The Sun. — London, England, 1828-05-16 00:00:00

hard on prisoners to have no opportunity of rebut ting the charge against them till the day of trial ; and that it would be harder still to have ex-parte charges, which they are not allowed to meet, pub lished with a view merely to elicit the evidence which is awanting. Let us suppose one of the . Bench of Bisinips•acetised of an unnatural offence (we put, no doubt, a very improbable case, but we put it because it is an extreme ease) ; that his Lord ship is not allowed to meet the charge by the pro duction of a body of evidence, but coolly told by the Magistrate that he is not trying the case; and that the Magistrate directs the report to be published in the newspapers, in order to obtain the evidence necessary to bring the offence home to his Lordship. Let us suppose such a case—would it excite no sen sation ? We have no doubt the impartiality of Mr. Ald. Atkins would induce him to treat the Bishop • exactly as in a parallel case he wished the Reporter to be treated ; hut what malignant sarcasms .would not a well-feed Counsel deal out against our conduct were we to act on his principles, and with what satis faction would not a Jury devour them ? But thither, Mr. Alderman Atkins observed—" The suppression of such a case as lie had alluded to could not be countenanced, and it must now be made a question whether tray Rtporters should be suji.'red to attend Mat ,instiee Room." Why Daniel was nothing to the worthy Alderman. Such, according to him, is the advantage of reporting, that all eases ought to be reported, got one ease is not reported; and he is not content with punishing the individuals he supposes to be in fault,. by preventing them from re porting, but determines that no Reporters should he suffered to attend the Justice Room. Admirable logic ! An evil has been suffered from the deduc tion from the amount of good rvhich would result from the reporting all cases in the omission of one ease, and he remedies that partial evil by destroying all the good from reporting. Such is English justice, surh are English judicial proceedings : the very fact dements of judicial proceedings are yet to be settled among us.—Morning chronicle. It has never occurred before, to have to give a debate (and that an interesting one too) in a leading article : yet the circumstance happens non', It ap pears, that en Wednesday evening, on the motion for bringing up the report on the pension to Mt. Canning's family,—svhich, however, is but for the life of one member,—a new opposition was started to the grant by Lord Chandos, and an animated dis cussion arose, of which no one paper takes the least notice. The public is, perhaps, hut little interested in our arrangements. We shall, however, briefly e::- plain what might otherwise seem like a conspiracy " to curtail" Parliamentary diseusaiona " of their 'aie proportion ;" awl the truth is, that the Reporters, r etying too confidently on the ordinary practire of the House to avoid important matter on a Wednes, day evening, had universally retired. We therefore here offer what we have been able to collect of the &hate, reserving any observations which we may have to make till the eonclusion : On the motion for bringing up the report of the reso lotions respecting the pension tar .the family of Mr i arming The Marquis of CI{ANDOS rose and stated, that not been present on a former occasien, he availed him that opportunity of stating his decided objection to rant. He begged that his abjection might not Le red to rest upon economical principles, but as in. to mark hie disapprobation of , the prioeipler of Mr. :az--piineiples which he considered . to bye been ~ . :t;ve of the greatest calamities to this country. T... ACLAND expressed his deep regret, after ovurce4 on a former night, that any,Member c: , pr;:s.;ecl, his opposition to the grant. :TT stated his entire conctlrrene.e.in the ,th on public and private grounds. liewsidered rountry or.-ed great obligations to Mr. Cann:ng effort he bed made to unite men of all politics in sire of the public. When he had lent his support Canning, he considered the trump of office for he highly precarious; but Mr. Canning being the man who had undertaken, in circumstances of : :iigeney, to form an Administration under the stur of the, Sovereign,. he (gir..l. Scarlett) felt it to be to unite with ,his Government • and havingtelnfie felt it would be lnFensistentif did s net now =sup.. ~L preient mbtion. Lord I'ALMERSTON felt himself called upon, . ns a number Of Mr. Canning's Government to reply to the oio t;ervations which had fallen froni the Noble Lord (Lord Cliandos). Hi could not allow that statement to remain uneuntradicted, ecceidering that every Governtneig of this ~-mintry would be entkleci both to general and pariiargen tary support in proportioa as it adhered to the principles of Mr. Canning, whose name would he remembered and 7Pne , ated beg after his detractors had been consigned to Sir T. LETHBRIDGE felt it his duty to state, that however be had differed with Mr. Canning in i e s letter days, in consequence of his attempt to carry on the Cio.- vernment by the moat unnatural alliance ever contracted in polities, still he could not but recollect all Mr. Canning's services, his unrivalled genius, and his public spirit. On these grounds, lie gave his full and unqualified assent to the present motion. Mr. S. RICE rose fur the purpOse of seizing the last op- portunity that was likely to arise to express his entire as sent to the proposed grant for the family of kir; Canning. He considered the present likely to he the only opportu nity that would present itself,, for he could scarcely imagielg possible that the opposition, so singular in its character, could be continued; and he anticipated that the Bill in its farther progress would meet the unanimous approval of the House, as it undoubtedly would that of the country. , The opposition to this Bill would have astonished him eta/ , where; but in the house of Commons, the theatre of Mr. Canning's exertions, the field ie which his genius die. played itself, and where, during the present Session, men of all parties here felt the miserable blank made by hi s loss---that in this House an objection should have been made to a grant like this, was to him- a matter efl astonishment, to use no stronger word. But he wished to distinguish the two classes of whom tie opponents to this measure consisted. The economists of meney might perhaps think themselves warranted in refusing any grant, however deserved, if they considered that the finances of, the country would not afford such expenditure. In lids he could not concur; for he could not admit that England was in a position in which the reward