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was expected from him—viz., the causes which have led to the dissolution of the Ministry of which he Led been placed at the head. Indeed, what Lord Goderich did say only increased the mystery which still envelopes that event ; for in defending as he did, and pledged himself to do, the battle of Navarin, b o th on the score of the Treaty of London and the conduct of the Admi ral, he at least showed that it was not an unwil lingness to defend, or a necessity of abandoning, that " untoward" event, which led to the pre rature death of his Lordship's short-lived Administration. Minor circumstances, how.. ever, serve to show that the policy of Ir r , Can 7 ning is not to be adhered to implicitly by the present Government ; and, among others, the direct avowal by the late Editor of the leading tovernment Paper, that he has been virtually removed from that situation by the line of eulogy which he had adopted towards Mr. Canning bath when living and dead, shows pretty strongly that " more is meant than meets the ear." To us, who have never been infatuated with Mr. Canning's foreign policy, it is no subject of sur prise or of regret that the new Government should be anxioue to disclaim it ; but we shall be curious to see how Mr. Canning's two personal friends, Lord Dudley and Mr. Huskisson, will contrive to amalgamate their views and principles with . those of an Administration which seems anxious to disclaim alliance with Mr. Canning's princi ples, and even to cashier those who have espoused them. These arc among the anomalies with which the present Session of Parliament opens : and which, to cur apprehension at least, throw eo small doubt upon any long duration of the Cabinet as now constituted.—Morning, fict aid. It has been stated, with something like confi dence, that it was the intention of Ministers to propose, this Session, such a modification of the laws against the Catholics, as would place them on an equality with other s thjccts, with the exception of the admission to ither House • of Parliament. Our readers sill bserve, from our Parliamentary Report, that curing the ex elusion of strangers on account of a question of privilege, it was understood that Lord Clifilen asked our Military Premier whether Govern ment intended to bring forward measures thi s - Session for repealing, either wholly or hi part, the Laws affecting the Irish Catholics when his Grace answered, that there was no intention Of bringing 'forward any such measure. We wish Noble Lords would restrain their eageeness to ask questions like the•- above; the answers to which must agitate millions of people, till sonic of those who form the channels of coneunica tion with the public are present. The public have surely a right to expect, that in matters which co nearly concert» them due pains should be taken by those who legislate for them to pre vent erroneous reports from being put into cir culation, or, at least, that they would not take pains to discover means of adding to the chances of the public being abused, by the circulation of erroneous reports.—Mor , thig Cl.tronick. On the motion foe bringing up the Report of the Address, last night, the King's Speech form ed the subject of another discussion. _Lord Pal emerston on this occasion would seem to have been unprepared for a posing question put by I%lr. Hobhouse, whether it wee the intention of Ministers to move a vote of Thanks to sirXd ward Codringtort on a -- ccount'ole." untoward" affair of Navarin ? His Lordship said he was not awsre of any such intention. We can easily conceive, that in cases where the most signal-me :it has been displayed in an engagement, a Go nernment, enXious to continue. on good terms with the Power which has suffered in such en gagement, may be averse to propose a vote of Thanks to the offieers, lest the expression of thanks for the merit of the officers should be construed into satisfaction at the event. But the thanks of Government have already been viven to Si; E. Codrington and the other of ficers, in the honours conferred immediately after the battle, so that it is too late now to hesitate, from any fear of g iving umbrage to our " an cient Allies." To refuse to follow up this first step of conferring honours, by a vote ofTliauks, is :eying, that Government have repented of what has elreedy been done; for our ancient Allies are not ca nable of entering into the nice distinctions between L *he thanksoftheting,and the thanksof Parliament, and will attach perhaps more importance to the former than to the latter. However, Ministers, it seems, would fain now sink Nayarit], and as it is always held a sufficient argument against a measure to which a Ministry is inclined, that there is a precedent for it (though when inclina tion runs in favour of a measure, the want of precedent is never an objection.) Lord Palmer eton argued that it had not been usual to vote the thanks of Parliament except . for Military or Naval Service against an enemy of the country, after war has been declared. It is not usual, of course, because it is riot usual to destroy the fleets or armies of friends,, except ellen it is wished to deprive them of the means of injuring us as enemies. When, however, an officer, in the execution of his instructions, destroys the fleet of a friendly Power, the merit of the ser vice, and not the occasion, should determine the honours to be paid to him. If the officer had been beaten by our ancient allies, under circum stances redounding to his disgrace, the eircum etanee of theevent not being unlowa •e/ would