The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-21 00:00:00

But of Mr. Tierney we will say, that during his whole life he has never sacrificed one public prin ciple, nor, we believe, ever lost a private friend; and that he so conducted himself during the most tem pestuous times of political contest, as to have obtained the marked respect, and, when their personal dispute was ended, the affectionate regard of Mr. Pitt, to whose plans of finance and system of policy he had, nevertheless, been more strenuously, though unsuc cessfully, opposed. We trust that such a man will not abate one jot of " heart or hope," because he is sometimes carped at by ignorant and flippant malig nity. The Marquis of Wellesley has been spoken of as Chamberlain.—End. A sort of Ministerial Manifesto in the illoniteur , of Thursday, has given rise to a good deal of com ment in the other papers. "It may be regarded," says the Courier Francais, a as the result of the deli berations of the Council held before the King and the Dauphin on Wednesday last." The subject of the article in question is peculiarly interesting at the present moment here, as well as in France. It is no other than an inquiry into the rules which ought to determine the conduct of a Ministry. " The notions which have reached us," says the Mwiiteur, ."as to the composition of the Elective Chamber, are too incomplete to admit of the possibility of our Coming, this respect, to a definitive judgment; however, it must be acknowledged that this Chamber is di vided into several fractions, which differ among them selves, both as to number and opinions. " Iu such a state of things the composition of the Council has naturally given rise to serious embarrassments. I t became necessary to inquire what union of men could offer the certainty of that Parliamen tary majority which is the first necessity of a Constitutional Government. " Some persons had conceived the idea of a mixed Minis try, of which the members should be chosen, not merely in different, but even in opposite opinions. This project, when examined with attention, left no hope of success. Other plans were successively thought of, but all presented difficulties of different natures. What was to be done ? To lay aside names and figures, and all calculations of that sort, and to seek for success in the substance of things. It became necessary to demand from etc majority of the country, the majority in the Ch embers. The wishes of the majority of the country are not bound up with combinations of proper names, more or less skilfully conceived. What it dens ids, above all, is a firm and moderate Ministry, prudent in its plans of conduct, and sincere in their execution. What is of importance to it is, that this Ministry may be able, on the one hand, to cause to be respected the dignity of the Crown and the Royal authority, without which there is neither protection nor security; and, on the other, to maintain the honest and sincere execution of the Charter. A Ministry which shall march in this way with a firm step—which shall know no other system of govern ment (regime) than the legal one—which shall consider our institutions only with reference to the common interest of the Throne and of the citizens— which shall seek for salutary advice, and reject only dangerous principles and unjust and exaggerated pretensions; such a Ministry cu ht not to be uneasy on account of any calculations as to the ene.ans of obtaining a Parliamentary majority ; the majority will come to them." The Courier Francais, in commenting on this article, says " this is the sort of language held, when we wish to say nothing•explicit, and yet seek to give offence to nobody." The article, is expressed iii a round about manner, it being a receieed.maxim with Statesmen, who aspire to the reputation of wisdom, :that that which is clear and explicit is impolitic. But the meaning we take to be shortly this :—A Parlia mentary majority must be obtained; if we endea vour to effect this object by the union of persons of different opinions, possessing jointly the confi dence of a majority in the Chambers, the Cabinet, being composed of jarring elements, will be without unity of purpose, and will fall to pieces; if, on the other heed, without concerning ourselves with the individuals returned, we propose such measures as in our judgment will promote the interests of the na tion, should these measures be rejected, through fac tious motives, we could then dissolve the Chambers, and appeal to the nation. The " demanding from the majority of the nation the majority ;P the Chambers," amounts to this, that when what is proposed accords with the sense of • the nation, the Representatives must approve of it, because, were they to act otherwise, they would be punishable by an appeal to the nation. There are but two parties, properly speaking, in this matter— the King and his Ministry, and the Nation. In this country, as we have more than once observed, there is the King, the Aristocracy, and the nation. The Executive in France, having immense resources at its command, may influence the election of many Deputies, but the rest will be returned by the nation. But in England we have a third party, who may re turn Members hostile to the Ministry for the time being, and opposed to the people. Yet, even in England, it is dangerous in time of peace, and in the absence of any cause of a peculiarly exciting na ture, by which the power of judging soberly is af fested, to rely on mere Parliamentary majorities, and to think only of what is called in-doors management. The voice of the out-of-doors people, whatever old stagers may think, is, in times of peace, of national impoetance to the permanency of success in doors. Let them only look to the newspapers throughout the country. Let them go to any newspaper agent's -shop, and obtain a list of the newspapers published ;throughout the three Kingdoms, and there ascertain the sentiments advocated in these papers, and the ex tent of their circulation. Leaving London out of the question, as particular circumstances may be supposed eo make liberal opinions more poplar here than in the country, which is garrisoned by Tory Magistrates and Tory Parsons—we are sure we are not over stating the matter, when we say that five-sixths of the number of country papers circulated advocate liberal doctrines. The number, too, is constantly increasing. No better test of the opinions of a people can be obtained than the newspapers in cir culation among them, because here there is no com pulsion ; every man purchases that paper which most coincides with his views. Now, if Toryism be so unacceptable to the great mass of the people of Eng land, they must be blind, indeed, who, counting on mere Parliamentary majorities, and interests inde penfient of the people, -deem that it is of little con sequence whether the people be or be not satisfied. The voice out of doors will, make itself be heard within, and unnerve those who in their hearts may cordially hate the people. —horning Chronicle. THE MINISTRY.