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SPIRIT OF THE PUI3LIC JOtnNALS. We are at length enabled to eoilnbunieate the r ew Ministerial arrangements to r ar readers. CABINP" • The puke of Weill ..agton to be First Lord of the Treasury; and to retain his office of Commander-in- Chief. [ln th ,. r.at Course of yesterday forenoon, we heard, from '4l good source, that it was in contemplation to tte:c the office of Commander-in-Chief in Commis sion ; and Sir Herbert Taylor, Sir George. Murray, and Lord Fitzroy Somerset were spoken of as the Commissioners; but we do not find this confirmed.] Lord LYNDHURST, Chancellor. Lord BATHURST, President of the Council. Lerd MELVILLE, President of the Board of Controul. Lord ELLENZOBOUGH, Privy Seal. Lord DUDLEY, Foreign Secretary. Lord ABERDEEN, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Right Hon. ROBERT PEEL, Secretary for the Home Department. Right Hon. WILLIAM HuaxissoN, Secretary for the Colonies. Right Hon. HENRY GOULBURN, Chancellor of the Exehequer. • Right ik.M. CHARLES GRANT, President of 'the Board of Tra, e . 7Right Hon. J. C. HERRIES, Master of the Mint. The Ordnance, and the Woods and Forests, are not in the Cabinet. Mr. PEEL is to lead in the House of Commons. So much for the arrangements: We may now expect disclosures in abundance respecting the causes of the breaking up of the rate _Cabinet. We have heard more on this subject than we are at liberty to state; but there will soon be no secrets. The main points, however, are—is the Ministry, as now con stituted, such as ought to satisfy the just expecta tions of the country—and will they be enabled to stand ? A good Ministry for the country, may be a bad Ministry as far as its own vitality is concerned. We arc prepared to hear much sur prise expressed ; first, that the Ultra Tories, who are:predominatit in the New Administration, should, after the abuse so lavishly poured out by them against Mr. Huskisson, who has been held up as deserving the execration of the country fin' the ruin brought on it by him by his Free Trade System, should have pronounced sentence o f condemnation on their late opposition, by their in itation to that gentleman, in order to strengthen taemselves by his reputation with the nation; and seamdly, that Mr. Huskisson should, under all circumstances, have joined the new Ministry. It is the reputation of Mr. Huskisson with the nation as an able Financier, and a firm and-consistent Statesman, and the con viction that in the present arduous times, he of all public men is best qualified to regulate our eommer 'siftl policy with a view to the protection of the in dustry, and the improvement of the resources of the country, that can alone have led the new Ministry to Wish to retain him. This of itself affords a pre sumption that Mr. Huskisson, in retaining his situa tion, has not compromised his principles. In ba lancing the account between 'him and the late Op position, the inconsistency is all on - their side. As between Mr. Huskisson and those with whom he lately acted, the Taestion will be how far a public man . would t o; justified in refusing to serve his coun try, if Ite means of giving effect to those principles whie:nle believes best calculated to benefit it, are considerations su ggest Laced in his power. Many themselves as to these arrangements; but we will reserve them for a future day.-11.forning Chronicle. Still no communication, at least of a decisive and authentic nature, on the formation of the Ministry ! This stem.; rather surprising. As the friends of altra principles have now a charta rasa, why. do they not at once inscribe their names upon it, accord in to their various degrees and pretensions ?' Per- , naps they wish to temper their own principles with a little alloy of a different kind; or to increase their stock of talentby an importation from other quarters. We and the country may like them the better from this doubt of themselves and deference for their ad versaries : but what will be said of the .new matter which i 3 merely introduced to solder up the old vessel, that after long use had gone to pieces ? How ever, in any case, we wish to see the Ministry form ed, whatever may be its constituent parts. The Gazette of last night contains the new Peerages of which we spoke the day tefore yesterday. . They have this to be said in their favour, that they were conferred by the last Administration, and approved by the power, whatever it may be, that presides over the existing interregruun. The posthumous honour conferred on Mr. Canning, by creating his widow a Viscountess, will impart a melancholy satisfaction to the country. Mr. - Bootle Wilbraham has absolved his godfathers, by choosing - as difficult a title as they gave him a name.—Tinter.' We present this day an official despatch, ad dressed by Mr. Huskisson to Sir J. Keane, •Lieu tenant,Governor of Jamaica, which, whether it be considered in relation to the ability with which it is executed, or to the circumstances of the writer, may be pronounced a document no less remarkable than intrinsically valuable and important. The despatch hears date the 2 - 2 d of September, and fills seven columns of the Jamaica Gazelle. Mr. Hus kisson, after Mr. Canning's death,had been sent for, early in August, by Lord Goderich, to fill the offi ce of Colonial Secretary. The Right !lon. Gentle man, in broken health, was obliged to retard his journey homewards, and did not arrive until nearly . the end of the month. The interval between his return and his entrance to the colonial department, was filled by anxious and unremitting exertions to bring the new Ministry into shape. His appoint ment took place not before the 3d of September, and was gazetted on the 4th ; so that, in 20 days from his acceptance of office, with his full share of the distractions of a raw and ill-assorted Cabinet, and under the pressure of impaired and precarious health, this indefatigable Minister found time to master the almost endless details of those thorny and repulsive subjects which had em ployed a whole year's labour to the House of As sembly at Jamaica, and produced a despatch of as much temper, 4tiscrito,ination, .comprehensive saga . city, statesman-like power, and disregard of selfish clamour, as has often proceeded from a public office, the analysis of a mass of politi ca l que stions,— for the correction o f a series of legislative errors, or for the guidance of a deliberative body. Mr. Hus kisson's purptre was