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up a form of engagement, to be put upon all men, viz. Ido promise to be true and faithful 'to the Coninionwealth as it is now established, without a King or House of Lords.' So we znust take the Rump for an established Com ,monwealth, and promise fidelity to them. This the Sectariart party swallowed easily, and so did •the Kings old Cavaliers, so far - as I was ac quainted with them, or could hear of them (not heartily, no doubt), but they were very few of them sick of the disease called tenderness of eon . . Without this engage- nence. silent, no man must have the benefit of suing :mother at law, nor must they have any Master in the Universities, nor travel above so many miles from their houses, and more such penalties which I remember not Some Episcopal Divines, that were not. so scru pulous, it seems, as we, did write for it (private manuscripts, which I have seen), and plead the irresistibility of the imposers, and they found starting-holes in the terms, viz. that by the Commonwealth they wilt mean the present Com monwealth in genre, a n d by Established they will meamonly ale ,facSo and not de jure, and by,tvithout a king, ti-c. they mean not quatenza de ficto pro kinporc ; but ; and that only I will be true to the Government of Eng though at the present the King and the House of Lords are put out of the exercise of their power. These were the expositions of many episcopal men and others that took it." Such is the reliance which is to be placed on 'oaths, when men have an interest in breaking them. The Church rests on a very different -foundation from that of the forced oaths of Dis senters. A man takes the Test either because he is sincerely attached to the Church or iscnot attached. • If he is sincerely attached the oath is superfluous ; if he is not attached, the insincere profession will not add to his attachment. But the Church is supported, because a greater num her of the people of England ressive its doc trines than the number of any other ceet, and because the property of the Chu is enjoyed by the Aristocracy of the country ; so that the landholders of the country, in whom all power is- centred, have the strongest interest in its sup port. The Test furnishes no inducement to thew landholders to support the Church ; if they had an int e rest in destroying it, the Test would net prevent their doing so. " The Established Church (quoth this sapient Senator) was iu pos session of a very handsome property, and it was to gs:ard against the overthrow of this Church, by keeping political power from getting into the hands of those who differed from it, that the Test Act was passed. As long as h© sat in that House he would support this Act, because he thought it was necessary to the seculity of the Established Church. Henry the Eighth was able to overthrow the Established Church of his day, and to confiscate the property of the Mo nasteries, because he possessed political power superior to his Parliament. He was himself a good Catholic, but, notwithstanding this, hav ing the power, he despoiled the Church." And what test would his Lordship have had recourse to, in order to prevent this good Catholic Sovereign from despoiling the Monas teries ? Some such test, we suppose, as that which would prevent those who possess political power at present from despoiling the people. He would be a cunning man who could invent a test for keeping the hands of Parliament out of the pockets of the people. That would be a test. But the test is to prevent the people from getting political power, it seems. There needs no test for that but keeping them poor, and keeping them down. If those who are hostile to the Church should become the most numerous and wealthy, they might succeed in destroying the Church ; but not otherwise. It is the Law which connects the Establishment with the pro perty of the country, then, which gives to that Establishment its strength, and not Tests. We know, in fact, that as soon as a Dissenter becomes 'sufficiently rich to purchase land, he goes over to the Establishment. As the late Lord Mayor of London shrewdly observed, to be a Dissenter is of great use to a man in the way of making money; but when he has made it, the advantage lies the other way ; and we are sure Alderman Brown is too prudent a man to advise any gentleman who possesses the sight of disposing of a living of 1,0001. a year, imimected with a land estate, to breed up his children Dissenters, when one of them could be established so comfortably on this 1,0001. a year. A Dissenter, therefore, in this country, may al ways be considered as in transits!. When hu man nature shall be differently constituted, and men shall prefer principles to interest, then the Chin ch will really be in danger ;but this will happen about the time of the Millenium, when the Jews shall have been converted, and the rapid approach of the end of the world shall make estates sink so much in value in England, that the loss of Church property will not be so se verely felt as at another time. Knowledge, said Lord Bacon, is power ; Lut there is another power of more consequence in the world—that of property ; else how should lie who could gravely utter such twaddle, have held the Seals of the Sister Kingdom, and be still allowed to he-ad a laige portion of his order ?-3/orning CY/funk/C. In a case of no particular importance, on Wednesday last, in the Court of Common Pleas, which was tried before Mr. Justice p ar k, the Learned Judge is reported to have used the following words, in reference to the principal point relied on for the defence in charging the Jury :—" I really pity the country, when the time of its Courts of Law is to be en grossed in the trial of cases which have nothing in them but the clearest evidence of the grossest and most scandalous fraud. The first ground of my Learned Brother's (Mr. Sergeant E Law) defence appears to me to be valid, but I regret that he has ever been instructed to urge it ; for although good in point of law, it is wicked, scandalou s , and disgraceful, in point of m orality." If the administration of justice be the most important branch of the Government o f a country, and if the reasonableness of the laws by which ju s ti ce i s a d m i n i stere d b e t h e truest test of the civilization of au empire, it is of the