The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-15 00:00:00

EV. N ING EDITION RENEWED TITHE WAR. ST. ANDREW'S, HOLBORN. Tuesday a Middlesex Patty Sessions was held in the 'workhouse of the Holborn Union, Little Gray's Inn-lane, for the purpoiii of bearing the complaints of the Rector, fee Rev. kir. Robiton, against upwards of twenty parish ioaers, for retbela to pay tithes. The lillebtrates present were—MrsM‘William, Chair man; Mr. felseekinnon, Mr. Russell, Mr. Armstrong, and Kempahed. It appeared that no tithe had been paid by any of the recusants since 1836, but the summonses were issued only for the claims of the years 1839 and 1840, as the Magis t ates have no jurisdiction in cases of tithe due more than t so years. The first ease called on was that of Mr. James Sher. endine, owner of the houses Nos. 21, 22, and 23, Fril— rood's Rents, from whom the sum claimed for two years' tithe was 21. 16s. Mr. Shermendine being asked why he did not pay the emend, stated that the houses in q\ 'lNion were not tithe able. Tho first claim made was thee of the last Rector, Beresford, who, after much litigation and contention rith his parishioners, excused the houses in question of a }.art of the sum claimed, on account of the poverty of the inhabitants, and the matter was supposed to be finally set t ed in 1835, since which time no demand bad been Inade, and the defendant had no notice of the revival until Saturday morning, when he received the summons to 'f:hich be now appeared. He denied altogether the Ree f is claim to tithe upon these houses, repeating that the q estion was first raised by Mr. Beresford. Mr. Turner, the Rector's Attorney, said that the right of the Rector to tithes from the premises in question, and f:orn those of all the persons now called upon to pay, had been established by the Court of Chancery six years ago, t nd, in point of fact, the defendant had recognised the vector's title by paying, in 1835, according to the decision cf the Superior Court. Mr. Armstrong—Why has he not been applied to since ? Mr. Turner—The Rev. Mr. Beresford did not press his claims afterwards whilst he remained in the parish. He s se, for the remainder of the time, satisfied with,establish- Leg the right of the future incumbents. There are a Brea teeny in use parish who will not pay now. Mr. AaMeTßONG—There was forme:ly a great pert of tile parish not sneered with buildings, and until those spaces teere fi lled up, no tithe was claimed for the vacant inter vals. This desuetude seems to have given rise to the ex roption claimed for tho houses since erected in such ) , InCCF. It was a great pity that no agreement was come tat the time when it was attempted a few years ago. I g enerally differed from Mr. Beresford upon most subjects, tat I could not help thinking that his proposal at that time tees very moderate. Ho proposed to commute the whole tithe for 5001. a-year, and if that proposal had been ac t ptei, a great deal of irrlt4ion aid expense would be ' reided. The question seems to be now as unsettled al cssr. I have a very greet objection to tithes myself; but fter the decision of the Ceuta of Chancery, and the pay catS mer'e by those pales thealseber. I think that 1...tt , n hero as Magiatrataa, we trust errforce the law. The " defuldent said hat in consequence of the poverty t f the persons who occopi:d his houses, he could not pay 1. e tithe. Mr. MoXILLism said that be would be glad to exempt lie defendant on that pima, if he could do otherwise than !minister the law as Le found it. He aiked Mr. Turner )w long ha would allow the defendaut to take Lr pay tlent? Mr. Tema said be would give defendant any time he riked. It was not the Rector's wish to be harsh, but only t establish ::'i right. In those cases he would not ask c',Rn for corm. It was thou decided that the sum claimed should be paid iv `2l days. The nom else was that of Mr. Chaplin, No. 10, Gre s le.street, z Ito was summoned for JO:. A person who a. :ended fir the defendant paid the amount, under a ptc e. against the iletfe:ity cf the decision agaiavt him. hire. Hewertl, of No. 53, Gray's inn-lam::', was.surn tneeed for 165., the amount of two years' tithe. for whlch Turner, upon her pl a of poverty, consented to take 8 . it being, he said, only his Object to establish the right. Mr. Purdy, of 45, High Holborn, summoned for two yt ars' arrrars cf tithe, amtiutiting to 1l , said, that what he objected to was thet •err thirg that file. Turner wanted, et6 , :ablithieg the right." la 1333 Mr. Bell, the Rse ti bttorre t t, took advantage cf in iny of the inneiterits 1) false preweeet., stAtirig them to git: hiie .1 small por t .a of tee sure deintruled, by way or set:liritt the mat te for ever, but really for t'a pu rise or et:ter-te t t it trxiti the face of the collector's book that they h a d I, .d, and tlitreby virtually acknowledeiritt the Rector's 1--11 t. The Rccter published a novice to the whole yerish, pleugie g himself that if he could not trace the /ments backio 1776, be won't abandon the eitiir. 1- • (Mr. Purdy) and others einseritel to ttito the a - LAS word, end said if the claim was so established t v would not refuse to pay. The R.retor failed, b eater, and nct.titheianding his pledge summeeed Li a (Mr. Purdy) to Hatton-garden, wh , re tiie et,te sets twice dismiise,l, and upon a third summons Cie !Magistrate gave Mr. Bell (tire attorney) a month's ,ne to make tett a case for the Rector. In Lie meantime, hr. Bell called upon him (Mr. P.) several times, solicit i• g• to settio it amicably, but this was firmly refused, until r day Bill callel on him, when he was in the hurry of tetittess, and said if he would give him even 1/. for the ~- n and of 31., lie should have a receipt for time whole, and v. iuld hear ntr' more of the tithe He was taken surprise, and to get rid of the annoyance paid S. e pound, protestitg at the same time against injustice and the illegality of taking even that much 1. him. It was most unfair that he and others should be inveigled by such moans to furnish a sort of etitleace a -ejnst themseives, and then be dragged like criminals 1-. fore the magistrates, at great loss of time, and with to their business. Ile would never pay the de r. Ind until the Rector proved his right. .11r. llPWrwarst—lt is not our intention to allow the L t etor to rough-shod over you. We must make the der against you ; but if yon wish to make the payment ttlder a prckast, and to follow up that by ulterior proceed / its, we will give jou some time to consult with your fellow-parishioners as to what steps you ought to take. After much discussion it was decided that the order eaould be issued for payment in fourteen datig, to give Mr. Tardy time to coeault, as recommended by the Chairman. In the remainder of the defended cases the same deci si 1) was wood to, Mr. Turner saying that he would not a A; for cootie unless be woe put to further expense. Mr. T. J. Woeller and three or four others did not ap jetar-to their summons, arid judgment being given against t.L.em, Mr. Turner asked for cost?. . _ Mr. APWIILIANI was not certain the Court had autho rty to grant costs. Ho knew it was doubtful in some lies of disputed tithes. Mr. Turner rcfsrred to the Act., the 7th and Bth Wil liam 111. tt. 6, nod act 534 Goo. 111. e. 137, to show that i • the pressollassca he wee entitled to costs. The Msgterates, after a short consultation, said that in I:,e present ono" they would allow only the smallest sum Oat would emir the actual expenses, and for this they con ,lered Gs. ria etch case sufficient. The Cow lion adjourned, SECRET LETTER WRITING.—For several ecks page lealtweee have bee=t received through the Re c ester anti Olittbam post-office; by sevaral respectable la nillea. Them letters are written by some villain, Mao states tai the son of the parties, who is sta_ ti atm ea such a piece (naming it) is either k led, droieme4 or hat died of sonic disease; thereby throwing families into the utmost distress. It appears tb. rtretei finds out respectable families aao bare a son abroad, and then immediately tv ites to them a most distressing letter. detail ing their deaths, The family of Mr. Hillier have had three or four of these letters; also a widow lady lining it Rochester, having an only son. The writer assured her that her so n was d rowne d at t h e p l ace h e was s t a ti o ned s' road. It however happened that her son was in this • untry ow leave of absence, and was visiting at Stafford. S 'me clue, has been obtained to the villain, and vs e hope r , en to bear of his being placed before the tribunal of jutice....araidstone Gazette. CITY ANTIQUITIES.--On Wednesday last the ourers engaged in excavating the foundations of the each Protestant Church, in Threadneedle -street, found • a depth of fourteen feet below the surface a fine speci ea of Roman tesselatod pavement, and not a stone with r inscription on it, as has been erroneously stated. It is a very perfect specimen of tesselm of the third or fourth t. ntury, and is about nine feet long and six feet wide. Moxhay, the proprietor of the groun d , has not only eral ly allowed the pavement to remain as it was found, e: the base of a pillar near Threadneedle -street, but has placed over it a platform in order more freely to allow public inspection. Many per sons have the last few days a evilhd themselves of the opportunity of witnessing thi s • cient specimen of art in the earlier domestic arcbitec t re of this country. The site of the chte ch. , it may be resumed, is that of a Roman house o f the higher order; e..d it is singular that within the last few years siinda . r et ecimens have been found, in nearly a direct li ne, n r artholomew-lane and within tbo Bank, which may show e connected series of these villas. Unhappily all rem ) ants of these were lost to the public, as they wcro broken tta by the workmen, as was the case about two years since ie excavating the sewers in Paternoster-row, where a fine t. ass of tesselatod pavement, of about forty feet in length, a as thus broken up. The site of the late Royal Exchange lag produced few objects of interest to the antiquary, but ithin the last few days the excavations approaching Cheapside have disclosed some solid specimens of Roman 1. asonry, Under St. Bartholomew's Church were found e me curious structural arches coeval with or antecedent to e Norman period. FAST-DAY IN SCOTLAND.