The Sun. — London, England, 1828-07-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. An alarm appears to have been created in the silk trade by some . expressiOns of Ministers when this subject has been before Parliament: —lt was there hinted, that probably no change would take place in the., present law, but that still the matter would be reconsidered, and that time for ► econsideration was accessary. It is wrong to create fears upon slight grounds ; and the head of the present Government has perhaps not yet learned the extreme sensitiveness of men engaged in any manufacture on the subject of their particular trade. He cannot appreciate the anxiety with which they watch every thing that falls from official persons, and the various ways in which they torture and twist their words. It is very well for the Duke of Wellington to profess that he will reconsider the question of the silk trade. We know that he has the power to do this, and to affix the seal of 'authority to any conclusion at which he may arrive ; but still, as he does not understand the subject so well as those who have gone before hits, it is more than probable that, asserting his - theoretic right to do what he pleases on the subject, 'his prudence and' discretion will induce him to make no change.— it is a pity, therefore, to create fear where "no fear is." The protraction for another. year of the present system with regard to Bandana silks, which system was to have expired in October next, besides unsettling the minds of men enga ged in the trade, does positive injury to those who had speculated upon the assurance that the high duty was to expire next October; so that, at the same time, the plea of consideration and further inquiry is futile and will end in nothing; and the temporary measure founded on that plea is ►mischievous. The trade, as we before said, have taken the alarm, and are to have a meeting ►n the business at the Old London Tavern this day. The alarm of course is for the future— w!th the existing regulations they have no dis pute, if carried into effect according to the, un derstanding with the late Ministry.—Times. The Catholic Leaders are too much impressed with the importance of order and tranquillity as a means of extending the power and influence of the Catholic body, to sanction any movements of an insurrectionary nature. TO suppose that with so complete an organization as theirs— with a com►sander in every parish, the Priest, any rising could take place unknown to the na tional authorities, is no doubt extravagant enough►. Yet this paltry affair, a natural and almost every-day occurrence, in a country whiere every fair has its feud, and congregations hardly leave the chapel door before they range theni• selves in parties of combatants, has been ab surdly enough magnified into a rebellion. Our • .Ascendancy men may rest assured that the Ca tholics will not give them the advantage of any insurrectionary movement. What the present state of things may end in; it is not so easy to foretel; but much must happen before the Ca tholics are driven to any such expedientastaking up arms.—Morning Chronicle: ' We made yesterday some remarks upon Mr. Grant's statements, delivered .in the House of Commons o►► Friday, showing the complete resuscitation of the Silk Trade under the liberal system adopted by that gentleman, and those who with him lately presided over the txade the country. But the argument was very much. understated by us'; for the returns quoted by Mr. Grant were not returns of the quantity of silk imported in the years named respectively, but of the quantity actually taken out of the warehouses, which can only have been so taken out for the purposes of consumption, artd not, as has been ignorantly asserted; for purposes of mere speculation. from ,these returns there can be no appeal ; nor, when we regard the pro gressive improvement of the trade since the re duction ,of the duties, the slightest reason to rai:trust the beneficial influence of the policy which dictated that reduction.--Aid. • , The anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne has seldom pasied off' without Orange, proces sions anti scuffles between the Orangemen and Catholics., The last .anniversary has been a re-, markably peaceful one. It happened, however, that in the county of Leitrim, the Catholies;„,in, anticipation of a procession of the Orangemen, assembled at Ballinamore in conaiderable num bers to prevent such a measure... If the bad been any thing unusual ul anneiLassemblages in Ireland on the 12th July, there might have been reason for surprise at .the assemblage at Ballina more, which, after all, is only stated by the paper of the great Orange Hero, Sir Harcourt Lees, at 500. But the novelty in the case is, net that there was an armed assemblage, but that this is the only anniversary which passed off without , frays .between the Catholic; and the armed. I Orange processions.—lbid. No decree has yet' been issued hy , :the Portti-, auese Government for confiscating . thCproperty , of Constitutionalists,tne . but it would app.:ar, from accounts received 'front different' quarters, that such a measure is intended. . We should be the last to recommend any tnterference of Foreign Powers with . the internal affairs of another country, for the purpose either of favoi:r inga particular system of Government, or of as sistin one party against another; but between such interference, and that which h,ls for its object the promotion of peace and huntanity; there is a wide difference ; and if ever the Powers of Eur9pe could.be justly called upon to inter-. fere for such purposes, it must be on the present occasion. The cases of these unfortunate hull viduals require only to best4ed ? to receiv e th e support of every friend of justice and hunia uity. The daughter of Doh Pedro is recbg rlized by all the Courts of Europe as futur e sovereign of POrtugal; his brother is appointed his Lieutenant, takes the oaths of fidelity to the Charter, and soon afterwards, regardless of the, most .tiered oaths and promises, assumes ' the title of King. The Courts of Europe, almost without an exceptitm, protest against sueh a pro seeding, and 111Scilia t.i f eir.:AnibasadOr,to leave the kingdom as soon 3s the measure