first conseque nce to t h e charac ter o f a State that principles should not be admitted to guide the decisions of Judges which common-sense reprobates and morality abhors. Nothing can be worse, either in a. public or private point of view, than to make Courts of Law afford sanctuary to fraud, which dare not look for protection from the conu non understanding of society— , or, in other wor d s, to put the law and public opin ion in hostil e col lision. Hero we have a Judge saving what is lam es _ table that he should he enabled to say With truth__ that although acertain plea set up isgoodinlaw,it is wicked, scandalous, and disgraceful, in point of nzorality. Can there be a greater satire on the law of which such a sentence can be truly spoken ? Why should justice and morality be at variance ? Why should they not mutually support and uphold each other ? We would have this subject taken into consideration in the contemplated improvement of the laws, that chi canery and fraud may be driven from our Courts of Justice, and our legal system purified from its greatest reproach.—Morning Herald. It cannot have escaped the Public that the members of Lord Goderich's Cabinet who left it on the recent changes, have carefully abstained from offering any thing in the shape of annoying opposition to the new Government. Having given what explanations they saw fit, of the rea sons which induced 'them to retire from office, they have properly contented themselves with the declaration of their intention to oppose only those measures of their successors which should run counter to their principles, but without any' feel ing of hostility to their persons. In the case of Mr. Herries there seems to have been an excep tion made to this honourable rule, not so much by the Opposition themselves as by those of our contemporaries, who, while they advocate their principles, ought in consistency to imitate their conduct. So far as that gentleman's explana tions appeared unsatisfactory, he was a fair sub ject of political criticism. But 'it will be ad mitted, we think, that there were others whose explanations Were fully as unsatisfactory as his own, and Cwhy .theysshouldi be left undisturb ed, and all the enginry of annoyance be inces santly directed against the Master of the Mint, is a fact the justice s of which we cannot exactly see. We are old-fashioned enough to love the sound English maxim of " fair play to all," and if we had been ever so much inclined to censure Mr. Herries, one of our strongest reasons for re fraining would be the endeavours obviously made for sonic time past to convert that gentleman into a scape goat for the sins of his old colleagues. But if we feel inclined to blame the continuous attacks on Mr. Herries, who is a Member of Government, and who, in that point of view, may be looked on as a fair mark, much more would we blame political attacks on those who hold no responsible office, and towards whom common courtesy call for forbearance. What has been done or said by Sir William Knighton, that he should be selected as a victim ? All that the Public know of that individual is, that he is honoured with the private friendship of his So vereign. We do not say that this should re commend him to the respect of our contem poraries, although it does to ours, but as suredly it ought not to expose him to their censure. Principious placuissc viris hated ultimo laps est. If not indicating the highest, nei ther does it indicate• the lowest powers, to be able to please bins whom all are anxious to conciliate. And if attention and skill have enabled him to effect this, surely any sound thinking man, who pretends to love the person of the Sovereign, instead of indulging in harsh thoughts against Sir William, would feel grateful to him for his endeavours to lighten the languor to which Monarchs, as well as others, are subject, or to repel sickness from one whose health is the subject of our daily prayers, and whose welfare is so intimately interwoven with the welfare of his grateful people. We have been led to these observations on the present occasion by a letter which appeared in the pages of one of our contemporaries yesterday, in which, though for what purpose does not very clearly appear, an attempt is made to criminate Sir W. Knighton, by representing him as the sole exc• cutor of the late Colonel I\l‘ Mahon. Our con temporary has incautiously given the weight of his own name to the assertion; imputation it is meant to be, though why we do not pretend to have discovered. ' Our readers will find in an other column—in a letter from a correspondent on whom they may rely—a conclusive contradic tion of this purposed . calumny. Col. M'Mahon's sole executor was his. brother. If, in matters of so small importance, such inaccuracies be disco verable, the natural presumption will be, that in those of greater importance similar errors may be found.— New Times. The important question of the Corporation and Test Acts comes before the House of Com mons again this evening, when the Report of the Resolution of the Committee is to be brought up. In reference to what has already passed upon this important subject, we cannot help ob serving that upon the part of the friends of the Dissenters there has been exhibited a degree of animosity and passion, which if they are not careful may endanger their ultimate success in Parliament, if not wholly defeat their first triumph. Why did certain Members use the contumelious and exasperating language which disgraced the last discussion upon this subject ? Why endeavour to provoke hostility with the ho nest and conscientious friends of the Church of England? And why press the matter with such undue precipitation as to give occasion to believe that unless the measure were carried with the first tide of a majority, it would not be carried at all ? Such proceeding was surely impolitic, especially after his Majesty's Ministers had thrown out a flag of truce, and prudentially evinced a disposition to make an amicable' com promise with the Dissenters, and to suffer the complained of Acts either wholly to expire, or ' to be suspended almost without limitation. With such terms offered by Government, it surely was not wise to quarrel ; and if such conduct be persisted in, the measure 'will with justice and propriety be defeated, if not in the Com