—The following f a Swatch paper gives a strange account of the mode which sacred days are observed in Scotland. Addi t anal watchmen were required to keep in order the then sends who poured in by steamboats and railroads to wor laip in a city, so renowned for its religion :-_Thursday 1.4 being Fast-day in Glasgo w , and the weather being ce: eedingly fine, we had an immense number of visitors. On the joint line ti.cre were about 6,000 passengers con veyed—on the Greener:a line about 4,oeo—end on the ar line about 3,000 The Canal Company, too, had far riOre than they could take in their gigs, and had to set on se veral trading boats to convey the surplus. The number twried amounted to 3.072. The steamers on the Clyde a ere filled to overflowing, and the Renfrew Railway was Cll patronised ; but we have not heard the numbers stated that worst by either cf these cocveyarce.. 'ILc streets t ere, of sours, much crowded during the day. but all I cut on quistly. The right. watchmen were increased in C-30 of need, but there were no disturbances worth notice, t ad before eleven o'clock the town was es qui_ t as usual " TRIESTR, APRIL 2.—The accountf;, so many letters tr# of the breaking out of the plague at M alt are to ,cd upon as reports but little entitled credit. At Athens (frore which city we accounts to t e 27th of March) tight bankrup! cies (some of them c. msiaerable) have taken place. According, to accounts a t ought by the steamer which arrived yesterday at Dal / wtia, a s regefinary conflict hew t.krri place batweal the ja. e ntenegries and the Austrian weeps on the frostier, in ' bi c h an Austrian Captain was mortally wounded, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Hertfordshire Tories sustained a severe defeat on Monday last, by the decision, in an unprecedentedly numerous meeting. of county Magistrates, which goes to substitute a County Police for the proverbially in efficient parochial constables. It is true that the ques tion was not strictly a party question, and ought not to have been so regarded by either the supporters or opponents of the proposition. It was, however, wade to assume that character by those who resisted the introduction of the New Police system. The Mar quis of Salisbury being the leader of the Opposition, the great bulk of the Tory Magistrates, including nearly all the Parson-Justices (of which there are a large pro portion in the Commission), were, of course, of opinion, with the Noble Lord, to whom they owe so much, that the old system is preferable to the new one, both for its efficiency and cheapness ; and that both the property and persons of the people in rural districts would be far more secure under their protection than by the presence of a regularly disciplined and con stantly employed day and night police , duly inspect ed, and responsible to superior o ffi c ers for their per sonal conduct and activity, and also for the state of the respective districts committed to their charge. Hap pily, although but by an unit, common-aense prevailed in the Court. over the attempt to perpetuate the parish constables in the county of Hertford—to the peat, satisfaction of the bulk of its inhabitants, who see plainly that the TOfiC3, as a body—there are exceptions, which become more honourably conspicuou s because of their rarity—oppose the most obvious and imperatively-de manded improvements, if by so doing they can but gain a paltry temporary advantage, which they may be able , to exhibit as a proof of superior numerical strength. (From the Standard.) The real business of the s e ssion may be expected to commence at the re-assembling' of Parliament next week. The rival bills of Lords Stanley Morpeth— and the bill of Mr. Colquhoun for the Ereanei t 7ation "of the Romanists clergy from the mock control ea" the Government—the motion of Sir Rebert Inglis for ex tending the means of religious worship in some approxi mation to the wants of the country—will all soon force themselves upon public attention—and, lastly, that moat peremptory of all clays, the day of reckoning, the day of "the budget," is promised to ar rive before the end of the month. Of the two Irish registration bills it is not necessary to say much. The public of all parties concur in the acknowledgment that the present vile and abominable system of the Irish elections cannot be longer endured ; and the Chartists and Radicals must, by this time, have learned from Mr. Lyon M'Kenzie, if they did not know it before, that universal suffrage, such as Lord Morpeth's Bill would establish), whether es tablished with or without " the ballot," is not only no remedy for fraud, perjury, and corrup tion,'but the most effectual means for rendering ail three of easy practice, and therefore all but universal. Lord Stanley's Bill may he rejected, but it is impossible that Lord Morpeth's Bill can ever puss ; and the rejection of Lord Stanley's Bill will be no more than a simple de claration, on the part of the majority, that they have an interest in the villainies of the Irish elec tions,. which villainies they confess to the full extent of their atrocities, but which, nevertheless, they vote to perpe:uatc. The principles at issue in the rival bills is now perfectly clear to every one. Let gentle mea take their side in the dispute according to their notionz of profmand honesty and political morality, and let the public judge of their conduct when next they shaq pres.eat themselves IA the hustings. Equally clear are the merits of Mr. Colquhou'n's Bill. It in plain that under the exiting law the College of Ma:, nooth fulfils none of the' conditions upon which it was first established and has since been supported. However proper it may be to inves tigate the causes of the failure, by a minute inquiry into the discipl:ae and course of st7i-ly in fie college (and such an inves:ig-ation were highly luioper), at present it is eloily,ir u that he institution 112 not pro muted the loyalty of the itccosa Catholic clergy ostonsib!e porpoiic), or oven reerimmended itself to the cure and affection of the Roman Catholic population. (From the Courier.) Nobody ill; doubtzd for ono Innin•.nt since the esta blishment of the ne s Ponr-law, tiler is nobody out Of the sph,re of a foo!i3li fox•huntieg squirearchy, that coequally and eontempraneotrly vita it Corn-laws could not long be tolerated, and to spcak truth, ought not to b:. It is impossible in a free country like this that ono law for t'he ricl!, but another and a totally dif ferent law for the poor, should long exist together. Now, fire and water would ahnorat blend as harmo niously together physically, as Corn-laws and new Poor-laws morally. The principle of each in many respects is esseotially and vitally hostilc the one to the other. The Corn-laws are protective of the interr'sts of one part of the counmunity, that is, of the agricultural classes in especial ; the new Poor-laws are destructive of the interests and hap piness of every class of the community, save the proud and pursy landlords of the soil and the millionaire tra ders of the city. The question which must come to be solved therefore sooner or later is, bow long will the masses be disposed to submit to the one-sided legislation, by which their old Poor-law protective rights have been swept away, and replaced with the decimating despotism of new Poor-law gaolery and starvation, whilst they sec the upper classes revelling in all the exch.'s:Ye wealth and enjoyments springing out of property rights well and rigorously protected. It is not difficult to foresee the result to which this " experimentalising" 113 W Poor law legislation will lead ev,!Etnally ; for an " experi .. ment,"although a long one, the new Poor-law is, a cording t) Sir Robert Peel himself. The son of a farmer named Packer, seeing that Captain Seymour and some other gentlemen, who were out with her Majesty's hounds last Saturday, were about riding over his father's crops, attempt, , cl to stop them, and in doing so a pole which lie had in his hand at the time came in contact with the Coptain's eye. It is said that he purposely struck Captain Seymour, who contemplates legal proceedings against his assailant. MORTALITY AMONGST INFANTS.