The Sun. — London, England, 1828-03-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The political horizon certainly enthrones, if we may Anglicize an Italian word—it becomes dusky, if not dark. Neither in Portugal nor in the East of Europe, can the politician see his way, or point out the probable march of affairs. Prince Miguel is.pro bably fulfilling the instructions of the Austrian Ca binet, as well as acting up to hia own wishes, rather than his engagements, in counter revolutionizing his country; for the more we are. perplexed and occu pied in the West of Europe, the less likely shall we be to pay attention to the opposite extremity,--to the concerns of Greece, Russia, and Turkey. -How ever, we shall say once for all, much as we may re itret the internal troubles of Portugal, they are not our business. Our duty only extended to protect ing the country from foreign aggression, and that duty we have performed. But this subject will be taken up in another part. The affairs of Turkey are drawing to their crisis. It is certain that at the last moment she showed symptoms of fear, probably, ra ther than of contrition, when contrition was unavail ing; though she was at the same time endeavour ing to operate a diversion in her favour, by trying to stir up Persia to break the peace with Rus sia. This latter country is separated from the triple alliance by declaring herself a belligerent, for private grievances against one of the Powers be tween which it was the object of the alliance to me diate ; but having already declared for the indepen; dence of Greece, she cannot, and would not, be al lowed to swallow up that country in her triumphs over Turkey. France we believe, is extremely de irons to move with promptitude and energy in the protection of Greece. We are perplexed, and would protract, probably, leaving Greece to assure her own :independence as her tyrant sinks under the arms of Russia. But in the mean time Ibrahim Paella is ravaging the Morea. Is this to be suffered ? And besides, the third clause of the last, 01 one secret article of the Treaty of London, stipulates, that if the Greeks and Turks will not come to an accom modation, the high contracting parties shall " con tinue to prosecute the work of pacification; and in consequence they authorise their representatives in London to discuss anti determine the-ulterior mea sures to which it way become necessary to resort." —France may call upon iis---she roes call upon us—to adopt the ulterior measures threatened, the chatsse-born battle of Navarin having failed of ren /tering the Turks tractable. We really think that our best way would be to recall Ibrahim from Greece, as Scipio drew Hannibal from Italy, by landing, in the Carthaginians' own country, and Leave it to France if she will have it so ' to establish the independence of pre.tia Proper. Were we to menace or take' possession of Alexandria, we pre sume it )rotild not be Jong ere,the Egyptian army quitted the Morea. We have' reason to believe that the British Ministry are - greatly embarrassed between their just and commendable love Of.peace, their desire to establish the independence of Gre ees , and the calls of France for that purpose. There are various matters of minor interest in themselves, but, as vast effects'sometimes, spring from slight causes, deserving notice, and which we are therefore de sirous of stringing. ogether. A dispute is said to have sprung up between the official Nobleman who is stow at the head of the army, and a very high au thority indeed, on the appointment to the vacant re giment. The high authority Would name Lord Glenlymi, the son of the Duke of Athol!, who has eternized his name and fame by his exploits at the battle of Utopia, who gallantly led on his troops in person into the open breach at the s iege of Nusquamia, and who captured the mili tary stores of Ouden. It were a shame, in such a dearth of military talent and prowess in the British army, that such a hero should not be re warded. The official person is said to entertain a weak prejudice in favour Of some of the faits:weather officers, who amused themselves along with him under pretence of fighting in the Peninsula, in France, and at 'Waterloo. A correspondent requests xis, in consequence of the appointment of Dr. Philpotts to the Deanery of Chester, to look at the extreme scurrility with which he treats the late Mr. Canning. The Dean who makes way for him treats nobody with scurrility in his writings, either theolo gical or of any other kind. Besides, a Dean may be allowed to he more abusive than a Bishop. We re collect Dean Swift called Dr. Ratcliffe a son of a : we dare not write it out. The Finance Committee, we learn, is still upon the army. As well as curtailing expenses, which they must do, whether we have war or peace., they may at least make peculation a fearful experiniant, by attacking defaulters, of whom we believe there ore six or ,seven.—Times. We stated some time ago,.that strong suspicions were eotertained by both Austria and England, that the Frenci and Russian Governments were in an understanding . respecting Turkey. Several circum stances have since been communicated to us, which leads us to believe that these suspicions were by no means ill founded. The French, it will be remarked, are fitting out extensive atautnents for the Mediter ranean. The Journals express their ignorance as to the destination of this force ; but we have heard that the discovery has been made by some of the Diplo matists interested in drawing aside the veil, that tiro (destination is Egypt, and that the communication of thie discovery to our Ministy has very much em barrassed them, and . led to freq9o34 Cabinet Colin , d of late. The French Journals say, they know not whether the destination of the force be . Algiers or the Morea, or sone station near the mouth of the Dardanelles. The Joarwal des Debats observer, " the part of France in tha crisis which is pc- ' paring is so Rthordinate to events, and susceptible of so many modifications, that it w0:,,1d perhaps be Imprudent to subject it to conjeetur,c.,s ne cessarily so variable. Her allies have proclaimeil their disinterestedness. As long as they shall be sincere, _Prance will not yield to them in political