of eminent services must be refused. Let it not be said - that military glory end death in action were the only events that could call forth and justify national gratitude. Civil worth, if enui nent, belonged ta as high a class of exertions, and men' ,eight die, AS Mr. 6annin g did, for their country, with out felling by the sword. But thew were economists of another school, who objected. to this coke economists of good feeling,—persous who wished to apPly retrenchment to sympathy and gratitude, and - who were deeiroete.of re eturing all generous and honeurable impulse : witlethein he would hold no conunenine, awl of them was the mino rity chiefly composed,—diseoutented agrieulturisto,. who revenged themselves for the Corn Bill by their vete and who marked their disapproval of Mn. Guanines liberal policy by denying this pittance to his children. fie g o ld have wished the vote to lie larger, but, assuming its_e bo s s tatione to refer to the financinietete of the country, he ace cepted the vote as a tribute anti ..WeekP°Wledgment to the services and great name of Mr. CanaWK, and as . such he thought it one highly honourable to the Lieeserpnlellt to, lave proposed it. Mr. DAWSON regretted that any persona! Warruhu should have found its way into tte debate, and conceived the observations made by the Hon. Gee4l,42l.isn who pre ceded hint not calculated to produce the uuareS;raitif they desired. Had he. to give a vote as a private metaikeer piJ Parliament, he could, equally, as at present, have supported the proposition, feeling t hat such e gram was deserved by the length and eminence of the public services of Mr. Can ning. He, however, thought, that in the warmth 44"'- btte expressions had fallen from hi s Xoble Friend (Lord , Palmerston) stronger than on reflection le s e could have to the Noble Ilerquis wished to apply whose eloaeleter and mind were too well known to the Rouse to requieeany encomiuni on his part. Lord PALMERSTON rose and stated, that he regretted that an occasion should have arisen that called on him for ereesiona he hademployed, but that etee,,,s„ having ins ex, arisen, he did not regret what had fallen from h i m . Mr. V. FITZGERALD explained his connexion with Cenning's Government, although, in continuing in - ' , ice, he . made very considerable sacrifices of a personal , ilro to his public 4etl. ,rd MORPETIL —I merely rise to mention one cid I,tance . whicli I omitted to state when I addressed the -se yesterday evening, and, perhaps, I passed it over the easily, as it was not immediately connected with the before ea • it is, however, a debt of justice'due to in- In net to pass it over entirely in silence. I have ee to hel;eve that a rumour has gone abroad, from ,eirc? I cannot pretend to gimes, that the peerass, conferred upon the widow of Mr. Canning was not so con ferred till after it had been solicited by her. If such an impression does exist, from whatever quarter it may have been derived, I can only say, that a more unfounded and flagrant calumny never proceeded from the lips of man. I am glad to take this public opportunity of stating, that this mark of favour was bestowed at a time, and in a manner, which reflected equal honour upon the Sovereign who so feelingly conferred it, and the statesman whose me mory he thus greatly distinguished. Mr. PLANTA expressed his feelings with respect to the energy, skill, and Tabour with which Mr. Canning had ap plied himself to the discharge of his official duties, to which his health had been sacrificed, and his life had ulti mately fallen a victim. Sir T. FRENIANTLE rose and explained his convic tion that the observations made were wholly inapplicable to his Noble Friend (Lord Chandos), whose conduct had been guided solely by the most honourable public motives. The resolution was then agreed to. Our opinion of the pension to he granted to Mr. Canning's next representative is apparent. After the ' zealous, however humble support which we afforded to the father's ministry,—after the homage which we always paid to his talents, and the approbation which it was our duty to bestow on his unremitting employment of them, it cannot he supposed that we should wish the son to reap no advantage front his descent. It appears, however, from the pre ceding sketch of the debate, that Ministers are not so unanimous in their approbation of Mr. Canning's policy, and more especially of his foreign policy, as might be wished by those who would have tile country to pursue a consistent, uniform, and intelligible line of con duct. Lord Palmerston declared that an Ad- ministration would only' be entitled to support, in proportion as.it adhered to the principles of Mr. Canning. Whilst he was uttering this sentiment, we have heard that Mr. Dawson and Mr. Goulburn, between whom he was placed, said, in an audible tone of voice, that he vas going too far : and the speech of the former, who is the Secretary and bro ther-in-law of Jr. Peel, would seem to justilv the statement. We believe that an illustrious Duke, though competent to any situation, little knew the difficulties which he should have to sustain, chiefly, perhaps, from the frivolous character of mind pos sessed by his colleagues, in that which he now holds. And we will add further, we ourselves do not see much to dread at present from Russian aggrandize ment. The conduct of that Power seems teioperate an d reason able : but if Mr. Canning had continued at the head of his Majesty's Government (Lord Dudley retaining the Foreign Office), and the Duke of Wellington had been pleased to impart to that Ackinistration the splendour of his great name, by resuming the situation of Commander-in-Chief, we feel assured that the Russian army would never have passed the Pruth ; and the Greeks would have obtained a degree of independence, and an extent of territory, such as their own arms would never have achi,eyed, and adapted to the exigencies of the lA lance of power in Europe.