—(From a Correspondent.)—As I stated on Saturday, the final arrangement of the new Ministry was completed on Friday afternoon at Apsley-house, Piccadilly, by the Duke of \Veilin g .. ton when Mr. Peel, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. C. Grant, Earl Dudley, and other Gentlemen forming the new Administration, were present. The conference last ed about two hours. Mr. Peel, Mr. Arbuthnot, and Et number of other.;, remaining to dine with his Grace. The arrangement of the Ministry was concluded previous to the arrival of Lord Melville in London, owing to the arrival of the Noble Viscount having been delayed far beyond the calculated time, which is supposed to be owing to the heavy state of the roads, in addition to the state of the Noble Vis eount, from his left shoulder have been dislocated, After the arrangement of the new Ministry had been settled, communications to that effect were sent to Mr. lierries, at his resideuce in Downing-street; also, by express, to Lord Bexley, at his Lordship's seat at Foot's tray, Kent ; at the same time re gretting that the Noble Lord's services could not be retained as a Cabinet Minister. I stated that cer tain official Gentlemen, among whom were the mes sengers who are attached to the First Lord of the Treasury, were called upon to attend the Duke of Wellingten : from these and other circumstances it seets conjectured that the Noble Duke was to be First Lord of the Treasury. On Friday I explained that the above official Gentlemen alluded to had been called upon to attend the Noble Duke, in con sequence of his Grace having received the King's commands to form a new Administration. My first statement on this subject has proved to be correct. On Saturday, about two o'clock, the Duke of Wellington waited upon the Duke of Clarence at the Admiralty, and laid . before his Royal Highness the arrangement. of the . new Administration, which his Grace bad determined on, with the assistance of the Lord Chancellor, by command of his Majesty. The interview of his Grace with the Lord High Admiral lasted about quarter of an hour. Although his Majesty's health is improving, it is feared that he will not be able to come to town this week. If so, another Council is expected to be held at the Royal Lodge. There is no doubt the formation of the new Ministry has caused his Majesty a great deal of uneasiness.— Morning Herald. No small part of the difficulty in bringing about the new Min►sterial arrangements is said to hare arisen from the deficiency of practised orators and debaters on the side of the party which is now likely to come again into power. We can easily imagine this to be the case, though it is much to be regretted that it should be so. We are not such Goths as to be insensible to the power or beauties of eloquence; nor are we, o❑ the other hand, so blinded by its in fluence and infatuation as not to know that it has at all times, of late years at least, in this country, carried far more weight than it 'is justly entitled to. In common life, talkers and doers'are generally a very different race of people ; nor are they less distinguish able, for the most part, in public affairs. If those who possess the power of eloquence would employ it in what we should call the eloquence of facts, we should have little to complain of with respect to them ; but knowing, as we all do, that political prators are generally employed in making the worse appear the better cause, and in throwing dust in people's eyes to disguiie the truth, we look upon them as little better than impostors. On these grounds we shall not think the worse of the forth coming Ministry if it is not composed of great talkers. What the country wants now are doers, and not talkers ; and provided the new Adminis tratiOn have the honesty and the courage to adopt a plain straight-forward course, having the true in terests of the country in view, it will not be all the talking of their opponents which will be able to hood-wink and deceive the judgment of the public as to the character of their measures. The new Ministry, if they prove themselves, as we trust they will, to be doers, and not mere talkers, will easily put to silence babblers, and will have the country on their side, even should they have all the talk against them.—lbid. The Duke of Wellington went to Windsor yester day, to lay before his Majesty the arrangements in regard to the new Ministry, as far as his Grace has up to the present time been able to form them. Various lists have been already put forth; but we have reason to believe that none of them are quite correct. In the course of this day, we expect to re ceive accurate information upon the subject; and in the mean time we give the following list, as having been very generally circulated, without vouching its correctness in every particular, viz.:— The Duke of WELLINGTON to be First Lord of the Treasury ;—Mr. PEEL, Secretary of State for the flame Department;--Lord DUDLEY, Secretary of State for the Foreign Department ;—Mr HusictssoN, Secretary of St a t e for the 'War _And Colonial Department ;—Mr. GOULEURN, Chancellor of the Exchequer;—Lord LYNDHURST, Lord Chancellor ;—Lord BATHURST, President of the Council ; —Lard MELVILLE, President of the Board of Controul ; Lord . F.!.l.Eratoitotiott, Privy Seal ;—Mr. GRANT, Presi dent of the Board of Trade;--Mr. HERMES, Master of the Mint ;-. , Lord PA LNIERSTON, Secretary at War ; Lord ABF:ahltEx, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Office of Commander in Chief to be put into Commission. SUch is the list that has been most generally circu lated, and which is considered to approach the nearest to correctness ; but we repeat that nothing quite certain can be known upon the subject before this afternoon. None of the minor appointments have yet taken place. Upon the meeting of Parlia : - znent on the 29th inst. several new Writs must he moved for, and none of the Cabinet Ministers can take their seats until after their re-election. The formal and temporary business only will therefore in the first instance be transacted ; and the public busi ness will of necessity be postponed for at least eight or ten days.