not have screened him from the consequence of his misconduct ; and it seems, therefore, hard on an Officer, that where misconduct would be ruin, merit should pass unrewarded. The skill and valour of 'the Officer should determine the na ture o f th e reward, and not the occasion ; for it seems that an Officer who has been exposed to ten times more danger than another, and has displayed ten times more merit, should be ex losed to the mort ifi ca ti o n of seein g t h at other oaded with hon Ours, w hile his deeds 4rc passed over unnoticed, But precedents, as 6%/ere know, are awkward eungs t o deal - with. I t so . happened; that Mr , Hobhouse was in this case able to produce a precedent in point, and that, precedent one which it is Something - surprieing that our Military Premier s'liOuld have forgotten, namely, the thanks of Pa . rliame - rin voted to him .neif for the Battle of Copenhagen,- - N-hich was f ib ur ht against : .a1:1 - Ally, during Peace and while 1.16 ,!‘*" in negociations were wav such matte!, i to state the real ground— , tile want of will. The Battlee - nof Copenhagen was -ohly an untoward event to the poor' D anes. Having destroyed their capital, and p ox _ - session of their fleet, we were indifferent as 'to all else—at present we are sorely perplexed s betw een our love of humanity and our attachment to our ancient Allies, who, it may hi: owned, have odd ways with them, of i mpa li ng , and so forth ; but who, nevertheless, according to Lord Strangford, arc excellent fellows and necessary, as Mr. Southey would say, ill the scheme of Providence, in so far as they promote the interests of this moral and religious people, by converting the fairest regions of the earth into wildernesses. Mr. Brownlow expressed his regret and disappoint ment, that in the Royal Communication no notice whatever was taken of Ireland—and a pretty picture he drew of what is going oh in . that country.—" Can the King's Government (he said) be ignorant of the state of Ireland Do they know that at this moment two-thirds of the population of Ireland arc unemployed, ex cept such casual employment as sprtng and harvest qyard ? I find no expression of sorrow at the misery that still oppresses that country, and which daily separates hundreds and thou sands of people from the soil. I believe that that separation is necessary, with a view to the improvement of property lit Ireland, and the improvement the condition of those which arc left behind; but those who are so separated have no occupation, and death and starvation are staring them in the face." It is a very comfbrt able doctrine to men of property, that with a view to the improvement of that property they may consign hundreds and thousands of people daily to death and starvation. We have heard a great deal in the House of Commons of th e la hiSproperty ; an d we hour of the p oo r man being arc prepared, therefore, to hear Honourable Gen tlemen, who argue for killing the Irish d a ily by hundreds and thousands, with a view to the im provement of theirproperly, contend that the la bourers of England ought equally to kill them by hundreds and thousands, with a view to the improvement of their property—labour. We are not for fastening- on Mr. Brownlow the ad vocacy of the inhuman doctrine of the Irish Landholders, being persuaded that his state ment was made with a very different view. It was observed by Lord Pahnerston that " it is true that a system of compulsory emigration has been organized, which, I CO!ift;s3, it seems to Inc, does not reflect much credit on those who are engaged in carrying it into execution. I really wonder that persons of property should lend themselves to such measures." The sentiment is more creditable to the heart of his Lordship than to his head. Persons of property, like the rest of the world, prefer themselves to others ; and when there must be victims, would rather that others should be the victims than them selves. Very few men in a shipwreck would scruple to thrust others off a plank in order to save ;themselves. It happened to us once, when a Church, in which we were, was supposed to be falling, to succeed in entrenching ourselves in a gable window, but if we had not been securely en trenched, a number of very pious men would have thrown Us out, with the view of saving their own lives at the expence of ours. Such is the way of the world. The reproach ought chiefly to fall on the English Gentlemen, who have the power to rescue • the Irish from their destroyee3, and their own labourers from the pauperization pro duced by the competition of these hundreds and thousands daily separated from the soil, on ac count of their cold-blooded indiffereme. How is the poor man to be protected from the oppres sion of the rich, but by the law ? If the poor man has not the protection of law, how is he to be protected ? Why, instead of twaddling about the inhumanity of this or that, do they not at once enact a Poor Law,.which would force pro perty to look after the poor ? If the men of property in Ireland have over-traded in the mul tiplication of human beings, why should they be allowed to throw all the consequences on the poor - ignorant creatures themselves ? We advocate Poor Laws on the ground of their preventing the excessive population of a country. Till Mr. Pitt and the Country Gentlemen took it into their heads that the Poor Laws should be de parted from, by the innovation of paying wages out of rates, both the friends and opponents of the English Poor Laws always allowed that they kept down the numbers of the people. Why then do not the English