The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. We have always felt in regard to Ireland, the general and permanent force of an observation which was applied-in our Dublin.,letter. of yes terday to the present crisis of Irish affairs. Our correspondent took occasion to remark, that not : withstanding the personal popularity of Lon Anglesea, there is now " no Government party". in that kingdom, no middle party to me diate between the two fierce extremes of Catholic and Orangeman, which distract it. This of course is more obviously the case when political agitations are most violent, but we have never seen in Ireland during even the few peaceful in tervals of the last half century, any party on which the - Government could reckon, as an honest mediatrix in the contingency of political troubles, or as an unimpassioned supporter of the chief magistrate, considering him as the re presentative of public authority and order. In Ireland, the principle of the British Govern ment for ages has been, to rule Ireland by .afac tion, you must rule for that faction ; in other words, the faction itself must be made the ruling power. Instead of the ruling caste being of the •" .Government party," the nominal Go vernment is of the party of the caste. Every attempt on the part of the Sovereign or his ad visers to remodel this monstrous state of things, by releasing King and people from the ascendant faction, is by the latter felt and exclaimed against as a rebellion. The very alarm of such a design produces at once loud note and preparation for hostility : the Corporation of Dublin in Ireland having here tor auxiliaries Lord Kenyon and the Dukes of Cumberland and Newcastle, con sider the Duke of Wellington and Lord Angle sea, who represent the Sovereign in both coup. tries, as on the verge of open rebellion against the " Church and State"—that is, against the Orange monopoly of all offices, civil and reli gious. In Ireland again, there has not yet been produced by manufacturing and commercial in dustry any accession of affluent and independent men, (apart from the landed proprietors and traffickers in votes) ---like that class which pervades every county, almost every parish in England—men to whom the interests of peace and property are more valuable than the success of any political party, and who at tach themselves to the existing Government, in its character of custos regni—the protector and guardian of society. Political power in Ireland has been. enjoyed and abused, by the most effec tive members of one out of two diVisions of the community. Political privation has been inflicted upon all the members indiscriminately, of the second of these great divisions. The character of the law has determined that of the conflict. The object of one party is to break the mono poly--,--of the other to maintain it. There are thousands of moderate men throughout the island, but there has not yet been time for the growth of what might be called a third party— that inestimable party, attached to the standing interests of the commonwealth, divested of all political views. There is therefore nothing in the texture of society to break the shock between the two rival masses, whenever they shall fall into collision, and for that collision they are frightfully prepared on both sides. - Something may be collected from the speeches of the Asso ciation leaders, of use towards an estimate of the actual condition of the kingdom, It is not many weeks since we stated in this journal, that although the mine was carried tinder the surface of the whole country, the match was most likely to he applied to it in the North ; that a battle was to be looked for where the opposite factions-were most equal, and where one ofthem was notoriously eager to begin ; that therefore, whatever might be the anxiety of the Catholic leaders to practice only that mode of warfare, and to employ exclusively that description of weapons, in oaf with which their success must he infallible—viz. the War of' elections, and the arm of votes—it was altogether impossible to calculate whether they Would be able to restrain the peasantry of the south and western counties, if wrought upon by provoca tion from any sanguinary struggles , in the north. In his last speech Mr. Shiel adopts—indeed the very nature of things would suggest to him— the same alarming view of the subject to which we have just referred. Mr. Shiel asserts, in so many words, that if Catholic blood be spilled - by the Orangemen of the north, it will be avenged by a universal massacre of the Protestants, where they can make no shadow of resistance, in the centre, the south, and west of Ireland. — God grant it may be otherwise, but we concur with Mr. Shiel. There never was organization so complete as that of the Irish. Catholics at this moment : peaceful as we are persuaded is its primary object, its principles are all of a military caste. It is an array and discipline of almost countless numbers, under known officers, with gradation of ranks; commanded from one centre, and inspired by one soul. This,_ we say, how ever pacific in its immediate purpose, is con vertible, on the miscarriage o f that purpose,toiha any and every t seevice of actu a l the Orangemen, so com p arativel y weak in f orce , should invoke a conflict with ten to one against them, is less surprising when we know ' t hat they co unt on involving the British nation iii t h en ' quarrel, and on renewing, with our help, tae dreadful scenes of wholesale massacre and legal torture, by which more than one epoch of has been distinguished. Irish history Here, then, is the moment for a wise and upright English Minister to step in, and intercept the approaching horrors , There exists no earthly power but that of Government, by which a civil war between Protestant and Catholic can be now averted. For the crazy suggestion of lordly fa natics or jobbers, to " re-enact the penal laws ! —Heaven forgive the crack-brained counsellors, they know not what they are advising, if the Government does not hasten to conciliate, the people will inevitably fight, and then the precious opportunity will be lost, and with it all hope of our longer existing as a united empire. When men like the Duke of Newcastle talk of the Ca tholics wishing to overthrow the Constitution of the realm, does it never strike them as a reason able inquiry, whether the Cath o li cs w ill- not get preserve the Constitu much more by striving to tion, and to partake of it ? Take this as the key to their proceedings, and a ll is c l ear an d easily accounted firr, f cusation as a key, and the Catholics are the most inconsistent maniacs that ever trod the earth.