—On Tues day an inquest was held at the Robinson Crusoe, Earl street, Lis3nn-wove, before Mr. Wakley, M. P., on the body of a female infant, aged 13 weeks, that died on day eight last. The Coroner observed that the number of sudden deaths which .occurred amongst fine healthy children under the age of eighteen menths was enormous, and had latterly very much increased. He could not at all account for it. Immediately on an infant being found dead in bed it was invariably rumoured that it had been overlaid ; but no such thing, not one in a hundr;cl met its death that way; death was the result of some internal complaint. On Tuesday evening between seven and eight o'clock, a respectable married woman named Mary Parker, whose husband keeps a chandler's shop, at No. 16, St. Anne's-street, Westminster, and is well to do in the world, threw herself, as:is asserted, out of a first floor window. She is about 35 years of age, and is in the last stage of pregnancy. The husband's account of the melancholy affair is, that he and his wife having had some words on Tuesday evening, she ran up stairs into the front roam and bolted the door on the inside. He fol lowed her up and tried to obtain admission, but his wife threatened that if he forced the door she would throw her self out of the window. He kicked at the door and a part of it gave way, and at that moment he heard the window raised, and something heavy fall to the ground. He hn rnediately ran down stairs and found her lying CH the ground. From the woman's condition, little or no hopes are entertained of her recovery. BRUNSWICK, MA r.cit 27.-1 can give you from good authority the following intelligence, which is of much importance to the north of Germany. Our negotia tions for the prolongation of the customs union with Hanover and Oldenburg, have been decidedly broken, just when they seemed to be near to a favourable conclusion, and the renewal of them is out of the question. Hanover Made demands which could not possibly- be acceded to, without knowingly sacrificing the interest of the country. During the formation of the dams for the bridge about t o b e erecte d at Springfield, for the Eastern Coun ties Railw a y, the workmen discovered a large number of horns, sev en or eiplat feti low the bed of the river. They consisted of a f ragment of stag's burn, a goat's horns, with a portion of the skull, r small horns of an ox or ram, and many others of a similar was also found : it is 1 ft. 4i. 10 in. in length, and harp at the a woodman's; bill. Those robes of L orl ga;e in a good state of preservation ; and by which is character.l A curious knife , t f h b e ci b n i g a l c u ' rved like sore r ar a e ge are all of the Croydon Bench of to be the remains of a Roman sacrifice.—Essex Herald . to the Croydon Union, belongingmaigiisttrtalttoes,laastpamup%crting named James Adams, was charged with the following of.. fence, under the New Poor-law. It appeared, from the statement of the relieving officer, that the defendant had been chargeable to the union, with his family; and, upon his re presenting that he could not get work, a letter was given to him for a person named Hutchins, who is an over_ looker upon the Brighton Railway, and who has an ar rangement with the union authorities to employ the able bodied paupers when he is able to do so, r. questing him to employ him. The defendant returned., and said that he had made the application to Mr. Ilu'eh.i.,s, and that these were no more bands required ; and from this statement he was again taken into the hens^. It was afierwards ascer tained that his story was false, and that he had never made any application to the person to whom the letter was addres;ed. Mr. Andrews, the clerk to the Board of GuaHian , -, said the fact was, Ada.ns did not like railroad work, and he had, therefore, attempted to deceive the Board, who considered that it was a case they cught not to pass over. The Magistrate , : at first expressed their doubt whether the case came within the Act as misconduct in a pauper. but they ultimately eon: icted the defendant, awl ordered him to be imprisoned for seven d.p. TIIE VOLUNTARY PRI NC IPLE.—On Friday last the anniversary of the Sabbath Schools connected with the congregational denomination of Dissenters in this town mts held, when an rateresting address was delivered to thorn by their beloved p:-tst.t.;r, the Rev. W. H. Griffith, I 3 A. ; after which they were p!entifully supplied with I.,:utu-calte and tea. The day was siJent in the most Elie re3ting :.ltd delightful manner. Considering the smallness of t'te town, and the tyrinnizinn.. periecutiag spirit of the State Church, the number of criii.:n‘n truly a , tonishing, there being 580 scholars and 70 voluntary teachers 1!! Chard, April J. THE SUN, LONDON, THtI LAW I iNCE. PRIVY COUNCIL, APRIL 14. WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE AND OTHERS. Sir F. POLLOCK (in continuation from our Evening Edition of yesterday, said—But notwithstanding these cases the question was what was the rule and what was its application. Did B refer to A? The reference must be to something which, without the possibility of mistake, was the document produced. B directed the disposal of the estates "as directed by my instruction," but the instruc tions contained no directions with respect to a part of the estates, and did not, therefore, correspond. Their Lordships would observe that in paper A, the words " Instructions for the will of me, James Wood, Esq., of Gloucester," were not connected with the rest ; there was a considerable space between them, and these words might have bren supplied afterwards. He threw out this suggestion as one among others for their Lordships' consideration. The reference should be so clear and stringent that a sup position to the contrary could not be admitted. Was the reference here of this nature ? In no re spect did paper A correspond with the instructions re ferred to in paper B. The only pint of correspon dence was the solitary word " Instructions," But if they were referred to, there might have been other instructions rather written, or parole, which were not forthcoming. Then could A stand by itself? It was altogether in the handwriting of Mr, Qhadhorn. Mr. Chadborn ought to have instructed Mr. Wood that such instructions should have been in his own handwriting, or he should have called in another attorney, and if, as his Learned Friend had suggested, Mr. Wood had objected to the expense, he might, in such a ease, lia4z, paid the fee himself. The paper lied been in Mr. Cnadborn's possession up to the time of its annexation, and tinder these circumstances it ought not to be admitted to probate withogt a great deal more of proof than that of handwriting. Pe eeetended that if the document had been attested by three witnesses, yet, being in Mr, :lhadborn's handwriting, other evidence would be necessary to establish its validity. If it wore entirely in the handwriting of the testator, he still con £.ended other evidence was necessary, He thought there was the strongest reason to believe this paper had ee existence before paper F 3 was executed, If it had Leen it was impossible but it must have been then produced. If poduced would it not have been annexed ca at least ostentatioesly ealailsited ? There was,ot the slightest evidence that Mr. Ghadborn had . Ibsen at the !senator's on the 2d of December, when it bore date. Lord LYNDHURST obsenied that he thought it was a very clumsy instrument to have:ns'en fabricated by an in telligent attorney. As the Learned Gentleman appeared to be proceeding to a new part of the case, he thought they had better aejourn. Their Ldrdships then adjourned to the 17th May. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 14. (Before Mr. Commissioner Bowa.N.) IN RE CHARLES HENRY O'SHAIJGHNESSY. The insolvent was partner in an eatensive boot and shoemaking establishment at No. 8, Old Bond-street, and afterwards carried on business on his own account in No. 10, Rue d'Alger, Paris. The aggregate amount of debts in his private balance sheet was 2,800!., in that of the partnership account 1591. ; a further sum cf .5001. appeared, for which there W 11.3 no considera tion. He had no property of any account now to give up for the benefit of his creditors. The insolvent and a cousin of his nained Edward Crean were, on attain in; the ate of 25 years, to receive the sum of 1,700/. share and share ;like, under a will made in their fa vour by a relative called Captain Edward O'Shaugh nesq, to which will the insolvent's and Crean's mother administered. In case of the death of ether party before the age of 25 the survivor was to inherit the whole, which stood in the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. stocks. Crean teas allowed to draw his money before he was of ag:, and having mixed much in eociey di:isieated it away previous to his death in Angust last. In April 1839 the insolvent was allowed by his mother aad the other admiaistratrix to draw his portion of the legacy, previous also to his being of age, to commence busi ereis with. He had bi - ea concerned with a person named Deacea, a eirpenter and builder at the Maath-g,ate, in bill transactions for the letter's accommodation, end likewise to carry on a building speculation, and had taken a house in Bolton row, which he fitted up at much expense as a !mud and lodaing-liouie. Same of the furniture was sell, and the test pawned. The insolvent having le.ea atiej-eaed to a very lengthened examination by Messrs. Cooke and Nicholls, The Learned COMMISSIONER said he should adjourn the case, ia order to procure the attendance of Aire. Crean, as ho wished to hava Furth(); information t.ouch ing the payment of the legacies under Captain O'Shaughncssy's will. IN RE JAMES ALEXANDER. The insolvent in this case was a biker in Walwortb, and was indebted to several millers, none of whom ap peared save the detaining creditor by his attorney. He was opposed by Mr. Mannirg, a solicitor, who contended that the insolvent had been taken under a friendly arrest. Mr. Young, of the firm of Young and Son, solidi tors, Mark-lane, stated to the Court that he was en gaged to recover a sum of money due by the insolvent to Mr. Ward, a flour factor in