The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS, It gives us much satisfaction to announce the arrival of Donna Maria da Gloria, Queen of Portugal, 'at Falmouth, on Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock. Her Majesty was 19 days on the passage, having left Gibraltar on. the sth inst., in the iniperatriz Brazilian frigate of 40 guns. For the particulars of the young Queen's approach to the shores of England, and of the honourable and manly reception prepared for her by command of his Majesty, we refer to our Tac counts from the s p o t. The Royal sa l ute f rom the men-of-war and batteries at Falmouth, when the Royal standard . of Portugal was hoisted at the main of the imperatriz, must have been most grateful to the loyal attendants of the infant Queen ; it being, as alleged, the first positive as surance received by them that the British Go vernment had resolved to act upon a full sense o f what was due to the dignity of the allied crowns of Great Britain and Portugal, and at once to acknoWledge the Royal title conferred by Don Pedro, and by the law of settlement contained in the charter, on his offspring. The personal security thus afforded - to the lawful Sovereign of Portugal, by England, and the re cognition of her sovereignty, thus proclaimed, we dwell upon with heartfelt pleasure as events of great importance to British interests and cha racter, in she present state of Europe. There are circumstances in action which we need not allude to, but which may very shortly illustrate the advantage of having, on this occasion, dealt justly towards our friends, and formidably towards those who do not deserve our friendship. So far as principle : and right feeling are concerned, his Majesty's Go vernment has repaired much imputed wrong; and ensured a great deal Of future be nefit, by thus, though tardily, acting up to their professions at the close .of the last se3sion of Parliament. His Majesty, on proroguing Par liament, was pleased to declare, that his course of policy in relation to Portugal should be go verned by the decisions of Don . Pedro. That was 'a distinct acknowledgment of Don Pedro's right to retrieve, in his own way, the misfor tunes and disgrace which his august house and faithful people had suffered from the unnatural treachery of his brother. The Emperor of Brazil now sends his daughter to Europe 'to claim her crown, and issues proclamations to her subjects, _requiring and exhorting them to quell she wicked usurpation. The Government of England their redeems its pledge. It obeys the voice of friendship, justice, policy, honour, and humanity. It receives royally the heiress of its ancient ally, distinctly recognizes her succession to the Crown of Portugal, vindicates the mea sure of. withdrawing its Minist e r f rom t h e usurper's den,' and brands Miguel as a traitor and an outlaw. We have said that this manly policy of our country relieves both Government and people from a thousand embarrassments, as to questions of public right. For any practical consequences which may arise froin it, if England should be hereafter called upon to follow up her judgment on.the case now submitted to her, by deeds instead of declarations, every man in pub lic life and private must prepare himself for such appeals to the energy of his character ; and our allies need little fear, that where good faith and honour are implicated, the brave people on whose protection they repose will abandon them. Tunes. The Evidence appended to the Report of the Committee on the Civil Government of Canada is exceedingly instructive, with respect to the consequences which flow frem the establishment of a Government founded on corruption. The contiguity of the United States . of North ATUe rica, with the Institutions of which the witnesses are all familiar, and to which they constantly refer, has- here been of infinite advantge. We have on the one hand Institutions of the most simple nature, leaving the inhabitants at full liberty to make the most of their situation, and limiting their activity only When it would trench on the just rights of others; and under these Institutions we see the . people happy and pros perous, and advancing with an unheard-of rapi dity in the career of improvement. On the other hand, we see a country equally .favoured in soil and climate unable to avail itself of its natural ad vantages, by the obstacles opposed by a Govern-, ment with interests hostile to those o f the inha- blunts, and distracted besides by the jealousies produced by the intolerance. of a hierarchy to which the great majority do not belong and never can be attached, and the grants to which, by im peding cultivation, render it still more an object of dislike. Mr. Edw. Ellice, .who inherited the last seigneury bordering upon. Upper Canada, called Beaukarnois, was anxious, under a clause passed at' his suggestion in the Canada Trade Act in 1822, and under the Canada Tenures Act passed in 1825, to avail himself of their provision s with respect to his lands. But he found all manner of difficulties thrown in his way by the local authorities, between which and the Colonial Department at home ho was bandied about so that he saw at last all further attempts were hopeless„.... ,, The difficulty," he says, " arose from a very general cause of diffi culty in that country -tea dread on the part o r the local authorities to act upon their own responsibility, complai n i ng of defec tive instructions from home ; and this -aggravat ed by a perpetual reference ba c k wards and• forwards, from the Government to . the - C o l onial Secretary, in the hope that they might at last agree upon the means of executing th e provi. • mons of the law. In my•apprehension, epr9. vision in the -Act of 1822 was sufficiently clear for a Government that would have acted with any promptitude and energy,and would have . felt interest in the object view." Mr. John Neilson, a native of .Seotland,. who has been thirty-seven y ears in Lower Canada, re presented in the House of Assembly the County of Que bec f o r t e n y ears , a nd one'el the Canadian e putiO, a very sensible and candid witness, gives • 'Very -valuable evidence