The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF Tilt LONDON JOURNALS. We suppose that whatever ingenuity may be shown by Mini s t ers i n excus i ng the paltry policy which they have adopted for some months past towards Portugal, their most daring. partisans will not affirm, that it has been such as to raise the character of England, to increase the num. ber or improve the quality of her friends in fo reign countries, or to retlder her less liable to insult or outrage from her enemies; When the meanest quibble :could be . fastened upon, of a nature to tie up the - hands of Great Britai n , an d to encourage Don Miguel and his creatures to the worst extravagancies of persecution anti re venge against the deserted advocates of the Por sugu6e charter, the opportunity was never lost. Every thing that the English Ministers could do was accomplished with unblushing eagerness, for so shaping and steering the course of their policy, as that both their acting and their omit ting to act should tend to advance the cause of usurpation--gilt and sweetened as was that offen sive pill by its alliance with unmitigated despo tism, But among the untoward effects of this liptern, one there was upon which the authors of it did. not, apparently, calculate. They set at nought, it is true, the opinions of the more Enlightened and spirited of their own countrymen ; ' but they (lid not expect what seems to have hap peneds:--that their motives would be vilified by the very culprits whom they served, and their passive conduct towards the person and Government of Miguel imputed not to a conscientious respect for his right to become a traitor and a perjurer, but to the mere force of abject impotence, - Which Made them tremble at the notion of being com promised With - even the basest - and most despi cable wretch that 'has dishonoured, in our times, the. criminal history of Europe. The feelings entertained for this subservient Cabinet by the tyrant whose suecess it so glaringly promoted, might be judged almost from the day on which he got possession of the Crown. His seizure of Sir J. Doyle and Mr. Young was a charac teristic return for the encomium pasSed by L(.) d Aberdeen on the friendship of the Miguel party towards the British nation. That the outrage offered to English dignity by this wanton attack upon the.persons of our countrymen produced itt first its full effect upon the people of England, is plain from the earnest applications to Lord Aberdeen to learn what steps had been taken by his Lordship for the release of his fellow-sub jects. The answer of the noble Lord was an as surance that the . British Government hid re monstrated successfully with the faction in power at Lisbon, .and that they would be immediately, if they were not then, set at liberty. But the prisoners were put on their trial for no of fencel. acquitted as a matter of course ; and as a matter of course remanded again to prison. They -were long afterwards let loose ; but in what condition ? Were they in any manlier indemnified for their false imprisonment and un merited sufferings ? Was the honour of the Bri tish Crown appeased hyduesubmission and atone ment ? The time has been when, at the first rumour that an Englishman had been trampled on by a foreign tyrant, an Admiral with a squad ron would hale spread his canvass before a single night-watch had been set, and, anchoring in the , Tagus, would have demanded the bodies of his , fellow-citizens, or the head of the Minister who , insulted them ; but from the moment that any danger arose to British subjects in this late Por tuguese convulsion, they have had no protection from the guns or flag of England. In some late eases, the subjects of King George have owed their safety to oflieers of the• French monarch. Is not that sufficient inortifieadon - "?; It cannot then be wondered at that Miguel'andhis-monks should try how far the forbearance or the apathy of England, under injury, will` sanction their at tempts upon the person and property of her un offending citizens. It appears from the last - ac counts, that Lord Aberdeen is again bearded by a series of acts of atrocious violence at Oporto, where no less than six British subjects have been proscribed by name, their properties 010 seated, and their p ersons hunted These are merchants, men in affluent circumstances, and accused of meddling in politics—a charge which before an Apostolical tribunal would be held as " proven" : by a word or a look. We ask, then, once for all—will time Ministers stir, or will they not, to , protect their fellow-subjects, or to avenge them? There is indeed a point of humiliation from which men who have attained it can fall no lower ; but the country is not yet prostrate. — Times. Parties are often thrown into apparent incon r sistencieS, by pursuing the plainest road which the exigencies of their affairs p o int out to them. There is now a contest preparing in, Irel a nd for the return of a representative Peer. Lord - .- 11 glesey stron g ly recommends and s u pp o rts Lord Dunally, who. has always been a friend to emancipation. The Brunswickers have set up a counter candidate • the in person of Lord Castle maine, a violent opposeru of the Catholics.. Thus are the Catholics, one hand, requir i ng pl e dg es from their candidates s in the House of Commons to oppose the Gov ernment of the Duke of '‘'Vr el-- lington, while the Oramngheoineisn ( 1 ) 1 1 0 )1 1 )ose the House of Lords' candidate, CatholicsAnated by the. Government which the determination oithe . assembly i part condemn. That there is a strong is, We believe, of Government to put down any which 1 attempts a breach of the peace, unquestionable, and:t9t that we can not bl ame them. Tumultuous and multitudinous vio lence is of . : all 'modes of tyranny the most dreadful ; fOr with it , no reform of law can be', .executed, no authority enforced, no right can be exercised, and 'no liberty .establish ed. That the Catholic peasants of the south have exhibited themselves in an array so for midable, is a fact as much to be deplored as the causes which led to it have been, on the part of the Catholic Association, ntiaVoldable.' ''The Catholic gentlemen, having no wish to act un constitutionally, had no means of action . but _through the m in d o f th e i r commun ity. It ,is in 6-Mental to all great masses of men to have their passions ss wrongs.' Th e C atholic A ' '• - lOn g• ociators ago had the power been in