The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.) When the secret history of the recent negotia tions, on the subject of Catholic Emancipation, becomes better known, it will be found that the violence," mentioned by the I)uke of Welling ton in his Letter to the Catholic Prima.e, is by no means confined to that class of persons who are seeking relief from the exclusions and dis abilities under which they labour. The greatest obstacle his Grace has to encounter is found in the (honest perhaps, but certainly pertinacious) hostility of one of his colleagues. The Right Hon. Gentleman alluded to .has latterly given way to an impetuosity quite at variance with his constitutional and habitual smoothness of de meanour, and once or twice has even used ex pressions, which, addressed to a more irritable Premier, must, in all probability, have been followed by a political; if not a personal, estrange ment. We are not disposed to ;Mach extreme importance to this uncompromising spirit of hos tility in the quarter alluded to. We consider the Secretary as a rrson of moderate capacity, and verylaudable industry ; in short, as par Negotiis reque supra—as one whose assiduity would for ward a project, much more effectually than his opposition would- retard it. The extraordinary trial at Edinburgh, of which a long Report, taken from the Edinburgh Cou rant, will be found in another part of this Paper, discloses scenes for which few of our readers are prepared. A set of hardened wretches, of both sexes, l ave been systematically murtteri ass people, God knows for how long a period (for though three cases..pnly are included in the indictment, yet, from the cautions given to the accomplice Hare not to answer certain questions, it is pretty clear that the business, is of long standing), and selling them to the anatomists. The manner in which an old Highland woman was decoyed and came by her death, is very fully detailed io the evidence of Hare, Lhe accomplice, and his wife. She had come to Edinburgh to make in quiries respecting her son and - Burke having fallen in with her, pretended to be of the same name, invited. her to his house, - and gave her drink. Hare. says that Burke, with whom he was in a public-house, " told him to go down to see the shot he had got, that he was going to take to the Doctor's ; that there was an old woman there be had got off the street ; and he had left some whisky to drink, and wished wit ness to go down and see how they were coming on. Witness understood.by a- shot' that Burke was going to murder her." He afterwards describes the manner of the murder. The old woman having been thrown down, Burke got On the top of her, " and laid himself down upon her, with his breast on her head. She cried, but not loud ; but he held in her breath, and she only moaned a little after. He put one hand on her nose and mouth, and the other un der her chin ; he continued this for ten or fif teen minutes ; he said nothing while doing this ; he then got up from the woman, who did not move after." Mrs. Hare " saw Burke on the woman, but could not say whether on her mouth or breast ; had some previous reason of suspi cion ; had sewn a little trick of it done befbre." These recitals are very appalling. The men, Bioko and .Hare, are both Irishmen ; Helen . iidaoougai is a Scorchwoman ; the country ,of Hare's wife is not mentioned. As the Irish form no small proportion of the necessitous po pulation of Scotland, there is nothing sur prising in their being the actors in this revolt ing business. There are in all countries to be found individuals prepared fsr the corn-, mission of ail manner of crimes ; and the temptation afforded by the high price of dead bodies in Edinburgh suggested to them the horrid expedient of converting the living into the dead. The medical schools must be supplied with bodies, except we are prepared to say that they ought to practise without knowledge ; and so long asthe brutal indifference of the Legislature ,(for what other term can we apply to it ?) to the means of alleviating the sufferings to which human nature is incident leaves medical men no other rpsooroe than to deal with men who must violate the law in some way or other, and so long as twelve guineas are given for a body, such as have been brought to light in Edin burgh were to have been expecte'd. All the churchyards have long been watched by armed men, .and the wretches who supply the schools istith bodies, almost always thieves by profession, an d who stre punished as criminals when de tected in e x.t)uniating, find the raising bodies both attended With more danger to their own lives, and more laborious than the obtaining them by murder. We trust that a lesson will be derived from this disclosure. Let the Legisla ture free the worst description of criminals from the temptation now held out to them of em bruing their hands in blood, by opening an easy means to Medical Schools of obtaining what they must have. Where there is a will there is a way. (FROM THE MORNING HERALD.) A t :ong the reports of the day is one that the Wellington means to al Duke of the Vice regal office fn hen Mr. Hume, only one or two Sessions ago, proposed the same thing, an absolute v eto was put upon the very idea by the present Dine Secretary ; and it would therefore form a corioo4, though n o t un precedented occurrence, to see the YilipP Minister advocating that to-day which he opposed yes4 r _ day. The history of politics too often shows that measures are deemed right or wrong,. not on tige ground of their own intrinsic merit or defect, hut merely from the individual or the party in whom they emanate. Whether the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland be one, the continuance of which is essential to the welfare and prosperity of that country, is a sub • ject, probably on which much difference of opinion wiil be found to prevail. That there must be a local Government of some sort seems, we think, undeniable. If it be said that there is none in Edinburgh, we should say that the cases of Scotland and Ireland are scarcely parallel. But, though there