—Times. The following is a iihetch of what is supposed will be done with the Catholic Question. It is be lieved, that Mr. Peel will not object to the proposed • conference with the Lords, though of course some of the Ultras must be expected to do so. If the 4onfgrenee shall, as is anticipated, take place, some Peer, not immediately connected with the Catholics, possibly Lord Harrowby or Lord .3oderich, may suggest some repeal or modification of the laws which forbid any intercourse between the British ,government and the Pope—a prohibition which prewaßts any arrangement or concordat, such as has been made by the Pope with other Sovereigns—not merely .Catholic ones, s France, Attstrii, and we believe Bavaria, but Prottstant, as the Kings of Prussia and of the Netherlands. It not under itoori that the Duke of Wellington entertains any sentiments unfavourable to a pacific result ; on the contrary, we imagine that his Grace must be, more almost than any other individual, anxious for the final settlement of - a snhjeet which has, so fi . equently agitated the empire, and poker , rasse4 tiiOneasures of Administration. Every one who understand* Aiutputslici intere sts , or, who wishes to promote them, must . r49420 - ItOie prospect of any course being pursued which hr,s g. Aimee of leading to the tranquillization of Irish party. We trust, howeigr, whatever may be the purpose of his Ma jesty's Ministers, they Will take care to prevent any intrusion upon their cquhcils by the members of the Irish priesthood. It is not thii first time , that these Rev. persons have assumed a knowlecig of the Popish religion superior to that of the Holy Father and his conclave ; It is not the first time that a veto upon Catholic Bishops was granted to his Majesty by the Court of Rome, and rgfiisf A. by, the Irish priests. If, therefore, there be a conciiiatory project In goapmplation, we would recommend that the Popish hiergehy of Ireland shall be treaty as sob jeetc, not as cti.as;,Vri with the Imperial Govern ment of Great Britain; obr;e;:wjfe, we prophecy that the whole business will be embioihrl, end all the difficulties from which we strive to escape re-opened. Whatever opinions men may entertain upon the , Catholic Question, there must he, wit should g iiw, pyle wish.eomtnott to them all—that it shold be hrouglit a speedy conclusion. During the recent discussion we gaye.•it as our opinion, that, as far as the British public is conzgrned, Catholic Eman cipation never will, be ceded withoia Op previous possession of such securities as may meet the pre ju dices, right or. wrong, whiChCh exist to so great an extent against the measure in this country; and we are-the more fortified in this opipi,cin from the fact that it was in this way that the Catholics f i rst pre sented •elaims to Parliament; nor was it till grown over•eon64,ent .by the prospect of success, they withdrew their eve; of the Veto, &c., and converted a qualified request ixo an uncondi tional demand. But if the Catflone i:.ontintte to press the 4. claims, year after year, in a shape in which they a a will be granted, that is no reason why Government ;hould not take the cutter tip ; and, after deliberation, plate the ques tion an sach a. footing as would satisfy all rea. satiable Protest its ? and such as ought to satisfy all reasonable Catholics. Why should not, for in stance, the Duke of Wallington Auld Mr. Peel, in , conjunction with the Bench of flisboix;, mstruct such a law, as may by them be thought necessary to giiard the interests of the Church and State on the admission of Catholics into office and into Parlia ment, includii. - f probably such an alteration in the Coronation Oath, and the oaths to be taken on admission to office, as a just view of the Tatter may 'Pint out as necessary ? These and such other safe niiisigt may be thought necessary (including pro .acillY_ such an 4ttence in the nomination of Cathy- I v i er ßi nm s e h n o t p s s ) abseiitsigeel'ier4beotiedlltytit:tahTar)P,rtohteesctaantthoGlicos va;n4lethve ,m te a rms and collectively might be left, te tape efitcs so laid down, or reject them, think proper. The terms should be so, re . 4 l._ ground as- possible, for e i tv ii i Parliamen shoo I ---malAe as to leave as little t h e aovernment and 44 .-A ? being so, f,411r oaths, the ,Catii4i,cs ? ,” We have considered ta 661 1;9 claims with ever/ View to modified oursatisfying them your &c. as ; to we have so render them, we trust, palata4l e to )ou and it . pon the preserf-,b-r4 con ditions, there i s why you have so long asked for. At 4py rate , remember thi s is all that can be done for y ou ; übd, 44.ving prescribed a 'definite dim f: to our concessions, there 0 . 4 , at tjo an end to your demand;." w e will only add, that in our view of.-thee matter, ail idea of paying the tholic priesthood a farthing out of the revenue is With wing the Catholic altogether excluded. priesthood we would have nothing to do. It is quite sufficient for the country to maintain the Clergy of its own Establishment. Were we to consent to pay the Catholic Clergy, we might next be called upon to.pay the Anabaptists,the Muggletonians, the Southeptians, the Jumpers, and the numberless other sects into which the religious world is'divided. No, . the Stateprovides.one set of Clergy, and pays for one form of religion ; every man is at liberty to con , form to it or not, but, if he chooses to have a reli gion of his own, it must be at his own expellee, and can neither in justice nor reason be made a charge upon the State.—Morning Herald. We mentioned yesterday some plans for intro ducing an ample and cheap supply of wholesome water into the metropolis, and we stated that Go vernment ought to grant a small Commission to examine•the different plans, to receive others, and to use means for ascertaining their practicability and the expense of carrying them into execution. Since we wrote that article there has been put into our hands a plan by Mr. Martin, the celebrated artist, which seems to combine all that is required. It is quite practicable, by no means expensive, and it may not only without difficulty, but with the most per fect facility, be made to contribute as much to the beauty as to the benefit of the Metropolis. Mr. Martin very justly remarks, that to bring a 'Supply . from Teddington would not only be extremely expensive, on account of the na ture of the country through which it must be brought, but from the lowness of the level, engines of great power would be required for its distribution. He, therefore, proposes to bring his supply from a branch of the Coln, or rather from the Coln itself, just above the point where it is crossed by the Pad dington Canal. After passing through Uxbridge Common and Furtherfield, it would join the line of the Paddington Canal at the south side of Missen denhill, and travel nearly parallel to the canal until it disembogued in a reservoir at Paddington. The elevation of the reservoir would be 80 feet above the Thames at high water, so that the water could be distributed all over the city without the use of any engine, and very small one would supply. Paddington, and part of Marylebone, the rise re quired being very inconsiderable. Thus far Mr. Martin appears in the character of a bold pro . - jeetot, and a skilful engineer; but, as Dr. Johnson remarks of Cowley, that whatever thoughts passed through 'his mind were converted into poetry, so, whatever plans pass through the mind of Mr. Martin, are rendered subservient to the promotion of his