The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Nothing is yet known respecting the intended Ministerial arrangements, - except that the Duke of Wellington has certainly no commission to form an Ultra Government. The Duke has left town for Strathfieldsaye, with Don Miguel. He will probably see the King at Windsor on his way to his seat ; but it is believed nothing will be arranged till his Grace's return to Windsor, on Tuesday. Lord Wellesley did not see the King when he went to Windsor on Thursday.---Tintcs. , •It is now..of 'the g rea t est importance that th e real cause of the. breaking'up - of the late - tiPt Vernment should be. clearly stated and theriughly understood liy the; thinking and refietting part of the people of Eltglaad. It.. was well remarked by Louis NVIII. that no people possessed so much gcr,,.d bite in the serious concerns of life' as tire tnglish. To this 'quality we may confidently add another, closely akin to iv:•—that of • good judgment; we shall therefore :content ourselves with simply stating the case as it ieallY. is, end rely completel: on that good taste and that good judgment to form an_honest correct opi nion,. being welt assured that every - hoot- htings nearer that period, already near, when the over whelming power of public opinion must triumph over the petty manoeuvring of a profligate faction and uodei•hand .intrimue. . It will be remembered that the House 'of Commons last year, at the suggestion of Mr. Canning, agreed to . postpone the budget and the consideration of the state. of the Imances and public expenditure,. on thedistlnet understand ing that such a committee offfillance should be apPointed:this Session'Of .Parbament ,as would pro ceed, without fear or trembling, prejudice or favOur, to the examination of that most vital subject, in ivhich the welfare aicd happiness of this,great nation are so deepl•i-tOncerned. This tOmmittee was not to be a fining of shreds trid. patches, in which every go?'.l tied honest intention was (as hitherto has been . 'the case) to be neutralized'and soured by the leaven of Toryism--not to be a mere :empty pageant, to save appearances and suggest expedients to get through the evil of the day, and quiet theclamour of the moment; but one which would probe the dis ease to its core, and look the evil boldly in the face, —turning a deaf ear, and buckling on t h e armour o f resistance, against the menaces or ent•eaties of job bers, Jews, placemen, courtiers; sins...urists, and all those filthy caterpillars of the State which prey upon its vitals i —one which would :ha ve - p rocee d e d in its ste rn path of duty, not to botch up, but to en deavour effectually to repair that mill and confusion, the fatal legacy of a long continuance of a Tory Go veaurnent,—one which would recommend the most rigid reduction of every branch of public adininistra tion, as the surest means of rendering the income of the country adequate to its expenses. The appoint ment of Lord Althorp to be Chairman of this Com- Ynittee was of itself a sufficient guarantee that such were the upright intentions of the Government. This distinguished nobleman, honoured alike by all purties, unites to talents which peculiarly qualify him for this arduous situation, an indefatigable persever ance, the greatest practical knowledge, the highest soundest principles, the mo s t unblemish ed character.' - This mast excellent appointment was highly 'approved of by Lord Goderich, and generally known to be so, as far back as last No vember ; it was then known by Mr. Herries,,who at that time brought forward none of his present ob jections. For the present we .shall content our• selves with stating the nature of these objections, mud why they arc now advanced by this humble tool of a more powerful band of concealed in triguers. They clearly perceive' that such a com mittee, with Lord Althorp for its chair Man, would strike at once at the source of their dishonest gains; that then must be an end of that system of rotten ness by which they have been engendered,-and—so 'long supported - tkka t the revenues of the country, derived from the exertions and industry of the many, must no longer be to them a fair object of plunder— a fun 4 to supply the idle disreputable luxury of the few ; then would come the' hour of severe and rigid examination into all their jobbing and deeds of darkness which shun the light. Mr. Herries is their Chancellor of the Eichequera second Daniel—a man after their own heart his is the good old Tory system, by which they have so long thriven and hope yet to thrive. The. question is now before the tri bunal.of the public : reduction and economy on the one hand, extravagance and. additional taxation on the other.. Surely, then, we have not indulged in groundless hope_wheo we confidently trust and re quire that all those from whose pockets.the means must be extracted for the continuance of this fed system, should unite in a firm, determined, and uncompromising resistance.—Rid. We are yet unable to lay before our readers any information which may be relied on as to the Mi nisterial arrangements.—Morning Chronicle. The difference in principle between Tories and Whigs, in the present day, is, as we have more than once observed, not very easily understood. The difference is personal rather than real. Of the great families of the country, a certain number call them selves Whigs, and a certain number call themselves Tories, and that is all that can be said about the matter. Both these denominations comprehend men of various degrees of intelligence, and, conse quently, entertaining various opinions as to the mea sures best calculated to advance the interests of the country. During the last Session of Parliament, for instance, the Administration, in its measures for improving the Corn Laws, was supported by the liberal of both Tories and Whigs, and opposed by the prejudiced of both. If the Duke of:Wel lington, Lord Londonderi v, arid Lord Ellen t opposed the Corn Bill, so did the Duke of Bedford, Earl Fitzwilliam, and Earl Grey. Both wish the preservation of the Constitution as it is to discovered in its working, and not as it exists in theory. The terms liberal and illiberal would, in the present day, be