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

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS, We publish a curious letter on the Univer sity of containing some historical notices of its successive Provosts during the last two and-thity years, and of the influence exercised by their several characters on the spirit and poli tics of the institution. With regard to the mat ters touched by this writer, who evidently knows what he tilks about, we can bear witilee , from personal observ a ti on t o the truth and justi ce o f his sentiments. No head of a grew- b o dy, lik e the Natio' University of Ireland, could be more distinguished than D. Hall —who suc ceeded Dr. Kearney 1 k nromoted to the see of Ossory ) not. long after l'..irimett's rebellion—for the liberal feelings and as , porements of a scholar and a gentleman ; nor any f unctionary more no torious than Dr. K -1 e, the present Provost, for the absence a all such distinctions. It is un questionable, and deeply to be regretted, that the fr ank and uateculine bearing of the youth who resorted to this University, should have received a check so fatal as that inflicted upon it by the overthrow of the " Historical Society," almost the only channel open to Dublin students, for the cultivation and development of those powers which belong to professional or to public life, for taste in modern literature, for composition ri prose or poetry, for a knowledge of history, for political inquiry, for manly eloquence, for early trial of character—for quickness, coolness, courtesy, and boldness, in the field of popular discussion. To this comprehensive course of self-education had Ireland been indebted for some of the great ornaments of her senate, bar, and pulpit, during the last forty years. The light was extinguished by Dr. Thomas Elring toe,, a dabbler in letters, but profound in all that 13oulte,, Magee, or Parson Horner would ad mire. The school of taste and elegance was put down by him, and on its ruins was for the first • time erected, under the dominion of DJ. Kyle, the mean and barbarous, but characteristic edifice of Cumberland-clubbisin in the College. This new expedient for debauching the mind of youth—for superseding -all dispassionate policy by factious venom, and all Christian charity by the spirit of persecutien—is, wegrieve to acknovv ledge, in full work throughout the University; and if its operation be limited to the minor order of gentry who compose the bulk of the Orange interests in Ireland,. it is because the great ma jority ethe uppo . Class of Irishm en h ave pecu niary means, as well 4 good sense enough, to educate their sons at nglisl4 schools and Uni versities, and so to -withdraw them from that hateful den of bigotry and tryanny into which Dublin seems to have been degraded.--Times. When -the prisoners sentenced to suffer death at the Old Bailey, on Wednesday last,- were asked what they had to . ,,sa.y why they should not receive judgment to die, one of. them, Matthew Riley, convicted of-forgery, began to arraign the law under which he was condemned. it is not very likely that a law will ever be palatable to the man who suffers under it ; and therefore the opinion of a convict would go for very little, were it not in this case in accordance with the general feeling of the community. " The Re corder' said he could not sit and hear the law arraigned. The prisoner said, that if the Re corder were in his situation, he would think it very natural for him to arraign the justice of the law. He must arraign it. The Recorder begged the prisoner to consi t'e• situation in which he stood, and not to aggt-c....:ute his of fence." Not to, aggravate his offence ! What is the meaning of this ? We have often been puzzled to account for the use of this language in our Courts of Law. A man may con . duct his defence improperly—he may introduce ii relevant matter into his defence—he. may misconduct himself in various ways, and it is proper that the Court should have the power of enforcing order and regularity, and of pu nishing contempt. But the made of-conducting a defence, or of propounding objections to a sen tence, can in no manner affect the offence for which he is tried. That offence has been com pleted before the trial, and his conduct during the trial can neither add to nor detract from it. An crravation of an off ence i s , t h ere f ore , an utter absurdity.' If a man has done what de . serves death, his conduct during the trial ought not to save him ; if his offence has not deserved death, his conduct during the trial cannot make it deserving of death. The origin of this lan guage, so unworthy of a civilized age, must be traced to the times when every man was prophet, priest, and King in his own family. The father is, then, the guardian as well as judge of the son ; and when before this domestic tribunal, the son, accused of an offence, evinces by his mode of defence a state of mind which afflicts the parent, .as. being indicative of impenitence, the latter, who views.- the whole with reference only to the moral condition of his offspring, Cannot separate the offenc e from the subsequent conduct.