The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-11 00:00:00

of, by the simple expedient of giving, in eases of detection, a stronger interest to those from whom he might be in danger to he passive than to be active. This is an advantage which, as far as we know, the law of no other country gives to thieves in ally thing like an . Equal degreo ; for which, no doubt, they ou&a, in gratitude, to speak well of it. In a country, for instance, in which there is a public prosecu tor, he durst not abandon a prosecution once commenced, without satisfactorily accounting for hi s con d uc t ; no man, not lost to prudence, would hazard his professional reputation by re (Tit nig money for not doing his duty. We have never even heard it surmised, that the Lord Advocate of Scotland could be influenced by a stun of money to prosecute, or refrain from pro secuting a criminal. Of this advantage the rich thieves in England will never, in all probability, be deprived ; because other rich men arc equally interested with themselves in the continuance of what constitutes one of the chief prerogatives of wealth in this happy country. How often, of late years, have we seen men of family and in fluence walk out of Court for the want of a pro secutor, to the astonishment Of the worthy Judges ; who, in the great simplicity of their hearts, and innocence of the ways of the world, were altogether at a loss to account for pheno mena perfectly intelligible to all around them To illustrate what we have said, as to the com mand which money possesses over our Courts, we may take the case of the .alleged Proprietor of the celebrated " Fishmongers' Hall, charged with keeping public gaming tables, t eported under the head Middlesex Sessions, in the Chronicle of Yesterday : " The prosecutor, William Austen, was called in the usual way, by the officer of the Court, but he did not appear. 6' Mr. ALLEY, who was Counsel for the accused —Your witnesses are spirits ; they will not appear. " Mr. PHILLIPS (for the prosecution)-1 cannot say whether they are spirits or no; but I can take upon me to state that the prosecutor was with me here a few minutes ago, looking as much like flesh and blood us any man I ever saw. It may be, however, that they have been spirited away.' As I have ne) evidence, of course I cannot go on." A verdict of acquittal was the necessary con sequence. We cannot say that we are sorry for the result, because it seems exceedingly absurd (except with a view to give an a dditional advan tage to great capitalists, like Mr. Crockford, by securing them from the competition of indivi duals unable to purchase impunity), where a great National Gambling-house (the Stock Exchange) is countenanced, and where 99 roads to ruin are constantly open to all who choose to enter them, that a cant should be kept up about the hundredth. What do our race courses, our bets on figkts, runnings, walkings, and all conceiv able subjects, differ from the transactions in gambling houses ? However, we are not now inquiring into the reason of the law, but show ing the facility with which the law can be set at defiance, when that universally esteemed agent —money, is sufficiently at command. Foote, in his Knights, makes one of the characters say, " Is it not, Dick, a little unaccount able that we; who . condescend so ser vilely to copy the follies and fopperies of our po lite neighbours, should be so totally averse to an imitation of their virtues ? In France, has he wealth ? is an interrogation never put till they are disappointed in their inquiries after the birth and wisdom of a fashionable fellow ; but here, !tow much a year ? Two thousand—the devil ! In what county ? Berkshire.—lndeed God bless us a happy dog." The reason is obvious. —ln a country where money can do every thing, every thing must yield to the regard for money. —ln all countries it is powerful, but in some countries it has rivals. Here there are no rivals near the throne. It purchases political power, it purchases the altar, it renders the law a dead letter, and crowns successful knavery with im punity. It would not, however, be fair to infer, because money is all-powerful in England, that poverty is in much greater danger than elsewhere. —Money secures impunity, by removing the motive to act hostilely. Brit the mass of man kind are also secure, from - ale absence of a motive to act hostilely towards them. Hence, too, poor criminals often escape, from the absence of a motive in the prosecutor sufficiently powerful to balance the sympathy for the of fender, or from the love of laziness, or from the loss of time which might be profitably employed. A good undeistandina on the various subjects to which we have alluded, is of more importance thall May at first he supposed. Sonic of our contemporaries are labouriNg to depreciate pe cuniary credit, as the source of every conceivable evil to society. The time is fast approaching, we suppose, when no man will receive credit fur doing good, but because he found it a better speculation than to du evil.—Mornino - Herald. It appears to us extraordinary that the Par liamentary Committee on the State of Crime do not advert in their Report to the destitute con when they ar e di sc h arged. dition of criminals That such destitution must be a main cause o f a continuance in crime is most easily "demon strated. Every prisoner, when his term of im prisonment is ended, is allowed (m . e gto begin the world with. This shinn -, may fur- Dish him with one night's lodging at sixpence— "a pint of porter, and three rolls, fbr the other :sixpence ; and befo re another night's lodging is necessary, or more bread and beer are required, the discharged convict is expected to be able to provide for himself. That he cann ot do so in D 9 cases out of every 100, must be apparent to all. What then is he to do ? Leaving out of consideration altogether the practice s he must have been made acquainted with in prison, and supposing his habits to be the most honest and his intentions the most honourable, how is he to procure subsistence in 24. hours ? There is an overplus of labourers, eager to be employed, in almost all trades, and these often remain long unemployed, though honest how then c an a discharged prisoner, with the brand of his sentence on