— As a postscript to these remarks upon the state of Ireland, we must express our dissent from an opinion in yesterday's letter of our correspon dent, that it is, or has been, Lord' Anglesea's policy to disarm the yeomanry of the north.— The Irish Government, we have reason to believe, entertain no such intention. "Flue dub system, ingrafted upon that of the yeomanry, appears to us to fill to the brim the cup of Irish danger. It is the concentrat ionboth of passion and of power in hands altogether irresponsible. it must end in mischief.—Times. If we were to enumerate all the evils arising out of the practice of imprisonment for debt, we believe- the detail would nearly exhaust the catalogue of human miseries. This cruel and absurd practice, which confounds misfortune with crime, is a relic of barbarous times. It ought not to continue to be a reproach npon civilized and Christian legislation. If the abo lition of arrest for debt had no other effect than to cut up and destroy a vicious and dangerous facility of credit, whereby people of small and moderate incomes are tempted to live beyond their means, and ,are ensnared . into extrava gance, it would be productive of great advantage to society. But that is not the only benefit that would result from the abrogation of this unchris tian law ;—the penalty of imprisonment being inflicted only upon crime would carry along with it a stronger moral stigma than it does at pre sent, when the terrors of the gaol are so applied as to confound poverty with guilt. Many an unfortunate debtor, who is driven from a state of , difficulty and embarrassment into - irreparable ruin by being locked up in a prison, would be able, by persevering industry, to retrieve his affairs, and itidischarge the just demands of his credi tors. Many such a person, who comes forth from the contaminating influence of a gaol, des titute and Cltaracterless-, to plunge from despera tion into crime, might be a worthy and useful member of the society which he disgraces until his career is closed untimely. Many a man who raises his hand against his own 1&, and goes down to the grave with the brand of the suicide upon his memory, might live to be the support of a numerous family, and die in competency and peace. But this inhuman law, which gives the body of apan as a pledge for his debts, for bids the improvement of those circumstances which adversity has once laid its iron hand upon. Hence it is the fruitful and fatal source of crime as well as calamity. A correspondent has called our attention to the " deplorable state of those unhappy victims who have lost their reason from impri sonment for debt." He states that there are no less than three or four persons at this time con fined within the walls of the King's Bench Prison, deprived of the blessing _of reason from confinement. We have heard . of many such cases from time to time ;—they are " part and parcel" of the inevitable evil of the system ; and we do not envy the feelings of that creditor who finds that he has availed himself of the cruel privilege which the law invests him, only to deprive his ill-fated debtor of the inestimable gift of reason ! But who can tell the various horrors of imprisonment to those of the female sex who are left to struggle with misfortune ? A virtuous woman locked up for debt among the depraved inmates of a gaol, exposed to the insults that most can woutub and the oppression that least can spare, is a melancholy instance of the humanity of our laws. But it Sometimes happens that unprincipled men use the terrors of imprisonment for debt as a means of ex torting from females in adversity a compli ance with their licentious desires. Our corre spondent mentions an instance. He says there is " a worthy man in the King's Bench Prison, whose creditor wanted to seduce his daughter ; on resisting such infamous' conduct the father was arrested, sent to prison, the goods all taken in execution by the same creditor, and the bed. taken from the intended innocent vic tim 1" Here is an-instance which proves what we have often maintained, that imprisonment for debt serves more for the purpose of private vin dictiveness than public justice. It is not long since sYe heard of a similar instance of the profli gate application of this law ; it was that of an attorney, who, having conducted a Chancery suit for a widow lady had a large bill of costs against her, which the lady was then unprovided — with means to discharge. She had an only and a beautiii►l daughter, in her fifteenth year— and the hoary villain (for he was an old man) pro posed try release the mother from the debt, if she would consent to a proposal that would stamp her with infamy and her daughter with disho nour. His proposal met the indignation it de served, a►►d the mother was consigned to a pri son. This is a practical commentary on the law of imimisoltment for debt !—Morning Herald. The affairs of Ireland are now universally allowed to be in that state that we no longer re main passive. The question is now very much simplified ; for even the opponents of the Catho lic Claims do not now pretend that things can r e main as they are. The late elections have produced this result. The word is now, ad vance or retrograde. 