The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-18 00:00:00

Judge was no longer the organ of his own. passions, or prejudices, or caprice, but the strict interpreter of the law, we would still have a Court of Appeal both in town and country. It is certainly not asking too much to demand equal protection against the perjury of witnesses, the weakness or wickedness of Juries,and the passions, prejudices, and caprice ofJudges, where human life is at stake, that is afforded where a paltry property is at stake. Let there he a protection against wickedness and error, but let there be no favour or caprice in the allotment of punishment. We regret to say that at present there is both in a shocking degree. It seems to be thought out of a certain number of c apital convictions, there should be something like a certain amount of exe cutions. Hence, when the due number of hard ened criminals is not to be found, the deficiency is made up by slaughtering poor creatures, who, at any other time, 'would have escaped with a milder punishment. Thus to make up a respec table execution, we suppose, a poor creature was on the last occasion hanged, for taking seven pounds, under no aggravating circumstances. He was poor and friendless, and he made up the satisfactory quota, and therefore he was hanged. Vidocq tells us in his instructive Memoirs (of which a translation has just appeared), that tin der the auspices of Joseph Le Bon, at Aires, during the activity of the Revolutionary tribunal, Beaupre, tFe gaoler, when executions were ar ranged, though very scrupulous as to the number, thought not of the quality ; and that frequently, not seeing immediately , the number of individuals pointed out , sent the first who Lame to hand, that the service of the State might suffer nothing from delay." It would seem as if Joseph Le Bon's mantle had been caught by so.he of our own Josephs. It is really dreadful to think of taking away the life of a human be ing for seven pounds, in an age like this, when the art of obtaining property without a legal title is so well understood, and so constantly practised. Poor creature ! he suffered not for his crime, but for his want of intellect. We have often been struck with the many subterfuges resorted to by lawyers, to conceal the fact from the people that the law was in fault. Thank God, the attempt to deceive the people this way any longer is im practicable. "My Lords (said Mr. Wallace, in the trial of the Duchess of Kingston) there is a benignity in the laws of tills country (be nignity! this addressed to the House a Lords .—what a measure .he must have taken of their Lordships' understandings!). to the frailties of mankind ; the Judges are attentive awl zealous that the civil justice of the country be strictly administered, and will not suffer any contri vance, chicane, accident, or neglect to defeat it ; hut in criminal prosecutions they are humane, they make great allowances, and are not over anxious to discover criminals. This obsersa, tion is verified by daily practice. In a civil cause, if the trial comes on before the plaintiff expects it—if at ,witness be out of the way—if the verdict be in favour of a defendant, contrary ; to the. evidence, .the verdict is set aside and a new trial ordered, and justice done. But in a criminal prosecution, if the verdict be in favour of the delendant though it arises from the ab sence cif a witness, or from any other accident, or it be given contrary to the clearest and most sa tisfactory proof of guilt, though not one pf the Jury can show his face without a blush, yet the verdict stands, and a new trial is never grant ed ; it was even denied in perjury comtatted in the time of King William, where the de-, feedants had the wickedness to corrupt the wit nesses for the prosecution to keep out of the way ; for whenever, and by whatever means, there is an acquittal in a criminal prosecution, the scene is closed, and the curtain drops."— Yes, the curtain drops ; but it drops when there is a conviction as well as an acquittal, except in so far as it is drawn aside ,by the Council ; the appeal to which in all cases, as a better because a patent tribunal,- ought not to be deemed mercy, but justice—etrict justice. But why is the law not over anxious to discover criminals ? Is so ciety anxious that the murderer, whose hands ate reeking with innocent blood, should escape ? No, never. It is because the,. English law was written in blood that there was an anxiety not to discover criminals. The severity of the lacy made it in most cases a dead letter. The people were arrayed against the law as a devouring monster, and they hailed with satisfaction, in all ordinary cases, every escape from its jaws ! Benignity indeed ! The people must have been monsters had they viewed with any other feeling than sa tisfaction the escape of a fellow-creature from the hangman, whose only crime was stealing to the value of a shilling. And yet, though during the long Parliament, remonstrance after remonstrance was urged against the cruelty of the law—though Cromwell, who was a humane and merciful man, dwelt again and again on this cruelty in his speeches when Lord Protector, we here see an e minent lawyer, in the year 1776, presuming so far on the ignorance of the assembly he was ad dressing, as to ascribe that to the benignity of was ,produced b y the law which its unrelenting cruelty.—Morong Chronicle. A general meeting of the electors of Canter bury, resident in London, has taken place, to consider what they are to do during the deports_ tion of their representative, Mr. Ss Lushing- The conduct of this person 18 very sin ; he has been more than a year out as error of Madras, and yet 'does not vacate his , ,ituation as Member for the city of Canterbury .11 tee British Parliament ! Of what use are :" , isiribers, it their duties can be thus neglected or overlooLd ? The Duke of IsTellingtoe ; we ease sometimes drives a miliAry s•Jicer ouL ru wiiu has conic home rather unex pectedly to attend to his concerns in England : -aye laope his Grace will as suddenly recall a civil ,ifiicer from India, who has deserted his duties ie England. The reciprocity is but fair.