his brow, expect to be em ployed sooner than they p It is clear that he cannot, and the almost invariable consequence that neces is, y drives him to do that, at least, which was at first occasioned, by a love of idleness, or by bad com • pany, To expect that a convicted and punished felon, or misdemeanant, will starve, when lie haki no longer the possession of an untainted replication to for tify him in honesty, is to, , e xpect that which i s both socially and morally miraculousi It would be as easy to aspect that those wr etched bein gs who have lost the love s of virtue and the pride of chastity, and who. wander along the streets, could be restored at once, not only to the paths of pu rity, but to the good opinion and companion ship of the pure. As prostitutes are doomed to an eternal exclusion from the virtuous of their own sex, so convicts are driven for a time from the society of honest men : hence it is necessary that some steps should be adopted, if not to save the offender, at all events to reserve society from the consequences of his destitution. This evil was felt so long ago as the period of Charles 11., in an Act of whose reign, chap. of the 19th year, we find these words " Whereas there is not yet any provision made for the relief and setting on work of poor and needy prisoners committed to the common gaol for felony and other misdemeanours, who ninny times perish before their trial ; for remedy whereof, be it enacted that the Justices of the Peace of the respective counties at any of their General Sessions, or the major part of them then there assembled, if they shall find it needful so to do, may provide a stock of such materials as they find convenient for the settinc , poor prisoners on work, in such manner and by such ways as other county charges 1 , ,y the laws and statutes of the realm are and may be levied and raised." Now, although it may be contended that this Act only contemplates the employment of pri soners while in prison, it is clear that it was meant for the benefit of such prisoners " who many times perish before their trial ;" and it' the same principle were to be followed through out, it ought to be extended to those " who many times perish" after their discharge ; yet up to this day no better provision has been made for those who might become honest if they had the means than to supply them with a shilling. No wonder, indeed, that robbery proceeds apace, when " honesty, as Pierre says, is made by law such " a damned starving quality ;" when no asylum, no insti tution, no possible mode of subsistence, is open to those who, having received their quan tum of punishment, are expected to " go and sin no more." It is in this direction that legis lators and pamphlet writers should turn their at tention, if they wish to stop the career of crime, and not flounder about upon the single subject of " Prison Discipline.' If they will give themselves the trouble of inquiring, they will find that it is generally expected, and openly said by the officials in criminal prisons, upon dis charging a young offender, " Oh, we shall soon see you again !" and the prediction is rarely un accomplished. Let this matter be seriously at tended to—let discharged prisoners for first (/fences have some means to save them from the necessity of second offences, and be induced to " turn from their wickedness, and live"—and we will answer for it more will be done to arrest the progress of crime than has yet been effected. An excellent Society for this purpose is already in existence, under the name of " The Sheriffs Fund," but its efforts must hitherto have been limited by its means.—Morning Herald. On the Designs of Russia, by Colonel De Lacy Evans, is one of the most creditable, as well as moderately-priced publications, which has issued from .Murray's for a long time, and does equal honour to the judgment of the Pub lisher, and the talents of the Author. The latter has, in fact, handled the important sub ject on which he has chosen to expatiate with signal ability. The work also possesses the rare merit of being not only well, but eloquently written. It is a spirited sketch of the designs of Russia—of her power to overthrow the Turkish Empire—of the interest and views of the great European States in the pending con flict—of the changes which the overthrow of the Turkish empire would necessarily introduce into the European system—and of the dangers which civilized Europe would incur by the success of the Northern barbarian's arms.— The whole of these points are illustrated by a force of argument, and an abundance of historical reference, which prove both the author's acquaintance with the subject, and his power of applying his information use fully and instructively. From some of his conclusions we dissent in Coto, as will be seen in the progress of our notice ; to others we give our most cordial assent. — Of the ambitious designs of Russia, Colonel Evans entertains exactly the same ideas which it has been our studious endeavour to impress upon the English public during the last . six months. This policy had its origin with Catherine, and to say the least of it, there has been no departure from it since her death. At all times there have been abundant professions of the love of peace and moderation ; and at all times, under cover of such professions, there has not only lurked a well-concerted design to follow the dictates of ambition ; but, generally speaking, the ambitious project has beets carried into effect at the very moment when credulous Europe vainly imagined that Russia only intended peace. In one of the last declaratory Acts publish ed by the Russian Cabinet previous to the dismemberment of Poland, her Imperial Ma jesty said,—" Filled with these sentiments, it m s with regret the Empress sees his Polish Majesty follow different maxims with regard to her, and make no return to her friendly proceedings, but by proceedings directly opposite, &c. &c. The secret treaty between Napoleon and Alexander for the seizure of Mol davia and Wallachia, is well known, and if we refer to the last manifesto of Nicholas, in which he declares that he has " enough of provinces and people," we shall find the same amicable and friendly professions coupled with the most hostile designs. " The