—iliorning Post. Since the commencement of the year which has just elapsed, it has been the extraordinary fate of England to have her affairs administered by no less than four Cabinets, every one of them differing more or less from the others. As a matter of curiosity, we shall subjoin the names of the individuals who have successively composed them, so far as they are known : PREMIERS. Liverpool Canning Goderich Wellington Lyndhurst Lyndhurst Harrowby Harrowby Bathurst PRIVY SEAL. Westmoreland Carlisle Carlisle HOME SECRETARIES Peel cS. Bourne Lansdowne Lansdo w ne Peel Ellenboro ugh FOREIGN SECRETARIES. Canning Di4Ley Dudley Dudley COLONIAL SECRETARIES. Goderich Huskisson Huskisson Bath urst CHANCELLORS OF TkiE F.XCHECHIF:R. Robinson Canning Herries Goulburn ADMIRALTY. Melville Clarence Clarence Clarence ORDNANCF. Wellington Anglesea Anglesea PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF CONTROUL. Wynn Wynn Wynn Melville CHANCELLORS OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. Bexley Bexley Bexley Aberdeen PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. Huskisson Huskisson C, Grant C. Grant MASTERS OF THE MINT. Tierney Tierney Herries The Master of the Mint, previously to the appoint ment of Mr. Tierney, had no seat in the Cabinet ; whether his present successor is to have a seat there, or whether the rule observed in the case of Mr. Wallace is to be observed in that of Mr. Her ries, is not yet ascertained. The War Secretary ship, which has been in the hands of Lord Palmer ston during all the above changes, and which will probably remain there, has never entitled its holder to a seat in the Cabinet. Of the thirteen Members who formed Lord Liverpool's Cabinet, five conti nued to sit in that of Mr, Canning. The death of that Right Hon. Gentleman brought down the number to four, and the recent changes have re stored the original number of five, though not in the persons of the same individuals. The Catholicity of the 1121 , 7 Cabinet is reduced to nearly the same state as in the Administration of Lord Liverpool. We do not intend, at present, to enter into the causes of the Ministerial changes. They have been stated in one quarter to wise out of a difference of opinion between Mr. Huskisson s.nd Mr. Herries ; in another, eut of the grasping ambition of Mr. Tierney. We have some doubts whether either would have been sufficient to produce such an effect although there may be some truth in both asser tions. The great cause which has led to the remo val of the Whigs, and the re-introduction of their political rivals, was, no doubt, the death of Mr. Cannin g , whose master-mind alone could gombine and controul the discordant elements of which h;:z Cabinet was composed, and to whose superior talents, however distrustful and jealous of one ano ther, every Member was content to bow. With him the key-stone may be said to have dropped from the arch. It is true that his place was supplied by Lord Goderich, but their strength was unequal . .-„... ThelMentbers of the late Cabinet were quite content to act along with the Noble Lord, and all of them had the highest esteem and affection towards his person, but they did not trust his powers and firmness sufficiently to induce them to act with confidence and union under him. The difference of Mr.Huskisson and Mr. Herries, if any such existed,and the eagerness of Mr. Tierney to introduce himself into the Exchequer, w ere, to use th e l a nguage of the physicians, sympto matic, not idiopathic—they were indicative of the disease, not the disease itself. On the Cabinet, as at present formed, many opinions have already been expressed by the Weekly Press, and it will naturally be expected that we should also offer ours. Of the mi litary talents of the Noble Duke at tire head of it there is but one opinion in. Europe—in the world. His fame has gone forth to the uttermost parts of the sea, and visited all lands. Of his talents as a States,- Man he is said to have given the most convincing proof during his command in Portugal. Of the first qualification for an English Minister, however, his Grace is almost destitute—he is no orator. Of his capacity as a councillor we have no doubt, though it has been but little tried, unless in the affair of last year's Corn Bill. The great advantage attached to his Grace's station at the head of the Ministry, is the security which it gives to the Protestant Establishment ; for, when guarded by a Welling ton, how can the Church again feel herself in dan ger ? Lord Ellenborough, who is, probably destined to take the lead in the Lords, is a young Nobleman of considerable talents. There is mixed up in his mind, with some affectation, a large portion of the elements of sound thinking. He speaks well with out preparation, and makes more points .than any Member of the Upper House. He proved himself last Session a very powerful and puzzling opponent. Whether he will be as useful as a friend, as he was formidable as an enemy, a very short time will show. He is the only Whig added to the present Ministry. Mr. Goulburn has not, to the knowledge of the pub lic, ever distinguished himself as a financier. He is, however, a clever, sound-headed man,—On the re turn of Mr. Peel to the Home Office we most sin cerely congratulate the country. We have on every occasion expressed our regret that the public should be deprived of his services. We do' liOt deny to the Marquis of Lansdowne the praise which is fairly due to him when we rejoice at the substitu tion of Mr. Peel. The efforts of the Noble Marquis to amend the police, though sneered at by some, are highly laudable, and they will be remembered, and the value of them felt, when many improvements, seemingly more important in their character, are forgotten. The part of the Mi nisterial arrangements which appears the most ex traordinary, is the junction of Mr. Huskisson with the present Premier. How are they to manage the landed interest ? The Duke of Wellington, it is no torious, did not only differ from his Right Hon. Friend on the protecting price, as it has been called, which was at most but a matter of detail, but on the principle of the late Corn Bill—the warehous ing part of it—and• it was because the Duke's amendment was fatal to the Bill, in principle, that Lord Goderich allowed it to drop. We know no thing about the private sentiments or professions of the parties, but from all that ever we have heard of the Noble Duke, we cannot bring ourselves to be lieve that he has changed his mind, much less made concessions to Mr. Huskisson on that. or on any. point. There is but one way, therefore, of recon ciling their present union, and that is by supposi ng that Mr. Huskisson has conceded his principles to the Duke, and that he has given them up after holding out against all the petitions, remonstrances, and memorials from individuals and public bodies, out of deference to a judgment which, from his language last Session, he certainly appear ed to hold very cheap 'on questions of political economy. Of the Ministry, as a whole, we should say, that it is recomposed as nearly. as possible i n the spirit of Lord Liverpool's, and it consists of men who, with a few. exceptions, have been long known, tried, and found worthy. On any.change of measures it will be time enough to