to state the objections of the Government at home to the very Inefficaciou s manner in which the Colonial Assembly of Jamaica - at tempted, or professed, to realize the principles of the British Parliament,' and to execute the mstruc tions of Lord Bathuret; and well has the Right Hole - Gentleman perform e d hi s un gracious part. W e never read an official p aper so voluminous in which there was such compression of matter. Mr. Iluskisson starts from the post lik e a man of busi ness, full of his subject, but holdin g it under the easiest and most absolute control—with perfect courtesy, and admirable simplicity and clearness, never using a ph rase that does not contain sonic forcible and essential argument ; and exhibiting, ender, as we have before hinted, the most disadvan tageous circumstances, a v i gour o f applicatio n , an d a decision of judgment, which would be of themselves sufficient to account for the almost feverish eagerne ss of political parties at this moment to secure tothen e . selves his powerful support.—Hid. Whoever arc Ministers they will have no plea sant time of it. Of the Duke of Wellington, we have a good opinion; we believe him to be a man of firmness, and that he possesses much of the most desirable of all sense—common sense. In the House of Lords he may not be what is called an orator; but his speeches, as giv e n inthe newspapers, read well. He has the art of saying much in a few words. But, whoever is Minister, he will have a difficult task to encounter. There is the Turkish arid Greek question to settle; should the Greeks accomplish their independenCe under a President, and should the Greek continent and islands flourish and become a second United States, and be an Ally to us, Greece might then be an additional barrier to our East India possessions. But would Austria and Russia choose that Ureece should become a second y !Inked States, especially as example of a free Go vernment ? Would not Austria and Russia, both bordering on Greece, be afraid that the infection of a free Government might spread and seize the people of both Russia and Austria? We may be mis taken, but we are of opinion that Russia and Aus tria are preparing to take advantage of circum stances, in order to divide European Turkey be tween them, as well as the continental part of Greece, including the Morea. Russia, in such a case, would take the Principalities, and extend her conquests to the whole of the Peninsula, of which Constantinople is the extreme point— Austria would 'fall upon Macedonia, and the rest of the Greek territory contiguous. Russia would then become a maritime Power in the South, as well as she is at present in the North. Austria, in possession of Greece, might also become a naval Power. The only thing that, in all probability, keeps back these Powers, is the state of their mo ney matters. At present, their credit is good in England. They are raising loans to almost any 'amount they can require; but 'if they were to go to war with Turkey, and we were to send an army and a fleet to assist the Turks, the power of Austria and Russia to borrow from us would cease, and their fi nances, like those of Spain, would be thrown into confusion. So far, however, as Turkey, Greece, and our East India possessions are to be considered, f_the Debt is the thing that will plague whoever are i Ministers. That clog requires from the taxation of the country 30 millions a year; and the Revenue, the last year, of Britain, exclusive of Ireland, was only 47 millions, or thereabouts. Take away from the 47 millions 30 millions required for the Debt, and there are only 17 for the expenses of Govern ment; and it is well known that the Government are expending, ordinarily, 20 millions a year. Here is a deficit of three millions—added to which there will be another deficit, wising from sums wanted to defray the Greek and Portuguese affairs, and .for the building of palaces and other works. Both thele extra expenses may, probably, be met by the Revenue of Ireland, which, happily for us, increases every year, though the Revenue of Bri tain decreases. As for the Sinking Fund, that has to be provided for by Lord Bexley's financial ope ration called " Dead Weight," by which one set of men pay another Set of men for a certain number of years 2,800,0001., and-from whom they will receive this year about 4,Boo,oool.—thus receiving for this year a balatice of 2,000,0001., which is _ called Re venue; and,which, we think, will be found, when the financial accounts come to be presented, the only Sinking Fund, or surplus of income beyond ex penditure—that is, provided all the extra expences for the Greek and Portuguese affairs, and the outlay for palaces, &c., be brought into the account, but the lat. ter we think will not be' brought into the account, but will' be kept back, at least enough in amount to show a Sinking Fund of 5,000,0001. In the pre sent complicated way of keeping the accounts, it is very easy for a Minister to show a surplus of five millions when there might actually be a deficiency; but the " Dead Weight" scheme of Lord Bexley is getting more against us every year, till, in a very few years, instead of having any thing to receive from it as a revenue, we shall have to pay the 2,800,0001,, and not receive so much every year as 2,800,0001.; and the last year we shall receive no thing, though .we shall still have to pay 2,800,0001. This has been a sad delusive thing, and we hope the new Ministers will not proceed on the same principle as the former Ministers with respect to the remaining part of the " Dead Weight."—Morning Herald, As we yesterday stated, it is confidently expected that the arrangements of the new Ministry will be finally completed to-day. There can indeed be no doubt on the subject, provided the report of last night be correct, that Lord Melville, whose absence has hitherto retarded the completion, had arrived in town, and immediately waited on the Duke of Wel lington. The new Administration, we have the happiness to know, will be formed upon the princi ples of the Earl of Liverpool—and so formed, and treading in such safe steps, it will be found to com mand a degree of Parliamentary support, greater even than what that Administration at any time or on any occasion enjoyed. For, in the first place, it will be supported by all who gave their aid to that Ministry, and by those in addition (no inconsiderable number of Senators we believe) whom the occurren ces of the last ten months have awakened from ihe delu sions of a spurious or imaginary liberality. The his tory of the rise, progress, and fall of the ten months' Ministry, which has just dropped to pieces, un touched by any hostile hand, and merely from its own rottenness, is more than sufficient to disgust all generous and honourable minds, for once and for ever, with the specious hypocrisies of Liberality.