Emperor sees with gricf," says it, " that the Porte, instead of*duly appreciating this truly friendly policy," &c. was the language of Nicholas within the last four months ; and now his armies, to the amount of hundreds of thousands, are on their way to Constantinople, for the purpose of dismembering the Ottoman Empire. Such is Ru ss i an policy,•on which it would be useless to expend another word. In every thing that Col. Evans has advanced re specting it we completely agree ; but against the conclusions drawn by him on another point—we mean the power of Russia, on the one hand, to effect the conquest of Turkey, and the inability ° other, to offer resistanceanyeffectualT urks 'Ou the to the Russian advance, we must miter our t e le tt e e i r de h d lfo p r r n o l t e e d st o . n T . l t ie he C s o u lo bi n e e c l t , thought, e militaryeg regi judge on rselves, and certainly a bett er , the perhaps, b than ou se s i y enc o e ve o r- f •. t r in i a l a t e e n d y i ao , 1 1: : 1 : e ( e l , ahr o asi t ' i dt t o l e other, to have miscal culated time resistance which, from thetea g feelings of the Turkish population,‘iciih it iitp possesses sy fromgu and the advantages ing battle within its own territories, it is cipable of offering. The Coigne}, we suspect, is by this time convinceClthatilll'eeltl;er the campaign may, or may not, terminate as he has predicted, the Russians may have much less chalice of effect ing their objects during the present year than either he or they anticipated. Time European system newly introduced, as it has been, into the Turkish army, appears to have benefittcd, not injured it—the bravery for which time Crescent was once renowned, appears to have revived with additional lustre ; the Sultan has more than vin dicated his title, as the descendant of the Pro phet, to the warlike virtues for which he, and many of his successors, were. distin guished ; and instead of the splendour of the Crescent having been fur ever eclipsed, we think here is every appearance, barring some extraor dinary occurrence, of its again bursting forth with a milder, but more permanent, effulgence. To return, however, to Colonel Evans's book—Our author considers that " front the fortresses of the Danube, as a secure basis, or even from the left bank, the Russians might go on, after the col lecting of means, and when occasion serves, to the goal of the enterprise ; occupying about as many days in doing so as would convey the in telligence to Paris or London." This they have not yet done, nor do we think are very likely to do, within the speciied time ; but as we differ so decidedly from the views entertained by the Co lonel on this subject, it is but fair that he should be allowed to speak fcr himself. " The Remus, or Balkan, is of no great elevation, The roads over it are few and indifferent. There are however two or three of them, which, according to travellers, are practicable, with very little repara tion, for twenty-four pounders or any other carriages. The position of Shurnla, on the direct road to the capital, has been designated as the Thermopyhe of the Tullis. no title has been rather gratuitously conferred. It is represented to be a strong position, and has never been captured;--neither, however, has it ever been seriously attacked. It is a town in the hills, surrounded by a mud wall, of no great thick ness, and with scarcely any flanks ; this, during several late wars, has been made the nucleus of an entrenched camp, for which, it appears, it is well adapted. In the case of protracted operations in the kills during summer, 1 have understood that one of the chief inconveniences to be contended against would be the insufficiency and badness of the water; but in the accounts of the campaigns I have met with, I do not see the circumstance mentioned. If the Russians were not in possession of the sea, if a series of well connected entrenchments were thrown up along those hills, under the inspection of capable officers, if the Sultan had a sufficiency of cannon, a military chest, an hospital, and one hundred and:fifty thousand disposable troops* with which to line these entrenchments, of then there might be hope entertained of his sustaining himself upon them But none of hose suppositions coincide with the fact.—Morning Vvertiser. The rumour is daily acquiring new converts, who believe that the Duke of Welling,ton will submit the complaints of the Country Bankers of England, and their constituents, to a Com mittee of Parliament, on an early day of the next Session, and will thus render the same even-handed justice to them which a former Ad ministration were compelled to render to the Bankers and Merchants of Scotland. The re lief which it is supposed the Noble Duke will grant to the suffering shipowners will be the re peal of the law which admits Baltic produce into this country on bond. If this should be the case, a valuable boon will he taken from the Russian and Prussian speculators, and given to Canada. The length of the voyage will increase the demand for shipping, and this shipping will he exclusively British.—New Times. " If the Sultan has one hundred thousand men at pre sent under arms (not counting the rabble that might be assembled for a particular occasion), then one-third will scarcely suffice for the principal garrisons, at least another third will be required for reserves, for Constantinople, and the sea-shores ; and there would not remain above thirty thousand for the field." ENGLISH, IRISH, and SCOTCH MARKETS, (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday.) SUGAR—The 44emand for Museovades was limit ed lost week, owing chiefly to the want of good sugars for relining, 60s. a 613. ; the sales were esti mated rather under 3,000 hhds.; there was no alter- ation whatever in the prices. There is no marked alteration this week in the stock of Sugars, compared with the corresponding one of last year. The de liveries are 3,818 hhds. and tierces, being 756 more than the corresponding week in 1827, and about 2,000 bags more of Mauritius Sugars. At the close of the market the estimated sales to-day are 800 hhds., including the 130 hhas. Barbadoes„ at public sales ; the prices are unvaried. In the Refined Market last week the demand for low goods for ex- port