comment when it takes place. Of the strength of the Ministry it is not easy to speak decidedly. It will soon be tried. If they can maintain a decent majority in the Commons—they calculate on a hundred—it is said they will go on with the present House. If they cannot there will be an instant dissolution. In the Lords, it is supposed, they will have nothing to fear. But why was not Mr. Herries continued as Chan cellor of the Exchequer ? Why was he, whom we ,have boon accustomed to look on .as one of the most able and efficient calculators in the House, relegated to the Mint, while Mr. Goulburn received, to his special keeping, the national accounts ? —Was it to spite Mr. Tierney or to please Mr.lluskision,, or' both ? We,think Mr. Herries, to say the least, ,has been but cavalierly used in the recent arrangements. —New Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE. • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 19. BIGGS AND ANOTHER V. FELLOWES. This was an action by the assignees of a bankrup t named Collier, to recover a sum which had been paid by him, after the commission of an act 'of bank ruptcy, to the defendant, the surviving partner of•the firm of Tatlock and Fellowes. Collier, it appeared, had given an accommodation acceptance for 1501. to the house of Wetton, Payne, and Co., who endorsed it over to Tatlock and Fellowes. Messrs. Wetton and Co. having become bankrupts, Tatlock and Fellowes sued Collier for the amount, and afterwards took from him a warrant of attorney, payable by instalments. Subsequently Collier committed an act of bankruptcy .notwith• standing which he paid two of the instalments upon the warrant of attorney, and Messrs. Tatlock and Fellowes issued an execution against Collier's goods, which were sold, and the proceeds paid over to them. To recover the sums thus improperly paid; the present action was brought.—Verdict accordingly, for 1541. COWIE AND ANOTHER V. HARRIS AND ANOTHER. This was an action of trover, by the assignees of James Robertson, a bankrupt, to recover the value of certain articles of jewellery pledged with the defendants between the 14th of March and the 19th of April, 1825. . _ The bankrupt Robertson carried on the , businCss of a wholesale jeweller, in Red Lion-street, Clerken well, and was in the habit of raising money.tri meet his engagements by pledging his goods;- and at the time of his bankruptcy; goods to the amount of 10,0001., according'. to his valuation, were in pawn. The articles which fdrmed the subject of the present action consisted of emeralds, diamonds, pearls, rubies, &c., the estimated value of which ‘ was about 3001. These'had been pledged with the defendants, who were Jews, carrying on the business of pawn brokers, in the Strand, during March or April,lB2s, subsequently to the period when Robertson had committed an act of bankruptcy. It was stated that the defendants,--in order to evade the-provisions of the Pawnbrokers' Act of the 39th and 40th of Geo. 111., c. 99, and to obtain more than the legal rate of interest, split the sums lent at one time (which Some times amounted to upwards of 400 into sevenil sums, making each appear on the duplicates to be under or not above 101., and dated the tickets on different days, This colourable 'Mode of dealing . being usurious, the plaintiffs contended_ that they were entitled to recover in the action, independently of the pledging after the commission of an a c t of bankruptcy. The evidence to support the case was principally documentary. The act of bankruptcy was proved to have been committed on the 26th of February,_ 1825. The examination of one of the defendants, taken before the commissioners under the bank ruptcy, was put in arid read, for the purpose of s howing that the greater part of the giiods, in roes; tion had been pledged within two calendar months from the date of the commission. In this examina: Lion it seemed to be admitted, though 'not in express terms, that the defendants had lent more than 101. on pledges at one time , though the .duplicates wed 4ated on different days ; in one instan ce the goods comprised in fire tickets, dated the 18 th , 19th, 21st, 22d, and 2d of March, 1825, were stated to have come into th e d e f e ndant's possession on the 18th o f March, 1825 ;. and in answer to an inquiry,of the commissioners whether they came in on the same hour of the day, it wa s stated that they " came in together," as far as the defendant recollected. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. The RECORDER of Dublin has in consequence of continued health, been ordered to Bath by hi s phy sicians, to take the benefit of 'the waters. In his absence, ROBERT finclicoer, Ben. Esq. has been appointed his deputy. Eldon CHANCELLORS. Lyndhurst ?RESIDENTS OF THE COUNCIL. liarrowby POLICE INTILLIGINCE MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday last, three native' of Sierra Leo ne a pp eare d at the M ans i on -h ouse , t o entreat that the Lord Mayor would oblige the owners of the, shill Elvira, a trader to the coast of Africa, to give them a pas 4 sage to their native country, in pursuance of the contract entered into between the parties, the Africans having con 4 sented to navigate the ship to England from Sierra Leone; upon the express condition that every facility should be af:l forded them to return home. The applimnts are very abhi men, such as it never would be supposed so horrible a eli4 mate could have produced. The Lord Mayor immediately sent for the owners, and a conversation of some interest took place upon the subject of the colony which Great Britain has at length abandoned. The Africans stated, that a mortality having, according to the custom of the country, prevailed amongst the sailors on board the Elvira, the Captain had engaged them upon the usual terms ; amongst which was stipulated the very important one of a return to their own country, to navi gate his ship. They were of the class of natives who have been regularly trained to navigation, and whose sole employment it is to fill up the places of the dead on hoard English ships ; and the fact was, if such an arrangement did not exist at Sierra Leone, it would be very difficult for a single trading vessel to return, so des perate' and general were the ravages committed by the pestilent vapours of the climate. The Africans did not complain of ill-treatment upon the part of the owners ; on the contrary, they had met with the utmost kindness, and an offer had been made to convey them to die coast of, Africa; but then the place at which they were to be landed was at an immense distance from their native country. This they considered a breach of contract. They were most willing to work their passage back, but they could not think of being set down at a place 1,400 or 1,500 miles from their wished-for destination. The owner