— Was there ever in private life a household of me- nials, of men and women the meanest and the ' basest, who in their petty jealousies, their sordid and selfish objects, more thoroughly forgot their duty to their employer—neglected his affairs— invaded his comforts—disturbed his tranquillity— compromised as far as it depended upon them his respectability—abused in every possible way his confidence—and requited his kindness with ingratitude,—than the late Ministers of the King of England in their political relation to their Royal Master 1 Have they not, from the first moment of their official existence to the last, kept the Sovereign and the country in 'perpetual agita tion and uncertainty, through their sordid or male volent bickerings or intrigues, disguising all the while, or rather attempting in vain to disguise, their selfish manoeuvres under the thin pretence of zeal for the public service ? Can we therefore suppose Parliament or the nation to have been so dull as to derive no instructive lesson from the degrading and disgusting scene which has been made to pass be fore them ? And then with regard to the deluded followers of liberality, have they not seen the leaders of the cause, during the ten months that they have been gathered together, employed in little else but attempts to smite each other,or to parry each other's assaults ; and will not even they begin at length to perceive, what has long been evident to all the rest of mankind, that these leaders are interested pre tenders, that their watchwords arc so many solemn hypocrisies, and their banner no better than a jug gling phantasmagoria ?-34 - orning Post. We have received Jamaica Gazettes to the 3d of December, and give in another part of our Paper, from the Gazette of Nov. 18th, among other highly interesting extracts, a long and important document, in the form of a letter from Mr. Huskisson to Sir John Keane, the Governor of Jamaica, on the sub ject of the Slave Amelioration Act, passed by the Colonial Legislature of that Island in December, 1826. The portions of the Act on which the Right lion. Gentleman, writing in the name of the Privy Council, chiefly remarks, are those which go to im- Pose restrictions on the slave in the exercise of his religious duties—which disallow of slaves becoming religio us teachers, contrary, it is said, to the tenets of some of th e re li g ious bodies who h ave Missiona riesin Jamaica, by whom mutual instruction is con sidered as an essential part of discipline—which pro hibit attendanc e at pu bli c w orship betwe en sunset and sun - rise, a regulation which, it is argued, must prevent the attend ance o f d ome stic slaves, i n towns to whom the evening service only is acces sible—which denounce penalties on persons col lecting contributions from slaves for religious or cha ritable purposes; and which prohibit private meet ings of the slaves for any purp ose . O n t h ese parts of the A ct M r . Huskisson observes—and, as a gene ral principle, no one who has any f ee li ng o f Ch r i st i an sympathy, or any regard for Christi an d oc t r i ne , w ill r efuse to appl au d t h e res olution—that " it is the set tled purpose of his Majesty's Government to sanc tion no Colonial Law which needlessly infringes on the religious liberty of any class of his Majesty's subjects." The despatch goes on to remark on the inefficiency of the " Council of Protection," which our readers are aware is selected from the planters as a substitute for the Slave Protector, recommended by Lord Bathurst's despatch of May, 1826. Mr. Huskisson objects to the admission of markets on Sunday, however limited as to their duration ; he objects also to certain alleged ambiguities of expres sion in reference to the penalties to be levied on per sons employing their slaves in labour on Sunday. On the clauses of the Act respecting the punishment of ' slaves it is observed, that no report of domestic in flictions is declared necessary—that no interval between the offence and the punishment is appointed —that the presence of free witnesses at the flogging , of a slave is not provided for—that any kind of pu nishment, save whipping and imprisonment, is, by implication, permitted—and that females are still subjected to the lash. There arc a great many other objections in the despatch, on7the subject of the judicature to which the slave is to apply for redress—on the subject of marriages, on relatives, on manumission—indeed, on every thing. The Act, according to the view of it taken by the Right 11011. Gentleman, is so deficient, that to mend it would be a task of more difficulty than to make two others. As rejection is the conclusion ultimately come to, the plainest and least irritating expedient would, perhaps, have been to reject the' Act in toto, without comment. The question between the advocates for abolition in this country and the colonists, is one of much difficulty. —We are far from imputing fanaticism or hypocrisy to the one party, but we are also far from ascribing selfishness and tyranny to the other, as its opponents are perhaps too frequently in the habit of doing. Could the Colonists lie ever persuaded that the Abolitionists really sought nothing but to ame liorate the condition Of the slaves, and could the Abolitionists be persuaded that the Colonists really sought nothing but \ that most legitimate Object—the security of their prOperty—which is, we honestly believe, the motive of the great portion of them; and could it be shown, as it might very easily be done, that certain modifications of the Slave Code were not incompatible with the security of property in the Colonies—were the question, in fact, reduced to a question of means, we can easily believe that much trouble, anxiety, and irritation, would be spared to all parties. The Abolitionists must be prepared, however, for opposition, so long as they impute,as Mr. Huskisson's despatch pretty clearly does, im proper motives to their opponents. The Planters say to the Abolitionists, " It is well for you, whose property is lodged in the funds of Great Britain, or in some other secure