Gentry, who surely have an interest in preventing themselves from being surrounded by a peasantry of poachers and thieves, insist. manfully for the introduction of a Poor Law into Ireland ? If we are to have a free intercourse with Ireland, let us start fair— let us have the same advantage and the same burdens. Lord Palmerston observed, also, Surely neither my Honourable Friend nor the people of Ireland can feel any diutrust, when they know, as they do, that my Right Hon. Friend (Mr. W. Lamb,) the Secretary for Ire land, who has succeeded so well in conciliating the confidence and good will of all parties in that country, and displayed so much discretion and temperance in conducting its affairs, conti- • nued to occupy that situation." But his Hon. Friend and the people of Ireland also see, that a Right Hon. Gentleman has been made Chan cellor of the Exchequer, for no other apparent reason than because, during his Administration, he gave the greatest dissatisfaction to the people of Ireland. If Mr. Lamb is to be the salvation of Ireland, on account of the system on which he acts, we must impute to Mr. Goulburn, who ac ted on a totally different system, the evils which afflicted that country. We continue Mr. Lamb for the good he 'does by one system, and we ele vate Mr. Goulburn for the evil he did by another system. Beautiful consistency Both Houses of Parliament again sat last night. In the Commons, a little supplementary scene to the first night's exhibition was presented in which Mr. Brownlow (poor Mr. Brownlow) sustained the most prominent part. Tho whole was truly farcical ; and yet we cannot help in dulging in some serious reflections on the occa sion. Mr. Brownlow was once respectable, and most sincerely do we regret that he should have so departed from those sound principles, the profession of which formerly raised him to so distinguished an elevationlin the public esteem, as now justly to subject himself to the imputation of insincerity, at least, on a question which of all others was avowedly considered by him as of the most vital importance to the security of the State. Not only has the Hon. Gentleman most lamentably committed himself in this respect, but he last night expressed his opinion in such terms upon the subject of the recent occurrences in the East, as to prove either that he has en tirely surrendered his judgment to the views and purp oses of party, or that he is not only totallyi ig"rallti of .the- merits i,of ivhich-he the• subject upon ventutedto comment, but also or the first and most obvious principles of the • law of Nations. After the elaborate elucidations which fro!' time to tim e w e have deemed it our duty to subunit to our Readers upon this subject, we feel that we should not be warranted in occupying th e i r a ttention any further at the present mo ment in r egard to a ; question a lr ea dy so fully we -cannot decided. But help adverting to the strange -and u naccountable_ reasoning of Mr. Hobbou se an d some other Gentlemen, who af fect to see no' difference between the circum • stances.of the battle of Navarin and those of Co penhagen. Is it possible that any man be stowing the slightest attention upon passing events, can venture to say that there is the least resemblance between these two cases ? Or can it be necessary for U 3 to remind those Honour- able Gentlemen, that the attack upon the Danish fleet took place in consequence of such an under standing and arrangement having taken place be tween the Emperor Napoleon and the Danish Government, as to remove all doubt of the exist ence of a plan to place the Navy of Denmark at the disposal of the most inveterate and impla cable foe with which on any occasion England had ever before had to contend ; whilst the de struction of the Turkish fleet at Navarin was an unprovoked aggression against an old and faithful ally, proceeding not from any wilful design on the part of the brave Admiral, but the want of due precaution and wisdom on the part of those from NVIIOI4I he received his instructions. They cannot in possibility, we think, be unmindful of the difference, wide as the poles asunder, of these two cases ; and therefore in sincere anxiety for their character, we hope to hear nothing more from them upon the subject. In the House of Lords, during the exclusion of strangers, a question was put by Lord Clifden to the Duke of Wellington, which might well have been spared. This question, as our readers will have seen, was whether his Majesty's Mini sters .intended to propose any measure to Par liament for the repeal in whole or in part of the Penal Code affecting the Catholics of Ireland ; and the answer was prompt and decided—as the Noble Lord no doubt expected it to be—in the negative. The faction in Ireland, who omit no artifice by which they can hope to agitate the nation, have been industriously employed ever since the formation of the Duke of Welling ton's Administration in disseminating the re port, that a partial kind of emancipation for the Catholics was one of the intended mea sures of the new Ministry. They knew that this report was without the least shadow of foundation in truth or in probability : but they knew also that to excite hopes which were not to be and could not be realized, was one of the most effectual means of fomenting discontent. We have now explained the true motive of the delusion which it has been attempted to practise upon the Catholics of Ireland, and we rejoice that it has been so soon and so effectually dis pelled. These agitators have been playing a double game. By a singular inconsistency, while