honesty. On the day on which these combinations shall pass the object which they themselves have fixed, we are willing to believe they will find bee powerful and worthy of herself." Is not this some- I thing like saving —Gentlemen, if you take posses sion of the Principalities and Thrace, &c., we shall take possession of Egypt ; and when you make re stieutioo of the former, we shall restore the latter? But in this age of intellect, France must have reasons as well as motives. It has been_ observed, that the use of understanding is not to &int men to what is right, hut to enable them to give g ee d reasons for what is wr4ng. Let ns try to anticipate what the reasons of Ro,ce may be for landing troops in Egypt. It is but a konjecture, and. there Pan be no harm-in a conjecture who it is given out for no mere than such. Russia has a separate cause of quarrel with Turkey; and without oon,,ulting with her Allies under the Treaty of London, , she orders her troops to cross the Pruth. Has France no separate cause of quarrel with Tur hey ? Is not Algiers a part of the Turkish EMP pire ; and did not the Algerines, Tunisians, &c, when summoned by the Sultan,approve themselves good Mussulmen, and faithful vassals of the Porte, lw sending fleets to ea;operate with the other naval fOrces a gainst the Greeks? The Grand Seignior, then, is answerable for the cotuinet of •the Alge ' tines. Now, the Algerines have compelled `the French to fit out armaments against them, and at this momenta French for c e is blockading their port, But the French may sa y, Algiers is too *strong to b e entered with such a force as we are able to fit out, and, at all events, we could not gain possessi on of that place without subjecting ourselves to an et . pence of men and money greater than we are willing so put ourselves to. But Algiers being part of an empire, that empire is responsible for it ; and 'it is riot enough for the Government to say, we are unable to compel this part of our possessions either to be have correctly towards strangers, or- to compensate them for wrongs received : the wrongs done by a part of the Empire are the wrongs of the ivholf ; and the injured party is not obliged to do itself jus tice by selecting for the object of hostilities the part from which the injury was received, but may se lect the point of attack best suited to. its own re sources. If the Island of . Jamaica were to invade the Danish Island of St. Thomas's, and England refused satisfaction, the Danes might find it more convenient to attack one of the Shetland Islands, than to attack Jamaica. In like manner, the French may choose to resent the wrongs committed by the Turks in Algiers, by an attack on the Turks is Egypt. When the Russians shall have been indem nified by the for the expense of occupying the Principalities and Thrace, and shall evacuate that country, the French will probably be equally ready to abandon' Egypt on the same terms. Should Egypt be the destination of the French force, this will be a bitter pill for us to swallow. Having already put ourselves to a heavy expense of men and treasure to drive the French from that country, the re-occupa tion will seem like a re-conquering it, and a triumph lover us; and in proportion as the vanity of the French may be gratified, in the same proportion will Ministers dread the feeling of the people of this country. But let us suppose the French landed in Egypt, and the forces of the Pacha—weakened as they must have been by the late heavy drains on them—beaten; would a Ministry be justified in deeming this a ground for hostilities ? We Place the matter in the most unfavourable as pect. We trust this question will not be rashly an swered. What is the distance from London, Paris, or Brussels, at which the line shall be drawn between the territories which may be invaded without chal lenge from European Powers and those which may not ? In Asia, we invade large empires when we choose, without communicating the reasons for so doing to any European Power, and take possession of as much, or as little of the territories invaded, as may suit Lir. The French may say we choose Africa as the scene of our operations, instead of Asia ; and having a claim on Turkey, we will ac cept of Egypt as an indemnification, with the view of trying a colonial speculation with it. That the occupation of Egypt would be a popular measure in France, we are inclined to believe. Pozzo de Borgo, and a certain Lady famous for her beauty and her talents for political intrigue, and who is supposed to have had as much share in breaking up our late Ministry as any other person, are named as having been mainly instrumental in bringing about the turn which matters have lately taken.—Morning Chrott. We understand from authority, that the division in Convocation at Oxford, on Thursday, 13th ult., was--for the Petition against the Catholics, G 0; against it, 34; and that the Minority included five Heads of Houses, besides the Chemical Professor. --Ibid. Such of our readers as have kept their eye upon the subject, will give us credit for having been the first to draw the public attention to the goings-on which we presumed to denominate encroachments in St. James's Park. Public feeling was attempted to be first counteracted, and then soothed and set at rest, by calling these spoliations improvements; and a mighty pretty pictorial representation was and is handed about, to gull and to appease John Bull upon the occasion. But we beg any man of com mon sense and discernment to walk into the Park at this moment, and ask himself whether what we called encroachment is any thing else ; and whether converting the Canal into a serpentine duck-pond, and the grass plot into a private parterre, is any sort of compensation to the public in general for having two of the public malls totally cut off from their fu ture use and enjoyment. As a further proof how little the public convenience is regarded, we are now told that the late Duke of York's house could not be disposed of till a considerable slice of the Green Park and of the late outer Mall of. St. James's Park were added to the gardens; so that what a revered member of the Royal Family we,uld not have asked or expected, an influential Nobleman