investment, and to whom an insurrection of the Colonies would bring no greater hardship than a small rise in the price of sugar and coffee, to sit at home by your sea-coal fires, and plan regulations for a population of which you know nothing, save by report, and that report a partial one; and it is a mighty easy thing to talk of our obstinacy, as you term it in rejecting your philan thropic theories, which go to hazard our lives, ruin our properties, and may, if carried into practice, send us and our children to the workhouse." Such is the language of the planters, and really we must allow that there is no small reason in their com plaints. The effect produced by the nature of Mr. Huskisson's despatch seems to have been still greater than that arising from the mere disallowing of the Act by his Majesty, in compliance with the recom mendation of the Committee of Privy Council for the Affairs of Trade and Foreign Plantations. Five hundred copies of the Despatch were immediately ordered by the House of Assembly to be printed and disseminated throughout the island, to collect the general sense of the inhabitants; and meetings of freeholders took place in every direction, to pass condemnatory resolutions upon its contents. It is certainly to be.lainented that an Act which, it is avowed; comprised " many wise and beneficent pro visions,''. should have been rejected, instead of be ing received as the first fruits of a sincere wish on the part of the Colonists to comply with the public voice in this countrya disposition which it would have been more prudent and just to encourage, and which is now turned into a bitter conviction, " that nothing which they could do would satisfy their enemies. "--New LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT,OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 18. LOVELAND V. KNIGHT. This was an action arising out of one of the nu merous cases of defaulting on the ph of tax-collectors. Aftena good deal of evidence had been gone into, a verdict was entered for 1141. 9s. 6d., subject to a legal question, to be decided by the Court above. JARMAN V. OLDFIELD. This was an action against the defendant, to re cover the amount of a biil of a' paper-hanger, for paper-hanging and decorating the defendant's house in Pall-mall. There was no defence; and the case being proved, a verdict was taken for 261. 11s. 7d. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 18. HANCOCK AND VAZKE V. HODGSON, BLEADE.N, HONK, ROBERTS, AND HAWLER. In this action the plaintiffs sought to recover a sum of 1,7501., the amount of two instalments which the defendants, as Directors of the Goonearl Mining Company, had agreed to pay the plaintiffs in part payment of a Cornish mine which they had pur chased of them. The terms upon which the pur chase was made were contained in a deed which was set forth in the declaration. The defendants pleaded first, that this deed was not theirs, inasmuch as that several alterations and interlineations had been made in it subsequently to their signatures being affixed; secondly, that the alleged deed was not executed as a deed, but as an escrow, and thirdly, that it had been obtained out of their possession by fraud. It was proved, however, on the part of the plaintiffs, that the deed had been properly executed, and it was accordingly received in evidence; but when read, it was discovered that the word" did" had been recited in the record instead of " do," as appeared in the deed ; and the Counsel for the defendants submitted that it was a material variation, and must prove fatal to the case. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion that it was not a material variation, and he should there fore overrule the objection, adding, that technical ob jections of this kind had long been a disgrace to the law, and so long as he sat upon the bench, he would never sanction or encourage them. The Jury without hesitation returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages, 1,7501. HIGH COURT OF DELEGATES, Jas. 18. The argument in the case of " Clark and Clark against Dew" occupied the whole of this day. Sir C. WETHERELL, who commenced his speech on be half of the appellants yesterday, resumed it at ten o'clock this morning, and did not conclude till a quarter past four, having spoken for more than six hours. In the Insolvent Debtors' Court yesterday THOMAS GURNEY, lately the proprietor of a public-house called the George Canning, came up to be discharg e d, and was opposed by Mr. HALCOMB, on the part of Messrs. MEux and Co. the brewers. It appeared that about two years and a half ago the insolvent built the house in ques tion, at an expense of 2,8001. ; but havin g exper i ence d so me di ffi culty in procuring a license, he transferred it to Messrs. MEux and Co. for 15001., holding to himself the beneficial interest in the house. Shortly afterwards he transferred his interest in the house to a Mr. SeooNER for 2651., and obtained ale and liquor from some o f t h e oppos ing cre dit ors when he was ininsolvent c i rcumstances . The insolvent, when examined, said he was induced to transfer the house to Messrs. MEux and Co. b ecause one of the p ar t ners b e i ng a li cens ing magistrate the li ce nse could easily be procured. He had, however, obtained from them a considerable quantity of ale and porter for which lie could not give a satisfactory account, and he was, there fore, sentenced to ten months imprisonment. HORRID OUTRAGE.—Ott Thursday morn ing, about one o'clock, Joszru HoULT, the messenger of the Dock Police-office, who lives in Warwick-street, Tox teth-park, was awakened by the noise of persons entering the garden, at the back of the house, and opened his bed room window to see who was there. On the instant of his looking out, a blunderbuss or large pistol was tired, ene ball from which passed through the window above his head, and was afterwards picked up in the room, and three other balk of the same size were found, the next morn r ig, on the ground outside, under the window.....Liee / Courier, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Sir RICHARD Brawix took occasion to contradict a statement which appeared in some of the Morning Papers, headed " Bow-street officers out witted." The article in question, the Magistrate observed, was copied from the Cheltenham Chronicle, and pur ported .to describe the adventures of a female swindler, named against whom a warrant had been issued and placed in the hands of two of the