as to the working of the system. Several -of the questions put to this witness indigate, on. the part - of those who put them, an'earoest wish to find out some substi tute for honesty and • justice, which might satisfy the Canadians • • • , conceiving, no doubt, that the . perfection of G overnment is to devise means for pillaging, and at the same time blinding, the Feople But the unfortunate neighbourhood of the United States! " I do not think (he says) that the township people, or :any other portion of the people of-Lower • Canada, would like t o see a departure from the general principle, that the number of Representatives ought to be pro portioned ,to ~the number of qualified electors." On what , ground would it be uns a f e " I think it is unsafe to deviate., in a matter of that kind, so greatly froin the privileges the people enjoy ist the adjoining :States; the people in Canada think they are entitled to pri.: vileges nearly corresponding • with those which I exist on the other, side of the Line ; .and I do not think it is safe for this Government to de. . , viate too much with respect to popular privi leges from what exists in the United States of North America."—" If you were to be convinced that the practice which has been described exists in the neighbouring country, should you think that there is any ground of danger in adopting it in Lower Canada ?" "It is not very likely that 1 should be convinced on that subject ; there may be something that I am not aware of, but I am almost certain that there is nothing that authorises a departure from the principle laid down in all the American Constitutions I have seen ; but even if it were so, 1 do not think it is fair ; I think it is essential that justice should exist every where. I think it is the foundation of all Government and all security,."--" There is one thing that is desired to give them which they have in the United' States, and that is the power of regulating their own little concerns, which I conceive contributes very much to the prosperity of the United States ; every district of country regulates matters of common com mon - convenience, such as roads and bridges. What can be done by an individual is clone, but what cannot be done by an individual is done by a common effort of the whole community, as de termined by the majority; whereas, in the town ships • they can get nothing done without delays and expenses. . . With us, a man must make a journey to Quebec ; he must 'go to a•great expense ; he must bow to this man, and bow to that Man; and rap at this door and at that door, and spend d a y s an d 'weeks to effect a little improvement of a road, of counnon con venience to a district ; whereas, all that is done in the United States without going out of his own small district." Mr. Neilson's evidence is peculiarly instructive - as to the necessary con nexion between a dominant Church and 'mole rance.—" Do you - consider the present state of the Clergy reserves, as having had a very unfortn nate effect upon the religious peace, and the general harmony and good will of the population of Canada towards one another ?"—" Yes, if' that were the only, cause, things would not have been so bad as they are ; they, no doubt, are the present bone of contention, but a contention con nected with religion has been going on a con siderable time, and it originated altogether, in my opinion, in the pretension which has been set up by the Church, of having•an exclusive establishment in Lower Canada." " Are there any religious animosities between the Protestants and Catholics in Lower Canada ?—No, not among the people generally ; but there has been a good deal of apprehension on the part of many Catholics since 1817; the whole Government and Legislative Council being in the hands of Protes tants, and particularly of our Church ; the Corpora lion that was to manage the schools happened to be of the same description, and they attempted to establish these schools all over the province. Some of the Catholics imagined that it was a kind of pro selyting plan, and it raised some jealousy. Are the Committee to understand, from what you have said, that if both the Protestant and Catholic reli gions are protected in their establishment in that country, and there is no appearance of any design on the part of Government to ;nfringe on the rights of one or the other, that you do not apprehend that there will be any religious animosities between Pro testants and Catholics in the Province of Lower Canada ?—I should think so. It was not till 1821, upon the rejection of the School Bill sent up by the House of Assembly, giving the direction of the Schools severally to the Clergy of all religious deno minations, that there did seem to break out any great jealousy on the part of the Roman Catholics. That confirmed them in the jealousies which they probably had internally before, on account of cer tain instructions already mentioned; but then they burst forth to a great extent ; since that time they have gone on increasing, but they did not believe, nor do they yet believe , _ that the Government of this country was at the bottom pf it ; they generally thought that it was something started in the Co lony, and it has.not, in consequence of that, got to so great a height as it would otherwise have got, for amongst the body uf the people at this present moment, no man asks whether his neighbour is a Catholic or a Protestant ; there are Catholics and Protestants in the same family and neighbourhood, and all living in perfect .harmony. -In truth, no country was ever more exempt from religious animo sities than Lower Canada has generally been during the 37 years I have resided there. Are there an' attempts to proselyte on the part of the Catholi'c Church ?—No; / think they arc the least proselyting people that ever I leave seen. I have been frequently at the houses of the Clergy, and they never talk to you about religion; generally the Canadian Roman Catholics shun every_ conversation about religion. Are the Catholic Clergy much respected by their flocks generally ?