obtains with apparent ease. And is there no Member of Parlia ment who has the honesty or the courage to say a word upon this subject ? Is there no deputation from Birmingham, with the forged compliments of some supposed partisan, to call into action the dor mant patriotism of some of the mighty professing champions of popular rights ? The Parks are in Westminster. Where are the men of the people— Westminster'spride and England's glory —upon such an occasion ? Are their sons looking to fresh com missions, or their brothers to East India Directorships, which must not be interfered with by indiscreet clamour on occasions when the objects of party can gain nothing ? These, however, in our apprehen sion, are the occasions, when the principles of would he patriots are put to the test ; and the absolute babble and moonshine of such patriots cannot be more clearly exemplified and established than by their silence, and the cunning selfishness with which they avoid all interference in such matters. Give them a Huskisson or a Herries to run down—give rite:,:, in short, any party or personal object to pur sue, and our patriots are trumpet-tongued in the pursuit; but let the public rights and convenie nce be the sole object, and their patriotism, like Acres' courage, " oozes out at their fingers' ends," espe cially if its exercise is likely to bring them in con tact with that lute which smelts the ore of patriotism into the base metal of.whieh it is but too frequently composed.—lforning Herald. The CorporatiOn awl Test Acts Repeal Bill has been treated by Ministers in a way which was not anticipated either by its friends or its enemies. Last night Mr. :.:Reretary Peel moved an instruction to the Committee, to insort in the Bill a clause render ing it imperative on all DissenterA accepting of office under its provisions, to take oath, or to make a de, pljration, if their religious tenets disenabled them from }aping an oath, that they would not use the power which the (ace conferred, for the purpose of injuring the Established Church of England and Ireland, or the Kirk of Scotland. The in troduced clauses are in fact the very same as. those which were inserted in Mr. Grattan's famous Roman Catholic Bill of 1813. We are almost led to pre surne, in consequence of this borrowing from a Roman Catholic Bill, that that measure also, when next pressed, will be met in the same way. Why more should be required of the Roman Catholics um; the Unitarians it would puzzle a casuist to discover. if the former do not, as has been alleged, keep faith with heretics, the latter, so far as Christianity goes, hate no faith to keep, for they profess none. We must, however, we suppose, be content to take the Bill as it is, for the hope which we entertained that a stand for the Establishment would be made in the Lords must be abandoned, after the assurance given by Mr. Peel, when rounselling the acceptance of his instruction to the Committee. There is one point of view in which the present ;krr.k.'ngpment can be defended, and but one; namely, that it in - 4s been made with the ap probation of the Church .liersetf. Mr, Peel, by his representing the University of Oxford, as well as by his office, must have best access to the sentiments of the Clergy on that and on other points, and there fore the - presumption is, that last night he spke their language. We hope that neither the Church nor her defender will have reason to repent of their bbel'gty, and with this wish we quit the New Times. DESTRUCTION OF THE TENNIS -COURT ) IN THE HAYMA RK ET. —On Monday night, between 11 and 'l2 o'clock, the inhabitants of the Haymarket were thrown into a state of alarm by a dreadful crash. It was soon discovered that the whole of the gable end of the Tennis court, on the side next the Haymarket, had fallen to the ground, which was about 50 feet wide, and near 60 feet in height. The accident, it appears, was occasioned by the digging of a foundation on the site of where the premises of Messrs. HASTINGS, the chemists, stood, which has been pulled down, and a b•tnking-liouse was about to be erected for Messrs BOUVERIE and ANTRoans, of Craven-street, Strand. It is most fortunate that the accident did not occur during the working-hours at the foundation, or the whole of the workmen would have inevitably been buried in the ruins. The front wall of the Tennis-court, in James-street, was considered to be in such a dangerous state yesterday, that it was forced to be shored up, and barriers were placed entirely across the end of the street near the Haymarket, and also at the corner of Oxendon-street, so as to exclude entirely the approach of passengers. The Tennis-court, it appears, has been erected about 160 years, and it is expected that it must be taken down. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT Colonial-Office, March 17, 1828. The King has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir James Lyon, K.C.8., to be Governor and Commander in Chief of the island of 13arbadOes. Whitehall, March 18: The King has been pleased to ippoint I/lice-Admiral the Right Honourable Sir George Cockburn, G. C. B. ; Sir George Clerk, Bait.; George Charles Pratt, Esq. (com monly called Earl of Brecknock); and Rear-Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen, K. C. B. • to be Members of the Council to his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom. • Crown-Office, March IS. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS ?RESENT PARLIA• 3IENT. TOWN AND PORT OF SANDWICH.-Sir Edward Wm. Campbell Rich Owen, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet, and Councillor to the Lord High Admiral. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Thomas Butler, Fenchurch-street, wine-merchant. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Mary_Roberts, Penryn, Cornwall, mercer, from March 25 to April 8, at eleven, at the Golden Lion, `Penryn. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Holland, Lincoln, victualler, to surrender March 21, at one, 28, at twelve, and April 29, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Taylor, Clement's-inn. Owen Stenson, Ainlwcb, isle of Anglesea, draper, April 7,8, and 29, at nine, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Walmsley, and Gorton, Chancery-lane ; Walker, Manchester. Thomas Terry, Malton, Yorkshire, innkeeper, March 28, 29, and April 29, at eleven, at the Blacksmith's Arms, York. Wiglesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's-inn ; Wood, York. William Johnson, junior, Thirsk, Yorkshire, grocer, April 9, 10, and 29, at one, at the Three Tuns Inn, Thirsk. Swarbreck, Thirsk ; Milne and Parry, Temple. LENT ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-SALISBURY, MARCH 15, A young man, named Moses Angel, aged about 19, was this morning executed at Fisherton, for the wilful murder of Daniel Bailey, at Hilperton, on the 20th of November last. The case was very clearly made out by the evidence, and the prisoner had, pre viously to the trial, made a full confession of his guilt before a Magistrate at, Trowbridge. The con fession had been taken down in writing, and not having been extracted from the prisoner by threats or promises, or in any other particular objectionable, was read at the trial. The case exhibited, in a very remarkable degree, the danger which beset every point of a life devoted to intemperance, and immo rality. The prisoner had never seen the deceased until the night on which he murdered him. On that evening Bailey (who was a pensioner, and 63 years old) came into a public-house where the prisoner, and a man named Mizen, were drinking. Bailey having left the house, Mizen ' said to Angel, that " Old. Dan Bailey had money in his pocket, and a watch worth 405., and he thought that besides he had been to Trowbridge to receive his pension." He added, that " if Angel had a mind for it, they might go down the lane after the old man and have it." Angel acceded to the proposal, and within a few minutes from the first mention of the matter, Bailey was robbed and murdered. The unhappy convict showed much sincere contrition for a considerable time before his death, and was particularly tormented by the recollection of his having kicked the old man upon the head after he believed life to have been extinguished. The prisoner Hattatt, who had been convicted of stealirrg 61 sheep is to be executed on the 25th inst. DORCHESTER, MARCH 16. Friday, the 14th, was the day appointed for the opening of the Commission here, and it was accord ingly opened pro forma. The unusual length of the business at Salisbury, however, prevented Mr. Justice Gaselee, who presides in the Crown Court here, from leaving the former town until Saturday morning. There has, therefore, been very little busi ness done here yet. The calendar is much lighter here than at the two preceding towns upon this cir cuit. The whole number of prisoners for trial is only 27. Some very interesting cases are expected to come on to-morrow morning. One will, it is said, disclose some curious particulars regarding the trans action between Lady Astley and Captain Garth. Thomas Lucas, aged 45, and Heniy Fooks, aged 43, wtre indicted for having, on the 19th of Sep tember last, feloniously obstructed Lieutenant Hol man, of the King's navy, and Robert Jones, one of his Majesty's preventive boatmen, while in the exe cution of their duty on the coast guard service. It appeared by the evidence for the prosecution, that upon the night in question a most tremendous affray had taken place on the coast nea r St. Alb an ' s Head, in this county. A gang of about eighty smugglers had attacked, disarmed, completely van quished the King's troops, and succeeded for a time in keeping possession of about 480 casks of brandy, Geneva, and other spirits. The evidenc e , h owever , altogether failed in establishing the identity of Fooks, who was immediately acquitted. With regard to Lucas, an alibi was sworn to by five persons, who had seen him at his own house, 15 miles from the scene of action, on the night in question, during the time at which the affray was going on. The Jury, after a few words from the Learned Judge, acquitted the prisoner. There was exhibited during the trial a most ter rible instrument which had been taken from the smugglers. It was made in the fashion of a flail, and consisted of a handle about seven feet long, to which was attached, by a couple of iron links, a three sided piece of wood, about three and a half feet long, and bound on every side with iron, of which there was a considerable share at the extremity. STAFFORD, MARCII 17. Joseph Preston, a man of highly respectable ap pearance, aged 48, was charged with a felonious as sault upon his daughter Mary Preston. Th ere was a second indictment which charged him with a simi lar attack upon his eldest daughter, Ann Preston. Mary Preston, a very intelligent child, with beau tiful black eyes, said—My name is Mary Preston. lam eleven years old. 1 have not been at church lately; but since I have been with my mother I h ave learnt to say my prayers every night. (She was sworn.) I went to London about five months ago; before that I lived at Macclesfield and at Shafflehow, with my father, as did my sister and my brothers. I used to sleep with my sister who is older than me. . . One night my sister got out of bed and hid herself in the next room under some wheat. in the straw. This was in the corn harvest before last (1826). My father came into the room ' • he came to me. He made an attack upon me. I fainted away. My hands fell down, and I don't know when my father went away. I used to work in , a silk factory at this time. Before I got up the next morning my father told me to get up. I was not very willing to do so. On my way to the factory I told my sister what had happened. This occurred about six months before I went to London. The reason why I had not told any one besides my sister was because my father threatened to burn me alive if I did. We got to London by begging our way. My father was living at Macclesfield. When we ran away from him he ill-treated us, so that we could not live with him. My sister was going to run away, and I said, " Ann, do take me with you, or father will kill me if I stay !" We got to Court house-green, and my sister went to London, leaving me there, awd found my mother, and after this my sister came back and fetched me. My mother lived in Nelson-street, Bethnal-green. Ann Preston, an extremely pretty girl, whose