— The rumours respecting additions to the Mi nistry and changes in its personnel, have died' away like the foolish rumours about the state of t h e King's health, with which the readers of a certain morning journal were daily treated some time ago ; and, to all appearance, the Duke of Wellington intend,!! to °Pell the winter campaign with the identical staff' which has immortalized itself during the summ er months, b y ita paper blockades. To what reagon this adherence to corps of some of the principal members of which his Grace is said not to entertain the most exalted opinion, we have no means of knowi ng ; but we have some reason to believe that his visit,. and that of Mr. Peel, to Wootton, the seat of the Marquis of Chandos, may have tb,e Pffeet of adding to the numbers of the present adminiF.#.B7 tion. It is indeed whispered that his Grace of Buickiughani is to have the Privy deal, on his return to this country, and that the accession of the Grenville family will speedily follow. The resent Duke of Buckingham, when Lord Temple, supported Mr. Pitt, and afterwards Mr. Fax and it is not unreasonable, therefore, to. infer that he will have no decided objection to lend the aid of his powerful talents to the Administration of the Duke of Wellington. The politics of the Grenvilles are too well known to require any historical illustration.—Aforning Advertiser. The invention by the Great Agitator of the story respecting the Catholic Bill, now, as lie said, in the hands of the Bishops, and embody ing the whimsical device of Mr. W. Horton, together with a clause giving the Crown a qua lified veto in the nomination of Catholic Bishops, was a capital and most opportune stratagem, in tended, no doubt, to withdraw the attention of the followers and admirers of the Demagogue from the signal disgrace and discomfiture which had recently befallen him in the affair of the mission—just as another and more harmless de scription of mountebank, when he has the mis fortune to make a slip, contrives immediately to throw one of his best summersets, in order to reinstate himself in the favour of his gaping spectators. But in the speech delivered - by the Great Agitator and Mock-Member of Parlia ment upon this occasion, there is something more to be found than the mere amusement his dexterity affords. He takes the opportunity to inform the world how the Catholic Priests, his constituents and masters, would receive such propositions as that of admitting Catholics to Parliament, and inflicting upon them politi cal mutilation when there, or that of a veto upon. the appointment of Popish Bishops, however qualified, supposing the Protestants should ever become such drivellers as seriously to entertain ' them. In the first of these the RomaniSts would readily enough acquiesce, according to Mr. O'Connell, who may be considered an authori sed expounder of their views, although not of the Duke of Wellington's, and they would do so upon the very intelligible principle, that this provision for creating two different classes of Members in each House Of Parliament is ridi culous and impracticable, and must of necessity prove abortive. This notable scheme of Mr. Wilmot Horton is fairly extinguished by the contempt of the Catholic Member for the county of Clare. The veto device is viewed by this representative of the Catholic Priesthood of Ireland with more respect and attention, and is so far honoured indeed as to be declared worthy of their uncompromising hostility. The Dema gogue jHstly kels tliQt here he is upon strong ground. The Catholic Hierarchy will not sub mit to the Veto, and. without their concurrence the law enacting it must become a dead letter. The Protestant advocates of the Popish cause, who attempt to delude their countrymen by the notion of securities, know all this as well as Mr. O'Connell, and knowing, strive to conceal it ; and so far he is honester than they. It i; indeed ap absurdity to suppose that any regulation of the moile of appointing the authorities of the Roman Church j Ireland, or of the mode in which those authorities shall correspond with the Court of Rome, can afford protection to the British Church and Constitution, since it is evi dent that such regulation can never come into operation without tliP porigurrence, of those they are intended to controul ; and if acquiesced in for their own purposes, for a brief season, might be cast 4sWe whenever they thought fit. Do the advocates of CA, olic Emancipation, with such securities as these, fmaging that an act of the Le gisiattpT providing these securities lyotild take effect unless its observance were enforced by pe s naLties upon its vioiagpn ? Or do these Liberals —the friends ,of civil n re4gious liberty—wish to see Roman Catholic Priest 3 au,tl Bishops in Ireland imprisoned, pilloried, transported,- or banged, for the offence of I4eiug appointed, pr pf maintainipg er co u rse with Rome, in a inanngr contrary tp 4 t e . 4.44tte ? Scenes like these, whatever the Lihvrais Kho talk so easily of enacting securities without cogistAting the Ca tho4s upon the subject may think, 4r top p pugnant to the spirit of the age to be hazarded by any Goverinskent ; and are but little calcu lated certainly to promote the tranquillity of Ire land. The Catholics, it is plain, ei,ln only be rendered- hatanless to the Constitution sf npg land by withholding from them, in a manner the most s/irect, simple, and effectual, all participa tion in poliaical power.—Morniiig Post. CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—The cunning of the fox is proverbial ; and the rapacity of that animal is also well known, During the past week two or three gent l emen o f t hi s c ity ;,zing wishful to see the houndj throw off at Askham Bogs, tgpaired there, and in the course of a short perambulation nese gps of the fox holes, which bad been previously blocked, they tout 4, most in geniously hid in the grass, at the foot of a tree, no less than seven hens and a cock, which reynarsl had secured during the night, and which not being able to deposit ita his usual retreat, 14 had thus carefully hid till the obstruc tion should have been removed.