—They are respected, I believe, by every body in the country : I have never heard any body speak ill of them generally." Mr. Edward Ellice, speaking of the Catholic Clergy, says, " I think it necessary to state, that when I talk of the claims of the Roman Catho lic Clergy in Canada, I do not believe a more liberal, benevolent, or charitable body of Chris. tian Ministers exists in any country, or one whose conduct and habits are more exemplary or praiseworthy; and I am persuaded they will be found at all times disposed to lend themselves consistently with the interests of their religion and church, to every measure for the improve ment and advantage of their country." ' What a pity so promising an attempt to found a system of Orangeism should have been -fruStrated by the contaminating notions of .the United States. The -poor Catholics of Canada would have been • admirable subjects for perSecution.—Morning Chronicle. The aggregate of the estates and other pro perty belonging to the various City Companies is, we believe, enormous. Besides large pro perty in the City itself and in and about the metropolis, several of them •• • . possess whole towns, and nearly whole counties, in . Ireland, as gran t s made t o t h em out of the forfeited estates. An idea begins to be entertained ( an d we on l y won der th a t i t h as b een that the income s deri s v o d long in springing .up) are not made of quite e so much from these properties general use as they might be, and that, o • i on the contrary,• what are called the Co urts Assistants of some of the Companies not only monopolise a ll th e goo d Select things, but th a t, like Vestries, they con trive to nominate eac h usher, , and so k eep b ot h the and pro power, patronage,in on e select chan nel, to the manifest inju r y of the great body of freemen, to whom they belon g , and - for whose benefit these good things were equally intended. The Civic body are, as w e all know, mighty re formers of the state; and :so some , are eof these Companies. But need we t e ll t h em that the best earnest of their sincerity would l b e to beniti their reform at home ? and we confcss that ° we should think much more highly of civi c pa triotism, were we to see it first employed in ;;et tin its own house in order,before it sets .ab out tinkering the State. SOme of the freemen .of the Fishmongers' Company, have, we perceive, set on foot all investigation into, their concerns, for which we highly applaud them.; and we trust tlat their desire for information will be met by - itioSe who have the management of the p_any's. concerns with readin ess an d openness. Where there is nothing to conceal, or nothing which requires alteration, every pait of a system may be exposed to open day; and it is to be ' hoped, that other Companies, whose affairs may hitherto have been, with no bad intention, con cealed from the mass of those whom they con cern, will voluntarily anticipate a disclosure, which will • otherwise be forced upon them.- - Morning Herald. The recognition of the Queen of Portugal by the Government of this country, as the sole legi timate Sovereign of Portugal, naturally gives rise • to the question whether any steps will now be taken by it for the purpose of aiding her in-the recovery of her lost rights. There are treaties we understand, in existence between this country and Portugal, which would go far to authorise such a step ; but unless the temper of the Go vernment has been greatly altered by the mani fest feelings of all parties, both here and on the Continent, respecting its past conduct towards Portugal, we fear that there is but little chance of advantage being taken of them for the attain ment of such a righteous purpose. On the contrary, we believe it to be the intention of the Government simply to recognise Donn a M ar i a as the lawful Sovereign of Portugal —t o abstain from any correspondence with Don Miguel, in his assumed dignity of King, and to wait the result of - the negotiations which the persuasive Strangford has been commis sioned to enter upon with his Imperial Majesty of the_ Brazils. The mere circum stance of' the recognition of her Majesty by the crowned heads of ,Europe (for the Ambassadors of France and Austria have instructions to pay their Masters' respects to her in that capacity), will not, however, be .without its use. It will revive the drooping spirits Of the Portuguese ConstittitiOnalists—strike terror into the heart of the Usurper and his adherents, and stamp any expedition which may be fitted out in the ..name of her Majesty, with-a legitimate character,whicb no other circumstance could have conferred on it. There are at present, in this country, not fewer than three thousand. Portuguese Constitu tionalists—not only willing to embark their lives and fortunes in behalf of her Majesty, but train ed to the use of' arms. There are many thou sands in Portugal of' whom the same account may be given ; and we are not, therefore, with- out sanguine hopes that the reign of the Usurper way still be limited to one short year,—the throne, which he has. diSgraced,• - filled by the lawful Sbvereign,and the .Charter, which he has abolished, restored to the country over which he. has so senselessly and cruelly tyrannized.— Moriring Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Mr. William Lewis Hanson, a surgeon, residing in Norton-street, New-road, was brought up from the watch-house of St. Mary-le-Strand, charged with haVing attempted to pass a forged 5/. note of the Bank of England, at the house of one Isaacs, a Jew brothel keeper, in Eagle-court, Catherine-street, strand. Sarah Reynolds, one of the "dress girls" of Mr. Isaac's establishment, deposed that she met the defendant in the Strand, about ten o'clock on Thursday night. He in sisted upon seeing her home, and she brought him to Mr. Isaacs', when the gentleman gave her a 6/. note, and de sired her to get it changed. Mrs. Isaacs took the note, and gave the gentleman four scnereigris and a pound in sil ver. In a short time, however, she returned with the note in her land, saying it was a forged one, and desiring the gentleman to return her the change. The gentleman refused to do so, and Mr. Isaacs then requested him to put his name to the note, which he also declined