favourite study, and issue forth in those beautiful and original shapes which none but the painter of " Belshazzar's Feast" can imagine or depict. Not content with supplying the metropolis with good water, Mr. Martin would turn even the superfluity to account. In the lithographic map which accompanies his plan, and in which he has given five of the most delicious little sketches that can be conceived, he has shewn very clearly how this may be done. The waste water would, in the first place, be conveyed over a dam of considerable height into a public bath, a little to the westward of the proposed reservoir, capable of accommo dating at least a thousand bathers, without incon venience. It would pass by, an underground pipe •to the south side of Great Junction -street, and form a piece of ornamental water in front of a range of houses running from the end of Oxford street to Great Junction-street, of which the map contains a sketch. Passing next under the Uxbridge road, it would fall into the Serpentine in Kensington gardens, converting it from a mantling and muddy pool into a running stream. Front the end •of the Serpentine it would be continued down to Hyde park-corner, where it would he conveyed across the road into his Majesty's gardens, and after watering and beautifying them, it would cross Constitution hill into the Green-park, which it would at once drain and ornament. From the Green-park it• would pass into the piece of water in St. James's park,and finally escape to the Thames at Whiteha& stairs. There are some other less important points, to which it is unnecessary at present to advert. Such is Mr. Martin's plan ;, certainly the most sci entific as well as the most attractive that has yet been submitted to the public. In no case has Mr. Martin, while aiming at utility, lost sight of orna ment, nor- his de;,:irci of ornament has he sacrificed utility; and so skilfully has he combined the utile and the dulee, that it would be difficult to say whe ther picturesque beauty or practical convenience has been most his study.—Ne- Times. - POLICE INTLLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—Two_ men; , named John .Nelson and John Lairance, were brought before Mr. Alderman ATKINS yesterday, -charged with intending to commit felony in the hope pf if ff. Goodwin, a licensed vietgaller, in Shoe-lane. It appeared that Mr. Goodwin, in going over his pre mises about 12 o'clock the night before, to see that all was safe, discovered that the. staple of a door in the passage, commgnicating with the yard, had been wrenched off, so as to secure an entrance into the juntse In that dirgction during the night time, and on searching the yard he dis , covered the prisoners, secreted behind some wood. 1-1 e called in the watchmen, and had them secured. A candle was found in Lawrance's hat, and on.the spot where they had secreted themselves a screw-driver s a phosphorus-box, and an iron hammer, of the dent iption technically called a printer's sheep's foot, and . which, from the impression on the plaster-wall, had been used in forcing out the staple. Nelson had formerly been in Mr. Goodwin's employ, while he 'a in business as a shoemaker, the prisoner being his "-trotter,' or errand-mart s . In the day time the pas :sage to the yard remains open, and the 'prisoners might have secreted themselves. The ALDERMAN could not make up his mind ‘vhetber he would commit them as rogues and vagabonds for being found in a hope with iuteht to steal, or as felons for steal ing an old chair which they hati.remoye4 from tha cellar, or for the capital offence of committing burglary, and they were therefore remanded until the next day. Some duplicates, relating to a coat, shirt, waistcoats, &c. fotiud on . . them, : some of the pledges being made in the name of i - .: fgg Tit 9 ps, “t Somers' Town. In the course of the day, 4fr. 4.l4efolap 4TF-pfs ad verted to the non.publication of any account of a case Wll ie h was heard before him on . Tuesday, where a middle-aged person, named Milan, a married . man, was accused of harassing a zier,7.744gi,1, only 13 years of age, for several days, to frighten,. entrap, 'or fora laer '446 i t cotapiiane with his Lustful desire. Addressing our reporter, he said he had received a very strong letter, complaining-of the suppression of the facts of this ca;,. /le remembered an instance where that re porter had, by a slight notice .f ark eiarnination, caused him to receive information from various parts of the coon try,.. and even from Ireland, relative to the robbery, and had led to the apprehension of the principal thief at Gravesend, in consequence of an anonymous letter received from thence. These reports he considered favours; but still be could not al/ow the reporter to distrilinte evert his favours with gross partiality. He could not permit him, from a particular feeling, to screen. an individual charged before 14in, by withholding the case from the newspapers. It was of importance to the gp4p 9f juoiFe that the 'facts should have met the public eye, for the girl had been twice rescued from her assailant's importunities in Great New street, by some person unknown, who, if he had the feelings . of a man, would now come forward to fix or to clear the ac cused, Some notice of every case ought to be sent to the newspapers. C4isajyaptsges would sometimes occur, but that he was content to put up with. 'here might be some difficulty in drawing the line between what might be pub lished with advantage and what might no t, but if th e re porter assumed a discretion to suppress what he pleased, he set himself up for a judge to try the cases. The sup pressidri of atii;h a va:;.;. as he had alluded to, could not be countenanced, and roust how he mane a questiop whether any reporters should be stiffered to attend that justice-room. If be (the magistrate) had made a slip, he would have been " shown up" (he believed that was the fashianaiii,: phrase) in the newspape rs nex t morn i ng b eyon d all doubt. Our reporter begged in justification of himself to ex plain that he had furnished ' a full report of the case, with the name of the defendant, to four of the newspapers; another reporter said the length of the parliamentary debates had excluded the MSC apd thiPi igggestfq that the editors had felt they could' not fultblish sltch details tv.ithout rendering the newspapers 'unqt Logo into the hands 9f a family. Sir JOHN PER RINg gays prefilt to onr reporter's state ment, and mentioned to Mr. Alderman At4ins that lie had heard before that it depended upon the editor, and not alone upon the reporter, whether such matters found their way to th e pu b l i c. Mr. Ald erman ATKINS intimated, that the consequence of the attempt to screen this individual would probably be, that he would rioW be prose c uted at the expence of the corporation, in order that there might not be a failure of justice. In conclusion, he alluded in a low tone to another topic. We understood him to say; that a misrepresenta tion of what he had stated in the court of Aldermen had been published in a newspaper (the Times), and when he called for a ri , traction, he was desired to send hi s ow, vet- Ision of what lie had said, and, by way, of a knock-down blow, was told his letter was ungrammatical. When he talked to his brother Aldermen about prosecuting the paper, he was told not to regard it, for no one believed the statement in question. BOW-STREET.