'What no one would have . dreamt of maintaining a year ago, is now seriously advocated by a party among us; and the Bruns wick Clubs are the consequence. Well, then, let us suppose it possible to retrograde—let us suppose the franchise is taken from the forty shilling freeholders—that in the three provinces Of Ireland, in which the Catholics are fifty to one to the Protestants, the counties shall be con verted into so many rotten boroughs, the one Protestant virtually voting for himself acid the fifty Catliolies—that, the Catholics, provoked, are either intimidated or. cut down—what shall be hav e ga i ne d ? Th e C at h o li cs, o f course,w ill be more discontented than ever, and stronger 'flea:tires must be adopted to keep them down. Would any man in his senses contemplate the perpetuation of a atate of things in which the resources of one country are to be constantly employed in keeping down the population of another ? It is not in human nature that the Catholics can ever. be reconciled to the treatment gravely proposed by the Duke of Newcastle.— We have often looked into the History of ire jod, and been shocked to find, even in histo from reli g i ous prejudices, as Hume rianfifrgt 3 for instance, a cpla.blooded indifference as to the natives,which 1: the wrongs of religion was This actually sp ea k s o f great ma n the pretext. the spoil of their lands' as if it was a favour to them, i t being so, much more ad vantageous to have them cultivated m the English fashion than in their own way of commonalty; A late Ame • • iced the doctri n e t.lat rican President coolly advanced the white men had a right to root out the , red men, because the latter goghl not turn the soil t o i good accou»t. It is a very co nvenient doctri ne , no doubt, this, for people who are tt want of land ; but are we to be astonished tha t t h e Irish shOuld be as eager to keep their possessions as the English were to take them, and that they should retaliate on their oppressors when the op portunity favours? What astonishes us is not so n)uelt that the English, being the stronger of the two, oppressed and plundered the Irish,. because history - i s one continued record of the . wro»gs., suffered by the weak from the - powerful, but that so much surprize should have been felt or affected at the retaliation of the Irish, when fortune put it in their power to retaliate. The massacre, as it is called, was the act of men who themselves were threatened with extirpation, and took •counsel from their fears. Englishmen should bear these things in mind, When they hear of Popish cruelty and Popish disaffection.; and if there be any of the founders of Brunswick Clubs in this country who have any other religion than the belly, any other principle than that of conve nience, it would be well for them to endeavour to atone to the Irish for the wrongs which have been constantly done to them ever since the first invasion, rather than to add to the black cata logue. Even Archbishop Usher, who, with the rest of the Bishops, declared that to give the Papists " a toleration, or to consent that they may freely exercise their religion and profess their faith and doctrine, is a grievous sin," and was making ourselves " accessary to their super stitions, idolatries, and heresies ; and, in a word, to all the abominations of Popery"—even he sheaved that religion was used as a pretext against the Irish. In a speech delivered in the Castle Chamber, Dublin, 30th April, 1627, he observes, " Neither have we more cause in this regard to be afraid of a foreign invasion, th a n t o be jealous of a domestic rebellion. Wherefore, lest I be mistaken, as your Lordships have been lately, I must, of necessity, put a difference be twixt the inhabitants of this nation ; some of them are descended of the race of the ancient English, or otherwise held their estates from the Crown, and have possessions of their own to stick unto, who easily may be trusted against a foreign invader, although they differ from the State in matters of religion : for proof of which fidelity in this kind, I need go no fur ther than the late wars in the time of the Earl of Tyrone, wherein they were assaulted with as powerful temptations to move them from their loyalty as possibly hereafter can be pre sented unto them. For at that time, not only the King of Spain did confederate himself with the rebels, and landed his forces here for their assistance, but the Bishop of Rome also, with his BreVes and Bulls, solicited our nobility and gen try to revolt from their obedience to the Queen, declaring that the English did fight against the Catholic religion, and ought to be repugned as much as the Turks, imparting the same favours to such as should set upon them that he loth unto such as fight against the Turks ; and finally promising unto them that the God of Peace would tread down their enemies under their feet speedily. And yet, for all the Pope's promises and threatenings, which were also seconded by the Divines of Salamanca and Valladolid, not only the Lords and Gentlemen did constantly continue their allegiance unto the Queen, but' also were encouraged to do so by the Priests of the Pope that were of the Popish profession ; who were therefore vehemently taxed by the traitor O'Sullivan, for exhorting them to follow the Queen's side. But besides these there are a great number of Irish, who either bear a secret grudge against the English planted amongst them or having nothing at all to lose, upon the first occa sion are apt to join with any foreign invader, for we have not used that policy in our plantations that wise States have used in former times. They, when they settled new Colonies in any place, did commonly translate the ancient inhabitants to other dwellings. IN e have brought new planters into the land, and have left the old inhabitants to shift . fbr themselves ; who, being strong in body, and daily increasing in number, and seeing, themselves deprived of their means and main tenance which they and their 'ancestors have formerly - enjoyed, will undoubtedly be ready, when occasion is offered, to disturb our quiet.— Whether, then, we cast our eyes abroad, or look at home, we see our danger is very great." It'is and has always been an affitir of property, and not of religion, which has distracted Ireland. The zeal of the English Thunswiekers has been kindled at the same altar. The legitimate inte rests of landlords, as they call it, is threatened ; and they would fight knee-deep in blood fur this legitimate influence. But the people of England, except when under the influence of property, begin to see through the delusion. They will not allow themselves to be made the tools of such pure friends of the Protestant Religion...