to do ; and Mr. Isaacs having sent for Edwards; a constable, charged the prisoner with attempting to pass a forged note, and he was taken to the watch-house. The note was here produced, and was immediately pro nounced genuine by Sir R. 131RNIE. Mr. Hanson then stated, that 'instead of ,being the de fendant, he ought to have been the complaining party ; and if the constable of the night had done his duty, he would have taken his (Mr. Hanson's) charge against MN. Isaacs for an assault, with intent to rub bin,. He then explained, that when Mrs. Isaacs returned with the note, saying it was a forged one, he assured leer it was genuine. He declined, however, to endorse it with his name and ad- dress, as he did not wish to expose himself in such a place. When Mrs. Isaacs expressed a wish to have her money again, he said he had no objection, but expressed some doubt, that if he gave her up the gold and silver, she would still retain the note; upon which she dropped upon her knees, and used the most solemn protestations, which she called the great Jehovah to witnees, that she would restore him (the defendant) the note • the instant he handed her the money. He foolishly partCd with the money upon those conditions, when Mrs. Isaacs told him he was an impostor, and refused to give him up the note, alleging that it was a forgery. The defendant said lie then at tempted to snatch the note from the hand of Mrs. Isaacs, who flew upon him with the fury of a tigress, and assisted by the girl Reynolds, and a servant-woman, who bran-: dished a poker, not only assaulted him in the most violent manner, but attempted to rob him of his watch, which. was pulled from his fob and fell upon the floor. He was then taken to the watch-house, and though he ex plained the case both to Edwards the constable, and Shiel,-the constable of the night, the charge of Mrs. Isaacs was taken in preference to his, owing to an evident un derstanding which existed between Mrs. Isaacs and the constables. Mr. AIINSHULL was sorry to observe that such things, to the disgrace of parish constables; were but too common. The defendant, it appeared, having more money than wit, was induced to accompany a female to this house of Isaacs, which was one of . the most disgraceful nuisances in the parish. He there requires change of a 5/. note, and after obtaining it, the money is taken from him, and the note retained under the pretence of its being a forgery. He is then assaulted, his watch taken forcibly from his person; and be is finally sent to the watch-house upon a charge affecting his life. The charge, proceeding as it did from such a disreputable quarter, ought not to have been re ceived, at all events without due inquiry. It did not appear there was the slightest foundation for supposing that the note was forged, and he (Mr. Minahull) would at once dismiss the charge as far as it regarded Mr. Han son, who was at liberty in his turn to become the com plainant._ Mr. Hanson accordingly repeated the statement which he had already made respecting the detention of the note, the manner in which his watch was snatched from his fob, and his person assaulted. A person named Isaacs, who is said to be -a solicitor, warmly defended the conduct of his client, and endeavour. ell by a cross-examination to shake Mr. Hanson's credit. The ardour of this person (Isaacs), drew from Mr. Min shun the observation; that if he could exonerate his client, be would be in no want of employMent amongst the re spectable inhabitants of Eagle -court and White-hartqard. Mr: MrsistruLL then obierved,, that he ought to commit both Mrs. Isaacs and her girl, for an assault with intent to rob. The house which Isaacs kept was a disgrace to the parish, and ought to be indicted. • A respectable inhabitant:of Eagle-court, who carries on the.businesa of a bookbinder, stated, that every night the neighbourhood was alarmed by the-cries of " murder," proceeding front the house of Isaacs; and others of a like description, in Eagle-court. Gentlemen were constantly robbed and ill treated in those houses. On. the night i►l quistien be (the witness) saw the present complainant going up the court with a female, and told him, if he went he would be surely robbed. He paid no attention, how ever, but went on. Mr. MINSHULL said he should feel it his duty to call upon Mrs. Isaacs and the girl Reynolds to find bail for the assault upon Mr. Hanson, and he shinild take care that they were indicted at the Sessions. . Mrs. Isaacs and th e g i l l were th en removed in custody. MARLBOROUGII-STREBT.—Yesterday the coach man of Sir Francis Freeling appeared upon autuniona before Mr. Co*ANI, the sitting Magistrate, to answer thecom plaint of Lord Barham's coachman,.who charged .him with ''' a ntcnllY driving against Lord Barham's carriage"- so as to smash one of the panels, and otherwise much damage the It appeared, by the statement of the complainant, that he tvas driving Lord Barham from Portman-square to dinner in North Andley-street, about. - six o'clock in the afternoon, and just as he had crossed Osford-street from Orchard-street,.and bad got his. horses' 'heads. into North Audley-street, an the other side, but before the carriage had time to follow the horses, the defendant came driving along Oxford-street, towards Tyburn gate, at a rapid rate ; and although there was abundance of room for him in Oxford street to pass on without nearing Lord Barharn's carriage at all, he ran the pole of Sir Francis Freeling's carriage against the side of his. Lordship's carriage, and smashed in one of the panels, to the great injury of the carriage and the great danger of his Lordship, who was inside at the time. A solicitor, who attended on the part of Sir Francis Freeling's coachman, said, that he was instructed positively to state, that the accident, or whatever else it might be called, was entirely owing to the conduct of the complainant himself, who, instead of cautiously and quietly driving, as every coachman ought, in crossing such a public thorough fare as Oxford-street, he suddenly entered that street from Orchard. street at a very fast rate, and dashed across to North Audley-street without at all slackening