be no local Government in Scotland, there is that which has much of its in convenience without its advantages, viz., a sort of family compact, made up of intrigues and pa• tronage, by means of which political influence is kept up in a way not always the best calculated to meet the general interests of that- part of the empire. One of the evils of Ireland certainly would not be diminished by the abolition of the Viceregal court—we mean that of non-residence aim principal Nobility and Gentry ; and, espe cially as far as the capital is concerned, we may expect to hear loud and heavy remonstrances against it. For ourselves, without profess ing to have formed any decided opinion upon the subject, we are inclined to think that the objections to the office of Lord Lieute nant lie rather against its political nonentity than any thing else. But now, and for many years, Ireland has been governed in name by a Vick:- King, but, in fact, by a mere Under-Secretary of State ; but to so absurd alength has this anomalous species of Government been carried, that it is quite notorious that the ruler in esse and the ruler de fizcto have been avowedly op posed to each other on questions of the most vital importance. How men of nobility of mind—to say nothing of personal rank—can have been found to submit to this species of mental degradation, we have been often at a loss to imagine ; and we should certainly say, " either make the office of Lord Lieutenant in reality what it professes to be, or abolish it as unne cessary." (FROM THE MORNING POST.) The mad and factious attempt of O'Connell and his crew to cry up a Papist crusade, our readers already know, has been given up by the arch-demagogue, but 'evidently not without a struggle, and the humiliation of a submLsiJn. His vanity hitherto has ruled him and the vast majority of his tools; but at length his yoke has been found so oppres.iive, that an effort has been made to shake it off. This ambulatory mission was suggested by King Dan, and was no doubt intended to Le a menacing body of delegates to bully the British Cabinet, and to force their way into power by intimidation. However, the excited fears of some of the Agitators have left him in the lurch, and the mission is, for the present at least, aban doned. The service, perhaps, was apprehended to be of a perilous nature, and the guests, like those invited to the lion's den, were much more ready to acknowledge the honour done to them than to undertake the visit. Several excuses, a , our reade:-s have already found in our columns, were sent ; but if the individuals sending them, really felt that the mission was a proper measure, or one likely to be of real service to their designs we must suppose they ,would not have been de terred. by private business from refusing their countenance and their presence. But no, they could not come—they knew the thing was the sub= kid of every sensible or loyal man's ridi cule—they saw they were to be the mere puppets of O'Connell, and the State Doctor was to move them at his mere will and pleasure. They kicked against the degrading servility—they felt the danger they must of necessity be exposed to; and to this combination of causes are we in debted for the abandonment of so incendiary a pro ject. But suppose it otherwise, and then, we ask, what, good could they possibly produce, or how were they to work ? Were those peripatetic Pa pists to travel about to fairs and market places ? Was O'Connell to parade them upon stages or scaffolds to the revolted, the "gaping multitude? Was he to increase the rent, by exhibiting them at so much a-head on his line of march from Liver pool to London ? Did he think he would be per mitted to plead at the head of them, at the bar of the House of Commons, and,, like another Anaeharsis Clouts, proclaim himself the orator of the Papist race ? We will not undertake to say whether one or all of these motives actuated him; but we need not the gift of prophecy to say, that had the mission been persevered in, the cause of Romanism would have been thrown back a century. The people of England are too wedded to their religion, they feel too strongly its superiority, they participate too largely in the blessings of a Protestant Constitution, to endanger the one or the other; and we firmly 111 trust that England . ... Nought will rue, If to herself she prove bnt true. The people of this country are now called upon to defend their all, or surrender it to the enemy who already presses against the gates of the citadel.— But we must have no terms, no parley—we must go vigorously to the good work, and by one grand united effort silence the revolutionary force they bring against us. Our hearths and our altars must be kept unprofaned ; we must not give way to that mock-liberal notion which has been thickening and maddening the brains of many for the last few years —we must speak and act with determination, con vinced that our cause is righteous, and " thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just.". Our inte rests, our safety, the honour of our country, the maintenance of our religion, all call upon us to stand forward ; and while we look with the utmost confi dence to the wisdom of the Legislature, we entreat the people not to be supine. (FROM THE -TIMES.) There are some able and interesting letters in this day's Tines, on the various abuses which prevail throughoet the internal or regimental administration of the British army. We are ourselves aware of the difficulties which attend any and every effort to ac complish the least curtailment of extravagancies which are instigated by rapacious tradesmen, are accepted and fostered by the frivolous vanity of empty-headed Lieutenant-Colonels, and submitted to only because the junior officers are ashamed of pleading poverty, and afraid of the remote conse quences of appealing to higher authority against that which mare immediately oppresses them.