tranquillized th e country, by procuring' of emancipation. The , a bill progress of excitement has been commensurate with the duration of the' evil whose removal ' - - was sought for; an d t h e Catholic leaders, under - the. pres sure of that evil , are nut responsible,. but the authors ofit are so , for an a y di se • . lies which it may produce in the moral temperaineat of the coun try. They are now most strenuously and laudably exerting themselves to cairn down the fertnenta tion of the popular spirit. They are aware, although the peasantry ma y not be so, that their surest path to success is by the employment o f lawful powers, which they can wieldirresistibl - ) against their Orange ePlionents;. and if the un happy peasantry .cannot,eautent themselves with the advantage derivable from , the same legitimate. sources, the terrible consequences must be upon their own heads—since, at all events, and at all hazards, with a view to all the most solid irate- , rests of society, life and property must be pro tected, and the 'violators of the public peace, whether Orange yeoman or Catholic peasant, must be crushed.—lbid. The report of th e bl oc k a d e o f th e D ar d a nell e s gains more and more credit ; and it is affirmed that a notification of it has been made to our Governmet.t. That this measure will be ex tremely unpalateable to commercial men, is .be yond a doubt. However, as in these days of the march of mind, it is deemed unseemly in Governments to object to a measure merely be cause they dislike it, the publicists are at a loss to know on what ground England, which has hitherto persisted in her Blockade Law, can de part from it at this particular time. Having admitted tacitly the right of the Emperor of Russia to prosecute; at the same time, the two objects of carrying into effect the Treaty of the 6th July jointly with us and France, and making war on his own separate account against Turkey, we cannot with a good grace object to his avail ing himself of all means of injuring that Power. The argument that it is unfair to blockade the Dardanelles, because England and France,. in conjunction with Russia, have destroyed the Turkish fleet, and thereby be made instrumental in giving Russia an advantage over Turkey, would apply to the war in all its extent, and not merely to this particular blockade. If this argument be worth any thing, it should have been urged when the Russians commenced the war, because the question has not changed its character since that time. We may indeed say, that as we'did not contemplate a separate war between RuSsia and Turkey when we concluded the Treaty of the 6th of July, and the effect of that Treaty has been to give Russia an advantage over Turkey which it was not intended by us she should have, we will no longer consider ourselves bound by the Treaty, but withdraw our force. Russia cannot, of course, object to this. But 'further we cannot go without admitting that we were deficient when the Russians issued their Decla ration of War, and leaving .it to be implied that We do--”ot - object to the blockade on the prin ciple of having a right, under the Treaty of 'the 6th of July, to see that Russia derive no ad vantage from it in:her separate war (for such ad vantage she has derived from the commencement of hostilities), but because the blockade inter feres with our own commerce. On thislast around we cannot stand with o ut a b an d on i ng our Blockade Law, because the extent of the com merce cut off does not affect the principle.— Morning Chronicle. The ordering of an additional fOrce to Ireland has led some people to suspect that projects are entertained by the Duke of Wellington by no' means in accordance with the views which have, of late, been generally attributed to him. The Duke has, indeed, been all along any thing but communicative, with respect to his mtenttons. His public declarations reduce themselves to one speech, composed of some very heterogeneous propositions ; but of which the leaning was, upon the whole, supposed to be in favour of concilia tion. However, observations had occasionally dropped from. his Grace, in conversation, indi cative of a disposition to come to an arrange ment with the Catholics ; and these observations served like tradition to supply the deficiencies of Scripture. We are now, • however, with his Grace, somewhat in the case of a lover, who having been . led to conceive himself highly fa voured, on' perceiving some equivocal symptoms is his mistress,: begins to task 4isjecollectiou, With a view to recal, if possible, the various cir cumstances on which he founded his hopes. The Duke certainly has been coquetting with the Catholics; but if he be disposed to jilt them, we suspect it would be difficult to fasten a positive charge of bad faith against him. There are some who even go the length of saying that the appearance of a friendly feeling towards the Ca tholics was a manteuvre, to draw out the Orange men and the Church party, in order that he might have in their array the pretext, that though he himself saw no objection to conces sion, yet, as so decided a hostility was mani fested, he could not' consider himself warranted in compromising the peace of the country by making the attempt Under such circumstances. We are not sufficiently acquainted with the per sonal character of his Grace to be able to form any conjecture of our own how far he is likely to act on such Machiavelian principles. Nei ther can we form any conjecture how far he is likely to. have espoused the system on which the English have always acted hitherto in Ireland, namely, the taking advantage of pretexts, which are always to be found in the state of that coun try, for cUttingdOwn the population. A cold-. blooded man .might say to himself, . there are two ways of quieting Ireland —one, that of conciliation, folloWed up by vigorous and searching measures by which the Aristocracy would be compelled to do justice to the people—another, that of intimidation. The former I find inconvenient at present. To strike a terror in the Catholics, I must precipitate. then into insurrection, when the horrors of mili tary executions will effectually rid . the existing' generation at least of all disposition to effectuate their liberation by force. If violence is to be used, a time of peace is the most convenient ; for, without foreign aid no resistance can be .offered, while, were a French army once to set foot in Ireland, that