The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. It is natural that, as the Session of Parliament approaches, and the feelings of the Catholics become more feverish, their exertions for the successful prosecution of their suit before the Legislature should display a rapid increase of ac tivity. We may, therefore, expect to hear of meetings for discussion, and of preparations for petitiosiing, in every quarter of Ireland,—per haps of England also ; and although w e h ave shown ourselves not backward to bl ame or h o ld up to ridicule any of that intemper ance which, if suffered to pass without notice, m i g h t l ea d Eng lishmen to imagine that we were bli n d to gross follies, —that we were imposed upon by empty menaces,—or that such foolishness belonged to Catholics in general, instead of characterising only one or two of their orators, and that the violent measures threatened were inseparable from the cause of emancipation itself, instead of being but so much loose filth which defiled it, — notwithstanding, we say, that such considerations have induced us to attack, from time to time, with straight-forward severity, what ever appeared in the language or con duct of the Catholics likely to alienate from them the hearts of Englishmen, and so to ruin the common cause, we still cannot divest our selves of the recollection that these Catholics are men exasperated by long suffering,—that the sense of degradation and disgrace,—that the thirst for liberty and honour, have roused within them whatever passions are least regardful of the bounds of sobriety, and least susceptible of warning against the effects of rashness,—that while all other subjects of a common empire can worship within the sacred temple of the Consti tution, they alone are cast out among the corpses of the surrounding cemetery ; and that, finally, to men so angered, much indiscretion of word and deed may fairly, and ought rightfully, to be forgiven. The Irish Catholics held on Tuesday last an aggregate meeting in Dublin, when Lard Killeen took the chair, and followed up the course of prudence and sound policy which his Lordship has always hitherto pursued, by im pressing upon his brethren the propriety of a strict adherence to " the great prin ciples of union, peace, and moderation," in their efforts for constitutional relief.— Setting aside some apocryphal nonsense • in the shape of history , by - one of the speakers; there Wit nothing which called for any strong censure in the . proceedingS of this as , sembly. Resolutions were adopted, pledging the Catholics not to accept a measure of eman cipiition which should be clogged with an inter ference by Government in the affairs of their church, either - through an appointment of bi- Ahops s or :A -pecuniary provision for the clergy. When the Catholics resolve against " accept ing" such terms, they use a wrong expression. • It is not for 'a subject to say that he will " not accept" a ,law. He may disapprove of similar clauses to:Aimee above, referred to ; arid so shall we—Protestants as we are—condemn the incor poration of such clauses with a bill of relief, if they are to be taken as " securities." The fact is, that if securities were wanting after emanci pation, we should have no confidence in the effect of either interposing a veto, or pensioning the priests. But the fact is likewise, that with out either of them we should hare entire confi dence in the talisman of simple emancipation. If report be true, the delicacy or fastidiousness, or whatever name it may deserve, of the Catholics, has little chance of being offended by an invasion of the government or discipline of the church, In case of Mr. Wilmot Horton's suggestion being adopted, the only church • treated of in the Bill will be the Church of England ; and as Parliament virtually disclaims all right of med dling with the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, the lay Catholics cannot surely (indeed, we have reason to believe they will not) take it ill ; and if they do, Parliament will not be much influ enced by their dissatisfaction that they are dis qualified by the law which emancipates them, for legislating on any question which involves the discipline, the in operty, rights, or privileg es o f the Established Church. fhe more we con sider this point, investigated with so much dili gence, And brought forward with so much clear ness and ability by Mr. Horton, the more aro we inclined to regard it as one which Parliament will be apt to embrace and rest upon, in any specific measure of emancipaticn.— Times. We think we can perceive in the Clergy a disposition to relax in their opposition to the claims of the Catholics. In the Leeds Intelli gencer of Thursday last, there is an account of a Meeting of the Clergy of the Deaneries of Richmond, Catterick, and Boroughbridge, at the King's Head Inn, Richmond, held on the Thursday preceding. At this Meeting, the Rev. Dr. Scott, Vicar of Catterick, observed, When such securitie s are given as shall secure Church and State—but not till then—l shall be ready to grant what is called Emancipati on , an d in saying this I do ,rot speak deceitfully ; for if I thought, like many others, that no security could be found out, I should not disguise it but I believe securities can 'be afforded ; an d with pl ea = sure that is accomplished, I shall hail sure my . Roman Catholic brethren as fellows citizens in full and equal enjoyment of civil power.