mons, most certainly in the Lords. It cannot be dissembled, that neither the friends of Church or State will tolerate the uncondi tional repeal of these Acts, without some security to replace them—the breaking up of all the fountains of the great deep, to admit an inundation of impiety and profaneness, and the levelling of all the barriers against Atheism and Infidelity, as in the case of the worst times of Jacobinical France. The Dis senters, a respectable class of which is to be found hi every town and county in the empire, must from a sincere love for the principles of our common Christianity, require a security against avowed Atheism and Unbelief gaining a passport to all the civil offices of the State. Surely those must not be admitted to controul and govern, who blaspheme all religious obliga tion, and scoff all divine and salutary restraint. This Subject came incidentally before the House of Lords last night, on the presentation of a Petition from a body of Roman Catholics in favour of a Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, when the learned and enlightened Lord Redesdale gave a correct and incontrovertible elucidation of the principle upon which the Test and Corporation Acts were founded. The principle, said the Noble and Learned Lord, was, that no right, not even the right of property, could exist in a state of secu rity without the supremacy of political power being united with those rights. This principle was a sound one, and was as applicable to the rights cf the. Church of England as to any other. It we look back into history we should find that the Church and State had been overthrown the moment the superior political power and the army got into the hands of their opponents. He had himself brought forward a measure to re lieve the Catholics from some real evils under which they laboured ; but the Irish Catholics refused to take an oath which the English Ca tholics took without difficulty ; and the only ground for this difference, whi6 he could ever discover, was, that the English Catholics were without any hope of re-establishing their reli gion in this country, while the Irish Catholics still entertained some hopes of its re-establish ment in Ireland.—Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE• MANSION-lIOUSE.—The LORD MAYos. received the following note, containing the sum of Si. 10s. from a Sheriff's-officer, named Genn, who resides in Little Bell alley, and who executed the writ upon the person of Mrs. Innes, the unfortunate mother, of whom a report in this Paper described the wretched condition some day/ ago : " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. "My Lord--A few friends who usually dine at the Castle Tavern, Moorgate, having read in the Times news paper, the heart-rending account of Mrs. Innes's family, and the unfortunate circumstances connected with her case, and more particularly the prompt and humane liberality of your Lordship, and the officers of your establishment, and actuated by the noble and liberal example your Lord ship has set, beg to offer our contribution to the assistance of the sufferers, in hopes that by a sympathy of the public, the victims of misfortune may he speedily liberated from their present distressing circumstances, and to this end, should publicity be required, we are assured the most respectable journal we have alluded to will properly lend its columns to the furtherance of so desirable an object. Subscriptions Si. 103. " A FEW FRIENDS." Mr. Genn had ascertained that the picture of the con dition of the family was very far from being an exaggerated one. It was with the greatest pain he performed his duty by arresting Mrs. Innes in the bosom of her destitute family, and he took the first opportunity of calling the attention of the humane individuals, with whom he passes some of his leisure hours, to the distressing facts of her case. The result was the above subscription. The LORD MAYOR observed upon the occasion that the conduct of the promoter of the subscription was above all praise. His Lordship then requested that Mr. tiobler, jun. would act for the service of the unfortunate family profes sionally, and that gentleman immediately called upon the attorney who had issued the writ at the direction of an at torney in the country, whose client is a banker, and pro posed, under the lamentable circumstances of the case, that he would accept of 10s. in the pound. The gentleman referred to said, that he entertained no doubt that the pro posal would be acceded to, and that it should Le made as soon as possible. The poor woman, upon finding that friends had started up to her assistance so unexpectedly, was wholly unable to utter a word. Whe❑ Mr. Hobler assured her that she should, in a day or two, leave the prison and return home, she dropped down upon her knees to thank him. Three men, named Ste:cart, Smith, and Edwards, were charged with having attacked some watchmen with brickbats and stones. A watchman, Whose head was covered with plasters, stated, that between one and two, the defendants and some other persons were quarrelling in Bishopsgate-street, and disturbing the neighbourhood. Witness interposed, and that was the signal for a dreadful attack. The defendants snatched up several brickbats and stones and flung them at the unlucky watchman. Some of those missiles struck him upon the skull and in the face and body, and wherever they struck they either cut or bruised severely. The watch man ran bleeding for assistance. The defendants, upon seeing the watchmen approaching, collected more brick bats, and called out " Down with the old Charlies," and flung at them as if they were determined to exterminate them. At length, the defendants ran into a house in Angel-alley, to which they were pursued. The neighbour hood was by this time in a great state of consternation. The watchmen, upon demanding admission into the house, were assured, that if they did not leave the alley, they should be put to death. This threat was disregarded ; the watchmen broke into the house, and hauled the prisoners from under the beds and other hiding places. The prisoners, who denied that they knew any thing about the matter, were then committed in default of bail. GUILDHALL.