country would in all proba, bilitY-beifost 'f or ever . I relan d h as great a d, 'vantages" ove r E ng l an d f or d e f ens i ve war f are , (coin the very want of occupation. of the. people. England is stronger in foreign than in .domestic war ; because the industry which enables her to maintain well appointed armies, confines her military means to those armies. Hence, from ,the general occupation of the inhabitants, when there is no regular force in the way, a very small number of troops have overrun the country. The small army of King William, in 1688, was not joined for three days, till it was seen that it was likely to keep its ground. That Revolution, according to Sir John Dalrymple, was nearly .entangled tu em . f r ustrated in a short time, by t h e d eparture of three Scotch Regiments to their own iu coun try ; fortui F ia e t i c i ly c , o t u h ar;,. Sever a l t i mes since b s l i l l i t', the dfuls of armed men have nearly over turned the Government. But were Ireland to b e once armed, such a numerous militia could be paid a rm ie s obtained from a populatio n em p lo y e d only a few weeks in . the year, at a small sacrifice, as Would be far' more than a match . forthe of England. The steam-boats., , and other fac . .l-: lities of conveyance possessed -by England, would be of no further advantage than to enable her to convey her paid forces to England can only fight by regulars. It pos, sible that such cold-blooded calculations, aided by an apprehension for the' revenues of the Church of Ireland (for -religion .meatia money .with the 'Aristocracy of this country), only enter the head of an unscrupulous man, - A more ab surd, as well as wicked policy, could not, how ever, be possibly embraced. Wicked. as it is, we are confident it is the policy on which a large portion of those who now form Brunswick Clubs found their hopes. We wish, however, to think better of the Duke of Wellington than that he would go down to the grave with such a load of guilt on his conscience, even though incurred in behalf of Church revenues.—lbid. A great, and, as we think, a very unneces sary fuss seems to be making about .the arrival of the Portuguese Princess, Maria da Gloria, in this country. That she should be received with the hospitality due to the member of a 'fa mily with whom this country has been so long in close alliance is reasonable enough ; but, to say nothing of the apparent absurdity of paying homage and regal honours to a child of ten years of age, it seems to carry with it, in the present state of aflltirs, a departure from that wise system of neutrality which the Duke of Wellington has hitherto adopted. • It is but the other day that Miguel was among us, receiving the same homage, and pledging us eternal friendship in return ; and now the same tongues and pens which were lauding him to the skies can .hardly find language strong enough to describe their altered feelings towards him, or his altered feel ings towards us. It does not follow, to be sure, that his niece-will imbibe or act upon the prin ciples he has adopted ; as yet she is not of an age to have any political principles of her own ; but it should at any rate be remembered that, as far as we yet know, she is the destined bride of Don Miguel; raid, as 'such, it does not, per haps, very much become Ub to begin by inocu lating her »A:int.-mind with tenets of conjugal disobedience,-which would be the case if her af fianced lord and master is to be pictured and held up to her as a violater of oaths and treaties. —But what we are anxious to impress upon the British public is, . that her coming here neither is, nor ought to be made:a matter of the slightest moment. Mr. Canning, no doubt, would have looked upon her arrival as a matter of prodigious importance, and would have been proud beyond measure to have had a Queen " the nursing mother" of his . Portuguese Con stitution. But the folly of constitutionalising Portugal has, We believe, died with its author The people of England have long seen that mat ter' in its true light , and the Duke of Welling ton, if we mistake not, echoes and falls in with public opinion upon the occasion. That the young Queen, or Princess, then, whichever she may be, May receive every degree of attention and hospitality due to her rank, and Our ancient connexion with. her family, we heartily desire, but there we trust the matter will stop. N't , hat her future destiny may be, is no concern of our's, nor need we trouble ourselves about it ; above all, we trust that nothing so ludicrous will take place, as to see her residence here made the focus of intrigues by those who have proved. incontestably that whatever their powers in the closet may be, they have neither the courage nor the patriotism to strike a blow in favour of the cause which they are so loud in professing to espouse.—Morning Herald. Religious clubs, called Brunswick Clubs, kip: pear to be coining into fashion. They corn— menced in Ireland, and are beginning in Eng land. This was to be expected. It was not likely that the Protestants would quietly look on the proceedings of the Catholic Club in Dublin and at the clubs emanating from it, nor while Mr. Lawless was establishing clubs in the North of Ireland,..: The Catholics of Ireland and London first. be gan the system; the Protestants , are only imitating them. It must be admittted . that the Catholics had cause for the erection. of clubs— ' for they are deprived of the liberty of sitting in Parliament, or of filling the high offices of the State. Whether it would be prudent to email-- . opate them from such exclusion we would leave to the determination of the clergy of the Church of England, for the great danger to be appre hended from letting the Catholics into Parlia ment is, lest their Church, which certainly has complete hold of its floCk, should gain ground in England, and become of such strength that an effort might be made either to fasten another church upon the State, or attempt to divide the tithes with the Church of England. Now no Church of England man, or Methodist, or any other sectary, would like to be taxed to pay a Catholic. Clergyman. There would, in such case, therefore, be a contest between the Catlio lics and Protestants as to whether the Protest ants should be taxed .to pay the Catholic clergy ; and if the Protestants should bet the better, after perhaps a contest, the next thing the Catholic clergy would essay would be to