—(Hear.)" The Rev. William Barnes, Rector of Richmond, observed, " I am not al together an exclusionist—l am anxious to see the subject, if possible, brought to an amicable conclusion." The Rev. T. W. Morley, of Mid dleton Tyas, seemed to think that the Church was more in danger from the " secret and insi dious foe, against whose encroachments the wis dom of our ancestors thought it prudent to pro vide, but to whom the avenues both of Church and State are now thrown open," than from their open and avowed enemy ;" and he added, " Sincerely, therefore, must I pray that, in the event of both Houses of Parliament deeming it expedient to legislate in favour of the religious disabilities of our Roman Catholic fel ay i n t h e i r w i s d om b e low-subjects, they enabled to place the Established Church in such a position as to be alike invulnerable to the open attacks of Popery, on the one side, and the secret, but not less dangerous, attempts o f the Dissenters, on the other." One of th e ar guments urged by the Rev. . Barn, tes ito pr o v e the necessity of securities, involves somethi ng h 4 it very like an absurdity :—" If, then, Ai r. Archdeacon (says he), we admit Roman Catho lics to be sincere in their religious belief—and sincere I firmly believe them to be—must they not exercise, whenever a favourable opportunity occurs, all the power they can command for the subversion of our Protestant Church, and the re-establishment of their own ?" But what se- curity can be effectual against those who have both the will and the power to subvert the Pro testaht Church and re-establish their own ? The Church must fall as a matter of course, if they who have the will have also the power to subvert it. But it is not very probable that the Catholics will ever have the power to subvert the Church, and equally unlikely that they will have the will. It is very natural for Clergymen, to 1 whom the Church is all in all, to suppose that there is nothing in men's minds but ! subverti ng or restoring Churches. The In , than, i n an Essay of Franklin, could not ' conceive why all the white men should meet together in a large house every seventh day, ex cept to lay their heads together to cheat Indians, in bargaining with them for beaver. People have a variety of things in the present age of taxation, and speculation, and exertion, to busy themselves with, besides Church matters; and, without claiming the gift of prophecy, we think we may venture to observe, that should the re pose of the Clergy ever be disturbed, the cause will be the necessities of the State, rather than any particular fancy for re-investing the Church of Rome with its former splendour. But this return to moderation on the part of the Clergy au gurs well. As the members of that body, how ever defective they may be as speculative politi cians and reasoners, have generally an extraor dinary quickness of scent where Ministerial fa vours are concerned, we attach no little import ance to these indications. A hint even would have served to call forth a holy and fervent zeal. Knowing this, we' are satisfied with our present prospects—Morning Chronicle. We are quite willing to take the account of the City licensing system as given by Alderman Weidman, in his second letter, instead of that first described ; viz., that in the Alderman's first letter there was a mistake of " opposition" for " application :"—in short, that the Common Council of each ward are the whole and sole judges of who shall or shall not carry on the trade of a victualler. This system, too, the worthy Alderman is stated to hare described as having " worked so well" in the City ; but whether the proofs of this working are taken from the " Newgate Calendar," or the daily samples of civic sobriety and decorum produced at the Mansion-house and Guildhall, the worthy Alderman does not condescend to inform us. The Alderman thinks, too—nay, he is con vinceds—that there is nothing like undue in fluence exercised on the occasion ; and would have us seriously believe that those who could sell the office of Secondary, and impose upon their fellow-citizens and constituents the hardship and the extortion consequent upon such a pro ceeding, are quite alcove receiving any im pression from those who know how to manage such matters elsewhere. Now, cheap as we hold the majority of those throughout the king dom who carry into effect our precious licensing system, we hold the civic body cheaper still ; but whether they be deserving of more regard than we entertain for them or not, one thing is certain—that it is not to them that the law has assigned this power ; and, therefore, for the Common Councilmen of this or any other Ward to meet, and decide by vote upon questions of property like these is an assump tion of power illegal in itself, and not at all palliated by any good which it has produced in the result. If any man doubt this, let him stand for ten minutes on the steps leading to. Saint Andrew's Church, Holborn, and he will see haw " the system works" in the Ward of Far ringdou. If he wishes, too, to see how the same system works, both in the city and other parts of the metropolis, let him read the account of the trial for conspiracy which took place at Maidstone a few days since, which he will find in our paper of Wednesday last ; from which he will find, that, though one main duty of the Licensing Magistrates is to look to the moral character of the persons who keep public-houses, no small portion of them are in the hands of thieves and prize-fighters ; and that, in fact, half the robberies which are committed are first planned, and afterwards accelerated, in places which these guardians of public morals take such extraordinary pains not to purify. Yet, if a hotel or coffee-house keeper require a licence, the worshipful body are all in arms, from "Vile-end to Kensington—not for fear public morals should be deteriorated, but lest the wholesale dealers in poison should suffer any diminution of their righteous gains ! Such being the case, the Legislature is bound, we think, to protect the community from that being turned into an evil , Which was meant to be a benefit. Whether the trade can be safely thrown open we are hardly prepared to affirm ; but that the better part of it should not he sacrificed to the worst—the hotel keeper to the gin-shop—is a proposition which none but those who have either a very dull vision, or who see things through an interested medium, can for a moment doubt.