The Sun. — London, England, 1828-11-01 00:00:00

SPIRIT "OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. In alluding on Thursday last to the official papers - relative to the American tariffs, with which are pre. rented a number of documents originally published in the United States, we characterised the whole collection as one of extraordinary value and übi. import ance.i The mo s t i nte resting feature of this p cation is, that it contains a full statement of the American case, considered jn opposition to that of England, on the subject of protecting and prohibit ing duties. Nothing can in itself' be more unrea sonable,—nothing, we really think, in the mouth of more immodest,—than the h a bit ua l an Englishman, use of angry and vindictive language towards other countries, on occasion of their choosing to adopt a precedent which this country has been the first to establish (and so long as it suited her purpose, to persist in), for securing her own manufacturing in terests at the expense of those of all other nations. cis. Huskisson has been spoken of as the author of what is termed "a liberal system of commercial po licy," in contrast with the old system of etcher lite. ral or virtual prohibitions. Now it is necessary to distinguish between those acts of Mr. Huskisson • which relax the navigation laws, or affect the colo nies, and those which profess only to facilitate the introduction of foreign produce or manufactures to the home market of Great Britain. The papers before us concern themselves almost exclusively, as we shall do, with the latter branch of English liberality, nod they can leave no shadow of doubt upon the minds of those who were not already aware of a fact quite obvious and unquestionable, that Mr. Huskis son, whether by removing a prohibition, or reducing an impost, gave no indulgence to the foreign manufac turer, of which that manufacturer could in any instance take any practical advantage. Where a free com petition has been offered by Mr. llttskisson to foreign dealers in the staple objects of British industry, it wacin cases where the British manufacture had ar- rived at a pitch of excellence which set all real ri valry at defiance ; and wherever such rivalry was still probable, why then there was no relaxation. We do not say this as any sort of reproach to Mr. Huskisson, further than having applied to his own acts a term which better fitted his professions. He professed to be " liberal," while he was merely ob servant and shrewd. We believe that where Mr. Huskisson failed to offer a fair and substantial reci proeity to ether nations, it was then he had no power to act as he desired. We ell recollect what a hornet's nest was brought about the tars of the Right lion. Gentleman from that moment when he first announced his intended substitution of a duty for a prohibition in the silk trade, to that in which, un der a storm of abuse anti imprecation, he completed that most salutary measure. That was an act to which the name of " liberality" had, by a monstrous error of language, been appropriated ; the liberality consisting in this,—that the Right Hon. Gentleman adjusted dttty for the critical purpose (which pur pose he has ;not skilfully accomplished) of opening foreign markets to British silks, in tenfold the de gree to, which lie admitted French silks into the English market. But if Mr. Huskisson be not re prokchable for this practical protection of the home industry, under a professed system of general relax ation; neither can, sh the least pretence to justice, a foreign people be condemned for following Mr. Ilitskisson s example. The Right Hon. Gentlemen did nothing towards all Owing either foreign manu facturers or foreign producers any access to thismnr ket, by which native goods or native produce could ever EO minutely suffer; and the United States, by the tariffs of 1821-and 1828, have only gone the length of such protection to their manufactures, as it was not requisite for the matured manufactures of Eng land to protect by nr'y new legislation. We accuse France of illiberality towards England; and why ? because she effects by law those purposes which England likewise secured by law, so long as the imper fect state of her native skill and capital required such a guardian. We find, in an 'exceedingly curious and instructive, though in some instances a biassed and partial document, the " proceedings of a conven tion of manufacturers at Harrisburgh, United States" —the following description of the modem British policy with a quotation from M. .Saint Cricq, Di rector of the French Customs, which is naive and just. " The British Free Trade System forbids the importation of every article which the British soil or labour call produce, except in some such article as, from superior capital or other causes, she'makes cheaper than other na tions. To an application from the British Minister, for a reduction of duties part paws with that of Great Britain, the French Director of the Customs, M. St. Cricq, sagaciously replied—' The system adopted by England is admirable, because it endan gers none of her manufactures ; and we, wh en we arc as forward as England, will be as liberal. But until then, we must stand by our prohibitory de ties.' " The meeting at Harrisburgh was an assembly of delegates from all the States of the Union. These representatives of the manufacturing interest of Ame rica sat for several days, and framed memorials and propositions for the Congress, which served in many instances as the basis of the tariff law, which passed the great sessioe. The great and almost exclusive ground on which the establishment of protecting dit ties in the United States was. defended, both by ma nufacturers and agriculturists, was the virtual prohi bition of the corn avid flour of America from the mar kets of Great Britain, and the impossibility saf other wise indemnifying the American grower for this rejection of his grain, than by the encouragement of domestic manufactures, far a more speedy increase and condensation of hands which might consume his corn. This is the tree cause of the new protect iiug duties imposed in Americ a on bdialf of na ' rive industry,—this its unanswerable justification,— and this, finally, a luminous hint to the landed log gerheads of the United Kingdom, who will not sew that the best security for their rents ill the prosperity of the British manufactures. Nothing, we repeat, can excuse the bitter nonsense talked in and ea t of Par'iament against Foreign Governments; w-. 