--York Courant. More herrings have been.eanght off Yarmouth this year than have been known in any sei..2on during the last twenty years. Last year the boats did not azerage wore than 12 lasts. This season one boat caught 51 lasts, several upwards of 40, others between SO and 40. The Victory, Cape. Balls, caught 14 lasts (14:140,000 herrings) in one night. Zt is singular that very few of these tiA have yet made their app.:Vance on the Lincolnshire coast, Boston Gazette. ORIGINAL ANECDOTE OF At ORIGINAL. —The late D. ti,,,,—,-- was a very eccentric being, fond of being made the lAitt of any one, and so attached was he to the office of butt-general, that when Colonel R. of the Northumberland Militia, wishing to put an end to the I jokes dz.i.ly passed upon him, intimated his intention to the mess, and it was cheerfully seconded by the queers, the doctor sat uneasy is his chair, gazing round him witia the IPPearauee of one who 11:,ts committed some egregious blunder without knowing bow to rectify it. In fact, the doctor was the most miserable of miee,v4, l s. sinners. He was no longer the whipping post of the mess. - Towards tint close of the second day., his eyes filled with tears, a,;41 111 his Wand tune of voi ce , h e u4nended if be had offended any oi , e . Th e rep l y was, .. no, tiv no meats " The gentlemen, but Indeed 1 slid it tt;4 9r e ntionall y; ill"; ~i t do w n; but shortly rising again, h at said, " i a" ' s mus t have given you o ff ence, if any thing has happened, I am toms:* the doctor. The scene now willing to make coy concession." The officers reiterated their kin i d u d f i e c e r l o in r s in the extra, le, The doctor, with ' 'Jeanne pfficers . of the regiment, nay, even tke n od sobbing tears in hi, ers , no ,. ? powing h ow _ t o and the kitties , proceed, were Colonel himself; eoftwulsed with laughter. 4t length the matter was the poor doctor, At his , g o on as you 4 explained, and he was in that way. of be b e tt n tr,o ac customedvi7"'°ll',o4°,4o47l,r c e . 5 , 1 - i i ° Jrn s never .tak , e . offence —do illag. -1 .,1 at me as before,") 1 7 was 4 ,j elu tf4,4 in :as :old 0 :: to the mess, and an admirable iti 1 ,9 1 . 0 fie had upon his sign, when in quaiteg , if _the south, D r . S -„, snrgeon and man-midwife t o th Pio+ . t hignher 04 land 0, Militia.—On 4.14 e day the doctor's wife was released her troubles in this wryld, and scarce an hour afterwarda teaptain S— passingiry, observed the doctor standing at the Jr # 4,o with his greyhounds, sal „?..sked after his wife. " She's just hiNi . l," replied the doctor. The Captain,W" moving on, expres«ir,i; his condolences. " Oh , ii-13,:,, go ;;et, Captain ; we'll have a ,`sere or two, and then a bit of dintiei., and something aferwarda;' The Captain men tioned someth4g about his wife. " Never mind, Cap tain, she was as good vwife as the generality of ie,:c., and a I'll have another in a fortnight.'.' The doctor was as good I as his word ; for a feW days afterwards he .e4Anle into the house, szul _desired his housekeeper to prepare things fox • his wedding, an,l when the day arrived, she enquired who was to be the bride? f , Why, I have been thinking some time about that, and perhaps you will do as well as another, therefore you may go to church with me:" And a merry wedding they hail, though the bride was wooed; won, and married in less than //n hour.—Chcster Courant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Six eostermongers appeared before the LORD MAYOR, to complain against the - salesmen for having sold to them several bushe6 of sprats which were not fit for use. 'I hey stated, that they bad paid the great sum of 4s. a bushel for the sprats; but they were not long in possession of the fish, when they found them stinking, and quite " impossible to be eat." Mr. Goldham (the clerk of the market) said the complainants had the fish to produce: and required that the stock should he brought in. The complainants exposed some to view, which were not of inviting appearance certainly ; but they were not offensive to the nose. Mr. Goldham said, that he had watched the Ma naeuvres of the complainants, and had completely detected them. The fact was, they had all pur chased of an early boat, at 4s. a bushel ; but they had scarcely been supplied with the fish, when other boats arrived, and sold at 3s. They then immedi ately began to knock about the fish they had pur chased, and to make it look stale; but he had brought a dish of sprats which had been taken indiscrimi nately from the quantity boiled, and he had himself never tasted better. This he had done in justice to the salesmen, who were in this case much calum niated. -The Lora) MAYOR, and others in the Justice. room, tasted the sprats, which disappeared in five minutes. The defendants were quite puzzled at this mode of exposing their scheme for getting sprats at a shilling a bushel less, and walked away, after the useless loss of their time. MARCH OF MORALS.—A boy named James Hand, who appeared between and 14 years of age, but said that he was " going upon" 15, was brought before the LORD MAYOR; charged with having tumbled about the streets, blind drunk, and broken a shop-window. A watchman stated that he saw the boy stagger ing about the streets in a state of intoxication. At first witness thought him ill, as he could not suppose that so mere a child could have taken such an excess of liquor. The boy, however, soon exhibited une quivocal proofs of the state of his head by dashing it up against a window. The witnes3 finding that it was all up with the young fellow, took him up in his hand and put him to sleep in the watch-house. (A laugh.) The whole office were astonished at this state ment ; and the LORD MAYOR, after having expressed his surprise and regret at such an instance of youthful debauchery, asked the watchman whether he had ascertained what the boy had drunk ? The watch man said that the defendant had acknowledged that he had drank gin, rum, and beer. • _ The LORD MAYOR (to the defendant)—Pray what did you drink that put you into so shameful a condi tion ? Boy—Drink ! Why I drinker! gin, and rum, and Meux. (A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR—What de you mean by Meux, water ? Boy—Water ! God love you, no. Good strong heavy wet. Every body knows what it is. (Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Do you know in what a shocking state of drunkenness you were found ? Boy--Och, I believe you; I was groggy, that's truth. The Lomb MAYOR—Where did you get the money to pay fdr the drink ? Boy—Eh, what's that you say ?