—Morning Herald. The events of die last few months have effec tually settled the question of Emancipation.— These were the words of one whose opinion is at tl:e present moment of immense practical im portance, and who, among his other valuable distinctions, reckons that of never employing any expressions unguardedly. In this opinion it will soon be found that all intelligent and impartial spectators of the events alluded to fully concur. It would be an error to consider the proceedings which have recently taken place in Ireland as presenting merely temporary and acci dental impediments to the admission of the Ro manists to political power, for this would not he effectually to have settled the question. These proceedin gs are to be viewed as exposing more fully, and placing in a new and clearer light, so as to render them universally intelligible, the character and tendency —th e permanent charac ter and necessary tendency— o f the measure of Emancipation, which had before been but nn ' perfectly understood. The election for the county o f Cl a re complet e d an d ren d ered wholly irresistible the evidence that the Roman Ca tholic Hierarchy of Ireland is essentially a po litical corporation, and that it possesses the power of controuling and commandin g , wi tn ! out any reserve or limitation, the political con duct of the entire Catholic population o f t h at country. Thus what had before been matter only of probable conjecture and reasonable ap prehension, as to the . new relation in which that body would be placed towards the Protestant Church and Constitution of the Empire, by any measure giving an Increase of political power to the Catholic Laity, stood forth with all its odious lineaments and foul proportions, in the full blaze of light. It could no longer be doubted that the practical effect of Emancipation would be to give the Popish Hierarchy the Command of a hundred votes ill the House of Commons. This exhibition of Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Power naturally elated the adherents of Popery. They fancied they were going to carry their point by storm, and in the triumph of their fancied success, some of their leading Agitators, Lay and Ecclesiastical, no longer thought it neces sary to conceal that they had further points which in dile time and succession they were de termined to carry also. Those who had any accurate notion of the genius and character of the Roman Catholic Religion needed not this ' display of unwonted candour to convince them that the Catholic Hierarchy, from whom all the efforts of th e P a pi s t s i n Ireland have hither to received, and will always receive their im pulse and direction, would not be contented or appeased by what is called Emancipation, and that the legal establishment and eventual supre macy of their Church are the objects which they have really in view. But the very numerous class whom the cant of modern liberality had de ' luded into the belief that the character of Popery had changed, and that there existed at the pre sent day no reason to suspect her Priesthood of designs for her aggrandizement and eleva tion, have fortunately had their eyes opened by the language and conduct of the Roman Catholic leaders, and have obtained a clear view of the frightful precipice, to .the brink of which the country had been led in conse quence of their former blindness and delusion. The destruction of the Protestant Church in Ireland—perhaps also in Great Britain—Parlia mentary Reform, according to the wildest schemes of those who, under the popular term of reform, vainly attempt to disguise their wish for revolution and anarchy—a general disloca tion of all the interests and a chaotic confusion of all the elements of society, were now clearly perceived, by all who attended to the language and conduct. of the Catholic leaders, to be either comprehended in the term of Ca tholic Emancipation, 9r to be among its most natural and necessary consequences. The Protestants of Great Britain and Ireland, aroused to a due sense of the dangers which hung ch;er all the institutions of their country—insti tutions for which they justly feel the deepest re verence, and the moat grateful and lively affec tion, shook off, as might be expected of them in such circumstances, the torpid inactivity in which during the season of fancied security they had so long permitted themselves to indulge. The array of Protestant wisdom and strength to which the apparent progress and the consequent presumption of the Papists has given rise, is a spectacle of moral grandeur, and an exhibition of political strength and resolution, that has never been surpassed. This proud organization of the Protestants of the empire is the last and crowning etent in that important series, which, within the last few months " have effectually settled the question of Emancipation."