more appropriate than those of Whig and Tory. Liberal supposes an homage to knowledge, a disposition to submit all opinions to the test office inquiry, and to be always open to egeviction. Whig and. Tory, as opposed to each other, as we have observed, is merely a nomi nal distinction ; but liberal and illiberal arc as oppo site as light and darkness. It is the more necessary to insist on this distinction, because by the Consti tution, as it is worked, political power is monopo lised - by men, from whose ignorance and imbecility we are at least as much in dange r as from their evil intentions. One branch of our Legislature is ex clusively composed of men " whose wants have been forestalled from their cradle," who have never needed to exercise their wits to possess any object of their desires. Take any hundred men, more favourably circumstanced, that is, men under the ne cessity of scrambling to get on in the world, and how few of the hundred will even the stimulus of poverty have led to diStinguish themselves by their exertions. But take a hundred men, who, from their childhood, knew that they arc to have every thing they. wish without toil, and what chancels there that three per cent. of them are not in a state of mental lethargy approaching to imbecility? But men of this description not only form exclusively one branch of the Legislature, but influence the returns of a majority of the other. Hence the chief diffi culty with which we have to struggle in England is, that of the iginrance and imbeeilitTof those who have the monopoly of political power... We have to dread measures which injure the peOPle and benefit no one.. It. were too much to expect that men who monopolize power should not exert it for their own separate advantage; but when the separate advan tage is obtained;,. aliberal policy would seek to pro mote the public benefit. But here the ignorance of Our Legishiicirs meets us at every step. They feel their incoMpetence to inquire, and they decide without inquiry. They know not what is really for their own benefit any more than what' is for the benefit of the public; but lest they should de cide,. againit their own interest, they proscribe all innovation as theory. We confess, when we con4idina the composition of the Legislature, we are by iio:means sanguine as to the influence of any Administration in iinprovitG . oar Laws and Justitu- tions. If we should have a Minister like Mr. Huskisson, enlightened and virtuous at the same r I time, be would b e op p ose d at every step by igrio ranee and prejudice, .. The Constitution gives the King the power of choosing Ministers. But he ' must choose Ministers acceptable to Parliament. ' This power is somewhat like the' power of choice which the Church of England gives: Read the ' Bible ) and choose for yourselves; but if you do not ;'tumble on the 3t Article's ilk, it, you must be de barred from all plates of profit and trust. The King, in like itlahrier, must choose those . whom Parlia , inent will choose to have. When Parliament is di vided into two parties, if he Can Contrive, by taking a few Ministers fretti each, to have the support of both , fit limy manage to have a littl e influence. But a Ministry exclusively Whig or exclusively Tory, would he under the necessity of disposing of all the patronage to strengthen their interest. Hence we May . he sure that his Majesty, from King-craft, would always prefer an Administration of both par ties, to an Administration of We rinatrstand that on Thursday the Duke of Wellington despatched a dragoon with a letter to Earl Bathurst, who was at the seat of the Duke of ' Richmond, at Goodwood, in Sussex ; where the Earl was on a visit. 'the Duke Wan sb Cenfident that the Contents of his letter Would immediately bring the Carl to Lotichitt, that be gave orders to the Earl's servant at his Lordship's town house in Stanhope street, May-fair, to sit up for the Noble Earl. His Lordship arrived inLondon accordingly at midnight. The Earl has had several interviews with the Duke of Wellington since his arrival in London. On Sa turday Mr. Lambton had a long interview with Lord Goderich upon the subject of his reported Peerage. The resignation,however, of the Noble Lord, it is supposed, has stopped at least for the present, the advancement of the Ilonettrahle Gentleman to the Peerage, Mr. Huskisson was at the Royal Lodge at Windsor on Friday, and had a very long audience of his Majesty. It is supposed thatthe Right Hon. Gentleman will form part of the new Cabinet. An explanation of the affair between him and. Mr. Her ries is said to have taken place, and it is believed Mr, .ferries will also belong to the new Administra tion. Earl Dudley was at Windsor on Saturday and had a very long interview with the King. We understand that it is highly probable his Majesty will arrive in town this week, for a the purpose of facilitating, by his presence, the formation of the new Ministry, when the Duke of Wellington, in con junction with Mr. Peel, will be commissioned for the purpose of completing the list to be laid before the King for his approval. His Majesty does not intend to visit the theatres, not being in health suf ficient for the purpose, but as soon as the Ministry is formed he will return to the Lodge. There is no truth in the report that the Marquis Wellesley had an interview with the King on Thursday. The interview will not, it is said, take place till his Ma jesty's arrival in London.