was so general and so extensive, that the prices advanced ; and the market is again cleared of goods. In the fine descriptions there is no alteration, either in the supply or in the prices; they go off freely. Molasses are firm at a small improvement. This afternoon there was not the slightest alteration in the Refilled Market; low goods still much inquired after. . . EAST INDIA SUGARS-There was no alteration last week ; good Mauritius were inquired after for export ; white Bengals were also in demand. FOREIGN SUGARS-Last week 62 chests white, and 15 chests brown Pernams, were offered at public sale; the whole was withdrawn ; since which the whites have sold 345. a 3Ss. ; the brown 265. a 285.; some good white Pernams Nv .2 re sold at 395. At public sale 173 hhds 10 tierces 283 barrels Porto Rico Sugars were all taken in; yellow to strong gray 295. a 345. ; brown 265. a 28s. \\TE,sT INDIA MOLASSES-The stock here i 53,467 casks, prices unvaried. COFFEE-The public sales last week were more extensive than usual : all the colour) , Jamaica fully supported the late prices; good middling 735. a 745. 6d. ; all the ordinary parcels sold lower, and were very heavy. Dominica Coffee is again Is. a 2s. lower. In Foreip there has been little or no busi ness ; good ordinary pale St. Domingo withdrawn from sale at 31s. There was only a public sale brought forward this forenoon. 198 casks Jamaica, and a few lots Berbicc, the former good middling of a favourite mark, sold at 755. a 755. 6d.; ord. mid. at 60s. ; mid. 665. ; fine and fine ord. at 455. and 51s. 6d. Generally, the Coffee Market is firm. TEA-The sale of Congou finished yesterday ; the low qwalities are id. to higher than last sale, the fine on an average rather lower. This day Cam pois sold at 2s. 11 id. a 3s. 2d. ; Souchongs, lid. a 4s. 6did.; Twankays are now selling at 2s. 2d. a 2s. 2 id. common ; 2s. 3d. a 2s. 6d. middling ; 2s. 7d. a 3s. 3d. fine. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND~—The transac tions in Rum last week were not extensive ; they consisted of a few fine Jamaica, 4s. a 4s. 4d., and about 170 Leewards, 2 over, at 2s. 2d. Brandy is held at former prices.—Geneva is very scarce, and in consequence the prices are nominal. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW—The prices of Tal low have been more firm, with some appearance of an advance.—Flax is unvaried.—Hemp a shade higher.—lt is reported about 600 casks Tallow have , been bought for France, as Tallow can be purchased here cheaper than at St. Pctersburgh.—The Market is higher to night, and very .firm.—The dates from St. Petersburgh are to the 2:3d ult.—Exchange 10d. 11-16ths. Tallow 105 a 106, and about 92,000 casks shipped off. WOOL—The late considerable arrivals of Foreign wool have had little or no effect on the prices, as the previous stock was very light. Inferior descriptions are most in demand, and sell at a trifling advance on the price of two months since, while the finer sorts, from the increase in the growth of such Wools, are becomi eg d u ll o f sa l e ; on the whole, the demand is steady, and from all appearance, likely to continue so. This day's public sale went at high prices : Australian ex Elizabeth, 266 bales sold at an average of 111 d. ; Spanish, washed after the manner of Ger man (a novelty), sold at an average of Is. Bd. per lb.; New South Wales arid Van Diemen's Land, 18 bales, sold at bd."a 9d. I ust' Paovistosis—l n Irish Provisions there is little alteration. SPICES--Several small parcels of Pepper, Cloves, and Nutmegs, were reported sold last week, but the Market is without briskness. Hors—The prices of Mops are nominal. The accounts ar c xcrfavourable, the picking will become ge neral I R. t nockets have appeared in :he Borough of fine quality, for whiA 9:A. to 100 N. is asked. SALTPETRE—There is little variation in Saltpetre. RlCE—Rice is very dull. n ToAcco—The - only sale of any consequence is a parcel of good Tobacco, 70 hhds. Virginia, to a dealer, at 3id. a 3id. INDIGO—There is no alteration in Indigo ; the Market is rather languid. 00,s—A few orders having appeared for Green land Oil, there being little at market, and the pro spects of the fisheries very bad, the prices stivanced 11. a 2/.—Rape Oil is still iu demand at advancing rates. The other descriptions are unvaried. COTToN—The Market continues languid. COCIUNEAL and Lie DYE--The demand for Lac Dye continues, the sales are considerable. Cochi neal is neglected. (From the Dublin Mercantile Adrertiser. of Monday.) SuGAK.—The Sugar market remained steady during the week. Fine descriptions fully supported former pt ices. TALLOW.—This article is in regular demand at • 40s. (cash), and 41s. per cwt., (credit). Some holders are demanding higher prices. AlAt.T.—There has been but very little business transacted in slalt during the week. Prices have declined 6d. per barrel on former quotations. WntsKEY—Continues without any alteration. RAPESEED.—The supply of Rapeseed at market was what is termed a small supply, but the quality was good, and what appeared was taken at our stated prices. LEATIIER.—The demand for this article has been rather dull since our last, but prices have not altered. HIDES AND SKINS.—The supply of Hides and Skins during the last week, was rather limited ; the demand, however, is good, and price€ are at our quotations. 1 1 Rovistoss.—There was not at last market a good supply of Bacon, what was offered for sale changed hands at an advance of about Is. per cwt. on our stated prices. There was also a middling sup ply of Hams, which advanced in consequence is. per cwt. on former prices. Pigs' Cheeks were in fair demand at from 40s. to 12s. per cwt. Cool Butter was taken by the retailers at from Bd. to Sid. per lb.; Butter for export has declined in price :2s. per cwt. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) The transactions in Raw SUGARS have been ex tremely limited this week ; the sales are only 76 hhds. and prices are without any alteration. Refined Sugars in steady demand, and prices are without any variation. At a public sale of 125 tierces Jamaica COFFEE:, the whole were taken for accoant of Grocers ; ordi nary and broken mixed, 28s. a 325.; ordinary, 335. a :38s. ; good ordinary, 40s. a 445.; and fine ordi nary, 455. No sales made in PIMENTO. A small lot Carolina RICE sold at 17s. 6d. in bond. In Jamaica Rum there has been little done this week ; prices are without alteration ; a small lot of Leeway's were sold at 2,=. for proofs. The sales made in COTTON this week amount to 907 bales, and prices are without alteration; the particulars are,44 Sea Island, 134 d. ; 27 Stained do., 8„ 5 ,11.; 122 Bowed; 6-0. a 6d.; 90 Orleans, 7d. a 7-7,-d.; 61 Maranham, Sid.; 449 Egyptian, 7id. a 9d. ; 68 Demerara, 80. a 9d.; 46 Surat, 41d. a 4-7,,d. In DYEwOOOs there has been nothing done, prices are without alteration. For ASHES there has been more demand ; about 100 barrels Montreal Pots, brands 1826 and 1827, were sold at 28s. 6d. to 295. original weights; and a small lot of Pearl, brand 1828, at 31s. Nothing done in TOBACCO, prices remain without variation. Y. C. TALLOW is selling steadily at 10s. in small parcels. In consequence of the unfavourable accounts from the Fisheries, Fish OILS are held at higher prices ; 24/. JOs. is asked for Whale, and 24/. 10s. to 25/. for Pale Seal per tun, old measure. During the week the weather for 6ecuring the crops has been very favourable, and in consequence the market has been very flat ; and in order to effect sales of old Wheat a reduction of Is. to 2s. per boll must have been submitted to. New Wheat improves in quality, and farmers' samples have been sold at 275. to 28s. per measured boll weighing 62 to 64 lbs. per bushel. Old Oats have been dull of sale with little alteration in prices. Two Small parcels of New sold at 18s. to 19s. Several cargoes of New Barley have arrived, which met a ready sale. Irish Barley enquired after, but none offering. Foreign rather lower. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-lIOUSE..-.-COMPLAINTS AGAINST STEAM pOirS.-Complaints are constantly pouring in against the steam-veseelm, in some shape or other. A few mornings ago four or five persons were wined in the Thames, in con sequence of the tilting of those rieketty boats in which the watermen convey passengers from the steamers to shore, and from the shore to the steamers. One of these was an elderly lady, who had often expressed a great reluctance to venture upon the water in so precarious a machine. Just as she put her foot upon the edge of the boat, and was de scending from the vessel, she fell with what the watermen call " a capsize," and paid dearly for her voyage. All the others who took a dip, declared afterwards that they ex pected nothing less, and that they were cured of steamers as long as they lived. It was supposed by Mr. Smirke, the architect, that his project of a jetty, from the Custom house quay into the river, by means of which the steam vessels might receive and discharge passengers without the assistance of boats, would hare been adopted. We have reason, however, to believe, that the Commissioners of Customs, who have the plan before them, will not consent to the proposition, as the consequence, no doubt, would be a serious obstruction to the navigation of the river. A plan of a similar kind was proposed by the St. Catharine's Dock Company, and rejected upon this ground. The LORD Mayon observed, upon the occasion of the last complaint upon this subject, that he knew many persons of both sexes who were prevented from even going on board a steam-vessel on account of the great chances of a duck ing. Although he had been for many years accustomed to the element, he did not all wonder at the extent of the fears of the public. lie considered that there was great danger in the venture, and hoped that until some safe and commodious method was adopted the public would cease to give them patronage. Alderman FARKBROTIIEK too, had observed the vast in convenience of the conveyance, and the unparalleled inso lence of the watermen. Mr. Geldham, who is in the habit of attending the Justice-room on matters connected with Billingsgate market, was daily an eye-witness to the confusion and dan ger complained of, and was convinced that the passage from the wharfs to tke steam-vessels was regarded by numbers as infinitely more dangerous than a long voyage. Ile said hat he had formed the model of a boat, which might ply to and from the steam•vessels with passengers, without subjecting them to the least hazard or inconvenience. This boat was flat-bottomed, and by the simple movement of a couple of planks, the passengers could pass from it with great facility to the vessel, or to the shore. The form of the bottom was such that a pressure against the side would not make the boat tilt. He proposed to build ten or a dozen of those boats. The LORD MAYOR thought the subject well worthy of the attention of the City, and desired to he furnished R ith the model of the boat. This was forthwith produced, and his Lordship directed Mr. Goldham to send it in to the Rulers of the Waterman," to undergo examination. The waterme❑ aeon learned that a new sort of boat was to be introduced, and the consternation excited by the in telligence will not be easily abated. So perverse are they (taking them as a body), that they would rather a steamer should never appear in the river, than a flat-bottomed boat should be, for a moment, adopted to render the passage to it safe or convenient. The proposed improvement is, we are given to under. stand, to be immediately commenced. In consequenc e of the public notice given, that those steam-vessels which went at a dangerous rate of speed in the Thames should be indicted as nuisances, the Proprietors have thought it prudent to issue directions likely to render it unnecessary to go to extremities with them. It is at the same time but justice to repeat what has been frequently said in the Justice-room—that there has been exhibited upon the part of the steam-boat Proprietors, or snperinten deuts, th 6 ttrogeat dispositiQu tQ act in an arbitrary man- nen—Passengers have frequently complained of being treat ed with insult. A young man named Williams, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having snatched a reticule from the hands of Mrs. Whitmore, the wife of a gentleman who has a high situation in the Custom-house. The Loam MAYOR eemanded the prisoner. GUILDHALL. --Yesterday James Abbott, the leather dresser, in Fetter-lane, of whose attempt to murder his wife an account eras given in yesterday's Sxn, was brought before Mr. Alderman AN sLEr, when the watch nwn who took the prisoner into custody stated the facts as they have hem already published.