— Morn ing Pod. POLICE, INTELLIGENCR. GUILDHALL On 7 hursday evening, about eight o'clock, a tall elderly man, who had the appearance of being a me chanic, was observed endeavouring to squeeze him self through the railings of St. Paul's Church-yard, near the north entrance to the Cathedral, and finding he could not easily accomplish his purpose, he pulled off his boOts, and was proceeding to direst himself of some further part of his dress, when interrupted by a patrol. Being questioned as to his object, he said he wanted to find the devil, and from his general manner it was supposed he was deranged. He ap. peered to understand the questions put to him, but he evaded any that would lead to the discovery of his name or connections, it seemed rather from craf tiness than actual loss of memory. Sometimes he spoke indistinctly, as if suffering from paralysis. He was conveyed to the Compter, where the Governor also attempted, but fruitlessly, to learn who he was, and what part of the country he had travelled from; for it was evident, from the dirt upon his boots, that he had walked a considerable distance. Yesterday morning he was brought before Mr. Alderman BROWN for examination, and was agaih interrogated respecting his name, &c. He .said he understood 'that Honey, the beadle, had stated to the Magistrate respecting him, but he did not know his own name and address. The Alderman desired that he should be taken care of in the Compter till Tuesday, and the prison surgeon would, in the interim, examine him, and re port his real state. HATTON-GARDEN. DUFFING.—Wm. Bowers was charged with de frauding a gentleman named Osborne. On Satur day the prisoner accosted the complainant in Holborn, and asked him if he would purchase some smuggled French kid gloves. Mr. Osborne con sented to make the purchase, and accompanied the p;i goner to a public-house in the neighbourhood to view the goods ; but they being of an indifferent nature, Mr. Osborne refused to purchase them, and the prisoner displayed a shawl which he said was " reel Cash mere," 40 yards of " Holland," and two pieces of " French cambric" of 11 yards each. These arti cles the prisoner represented as being worth 130/. or 401.; but owing to non-payment of duty, he could afford to sell them under their real value; and Mr. Osborne consented to give him 121. for the goods-- half to be paid upon delivery and the other half when their quality was ascertained. The articles were accordingly conveyed to Mr. Osborne's lodg ings, in Castle-street, Cavendish-square, and the pri soner received 6/., and agreed to call in four days for the remainder. A female friend of Mr. Osborne, however, on looking over the goods, die- covered that the shawl was Norwich manufacture; the 40 yards of Holland turned out to be 25 yards of calico, worth 10(1. a yard; and the '22 yards of French cambric was only 14 yards of Scotch muslin worth 2s. per yard. He did not call for the re maining 6/.; and Mr. Osborne meeting him in Holborn gave him in custody. He was allowed to choose betvreen refunding the money to Mr. Osborne j i and finding bail to take his trial. He acced e d to th e I former proposition ; but the cash not being forth. coming he was locked up. BOW-STREET. Win. Prudence, a stout, middle-aged waggon driver, whose Tom and Jerry freaks did not exactly correspond with his external appearance, was charged by Mr. George Parry, who keeps the Durham lap, in Durham -street, with maliciously battering in the tap window-frame, and six panes of glass attached thereto, at abont 11 o'clock on Thursday night. The prisoner had discharged his ponderous missile from behind another driver's coal-waggon that was in a position opposite the tap-room, and thus formed an admirable breast-work for this " prudent besieger's effective coup do main." The master of the tap room was reading a newspaper when the brick dis turbed his meditations. The complainant said, he had only recently entered on the business, and that a rival tap-master in the same street had instigated the prisoner and other persons to compel him to evacuate the tnp. The complainant added, that he had now deteraned to shut up his tap, as he was afraid of his life. Sir R. Binslli—Give up your house, Sir! what do you mean ? Yon shall not ere up your tap-room. We will protect you in your business. I'll send a regiment of soldiers, if it is necessary. Gire np your house, indeed ! Complainant—Your Worship, I am not afraid of any man; I Sir RtcrtAnn—Pooh ! pooh ! why do you quit your house, then ?—The complainant non • said, he would go back. The defendant was not seen to throw the brick, but on the complainant's rushing into the Street to discover the offender, no person was near the.house but the defendant. The prisoner was ordered to pay for the damage done, 11. Is., and was bound over to keep the peace. In the course of the proceedings, a witness of the defendant charged the complainant with " high treason" to the head Magistrate of police. The complainant, observed this witness, addressing the Bench, said that " Sir Richard Birnie was a cursed old fool, and a cursed thick-headed old fool." (Much laughter in which Sir Richard jeined.) Sir RtcHAßD—Well, man, do you think I am offended at that ? Perhaps he is not the only one Mr. Goodyer said he believed that Burrup and the girl must have been walking arm-in -arm, when the latter turned to him to reply to some obser vations, and he then discharged the pistol in her face. The prisoner, who could scarcely support himself from excessive agitation, was fully committed to Newgate for trial. UNION-HALL A young man named Newman, residing at 4, Manor-place, Southwark, attended, and stated that his house was broken into on the preceding night, and the corpse of his mother stolen. The outrage was committed, he had 'no doubt, by the resurrection men, for none of the property in the house was disturbed, ,and the fellows were careful of no taking the shrOnd belonging to the corpse. Au officer accompanied