerful and invisible person, his Majesty's Attorney-Ge neral. He would next refer the House to the prosecutions for infractions of the laws for regulating the Customs. —ln 1823, there were one hundred-and-fifty informa tions filed against offenders ; and the failures—how many? Ni/.—(llear.) This might be called a sort of Annus Mirabilis for the Crown and its Officers. In 1824, there were 219 informations, and two failures. In 1825, there were 151 informations, and two failures; and, without troubling the Mouse with all the details of the different years, he might merely state, that iu the last year, 1627, there were again no failures at all.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that he had said enough to prove that this invincible and extraordinary person, the Attorney-General, was not se odious to the people, or so cruel in the execution of the duties of his office, as he appeared through tine angry me dium in which the Hon. Gentleman wished to exhibit him. (Hear.) The next point to which the lion. Member fur Colchester had directed his attention was, the conduct of the Boards under which these prosecutions were com menced, and the amount which was recovered as penalties by their exertions. The Hon. Member complained that, although penalties to the amount of upwards of one million had been sued for, the whole amount recovered was tnly 137,826/. After observing, that an information had fre quently counts for a penalty, because a person failed to make the proper entries : and for other penalties, became he bad not sent out the proper permits ; and again, per haps, for not preparing arid keeping, according to regula tion, some peculiar documen, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded to contend that these multiplied counts for penalties were never insisted upon by the Crown, or by the Boards, except iu cases of peculiar and aggravated fraud and deception; and that they were always content with the most moderate penalty, when they saw any thing prodfieed in mitigation of the offence. So well satisfied - was he, indeed, with the fallacy of the Hon. Member's arguments upon those points, that be should not feel himself justified in occupying the time of the House by going into the details requisite for an answer to them, if he was not apprehensive that the state ments of the Hon. Member might have the effect, if left unanswered, of exciting an unjust prejudice against these Public Boards, and of drawing unmerited odium upon their regulations.—(Hear.)—lle had never, during the time he had the houour to hold his present office, been anxious to bring any case into the Court of Exchequer, unless he saw that a public discussion of its merits would have the effect of preventing the commission of similar offences, and checking the frauds upon the Revenue. When, there fore, he said that in 1825 there were 225 cases com pounded, he might be said to have given an answer already to much of the Hon. Gentleman's observations upon this subject. It was said, however, that the whole production of the rnalties was only 157,0001., and that 45,0001. were paid to informers. lie would ask, was it his fault, or the fault of any of the Boards, that such a sum should be paid to informers? The whole of the Acts upon which these penalties were recoverable, recognised the existence and reward of informers. The principle of proceeding upon informations of this description was as old as the times of Queen Anne, and had been recognised by every Act passed by the Legislature since that period.— The revenue, indeed, could not be protected without them. Few, if any, of the frauds upon its regulations could reach the knowledge of the Crown unless by their assistance ; and he believed most sincerely, that if they were to come to a determination of giving informers nil in point of reward, they would he nil in point of information.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The Hon. Member who brought the subject before the House, possessed, he felt bound to admit, very great ingenuity ; but all his ingenuity had failed him when he attempted to point out any remedy for that which he considered an evil. The Lion. Member had talked of tribunals ; but he would fearlessly challenge the Hon. Member to point out any tribunal, of any kind, so well adapted as the Court of Exchequer to the trial of offences of this description, or to name any kind of Court of LaW which, in its administration of justice upon cases connected with the revenue, could give more satisfaction to the coun try. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman referred' s° the com plaints upon the abuses from the employment of Clerks of Court, and observed that regulations were in progress for the purpose of remedying the defects of that part of the system of the Court of Exchequer. The lion. Gentleman had attacked the Officers of the Crown, as too largely paid in the management of these prosecutions. It was a subject of a nature too delicate for him to enlarge upon it; but he (the Attorney-General) could say, without fear of contradiction, that he had spent days and weeks in the performance of his duties in the Court of Ex chequer, to the loss of a much more lucrative and advantageous practice before the House of Lords. (Hear.) To much that the Hon. Gentleman said upon the subject of the Attorney-General, he did not feel himself bound to make any reply, because the Hon. Gentleman had separated the individual from the office, and treated the acts of which he complained, as always emanating from a kind of invisible person, who could not be brought under the no tice of the House. If he thought, however, that any insinuations were levelled against him as holding that office, he would say to the person who made them, that he would r stoop so low—he would not be guilty of any such mean condescension as to attempt to answer them. He would east them away—he would fling theirs out of the door with the contempt they so justly deserved. In that way he would treat any such insinuations if levelled against him. The Hon. Gentleman might say what he liked of the office ; lie might cast upon it all the asper sions he liked, provided that he was not the individual against whom he directed such offensive insinuation.. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then alluded to the case of Captain Bryant, and observed, that he had been prose cuted few a breach of some regulations upon the subject of his Manifest. Of the case, however, he knew nothing; but he did know that these regulations with regard to lanifests were of great importance, as he had known gross frauds attempted to be practised by persons who made false entries. In a very recent case, a very valuable picture had been discovered between two marble slabs, although the manifest contained no entry of any thing but a slab of marble. Of the case of Storks he also knew little, but he gave all credit to the statements of the Hon. Member for Essex (Mr. Western), wino, without confounding him with this man or that, had always performed his Parlia mentary duties, like an independent country gentleman. He believed, however, that Storks was summoned before the Clerical Magistrates, of whom the Hon. Gentleman had said se much, for a breach of a regulation with regard to notices —one, be it recollected, of the most important of the precautions adopted for the security of the Revenue. Storks was summoned before these Magistrates, and con victed, upon the evidence of three witnesses, of a breach of the laws on this subject. Storks afterwards prosecuted those witnesses at the Chehnsford Assizes, and convicted them of perjury; but the managers of the prosecution have, since that conviction, moved the King's Bench to set aside the trial. But, he would ask, were the Magistrates accountable for the perjury of the witnesses? The local jurisdiction given to Magistrates in these cases was, he contended, a great boon to the public, by the saving of expence which it produced in the attendance of witnesses from the remotest corners of the kingdom, at Westminster. He remembered when the measure was proposed, that the House assented without any division to the proposition— that it was safer and better to make a trial of the local jurisdictions ; and he knew that they had been very advan tageous to the people, as well as a great means of lessening the business of the Court of Exchequer. During the last Term there was only one Custom prosecution, and he be lieved that three parts out of four of the offences against the Excise were now disposed of by the local tribunals. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by imploring 1 the House not to allow itself to be led away by any fanciful or ingenious statements. Mr. WESTERN admitted that the lion. Member for Colchester had not pointed out any remedy for the evils, but still he did not think the local tribunals adequate to the relief of those charged with offences against the revenue. He adverted to the case of Mr. Storks, which was one, in his opinion, of extreme hardship ; and in every respect in which it could be received, at variance with to the htllepri g n e e n ip er le a s l of justice. The Hon. Member gave credit dispositions that existed on the part of the Excise to an impartial administration, but did not think that a suffici ently efficient controul was exercised over the adminis tration of the department. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the case referred to by the Hon. Member' who had just sat down, was one entitled to the serious attention of Governmeut ; and he could assure the Hon. Member, that it was the intention of the Lords of the Treasury to be stow upon this case, as they bad done upon others of a simi lar nature, the most minute consideration. If the case were one entitled to relief, it would be afforded. He knew that there was a disposition sometimes to find fault with whatever tribunal was instituted. If it were proposed that the trial should take place before the Court of Exche quer, tine expence was complained of—and if it were refer red to the local jurisdiction of two Magistrates—the com petency of the tribunal was attacked, But it should -be re membered, that if the decision of the Magistrates 4as im pugned, there was an appeal from it to the Quarter Sessions. Mr. BRIGHT thought that a great reform in the Ex cise was requisite, and that a complete consolidation of the luw should take place. After a few words from Mr. HERMES and Mr. War. 