- H e therefore is justified in telling . the offender that his subset] uent conduct is an aggrava tion of his offence. The language of the paternal tri bunal has descended to tribunals where justice is preserved between individuals connected to gether only by their political relations. is —ut in these last tribunals, affection or regard has no longer a place. The Judge has no feelings towards the prisoner; he is not his guardian ; his functions are confined to the bare pro nouncing his guilt or innocenCe s and awarding the punishment which society has attached to the offence, with a view to deter from the com mission. of it. Society has' of late years deemed it advisable to connect reformation with punish ment. But the process of reformation com mences when the trial is over. The proceedings during t:ie trial may be of use to those charged with the reformation of the offender, as indica tive of his state of mind, but they can be of no use to the JUdge who, is trying hitn, and not se forming him. In the Penitentiary the overseer supplies the pla ce o f parent and guardian, and in his mouth 'the term aggravation is proper. Whatever indicates a healthy or unhealthy moral state is to him of importance. What is: absurd in the mouth of a Judge is in his becoming. The parent, i n judging his child`' can'gi ve or withhold favours. :rile JUdge,has no favours either to give or withhold. Lt isimpertinence in him to consider himself as thedispenser of favours. He is the organ of inexorable ' justice. If he yields any thing in favour, he Sin against th a i . society whose . interest. is .. committed to. hi m —he is a betrayer of hiS sacred trust. If heallow s his feelings on the other hand to -- betray him into undue seserity, and considers any thing unpleasant to him - Self personally .to warrant him in inflicting an additi ona l pun ishment for it in the character ofan aggravation of an Offence, he again sins against society, by taking 'adiantage of his trust to avenge his own wrongs, and by in flicting for offences against society a greater mea sure of punishment than is requisite. So low were, till lately, the judicial notions on this sub ject, that a few years have only elapsed since a Judge still on the Bench, alter - he' had pro-, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. flounced sentence on • a man,• actually added enormously to the I,unishinent, in consequence of an impertinent observation of the criminal.— This Judge evidently considered himself as freed from all responsibility to society, and entitled to consider justice as a matter of taste. But the worst of this practice of considering the state ments of a prisoner as the aggravation of an offence is, that it is a contrivance for frightening a p risoner, and d r ivi ng hi m f rom t h e determina tion of defending himself. It is as much as saying to a prisoner —We have you in our power, if you attempt to extricate yourself you will off: us, and we will punish you for your at tempt to get out of our clutches. Let us hear no more of this language, so disgraceful to a British Court of Justice. A Recorder, of all men, should be cautious of using the word aggravate.—Morning Chronicle. Judging from the accounts which we have lately received from Ireland, there is really no knowing what the Agitators would be at, or what they mean to do. At one time they are for carrying every thing by force of arms—at another a peaceful crusade is to be undertaken to England for the purpose of converting here tics to a saving faith in the blessings and benefits of Catholic Emancipation. On one day a de putation of knights-errant in the cause of Catho licism is unanimously resolved on ; on another the whole arrangement is considered faulty ; and while the members of the deputation itself declare that they will not stir an inch, unless reinforced by a corps of volunteers, others are not slow in avowing that the constitution of the whole thing is corrupt and erroneous, and that unless it be re-modelled by an appeal to the people and depart laden with its wisdom and sage counsels, it had . better, stay at home, and its mem b ers m i n d t h e i r own private affairs. We would fain hope that this last hint would be taken. We can assure the Catholic Agitators that their presence here, and their lectures for the benefit of the English people, will not afford any considerable portion of edification—th a t their friends would consider their residence in Ireland much more beneficial to the cause in which they have embarked; and, finally, that, even if the whole affair did not smack of a Quixotic origin, and a Quixotic re sult, the festivities accompanying the termina tion of the old, and the commencement of the new year, ought not to be interrupted by poli tical discussion. Once in a twelvemonth, surely, John Bull ought to enjoy the privilege of doing homage to his favourite and national • dishes, without the fear of their suffering by an admix. ture of Catholic poison, or any other equally dreaded and noxious - ingredient.—Morning Advertiser. MANSION-HOUSE. SPANISH AND ITALIAN REFUGEES.—Yesterday he LORD MAYOR took occasion (as 'he considered no public place ill adapted for the expression of his sentiments upon the subject of the public contribu tions for the benefit of the unfortunate refugees) to state, that instead of abating, the generous spirit of all ranks in society daily increased, with respect to the poor foreigners for whom he was an humble petitioner. lie had been encouraged by the result of the applications which he had already made to different towns in Great Bfitain, and by the warm expressions of sympathy which bad been addressed to him from numerous bodies, as well as individuals, to transmit to other towns and bodies, which he knew only wait to be applied to for their beneficial co-operation, copies of the circular, to which such unanimous attention had been paid. He could not refrain from alluding, with feelings of admiration arid gratitude, in the name of the unfortunate refugees, to the zealous exertions of the press, particularly that part of it which daily devoted its columns to projects and speculations of various kinds, by which it might he possible to render the contributions more com pletely available. Ilis Lordship added, that he felt the greatest pleasure in receiving the following communications, from the Lord Provost of Edin burgh, and the High Sheriff of Birmingham : " Birmingham, Dec. 10. "My Lord,-1 have had the honour to receive your Lordship's letter, inch ding co pi es o f t h e proceedings and resolutions of the meeting held in London, for the purpose of alleviating the destitute condition of the Spanish and Italian refugees. " I have great pleasure in informing your Lordship, that a ball for the same object has been arranged here, and is to he held on Thursday, the ISth inst., under the patronage of the High Sheriff of die county, and of the two county