they countenanced the rumour, that at least a part of the Catholic Claims were to be granted by the Administration of the Duke of Wellington, they have becn passing Resolutions in their mock and incendiary Parliament, that every man who directly or. indirectly supported that Administration should be deemed an enemy of Ireland. What are we to infer from this, unless it be that they would be more invete rate against a Government disposed to yield a partial concession to their demands, than even to one which Nvae determined to refuse reso lutely all concession whatever ? The Govern , went has now openly taken its ground. Let them then take ;theirs. They are deprived of the advantage of sssailing the Government at once by open attack and by clandestine mancsuvre. The people of England like a Government which is free from ambiguity—which speaks out its mind freely upon all important subjects : and whatever encreasc of malignity the plain speech of the Duke of Wellington—if indeed any in crease be possible—may occasion in the minds of the turbulent demagogues of Ireland, will be more than compensated by another effect it is sure to produce, that of rivetting his Administra tion more strongly to the affections, mad giving it a deeper hold upon the confidence of the British nation. The Empire is n ow under the sway of an Ad ministration which understands the interests and the wants of all its members, and particularly of Ire land---4hich will do all that can be done to confer substantial benefits upon every portion of the King's subjects ; but which will do nothing merely in order to amuse and delude any of them. Those who believe that nothing can be done for the advantage of Ireland unless the measure of Catholic Emancipation be carried, are by virtue of their creed the greatest enemies of that country. For what is the true . effect of their doctrine ? Is it not to set up an impossible preliminary, and thus in fact to dis countenance it' not to interdict all attempts at practicable improvement ? England rejoices, and Ireland ought to rejoice, that we have no longer a Government capable of this stupendous folly.—Morning Post. A writer in a Morning Paper has endeavoured to shesv, that by the present mode of collecting the duties on wine, the high priced article which is drunk only at the tables of the rich, bears an impost of only ten per cent., while some of the lowest priced wines, which never appear but at the tables of the middling classes, pay a duty of about 170 per cent. The latter extreme is a hy pothetical rather than a real case ; but the truth of the general statement cannot be denied, that in this, and in every case where the duty on an article, which varies greatly in quality and price, is regulated, not by these essentials but by the adventitious circumstances of the country where it is grown, the sound rule of taxation is unsuited. We cannot see, however, that the plan of the writer, and the recommendation of the journal wherein it appears, are a whit better in principle than the present one ; for, leaving out of sight the notorious fact that France produces many wines much cheaper than Madeira, or Sherry, or even Lisbon, it is proposed that all French wines shall continue to bear the same duty (7s. 3d. per imperial gallon) as at present ; so 'that the country still, and not the value of the article, would fix its amount. It is proposed at the same time that time Hungary wines shall pay only the same duty as Madeira and Sherry, although it is from Hungary that we procure the dearest wine that is drunk in. this country or anywhere else—the " Imperial Tokay." The same neglect of principle, or forgetfulness, we know hot which, has classed the Rhenish wines with Ma deira, though some of our very dearest wines are the produce of the Rhingau. Neither can we see the force of the argument for lowering the duties on wines, which, so far as our re collection goes, we have never known prescribed in sickness, we mean such as Lisbon, Malaga, or Teneriffe, that that lowering would prov e a boon to the poor. Returning, therefore, to the lled esurteidn,s country subj ec t premises laid down in the arti c l e a ll u d e d to , which seem sound enough , what we should stre nuously recommend would be an ad valorem duty, without any referen ce to the country whence the wine was pr o cured, onlyrol then_ to sturecahtiesex,eNCl which b 0 1 ns as might arise f to Portugal, and such as might arise out of the favours which we arc bound to extend to our own colonies. Clarets arbeeiei rated noticing,by atitle writer, whose plans w e have .50/. per hhd. or about four francs a bottle ; but although the finest growths are so high, there arc excellent Wines, such as, if imported at an ad valorem duty would be very generally used in this country, to be had at one half that price, and very fair clarets, not English clarets, indeed, as they arc called, which are strengthened with brandy, for our less delicate palates, may be good for a franc. These last, if importable at a duty of 50 per cent. ad valorm, would not cost in this country above a couple of shillings a bottle. The same observation applies to ports as to clarets. The light and low-priced ports which never reach this country, are much more delicate, and more salutary, than the coarse strong wine which the peculiarities of the Portuguese wine code compel us to use.— These we might readily procure if the duty were imposed in the way we reeommcnd.