— Some expressions in the letters of " Plantageneto," and " Q. K.," which seem directed against the Commander-in-Chief's office, are, we beg leave to say, in our judgment, undeserved and ill consider ed. We believe that no man ever existed whose affections were more devoted to the real good of the service than those of Lord Hill, or one to whom his well known designation or " the soldier's friend" was more correctly atilt emi nently applicable. It is not from such a quarter that the junior ranks of the army have to dread the abandonment of their interests, when any project is brought forward which has for its aim to protect them; and indeed there is room to believe that the present Commaroler-iii-chief will be sorely disap pointed, if an unfair and extraneous opposition, raised for the indulgence of tawdry tastes, or of tinjesti fiable depredation upon officers, should succeed in frustrating those plans of economical and most salu. tary reform which we have felt it our duty to ob serve upon, as (according to public rumour), slog geared or at least prepared, by Sir Herbert Taylor, the friend and official counsellor of Los d Hill. The chffererice between regiments whose uniforms, mess, expenses, 4e, are conformable to the spirit of the King's segulati and others ‘rhich have no stan dard but the Lieutenant-Colonel's petty vanity or caprice, is stated to be, that in the former a young officer can lire Kith comfort, and in the latter, that few gentlemen can afford their younger sons such allowances as will enable them to ,teen clear of debt, while they maintain any appearance of decency. This enormous difference in the financial pressure upon officers of the same milk and in the same service, we hold it to be an imperative duty of the Commander-in-Chief and his Adjutant-General; toreduce, if they cannot in all respects equalize the peeuniary berdens. But the officers themselves, their . families, and the public, have a right to protest against the interference of highly patronized tailors, who wish to have a "cab bage-garden" in the quarter s of every regiment —or money-lending lacemen, who seek to double, in the shape of extra charges on twist or embroidery, th e usurious interest which they wring from the spend thrifts in theirbooks. The whole army, we repeat, with its Punnexions, has a right to complain bitterly, if the suggestions of goch harpies are listened to by illustrious personages, in detriment to the brave men whe do honour to their profession, who are Intrusted with the defence both of Royalty and of the conntry, and who are, by the iniquitous system , alluded to, driven from the army into the King s Bench or the Fleet, thet tailors may be enabled to build country-houses, and usurers to extort from embarrassed youths unconscionable interest for bonds secured on their commissions. A third correspond ent recommends the abolition of purchase through out the army. This looks wail in theory, and has often been proposed; but we fear that it would be impracticable with any view to an efficient anny,in semuch as where the principle is already established, —viz. in the artillery and marines,—the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel is too seldom arrived at until the age of the individual holding it has rendered him hardly competent to the command of a marching re 4 liment on active and .fatiguing service. The exa mination of young officers previous, as in the navy, to promotion, we consider an indispensible prelimi nary to the advancement of Ensigns or Lieutenants, and one which we trust will shortly tie introduced into the service by those respectable authorities to whose hands the whole course of military discipline is confided. It will be observed that Mr. Peel has addressed to parochial officers some questions touching points of much practical importance :in the .management of the daily and nightly watch. We respect the Right Hon. Gentleman for his anxiety on this most inte resting subject, and we are not without hope that he will soon have obtained such insight into the na• ture and deficiencies of that system which is errone ously called a " protective" one of people's lives and properties, as may enable him to digest some vigo rous and comprehensive measure for the real secu rity of the homes of Englishmen while they sleep. Would it be altogether out of the question, for the police to furnish itself with a register of all the inhabiifflits of every house in every parish throughout the metropolis and the other great towns of the kingdom, and their environs ?--- A list calling for the names of all the male inhabitants, with their descriptions, is now re quired, for the militia ballot, throughout the whole of Great Britain, and may it not he worth considering. how far a more numne and tangible registry could be reconciled with the feelings which I%e trust will always prevail amongst us, in favour of the freedom and sanctity of a British dwelling ? There is a matter which also merits consideration :-- we mean the expediency of employing some direct stimulus to parishes (in case of their being still ves ted with the power of appointing constables, watch men, anti patrols), by which they might be rendered more careful than heretofore in the selection of efficient Officers. If robberies be perpetrated through the negligence or unfitness of the watch, ought not the power which appoints the watch to be made in some degree answerable for the losses incurred by individuals ? We are of opinion that as in cases where the parish becomes responsible for the damage occasioned by a mob, so the sufferer by a. burglary ought to have . .his remedy, after a full investigation of all the circumstances, against the body which fails to guard him. It would be serviceable, as seems to us, if hints upon thiE pressing subject were to be forwarded to the Home department from vari ous quarters, that ..such as should turn oat to be worth attention might find their way to the Secre tary of State. The urgent necessity for some general measure we take for granted that none will question. (FROM THE ATLAS) LAUGHING.