his pace, or calculating what he was likely to Come in contact with that might be proceeding along Oxford-street at a quick pace too ; and this was exactly the case with Sir Francis Free ling's carriage; and to show bow suddenly the complain ant crossed upon it, Sir Francis's coachman, in a sudden and violent effort which be was on the instant compelled to make to pull up, broke in several places the harness of his own carriage.; but still he could not check the horses in sufficient time to avert the accident altogether. Sir F. Freeling was in his earriage at the time, and so quietly was the defendant driving, that he was not aware of any ap proaching accident, until the shock of the two carriages coining together. It was out of the question, therefore, to suppose that the defendant caused or would cause such a contact of the two carriages by design, or out of any ma licious feeling; and unless this could be shown, the tran saction did not at all come under the provisions of the Act of Parliament on which the summons was granted by the Magistrate. Indeed, the solicitor said, Lord Barham him self, who was in his carriage at the time, had since de.. dared that he .was perfectly satisfied the whole was only an accident. Several witnesses were examined upon both sides, no two of whom agreed in their account of any one.single point of the transaction; and in the end the Magistrate came to the conclusion that the whole affair was really an: accident, and dismissed the case on the defendant's paying 3s. 6d., the costs of the day. . A filthy, sottish, reckless looking tailor, named John Power, residing at No. 111, Men-street, St. James's, was brought to the office in custody of Avis, the officer, under. a warrant, charged with starving and otherwise neglecting his infant child, a fine little bo y about three years of age. Several of the neighbours, 'residing near the house in which the prisoner lives, attended. to give evidence, and it appeared by their statement that the prisoner's conduct to his wife had been so bad, that she was obliged to quit him altogether, and go into service for her Own support ; and . that knowing the evil disposition of the prisoner, she, to secure this, their only child, against want, as the prisoner refused to part with it, allowed him for its support 3s. a week out of her own wages ; 'but that, instead of applying this or any part of his own earnings, as a tailor, to the comforts of the poor child, he generally went from home, about six o'clock every morning, and did not return until 12 o'clock at night, leaving the poor infant all this , time alone in a front room on the second floor, with the door padlocked, so that it was impossible fur it to get out, and the sash of one of the windows always raised and open, to a height that the child could easily fall through into the street. At this open window the child was to be seen crying all day long, and seated on a high stool, sometimes with oue of its little legs dangling out, of the window, and so late as 12 o'clock at night it has been seen in this posi tion, until the neighbours would call to it from the street, or the adjoining houses, and frighten it to make it go in to save it from being precipitated into the street. In this manner was the child left all day without food, unless sometimes with a hard crust of bread, which it was seen striving to eat, and a drink of water, while the prisoner himself passed the whole of his time drinking at some low public-house, or playing at skittles with a parcel of idle 1 fellows like himself. Mr. Cooke, a respectable tailor in the Regent's Quadrant, had - for a long time continued to give work to the prisoner, chiefly to enable him to support this child, notwithstanding the prisoner's idle conduct, and his repeated neglect of the work given to him ; but at last he became so entirely dissolute and idle, that Mr. Cooke could employ him no longer, especially as he learned the manner in which the prisoner neglected the child ; and Mr. Cooke not being able to find the prisoner at home for several days together, he was obliged to have his door broken open some days since to get away some clothes that he had sent him to finish, but which he had never sewn a stitch in. It was also stated that the prisoner had not only pledged every article of wearing apparel belonging!' both to himself and the child, except the few miserablel, rags they had now on, but he had actually taken all the i, feathers out of the only bed left in the place, and sold them, so that there vas nothing left either for himself or the poor child to sleep on, except an empty bed-case, and with scarcely any covering. Avis, the officer, said, that when he went that morning: to execute the warrant, the prisoner refused to let him in,! and threatened to split his bead with a poker which he flourished, if he attempted to enter ; hut at last be (Avis). broke in the dour, when the prisoner least expected it, and secured him while he lay on the bare floor in a state of beastly intoxication, and the poor child was almost naked,' stretched on the floor, in the same apartment. There was not a morsel of food of airy kind ahotrt the place, nor was there even as much as a draught Of water to be seen in it An elderly respectable female, who first came to this' office and gave information to the Magistrate of the situa tion of the child, upon .which the warrant was issued, said , that two days ago, on hearing the poor child crying for food, as it did all day long, until the neighbours contrived to put some in through the window to it, she remonstrated, with the prisoner, on meeting him in the street, on the. barbarous treatment of the infant, but the only notice lie took of her remonstrance was, to spit in her face. For this assault the prisoner was locked up in default of bail, and the child was ordered to be taken care of for the present in St. James's workhouse. The prisoner, who held the child in his arms while he stood at the bar, refused to give it up, and it was only after a violent struggle that the officers succeeded in taking it from him by force. QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday, Mr. John Stubb, of No. so, Red Lion-court, Bermondsey, was brought up in custody before Mr. WHITE, charged with a felony under the following circumstances. The prosecutor, a tradesman at Chelsea, whose name we refrain from nmentioning•for the sake of his family, was ac companied to the office by his daughter. Mr. WHITE inquired the nature of the charge against the prisoner ?