—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—WiIy, I suppose, you Oink you are speaking to as drunken a fellow as yourself. Don't you know that you are before the Lord Mayor? Boy —Och, to be. sole I do. Well, I got the money from Mr. Sedley. He's a brace-maker, and I sells braces myself. I axed him for three bob, and he gived it to me. I vas yell enough till I took the heavy, and that made me lumpy.--(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—And what do you expect to come to if you continue to lead this life ? Boy—l 'am sure I knows nothing about It. We none on us knows nothing about it.—(Laughter.) The boy, in reply to other questions which were all answered in the same unmannerly strain, said, that he was independent of Mr. Sedley, although he was. in the same trade, and that he was carrying on busi ness for himself. The LORD MAYOR observed, that although this was the most deplorable instance of the increasing immorality of youthful persons he bad ever beheld, he lamented to state that the vice of drinking had become more prevalent of late than he had ever known it to be. His Lordship told the boy that he should be severely punished if he was found ever apin ill such a condition, and asked him whether he was able to pay for the glass he had broken ? Boy—." Why, no; I can't pay now, for I ha'nt got a mag; but if the Charley comes wi' me, I'll gi' him what you wants of me." (Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR ordered that some inquiry should bp made about the poor friendless boy. Shocking as the picture was, so comical was the tone in which the defendant spoke, 4114 so close was the resemblance of his manner and language to the ex p,erenced blackguards of the town, that not to laugh at the scene•was impossible. liOW-STREET. Gorge Page, the map who stands charged with a burglary at the bouse of i%Jrs. 11,1otrutain; of Whet atone, was yesterday placed at the bar for 4nal exan►i nation. Hannah Morley stated, that she was servant to Prfr.l. Baker, of the Saracen's head public•lionse, Et Finchley, Recollected hearing that Mrs. Mountain's house had been att3ed on the morning of the 23d of October. About halfpast four o'clock the pre vious day, four men, one of whom was the prisoner, called at her mistress's house, and had a pot of beer between theiri, which they drank outside of the door. They Stopped about a quarter of an hour, and had pipes and taw°. They went away smoking. The prisoner had been three liiyies at her mistress's house since the robbery at Mrs. Mountain's, The first : time he came to sell fish in a cart; the secoNci time he wanted to buy a cow; and the third time, in consequence of information which she gave, the pri soner was apprehended by Mrs. Mountain's gardener. Thomas Harris, a labo.irer, residing at Whetstone, deposed that he saw the prisoner, in company with three other men, going through the turnpike at Whetstone, on the 22d of October, 4bo4t halt-past four o'clock. The four men were smoking, They wera . wAdking in the direction of Mrs. Mountain's house. Witoec,s heard next morning of the burglary, and saw the man wircgo Fardener was conveying to town in a cart. Knew ni immediately to be 414 a the four men he bud observed the preceding day. - - - - In reply to It ques,tion by the Magistrate, the wit ness said he was quite positive that the prisoner was one of the four men. Mr. MlNsttum. said that there was now sufficieo evidence to send the prisoner for trial. Mr. Shearman, the solicitor for the prosecution, said that it had been ascertained that the four men divided themselves, two going to one public house, and tw of thetn to another. He should be enabled to bring forward 4her witnesses to identify the prisoner, but would reserve them form trial. Mr. Missitun then asked the prisoner if he hail any thing to say, us he was about to be committed for trial 4' Mr. Wooler, who ;,.Mended for the prisoner, told him to reserve his defence for a jury', prisoner accordingly declined saying any thing, and w' .s fully committed. WiUirtnt Hantoi, a journeyman cabinet-maker, - was brought up by Upson, one of dip Dow-street patrol, on an assau l t warra nt, wherein he was gharge4 viPt assaulting and knocking down a man named Geo. Stadlow, 071 so a journeyman cabinet-maker. The assault arose out;,; one .of those combination's of journeymen which is so disgrappful to the partie3 implicuted, and injurious to the interests of the trade. 'The complainant stated, that he was in the on! , France and Banning, cabinet ma ge g ept-street. On M on d a y evening last he was walking near nn*Pg- P ita ° k i frs en a t n ft; upholsterers, with a young woman, when the defendant p te to them, and pretending that he knew the s h e, ,ea a : m : - .l g et a ii addressed her by the name of Mary. Corn plainant told Minter that he was mistaken in the person, but the latter repeated his offensive behaviour, and was very insulting and abusive. As soon as iLe complainant and his companion had reached Buck ingham -gate; he was attacked by the defendant and two men who accompanied him; They knocked down the complainant, and beat him severely. They also. knocked down the young girl. The defendant denied that he had committed any assault, and said he was not nigh Buckingham-gate at the time stated. The female by whom the complainant had been accompanied was then called, arid her evidence fully corroborated the statement of the first witness. Sir R. BIRNIE said, that