divide the tithes with our clergy. John Bull would very likely look calmly on, we know the Methodists and other Dissenters would, especially the Quakers,. Now, if Emancipation were granted, and the Catholic and Church of England clergy were to enter into a contest • respecting tithes, the peace of the nation might be disturbed, and by possibility revolution and civil war'be the con sequence. These are the dangers to he appre hended from the granting Catholics emancipa tion. •As to what Messrs. Sheil, O'Gorman, and others say respecting the danger to be ap prehended to the United Kingdom by the non admission of Catholics to Parliament and place, we do not credit it, more especially when Mr. O'Connell has' repeatedly said that he and the Catholic .AsSociation will keep the seven mil lions quiet.: Some say, put an end . to the Association, and- pmceed against Messrs. O'Connell, Shell, 'arid: others for high treason. We can see no reason • for this : 'so long as . Messrs. O'Connell, Sheil and the Catholic Association, keep Ireland quiet, what more could our Government.wish ? So long as the Asso ciation preserves the peace of Ireland, so long would it be, the height of folly for our Govern- ment to put it down. .At the same time, if the Government allows Catholic Clubs, so it ought to allow Protestant Clubs. And if the Protes tants choose to call their Clubs Brunswick Clubs, let them—that name is as good as any other. The Catholics are making speeches with impu nity, we cannot see why the Protestants should not also make speeches ; we are therefore glad that Protestant Clubs are being established, and we hope that a few good speakers will appear at them, and that they will endeavour to put into their speeches as little of the common-place mat ter as possible. We wish success to the Bruns wick Clubs.. We would .reccommend Sir Har court Lees to come over to speak at :these meet we- could also recommend .. Messrs, O'Connell, Slieil, O'Gorthan,. LawleSs, and otherS, to attend, so that the public might bear the question fairly discussed..-sibid. Last - week as a gentleman, residing near Ariii g at a taiget;---Goi) Save the mark ! he unfortunateli-lodged a-hurl - fit in thelthorax of an inno cent sheep: which, was - unconsciously nibbling in- an ad joining field about twenty yards from the scene of action ! '—Cockneys may shoot pigs with impunity after this. B ucks Gazette. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—A person named William, Dyke, of gentlemanly appearance, who hail claimed to be nearly re lated to Lord Castlereagh, was charged with assaulting eight watchmen, two superintendents of the watch, and a constable of the night, of the ward of Farringdon-within, about one o'clock on Sunday morning, in Newgate-markrt. - Many persons were anxious to be heard upon this case, but the Alderman could so ill spare time to listen to a long story, that ne one got a full hearing, and the merits of the case were not unravelled. It seemed, however, that Mr. Dyke was going home with a friend, who, seeing a watch man trying the fastenings of ,the shutters on his beat, observed " That fellow's trying to get in." The watchman admonished him, and told him it was easy to get into, but hard to get out of a row, An altercation and general row followed, in which some one - accused Mr. Dyke of having stolen an umbrella he carried, but which was in fact his own. Mr. Collingwood; a respectable salesman in the market, by way of terminating the business, snatched the umbrella from Mr. Dyke, and gave it to the claimant, who walked off, no doubt chuckling at the success of his trick. Mr. Dyke became enraged, at the loss of his umbrella, and in-securing him his clothes were torn to pieces. Mr. Collingwood declared he never in his lite,saw watchmen so shamefully ill-treat any one as they did Mr. Dyke. Oa the other hand, sonic of.the watchmen complained of being assaulted by Mr. Collingwood. The first witness was an Irish watchman, who exhausted the Alderman's patience in relating a part of the conversa tion between him - and Mr. Dyke and his friend, before the affray commenced. " I beg your pardon," said sir Claudius Hunter, in terrupting hint—' I beg your pardon, for cutting short your story, but I s►n sure we should never get to the end of it. You put yourself out by your circumlocution. You gave him good advice : there is no doubt of it. You are an Irishman, and know all about that. Who elle wishes to say any thing ?' The superintendent of the watch, the constable of the night, the defendant, and Mr. Collingwood, attempted to make statements, but were each in ;their. turn. cut short, and Sir Claudius got rid of . the case by, telling : Mr. Dyke to hand his card to the constable of ,the night, that he, might carry hii cemplaint else Where if he ;pleased, and by inform ing Mr. Dyke and Mr. Collingwood that their complaints against the watchman would be attended to, upon applica . - tion to the Alderman of the ward (Crowder), to whout he would mention the case.—Mr. Dyke was discharged. BOW-STREET.--John Vticunia,. a Spanish refugee, formerly a surgeon attached to the staff of General Mina's army, was brought tip in custody on a peace-warrant, in which he was charged with having threatened to beat Peter Castalanus, also a Spanish refugee, whn seas formerly Su.. preme Judge and Auditor of General Mina's army during the war in Catalonia. The complainant, who spoke very indifferent English, stated that on Wednesday last he met the defendant in Clarendon• square, and saluted him in a friendly mariner. ; but the defendant, after abusing and calling him very bad names, invited him to a solitary spot, where he threatened his life. The only reason he could give for such conduct was, that he (the complainant) had published a work in Spanish, giving an account of the war in Catalonia, and reflecting upon some of those who had taken a part in it. As 3. - faithful.historian he had ''only discharged his duty, and he conceived he had a right to comment upon the po litical actions of individuals, provided their private charac ters were untouched.