Bow-street officers, who, however, managed matters so clumsily at Chelten ham that the lady escaped from their custody from a win dow into a saw-pit, and from thence over several walls, until at last she got clear off, leaving the officers chop fallen' and discomfitted. The whole story, said Sir R. BIRNIE, is, I believe, a fabrication : at least, lam sure that as far as Bow-street officers were concerned, it is a delibe lately ins-exited and gross lie. He therefore thought that those papers that had given circulation to a report so unfounded, would &so insert his contradiction to it. A foreigner named Clerk came to complain that he had been robEad of money, and duplicates of property, pledged to the amount of 25/., while a prisoner in Clerkenwell-pri son. The complainant charged a fellow-prisoner with the robbery, who is in custcrly at the suit of the Excise, but who acts as one of the wardens of the prison ; on the first night of his incarceration, he threw some blankets over him, end deprived him of-all he had in his pockets. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE expressed the greatest surprise at the circumstance, and wished that it had been mentioned on Thursday at the meeting of Middlesex magistrates. Jones, the gaoler, said that such robberies were very frequent. • Sir RICHARD BIRNIE immediately directed that the Governor of the prison where the robbery was said to be committed should be apprised of the circumstance, with a view to an immediate inquiry, and he directed the appli cant to attend at the office again on that day week. A poor man, a cow-keeper, named James Power, ap peared to prefer a charge of assault against a person named Davis, who collects the assessed taxes for the parish of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields.—The defendant was held to bail for the assault. MA RLBOROUG I - I- STREET. —Yesterday a gentle man of fortune, residing in Euston-terrace, Euston-square, was brought to this office before Sir GEORGE FARRANT, the Magistrate, under a warrant, charged with having as saulted a young female, who had for some time lived as servant in his establishment. Some weeks since Mr. S. went to reside for a short time at Brighton, leaving his house in Euston-terrace under the care of an elderly married couple, and having no further occasion for the services of the complainant in this case, and another female servant, he discharged both before he quitted town. During his absence, however, it appeared that these two discharged females came repeatedly to the house, and even remained there two and three days at a time, in defiance of those in charge of it, representing that they had Mr. S.'is permis sion so to do. On Mr. S.'s return home from Brighton, a few days ago, he missed from his house several articles of property; and learning that those discharged servants had, under a false pretence, often visited the house, his suspicions immediately fell upon them, and he applied for and obtained at this office a search-warrant to search their lodgings for his stolen proper ty. The apartments of the present corn p!ainant, at Kilburn, were accordingly searched by an officer ; but nothing was found there belonging to Mr. S. After his search, the complainant came to this office, and for the first time applied for a warrant against Mr. S. for an assault, which she alleged he committed upon her so long back as the 4th of December last, and the warrant being granted to her, the case thus came before the Ma gistrate. The complainant, a very good-looking girl, stated, that while she lived in the service of Mr. S., that gentleman made, upon various occasions, proposals to her of an im proper nature, but she rejected all his attempts, which were confined to mere verbal solicitations, until the 4th of December last, when he proceeded to accomplish by force and violence that which he had so long failed to do by entreaty. Having under some pretence induced her to go into one of the rooms, he threw her upon a sofa, and assaulted her in other ways, that in her mind made the present proceeding necessary against him. in his defence, - solemnly denied the whole of the complainant's assertions. Sir GEORGE FARRANT said, that as the girl had sworn so positively to the assault, he could not discharge the war rant, but would leave the case to be judged of by a Jury ; and he should therefore require bail, which was immedi ately given. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE. -- On Thursday night, Captain Edmund Wentworth Pearce, charged Mr. William Bradley with an assault. Mr. GRIFFITH ordered Mr. Bradley to be bound in his own recognizance to appear at the Sessions, and answer it. Elizabeth Martin, an old woman who says she be longs to Reading, in Berkshire, was charged with stealing a great coat from the Hon. Leslie Melville's, No. 27, Park-crescent.—She was committed to Newgate. Catherine Skilbeek, a very loquacious dame, was charged by Augusta Cunningham with an assault. Mrs. Cunningham proved, that Mrs. Skilbeck struck her with all the " vengeance of a market basket," upon the stairs of their lodging-house, and disfigured her nose.—She was required to find bail. HATTON-GARDEN.—Charles Allen and Thomas Waters, mere boys, were yesterday charged before Mr. ROGERS, as principal and accessory, with stealing six silver spoons, the property of Charles Cousins, a builder, residing at No. 20, Drummond-crescent, Euston-square. Mr. ROGERS, from a feeling that there were persons pro bably of maturer years acting as instigators of this felony, and sharing in the spoil, ordered them for re-examination on Wednesday next, and desired that a strict investigation should be set on foot meanwhile. The late frequent and effective perpetration of robberies within the district of this office is truly singular, and ex cites astonishment where there is a vigorous and an ex tensive police. Scarcely a day passes that informations are not received here of houses having been entered and robbed on the previous nights; and, strange to tell, done with such skilful management and profound secrecy, though evidently by a plurality of persons, that no trace can be, had to lead to the detection of a single individual. WORSHIP-STREET.—Joseph Newman was yester day committed to the House of Correction for a month, for deserting his wife and child, whereby they became charge able to the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch. Alexander Macdonald, charged with stealing a saddle, was fully committed to Newgate for trial. The singularity in this case was, that the saddle, which had been pledged, was, through 'the medium of another person, offered for sale to the very person from whom it had been stolen. UNION-HALL.