— As to the fear that impositions might be practised on the officers, we have fume, nor can any reasonable man. It is always in the option of the Crown to take the goods at the price entered, on payment of the per cent. for charges, when any such trick is suspected ; and that power of the Crown will always prevent the merchant from entering valuable goods lower than lie ought, for the sake of an abatement of duty. We have mentioned 50 per cent., but we did so merely by way of illustration. The only way in which the rate could be fairly struck, would be by ascertaining precisely the amount of duty at present received, and the value of the wines for which it is paid ; and having done so, to fix the new duty in such a way as not to en danger the revenue.—Nero Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. —Ex-ITN stvE FORGERY.—Yes terday Mrs. Anne Myers, an extensive rag-merchant, in Cutler-street, Houndsditch, was charged before Alderman C. S. HUNTER, who sat for the Lord Mayor, under the cir cumstances detailed in the following evidence. Mrs. Myers has been long in business in the city, and bears a very good character. Upon being placed at the bar, she was greatly , agitated and was unable to stand, and during the examina tion her stomach appeared.to be dreadfully affected. Mr. Jonas Levi, watch and clock-maker, of No. 13, Bevis-marks, stated, that be knew Mrs. Myers for a con.• siderable time. He produced a bill of exchange which he had taken from her son, Daniel Myers, on the 6th of September. Daniel Myers was now not to be found. The following is a copy of the bill : £4BB 2s. 2d. London, July 28, 1827. Six months after date, pay to my order the sum of £4BB `2s. 2d., for value received. ANNE AIYERS. To Messrs. Walker, Parker, and Co., lead merchants, Thames-street. It was apparently accepted by this firm, and made pay able at Sir William Curtis and Co.'s, and was endorsed Anne Myers, Daniel Myers, Isaac Joseph, and Daniel Myers. The witness stated, that Daniel Myers had brought the bill to bins for the purpose of getting it discounted. He (witness) had discounted another bill, purporting to be accepted by the same firm, for 3971. 3s. Id., which was to have become due on the next day, and which Daniel Myers wished to have back in his possession. Witness gave this latter bill to him, and the sum of 82/. 18s. 2d., deducting 81. 2s. bd. for the discount, and received from him the abovementioned bill. Before he consented to make this arrangement of returning the bill which was to be so soon due, he had entertained some suspicion at being requested to consent to it, and said to Daniel Myers, that he wished to be fully satisfied of the regularity of the transaction. Myers said to him, immediately, "Go over to mother, and you shall be quite satisfied of the correctness of it." He also said, that the bill was for lead which had been sold to Walker and Parker. Witness knew that Daniel Myers had dealings at that house, because he had received from the former a genuine bill of theirs about 12 mouths ago. He went to Mrs. Myers (the prisoner) at her warehouse, held the bill in his hand, and said to her, ' Mrs. Myers, your son has brought me this bill, drawn by yourself, on Walker, Parker, and Co., is it correct ?" " Perfectly so," replied Mrs. Myers ; " we sold them a lot of pig lead, and if you wish to be further satisfied, Daniel will throw open the book and show you for your satisfac tion." The book was accordingly thrown open by Daniel, and there did appear in it an entry for lead, corresponding with the amount and date of the bill. Witness then, upon this representation of Mrs. Myers, delivered up the old bill and took the new one, which was as perfectly filled up as it now was. Indeed, it had never been out of his hands until the moment be went to give it in at the bankers'. Mr. Adolphus, who attended for Mrs. Myers, asked the prosecutor whether he did not know that Daniel Myers had carried on business for his mother, that his mother could not read or write, and that he always wrote for her? Mr. Levi admitted that sush was the case, and that Mrs. Myers 's name on the bill was in the handwriting of her son. Mr. Adolphus said, that it was ridiculous to charge a person who could not read or write with a forgery. Mr. Gates, the solicitor to the Society of Bankers, said that his charge against the prisoner was not for forgery, but for uttering the forgery with a guilty knowledge. Mr. John Cox, a clerk in the house of Walker, Parker, and Co., of Thames-street, stated, that the firm had had dealings with Mrs. Myers. Upon looking at the bill, stated that it was not the acceptance of the firm, or of any one authorized by them. No other than a partner is the house was authorized to accept. Sir CLAUDIUS HUNTER, considered there was enough in the evidence to justify him in sending the prisoner for trial. Mr. Adolphus—She was a mere tacit creature in the hands of her son, who has been in the habit of doing all her business ; at all events the Alderman could not refuse to take bail. Mr. Gates certainly should oppose any application for bail. Hole it was mentioned, that forgeries had been com mitted by Daniel Myers to the amount ofupwards of 10,000. Mr. Gates observed, that this was not the only charge. Mrs. Myers was then remanded till Monday. BOW •STREET.— George Edward Allen, a young man of respectable appearance, was yesterday examined before Mr. MINsnULL, upon a charge of feloniously secret ing a letter, containing a money order in favour of Catha rine Hackett, the wife of an Irish labourer, named Richard Cantwell. The prisoner, by advice of his solicitor, declined saying any thing in his defence, and he was remanded till the 9th of February. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--An elderly 'decent looking woman, named Martha Lewis, who has been several days in custody upon a charge of stealing a silver table spoon from the chambers of Edward Littledale, Esq. the brother of the learned Judge of that name, No. 6, New inn, was brought before F. A. Roa, Esq., the Magistrate, for re-examination. During the progress of this case, there has been great reluctance on the part of Mr. Little dale and his servants to give such evidence as would lead to the commitment of the prisoner, and owing to the same difficulty arising again yesterday from the manner in which one of Mr. Littledale's female servants gave her evi dence, Mr. Roe, after some very strong but just observa tions upon the manner in which in this case obstacles were designedly thrown in the way of public justice by persons from whom a different course might fairly have been ex pected, remanded the prisoner once more, with a determi nation, be said, if he could help it, not to suffer in so glaring a case of robbery such a person as this woman to go at large. UNION-HALL.--Yesterday, two gentlemen, named Weston and Alexander, residing in Trinity -square, South wark, one whose house had been broken into and robbed on Wednesday night, and his neighbour's attempted on the same night, attended at this office for the purpose of com municating the particula►s and requesting aid from this establishment in suppressing the continual depredations committed on the property of the inhabitants of that por tion of the district. Scarcely a night passed, they said, that houses were not broken into and robbed in Trinity-square, which was be coming the resort of swarms of prostitutes, and where they congregated thieves were sure to follow in their train. In fact, if something were not immediately done to sup press the alarm of the inhabitants, the whole of the square, and the immediate neighbourhood, would be de serted by the respectable families. The MAGISTRATE told the applicants that the officers belonging to this establishment could not be spared, and that he could hold out no hope of assistance on the part of Government. Last night, about half-past eleven o'clock, a man named THOMAS Mooaz, as we hare been informed, threw himself into the Liffey. Every exertion was made to save him, but without effect. —Dublin Morning Register. Much nonsense has gone the round of the London papers during the last week, relative to the sup posed slight put upon the Earl of ELDON in forming the new Administration. We have good reason for believing, that the office of President of the Council was offered to his Lordship, and was declined, the Noble Earl stating, as the ground of his decision, his aversion to re-enter at his advanced age into public life...Bri Oton Gazette. STATE or NEWGATE, ',TATEMENY OF THE NUMBER. OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY ON THE IST or JANUARY, 1827, AND COMMITTED TO HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWGATE IN TIIE YEAR 1827, AND 110 W THEY HATE BEEN DIS POSED Of. Males. Female*. Total. En custody on Ist January, 1827 233 145 378 Committed to 31st Dec. inclusive, under 21 years of age 1092 158 } 3020 Above that age Of which there have heeti executed Dead 3398 Removed to the Hulks, Gosport 219 Ditto Portsmouth l2l Ditto Sheerness lBB Ditto Chatham Ditto Deptford Ditto Woolwich 269 Ditto Devonport 25 Ditto Penitentiary, Millbank 99 Ditto Refuge for the Destitute 12 Ditto by Habeas Corpus for trial at the Assizes 24 Ditto to the House of Correction for Middlesex 544 Ditto ditto London l5l Discharged, having received his Majesty's pardon 15 Ditto having been acquitted at the Old Bailey Sessions 471 Ditte upo❑ bills of indictment not having been found 270 Ditto not having been prosecuted Ditto having been imprisoned pursuant to sentence 1 0 t Ditto sent for trial to Hicks's-hall, and Tower Sessions 23 Ditto having been whipped Ditto having been fined one shilling Ditto upon bail and other causes Removed to a Lunatic Asylum - 3045 Remained in custody Ist January, 1828, males 230, females 123 • 353 3398 Of which number 395 had been in Newgate before. Committals increased this year b 9. STATEME: , T OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED TO HIS MA JESTY'S GAOL OF NEIVGATE, AND CONVICTED, IN THE YEAR 18 , 7, AND THE NATURE OF THEIR OFFENCES, TOGETHER WITS TRH 'NUMBER ACQUITTED, DISCHARGED, SENTENCED, &C. DURING THE SAME PERIOD. Murder Burglary Housebreaking Highway robbery 30 `.B 39 Cutting and maiming I Rape Returning from transportation . 3 _ _ Horse-stealing; 1 t 3 Cattle-stealing 3 Sheep-stealing 5 Forgery Coining littering counterfeit coin, having before been con victed as a common utterer.— I ' Sacrilege 2 Stealing a letter, being 'a postman Stealing in a dwelling-house 63 Bigamy 3lanslaughter Receiving stolen goods Cutting wearing apparel on the person Selling counterfeit coin 1 Sending a threatening letter to extort money Assaulting, with intent to rob Larcenies of various descriptions 1717 Misdemeanors 2B 2003 Of which there ware sentenced , *To Death To transportation for life To do. for fourteen years ... , . To do. for seven years To imprisonment in Neergate and in the Houses of Correction for two years 6 Ditto for eighteen months lO Ditto far one year Ditto for nine months 9 Ditto for six months Ditto for four months l2 Ditto for three months _ _ _ Ditto for two months lO3 Ditto for six weeks `,)9 Ditto for one month and under Fined one shilling and discharged, of sent to the Re fuge for the Destitute 77 Whipped and discharged...... Bs Received his Majesty's free pardon 2 Those whose judgment remains respited 2003 Acquitted Ditto on the ground of insanity, and remain Discharged, bills of indictment not being found 270 Ditto, not having been prosecuted ....... 