—Man is the only animal that laughs, except the hyena. Of all the moral qualities of this last-named animal little or nothing is known ; and in all probability it cannot apprehend ajoke. A great deal has been said against laughing, and that with a gravity which is truly laughable. It appears that laughing is part and parcel of the human con stitution, and therefore one end of our being is ful filled by laughing. In all probability it is good_ for digestion : hence the proverb, " laugh and grow fat." Hence, also, most persons who are at all dis posed to laughing, are more prone to gratify that propensity after than before dinner. Early in the morning most people are serious, and it would be thought an instance of most culpable levity for a man to wake laughing after a good sound night's rest. Infants sometimes wake smiling; but they are the most light-hearted creatures living. There is a great deal of laughing at Christmas time, and there is ut that same period a great deal of eating; and the powers of digestion are called into extraor dinary exercise. This is the reason why panto mimes are performed at Christmas. Now during the season of Lent there are no pantomimes, there are oratorios, and they are very grave and. se rious.amusements ; for, during Lent, people do not eat so much as at Christmas, so they have no occa sion for pantomimes to set them laughing to help their digestion. It is ao easy matter to laugh with an empty stomach. No drollery or absurdity can make a man laugh when he is very hungry. And what can be more serious than the look of a dinner party assembled in the drawing-room previous to the announcement of dinner. Young people laugh more than old people. Digestion is certainly one of the uses of laughing. It is also favour able to loyalty ; and Ministers know this; they are not suspicious at those who laugh at them, for they know that when people laugh there is an end of the matter. Your dark-souled, gloo►ny conspirators, never laugh : they are the people to be dreaded—they are grave when they are plotting, and they are plotting when they are grave. Laughing is a symptom of content and satisfaction : now traitors are never content, nor satisfied, and it would be im possible to make them laugh. They are not to be tickled. Who can imagine Catiline, the Roman conspirator, meeting his comrades with a " Ha— ha I" and vesting bad jokes, instead of curses, upon the state. If a man is dissatisfied with the Govern ment, and wishes to overthrow the establishEd Royal Family, he must have conspirators and ac complices ; and how can he gain accomplices unless he puts a grave face upon the matter. But he who merely laughs at Ministerial measures is not to be dreaded or suspected. Peter Pinder was a merry man; he laughed right heartily; and instead of being persecuted, or prosecuted-as a traitor, there were some thoughts of giving him a pension. Laughing is, therefore, favourable to loyalty. There is one more peculiarity in laughing, viz.—it is nei ther symptomatic of pain nor pleasure. When peo;ile laugh they are not sad, and when they laugh they are not 4';ry. When people arc sorry and sad they do not laugh, and when they are soundly happy they are serious. Who can imagine the possibiliLy or probability of a city alderman laughing when he is in the act of swallowing a well-dressed dish of turtle ? Real happiness or real sorrow have nothing to do with laughing. We do not wish to be exhausted with laughing, nor will we exhaust the subject, and let to 'tit - es exhaust laughing. (FROM THE NIT4VS.) We insert in ot:r filth page a letter from the Duke of Wellington to the Rev. Dr. Curtis, the Catholic Primate of Ireland, in reply to one addressed by the latter to his Grace, requesting information of the intentions of Government in the enstiiiq,. Session of Parliament; as to Catholic Emancipation.* We accompany this letter by some comments made on it by the Dublin Evening Post, which. seem to us to partake in a striking degree of that implicit confi dence in the Premier which on more than one occa sion we have felt desirous of cautioning the Irish Catholics against too much indulging in 4 We have read this letter over with much attention, and with every dispositioN to find something in it favourable to the cause of religious liberty, but we must acknow ledge our inability to detect one sentence. which by any torturing of obvious meaning can be made to imply the slightest favour to the Catholics. On the contrary, if words are to be taken in their natural * The Rev. Dr. Curtis, the present Primate of Ireland, has fur years been on terms of the greatest intimacy with the Duke of 'Wellington. The former was Rector of the University of Salamanca when the Duke fought the memo rable battle at that place, and it is understood rendered very important services to this country, from his greet in fluence in the city and its vicinity. t The paper we have mentioned is not, however, the only Dublin newspaper which has sang tUa similar lauda tory tune. AN the Liberal Irish newspripem have exposed themselves, more or less, in the same ridiculous manner, The Dublin Morning Register, speakixg of the letter says--" The most marked feature of the document is the undisguised and bold avowal that its writer is not mere ly favourabl e to, but 'sincerely anxious to witness the settlement of the Roman Catholic Question.' Herein is cause of gratulation to th e Cath o li c s, an d con f us ion a n d despair to the enemies of civil and religious liberty." In reference to this hyperbole of our Irish contemporary, we would add--" words"," mere words"--full of sound, but signifying nothing. and common significations, the letter contains a direct reference of the question of Catholic Emanci pation "ad Kalendas Grcecas." The Duke in it decidedly s.►y9, " I can see no prospect of a settle ment of Me Roman Catholic Question." And uy,uin, "party has been mixed up with the consideration of the question to such a degree, and such violence per vades every discussion of it, that it is impossible to expect to prevail upon mon to consider it d;spas sionately." If, ufter this, the Irish Catholics will persist in expecting any concession from the Duke of Wellington or his Ministry, no one can pity the dis appointment which must in the end be the result of their blind eonfidente. (ritom THE EXAMINER.) BEAUTY OF THE ENGLISH LAW.