a few words from Mr. Bunting might be necessary to show the feelings which had influenced the defendant in attacking the complainant. Mr. William Ranting was then sworn. He stated that the complainant was in the employ of himself and partner. The quarrel between the complainant and defendant he had no doubt arose out of a feeling of jealousy on the part of the society men, as they were called, and those journeymen whom he and his partner had thought proper to employ, in preference to the society men, who were generally - very ill conducted. Sir R. RIRNIE—Do you believe that the conduct of the defendant and the rest of the society men was meant to intimidate you and your partner from em ploying any journeymen except themselves? Mr. Banting replied, that he believed such was the object of the society men. He then added, that he had frequently observed the defendant Hunter walk ing opposite the premises, apparently in wait to way lay some of his men. Sir R. BIRNIE—That circumstance will form part of the case against the prisoner at the sessions. It is quite evident that these fellows will not stop combining until some of them are sent across the water. 'Stowe!, an officer attached to the Marylebone• office, told the Magistrate, that two men had been examined at that office under the combination laws, and he had a warrant against Hunter on a similar charge. Sir R. 13tamE observed, that a case had been made oat against the defendant before him, and he should therefore commit him for trial. A detainer might be lodged against the prisoner upon the other charge. Stov►el observed that the master cabinet-makers had been served in the same manner by the society men. The prisoner was then held to bail for the as sault, and directed to give 24 hours' notice of the persons whom he intended to offer as his sureties. MA RLBOROLT GH.STREET. Mr. Price, the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, ap peared yesterday at this office before Mr. DYER, the sitting magistrate, to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by George H u t c hi ns , l a t e a servant in his employ. The warrant under which Mr. Price attended had been standing over in the hands of Ballard, the officer, for nearly a fortnight past, owing to the inability of Mr. Price to appear sooner, from a severe attack of gout. The complainant stated that he had been for some months in the service of Mr. Price, up to Sunday the 7th of this month. On that day Mr. Price had a party of 16 gentlemen dining at his house, No. 9, Pall-mall, and he (the complainant) with other ser vants, waited at table on that occasion. Between one and two o'clock, after the party had broken up, and all the gentlemen had gone away, Mr. Price rang the drawing - room bell, which he (the complain ant) immediately answered, but he had no sooner got up to the drawing-room door than Mr. Price met him there with a lighted candle in his hand, and, without the slightest provocation, thrust the candle lighted as it was into his (the complainant's) face, and repeated this violence towards _him three times, calling out at the same time, " your eyes, you rascal, take that !" He (the complainant) at last thought it necessary to resist any further repetition of this attack, and he seized hold of Mr. Price to take the candle from his hand, but he had no sooner done se, than Mr. Price ran to the fire-place, snatched up the poker, and gave him (the complain ant) a desperate blow across the small of the back. He then grappled with Mr. Price, and both of them fell upon the .stairs, and struggled there until the watchmen were called in, and he (the complainant) was taken off to the watch-house, and brought to this office the next morning, when he was discharg ed, nobody appearing against' him. The complainant called as his principal witness Maria Barlow, a housemaid in the service of Mr. Price, and a very zealous witness she seemed to be, for it was almost impassible to restrain her from de scribing her master as the most violent of rnen, and the complainant, out of whose book she appeared to have been very recently reading, as the best be haved and meekest of his kind. She commenced by swearing that she saw all that passed on the oc casion alluded to. She saw Mr. Price, without the least provocation, thrust the candle lighted three times into poor George's face, and set fire to one of his whiskers. Mr. Price then stated, that on the day in question he had a party of gentlemen, about 15 or 16 in num ber, dining at his house, and the complainant, amongst other servants, was attending at table. In a very early part of the evening, he (Mr. Price) ob served that the complainant was in a stt.te of intoxi cation, for he was constantly committing mistakes about the table, particularly with the wines, substi- Ruing port for claret, and claret for port, and mix ing one with the other, so that he -(Mr. Price) at last gave directions that the complainant should not be admitted into the room any more; but still he would come in, and threatened violence to any of the other servants who opposed him. Not wishing to have any disturbance in the house while his guests remained, he (Mr. Price) looked over for the moment the complainant's conduct, but determined to get riq of him the next day, and had that inti mated to him. After the dinner party had broken up, and the gentlemen had ail retired except Sir Andrew Barnard, Mr. Calcraft, and one or two others, with whom he (Mr. Price) -was just then in a particular conversation, he heard a violent uproar. He rang the bell to know the cause, when who should come pp stairs but the eomplaiaant, in a still worse state of intoxication than before, and, rush ing into the room, had the impudence to seat himself upon one - of the chairs; he was ordered instantly to quit the room, but for some time refused until he got his wages. He said, at last, he was turned out of the room, and he (Mr. Price) followed out on the lobby to give direc tions that the complainant should be immediately turned out of the house altogether, upon which the c omplainant flew at him, seized