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To be viewed till the Sale, and Catalogues had at the Mart, and of Mr. Williams, Tl4rogmorton-street. LIFE ANNUITIES. After a few words from Mr. Alderman WArriotaN, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. BARING, the worthy Alderman's motion, to refer a petition from Moses Wing to the Finance Committee, was negatived without a division. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Twelve o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF VIE DAT FOR THIS DAY. 1. Customary Tenure Bill--Committee. 2. Parochial Settlements (Scotland) Bill—Fuaha consi deration of Report. 8. Scottish Vagrants Bill—Further consideration of Re port. 4. Alehouses Licensing Bill—Second reading. 5. Salmon Fisheries Regulation (Scotland) Bill—Com mittee. 6. Assessment of Lessors (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 7. County Bridges Bill—Second reading. 8. Freeholders in Districts Bill—Committee. 9. Larceny Laws (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 10. 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NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Monday, May 5. I. ;1L•. Moore—Bill for the better examination in Ireland of witnesses in Suits in the Courts of Law and Equity in England, and for empowering the Courts of Law and Equity in England to grant Commissions for taking affidavits in Ireland. 2. Mr. Solicitor General—Bill for remedying the defect in the titles of Lands purchased for charitable pur poses. Tuesday, May 6. Mr. Henry Grattan—Return of the sums granttd by va rious votes of Parliament for the repair of Roads, and other Public Works, in Ireland. Wednesday, May 7. Dr. Phillimore—To extend the powers given by I and 2 Geo. 4, c. 76, to the Deputy Warden of the Cinque Ports. COUNTRY BANKERS. The following Resolutions were agreed to in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The Bill founded on them was read a first time on Wednesday : 1. That all Bankers in England (except within the City of London and three miles thereof) be permitted to issue Promissory Notes for payment to the bearer, on demand, of any sum of money amounting to five pounds or upwards, and Bills of Exchange expressed to be payable to order, not more than twenty-one days after the date thereof, and drawn upon a Banker in London, on unstansped paper, en the payment of an half-yearly composition, at the rate of three shillings and sixpence for every one hundred pounds of the average amount of such promissory notes or bills of exchange as shall have been issued, or in circulation, within each preceding half year. 2. That it is the opinion of this Committee, That every Banker, desirous of drawing and issuing Notes and Bills of Exchange on unstamped paper, shall take out a license for the same, and that a Stamp Duty of thirty pounds shall be paid for every such license. 3. That it is the opinion of this Committee, That the allowances now granted on the purchase of certain stamps from the Commissioners, or any distributor of Stamps, shall cease and determine ; and that in lieu thereof there shall be made to every person who shall purchase from the Commissioners of Stamps in London, stamps for re ceipts to the amount of five pounds, or from any dis tributor to the amount of one pound, an allowance of seven pounds ten shillings for every one hundred pounds thereof. RAPID TRAVELLING.—Those who wish to make a speedy journey to Birmingham will read the fol lowing with interest:—Yesterday the Wonder coach, which usually leaves London at ahout half-past five in the morning, arrived in Birmingham at 25 minutes after four o'clock in the afternoon, performing the journey in one lutur and forty minutes before time! The time of arrival is five It:limits after six.—The Independent Tally Ho ! performed a still greater wonder, by arriving in Birming ham yesterday afternoon at jive o'clock, more than two hours and a half before time. It leaves London about ten minutes before seven o'clock in the morning, and its regular time is half-past seven in the evening ; it was heavily loaded inside and out. We should much like to have the horses at our nest Express. On Sunday last as the Countess of ERROL was returning from church, just as her carriage had turned in upon the north side of Fitzwilliam-squar e , one of the horses under her Ladyship's carriage burst a blood-vessel, and dropped down dead. We are happy to state that her Ladyship suffered no inconvenience from the fright, as in a few moments she was enabled to alight from her carriage and walk home.