is carried into effect, A considerable Pi4triber of Portu guese, f a i t hf u l to the oaths IViiich agly . had taken, and trusting to. ;he countenan ce *hid, their 'cause bad received from f) many difrerent, te o, resist what they. believ.ed, and the different Courts encouraged thetn to believe, wfi# an usur pation.' Owing partly to, their own Want o f energy, perhaps; but still more to , the general feeling of the Portuguese nation, tlAey are uns ne _ messful, and obliged to seek she lter in fo„iigii .countries. Yet for this attempt to support the cause of honour and legititnacy they are to be outcasts from their country, anti their property is to be, confiscated to the successful party. .The character,ioo, of these unfortunate men, pleads powerfully in their favour. As far as w have had means of information, Paimella, Saldanlia, Villa Flor, Taipa, and several others of the Con stitutional leaders, could not be surpassed, per hapS not 'equalled, for intergrity.. and prin- Ciple, by "any' equal number of the same rank in Portugal. The property which some of them have in the country is the best proof that- their object was not to in troduce - a levelling system, like that which pre vailed in France at the Revolution, but to sup port that- Constitution which they believed would be for the . .good'of all, which had been granted by their acknowledged Sovereign, and which the countenance of all the European Sovereigns had encouraged them to uphold. If they are to be sacrificed for such an attempt, without the strongest remonstrance and decided interference on the part of the Sovereigns, particularly those who support legitimacy, we should regard it as a dereliction of principle on their part, and as a measure of the greatest hardship and injustice. Such conduct would be the more inexcusable, because a decided expression of opinion from the different Courts would be sufficient to save these men and their families from ruin. They have yet to arrange a compromise between Don Pedro and Don Miguel, and we think that one of the articles which they should insist upon above all others is a full and general amnesty for all those who only adopted the course which the SoVereign recommended, as the more legitimate. We have differed from the Constitutionalists as to the rights of Don Pedro, but still we think that, taking all the circumstances of the dispute into consideration, they have the strongest claims for protection.—Morning Herald. In an article which we have extracted from a well-informed Evening Paper, it is asserted on " undoubted authority," that Ferdinand of Stain has made a most pressing solicitation to our GOvernment to acknowledge Don Miguel King of Portugal. 'We have little doubt that if this be not the fact -now, - it will be so soon ; and that after a certain exhibition of squeamishness on the part of the different Sovereigns of Europe Miguel will be cordially,shaken by the hand, and duly recognised, as one of the Holy and Legiti mate Alliance. England will of course be the last to submit to the disgrace ; .for she has re- Cognised Don Pedro as the only lawful King of Portugal, and cannot, therefore--at least, we would hope she would not—without his per mission and assent—recognise Don Miguel without a gross breach of the national faith. Don Pedro is the only lawful and legitimate King- of Portugal ; and the usurper, Don Miguel, has re cognized his right by assuming the title of Re gent, which was conferred on him by Don Ped ro , but which he might just as well have conferred on any one .else. Nor is this all. If Don Pedro had chosen to be King of Portugal in stead of Emperor of th e Brazils, who could have gainsayed his right ?. Not Don Miguel cer tainly, notwithstanding his desire to possess the crown ; and if not lion Miguel, certainly no one else. But Don Pedro has not resigned his right except on certain conditions ; and if these cOnditions have not been complied with, which they have not, Don Pedro is still virtually the King of Portugal. How then can the British Government recognize Don Miguel as the lawful Sovereign of Portugal, without having, pre viously received the reCognitiOn of Don Pedro? It would be a gross breach of national faith— and so gross a degradation of the British name, that we cannot, for a moment, bring ourselves to believe in the probability of its occurrence.— Morning .Advertiser. It will be seen, from a report in another part of our Paper, that that sort of jobbing in the granting of Licenses, which we always anticipated would take place, has been all but realized.— Two Magistrates in the City of London, who owed their elevation to Licensed Victuallers, promised a license where we will not say no li cense was ..due, but where certainly they ought not to have granted a licence, without consulting their brother Magistrates.. We do not know whether we ought, or ought not, to regret the result. We warned the Licensed Victuallers of the .consequences of the Hotel-keepers' Bill ; we were not only the first to give them intim a ti on of the matter, but we counselled them in private to use their most strenuous exertions against it : they,eame short of our wishes, and they are now in a situation to suffer from it. Let us, how everhope•that the example will not be without . its use, and:that though our counsels were un attended to during the present Session of Par liament, their grounds will he urged still more forcibly during the next.—lbid. The Corporation of the City of Dublin have unanimously resolved to petition the Legisla ture to disfranchise the forty-shilling freeholders of Ireland ; urging in support of their prayer the strong and unanswerable reasons, that this description of voters have already abused the trust committed to their charge—that they are so much under the direction and influence of a politipal priesthood, as to be incapable of exer cising tins important trust either rationally or independently—and that in their hands the right of voting has had, and can have no other effect than to augment the . power of an illegal megtin . g under the name of the Roman Catholic Association ; for the professed purpose of seeking Emancipation, but for the real purpose, as its conduct attests, of promoting revolution. This prayer of the Dublin Corporation, wp have no hesitation in saying, ought to be granted im mediately c.O the next meeting of Parliament. The measure they rt.:Ppm m end would produce incalculable benefits to irol3 n tl. It would 31 once humble the turbulent and boasting derni.gogues who are a curse to their coun try, and :date the political power of the priests, which is its ober greatest curse.