beautiful hand and arm attracted universal attention, said, I am the eldest daughter of the prisoner. I am sixteen years of age. On the night in question my father was ill-treating me, and . I got out of bed, and hid myself in the next room. I hid under some wheat in the straw, and did not return to bed all that night. I did not see my sister till the next morning, when she complained of being ill. I ran away from my father because he ill-treated me. My father fetched me home on a Saturday, and on the Tuesday following my sister and I both ran away from home; and begged our way up to London. Cross-examined-1 ran away from my father a _ _ great many times before this . . When I left my father the first time I liven upon some money given me by some young men I met with at Brood. We made no complaint of my father's conduct at any of the places at which we were staying till we got to London. I don't know whether my mother lived with a person named Wedge. I don't know that my mother slept with him, but I certainly did see them in bed together once. That was in Stafford, about eight years ago. When I was before Mr. Monkton the Magistrate, I complained to him of my father's conduct, and Mr. Monkton gave me two shillings and told me I must go out of the town of Brood. Re-examined--If I was taken up at Brood as a street-walker, it was inj , own father who made me so. John Preston, a boy of fourteen, said—l remem ber the night this happened, and recollect that my father told me the next' morning that if I said any thing about it he would either roast me alive, or take me to Liverpool and sell me. He used to abuse and beat me worse than any slave. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN summed up the facts of the case, and stated to the Jury that this was one of those cases which demanded their most serious at tention.--The Jury retired for upwards of an hour, and then returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then tried on the second indict ment, for the attack upon his daughter Ann Preston, on which he was also found Guilty. Mr. Baron VAUGIIAN then proceeded to pass the awful sentence of the law, and recommended the prisoner to make the best use of the few days that remained to him, in preparing himself for the pre sence of his offended Maker. The prisoner, throughout both trials, maintained to most perfect composure- DIVIDENDS. Thomas Fox and James Dudden Brodribb, Bristol, tal low-chandlers, April 18, at one, at the Court of Commis sioners—William Horn and Richard Jackson, Redcross street, Southwark, rectifying-distillers, April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Thomas Annett, Aln mouth, Northumberland, corn. merchant, April 10, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Alnwick—Joseph William Coe, Bath, haberdasher, April 11, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—Thomas Crump and Thomas Hill, jun. Kidderminster, carpet-manufacturers, April 14, at twelve, at the George Inn, Bewdley—John Clay, Kingston-upon- Hull, merchant, April IS, at two, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull—Samuel Porter, London, stationer, April 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Wil liam Toghill, Chalford, Gloucestershire, clothier, April 12, at one, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol—Moses Robinson and William Partridge, Birmingham, wharfingers, April 11, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham—Thomas Rolph, Crutched-Friars, surgeon, April 18, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—James Caldwell, Blandford-street, Manchester-square, tailor, April 8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—John Rice, New Shoreham, Sussex, merchant, April 10, at two, at the Albion Hotel, Bright helmston—Wm. Maiben, Brighthelmston, stable-keeper, April 10, at one, at the Old Ship Tavern, Brighthelmston —Robert Grimston and George Wilkinson, Preston, corn dealers, April 10, at eleven, at the office of Mr. George Noble, Preston—Robert Bell and Robert Hedley, New castle-upon-Tyne, woollen-drapers, April 10, at one, at the Turf Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Wm. Ridley, Hatton garden, carpet-dealer, April 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. CERTIFICATES, APRIL 8. Samuel Hayes, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, book seller—Peter Milne, New York-street, Commercial-road, and Thomas Hathway, jun., Wade-street, Poplar, mer chants—Nicholas Bird, North Shields, Northumberland, earthenware manufacturer—John Anthony, Devonport, grocer—Daniel Oliver, Manchester, druggist---James Peck, Bache, Cheshire, wine-merchant—John Brett, Mason-street, St. George the Martyr, Southwark, horse dealer—Stopford Thomas Jones, Hunter-street, Bruns wick-square, wine-merchant--Archibald Corbett, Friday street, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. William Wallman Pattisson and John Allport, Lichfield, surgeons—Thomas Carr and George Thompson, Leek, Staffordshire, silk-manufacturers--Berdo e Wilkinson and William Henry Atkinson, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, wine-merchants—Robert Edgar, junior, and Joseph A insley, Hart-street, Crutched-friars, wine-merchants—John Sun derland Hirst and Beaumont Taylor, Huddersfield, York shire, fancy' cloth-manufacturers—Thomas Standing, Broughton, Yorkshire, and John England, Colne, Lanca shire, corn-millers—Richard Harrison, Joseph Batley, and Joseph Turner, Holmfirtb, Yorkshire, woollen-manufac turers—JoSeph Adlerley and John Simpson, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, surgeons—Thomas Orrell, William Orrell, John Orrell, John Hornby, John Birley, H. H. Birley, Jos. Birley, Benjamin Kirk, William Henry Hornby, John Newsham, and Henry Haworth, Blackburn, Lancashire, calico-manufacturers—Francis Rashleigh and William Rasbleigh, Falmouth, Cornwall, spirit-dealers.—Charles Wilson and William Hall, Bank-chambers, civil-engineers —Thomas Flindell and John Brunton Flindell, St. Martin's lane, printers—John Baker, Thomas Baker, and James Baker, Bedford street, Covent-garden, dealers—Job Jame son, sen. and Job Jameson, jun. Newcastle-upon-Tyn e , tailors—Edmund Allgood Dickenson and William Harry Sadgrove, Nicholas-lane, attorneys.