Malden, and caused an execution to issue against his effects ; but they were already taken possession of by the landlord. He would acknowledge that the insolvent was taken in capias as a matter of compassion, and at his (Coe insolvent's) own request, that he might pass through the Court, and have whatever effects he might be possessed of adminis- , terel by it. At the time the execution was put in, one of the insolvent's chilrea was lying dead, and another died since. Mr. Commissioner BowEN said that he could not consider the present case came under the claszification of " friendly arrests" in the usual acceptation of that term. A paraded case had occurred some time since, where the detaining creditor acknowledged that he was actuated by a kindly feeling in arresting the insolvent, yet it was the only way in which he could be served, or his assets made profitably available to his creditors, He should therefore order that the insolvent be dis charged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. Wm. Lloyd, Secretary to the North Staffordshire Colliery Company, was summoned before Sir PET2.II LAuntr under the following circumstances Mr. Henry Brown, engraver Find printer, of No. 14, Nichol-square, Cripplegate, stated that in the month of September, 1839, he was applied to by Messrs. Lloyd and Robinson, Secretaries to the North Staffordshire Colliery Company, to print prospectuses and to make account beaks for the Company. The term of credit was said to be about two months, and all orders were signed by Messrs. Lloyd and Robinson, servants of the Company, a course which prevented them from being amenable for the amount of the debt incurred. They lived in New B.lsinghall-street, and described them selves as Secrctarics to the Company, when he (com plainant) had his dealing with the concern. The time arrived for settling the account, which amounted to 451. 11s., but as no attention was paid to his application, he placed the business in the hands of his solicitor, who wrote to those of the parties whose names appeared in the prospectuses as Directors ; Mr. Woollctt, of Hol born-hill ; Mr. Maclean, of Bas:ngball-street ; and Mr. Luntley. The two first gentlemen returned the follow ing answer : " 92, Holborn, Dec. 10, 1839. " Sir— / I disclaim any connexion with the Company you wrote to me concerning. My name, it is true, was published, but without my consent. I have had nothing whatever to do with the Company, neither intend to have. You must look to those who contracted the debt. Ido not even know the party for whom you write.—l am, Sir, your's, obediently. GEO. WOOLLETT." " 7, Basingball-ttreet, Dec. 10, 1839. " Sir,—lam neither a Director nor Shareholder in the North Stafforshire Colliery Company, and never was, and I know nothing at all about the concern. My solicitors are Messrs. Sweet, Sutler, and Co. of this street. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " D. MACLEAN." The third party did not think proper to make any reply. Thus the account remained unsettled, and he (complainant) thought that, under those circumstances, the most proper course• he could pursue, was to sum mon Mr. Lloyd before Sir Peter Laurie to explain the conduct of the Company. Sir P. LAunIE—Do you mean to say that in conse quence of the issue of the names of these parties as Directors you gave credit ? Mr. Brown—Yes, in consequence of that and having known Mr. Lloyd before. Sir P. LAURIE—If any Company put forth the names of parties without their sanction, there can be no second opinion as to the character of that Company. Lord Denman has done great good in expressing himself recently on that point, in the case of the Independent and West Middlesex Life and Fire Assurance rob. buy ; and Mr. Thesiger, the counsel, has done him self credit in throwing up the brief of one of the persons concerned. Now, Mr. Lloyd, it remains for y o u t o defend y ourse l f. You have come here at once to meet this complaint in the most prompt and candid manner, and I give you e i ve s r h y ould , f ish r su t e o h conduct. Mr. whether 1\ I L A I I e r Y . (IB—rionw riii,aszdaysot.t.3o(.3ardwiolfeDieicalecetdorsfirostf e tinieh h e c of G t o l r i ll e p D an ir y ectcrs there, and whether —ether he saw a th n e y teeaelterations in the printing, , i l d boo ti t i s t om a d r i e d ec a i t y t e e d nd an a y t directions from them ? and he saw, he thought, Mr. Luri:l y there. He was told th:A nas the Director's naroc. B I‘ S h i a 3 7-street co s t a Sir P. LAuratE—Pray , is the Compr,y prosperous ? Mr. L!oyd—lt is now in abeyance. Sir PETER LAURIE —What amount was subscribed? Mr. Lloyd—About 2001. altogetber, Sir PETER LAURIE --"By the public? Mr. Lloyd—By the public and the friends of th e Dirc;;ors. Sir PETER prospectus says the capital is to be 100,000/., with pov.er to cxtenti 11. to I:30,000/. It contains a long list of DircA,)rF, two out o f three of those to whom the coinpliinant's solicitor wrote declared that thoy knew nothing at a about it, and die claim it altogether. What sort of a Company i this? Mr. Lloyd said that Mr. Brown at 'ended along with etiv.rs, to sac'', the prln'ing fr Dm tad Dir , cors -:: e names were appmded to the proipeet us, before he (Mr. Lloyd) and his partner became sees •' taries, Previously Captain Hooker was secretary to t Company, which was by no means what was termed a bubble, but was I commenced with the most pure 'intentions ; to the best of his belief.,s.ubsequently to' 'the appointment of the it successor to Captain Hooker, question of some leg a l importance, as regarded the Company, arose, and Messrs. Hardwick and Davis were the solicitors con sulted, who stated that the Cqmapatly was not so legally formed as to justify them iisigning their names ; and itv that, if certain legal steps ere riot taken, they would resige. As the steps sugg sted were not adopted, they did resign, and he (Mr. I loyd) finding that the Direc tors were impracticable ulon the subject, also tendered his resignation. The &Tire were then removed to the office of a ilighly respcvtable solicitor, and the Com pany were in his (Mr, I.,loyd's) debt 1501., to recover which he would feel greatly obliged to Mr. Brown to render him assistance. J Sir P. LAURIE—Wb6 concocted the Company? Mr. Lloyd—l do not knotti. It was formed before I had anything to do with it f Sir P. LAURIE—Iiow was the 2001. spent ? Mr. Lloyd—ln bringing Samples of the coals to London. The samples of the North Staffordshire collieries were displayed in this very house ; and if the plan had been carried out, the same sort of coals which are now upon sole in London, would be, now selling at a considerably lower price, - It was an Unfortunate connection for me, and I quitted it. I can state this positively, that every Director, whose name was stated in the prospectus, gave. his came. .c r o l t ;.ibtu: : :erm I ur int( to' he q , the C Avis v ;El e ;g st lo alor Ape sect Sir PETER LAURIE—What, was Mr. Maclean, who has so distinctly denied it, a Director? Mr. Lloyd said that ho feared he was making himself a- witness against the Directors, but he was desirous of rendering Mr. Brown all the assistance he could, and he felt that he was in a position to prove against all the Directors. Mr. Brown might surely have brought .ctions against the Directors, and against him too, and he was disposed to afford every facility. It was, there fore, not very courteous in Mr. Brown to bring the mat ter before a Megistrate. Sir PETER LAURIE said that in eases relating to bubble companies it was, ho was sure, much more wise to complolo at the Mansion-House than to appeal to a Court of Law. He had, he was convinced, done some good in the exposures he had made, He had obtained a Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into Joint.stock Companies by calling the attention of the Government to the atrocious West Middlesex Assur ance Company, In the Times of that day he observed that My was recommended to go to A mwica 4 tU whiPh place he (Sir Peter Laurie) had recently banished the tooth-manufacturer, and where he believed some of the Directors of the Assurance Company alluded to were located, He trusted that he shonld stlceced in cxpatri sting many more of the but it was quite icepos• Bible that he could answer tie many letters he received requesting him to state what Companies were good and what bad. Mr. Lloyd---I lobmit that thin is dog opting dog, I am a greater loser than Mr. Wpm', and am willing to give evidowe for him. if Mr. Woollea thinks proper to defy that he knows anything at ad of the Company. I am ready to state upon oath that he at tended a Beard of Directors as a Director. His ab solute ropudiuron of the Company frees nie from all obligation as between secretary and director. Sir PETER LAULIIE-1 believe that Mr. Lloy3 is a more severe sprferer than Mr, Brown by this Company ; nd I cert iinly advise an action to In brought against some of the Directors for the amount of Mr. Brown's accon ot. Sr Pete; then rral over the list of ranee in the prospectus as D:rcctors, and Mr. Broxn declared that they were, most of ti.ern, to his Itnewledgo, Directors. He also particularly asserted that it hail no bubble in tentions, and that when didioulties pre - Jented the a ielves it was stopped at the earliest time possible. Mr. INLlclean, who had been mentioned as a Direc tor, and had bc&a icr by Sir licter I t auric, }NIT:Iog entered the Jnstice•room, and etteily denied any eon ii-ction of any kind with the Company, who had, ho declared, used his name without permission or au thority, Mr. Lloyd stated that he had called, together with a person of the name of Houseman, upon Mr. Mac lean, at Mr. Maclean's office, and left some prospee tascs of the C,,rnpany there. He at the sonic time ;I.linitted that he had never seen Mr. Maclean at the Beard or any where else before the present moment. Mr. Maclean—l refused to have anything to do with it, and I wrote a letter denying that I was either Di rector or shareholder. Mr. Lloyd—DA you, ever, Mr. Maclean, writ:, to the Company disclaiming any connection with it ? M. Mac:ean—Why I should I write disclaiming any connvc'ion with seals a Company ? Mr. Lloyd—Your name was attached to it as a Director before I had anything to do with it, and your name constantly appeared in the advertisements on this subjcct. _ _ Mr. Maclean—l repeat that I had nothing whatever to do with it, and I am mint thankful to Sir Peter Laurie for giving me the opportunity of most distinctly disavowing all connexion with it, and I am sure the public are deeply indebted to him. Sir PETEIt LAURIE Said he thought it was very im probable that Mr. Maclean would havo anything to do with such a concern, and strongly advised Mr. Brown to bring an action against the Directors, and subpcena Mr. Lloyd as a witness. Mr. Brown returned thanks, and said that he Ann' rollow the advice of the Alderman to the letter. BO IV-STREET. Monr PosT-OrricE ROBBERIES.