members, D. S. Dugdale, Esq. and Francis Lawley, Esq., and from which a 'avourable result is anticipated. I beg to assure your Lordship, that every means in my power shall be used to give publicity to the wishes of the London Committee, and to aid, as far as possible, their humane awit benevolent intentions. I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant, " JOSEPH 'WALKER, High Sheriff." Edinburgh, Dec. 1. "My Lord—l intend to follow the laudsble example of your Lordship, by takin' public measures for a contribu tion for relief of the Italian and Spanish Refugees now in London; but before doing so, I request your Lordship to inform me of every particular (within your knowledge) re specting them, such as the numb e r supposed to he in Lon don requiring relief, their rank, present circumstances, and means of support, and the cause of leaving their native country, with any circumstance that may occur to your Lordship and beimT made known here, may excite the sympathy of our population. Say also to whom I shall remit the money when collected. Waiting your Lordship's early reply, I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lord ship's most obedient, 6 , WALTER BROWN, Lord Prevost." The LORD MAYOR knew that he could at all times rely upon t h e ass is tance of those who had already s o d eeply engaged in this - great cause of humanity. Indeed, there seemed to exist but one feeling all through the community upon the sub ject. All party-spirit and political differences was absorbed in the paramount feelings of charity. MARYLEBONE. Last nightthe following evidence res p ect i ng t h e robbery at the French Ambassador's was taken be fore Mr. GRIFFITH. James H owe , who is footma n to his Excellency's children, and has charge of the plate app ropr i ate d to their use, stated that five or six minutes before three on Tuesday afternoon lie left it sa f e i n a drawer in the under butler's pantry; he locked the drawer, and put the key of it in his pocket, and he locked the pantry-door, and hung t h e key up in the por ter's-hall, where it is usually kept, the area : gate is not fastene d . At five o'clock h e went down to prepare the plate for the children's supper •he found the pantry-door locked, but the drawer was broken open; and the plate, consisting of a d oz. table-spoons, half a dozen tea-spoons , two do zen forks, one soup-ladle, one gravy-spoon, and One pair of sugar-tongs, were gone. Mr. GRIFFITH' desired him to describe in what way the drawer appeared to have been opened. Buckridge, the officer, said he had exargined it, and there was no doubt it was forced with the smallest of the crow bars which were left behind. James Holloway, the under-butler, at 12 o'clock, left the family plate safe in a large plate chest, which stand s in the pantry; the chest was not locked. He Was in the pa n t r y aga i n a t a quarter b e f ore t h ree , Artl•iur Kn ox G ore, Esq. of Ball i ng House, he it is said, is about to offer himself as a second Candidate and left Howe, the children's footman, there; • Morning Post. go Dublin M went out, and returned at five, arid as he Was speak- ! ins to 'the porter, in the porter's hall, a groom from the • A farmer c neighbourhood of Salis for the County o bury sold a pen of sheep at Marlborough fair last week, belonging to one of the secretaries came into which he warranted sound. )e2 It h being the opinion, bow lle Ns r . s h o o s p t u t r a c t ha t e3 , were i affected with the hall and told him the pantry had been robbed. ran immediately down to the pantry, the witness elver, Howe was there, and xyhen ke opened the chest, themt e e kil e bd on the spot, when it was tlem f , of b t a h the number caused te o b n e e i o n f to his astonishment a great part of the family plate the last stage of " rottenness." The bystanders were so was gone, (four square.dishes, &c., as stated in our enraged at the farmer, that they well pelted him with the first report of the robbery) • ; 29 silver decanter stands t entrails of the sheep sand Seslly hissed Lite out of On fair. A gentleman, who was attracted to the spot where the altercation took place between the parties, stated, that he saw Captain Crompton give the driver as., upon which the latter loaded him with the most scurrilous abuse, seized him by the collar, and pulled him backwards and forwards most violently. The Captain stated, that the reason of his hav ing alighted at Newington instead of Kennington, was in consequence of the state of intoxication in which the driver was, owing to his having stopped at some gin-shop on the way, which rendered him incapable of driving. During the journey he was near upsetting the coach on three or four different occasions. With respect to the charge of his hav ing damaged the inside of the coach, there was no truth in it. The vehicle was in a filthy state when he entered it, and was much better adapted for the use of resurrectionists than decent people. As to the fare, he (the Captain), on hiring the driver, dis tinctly agreed to give him 55., for the distance, in cluding stoppages; and, notwithstanding, the fellow procured his address, and summoned him, after hav ing behaved in the manner described. Other disinterested parties proved that the driver was both drunk and excessively abusive to the Cap tain, who *had offered his address when the former claimed more fare. Mr. SSYABEY immediately discharged the sum mons, remarking, that the driver. ought to hive stood in the situation of defendant instead of com plainant. were left behind, which were in sight; and beneath a false bottom, which would require two persons to lift :t out, other plate of greater value was depo , - [ sited, and was safe. Another chest stands by its side which contains water-dishes, &c. , but they are only plated, not solid; a tray of glasses set out for ' dinner-service had been removed from the top of ' tha, and placed upon the top of the chest which wa, robbed. Mr. GRIFFITH asked if he observed how the pantry-door had been opened ? He