-6- It would , withdraw .pne 1344 temptation to the tpo minute subdivision of land, frPlO. which the greta,e , , , t evils have sprung ; whilst upon the 40s. freehOldars themselves it would impose no other than a most bene?olent depriva tion, Niiice it would rescue them from the pain ful,necessity of deciding between the authority of their Landlords 41“.4 their Priests, and from the fatal altprnative of, drawing upon themselves the resentment of one or the other. It would be iilt ireOver such an exhibition of energy on the part of the British Legislature as is now abso lutely required, to check th e growing presump tion of the orators of the Association, and would rescue atthe same t i me t h e United Parliament of containing a cons id erable frPm the disgrace nutnj,ei- pf ken )bers who ate such only by the sufferance .o . i 'Vopisb Priests and, d emagogues ; and from the stn.!•ci,cepy di sg race which it, of alq 3 e Nein inpends over , • 0 0 .• in favour of bers sp64ily displaced others who mill come into Parliament as th e Pxpiess representatives pppishdemagogues wl4ch the . and Priests. The measure lor Cor poration ,of pnblin is about to petition, p one, In fine, whirl] the statp of 'lreland imperatively demands. • The loya) Corp,oratipn of the Irish metropolis have already performed another duty of no less importance to the peace and welfare of Ireland —that of petitioning for the suppresr nsion of that ASsociatton which they denounce as seeking to bring, about a revolution. The lead ing agitators are, we perceive ? or profess to be? elated, on account of the expiration of the Act which was ihte'nded to prevent the treasonable meetings and the seditious harangues in which they delight, and by means of which they live. Why they should be so elated we cannot ima gine, since, so far as regards the Act now ,about to expire, , it has•been one of their proudest boasts that they have been enabled successfully to evade and defy the Legislature. Under the name of the Old Association, which they now mean to assume, they can hardly be more efficient agita tors than they have already been. They may now adjourn from day to day throughout the year, instead of occasionally dissolving them selves to re -assemble in a clay or two afterwards. But these meetings and harangues will be just as pestilential as they have been ; more so they cannot be. They are relieved, perhaps, from .1 the stigm a o f meet i ng in defiance o f an Act of Parliament, but to that stigma they and their adherents have ever been insensible. Tile truth is, that the Act intended to suppress the Asso ciation was not a measure sufficiently stron g for the turbulent and artful men it was intended to controul ; and we question if any measure will be efficacious for this purpose, which does not prohibit political meetings in Ireland altogether, or subject them to the constant supervision and prompt interference of a vigilant police. We are, at all events, fully convinced that the Roman Catholic Association must be put down, and that the 40s. freeholders must be disfranchised, or that another rebellion in Ireland is inevitable. —Morning Post. When a Minister of the Crown says, " I will strictly adhere to the principles and engage , ments of my predecessor," what construction are we to put upon his words? If an un••official person were to declare that lie would faithfully fulfil the obligations of his partner or predeces sor, we would take for granted that he would discharge all his just debts, perform all his fair promises, and execute all his honourable con-. tracts. Bat vie are afraid that there are some shades of difference between civil and political engagements, and that the definitions of Samuel Johnson are often found to be at variance with those of the Court Suite. A somewhat re- narkable and consolatory, though amusing, in stance of tliis is to be found in the conduct of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, with regard to the silk duties in the new Customs' Bill. At the time Mr. Huskisson brought for ward his " improvements" in our commercial system, he proposed to admit silks, the manufac tures of all countries, at an ad valorem duty of thirty per cent. In legislating upon this branch of our trade, he professed to be guided, in his estimation of the rate of protection, by the opinions of a Select Committee of the House of Lords. Their Lordships, of whom the late Noble Home Secretary was Chairman, reported it as their conviction that the silk-manufactures of this country would be amply protected by a duty of from 12 to 20 per cent. Mr. Huskisson, who has since shown that he knew nothing of the subject, in order that he might err on the safe side, proposed 30 per cent., which, on his recommendation, was inserted in the original Bill, and agreed to by the House of Commons. But, while the Bill was upon the eve of being read a third time, it was discovered that if the India silks were ad mitted at this rate, not only our domestic ma nufacture would be involved in deeper ruin, but even our excellent friends, the French, would be driven from the market by the weavers of Hin (fasten and China. Mr. fluskisson, however, had tinkered the Bill so long, that he was asham ed to recommend an additional patch. Hence the aboitive Bill required a new midwife, and an other old woman, in the shape of Mr. Charles Grant, was called in. He, to the astonishment of the House, and without even giving any ex planation, altered. the principle of the Bill en tirely, and, as regarded India silks, changed the ad valorem duty to a rateable duty, by which these latter goods were only rendered admissible to this market on paving from 40 to 60 per cent. duty. The East Indians, who did not comprehend the distinction so nicely drawn by the then Vice- President of the Board of Trade, and who be lieved that the change was a mere matter of con venience