—James Roose, a young man of respect:lbl° appearance, was charged before Mr. Twyroan with stealing, whist on duty in the employ of the General Post-office, a letter con taining a sovereign, the p-operty of Mrs. Ann Lance field. • - . Mr. Peacock attended on the part of the prosecution; John Forbes stated, that he was a messenger belong ' ing to the General Post-office ; that he was on duty • on Wednesday morning in the inland-office, and that the prisoner was engaged in the same office. It was then eight o'clock, and he was sitting close to him r i (witness), occupied in the examination of postage • stamps, fixed upon letters, which had arrived by the morning mails. Towards the close of the work, there was a small packet of letters left on the table where the prisoner was sitting. Witness " reached over" to take these letters, fur the purpose of putting the date stamps upon them, it being part of his duty to do so. He then per ceived what he conceived to be the corner of a letter " standing out" from under the inkstand, which he moved a little, and observed that it was a money letter, and that it bore two postage stamps. Witness was somewhat surprised at seeing a money letter placed in such a position, but he made no remark ; and in about five minutes he observed the prisoner move the ink stand several times, and afterwards go to the " Scotch division" of the office. At this moment his (witness's) duty called him to another part of the office. He could, however, still see the table on which the inkstand was placed, and he saw the prisoner take up the inkstand, and afterwards come towards the door leading down stairs. The prisoner passed close by him, and witness then perceived that he was concealing something, which appeared to be a letter, by means of the inkstand. He opened the door, and went down stairs into the wash ing room, still holding the inkstand in his hand. Upon this witness gave information to Mr. William Blott. The letter was produced, and•the witness identified it as being that which he saw in the prisoner's hand at the time in question. It was addressed, " Mrs. Lance field, 32, Felix-terrace, Islington, London." William Blatt deposed that he was a clerk in the inland office of the General Post-office. The prisoner was employed in the same office, and was on duty this morning at eight o'clock. Witness was also on duty at the same time, and in consequence of a communication lie received from the last witness he went down stairs followed by him (Forbes). He saw the prisoner in the washing-room, and, taking hold of his arm, said he wished to speak to him up stairs. Witness then led him up into the superintending president's office,where he saw Mr. Benjamin Vandergucht, the president on duty. He (wit ness) then told the prisoner that he had received in , formation of his having put a letter into his pocket, and asked him whether he had done so or not. The pri soner hesitated a moment, and said, " lam sorry to say it is too true." Thereupon he took from his left hand trousers pocket a letter which he gave to Mr. Vandergucht. The letter bore the Edinburgh post stamp, and was dated 12th April. In the regular course of business the letter would arrive at the General Post-offree on Wednesday morning, and was one of the let ters which the prisoner was employed in examining. After the prisoner had left the table the letter in question ought to have been stamped with the inland-office dating stamp. It bore no London stamp, and conse sequently could not have reached the s tamping-table. Mr. Benjamin Vandergucht said he was one of the presidents of the inland office, and was present when the prisoner was taken into custody. Witness asked him how he could do such a thing. He replied that he went to Greenwich fair on the previous night and get drunk. He did not know what he had been about. Mrs. Ann Lancefield, wife of Alfred Lancefield, stated that she resided in Felix-terrace, Islington, and that her hu s b an d was a l an d sur veyor. The letter produced was addressed to her. It was from her mo ther in Edinburgh, and contained a so% e:eign• The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was committed to Newgate for trial. another letter, ewasthen which had g i erl oa with having e i mosey,s possession a arrived a t the G e ne ra l P os t- o ffi c e in the regular e dd h course. • Mr. Pcacock stated that.jle expected to be enabled at a future period to producdmore evidence ; and the Prisoner was consequently remanded till Wedne3day next. BA 7' 7' O.N- GARDEN. , Hodgson, the driver of one of Wihon's omni. Dussel to the Batik, No. 3,931, appoarcA to a sum- %IT. APRIL 15, 1811. mons, to answer the complaint of Tespctor Miller, of N for furious driving. It sap ,'. ;red that Friday morning last at twenty minutes before nine o'clock, the defendant was observed by Sergeant Wild, and 212, N division, galloping his horses at the rate of twelve miles an hour, towards the City, to the danger of passengers, in opposition to another omnibus which was driven with equal velocity. Mr. Humphries attended for the defendant, and re marked upon a few discrepancies in the evidence of the witnesses. He could not deny that the defendaut had driven a little fast on the occasion referred to, but not to the extent described. The omnibus had been delayed, and gentlemen engaged at the Bank, who were required to be there by nine o'clock, was the cause of the driving faster than usual, and he left the case for the lenient consideration of the Bench. Mr. CoasnE said that persons anxious to arrive at their destination at a certain time was no justification for furious driving, to the danger of the public. The case was not so bad as some that bad been adjudicated by him it was, however, proved, and he would convict the defendant in the penalty of 20s, and costs, which was paid, and the defendant was dismissed. Another driver of one of Ball's Islington omnibuecs was complained of under similar circumstances, and he pieaded Guilty. Convicted in 20s. and costs, which was also paid. WORSHIP -STREET. MYSTERIOUS CASE.--A tall athletic man, about 80 years of age, who gave the name of George Smith and who had the appearance of an excavator, was brought before Mr. Broughton, under the following circum stances : Police constable Stennard, G 229, stated that shortly before six o'clock on that morning he was on duty in King's-square, Gostvell-street, in company with Sergeant Finlay, when he saw the prisoner, who war, hurrying along with his eyes fixed on the ground, and apparently in a state of great mental excitement. lie was without shoes, stockings, or shirt, and his deplorable appearance, coupled with his distracted air, induced witness to put some questions to him ; but although he repeated them several times, tho prisoner walked on without turning his head, or taking the slightest notice of him. Witness then seized him by the arm, and told him he must pvoceed to the station-house, upon which the prisoner began trem bling violently all over, and bogged to be left alone, as his mind was ill at ease, and he would not trouble any one much longer. Upon being asked if he was in want of food he pulled out a morsel of dry broad and observed that it was much as he would over require, for the sooner he was out of tho world the better it would be. He was then conveyed to tiro station-house, and whilst the charge was being taken dow n it was not i ced by Inspector Shackell that his appearance exactly tidied 'with the description of a man who had absconded with three others under ialsniclon of having been guilty of the tr.erder of Itolaert I - lannah, of the borough of Mor- Nth. The crime was committed on the 26th of Dec.. List, and a reward of 1001. had been offered on the ap prehension of the culprits. The Police Gazette of January 11, containing an a.7.count of the murder and a description of the persons supposed to hove committed it, was handed to the Ma giSt rate. After perusjng it Mr. Broughton put several ques tions to the prisoner, but his answers were very vague and contradictory. lie first stated that he had come up direct from the north, where he had worked on dif ferent ralways, and that he reached London only tl;e day before ; but he afterwards said that be was at work at