the applicant to the different hospitals and dissecting-rooms, but was unable to find the body. WINTER ASSIZES. MA IDXTON E, Dec. 19. TRIAL OF MR. THOMAS AUBTIIi, DIhPUTY.TREA• SURER OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL This trial was appointed for nine o'clock precisely, but some time previous to that hour, from the inte rest it excited, the Court, an uncommoely spacious one, beOn to fill, and by the time the Judge had as sumed his seat it was crowded. The prisoner, Thomas Austin, was then placed at the bar, and arraigned on an indictment which charged, that on the 15th of October, 1827, at Greenwich, he then being employed as a clerk, or servant to Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, Bart., to wit, holding the office of Deputy Treasurer of Greenwich Hospit►►l, did embezzle the sum of 1,000/. which he had received by . virtno of the office be held under the said master and employer. In a second count he was charged with' embezzling *further sum of 2,0001., on the 16th of Nov. And in a third count, he was charged with em bezzling a further sum of 250/., on the 14th of December. The prisoner pleaded " not guilty." Mr. BOLLAND detailed the facts. John Dyer, Esq.—ls now first clerk of the Ad miralty, but was formerly Secretary of Greenwich Hospital. Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson was Treasurer of that institution, and appointed Mr. Austin his deputy. Witness was an attesting party to the power of attorney conferring the ap pointment. Mr. Austin, previous to his appointment as de puty treasurer, was a clerk at the Treasurer's.office. Mr. W. Knowlden—ls a clerk in the treasury-de partment of the hospital. Mr. Austin was deputy treasurer and also chief clerk of the treasury. It was his duty to render a monthly account of the re ceipts and disbursements of the hospital. His salary as chief clerk, was 500/. per autism, besides which he was a clerk of the prizes, for which he received 200/. a year more. (The monthly accounts were then put in.) The acconnts were rendered to a Board of Directors and Governors, sitting some times at the Admiralty, and sometimes at Green wich Hospital. Mr. BRODERICK should now rut in the accounts for those months in which the embezzlements had taken place. The accounts for October, November, and De cember, 1827, were accordingly severally put is, and also the general account from the Ist of January to the 31st of March, 1828. Witness—Mr. Austin continued to hold his ap pointments till.lttne, 1828, but he tendered no gene ral account after March in that year. AU the items in the monthly accounts ought to appear in the ge neral account. Witness produced the rough draughts from which the accounts of October, November, and December, 1827, were made up. Those of No vember and December are in the hand-writing of Mr. Austin. That of October is merely endorsed by Mr. Austin. Has been clerk in the treasurer's office twenty-four years. The treasurer appoints his deputy, and the Board of Directors confirm the appointment. In point of fact it would be no ap pointment at all if the Board of Directors refused to confirm it. Mr. Austin could receive no money as clerk, but only in his capacity as deputy -treasurer. It was Mr. Austin's duty to pay the amontit he re ceived into the Bank of England to the account there standing in the r►sme of the treasurer, with the exception of such money as might be required for current disbursements. The money thus required was kept in a strong room called the " Chest." The demands on the chest are innumerable. By the JuDGE.—The treasurer seldom acts; in fact witness never knew of one acting. He is gene rally a person who has held high naval appointments; in fact, witness had known the office to be held by a person actually abroad on naval service. By Mr. ADOLPIWS.—The treasurer gives security to the hospital, and the deputy to the treasurer. that says that. Witness—But, Si r Richard, the Mr. Austin ceased to be deputy treasurer on the complainant said he would have you in the news- 31st of May. After he had been dismissed, he came papers. (Renewed laughter.) j backward arid forward„end assisted in balancing and Sir RICHARD—It would not be the first time my explaining the accounts. name has been in the newspapers. I Re-examined by Mr. BOLLAND.—The prisoner Elizabeth Roebuck, the woman who was men- cause backward and forward to rectify errors die tioned in the charge of rape, which was lately pre- covered in his accounts. Errors were examined into ferred against Mr. Smith, at Marlborough-street, in the presence of Mr. Austin, who paid the money came before the Magistrates, to complain of an ac- required to rectify them. Other errors were after count which appeared in a Morning Paper, of a wards discovered on which Mr. Austin paid a transaction concerning herself, and which occurred further Hum. A third set of errors were discovered, six or seven years ago. According to Mrs. Roe- but Mr. Austin paid no money on account of them. buck's statement, a trifling charge of assault had I Shortly after this discovery Mr. Austin left the been magnified into an accusation of violation. She neighbourhood._ had, sh e said, f ormer ly li ve d i n t h e serv i ce o f M r . Re-exami ne d by Mr. ADot,errus.—lle did not Smith, the gentleman against whom a charge was know that mistakes hart been discovered in the cc lately mad e by Jane Byrne, at Marlborough-street, counts of other of the hospital officers. He believed and that she had given evidence on the subject be- none were discovered. Some of the mistakes were fore the Judge who bailed him. in favour of Mr. Austin, to the amount of some The MAGISTRATES told her that they could do thousands of pounds. During the 17 years Mr. nothing in the matter, but they hal no doubt the Austin held the appointment, from 10,000,000/. to newspapers would correct any mis-statements. 