— Morning Chronicle. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. 23. Charles John Le Poer Berelf»yl ltiolphew,Esq. formerly a Colonel in the Royal Fusileers, was brought up this morning, to be heard in the matter of his petition, when his discharge was opposed by Mr. Tribe, a tailor, of No. 25, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square. It appeared from the examination of the petitioner by his opposing creditor, that Mr. Tribe's debt was contracted partly for clothes, and partly for being security as his bail, for which the insolvent had given him two bills of exchange, one of which was in the hands of his son, who held it merely as his nttorney. At the University in Dublin the insolvent was called generally Rod Murphy, but he never signed his name as such, and since he parted with his commission, which was several years ago, he had received occasionally loans from Lord Beresford, who was a relation of his wife, and from the Mar quis of Waterford and the Duke of Bedford. Mr. CooKE, on the part of the insolvent, took an objection to the mode of the examination. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN was of the same -opi nion, but regretted he could not stop it. No gen tleman of the bar would institute such an examina tion. In answer to further questions, the insolvent stated that he had never lost more than five pounds at gambling. In 1819 he travelled on the Continent with the Prince of Conde ; and on the accession of Charles X., he went with a nephew of the Duke of Buckingham to France with an address from the in habitants of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire. His expenses on that occasion were nearly 100/. He had no salary from the young Prince, but a gratuity occasionally. Mr. Commissioner Bo EN never heard such an op position as the present. The opposing creditor had asked a number- of questions, the greater part solely to expose the private concerns of the gentleman now before him. Taking the whole into consideration, a more frivolous and vexatious opposition he had never heard during his long experience, and in saying this he said very little to what he could say. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged forth with, StriciDE.—Between two and three o'clock this morning, as two unfortunate females were walking ever Waterloo-bridge, one of them suddenly climbed on to the _balustrades immediately over the centre of the second arch, and attempted to jump over : her companion in stantly laid hold of her gown, and partly. pulled her back, when she exclaimed, " Let me go, don't tear my gown," and in the most desperate and determined manner broke loose from her friend, and threw herself off the bridge. The other unhappy gill, in the greatest state of distrac tion, was also about to precipitate he►sell into the water, which two gentlemen, who bad witnessed the transaction, happily arrived in time to prevent. She was then taken to the watch-house, where she stated that herself and friend had drunk four glasses of gin and one glass of wine each ; that her friend resided in Shire-lane, Fleet-street ; and that, being in arrears fur rent, and not daring to go home, she was going Over the water to sleep with her at the time the committed the rash act. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—A master sweep was summoned to the Justice Room to answer for having assaulted one of his apprentices. • There was. a great congregation of sweeps present, it being a matter of some interest to know how far a master ia the trade would be sanctioned by the city magistrates in " whopping 7 his boys. • The complainant stated that his master had often " whopped " him for nothing, but on the occasion mow al luded to his master " wollopped " him till the blood issued from his ears, and be could'nt " bear it by no means." The defendant said, that, instead of being cruel, he punished cruelty in correcting his apprentices. The fact was, that the complainant had some notion of going into the pugilistic ring, and to prepare himself for the work used to huffett about a little tellow-labourer of his, who was " minnikin " enough to go up any flue the air could pass through. The poor little fellow was sure, as soon as he had done his day's business, to get some bard blows from his - big comrade, who threw himself into a fighting atti tude, and, with two sweeps' caps for gloves, pummelled his unresisting opponent until the latter tumbled upon the earth. The defendant concluded by stating, that having seen the complainant exercising such wanton cruelty, he certainly did wring him by the ears, and slap him well in the face. Alderman CROWDER asked at what time this took place. The defendant said it was after dinner. The complainant—Dinner, your Worship ! Vy, he never gives us no dinner except cabbage leaves and waxy tattles. The master sweep indignantly denied this charge. The little sweep, who was said to have been beaten by his brother of the chimney, was then' sent for, and the Worthy Alderman asked him how his master chastised his boys. Witness (evidently not understanding the question)—Vy, very well. The ALDERMAN-.—l mean, how often he beats you. Witness.--Oh, how often he voFs us ! Vy, he vops us yen ye rants it.—(Laughter.) The ALDERMAN—And how does he feed you ? Witness —Vy, he feeds us very yell. He gives us good wittles. The ALDERMAN—He does not feed you on cabbage leaves? Witness—He gies us cabbage, but he biles it, and ve eats it.—(Laughter.) The ALDERMAN—What did he strike this boy for? Witness—Eh, vy, because Jack vas a vopping me, and master vouldn't stand it no more, so he swere his eyes if he You'd, and so he 'cropped Jack ; and, my ey es, if he didn't gie it him.