- Mr. Villannan, also a Spanish refugee, attended on be half of the defendant, for whom be acted as interpreter. He said, that about.two or three years ago the complainant left this country and went to South America, where be published'a work in Spanish, purporting to give an ac count of the campaign of General Mina during the war in Catalonia. The work was written to please certain parties in South America. It contained the most infamous state ments, reflecting on the character, not only of the Gene ral, but of other individuals equally honourable. Amongst others his friend, the defendant, had been shamefully at tacked. The work, however, failed of the effect it was intended to produce, and the complainant was compelled to return to England, having been banished from South America. On the day in question his friend happened to meet the complainant in Clarendon-square. He came up to him and said," How do you du?" The defendant re plied, " How dare you address me after the shameful part you have acted ?" An altercation then . arose, and the de fendant requested the complainant to go with him to a place less frequented, in order to talk over the matter. In doing so he had not the slightest intention of taking an unfair advantage of the complainant. Sir R. Illarun observed, that the complainant's eyes bore evident marks of violence: Mr. Villannan. —My friend had nothing to do with that.. I understand that another gentleman,. who hats also been libelled by the complainant,' met' him the other day, and struck him on the fi t ce. The fact is, the complainant has libelled us all, and branded us as traitor, The complainant contented that he bad not outstepped the boundary of fair discusiion. He had merely com mented upon the political actions of men —a, line of con duct which he conceived was perfectly fair, and within the province of every historian. All that he bad written in the work referred to he could prove to be true. The Magistrate observed, .that however true it might be, yet still, if it conduced to a breach of the peace, it ought not to be written. He then told both parties, that if they were unfortunately driven to this country by the dissen sions which had happened in their own, they should be careful to keep the peace. The defendant was then discharged, on his giving his word of honour that he would not either assault or insult the complainant. James Wilson Wynn, driver of the hackney-coach, No. 539, was fined 10s., under the paving act, fur refusing to draw off his coach from the foot pavement at Charing cross. The defendant was also held to bail for an auda cious assault upon the gentleman (Mr. Wm. A. Coombe, an attorney,) Who caused him to be fined. Two constables were sworn in to attend at the London University. Sir R. BIRNIE told them that they were not to consider theniselvei in the light of parish constables, but that . they were to bestow the whole of their time in pre serving order at the New I rniversity. MARLBOROUGH-STRtET.---Yesterday a young man named Joseph Hillier, dressed as a groom, was brought before Mr. CONANT the sitting Magistrate, charged with the following robbery. . . , Richard Pleasants, ceachnian - to Joseph Goodlial t, .of Tooting, in the.county of Surrey, and of ,Brighton, in the county of Sussex, deposed, that the prisoner was em ployed in the stables of Mr. Goodhart, at Brighton, and slept in 'an apartment over. the stables, where the witness also slept. On Thursday last the witness,ln going into his own room, missed his watch, Seals, and key, which hung on a nail there, and on looking further he discovered that the greater part of his wearing apparel . was also gone, and the prisoner net making his appearance at his usual time, suspicion attached to him.;. but on inquiry being made after him. he was no where to be found. Witness then set old in pursuit of the prisoner, and traced him as far as Tooting, on the road to London, and then employed a constable to accompany him in pursuit of the prisoner up to - town, where he was apprehended.' - James Hart, a constable belonging to the parish of Streatham, but residing at Tooting, stated that he accinu panied ,the last witness to London in pursuit of the pri soner, and traced him to a lodging in Wardour-street, where, after waiting for him until twelve o'clock at night, when he, returned home, he apprehended the prisoner and lodged him in the watch-howie. At the prisoner's lodging the witness said that he found the wearing apparel now produced. Buckland, the watch-house cOustable, who searched the prisoner's person, said .that he found on him the two watches, with their appendages, now produced. The prosecutor said that one of the watches, and all the wearing apparel now prod.:Cid and found with the pri soner, belonged to him, and were the same that he bad lost. 'f he second watch found upon the prisoner, the wit ness said, belonged to the coachman of another gentleman who lodged over the same ',tablet., at Brighton, and who had also missed his watch when the prisoner absconded ; the witness, also said that the very boots which the prisoner then had on, were part of the pr o p e rty stolen from him. The prisoner declined saying any thing in his defence, and he was fully committed for trial. Clements and Goddard, the officers, stated to the Ma gistrate, that about six o'clock, on Saturday evening they again accompanied Harriet Bailey, the young woman who bad been cook to Lady Gresley, to her ladyship's house, to make a third application for the young woman's clothes, when her, Ladyship was pleased to order that they should be delivered up to the young woman without further diffi culty, in. the presence of the officers, which was accord iggly dnneby one of the parish constables,. wire are so. l ooming et her .Ladyship's house.. It is a strong instance in favottrOf her Ladyship's general kindness to her ser vabtsvtbat her present housekeeper tied another of her dainties have lived 16 years in her service. Lady Gres;- l e y's ; household .represent that .nothing could exceed the hospitality of her Ladyship, until, not exercising that nar.. ro ut discernment which leis hospitable persons generally o bserve in the invitation of their ,guests, a strange set Of p e ople found their way . ahnostdaily.to her Ladyship's din:- ner table, where they clearly demonstrated a long absti nence from food of any kind, demolishing as they did A berdecn 48 64 Coldstream 38 42 I 21 35 :33 120 Cupar Dundee Elgin ..-- I nvernc.s..... K el bo Kirkaldy—...... Perth ---. 18 23 i 10 18 122 257 16 17. 