—James Hayward, a porter, was charged with stealing a bed, a bolster, and two pillows, from the premises of his employers, Messrs. Toplis and Son, auctioneers and cabinet-makers, in St. Paul's Church yard. Mr. Toplis, sen. stated, that the prisoner had been six months in his employment, but nut having further occasion for his services, he was told he would be discharged on Saturday last. About half-past seven on Friday evening, Mines, a parish beadle, called to state that the prisoner had been just detained at the King's Head public-house, in Earl-street, Blackfriars, with a bed and a portable desk, which, from his manner, it was suspected he had stolen. The prisoner lived at Knightsbridge, and had been in trusted with the desk to deliver in Holborn on his way home ; bat upon looking at the bed, it was ascertained that he had clandestinely carried it out of the warehouse. John Jennings, the foreman of the porters, identified the property, and said that the prisoner had not received any direction whatever to move it. The prisoner, in his defence, said that Jenuin;•s had or dered him to leave the bed at some place for him ; that on reaching Earl-street, be remembered he had not re ceived a direction where it was to be delivered, and left it at the public-house while be went back to make this inquiry. Jennings denied this accusation, and Mr. Toplis called Thomas Crofton, the landlord of the public-house, who stated that when the prisoner left the bed, he said a carrier would call for it almost immediately. Witness observed that there was no direction upon it, and the prisoner, alleging that he was not a scholar, begged witness to write one, dictating "To William Hayward, No. 1, Knights bridge." The carrier did not come, but in the course of an hour the prisoner came again with the desk, and upon learning that the carrier had not called, and finding the witness's suspicions were excited, and that he peremptorily insisted that the bed should be removed, he offered any man in the room ss. to carry it to Kensington. Being asked where he had brought it from, he declined answering, and the witness determined upon detaining him, and sending for an officer. The prisoner seemed to be drunk. Thomas Hooper, a sawyer, said that soon after six o'clock the prisoner brought the bed through the saw-pit, in the rear of the premises in St. Paul's church-yard, de posited it in the street, outside tits doors of Mr. Toplis's sale-room, in Little Carter-lane, and having fastened the doors inside, he returned to the front premises again : wit ness told him if he left the bed unwatched upon the pave ment at that hour, it would certainly be stolen, Prisoner replied that he was not afraid of that. Witness suspected there was something amiss, although he did not imme diately inform his master. Mr. Toplis explained that there were two or three back entrances to the premises, but all persons were forbidden to carry any goods out at any other than the front door. This evidence entirely re►noved the imputation upon Jennings which the prisoner had thrown out, and as he attempted no further explanation, Mr. Alderman ANSLEY' committed him for trial. HATTON-GARDEN._James Molony, a porter in the employ of John Graham and Co., upholsterers, No. 294, High Holborn, was yesterday charged before Mr. LAING with the embezzlement of a sum of 21., which he received for account of his employers. It appeared that on the 26th February last, he was sent by Peter Graham, one of the company, with a looking glass to Mr. Whitehouse, of Thavies-inn ; he delivered the glass, and on the following morning applied for payment, and presented a bill for 21. to Henry Holland, clerk to Mr. Whitehouse. The bill was accordingly paid, and re ceipted as follows—" Paid James, for Graham, 2/." This sum was never accounted for, and the prisoner wrote upon the entry which was made in his employer's day-book, and which showed the delivery of the glass, the word " paid." —He was fully committed. WORSHIP-STREET. —Joseph and Wm. Lacher, father and son, the stewards of a Society called the United Friends of Industry, held at Bethnal -green, were brought up yesterday charged with stealing money bel ong ing to the society. The sum of 21. 6s. 10d. was found to be del cient in the box, of which the prisoners had the keys. The Magistrate (Mr. BROUGHTON) Was doubtful as to the nature of the offence, but ordered the prisoners to be held to bail. It is feared that the dreadful gale on the night of the 17th inst., proved destructive to the shipping on mangy• parts of the coast. The Bristol Channel last week presented a frightful scene; it was strewed with bales, casks, planks, and pieces of wrecks, so that it was dan gerous to sail in some parts.— Carmarthen Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARL/4 S. RICH Y. TIIE GAS 1.1311 T AND COKE CO3IPANY. The Court was occupied until its rising with hearing Counsel in this cause. Mr. SUGDEN stated it to be an appeal from the Vice-Chancellor. It appeared that 1812, the Com pany was established in Bridge-street. Blackfriars, and that at that period the plaintiff, Sir George Rich, took two shares in it. lie afterwards sub scribed for two-and-twenty other shares, and then for two more; so that, in the whole, he was the holder of 26 shares. A dispute, host ever, arose between him and the Company respecting the two last shares, in consequence of some alleged irregu larity or default in payment of the amount of the shares; and by a resolution of the Company, they were declared forfeited. This was rescinded two years afterwards, and by a certificate it appeared that the Company acknowledged the plaintiff to have standing in his name 26 shares. In July, 1817, the capital of the Company was increased by the sale of other shares, and the plaintiff directed Mr. Pedler, the secretary of the Company and his own particular friend, to buy, in his name, 26 other shares. At the same time he remitted to Mr. Pedler 2601., to pay the requisite instalments of 10/. each -sn these shares. Mr. Pedler did not comply with the directions thus given to him, and only twenty-four shares were entered in his name in the company's books. Sir Geo. Rich, in the whole course of this transaction, considered Mr. Pedler as the agent of the Company ; and, although upon terms of inti macy with him, applied to him to effect the pur chase of these shares, and the proper person autho rized by the company for that purpose. The pre sent