him by the breast, and being very feeble at the time, from the effects of gout, he (Mr: Pricg) fell down ppqn the stairs, with the complainant on the top of him, and he was very near being seriously hurt. " As for my thrusting candle" in the man's face," said Mr. Price, " or striking him with a poker, if they were the last words that I had to utter, I most solemnly declare to yCitl ? Sir, that I never did or thought of doing either. Indeed, was but ill-qualified for any violence of the kind, for I am sure if I gpt-an empire for it, I could no t on that day, nor for man y days before, lift pri.q pound weight with either hand. "With respect to m y being intoxicated, as has been sworn, it is well !plow') to my friends that I never drink any thing but a little sherry and water; and, on the day in qaest;OP, Dome laf my friends remarked, that even of that weak beverage drank much less thig 4st l 4)?" Mr. copier m. , #5 then ext.mined 'as p witness, and stated that he tlittga with the party at Nr. Price's house on the day i n quest i on , and airing and after ; dinner it was quite. observable that the complainant was intoxicated, for he was constantly making mis takes about the wine and other things at table. He (Mr. Cooper) went away about twelve o'clock, l e aving only three or font gentlemen with Mr. Price. and at that time the s u bj e ct oftlie present complaint 1 ,41 no t ()mum!, §0 that he (Mr.'Pooper) saw ng thing of it. Mr. P r i sm , daring that day ? drank nor thing but a little weak sherry and water, %VIM) is his usual drink, and was not in the slightest degree intoxicated; indeed it was almost impossible, that he could have been. Mr. Price had been for Several days previously labouring under a very severe attack of gout, particularly ►n the hands, so that he (Mr. Cooper) was obliged to write all his letters for him, and indeed he feared that he should have been obliged to put off his dinner party in consequence ; and as for Mr. Price being able to wield a catidle stick or a poker on that day, it was out of the ques tion ; it was as much' as he could do to lift his wine glass. One of Mr. Price's. men -servants, who had .at tended at table also on that day, confirmed the whole of Mr. Price's statement as to the intoxication of the complainant and his violence to Mr. Price, and said that Maria Barlow was not present at all at whit she - undertook to describe. Two watchmen, who were called in to Mr. Price's house to remove the complainant, said that when they went in, they found Mr Price on the ground and the complainant on the top of him holding him by the breast. When they released Mr. Price, .and heard what had happened, they remonstrated with the complainant, and advised him to beg his mas ter's pardon, but he said he would not, although he admitted there never was a better master than Mr. Price, but he said that .Mr. Price owed him 71. for wages, and he would fight him for the amount. He then threw off his coat, and wanted to fight Mr. Price. The girl, Maria Barlow, was not present when they (the watchmen) first went into the house, hut she came up soon after, and said " what a shame it was for George not to have gone to bed, he was so tipsy," and she too wanted him to beg his master's pardon. The complainant was so drunk that he could not stand without holding by something, and he himself it was that insisted upon Bing taken to the watch-house, .Mr. Price haVing only given directions to have him taken out of 'the house. The constable of the night and the watch-house keeper both stated, that when the complainant was brought to the watch-house he was in a most riotous state of intoxication, and continued an uproar all night in the place, although he was locked up in ,a dark cell; he.wanted to fight every body for 71., his wages, he said, ,that his master owed him. Mr. Reynolds (the solicitor) said that he had, several other witnesses in attendance to the samefacts. • Mr. DYER said that he had heard quite enough; he should discharge the warrant, and Mr. Price was at liberty to depart. Mr. Price thanked the Magistrate, but - said he wished for some protection against the violence of this man, the complainant, who scarcely suffered a day to elapse that he did not come three or four times to his (Mr. Price's) house, knocking loudly at the door, ringing the bells, and even at night dis turbing the family in the same way, and uttering the most violent threats ; so that really he (Mr. Price) did net consider his person safe, unless he was secured in some way against this man. Hutchins said, that he only called two or three times for his clothes that remained at Mr. Price's house. Mr. DYER asked Mr. Price if the man had now removed his clothes from the house, Mr. Price said that lie really did not blow any thing about the man's clothes. Hutchins here said that he had now got away his things. " Then," said Mr. DYER, " you can now have no pretence for going to Mr. Price's house; and depend upon it, if you do so again, or in any other way annoy or molest Mr. Price, you shall pay dearly for it." A man of respectable appearance, who had hitherto refused to give any name, but who now gives the name of Robert Barton, in custody, charged with uttering a variety of forged cheques on different bankers all over town, was brought up for re-exa minat ion. The prisoner, who is a tall roan, about 40 years of age, dark complexion, and long visage, has un dergone a great change„ in his appearance for the worse since his first examitmtion. Mr. Snow, secretary to the Literary Fund Society, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, deposed that the p r iso ner called on him and said his name was Grant, and he wished to subscribe .5/. to the Literary Fund, and gave the cheque now produced, signed " Robert Grant," and drawn on the bank of Mitterman and Co., for 10/., and the witness gave him the change in five sovereigns. . _ Jan Davis, a clerk •in the house of -Mastertnan and Co., deposed that there is no such person as Robert Grant who keeps cash or has any account at Messrs. Masterman and Co.'s bank. The cheque