—Thomas Parr and Edward Parr, Liverpool, painters—John Jones and John Begbie, Upper East Smithfield, undertakers--Arthur Short, Michael John Short, and William John Short, Ratcliffe highway, dealers—Jonathan Hebden and Joseph Constan tine, Rochdale, Lancashire, linen-drapers—Edward Beaz ley and Anthony Wood, Mincing-lane, East and West India.brokers—William Burgess and Maria Heap, Man chester, hosiers—John Ashworth and James Ashworth, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturers—William Bothwell and Joseph Fletcher, Fountain -street, manufac turers—John Sawbridgeand William Sawbridge, Coventry, ribbon-manufacturers—John Reynolds, Benson Rathhone, Thomas Reynolds, and Joseph Gulsou Reynolds, Swansea, Glamorganshire, merchants. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIA RY.-.-FRIDAY. MARCH 21. Battye, E., Burton Salmon, Yorkshire—Green Dragon, Pontefract Bell, R., Keighley—Sessions-house, Wakefield ll Bennett and Co., Kidderminster —Messrs. Alexander and Co., Halifax Biddle, J. and R., Cardiff—Commercial rooms, Bristol Chambers, G., Blackburn.-Hotel, Blackburn • lO Dyer, NV., Batheaston—White Lion, Bath ll Earl, T., Worcester—Crown, Worcester 3 Harris, G., Derby—King's Arms, Derby Haselden, W., Liverpool — Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool 1 Horseman, T., Bristol—Rummer, Bristol Lightfoot, J., Liverpool—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool 1 Parker, W., nereford.—New inn, Hereford Schorfield, J., Southowram--Messrs, Alexander and Co Halifax. lO Smart, S., Devizes—Castle and Ball, Bath l2 Shipley, F., Boston—Globe, King's Lynn 'Willoughby, T., Partney—George, Spilsby ll INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, March 24, at Nine o'clock. Criswick, James, Wardour,street, picture,frame-maker Dunned, William, Cheapside, accountant Essex, James, Northampton, schoolmaster Fallows, John,.Charter-house-pensioner Fowler, Samuel, Artillery-ground, cheesemonger Hinchlife, James, Stepney, broker Jenkins, David, Bishopsgate, carpenter Neale,.James, White Hart-yard, general dealer Selters, Elizabeth, Halifax, chemist Sharp, James, Kensington, piano -forte-maker Sh;ptop, William, Kentish Town, cow keeper Thompson, Elizabeth, , Vauxhall, widow Turney, John, Carey.street, serlealit-at-macp Way, Thomas, Holcombe, farmer Yates, Joseph, Croydon, bell-hanger COUNTRY.---At the Court-house, at Yarmouth, March 22, at Ten o'clock. Reeve, John; Great Yarmouth, waterman Thompson, James, Yarmouth, shoemaker At Southampton, March 22, at Teu. Tune, William, Southampton, dealer us marine s tores Loiiel, Henry, Southampton, silk-mercer Harris, ThOmas, Southampton, printer Harris, George, Southampton, printer Prince, Callaway, Southampton, butcher Bodies., William, Salisbury, butcher BALL AT LIMERICK.—The Grand Fancy Ball, at the hospitable mansion of Sir CHARLES and Lady DOYLE, on Thursday night, was attended by all the no bility and gentry of this city, and surrounding counties. All the military characters in the garrison were present, and the bands of the 32d and 37th regiments contributed to enliven the scene.— Cork Mercantile Chronicle. LINWEAN SOCIETY....Last evening, being one of the periodical meetings of the Society, there was full attendance of the Fellows; but before the usuul business had commenced, Dr. MATON rose. to apnounce the melan choly intelligence of the decease of their learned and excel lent President, Sir JamEs EDWARD SMITH. lie died the day before at his residence near Norwich. The 4th volume of his great work, the English Flora, was published the same day on which his death was known in London. In the death of this distinguished scholar and amiable man, .eience in general sustains a heavy loss. NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. (From the Second Edition of the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday.) Rent for the week, 1251. 14s. 2d. Mr. STEELE was called to the Chair, and Dr. O'CONNELL acted as Secretary. He read the re turns of several Churchwardens, and many letters received since their last day's meeting, containing remittances of Catholic Rent. Mr. LAWLESS observed, that large sums of money were coming from all parts of the country, and though he knew the Association had the perfect confidence of the whole country, he thought the accounts should be furnished more in detail. A conversation on the subject occurred between Mr Lawless, Mr. Bellew, Mr. Browne, and Mr. O'Connell, when it was agreed that the accounts as furnished were sufficiently in detail, and the funds of the Association would only be wasted by publishing them in a more lengthened shape. The books being open to the inspection of every one. Mr. O'CONNELL said, before he proceeded to read some letters which had been addressed to himself, he had to observe that for the next three weeks he should be absent on professional business, and lie would not leave town without giving his opinion that the Catholics of Ireland should move an Address to the Marquis of Anglesey, and when he returned he should take steps to forward it. All classes had so much to be grateful to him for, and there was so much to be reasonably hoped from the Marquis's Government, that the Catholics could be at no loss to form an Address. Mr. BELLEW and Mr. LAWLESS fully agreed with Mr. O'Connell. Mr. O'CONNELL proposed that the London Ca tholic Journal should be received into the rooms of the Association ; and also that it should be sub mitted to the Committee, to frame a resolution to be inserted in the Scotch Papers contradictory of the assertion made by Sir W. Scott, in a lately published work of his, stating, " that the Catholic Clergy, could grant indulgences for the commission of sins." Mr. DILLoN seconded the motion. Mr. O'CONNELL proposed that his grand-daughter, Miss Mary O'Connell Fitzsimon, should be admitted a member of the Asspciation.—Carried. Mr. O'CONNELL said he had, by the industry and kindness of many friends, collected a great number of invaluable documents relating to the Treaty of Limerick, and moved that the sum of 50/. should be applied to the purpose of printing them, that they might be in the hands of every Member of Parlia ment, before the 29th of April. Mr. LAWLESS seconded the motion.