dispute had arisen solely in consequence of his default. lie had put into his own pocket 20/. of the 260/. remitted to him by Sir G. Rich for the purchase of 26 shares, and had entered only 21 shares in the name of the plaintiff. It was one of the resolutions of the company, that the number of shares disposed of in the new company should net exceed, in respect of any individual, the number of shares held by that individual in the former com pany, and it was said that it being considered the plaintiff had only 21 shares in the former Company, he could have no more entered in his name as a holder of the new shares. This, however, was disproved by the certificate which he had formerly alluded to. The question, therefore, at issue be tween the parties was, whether Mr. Pedler bad act ed as Sir G. Rich's agent or as officer of the Com pany. When the cause came to be heard before the Vice-Chancellor, his Honour had decided that Pedler acted for the plaintiff in this transaction, and not for the Company; that the plaintiff was entitled to 26 shares of the capital of the old Company, and to 24 shares of that of the new one. Against this decision the present appeal was lodged. Mr. HoRNE was heard on the other side, until the rising of the Court. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MARCH S. THE KING V. HUDSON. This was an indictment for wilful and corrupt perjury. The present proceeding arose out of a prosecution some months since instituted against a person of the name of Ramsdell, and several others, for a con spiracy to defraud the creditors of Ramsden, against whom a commission of bankrupt had issued. The indictment in that case (upon which some of the defendants had been convicted) was preferred at the instance of the present defendant Hudson, who was examined as a witness in support of his own prosecu tion ; and if there was any one case in which per jury could be aggravated, it was where it was com mitted by a person who voluntarily went into the witness box and gave evidence against a party in a prosecution instituted by himself. The present de fendant, in the course of a cross-examination which he underwent for the purpose of affecting his credit, was asked, amongst other things, whether he had had ever been engaged in the service of the Bank of England, and whether he had been dismissed from that service ? he admitted that he had been employed as a clerk in the Bank, but denied that he had ever been dismissed from his situation. He was then asked whether he had not been dismissed for mis conduct, and he swore positively that he had not. Some enquiry afterwards took place, the result of which was, the present indictment for perjury. Sir JAMES SCARLETT, after making a few general observations, called a witness, who produced a record of the conviction of Ramsden, and another on the prosecution for conspiracy. Upon its being read, and the present indictment compared with it, it was found that in the latter the former indictment was mis-described. The Jury then, under his Lordship's directions, pronounced the defendant Not Guilty. WHEELER V. LONG AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover the amount of cer tain law costs paid by the plaintiff in an action brought by him against a person named Tilley, to enforce the performance of a contract made on his behalf by the defendants, in 1824. The plaintiff was a respectable wine-merchant. The defendants, Messrs. Long and Edwards, be longed to a class of men (brokers) who in general did their business in a very irregular manner. In 1824, the plaintiff employed the defendants as brokers, to buy for him a quantity of wine. A Mr. Tilley, a harness-maker, of Long-acre, had also given them a commission to sell for him some Cape wine. For the sale of this to the plaintiff they entered into a contract, and sent to him a sale note, dated the 2d of April, 1824, in the following words—" Bought, for account of John Wheeler, of William Tilley, 55 pipes and 30 hogsheads of Cape white wine, now lying in the London Docks, at 13/. per pipe, to be paid for on transfer, by bill at six months, for one half the amount, and the remainder by cash, on receipt of transfer, on Saturday, the 17th instant, allowing discount on the amount from that day to the 2d of October, 1824." A du plicate of this contract was sent to Mr. Tilley, on the evening of the day it was made ; and on the fol lowing day Mr. Tilley gave notice that he objected to it, stating, that he had given the defendants no authority to enter into a contract on such terms.— The plaintiff, upon receiving this intimation, applied to his attornies, who immediately wrote to Mr. Tilley, requiring him to fulfil the contract. Mr. Tilley objected to do eo. The plaintiff then re ferred to the defendants, who still insisted that they had been authorised by Mr. Tilley to make the sale on the terms specified in the contract. After some correspondence between Mr. Tilley's attornies and the attorney of the plaintiff (Mr. Wheeler), Mr. Wheeler at length brought an action against Mr. Tilley for the non-fulfilment of the contract. Mr. Tilley defended the action, which was tried at the sittings after Trinity Term, in 1824. The verdict passed against Mr. Wheeler, who, in consequence, was saddled with the whole costs on both sides, amounting to 101/. 12s. 9d. To recover that sum the present action was brought. Proof was given of the - contract; of the action against Mr. Tilley at the suit of the present plaintiff; and of the costs paid by the latter, amounting to 101/. I2s. 9d. After evidence for the plaintiff had been adduced, The COM3ION SERGEANT addressed the Jury for the defendants ; after which, a verdict was returned for the plaintiff—Damages, 101/. JACKSON r. lIASRIXS. This was at: action against the defendant, a jew eller, carrying on business in the Quadrant, Regent street, to recover 25/., the balance of wages dne to the plaintiff. The plaintiff, a young man, was en gaged by the defendant as his shopman, at a salary of 40/. a-year, payable quarterly. He continued in the defendant's service nearly three years,, and had been regularly paid up to the end of the year 1826, or beginning of 1827, shortly after which time he quitted the defendant's service. The balance of wages due to him at that time was 25/., which the defendant refused to pay, alleging that he had de tected the plaintiff in dishonest practices. There appeared, hoAvkver, no reason why the wage-.; should be withheld. _ Sir J. SCAR LETT, for the defendant, had a com plete answer to the plaintiff's claim for wages. The defendant had been in the habit of paying the plain tiff regularly untilsome circumstances occurred which led to a suspicion of his honesty. The defendant employed hi 3 nephew to keep an eye upon the plain tiff while engaged in the shop, and in a very short time he discovered that the plaintiff was plunder ing him. It would be proved, that from the beginning of March to about July, the total amount of embezzlements was 6!. 