—Yesterday a man named James Kip ping was brought up in custody, charged with breaking into and robbing the house of Mr. Henry Hart, landlord of the King's Head, at Mitcham. Before the examination commenced, Mr. Hart, and the constable who took charge of the prisoner, represented that Mitcham was infested with a gang of desperate housebreakers, and that scarcely a night passed that houses iri that village were not broken into and plundered of property. The prisoner, it was alleged, belonged to this formidable gang that were a terror to the neighbourhood. The complainant stated, that between three and four o'clock on Friday some of the inmates were alarmed by a noise down stairs. On his proceeding to ascertain the cause, he found that the tap-room window had been forced up, and the'shutters opened, apparently by means of a centre-bit.-- On further examination of the premises, he discovered that the lock of the door leading into the bar had been wrench ed open, and other rooms below stairs entered by the thieves.—ln the bar, every thing was in disorder, the till and all the drawers having been forced open, and their con tents, consisting of money and several articles of plate, car ried off. Amongst the property stolen, were several silver spoons, marked with the initials of Mr. Hart's name, to gether with a quantity of clothes, and large damask table cloths. The complainant lost no time in giving informa tion of the robbery to one of the constables of Mitcham, and lie immediately went in pursuit of the thieves, con ceiving that they w ou ld b en d the i r course towar d s L on don for the purpose of getti ng r id o f t h e " swag " in Petticoat lane, or some of those s t ree t s i n h a bi te d b y th e receivers of stolen goods. When th e consta bl e arr i ve d a t Wandsworth, he went into the tap-room o f t h e F a l co n, and observed the prisoner sitting there with a pint of beer before him, and knowing that he belonged to the " Mitcham Gang," he insisted on searching him, and found in his pockets half a dozen of table and tea-spoons, together with some other ' articles, which were produced and identified by the coin plainant as his property. Mr. Hart requested that the poisoner might be remanded, which was acceded to by the Magistrate. An incorrigible boy, named James Smith, was charged with threatening the life of his father, who stated that be was in the constant habit of giving him the lie plump when he spoke to him. On the previous day the father having desired his hopeful son to do certain work, which he .refused, and on being remonstrated with, he took up a bill-hook, swearing at the same time he would cut his father in' two with the weapon, if he attempted to inter fere with him. The father then proceeded to describe many other vicious traits in the character of the young offender. ,The father declared that he uniformly set his children a good example but that from hie very cradle the boy had shown a violent and impetuous temper, which no correc tion of his could subdue. TOWN-HALL.—Mr. Joseph Taylor, one of,the sur gical students of the torough Hospital, appeared this morn ing to a summons to answer for the commission of a gross assault upon Mr. Thomas Smith, a fellow p u pil o f th e same school, in the anatomical theatre of Mr. Grainger, Webb-street, on Wednesday morning last. After the confusion created by the influx of nearly 100 of the friends of both parties, who crowded most indecently round the Magistrate, to his very great inconvenienc e , to witness the hearing, had subsided, through the interference of the officers, Mr. Smith addressed the Alderman (J. J. Smuts), to explain the nature of the offence complained of. which, in the abstract, amounted to this:—lt appeared that the defendant, Mr. Taylor, having had a dispute with a Mr. Octavius Munton, both of them members of the same class, at the head of which the complainant stood, ap pealed to the class for decision, and in the course of dis cussion, applied certain offensive terms towards Mr. Mun ton—such as " rascal," 6. scoundrel," and " buffoon," and threatened him personal chastisement,—that thereupon he (Mr. Smith) rose, together with several others of Mr. Munton's friends, and declared, that if any violence was at tempted towards him, he (Mr. Smith) for•one would re sent it,—that on the followhig morning; the defendant awaited his quitting the theatre, and asked him what 'he meant by the language he had used the previous day, when he, Mr. Smith, observed, that he did not wish to revive the subject, what he had said was as a mem ber of the class, and mildly expostulated with him On the injustice of a personal attack, when the defendant immediately struck him in the face ; and he had every reason to believe would repeat his violence whenever he met him, and being a much more powerful man, give him a good beating. Mr. Taylor, in reply, insisted that the conduct of the complainant was of the most unwarrantable nature. Mr. Smith pressed the necessity of his being protected from any further violence on the part of Mr. Taylor. This Mr. Taylor disclaimed any intention of. Alderman Ssirrx—" Then shake hands, and be friends." A sort of an apology was then made by Mr. Smith for the expressions he had used, and further proceedings stayed, though it was very evident perfect conciliation was out of the question. THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. Thursday being county day, the Magistrates for Middlesex met at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell green, for the despatch of public business. The meeting took place in open court, pursuant to a re solution made about two Sessions back. G. W. MARRIOTT, Esq., presided as Chairman, Mr. Const being unable to attend from illness. The first business entered upon was the produc tion, as required by Act of Parliament, of the bonds entered into by the county Treasurer for the due discharge of his trust. These, after being handed to the Chairman, were returned back to the custody of the Clerk of the Peace. The list of the Committee for Auditing the Accounts was then read over, for the purpose of revision. Mr. HALL, Chairman of that Committee, said the subject was brought before the Court in consequence of it frequently