replied to this charge, that there 'never ex isted the slightest disposition upon the part of those con cerned with him to violate the contract. Any intention of doing so would be doubly unjust towards the appli cants, who were most excellent seamen, and had per formed their duties during the voyage to the perfect satis faction of the Captain. There were difficulties, however, in the way in sending them direct to Sierra Leone. Go vernment were removing the colony from Sierra Leone to Fernando Po, which was considered more salubrious than the former place; and the vessels, which were now going out must sail for the new colony. lie believed that no vessel was sailing for Sierra Leone, which would now be come of necessity a place of private trade. The delay, however, to the Africans in reaching their native country would not be considerable. He (the owner) had a vessel which was now preparing to sail for Fernando Po with provisions, and the moment she discharged her cargo at the new colony she was engaged to go to Sierra Leone for building materials, &c., which would be required at Fernando Po for the accommodation of the troops and civil authorities. The applicants would therefore have an opportunity of visiting their native country without much delay. The LORD Mavoa said, that he had heard it was the intention of Government to remove the colony to Fer nando Po, but he was not aware that the removal was actually now taking place. The owner said, that Government had determined to make the experiment. The buildings were already in a state of forwardness in the new settlement, and no doubt, from the vigorous manner in which the works were going forward, the removal would be very soon accom plished. A gentleman who had been at Sierra Leone, and who was acquainted with many who knew the climate of the old and new settlements, said that from all he, could learn the removal would not be attended with much advantage to European constitutions. Besides the horrors of the climate, the unfortunate persons who were obliged to accept of occupations on that part of the coast, would have to en counter the danger attendant upon the sudden removal to new buildings, and the other disadvantages with which the formation of a new settlement was inevitably attended. He begged leave to suggest to the Lord Mayor, the propriety of making application to Mr. Macauley, who being a man of great humanity, and who derived perhaps a greater profit from the produoe of Sierra Leone than any other indi vidual, would in all probability he very happy to give the Africans •a direct conveyance to their native country. The owner said that he would most willingly pay for Abe maintenance of the three . Africans on the passage, and ,re presented to them the propriety of making the election which he had suggested, of going at once to Fernando Po. The Africans were extremely reluctant to agree to the proposition. Theiwould,, they said, ratber:than remain at Fernando Po, Upon ttie mere chince of being conveyed to Sierra Leone, work back to England, where their liberty Was not at stake. It was stated to them that the security of their persons wonld not, of course, - be so undeniable at Sierra Leone henceforward at it would be at Fernando Po, and that they might judge between the two alternatives—native country, with the possibility of slavery ; or strange country, where they would enjoy all the privileges they had been accustomed to without the remotest chance of abridgment. The Africans shook their heads and said, " We want to go to Sierra Leone. We want to go home." The Loan MArot thought the proposition of the owner a very'fair one, and advised the Africans to accept it, A gentleman appeared to complain against the manage ment. of the Pasco Peruvian Mining Company, and pro duced several documents in proof of his charge.. The Lord Mayor, however, perceived that be had no jurisdiction in the case, and refused to interfere. GUILDHALL.—Mr. • Mills, of Milk-street, a silk manufacturer, and a weaver named White, who had been appointed to arbitrate in a dispute between •Messrs. Wilson and Co., of Wood-•street, and a Journeyman named Richard Preau, attended before Mr. Alderman KEY on Saturday, they not having been able to agree to an award, and the law givin g the Magistrate" the task of hearing the points of difference between them, and' deciding finally thereon. The case was; that Preau had been employed to weave 125 yards of lavender. coloured silk, and, when he had finished 63 'yards he carried it home, and 11 yards in va rious parts of the length were found to be damaged by the fading of the colour. The master declared he should stop 30s. fbr this damage, and the man insisted that he ought not, to be charged with it all, because it was the fault of the dye. , SR. Mills now stated that.be considered the damage had arisen front the neglect of the man, in not covering up from the air the work (nearly two yards) between the two ends of the loom, when he desisted for the night. Where he had taken this precaution the hue was uniform; is one part there were 18 yards succeeding each other quite perfect. He estimated the damage at 205., though he was sure that sum would not snake up the allowance Mr. Wilson must make to the purchaser. White, en the other hand, said that the dye, instead' of being properly fixed, was, for cheapnesS,.merely blown on as it were, and whenever it was exposed to damp air, the bloom of the colour vanished. It was impossible to keep out the dampness of the atmosphere in foggy or rainy wea ther by any covering; and the reason there were'lB yards together quite perfect was, "that the " operative's " wife had worked through the night while he was taking his rest, so that the loom was continually going day andandnight, Sunday. and week day. It was not fair to gi r ve a man one hundred, and odd yards of such work ; and; considering the wretched wages given to the men, a very small, deduc tion for damages was, in fact, a very heavy infliction of punishment. • The short fact; he said, was, that the colour was not like that upon the butterfly's wing, that had na ture to support it, but was a' flying" colour, and he could bring a cloud of witnesses to Ovear that thousands of yards of such stuff were made, and similar defects were constantly occurring; but other masters were more considerate than to charge upon the operative the consequences of the foggy weather, which was at least as much under the control of the employer as the employed. Mr. Wilson 'was like Shy lock, who insisted on the penalty of his bond, when it seemed fair, but was not honourable. So here, because the damage had occurred while the stork was in the jour neyman's hands, Mr. W. would throw the ism ppou him. The discussion lasted about an hour, after which, Mr. Alderman KEY viewed the damage, and as there were 39 yards out of which it would be impossible to select a suffi cient number of yards together to make a lady's dress, and as White had admitted that the damaged parts were not worth as much by a shilling a yard as the perfect, the worthy Magistrate fixed the allowance fou damage at 6d. per yard.