11,000,000/. of money passed through his hands, nr. Smith, C'hor les Wilkinson, and George Warden the balance of which sum was constantly carried were brought up on suspicion of being concerned in forward in the general accounts. Mr. Austin was a stealing a trunk from the carriage of Lord Strathaven negligent and unskilful accountant. a few nights ago. Some picklock keys and knives Again examined by Mr. Britorwatcrt.--The mis were found upon the prisoners; but takes to the disadvantage of Mr. Austin were ta the Mr. Wooler, who attended for Smith, contended amount of 6,0001. that there was not sufficient evidence to detain them. Edward Lockhart, Esq., was Secretary of Green- It was stated that one of the prisoners had only wich Hospital, and had held that appointment since just returned from transportation. December, 1813. It was part of the ditty of wit- An officer deposed that he c o u ld p rove th a t th e ness to atten d the Meetings of the Hospi ta l B oar d prisoners were near Holloway, where the robbery on each of their days of assembling. Mr. Austin was committed, on the night when it took place attended those meetings as the representative of the (last Wednesday week.) treasurer, and also in his capacity of chief clerk to The prisoners were remanded till Monday, to give the hospital. time to procure further evidence against them. Mr. Austin, with the other officers, waited in an MARYLEBONB. ante-room ready to be called in if wanted. Mr. Goodyer, the apothecary to the infirmary, By the JuDGB—Mr. Austin could receive no came to the office, and reported to Mr. HoSKINS money in his capacity an chief sleek, without a ape that his unfortunate young patient, Mary Mortlock, cial authority from the board. who was shot on Wednesday night by Burrup, was Mr. W. Slack—Was a clerk in the Bank of considerably worse, and he considered that her de- England, and produces the Bank books for 1827. position should be taken as seen as possible. In- In October of that year there was an account in die flammatory symptoms had already appeared, and her name of Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, Bart., as face was much swelled. He did not apprehend any Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital. A pass-hook immediate danger, although the young woman's ul- was kept for that account, and money both paid in timate recovery was doubtful. and drawn out. The pass-book was made rip monthly, and the vouchers returned. They w ere Mr. GRIFFITH imm e di a t e ly p rocee d e d t o t h e firmary, and th e p r i soner was a l so conveye d t h ere generally put in the pocket of the peas-book. for the purpose of' being identified toy the young wo- Mr. John Anstin--Was a clerk in the Treasurer's office of Greenwich Hospit a l. H e use d genera ll y to man, and he stood at the fo o t o f h er b e d w hil e s h e related the circumstances of the dreadful occurrence, fetch the pass-book for Mr. Austin from the Bank. It appeared from her statement, that en Tuesday Ile mostly gave the book to Mr. Austin, bat if Mr. week she went to Covent-garden theatre, where she Anstin was not in the way, he placed the book in first saw Burrup, who entered into conversation with the hands of Mr. Knowldan. He might have so her, and he escorted h er h ome to h er mot h er ' s placed it a dozen times. house in Shornton-place, and they made an appoint- Mr. Kaowlden re-called---Witneee, when he re meat to meet on the following m orn i ng , i n O x f or d- seared the book, a l wa y s l oc k e d i t up i n t h e strong street. They kept their appoi n tm en t i n O x f or d- room till he had an opp or t un i t y o f g i v i ng i t to Mr. Austin. street, and another engagem en t was en t ere d i nto f or Wednesday evening. On that night they visited Cross-examined.--All papers and documents left by'Mr. Austin in th e s t rong - room h ave b een trans various public-houses in the neighbourho o d o f Ox ford -street, a nd s he was a f terwar d s procee di ng part ferred to his success o r. of the way home with him, when she fo un d h erse lf Mr. Walter—Was a stockb ro k er , an d k new M r . Austin, for whom he had done b u si ness s i nce 1823 . suddenly wounded by a pi s tol s h o t, b ut s h e was totally unconscious of B urru p b e i ng t h e p erson w h o His first introduction to r. Austin, was o w i ng to fired at her. „ his being employed to buy' and sell stock on account of the hospital. He afterwards did business for Mr. Austin on his private account. He made trifling purchases of shares and securities for him. He could not say what kind of securities. He did business for Mr. Austin generally. Had received money from Mr. Austin in payment for such shares. Witness had no account made by himself of the state of the money transactions between himself and Mr. Austin. Ia October, 1827, be received from Mr. Austin cheque on the Bank of England for 1,000/. Wit ness paid it to his bankers, Spooner and Attwood, who gave him credit for it. 