Wolverhampton a fortnight ago, and that his friends resided in Shropshire. Mr. Bitonwrate observed that the age, height, and ,tress of the prisoner exactly corresponded with the first of the men adreitisecl, but he could not detect any Irish accent in his delivery, which was the only circum stance at variance with the description given. His con duct and demeanour, however, placed it almost beyond doubt that he had committed some serious offence, and he thought the publication of the prOceedings might have the effect of materially forwarding the ends cf justice, He felt it his duty in the meantime to detain the prisoner in custody. Upon being removed from the bar, the prisoner ear nestly besought Grove, the gaoler, to confine him in a• separate cell, but as it was supposed that he contem plated anionic, his wish was not complied with. Some time alter the gaoler informed the Magistrate that the prisoner, sloe° he bad been locked up, had stated his name to be William Lake, from Broseley, in Staffoßishire, and that his brother was a surveyor in Birmingham, and his aunt a respectable widow residing in Windmill -street, Lambeth. He expressed himself extremely anxious to make a further communication to the Magistrate in private. The primer was accordingly ushered into a private room, whither Mr. Broughton proceeded, and upon re turning into Court, the Magistrate gave some directions to Hanley, the chief usher, relative to the case, the par ticulars of which, or the nature of the presumed dis closure, did not transpire. The prisoner was remanded until Monday next. CRIMINAL COURT, APRIL 14. (Before the CommoN SERGEANT.) CONCEALING THE BIRTH CF A CHILD.— Clarissa Prebble, rged 21, was indicted for that she, on the 24th of March, at Greenwich, did cast and throw a child born of her body into a certain privy, with endeavour and intent to conceal the birth of the said child. Several female witnesses were examined, and the fact cf pregnancy and delhery were clearly proved, but there ass no evid,.nce to sustain ,the- principal averment in the isalictment, viz., that she cast away the child with the view cf concealing its birth. The Jury, under the direction of the Court, returned a verdict of Acquittal. Wet. Green and Sarah Davies were indicted for steal ing, on the 3d March, a gold ling, value 10s., the pro perty of John Butler, but the evidence being very incon clusive, the Jury acquitted both prisoners. IN THE MATTER CF JOHN PORTER, alias J. PORTMAN. —The above-named prisoner was convicted on Wednes day last of stealing divers printed books and other articles, the property of Mr. Roberts, the proprietor of the Ches terfield Courier, to which Journal the prisoner was a reporter. Since the conviction a conference has been held be tween the Judge and Jury, and other communications have been made to the Court, in order to induce a lenient sentence. The prisoner was placed at the bar this morning, when the Common Serjeant told him that he had given his case every possible consideration in his power, and it did occur to him that, perhaps, when some portion of the property was taken it was taken without any contemplation of com mitting a felony. At the same time, there were other articles besides printed books which had been sworn to. After all, it was more in consideration of the strong re commendation of the Jury than his natural capacity and respectable station he held in society that be was about to pass the following lenient sentence, which was, that he be kept to bard labour in the house of correction for the county in which his offence was committed for the space of three calendar months. The prisoner bowed to the Court, and the Jury retired from the bar. SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RNSULTS. Transportation for Life—J. Buchannan, George Childs, after six months' hard labour, for returning from transpor t:tion. Transportation for Fiftcen Years—Charles Knight, Emma Harlin* _ __ Transportation for Fourteen Years—A. R. Povis, W. Povis (his father), James Redburn, Edwin Mirehouse, William Isaac Bodd, Ann Power, Thomas Prior, William Smith. Transportation for Ten Years—Hoary Sandford, Isaac Sparkes, John Baker, Daniel Collins. Richard Ainter, James Brown, Benjamin Thorpe, B. Carter, Henry Broker, Henry Jelf. Transportation for Seven Years—James Smith, James Brown, T. Donnvin, Alexander Calvert, %V. Janes, Thomas Dodd, Thomas Miles, Edward Barns, 0. Brown, J. Denny, Edward Armstrong. Imprisonment and Hard Labour for Two Years—Eliza beth Davis and Christopher Richard (her son). For Eighteen Months--Robert Stock, J. Wilson, J. Haley, William Layton. For One Year—John Alshorn, George Frenby, W. Jones, J. Green, W. Stannard, Thomas Bradstoek (for perjury), 11. Worrall, J. Green, W. Hammond, J. Fielder. For Ten Months—J. Shillingworth, Stephen Godfrey. For Nine Months—Obadiah Barker, J. Rolfe. For Eight Months—Joseph Brown. For Six Months—Edward Salisbury, William White, John Davis, Ellen Downee, J. Millcr, Edward Westall, Henry Bridger, John Tolhurst, Joseph Drummond, Adol phus Mullins, Thomas Smith, Joseph Cooper, Charles Wyman, W. Killick, Sarah Rees, John Mullins, John Leonard, John Joyce, E. Brown, Jane Janes, Mary Rose. For Four Months—Charles Anderson. A great number of other prisoners were sentenced to other terms of imprisonment, varying from three months to three days. A great number were acquitted; the judgment upon some respited ; and others ordered to be privately whipped and discharged. Twenty-four persons were discharged by proclamation, the Grand Jury having ignored the bllls preferred against them. The Court at its rising adjourned to the 10th of May. Loss OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.--.Wednesday morning intelligence was received front the island of Tyree, that the brig Majestic', Captain Tait, from London for Londonderry, to embark emigrant; for America, was to- I tally wrecked at Tyree or. the evening of Friday, the 2d inst. Early that day she was struck by n heavy sea off Skerryvere Rock, which instantly laid the vessel on her ht: , :arn-ends. Melancholy to relate, the Captain and three of his crew were washed overboard, and unfortunately perished, one tremendous wave having forever Lid them from human aid or view. As the ill-fated vessel was drifting to leeward, the sea at the time running very high, several boats gallantly ventured to her assistance, and after considerable difficulty and danger succeeded in getting her into Gdtt Bay. The anchor , Tas immediately lot go, but failed in bringing her up (the ballast having shifted), and became entangled with the cable. She in consequence soon after struck heavily upon a rock in the bay, and went down. A considerable prt of the lower masts is above water. Fortunately, the mate and the remainder cf the crew escaped the sad fate of their companions, having been saved by the boats that went to the brig's assist one;. Tire King of flanor;:r has given directions for the of his apartments in Si. Jame.'s Pal Lee ; waggon loads of valuable articles arc daily sent off. ACTION FOR SCANDA L. (From the Boulogne Gazette.) PARSONS v. PRESBURY.—This case came on for hearinaa before the JUge-de-inix, on Monday last. The defendant was charged with having, during a period of several months, been in the habit of traducing the cha racter of plaintiff, inasmuch that she had stated, that he had obtained a large sum of money from a widow lady, to be placed out at interest in her behalf; that, instead of go applying it, he had appropriated it to his own use, v and was living in Boulogne upon the money thus ac quired ; the result of which was, that the widow lady had been reduced to great misery, and ultimately died in a workhouse. The defendant was farther charged with asserting that plaintiff had been turned out of a bank in which he had been clerk, and was a man with whom no person should associate. The first witness called was Mr. Cookesley ; he stated that, about three weeks back, he was with his father in the Rue Neuve-Chaussee, where they met 1 the defendant, who informed them that a Mr. Clarke and a Mr. Bouquet stated that the plaintiff had appro- I priated to himself a large sum of money placed confi dentially in his hands, beloiging to a widow in Eng land, and had fled to France with it, the consequence of ' which was, that t i e widow lady died in misery in a workhouse England. On !;is cross-examination by M. Redouin, he denied ttat the defendant said she repeated the story only as she heard it, but did not herself believe it ; on the con trary, she said she believed it, and thought it right to inform the plaintiff's friends of it, that they should have no more connexion with a man of such a character. M. Sauvage was next examined, but declared he had heard nothing from the defendant on the subject. Mr. William Cookesley confirmed the previous evi dence given by his son. M. Gerard Perneau—The defendant, had said to his wife that plaintiff had taken away a considerable sum of money from an English lady, who had died in misery, but he did not believe a word of it. Mr. George Manly deposed that the defendant told him that plaintiff was a very bad man ; that a lady in England placed a considerable sum of money in his hands to be put out to interest for her benefit, that in stead of doing so he left England and came to Boulagne to live upon the money, and that the lady had subse quently died in a u orkhouse. That on account of his bad conduct plaintiff had been dismissed from a situa tion that he held in a bank. . This witness was asked the following questions by de fendant's counsel : Did you not say to the defendant, three weeks ago, that Bouquet told you that he knew the plaintiff well, and that. the less you knew of him the better ?