—Morning Herald. There is no longer a doubt that the men under whose administration Great Britain was generally prosperous and happy--and although she now and then encountered impediments and experienced re verses, struggled upwards to a pinnacle before un known of glory and greatness—are again to have the chief direction of her affairs. This grand point is, we believe, entirely settled; and we are therefore relieved from any great or overwhelming anxiety for the welfare o f our - country, although the detailed arrangements are not yet so fully matured as to war rant us in indicating to what individual each depart ment of the Government is to be entrusted. In an Administration so knit together by the common patriotism of its Members, and by .the perfect esteem and confidence they universally entertain to wards'each other, as that of which the elements are now at least collected, if not yet perfectly ar ranged, the question as to who shall fill the highest place loses whatever interest it might have derived from personal rivalry or conflicting; pretension, be comes a political question from which all personal considerations are abstracted, and resolves itself into this :—I-low may the Administration as a whole be rendered the strongest—the most secure—the best fitted to inspire confidence not only in its character but in its permanency throughout the nation. It is in this view of the question that we propose to consider it—to consider it in any other would be injurious and offensive to the high-minded and patriotic Statesmen whose individual feelings or interests it might be supposed to affect. The illus trious Wellington cannot be spared from the com mand of the army, of which he is at once the pride and the glory, though he will return to his former Cabinet situation. The only persons, therefore, who have been mentioned as proper to fill the office of Premier are the Marquis of Wellesley and Mr. Peel. To neither of these two distinguished indi viduals can we have the slightest objection. We shall cheerfully and gratefully hail the appointment of either as a positive benefit conferred upon the country. But as-it is not yet we believe decided which of the two shall fill the highest place in the new Administration, and as, notwithstanding our high respect for both, we should prefer one of these eminent men to the other, we think it right at the present moment to declare that preference, and to state the reasons upon which it is founded. That the Marquis of Wellesley is a Statesmen of splendid talent, of high and varied accomplish ments, of ample experience, of great firmness, reso lution, and integrity, no candid and well-informed person can deny. That his personal importance, great as it is, acquires a considerable accession from the circumstance that he is brother to the Duke of Wellington, certainly the greatest living warrior, prohably, notwithstanding the sneers of the igno rant, the stupid, or the disaffected, the greatest liv ing Statesman in Europe, must also be admitted : he would, no doubt, be an excellent Prime Mini ster; yet our preference of Mr. Peel, even to this Statesman, so richly endowed, so gloriously con nected, we do not hesitate to avow. England, wearied with the changes and the uncertainty of the last ten months, is anxious to see an Admi nistration so constituted as to afford the best pos sible guarantee of its permanency. But in popu lar estimation, so long as the head remains the same, the continuity of the Administration is not broken. Mr. Peel is in the prime and vigour of life. The Marquis of Wellesley is of an age con siderably more advanced. The chance of permanency for the Administration of Lord Wellesley, would not, therefore, be nearly so good as for that of Mr. Peel. This circumstance, we trust, will not be overlooked. The causes of permanency may exist in an Administration, and will, we believe, exist in the Administration now forming, independently of the individual who may be placed at its head; but they cannot be made so visible to the popular eye. At the present moment, this consideration assumes an unusual degree of importance. During the past year the people of England have been so disgusted and their interests have so deeply suffered from the evident instability of the Government, that it is scarcely possible they should behold with unnungled satisfaction the creation of a Ministry, having at its head a Premier of an age so advanced as that of the Marquis Wellesley. Another reason, and one of still greater weight for our preference of Mr. Peel, is his unifo rm an d cons i s t en t opposition t o t h e un constitutional claims of the Catholics. It is not merely Oil account of the coincidence between Mr. Peel's opinions and our own upon this subject, that we speak thus. W e think that even the Statesmen who enterfam opinions different from his on this one Point, but who nevertheless consent to become his colleagues, must desire to see him placed in the post of pre-eminence, ‘vith a view to the general effici ency and the substantial security of the Administra tion ; inasmuch as it must have become evident to the most superficial observer of the occurrences of the last few years, that the head of a Ministry being a Protestant advocate, upon whose firmness and inte grity the nation can rely, is in itself a circumstance, in the actual state of public feeling, eminently con ducive to the strength and efficiency of that Minis try for die general purposes of Government. There is another consideration also, which, if it be of less importance than the foregoing, ought not to be wholly disregarded. It is quite certain that the principal force of whatever opposition may be at tempted to the measure of the new Administration, will be expended in the House of Commons; while it happens, accidentally, that the greatest strength of the • Ministry, so far as relates to talents in debate, will be collected in the House of Lords. In these circumstances it seems desirable that the Premier should be a Member of the House of Cqmmons—that in this arena of the fiercest and most frequent conflict, the leading Re presentative of his Majesty's Government should be fortified and sustained by whatever accession to his own personal weight and authority the highest official rank and dignity can confer—that in fine, the moral and political force of the Administration should be made to bear upon the two branches of the Legislature with the greatest attainable degree of equality. We throw out these suggestions with considerable diffidence, and with the full conscious ness that there may be circumstances in existence with which we are unacquainted of suf f icient force to overrule them. This, however, does not abate our confidence that an Administration is on the point of being formed, which will fully satisfy the wishes of the community, and afford security to every great and important interest of the State— an Administration from which the friends of the Church and Constitution of England will have every thing to hope and nothing to fear.