for the officers, no sooner discovered the trick than they complained in severe terms of the consequences of it. They then received from Lord Goderich and Mr. Huskisson a dis tinct pledge, that in October, 1828, the addi tional duty would be discontinued, the ad valo rem one of 30 per cent. restored, and the silks of India admitted precisely on the same terms as are those of France. The time has, however, come, but the pledge is not to be redeemed. Mr. Courtenay being a sheet of white paper, is not Mr. Huskisson, who is any thing but a sheet of white paper, and consequently the thing cannot be done. We know that it cannot be clone without turning many thousands of la bourers upon their parishes. We knew from the first that it. could not be clone. But still it is a hardship, and one of a rather vexatious kind too, that the silk manufactures of France should be admitted to our market on better terms than we admit the manufactures of our India Colo nies. As to the pledge—the solemn pledge— it, we fear, must lay in pawn a few moons longer. 'That it will be redeemed we doubt much. The only way to overcome the difficulty is to place the silks of Europe on the same footing as the silks of India—by raising the duty upon the former, not by reducing that upon the latter.— New Times. A` picture-dealer of the name of GRAMAIN was convicted on Thursday last, by the Chamber of Correo tional Police of Paris, of having exposed for sale two lithographic engravings, called " The Dream of Maria Louisa," and " The Sleeping Lion," which had been seized by the Commissary of police, He was tried for baying— . Ist, exposed for sale designs neither deposited with nor au thorised by the Goyerniraent; 2d, of attacking the order of succession to the Throne ; 3d, for having exposed in oublic places signs and symbols calculated to excite a spirirof re bellion, or to trouble the public peace. The prisoner stated that he had purchased the blocks without being aware of their nature; add denied, that they were intended to attack the Throne, sr'exeite rebellion. The Court sentenced him to fifteen days' imprisonment, and a fine of i 00 francs, and the costs of the proceedings. The Pando r e ( a F re n c h literary an d dra matic journal), in the course of a long article on " the pre sent state of the dramatic art in England," says—" The London Theatres have now no tragic actress; Miss KELLY, andKELLY, the daughter of a retired officer, 'began too yo u ng, although her talents were of an order to justify brilliant hopes, she is not equal to great tragic character% Miss isArFrna, when in London, never reached her true sta tion. Being na t ura ll y timid, she wanted there b o th oppor tunity and encouragement-shehasonly f oun d t h em in Paris. Mrs. Wvsre bad formerly beauty and a little sensi bility; is still pretty, but that is all, and her declama tion has degenerated to a psalmody without soul or energy. Miss PoorF had same talent; speculating upon the publicity of a scandalous adventure, and upon the bad taste of the public, she went through the provinces, giving herself out for a first-rat e actress, asid lost the little talent which she possessed. Qmsedy is as badly off as' tragedy : Miss CnE s T R has neither mind, energy, nor correctness. Mrs. OtartnaLF.Y, Who was intended for a dancer, is still more cold and ignorant than Miss CREsTEit. There is, however, a Miss KELLY, who plays in farce and melo drama with much effect and correctness," POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—" This poor woman, please your ' Worship," said the gaoler yesterday morning, as he put up the first of thirty prisoners, whose vices, follies, or miseries bad consigned them to prison since the preceding afternoon, " This poor woman, please your Worship, is Eleanor Thompson, charged with having tried to make away with herself." The poor creature (a good-looking woman of about four or five and twenty years of age, decently clad in a black stuff gown, with a piece of black crape round her worn out straw bonnet), crept slowly forward into the dock, and, leaning her elbow on the front rail, she hid her face with her apron, and wept. " Just after twelve o'clock last night, your Worship," said Isaac T:asely, one of the Blackfriars watch—" this woman was seen gliding down the steps of Blackfriars bridge ; and I, and two young men who happened to he passing, went down after her; but just before we got to the bottom of the steps we heard her plunge into the river. It was high water, just at the turn of the tide, and all the boats had been left for the _night, moored together with a rope ; but one of the young men happening to have a knife in his pocket, cut the rope, and jumping into one of the boats, be paddled out after her, and caught her just as she was floating away through the second arch, and great trouble he had in getting her into the boat, for the poor thing did not want to be saved. However, he brought her ashore at last ; and as she would answer no questions, we took her to the watch-houso ; but I believe her husband is here now." The husband, a lean, wo-begone, elderly man, came for ward. He had been a hair-dresser, he said, but ill-health and misfortune had thrown him out of employ ; and this, together with the loss of their two children within a short time of each other, had made his wife so low spirited that she often wished herself dead. " Yesterday," he continued, " the club to which I. belong had their annual feast; and though I was too poor to go with them, I thought it might cheer my wife up a little if I took her to see theprocesaion. And so we went out for a day—" " And so you got drunk ?" said the Magistrate, Sir PETXR LAURIE. " No, upon my honour, your Worship, we had nothing at all to drink except one pint of porter, in Piccadilly, as we returned," replied the husband ; and he then went on to state that after they got home (to their lodging in Cock lane, Giltspar-street) they " had a few words," and about eleven o'clock his wife went out against his will, and be followed her ; but, being lame, be could not overtake her, and though he walked about the streets inquiring for her till after three o'clock in the morning, he heard nothing of her until he was informed, at seven o'clock, that she