_ The coniplainant replied that he charged him not only with seducing his daughter, but afterwards robbing her of her property, and then sending her home in a state of pregnancy, and destitute. Mr. WHITE—What age is your daughter ?—Complain ant-21 years of age. Mr. WHITE—Did she gO to live wish him ?—Colis.. plainant—No, Sir, he took her , away under pretence of marrying her. Mr. WHITE—Do explain the matter a little more in telligibly. . . Complainant—My daughier xesided some time hick with her uncle, an upholsterer in Piccadilly, where she got ac.. quainted with the prisoner, and in May last, he got her away, and they all supPosed.she.was married until yesterr day. They lived together in lodgings near the Regent's Park, and a few days ago he sent her home, since which she had miscarried. He t oo k a r i ng from .her and .pledged it,-and also the greater part of her clothes. Yesterday she con:. fessed she was not married, and he had the prisoner appre:. hended. Mr. WHITE—But it appears they have been living. toge ther as man and wife. Complainant--Yes, Sir, but he made her take au oath ',hat she-would say she was married. Mr. WHITE—The question-is, whether your daughter is not, in some degree, , to blame: a young woman of 21 ought to act with more caution—she is not like a :giddy girl of 15. Complainant—He bat acted a base pact towards my poor daughter, even robbed her of her clothes after seduc.. ing her, and then turned her away : I have now to sup port her, for she has no other_friend. Mr. IYHITL commended the filial affection he evinced to wards his child, and asked the prisoner what he, had to say to the charge. Prisoner--I deny the charge of seducing his daughter. I certainly have lived with her, but I never seduced her but with her consent. I also deny having ever compelled her to take an oath to say she was married ; if I state what is wrong, she is here to contradict roc. 1 endeavoured to make her happy as far as laid in my power, and it was at her own wish she returned !ionic. It was with her con sent I pledged,th e ring, to pay a debt. It is the last of my thoughts ever t o b e h ave in so-dishonourable a manner to her. The daughter did not utter a %%And in rep . y to the pri soner. The Magistrate asked the prisoner whether he intended to marry bil`r• The prisoner replied he did intend it. may be so. There is nothing in •to felony, and the prison e r is dis charged. Ikt r hei h r e . complainant eWasentihTat atni h°:llets • it his daughter then left the offices ACCIDENT IN EXETER-STREET. The ruins of the houses arc now cleared away, and it is asmrtained that no other person hassuffere4. by this digtidful accident. Preparations are also making to pull down the adjoining houses, which at present appear in a very tottering condition. The bricks seem only heaped together without any ce ment whatever, and a number of them are occa sionally falling down, to the great terror of the poor labourers, who used an extraordinary share of exer tion on the occasion. The five persons who were saved from the ruins are now pronounced to be out of danger ; but the young woman, Elizabeth Stokes, still complains of the great pain in her forehead. During the entire of Thursday she was continually making inquiries about her mother, exclaiming, " I know-she was killed—l ant sure she is dead;" but her mind was somewhat calmed by the assurance that she was still living, and in the hospital. Yester day morning, however, she was informed of her death, and became so agitated, that it was appre hended her excitation of mind would affect her health, in consequence of the injury ,her head has sustained. RESUMED INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, the Jury on Elizabeth Stokes and her infants assem bled' at the Bell 'in Exeterstreet, pursuant to ad journment. Before the inquiry commenced, Mr. Roche, who had a Morning Paper in • his hand, rose, and addressing himself to the Coroner said, he was not present at the lir4 part of the in vestigation at the White Bart yesterday; but he perceived it said in the paper he held in his hand that a person now present, who was very fond of notoriety, had stated that it could be proved that the houses in question had been condemned. He (Mr. Roche) now wished to knew if that person was pre pared with proof, because he very much doubted it. Mr., Ford e r, the Vestry Clerk said, he w as th e person alluded to, and if the question had been put in such a mariner as was due from one gentleman to another he would , have answered it; but, as it was not, he should decline Making any reply. The CoitoEo—We have nothing to do with Newspaper reports, though I believe the statement is correct enough.. . Mr. Roche—The declaration, that the fact of the houses having been condemned could be proved was made by a person - who has no other ambitiOn • than Newspaper comment—who lives only upon News paper popularity 7 -and I wish to challenge him to the proof. I defy him to prove any such thing. Mr. Corder—lt is quite clear that there has been gross neglect some where, and I am determined, as . far as my power goes, to sift it to the bottom. • The CORONER—We had better pursue the in quiry. George Heath was morn, and stated that hel ived at No. 15, Exeter-street, and was a Waterman and lighterman. He had been 26 years a fireman in the Phoenix fire-office, and was well acquainted with the _ _ nature of buildings. In July last, seeing a- board out side the house that was the Blackmoor's Head, ad vertising that and the next house to be let, he thought the premises might suit him, and he went and examined them: He found Stokes occupying the Blackmoor's Head. He -then saw that the pre mises were in a dreadful dilapidated state, and told Stokes they were not safe. He went to Mr. Bell, of -No. 10, Oxford-street, the gentleman