—(Loud laughter.) The ALDERMA N—What, he struck him hard? Witness —Ay, I believe you ; he did gie him a goad un. The poor child then turned to one of the officers, and said—Vy, you know Jack vopped me hard ; but if master didn't gie it him as hard, I'm blowed. The ALDERMAN said it was evident that the complainant deserved punishment for having ill-treated the poor little fellow, who was obliged "to climb without the benefit of ascending." There was, however, a medium to be ob served,. and the master had certainly exceeded it. His Worship then censured the master for having acted with unnecessary violence, and the apprentice for having com mitted the cowardly offence for which he had been punished, advising the latter to take care of the prize-ring, or he would soon feel the terrible effects of fair play front his match. A porter was charged with having broken a window of the King's Arms pub'ic-house, in Thames-street, by shoot ing tobacco-pipes at it for the amusement of his friends. Defendant—l assure your Worship I had no. malicious intent against the window. ALDERXAS-.-I don't say you had, but you must pay the man. The defendant was mueli displeased at this nracr, hu th Alderman proved inflexible. GUILDHALL—The post yesterday brought another complaint against Holtaway, of the late servants' hiring office, in the Old Bailey. The writer, an assistant-surgeon at Pligham Ferrer.% states, that in March, 1827, he paid the admission fee, and was introduced to one Baron de Thierry, and another fellow, with whom he agreed to go to New Zealand, as an assistant-surgeon, and with the money paid down to him, and expended in equipping himself for the voyage, he lost, without exaggeration, 100/. Tie writer was assured that Holtaway's transactions had been more extensive than the public were aware of. Many young men in the medical profession, of his acquaintance, had been duped by Lloltaway, who were at present out of Europe. Sir PETER LAURIE said he believed the statement, and supposed the parties who had been tricked refrained from coming forward, because they were ashamed of being gulled so easily. He regretted exceedingly that he had not com mitted him upon the first charges. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Yesterday, Joseph Lardey, the driver of the hackney-coach No. 569, wee brought from St. Giles's watch-house, before Mr. CONANT the sitting Magistrate, charged with wantonly driving his coach so as to endanger the life of a young female. The complainant, who appeared in a very weak state, said that herself and another young woman, who was. in service in a family, bad been together on Monday evening, and were on their way home about ten o'clock, when sud denly the other young woman was taken ill in the street, and the defendant with his coach was called from the stand in Broad-•street, Bloomsbury, through which they were passing at the time, to convey her home. When she got into the coach, a man who was evidently an acquaintance of the prisoner's, jumped iu after her, and the prisoner imme diately drove off at full speed, without allowing the com plainant time to get in at all. The young woman inside, who hail a good deal of property, called repeatedly to be let out again, and the complainant, with a view to assist her, laid hold of the handle of the coach-door, and she was dragged along witkout the power of extricating herself for the whole length of a street, until at last she fell, while the coach was still going on at a rapid rate, and one of the hind wheels passed obliquely over her hip and shoulder, and injured her very severely. While she was dragged along in the perilous situation described, she repeatedly, she said, called to the prisoner to stop, but instead of tato:ding to her cries, he in (leased his speed, until she fell, and the coach-wheel went over Ler. The prisoner did then stop his horses, but in doing so, while she was still down, he backed his horses, and this site ran a double Lazard of losing her life, for one of the fore wheels passed partially over her head, crushing her bonnet in pieces, and tearing off some of her hair, so that it was a miracle how she escaped death. A watch man then came up and seized the horses' heads, and stea died them until she was extricated from under the wheels. She was then taken to the hospital, and the surgeon said that although not dangerously, she was'very severely hurt, and advised her by no means to leave the hospital so soon, but she was afraid that if she did not appear the prisoner would escape. The watchman who stopped the horses said that nothing could be more wanton than the conduct of the prisoner ; for although repeatedly called to, not only by the poor girl herself, while her life was in the utmost peril, but also by him the watchman and others, who witnessed the transac tion, he, instead of pulling up, whipped on his horses as fast as they could go. The complainant produced the clothes and bonnet which she wore on the occasion, and they were completely torn into pieces by the carriage-wheels. The prisoner (who denied that lie drove on either wan tonly or purposely, said that he never heard either the girl herself, or any one else, call to him to stop) was ordered to find bail for the assault on the girl, and to give 48 hours' notice of bail. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday John Brandon, formerly a guardian of the night, was brought before the - presiding Magistrates, Sir I. BrutrlE and Mr. Haus, charged with causing a riot in Cbandos-street, Covent-garden, at two ~'clock yesterday morning. The prisoner, on being placed in front of the Magis trates, appelretl very assiduous in adj us ti ng hi * appare l , which e was of a most complicated textur e , cons i s ti ng o f t h e h part art of a coat, and half a p a ir o f cor d e d b reec h es, t h e n aked part of which he parti a lly concea l e d w i t h w h at tenth r t t e B p a ssed some years back for a hat, in which was the remains of an orange handkerchief. K an e, a watchman, deposed, that about two o'clock yesterday morning he heard' the prisoner shouting, in a most inharmonious strain, " Croppies lie down," at the end of each stanza of which he delivered an oration against the Pope and Popery ; on which witness desired him to desist and not disturb the neighbourhood. This the pri soner not relishing, he replied with a volley of abuse, in which he the Pope