answered, Mr. Smith, a Bow-street officer, said it had been opened by A skeleton-key. vlr. GRIFFITH—Had you seen any suspicious person about the place ? Not that day. Mr. GRIFFITH—Who are the persons who were in the habit of coming to the servants'-hall ?We have it in evidence that the strt-o-sweeper has ad mhance there. Under-butler—I did not see him there that day, but I saw a cousin of the porter's. Mr. GRIFFITH-- Where is he ? Buckridge--- - Present, your Worship, but not in the room to hear the evidence. Mr. GRIFFITH —ls he often there ? Under butler—Yes, often. Mr. GRIFFITH—How long has this young man visited the porter ? Under-butler--About eighteen months. Mr. GRIFFITH—What is he ? Under-butler,--I believe he is in the chip-hat trade. Mary Bailey, the still-room maid, between half past three and .four o'clock, went to. the and saw two men passing as if from the pantry ; she saw one more distinctly than the other, but only the back of him ; he wore a blue coat, and had fair hair, and was without a hat; he was rather short, the one before him was taller: she considered them strangers. Mr. Mallet, the chief clerk, asked the house steward, if strangers went that way. He said but chers, green-grocers, and other tradesmen go that way, but not strangers. Edward Stephens, a lad who works for Mr. Marsh, sadler, No. I, Charlotte -street, Portland-place, took some things home„:o the Ambassador's stables, about a quarter before four on Tuesday afternoon, and as he passed the area-gate, he saw two men coming up the steps. The first had a blue bag in his hand; and it appeared Lobe very heavy: the other had a bag Which was not so heavy. He thought at the time it was plate, for he had seen silversmiths carry such. They must have turned into Portland-place, for they did net pass the stables, and when he came back, which was immediately, he did not see them again.. He was above, them, and could not see whether they were tall or Short. They both were dressed in blue coats. Arthur Langford, the porter's cousin, was then called in to give evidence, and Buckridge, the officer, told the magistrate that this yonng man was sitting in the servants'-hall, Which is exactly opposite the butler's 7 pantry, at the time of the robbery. Arthur Langford, of No. 9, Sidney-street, Corn mercia-road, willow-cutter, is cousin to his Ex cellency's porter. At a quarter past three he went down into the servants' hall to a;tite a few lines by way of practice. Thomas Keppell, the first secretary's valet, was there, and lent him a volume of Lord Byron's works to write from. The valet went out, and pulled the door after him ; he cannot say that he shut the door close. While he was writing he saw no one; the door was shut, so that he could not see. The steward here interrupted him, and told !he magistrate the ladies' maid satv him writ ing, for as she passed, the door was open,—he did not see her rerhaps, nor hear her, for her shoes were thin. Buckridge said, even if the door-was quite closed, he did not think the opposite deor of the pantry could have been opened, or the plate moved, with out his hearing it. Mr. Mallett asked Langford whether he had been at work this week, and he answered, " No, not for some time." Mr. Mallett—Who maititt.ins you ?—My cousin. And in answer to other questions, he said that the Ambassador's porter, his cousin, supplies him with money, and clothes, and lodging. Other persons were examined; but their evidence was not material, and the officers who have the case in hind were ordered to renew their exertions. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Captain Crompton was summoned at the instance of the driver of the hackney-coach No. 135, for refusing to pay his fare. The investigation of this case exhibited another in stance of the gross misconduct of hackney-coachmen. The complainant stated, that on the sth inst. the defendant hired his coach about half -past two o'clock in the day in Piccadilly, and desired to be driven to the Tower. On the way thither le , stopped at the Edinburgh Castle, in the Strand, where be had some grog, and also in Hollywell-street. They then pro ceeded forward to the Tower, at which place the defendant got out and went on board the Ostend steam-packet, and on his return ashore desired to be driven to Regent-street, Kennington. Before, how ever, they arrived there, the Captain alighted at Newington-causeway, saying that lie should go no farther, and at the same time presented ss. to com phinant, who accepted the money, and intimated thl it was considerably under his fare, upon whi c h the defendant refus e d g i v i ng more. The coachman that he charged by time, mid complained of the Captain having dirtied the inside of the vehicle to such a degree that no decent person could put th•ir nose into it until it had undergone a thorough purification. Mr. SWAREY.—If your statement be true, then the defendant must have been under the influence of liquor; is that the case ? Coachman.—Yes, your worship, he was drunk; and I forgot to mention that he gived me a thump on the bead, on Newington Causeway, when I asked for my right fare. Captain Crompton expressed his astonishment on hearing the charges adduced against him by the coachman, and begged to call witnesses to rehu them. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 11. BEvtaiDGE V. HAY. Upon Mr. CoE's mentioning this case to the Court, this morning, His LORDSHIP recapitulated the judgment he had yesterday given, and granted the Injunction. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dtc. 11. TRIGG V. MtJGONLN. Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case for the plaintiff to the Jury. The plaintiff, Miss Trigg', had kept a very respectable boarding -school at Chelsea, which was subsequently purchased from her by the defend ant. The latter—a Swiss lady—deeming it abso lutely requisite to have the assistunee of the plaintiff for a short time, it was arranged that Miss Trigg should give her the benefit of her services upon cer tain conditions. The plaintiff accordingly gave her assistance in superintending the school, and thereby saved the expense of masters for music, drawing, and Italian. She remained with the defendant for six months, during the latter part of which the whole charge of the concern devolved upon her. Miss Itugonin then found it necessary to dispose of the concern, for which she had given 6001., and at the expiration of the six months did actually sell it for 4001. Miss Trigg then applied for fifty guineas for her services, exclus've of her board and lodging, but Miss Hugonin declined to give her any thing, alleging that she had a set off in having boarded the niece of the plaintiff for three months, a little girl about six years of age. Several witnesses were called, who proved this case, and One of them deposed that fifty guineas was not an unreasonable remuneration for the services of the plaintiff for six months. Sir JAMEs SCARLETT addressed the Jury for the defendant, and contended that the plaintiff had no claim whatever upon his client, for she was bound in honour to introduce her to the pupils and their friends, according to the usual practice in such cases. But the fact was that the defendant under took, at the suggestion of the plaintiff, to board and lodge the niece of the latter as an equivalent for her services as long as she remained with her, but she by no means pledged herself to keep the girl for a year, as alleged by the plaintiff, for that would be binding herself to keep the school open for a year. The school turned out to be a losing concern, and she sold it at the expiration of six months, and then, and sot until then, did she send the child home to ' its friends. Under these circumstances the plaintiff had been sufficiently rewarded for her services. Lord TENTERDEN said, that it certainly appeared to him . that the plaintiff was entitled to some reward fOr her services beyond the mere value of the board of a child six years of age. It a pp eare d f rom t h e evidence, that the terms upon which children of that age were taken at the school were twenty guineas per annum, .and the child had only been there one quarter, while the services of the plaintiff had been for a period of six months. On the other hand, the estimate given by the witnesses for the plaintiff appeared to be enormous, being at:the rate of 1054 per annum,a sum which such a school could scarcely be supposed to be able to afford. The Jury would consider, and give such reasonable damages as might seem to thern'to meet the merits of the case. The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation re turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 2W. There was no other ease of any interest in the course of the morning. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC: 11. SARAH HUNT V. BLAQUIERE. Mr. .serjeant WILDH stated, that this was an action to recover a sum of money for goods furnished to the defendant's wife. The plaintiff was an upholsterer at Brighton ; and the defendant was a Lieutenant-General on half-pay, and had separated from his wife of his own accord ; and as be bad left her without a competent maintenance, she had a right to purchase necessaries, for which he was liable. Mary Ainsworth—l lived in the defendant's ser vice when Lady Harriett lived with him. On the day before their separation they quarrelled. On the next morning he took Lady Harriett to her parents; her conduct had been that of the greatest propriety in every respect. The defendant came back tvitli out her, and said he never would live with her again. It was admitted that Lady Harriett Townsend and the defendant had. been married in 1811; that the defendant was now a Lieutenant-General on half-pay, and was the second surviving son of the late Lord de Blaquiere, and the heir preSumptive to his brother. John Hunt, the son of the plaintiff, who carried on business as an upholsterer, in Brighton, proved the order for the furniture, given in August, 182.5. Lady Harriett then lived at 20, Bedford-square, Brighton. The amount supplied was 4891. That included every thing. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE objected, that the mere fact of separation, without proof of legal cause, was not sufficient to give authority to the wife to order goods, and make her husband liable for their amount. To obviate this objection Mary Ainsworth was recalled.—The defendant used his wife very ill; on the day before the separation, he. struck her on the side of her head; the parts were black and swollen; his conduct veal much the same ever since I lived with them. The judgment of divorce, a mensa et thorn, was put in and read. It stated as the ground of the judgment, adultery on his part. It was also stared that 380/. were allowed for alimony, but it was also alleged that the Lady's fortune had been 6,0001. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE contended, that the power to render the husband liable, which was founded I.n the marriage, ceased the moment that marriage was partially dissolved by a divorce, a mensa et thorn; when a wife, in addition to this, obtained an allow ance of alimony from the Ecclesiastical Court, her right was clearly gone for ever. Mr. Sergeant STEPHEN, on the same side, said, that it was true a marriage was not dissolved by a divorce a mensa et thorn, but its incidents were gone. Mr. Sergeant WILDE submitted, that there was no foundation for the objection. A divorce a mensa et thorn, left the parties as much man and wife as before. The CHIEF JUSTICE thought there was nothing in the objection. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE addressed the Jury for the defendant. The Counsel then produced evidence in support of his statement, after which the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 4881. 