13s. I Id. He was then dismissed from his situation, and shortly after he wrote a letter to the defendant, in which he acknowledged his guilt to the full extent. A letter from the plaintiff to the defendant, datesl the .sth August, 1827, was put in and read. It contained a general confession of his guilt, and a request to the defendant not to communicate the circumstances to his (the plaintiff's) friends. The Jury instantly found a verdict for the de fendant. NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. y, out the Second Edition of the Dublin Evening Po3t of Saturd Ay. ) MR. JAMES CALLAGHAN IN THE CHAIR. Amount of Catholic Rent this week, 398!. I Os. 10d. Mr. SUGRUE acted as Secretary, and read the proceedings of the last day. Mr. O'CONNELL, in a most eloquent speech, an nounced that he should, on Thursday next, move for a vote of congratulation to the Dissenters of England. whose steady perseverance he strongly applauded ; and he considered their success to be greatly in favour of Catholic Claims. Mr. LAwLEss followed the same line of argu ment, and said, that the Lord of Anglesey would find he could not govern Ireland without listening to public opinion. Mr. CLooNEY rose and said, he had been desired by Lord Clifden to state, that the Nlarquis,of Angle sey regretted exceedingly the unguarded expression he had some time since used with respect to the Catholics. Mr. O ' CONNELL said, be hoped nothing from the Government of the Marquis of Anglesey—he was sure it would be one of the most grinding Admini strations upon the Catholics, though he was sure the Marquis personally had good intentions; but he would be surrounded by the Ascendancy Faction. Mr. O'CoNrs'ELL handed in 801. from -Cork. Mr. J. BROWNS handed in 86/. from the parish of St. Catherine's, and moved that 68 contributors be admitted members. Several letters containing Rent, and several Church Wardens' returns were read. . Near two hundred new Members were admitted• LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metrodolis is 9d. for the 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from %d. to 130. below that price. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—THURSDAY, MAecti 6. Aspinall, I'., Halifax—Magistrates' office, Halifax I Baker, J., Drayton—l'hcenix, Drayton Bell, J., St. Cuthbert, Cumberland—Bush, Carlisle ll Broadfoot, S., Ashbourn—King's Head, Duffield l2 Etheredge, I'., Norwich—Swan, Norwich Hill, C., ochdale—Albion, Rochdale 3 Howard, W., Bridlington—Lion, Driffield 6 Lewthwaite, J , Lancaster—King's Arms, Lancaster ll Manson, G. Birmingham—Globe, Birmingham 3 Taylor, J., Halifax—Magistrate's office, Halifax l2 Wrigley and Co., Liverpool—Messrs. Ramsbottom and Co., Liverpool ll INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields March 6, at Nine o'clock. Bailey, James, Tewkesbury, toll-collector Bentley, Joseph, Camden-town, surgeon Dicken, Thomas, New Round-court, victualler Foulkes, Robert, Lambeth, linen-draper Gee, John, Nottingham, hatter Gould, Thomas, Kensington, victualler Grayson, John, Bunhill-row, architect Hammon, John, Spa-fields, watch-case-maker COUNTRY.---At the Court-house, Durham, March 6, at Ten o'clock. Arrowsmith, Wm., Standrop, gunsmith Carr, Anthony, Durham, wine-cooper Allen, Ralph, Houghton-lc-Spring, chemist Hodgson, 'W., Sunderland,.cordwainer Smith, Robert, South Shields, musician Hopper, Ann, Durham, lodging-house-keep er Hall, James, South Shields, innkeeper Southeron, George, Hetton-le-Hole, pitman Hedley, J., South Shields, boot-maker Wharton, John, Cornforth, lime-burner Todhunter, George, Darlington, plumber Hendcrton, A., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pitman Blenkinsop, Thomas, Darlington, grocer Johnson, John, Sedgefield, publican At Wells, March 6, at Ten. Heal, James, Bridgwater, cordwainer Yard, Robert, jun., West Hatch, farmer Butler, Wm., Frome, carpenter Stevens, John, Nether Stowcy, labourer Turk, Simon, Nunney, farmer Stevens, Charles, Over Stowey, farmer Coleman, Edward, Yeovil, tailor and draper Selway, Cornelius, Winsham, victualler Budden, R., Winterbourne, miller Fisher, George, Wooton, gardener Court, Benj., Wedmore, turf-cutter Finer, Charles, Bathwick, rlaisterer The Earl of LI vERPoor. remains in a very distressing state. He constantly resides at Coombe Wood. His Lordship does not see any visitors ; he walks out nem sionall:f in his grounds with an attendant. He has reco vered in some degree the use of his limbs, but he is not able to write. His Lordship has not recovered his speech, and it is with much difficulty he can make himself under stood. The Earl has a good appetite, and takes a few glasses of wine with his dinner. Sir liEsnr 1-(ALion.n has lately attended his Lordship.-21.forning Herald. DULL TRADE.—Though trade is very good in the commercial districts, it is very dull in this city. The dealers in fine and fancy fruits, in particular, complain that they are not doing a tenth part of the business they did at this time last year.—Scotsman. MATRIMONY.—A great portion of the wretchedness which has often embittered married life, I am persuaded, has originated in the negligence of trifles. Con nubial happiness is a thing of too fine a texture to be handled roughly. It is a sensitive plant, which will not even bear the touch of unkindness ; a delicate flower, which indifference will chill, and suspicion blast. It must be watered with showers of tender affection ; expanded with the glow of attention, and guarded by the impregnable barrier of unshaken confidence. Thus matured, it blooms with fragrance in every season of life, and sweetens even the loneliness of declining years.—Scotsmax. SHIPWRECK.