and witness. Sir R. RIIINIV-4 shall require you to find bail. Pri soner—"as he was leaving the office, sa id, " I can assure y ou i t i s not necessar y to send out - of So Y°limay ; " an d . the parish for persons to go bail for me, as I can procure within u pwards of twenty as l oyal b rothers as myse lf, who call."are Rlr. lIALLs—I suppose that man is what they call on Orangeman. A poor man, named Dray, in the employ of Mr. Ben nett, coal-factor, applied to the Magistrates for assistance to enable him to find hi s w if e , w h o has been missing since the I I tli of June last. It appeared on that morning she left him after breakfast to go to his sister's, and never re turned—that he made every possible inquiry to ascertain what became .of her, but without success, and lie feared she had made away with herself, as she had been in a des ponding state for some flays before. They had been 21 CANTERBURY. Sept. 20. Since this day week our Wheat market has gradually advanced from 6s. to tae. per quarter, for fine quality, both for Old and New, and a fine parcel of the latter was sold to-day even as high as its. Our supply was extremely short, but in consequence of the high prices demanded little business was transacted. New Beans come to band in good condition, but Barley, Pease, and Oats, are touch deteriorated in quality and condition. Wheat, white Ms. to 745. --- red s6s. to 68s. Barley, Malting —s. to --i .Grinding. 30s. to 345. Oat.q Beans 2a's. to 314 Pease 4os. to 445. Cif ESTER —Wheat. per 751 b. 9s. Od. to 9s. Ski.; Barley, 38 qrts. ss. Od. to 53. 3d. • Oats, 49th. 33. 3d. to 33. 6d. NANTWICH.—Wheat, per 75111 Bs. 2d. to Bs. Fd. ; Barley, 39 qrts. ss. Od. to ss. 3d. ; Oats, 501 b. 3.9. 3d. to 3s. ed. (From the London New Price Current of Tnemiay.) RUM, BRANDY, AND HoLLANDs.--The Govern ment Contractors took large parcels of low Leewards off the market privately last week at for, mer prices; proof Leewards of good quality at 2s. 20., and three to seven over 2s. 3d. a 2s. 5d., the estimated sales were nearly 500 puncheons, and it was reported the Contractors had finished their purchases for the late contract. Jamaica Rums were sold to the extent of nearly 200 puncheons, chiefly fine quality, 32 to 35 over 4s. a 4s. Brandy was little varied, and the general impression was that the new Brandies would open at low prices in France. Geneva is still at nominal quotations, the inquiries being considerable (but only for small parcels), and there being no adequate supplies at market. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The demand for Tallow was general and extensive last week, and the prices gradually and steadily improved, the ad vance was Gd. to ls, per cwt. Hemp was also in demand, and the prices must be stated 10e. to l ' higher. Flax was little varied. The accounts Ye g terday from St. Petersburgh were to the 7th lus h ' Exchange has fall en to 10-i, Tallow 108: since the previous poSt 1,200 Casio Tallow:le l " rather lower to-day. - - TouAcco.-Several - more parcels of :1 1 44c k e ° were repotted to h av e c h ange d h an d s l as t Wee 9 1 low Virginias to the extent of nearly 300 1) 09 'f - of 2-.ld. a gad. The ot h er purc h ases cons isted small parcels of 5 and 10 hhds. to the trade. RICE.—The inquiries after Rice have been e x ' teusive, on account of the advance of -the CT": Market. The sales si nce Friday are estimate d 8,000 bags, chiefly good B enga l Ri ce, 14 s . a. ! the lowest held about 13s. 6d. OlL.—Oils are nominally a s l as t week in but the accounts from Davis's Str e i g h ts h a villgZa proved so much from the fi rs t report h as the market, and, though prices have not declitl eP there are no buyers. pier INDIGO.—Last week large parcel s o f I n digo taken off the market privately, an d i t i s no w use; tamed that a large speculation on Liverpool acc e _ .. has been entered upon in this market the she which have transpired are about 1,600 ches o,l9 ,, which 600 are fine Bengal. The general advanee, - , the India House sale was 3d. to 4d. per 11).;bot .t i , - nearest price lately paid is an advance of 6d. Per . , : ; The great proportion of the Caraccas sale on Plat 119 serons, was also taken by the same parties; prices were 4s. 9d. a Bs. 4d., ordinary. Sobres t ° good and fine Floras. COTTON.—The Cotton Market continues ti nVB' ried. The sales for the week ending last night a ; 0 elusive cons i st o f 1,500 S urat, 3. a 5d.; 1n ;„ Bengal, , 1-4 d. a 41d.; 200 Egyptian, 70., a" bond. SALTPETRE.—The purchases l a t e l y reporte d ire at 245. IRISH PROVISIONS.—There is little variation t ri Beef or Pork. The arrivals of butter last - ive f e % 4,426 firkins Irish, 5,780 cas k s , F or ei gn ; the roe are steady.—There were no arrivals of Bacon. I d TEA.-- Since the sale, l ow - Ilysons have beetl. l6 at 2d. to '3d. advance—nothing else doing. 110 M—About 1,000 pockets new flops haveZ pearedat market, th e qua li t y appeare d very good.,':, the first picking, and accor di ng to report t h e T ito' , is improving daily on account of the fine weath; the produce, as t o quant i ty , rather deficient,•t: r . prices obtained were 56 5 . t h e lowest, and 800 4° the finest. Th e es ti ma t e d' d uty is now ieduCed t° , 175,000/. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) • t The sales made in R aw S UGARS t hi s wee k a moun to 490 Mids. and trs. • I n t h e ear l y part of t he wea l ' holders accepted the prices which they formerly re fused, which w ere f u ll y 6d. un d er f ormer rates. "I.f yesterday's ma r k et t h ere was a greater d egre e °f firmness, and some l o t s o f G rena d es, j ust l an ded' brought full prices. The refiners were the pline l l 33 purchasers. British MOLASSES are selling at 21s. 9d. a 22s ' about 50 puns. of Grenada Molasses were sold a' 235. 9d. a 245. from the ship's side. No sales made-in COFFEE, PIMENTO, or Grisogg i Nothing worthy o f remar k d one in Itri3r, whirl is held at former prices. The transactions in COTTON this week have bee! extremely limited, the total sales amounting to °nil 543 packages, a n d p r i ces are about per lb. lower. The particulars are-8 Sea Island, 15d.; 46 Stained ditto, fild. a 10d.; 86 ll owe d s , 61d . a 61d.; L , ' Orleans, erid. a Bd. ;10 Pernambuco, .B,ld. ; I Egyptian, Bd. a 8.1 d.; 10 Surat, 4d. The sales in DYEWOODS are confined to five tOll of Carthageua Fustic, at Cl. 10s.; no Jamaica ° f Honduras Logwood at market. 