—Morn ing Post. The season of rumours is net yet passed, and they continue to assume every shape and colour, accord ing to the political wishes, fears, or interests, of their authors. The fundliOlders, who imagine that if the remains of the present Administration were swept away, their successors would immediately send a formal embassy to the Turk, to beg his pardon for having destroyed his fleet, and to purchase peace by the surrender of an equal number of British ves sels of war, propagate with zealous industry every report which they think can tend to realize their • hopes. The agriculturists, who also see in the dissolution of the present Ministry the abandonment of the Corn Bill, and the eternization•of the existing Corn Laws, are equally anxiouc to promote a change. The shipping interest follow the same course,in the expectation that every antiquated restriction upon foreign vessels would be renewed, if not rendered more severe, as soon as an exclusively Tory Ad ministration should be established. Now, it is fit that each °Call these parties should know that their calculations are not more unreasonable than they are unfounded. Were the most ultra of the Tories to come into office to-morrow, not one step would be taken to prostrate the honour and glories of the country at the foot of the Crescent, or to consign the Greeks to destruction in the face of an indig nant world and an offended God. A Corn Bill would be brought in, and the freedom of our ports would be maintained. Both indeed might be mo dified, but it would milt be to prevent excessive dis appointment. For, once enthroned in the seats cf their predecessors, with their power they would in herit all the necessities which compelled them to act as they have done, and under the influence of those necessities their conduct would gradually assi milate. It was, in fact, when they were in office, that the late Corn Bill was framed—that the ports were thrown open—and that the bases of the treaty of th e 6th of .Tuly were discussed, approved of, and laid. It is, therefore, idle to imagime that the appointment of an exclusively Tory Administration would operate a visible change in the political system of this country. That system is, in fact, that of Lord Castlereagh, who first separated England from the Holy Alliance, gave her views and an nation of her own, and se lected as his colleagues the very individuals by whom those views and that action have since been carried to the fulness of their natural extent. Did not Mr. Peel himself, when in office, push reform as far as he was able, in the particular department to which his attention was given Did he not, even since he quitted office, continue his labours in the same spirit and on the Fame principle ? And is it to be sup posed that, if he should take part in the Govern ment, be would not pursue the course which he had hitherto thought most wise, proper, and patriotic? Let, therefore, the public be undeceived; there may be a change of men, but there will be none in prin ciple, beyond a slight modification to meet the wishes and expectations of partisans. The strength of England lies in the consistency of her policy, and no set of Ministers, whoever they may be, will ven ture to break down that pillar of her strength, to gra tify the passing interests of particular classes or in dividuals. Up to a late hour last Right, all that was known with respect to the Administration, existed only in the shape of rumours. The most credible of them, however, were, that, as we have already stated, the Marquis Wellesley would take lead of affairs, and that Mr. Peel, who had been applied to by the Lord Chancellor, had no longer any objec tion to serve with a Ministry in which no other al terations but those two would, for the present, be made.—New Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAI.T.'I2. EX-PARTE WELSH IN THE MATTER OF HAWES, A BANK. RUPT. The arguments of Counsel in this ease were con. cluded. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he thought the evi dence in support of the petition was insufficient; and he therefore dismissed it with costs. The Court rose at half-past twelve o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 12. lIILYARD V. 310UNT. This was an action by a poor mariner against the owner of the ship Mary, a South Sea whaler, to re cover the amount of a 140th share of the net pro ceeds of the cargo of that ship on a voyage made by it between 1822 and 1824. The defendant had pleaded nine special pleas, one of which alleged that under a clause in the ship's articles the plaintiff had forfeited his 140th share, by not having returned home with the ship. Two witnesses were then examined, and it was proved that the plaintiff was discharged from the Mau on the 11th of July, 1824, for the purpose of going, with four other men, on board the Hark:tow, and the certificate of the Captain, which was given tg him at the time, declared him to be entitled to the 140th share. After some further evidence had been given, Lord TENTERDEN suggested whether it would not be to the interest of both parties, as a means of sav ing expence, to refer the case to a barrister. Mr. BROUGHAM, for the defendant, reminded his Lordship of the clause in the articles, stipulating, that if the men did not return home with the ship, they should forfeit their shares. Lord TENTERDEN said, it appeared that the plain tiff had left the ship with the leave of the Captain; but supposing him to have forfeited all benefit under the articles, he would still be entitled, upon a quan tum mcruit, to a compensation for the services he had rendered prior to his discharge. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff, sub ject to a reference. Special jury cases will be proceeded with to-day Monday) and during the week. The steam-boat Thistle, one of the boats con nected with the Union Line between this city an d phila _ Saturday d a afternoon, on her struck rock fro m w hich knocked Robins' Reef, wick, On a hole in her bottom, and she immediately filled, she had on board about forty passengers, including a nu m ber of females, all of whom were much alarmed. As so on as order could be restored, the small boat was manned, a nd sent to Bedlow's Island, where they procured the assistance of the soldiers, and by nine o'clock the passengers were all landed in safety on that island, where they were comfort ably provided for by the officers, and reached the city yes terday morning. We learn from a passenger, that when the boat struck, she was going at, the rate of 10 knots, and had it not been for her great strength, she would have passed over the rock, and sunk in deep water. In this event, very few, if any, on hoard would have been saved, as there was no possibility of procuring immediate relief. The boat will probably be 105t,,-New York Gazette, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDII AL L. —On Saturday last Thomas Robinson, a pale-faced, respectable-lookiog.young man, in a new drab benjamin, was charged with having stolen fifty pounds, in Bank of England notes, from a.ll-jr. Edward Darby, a fine, florid, silver-haired agriculturist from Hockworthy, near Tiverton, Deronsbire.L.The prisoner 'was committed to Newgate for trial. BOW-STREET.—On, Saturday Mai Westmorland, a young man of genteeladdreis and respectable connexions, was brought into custody. froin St. Martin's watch house, charged with assaulting several Watchmen in Leicester square on Friday night; and punching the eye out of one of them with the point ofhis umbrella. It appeared that the• prisoner was returning through Leicester-square from a dinner party on Friday night, when he grew quarrelsome, in.. consequence of which several watchmen made their appearance, all of whom he attacked with great fury, and one of them, named M'Carthy, who had previously lost an eye in the navy, . received a thrust from the prisoner's umbrella in the eye which remained to him, the force of which actually poked it out. The poor man was immediately taken to an hospital, and according to the certificate of the surgeon, lie will lose his sight for ever, although no serious apprehensions are entertained of his life. The pOor fellow is ..auffering great agony, and to add to his misfortune he has a wife and children who de pend upon him for support. The prisoner seemed greatly affected, and expressed his willingness to make the unfortunate man any reasonable compensation for the unlucky accident. Ile was attended to the office by several of his friends, who were willing to bail him to any amount ; and as the life of poor AlTarthy was not stated to be in dangeri the prisoner was discharged from custody, having Previously given bail to answer the assault. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.-0a Saturday night Mr. Wm. White, a clerk at Osborne's livery-stables, in Mon tagu-street, Montagu-square, was charged with having violated the person of Mrs., Margaret thoinas,.a very pretty and genteel young woman about 20 years of age. Mrs. Thomas was accompanied to the office by her hus band, and having made a fruitless endeavour to obtain of Mr. HOSKINS a private hearing of the case, she reluctantly stepped into the witness-box, and stated, that on the 3d of December, about seven in _the' evening, the defendant came to her with a message from her husband, who was attending a professional engagement in Westminster. She had seen him only twice before.—once in the company of her husband, and once he called with Mr. Osborne and Mr. Mitchell, and sat down in the parlour belonging to the lady of the house. " I think," sail Mr. Hosxms, " you told me when you made the application this morning, that you and your hus band oc cu py a single room in Limon-grove, which answers the twofold purpose of sitting-room and chamber." Mrs. Thomas—Yes, Sir. • . Mr. Hosmxs--Go on, and state what happened on the 3d of December. Mrs. Thomas—Mr. White told me, at the bottom of the stairs, he wanted to speak to me, and I asked him to walk up, which he did, and delivered a message from my husband. Mr. HOsxms—How long did he remain with you ? Two hours. Two hours ! Did you ask him to stay ?—No, Sir. Did you ask him to go ?—No, Sir. Did he take any thing to eat or to drink during that time?—He sent a little girl for half a pint of brandy. Did you drink any of the brandy ?—A little. Wasthe whole of the brandy drunk ?—Not the whole of it. What happened then ?—When he wished to go, I went to light him out, and as I was going to open the door, he blew out the candle. What then ?—He pushed me on the bed, and took ad vantage of my person. By force, against your consent ?-Yes, '•-•••Yes, Sir, Why did you not cry out for aisistance?—l told him for God's sake not to do so, ' and ho put his hand upon my mouth to prevent my screaming. Did you make all the resistance in your power ?—I struggled till I could do an no longer. Had there been any conversation ola light character be tween you before this happenefl?—Light character, Sir ? I do not understand you. Of an indecent character Sir. What did you do wheu.you 'were released from him ?-1 lighted him out of the house._ Did you open the door for him ?—Yes, Sir. What did you do after he wa* gone ?—I went up stairs. What then?—l went to bed. Who was the first person you told of the circumstance? —My husband. When ?—The 2d of this month. Why, did you suffer a month to pass withtiut mentioning it to any one was afraid of its getting to my husband's ears. Did you see the defendant during that month?—Yes, Sir, several times. Where ?—I drank tea with Mrs. White; she invited me. What, is he a married man ?—Yes, Sir. When you went to drink tea with his wife, of course you expected to meet him, did you not ?—Mrs. Thomas hung her head down, and made no reply. Pray answer it, did you not fully expect to see him ?—I thought I should see him. And you did see him ?—Y e s. And passed some time in his company ?--Yes, Sir. Did he attend you home ?—Yes, Sir. Was there a third person in your company ?—No, Sir. What took place then ?—When we got to the door I said " Good night." Did he leave you at the door, or go up stairs ?—He in sisted on going up stairs. How long did he stay in the room with you ?