—It is the cha racter and the vice of the Law of England to deal in specialities; it is shaped on no broad principles, but adapted to particular cases. The consequence is, that between the specialties there are amply wide gaps for the escape of offenders. Embezzlement is observed to be a frequent offence of clerks and ser vants : the Legislature accordingly frame a lew not comprehending embezzlement in all its forms, by whomsoever committed, but embezzlement by clerks and servants. Mr. Austin is indicted for embezzle ment, and acquitted because he comes neither under the description of a clerk nor of a servant I This is the beauty of the English Law. Now another law will be made, comprehending the embezzlement of treasurers for trusts, or deputy-treasurers, agents, or• others, and this will do till some undescribed cha racter embezzles, when there will be another failure of justice, and another special law to fill the gap. Such is the perfection of wisdom, excellent in shut ting the stable-door when the steed is stolen. Crime, -bite time, should be seized by the forelock. Our legislators, however, delight in Setting justice to the pleasant and seemly sport of secaring the pig by the soaped tail; and there is a squeak--an evasion--the prey is gone, and Themis floundering on her back in the mire of iniquity. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. On Saturday an English Protestant landlord, re siding in St. Giles's, and whose appearance seemed to - confirm the assertions of the policemen and of his fair - accuAer, that the defendant was not a total stran ger to a certain nameless division of the office, was charged by a remarkably plausible and pretty little new-married girl with abusing her Irish husband, as saulting her person, and, though last, not least, spoiling her Christmas dinner. The prosecutor said that the defendant (whose papa, she said, was now spending his Christmas holi days in New•gate), had entered her cooking apart ments on Christmas-day, looked into her beef and pudding pot ; insultingly asked her if that was the way the Irish cooked their wittles ? and then wantonly and maliciously discharged water, beef, and pudding, into the fiery element, whereby the com plainant arid her Popish husband lost their Catholic commons. The landlord, in his defence, said he wanted to get rid of his tenants, and hoped his thus annoying them at quarter-day would induce them to decamp. His silver-tongued accuser, he observed, had treated him last Christmas-day with a shower bath from a bucket of water. This year the com plainant's husband assaulted her with a broomstick. The Magistrate said he wondered the fair com plainant continued to lodge in the house of a man whom she stated to be such a questionable characier, Defendant—Aye, so do I, your Worship. (Laugh. ter.) I wish they would trot off. Mr. llaus—Well, 1 shall adjourn the warrant to next Christmas-day. MARLBOROUGH.STREET. It will be recollected by our readers that some time since we gave, under the head of " Affiliation Extraordinary," a very . curious and singular account of an order of bastardy being made on his Grace the Duke of for the maintenance of a female child. In the account it was stated that the female went by the name of Smith ; that she was a person of superior manners and address, independent of her personal accomplishments; and that his Grace had settled the demand at Marlborough-street (which, by the by, was Marylebone), for the sum of 120/. On Saturday, just before the close of the business, au elderly respectable person came to the office, and meeting Sir George Ferrara, who was about leaving, handed to the worthy Magistrate a long memorial upon the above subject. Sir G. FARRANT, after looking. at the paper, desired the applicant to see Mr. Grist, the overseer of St. George's, Hanover-square, upon the subject. Shortly after Mr. Grist came to the office, when the latter handed to him the memorial which he had presented to Sir George when the following colloquy took place:— Mr. Grist—What is the meaning of this, for I know nothing about it ? Applicant—l wish to know where is the female who calls herself Smith, and who has affiliated a child to his Grace the Duke of ' ? Mr. Grist--The parish of St. George knows nothing about what you allude to; we have bad but one duke's name iu our books for these twelve years, and that watt a foreigner. The applicant sighed, and observed that it was very hard that he could gain no information upon the subject, although it had brought him to London. Mr. Grist--Pray, what is your motive for making this inquiry ? Applicant—l have reason to think, from the account and description which has appeared in the papers, that the female who has been living under the protection of the Duke of , and who afterwards affiliated the child, is my daughter, and, having lest her about the time named, impresses the conviction on my mind that the female who has now assumed the name of Smith is my lost daughter. Mr. Grist—Under those 'circutestances you had better apply to Marylebone, where probably you may hear something of the female. The applicant thanked Mr. Grist for the informa tion, and retired.