17 ---- 864 2867 Fifteen of whom have been executed for the following offencse, with four others, convicted in 1826 Murder IlJrse•stealing _ Stealing a letter at the Post•oflsce Burglary Coining 2 Stealing in a dwelling-house q. Highway robbery Rape.. Arsun Sheep-stealing 19 JOHN WONTNER. LAW INTELLIGENCE. 4 t • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 31. VIE KING O. COOKE. t The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for a rule 'to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Mr. Cooke, an attorney of this Court, for a libel on the Mayor and Corporation of Nor thampton. The libel had reference to what occur red at the late election of Members of Parliament for Northampton, and was contained in a letter in serted in the Times newspaper of the 25th of De cember last. Lord TENTERDEN—Take your rule to show cause. ST. CATHERINE'S DOCKS. In the case of the St. Catherine's Stairs' water men, and the St. Catherine's Docks' Company, Mr. ADAM stated that, as there was some doubt about the award, the Directors would immediately issue their precept to summon a Jury to assess the damages. Mr. BRODERICK moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directed to the Directors of the St. Catherine's Docks' Company, to compel them to issue their precept to the Sheriff, to summon a Jury to assess the amount of compensa tion due from them to a publican of the name of Heywood, whom they ejected from his premises. Lord TENTERDEN—Take your rule to show cause. COOKE V. BANKS. This was an action of trespass against the defen dAanndt,refowr,tHakoiinbgoranvay a table fr o m the Stone Build ings, Lincoln's-inn. The defendant justified under a distress warrant, as an officer of the Parish of St. owner e of having the e Chambers taken the table hay having n c of the re fused to pay a rate imposed by the competent au thorities of the parish. The object was to try the question—whether Lincoln's-inn was part and par cel of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, or extra parochial. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL had obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be Set aside, and a new trial granted. Hr 4.44 Sir JAMES SCARLETT now showed cause against this rule. Mr. GURNEY and Mr. MERRYWETRER followed on the same side.--zfurther hearing postponed. MR. GOURLAY. Mr. CAMPBELL mentioned that the rule for the Habeas Corpus to bring up Mr. Gourlay to be dis charged, had been drawn up on this day, and served on Mr. Halls, the Magistrate, on Saturday. But he had heard no more about it, and had no means of ascertaining what his Majesty's Government meant to do in the matter. Lord TENTERDEN.—ProbabIy there is some mis take. Let the Rule be drawn up for another day. • GOLDING V. mix. It was belbre stated that this was a proleedivg to try the legality of the Select Vestry of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. Sir James Scarlett had argued against this legality, upon the motion for a rule to chow cause why the verdict which had been given in favour of the Vestry should not be s et aside. Mr. BROUGHAM now followed on the same side , The argument in opposition to the Vestry was, that the custom was unreasonable, uncertain, and inter rupted. The answer given to this, on the part of the Select Vestry, was, that the custom was not more uncertain or unreasonable than that of certain, Law Societies and Corporations. But other geo' tlemen had mistake❑ and mis-stated the argument of those who opposed the claims of the Vestry. Therel was no intention whatever to deny, but that whens Corporations were formed by Act of Parliament, or by a Charter from a competent authority, the cus'! toms depending upon these Acts and Charters were good, let them he never so unreasonable. The. customs, however absurd, were valid. But the ques' Lion here was, whether this custom was of such 3 nature that an original agreement for such a Vestry as this could be presumed, as forming an exceptioo to the Common Law. If the custom was unrer sonable and uncertain, then the presumption was that there never had been such an agreement. Mr. TAUNTON called the attention of the Court to the case of Batt v. Watkins, Lut. 1027, with re' fereuce to the powers of vestries to elect each other' Sir J AM ES SCARLETT answered that case. Mr. EVANS, who followed on the same side, V marked, that the fixed number had this advantagd that although the vestry might elect each other, th, parish could always compel them to keep u p the! numbers. Lord TENTERDEN-1. he Court will look at the; entries and consider this ca s e . T o - morrow we go on with the Special Paper. CITY TITHES.