0 pre fer their own dear and indifferent goods to better and cheaper articles manufactured elsewhere. Their 0(171 people, the native consumers , indeed, may—arid if they understand their own interests, will con. demn them : but what right have we, hardened sin ners as we are, to bring that as a charge against American malignity, which is but an imitation of old ' English pig-headedness and folly.—Times• The story we are going to relate is a melancholy _ one, but it is true—it is no romance. The chief actor in it still lives to disgrace the sacred profes sion to which he belongs, and raves with a fury per fectly devilish. Our columns have borne evidence of the malignity of his nature against Catholic eman cipation, the Catholic religion, and even the persona of Catholics. About 17 or 18 years ago this clergy man, then married and residing, we believe, in Lon don, became acquainted with a lady of respectability and beauty, the wife of a gentleman of large.landed es tate. Neither the subject of this memoir, nor the couple into whose house he was unhappily introduced, had children. The lady belonged to that sect which is termed evangelical, and her spiritual fervours were therefore perhaps the more easily convertible into those of the dealt; or, at all events, her reason being bewildered, her virtue was the more evangelicalmoreexposcdtoaltsohe, a: tacks of a seducer, who, drew his weapons from the armoury of truth, but dipped them in the poison 01 his Own corrupt heart before he discharged them against- her. NeVer did he visit the house of her husband, now becom e hi s friend, without the Bible under hio afro; and she was at last made to believe !hat the fulfilment of the first great blessing was paramount to all obligatio ns of duty—to all the injunctions of religion. She had no child by her husband, but she became the mother of a Male infant by this sable-habited per vertcr of scripture. The husband died, and the se ducer became a Widower also. The execution of the conditional promise which had been given in the season of guilty pleasure, was consequently expected ilfid claimed by the lady, was eluded and refused by her satiated lover. Remorse now occupied the place of criminal passion in the bosom of the de serted mistress: she confessed her guilt, and proclaimed her own injuries, but mere loudly still the wrong which was 'suffered by the legal heir of the family—a distant relation of her late injured husband. The matter was taken up by two gentlemen of great prudence and experience, belonging, indeed, to the same religious party, but of untainted character. It will probably be known whom we mean, when we say the initials of the names are T. and P., and that one (if not both) is a commercial man of- great credit. The evil was found irremediable, for the confession of the afflicted penitent could not bastardize a child . born in the life-time and during the cohabitation of her husband. So far as her power could go, in deed, she has abated an injury which cartiot be Wholly redressed; for through the hands of those gentlemen to whom we have alluded, she has con. V eyed to the disinherited relative no less a stun than ten thousand pounds. If any one would know who the monster may be to whom this tale applies, let them turn to the Time.s Journal of the last month. His vulgar buffoonery, his malignant and savage ribaldry, his impious scoffings at a form of Chris tianity- which Pascal, and Fender), and Sarpi pro fessed, will soon betray him. To the professors of any contemptible form of religion, or of no religion, we could say, in sincerity, Cum " tall: sit, utinum pester end."' But he is an Evangelical and a Cum berland-brunswicker : he does not belong to us.— Ibid. . The Kent Herald says that a counter address is now in circulation, the signatures to which will show that the sentiments of the men of Kent are hostile to the Brunswickers. In this way the glar ing partiality of the High Sheriff, which we arc willing to attribute to sheer stupidity rather than a corrupt motive, may in part be obviated. We do not wonder that the well-disposed inhabitants of Kent should feel uneasy under the honours which the Brunswickers have attempted to procure for them, of occupying the van in'the army of fools and 14 -mg.—Morning Chronicle. We insert a letter from Mr. Cobbett on the sub ject of the Catholic Question, which' commences with this statement :—" You, Sir, are, I perceive, making use of your utmost endeavours to persuade the public to believe, what is called Catholic Emancipation' is not only just in itself, but that it is absolutely necessary to restore Ireland to a state of tranquillity, and to prevent additional heavy bur thew falling upon England in order to maintain military force for the purpose of keeping the Irish in subjection. Nay, you go further, and tell us, that Catholic Emancipation is necessary to prevent the Irish people from rising in rebellion, and thereby greatly embarrassing the Government, at least at a time when it may possibly be called upon to bend all its strength against a foreign enemy. In short, the sum of your remarks upon this subject is this, that Catholic Emancipation would of itself make the people of Ireland happy and contented." This letter is dated 30th October, but we received it yesterday afternoon. It happens singularly enough, that in the Chronicle of yesterday, in a leading article (written of course on the preceding day, the 30th) on the affairs of Ireland, we had stated, " Our readers may recollect that we have uniformly maintained, that if emancipation were grantsd, the great struggle would still remain ; that the great evil in the social condition. of Ireland is its aristocracy, and that the Government is inoperative to protect people." We need sot remind our readers that this is the doctrine we have continually- held with regard to Ireland, and that we have always maintained that Catholic Emancipation alone would go a very short arty to better the condition of the Irish, though it was in dispensibly necessary as a preliminary to prepare Ireland for the operation of the remedies for the diseases in its social condition. The positions, there fore, which Mr. Cobbett controverts are not our position, and the remedies which he recommends are remedies which we have often recommended. In yesterday's Chronicle we advocated Poor Laws for Ireland for the fiftieth time at least, and for the reasons urged by Mr. Cobbett. But because Ca tholic Emancipation will not supply the he pie with bread, not diminish the exactions of the Hie rarchy, will not supply the