-7-Sunday Paper. MARYLEBONE. On Thtirsday night, a lady who lives at No. 39, Upper Baker -street, Regent's-park, found an unex pected guest sitting by the side of her parlour-fire. The stranger was dressed in a handsome cloth•pelisse and 'a magni6eent velvet bonnet, and bow she came there, or who she was, the servants could rot, and she would not, tell ; and she was sent to the watch house. She was brought before Mr. RAwuNsos, the next morning to answer for her conduct ; and alter the had declared her..elf to be Elizabeth Lee, a watchman came forward with the charge. Watchman—Last night, your Worship, was Christmas Hight. Mr. RAWLINSON—WeII, I know it was. Don't tell me what I know, but proceed with the charge. Watchman--1 had just called the hour of half past ten, your Worship, when I was called into No. 39, Upper Baker -street, to take this here prisoner out. I found her sitting in a harm chair, before the fire, in the parlour, and a mortal hard job I had to get her out on it, for she stuck to it like a bit of wax. Mr. RAWLINSON—What did she say ? Watch man—l cou'dnt get nothing out on her, and I was ordered to take her to the watch-house. Mr. RAwt.tssoN—Was she drunk ? Watchman —Quite toxated, your Worship. Miss Lee said she had been dining with a few friends, and as she returned home she fainted away opposite the above house,'and the door was open. " And you carried yourself into the parlour," said Mr. RAWLINSOS. " Yes (replied Miss Lee) and I beg pardon for the intrusion." Mr. RAwuNsoN told her, if her intrusion was pardoned, she must pay for be'ng drunk ; and he dried her ss. iNow Miss Lee, having neither pockets nor money, was detained by the gaoler; but in the even ing Mr. Rawhoson remitted the fine and she was discharged. On Saturday morwing Miss Lee was brought be fore Mr. GRIFFITH by another watchman, who found her half an hour after she had been liberated the BIRTHS. Ou the 24th inst. at Bath, the lady of H. K. Chad wick, Esq. of a daughter. On the 22d inst. at Gattenside House, near Melrose, N. 8., the lady of Captain Lyon, of a son. On the 25th inst. at St. Katherine's, Regent's park, Lady Taylor, of - a still-born child. On the 23d inst. at Hythe, the lady of J. IL Hurnfrey, Esq. of a daughter. On the 21st inst. at Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire, the Hun. Mrs. Fraser, of Lovat, of a son and heir. night before creating a disturbance in the street,aiu this was his story :—" She was kicking 14 p a great rowation, your Worship, and I went up to her and said, " My good woman, you are doing wrong ; go on—just like that, your Worship; and she up with her fist and gave me a cheater. Miss Lee hoPed Mr. Griffith would excuse her having been rather disorderly, for' it was entirely occasioned by a little gin which her fellow-prisoners persuaded her to take upon an empty stomach. Mr. GRIFFITH told her not to talk nonsense about being rather disorderly and her empty stomach : it was proved that she had created a great disturbance, and had endeavoured to injure the watchman's stomach by giving him a " cheater," as he called it; and she should be fined again, and locked up till she paid it. William Jennings and George Childs were charged with felony. On Christmas-day Mr. J. H. Nunn, shoemaker, Lesson-grove North, locked up his house, and visited his brother in Paddington-street, and at six o'clock in the evening they walked together to Liston-grove, to see if it was safe. Mr. Nunn was surprised to find the street door only single locked, for he had locked it twice; and when he opened it they found the two prisoners in the parlour, and they secured Jennings, but Childs made his escape. They tent for Hall, the officer ; arid, after h e had handcuffed Jennings and made him safe, he went in seach after the other prisoner, and he found him drinking in the parlour of the Globe priblx-house, at th corner of Stephen-street, within eighty yards of the place where the offence was committed. The prisoners made no defence, and were committed to Newgate for trial. HATTON-GARDEV. Amongst the numerous night charges disposed of on Saturday none were of any extraordinary istte rest, if we except the following : A constable named Jordan, belonging to Penton ville district, charged a gentleman with committing an assault on his. The complainant was passing along the street on Friday night, when the defendant, Mr. Charles Greenhill, was walking towards him, in company with some ladies, keeping the side next the houses, which he, the complainant (although he admitted wrongfully) insisted on having; on which the defendant put his hand on his (tho complainant's) shoulder, and shored him from the side he con tended for, on which he instantly took him to . the watch-house. Mr. LAING-It appears to have been a ridiculous squabble; at the same time addressing the de fendant, said, " You are discharged, Sir." De fendant—Will you permit me to send for my family, who witnessed the transaction ? I have been shame fully ill treated. Clerk—Pay a shilling for your discharge. Defendant to the Magistrate—l'll pay no shilling. What objection can you have to permit my family to explain the circumstance ? Mr. LAING--What have I to do with your family when you are discharged, Sir ? Defendant—l con ceive, Sir, I have been shamefully treated; and, taming to complainant, " You, Sir, you may rest assured of it, shall hear more on the subject." The defendant then retired. WORSHIP-STREET. The oldest individual connected with this esta blishment does not recollect (upon a similar occa sion, even in better times) to have witnessed so many black eyes and bandaged heads as the com plainants and the accused presented on Satarday. QUEEN-SQUARE. On Saturday Henry Todd, full six feet high, charged Edward Danvers, a low-sized but stout built jarve,y, with violently assaulting him, and de molishing both his fiddle and the case. The defendant denied the assault in lobo. Todd came in drunk, and, on being refused the room, he swore he would have a Christmas dance in the bar. Two respectable witnesses supported the state ment of the defendant, and the case was dismissed. One Mister Thomas Coates, a knowing looking fellow, was charged by Michael Kelly, whose do micile is in Church-street, St. Giles's, with assault ing him in Grosvenor-place, and smashing his lan tern to pieces. After some dialogue Themes Coates was adjudged to pay Michael Kelly the sum of ss. for the assault on his person and lantern. " Very well," said Master Coates, with a significant nod, and the parties retired out of the office to adjust the damages. Nov, as soon as they were outside, T. Coates declared that he had not a rap in his pocket, but if Master Kelly and the watchman would ac company him to e friend's house he would pay them, as they would get no money by locking him up. This was agreed to by the parties. " Done," said Master Coates, " a fair bet:; follow me ;" at the same time running off us fast he could