—About five minutes. When the examination had proceeded to this point, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas requested Mr. Hosicnis to suspend it for a short time, for they expected their solicitor at the office. He almost immediately came, and had a short conversation with Mr. HOSKINS in a low tone of v:dce ; after which, Mr. HOSKINS, addressing the fair complainant, said, " Upon the statement you have made, it is quite clear I must discharge the case, on your side I fear ; and, on his side, I am quite certain it is one of the most profligate things I ever heard of." The defendant left the bar without having uttered a sentence, and Mr. Thomas and his wife went away greatly disappointed. UNION HALL.—On Saturday, the pot-boy of the Margate Town public-house, in Bermondsey, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, on the following novel charge, which was specified thus in the night-constable's honk : " William Ramsden charges George Powell with fraudu lently obtaining a goose, his property." The case, which was of a whimsical nature, excited great amusement in the office. It appeared that Mr. Ramsden, who is in business in Bermondsey, was in the habit of spending his evenings at the Margate Town, with several of his brother tradesmen. On Friday night, being there, as usual, with his acquaint ances, and the topic of conversation relating to the good things of this life, Mr. Ramsdell took an opportunity of mentioning that he had been sent a present of a couple of very fine geese that morning from the country. Some wags of the company, bent on a joke, as well as a strong inclination to whet their appetites with a taste of the pre sent, withdrew from the roma for the purpose of planning the best method of getting possession of one at least of Mr. Ramsden's geese. The poor boy of the Margate Town was selected as the messenger, and he was immediately despatched with a message to Mrs. Ramsden, in the name of her loving spouse, desiring that one of the geese might be sent by the bearer, as some of his friends were anxious to view its extraordinary size and plumpness. The wary Mrs. Ramsden at first hesitated to deliver the precious gift into the hands of the pot-boy, thinking that she should be deprived of the delightful meal she anticipated ; he, how ever, quieted her suspicions on this head, promising that it should be in her pantry again is less than a quarter of an hour. The goose under these circumstances was given to the lad, who was up to the joke, and he carried it off in triumph to. the persons by whom he was employed. On the return borne of Mr. Ramsden, the first question his wife put to him was, "My dear, where is the goose'?" " What goose?" said Ramsden in amaze. Whys my dear, the goose that you sent for an hour ago, and that was fetched away by George, the pot-boy." " Zounds and fury," exclaimed Mr. Ramsden, " I sent for no goose. Why, surely, you have not been such a goose yourself, as to let the pot-boy have our goose ? " Yes, but I have, in deed ;" answered Mrs. Ramadan, who by that time saw plainly the hoax that had been played upon her. Her hus band, in a rage at the manlier in which he had been bam boozled out of his Sunday's repast, went back to the " Margate Town," and vainly inquired after the goose. The poor pot-boy having been the person who received it from the hands of Mrs. -Ramsden, her husband immediately charged bins with the felony, and actually sent for a con stable, and gave him into custody. The pot-boy cried incessantly while before the Magis trate, and Mr. Ramsden complained bitterly of having been deprived of his goose, which lie feared would never be re stored to him. He considered it was a case deserving of punishment, and trusted the defendant would be made to suffer for the offence he had committed. Here several respectable-looking individuals stepped for ward, perceiving Mr. Ramsden so anxious to have the boy punished, and declared to the Magistrate that the Fenton who now manifested so much hatred towards the lad, and had made such a grave accusation against him, was the very one himself who hid frequently played off tricks of a simi lar description on his•neighbours ; and they, in retaliation, had paid him " in his own coin," by sending the pot-boy for the goose, about which the whole neighbourhood of Bermondsey had been pestered by Mr. Ra ms d en . Mr. HoNE—This is certainly oneof the most contempti ble charges ever brought before me. I hope the poor lad has not been locked up all night. The constable said, that he had procured bail the mo ment the charge was made against him, and he was liberated. Mr. Ramsden (to the boy)—l ask you now, what is the gentleman's name who sent you to my wife for the goose I Pot-boy—l cannot mention his name ; Ido not know it. Mr. rtamsden (in a passion)—You are a lying young scoundrel, and— Mr. HoxE interrupted him, saying, " Yon must not make use of such language here, Sir. You have made more noise about your goose than it was worth, although you should have been the last person, as it appears that you have been in the habit of practising similar tricks on your own neighbours." _ _ _ The MAGISTRATE ordered the pot-boy to be discharged. The owner of the goose was heartily laughed at by an assemblage of persons, who collected in the office, and who were attracted thither by the absurdity of the charge which Mr. Ramsden brought against the pot-boy of the Margate Town. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—TUESDAY, JAN. 15.--At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall-street. Hall, W., Falmouth, tallow-chandler Hobbs, F., Barking, corn-dealer ll Kerby, K, Staffbrd-street, bookseller ll Knights, E., Debenham, currier lO Maltby, R., Mortimer-street, money-scrivener ll Millwood, J., Hammersmith, builder Parsons, W., Vauxhall-road, coal-merchant Plaw, T., Fulham, carpenter COUNTRY DIARY..—WEDNESIOAY. JAN. 18. Garnett, J., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool Garrett, J., Hereford—New inn,' Hereford ... Gracie, W., Berwick—King's Arms, Berwick Pasheller and Co., Huntingdon—George, Huntingdon Spring, T., Great Grimsby—Mr. Daubney, Great Grimsby Steel, W., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool Weddle, J., Sutton—Hotel, Kingsto INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields Jan. 17, at Nine o'clock. Adams, W., Tooley-street, sail-maker Chennell, J., Tenterden, Kent, grazier Clay, R., Green-bank, St. George, baker Hartle, T., Newent, Gloucester, linen-draper Luffman, G., Rainham, victualler Mantel, R., Bedford carpenter Monk, J., Bexley, Kent, victualler COUNTRY.