10 ASHES are very fl a t; t h e tr ifli ng sa l es made it retail of Montreal Pot s were at 205., and Peer. 30s. a 31s. No sales n. made in TOBACCO, p r i ces are w ithoa l alteration. About 80 casks of Y. C. TALLOW have be e p ' ~ sold at 40s. a 40s. 6d., and small p arce ls to the Trade at 41s. FISH Oti.s are again higher, 25/. has been obtain' ed for Whale, and 2.5/. a 26/. for Pale Seal, per PO old measure. For 'WHEAT and OATS there has been a spen t tive demand, and cons id era bl e sales have been eff',, ted ; latterly, i n consequence of the advice fr° l 7 London, an ad vance o f I s. a 2s. for Wheat, and °. per boll, for Oats, is demanded. metarj !'he ready supply fullprices.aofßAßLEisstill limited; New h e BEANS and PEASE have been more enquired after COTTON WOOL. LIST OP IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, This year. IMPORTED. I EXPORTED' r....****J.*****.*********., ;Same pe niod last ty.th" year. yew ►r Bagc,iis Londo p n ool 51, Bags l , &C. Liver ,6 550 51 9 Glaspaw 33,130 Total extorted in lf_ Same pet iotl 1927 flags, &c. Bags, Ike. 654,448 1,164 56,502 1,110 53,600 . 1,508 56,233, 51,252. At Dijon, on the 13th instant, an auctionel who had moved in a respectable circle stood in the pil- 1 / 4 % and teas branded, previous to being sent to the life, in pursuance of a sentence pronounced on him O P i ; conviction of forgery. It was p rove d t h at i n t h e ex erc o of his profession he had committed no fewer than forgeries, sonic of which date from 1820. ASCENT OF TIIE JOUNGFRAu,—_Extra ct of a private letter of a recent date from Berne the 20th of August two Englishmen attempted to m sce ;;,j the Joungfrau on the side next Lauterbrounn, acenropaT, by nine of the inhabitants of the village. They arrive" far as the Red Valley, at a considerable height ; but l'% f they were stopped by un f oreseen diffi cu l t i es . They areLii opinion, how eve r, th a t th e summ i t i s access ibl e on side. O n th e 21 s t an i n h a bi tant o f B erne undertook ‘v,", some hunters of chamois to ascend to the summit, starwl; from G r i n d e l wa ld and passing behind .the Eig e r and t Monk. He persevered in his enterprise for eight iv ll ;,, slays, during Which period he had to encounter diffical P i of every kind. O n th e 29th h e re t urne d to Grindelo*dd after having planted a colour up on th e crest o f the tioull taiu, between the Monk and the loftiest part of the Jot l frau. This colour may be seen from Wengernalp, even from Berne." Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held 'the Three Castles, Saint Andrew's-hill, Blackfriars , the body of SARAH 111 4 KaY, as oldetly woman. It 11 : t 1 peared that the deceased had, for some time past, labou4 under insanity. On Sunday night she got out of ere while the p e rsons wh o were appo i n t e d to atten d her Wi, asleep, and openi ng th e w i n d ow f e ll out. Th e noise Of window opening awakened her husband, but, before could reach the window, she had fallen ; and on look 1 "- out, he saw her clinging to the spout in front of the kil ea t Fier skull was sever e ly f rac t ure d by th e f a ll. A Ve'c of Insanity was returned. BIRTHS. On the 20th lust., at Sundridge Rectory, the I' the Rev. Dr. D'Oyly, of a son. On the 19th inst., at Cribs Lodge, Henbury, near , Bl i6- tol, the lady of J. M. Bence, Esq., of a daughter. _ MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squarer, Thomas mou r,dau S g ta h e t ko er h o te of the i l l a r t t e on Esq., to Jonathan Sadler,liss o Esq., by line Se y e Ann yi Alicia Seymour, his second wife, and grand-daughter.ef th. late Admiral Lynn, nearly related to the Marquis of Hell; ford and Duke of Somerset. On the 23.1 inst., at St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, by t 1 Rev. Robert Lawrence, William Lawrence, Esq., of Mark? lane, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mrs. Cedgeo Linkfield•house, Isleworth. On the 20th inst., at Wellshourn, Stratton Robert Job Marsham, Esq., of Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, to AtueS Charlotte Onilow, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Onslool' DIED. On the 23d inst., at Ward's-house, Hackney, e t . relict of the late Mr. William Varty, of Pentith, aged 64 ° . b On the 15th instant, in the 75th year of his. age, 10 0 ..;,‘ esteemed and respected, M r . G eorge Bl un d i t one , collec!4 to the Blanchester Infirmary and Dispensary for the It eiglsteeti years. 1 PRINTED and PUBLISU ED by MUftDO YOUNG, $ SuN OFrlct, 112, g _TRAND,, LONDON years married. What appeared to him very mysterious, he had a small spaniel bitch who left the house with his wife, and only returned home a month after in a wretched state of starvation, where it remained two days and then made off, and has not been seen since. ' The Magistrates condoled with the poor man on his dis stressing situation anti hoped, by giving publicity to the transaction, some discovery might be made ; and desired that he would be particular, in the event of the dog's re turning, to watch its movements. The poor man said his wife was always a sober and a good wife ; that they had no children, and when she left, had on a brown bombazine gown. lie appeared very much affected during his statement. AIARYLEBONE.—Henry Timberlake, a young man of fashionable appearance, anti well known in St. Maryle bone as a dealer in horses, has been in custody some time, under the charge of stealing a horse. He has undergone several examinations, but yesterday he was committed for trial. James Brewer, a sturdy road-maker, was charged with kicking up a row, and breaking a window, at the Eyre Arms tavern, St. John's Wood. " He must pay for thv•glass," said Mr. GRIFFITH, the Magistrate. " Never mind the glass, your Worship," replied Mr. Ilinton, " if I can get rid of him." " I declare, upon my honour as a man," said the road maker, "that I'll never, no, never, go there again." Mr.