—The Alderman inquired whether there was a certificate from a surgeon of the pre sent state of the woman ? One of the watchmen stated that there was not, but he heard from the nurse at the Hos pital that she was in the greatest danger.—The Alder man asked the prisoner whether he wished to say any thing"?—The prisoner replied, Not at present." lie was then remanded till Friday. He appeared to be about thirty-five years of age, and was perfectly composed in manner. BOW-STREET.—ATRocious Ou ;a. sc E.—Yesterday John Mayden, a tall rough looking man, was charged under Lord Lansdowne's Act, with cutting, stabbing, and wounding George Green, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor stated, that be is a cowkeeper at Chelsea. About three months ago he lent the prisoner, who is a phunber, in Chelsea, a horse and cart, to cart some head, and soon after the prisoner was brought to Bow-street en a charge, in support of which the prosecutor was examined as a witness. The prisoner was discharged, at in a day or two after, met the prosecutor in Piccadilly, and abused him very much, calling hint an informer. Ab•mat a week after they met again near the prisoner's house, when lie repeated his abuse, and a row ensued. The prisoner went into his house, and brought out an iron instrument culled a pump lock, with which he swore he would rip the prose cuter (pea if he came near hint. The prosecutor then went away, and saw the prisoner daily after. On the evening of the 30th of August he was paying one of his men near the prisoner's house, when he carne out with lead in his hand, which he shook at the prosecutor, and asked him did he want any lead to pay his men with ? The pro secutor said to him you had better go in doors, you old fool. some irritating langna7a followed, when the pri soner scent into his house, and running out with the pump lock in his hand, drove it with great force into the proi,e tutor's right eye, which was completely destroyed. He had since been under the care of Dr. Hunter and Sir Ast- ley Cooper, but his eye was lost beyon i recovery. Four witnesses ►orroborated this statement, and also proved that the prisoner, after the act, had endeavoured to escape. The prisoner declined saying any thing in his defence ; and the Magistrates committed him on the capital charge. This is the first committal under the Marquis of Lans downe's Act. Under Lord Ellenborough's Act, it was ne eessary that the wound should be inflicted by a sharp in sn•ument, to make the offence capital. In the late Act, the word " wounding" is introduced ; and if death, or grievous bodily harm be intended, " wounding" is capital, whatever the instrument may be. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.- 11 r. Very, the Swi,s confectioner of Regent-street, entered this office yesterday, in a state of alarm, accompanied by two other gentlemen, who acted as interpreters, for the purpose of complaining of a gross outrage oemniated et his premises on the previ- ous evening. It appeared that Mr. Very's elegantly fitted•up shop is the principal attraction in the fashionable quarter where he resides, in consequence of a particularly beautiful young lady sitting there, which occasions a considerable crowd to assemble round the doors of an evening, to Mr. Very's great annoyance, as some of these persons will frequently mount up on the balcony, and break the windows by lean ing against them, and commit other mischief, to the injury of his business. A heavy stone was thrown into the middle of the shop the night before, whilst the gentlemen who explained Mr. Very'e application were there, which, from its weight, must inevitaidy have killed the person it was aimed at. Mr. DvEx well understood the nature of the attraction in Mr. Very's shop, having observed an immense . crowd of per,ons there when he drove past a few evenings ago. Mr. Very setmcd to consider the circumstance of his baring a handsome young girl behind his counter a constant snurce of annoyance, for people frequently pushed each other inside the shop, and often threw old hats, 14,e. into the shop, that they might hare an opportauity to enter. He paid very heavy rent and taxes, and 'enumerated a watchman fur keeping a guard on the premises, hot it was of no avail. _...___ Mr. DrEa said that he often had occasion to reprobate the condnet of watchmen in ordering respectable persons to " move on," who considered they had a right to step are! converse in the street. Mr. Dame then suggested the propriety of having a curtain pmt up, so as to prevent people from looking into the shop.—Mr. Very and kis friends then retired on the Magistrate's promising that he should have the assistance of an officer when the annoyance should Is repeated. WORSHIP-STREET.—On Tuesday evening the Rev. Robert Crosby, of St. Leonard's parish, Shoreditch, and chaplain to the Refuge for the Deetitute, at Hoxton, ap plied to the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. BENETT, for the as sistance of the police, to suppress what he considered a grievous nuisance in his neighbourhood, an attempt to re vive a sort of fair formerly held in the Kingsdand-road. For a number of years, upon the cessation of the chartered fair of St. Bartholomew, the showmen and keepers of stalls resorting to it were wont to disperse themselves in various directions in the suburbs, forming numerous!, fairs, one of the most considerable of which was at Edmonton; and at some dietanee in its wake was another annual assemblage, Black Horse Fair, so called from its being held in a field near the Black Horse public-house, in the Kingsland-road. Some few years since, however, Edmonton fair was put an end to by Magisterial authority ; and, as a matter of course, she minor Black Horse Fair shared the same fate, and no attempt to revive it had been heard of till the present com plaint of the Rev. Gentleman abovementiened. Mr. Crosby complained that booths had been erected, ani the usual exhibitions of a fair, by which hundreds of disorderly persons were drawn together. Even on Sunday the road had all the