'Witness afterwards lent that money on his own account, and not on ac count of Mr. Austin. He borrowed it of Mr. Austin for the purpose of lending it. He did not repay the money till two or three months afterwarde. In November of the MIMIC year, he received another cheque from Mr. Anatin for 2,000/. in the game manner, and for the same purpose. It was a loan to witness, for him to employ. It was to be em ployed for Mr. Austin's benefit. On the 14th of December, witness received another (ghetto° from Mr. Austin for 2501., but whether that sum was to he lent out, or whether it. wee for " general dis bursements," he could not say. By 4r. BOLLAND—What instructions did Mr. Austin give yen when he paid the 1,000/. to you ? Witness—Nothing further than to pay him in terest for it. Witness repaid the money by direct payments into the Bank of England, to the credit of the account there standing in the name of the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital. He repaid 1,800/. in Bank notes on the 31st of January, and a further sum of 2,050/. on the 21st of February. There had keen other and larger dealings between him and Mr. Austin. In the various transactions be had with Mr. Austin, the money was always advanced by Mr. Austin, in a cheque drawn upon the Bank of Eng land, and signed is his official capacity of deputy treasurer. Mr. Justice BUHROUGH here observed, that, from the evidence of the last - witness it appeared the money had been returned; eonsegnently there could have been no felonious application of it. The pri soner must be acquitted. Whether he might not be indicted under some other clause in the Act is ano ther question. The prisoner was acquittal accordingly. The prisoner was again arraigned on an indict ment, charging that he, being a clerk tuid servant to Sir Thomas Boulden Thempson, did feloniously em bezzle 41 notes of 51.eacb, two sovereigns, and eight silt& shillings. In a second count he was deseriberl to be the ser vant of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. It appeared that on April 18, 1827, the prisoner received the money in question from Mr. Clifford, of the Navy Pay•off►ce at Chetharn, on account of the Hospital: that he afterwards wrote to the Se cretary, admitting the receipt of the money, but on examining his accounts it was found he had never carried it to the credit of the Hospital. Salmon, of Bow-street, proved the apprehension of the prisoner. After hearing arguments of Counsel, the Learned Judge decided that the Deputy Treasurer of Green wich Hospital was not a clerk and servant within the meaning of the statute, and consequently that the indictment could not hold good. The rest of the indictments having all the same defect, were not proceeded with, and the prisoner was discharged upon finding four sureties in 50/. each, to become bound for his appearing to answer any fresh charges that might be preferred against him at the ensuing assizes. The sureties were immediately entered into, and Mr. Austin left the Court in company with his friends, who greeted him warmly on the favourable 'termination of the affair. LIVERPOOL—THURSDAY.—Business to a fair extent has been done in our Cotton Market to-day, and the sales amount to 1,000 bags, at yeaterildy's cur rency. ANOTHER MURDER. THE MEATH Bienttawicauts.—Abont a month ago a respec table young man, a Roman Catholic inhabitant of the town of Trim, was assailed by a party of Orungemen— one of whom was heard to declare, that " he would shed Popish blood that night." In fulfilment of this horri ble threat, this young person was slain by one of those Orange miscreants, who laid open his head with a saw•. To the great astonishment and indignation of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, the perpe trators of this bloody deed were at large, and seen publicly in the streets for several weeks. However, on Saturday last, Mr. Murphy was brought down to Trim, on behalf of the prosecution, and demanded from the Magistrates a warrant to have the persons accused brought to justice. After a lengthened examination, two persons were brought before the Magistrates, named Parsons and Cosgreave, against whom the most positive informations were sworn, as having been the murderers of the unfortunate Catholic. Under the late Aet the Magistrates held them to bail, to stand their trial for their lives, at the next Assires.—.Dub lia Morning Register. LONDON BEGGARS. The beggar's calling, if not one of the ins' 4 respectable, may be regarded as one of the Wl' ancient. We have recently been informedo there are seven thousand beggars upon the tool' daily, and that they each beg two shillings Rail' take one with the other, that is 7001. I-0 Each of them have their favourite house of Or sort where they sleep of a night. In seis e houses a fellow stands at the door and takes o money ; for threepence they have straw, for fourpenco they have clean straw, and for fit, pence a mattress to sleep on. The servants %° and examine all the places to see that all is fri e from felony; and then they are let mai isl e the stre e ts j us t as th e d oors o f a gaol ire opened, and at night they come in aggil l ' —They have a general meeting in th e course of the year ; and each day they nl e divided into companies, and each company ho its particular walk—the whole company takin6 the most benefi c i a l wa lk s i n town , k eep i ng i t lis" an hour, or three or four hours, as agreed 011 ' It is estimated every one expends two shillings e day, and sixpence for a bed. Their earnings Yorl much ; some get five shillings a day. There 0 1.° many lodging hous e s, b es id es public-houses; but • however wretched and depraved the beg ° t and inhabitants of there lodging houses may IA they were worse 20 years ago, for then there o g e no " honour among thieves," the sheets belonging to the lodging houses having the names of die owners painted on them in large character . of red lead, in order to prevent their being bought if stolen thus :—" Mary Jorden, Dio i/ street—stop thief."