—(Carried.) Mr. O'CONNELL moved a Resolution that Mr. Hume should be requested to allow his name to be enrolled as a Member of the Association. Lord KILLEEN seconded the motion. Mr. LAWLESS said, that he thought it likely that Mr. Hume, as a Member of Parliament, would de cline the honour, from motives of prudence and kindness to the Catholic Body.—The motion was put and carried. - Mr. O'GoR3!AN MAtioN brought forward the motion he had given notice of some time since, that a Bust of Mr. O'Connell should he purchased.. by the Association, and preserved in the Roems of the Association, and that a Committee be appointed to receive subscriptions for the purpose. Lord KILLEEN seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Several Gentlemen were named for the Com mittee, and the Meeting adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET —A young man, of very respectable appearance, named Mullins, was yester day brought from St. James's watch-house, before Mr. CoNam.,the sitting Magistrate, upon the following charge: The Marquis of Londonderry's coachman stated, that as he was returning home with his Lordship's carriage empty the evening before, about seven o'clock, after leav ing the Marquis at the City of London tavern, where his Lordship went to attend the anniversary festival of St. Patrick, in passing along Piccadilly slowly, he was called to by a person in the street, who said that a man was stealing the "holders," that is, the straps by which the footman holds behind the carriage. There being no foot man with the carriage at the time, the witness jumped from his box, and found the prisoner already in the cus tody of the person who had given the alarm, and witness took out of the prisoner's hands the holders produced, which had been unbuckled from behind the carriage. The prisoner was then given in charge, and taken to the watch-house, on the way to which he asked forgiveness for what he had done, and begged to be let go. The prisoner's father (a highly respectable tradesman at the west end of the town) and mother attended, and seemed deeply distressed at the situation of their son, of whom they spoke most favourably, and said they never knew him to be guilty or suspected of a dishonest act i❑ his life. The Magistrate said that, however unpleasant the duty was, he must send the prisoner to take his trial for, the offence. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial, and the coachman bound over to prosecute ; but at the earnest entreaty of the prisoner's parents that he might be admitted' to bail, the Magistrate said that he would take time to consider whether or net he would exercise in that respect the discretion given by Mr. Peel's new act. The holders, which are of a woollen texture, are but of little value, althougk to the eye, particularly at night,:they have the appearance of rich lace. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—On Monday night Mr. William Osborn, of Burn's-place, Chapel -street, Edge ware-road, brought a blue and yellow cotton handkerchief, stained with blood, and a rugged bludgeon, to the Office, and informed Mr. RAWLINSON that they were found by two boys on Sunday, in the Green-lanes, near Blackhorse fields, Paddington. The bludgeon had no marks of blood remaining, but the boys told Mr. Osborn pieces of flesh were sticking to it when they picked it up, and they were washed away in consequence of their using it to get some thing out of the canal. Mr. Osborn said be had examined the place where they were found ; there was blood among t the grass, Aneit c and erspotted he f has w with eheonbulnotol endeavouring shilling t o i there, nv es which he pro duced, e the cir cumstance, r .. cumstance, and the neighbouring ponds have been dragged, but no further discovery has yet been made. UNION-HALL. —Yesterday Thomas Ward, a me dical student belonging to Guy's Hospital, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, M. SWABEY, Esq. on the following charge : Mr. Toombs, landlord of the Queen's Head in Little Charlotte-street. Blackfriars, stated, that between eight and nine •o'clock on the previous night, the defendant, accom panied by a friend, entered the house, and having walked into the parlour and taken a seat there, called for some spirits and water. Having been served with the liquor, which was tolerably soon disposed of, the defendant, with. out the slightest provocation, rose from the chair, and challenged out any one in the company to fight. In the act of rising to exhibit his prowess in the art of pugilism, the pot-valiant hero upset the table, smashed all the glasses, and spilled the liquor. The landlord hearing the noise, proceeded into the room, for the purpose of getting rid of such a noisy customer. The moment he interfered, he was attacked by the defendant, who struck him twice; and it was only with the greatest difficulty that he was at length taken to the watch-house. While in the watch house, the defendant's conduct was described by Sharp, the night constable, as most outrageous. The defendant, who pleaded intoxication, was fined 1/. Ss., besides being threatened with indictment by some of the parties whom he assaulted. On Thursday morning, AMBROSE SHEAR MAN, Esq. of Patrick -street, entertained the membe rs of the Harri er Cl u b, of thi s c ity, to a s pl en did - .4.ljeane , a t his villa at Ballyfrunk, in this county. After breakfast, the dogs were put on, and soon roused puss. The g entlemen had three capital runs, in the last of which, afte r an extra ordinary chase, puss lay down exhausted i n a d y ke, but the dogs were consideratelydrawn off, and she was left alive, as a hare of singularly sporting merit.---.Leinster Journal. On Tuesday night the hous e of Mr. 'Wm. WALsnE, at Mantle-Hill, near G olden, was attacked b y a s d outrage Police l i e t took o s k t a p t i l i a s at Golden,— Tipperary Fr e e Press. cie an armed party who broke all th e windows and fired several shots into the house. Mr. WALSISE and his son s ma d e a spirited resistance ; they fired a number of shots at the as sailants and at length obliged them to retire, after leaving a threatening notice ' conce rnin g some g round taken by s t in e ee ilili T ta h r i ; n within W A Lsil a E' q u a a b r o t u e r t o t f w a o , l y i i e l a erosf h SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. MARCH 17.