place of Poor Lawr, will not furnish the landholders with a cogent motive for bettering the condition of their peasantry, it does not follow that Emancipation ought to be withheld. It is possible that if Poor Laws had been enacted in Ireland a hundred years ago, the mass of the people might now be in a state of apathy with regard to Emancipation; but it does not thence follow that we should be entitled to withhold Emancipation. All civil disabilities on account of religion are unjust, if the safety of the State do not urgently demand them. The reasons urged by Mr. Cobbett for re fusing Emancipation are any thing therefore but con vincing, even if we were to allow that the persons most anxious to obtain the removal of the disabilities are enemies to Reform in Parliament. It is unjust to make parliamentary representation a mockery, and it is unjust to exclude the Catholics from office on ac count of their religion; but the existence of one injus tice does not warrant us in opposing the removal of another, even if it could be shown that some of those sufferings under the one injustice are actually the advocates for the other. Mr. Cobbett has not crated fairly the evils caused to the Catholics by the pre sent laws of exclusion, for it happens that some of the offices from which Catholics are excluded are of the utmost importance to the clue administration of justice, and the monopoly of them by Protestants leads to the spectacle of packed Protestant Juries. But be thst as it may, no man who knows any thing of the turmoils Which religion has occasioned in modern times can suppose that a population so sen sitive with regard to religious matters as the Irish confessedly are, will not, so long as the disabilities continue, be easily wrought on by those who feel these disabilities an impediment to their advance ment in life? The removal of the disabilities will not tranquillize Ireland, but the measures under taken to tranquillize Ireland cannot have a fair trial so long as this source of strife and rancour remains open. But, urges Mr. Cobbett, the people, when they find that Emancipation has freed them from none of the evils under which they suffer, will be more discontented than ever ; and Ereanci pation, therefore, so far from *curing the public tranquillity, will but the more endanger it. No doubt, if other measures be not adopted, suffering may produce disturbance. But this only proves that Emancipation must be followed up with search ing meaSu a r s e is s i f r o . r e tl o ie bb im et p t r g o avyesm, e t i n , a t t o a f Ir el Reforman d. I in t p m a a r 3 . : be true, liament can alone procur e for Ireland the measures necessary for the welfare of the population. It may b e that j the Arist ocracy will never, till forced, con sent at to j ustice being d one to the Irish. Rut let us, allvearnetsp, groundreelseeanrttehde,byther of he obstructions ;1r:1:c:11 is 3-j If they persist in opposing all efficient far Ireland, on their heads be the crime. But let not the friends of liberty, on the mere hypothesis that the Aristocracy are incorrigible, refuse. to do Let us suppos e t h e Mere. Word more what in them lies t o g ive effect to th e principles- of j:totsstiricyeoanndt this s i t t l y b j .. e et. We have only o ne (-racy of the United Ki n gdom successful in their en. deavours to oppose all adequate remedies for the. evils under which the labouring people of Ireland ' now Suffer—will the cause of reform have fewer ad. vocates among the people of Engl is ai t i a d fir i:h r e e n lig t i l o ie u y s find that Parliament, after the M zeal and fanaticism of a portion of the Protestants cam no longer be taken advantage of, d e t e rmines on from retaining the Irish in misery and wretchedness , a blind cupidity and selfishness to which every nobler consideration must yield. Zbid. Another petition against any further surrender of political power to the Roman Catholics of Ireland, ht , , at length, been got up at Bewdley, and ordered to he presented to Parliament, by Earl Beauchamp and Mr. Roberts. The language of the petition is, on the whole, moderate, and exhibits more argumen tation than such things generally do. There is, how ever, after all, no no►elty in it, and not a few of the positions of the petitioners would admit of a flat con tradiction from the page of history. It is true, as the petitioners urge, that. the spirit of , the Roman Catholic religion was once decidedly intolerant, and that many Were the victims of its persecution; but that was at a time when the See of Rome was su preme over almost every country in Europe, or be fore it had learned to forget that it had been on ce so. Since that period men and things have changed sadly for it. The temporal as well as the ecclesiastical power of the Pope has almost vanished, 1) , €.1 those whom his Holiness recognises as most:e:.ristiiiii Kings, scruple not to follow their own policy, even in matters pertaining exclusively to the church, with out any reference to his wishes. A striking example of this cond uc t. h as b een g i v en within th e l ast f ew months in F rance , where the suppression of the Jesu itical seminaries has been determined on and carried almost entirely into effect without any hint f rom t h e Pope,but r a th er th e reverse , to resist the ordonnance. On the second argument of the petition ers , t h e charge of yi e ldi ng su p reme allegiance to a foreign potentate, is wholly disproved by what we have now stated, and is utterly denied by the C a th o li cs; while that of striving to gain their object by weary ing " the Legislature," is really too trifling to de serve notice. When men consider themselves un justly deprived of their rights,' the " wearying of the Legislat tire" becomes a virtue in those who arc guilty of it, however disagreeable its exercise may be to those in power. The Dissenters have been admitted within the pale of the Constitution mainly through their " wearying of the Legislature," joined to their exemplary and loyal conduct; and it is not yet quite two centuries since a people, with whose history we ought all to be acquainted, established through the same means, many of our most valuable rights. The next charge, that of " intimidating the Government," is of a very different character; and, , on all occasions, we have maintained not only that the violent measures pursued by the Catholic Also ! elation were extremely prejudicial to their cause, but ' that the system of intimidation which it had lately adopted, was inconsistent both with the respect