—On Wednesday night and Thursday morning, there was a violent gale of wind from the south-cast, accompanied with heavy rain ; and we re gret to state, that about two o'clock on the above men tioned morning, the brigantine George, of Bideford, RICHARDS, master, from Bristol, in running for Swansea harbour, mistook a light on shore for the one on the pier, previous to the latter being exhibited ; and before those on board discovered their perilous situation, the vessel struck. The gale still continuing to increase, and the sea running very high, the crew were obliged to take to the rigging, where they remained above two hours, with the sea breaking over them. No assist ance could be afforded the poor fellows until the tide ebbed, when they were relieved in a very exhausted . state. The vessel is unfortunately wrecked, but hopes are entertained that the materials will be saved. It is with pain we are compelled to notice a disgraceful scene which ensued ; seven or eight fellows (we will not deno minate them seamen), who had offered their assistance to save the materials and other property, contrived to get into their possession a jar of whiskey, of which they drank so freely, as to be totally incapable of rendering the least as sistance, and two of them were in such a shocking state of drunkenness, that they were obliged to be hauled up from the hold by ropes. In this beastly state they were carried on ladders to their respective homes, where they became so alarmingly ill, that medical advice was deemed necessary, and to save the fellows' lives, the gentlemen who attended were obliged to eject the liquor they had drank by means of the stomach pump.—Carmarthen Journal. WICK, FEB. 23.—The brig St. Nichothy, of and from St. Petersburgh, —, Commander, loaded with deals, iron, and hemp, for Liverpool, got embayed in Sin clair's Bay, about three miles north of Wick, on Thursday evening, wind S.E. blowing a heavy gale. The master wisely brought her up by anchoring ere she came in con tact with the breakers, where she rode until yesterday morn , iag about nine o'clock, when, in consequence of the in creased gale and heavy sea, she parted from her moorings, and struck a considerable distance from the shore. A short time after her masts went over her side. Every effort to effect a communication betwixt the vessel and the shore, tin. the preservation of the crew, proved fruitless, and all hope of their safety was blasted. They continued in this perilous situation till about half-past three in the afternoon, when the vessel broke up, and the crew, con sisting of twelve persons, were saved as by a. miracle. There were two boats brought to the spot by carts—one of which was instantly manned by seven men, who, at the imminent danger of their lives, fearlessly combated the raging element, till they reached the wreck. This was about an hour before her breaking up, when, to the sad disappointment of all, it was found impossible to come alongside, from the masts and rigging being attached to the vessel's side. They were, however, fortunate enough in saving one man who was precipitated overboard by the rail giving way, against which he was standing. The boat was compelled to return from the increased violence of the waves. At this awful moment the quarter gave way. The deck was seen rising several feet, and the last spark of hope had fled from the remaining part of the crew, whose affecting cries pierced the spectators to the heart, when instantly the deck bursting up, allowed a quantity of the planks to escape, upon which nine of the crew committed themselves, and were all safely landed.— The remaining two were soon after floated in upon the remains of the deck, and taken off by the boat. It would be doing injustice to conclude this statement without mentioning the names of sotue of those in dividuals who distinguished themselves by their fear lessness of danger. Among those it was particularly gratifying to observe the conduct of the Hon. GEORGE DUNBAR, son of Lord Del - 11;s, who repeatedly hazarded his own life for the laudable purpose of saving others. His car t s were upon the spot in readiness to car r y awa y the men as soon as they came ashore, to his castle at Ackergill. Mr. JAMES BREMNER, ship-builder, the known and tried friend of seamen in distress, shared the same danger in a most conspicuous manner, along with several others. The manly conduct of the boat's crew will be long remem bered by all who witnessed their persevering conduct, in the face of such appalling danger. They consisted of Captaia MaNsolf, formerly of the Marchioness of Wick, who commanded the boat ; DAVID DURRAND, JOHN HEN DERSON, JAMES WKAT, HUGH BAIN, and JOHN LEITH. —Caledonian Mercury. KILKENNY MARKET, Feb. 29.—Butter, 90s. to 928. per cwt. ; Bacon Pigs, 335. to 365. per ditto; Wheat, 225. to 255. per barrel ; Barley, 128. to 15s. ; Oats, Bs. to 10s.; Flour, Its. to 28s. per bag; Beef andllntton, 4d. to sd. per lb. ; Potatoes, ltd. to 21d. per stone ; Coals, Is. 2d. per cwt. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—March 1. Hay 703. Od. to 1003. Od. Clover 90s. Od. to 120 f. Od. Od. to 366. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—Maroli 3. Rent Pockets 41. 43. 4/. 186. to 6/. 6s. Sussex Ditto —..—....—. 4l. 9s. 41. Bs. to U. 12s. F.ssex Ditto...—. —.. 4/. 4s. 41. 15s. to 5/. Os. Farnham Ditto, Fine O/. N. Si. Os. to 91. tts. Seconds ....—......... W. N. 71. Os to 84 Os. Kent nags ....—. 41. as. 41. 15s. to V. Ss. Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto— 2/. I6s. 4/. 26. to 4/. 6.1. 4/. Os. 44 10s. to U. les. PRICE. OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 341. 6s. Refined 6 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 12 0 Rape Cake, per ton 6 0 PRICE OF POTATOES.—March 3. Kidneys Ol. os. to 4/. Os. per ton. scotch Reds 3/. Os. to Si. ss. ditto. Marsh Champion. 3/. 10s. to 4/. Os. ditto. Oxnobles and Shims PRICES OF LEA'rhIER. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. d. to d. Butts—...so to 561 b... 19 21 Tanned Horse Hides... 144 Ile Ditto--60 to 661 b.... 22 23 Swinish Ditto --- 20 26 Dressing Hide 5.,....,.,., 14 16 Per dozen. Fine Coach tlides —l6 18 Cat/Skins...36 to 401 b. 19 23 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 13 Ditto ......50 to 701 b. 23 26 Ditto --...13 to 501 b. 15 171 Ditto .......70 to 80Ib. 50i 23 Ditto... 