26 28 2 - 2 26 27 30 27 20 21 :10 21 23 23 21 17 18 , 25 27 23 23 32 ISI.I l3 11 ioe throughout the B 2 66 28 - .59 - • 50 60 22 52 36 23 46 46 51 70 48 6 The size'of the inie val 29 :33 S 6 40 42 - :;3 ~UIIL[y. On Thursday afternoon, about a dozen jour neymen bakers, in a state of intoxication, fell a fighting near to the head of •King -street. They disagreed among themselves about the baking soc i e t y affiiira, and one of the gang, who appeared to differ from the _others, received a. severe beating. No less than five or six of them were on him at once. A respectable grocer interfered to rescue the victim of their brutality, when some of them fell on him, whereby he was so severely injured that he is confined,' The police were sent for, and several of the delinipients secured, and ihe remainder fled. The case carne before the police court yesterday, and was postponed until those of the gang who made their escape are apprehended.— Glasgow courier. .„ . . SWINDLING. --A fitiritly of gipsies, CollSist ing. of a roan, his wife, and seven children, lately fixed their tent at Bradshaw, near Turton. The woman was in . the habit of calling at a firmer's named Mclnnis, to pur chase milk, and frequently threw out hints that she could unravel the mystic web of futurity. On one *evasion she, to the farmer's very great astonishment, told him the exact Win of money that he had in kis pocket, and on. hisittiptir-: iug how she became possessed of her knowledge, told hills that she knew much more important things than that., At length, finding that she had worked up the poor felloiv's credulity to as high a pitch as she needed, she opened' her grand secret upon him, and told him that she knew there was a vast suns of money concealed somewhere about the premises, which had been hidden by one of the former tenants, but that to enable her to find it, it was necessary that she should perform a charm ; for which purpose he was to muster up all the money he . could, and she would warrant him an ample increase to it. D'azzled by the prospect of his goodftirtune, the extent of which lie hirdly knew how to contemplate, lie raised a sum of 401. iu notes and sovereigns, which the woman carefully folded up in paper, in the presence of the man, and repeating a lot of ' unitelligible jargon, deposited the parCel in , a box, which she locked, and put the key in her pocket. The box was carefully placed in his bed-room, and he Made the woman a solemn promiie that he would not open the box for a certain number of days,, and in the meantime lie was not to communicate. to any living soul what had bean dope.— The woman Caine again the next morning and astonished the poor fellow not a little by accusing him of having:men tioned the circumstance to his wife. Conacious that he had so far broken his word, he confessed that he hail, told her, but thought that there was no harm in apprizing her of his good. fortune. The woman exacted anew a promise to keep the affair a secret; or theCiliarni would be entir e l y braken, and h e w a it e d with impatience ter the expiration of the limited time, which would have been this day, b u t lie learned on Friday last that the gipsies had removed their encampment, and had left the country. Whether their departure indticed him to think that the charm was not working well, or that his desire to be acquainted with the extent of his good fortune proved too powerful for his pa tience, we do not know, but he broke open the box, and instantly unfolding the mysterious parcel, found . nothing in it but a few pieces of old lead. As may he surmised,' the gipsies have of course not since been heard (A.—Manches ter Courier. with an unequalled rapidity every thing consumahle on the table, and evincing a voraciousness that nothing but a week's accumulated hunger at least could have produced. A few shocks of this kind checked her Ladyship's lavish hospitality, and she very properly reduced her establish ment to a peace estimate. LONDON MARKETS. PRICES OF HOPS.—Sept. 29. Kent Pockets 3l. 18s. 41. Ss. to Sussex Ditte . 3l. fis 3/. 16s. to Essex 4/. Os. 41. 16s. to Farnham Ditto, Fine*,, 0/. Os: 81. Os. to Seconds 01. Os. 61. 10s. to Old Duty laid at £175,000. 4!. 1(k. V. 4s. 3/. 12, Si, Bs. 71. 7. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 11%d. for the 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from },i(l. to 1),.A. below that price. .: • . - - PRICE OF -SEEDS.-Sept 26. New English Red Clever Seed (per Cwt.) 425. 50s. tine -s. 58s. Old Ditto Ditto---........................,-..-. 40s. 465. fine -s. -s. New FRreign Ditt0.......................--.....-..... 125. 58i fine -4. ....s, Old Ditto --- _ _ 30a. -s. tine -s. 48s. New White Clover. s2s. 745. fine 78s. 82s. Old Ditto Ditto---- --- .5 . 4. 6W. fine -s.. Th.' New Trefoil _ . -19 s. 28s. tine -s. :Sts. Old Ditto Rib Grass --..---- -38 s. 41s. tine -s. -s. English Carraway Seed - -s. 365. 41s. fine -s. Foreign Ditto . Coriander- -s Ills tine -8. 214 St. Foin . _ (per Quarter).......-- --s. -s. 403. tine 455. Rye Grass -- „ ... 26s. 355. new 395. 465. Pacey Ditto ..„-------- -, _ , 365. 525. new -5. -S. Linseed, for feeding ...,,,-....--- , ...... -s. 388. tine--s. 40s. Ditto, for crushing-,............---..„„...,. -s. 30s. 3415. tine -s. Canary Seed, New-- _ . -s. 50s. fine 51s. 57.. Ditto —.S. fine—s. White Mustard Seed 8u5he1),....... ss. 6s. 6s. 6d. tine --s. Brown Ditto • • I.W.W ••• •••••I WWI. IMMO ..--A• BS. 10s. tine 12s. Turnip Seeds, Green and Red Ditto • 9s. 11s. fine —s. Tares, Old --s. 345. 40s. fine —s. Ditto New....... Rafe Seed, English, fine (per Last) 21/. '24/. Foreign 21/. 21/. WHITECHAPEL HAY M AI/KlM—Sept. 27. Hay —...,....... 50 . 5. Od. to 335. od. Clover 80.4. O. to Il2s. Od. Straw. .62.. 04. to 365. Od. ' PRICF:' OF OIL.' Rape Oil, brown 351. O. Refined Linseed ' " 18 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per 11 0 Rape Cake, Pet ton - • ' ' • ' 515 • • - PRICK. OF POTATiDES.--Sept. NOV Ware 2./. Os. to 31. 100. s. per ton. PRICES OF Per lb. tocl; 8ittt5—......,50 to .561 b... 28 21! to tb.M 22 23 Dressing 15 171 Fine Coach Hides,..... 19 21 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 15k 18k Ditto 45 to 501 b. 18 20 Ditto 20 22 LEATiIf4. Per lb. d to d. Tanned liono Bides... 16 19 Sirmild) Ditte 22 30 rer dozen. Calf 5kin5....36 to 4tilb. 19 `4"; Ditto --- Ml to 701 b. 25 30 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 22 25 Smatlbcats, (Sreenland 20 22 ' RAW HIDES. Per Stone. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Best Heifers& Stcers3 '3 8 Ordinary 2 0 2 8 3 0 klatkat. Calf.- 9 0 each. K ET.—Sept. 29. Walls End Newmareh— 355. 