—At this time the poke shovels, tongs, gridirons, an d p ur l pots - of th public houses particularly the Maiden Head,. Diot-street (Since pulled dow n ), were a ll chain to the fire-place. The last cookshop where th e ' knives and forks were chained to the table ‘ 4l ` e on the south side of High•street, kept by a 0 0 -- of the name of Folsell. The major part of IL ° London beggars are impostors. Very few of w e beggars who pretend to be lame are se. ThO is James Turner, a well. known beggar, who'll been known to spend 50 8 . a - wee k f or b oar d, s n , who values his tim e l s . p er h our . His toe keeps " an academy for females," for the pn e : i pose of teaching children th e ar t an d myster y bogging. TRADITIONAL MELODIES. ' It has been said that airs which hit the tai of a great number of people, must contain sore thing good. This we do not believe to he to ls , of tunes whi c h su dd en l y sprea d f ar an d a t among the population of a city, and gradual/ sink into oblivion ; but it appears eminenn true of melodies which live in the memory 1 ,0 Sailors' ditties or the Ch r i s t mas Carol. 17.; must look at the comp ara ti ve d ura ti on of Sr two, to find which is genuine and which sophi s ' ticate. The t ear f u l c h an t w i t h w hi c h p°"' , people are now daily coming under our w indowt,', telling us to " remember Christ, our Saviour:, has not been s u n g s i nce l as t y ear , an d i n a fe w weeks' time will not be sung again till the nelt 4; no copy assists the singers and yet it will g 6 This is the kind of immortality which a musics° vol most vehemently desires fo r a me l o dy. T o t ° a tune which shall sink into the hearts °fa pooffi e ' r is perhaps an ac hi evement b eyon d t h e re ach -o r art, and therefore f e w o f our well-known great composers are known to h a v e sig nslisted thew selves in this way. Th e mus i c i a n unawaresunawaresone who g ives w ay to hi s f ee li ngs , Sod follow° the rules of composition with o ut knowing theca —is th e man to write a lasting popular melody Musical math ema ti c i ans aler that the minor key is not in n a t ure . H ow comes i t t h en t h a t Sa t' lors' tunes, the Christmas C aro l, an d the o l d Monkish Chants, between which there is renal'' able similarity, should partake so much of til i4 mode ? These came down to us from remot e periods; the Argonauts might have inventedthl first, and theSliepherds of Bethlehem the seceor for anything we know of the matter. It is hark to be supposed that in the infancy of the JO.; guage of sound, people who merely vented the' feelings should direst a refinement beyond s e ' titre. But let us hear the two combinatioi ts " The major chord, which is the natural and pe r : fect combination, as mathematicians impress le us, conveys n o thi ng b e y on d a sat i s f actory s entfe' tion to the ear. The minor chord, on the co; trary, carries the s en ti men t o f me l anc h o l y in t . sound ; a shade p asses over us - as we be t. It would be a pleasant deduction to draw therf e ' that all the mis e ry, p a i n , or un h app i ness / SP° t are to be found in the world, aro but Fe; versions of nature's intentions, like the tent u key ! Banish sorrow, and we should have nt more sympathy with so.eophistie a t e a mode, tic could only hav e c o m e i n t o f as hi on at thels4.„-t, man l--We believe th a t none o f those goolt"0 miner tunes with which mariners are vioet.. sooth did dreary hours o f th e i r wa t c h, h a ve . 0/0, 0 , 3 been pricked down in notes. The ChrieUl l Carol leas been written, and the subject has re t , coived som e fi ne h armon i es an d master l y tr!, B F5 ment by Mr. Samuel Wesley. No other piO°, are requisite of the innate worth of a.melol than that it sh a ll a d m it o f a goo d b ass , O° ° good treatment. But w h o wou ld w a n t mor e al o f his own ears to assure : him of the expreseion I t the last phrase in, the Christmas Carol runs the gauntlet annually through all the hoer, j out-of -tune, foggy-voic e d, an d wooden-legrti performers of the metropolis ; yet its truth o°, simplicity remain as fresh as ever.---Spectatef_4i BIRTHS. On the 19th instant, in Hamilton-plane, the- Cot , Gower, of a eon. , a ktf On the 10th instant, at Vi ne C o tt age , near Seven u'oet Kent, the hely of Colin Arrott Brevrning, eel of H. 111.8. Alligator, of a daughter. of 3. On the 17th instant, at Poole, Dorset, the lacy Bingley Garland, of Stone Cottage, of a eon. At Dalbury, in the county o f D er b y , t h e l a d y o f t he Pe °. Charles Evelyn Cotton,,of a (laughter. of At the Deanery, Peterborough, Mre. Monk, the ket l the Very Rev, the Dean, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the lath instant,' by the Rev. T. &Hoek, 0 0 . Peter's, Marlborough, George Pileher, Esq., of I/ yr , street, Southwark, t o J ane Pierce, third daughter of Maurice. On the lath instant, at St. John's, Ilaropstead, Rae. Samara White, D.D., William Lionel Lampet, 00 ' of Bridgenorth, in th e oon n ty o f S a l o p, t o M ary Elietthf; yonngost daughter of the late Res. Watkin Williams, t i of Nantglyn, Denbighshire. At Sr. Werburgh'e chnrch, Derby, bhe Rev. .1 1 , ai l Pe , Alartimso, of Dublin, to Helen, daughter of the Rev. ward Higginson. DIED. ele On the 18th instant, at Walworth, Mr s . A nn 1' itged 7b. On the 18th inetant, Elizabeth, eldest &tighter crll l9°. Bwein, El., of Canonhorppisee. At the Quintets, near ()tweeter, R. F. Weet, heir of F. R. Weet, M.P. for the boroughs of Deihl Holt, Rnthin, Ike. On the 19th 1u stint, Elissetbeth, wife of Mr. W. co" grere, of the Pete) , hotel, Rithbone-p l ace. Storref' On the 18th instant, at his bonne, Putney, itit John Layton, Eiq., &innerly of Lime-street, Lona his 79th year. Put-trrtsn anti PClRJefft ED by MURDO YOUNL4-14 fi SUN OFYICZ, 1 12; 81*A Tatty Lowooto. I .boo tro TL 1 ' 4 %19 tile Aliri rf.tt