• Hinton said that would do. Mr. GetErcrii said, if he broke his word he should know how to deal with him in future ; and, after paying a shilling office fee, he was discharged. QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday George eneenayh, a corporal in the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, Thomas Perry, John Stokes, and George Shaw, privates in the same regiment, were charged before Messrs. WHITE and MARRIOTT with a violent assault on Mrs. Rosser, the wife of a respectable tradesman, of No. 24 Strutton-ground, Westminster, and also with assaulting Mary Sinnet, one of her lodgers. Complainant deposed, that on the previous evening about eight minutes before ten o'clock she went into St. James's park with her sister and Mrs. Sinnet ; they entered by the iron gate which leads into James-street, Buckingham-gate, aad having walked a short way in the direction of Hyde p irk-corner, to see her sister home, she wished her good night, and returned with Mrs. Sinnet to the gate by which they had previously entered the park, when they were interrupted by the sentinel, who told them they could not go out that way ; they begged of him to let them pass, when he pushed her down, nod celled for the guard from the guard-house. A corporal and two soldiers came up, and she was knocked down three times. They then pulled her about in the most shameful manner, and tried to get their hands into her pockets ; she resisted as well as she was able, and told them she had no money about her. They then said they would take her to the guard-house, and dragged her along the road. She offered to go quietly, conscious she had done nothing wrong, arid told them they were not the persons which they took them to be. Instead of taking them to the guard-house, they dragged her to Buckingham gate, and then flung her into the street. Her lodger was also dragged in the same manner, and lost her shawl and a handkerchief, containing come halfpence. The shawl w rsi afterwards found. Witness was so flurried at the time, that she could not identify the men. She complained the fol lowing morning to the commanding officer, and informed him of her treatment. She was dreadfully bruised all over her body, and was compelled to apply to Mr. Painter, surgeon, in the Broadway. Mary Sinnet fully corroborated the evidence of this wit ness as to the treatment they both received from the soldiers, and added that it was five minutes past ten o'clock when they attempted to return through the gate. Mr. WHITE—Did Mrs. Rosser or you use any abusive language? Witness—None whatever, Sir; I never was so frightened in my life. Serjeant Wilson was serjeant of the guard, and heard an altercation between the complainants and the sentry, when he sent the corporal and the other defendants to order them out of the park. He heard them call the soldieri impro per names; and say that they would not go out of the park. The complainant, Mrs. Rosser, appeared to be in liquor. The corporal and the other defendants said Mrs. Rosser was most violent, and they were forced to carry her ; the other defendant went quietly. Mr. WHITE, after consulting with his colleague, said that he considered the park under the control of the park keepers, who were regularly appointed, and not under the direction of the military power. The females had certainly been most violently treated, and whatever orders the sen tinels might have had, they bad not executed their duty properly in using the complainant (Mrs. Rosser) in the manner they had, whose appearance was sufficient evidence of the fact. A person here said that there were several persons in the office who could prove the statement of the soldiers to be false as to Mrs. Rosser being intoxicated. Mr. WHITE-There is no occasion to examine any more witnesses. I do not believe the imputation. We shall not decide the question here, but let it go to the sessions. Serjeant tVilson then became answerable for the appear ance of the soldiers to answer the charge at the next West minster Sessions. HATTON-GARDEN.— Win. Bails and John Stokes were yesterday finally examined, on a charge of stealing five green-legged bantams, belonging to Sir John Saunders SAtright, Bart., of Beeclimiod-house, H ertfordshire, and for the recovery of which a reward of 501. had been offered. The prisoners were fully committed to Newgate, to be resnoved, however, from thence at the request of the pro secutor, by habeas corpus,' to Hertford, to prefer the in dictment against them. Alfred "Whitmore, George Barnet, Henry Leamonr, three youths, of from 12 to 15 years of age, and a man of the name of Sampson Roberts, were brought up, charged with a riot and conspiracy to burn the house of William Brooks, an informer, in Owen's-court, Goswell-road. The complainant had discovered a quantity of gunpowder concealed in a convenient part of the house, fur the purpose, as be was told, and of which he had not the least doubt, of blowing it up. _ _ Mr. Sergeant SELLON thought the complaint a very serious one, and held the defendants to bail. UNION-HALL.—Yesterday a seafaring man, named James Jfars, was examined on the charge of ste/ding a valuable gold watch and seals, the property of the Honour able Frederick Pcllhanr.—The prisoner was fully com mitted for trial. ENGLISH AND SCOTCH MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Bar Soy. I Oats. Beans. o P st e o r nE tatter. s. 3 to to s. to 4 s. i to _s. B Gainsborough 63 34 22 42 Oratithato 56 72 33 37 20 32 40 4S Grinasby--... 5:3 53 24 27 10 20 30 40 tiotneastle„— 5O 50 2ti :34 it; '22 40 -42 Lincoln 35 62 34 37 22 27 44 46 Spilsby—. 54 66 30 34 20 22 40 46 5tamf0rd..............,.,. 43 6:3 33 :34 .22 26 37 42 56 68 28 36 20 23 44 48 NORWICH, Sept. 20. Wheat (per qr.) 555.10.4. 80s. Beans (per qr.) Barley Oats lBs. 265. 30s. Flour, fine (per sack 355. 403. 325. 40s. 48g. 504. Lw • I "I- WraNn reciii Sixty the . Bt o the let'l 111ousai And certain, nntil Si: . the dm A Sa Offi ce 7 The Office. Each !MI be d ..!id mu, . teaponeii P art); to . 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