—The. award of 19s. 6d. damage was accordingly ma de against the journeyman. These disputes about "flying colours" are becoming fre. quent, and by, and by, th e oomplaipts of the ladies on the sa me subjedt wilt, no d ou b t , b e ver y loud. • 130 W-STREET. —O n Saturday, evening Mr. Griffin, of the firm of Griffin and Co., silversmiths, - Leadenhall street, cattle to this office to give information of a fraud and f j rgery thatlad lately b een p rac tised upon thern. Mr. Griffin stated, gh a t i n the middle of the week befor e last, an elderly 'resp ec t a bl e person, dressed in mo urn i ng ; ca me to, his shop to i nqu i re if he had got any silVe r f or k s o f the old King's pattern.' The person said he was commis sioned to make the inquiry by Af _curs. Hawley, silversmiths, in the Strand, in e mployment he represented him self to be. Mr. Griffid not having any forks , by' him of the pattern mentioned; told the stranger' that if he, would call on the following' Saturday be would be able to show him some. On Honday last the same Individual called and, handed Mr. Griffin a letter: containing Messrs. Hawley's! respects, and desiring that the bearer, a person in their em-, ployment, should have the forks which he required without delay, as they were wanted to forward by post to the count try on that evening. Mr. Griffin accordingly placed beford I him several dozens of forks of the old 'King's pattern, an the person selected one dozen, weighing 40 ounces, which at the rate of 7s. 6d. per ounce, amounted to lbl. Th individual, immediately on ascertaining the amount, took from his pocket-book a cheque upon the banking-house o Messrs. Ransom, which purported to be signed by Messrsi Hawley, and filling up the blank for the sum which thit forks came to, he tendered the cheque to Mr. Griffin, who never doubting that he was in the employment of Messr ' Hawley, took it with as much confidence as if it were Bank -note, and delivered the forks to the individual; wh put them in his pocket and walked away. Mr. Griffis kept the cheque by him until Friday last, when he passed it in payment of a sum of money : when, however, it wait offered for payment at Messrs. Ransom's, the answer re I turned was, that the drawers of the cheque had no accoun in their concern; An application being then made t Messrs. Hawley, they declared the cheque to be a forgery,; and disavowed any knowledge of the person who had as-. sumed their name. Mr. MrsrstruLt. told Mr. Griffin that he might, if hel wished, have the assistance of the officers, if he thought, that any efforts of theirs would lead to the app rehension of ! the swindler. At all events, the publication of the case, ifs the reporters thought fit to publish it, would probably lead; to the detection of the offenders. Mr. Griffin said, he had no wish to incur the expence of what would most probably prove to be a fruitless pursuit ;• all he desired was, that the public should be on their guard,' that such a fellow as he described was most likely carrying on a system of fraud and forgery, ar example of which he : had just explained. John Jennings and Wm. Page, two athletic fellows : employed as labourers by the. New River Company, were, charged with desperately assaulting five officers of this establishment, named Burchall, Duke, Fagan, C. Jones,, and Grimwood, about half-past six o'clock on Saturday evening, in Tottenham-court-road. It appeared that the officers were going their rounds at the time stated, when, upon passing tl New Inn public house, Tottenham-court-road, they heard some persons cry out, " There go the pigs !" They took no notice, but upon passing the same place again, the cry, of 4 f . pigs" was repeated by the two prisoners, one of whom Burchall struck with his staff, in return for which he knocked down. was . The rest of the officers, upon coming up to .his assistance, were beaten and knocked down also by the prisoners ; and all of them, in stating the charge, exhibited some cut or fracture to verify their statement. • The prisoners denied that they had knowingly insulted the officers. As to the cry of " pigs," it was not meant to apply to them, but to some pigs that were actually pass ing at the time. Mr. Mixsitutt, however, told the prisoners that they must find good bail for the assault, and he accordingly di rected that Jennings, whose conduct was most outrageous, should find two sureties in 501. each, and himself in a surety of 1001., to answer the assault at the Sessions; and that Page should find two sureties in 30/. each, and bind himself in 601., to appear at the same place when called upon. Wm. Jones, the man whose apprehension on a charge of felony we noticed last week, and against whom it appears strong suspicions are entertained, as connecting him with the late inhuman murder in Montagu-place,. will undergo at this 'office, to-day, a public examination, touching his connexion with that horrible event. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—On Satuiday, a. faun dress named' Marg rets p . 'residing at Fulham, was brought before Mr. DYER, the Sitting Magistrate, under the fol lowing circumstances : It appeared that theie is :a charitable institution for af fording annually a certain sum, as the merits of each case may ,be considered to `deserve, towards the support of poor hut decent widoWed females, the chief funds of which are supplied from the bequest of a lady deceased ; and to this charity the Rev. Mr. Williams, the rector of St.,George's, Hanover-square, is at present secretary. One of the claimants, it seems, to whom relief is allowed from this bounty, is a Mrs. Margaret Moreland, a widow, residing in the neighbourhood of, but not at, Fulham ; and last year the letter written from Mr. Williams; by post, to Mrs. Margaret Moreland, desiring that she 'might come to town to receive her annual allowance of 10/., happened, bysome error of the post, to fall into the hands of Mrs. Margrets, the laundress, and this worthy dame, thinking that the 101. would snit let jOI% - as well as. ,the person for whom it was really intended, }meted up•to.town, waited' 'uxioiotk,,•Wj.l - with hii letter hi hand - ,' afir . thiS'kentleman, lot being well acquainied . Wiih the identity of Mrs.' Moreland's person, paid the prisoner the 10/. intended for Mrs. More land. In a short time the real .Mrs. Moreland, surprised at not receiving her annual letter to attend, waited upon Mr. Williams, and then for the first time the fraud was die covered. No cluewashad by which to trace out the im postor, until Mrs. Margrete, thinking no doubt that she had by gOod luck dropped into a permanent annuity, Caine again on Thursday morning to reteive this year's allowance, but Mr. Williams, • knowing now that she' was not the real Mrs. Margaret Moi'eland; sent for Ballard, the officer, and gave her into custody , . The prisoner, in hen defence, dee)ared that the letter she received last year was pr9erly directed to her own name and addreseand that as she was a poor widow she,really thought the bounty was intended for himself. Mr. DYER said that under, all the circumstances, it was not, perhaps, very , improbable that the prisoner had ac t e d under some mistake, and Mr. Williams not wishing to press the case farther against her, she was discharged on her undertaking to repay the 101. she received last year by monthly payments of 1/. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—On Saturday, Prederiek Debenham, a Kilburn Constable, was charged with assault ing Lydia Penfold. The MAGISTRATE gave him a severe reprimand, and ordered him to find bail. On Saturday night Mr. G., late of Old Cavendish street, coach-maker, was charged; with having, by false pretences, obtained from Mr. Robert Ashby, of Bugbrook, in Northamptonshire, a quantity of ash timber, and coach felloes, stocks, and spokes. The prisoner was also charged with having pawned some spoons he borrowed of Mr. Emanuel, in Wigrnore-street. He was sent to the New Prison, and is to be reexamined on Tuesday. HATTON-GARDEN.—On Friday evening a man of the name of John Shorter, a notorious delinquent, was brought up before Mr. Boozes, by Gower, a constable of Somers -town, and put to the bar upon a charge .of uttering forged notes of the Bank of England. On Tuesday, the 15th inst. the prisoner employed a Mr. Richard Smith, of No. 61, Britannia-street, ' Gray's-inn road, with whom it appears he was intimately acquainted; to procure him the change of a Si. Bank of England note, which he unsuspectingly did, at the Britannia Arms, a-. .publie-house in his own immediate neighbourhood, where they both sat and had some spi r its to drink. Rice Howers, ' the young man who gave change of it , endorsed it with the name of Smith, observing at the time, that it bore every symptom of forgery. But seal , whatever delicacy he might feel at rendering the c hange, the known r e sp ec7 tability of Mr:. Smith was sufficient to_ remove it. Mr. 8. on his part, assured hint that be knew the gentleman to whom it belonged,.and from whom he had just then re ceived it, and'that he Lid the fullest confidence in his in tegrity. The matter rested so till about two o'clock in the afternoon of Friday, when the prisoner went himself,to the Britannia Arms, ordered liquors to the amount of 1/. 3r. to No. 57, Lancasten:street, where he said he resi ded, and_ tendered a second 41: note of the Bank of England for payment. The note was changed, and having received the balance, Si. 175., he withdrew ; but on sending the, liquors to his presumed residence at Lancaster-street, it ' was there discovered that the whole wa s e cheat, as there was no house of that Umber to be found there, nor any person of the name of Shorter kno wn i n the neighbourhood. The note was then in s t an tly exam i ne d, and reference also - made to that which h a d be en c h ang ed by :Mr. Smith on the 14th, when every sus pi c i on of their being forgeries was took confirmed,f t u b l e ly direetion of t and n d they were. road, about three o'clock ere satisfactorily proved t o ' be bad. Every' ifi quty wa s se t P P font without delay, t o find' some clue t o him , a nd' intelligence was h4d that l ie in the afterno on . Howers'the6.lsr9CPring the assistance of the constable Gower and' Mr. Hambrook, of the Prince of Bruns w i c k A rms , pursued 'the road to' Hornsey, and coming into H o rnsey-lane descri ed th e prisoner Walking be fore them : . Howers and the constable fell b a dk, add hung i n ' the rear while p ar orook qui4ened his,pa ce an d joined him. They entered into they came to the Seeley A r ms , where the prisbner said.be , should retire, .w.g" °l4lll‘ 3 1 .1 order f or coa l s . ; 114n3brook said he would_ accompa n y h im into the parlour ..to. rest awhile and ta k e ,some refr eshment, .to which: .be agres4;' e ntering but upon; c o n versation and plodded i together till . they were jo una li nte ly f o ll o wed by the sone'', his colour instantly forsook him, other parties. ~ When Hower s presente d himself to'the pri h e auddkily notes, and informed that they were forgeries; like ore affected with ague . ; : but on beingan thenedterreemdi-3tifiede assumed an aspect :of „utter indifference-, said he knew the person from when he received them, and would now re turn the change o f one, , w hi c h be did, assuring Howers that he had no more money about him,-and would take ,up t Ai _abets, soon as ever he was able, which eipeciett would be en the morrow: •He < wa s Wahl' Allnd< l4 ob.l the ; constable, who, searching his person, found two more for* genies of the same bank iu one of the pockets of his great coat, and two sovereigns, with a gold seal, in one of the pockets of his waistcoat. He was then brought np in.vos tody to the office, where Mr. Freeman, the inspector ; of notes at the Bank of England, attended, and gave evidence as to their spuriousneis. Mr. ROGERS Ordered him for next. lion Oa Vriiiaf On Saturday last, application was made to the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Lama, by William East, a broker, for an assau lt- war rant against Hugh None, a watchman at the Horse-bazaar, Gray's-inn-lane, and three others, who, tbe applicant said, had grossly and .wantonly maltreated him the day before, while in the discharge of his duty. . The warrant was granted, and an officer immediately deepatcbe4 to execute it, who within the; lapse -of half an hour re, turned, bringing in custody a watchman on the Battle-hridga estate, named Henry Beeby, charged with having aided and assisted in the alleged assault.