—High water, 1 min. past IQ.—Arrived the Cambrian, Airey, from Macaio, with cotton; Treat, Barstow, from Mobile, with ditto ; Cashmere, Whitney' from New Orleans with cotton (sailed Roth January); Habnab, Neulin, from Bilboa, with wool and m adder; Red Breast, Burger, from Jersey, with wine, lac ; Oliver Blanchard, Marquand, from Trieste, with fruit, valonit! &c. ; Apollo, Bragg, from Waterford, with wheat and flour ; Martha, Sewell, from Limerick, with oats ; Diane! Woods, from Westport, with ditto ; Robert and Isabells! Leabody, from Ballina, with oats ; Solway (steamer)! Wylie, from Newry, with oats and butter; Maria, Palmer! from.Southwold, with grain ; Clyde, Hall, from Glasgow! with sundries ; Corsair (steamer), Goodwin, from Belfast! with ditto ; Sheffield (steamer), Richards, from ditto, with ditto ; James Holmes, Neale, from isle of Man, with ditto; Liffey, Henderson, from Drogheda with ditto ; City of Londonderry (steamer), Keay, from Londonderry, with ditto ; Alert, Ellis, from Cardiff, with iron ; Phcenis! Rowlands, from ditto, with ditto. CLEARED ODTW 4RDS—The Jane, Westall, for Nest Brunswick ; William Thompson, Maxwell, for New York; Caledonia, Bispham. for Demerara; Ellen Clare, Roberts; from Genoa and Leghorn ; Minerva, Ljanogueet, for Liebau ; Unicorn, Watts, for Calais ; Pallas, Emett, for Lisbon ; Tipton Hall, Strangwell, for ditto ; Geo. Can' ning, M'Clelland, for Rio Janeiro. Telegraph Office, March 17. GREAT ORIHS' HEAD, MARCH 16.—N0. 71, Marlotte► 88, passed outward bound yesterday morning. At one p.m. four brigs, one schooner, outward bound► and one brig and one schooner homeward, did not shoe their numbers. At 30 m. past one it came on to WO fresh from W. S. W., with dense fog : Mariotte out of sight. MARCH 17.—At 30 min. past 12, one brig homeward and one brig outward bound did not show their numbers. —Wind West, blowing fresh. N0..101, Tagus schooner, passed Holyhead homeward bound at 30 min. past 11 a.m. Passed Holyhead outward bound—No. 67, Inca, BE, at 12 o'clock ; 71, Mariotte, 88, at 12 o'clock. No. 459, Lancashire Witch, off Point. Lynaa, outward bound. BRITISH EXPORTS. Statement of the Quantities of the under-mentioned Arti. cles of British Manufacture Exported from Liverpool, from the let to the 15th inst. inclusive. Cotton 286,946 Pieces. 4,284,246 Yards. Linen ... 37,101 ... '741,943 ... Blanketing 2lB ... 81,699 ... Carpeting -- ... 26,858 ... Calicoes 1,984 ... . 9,400 ... Flannel — ... 10,480 ... Woollen Stuffs 3,642 ... 428 Ends. Kerseymeres lOO ... '721 .. Worsted Stuffs - 17,435 ... 276 .. Baize Inferior Woollens 9,077 ... 2,388 ... Cotton Yarn Cotton Thread 24,048 Sail Cloth Cloth Cotton Hose Silk Hose Cotton Handkerchiefs . .. Cotton Braces .. Worsted Caps 3. . 55 .. Hats 976 ... Haberdashery Yards. Earthenware £18,609 Hardware £55,687 Salt, White Salt, Rock 18,320 Slates ... -- Pieces- Coals 1,376 Tons, 47 Cwt. 0 Chal. Iron 936 Tone, 341 Cwt. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to a. Boston 42 56 22 32 15 22 Grantham 50 54 26 33 18 26 48 54 25 28 16 21 Horneastle—....--„.,. 44 50 25 29 14 .24 Hull 42 54 26 30 16 26 Lincoln Spilaby 4B 68 26 30 16 24 Starniord:—..,.- 46 60 25 32 20 26 York . 44 52 26 32 16 •30 t. to 1. 36 40 40 44 40 as ao 49 as -41 44 Stt 40 34 40 36 56 NORWICH, March 15. Our market continues to be but scantily supplied with Wheat, which was readily taken off to-day at an 'advance of is. to 2s. per quarter, but present appearances. indicate an increase of supply in proportion to the prices given, as our farmers have been holding off lately for more money. We had a middling supply of Barley, which obtained Is. per quarter more than last week, but the sale was not brisk. We are moderately supplied with Oats, Beans, and Pease, which are heavy sale. Flour is 2s. per sack dearer. Wheat (per qr.) 52.5. 60s. his. Beans (per qr.) Barley Oats 228,28a. 30s. Flour„fine (per sack) , 436. 455. CANTERBURY, March 15. We had again an unprecedented short supply of Wheat upon our market this day, indeed not one-fifth sufficient for the usual demand, consequently our prices ruled ex tremely high, and from Is. to 2s. per quarter was ob tained above our highest prices of this day week. Beans, Pease, and Oats, are in large supply, and without• any demand. Barley without alteration. Our millers bave raised whea te w ir h p it r e ice for Flou r 6031. ttoo red s3s. to 595....... ()Id —s. to —s. Barley Oats Beans . . ..... 342. to 40s. -s. to .-41. Pease 4os. to 48s. Grey 38s. to 409. COWES, MARCH 15.---This mornirig Captain GARTH took possession of the Eliza yaeht,..fbrimerly the property of Sir GEORGE THOMAS, Bart. ; and being an honorary member of the Club, he paid the necessary sub scription, and was immediately enrolled a• member, agree ably to the established regulations. There are already fourteen candidates to be ballotted for at the first meeting, which will take place on Saturday, the 3d of May, a t the Thatched House, London. Join; Levzson Govrua Esq. registered the .Do/phin this morning, and C a pt a i n i tt owu has completed his little model of the Gertrude, his in tended new yacht, which appears to be a most beautiful and scientific specimen. Several members of ,the Chtb are now here inspecting the progress of their yachts, sad Cowes will soon be alive again. —Hants Advertiser. BIRTHS. On the ISth inst. at Dulwich, Surrey, Mrs. Francis Tuke, of a daughter. In Botchergate, Carlisle, on the 3d inst. Mary, wife of Thomas Smith, pensioner, of three children (all girls), two of whom, along with the mother, are doing gow Chronicle. MARRIED. . ee tnn u e,. youngest daughter At Bombay, on the 16th of November last, Matthew De Vitre, Esq. to Mrs. Slater, second daughter of John Rose, Esq. of Essex-street. At St. Clement Danes, on the Ilith inst. James Dun clsbaeuegltEser Esq. of Eleanor Bruton, second daughter of j o o f ho W ß h o it se ch , u Eg rc q h . , of Sal E z e , x- toi sti the Es gO. la n On the ISth inst. at Kensington Church, by the Rev. George Butler, D.D. (Harrow), James William Freshfietd, tc.a-in-the-West, jun. 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