—Yes ; and I also said the same thing to her, in the course of conversation, two months ago. 'When you saw Mr. Bouquet, did you not endeavour to obtain from him all the particulars you could relative to the plaintiff, and did he net reply that phintiff was dis• missed from his situation in a bank, and that he was a man he should ba ashamed to associate with 7—Yes. Did you not first mention to the defendant the alle gation that plaintiff had been dismissed from his situa tion in the bank ?—No. Did you not say to the defendant that her conduct in the whole affair: was honourable ?—When I spoke to the defendant about what she had been stating, she informed me that ail she had said she had heard from Clarke and Bouquet, for she knew very little about plaintiff, he and his wife havh,g only once drank tea at her house, and that she had repeated it to ad plaintiff's friends, having every confidence in its truth, Bouquet having been a long time a clerk in the same banking house with plaintiff; I said her conduct was so far honourable that the story had net originated with her. The defendant was then examined by the Court as to what she had said of plaintiff, when she acknowledged that she had stated all that had been deposed to by the Messrs. Ccokesley, Mr. Pcrncau and Mr. Manly, tut then it •vas only confidentially. M. Hedouin then addressed the Court in behalf a the defendant, stating that all she had done was men tioning confidentially to others the assertiors of Clarke and Bouquet, who were the persons that should have been brought irito Gault, and not the defendant. Why were they not prosecuted ? He must suppose because they could prove what they had asserted. What the defendant had done was innocent and harmless. She knew nothing of the plaintiff. She repeated in private convers ition what others had told her. M. Cannier then replied at length to the arguments of defendant's Counsel, when The Judge de Pais delivered judgment, condemning defendant to pay sfr. fine, 150 fr. damages, and costs. ROMAN NEWSPAPERS. The Romans, though we are apt to overlook the fact, had registers of politics and intelligence, which were really not unlike our own newspapers in their con tents, but immeasurably inferior in the mode of circu lation. The journals of the senate and national conven tions long contained little more than entries resembling those in our collected Acts of Parliament. These fur nished most of the materials from which till 625 the Pontiffs compiled their annals ; and there is also proof that, after the Republic had extended its dominions, these official journals were regularly copied and trans mitted to public men living at a distance. But these sources were not enough. Every man abroad had his correspondents in Rome ; and, when the task of col lecting news became more difficult, several persons assumed newsmongcring as a trade, taking in short hand notes of the proceedings at public meetings, and selling copies of them as well as of the com mon gossip of the day, and the official journals. Julius Cmsar, in 694, established a regular system for recording the deliberations both of the Senate and the Conventions, in a form much like our reports of Parliamentary debates ; and he allowed these accounts to be copied and freely circulated. Although Augustus stopped the publication of the reports, the restraint was soon afterwards withdrawn ; and even after their introduction by Julius, these and all other archives of the State were so unreservedly open to the public, and their contents were diffused in so many shapes, that we are often uncertain whether the sources to which the Roman authors refer are these official reports, or the notes of professional short-hand writers, or, finally, those collections of common news that were handed about with the other pieces of information. But we are less curious to disentangle this confusion than to learn some of the subjects which were discussed in the news-journals. The accounts of the political debates embraced the acts and resolutions, the rescripts of the emperors, the reports of Magistrates or Committees, the names of the voters (like that of Thrasea Pa3tus, whose silent dissent was watched with such eagerness by the provincials), the speeches, their reception, and the squabbles of the debaters. Stray articles of law intelligance seem to have found their was• into these collections. There were likewise occasioisal notices ex tracted from the local registers of births, and announce ments of marriages, divorces, deaths, and funerals ; as also descriptions of new public buildings, shows ofgladia tors, and such ordinary themes. Julius Caesar, who read the news-sheet every morning, gave strict orders that Cicero's witty sayings should be regularly added to the other current matter. The journals, too, like our own, were the receptacles for all tragical and mar vellous occurrences ; and Pliny derived from them many of the odd stories inserted in his Encyclopcedia, among which the following may be cited :—The Gazettes re lated, that on the day when Cicero defended Milo, there descended a shower of bricks; that under Au gustus a burgher of Fassulas walked to the Capitol, in a procession formed by his own sixty-three descendants ; that when a slave of the unfortunate Titus Sabinus had been executed by Tiberius, his dog watched the corpse, carried food to its mouth, and, on its being thrown into the Tiber, swam after it, and strove to bring it to land ; and that in the reign of Claudius a phoenix from Egypt was publicly exhibited in Rome ; which last story, how ever, Pliny truly pronounces to be a manifest invention. —ltaly and the Italians.. CHURCHMEN MUST BE PAPISTS Properly speaking, every Tory ought to be a Papist and it is a strange enough thing, considering the matter on grounds of reason, that the British Tory nominally is not only not a Papist, but a fierce denouncer, and (what is bad) a vile calumniator of Popery, for a man should not calumniate or speak falsely of any one s not even of the devil. Much less should the Tories speak falsely of the Romanists ; for if Toryism be a thing of any or ganism or consistency ; if it exist by virtue of any inde pendent, moral, and intellectual vitality, it must acknow ledge the Roman Pope as the most c,ousistent, thorough. going, philosophical, practical Tor. 7, that the history of the world exhibits—not even excepting Napoleon But the truth of the matter is, that no political or religious party (and British. Toryism, least of all) represents purely or consistently a system of prin ciples : parties represent interests ; and it may be the interest of a man's ' , Ran on many occasions and of his purse on some occasions (for we would not think altogether basely of Ivarnan nature), to screw his head into a contradiction. British Toryism, or Con servatism, as it now Pl'eases to be called (" the world is governed by names,") represents the stable principle of society generally, as necessary to t' f.nd in this regard may be said to be oe constitution of society as the bones are to Cie bo heart and in the bl ood, w hi ch we o f t h e M ove ment though the principle of life is in the boast ours elves to be. Now, it is manifest that the Pope sto• frarn'...-raa r l a of the Church ; be represents the stable .ids in hi s t or y as a sort of osteology, and firm principle of the Christianity of Churchmen ; so long as tie exist: he exists as a living and visible pledge of the indrifeeti ble interests of the Christian hierarchy. All Churche n m (who are mostly Tories), therefore, and all Church Tories (that is to say, the great majority o f Tories--; for th e Church in these times , we are told, is " the or,; ly cock that will fight")—ought naturall y to acknoiyl,3, Ige the Pope as the great found er o f their f 4 itla or „stt least as an ancient and vsnerasle ally ; doughty-, though not alway s a wise, ditlippion.—Tait' s Mogrc.iireik. EVENING EDITION. CORN AVERAGE .t 2. -- --- ,_ N , UEERAL, AVERAGE P For the Week ended April 9, lE the inspectors in the different Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Whoa , f4s. 0:i. Oats ..., Barley 3:2s. Ed.' Rye ... r i'y 'RICES OF BRITISH COOL A 41, made tip from the Return.; Cities and Towns in England '''''''''''''''' Y5l . - IBr WEEKS. 'ceasane ' '''''''''''''''''''''''' OATS. I RYE. BEANS March 5 63 6 32 9 22 8 • 36 6 39 6 39 . 12 63 11 32 11 22 11 35 1 39 9 " 1 19 63 9 33 2 23 0 36 6 39 7 •" f 29 39 64 43211 23 5 34, 939 I, V April 9 64 0 32 8 23 6 35 7, 39 4, " INIPERIAL AGGREGATE AVE R ""AGES OF THE SIX w „ 5,1, Wheat 63s. 111. Oats 225. 11d. 8ean5........ .395. 0, Barley. :Ps. 1Id, I Rye DITTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 23s Pd. Oats I Barley 133. 109. Rye 9 9 d d . . I t,8eea5ane5,.................rit;.1 AVERAGES OF TI: Week ending WHEAT. !EARLY. THE MARKETS. COAL M Ships arrived since d. Dean's Primrose ls s. 0 Derwent Main 1 ' (3 Molyweil Maw l7 (i Marley Hill Xew lanfield Moor 1 6 0 1 Pontop Windsor Smith's Polito!) l5 6 Nouth flartley l5 0 Wy Info ..... .... ............. Walls Lid _Pell and Brown 19 Walls EMI Clennell Walls End Hilda ...... ....~ Walls End Killingworth Eden Main •l9 6 WAE. firaddyll'sfletton 2l !; Walls End Hetton 22 S Walls End Haswel . ... 92 01 Walls End .Lambton W. E. North Iletton Lyons 19 01 EARKET. last market day, 21. F. Walls End Pemberton ...... 19 9 Walls End Russell's Helton i; 0 .. Walls End Stewart's ......... 0 Walls End Caradoc 2 g Walls End Cassop ............. Walls F.rd Hartlepool ....