due to the Government, and the peace of the country, and, as finch, ought to be pat down. "We fear, however, that until a change in the measure of jus tice awarded to Ireland has taken place, the peace of the country will be but indifferently preserved, whether intimidatiOn be persevered in or not. It never, in fact, can be expected that the the majority of the population of any country will ever be contented and loyal while exclusive and valuable privileges are accorded to the minority. It is not in human nature to resist such mk:ifest partiality. " The end of such things," as has been but too amply testified, is insurrection and general discontent. To the last charge in the Petition, we mean that the admission of the Roman Catholics to the ' , rights and privileges of the British Constitution, would be utterly sub versive of it," we cannot subscribe. Whatever may be the spirit of the Roman Catholic religion, or whatever the ambitious designs of its professors, it is an insult both to the intelligence and phy sical power of the country, to imagine for a mo ment that a few Catholic Lords and Commoners could succeed in °returning the British Con stitution. We snatched it from their grasp more than a century ago, and have since main tained it inviolate in our possession, without its having been once in danger. We rule the popula tion of Ireland note, and while the Protestants of this country are numerically superior to the Catholics of Ireland, will continue to rule it. The game of rebellion has been tried, but in vain, although with the aid of a foreign force; and unless, therefore, the population of this country were to become Catholic as well as that of Ireland—a consequence as unlikely to happen as it would be utterly impossible to pre vent it by any legislative enactment—and in virtue of that conversion to become enamoured of slavery instead of freedom, we CBll see no possible danger to the British Constitution frost the admission of a few Catholics to seats in the Legislature. In the senate or in the field it can scarcely be supposedr that they would be found superior so the talent and courage which have always characterised the people of England.—Morning die/red/4er. LONDON SESSIONS, OCT. 31. These Sessions were held this morning, pursuant to adjournment, before the REcoßDflu, Aldermen. Sir J. PERRINO, ANSLEY, and CROWDER. James Whittle was indicted for assaulting William James, a constable of the parish of St. ciregory, on the 13th Oct. 1627. Mr. BonaND said he understood the prisoner wished to withdraw his plea of Not Guilty and plead Guilty. Prisoner—Yea; I have been advised to do so tinder the peculiar circumstances of my case. I was tried at the Old Bailey Sessions twelve months a,go with a man named Hardy, for attempting to pick a gentleman's pocket. Hardy was sentenced to be transported for life; but the Court, in consideration of the good character I received, ordered me to he imprisoned one year in the House of Correction, which sentence only expired two or three days since, and us the charge now against me arose in attempt ing to escape at the time I was taken into custody, I trust the Court will think I have been sufficiently punished. The gentleman in whose employ I was is quite willing to take me again into his service, and I can assure you that there shall not in future be any complaint against me. Mr. BOLLAND—If the prisoner is really sincere, and means to take a fresh course of life, 1 am sure the City, which are the prosecutors in this case, would not wish to press the charge against him. I therefore shall not offer any evidence. The RECORDER ordered the prisoner to enter into his own recognizance, to appear to receive the judg ment of the Court when called upon, but informed him, that it would entirely depend upon his future conduct whether or net that step would be necessary. Mary Honeyboll, a fishwoman, was indicted for assaulting, on the 7th October, Mary, the wife of James Davis, also a dealer in fish, residing in Petti ceat-lane. The prosecutrix, in very eloquent langeage, de scribed the nature of the assault, which was proved by the testimony of two witnesses. RECORDER*PrisOner, you hear what has been stated. What have you to say in answer to, the charge ? Prisoner—Oh, my Lord, Mary Davis is a very vicked voman, and would swear away the life of any lady.—(Laughter.)—Verdict—" Guilty." RECORDER—WeII, as von have been imprisoned for three weeks, I shall only fine you one shilling, and you may be discharged. Edward George was indicted with Turner (the latter of whom had been admitted to bail, and did not surrender to take his trial) with committing, on the night of the Ist of October last, in Wheat Sheaf Yard, Fleet-market, an indecent assault. The particulars of the case, which are unfit for publication, were clearly proved, and the Jury found the prisoner " Guilty." RECORDER—Prisoner at the bar, it would be a waste of words to address any observations on the enormity of the offence of which you have been con victed, to a being so depraved as,you are, lost to all sense of shame, to modesty, or manly feelings, it must prove utterly useless. The sentence of the .Court is, that you be imprisoned in the Compter for the term of two years, and be kept to hard la bour. The prisoner was about to say something, when the RRCORDRR requested the gaoler to take the Wretch away; and addresfing Mr. Teague, the Go vernor of the Compeer, det4irecl him. to keep him as much as possible from the company of the other pri soners, f or soeiety th e. b etter. the more he was kept from the view of The RECORDER then desired the witnesses to stand up : he told them he was exceedingly sorry the Court could not allow their expences, but h. trusted the parish would ' rew ard them, and if ever they should meet with the other fellow (Turner), who, it •appeared, disgraced the dress of a gentleman, to give him into custody. The Court directed his recognizances to be 'mine dist* entreated, which were himself in 80/. and two sureties of 401. each. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GVILDHA LL. Sophia Smith, a deeent-loohinz female, in nhont her 35th year, was charged with being a lewd wo man. The acting overseer of St. Sepulchre stated th a t the prisoner had recently given birth to her seventh illegitimate child. Five of these children were living, and all chargeable upon some parish or other, the father being a pauper in his 68th year. Having given birth to a second child in St. S?pulchre's workhouse, he thought it his duty to bring her for ward for punishment, to avoid if possible having one or two more saddled on them. The prisoner said she was extremely sorry at what had happened, but that would not mend it. She, however, would never be guilty of such im prudence again. Sir J. PFRRING and Sir P. LAURIE, after con sulting together a few moments, sentenced her to be imprisoned in the 'douse of Correction six weeks, and motioned her that the punishment would be greatly increased if she did not now take warning. ShC burst into a flood of tears upon hearing her doom. MA RLBOR OUGFI-STREET. Yesterday Matthew Riley, the young man who has been some time in custody, charged with forging a cheque for 1801. 10s. on the banking-house of Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., in the name of Messrs. Lane and Croft, solicitors, in Lincoln's-Inn fields, with whom the prisoner had lived for several years as clerk, was brought before the sitting Ma gistrate, Mr. CONANT, for final examination. The moment the prisoner was placed at the bar, he fixed his eye upon the clerk of a solicitor who was in the office, and who, it appeared, had in the coarse of the morning sent a message to the pri soner in his cell offering his professional services, but which the prisoner rejected, and addressed him thns—" Have you been representing yourself here as my solicitor, or as being employed by me ?" " No," said the clerk, "I have not." " Because (continued the prisoner) I understood yon had, and if so, I wish to tell you that I neither desire nor would I accept your services. Indeed, your services must be in a nutshell, and I would-at any time rather see your back than your face." The clerk made 110 reply, and the ease proceeded. The on!) , addition made to the evidence taken on the former examination was the production by one of the clerks in the Bank of England, of two 401. notes ehanged there for sovereigns, by the prisoner's order, and which were the same paid to the prisoner at the banking-house of Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co. in payment of the forged cheque. The Magistrate asked the prisoner if he had any person attending for him ? Prisoner—No, not any person. Mr. CONANT--Do you wish to have the evidence taken at the last examination read over to you again ? Prisoner—No, I do not : I have no wish upon the matter. Messrs. Lane and Croft, who were both in at tendance, and all the other witnesses, were then hound over to prosecute, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. BOW-STREET. SINGULAR CASE OF PAROCIIIAL SETTLEMENT.— Yesterday Margaret BIIIT, a woman about forty years of age, appeared before Sir RICHARD BIRNIR, Mr. and Mr. BECKgTT, magistrates, in order to be removed, with four of her children, from St. Martin's parish to Stepney. Mr. Rawlins, a deputy overseer of St. Martin's in-the-fields, attended with the woman's examina tion, as he called it, but which, is fact, contained only just so much of the. poor woman's examination as suited the object of Mr. Rawlins. The woman, whO, it appears, is an object deserv ing commiseration, objected to be sworn to the truth of the examination; which is usual in slosh cases, before the order of removal is made out by the ma gistrates. Sir R. BIRNIR asked her why she declined taking the oath ?—She replied, that it was a very sacred thing; she never had taken an oath, and she never considered it right to do so, and hoped to be excused. Mr. BIRCKISTT----Well, WWII, if you don't swear to it, you must be turned out of the workhouse with your four children. The poor woman said, that would be extremely cruel under the distressing circumstances in which she Icas placed. Sir R. BIRNIE asked her to narrate to him the circumstances she alluded to. She said, that abOut 17 veers ago she .vas ser vant with a respectable gentleman at Bethnal-green, when she became acquainted with her present hus band, who represented himself as a widower, and they were married. Mr. Rawlins—This husband of hers, as she calls him, is now in our workhouse, and also a former wife of his, a woman eighty years of age. Sir RICHARD Brama—Let the woman make her statement. She continued—Some years after the marriage, she learned that her husband had a former wife liv ing, who had been capitally convicted at the Old Bailey, but whose 'sentence of death, had been com muted to transportation. Her husband informed her, and she was told by many of her friends, that after a capital conviction, and sentence of death bad been passed on the first wife, she had no legal claim on the husband, as she was considered dead in law, from the moment she was attainted of a capital felony. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE very much pitied her ease, but he believed that the four,ehildren which she had had were not legitimate. Mr. Rawlins—The fact is, Sir Richard Thrnie, two of the children were born in Saint Martin's parish, and two in another parish; and they being bastards, have a claim on the parishes where they were born. The father, I admit, has a legal settle ment in Saint Martin's. His first wife, who is in our work-house, is eighty years of age ; he is sixty years of age ; and his second wife, who now is about to be removed, is forty years of age. Mr. Illtrisnum directed Mr. Rawlins to read over the examination, which he had taken. in the parish book. Mr. Rawlins complied, and the Magistrate ob served, that he had entirely omitted to state that the woman had been married, or the vitcumstances at tending it ; and it Would appear to the parish officers of Bethnal-green, by the examination, that she was a lewd woman, and that the four children were bastards. Sir R. DINAH: said, that he did not see the neces sity of introducing the circumstances of the marriage into the examination ; but he thought it was but right that a statement of the peculiar circumstances of her case should be sent to the Overseers of St. Mary, Bethnal-green. Mr. Rawlins said, that should be done. The poor woman still refused to take the oath required. Sir R. Bums asked if was one of the people called Quakers ? She replied that she was not, she was of the Church of England. After a good deal of persuasion she reluctantly kissed the book, and the order of removal was made oat. HATTON-GARDEN. One of those labourers called navigators, of the name of .7 olzn Randall, a powerftl-looking man, eras yesterday brought up handcuffed before the sitting 3 14 gi' -4 nttel RoGEtts and Mr. I.,usG, and ordered to be places at the bar, to prevent his committing violence arid outrage even im presence