was in the Compter for having attempted to drown herself. It appeared, however, by the testimony of the watch and night-constable, that the " few words" he and his wife had had were accompanied by blows; and that they made such a disturbance with the words and the blows together, that their landlord sent the wife to the watch house; whither the husband followed her, and begged her off; and it was on their return home front the watch house that she ran away from him, and jumped into the river. It was added, too, that though the husband was " notdrunk," the wife was any thing but sober." Sir PETER LAURIE censured the husband for having concealed the truth, and asked the wife whether she recol lected any thing of the circumstances? . She replied— taking her apron front her face, and standing erect—" I recollect this, perfectly--that I was not in liquor ;—neither did I make any disturbance." " And why did you make the attempt upon your life?" demanded Sir PETER LAURIE. To this question she made no other reply than by a short convulsive groan, and again hiding her face in her apron ; and Sir PETER LAURIE ordered her husband to take her home, at the same time telling the wife that if she attempted to drown herself again he would send her to Bridewell. A girl was brought up to be apprenticed by the parish to a Mr. Butler, an artificial flower-maker, in the neigh bourhood of London-wall ; and in addition to the usual questions, Sir PYTER. LAURIE inquired what hours the girl would he required to work. Upon learning- that her services would be asked only from nice in the morning until nine at night, with an hour and a half for meals in the in tervals, he expressed himself thoroughly satisfied, and re gretted that the laws regulating the hours of employment for children in the factories were not extended to the milli nerrapprentiees in the metropolis. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday William Vyse, the per son who stands charged with haring in his *possession se veral notes, stolen in November last,' from Mr. Greenway, of Warwick Bank, underwent a final examination. Mr. Kelynge Oreenway is a partner in the Stratford-on- Avon, Shipton-on-Stour, and Shipton Norton banking houses. On the 21st of November last he went to the office of Carr, Glyn, and Co., of Lombard -street, for the paid notes and vouchers of these banks, and for the paid notes and vouchers of the Warwick Bank, in which he was also a partner. The notes and also a quantity of gold were all made up and handed to him in a blmi bag, and the witness conveyed the hag and its contents to the Furnival's inn Coffee-house, where lie took out the heavy parcel, which he knew to be sovereigns, and immediately t►ed up the bag and its contents, and putting the sovereigns into a carpet bag, he deposited both bags in a drawer in his bed room. He had previcusly taken his place in the Warwick mail, which lie directed to call for him at the Furnival's-inn Coffee-house. A little before eight o'clock the mail stopped for him, and witness desired a porter to put the two bags, in the coach seat, and he accompanied the 'porter to tke door of the coach to see that the porter did as he directed. He was standing immediately behind the porter, and as soon as the door of the coach was opened by a person from withinside, witness thought he saw both bags raised to place them in the coach seat. At this moment a person from the back part of the coach outside ran against the witness with considerable violence, and when he recovered himself, he saw the porter in the act of placing the carpet bag in the coach-seat. Witness immediately observed to him, that he had not put the blue bag in, and in conse quence of this observation a search was made for the blue bag, but it was gone. The witness and his partners gave a general caution to the public Rot to pay any notes of their banks. The prisoner's solicitor here said that no public notice had been given respecting the 1/. notes. Mr. HALLS considered that the general notice not to pay or to receive any notes of these banks was a sufficient warn- ing to the public. No man could plead ignorance of havi ng any of these notes in his possession, particularly after the great publicity which the robbery had obtained, and the time which had subsequently elapsed. In reply to a question by Mr. Gates, Mr. Greenway believed the whole of the notes, or very nearly the whole, had been returned, and it was quite out of the question that any part of these notes could have been re-issued since. Mr. Gates, upon this evidence, pressed for the corn. mittal of the prisoner, whose solicitor contended that no such ease had been made out to warrant the Magistrate in taking such a step. Mr. HALLS said that at all events a strong prima facie case was proved; and as the matter stood, Mr. Vyse was called upon to account for the possession of those notes. The prisoner's solicitor said, it was impossible he could remember how the notes came into his possession. The prisoner was then fully committed to Neisiate fo r r trial as a principal in the robbery, and the parties,were bound over to prosecute at the next Old Bailey Sessions. The prisonerewhois well known to the - Police, carried on an extensive business as a straw-bonnet manufacturer on Islington-green. •:Hs, was partner with a person named Patin, who some time ago was tried for stealing a note for I,oool.,,whieh a gentleman lost in the city while bidding i n a n auction.ronnslor!'an: estate. Malin, who was ac quitted of the charge, was taken titt Paris, where he at tempted to get the note changed at a money broker's. QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday (Andes banials, a private in the Coldstreaua Regiment of< Foot Guards, was charged before W. A. A. WHITE, Esq. with a most gross assa ult onMr. Dribois, a respectable tradesman, in Royal Hospital-row; Chelsea. • Mr. Dubois staled illat on Monday evening, about half past ten , he was tettiiiirig home through K n i g ht s b r id ge w ith his wife and' daughters, when the prisoner pushed against them several times. In order to protect his family themlie desired walk o n a -h ead, and ordered the soldier to business,about his when . lie knocked witness down, ac companied by abusive language. .lie