••• 9 Walls End.Kelloe .......... 9. Walls NV. }:AI E. Seymour(cbid e..Hartlepool.. 01: Walls End Barrett ............ 16 Walls End Evenwood_.. l i9 Walls End Gordon ....... 1 9 6 \Nada End Seymour Tees 6 lValls End Tees Helton •••• 1 6 6 Cowper Fordel Splint ................... ;,/ 0 Ifertley ....................... •••• 6 Stan:ey Main. ............. Victoria Main COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, re3 o ' Wheat. 1 Barley. I Oats. I Beam. ................" ....---_,--... ............-......“.•• ..........,.......,.......!..................m. Per Quarter. Is.to s. s. to i t . •S.to S. a, to S. S' t 0 48 Bgston Braintree 56 (17 27 35 94 29 35 40. 33 Al 13, ighton 59 66 27 34 24 2,9 ;,9 4.4 - PP 40 Cambridge — 63 3 5 ....+ 23 38 ‘," ..', " 40 Chichester 56 64 28 3 t 22 24 40 48 r 41 lltinniow Grantham .3rimsby „.„'" ' 96 Hails! tam Hitchin 53 64 110 .37 i 22 30 34 45 --.,,, 41 Ipswich 5l C 6 29 21 26 37 40 Py„ I'6 Lewes 6O 64 30 34 •.'2 23 34 39 :" 40 Lynn 5B h 7 28 33 20 24 36 40 33 ~, Maidstone 59 6 , 136 :44) 26 34 38 40 --", 40 Norwich Petworth ,t 40 Rointbrd Sandwich 56 67 34 43 21 34 23 45 33 . ,, 4 4 rnetford Wisbech ....„. 60 65 23 31 21 :r6 3)) 39 !...f 41 Witham :' ,l ,. Witham €6 .4•i 434 26 •31 36 40 P„f, 59 rn Varouth 6' ) 66 131 34 21 30 510 41 P a Li VEItPO 0 L CORN MARKET.—ApriI 13. VI WHEAT, English, White, per 7011 ). ~5 ;, ,. -- Red 0 .-..-...".... Scotch, Wtich, ;ma Manx. ... . 6lO ' 4 9 Irish, White • 7 4 ; 6 Red 44 35 38 35 40 .14 45 37 40 34 39 36 40 33 40 40 42 :0 42 36 44 33 45 39 40 29 36 42 4 0 41 April 13. ita , al; , 9s. ad, to tg ▪ 9 4 ; 0 6 10 9 7 4 6 7 2 0 s 6 10 3 2 11. g • 00 . 0 35 1 $ 3 10 3 6 4 9 5 ° 43 0 -,,, 40 0 0 40 0 11 0 41 0 ,` 0 39 0 40 0 47 0 0 ▪ 42 0 ‘l•'4, ~4 0 270 t p 35 0 0 33 0 0 47 0 CE Foreign OATS, aad Scotch, per 41511' Irish - Foreign l';.int.F.y, English, ,halting, per Imp. quarter - Seatch and Irish, pet tiOlbs. - IFGC. , IIIIg BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter - Irish, &c. - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter -..--- Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2.S011). • - Irish QATV L, English and Irish, per 2401bs .NDIAN CORN, per 4801 b. itiz, per Imperial quarter BALT, per Imperial quarter Captain William - I - ligginson Duff, to whose 6. !kit in half murdering a single and una rm ed policeill e i ; with the aid o f three fashiouable companions as dastartV a as himself, we allded to i our last, is no loner in, erg army. Ile appear u s to be of eof tho;c f eat h er bed soln' who enter the army solely for the purpose of wearigg red coat, and being dubbed " captain." He serve d , short time in th e 2:3d F us ili ers and 10th Hussars, and "•}4 probably, go o d reasons f or ret i ring altogether frorn army, by the sale of his lieutenant's commission, in 183 e Lord George L o f tus i s i n pretty much the same cate gory He entered the Grenadier Guards in September, !•*. 7• 1; and quitted th e serv i ce b y the sale of his comnitg 9 : (net without a tubstatetld motive, we dar e say), in 'IP cernber, 1839. We ma y f a i r l y congratulatethe aernY the tact that these sprigs of fashion can no longer dis grace it. —United Service Gazette. MARRIAGE IN Low LlFE.—Marritd on day last, John Osmotherley, aged 73, to Ise'. o ella Gard 65 ; both of whom have - been for several 'y ear s inmains, the Alms-houses at St o ckt on . J o h n h a d had two wives previously, the last of whom was buriee. a few weeks iin c l but Isabella h a d on l y h a d one h usbarel The wedding wad celebrated with great spirit —rune was in profusion , I t !, when John was rendered inespalel veteran peckgogue (for John tied been both a mariner tie t ti o a schoolmaster) would call epon his new made sPotit,h come and give him anot)e ee ki ss , a request with wil e Bella often complied, t .o the no small amusement of the wedding guests.—T. dne Mercury. • OLD LONDV, 3of toddling about, til l N.—One of the most ancient We" terial representa'.ions ef London which exists, is fe und a manuscript reserved in the British Museum, and reps r sents the carolvity of th e D u k e o f O r l ean s in the Tow er ' The mane, cript itself, which consists cf the poems_ ..Te fi n th ru e royal cap',ive, was probably copied in the time elir ea • r e VI. ; br,t the illumination purports to represent the Loa don t:led his patron to don of an earlier date, with its bridge, its lofty -g cathe - dral, its numerous churches,• its ga d h i s patron der these *ails we may imagine the poOt se ;eeand attendant have glided, amidst crowded wherr — and the bargr,s, and the merry sound of song and clarion, kin short s of the people. Often 1": bad the e imaginative ki so . passed between his palac e of Westminster and his Tower of London. But the state was to end in misery, and de gradation, and a solitary and mysterious death. The: Prologue" of Gower, in the true spirit of the romantic times, tells us of the town which was founded by th e p_ire a d , Trogan Brute. Here was the fable which the middle age mi ns t re l s re j o i ce d in, and which history has borr owe d from po e t r y w i t h out any compromise o f h er propriela The en igin of nations must be fabulous ; and If we woeL penetrate into the dark past, we must be satisfied with r; torch-light which fable presents to us. —Charles Nn i9l ' t _London. • THE F RENCH STAGE AND THE FR-- h PEOPLE, EDI TE D BY THEODORE HOOK, ESQ.—Our Eng" S . works on the Stage are in general but meagre and sorry. v eto productions, for the li ves an d memo i rs o f E ng lish relate chiefly to sayi ngs an d d o i ngs amongst thgn ige „ e 7r : o Far different is th e case i n F rance ; f or t h ere the tee""alii. of a closer actor introduce the reader to Court!, to pid tical characters, high an d l ow, to men t h e most e minent a d literature, arts, and sci ence , an d a b un d ant l y to ladies : 04 gentlemen of fashion, constituting the beau mond e ' here is a case in poi n t • for we have an excellent book _we., i . fore us—repl e t e with wit, humour, life, and char aele o , with inimitable anecdotes, combining to form a his tory very very remarkable p ersons , w h o lived in an age as " Ma ks, able. M. Fleury, the author of these admirable Ire nl e % a . was distinguis ee d b y hi s per f ormance of Vo l ta ire's ( pit, racters, and in the C ourt o f that reigning Monarch of genius. learnin g , an d o f everythipg connected with 0010 ne [ice in literature, and all intellectual pursuits, he u e an d S'oon introduced into the society of all that wag g Al perig• rich, distinguished, titled, talented, and profligate a t ter .....Of His volumes arc full of highly entertaining 111 , 8 ;e t ' etCh anecdotes of the greatest variety and interest.--. l ' — ` [ADVERTISEMENT.] 11OLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILL"' poll, traordinary Cure of a Bad Leg end Foot. —Georg e n d s ey, a cooper by trad e , res idi ng i n L ong. l ane, Berul° Ga yes was, for nineteenth months an in-door patient of i ate d. Hospital. 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Table Spoons or Forks , I ` 2 5 1 iL Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons, ss. per dozen; Table Candlestic.o, 111 inches high, 7s. per pair; the particular metal of wi ll i d these articles are made is so like silver, that it eau only be r e , from it by the stamp ; every article made silver s ma n tured in this material by • RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street , eg. Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of it to them Catalogues of prices gratis. BIR THS. On the 14th inst., Mrs. Frederick Yates, of Great George° street, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Richmond, the Right lion. Lady Louth of a son. On the 11th inst., at Spenithorne , the Hon. Mrs. Stu- On benzer, of a son. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. , at Cheltenham, the 11ev. T. C. Be i ls F e Leaver, late Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, ot atrr Charlotte, third daughter of Sir John and the Hon. 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Di g il e , of the East India Companv's tary Service, the only son of the late H. W. Diggle; Eiq ' o the Bombay Ci Scrvice On the 12th iv is t., .Lli7a Jane. wife of Delamark Banks, ESCP High Sheriff for the county of Kent, aged 33. On the 13th inst., at Latvford, Essex, R. W. Cox, 175( 1 . ' °n ? of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace arid Deputy-Lieutenant of the county. *MOW - Mir;VNIZZAI. - . sieriamieme.oronomiSiteMan .2.ol,l•llll... London Printed and Punished by MURDO YOUNG , .( 4 No. 112, Strand, at Me Sun (Ace, No. 112, Stratido 111 the county of lichllesex.—Thursday, April 15, 1841 . 1 101 THE biss O XYHYDR „ s I NGS, at e nEGENT- the L%EGENT.S topriate raus 11 tese Ne ve lt Lo the 1,800 1 neat art and :1:3------1:teoNf. laiGtretil,haAen: ......I_ ites e tx l / 2, t i l : f l i t e t h e h e t l i i7 llol l NA , — " y eYenl to 1 :el'earLee of my ranch ass tettled durin "P EN )11 feven to Ten 4 ---- i — i Not,. tf the Dire t 14 requir e d e c I 6t AE °n eck k of the !text, at the B ill Preston, an Ne of sL ' pet s ittits as shall r Ong th destruct C.% them tiTs the n 4 Ittbstar ig t !t Tee away li e ) ; 1 1 1 4 8 t wb 42 ,4 this 67vations 0,1 4 are cc ", coal ‘ ll ie us4ns ' e d to pr, 6 '"es of to that4- are t, ash eout klttuus tth, lression 11) raue g ( i r st tt t it " n ! 5 e 4111( 4 1th 1 kql ktu Ste ki h p lir( hlt ed ; 141; 4 ' 11_ 114 Pat oas t to T O t h kt t e I , lc 414 1 til t th r 4.1 4. 4 ; 4 , 11 11 1 64 toi