—The Rev. Mr. Hassbury, a Clergy man of the Established Church, residing in Lincolnshire, was yesterday brought before Sir R. Bin/cis:, charged by Mr. Allenby, the proprietor of the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, with presenting a brace of loaded pistols and threatening the life of one of the waiters employed in the Coffee-room of the above establishment. On 'Wednesday night the Rev. defendant and some gen tlemen were making merry in the . Coffee-room, when a dispute arose between them, in consequence, it is said, of a difference of opiriion respecting a great political ques tion, to which public attention is at present directed. The Rev. defendant being somewhat overcharged with high church zeal and claret, became so intemperate, that there soon arose a general cry of " Turn him out !" and some c f the gentlemen were actually proceeding to expel him, vi et armia, when a waiter interfered, and endea voured to lead him quietly to bed, the Rev. Gentleman having set up at " The British " during his sojourn in town. The defendant, however, mistaking the motives of the waiter, or not being in a state exactly to under stand them, drew forth a brace of pistols from his pockets, and swore he would lodge the contents in the bead of the luckless waiter if he dared to lay a hand upon him. A general row was the' consequence, and the watch being called in, the Rev. Gentleman, with the deadly weapons, was consigned to the charge of the nightly guardians, and placed in safe keeping in St. Martin's watch-house; previously to which, however, Mr. Allen's) , took the pre caution of securing the defendant's watch and money, in cluding a packet containing 5001. The Rev. Gentleman, we believe, was bailed out in the course of the night, but the pistols were detained until the case should be disposed of by the magistraie in the morning. Sir R. BIRNIE called upon the defendant to explain his conduct, and asked him why he carried loaded pistols about him ?---The Rev. defendant conceived in so doing he was perfectly justified, as the laws of England allowed every man the means of defending himself. The Msarsaltant replied that no man was allowed to carry arms concealed upon his person, and to do so was a clear breach of the law. He then asked Mr. Allenby if he intended to proceed against the defendant. Mr. Allenby replied, that all he wanted was to have the prisoner cautioned how he presented fire-arms at unarmed persons. He wished also to obtain payment of a bill, with which he had furnished the defendant, for board, wine, lodg ing, !cc : , since his arrival in town. The MAotsTRATE was of opinion that Mt. Allenby might be under no uneasiness respecting the payment of the bill in question. Orders were then given to Ford, the gaoler, to unload the pistols, both of which were fully charged, primed, and cocked. Sir R. BIRNIE expressed his determination to detain the pistols; but told the defendant that he was at liberty to de part. We believe, however, that on a subsequent applica tion the pistols were restored to the defendant. Caroline Dunn, a black woman, aged about 30, was charged by a clerk of Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, the army agents at Charing-cross, with creating a disturbance at their office. The defendant was also charged with furiously assaulting a constable, who 14143 called in to quiet her. The clerk of Messrs. Cox and Greenwood stated that the defe❑dant was frequently in the habit of making a disturb ance at the office, owing to some imaginary claim to a legacy which she said was left to her by the will of the late Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Gore,• who, some years ago, was killed in I❑dia. Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, al though their connexion with Colonel Gore had ceased with his death, had used every means to ascertain how far the defendant's claim was rightly founded, but they could ((ever satisfactorily learn whether or not Lient.Xol. Gore had made a will previous to his decease. They understood, however, that he had (lied insolvent. The defendant vehemently declared, that such could not haVe been the case, as the Colonel was a man of property pre vious to his departure for India. She then gave a rapid account of the manner in which 'she became acquainted with the deceased Colonel. The clerk of Messrs. Cox and Greenwood from the de fendant's manner, judged that she must be subject to occa sional fits of insanity. Her conduct at the office on several occasions fully warranted that conclusion. The MAQISTRATE said, that under these circumstances he should feel it his duty to order, her to find bail'to prevent a repetition of her violence, and he directed that the constable whom she had assaulted, should he anoint' in order to •pro-'-- cure his evidence, The defendant was ... accordingly locked ups, to which proceeding she seemed perfectly indifferent. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Jistnes Harding, a young man in the service of Mr. Harper, glover and silk mercer,- iii Berners-street, Oxford-street, Was brought before F. A. Rot, Esq., the sitting Magistrate, by Craig, the officer, charged with robbing his employer. A pawnbroker produced the handkerchiefs, and recog nized 'the prisoner as the person who p!edged thein ; and Mr. Harper having identi6ed the property as having been stolen from him, the prisoner was fully committed for trial. A .yo g n g man named Ryan,! a tailor , by trade, was brought to the office on the following charge : • It appeared,' by the statement of a young female of re spectable appearance, that a few evenings ago, about dusk, she was passing:through Regent-street, and thought she PerePiVecl some peraon's hand touch her back, when,. on turning round, she observed the prisoner Close behind her ; but as she supposed the thing was done accidentally, she took no further notice, but stopped, and !suffered the pri soner to pass on. He had not, however, gone many yards, when she obseryed hip' lay hold.of the dresses of two young ladies who were walking