-ST. OLAVE, HART, STREET. quence of the manlier in which Dr. Owen, the Rec' e N o v s e e n q i u t e N n l e , a e s o d f e t ‘ e v l ll in a in t e o d o , k i n p l c a o c i e o : a fo l :• e rn s e te r " V ia e y s , tr i ) l . l , to:, had come forward to perform his duties, not te petition Parliament against the demand of tithe made by him, a Special Vestry Meeting of the 10' rishioners was held, to consider further, whether th e services of the Committee appointed to protect a t \ interests of the inhabitants, in respect of tithes' . should not be entirely dispensed with. A mor e numerous meeting took place than has been knoiel l ' for many years—Dr. OWEN in the Chair. It WaS,; proposed, ill consequence of the crowded state the. Vestry, that the meeting should be held in th e ! Church. Mr. NoDEN opposed this proposition, the , :rotind that it was likely, from the state of feel's ing upon the subject, that parties would not be t.Ol to keep themselves under the most perfect controalt If they went into the Church, they would rescle;, themselves liable to ecclesiastical prosecution and' censure for brawling : in the Vestry they might in' dulge themselves with less restraint. This reason' ing appeared good to the inhabitants, and they pre', ferred remaining where they were. After scrtlC prefatory proceedings, Mr. CLIFTON moved a reseltri tion, which while it acknowledged the past services 0 1 the Tithe Committee to be deserving of approbo' tion, declared that their continuance was no longer; needed, and that it should be dissolved. The rev sons urged in favour of this resolution were, that consequence of the Rector having resumed the per formance of his clerical duties in the parish, a dt gree of harmony p reva il e d am o ngs t th em , w hit , further litigation would entirely interrupt. The e nd x p thate c e it w w h a i s ch i ro t p h o e: such .ere litigation o inclined Iv o t u o l d b c entail a dent, inasmuch as the extreme age of the Recto' rendered it improbable that the matter at would be of long continuance. of fv l‘ teh i r r ey . T O loi E tnhg o e . a ß end n o o m : i y i.tint s e c ed c , o eba n ia d itd e e d be t yn. h si e tuse m din oon . t on whirl etv4i:linberst,hiet part o contended that the intention of the parish in respeei. to tithes was in nu way altered by Dr. Owen per forming his services in a proper manner. TO amount of the demand was unchanged, and the equity of it no way advanced. To dissolve the, Committee would be to give up all the grounds dolt . had been undoubtedly gained by their exertions. Mr. ltirstsor; moved an amendment, which was ie favour of a middle course, for discontinuing any air plications to Parliament at present, but retainiz4 the Tithe Committee in offict, thanking th e m foe their past services, and requesting them to continue to watch over the interests of the inhabitants. The' mover wished them to sheath the sword, but not ttY throw it away. He relied on the declaration of the: Rector, that he would do all that hump a bilitY_ would enable him to de to secure the esteem of hie' parishioners, but it was requisite that they should be upon the watch, to prevent the same claim being renewed or enforced by his successor, Several warm speeches were made by some of the principal inhabitants in explanation or vindication of their conduct pro and con. At length a division was taken, when the original resolution was over' thrown, and the amendment for continuing the set , vices of the Tithe Committee carried by a majority' of four votes. It was objected that three of the Tithe Committee had voted in favour of thernselvet They asserted their right to vote as parishioners. Thanks were voted to Dr. Owen for his cone? liating conduct in the Chair; and he, in acknoo" 'edging them, declared, that he would do all in power to continue the state of unclouded cheerful' ness and harmony, of which there appeared at lene a dawn. The meeting then separated. SIIIPPINM INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. JAN. 30.--High Water 15 min. p. 10 . —Wind Arrived, the Alexander, Baldwin,. from Philadelphia, with hides, cotton and flax seed ; Amphitrite, —, from Savannah' with cotton ; David, Rogers, from Demerara, with ruff' logwood, &c. ; Mary Anne, Work, from S' with timber; Nautilus, Barra, from Noe s ditto; . William Harvey, Newton, from S t " and sugz e. ; ; P L ac a i l fi la c, Rlllo:Gidol,waFni,difarrotmon,Mfroonnite VtiadeGo,uawyriVik jwASocriihotdhntri'aeshWid7sesv,:BtNi;.B. with ditto ; Liberty, Sloane, from Newd! with oats; Cossack, Ma nson , from ditto, with graio! Janet lsabella, Armstrong, from Portafferry, wit' wheat ; Bellisle, Smith, from Galway, with oats ; Mar garet, Davis, from Dublin ; Earl of Rodeo, Spencer, froi li Dundalk. wick, fo r B ar b a d oes; Crisis, Pyott, for Bremen; Garr' • • CLEARED OCTWA RDs--Emulous, Mordaunt, for St' Vincent ; B e lli s l e , Price o , ff— for Gol S d a e v n ann G ah ro ; ve ß , ol h iv o a mr , ew f a e r : nor Dougl as , R o bi n son, for Philadelphia. TEN A.M.-1 ship Telegraph Office, Jan. 30, Herald, Aa;;liic;o:lripn.adme.,hue.rithnuamfbreershlb2rte,zoefffrPornoinst.Lwy:or bound. Twelve a.n3.—. 2 brigs off Puffin's Island, home; ward bound. None of them showed any numbere.—Win d at Holyhead N.W. , p.m.—No. 171, Mariotte, I ). P ' Telegraph Office, one o'clock to-day. homeward a t rd vo bound. ves F te if r te da e y i: off Holyhead BIRTHS. On the 31st ult. Mrs. J. H. Booth, of Lansdown e Po lace,n Brunswick-square, of a son. the 29th ult. of Threadneedle -street, Mrs. IL fr Horneman, of a son. On the 26th ult. the lady of Edwin Savill, Esq. Esher, of a son. On the 4th inst. at Rome, the lady of John Vicna's S e!' win, Esq. of Down Hall, Essex, of a daughter. ,1 On the 27th inst. at NVells, Sornersetshire, the lady the Rev. W. Stainer, A.M. of a son. DIED. a bh On the 30th ult. at his hou se in Hackney-fields, Rev. James - Holt, aged 71. ' be On the 27th ult. after two days' s e ve re ill nes s,.lanc; ,;;/ wife of the Rev. Hugh Jones, vica r of Lewi s h am aged On the 4th Dec. in Jamaica, Lieut.-Colonel P. C. lor, of, the 22d Regiment. SUN OFFICE, NO. 112, Strand. PRINTED and PußLisnED by M. YOUNG,' at T mind LUIS to an Mess Mess J, 13 Chat }lent C. F A. 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