towards St. James's park, closely followed by Riley and Kelly, crying out, " Stop him." " A race for a wager," shouted Coate% and he made fair way into the Birdcage walk. Kelly, who was most interested, soon passed Riley, whose wind appeared touched, and it was evident had no chance. Several persons now joined in the chase or the race; but it was an American forest to a bunch of matches in Coates's favour, for he gained ground of Kelly every step, and before he reached the Horse Guards fairly distanced his op ponents, and was soon out of sight. The parties returned discomfited to the office, puffing and blowing, and wiping the perspiration from their faces; and, perhaps, there is no foot-race on record in the sporting annals that ever created more hearty laughter when the facts were known. Kelly swore he would make Riley answerable for the lantern, and Riley promised he would catch Coates another day, if he could. BANK NOTES. An Account of the total number of Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the value of 51., which has been issued during each and every Week from the December, of November, 182 9 , until Saturday preceding the 15th of December, MS; and also the total number of Notes under the value of 5/. actually in circulation at the close of the business on every such Saturday, pursuant to Act ith Geo. IV., cap. 6. SPORTING INTELLIGIINCE. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINCIIIiNTS FOit TUN WEWAC. His Majesty's Stag-loounds, ori Monday, at the fled ShruhabiN ; and Friday, at Stoke GT tAll —at half-past too 4 The A nglesea Hounds, ou Monday, at Pirlleerala ; l'h"" + *' day, at Lhinsrehymedd ; and Saturday, a t Pen orotig--at hall-past ten. The Blacktmoor ITeunols, Tue.day, at lan Woe , " • and Friday, at Stook-bonse--at ten. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, At Pakoksatt ; W* 4 • nesday, near the Raw Course ; Had Friday, et the Dr et.balf-pa4t ten. - The Brookside Harriers will congers* to meet cv'gl Monday, at Newmarket ; Wethaiesday, at the Lewes Course ; aud Friday, at Telletwaibe Tye—at beg-peat tea. -The Cadbury Harriers, on Meaday, at Pa/diatom ' and Thursday, at the Red Poet. Mr. O'Kelly's Bask•hounds, on Saturday, at the nul, Nenbury ; and Wednesday., at Ashley Barn, Jo Milborue Clumps—at half-past *heroin. . The Cheehire Hounds, on Monday, at Nudity Beach Wednesday, at Marbury, near Northwieh—at half-past tea Sir T. Stanley's Hounds, on Tuterday, at iiiudottua at ten. Mr. Privis hounds, an Teasley, et th 4) Koeuel-- 41 half-pat tell. The Worcestershire Fox-bounds, on Tuesday, at WY' man ; and Friday, at the Kompasy Cs-roes—at half-past teal Upton .upon - Severn Hairiers, on Wednesday, at Bill Brigham ; and Friday, at Holly-groett—at ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Monday, at Norton ; Thursday, at Weston---at half-past tun. Dinsey'a Hound:s,on Monday, ct Tit:Lorton Village and Thursday, Penoomb---at tan. The Warsriekshire Fox-hounds, ou Monday, at Fool —at half-past ten. The Cottennaere Hounds, on Mond'ay, at Grimethorrt Castle ; Tuesday, at Brook; and Thursday, at Carib* , Windmill—at a quarter before clayey. Earl Fitswilliam's Hotandi, on Monday, at Iliditwd Pus/ . lieu.; awl Thursday, at Abbot's Riptsn—at tea. . t Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday,' at Grainehl house; Wednesday, at Langutere Faroe; Friday, at • house ; anti Saturday, at the Kennel—at eleven. Sir Rich. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Lana-oral. bridge ; Tuesday, at Saxilby ; Thursday, at Belahforal town ; Friday, at Nankney ; and Saturday, at Skci thorpe and Winoeby Village— a t .sky ezu The Gransden Hounds, on Tneviay, at Toft-mill; Friday, at Downing Arnos—at ten. • The Pue.keridge Hounds, - on Monday, at Wadesso3 o . l ; ; Wednesday, at Takeley Forest ; and Saturday, at BlnWiler ton-atreet--at half-past ten. Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Mr. Norris' Falloff Barley-road ; Thursday, Odsey-house. Mr. G. Mute's Hounds, en 'Tuesday, at Riddleeworth•-•' ! at ten. • ' The Shropshire Hou n d., on M on d a y, a t ti n Fox, A brighton; Wednesday, at Queen's Head; and Friday, 61 ' ,Lee-bridge—at half-past ten. General Wm: Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Bestirq Wednesday, at Tittleshall X. 111; and Friday, at Noutoai George—at eleven. Mr. 11. Villeboitea 'Harriers, on Tuesday, at SeraffhitOs Splashes ; and Saturday, at Pielseuhatn-ball—at eleven-, Mr. All,n's Harriers, oft Mowlay, at Set& ; and Fri' day, at fro!rne—ut eleven. The Ilo'darnels; Fox-kounds, on Monday, at $r u4' ham ; ,Tuesday, at Waiter ; Thursday, at White Cros°°' and Saturday, at Neawiek—at half-peat ton. Lord Searborough's Pox-hounds, on Monday, at Sparkea' bill ; Wednesday, at Sandbevk Park ; Friday, at Languid; and Saturday, at Conisbro'—at half-past tan. Sir George Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, ai StonY Haaghton Bar ; and Friday, at Woodhouse Mill..at tea' 1 Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Bradby; Thu"; day, at Swarksions; and Saturday, at Wielnaor—at bat past ten. The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Brookesby-hall Wednesday, at Quenby-hall ; Thursday, at Stanton Wr villa ; and Friday, at Bonney-hall—at half-past tea. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Clifton; Two' day, day, at Natlstone Wiggs ; Thursday, at Li n dl e y ; and 04- turday, at Kirkby—at half-past ten. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Bra d " well Abbey Ground; and Friday, at Wood End Green."' at half-past ton. The Oakley Honda, on Wednesday, at Keope 4o4 " hosts ; and Saturday, at Swineabead—at eleven. The Vine Hounds, 011 Wednesday, at Paul's Wad; a° 6 &today., at Wolverton—at ten. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LINT %MIK. Wheat. , Barley. Oats. S e ` g"-- SO I'or Quarter. a. to a. ,a,to 8. a. to a. & 1. Carlisle 80 Carmartheu....—. 03 126 21 64 73 197 33 16 85 11,14rpetb 70 " 80 38 41 10 95 4Q Penrith Ishetlield ...—......—. 80 92 11.1 46 24 34 46 Winchester 62 90 32 39 25 28 49 w 4 Per Bushel. 