produced is certainly one of their printed cheques; but how it got into the hands of the prisoner wit ness does not know. James Phippin deposed, that the prisoner gave him the cheque now produced, signed " Alexander Hope," and draw❑ on the bank of Messrs. Bosan quet and Co., for 51, in payment for two seats in one of the Bath stages, at a booking-office in Hol born, where the witness is clerk ;. the prisoner said that Mr. Hope, the drawer of the cheque, was his master, and lived at St. John's-wood. Witness gave the prisoner three sovereigns in change out of the cheque. George Stuinsby, a clerk in the bank of Bosain quet and Co., deposed that no such person as Alexander Hope keeps any account in the house, nor has any one of the name done so for 15 years past. The prisoner, for whom a solicitor named Taylor attended, was fully.committed for trial on these two cases; but after some opposition on the part of the prisoner's solicitor to such a course, he was again re manded to be brought up on Wednesday next, as it is supposed many other cases of a like nature will be brought forward, MARYLEBONE. ROBBERY AT THE FRENCH AUBASSADOR'S.-.-.• Several persons are now in custody on suspicion of stealing his Excellency's plate. Arthur William Langford, the porter's cousin, whose conduct has been all along suspected, was apprehended on Satur day night, and detained upon the evidence of Walters, a Worship.street officer, who had him in charge eight years ago, under a case of felony, for which one concerned with him was transported, and he was committed to the House of Correction for six months, having received a milder sentence, in con sequence of his youth. He bad since been charged w►th ring-dropping, and the officer knew that he associated with reputed thieves. He was brought up again on Tuesday night for re-examination, and being placed with his hack to wards Mary Bailey, the still-room-maid, Mr. Hos tot.is asked her, if that was the person with remark able fair hair, whom she saw holding the passage door open at the Prince Polignac's,.iti the afternoon of Tuesday, the WI instant. Witness.---I believe it is. Mr, HamaNs.—ls_ he the same height S Wit, Hess.---I thought that person rather taller; so he eppeared, Mr. Iloocitis.—What is the impression on your mind now ? Answer with great caution, is it the same ? Witness.—l say it's the same. Mr. HosmNs.—Yon told me the other day the person who held the door open wore a blue coat, and you had a better opportunity of observing him, l.lepinfse he was without a hat, than the othe r wh o was with him, nrl *Off pff. PO you notice the dress of the other person ? Witness.—He wore a dark coat; I cannot tell whether it was blue or not, but am able to say he was rather taller than the prisoner. Mr, tioniNs---Did you have an oppoitunity of observing the coaatenanee of the one who held the door open ? Witness-7:7A side yiew. HowNs ordered the prisoner to he plapg4 it that position, and asked the witness if it'was the same and she replied, " 1 think it is," Mr. HosKINs--I have now another very import ant question to ask. You must have seen Langford a great many times ; how was it you did not know him ? Witness—lt struck me at the moment that it was Langford. Mr, i3osifis-7-1)p you think §o still ? Yes. Mr, ilos4iNs--rix the time as near as you can if i when you saw him. Witness—lt-:was from hp/ 1 past three to a qua r t er b e f ore f our .. Mr. 110sKINS—DO you know the state of tiil servants'-hall door at the time ? . Witness-4t .01 ' 1 then a little way open.. Mr. HostuNs- 7 11ow far ? Witness—So 4 r. (placing her hands about nine inches from each other.) . . It also appeared by the statethent4 of some of th e prisoner's relations, who were separately examilA' that he had given a false account of;the manner io. which he spent his time on the night of, and d a l following, the robbery; and_he was remanded. • Yesterday David Watso n , o f . N o . 3, Hol ywello row, Shoreditch, bedstead-maker . ; Isaac Aniol% , Henry Bradshaw, of Red Lion -court, Kingslau f road, cabinet-maker ; ;and Edward Hornsby, 0 No. 2, Hart's-lane, Bethnal-green-road, weaver, ere/ • apprehended by Buckeridge, the constable at lb/ office, and Walters and.Handley, of Worship-stye and were singly brought before Mary Bailey, Edward Stephens, the saddler's boy, who Saw t i men come up the area steps o f th e A m b assa dor, house at the time of the robbery, with blue LAO filled, in their possession; but not having .seen. t 0 faces of those men, they could not identify theirs- A : These four men had been in the habit of assoeial ing with Langford, at the Victory public-house 1 Bethnal-green, and elsewhere, and they were ir detained, for Handley said upon oath he knew W 4, son to be a thief. There were suspicious circu stances existing' against Bradshaw and Hornsby; 6 Amory, who was dressed in an entire suit of lie fashionable c l o th es , ari d a new h at, • independent u" hi - 3 being apprehended in company with Watell* gave Mr. Hoskins reason to hold him in custeafi by the following answers to the Magistrate's cliff!' tions : Mr. HosKtNs—Wh ere d o y ou have /10 regular lodging. ? Mr. HOSICINS--;Where did you sleep last nigh t -.-With a girl in North -street, in the City-road , Mr. HOSKINs—At what number ?—I don't Mr. HosiaNs—Where the night before ?' West -street, end on Sunday night the same. . Mr. HOSICINS—At what number don't k4 ov, ' I did not notice it. • • ' Mr. HOSKINS—What are you ?—I have b# clerk, and am out of employ. or, tb. Mr. HosKlNs—Do you choose to give any fur y account of yourself; or th e c l ot h es you wear ?--0-(j" THE MARKETS. COAL 5,4A1t Adair's Gray's Steam Coal 30 0 Heaton 35 0 Kebtaurn Alain 34 0 Killingworth 33 9 Liddell's Maio.-- 31 0 Newborn 33 6 Ord's Reclhugh 30 9 Percy 30 U . Pontop 'Windsor ..---,.. 30 0 Fanlield 32 Willington 34 0 Wylam • 33 0 WallsEndßewieke&Co. 96' 0 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 31 Ditto 33 U Ditto Burraton .......... 33 6 Ditto Carr and Co. 32 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0..., 32 0 Ditto Cramlington....... 