appearance of a fair, and lie found it a very serious impediment to the services of religion. Mr. BErearr asked if there was any breach of the peace, that called for his interference as a Magistrate ? The Rev. Complainant conceived that the Magistrates had power to prevent the assemblage of persons to hold a fair for which no right could be shown ; and after the statement previously made to Mr. Twyford, he felt surprised that nothing had been done to prevent it. The MAGISTRATE assured him that he had no power to interfere summarily with such assemblages, when there was not a breach of the - public peace. Mr. Crosby was surprised to find the Magistrates had not the power to prevent such illegal doings ; and expressed his determination of applying to Mr. Secretary Peel. Mr. Garter reported yesterday that he found nothing like a fair on the spot. There was Wombwell's caravan in a field and a number of persons collected, bet all perfectly quiet. UNION-UALL.—Yesterday George Lewis, a young shoemaker, was brought np on a charge of being found concealed in the house of Mr. Burge, a picture dealer, with iutent to commit a felony. Mr. Burge stated that the night before, he eanse home something earlier than usual, and had not been leng in his parlour when he heard a noise in the bed-chamber inside the parlour, and in going in to ascertain the cause, discovered the prisoner under the bed. The prisoner aesnred him that he had entered the house by mistake, having an appointment with a female who resides in the same glee; and when he walked into the bed-room he verily believed it to be the lady's. Not crediting this account, he sent for a watchman and gave the prisoner into custody. The Magistrate (Mr. SWAEEY) inquired whether the complainant had any females residing in the house ? Mr. Burge had a housekeeper who had lived with him 9 years, but she was a religious character—it was quite im possible she could be guilty of such conduct as the prisoner imputed to the female with whom he said he had an ap pointment. Mr. SWAIM' inquired was she present? Mr. Burge replied that she was. The prisoner was then asked what he had to say to the charge, and declared, without any hesitation, that he had gone to Mr.• Burge's house to see the housekeeper at her very warm and pressing invitation. —The complainant up peered almost petrified with astonishment, and exclaimed, " I cannot believe it-1 am confident its a falsehood." The prisoner proceeded to state, that between eight and nine o'clock the evening before he met the housekeeper in the New Cut ; they looked earnestly at each other and stepped ; he asked permission to see her home, to which she immediately consented. On the way she told him she was a married woman, and he must not stay long lest they might be surprised by her husband. They had been but a short time together when they heard footsteps, and she ex claimed, " Here's my husband, for God's sake hide your self nntler the bed." She then left him in the dark, the candle having been put out, and in getting under the bed he made the noise heard by Mr. Burge. He declared that this was a true account of his being found in the situation from which he was taken, and desired that rthe huuleteepof :night be examined tb confirm it , Mr. Burge immediately brought in the housekeeper leaning en his arm. She appeared a pretty woman, about SO yet" of age, and when called on by the Magistrate to state what she knew of the affair, for t•oine time remained in silencet with her eyes fixed on the ground. Being pressed to de clare the truth, she confeftled that she had iarited the pri mner to aerompaay her to the door, bat had no idea that be would intrude into her chamber. When he did so, 4 ' 6 Wl:9 afraid of alarming the lodgers if she made a noise if , trying to get hint out, but she was determined on telling Mr. Burge what bad happened when he came home. " you didn't de so, Harriet," said the complainant, elasping his hands; " Well, I see faithless woman is mot to be 6 " pended on ; I have been once deceived, and will never 9 106 confide in woman." Harriet sobhed aloud, and declared nothing criminal had passed between her and the eline" maker. d the The MAGIVPRATE discharged the shoemaker, an picture-dealer became so far reconciled to his frail hoese keeper, as to leave the eftioe with her apparently on rya ter tea. Samuel Spicer, a shoemaker, was yesterday brddg M before MAURICE SIVA BEY, Esq. charged with ill•treat i q his wife. The woman had in her RIMS a baby, and stated that her husband had been in the habit lately of beating her' and she really felt apprehensive of her life. Spicer Najd, in a surly tone, "I have not injured yo e '• It was only on Saturday last that you got drank, and let fall a piece of beef which we were to have for supper, a nd spoiled it." " You wicked man," replied the wife, " to say that I sees intoxicated." The Macts-rikaTr inquired hew much he could earn week, and was told upwards of twe guineas. His Wor ship then asked whether out of that sum they put all money into the savings' bank ? The woman, in a laughing manner, said, Oh, dear NO ; as much as to imsinnate it was impossible to live for less. You ought to endeavour to save a few shillings a week, observed his Worship. What is to besorne of that child' suppose you were to die? It must be supported by the parish, remarked the %canal' with the utmost indifference. You ought to be ashamed not to have something eat 4 . your earnings. They are large for people in your cowl' . tins of life, routinned the MAGIITKATE j anti with proref economy that might he easily accomplished. If I had a steady partner we possibly might do so, 31 '" steered the woman. So we might if I had a steady partner, echoed th e husband. The Macla - rasTa then recommended them to go home* and resolve on mutual exertions to bring np their children respectably, and abandon the gin-shop. The man was then liberated, and they both departed. An assault ease succeeded, arising ont of a pnblie-hou fe broil, in which a very respectable looking woman was the complainant, and an old man, an oyster-eeller, the defendant . The complainant, withont thinking any disgrace at tached to the fact, stated, that she was in from some liquor which she had been drinking—in short, that she was and when in that state the defendant strnek her. His defence was, that she reeled against his tnb, and upset his oysters, after emptying the contents of be stomach among them.