17s. 6d., 'de daring that the bill was most moderate. BOWEN AND OTHERS V. BLAQUIERE. This was an action for the value of some iron mongery goods furnished under similar circumstances. The delivery of the goods was proved—the evidence given in the other case was taken asgiven here; but Mary Ainsworth was recalled and examined by the defendant's Counsel, as to the defendant's having struck his wife. She then stated that she had not actually seen him strike Lady Harriett, but that Lady Harriett had come out of the room where they had dined together, and showed witness her ear, which bore the marks of a blow. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, if the Jury were of opinion that he had turned her out without the support, the pl a i nt iff s were ent i t l e d to a e Jury b e i ng o f t h at op i n i on , gave theirnivst ; andeordfiet the f or the plaintiffs—Damages, Seventy two Pounds. PROJECTED I A{PROVE.AENT3 ON THE. WESTICRN IloAn.---The inhabitants of Knightsbridge and Brornpton feel highly gratified at the projected improve ments on the high road from London to Windsor. The first step is the removal of the Turnpike near Slsane street ; the second, the erection of a Church at the fork of the two roads --namely, the one which leads to Kensington, the other to Richmond.. The tkird improvement is ex pected to be the erection of the King's College, on the grounds of Kingston-house. The grounds comprise alloy acres completely isolated. Along the whole line of road from Apsley House (which will soon present a most uobia aspect), it is conceived nothing more interesting could pre sent itself:-Ist, The Parks, and their entrances; 2d, the new Hospital, St. George's; 3d, the row of magnificent edifices, lately built and nearly finished; then will come the new church, and 'Awl) , the College. STEAM NAVIGATION. Yesterday being the County Day, there was a very full attendance of Magistrates ; F. CoNsT, Esq. in the Chair. In the course of the morning several paltry cases of assault were tried, and some of their 'Worships complained bitterly that the committing Magistrates had not taken advantage of the new Act, which per mitted them to dispose of such cases summarily at the Police-office, instead of sending them to the Sessions. Mrs. Eleanor Bow, a stout, spirited dame, of some standing in St. Giles's, and who delivered her " ex-trumpery" oration from the bar of the Court, with her arms folded on her bosom, d la Buonaparte, was charged by one of the beadles of the above parish with committing an assault on his person at St. Giles's workhouse. The beadle said that this woman's conduct in the parish towards the officera was so outrageous and unbearable, that the Vestry were resolved to endea vour to check her violence by prosecuting. this in dictment. The defendant delivered an elaborate oration in her defence, which occupied the time of the Court for twenty minutes, during which her gesticulations were vehement, and her language so high-flown and original, and so comic withal, that the Court was convulsed with laughter. " Inter alia (she assured the Bench) that this was a foul conspiracy to ruin her professional reputation in the eyes of the public. As there was a God above, that man, that beadle, that villain (pointing to one of the parish officers, who kept his head in a reclining position), that fel low with his head hanging down, that man, I say, who is ashamed to look in my face (much laughter), keeps four or five young men to swear falSe' against the ladies (paupers) of the parish, whom he has a grudge against, and—(the oratrix, pointing to an old officer with a heavy bobbed nailed parish shoe, which she had just taken off her feet to show her ragged stockings to the Court), and that old body snatcher, your Worship, took me away naked to the Magistrate without a rag to corer my nakedness?' (Roars of laughter.) Here the defendant seemed to swing her great shoe with such awful vehemence in the direction of the parish officers, that they, and the persons near them, instinctively raised their bands to guard their heads from the fearful missile of the inspired Amazon. After a further display in a similar strain, the pri goner's oratory proved ineffectual. The Jury found her Guilty of the assault, and the Court sentenced her to two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. Some details of business were then gone into, bet none of any particular moment. The Court then adjourned. WINTER•HOME CIRCUIT. CHELMSFORD, Dec. 10. The Assizes for the county of Essex commenced this day. After the conclusion of the business at Hertford, Mr. Justice Burrough and Mr. Baron. Vaughan crossed from that town to Chelmsford. The calendar contains the names of no less than 105 prisoners, some of NI , 'lobe offences appeared to be of an aggravated character. It is anticipated, that in consequence of this great amount of business, and the necessity that their Lordships should be at Maidstone on Monday, a third Court before some other person included in the Commission will be held for the trial of prisoners. , DHCE2III3I3A 11. John 111TaPey was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Phillips, with intent to steal.—Acquitted. Robert Oades, a man of muscular appearance, was placed at the bar on the charge of stealing a gelding at Chigwell, in Essex, the property of Wm. Wigley. The Jury convicted hire. Mr. Justice BURROUGII, in passing sentence of Death, told the prisoner that there was no chance of his life being spared. The Earl of Belmore, the newly-appointed Governor of Jamaica, and Sir R. H. Inglis, one of the Carnatic Commissioners, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office, Downing-street. CIRENCESTER.