—Dublin Evening Post. , IRON TRADE.—The state of tne i ron trade continues very bad. The works are employed, but without any profit to the proprietors. The demand is very heavy, though a considerable export trade exists in consequence of the low price. Pigs have been sold in Wales as low a 6 31. 105. at the works. This is the lowest yet heard of in this kingdom, and does not certainly remunerate the pro prietor. The moment the price advances, much of the ex port ceases.—Nurth Wales Chronicle. On Tuesday morning some inhuman wretches entered the garden of Mr. EMERY, of Wells, and killed a them against the wall.— litter of nine pigs, by: ( l a thi ng Sherborne Journal. In the article of cottons, fine Americans were in demand at Amsterdam, according to late advices, and from 6 to 74 were paid at Hamburgh for a parcel of 180 bales. . - it 4 , -- -7 4 4344* LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1828. It gives us great satisfaction to find that our opinion as to the folly of introducing Poor Laws into Ireland, coincides with that of the Duke of WELLINGTON. Ln a speech of very consider able talent, his Grace last night exposed the absurdity of introducing the greatest curse of England, with a view of remedying the ills of Ireland. Would to Heaven that the Noble Duke's policy towards his native land may he always distingwished by equal soundness But differing as we do from that Illustrious Individual on one fundamental point, we are yet constrained by the wisdom, the conciliation, and the disinterestedness which mark his conduct, again to bear our testimony to his merits, and to express our decided opinion that, taking stern facts into consideration, no other personage in the realm is better disposed, or more calculated to promote the true interests of the nation in the high station which he now occu pies. His Administration has already relieved the Dissenters from their pains and penalties, and believe it who like, we are convinced that the Catholics will owe their Emancipation to the same source. The Duke may retain his opi nions, but his opposition will he confined to his individual vote. The French Papers of Wednesday say, upon the authority of letters from Corfu, that the English line of battle ships, Wellesley, Revenge, and Ocean, had landed six thousand men at Corfu, whom they took from Lisbon and Gibral tar. That they did land troops there can be no doubt, but the number is exaggerated by at least four thousand. The Gazette de France of Thursday says, that M. DE CALOMARDE is to be appointed Prime Minister by FERDr- NAND, but unless he can raise the wind better than his Royal Master, he is not likely long to enjoy the honour of directing his Councils. The French Loan will be made at 4 per cent., but it is not expected to take place for these two months. The Minerva, from India, has brought over 250,000/. of dollars, and 900,0001. more are ex pected in three other ships. The Allgemeine Zeitung, and Frankfort Papers of the 25th ult., have been received, but they contain no news. The Funds at Fran!;- fort rose in consequence of the rise in Metal liques at Vienna. A private letter from Paris, received this morning, from a quarter of high authority, says that a negociation will be opened with the PORTE immediately, as an express had arrived at Paris from the French and Russian Ambassa dors at Corfu, requirin n , the immediate presence of Mr. STRATFORD CANNING, as some im portant and favourable despatches had been re ceived by the Russian Ambassador from St. Petersburgh. It was also expected that the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors would re pair to Corfu. The belief was that peace would be preserved. If we are to believe the Nuremourg Cor respondent, the rise of the Funds at Vienna is owing to the . news that the M o r ea i s t o b e evacuated by the Egyptian troops. The PACHA is said to have at length consented to the return of his son. This concession was considered in Vienna, as an important step towards the paci fication ff the East, arid consequently the attainment of the objtct of the Treaty of London. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TwELric o'CLocr. There is a complete dearth of news this morning in the City, and an absence of any intelligence which can affect the price of th... British Funds. Console, which opened at 85k f, the same as they left off, have been buyers, once or twice in the course of the morning, and are now at the first rate ; the general tendency of public feeling seems, however, to be for a trifling decline, and the market is somewhat heavy, they having been done at Bbk for money ; the Commissioners gave 85k; upon the whole the busi ness which has been doing has been rather unimportant than otherwise. The premium on Exchequer Bills re mains stationary at 64 5 ; India Bonds, 99 100 pm. The Foreign