11 19 Small Seals, Greenland 19 21 ANV HIDES. Per Stone. s.d. to s. d. Per Stone. • s. d. toe. d. Best Meifers& Steers 3 0 3 4 Ordinary 2 0 2 4 Middlings 2 6 2 9 Mat ket Calf 8 0 each SHEEP SKI NS. —Qs. 4d. toga. 10d. I Shearlings........ Od. to Os, El& Polled 3s. tid. to .ss. N. COAL MARK Adair's 331. 9d. Bunion Dean's Primrose 33 0 Felling Main 32 0 Heaton 33 0 Hebburn Main 33 9 33 0 Killingworth 34 6 Old 32 6 Ord's Redhugh 31 0 Pontop Windsor —.-- 31 0 Pelaw Tanfield Townley.- .. 32 6 Willington 34 9 Walls End Be W icke&Co. 36 6 Ditto Brown's ONYON*I 34 (1 Ditto Burraten 34 6 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 32 6 Ditto Carr and C 0....—. 31 6 Ditto Hilda 34 0 Ditto :13 3 Ships at market, Isls—Shi: Walls End Nevrmarch— 345. 94. Ditto Northumberland 33 Ditto Peareth _ 33 0 Ditto Perkins and Co. 3.5 ft Ditto Riddcll's _ 35 6 Ditto Russell's 30 0 Ditto Walker 35 0 Beamish South Moor « 20 0 Neshani Main S 4 Lambton's Primrose 34 0 Walls End Hetton—.....— 37 6 Walls End Ly0n5............ 34 6 Ditto 30 9 Ditto Stewart's —,— 37 9 Ditto Hender50n...,..,,.. 29 6 Ditto Nutt Russell's Hetton sW.E. 36 9 Cinders Cowpen SO 6 Hartley .—................... .31 6 Old Etherley, small coal 22 6 is sold, 8714---Unsold, .RKETS. rrE.—FRIDAY, Fc From To 3,996 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 19 0 30 0 1,239 Bete . 16 stone 9 0 13 0 1,29:3 Barley 16 stone 13 0 19 0 11,243 Oats 14 stone 8 0 16 0 15,01 ti Cwt. Flour...—. 9 stone 5 0 21 0 413 Oatmeal —...... 11 stone 8 0 11 0 • Sold to Bakers only. 6,871 Cwt. F10ur..,... l3 0 El 0I 15 1 Average price of Wheat and Flour 38s. 4d. per sack. Firsts, --.. from 18i. ocl. to 21s. Od. Receipts of Flour, 14,374 Seconds, from 13s. Od. to 16s. 06. Sales of Do. 13,016 Thirds, from ss. Od. to 10s. Od. IRISH DUBLIN MARKET NO 29. M. P. Pb 10 I 0 71i t 2 1 4 0 9 5 Pitt Quartern Loaf, 11b.! :E OF BREAD. or.— 7}.(1. Half-rjuartern, 216. 20z.—.310 Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel t 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. 2d. s.d. a s.d. s.d. a s.d. s.d. a s.d. s. d. as. d. s. d.as. d. Cork ... 21 0-25 9 10 0-14 6 8 6-11 3 15 6-1: 0 14 0-4/1 6 Limerick 22 6-23 4 102— 00 89— 00 15 0-16 00— 0 0 Waterford 22 0-25 011 0-15 0 9 0-- 99 15 0--15 11 0.-Is Clonmcl .... 250 00 12 0— 00 10 0— 00 12 0-16 0 0 0— 0 Belfast..... 19 6-20 9 I'2 0-15 0 130— 0 0 20 6-21 0 0 0-- 0 0 Derry 0 0-- 0 0 12 8— 0 0 II 1-12 9 0 0— 0 0 00— 0 0 Carlow.-- 20 0-24 0 10 0-15 0 80— 90 15 0— 0 0.0 0— 0 0 Tralee 00— 0 0 oo— 0 0 00— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 0 0 0 Beef, per lb. d. a d. Cork* 4-k —6 Limer•ck— 3 —4 Waterford 4 —6 Clonmel 3 —4 I Belfast,..,. 1 —si Derry 6 —0 Car10w...., —5 Tralee— 0 —0 Mutton, Pork, per 113. per cwt. . t. :,... —. —,-,..—.. —........ ...... s. d. a s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 31 0-36 6132 0 78 068 0 24 0-29 0182 0 76 0 70 0 24 0-40 0 91 0 85 0— 0 00— 0 0 - 7 0 - 0 0 67 C 00— 0 0 81 0 80 0 50 1 00— 0 0 0 -- 0 -- , 21 0— 0 0 94 0 82 0 72 0 0— 0 0 78 0 72 064 Butter.__ st. I 2d. I . t . . MI. •••••••••• ••••••••••0 g • d • • d. 0 60 0 54 A 0 64 0 58 0 —0 a 60 54 0 49 0 . a o—o— 0 064 0— 0 54 046 6 d, a d. —6 —5 4i 6 3 5 0 6 —0 5 —6 0 —0 SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Oatmeal , Aberdeen 49 63 23 29 17 23 28 90 Berwick-- 39 45 19 29 16 18 20 22 32 Coldstream 34 41 20 21 16 19 26 28 —. Cupar 46 62 97 30 22 24' 27 30 Dundee..... • 30 16 19 15 16 Elgin ..:—.— 50 • 54 22 23 20 21 3J Inverness...... 50 52 28 30 24 26 40 46 Kelso —.—.— 34 37 20 92 16 19 24 26, .... Kirkaldy-- 45 61 26 28 22 24 37 33 3t Perth i 12 63 18 21 1 1 17 12 1 4 The size of the measure varies throughout the country. BIRTHS. On the 27th ult., at Duncroft-house, Staines, the lady of Colonel Carmichael, of a son. On the 2d instant, in Upper Brook-street, the lady of John Sawbridge, Esq., of a daughter. On the Ist instant, at her father's house in Great Or mond-street, the lady of C. Reddelien, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., Mrs. Henry J. Elmee, of College-hill, of a son. On the 2d instant, the lady of H. L. Smale, Esq., of Doctors'-commons, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., Cheapside, Mrs. Wilke, of a daughter. On the 2d instant, Sloane-street, the lady of Lieut.-Col. Macdonald, late of the 19th Regt. of a son. 1 1, IARRIED. On the Ist instant, by the Venerable the Archdeacon of London, Robert, second eon of the late Rev. Thomas Stet ftZrector of Hemingford Abbotts and Upton, in Run onshire, to Caroline Frances, third daughter of the Rev. Charles Crane, D.D., of Paddington. At Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Mr. Silas Aston, a young man of 19, to Miss Hannah Runt, aged 55, both of Toddington, near Kirkby. DIED. On the 3d instant, at Hartsborne Manor House, Herbs, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Boulden Thump3on, Bart. G.C.8., aged 62. On the 2d instant, aged 64, Mrs. Fanny Draper, wife of Mr. Samuel Draper, No. 13, Orange-street, Red Lion-square. At York, Canada, on the 11th January, in the 23d year of his age, after several weeks' severe illness, in consequence of a fever, Mr. Thomas Curtis Gale, only son of the late T. C. Gale, E,q., of the City-road. On the 29th ult., at Westfield-lodge, Kingston-upon , Thames, Mrs. Mary Glover, in the 75th year of her age. Major-General Lord Frederick Bentinck, younger/ brother to the Duke of Portland, and Colonel of the 56th Regt. of Foot. r ! PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, atthl SUN OFYICE, No. 112, Stand. CONI &seri] for the for, an the pa Simla from betwee admantesjfytereffic drTrkeseed:: FOR Co roil Cana. For Jernsal 1• 111 fit • , pail VAI Ti 275 made' may a DrY G de €t*ai APP 'Nu I at the +lady ; iambi TO Potful ADOL p which This is to any eneh ltoldinj ii.tnont against Old Ili This di API F" NI ) LNG tar I By En 11' Se of aod, to the LUiti ?f the t 1 T innurai been ti jorityi tnaneni ----- O A S AO] Priz D' tollecP VILLI Advoo Thii haying The to Nov pnblisl ;....... Ti resting Wotael M;sll4 will, h so it is time y C Nodose N Pruidi ~?r.''M~ Capt. 1 Pari %pots The Tl Salem] Aida Sold 147, Si . , PubEs' T Ib2B. order., pra repo - the B it . 0 , 6" Pa aubjet Is th. Glee Yar- Py. and S' the 10) Meow Part Viel; or'of ap - Part 1 pAUC A t, Pad C 1 _/; T' .......... Ids d