happenng that very few of the Com mittee attended at the. Meeting. After a few observations, the matter was directed to be adjourned till the next Session, when Mr. Hall was to suggest the names of certain gentlemen to be appointed in the place of those who neglected to attend. The report of the Committee for auditing the ac counts was then read. It contained a detailed ac count of the expenditure of the county at its two prisons, the House of Correction and the New Prison. After a few unimportant observations, a motion was put and carried, that the Committee do apply to Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Jackson on the subject of their bonds, altd report the result to the Court. STATE OF THE COUNTY PRISONS. The report of the visiting Magistrates as to the Condition of the House of Correction and the New Prison was next brought before the Court. The report concluded as follows : " In reference to a remark made at the conclusion of their last report respecting the general state of the prisons, the visiting Magistrates have to observe that the House of Correction and New Prison were wholly inadequate to the proper custody of the numbers now, and of late, in con finement therein respectively. " The House of Correction, originally designed for the custody of 250 prisoners, enlarged by the erection of a temporary shed built with wood, and covered with a tar paulin, and now in a state of complete dilapidation, has been made to contain no less a number than 852 at the same period. " The New Prison was intended for the custody of °P,4O, but at one time,' and in very hot weather, 497 were con fined therein. " The mischievous effects of this over-crowded state of the New Prison, which are sufficiently apparent by day, are much mere grievously felt by nigbt, particularly during the winter season, when the criminals are brought into close and unavoidable contact during 16 hours of darkness. During this period there is no restraint on their conduct, the arrangements of the prison not admitting of any degree of inspection, but affording the prisoners the opportunity of indulging in every species of tumult and obscenity. " It should be remembered that many of the prisoners are committed for re-examination only, and discharged at the termination of a few days—many for trifling assaults and bailable offences—many upon summary orders of Magis trates, and many for the most disgraceful and vilest crimes. When a Magistrate orders that a prisoner under examina tion should be kept separate, the only resource is to place him in the infirmary, although the more frequent practice is to commit such prisoners to the House of Correction, in which case the untried and convicted are associated to gether, in direct contradiction to the prison act. " The visiting Nagistrates are fully prepared to enter into a detailed account of the evils existing in both places of confinement—evils chiefly to be traced to the over-crowded state of the prisons. They are, however, unwilling unne cessarily to occupy the time of the Court, considering they have already stated quite sufficient to call the attention of the Court to the necessity of prompt and decisive measures. " (Signed) " WM. FLOWERS, Chairman. After the report had been read, Mr. Sergeant PELL rose, and said that he thought the report ought to be printed, and a copy of it sent round to every county Magistrate, and a day ap pointed for taking its contents into consideration. Mr. HOARE seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. THE NEW LUNATIC ASYLUM. The report of the Committee for the Erection of the New Lunatic Asylum was next read. It set forth that they had advertised for tenders of 25 acres of ground about eight miles distant from Lon don, and had also applied to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for a grant of Crown land to that extent, and were in hopes of succeeding in their application. Mr. Serjeant PELL, as a member of the Com mittee, moved that the report be received. Mr. PAYNTER seconded th e m otion.—Carried u nanimously. Sir GEORGE R AMPSON rose to m ove the following resolution, of whi c h h e h a d g i v en notice, namely, " That all county business done oa the coun ty day be transacted in th e C ourt u p s tairs, and not in the private room." Mr. W ILSON o bj ecte d t hat the motion ought not to be mad e i n open Court, and moved that th e Court do adj ourn to t he private room for the purpose of debating the question. Sir R. B IRNI E seconded this motion, which was putbyth v e ate Chairman,by .and carried i n f avour o f i ts being private in the private ro om nearl y an hour. On their retu rn into Court ja m ajority of 14 to 9. The Court adjourned accordi ng l y, Court, we learnt that the mot i on of Sir George Hampson had been carried , with, however , a reservation that if any part icular subject which a Magistrate thought ought to be and p r ivate were to come under discussion,and remained he was at liberty to take the sense of the meeting as to whe ther it should be discussed in private or not. Colonel WOOD complained to the Couit of a de mand made upon the county of 8001. by the Com missioners to the new Bill for regulating the turn pikes around London. He should move, that the Court in its corporate capacity do petition Parlia ment to repeal the Act under which the demand was made.—Agreed to. The Meeting then adjourned. Per Quarter, Ashburn-. Basinghteke Bath Bridgewater - 8ri5t01.,..,. , Chesterfield —:.— Derby —,--- Devizes Doncaster Dorchester Exeter .... Gloucester.w. Hungcrford Mansfield Roinsey ---- Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet Sherborne---- Taunton Yeovil Per Bu,hel. Shrewsbury 50 58 48 62 48 60 50 58 52 56 44 52 52 56 42 .54 46 62 44 62 59 62 52 • 60 46 56 46 56 48 50 55 58 32 36 26 31 28 32 22 30 28 32 30 31 31 33 91 32 26 34 26 30 28 32 24 32 28 32 26 33 31 35 27 28 tiO 66 52 58 52 58 52 62 s. d. s. d. 78 90 3t 2t 28 30 2E 30 $. (J. 46 50 Barley. i Oats. —......--. !---_—.... 21 30 20 23 24 32 16 21 16 26 21 25 21 32 15 32 22 26 18 21 23 28 23 30 26 29 18 22 2.5 2S 24 29 IS 24 22 26 s. d. s. d. 50 64 nE " " 'V" • LONDON MARKETS. WHITECHAPEL HAT MARKE'E—Jan. 17. Hay 70s. Od. to 955. Od. 1 Clover 88s. Od. to 115 s. Od. 28s Od. te 345. 04. PRICES OF HOPS (per ewt.)—Jan. 18. Kent Pockets-- 4l. 4s. 44 16s. to Sussex Ditto :11. I s. 4/. 4s. to &sax Ditto V. Os. 4/. 10s. to (11. 05. 41. Irk. hl. Ps. Farnham Ditto, Fine --- Seconds 01. N. N. N. 3/, 19s. 31. 36. 31. 