6d Ditto Northumberland 23 6 Ditto Peareth --- 31 6 Ditto Perkins and Co. 34 0 Dittolliddell's—,--- 311 0 Ditto Russell's 37 6 Ditto Walker 36 3 Eden Main 35 0 Nesham 35 6 Walls End Hetton3B 6 Walls End Lambton— .38 6 Walls End Lcons 36 0 Walls End Stewart's 38 6 Russell'sHetton'sW.E. 38 0 IBlyth Cowpen 29 6 Culin Cox Culm Harper Landshiwint Hartley Silkstone Wilson's -31 0 Ditto Field and Co.-- 31 0 Stone Coat Cox 45 Llangenneell Coal 38 0 Stone Coal Small & Co. 40 0 Walls E. Old Ethcrley 32 0 Tantield Trailer- 33 0 New Etherley 22 6 Latnbton small 22 6 ips sold IN-Unsold, 43 RKET ITE.--FIIIDAV, Sept. !6. From To M. P. 26 0 37 0 :1 8!3 11 0 16 0 15 2 12 0 20 0 10 9'4 11 0 17 0 13 I% 5 0 '25 0 I 0 10 0 18 0 13 0 I 6 0 1 , 26 0 1 20 4 ,f Wheat and Flour 51s. Bd.. per sack. • ~ Firsts, from 22k. Od. to 26c Od. /Seconds, from:l6..s. Od. to 20s. ed. from ss. Od, to 14s. Od. PRICE*OI , BREAD. u.....9)4d. Half.quartern, 21b. Barley. , per cwt. per bar 16 atOti .0a44;;-- I per barre d 1!1 krone. s.d..ai 11 0-1 10 2- 13 0-1 10 6.-1 120-1 !128- 10 0-1 0u— s.d.is.d. mot 16 6 1 46-16 0 0 0 10 4 0 0 16 6 10 0-14 0 14.0 '9 0-12 0 15 0 13 0-0 0 0 0 11 1-12 9 150 80— 9 0 00, 0 0— 0 0 COAL NA It Adair's 345. Od. 8eaum0nt.,.,..... 3l 0 Dean's. Primrose —3O 0 Forrest 32 0 Heaton 36 0 Hebburn Main 34 9 *. 32 3 Killingworth 33 6 Liddell's 30 0 Newborn 32 3 Ord's Redhugh 30 0 Percy 29 0 Pelaw Pontop Windsor 30 0 Shipcote 32 0 Tantield ' Townley • 32 9 Willington Wylani Walls End Bull and Co, 33 6 Ditto Bell Robson &Ca. 35 6 Ditto Bewieko and Co.— 37, • 6 . Ditto 34 0 Ditto Burraton 34 0 Ditto Carr and 31 6 Ditto Clarke and C 0..,. 33 6 Ditto Hilda -........ .32 6 Ditto Hotspur 33 6 Ditto Jesmond 36 3 Ships at market, 145—Shi IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET NO' 3,376 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone l 901 Bete l6 stone 1,169 Barley . 16 stone 7,422 Oats 11,301 Cwt. 9 stone) 434 Oatmeal 11 stone I Sold to Bakers only. 1,488 Cwt. Flour Average price Receipts of Flour, 9, Sates of Do. 14, Quartern Loaf, ,alb, \ Wheat, per barrel 20 stone. -......:-.....-.. : . s. cl. a s.d. Cork ' 20 0-31 0 Limerick 25 0-30 0, Waterford 30 0-320 Clonmel .... '23 0-26 0 Belfast —.. 19 6-20 9 Derry 0 0; 0 0 Carlow ......, 20 0-24 0 Traloe— 00— 0 0 d. a Cork 4 Limerick.. Si Waterford 4 Clomnel 4 Belfast -- Derry —.... (1 Carlow—. 4. 0 Beef, rfutton, per lb. per lb. d. d . d, .5 4 —6 , 5 _4 -- 5 3 5 -7 4j 4 - 5 SjO -0 .0 5 5 -6 0 0 -0 S. d.as.,d. 13 0-17 0 0 0-15 0 11 0-14 0 I'9 0-14 0 0 0— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 O.— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 Utter. Pork, l3 per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. sth. s. d. a s. d. S. (I. s. d. s. d. d. 9.9 0-34 0174 - 0 70 0 61 0 60 0 56 0 24 0-00 0173 0,69 0163 0 57.0 51 0 24 0-40 0 77 0 75 0 ——.o-0 00— 0 0 70 0 68 0 63 0 60 0 56 0 00. •00810 80 0 59 490-0 o.o 00—0 0 ——4 l 230 0 0 81 0 78 0 63 0 58 0 0 0— 0 078 0 72 0 61 0 51 0 46 0 SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats.' I Beans Oatme - al. f HOP INTELLIGENCE. COMPLI , and ti BOROUGH, SEPT. 29.—Our market this 6 / 1 . : H . •.' is . higher for New, 6s. to 10s., to what' it r s if ''S Mr last week.• Many planters have tied u10,.," & e j uulit of Sussex pockets at 80s. Currency—Sussex , ' 4 , 1 3. comp! to 845., Kent 755. to 945. A 'short tinle- . .11 ;I'4 . tell whether the trade or the planters inustr;-.---L but the opinion is that, with the present estirtli"„4 duty of 175,000/.. considerable reduction 0"" be submitted to. . .iE ' 4 c AL MAIDSTONE, SEPT. 26.—The •4O, g_ . ~, : 41 , t r / 0 . k , t a "' 1 i lb ta TOP ti6loha l n t H weather ops, mtiliiiieshlaaurtewlieoellcv getting S tin m g 7f c u l l i i . j o u; p c ro o y asl e' O t i i. k, v. , .i : 3 ) ,: kviti, c l3 : (:. The picking will be nearly finished next .. lC_ e ' i r e ,Ye th : , A ' ff when we 'shall be more able to give some ac60,4" 4 l '''ector s fi but the reports at present are in' favoni 'O l ' j i, growth. Duty . called 170,000/., which ' l6 ': ..' ( : 4l nPa' ' . b Peloriil not consider over rated. • • 0 ~ • 0 EAST RETFORD, SEPT. 24.-•. , Ale " i ,' . 4 t the ( season being now near its termination, stilit; ti. li sted, telligence willbe found of moment to those lon - ' k tu itt i " interests are partially involved in' the' sale or 1 sutnption of this article, in order that such i" r .' l kolis y cif t i,,, victuals may• regulate their conduct in thisl i .. ,_ spect, and buy or speculate accordingly: 1W" th` 441 ,,. the spring months, it was a very general ret:',l . t - ` l .'' j BA that the sprouts were more backward in ttionf i . (1 4a their appearance aboveground than lsual;Aw'„; %I ' T s v o g el , l was attributed to the cold weather ivhiChri i i •Skt,, t 4; vailed at the time ; thi s c i rcums t an c e i s -101:;i• jriii n " 'S . of notice, because upon it, in a great. MCaswi o k:4 l . 4 depends the suc c ess of', the future. crop: .A i r - i iti r - 44 4 7 the tendrils had made a little. progress thetv;4 , iiiih . i: Caine, suddenly . attacked by .vermin, and t. ,,,r 4 l z: , vcinii -. d iii e , , fears were, in consequence,. entertained; A'fi II?:: tong ail succession of fine rowing Weather, ‘ ..,d:a :"ch. ' Alai: l l l.Y and 'murky' atmosphere succeeded in. driVilo - i 4 01c - r y filth away, and contributed materially to 'enke t i e " . ' 4I IOTA - fp the growth and luxuriance "of the - plant. ' AL,LIy , PAS period of .blossOming, the 'weather was - extio l 7i • ,and I propitious, and being an abundance of bill* .ii;;;EYA good crbp was genetally • anticipated. • A 4 4, , arl „,,. 1 they had succeeded in getting: into b4, - ,4 li °4, a 9 e, weather became cold and ungenial, arid . I,t x `i L u 'uion, i supposed by many of: the grower's . that 7... , T o i4te del would remain in this state, having been ' ' ti,"i le `"st pletely stationary for a period of nearly I I ! I, weeks. At length a beneficial change 4 ,, 6° ,., .1/41jele,afrOt place, and they advanced into hop ; but the ier, f 4 :pb ELLS being far advanced, and the weather 'at Oa; L'ulerples; being very wet, they have been found 'very v'T, l 4 ' KEYitEd cient. The season is now nearly completed:, '( 1 / 4t i• ;: f . d instead of fifteen or sixteen, hundred. weight, : Ti„ Oke veaarit;t acre being realized as the average,. throuiP . .v,;, Sit e ,: the whole of the North Clays, there will it 4 ;:. ' 4 illi tla more than six or seven, and, in several prams" thi ni % A tions, not more th an four or five--adke _u li ' ' ll which, - they'are for th e - most pari infeiluF'; ' ' • - k quality, and not near so ripe as they ougtitt6. ll ' P )ft E been ; but the period of the year having arriv • ' a r ' ti , and the g rowers , f ear i n g the warm . days ° 1 : ! l', l ofFi frosty ni g ht s m i g ht b e i n j ur i ous - to 'then), - 1 1' . .. '7 i 'bait been ind uce d t o b a g t he m in t hei r present "st °l '. r i i4 4 fielie A letter recently received from Kent;_ Coinci,._ :i ct Iti i i tt t L A . a i : with the above ' s t a t emen t in almost every par. th eir uce - 'i cular. Prices asked for new North . ClaySc! t h° l e Flot l from four to five guineas per cwt.