on before him, and evidently cut the clothes with some sharp instrument. She then turned round to examine her own dress, and discovered that that I had also been cut ; upon which she instantly ral4 up and seized the prisoner, calking out, at the same time, that he had qit the other two ladies" dresses, who then stopped, and found that such was the fact. A crowd was immediately col lected, and the prisoner struggled hard to get away, but a gentleman who observed him cautieuslyfling something down the area of a house, assisted, and the prisoner was in 'the end secured. On examining the area, it was found that what the prisoner Inid !h0.W44 away was a pair of tailor's shears, with whiclt hg 1 .144 beet), practising his mischievous tricks. The three females whole clothes had been thus wantonly destroyed, produced the injured 'dresses, end each set a certain value upon the amonnt of damage done to her gas-meat; arld in 4lefa4l; of paying these sums, in which he was Onvicted under the - act against wilful injury to property, the prisoner Was committed to the House of Correction, upon one case for two months, and on each of the other two for 14. days ; one term of the imprisonment to commence only at the expiration of the preceding, 4 TT qN-qAttpE.INT...-I(cA t e iT iay a' kir. diehard Morgan, a Very ,respectable individual, was brought up to this office under a warrant, to answer before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Sergeant Sztrow, to a charge .of assault preferred against him by Jones, the toll-collector, at Pen tonville. .Jones stated, that on Fri* last the defepdant having passed pn horseback through the toll-gate without produc ing his ticket or calling the number of it, he called after him a distaw pf soPie Yarcle, and 'wish* hold of the bridle stopped the horse till he' should produce his ticket. The defendant, with much reluctance ' did at length produce it, but at the sam e momen t stuck him a severe blow with a stick which,he held in hie hand. • Several gentlemen came forward and stated, 1114 the toll-collector had. used the most insOtiag and o utrageous laritiafie Jowaisls qfendant. Mr. Sergeant SELLON (to thetlefendant)—Upon your oath did you or did you not, : at the same instant that you produced the ticket with one hand, str ik e the complainant w ith the other ? Mr. Morgan --I did, certa i n l y ; f ni t . was o bli ge d to do so for my own safety. M r . Sergeant SF.r.Lort..-But a yuq, n 4avipg (lone so, seemtp haye acted With too Much 'ras hness and precipita ti~n,producing your ticket and striking at the same iden tical moment; and as the complainant, acting under a legal sanction, had a right to stop your progress and demand the production of your ticket,—though, indeed, I do not ap trove of the Manner in which ,he has . done se,-;—you shall a y a penalty of 10s. w i th the cpsts. The country around 'tis wears the most iov ting and O le Mng aspect i and ill which direction soever eyP glances, 601 verdu re and feitility, the gladdening ri troot of plenty and abuudance lq due season, present theingel"''• The yotin g wheats have recovered from that sickly Which they assumed from the effects of the con p4aued wetness of the earlier period of the spring, and now show vigorous most districts, abov e ground, an d reporte d t o b e go i ng no and healthy ; th e L en t grain is also, i n f a vourably. The prospect of a heavy crop of grass was never more flattering, and an early and proliflc hay harvest „ la y justly be anticipated. Tipports vary as to the likeli hood of a crop of cider and perry fruit ; in some places the isspokiknedniy and iok of as unpromising,oitig.wei. Of wall-fruit, we whilst in oth ers i t i s ' thatto be it suff e r e d considerably b y t h e co ld rains which the critical season of its b l ossom i ng , and it is con sidered that it w ill be but . a very partial crop.—Bath lsf b ceet l aia o elrt e ed r a learn om .~ * EXECUTION AT ARGENTAN. The execution of two murderers which has recently taken place in the town of Argentan (department of L'Orne) was attended with the following revolting and horrible circumstances : —The culprits were Perrotte, who assassinated the Cure of Louvieres, and Lepallier, the murderer of his wife. Though found guilty at Alengon, the sentence was ordered to be carried into execution at Argeiitan, the chief town of an arrondissement, which for some years back has been deplorably fertile in crimes of the deepest dye. The conduct of the people upon this occasion seemed to accord too truly with the bad reputation the country has gained. For several market-days, preceding that in which the execution tookplace, a more than usualcon course of the inhabitants of the surroundin g communes flocked to Argentan ; and, on quitting it in the evening, expressed no little dis content at the prorogation of their horrible cu riosity. At length the intelligence of the rejec tion of the culprit's appeal reached Alenv j on, and they were taken from the prison of that town to be conducted to Argentan. They were, how ever, told, that they were going to Caen, to hear a commutation of their punishment pronounced. On arriving at Argentan they were, however, in formed that they were to die the next morning. In the course of the night Perrotte endeavoured, but in vain, to strangle himself with his cravat. The next day the whole population of the town, augmented by thousands from the neighbouring towns and villages, were collected about the place of execution ; great numbers of the crowd climbed up the scaffold ; and the. executioner turned their curiosity into a source of abundant profit, by exacting some sous from each, to show them the guillotine in all its de tails. Amongst his eager customers was a great proportion of the softer sex. It was not without considerable difficulty that the scaf fold was cleared on the approach of the culprits, who came on foot, each accompanied by a Cler gyman. Perrotte seemed to be half dead with fear, and could scarcely drag himself along. Le pallier walked with a firm step. Perrotte fell almost insensible into the hands of the execu- tioner ; he was qUickly bound to the fatal plank, and his head severed from his body. The blood seemed to have been literally frozen in his veins ; for it was remarked - that from the headless trunk there followed but a few drops of blood and thick gore. During his execution it was with some difficulty that the clergyman attending Lepallier could persuade him to turn aside. ()n hearing the fall of the axe, he quickly turned round and watched with steady eye, the blood-dripping instrument ascending to its place, from whence it was next to fall upon his own neck. He then em braced his confessor, pressed the crucifix to his