of the Magis trate!, on a c h arge o f assau l t i ng his wife, and a young man, a baker, of the name of John Jame.. It appeared, that on Thursday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, the defendant, who for a con siderable time p ast h as b een l a bo ur i ng un d er t h e strong influenc e o f a roote d j ea l ous y, and s e d u l ous ly vigilant to detect the object of his suspicion in her dishonourable intrigues, came home to his lodgings, in Cow-cross-street, Smithfield, and finding his wife within in the company of the complainant James, and another young man, he immediately struck her, ' and knocked her down several times, and also at tempted to strike at James, the principal object of his vengeful fury ; but a constable having been called in, he was seemed and taken to the watch-house, where, however, James, having accompanied him to give charge of him, in spite of all restraint he tore at, and made a desperate assault upon him, and knocked him down three or four times. The .same night he was brought up before the sitting Magis trate, Mr. Laing, and both the complainants appeared to prefer their complaints against him ; but under a recent regulation of the police, it being ne cessar y that two Magistrates should hear and decide in all cases of assault, Mr. Laing ordered him to be taken back to the watch-house, and detained there till one o'clock the following day (yesterday), when himself and Mr. Rogers would be sitting together. The de fendant was accordingly removed from the Justice room ; but as soon as he entered the outer office, coming again in contact with his wife, he wrested himself eat of the constable's hands, and with all the unbridled rage of a madman, struck her two violent blows on the face, and stretched her almost breathless on the floor; and Was then about to make a similar attack upon his fancied rival, till he was seized by the officers, whose most strenuous efforts it required to drag him again before the Magistrate, who ordered him to be handcuffed behind his back, and in that situation taken to the watch-house. The wife complained of the groundless mistrust with which he watched all her actions; of Nis habi tual ill-treatment of her ; and that she was constantly in terror of her life from his violence, and, she had no doubt, his murderous intent. James protested against any dishonourable con nexion or illicit intercourse with the woman ; and said that on the evening in question, she being his washer-woman, he called at her room in the company of another person for his linen. The defendant insisted, that if this were the case, it was somewhat strange that every time he went home he should find him (James) with his wife; and that at different periods for some months back he had received several letters from him, insulting him with instances of his wife's infidelity, and threatening, if he took the slightest angry notice of it, to give him a good sound thrashing. Mr. ROGERS—'Tis not for the magistrates to in quire into the unfaithfulness of your wife. She must be protected from violence by the law. You are, I believe, a dangerous fellow; and you have given manifest proof of your violence even in the pre sence of that justice by which you arc sure to be punished. 1 shall, therefore, fine you in the penalty of .si. Defendant—Your worship, I shall never offend in a like way for the fUture ; and this very night I was going to Manchester, were it notfor this un fortunate job. Mr. ROGRRS—Take him oat, and let him be locked up. It is no more than eight or ten days ago since the defendant and James were mutually bound over, at this office, in their own recognizances to keep the peace towards each other. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday James Sterens, alias Robert Stanity, was finally examined by Mr. RAWLINSOX, under a charge of felony, brought home to him by the fol lowing extraordinary means : On Friday, the 24th ult., the honesty of the pri soner appeared doubtful to Mary Ann Bull, wife of a journeyman carpenter, 16, Upper Radii - nine-place, Oxford-street, who saw him selling a pair of silver gilt salt-spoons, a shawl, and some children's clothes of superior quality, to a Jew in' the street. On Wednesday last, she saw him in the same place, offer to sell two silver table-spoons, and two dessert ditto, to, she believed, the same Jew. The prisoner asked 16s. for the lot, and the Jew offered 10s., and for want of change for a sovereign, they walked towards Tottenham-court-road together, and she followed them on the road, when they met Bar ridge and Dutch, officers of this establishment, and a crest upon the spoons having strengthened her sus picion that they were stolen, she desired the officers to take the prisoner into custody. The spoons be long to the Hon. Frederick Dudley Ryder, and the prisoner acknowledged that he stole them from the house of his noble father, the Earl of Harrowby, in Grosvenor-square, where for many years he had been employed to clean shoes and knives, and assist in other kinds of work. The prisoner was very inso lent at first after be was apprehended,' and told Dutch, the officer, who found a shirt of superior cloth upon his back, belonging also to the Hon. Mr. Ryder, that " a poor man had as much right to wear a good shirt as a gentleman, if he could get it." He also gave, and was committed for ro-examination under a false name, which occasioned some difficulty in the New Prison, Clerkenwell, yesterday morning, for he had himself forgotten it. The property was identified by William Alex ander, one of Mr. Ryder's servants, and the prisoner was committed to Ne,vgatn for trial. . • GERMAN PAPERS. (From the Allgenieine Zeitung of the 24th ult.) AUGEBURC;II, OCTOBER 23. —The Courrier de Srntirne continues with increasing bitterness its at. tacks on the President of Greece. In a late num. ber it says :—" The President, who like St. Louis, ought to administer justice under a tree, is almost invisible in the interior of his Palace. It is not without great difficulty that admission to him can be obtained, and even during the audience the impatient look of the President ahem; that his time is too valuable to listen to the applications of private persons. On his recent return to Egitia, the President undoubtedly perceived how public opinion judges of the acts of his Government. He wairre ceived in gloomy silence,and the discontent which was evident in every countenance was a convincing proof that the people were disappointed in their hopes. This coldness did not escape him, and .three days passed over before he admitted any person to his presence. The whole nation, and particularly Ypsi lanti's troops, are eager for the convocation of u na tional assembly. The President, in order to pacify them, has promised to convoke the Assembly next month, if circumstances will permit,"but no prepara tory steps have been taken. Th e appointment of Demogerontes, who are to exercise a direct influence in the choice of the Deputies, is making in the mean time everywhere, in the same manner as in Syra, where Vittrio Capo d'lstria laid the list before the electors, so that the election has been made conform.. ably to his directions. In Hydra, Laz. Conduriotti, Orlando, and a third pelson of the same family, have beets elected. If a municipal administration is to he really useful to the country, the opinion of the nation must be consulted; if this is not to he done, the Government would hare done much better not to call Greece a free State, and to have it governed by commissaries invested with the most extensive powers. At Syra the greatest confusion prevails; violent disputes have arisen between the tiemo gerontes of the lower and those of the upper town, who wish to impose all the burdens en the natives, and to let foreigners go free, so that the former, who are not able to enforce the rights of their fellow Christians, intend to resign. The sanitary regulations, which are still enforced, are a real burden to the people, and increase . their discon• tent and misery to the highest degree. Napoli is a desert in consequence of them, and trade wholly an nihilated. The produce of the taxes is divided among the Corfiote officers, of whom a number have arrived. Only a few days ago a petition was pre sented to Vier° Cape d'lstria, signed by the majo rity of the inhabitants of the island, in which they represent that the sanitary state of the island was newer better than it now is;. that the long quaran tine hinders their trade, which is their only means of support; that the working classes are without employment, and almost starring. Vied° Capo d'lstria tore the petition, declared the petitioners enemies of legal order, and threatened the deputies with the anger of the Government. FRANKFORT, OGFOBER 20.—1 n the negecia- tions of the late Commercial Congress at Cas eel, the Electoral Government, which, of all the vet, States that tak e p ar t i n th e commercial tot ton of central Germany, has the highes t of duties, is said to have declared itself tai o to moderate it, b ot t h at i t cannot - fix the . t for doing so, certain financial roettiorei beidg wt gnired, which shall he prepared in the i n ter will elapse before the meeting of the 54 Congiess. I , THE 51, :; reek: 11 11 1 Y Tolls Hun. ik -11 ` "I Rags ( P itt Hund i :to 'now Thous 4thtHuae T o b e 4 lis kford, g+ei t , b y ui uto 31st O Pg ar oples , 1444 t be pro i ti „.;a 4 kuA SHIPPING INTELLIGEANCS. LivnuPoot, m il THURSDAY, ()cr. 30.—Wind 22 minutes past four.—Arrired the Brothurst Sholl; from Denia ; Daniel lll'Master, —, from .1 11 "'" ire Dee, Wright, from Lanc.ister ; Ieal:ella, Biirro" l ' u oit ditto; Highlander, Stott, from Mobile ; Reliance' l from Trinidad. THE MARKETS. 4 ' 41 4 Tte - . 44 del. (From th e L on d on N ew P r i ce Current of Fle 4 4 th e Iv r' „oil t ,. . Per Su GA K. —The demand fOr Alliscovades has beenoill .'"B behal during the week ; the cause of the stagnation in t Pe r lig is ascribed t o t h e l ate extensive transactions, an d fa U' 00 time of paym en t, if purchaseswere made this weadrt,tie 84 turd; due late in D ecem b er, w hi c h i s the most unfavourlPL t$ tif ; ALE as to money. Th e total sales of this week, inals_Adv° -fr day 2,600 hhd s ., and to-day there i s m ore deron'eell T' 4 t 4 Nats. picas are fully supp or t e d, notw i t h standing the I.s.i e .0, 4--- i . The 1 appearance of th e mar k et . Th e Sugars 620. A u r.i i. 00 I,l 4l iWorr rather higher and very scarce . I n t h e Refined maiiir,o , 7.--The I are rather exten s i ve transact i ons, and all goods are l p f is'i Jiete,lfo; higher; low lumps for export have been partie: 4l ; l f , quired alter, and the ;wives r,onti nue progressively ad v t ro er r -. A a all the fine goods are taken off freely as they are 'OOl TEA, forward. Bastards have been heavy and rather LAM Crushed are more inquired alter. Molaa.es are ao- ~:)4 R 3 ' ~ late decline. , , D tiot i i IENI It Irie•T INDIA iihreasses..--Wast India Molasses ...-b.ol7,!iii,r-lfAl shill, the last sales reported are small; the. stock ' i tla reep o . ; Ily 141 . ins t e 4,931 casks. Foal:role Sticans....-The only purchase of Fore* ' Ls li .4l.rii e : t gars this week is about 200 cheats flayannah, go d 114 -114 a anshi to fine yellow 335. 6d. a 37e. Eater lenta SuGans.—l3y public sale this week' ',' at' - the bag 8 ! o iN W " browns nriti7' S a t t ig fi a i former e t r il ;r n ice ' s o , le th s e ol g d ood wi y t e h ll ) o u w t bi l 't i- esle l '.l.lo '. (11 : : 1 4' 1:; 11 1 firm, and rather higher, 1,311 bags Siam gsg' i lt, kvi,,,, , to 4, brought for war d, so ld ; l ow to good wh i te, 325. 6d *.10,. 10 0)1 For Bengal th ere was li tf l e i nqu i ry, the buyers ei7tr parcels of the August East India sale being Avoid ''. ' ",,* s market on account of the heavy prompt. 110 Corran.—The Coffee M a rkt hat remained far° jsrl g a„ ' • A I D' week, the demand appears to be still increaeingi i i i ji- 1 4 . amer4 parcel of fine ord. coleury Brazil was offered, sn't o rtr. ,Lis reel small proportion met with buyers at 395, ord. broWn:atit t 'ir Paddo rang sold at 354., some St. Domingo sold at 375., ~ ? ,4 0 2..' 0: 1 4 / 1 01i1 I price was reftmed for a large parcel; the ord. Jaltur i ;je d . I , ti of E ; more inquired after at advancing prices. By Piih': , o f I ,,!_iretit of this forenoon 276 packs British plantation, chi 2ll L l ` l 4 Ti :Price parcels of Jamaica, forming no criterion of the MarA7 A : ' f t 6 eid • t 287 bags good ordinary brown small been Havaits'Ste . t l i Nloce ) L latter taken at 37s.—The pnrchasee of Coffee this, vr'o ellidetails about 1,000 casks Jamaica, chid), at Is. advance; about -41 .„ kph, packs Demerara arid Berbice, some of the latter P_ .. ,' ; tttMia , to good middling 71s. a 81 s. ; 344. bags Satua r 'se / J ittli d 2,000 bags Brazil, a few low fine ordinary at Sg 4 '',oo l above 1,000 bags dansaged sold 265. 6d. a 36e. 6th , low good ordinary St. Domingo sold at 365. 6d. /. 