got up anti ran to overtake his wife, and called an officer to take the prisoner into custody, who immediately came up and seized witness by the collar, and threatened to gi v e him in charge for takingeyvilig improper liberties with him. Horror-struck at the r , charge,. th e officer secured the soldier, and con. v es st4tePletit wag confirmed by his wife and o,tn7 to the watch-h ouse 50r. i DIW other witnesses, m r . pobois lore 00 enmity towards the prisoner, whom he never saw before that night in his life; . but it was the com mon practice of many, soldiers, when a charge was ma d e against them, to make inch accusation to deter th e com plaisant from alTe ar i tig• The prisoner expressed the greatest contrition for his con d uc t, that he was drunk, and did not know what he was about. The serjeant of the regiment gave the prisoner an ex cellent character. Mr. WHITE expressed his abhorrence of the prisoner's i conduct, to make such an nnfounded charge against a re ! spectable man. He therefore sentenced him to pay a fine of 500. or be imprisoned for one month. The money not being forthcoming, the prisoner was locked up. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.— A black woman, named Emilia Francis, was brought before the Magis trate, charged with a riot, and breaking the windows at the house of Earl Powis, in Berkeley. square. It appeared that several years ago, when Earl Powis was returning to this country from the Governinent of India, he purchased this female, then a child, at St. Helena, where he stopped on the passage, and brought her with him to this country. His Lordship had her educated and brought up in his family as an attendant upon his children; but as she grew up, she every day evinced more and more a very vicious and violent disposition, until at lest his Lordship was compelled, reluctantly, to part with her; but he took care to provide her with a situation, which he procured for her in another family, friends of his, in the hope that there she might demean herself better than she did with him ; but he was mistaken, and in the end his Lordship was obliged, rather than suffer her to go to ruin here in London, so send her home again to her friends at St. Helena, giving her at the same time a considerable sum of money, with an ample equipment of wearing apparel of every description, and every thing else she might want, together with a free passage home. She did not, however, remain long at St. Helena, when she managed to find her way back to England again, and her first visit was to the Earl's home, where she caused such a riot at the door that she was taken to the watch-house. His Lordship, however, very humanely sent her home at his own expence a second time to St. Helena, and a second time she came back again to London, and has since been in the habit of going frequently to the Earl's house and disturbing the family by her violence. Yesterday morning she came in front of the house, and collecting a heap of stones in the street, she very delibe rately set about smashing all his Lordship's windows, in which she partly succeeded, and no doubt would have ac complished the entire job had not a constable been sent for, who, after receiving some hard knocks from her, took her into custody and brought her to the office. Earl Powis attended in person, as did two of his Lord ship's servants, to prefer the complaint, and the prisoner way sent for two months to the House of Correction. ' THAMES POLICE OFFICE—Tun ST. KATHA-• RINE'S DOCK COMPANY.—Yeeterday an objection was rather suddenly raised upon a quention of ejectments, before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. BKODIERIP at this office, which, if sustainable, places this company in a situation Of great peculiarity. Several persons attended to show cause why warrants to eject them from the houses they bold, now purchased by the Company, should not be issued, some of them agreeing to quit in a fortnight, upon receiving a bonus of 401. ; others did not appear ; and in the case of Mr. Moses Toms, of Sun-yard, East Smith fi eld. Mr. Tooke, the Company's solicitor, grounded his ap plication for the warrant upon the fact that Mr. Toms bad received a regular legal notice at Christmas, 1826, to give up possession to the Company at the Midsummer following. This notice was served as required by the 61st clause of their Act, which enacts that such notice shall be given to the holders or possessors of the houses named in the schedule, which are or may be required for the dock. Mr. Toms did not dispute that notice, but did not obey it. At Christ mos, 1827, the premises were purchased from the head landlord, Mr. Newman, and the ground being now wanted, e requested the warrant of ejectment, as the original notice of the CoMpany, in December, 'IB2G, to the holder, super seded all others of any kind whatsoever. ' Mr. Horsley, an attorney for Mr. Tunis, said, that upon their own showing, the Company had completely ex tinguished their case. The words of the clause in its com mencement, as applicable to this case, were, alter describing the property " which shall be " purchased for the said pur poses, as " shall be " vested in the Company for such pur • poses, &c. &c. Now this "shall be," he contended, com pletely demolished the case, because no two words could be more express, in meaning only suck house or houses which the Company had purchased to complete the Dock. Mr. Tooke contended that the words implied & prospec tive view of what might be deemed necessary for the Or- ' poses of the Company. The opinion of Mr. Gurney and other Counsel was, that " shall be purchased of. possessed' of," clearly expressed such prospective view of property as the Company might want or deem necessary for their purpose. Mr. hlorsley, iu reply to the observations of the solicitor to the Company, said it was clear they might have Bba►i diuned the undertaking had they pleased : therefore 'no prospective view of property could avail, because they were not bound to take all the houses mimed or included in "the schedule. As to the opinions of Counsel, he had also availed himself of one,—that of the Common Sergeant of London, who said he could only construe the meaning of the words; to be, such property as the Company