--At the Guildhall, Montgomery, January 17, at Ten o'clock. Brown, Newtown, bricklayer Pugh, J., Llandiloes, publican ROYAL SOCIETY. At a meeting of this society on Monday even ing, a paper, written by the Rev. Dr. Duncan of Ruthwell, was read, respecting certain foot-prints of animals observed in the sandstone rock at Corncockle quarry, near Dumfries. The phe nomenon described is rare, perhaps unique of its kind, and the paper on this account excited a good deal of interest. A specimen of the rock, with some of the marks in it, and casts in plaster of others, accompanied the communica tion. The sandstone is of the kind which geo logists call the Newer Red Sandstone ;" it is regularly stratified and splits into thin plates ; and dips to the south at an angle of 38 degrees. The marks considered as the foot-prints of ani mals, recur not on the outer surface merely, but on almost every stratum down as far as the guar riffs have gone, a depth of forty feet. They are general!) , from half an inch to three-fourths of an inch deep, and of various,breadths, the smallest corresponding in size to the foot of a hare, 'and the largest to that of a foal. In one specimen, something like the impression of toes was exhibited. But the circumstance which most strongly favour,m, the_.suppositien that they are real root-prints of) animals is, that they occur always in double rows, generally at the width of six or seven inches asunder, that the prints of the two rows discover a variation of position corresponding to the different set of the right and left foot in' many animals, and that vs riations corresponding to difference of form in the fore and the hind-foot are also traced. —lt is remarkable that the tracks all pro ceed either front the lower edge upwards, or from the upper edge downwards, and never horizontally along the face of the strata. —The prints made in ascending can be dis tinguished from those made in descending; in the latter the animal's fore foot app ears to have slipped forward in seine cases three or four inches before it sunk so deep in the stratum as to support its weight. In the ascending prints, not only is there a distinct depression, but a small swell behind, occasioned by a slight dis placement of a portion of the matter of the stratum, then evidently in a soft state. An ex tract of a letter from Dr. Buckland was read upon the subject. That eminent geologist is satisfied that the marks arc the .real foot prints of animals, though Mr. Sedgwick and others, it appears, are sceptical. Dr. Buckland thinks that the animals !mist have been either of the crocodile or tortoise species; but most probably of .the latter. To get a practical illustration, he made a live tortoise in his possession walk over soft pie crust placed in an inclined position, and the result tended to confirm his opinion. We see little reason to doubt that these are really the foot prints of animals ; and if they be, the facts to a certain extent may b e e xplained without much difficulty. Geologists know well that lizards and tortoises, amphibious animals, are the first quadrupeds that existed. As we have the skeletons in strata nearly as old as the sand stone alluded to, (the Lias limestone), it is no ways unaccountable that we should find their foot marks. We know also from innumerable facts that sandstone generally, or perhaps universally, has once been soft, and must have passed through every varying degree of consistency before it became solid. If while the sandstone in ques tion was in a certain state of softness, there were amphibious animals living in the water which perhaps partially covered it, analogy leads us to believe that they would occasionally ascend from the water to the dry land, and again descend from the dry land to the water. — Their natural and usual course would therefore be up and down the strata, and not horizontally along ; and they might leave footprints such as we find in this case. There is nothing in this supposition but what geology would teach us to expect ; but the most material inferences dedu ciblefrom it seem to be these. First, that the lien in a soft state, formation of some of the sandstone rocks was not effected by the agency of great debacles oper ating with violence, but went on gradually with out n rock, th e animal life, since we find here stratum above stratum with disturbing the co ntinuation of the same sort of Secondly, that that is, when in course of formation, had the same inclined position which it has at present, a conclusion of some theoretical importance. It this stratified sandstone is much to be wished that quarriers were a little better informed on such subjects, for many pre cious geological facts have been lost in conse quence of their ignorance. Mr. Stevenson mentioned that he had wen foot•prints of a different kind very distinctly , "narked in a quarry near Forfar, and that he ex pected to have specimens to lay before the so- ciety in a few days.—Scotsman. COUNTRY CORN' MARKETS DURING LAST WREIC. Wheat. arley. Oats, ➢eans.. Per Quarter. Carlisle s. to s. 6. to s. 56 61 27 28 44 58 27 31 42 52 28 30 61 28 48 62 30 36 43 58 27 30 s. d. sd. s. d. s. d. 60 69 36 40 62 76 39 4g 79 80 46 4g • 60 70. 40 4g 00 88 40 46 6 6 66, 3 9 4'o 6 6 74i 3 3 40 116 15 6 90 100 100 14 6 ; 9 0 106 100 136 80 93 1 12 0 146 90 100 he measure varies thri Elexham F. to F. 21 27 18 , 27 18 25 s. to 5. 52 sti 60 52 40 50 40: 50 Morpeth Penrith Sheffield Winchester Per Bitshel. Carmarthen.-- Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) Northallorton Staffbrd Swansea ---. 20 28 21 22 s. d. s.d. .1. : 6 23 38 50 33 36 26 33 36 40 29 26 3 0 4.0 50 80 44 76 60 66 6 6 7-6 oughout thi a. d. s. d. 00 00 GO 8 6 66 ^ 0 50 e 6 70 8 0 00 0 0 50 80 Warwick ...«........ Per ]toll. Darlington Durham 130 14 0 130 14 100 18 6 ,00 0 6 country, Wolsingham 11;:- The size of t NEWCASTLE.UPON-TYNE, Jan.