lips, and mounted the scaffold v ith a firm step. Before al lowing himself to be bound on the plank, he threw a look into the basket in which lay the mutilated body of his fellow sufferer ; then again raised his eyes to the axe, and placed himself an the plank. At this instant alone the fear of death seemed to come upon .him ; he struggled violently ; and it was not without considerable exertion that he was placed in the proper posi tion, and that even so imperfectly, that the axe, instead of going through the neck, severed the head above the under jaw. The greater part of the crowd quitted the place in a kind of tumul tuous horror, but several remained mounted on the scaffold, drew the knife of the guillotine up and clown, looked upon the mutilated bodies, and even one of these wretches offered her assistance to the executioner's valets in fixing the bodies and heads in the basket. OLD BAILEY. ABSTRACT OF THE RESULT OF THE COMMIT. AIENTS TO TUE LAST SESSIONS. ' Convicted. Acquitted, Sr.: Marlborough-street Office •51 ' 14 Worship-street Hatton-garden . 30 ' ' , 18: . Thames ' 18 22 Whitechapel ' • 18 13 Bow-street - 7 Marylebone Queen-square ' 13 ' 12 Coroners .and Country Magistrates 21 8 223 126 Lord Mayor and Aldernien . • 38 18 Of the above eases— Lord Tenterden tried Mr. Justice Park Mr. Baron Garrow The Recorder The Common Sergeant Mr. Sergeant Arabia Al 118 94 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—TUESDAY, MAY 20..—At the Coutt of Commissioners, Basinghall-street. Avery, St. J., Chelsea, ironmonger lO Beuzeville, S., Henley, silk manufacturer Rolland, J., Distaff-lane, merchant Bryant, W , Temple, dealer ll Burke, P., Haymarket, victualler ll Butterworth, .1., Lad-lane, silkman Collis, G., Rumford, ironmonger Cook, J., Wapping, tailor • ll Cotsworth, T., Camberwell, builder II Darby, W., Edgware-road, builder Davies, J., Camberwell, coal-merchant Dickinson, J., Broad-street, bri c k -ma k er ll Dyson, S., Catherine-street, dealer COUNTRY DIARY.—MONDAr MAY 19. Bacon, J., Stratford.on-Avon—.Shakespeare inur stratford- . on-Avon ...1**.4. 4 .1•• .•• . • ................................. •.. . . ... . 11 Clatke, H., yarmouth—Bear, Southtown •. .... . . ... ; ......... 11 Clayton, J., Mottram-in-Longdend a l e --RedLion inn, Hea ton Norris ............................................ ................ 3 Clough, J., Addingharn.—Wiate.., M an che§ter Gains, T., Loughborough—Rutland Arms, Leicester......... 11 Herbert, G.,Sibbertoft—Mr. W rat i s l a w, Rugby ll Kelley, J., eeds--Court.liouse, Leeds. .' Shore. T., Kiddegnillster—liclyal hotel, Birmingham. ...... 2 co ffee-linuse-keeper, . • INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street. L ila c°ln's-inn-tields, May 24, at Nine. Bond, William, Shoreditch, bricklayer Bracher George, Whitechapel, optician Butler, ' George, Southampton-mews, coach-ranter 11 11 , 1 ) n u t 0 0 \ n ,,,, , Vi 4 nc 43.invi ent, Dunn, Daniel, Spalding, chemist . Held, Simon, Wrapping, victualler E'd in sl i e th 7 fie e ld, Va sh 4A op le keeper Hobbs, Isaac Prosycnot , square. Hough`, •• miler, hitechapel, gold-beater Just about the same time that the body of MARIA MARTEN was found buried in. the Red Barn at Polstead, a human skeleton was found buried in a barn at Akenham, belanging to Mr. WooDwaßn. The barn was Undergoing veßir at the time, but the skeleton must have been buried there many years. It was afterwards interred in the church-yard.—Sulak Herald. Last week died in Frome, aged twenty-five, Mr. J. BAYLY, of the Castle Inn, whose marriage to an amiable young lady was announced about three weeks since. .His remains were attended to the family vault at Whatley by 22 uncles..,—/Mh chronicle. S. NA R Y.I.EBONE CRICKET CLUB.--The Aqniversary Dinner - of this highly respectable Club took place at the Pavilion, on the ground at St. John's Wood, on, Thursday last, on which occasion a considerabletnum ber of the members assembled. The dinner was served up in Mr. WATKIN'S best style, and the wines were of the moat superior description. In the course of the e vening several grand matches were made for 1000 guine as aside, which will shortly take place. The whole of the grand contests at this delightful exercise excites considerable in terest among many Noble LordS ; but one, between neleyen right-handed against as many left-handed players, is looked forward to with great anxiety. It, is rumoured that his Grace the Duke of ST. ALus.xs has kindly condescended , 1 to be the Chairman of the Club, which will ConieguentlY give additional zest to the business of the season. The Pavilion has undergone a thorough revision for the ac commodation of the members, and the ground appears to. be in excellent condition. M r. DARK h as orders to ge t i n . readiness some of his most superior batts and bane, with all possible speed, for the above-mentioned matches; is operations will commence in a few days. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Plymouth Journal of yesterday.) PLYMOUTH, MAY 15.—The Ariadne, 26, Ca l 3t ' Davies, C.B. was towed into harbour on - Thursdoil to be paid off for ke-commissioning. The Gannet . ' 18, sailed the same evening for Chatham. The Royalist tender, Lieut. Robilliard, sailed oo Monday evening for Portsmouth, with the CATt' l brian's marines belonging t o t h e Po rtsmout h 'Woolwich divisions. The Orestes, 18, Commander John Reynold'' passed down Channel on Sunday, having shewn he r number to the Bramble cutter in the Sound. The Falcor yacht, Lord Yarborough, came in on Saturday from 'Cowes, and sailed on Sunday for the 'Mediterranean. The Alligator, 28, Capt. the Hon. W. P. oiv ning, is expected here from the Medway, to be al' tached to this station. The Semiramis, flag-ship al. Cork, is also exp ec t e d h ere h our ly to b e pa id IP for re-commissioning, though it is rumoured that the Jupiter is likely to supply her . place. Lieuts. Thos. Ball (1809), late of the Blonde , T. D. Stewart (1815), George Fraser (1821), anii Charles Richard (1826), are appointed to the Windsor Castle. Mr. Richard Chapman, supernumerary Carpente , ! at this port, is appointed Carpenter of his Majesty ship San Josef, vice Paris, deceased. Rovitt. MARINES.—Major Sterling is promote ) to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Watson, who retires.- - Lieut.-Colonel Nicolls (Governor of the Island of Ascension) to be Major, vice Sterling. Capt. W. L' Vine, from unattached half-pay to full pay. The King has been graciously pleased to direct , that Lieut. Belson be restored to his rank in his ;Ma' jesty's Navy. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. WEDNESDAY.—Eigh water 31 min. past 11.