were actually is possession of. Mr. Tooke again urged that the previous notice given by the Cutnpauy WaS to all intents and purposes sufficient. After a short deliberation, Mr. BALLANTINE said, that upon an attentive Con sideration of the Act, the impression upon his mind was in favour of the of and his brother magistrate, and the bench equally as much conversant with the Act, was also of Lis opinion. The magistrate, in giving his opinion, took a review of the nature of the Act of Parlia-° meat obtained for carrying into effect the purpose of the St. Katharine's Dock Company, and its clauses empowered them to take up and demolish all -premises, upon compensa tion to the owners and holders, or upon fair valuation of them. This was the only mode by which they could be come entitled to any of the houses contained in their speci fication, and they had given this notice without having become, according to the letter, of their own Act, possessed of,the premises in question; therefore the objection was valid, because, in his opinion, as well as that of his col leagues, the words had no other interpretation than that stated upon the contra side of the case. After some desultory conversation, it was understood that the Company are bound :to give in all such cases a regular notice of six months after their purchase, if they cannot obtain possession by, an arrangement with the holders. • There is only, at present, one prisoner con fined in our gaol, for trial at the ensuing Assizes—ts fact as creditable to the character of the county, as it is, we believe, unprecedented in the annals of our Courts, at least as far as human recollection can extend.--Durham Chronicle. Much good hay has been gathered in this county, but there has been no inconsiderable quantity lying in the fields for the last ten days, which will be of little value, but of great loss to the owners. As regards the corn, we are astonished to observe the statements in the London papers, which are evidently written by those whe collect their information from an incorrect source. Wheat, • they say, will be f' more than an average cro p . " Now, we fear, if we may judg e by th e p ro spectin our own county, that wheat has not been less promising for several years,-... It is thin, badly set, a good deal diseased, and much of the straw is of a bad colour; besides this, there are but few acres which the late rains have not beaten down, and so prematurely, that early cutting only will save it from rot ting, whilst the remedy may be as - bad as the disease, the grain net being sufficiently matured to be severed from its 'mother earth. We are desirous of not looking too much on the gloomy side of the question, but if the rains hive been as destructive in other parts -of the kingdOM as they have been in this county, (and the accounts state them to be even heavier), we should deceive by giving a flattering prospect. , A great: portion of the wheat, barley, and oats, in our vicinity, lies as flat upon the ground as though it had been rolled : the weeds are growing through-it, and should even hot weather ensue,. without plenty of drying winds, a great deal will be •so injured as scarcely to be worth gathering.—Essex Herald, •.. his . guide thro ug h t h e wood very early AN -AFFECTING STORY. —One of M a j or Hestrurosi's acquaintance, who was marching . with a body a o°oo between Clulliakote and Lun eewarra , ca lled on a one e ee mo l v rn ill i a n g g er ., to pf be ie nee, remonstrated, ohserving that it was not the custom of the country to march before day-, light, and that it was dangerous to do so. The offices'''. supposing this to be the mere preterit of laaineas, was.posi tive, and ;threatened him 'if he did not go on. The man said nothing more, but took his shield and sword and walked on along the narrow path 'overhung with long grass and bamboos. The officer followed at the bead of his men, and had moved slowly half asleep on his saddle for about, five miles, when he beard a hideous roar, and saw. a very large tiger spring past him so close that he almost bru!bed his horse. The poor Bheel lifted up his sword and shield, but was down in an instant under the animal's paws, who turned round with hint in his mouth, growling like a cat over a mouse, and kinked the officer the face. He did what could be done, and with his men attacked the tiger, whom they wounded so severely that he dropped his pr e y. But the first blow had done its work effectually, and the poor man's skull was smashed iu such a manner as , literally, to be all in pieces. The officer told Major Ila:sturosr that from that day forwards the scene was seldom absent from his dreams, and with the least illness or fever he bad always a return of the vision of the tiger with the unfortunate man in his jaws, whom his imprudence had sacrified.— Bishop's Heber's Narrative. THE MARKET& CITY MARKETS, JULY 22. PLANTATION SLIGAIM—The market has been well supplied to-day, bid only a limited portion of business has been done, and l ast week's prices barely maintained; 167 hhds. Barbadoes were sold by public sale, but the prices of the last sale were not obtained. FOREIGN SUGARS.—Scarcely anything doing. REFINED SUGARS.—Although the market con tinues to be better supplied with goods they are taken off freely, and without alteration in price. •COFFEE.—The public sale of plantation this morning went off without alteration but , of 1532 bags of foreign offered, only a few lots damaged "'ere sold, FRUIT as last week. RUM.—There is not much energy in this market, the holders asking too high a price, there being a tendency to decline. Jamaica" are quoted from 39. to 55., and Leeward' from 2s. Id. to 2s. 10d. per gallon. - SPICES remain very steady. Pimento meets a ready sale. INDIGO.—The Company's sale is still proceeding, and obtains rather better prices than last week. COTTON.—There is a demand for exportation. The business at Liverpool continues brisk. The accounts to-day state the sale last week at 16,570 bags, at steady prices. The trade here bought 1,500 at th e c l ose o f l ast wee k . Surat.; are steady. BALTIC PRODUCE.—The date from St. Peters burgh, is 25th ultimo. Tallow continued to be shipped off freely. The price was 98 rubles, here 365. 