re ferred to upon the board, and who was agent to the great brewers, Meux and Co. Mr. Roche—How do you know that fact ? Heath—How do I know it ? why, because I was afterwards at the brew-house, and they acknow ledged. it. But I shallnot answer your questions, Sir. You have no right to question me. Witness continued. He told Mr. Bell what a horrid state the houses were in. Mr. Bell said the firm wished ,to let the two houses together for the term of the lease yet unexpired (witness belleved.five years and a half), at 601. per annum. He offered 301., and to lay Out 1001. upon the premises, but the offer was rejected. • CoIiDNER—Do you mean to swear that the build ings- were at that time unsafe ? Witness—l CORONER—Did you tell Mr. Bell your opinion of the state of the houses ? Witness—l did at the time. Mr. Bell (the witness having signed his deposi tion) said, "Should you know Mr. Bell if you saw ?" Witness—lf lam not much mistaken, you are the gentleman. Mr. Bell—You are right there, but I wish you Would confine yourself to the truth. Witness—The truth, Sir ! I do. I never depart from the truth, and .you have no right to say I do. You are a greater man than I am, Sir • but I am as square with the . world as you, thank God. - Abraham 'Attwell lives in Burleigh-street, and is a carpenter. If the houses had been properly . attended to they would riot have - fallen. Witness informed Mr. Roche of the state of the houses. Juror—Did you go over the buildings ? Witness—Yes, nine or ten months ago, and then I went to Mr. Hands, and told him of the state of the premises. When I examined the houses nine months ago I said to a friend who accompanied me " we had betttr get out of this as soon as rissible, or the house may tumble down upon us.". By the advice of Mr. Roche I called upon Mr. Stead, the agent of the Marquis of Exeter, and he told me that the houses were so old that that nobleman would grant no fresh leases. Mr: \Valford, the solicitor to the Marquis, begged the attention of the Jury to this fact, as tending to exonerate his noble employer from blame. Mr. Sturr,.a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Lang ford and Wa'fords, solicitors to the Exeter estate, deposed, that from Lady-day, 1821, until Lady-day, 1828, both inclusive, he received rent for the houses, Nos. 4 and 5, Exeter -street, from the Messrs. Meux and Co. He always considered Messrs. Meux and Co. as the under lessees. Mr. Latham—You never asked my title. Wit ness—No, certainly not ;4 deemed that unnecessary. Mr. Latham was noW sworn.—He deposed. that about the year 1820 the firm of Meux and Co. lent to a man, named Chamberlain, a considerable sum of money, to go into the home No. 5, Exeter -street. It was then a respectable public-house, in good business. As a security for this sum of money (7504), the firm took the deeds, lease, assignments, tcc„ under a warrant of attorney. • A year and a half atterwards the license was taken away. They had endeavoured:to get a renewal of the license, but in vain. • Elizabeth Stokes, the daughter, who was dug out from the ruins, was here introduced. She is an ciceedingly interesting looking young Woman, atid Was nitwit affected. She merely deposed,proloima, to the facts connected with the fall of the buildings, which are already before the public. She is. in a rapid state of recovery. Mr..Wrettch, the comedian, .was passing just at the time the houses fell. He was much agitated at the time. He, however, recollected seeing two figtires, one of which he supposed . to be the unfortu nate carter who was crushed beneath the ruins. His escape was most miraculous. Mr. Bell, of Oxford-street, was not sworn, but he stated that a good deal of what had been said in the previous part of the inquiry relative to the premiies was not strictly - correct.. He never asked the sum stated,.and as to his Clerks, 64 knew nothing about the matter whatever. He never gave all answer to the witness Heath about the premises. He never offered to let them. He could have done so to females out of number. The CORONER here observed that it had not been proved, as he expected it would, that the premises had'been condemned. and after s I eturned : Stokes as called, stated nothing that has plot already been given. some rrh e c Ot C I s o u r l t o a n t e i o r " -- 7‘.‘ That the deceased Elizabeth Stokes and Francis n, tl t t i e i en followingclar g ed verdict i e j t u? v • a , StOkeS died &en) the two honks, Nos. 4 and' .5, Exeter.:sired, hi%iing fallen, occasioned' by ir ie . want of *pairs ; and that the materials of the two houses so: fallen were-moving (a technical *llse), ,to the respective deaths of the said Llizabeth and Frauds stokes; and that the said materials are in the pool!, sion of M essrs . Menai and Co: aforesaid, and of th e ' asSignt:." • The verdict on Neaves was similar. f This verdict, i n . law, makes the whole. ; 0 materials R forfeit to the Crown in the nature °' deodand. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. . . LIVERPOOL. Tir!JRSDAY, Seer. 20. 7 -Wind S.S.E.—High ' '- 1° 15 minutes past twelve.—Arrived the A me lia!, ,P j u t k from New York ; Roston, Mackay, froniltostom; Campbell, from Barbadoes ; Dale, ilobsOn',. Rirkby, Johnson, from Quebec ; Johanna, from Dordt; Bee, Campbell, from Pernarnbuoi low, from Miramichi ; James, 11 " - Miramichi. „ e , I CLEARED OuTwattns.--The T r inid a d P ac ke 4 - A for Trinidad ; Con cor di a , P o t, f or A ntwerp ; Helens, !II; den, ditto; Queen Fisher, Antigua; Mallard; Fienc"' Malta and Trieste. _ MACCLESFIELD AND LEEK. a Macclesfield is twel ve miles.fromlo l :4 runs over hill a n d d a l e , b y a c i rcu i tous road. 'Pa% at Macclesfield was stated to be in a dull w 3 P • there being 1,800 looms in the town and PAg bourhood, only t wo -thi r d s o f w hi c h were jot.