Securities have been extremely unir,:erest ing to-day, and scarcely any transactions have taken place. Spanish, in consequence of the reports of yesterday in the French papers, of a loan being effected for that country, in which a portion of the present Bonds are to be received in payment at a certain fixed price, have been leoking up, but the number of times it has been brought forward, and proved inaccurate, occasions the present report to be looked upon with suspicion ; Portuguese are 62 k ; Russian, 89 k ; Brazilian, 60} 1 ; Buenos Ayres Bonds support their pre- sent price firmly, being 378 ; this security has latterly been creeping up in the estimation of the public, from the general opinion which prevails that through the interven tion of the British Government, backed by the interest which both Brazil and Buenos Ayres have in peace, this desirable event will be finally concluded very shortly. There is nothing to notice in the Share market. Three per Cent. Consols, 85k i; Ditto, for the Ae eount, 85k *; Three and a half per Cent. Reduced, 921 ; Four per Cent., 1021 ; Ditto, 1826, 1021 ; India Bonds, 99 100 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 64 5 premium. 60k 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 37 ; Ch i :1787, 16 4 .- 7 ; Br C a o z l i o li m ai tian, 23k 4 ; Danish, 59i 60 ; Greek, 17 18 ; Mexican, Six per Cent., 34k 5 ; Pe ruvian, 23k 4k ; Portuguese, 62 k ; Russian, 89 k ; Spanish, 11i k. TWO O'CLOCK. Up to the above hour there is no express from France, or any fresh intelligence arrived. Consols remain quite in a calm at 85ii ; Spanish, Ilk. A trifling decline has taken place in the premium on Exchequer Bills to 63 64. India Bonds, 97 98 pm. THREE 0' CL 0 CZ. Combo's, 85k, sellers, after having been buyers. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. Poarsmount, MAr I.—Wind E.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Esk, from the Coast of Africa. FALMOUTH, Aram SO.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Lorton, Duncan, from St. Domingo, in 34 days. DOVER, MAY I.—Wind E.—Arrived the Maria The resa, Davis, from Boston ; Henry the Fourth, and his Majesty's ship Crusader, from Calais. POOLE, MAY I.—Arrived the Alert, Bell, from Memel. PORTLAND, ArRIL 30.—Arrived off the Port, the Zonge, Iverbus, from Batavia, sailed the 16th of Decem ber; and Anna Louisa, from Bahia. HULL, Aram SO.—Arrived the Resource, Gerard, from Memel. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 29.—The Susanna Maria, Shigel berg, arrived in the Texel the 26th inst. front Surinam, sailed the 19th ult., and was plundered of part of her cargo and provisions, in lat. 13. long. 56., by a schooner, under the Columbian flag. The Azores packet, INl'Donald, from Bristol to Ham burg*, was lost the 26th ult. at Terschelling ; crew saved. The Taronga, from Oporto to Rio Janeiro, was taken by a Buenos Ayres sloop of war in October, and carried into Patagonia. LAW INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. ST. JOHN V. CHAMPNEYS. An application was made by Mr. SUGDLN for an order to commit Sir Thomas Champneys, Bart., to the Fleet Prison for contempt, in not delivering to the receiver the possessiox of a certain estate, pursuant to an order of the Court. The VICE-CHANCELLOR felt that he was bound to make the order for the committal as prayed, leaving it to the parties tact on the order as they Might think fit. It was at the same time referred to the Master to consider the propriety of accepting the defendant as tenant for the mansion-house. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. The Court was occupied this morning in hearing argu ments on special cases, none of which were of the least interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Court was occupied the greater part of the morning in hearing arguments as to the liability of the Sheriff of Somerget for having levied an execution, under writ of fieri facias, on the goods of a person who subsequently became a bankrupt. The arguments were not concluded when our paper went to press. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Air. MILLER. moved for a rule to show cause why a gentleman, whose name he would not mention from mo tives of delicacy, should not be brought up under a writ of Habeas Corpus, to be discharged out of the custody of his own wife and children, who kept him under restraint by imputing insanity to him. There had been no Commission of Lunacy, nor any writ De Lunatico Inquirendo issued ; but the unfortunate gentleman was kept under so close a restraint that he was not allowed to go out or to walk, or to ride in a car riage, without a keeper. There were affidavits in sup port of the motion, which stated there was no reason for placing the gentleman alluded to under this restraint, for that he was perfectly sane and capable of managing his own affairs. The Court consented to grant the writ. Mr. MILLER then observed that his object was when the gentleman was brought