—This town is at length likely to be much improved. A considerable number of old and ill-fashioned houses, most inconveniently situated in the very centre of the town, are about to be removed, and some handsome h.2ildings to be erected in their stead, which will he so arranged as not only to be more convenient to the occupiers, and more pleasing to the eye, but will also render the streets more commodious and safe to the tra• velteroa r .Chdtenhcon Chrohick, (From a Correspondent of the Tin/es.) Within these few days a series of exreritnents have been made with the view of carrying into effect some important improvements of the machinery used in steam navigation. They were performed on an old vessel in the river, near Woolwich, and Mr. Laing, of the Dock-yard, attended officially by orders of Government, to witness them, and to report on the practicability of the principal improvements aimed at. Sir John Doyle, the Secretary of the French Legation, and a number of gentlemen and men of science who felt interested in the experiments, at tended from time to time to witness them. The chief desideratum in steam navigation is to avoid the effect of the back -water, or, in other words, the loss cif power which is occasioned by the wheel on its return when it is at a certain speed, or when it is immersed below a certain depth, having to lift a large proportion of water. It is this circumstance which, with wheels of ordinary construction, and, indeed, with all others yet tried, at present puts a limit to the speed of steam-vessels, and occasions an enor mous loss of power. The plan tried in this inatance was of feathering the paddles, which were fixed to a new description of wheel, which, though extremely simple, could not be easily described, except by means of drawings. It differs, however, from the commen paddle-wheels, in allowing each paddle so to move on an axle placed in the centre as to play freely be tween the arms and the .periphery of the wheel, he tween which it (the paddle) is restrained by shobl ders or projecting portions of it. The wheels used were by no means complete, and were fastened to the vessel (Sons of Commerce) in a temporary and very imperfect manner. The result of the trial was, however, to the extent it was made, very favourable, being to the extent of two minutes per mile. This was ascertained by lashing the paddles so as to fix them in a radical position like the old paddles, when the vessel's mean time was llf minutes per mile. On cutting the lashings away, and allowing the paddles to feather, her mean time was 9f mi nutes per mile. It was stated, that had there been room for more paddle surface, and for the paddles to be still further immersed, there would have been much more gained. These paddles the inventor (Lieut. Andrew Skene, R. N.. ose of the companions of Captain Ross and Captain Parry, in their north-west voyages) stated would have the advantage of working best when immersed one-third of the wheel in water, which would neces sarily reduce the size of the paddle boxes, and cons sequently the resistance of the vessel to the wind. They were likewise capable of being removed or applied as occasion required, enabling the vessel to take advantage of fair winds when at sea on long voyages; and they might also be applied in the in terior of a vessel for the purpose of war. He sug gested their application for the purpose of canal-na vigation, as they possessed the advantage (which was to a considerable extent manifested in the present experiment) of agitating the water much less than the old paddles. The new ones did not pass it off in the same de g ree to th e s h ore on each side; but caused it to expand chiefly in the wake of the vessel. The men of science present appeared to be well sa tisfied with the success of all they saw, and no doubt was entertained that the principle of the new wheel would be put into practical operation. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 11.. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. WEDNESDAV, DEFAMB6R 10.—Wind $.5.W..--$ water 19 minutes past one.—Arrived the Pyr Young, from Santa Martha; Mic Mac, Mears, hots; namburn ; Union, P onc hi e , f rom Smyrna ; . Wilkie, from Quebec'; Harriet, Barstow, from Ch ar liall Clinton, Byrum, from • Savannah; St. George, 1 4 , ; 41 from ditto ; Matilda, —, from dim ; Calists, from New York ; Favourite, from Newry; Alote,, Msnstield, Swain, f rom S avanna h ; Philli ps, Penriet.!: Drogheda. CLEARED OUTIVARDS.-Tho New England, for Boston ; Carnation, Salter, for St. Domingo ; I low, Carden, for Leghorn ; Voinsia, Hannan, for bart Town and Sydney; Dutton, 1141'Kaan, for T r i rah.o ; Phebe, Bealston, fur St. Domingo. EAST INDIA. The Inir, Frank, from Bengal, luta arrirod at C 4 railed 12th August. Arrivals at Bengal-•-The Wticome, from Glasgow 23 ; Hebden, from London, 25th ; Fame, from LoP , Louisa, from Penang, 26th ; Marl* de Rote, from 27th ; Victory, from London, SOth; Elisabeth, fron drat. Aug. 3. Sai!ings from Rettgal—The IL C. S. Sir David Sooll China, July 26 ; Reliance, fla)es, fQr the Mandator gust 1 ; Jane, for ditto, on the Sd. Tilt lffilaKEY COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DUN. THIC W. Wheat. l Battoy. I Oita. 8e 4671 ' rer Quarter. a. to d. 8. tO 8. 8. tO 8 . B , tO Blandford 71 -- SR .* Brigs 72 78 33 25 26 M Cambridge - 31 19 Chard 36 1 54 48 Huntingdon—. OG 76 314 76 22 3 38 20 21 90 34 Long %atom— 56 '74 16 1.1, Louth...., 65 75 26 34 17 24 33 Lynn (10 80 28 39 14 94 36 Newark 74 87 32 44 19 34 41 Nottingham ---. '76 47 30 Peterborough 56 78 37 40 18 28 57 Plymouth 78 - tit 36 27 21 58 Sleaford 76 80 30 33 22 24 50 Uppingliain ...--. 73 Si 36 43 18 32 41 Wlsbech 62 76 21 32 18 24 9) LEEDS CORN 31ARKET.—Dec. 9. Tivre has been more Wh eat up to market then 10 week, p great proportion of it Foreign. New Eng/ 1 0 good finality may b e note d I s. per quarkr higher, t t has alsn been a fair demand for the best samples of reign, on full as good terms es last week. The sup': 1 1 10 Barley and oth er ki n d s o f Grain not large, bat fully to the detnand ; the beat heavy Barley has Ewen take% slowly at last week's prices, but for the light sator o l little or no demerit' at present. Beans and Pease setek,4 Is. per platter lemon', and the demand limit e d. w io and Shelling dull, and rather lower, with a limited mend for the latter. Malt dull elle. la Flour and wr nerd no material alteration. Wheat, Norfolk and Suttblk, 80Ib. --- York. and Lincolu. 60Ib. Norfolk and S u tlblk ..... Ms. to Nlit. p Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ... 