10s. 71.105.te 81 86. 61. Os to 71. Os. 41. tis. to SI. As. 3/. 100. to 31. 15s. 41. 4s. to 41.10.. Kent Bags — Sussex Ditto Essex attn.. PRICE OF OIL Rape Oil, brown 351. 65., • Linseed Oil Linseed 011 Cake e.t the Mill, per thousand 13 In Rap. Cake, per ton 6 0 Kidneys...,..., Scotch Reds PRICE OF POTATOES.—Jan. 18. , O/. Os. to 4!. Os. per ten , 3/. Os. to 31. 10s. ditto. Marsh Champions 3/. 10s. to 41. Os. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaws d toff. 14 I/ 21 27 PRICES OF LEATPIER. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. Butts-,........50 to 561 b.... 20.} 22/ Tknned Horse Hides-. Ditto 60 to 601 b... 221 231 *midi Ditte --. Dressing 13/ 17 Per dozen. Fine Coach Hides 17 19 Calf Skins... 36 to 401 b. IS 21 Crop Hides, 35 to 491 b. 14 134 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 2.1 26 Ditto _ls to 501 b. 164 184 Ditto .70 to 8016. 21 ,'23 Ditto 184 204 Small Seals, Greenland 19 20 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to e. d. Per Stone, s. d. to 9. d. Best Heifers& Steers 3 0 3 4 Ordinary 2 0 2 Middlings— 9 6 2 9 Market Calf 7 0 each SHEEP SKINS. 2s. Od. to 3s. Oki. I Od. to Os. 0.1. Polled 3s. 6d. to 4s. tid. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, Sc. per 1121b.--Ja n. 'Town Tallow 40s. Od. 795. Od. 435. Od. White tl2s. Od• 395. Od. Graves 20, Od. 3,5. Od. Good 54. &I. 21s. Od. Yellow Rusbii Soap Ditto.... Melted Stull: Ditto Rough. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b.--Jan. 18 Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters)..—...,__ 2s. 8d PRICE OF The price of Store Candles, in t Candles, per doe. 7s. Od. to os. Od. !AND!.ES. to retail shops ' is as follo ws :-- Mo.!ids, per dozen 8.. Fel COAL MAR: Beaumont 351. lid. Forrest .37 6 Heaton 38 0 Hebburn Main 38 0 37 6 Killingworth 38 0 WalisEndßewicke&Co. 39 9 Ditto Brown's .38 6 Ditto Northumberland 38 0 Ditto Riddcll's...—r—. 39 9 Ditto Russell's 39 6 Ditto Vfalker . 39 6 Ships at market, 66,4--Shii ,ET.—Jan. 18. Tanfiel 335. H. Percy 31 0 Pontop Windsor 33 6 Tanfield 3.1 0 Wylant 37 0 Perkins and Newmarch mixed . 39 0 34 0 Hartley ........••••••••••••••••••• 35 0 Russell's Lyon's 39 6 Walls End 41 0 Ditto St: wart's 41 0 3 sold, 1234-- ,, Dnsold, 53%. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. White Beans. 52 5$ Si 53 tin is 56 16 60 40 5* 40 60 4 ti 6 50 6$ 44 48 50 46 4S Y 3 42 46 42 44 , 42 tiO F. ti. 6.d• 00 06 LEEDS CORN 1 1 1ARKET.—Jan. 15. There was but a moderate supply of Grain to-day, Yet it was fully equal to the demand ; good dry Wheat s old at much the same prices as last week, but damp and infe rior samples were very difficult to quit. Barley was held at more money, but with the exception of a few fine heavy parcels, the sales effected were upon the same terms as last Tuesday. In Oats and Shelling there was little doings and prices nominnally the same. Beans were in very li mited demand, but no alteration in either of them. No alteration in Rapeseed. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b - York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Su ftblk - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Beam 63lb. ....... 44s to .545. Oats, l'otatoe -Mealins, Foreign Ild. to 126. English 12d. to 13d. per:st" Shelling 286. to 275. per load , Rapeseed, English, 241. to 261. Foreign, —l. to—l. per lest. NOTTINGHAM.—Jan. 12. Wheat £2 It 10 !Oats £1 5 211iye LI 4 Barley SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.--Jam 16. Oar market continues to be well supplied with all scot' of Grain, which met with a ready demand. Top priee of Old Wheat 665. ; New, 60s. ; Oats, Pease, and Beans, Is. higher ; Barley the same as last market day. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beams. First 66s Od 34s Od 31s Od 40s Od • 40s Od Second sss Od 32s Ad zs Od 354 Od ` 36s Od Third PRICES OF PROVISIONS, ke. Beef, per lb. Os. 4d. to 08.7 d. Fresh Botter,lb.s.lod. to 05. Od* 0 4 0 7 Salt Ditto...—. 0 9 oln Veal Pork—. 0 3 0 6 Eggs, per dos. 010 0 0 Lamb, per qr. 2 0 3 0 OatStraw(lqi.)ll 6 P 2 0 Tallow, per lb. 0 4 0 44 Wheat Ditto... 9 6 10 6 Q po u t a a r t t oe er s t: LI 4otha .f 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 B H a a r y l y pe D r 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17_ EDINBURGH MEA We had a small supply of I which met with a ready sale, Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £l 16 0 Second ditto 1 12 0 Barlcymeal 1 8 0 Peasemeal 1 8 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12 C. MARKET: —Jan. 15. )atmeal at this day's market , at fully last Week's prices- Per Stone of 141 b. First Oatmeal .......... llO Second ditto ......... 0 I B arleymeal ........ ..... Peasemeal ............. ... 0 •1 g .-2d, 145.-3 d, 16s.—Poall GLASGOW CORN Wheat, Per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. British, old 3O 0t032 0 new Canada, free 29 0 31 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English 27 0 29 0 Scottish 2l 0 24 6 „ Irish. .2 0 250 MARKET.—Jan. lriso,:.ts,. .peL:664b 16 ;5 5 . d o . to 1 8 1 British 0 -- v Beans, per 2601 b. English .. ........ -' 6 Scottish Pease, :Scottish Oatmeal, per 1101 b l4 0 16 6 Flour, per 2901 h 46 0 41 v GLASGOW RETAII. Beef per lb. Os. sd. to Os. 9d. Mutt0n............ 0 4 0 7 Veal ............... • 5 0 9 Hams ........... 0 7 0 g Lamb ..perqr. 1 6 3 0 („luartern Loaf.„ 0 9 0 I Hour, per stone 2 0 2 8 Rye . ............... 1 6 1 8 MARKETS.—Jan. 14. Oatmeal, per at. Is. fd. to 21. 0 peasemeal 2 0 g 6 Pot Barley, cwt.l2 0 17 Pearl ditte 20 0 24 OreY Pease 12 e o 0 ,„ White ditto l3 "14 Blue ditto 13 0 14 0 L 3S as wairou% ort 38 48 66 ally of ti,„! 41 40 5 2 P1)1464'00 ceiling the be is t o a ppll ClfE e tfi Lor ' i g" it 7le th at the max con e: degioui‘ of d matte g) th e Aar. of theAit ab NyPersoni eutitid tt; th EN T 1 7,r,1, 9 3 pelia4 7,6 t ,,, ° ;!e'Pktriin; coon as tout% is gal th feel Ati ' d iieay „ trims lil Avert itudy ,b Pad'' Ettrai BIRTHS. 110.uc Mrs.ker, oßficandaarudghter. Thomas, On the 16th inst. a t Bedford-hi ll , Surrey, the lady of of a son. On the 16th inst. Mrs. W. Spicer, Tower wine-vaul ts " Tqwer - s t r eet, Upper St. M ar ti n ' s -l ane , o f a f o urth daughter. of Fen-court On the 17 th inst. at Horton, the lady if William Wilso o Y e ates, Esq. of a daught er . On the 18th in s t. i n Ni c h o l as -l a ne, Lomb ar d- s t re et' Mi.o telnieryl7jtohhnin Mrs. William Fell, of a son. MARRIED. 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