--Beeby was held ta•bail. i GREEK STEAM-VESSELS. More than usual interest was excited in the Sale room at Lloyd's Coffee-house, on Saturday, last, by tlie announced sale of the Irresistible'stearn ship, it baying been rumoured that some opposition would be. offered. t • Atthree o'clock, the room being very numerously attended, the broker, Mr. Wm. Woolcombe, sub• mitted in the usual terms what was described - in the bill of sale, as " the wreck of the steam-ship Irre sistible, as she nowlies oB' the Thames'Ship-building Company's yard, Deptford." Mr. Laws, a solicitor, them said, that‘ in conse quence of a non-performance-of - contract, the pur chaser of the'vessel at the !present ksalt)would, with the Hon. Mr. Cochrane, be . madei 'party in a suit in Equity about to p to o bei , n r s e tit i u i r d, d;' Mr. w 'that' the entlexiab who had last spoken having donelis* duty, lid oti. W.) must perform his, and should xharefore, 'accord• ing to his instructions, submit ! tlie.yessei for sale. He should not enter into any detail, although much might be said on, both sides. After a few other remarks the biddings com menced; the first was 400/., , , and the ship was knocked down at 770/. COUNTRY CORN AIIiRKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. ' Pr Quarter. s. to s. 66 61 44 68 44 48 Illex Moipeth Penrith Sheffield Winchester Per Bushel. Carmarthen Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton Staftbrd Swansea Warwick Per 8011. Barnardcastle Darlington Durham Wolsingham The size of I 49 63 48 58 s. d. s d. 60 68 64 76 , 8 0 83 6 3 7'6 90 86 66 66 64 74 S. to s. 27 30 27 31 28 30 11 6 15 6 10 6 15 0 10 0 13 6 116.140 he mftsuri SO 97 25.,, 29 a. d, s. d. 39 40 36 43 50 53 40 43 14 0 , C 6 39 40 36 43 90 100 90 100 8,0 0 3 80 96 varies thr s. to s. 21 24 18 27 17 22 21 21 30 21 22 s. d. s. d. 1 6 2.3 3 6 . 5,0 36 40 26 '3 0 34 • a a , 23 „ 2 6 ,2 6 50 50 EI s. to s. 52 56 50 :SQ• 40 06 4 t 6 00 'eo SA •60 43 • 4 0. 7-6 S 0 00 00 50 80 14'0 4,4, 76 . .86 .110 60 . 0,6 14 o 12 6 ' 6Os . 74) 'OD' Q 9 eghout itilitolintty. - - , SCOTCH •MARKETS. - '" l 'l.' HADDINOTON CORN. MARKET.—Jan, 18. Little done in the Barley market,tonly , R7,9 .ll4r t eis o f. fered; and 24: sold ; prices up I s . on t h e top, and about 2s. 6d. on the average. A filll market. of Oitsi . fializl i flat, but the prices have experienced considerable rise; top up is., and average is. 6d. Wheat• has Also advanCed in price, although a large supply , was in market; the top ,ill 25., and the average Is. ld above last nuqket. , Wfieat. Barley. Oats. pease. Bean. 67s Od 93s Od 27 s at 294 04' Sitik at Second... 58s Od 30s Od 23s Cd --s Od 3220 004 Third .... 37s Od 29 s Od 21s Od —s 04 04 There were 342 qrs: of Wheat in market, 316 wnereOf were sold. 3 ...at 675. Od 120 ...at...... 533. Od. 9 ..at....,. 46 0. od. 4 66 0 1 71 6 9 58 0 20 5O 0 9 4l 0 2 5B 0 5 49 0 12 3B 0 6 ....1.4.... U 0 22 42 0 2 12 • 54.'0, 06. . .. 47 0 • Averaie..262.:ftaarli _o,l*bs, DALKE}TH COIN MARICET.—.7,,sp. 1'7.: ' The supply of Grain at this w a derably less than last week'a l There was a swill in the prices of Oats and Pease. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. First s6s Od 34s 6d 268 . 8 d ' 36s Od Second s2s Od 32s Od ,29ks 04 rSes (Id Third .401 Od • • It6s Od 161 Od 241 'Od adigice Beam/. 36a 4' 4 30a Od 24s Od , CORNWALL,•IifARKL'TS. ••• Tauao.—Wheat (average) 206.24—8ar1ey, 104.-41ats, 71. lid. • lintsToN—Wheat, 19e. W.... Baden 9,, 6 J • ST. Ausistc—Wheat, 19s. to 2 25 ...Rar1ey,29a. to 111C—Dats, Bs. to 9s„ BooMDE-L:-Wheat (average) 21i. Od,—Barley, , LAUNCEsToN—Wheat (average) 21s. Oct.—Barley, 10S. ed:44./ats. 7s. Od.—Beef, 6d.--Mutton, • LISKEARD—Wheat, 18.. to 19s. ed.—Barley, 10s. 6d....9at5, 9s. , to Os. Od. ST. CoLumn—Wheat, 20c to 22a.—Barley, 9s. to 10s.--Litief, ; and Mutton, 44d. to 5(1...Veal and Lamb, Od (Id. PENZANCE—Wheat, 19s. to 21s.—Barley, lls. to 12s.—Oats, f Os. to •ls. 6d.—lleef and - Mutton, 4d. to 6&—l , Pork; 441. to Od.-- Sutter, 12d. per lb. . , MINING INTeLLIGENCE: • 'roi r; Cwt ." Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday . Average Produce ........ 7% 0 1 Quantity of fine Copper IES 1 .! Amount of Sale. 9,895/. I Is. Oki.,—Average Standard, 1I 11. I ls. Odi A paragraph has lately been going the of the papers, stating that the wind was scip atr og 4 , , blow out the water of a river in America fairly into the) fields, and leave the channel dry. Though we have not bad a river blown.out in this quarter, we hem h a d nvirt iij bad; namely a Whole island's worth of potatias • blown 4' out. During a strong westerly gale, which Recils.4 the end of June, the whole of the potatoes planted,on•lF4-- , keith were blown up, by the, ro o t s . Th e whole crop,pf done . ou that classic spot this season hardly amiuntedio 11 an imperial peck.—Scoternan. SHOCKING o W C IDE.--Between tygo and ;.11 three o'clocic this morning, one of the ceotties pi 4 the pail* Guard shot himself through the head with his taus4s, cad was in an instant a corpse ! His , remains precept, a most terrific spectacle—the crown of his head being, entirely blown off, his brains,bespattered about the centry,lny vt apd :44 the adjacent ground, to a considerable extent, delugyk,with his blood. The deceased; as a native of London, ; and be- ); longed to the fifith Reginient.—Dublin yfrarder. • )I BIRTHS. On the 16th 1 ::::: . 4 i t , n _ N E e c 0, Newton - house, .6m, n opft - o h as o .d u sa se tur , gee D htt e : v r o i n r s a h n i er wick e :. t , h: lady of John . Quiche', jun. On the 16th square, Mrs. Joseph R. Holt, of a daughter. On the 16th instant, in Craven.street, Mrs. John Bar wisp,. a daughtg. -- ---.—,. _._. one n d e lpOa o unn f g: ih t h c h tle : ll.:tht Chinese nsaninstant, ladies ?ti 14 n e. o " .7v: de n-st r e e t, !h e' ii s t : r i ii i e er g . : r A n . Y7 m or i nc ht r pe k r e , : t o : , , ~daugtitOr. On the 18th in MARRIED. stant, at St.. Enke% Old-street, W. Sarah, b ild,Esq. of the CardiffirOarfoindry , aid Lcindote, to f onlydaughter of. GeoL t: ge tinee,,, by nck,,EN:tta i lpt-e On the 19th ev. Maddy, Mr. George Flarrow, , of London, to Martha,'third Crouch, dafighter of M r of Bigglewade, Bedfordshire, • , . 4 th., 131.0:i:Eslan..,esa:gbeelliatn,111agerochanut. af, On the lbth. i ns tant, - at resi d ence, Judd 4tregt, Brunswick - square ,, John F.eq.; of the .stoek r , 7,41 enange, many Y"- - Deirsetshire. • at ; ' J 1: 319t i i loStantsll3 rWtl l ,4 3 oltY: tOjet of lb° ;ate Taut,- i ns ta ß t, t .y colt on t he 14 Fn 0 :: He 2 • 4g Pt , Foliiaql? • on; -tho of F4Warsr Robipio n ~Es 4 i n MarY of her o. " • th e 041e4r hag2l instant, O ~ the at Pa ling, aged 81, Athe i k,k rg liet o f jols#,Aonat ).!.. On the 18th :natant, in her Sad :Year, Mary.* widow.-Of j o hn,Edward Blanchard, gig..., of Great Pertlen4sreet. On the V7thinstant, at Ham, G enera l, Gerdov Forbes, in the 9941. year - qf bill age.. , _ • • • On the 14th instant, aged 28 r IV,. P. Bent, Eeq., of Lincoln's-inn, harriate,r- at ,l aw. , , On the 16th instant, Oreirivel o gl int : on4q „ , , , On the 15th instant s at Westetham, Keit; Joseph?' Wilks, Esq. aged 06 On the 17th instant, .Sir William Augusts& Cotylar lime, of Milneraig, Bart. On the 19th instant, Thomas C4tellotv, EsgL, pf GXOIII 4 place,; Tottenham, *iddlesen, :in, his %Rh yeat.,l 1 PRINT and PUBLISHED by-.M, Y OUNG, SUN OFFIAE, No. IW, Stiandb 4 ~~ A atl 13 1 tits rr NrE! 4mi, 16 , 1 h clit he At ti, sbth: T a i t , ev e in an Ii On a hip, 'and I adhe v 81 tie: *with Marl sttey Cove ta m , Shell end coati Vick tad No rt Chu) 13i bOroi 7400, to*, "Spa? Atli et gad 'quay; and Pleby Rieh Ste: I Stilt( 4iret,