-- . ../S/ottinzfm R ahn Mercury. .. - - ..„ I litge, 1 , . „.. '''tticse at 1 ' - , `hi PE '.44 . e of ~ 11.1Werful, --:-......___ SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.. LIVERPOOL. • ' j, Sn.nna Y, Sirl. 28,—'..Wind W:N.W,—High wswo,l j minutes past two.—Arrived the Cl ara , Rettig, fry ' ' o'. Isle of Man ; Spray, Hume, from Gren a da ; Agnagq . nahan, froM Africa ; John and Henry,: l!ar'son,,. Monte Video ; Belfast, .L,—, from' Bermuda J i lf , Caesar,ar M'Mullen, from Valpaiiio; Dundalk , l Dundalk ; Margaret Mill e r, Th omas , f r o m St. .. 1 ° .' New`Branowick. ' ' .- 4 t Chelan ings, ar euvedil att tle AI ectobei mirvivit • • Last week; at Bitiningbani, a' `S was bled to , death by a fellow who pretended to have 6 5 knowledge of surgery.— Warwick Advertiser. The Stamford and Rutland bankers given notice to those persons keeping accounts with .?5, that they will allow only 2 per cent. interest en depot" their hands.—Nottingham Mercury. 'loz.ttn-;" Strangers travelling in tile West countrf,, Ve .'ll9;ays rei Gc ° 4mied b tu Chts,ht ' u use, wii Iktensive quite surprised at the manner in whieh the wise laWt, by the legislature for the safety of the lieges on the b ways are neglected. Every sort of abuse prevails : - /!• s y without drivers, or with the drivers drunk orAsleer!a' $1 cart, or on the top of the load, or, at the beet, wallltot a distance on the font-Way ; 'children lyingini the ro a d' / flying kits , or throwing stones a t the u n atte n d e d bore"' Glavin(' Chronicle. -• . • • . ' if , A feir tlay , ago a profeg.clionai. Hull kft.a valuable-golti wattii upon Ids Aesk, , witiah soon after seen in . - , possession o f (Nit, hqFlipe down stairs with it in her,MOuth . , wakes much bast!,o anxietras if it hid been prey of a different deicriP ti te ii, On being examined, the works.viere.fOundf much ilti! l 4 o and the watchmakers stated it was ; toe third insF' o ur within their knowledge, in, which watc h es had hef. l t iVr - . in a similar • . • maged way. P Puss thought,, 1 d0upt,,,,0 the ticking' of the watch, that it was in animal , and afford -her a good meal.,—Sovtliern Reporter, Sept. htp .. l oll AVERAGE LIFE OF of SAritterland, has.engaged,•to:priive Unit as the grows, older, the average life of man : is extende4f s pe has gone back As far as the year 1360, and foundPlej, tween . ls6o and 'l6OO the average' duration of life w! 9 , 1 0 years five months. • From 1600' t 6 1700, - men Need 1 .7+ average, 2S years and seven months: Froni 16,1b.t0 the average was SO years, : The fact •which states, and which he hai'proyeif.biin4isputable is, that the average duration of life' is inereaied' proportion alioV e mentioned, d ur ing th e . last font. .°7 4 11 0 ries. This, however * he does not attribute. 'irif t world's growing.older," or any such fanciful rea9evy ii,1 1 . 1 to the improVements which have taken • pfaCein , Science, .by which diseases are rendered less ' increased attention to personal eleanliness, which tr:ie individuals less liable to infection4o. the,ic9pwye4,eV , building; by'Which cities are more:freely ventilated..V, greater attention to the deiniineiiA: ptihtc - taie`eW, midst of the filth of which contagious distiatie merly ,generated--to greater residerity in tht:fluyviret, improvement in the quantitx, ?; fond i , and to yatiolc or causel;"WhiCh united, are to acePtiiit r;* surprising `though indispuiable' conclusions at rib 4 . , nabrian, Sept. 271 . , BIRTHS. . • ifi:terP! . On The hill, B instant, at Cooper 's - ng e . the lady or.lines Stuart",' Esq., 11:1: P., ofX 7 datighte . ;• gel' On' the 28th instant,in GrOswnoe-street,,Mrs. Hutchinson, of a daughter. , , ; MARRIED: On the 25th instant, at Kingston Cliurch; the Rev. J. V.' Stewart, Lientinatit William ' iiiia to Elisabeth Diary, eldest daughter of the lite I n a c Bamptun, Esq., of Claremont-square, New-roadf Salisbury-square, Fleet-street. Arabl g~bie, ii accoir th ' 4 wable '4l ' to the The La t 44P ~ne ose th a pe tty isbovitee ii 44 d for j: 4ighboul It may 4 otf' a Oa d ay be gertford, it x tld Son, "kw Inn t hrfrev, I. l' he diiiti the Re !hone( I) I ea - s--u- mR. t, o Three Engla I qiich ha t RE DI " < 'd " 4 tieß ' tl Nous is 1444y1 The citial 4xutiaut Pktorann' 4./aidene, 44 udatiou 6 RADII -4Phou TUE . _ DIED. ,a, t 'rthl 1 On the 28th instant, in her . third year, . Lucy '',,-,,- ,4 only daughter of George Parkinson, Esq., of Blan"'"" square. . . • 'Si •. ' h On the 26th instant.; at' St.- Ann's-hill, Wandswort !if her 79th y ear , S ta ti ra F aw k ner , w if e , o f R o b e rt u !' ' Esq., of that place. • • On the - 28th instant, at Hampstead, Charles:Ait ll instant, aged 17, 'eldest son of the Rev. C. R. Pritchett, 1, terhouse. , Il ; 0) ''" , • ' - Ire, 14 tr„ nd, i! dilat th a %Vito. so M P(J9E4 S ri trig ReLProt titur q THE _in the 30th of August last,' at Tours, in France, - 40 ther he had gone for theibenefa of his health, Mr. J e Elcock, of Woolwich, aged 23. 0, 0 1 On the 27th instan t, at ,over, attlda, the yo , daughter of J. M. Raikes, Etcl4, of Portland-pla4F, e 21st Year of her age. ,On the 26th instant, in., ytgir of bis , tigc , regretted by his family and'all,whei had the Oeuvre acquaintance, 'the Rev.'W.' W.' Simplon; of count'' , of Norfolk: tre an indefititalle ntinister of,the liaptisp p•grauoplop, the uniform fin or vivil religious_libel . y a „and :oovv t lppe,oo l. o 4 4 -:;'.f1 . ,, were eTer Open to airdinclintiiatiftv 7 - • PAINTED and PoausnEn by MURDO YOUNG, 1 414 ,11 tiCui e , , , as t 4 cult t, here. Thus, COEnpletl groUlull t 201c1 Para cf 'm psi Parliarn Uri Orricr, 112,STAAND Lcsvor 25 0 21 0 54 0 31 6 11d. aB. d. .9 0-2:2 e 10 6—.19 0 'l7 0-19'0 15 - 0....180 20 6-21 0 0 0— 0 0 15 0 0 0 0— 0 0