—Wind N• —Arrived the Alice, Powditch, from Realeaso and Ri° Janeiro►, with hides and logwood ; Commerce, Burns, Tel' nidad and St. Vincent, in 43 days, with sugar, tuir lasses, &c. CLEARED OUTWARns.-The Lady Cremorne, &era!, for Bay Chaleur ; Grecian, Williams, BostoM • J a me, Reynolds, Halifax N. S. ; Caroline, Helyer, Newfoundland; Boyne, Jones, St. Thomas and Aux Cayes. Telegraph Office, Wednesday, May 14. Wind at Holyhead this morning East, light breeze, R: 2p.m. Passed Holyhead, outward bound, at 12 o'clock, No. tisf Mountaineer, British brig, and Lord Wellington, Briti , a' bark. Passed Holyhead yesterday, outward bound, NO' 743, Peruviano, brig. Passed Holyhead, outward-bound, at 2 p.m., No. 25° , Montezuma, American ship ; also outward bound, No. Be , William, British brig, at 4 a.m. ; and an American packet' ship, with a red star in her fore-topsail, at 4 p.m.: The vessels that sailed this day were West of the floating light at 3. 30. p.m. Two brigs off Point Lyuas, inward bound, at ti p.m. At Northampton fair on Monday there was a large supply of neat cattle, which in general fetched bu t poor prices, but the few sheep that were penned were readily bought up at an advanced price.—St a mford Mercury. At Boston first fortnight market, on Wed" nesday last, there was a considerable show of sheep, an d the prices were rather higher than at the fair.—Statnford Mercury. The drivers of the fiacres in Prague are a race of hackney-coachmen that have this notable distinr tionin their moral constitution =.- they are always satisfied: with their fares. One of these people, whom I hired, 1 10- derlook the task of explaining what was worthy of notice in th 6 churches, a piece of supererogatory benevolence shown to me purely out of complaisance as a stranger. 1 stared when he made me the proposition, forgetting - , for the instant, that be was not one of those whose consciences are, seared, and feelings indurated, by wet weather and gin drinking. It was not the genius of gruffness, who, England, descends from a coach-box in a pair of dank old boots, his hat wreathed with a wisp of straw, in a aerie' of great coats which 'nourish his discontent without additsg ' to his vivacity. So difficult is it for an. Engliahman tO ' ecimprebend the actual perfectibility of a character, the vices of which are purely local. --A Ramble among the Musi cians of Germany. WILLIANI CORDER.—An idle rumour was in circulation last week, that this man had attempted to escape from the gaol here; a report entirely unfounded, et his conduct is perfectly peaceable And orderly. We find that it was a cousin of Mrs. CORDER, who recovered 5001— in a Court of Law from - a gentleman for a breach of pro mise of marriage. We are requested, on the part of the lank concerned, to correct a mis-statement in our last, re specting the payment of the 981., which CORDER obtained on a forged cheque : the facts, 'it seems, are these CORDER having learnt at Polstead the manner in which her husband had obtained the money, waited on the Messrv• Aurwrimu, at Hadleigh, and promised to p a y the amount as soon as she returned to London, which won' , " be in a fortnight or three weeks. Not a word, it is stated, .. was said about a compromise; but would not the accept ance of the money amount to an abandonment of the c harge of forgery ?—Suffolk Herald. BIRTHS. On the 14th instant, the lady of Charles Lane, Esq. of Montague-street, Russell-square, of a daughter. On the 14th instant, at Higham-lodge, WilthamstoWr Mrs. Gillespie, of a daughter. On the'l2th instant, Mrs. H. Keele, of Sloane-street , Chelsea, of a son. On the 13th instant, at Wilmington, near Dartford, the wife of the Rev. Edward Allen,.of a daughter. On the 6th instant, at Edinburgh, the Countess of Morton, of a daughter. • MARRIED. On'the 15th instant, by the Rev. William Van; Wm. Henry Bellamy, EN. of Hereford, to Eliza Jane, eldest daughter of Edward Vaux, Esq. of Upper Montague-street , .Russell-square. . . . On the 15th instant, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Joh° Start, Esq. of Pebmarsh, to Emma, second daughter of Charles Newman, Esq. of Scrips, Coggeshall, Essex. On the 15th instant, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, John, eldest son of Mr. Kent, of Southampton-row, to Elizabeth , : second daughter of the late Rowland Edward Williams , .., 1 Esq. of Weston, Surrey. And at the same time, Mr. B. Cannon, of River-street, Myddleton-square, to Diary, eldest daughter of Mr. Kent, of Southampton. row, Blooms bury. On the 14th instant, at Dartford Church, by the Rev. Henry Pole, M.A. the Rev. Edward Reginald Mantel], M.A: of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to Susan, eldest daughter of Isaac Minet, Esq. of Baldwyns, Kent. . -On the 15th instant, at St. Mary's, , Bryanston-square, by the Rev.-St. Vincent Bowen; A.M., John Smith, Esq. Captain in the 2d Madras Cavalry, .to Maria, daughter 0 f James Lockhart, Esq. of Upper Seymour-Street. At Curry Rivel, Somersetahire, by the Rev. Jarmo , Sedgewick, Mr. William W a kefield, of Earl -street, Black friars, to Miss Leonora Martha Sowers, of the former place. On the 12th instant, at _St. Marylebone New Clara, Thomas Charle; Hornyold, of Blackinore Park, Worcester shire, Esq.. to Lucy Mary, the eld es t o f t h e two daughter* of William Saunders, of Worcester, Esq. by Ltavy his wife, who was grand -daughter of Richard Annesley, sixth Earl of Anglesey, and niece of Arthur, late Earl of Mountnorris. On the 13th instant, at Bishop's Hull, the Rev. Joseph Bockett, Rector of Stoodleigh, Devon, to Rachael, daughs 'ter of the late Rev. Charles Barker, of Aldworth, in the county of Bucks. On the 13th instant, at Great Marylebone Church, by the Rev. B. Burgess, .-: Owen Morton, Esq. eldest son of the late J a mes Morton, E s -. q of Rabelath, in the county of Du bli n , to Isabell a S tuart, el d est d aug h ter o f D r. An d rew , of the Madras Establishment, deceased, and niece to the late General Gowdie. DIED. On Friday, the 16th instant, in Harley-street, Saha Eliza, the only and beloved daughter of Elisabeth, widow of Major Malkin, in the 22d year of het age. On Sunday last, the infant daughter of Lord and Lady Loughborough. On the 12th instant, at his seat, in Hampshire, T. A. Smith, 'Esq. Lord Lieutenant of the county of Carnarvon , aged 77. • On the 14th instant, at Brighton, Christian Wilkinson, the wife of Captain Henry Hutchinson, of the East India Company's Naval Service, in the 39th year of her age. On the 12th instant, at Hackney, Susannah, the wife of Mr. Anthony Starkey, in her Filth year. On. the 12th instant, at his house, Little Missenden, , Bucks, at a very advanced age, Benj. Bates, Esq. M.D. PRINTED a►ad PIiBLIETED by M. YOUNG, at the SUN OFFICE' No. Ili, Strand, 1 onaon, r ~~ AD' 16, tedfur,