„.; ploy. Figur e d an d p l a in s ilk s are t h e c hiell' scriptions pr o d uce d, the f o r mer o f which' B,tsis woven on the French plan. The lighter were formerly woven with two or three w rit si„ g le, o th e r s wi th somany double . threadi,„°l now there is a ma t er i a l difference in - the W% c and quality o f th e s ilk us ed for:them. IPaeh, bandan a s h ave b een th e principal. stay 91 , .... c r: wOrknien for some months,. : _illack,flarcelo nn ?'' are also made in considerablc.quantities; the rich figured work, the weaver may get - fr°;* about 16s. to 20s.weekly, if well employettL ° 3 the plain cloths he inafaVerage there is much waiting for eineS,:ind scarcely less than one-fourth of the handS'arelouf jrll 9l o for .want of material. ,Sonie th e manufaCt? , .here have recently 'adopted a new system, 1 1 1 take in a su ffi cient number of apprentices to ic°, l the whole of their concerna i . which appfentir; at the expiration of:their servitude; will, of ccoii, . be turned ,adrift, to make room for a freskr' and, as workmen and women are . alreadil abundant, it i s p re tty certa i n t h at • man y o f s u apprentices will . not be at all' benefitted. by the initiation into the trade. The 'Men, triayga their parish es ; th e girls will p ro b a bly b e slot: Boned to struggle with, or yield to, the temp tiolis which necessity produces. The silk-00 w ; ing department i s muc h. f a ll e n off; there 31 sixteen or seventeen mills- built for that "pirriiiri se ' now standing still, not a thread being ,pr o duce , from th e m. S ome o f t h e handS are 01'6 3 9 gone to the parish ; some families have bee! brOken up, and their goods sold:; and some ,° them have fortunately turnedto other occupation' Macclesfield to Leek, twelve miles . ; the Sr! six through a finely-cultivated country, abound ing in rich dells and deep shades.--Atone the 'farm-houses a man was' opening"sheaves oats to dry in the sun. - It looked' alrithst thatch ; and he said much in that part was'ititP same state, whilst the hay, harveSt had b,eeu than that of cord. He said the Re c tOt c Oilecr tithe from 23 township's ; he- took. one4eiti k l and, he firmly believed, w o u ld t a k e t h e * b o lo' he could. It was a government cOnceinil they backed the Parson s i n e v e ry t hi ng t h e y Roadi excellent.. An old man' inforiliedrm:e t 4, stone was broken at 10d. to Is. the S'quire'Y 3 . o No Irishmen worked there ;it was . .400 the people of the parish._ pas 4 the river Del o at I.loyhrid g e, and entered - ,Staffordshire, frog whence to L ee k• t h e . land'_ )(Mite high and sterile. Here were many fields o f osl s ' sonic cut, other s uncut , b ut-a ll i n good coo': tion in consequence of the recedit.fine•wear ther'i Leek, one of the cleanest little 10 ‘ 41 '%1 ever visited.—H ere i s eery - outrriera , ' , sigu prosperity,—riot to that degree .*rich' Ork duces uproar and intoxication; contentment, with , sufficiency. TWO„: seem careful of' their money when , it is fiL ten, and do not squander it, as is Often' case in Lancashire. The young: 4 1 1, well ; indeed b e tt er th an I h ave ' st e n then' any where else ; and, to speak truth, their- e ° clothes are not thrown away up on theme TPeifi are in general hand some , an d always ' cleanly neat. Their occu p at i on i s •most. pleasant s'7 womanlike ; and to sec a shop full of these yol women, trickling the little round shuttles throng the riband s , were qu i te su ffi c i ent to.call to mi Andromache and her beauteouS maidens, we 3 :' ing scarfs for their Trojan warriors. I was 01 troduced to one house, and never saw anytl l like it in the residence of a weaver. It' was neat as hands could make it, well fur~tished, an was one of a row of as good-looking houses s t any head clerk in Manchester might be,coute lj to dwell in. The upper room was the workshop, and contained four looms. The master Wool% me that galloons were formerly Is. a piece, sev e te dents wide, and 36 yards long. Now they 3 1 woven at 7d. and 6d. T w el ve wer e Wov Ei e l e at 2s. ld. and fourteen dents at 2s. 5cL said there was much waiting for work, thou when they had work they could do pretty we I understood that a fancy riband weaver, wh e n in work, cou ld earn 25 5 . we ekly, t h e o t h ers abou t l 14s. Within th e. la s t 10 y ears it was. stated 't i l Leek had increased . in 'size one half. Whole _, streets of' new houses liad be en built during at Ahe period, on all sides of the ,tOw n . It was 13,1 j Cheese Fair ; the farmers bring it, in carts, o rt e sell it in the streets. Good cheese obtailie about 3/. the hundr e d, itifeirior ciuslicies 551 bt 6s. Tess. " _ EIRTHg, On the 21th inst., at GospOrt, the lady of Mountfor 0, Brainiey, Esq., of his Majesty's Rifle Brigade, of Vi still-bern. On the 25th inst., in Green-street, Park-lane, Robert Haig, of a 'daughter. ci f On the 22d inst., Mrs. Greatorez, o f Ald erman burP - a son. • c OU the 21st inst., at Tunbridge Wells the ladY ; Aretas Akers, Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., the lady of George Bruin, L's4•' Pentonville, of a son. On the 27th inst., Mrs. William Kew, of New NI Jc , yard, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 2441 inst., at Lewisham, Kent, Mr. Isaac Robson' jun.i, of Earl-street, Blackti•iars, to Mary, second datlgbte r of the late Charles Hepburn, Esq.. On the 17th inst., at Rotterdam, James Macdonald, Eq., of Antwerp, to Mary, third daughter of Alexande r Ferrier•, Esq., his Britannic Majesty's Consul fur Rutter' darn, the Hague, &c. ' , DIED. • On the 22d inst. at York, of apoplexy, in thi sSth yesr of hie age, the Rev. T. H..Backhotise, inctianbeile.of ttie perpetual curacy of Lango, and Minister of St. -Pete; chord), Blackburn, both in the county of Lancaster, *u duntestic cluptain to Lord Howaid di Walden. . On the 25th last., Sarah Blizard, the only child of I% ll ' James Turnbull pell, Of Southville, itr.lier.lOtli year. On the 26th iust., at his house in Jerwyn -street', Tait, Ewl,, aged 73. CPI / plegate, On the 25th inst., at hIS house in Redeiosa.street, CPI / plegate, Mr. Joseph Yallowley, in 'the bad yeat. ofhisig;, PalNTin and Pusuit szn by 111URDO YOUNG;I4IStI;e Suv °nut, 112, 811tAND 'LONDON. Wi ::Nutice t :1)k hai • a $ : ,• 21 1 7.9 If); - all 13, _Cosipt utit of ti *ill b e r , - VIC -1 41 ktitor c , lkod se 4 ' limo .1„ Of TalediA - Atte f 4, e . T 4 IPublis 4111 1 41 i ft ] t. toi ear Lo‘; 9 Y—Str e ng ' `,44,Thrf i • s—Cieteli 9:— Soeie "uciet_: The • ' the usual Music,' ::Pri Ott