31 0 Ditto. Hilda 93 6 Ditto Hotspur..--...... 33 0 Ships at market, 169-911 KET.—Dec. 17. Walls End Newmarch... 81 1 1. Ditto Northumberland J 6 Ditto Peareth ? g . Ditto Perkins and Co. .:11 Ditto 3 ' 0 Ditto Walker 35 A` v Lambton's Primrose F- 0 Neshant , g Walls Eud Hett0n....... 9u 0 Walls End Lambtort,..... 3 6 co, Walls End Lyons..--- 3 ) 01 Walls End Stewart's . q . , Itussell'sHetton'sW.E. 0 Cowkst. .„ Derbyshire r' Hartley 3l Ledgerbrioge „,., 5(1 0 Silkstone Field and Cu. L i 0 Smithson Old H. ISloor w g Beamisb 9. Moor small 1 1 ' Walls End small 1 1 0 Lambton small ips sohl, 57--Unsold; 11.• egt :COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE•WPf,-, ''''' - ul• ; Wheat. I Barley. Oats. 8et,..... --. —. ....rm ~ .. h 6 Per Quarter. s. t o s. s. t o a . a. to A. A. Abingdon.......— 68 84 35 42 35 42 ....1 Andover..----. 89 37 22 -- 0 8irmingham............ 72 82 32 36 .24 36 -0, Bridport --. 56 74 32 39 26 34 --- 0 Cirencester ....„........ 60 72 35 39 24 36, -- 48 , Faringdon--.,.. 51 86 36 40 26 38 -- b.t; Guildford ........—...... 48 84 56 45 24 96 -- 0 Hen1ey......—............, 55 89 31 43 29 34 --- 0 Hereford 64 84 38 4.5 :48 40 0' Highworth --- 62 80 32 42 23 32 -- „is: Maidenhead -- 60 84 38 42 28 38 -- if Oakingliam ........... 56 76 :30 36 22 34 -- Reading -- 56 9d 32 44 22 35 -- galisbury.---...... 80 84 34 40 25 32 -- Southampton —....... 54 78 37 40 28 32 -- Stroud .......-- 66 60 32 36 28 34 Tewkesbury ......-- 56 78 40 42 30 3 8 Uxbridge --- 55 82 36 42 28 32 Wastage 50 74 28 34 26 II 9: Warminster...,.... 48 88 34 44 24 35 _... 1 0, Windsor Worcester. , 1 4 k9 3 Ps 9 l 33 36 4 43 6 . 95 26 36 -"'''' 1 CHELTENHAM MARKET.--Dec• 16 - d. Per Bushel. a. d. to a. d. P ea lb. cv le Wheat 9 0 9 a Boer. Barley Oats Beans...—. ............ 4 9 6 6 Lamb 8 Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork 8 Hay 3l. 15s. to 4/. 4s. per ton. _0,4 HULL MARKET.—Dec. 16. We have a better supply of farmers' Wheat tha4 week, hut still very inadequate to the weekly dematti. the millers ; this was, however, made up by a fair 5 of foreign, for which ftill ss. per quarter thbre svo manded than last week, this was not however, cos! with, but an advance of 2s. and Bs. per quarter blo realized on the sales made. Secondary runs are also be B sale, and an advance of Is. per quarter in the pri c c e . last week. Although the prices of Beans, Pease, and Barley, are in comparison with Wheat a g OO O below their value, still we have no inquiry w hateVer , i any of them, and the prices may be conPidered W 311 3„; for each at our currency below. Linseed and ftsl* - 1 without alteration. Wheat, Old 80s. 84s. —s, New — 4 * / 1 11. -- Foreign —s. The. 84 s . Oats, Poland --- Small or Feed.... —s. IRs. 21s. Foreign —s. 245. 265, Barley, N0r1,,& Sut —s 36 3 . 38s. Line. & Wold ' 95 " Forergn Beans Pease, White 42s. 41s. 45.. Foreign —a. 48s. 50s. Grey 'fares —s. 40s. 503. Foreign . ; .... 345. It Rapeseed, in bond none LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.--Dee• 16 ' • There was a lair attendance of country millers at tb morning's market, some of- whom were from a confide . able distance in the interior; their chief object aPPe °4 ' to be the purchase of Wheat, of which they bough " moderate extent, at an advance on last Tuesday's curter? of fully dd. per '79lb. ; the principal sales were in JO new, but old foreign Wheats were also much sought siti and multi have readily brought a similar advance ; the were, however, very few offering. Fine Oats well ready sale, both to the trade and on speculatinni an d g ,: descriptions must be no ted ld.. t o U. per bushel ! I X g than our last currenc y. Flour was V s . t o 3 5 . 11 0 °,7. meal fully ls. p er sac k d earer . I n t h e l a tt er emi r transactions were rather large. We do not very our made tations for other Grain. Some heavy sales were ma de Indian Corn, at full prices. __, I( it 3. it,.. ta Seel b .111g ra %oho %Old a , i L ,od . PE, kd s p.PE, P. h. kis IrE 1: 4 4 446)8H4°.404:17 1:1 4 o ; lg. sit a. d 7 -4 0. d( L .%)bosi No. a i ttk L do„ • .i; BIRTHS. f C e g On the 16th instant, the lady of Henry Charles V . L O. d Graham, Esq., of a son and heir. 'ut••• On the Pith instant, at Gilston Rectory, Herts, the 1, 1 14 1 of the Rev. W. H. Wilkinson, of a daughter- L „Ithh On the 15th instant, Mrs. William Burro, if girr Di of a son. 1 1. 4 .5 e . On the 12th instant, at Melling-hall, Lancashire; 1-do. lady of William (Alison Bell, Esq., of a son. - L S Dee At Invermoriston, Mrs. Grant, of Glenmorist oo r nig Ci Moy, of a son. MARRIED. 11 da On the 16th instant, at St. Mary's Chnreli t ReAtlinti e . •di the Rev. John Bushnell, vicar nf lagepham, Mr. go• R Tilt, of Fleet-street, to Jane, only daughter of the late - 1 1 1 ?0uhk James May, of Engle#eld, Berks. ,bg C On the 16th instant, at St. Pancras, Mr. William 'Fi e i l ifot linos, of Manchester, to Susannah Ann Cook, eldest dat, do. d ter of Mr. Gregory Cook, of Haverstock-hill, Han3John, nitro On the 16th instant, at Tring, Herb, by the R, r eeeu C. Fowle, the Rev. James Edward Austen, to E byktent second daughter of the late Charles Smith, Esq., o f 6 ' l 7 1 4 g tons, Essex. ' to i•twexa On the 29th ult. at Aberdeen, R. Carmichael, Vail :Dag P Miss Nivin, of Thornton. gash On the 15th instant, at Bromley, Kent, the' Ee t trun 'George Rowney Green, of King's College, ,Cattlinler; 44ted to peanor, third danghter of ;helot,: Rev. George LA" b e et Gayton. Lea DIED. On the 14th instant, at his house at Horshamf.E' Jendea, Esq., aged 85. On the 16th instant, Mr. John Smith, of Giii street East, aged 60. Mari pt} the 170 in4ttint, of Ppm Stamford-street, Ann, wife of Mr. William Clarke, aged 29.' In ;he West Indies, Lieut.-Colonel Maclaine,' Regiment. On the 14th instant, at Norton Hall, near Vaken- s ' Norfolk, William French, second son of Mr. J. inf p f Little Tower-street, aged 2O years, of a wound received the accidental discharge of his gun, whilst getting: 00 fence on Thursday last. loran *dos - t PEINTIM and PUMA:SUED by AIURDO $41:4 Orvicx, 112, STRAND) 40NDO11. rawil f