-12. We had a small supply to this morning's market. Pine, New Wheat sold readily at Is. per quarter advance, l' there was rather more doing in Old, at last week's priceF , The market is pretty well cleared of Norfolk Barley, at as advance of full Is. per quarter. Malt dull sale. The supply of Oats was again large, and the trade dull at laei week's prices. Nw. Wheat, South country, red l6s .e 575. '')2s. Old. 57... -- North country, white 3.9 s 545. ..... 50s. 565. red 36s. 525. --- Dant zig -8. -5....... 565. 625. Wismar, Rostock, &c. -s. -s. Rye, Norfolk and Suflola -s. -s. ...... 515. 358. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk .365. 35 ...... 29. 30s. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 58s. 625. -s. -s. ' Oats, Potatoe 225. 265. 3os. 325. ' - Cemmon 14s. 225. 2ss 38. - Foreign Feed 18s. 225. 2os. 265. Beani 42s. 465. -s. -1. Pease, White 4135. 59. --1 -S. - Gray Flour, Fine (per sack)... WAKEFIELD, Jan. li. There is a good supply of Wheat fresh up here tb? morning, and having a thin attendance of buyers, the vo le has been very heavy at last week's yuices, and not also, business done. Oats are much the same. There is a tai c supply of Barley, and it is held very firmly far an advanc e of Is. to Is. Gd. per quarter, but the maltatera cone very teluctantly, and what sales are effected are at is. pe t quarter above the rates of last Friday. Beans are heel sale at late prices. Rapeseed is full at dear. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, Red 49s. to 5tN. fine 555. White.... 565. to 595. fine Me. - New, Red 47s. to 50s. fine 554- White NOs. to 56e. fine 59:: , - Foreign, Red 47s. to 495. fine Ws- Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire 3Ol. to 325. fine 33<- Yorkshire Wold iiM. to 30s. fine 31s. Beaus, Old I - New 435. to 455. fine 46s- Oats, Poland and Potato Q. to 275. fine Vs - Friezland and 5ma11.... .......... .., Ws. to 4,45. fine tts.... .--- Waling 1054d. to 13d. per Stone. Shelling 2ss. to 305...,.5. to -6. per Load , Malt 33s. 41s. fine 433. per Load , Rapeseed WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—Jan. 9. We had a moderate supply of stock this day, and Roe activity prevailed in the morning, upon mash the wo e terms as fast fair, •for sheep, but ended dull, and some re mained unsold. Cattle were very dull sale, and decline ( 6d. per stone, and all could not be sold upon , anch . terw s Beef, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d., prime is. per stone of I 4 Mutton, sd. to si. prime 6d. per lb. SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET.—Jan. 11. • Wheat sold readily to-day, and at advanced prices general; New is up Bd. on the average. Barley and O brought about the same prices as last market. Little de in Pease and Beans. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans , First 67s Od 32s Od 265 Od 32s Od 3 - 24 s 0 2; Second 56.4 Od 30s Od 22s Cd 30s Od 31s Od Third There were 336 qrs. of Wheat in market, 319 whereof were soil 4 ...at 67s. Od 23 ...et 5 l B. Od 7 ...at 431. 4 2 10 3 15 53 0 32 46:0 2 ............ 31 u 33 14 Unsel4.-.-0 Or 21.95, Average., 1. 2.l2ths DALKEITH,CORN MARKET.—Jan. 10, The supply of Grain at this day's market w as Urge Wheat and Barley sold readily at rather higher piA l than last week Wheat. Barley. Oats. rease. First (lf% Od fels (1,1 26s Od 3 , 1,1 Od Second sBs Od 30s Oil 243 Oct 50. s 4433 Od 26s Od 20. Od 25s II! Uean 314 ei 30s eaOd Dv CORNWALL MARKETS. TR uno.—Wheat (average) 2N. 105.—Oats, 7s. 1 0 HELsTox—Wheat, 19si6d.—Barley, N. 64. ST. AusrELL—Wheat, 19s. to 22s.—Barley, to_los.-00 6s. to 9s. Bonatim—Wheat (average) 22.5. N l .—Barley, 9s,—Oats, 78 . 6 d',, LA !INC ESTON.--Wll t (average) 218. Od.—Barley, 10s. 0d..-00P 78. Od.—Beef, tid.—Mutton, sd. LtsaEano—Wheat, 21s. Ott. to 21 8.—Barley, 105.6d.--Oat6, 9 ' to OP. Od. Sr. CoLumn—Wheat, 20s. to Vs.—Barley, N. to 10s. —Br 44 and Mutton, 444 to 341.—Neal and Lamb, Od to Od. PBNZANCB—Wheat, 19s. to 21s.—Barley, 11s. to 121.-03t' O. to 7s. tid.—Beef an d Mutton, 4d. to Od.—Pork, 4d . to Ott- Butter, 12d. per lb. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. CO' Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday 2,25$ 4/ 0 Average Produce tiji Quantity of tine Copper VA '' d Amount of Sale, 12,0941. Its. (Al s. (Average Standard, 1121.35. 0° ELlE.—There is, in a neighbouring village, hotel for sturdy beggars, to which there is generally a pr° digious gathering towards the end of the w ee k, i n or i' that they may spend the Sabbath in their own way. V believe that it has been found almost impossible to shut of this said hotel, and we are sorry for it, as it i s a gre nuisance to the neighbourhood, particularly on Satnetllo 4 , and Mondays, when our village is oft en i nundated w itr the cripple and the blind, shipwrecked sailors, and so all ready to help themselves, if they cannot be eanvenietttl helped by others.—Perth Courier. BIRTHS. On the I Ith inst. Mrs. R. B. Beddome, Clapham, of a daughter. On the 13th inst. at Hampstead, Mrs. T. Simcox 1. 01 of a daughter. _____---------- MARRIED. On the 10th inst. at St. Andrew's Church, New c astle upon-Tyne, by the Rev. Henry Deer Griffith, A.M., 1/ 1 ; Francis Hall Rich mon d , of the par i sh o f M aryleboue, dlesex, to Ruth, daughter of the late Joseph Croser, Eel of Kenton Lodge, Northumberland. On the 12th inst. at St. Pancras church, by the Re James Pinnock, John Henry Standen, E sq . of u p pe Gower-street, to Sarah, second daughter of John Risdt &q. of Kine-smoor-house, Great Parndon, Essex. On the 2d inst. at the Hague, the Rev. IN m. Tiettic Elton, Rector of Whitestaunton, county of Somerset, Lucy Caroline, third daughter of C. A. Elt on , E sq . 3 ' grand-daughter of Sir Abraham Elton, Bart. of Clevee Court, Somersetsbire. On t h e I2th inst. at St. Maryleboue church, by th t , Rev. John Percival, Mr. J. Storey, of Regent-street, Emily, only daughter of the late Mr. William Fitcht e St. Albans. DIED. 32, Emma, Wif e of Ge e; On Thursday th e 10 t h i nst. at his h ouse at Rocheste fi much regretted, R o b ert Morphett, Esq . age d 8 3. On the 12th i nst. at Brighton, Th omas T odd, Esq. On the 1 Ith i nst. aged s Heald, Esq. Upper Harley-street. On the 9th i nst. at C an t e rbury, Mrs. A nn Blake, e Dover. On the 9th inst. J. S. Tomson, Esq. 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