1 Ru m, BR .1, NDY, AND HOLLA NDS. L eew ard i ) Rum has been very firm this week, owing to the a d in British Spirits and Corn, lint the transactions Ar e fp limited, a few proofs 2s. 4d., and I over at 2s. 54 i ,' • it 4 milieu Rums arc still neglected. Brandies are inti v , fl quircet after, and are higher. In Geneva there alteration. At a late hour to-day very extensive ripo action; in Brandy transpired; the melee areabve;o puns., chiefly low Cognacs about 2s. 7i1., and in 1340L 0 at 2s. 3d. ; the extraordinary circumstance of . r.ie being at a lower price than Rum, appears at lengt.4 7 1. attracted attention ; the advance in Brandy is fully Jr gallon. kt R e Aucti ail rw, Very c , )rr t, Ltfull .". . 1 / 4 ''PECI k ( 4 4° Z f b Y 1" k,:tec t , it , n of . ud at „ N k raclAnt, Flaurlion sce: an , k a. an ea.: ilrAtr, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The demand Ag i t e l ? has rather i ncrease d t hi s wee k, an d t h e pr i ces are I' fie higher, with a mor e titm appearanc e . In Hemp 6r i d there is little alteration.—For delivery, last prke were, Tallow, delive r y l as t t wo months, Ws. ed. 0, 9d., shipment on or before Sept.oo, 386. 6d. to SOt v , per cwt. H e mp, s hip men t on or before S e pt. $O, 0 WooL.—The pnblie sales of Wool, and the late 10 sire imports, have occasioned a heaviness in th e /d i market ; German d escr i pt i ons are lower on account 0 04 manufacturers having lately turned their attention 10 Spsuisk. C , rrox.—The purchase of Cotton for the week e'Ai,, het night incl us iv e , cons i s t ' o f 60 B enga l , Sid- 11"514 2,300 Surat, 314. a 51d. ; 3,700 ditto (public sale)? 40 a 41,1. ; 40 Madras, 41d. a 4-Id. ; 100 Pare, 6 i h d 4( 6l New Orleass, 'did, ; 150 Boweda, 61 a 60 ; 210 010) India (public sale), 61d. ; 120 Cartbageni(pablie • 4FI. a 4id. r n . 0 i 1 . , fr SALTrRTAE.-There is ra th er more denim... , —r, pr. .4,41 • petre, and some pu rc ha ses w e re yesterday repo—% I price, which had fallen to 255:, is again en the adval l .,_ to T iBICCO.—The demand f or Tobacco appears s hed's have revived ; about 300 blids. hare been sold, 0f.. /( p arl the greeter proportion is Virginia, at Sid., and li ! r ecit i since resold at sp. ; the other purchases are small / 4 by the trade at very full prices. , :',‘ Rice.—ln Rice several sales are' reported; Pi rl ' e le i l l mid. Whit e Bengal Rice sold at 165., and email Carolina at 495. it 4 Srlces.—There are f ew t ransac ti ons t o repor t, l e o to the hold ers generally askiag higher p r ima. se „ sales of Pepp e r h ave t a k en p l ace. . Pi mento °" . 0 ' quality 9d. ° _tr . 11 4 ' j TEA.-The operations o f th e mar k e t t hi s w e vro. been twatined to a few Twankeye at id. profits a - i few low Congous at a little discount. rell en ° ,Ijilt43o nnn 44 e ° ton] V' t o a eitdi n 7 : 11 va r th i h .v 4 GLls 1 4,:thi n g 4,,,d . ft 1 °: FRUIT.-the undermentioned descriptio ns o f ne o ",,, were off e r e d by p u bli c sa l e — v i e . 12 , 365 drums "` fu Turkey Figs, part of which only were sold at SO P ' o f large drums, and 565. to 595. for small; 700 ems!' dt l t, u li' Sultana Raisins s old a t 70 s . ; 4 00 drums red Stnyrn 3 ei sins Of an inferior quality sold from 455. to 168, a s 16 barrels C t r a b ourna R a i s i ns at 50s. ; 560 boxes, 2604 1,0 and 760 quartet, boxes 51useatell Raisins (hunch), a° ) 4 l ' quart er b arre l s J or d an Almonds were all bought inn t bji prices. A pircel of new Currants from Cephalon ia or been s o ld p r i vate l y . N ew D en i a R a i s i ns ma i nta in t t he Ciqn, prices, but new Valentias have been sold 2s. less tlid a tio n &fetquotations of last we e k. Th e arr i va l s o f ever y i d tlk of new Fruit c onti nue ver y ex t ens i ve; an d b e i n g fr .,i e ti earlier than, usual, and the import ers sh ow i ng an o 'oo l Csol. to effect sales, has created an unusual bustle in the n' s " 41; 4 tui ( at this period. die' ;; tit N),. '1 PI IxniGo.—The East India Company's sal e of p e r treat t ; which commenced o n the 14th i ns t an t, t erm i na ted Y es 6 Bl tik day ; it contained originally 11,401 cheats, of whieh l LeJ CI V ALV sheets were withdr a wn, an d 58 ' c h es t s termed (being ;sla q - SIVE above their value.) The qnantity actually exposed ,FtgP was 9 662 chests. Th e sa l e went throughout P 7 ,. 1 0 " kuUlit mush animation (with excep ti ons o f t wo d ays ) at v e d p Q &sing dermeati one d advance on th e July sa l e ' s prices, viz..- - gel, kal tan , fine shipping sorts 3d. a 6d. per lb. ; good ditto 6d• per lb. ; middling, ordinary, and consuming 91 a 1.,„,‘ per lb. ; .Madras and Oude 6d. a 9d. p er lb. Th e k, 1 4 11 . re prictors hare bought in about 1,000 chests. iNY, Con 151511 PROVISIONS.-.There are no alterations in P r knalt Y sions this week. Droe. Pnittree awd PM11.1614A0 by MVRDO YO-UNG, Stw Ortl.e, 112, - &tRAN-1), Le? ovv• ran tte ' t t(t r] On the 30th nit., at Kilburn, the l a dy o f James N tu the c Esq., of a son. Rant on the 13th ult., at Florence, the lady of Sir Fled"' 4, 41 i Bart., of a soa. d i st' veal Os the Sint tilt., at Claption, the lady of Captaia's tt Noar Ride, of the Hononrahle East India Company's sec/ic e ' e ty earo dangliter. no ut oec MARRIED. at I On the 30th u lt. a t S t . M ar k' s Ch nto h , Kenai"' c ti ' by the R ev . Samuel Wix, Mr. Frederic BlaksleY . '„ - il / 4 . -4 1r. • ilishopa g at e . s t ree t- w ithi n , to H arr i et A nne , e ld est (104.iltern of A. L. Pf e il, En., of Wembley-hone, Harrow, t t On the Sint ult., at Christ Church, Marylebooe, bY Rev. Thornton Powys, Fellow of St. John's College , °I ford, Lient.-Colonel Muttl e b nr y, C. 8., be Mrs. ,t` for late of Caaventlish-place, Bath. 4 1.4 d . On the 2. sth ult. at St. Mildred ' s in the Ponitrr , 31 "old t W. H. Inglis, of Islington, to Jane, daughter'of .0 4 brhit t 11 • Lit Jeffery, of Gheapside. DIED. a i y) tl l e g On the 26th ult., after a lingering illneos of nearly , 4 4) 404 years, at Rickingliall, in the eonnty of Suffolk, Belies 0 4 falca te hats, dittight-x of John and Beliza Oldham, late of bird-street, London, in the 51. th year of her age. 'Ned At a" Pat At Richmond-hill, on W e d nes d ay , th e Sloth 0e4., 191 ' to bells Roe,dry, of Audley-squar e , r e lict of the late Arbl' i ' •'( l 4 Bartholomew Ro w l e y. ii • r t 1 .44 t 4 R0t E On the 29th u lt., i n L on d on , th e R ev . W m . Hi"'P o l o, an hate of Oriel Csllege, Oxford, Ind 0 441 i, Mtn of Edward Ilugh o s, E sq ., o f Sineeth-hill House, P - o f R Q vi z On the 24th ult., at Watford, Mrs. Barons, witlo 6 ' the late Denham Barons, Eng. On the 20th ult., at Toulon, Rana. Admiral Collet_:,"