3bs. to 4 4 °' Grinding ..... ...... Ma. to 965'Beans ........ d3lh, etg, to 4.50. Oats, Potatoe .... .. .. Sie, to 9 9 . 4 _,0 Mauling roroien lad. to 140.7—English lid. to 15d. Prot Shelling Vs. to 994. pet), Rapeseed, English. 2SI. to Forel/its to --1. LIVERFOOL COlt)7 XXCHAIIGE.—Dos. 9. I )(PORT of OR for the Wet% ending Dee. 8. to d Whoa. Oats. I Barley. Flour. •:1 1 0 . 11 Qrs. Sjrs. Qrs. !Foreign, Biqa 'lrish, Sze. Scics. . 0 2 4,740 10,182 1,598 11,538 ; MANCIMITER SMITIIFfink--Det. JO. At per lb. sinking the dbl. 9,082 Sheep 4.WWW4 rto Rid. 20 sd. to, 617 tattle o 218 Yigs MANCHESTER POTATO): MARKET.—Doo. Potatoes, ss. 6d., 7t. &1., and 7s. 6d. per load of 11 store p l 121b8. ; New ditto, O a ., O r. Od., an d 0 ,. a per ditto_;, Tat a Os. Od., 6s. 6d. and 74. Od. per load of 16 peeks; thalosaa, 9s. Oct., and 10a. per lt score. --- A MANCHESTER YARN MARKET.-.Dec, 9. ill No. d. d. 413 3 ...--- I Wi ll Ph rostl e Twist, 20 .... 101 to 11 30 -13 131 50 ... II 1 40 - lbe 1/ MnleCop 00......, 1 Mule cepTwist/ so ..... , i1 i 12 , Weft.. ' 70....... 19 for wall) ...—j ' 3 go__ 22 , 44 -14 15 100 ....- Le : / 50..17i £0 190 ....-- 01. ' 1 00 _9O Pd 110 ---. 7 70..93 26 Wedfrom 14 -- - - SO -27 SO waste .. 24 1 8 .-- „I iyj GLASGOW RETAIL MARKETS.atiee. S. ,I ti Beef. .... -par lb. Oa. sd. to Os. 94. Oatmeal. par et. Se. Otl. toe' Mutt0n.......„ 0 4 0 7 Pommes' ... 9 0 - 2 Veal ......... 0 7 0 9 Pot Barley, e wt.ls 0 90- i, Halos - Lamb perry. 0 0 0 0 Grey i'0430...... 9 0 104 puarterll L00t... 011 0 0 White ditto .... 0 0 I 6 ( r lour, peseton e 2 0 2 S Blue ditto. ...... 0 0 16 . , Ry 0........... ...... 1 0 1 9 . lIOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, DEC. Io.—On Saturday lad, 900 1 / 8 4 l Pockets were weighed ; doe sample s sustain their pv e but inferior are loiser. g , LACE TRADE.—In consequence of the 111 pressed state of this trade, the journeymen of this telestl7 a meeting on Friday night week, at the Robin Hood, t lowtree-gatr, and cams to similar resolutions to tr'r o . adopted .at Nottingh am and. Loughborough, Name ly, restrict the hours of working to eight hours per. day 7:' Leicester Iderald. EXTRA ORDINARY ABSTINENCE OF A rtno —When the repairs were last &dog on at St. ,Paul's oath . ' drat, a dog followed its master up the dirk stairs of ! ) 1 ° darns. Here all at once it wss missing,. and ceiling whistling were to nb purpoee. Two months after this -on men were at wo r k i n th e cat h e d ra l , an d heard•ainolli the timbers whi c h su pp or t e d t h e d ome a fa i nt noise. instantly repaired t o th e spot wham:* the aontid came, found a dog lying on its aide, with an old shoe half eel The animal b e i ng muc h emac i ate d , and seareelY.abity stand, the workmen placed it in the porch of the chat!: to die or live as it might happen. The next day aid! was seen crossing Fleet-market, and by the aid of ' housee it reached its maeter'a house is Red Lion-attrol: Holborn, where it soon recovered. It is supp ose d t h e a ni lived during the two months it was in the cathedral up:o.l' own offspring, being in whelp when lost, and Littemso o 7..' the old shoe, which was more than half devoured. • BIRTHS. On the 10t.11 inst., in Nottingham-place, the lady Charles Richard Pole, Eaq., of a son. On the 10th i nst. t h e la d y of Mr.. George Beentans el James-street, St. Paul's, Covent Garden, of a son. On th e Ith i ns t., i n R egency-square, Brighton, the le, of George Morgan, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. At Adlington-hotsse, Berke, the lady of the Rev. IL $' Graham, of a daughter. Mrs. Legh (late Mi re T urner , whose case crea t e d ' O p sympathy of the public at large), wife of Thomas Let: Esq., 31. P., of Logone Park, of a still.hont infant.—(w mistake this appeared in our Deaths of yeaelerday.l MARRIED. At Christchurch, Dee. 9, by the Rev. William GI Mr. Smith, chemi s t, o f W e lb ec k- street , to Louisa, 0. daughter .f Mr. Bierworth, of Mndeford, Hants. en the 10th i ns t., a t Strathfieldsaye Church,ihe _ Samuel Briscall; John Pothole,. Esq. M.P., *Mai Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., M.P., to Mary Jane . . ahl.„ o. ' (laughter of Henry L ennoy H unter , R eq., of Bei:rh.1101 Berkshire. „• On the 9th inst., at Ki r by Knowle, Yorkshire, by OS Rev. Edward Serjeanton, John Wood, Esq., 11. P., edr, eon of °Wovell Wood, Esq., of Edge-hill, near I.ivertiog y to Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev. James Serje f usbo l ' rector of Kirby Knowle. On the Bth inst., at Otley, in Yorkshire, Dighy 6 , Wrangham, Esq. of the Foreign -o ffi es, and private' aecrelo2,. to the Earl of Aberdeen, to:Amelia, second daughter ofir_ late Walter Fawkes, Esq„ of Farnley-hall,in that mitre On the 10th inst., at Paddington, by the RL4: Shntre, Mr. Thomas Ashton; of Chamber r stroet, man's-held,, to Wise Isabella Fearnley, of Oxford4eass” Edgeware.road. ,_..• DIED. ' • - Oa the 11th inst., i n T orr i n gton-aqtsare, Francis Cow ; ridge Watts, the yonngest aim of Alarie A. Watts, 11 44 1• 1 •.; On the 9th inst., at Fulham, William White, !N., 7 ; the 77th year of his . age. • • ' ' Dirk' On the 9th inst.; at Snare s h roo k, E ssex , age d 71 , c•ipper. ~ , On the 6th inst., at hi s h oer . a t If orstoo d, in Norio aged 49, George Warr e n W a tt s , E sq ., l ate o f Lamb's o°"4. duit-street. • Op the 11th last., Mr. Peter Peal tinnier, o f Wet.'" wood-street, in the s6th year sf his age. 'On the 10th inst. Mrs. W. G. Harris, late,of Taw" bridge, Wilts, in her 80th year. On the 10th inst., Mrs. Withers, of Clarewlon-seltsi f ' • Somers -town, aged 48. On the 4th inst., at Bath, Major-General Ambroa — fr, the Austrian service, and chatnberlaia to his Majesty Sh e Emperor of Austria, aged 75. His fiunily name gra . O'Fairell, which he changed fur Ambrose, on ancotedieg to a property in 1810. • _ Pitnirau ana PU8L19174 , 13 byMURDO YOVIW, at 03" firs Ovrou, 112; STRAND, i4itves. 1/ • r I ' ( ea U Fi NV, 011 Itt e t'ri n ..._.... 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