9d. to 375. per ctvt. The delivery last week was 1,837 casks. SALTPETRE.—Within the last week:. the demand for this article - has somewhat revived, Orders having been received from the Continent. The price way be quoted from 245. to 245., 6d. T h e East India Company have declared 500 - tons for sale in the beginning of next month. HOPS.—From ail the districts the acegunta to-day are flattering ; and the estimated duty of the whole kingdom is rather above 200,0001. Hops, in conse quence are very dull of sale. In- TEAS regular business is doing to some amount. The OIL market continues _firm ; Whale. Oil ha* further improved in price, the accounts before re ceived being confirmed. THE SILK TRADE.---A good deal of attention is now directed to this branch of our manufactures. It is understood that some of the most influential persons engaged in the trade have recently had com munication .with' Ministers on the subject of a peri odical return being made by the trade to Govern ment of its condition, in order that the best infor mation may be supplied which may throw light upon this important. subject, previous to the consideration of the whole question in the next Session of Parlia ment. Italian Silks are in demand at the late ad vance. East India Silks obtain a trifling premium on the last 'side prices. As many merchants have sent out orders for East India Silks, much •dissatis faction is occasioned by the purposed alteration in the duty. The accounts from the Lead Mining districts are very gloomy, and an expectation is held out that unless an improvement soon occurs, a great number of miners must be thrown out of emploympit. COUNTRY CORN - P4AEtKE . TS DURING IiIR *EEi Wheat. Barley: "Oats. Beans. --.....- --........ 0.1.11.0........1 two Per Quarter. N. IO 6. s. to L S. to .a. Lto s: 805t0n.,... ...... 52 -- -,-- - 16 , 40 _. Gainsborough .....-... - m - - __ , . _. f . __ . 41 Grantham ......,.... .56 62 28 SA IS 26 46 ' 46 Grimsby 53 56 26 28 18 .20 40 .42 Horticastle 5O 56 26 28 18 24 '49 42 Lincoln ~ - 54 M ) 20 .25 41 48 Spilsby 54 56 28 no I S 20 38 44 Stamford 5O 57 26 29 21 25 38 York ' 48 60 25 30 16 24 40 44 NORWICH, July 19. The advance which' took place in our market last week, with a prospect of a further rise in price to-day, induced our fanners to. offer a birge quantity of Wheat for sale : A few saulp*at the commencement were sold rather hi g h er th an, 40, week, but the quantity s h own d amped the Market, notwithstanding the fickle state of the weather, and" Wheat , as well as every othei Grain and Flour must , be quoted at last wee k' s pr i ces. Wheat (per yr.) 525. 595: Ms. Beans (per gr.) ...... 365. 40s. Bar ley 21s. 2&,..85. I Flour, fine' (per sack) 435.-45:. NTERBURY, July 19. liOs. to Old .. . . —s. to —s. 545. to 60s. —s. to 9ks. to 903 .344. to 4os. 40a. to 42a. Wheat, whi4 ..... red .... ... Barley Oat; Beans .Ciaarta.--Whoat, 'per '7slb. Ss. 9d. to 9s. Od. ; Barley, Silqrts. ss. Od. to ss_ ; Oats, 4611 b. Od. to 3s. 3d. NANTwies.--Wbeat, per 951 b. Se. 2d. to Se. ; Barley, a qrte. ss. Od. to ss. 3d: ; (Ms; 501 b. 20."04; t o S s. Od.. COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Ex Pon rim. This year. Same pe riod last year. .r yea, Bags, &c. Bags &c. 11,k/ 145 27,493 15 37,410. 38,396. Prerioul ly this year. Bags, 631 sagg L Bcc 1 1 401,241 493,905 42,010: 42165 3711 e Scnl ie7 p .e' et ;PGl . i . 0d t1 1927 16a1 1)828..".:3' Liverpool...., London SHIPPING INTLPCIEnE. LIVERPOOL.. MONDAY; JULY 1.--Elllol water 4 , 0 UHL past fi rc .„. Wind N.N.W.--Arrived the Thetis, from Dublin; Mar sey, Beasley, from Newry; City of Londonderry, from Londonderry.--Three ships, one brig, and one snow off at half-past seven. CLKAUKII OUTWARDS. —The Providence, Hammer, for Dantzic; Jufftow Tresina, Porgen, for Groningen ; Fre derica, Reimer, for Stettin; Ann, Bartleson, fur Pbiladel. phia ; Mary and Harriett, Bristow, for New Yolk ; Mag net, Watkins, for Elsineur. Telegraph-office, July 21. Passed Holyhead, inward bound, the Amethyst, 'American ship. Wind at Holyhead N.E., light breeze. Passed in ward bound the Charlotte. • Passed Point Lynas, inward bound, the Canadian, Ante- rivan ship. • At 6 ELT. two ships north off Voel Naut, inward bound. At 2 30.--Three ships, two brigs, off Voel Naut, in ward hound. One_ ship inward bound, with a ball on fore- top-inast. • Passed Point Lynos, inward bound, the Charlotte, Bri- s ;' tish brig, with pilot on board. Esq. of a son and heir., stea o cl :l of a daughter. . •: • , - BIRTHS.. - ; -- On the 18th inst. at Elton, near Stockton-upon-Teee, the lady of Geo. Wm. Sutton, A e Ze Al 'u il f le Ca tt' ptain Baekbouee, ~,. On the 20th .instant, at . Bovingdon, near lienael'Hetrip- • Greenwich Park, of a son. •On the 18th instant, at Southwell, -Notts, the lady of ''' Colonel Sherlock, of a daughter. .i. AIARRIED. (' the lady lsth of i t o b s e ta ß ot e , c'. th G e On the 17th instant, at the Sardinian Chapel, Lim:oleo 4 . Inn fields, and afterwards at New St. Pancras Church, ' Dr. Marsh Lami, of Florence, to Miss Walker, late of Clifton. . • .. - ' On the,22d instant, at Queen-square, by the Rev. Mr. - maityh, Ja m e s Peirsel'Eul., Bucklershury, to Mary, ascend daughter,of the late Rev. Thomas Lloyd, A.M., Minor ' , .. ... Capon of Hereford Cathedral. - On the 22d instant, at Lewisham church, by the Rev. :- Jam" Wildiug, Ellis Cancellor, FAq. of Prince's -street, Helios. er-square, to Katherine Rose, eldest daughter of I :` James Young, Esq. of Hither Green, Kent. . . • , On Tueiday, the 22d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Lattice, Mr. Thomas Howse, of High-street, Borough, to Selina, • eldest daughter of Mrs. Butler, of Prasniarsh, is the coualy . ' of Susan. , DIED.' On the 19th instant, in Holla•street, CavetAish-squire, after a few days' illness, George Carey, Esq., of Tort - abbey, in the county of Devon. On the Ist June at Jamaica, Thomas Winder Hi gg i a, • youngest son of the late John Higgin, Esq., of London- , fields, Hackney. On the 22d instant, Great Surrey -street, Mr. S. Elcuw, surgeon, B.E.L. On the 20th instant, Lower Grosvenor -street, after a Short illness, of cholera, Edward Dalton, Esq., ugeil 70. Paulyan and PUBLISHED by N. YOUNG, at the SUN 01:k lc No. 112 4 Strand, Loudon. IMPORTED. t