up on the writ, that their Lord ships should examine him in private, when they might judge themselves of the soundness of his understanding. The LORD CHIEF BARON thought the gentleman could not be examined in private, for that a writ of Habeas Corpus was necessarily returnable to a full Court. Mr. MILLER hoped he should be able to procure a pri vate investigation, without any departure from the rules of the Court. If the Court granted the writ returnable to a full Court, their Lordships might then direct a private in vestigation before one of themselves, or before one of their officers, as in the case of the Hottentot Venus, when she was brought up on a writ of Habeas Corpus. Their Lordships having conferred together for same minutes, the LORD CHIEF BARON said that upon reconsider ation the Court doubted whether they could grant a writ of Habeas in cases of lunacy. They were clearly of opinion that the statute of Charles 11. on the subject of Habeas Corpus did not apply to lunacy cases. Under all the cir cumstances, and the difficulties of he iring such a case in private, they thought Mr. Miller had better consider his 'notion, and the Court would also take an opportuity of considering it. CONSISTORY COURT. There was nothing of public interest in this Court to-clay. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of this week are tolerably good of mast kinds of Grain, with a large arrival of Irish Oats, but very little addition to the latter since Wednesday. The Wheat trade is very dull, and hardly maintains Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease, each maintain the terms lately quoted. Oats go off slowly at no variation. ARKIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English 6,700 qrs. 3,V00 qrs. 3,20 0 qrs. 0,200 sacks. Irish - 26,500 Foreign - 550 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN. For the Week ended April2s, 1828, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Vales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat...,... _ s7s. Bd. Oatsl 20s. Bd. Beans _. 375. 9d Barley,-31s. 6d. I Rye -31 s. Ild. Pease.—.....los. 4d, Per Winchester Quarter. . _ . n'heat........555. lid. Oats Barley--. Ws. Gd. I Rye - IMPERIAL AGGREGATE, AVERAGES Wheat 555. 7d. Oats - Barley--- 305. 1(kI. I Rye 20s. Od. I Beans Vs. I'd I . 3)s. 11d. Pease 39s. Id. of the Six WEEKS PRECEDING. 20s. 9d. I Beans-- 365. 10d. 325. Id Pease—, 3Ss. 4d. SMITHFIELD MARKET. At this day's market, which exhibited throughout but a limited supply, Veal advanced about 4d. per stones but with other kinds of meat the trade was exceedingly dull at Monday's prices. PRICES PER STONE OF BLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. g. d. to a. d. Inferior Beasts 2lO 3 2 Large Lambs Second quality ditto 3 2 3 8 Prime small ditto 5 0 6 4 Prime largo Oxen... 4 0 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, 6 410 Prime small ditto 5 4 5 8 Inferior Sheep 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs 4 6 3 0 Second quality ditto 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers 5 4 5 8 Coarse.woolled (tato 4 2 4 6 Suckling Calves 12s to:Km. each. SouthdownWethers 4 6 110 Quarter oldrigs 18s to2lS.eaell. SUPPLY, AS PEE CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. Sheep and Lambs. i I Calves. Pigs. I 134 9,060 197 lOO Much Cows were few in number, and but little in quired after. NEAVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. Beef 9 8 4 0 Veal Mutton :? 10 4 0 Pork Lamb _ ss. Od. to 6s. (M. LEWES MARKET.—ApriI 29. - Beet 45. Od. to 4s. 6d. I Veal 4s, Bd. to .ss. Od, Mutton 4 0 410 Pork-- 0 C ti 0 Lamb Od. to 6s. 6d. A fair average time of year supply, and a dull trade. FREEMASONRY. The Annual Grand Festival of this Ancient Fraternity was yesterday celebrated, with the accustomed ceremonies, at the Society's Hall, in Great Queen-street; his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, Grand Master, in the Chair. His Royal Highness was pleased to appoint and invest the following brethren Grand Officers for the year ensuing : Right Hon. the Lord Dundas, Deputy Grand Master. John Easthope, Esq., M.P., Senior Grand Warden. Benjamin 13. Cabbell, Esq., Junior Grand Warden. William W. Prescott, Esq., Grand Treasurer. Rev. Samuel S. Colman, } Grand Chaplains. Rev. Barnard Hanbury, William Meyrick, Esq., Grand Registrar. ' iln Grand Secretariem. Edwards Harper, 3 Thomas J. Pettigrew, Esq., Grand Deacons. James Henry Deacon, Esq., John Soane, Esq., ILA., Grand Superintendant of Works. John Levien, Esq., Grand Sword Bearer. Sir George Smart, Grand Organist. Upon this occasion au elegant silver vase, of exquisite workmanship, voted by the brethren at Jamaica to their Provincial Grand Master (Sir Michael Benignus Clare), was presented to him by the Duke of Sussex, accompanied by an elegant address, adding the testimony of his own ap probation of Sir Michael's conduct during the long period he had presided ever the Craft in that district. The company (exceeding in number four hundred) after wards partook of a sumptuous e ntertainment , furnished by the Grand Stewards, and most abundantly supplied with the choicest wines. The organ gallery was graced, as usual, with elegantly dressed ladies. The Royal Duke un fortunately laboured under i n disposition ; but, on his quit ting the Chair, the harmony and conviviality of the even ing was ably sustained by Lord Dundas, the Deputy Grand Muter. THE MURDER AT POLSTEAD. Yesterday, during a cessation of business, Lea, the offi cer, who had just returned from the Grove-house, Ealing lane, reported to the sitting Magistrates of Lambeth-street Police-office, Sir D. WILLIAMS, M. WraTr, Esq., and th' Rev. D. Manilas, the object of his second visit to that place, and the results which followed from it. Ile said, that having seen in the Morning Papers the evidence given on the Coroner's inquest, (for not being present during the entire of the proceedings, be was not till then in posses sion of the fact), that the surgeon who had examined the remains of Maria Marton had given it as his opinion that. her death was probably occasioned by the infliction of a wound from some sharp instrument, such as the dirk which Mr. Orford, the cutler, had sharpened for Corder on or before the time of the perpetration of the murder. It occurred to him, Lea, that on his apprehending the prisoner, he had seen a weapon of this description in his bed-chamber, which he then, not thinking it of import ance, neglected to remove. He in consequence yesterday again proceeded to Ealing-lane, with a faint hope that be might yet obtain possession of it, in order to its production on the trial. His effort was crowned with success, an 4 he discovered it in a trunk in which it had been lately placed, together with a canvass bag, which he also brought with him, from an impression that it might turn out to be the same in which the unfortunate deceased had taken a chang e of apparel on the night that she went to the Red Barn. Lea here handed in the dirk to the Magistrates, which appeared to be such a 9 that mentioned by the cutler. It was ground to an extreme fine edge, and its point was as acute as a lancet's. (The Magistrates examined it minutely to ascertain if there were any stains or marks of . blood on but none whatsoever was apparent, with tio l n vhi o c f h ta . r t o is impossible to say whether they small specks near the sharp were occasioned by gore or corrosion. ] Lea went on to state, that Mrs. Moore, the mother-in-law of Cor der, and Mrs. Engleton, whose daughters, in conjunction with Mrs. Corder, were the proprietor s of the school, in formed him that for several nights previous to his (Corder's) apprehension, he disturbed and threw into the greatest alarm the entire family and children, by his unceasing restlessness, his heavy moaning, and his wild and in comprehensible exclamations in his sleep. Mrs. Monte further told him, that the first time Corder had met her daughter was at a watering-place called Seaforth, in the Isle of Wight. They there became slightly acquainted, and on her return to town they again accidentally met at a pastryconk's shop in Fleet-street, where the acquaintance was partially, but not intimately, renewed. Subsequently, Corder advertised in a morning paper for a wife, and gave a reference to the shop of Mr. F., a stationer, in Cheapside. Her daughter answered it, strange as it might appear, and after a few interviews they were married. Mr. WYATT observed, that never had he heard of a case that abounded with more extraordinary incidents than the present. It appeared more like a tale of romance than an occurrence in common life ; and were it not that the cir cumstances were so well authenticated, would LT abso lutely incredible ; it, in fact, verified the remark of B7ron, ' that " truth is stranger than fiction." Mr. MATHIAS, taking up a Morning Paper, said, it. appears he is charged with attempting another diabolical act—that of endeavouring to poison a child three years and . a half old. Lea replied, that while on their way to Bury he men tioned to him the rumour that was in circulation of his having on two several occasions endeavoured to administc a poisonous pill at one time in a fig, and at another in pear, and he did not deny the fact. Mr. WYATT-He certainly omit have had the mind of a demon to keep these articles, which must always have brought to his recollection his foul deeds, continually in bi. presence. (To Lea)—Do you know what are the grounds of suspicion against Smith, who is said to have been con cerned with Corder in the murder ? Lea-1 understood, sir, that Smith has been frequently heard to ray, previous to his own apprehension, that ha could hang Corder whenever he pleased. Besides this, Smith himself was an infamous character, and is at present on board one of the convict ships at Portsmouth, prepara tory to his being sent out of the country. Both Mr. Wyatt and Mr. Mathias concurred in opinion that