8. d. 4. d. 4. d. 8. d. O. d. 8. d. B.d. L". Coventry 100 II 0;46 50 30 50 48 6! Newcastle (StafE) 140 126, 60 63 48 50 70 7z Northallerton 80 10 0; 40 49 23 86 50 5 Stafford .... l9O 1231 56 60 40 43 7d a 0 • r 0 5wan5ea..,....,,,, 89 9 •4 0 46 26 38 00 A 5 Warwick 9,0 104 43 50 93 50 4 Per 8011. Barnardeastle.—.. 18 6 SI 0 8 0 9 0 6 0 7 6 0 0 14 0 Darlington 17 8 99 6 9 0 10 6 4 6 7 6 0 0 j 0 0 Durham 18 6 Llo 86 100 50 72 11 6 I f, Wolsinghatu :7 0 20 6 9 6 0 6.0 7 6 0 0 w WAKEFIELD. Dec. ge. There is a short supply of Wheat from the farmers be le this morning, but a good arrival up the river, and haviog ' a thin attendance of buyers, as la generally the ease the last market-day in the year, the trade has been yeti flat, ut a decline of le. to his. per quarter upon all 'ld!' scriPtiene. Oats sell heavily, without any material riation in prices. There is a fair demand for due ha f t Barley, but all light and ordinary samples are esk I er:self dull sale. There as been very little demand fur / 30° ! I to-day, and lower prices must be taken to quit way (1 00 7 tity. Halt is very dull, aid rather lower. Wheat, Rod, Norfolk and Suffolk 67e. to 711. lino Lincolnshire 7oe. to Yorkshire, &e.............,.. its. to 745. tine 'AR. - White ...... -......... - Foreign, Ohl ......... 06a. to 775. due ISM• Barley, Norfolk and Suftblk 555. to 38d. tins 40s. -- Lincolnshire ........... 3Ss. to 40s. fine 4 1 s. Yorkshire Weld -.... Ws. to 40s. fine 41s. Beans, Tick 33s. to 40s. tine Srfliv‘i Oats, Poland and Potato ..... ....... 22a. to 31s. One - Friesland and Small ....... . . .....- 2./a. to %a. Bile Ns. - 'dealing lsd. to led. per Stone. Shelling 3oa. to -a. -e. to 388. per Load. Malt 47s. 48a. tine 546. per Load. Rapeseed WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—Doe. 4. . t The supply of Sheep this day was not extensive, b" the condition was very good. The shear of Cattle Ws great, bat being close upon Christmgm-day, and tke bu t" chera having bean previously supplied, th e sale was Unite d. and lower prices submitted to.—Beef, ss. to Eis. per stP" ll of 14th. ; Mutton, bid. to ad. per lb. There were M IA ; superior two-sheer sheep sold by Mr. George Wood, of 14edor, to Meser.. Myers, of Bramley and Padsey, posed to we;gh upwards of 501 b. a quarter. Both inclusive. From Nov. 10 to Nov. 15... From Nov. 17 to Nov. n... From Nov. 24 to Nov. 29... From Dec. 1 to Dec. 6... From Dec. 8 to Due. N. 13. No other Nobel under th, (Signed) Bank of England, Dee. 15, 18i I s NumberotiAmount in Cireuls Notes of tion of Notes under -1 issued. the value of £5. X, Nil Nov. 15 27 I .51.5 Nil Nov. 23 T 0,13.45 Nil Nov. 29 302,5Kti Nil Dec. 6 SgB,93A Nil Dee. 1$ 33.4,110 value of 51. have been issued. WM. DAWES, Amt.- Gen. AIARIV.ED. On the £7th inst. at Brighton, Joseph King, Esq. of Gray's-inn, to Mrs. Watts, widow of J. Watts, E.g. of Cheltenham. _ On the 16th inst. in Jersey, Daniel Smith Beckett, Esq. of Ewa-court, in the Tempe, to Theresa Aubrina, only daughter of Captain William Symonds, R.N. On the 27th inst. at Paddington Church, by the Rev. Dr. Crane, Thomas Davidson, Esq. of Worceeter C4')llege, Oxford, and youngest son of the late William Davidson, Esq. of Shaftesbury House, Kensington Gravel Pits, to Miss Ann Grace, of Horsham, Sussex. In Paris, at the British Ambassador's, by the Right Rev.; Bishop Luscomb, and afterwards at the Roman Ca tholic Chapel of St. Ruch, Victor Francois Count de la Moussaye, to Helen Dupurt, e West daughter of Edward 11PGrath, Esq. DIED. On the Meth inst. John Johnston, Esq. of Danson, Kent, in his 84th year. On the 24th inst. al his house in Bloomsbury-place, James Clay, Esq. deeply lamented by his family and friends. In Surrey-square, after a long illness, in her '7Bth year, Mrs. Frances Muskett, an excellent parent, a kind friend, and a pious Christian. On the 21st inst. at his residence, Mortimer-ter race, Kentish-town, Mr. George Taylor, New Inn, solicitor. On the 25th inst. at Coventry, aged 68 years, John Woodcock, Esq. banker of that city. SCOTCH MARKETS, HADDINOTON CORN MARKET.—Dec. 96. The Oats and Barley markets were very dell today' and prices of both have liven way-72 quarters of Baler were sold, and 8 unsold, average down Es. ; SO4 quarter* of Oats sold, and 40 unteturned ; average alown is. middling supply of Wheat, Which sold at lower prises tbal last day, top Gs., and average about Ss. down. Pease 0 1 " Beans at an average brought a little more than last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Bee First BO4 Od 404 Oct 9th 061 St oa 35s Second ise Od 36e Od VISs ld 324 Od Sis Third 4544 Od t. Od 21s Od 26s (Id 310 Od There were 296 qrs. of Wheat in market, whoreot were sol g '• 19 Unsold.-20 Grey. Average 7 MARK} of all kin heavily, a.: T.—Dec As of Gri nd at rat DALKEITH CORI There was u large supply day's market. Wheat sold priors than last week. Wheat. ltarley. Oat. l'eaae. Fi:st Eits Eki. 40a 0,1 Sdk, Oct Ntis Ott Second... 78d Od 3 3a Od Yds Od 94d Od 'Third..... 74d Od 30e Od 244 Od 844 tkl a at 04 kat . lowec Beaag• 315* °J ' ' 34e 1)11 ' 30 4 Glii CORNWALL. MARKETS. Tnuao.—Wheat (average) :41. Od.—Barley, 136.04:—0at5. Plecarox—Wheat, 506. 6d.—Barley. V.a. Ud. _ A uernu.—Wheat, 28a. to Ste—Barley , 14e. to 156.-0 0 " 135.04. to 144. Bouatn—Wheat (average) %;16. Od.—Barloy, 14e.--Oats, LA NC strrom—Wh oat (average) 30a. (B.l..—Bealey, 14i. CI 1-03 16, 116. Od.—Beef, 6d.—Mutton, sd. LISKIIAILD— Wheat, 876. —s. OlL—Barley, 15e. Od.—Date, 1 0 .• to Or. Sr. Cotuns—Wheat, 206. to 94e.—Harley, Us. to 146.—8ae• and Mutton, lid to *L—Veal and Lamb. tti to sd. PENZANCE—Wheat, 206. to 283.—.1L2r10y, to 116.—CootA , 06. to I Is. 01—Beef and Mutton, bd. to Od.—Pork Ott"" Butter, Ild. pt.,' lb. DIININCI INTELLIGENCE. • Toss. Quantity of Copper Ore stokl at i edruth but .y 2.212 0 . Average Produce ........ .................... 8 Quantity of fine Copper 179 .* • Amount of Sale. IVAN/. da. 15.1.—. Average Stamlard 1 LCI la. Pnaxiatu and Pt:Huston. by KURD° YOUNG, at ficx Curcsoo, 112, &SRA Ltp LONJICS t ' `i , 1 1, P l : a g f/ 2 titiv 1 t Ijou 14* ". - ~: i '~ v ;:ftty 1 f 1, l)." ' ©~ e po ft Ne 1'