—He was ditaniesed en paying the expenses of the warrant. A German Paper gives the following, unde the date of Agra, August It :-4 , A vulture of extraordi t nary size lately took up its abode near the hones of a pea' sant, who on seeing it fired at it, and it fell. The pas' pant, believing it to be dead, wished to possess himself e , his prey, but the vulture, which was only wounded, seize him so violently tin the left hand with hie talons, that tr was with great difficulty that same persons, who were et' traded to the spot by his cries, could extrieote him. Three days al terwards the wound became infltuned, and the Ile' sant after suffering great agony expired. - - - - - PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM AN 1 14 ' FURIASKI, LxoraxnEss.—On Trieeday afternoon, betlye ell . , the hours of three and four o'clock, the utmost alarm iof created in the menagerie belonging to Mr. WomawaLt , ', P the Kingsland-road, from the enraged state of that Ane 10v mal, the leopardess, under the following singular c ircsiffl" f stances :—A man was employed to paint the exterior c't the dens ; by some accident he oversee a pot of pi ° through the grating of the den over the back of the 10; r,ardetis ; the keepers endeavoured directly to get the pir!, off by scrubbing her hack with saw-dost, but finding did not succeed, they imprudently scrubbed her back SO sides with turpentine; she bensrne infuriated, and in a rio s A t ferocious manner flew at hor koepor, got him down, 67 ; dreadfully hit him on the head and arms ; assistance bei m ; procured, he was fortunately releas e d f ro m hi s &tip{ou" satiation. CURIOUS MARRIAGE e/e fit t 0 lately took place at Aix, which inventa mach rare romance than history, and which we never would beil e. „, - had it not been related to us by a person in whom we place confidence. A marriage had been arranged sett,, the children of two merchants. The banns bad been PQ,, lished—there wanted nothing bat the " fatal yes.' 0 , the (lay when the sacramental monosyllable was to he rt i . flounced it was ascertained that the bridegroom had es:'ifs, drawn from the happiness whidii awaited him. US, ther instantly sent for another of his sans, who liven 4 - , Marseillo, and proposed to him to replace the deeer t e ` be The relations of the young lady consented to it, an d ; a . Christian names in the contract were changed. This " l' , expected suitor at once pays a visit to his fukre eFo tT but, on inspecting the family, he prefers a sister of ",; s 0 New proposals were made, and a new change of ChO' . r . names in the coatreet. In a word, this unexpected In iel riage, in every sense of the word, is about to be etlebrA d after the indispensable delays of publishing the banns ,0 there is no reason to believe that it will not be as half µl that which was meditated for many years. All the Op, would be satisfied were it not for the notary, wh y , f be mended the price of three contracts. The relations el o f bridegroom objected, that notwithstanding the chang e f ill the Christian names of the couple ithe contract was ! eo n the same. We know nut how this important dist il ' will terminate.—Furst de Lotrdres. ‘... / ; 7. 're at be ha er e corli g Gall 9 Dirt 12 I)itti Th e tvater it of a c iatz Th e l ra, -ftr ge A d oiphi 4'ldr„ ME , ettpnt t't ze of afte tl 'e tin) h alf th e It rn , lq anni VEI BIRTHS. 10( 1 1 On the 10th inst., in Bryanaton-square, John Bulkeley, Esq., of a daughter. to(' On the 9th inst., at Brighton, the lady of William tug Lowndeo, Esq., of a son. On the 9th must, at Addington-place, Camberwell , ' A. Greig, of a daughter. On the 7th the lady of Captain Colin Campbell (s)' R. N., of a eon. I MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at St. Pancras New Churebt t ite Fenner Firmin, req., to Ann, youngest daughter ° late James Peppercorne, Eeq., of Rochester. , 11 4 On the 9th inst., at Foy Chnreh, Herefordshire, l7 ; fa' Rev. Charles Taylor, D.D., Chaneellor of the Diocc 4 4" , hest Taylor, Esq., of Featherstone-buildings, 0°1(110 third son of the late 1114jor-General Althrell Taylor, °, t lion. East India Company's Madras Establishtn e° Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John Arelinet Carthage, in the same county. Pr; On the 10th inst., at St. James's, by the 1 11 ; c oO" Maddy, Mr. Burrorres, of Norton-street, to Louis) daughter of Mr. Reed, of the Corn Exahange. _„„aref On the 9th inst., at St. leerge' s, Hanoief';lgef- Charles Tyrrell, Eeq., of in the cone,' vo folk, to Mary Anne, Wove of the late T. W. Cok e ' of Polstead Hall, in the same eonaty. DIED. ~,„o r — are' On the 9 th inst., in Connaught-terrace, Xiar_b ul e road, Frances, the only survi v i ng child of the la" Fisher, Esq., of Green -street, Groevenor-equare• Ar o On the 7th inst., in the 46th year alter age, Ar t . t fii the beloved wife of Mr. Simmons Hammond a ' et " -- )1 Kent. , ht i, On the 10th i ns t., in her 15th year, Sophia/ " a n of Mr. John Snrgey, of Clapton. ...i , On the 7th inst., at Ratton, in Sneer, in hie 15th j'' George Pelham, third ton of Inigo Thorny, EKI. f i ,,,, e t o On the Bth inst., at her house at Highgate, .11730? Drake, widow ef the late Robert Drake, Esq., 4 1 win's-gardens, London, aged 60. P i k ° On the 9th inst., at Hastings, Mary A nne, 0 George Allfrey, Esq., of Stamford-hill, Middleeex. 0 0 4 On the 3d inst., at Auldbarr, Euphernia, TO1 ) " , daughter of the late Patrick Chalmers, rA q ., of AO' Forfarshire. Or At Cheltenham, after a long and painful Mov , $t tain Bl a nchard, aged 46, late commander of the H l '4o' l India Company's ships Carnatic and Marquis W e ~" th On the Bth inst., at Iloggeston, Bucks, aged ly'riliv Rev. Thomas Howard, for 45 years Rector ef that rofisp On the 9th inst., aged 18. Miss Joesyllo,ilte°, only child of Mrs. Barc lay, of Dorset-gardens, 1,'6,10)' (widow of the late C o lo ne l Barclay, of the bbd reilt,se and grand-daughter of the late Patrick C,olqnhoti") of James-street, Westminster.: ef lo At his seat, Drayton House, West Drayton, G er r J. 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