his'detention until after the trial of Corder was abso lutely necessary, as it might so happen that one of the grounds of his defence would be his turning round and di rectly charging him with the crime. In order to guard against this, Mr. Wyatt directed that their opinion should he communicated to the Suffolk Magistrates and the Coroner, se that no time might be lost in their making an application to the Home office on the subject. An idle report that Corder had effected his escape from Bury gaol, yesterday was very prevalent, and was swallowed by some credulous persons. There is no truth in it what ever, as up to a late hour nothing was heard of it at this office, to which, doubtless, the earliest information would have been communicated. The Duke of CUMBERLAND and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited his MA3zsrr yesterday, at hie Palace in St. James's. The health of the Princess AUGUSTA con tinues to improve. Her Royal Highness passed a very good night on Wednesday, and received visits yesterday from the Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duchess of Kzzi , r, and the Duchess of GLoucEsTrit. Prince LEOPOLD honoured the performance of the Concert of Ancient Music at the Hanover-square , Rooms, on Wednesday evening, with his presence. The Duke of CUMBERLAND honoured Vis count and Viscountess Belgrave with his company to dinner yesterday, at their residence in Grosvenor-square. There was a select party to meet his Royal Highness. Prince LEOPOLD left his residence, Marl borough-house, Pall-mall, yesterday morning, for his seat at Claremont. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Earl of Winchilrea, in Albemarle-street; Admiral and Mrs. Bal. lard, from Bath; Lord Yarborough, in Arlington-street ; Mr. and Mrs. George Tudor, in Park -crescent, from Paris; Lieutenant James Mills, front Brighton; Sir Tho mas Phillips, at Nerot's Hotels, Clifford and Cork-streets ; A. M. Morse, Esq. Mrs. Mosse, and ladies, at ditto„front Liverpool ; J. Morrell, Esq, Mrs. and Miss Morrell, at ditto, from Liverpool ; J. Fairfax, Esq. at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Egerton, and family, at Bryant's (late Warns's) Hotel, Conduit-street ; Captain Fuller, R. N. and Mrs. Fuller, at the Stratford Hotel, Oxford-street, from Bucks ; Rev. J. I.lutellinsen and Rev. J. Oliver, at ditto, from Lichfield; H. Way, Esq. and William Roberts, Esq. at. ditto, from Lichfield. DEPARTURES.—Mrs. Fitzherbert, from her house, in Tilney-street, for Brighton; Lord and Lady Chetwynd, from Bryant's (late Warne's) Hotel ; Sir Wil liam and Lady Cooper, and Miss Cooper, from ditto „ Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, from ditto; Mrs. Dixon and friends, from Nerot's Hotels ; J. Aspinal, Esq. from the Stratford Hotel, for Lancashire; Captain Carnbil, R. N. from ditto. KING'S THEATRE.—The favourite " 11 Don irited En- Giovanni" was revived last night for the benefit of Madame CARADORI, who undertook her old part of " Zerlisa." Mademoiselle SONTAG was "Donna Anna,'and went through her part—as far as its confined limits would allow-- with considerable ability. Signor PonTo, as ~ Mssetto, sung fhatiittly little duett " Giovenetti" with Madame CARA applauded. The house nom, and both were rapturously was throng to suffocation. An d long life to the KiNo. The which, except that graving iir. does great justice to the it is full fourteen years too young , original. His Grace is c h a racteristically enough repre sentedoSf AZ:Stoolklaosofjulsvtgip„ti:lolse,d a sp figure is correctly drawn, but the left arm is considerably as drinking health too long. The bottles and fruit on the table have much richness in the engraving. The Navy Boar d h as given notice of conve) ance being wanted for 499 tons of naval stores to Malta, including 99} tons of masts, 29i inches in diameter, and 97 feet long, and nine boats, of from 18 to 25 feet. At Havre, and at Antwerp, there was, accord ing to last advices, a continued demand for St. Domingo co ff ee . The article has undergone no recent variation at Amsterdam, notwithstanding a new supply of 8,000 bags from Batavia, which came on the Market on the 22d. Sales to a large amount in coffee were effected at Genoa between the 14th and 19th ult. At Guildhall yesterday a young man, named WILLIAM WATT, who had been apprehended in Edinburgh, by FOR RASTER, one of the City officers, on a charge of having embezzled sever 4 large sums of money, underwent an examination before Mr. Alderman WOOD. It appeared by the evidence against him, that on the 3d of August last, Mr. FORSYTH, a linen-draper in Birmingham, having re mitted to Messrs. Moaarsox and Co. a bill of exchange for 2281. on GLYN, HALIFAX and Co. the prisoner secret ed that bill, and applied the proceeds to his own use. It was stated moreover, that there were many other similar charges against him ; and he, declining to say anything in his defence, was remanded for further examination on Sa turday nest. it ~+