The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A meeting of the friends of the Earl of Lonsdale 'took place on the 29th ult. to celebrate his Lord ship's birth-day, when Mr. Hasell—a man of some importance, we believe, by his property, in those parts—addressed the assembly. We do not, in .Falstars phrase, wish the orator a better Lord (for we believe the Earl of Lonsdale to be a very good kind of man), but we do wish the Lord a better orator. Mr. Risen, however, is not jealous of rivals in his art, for he is as anxious to revive tin' bright thoughts of pane7yrists like himself as to pro duce his own; he recalls that happy epithet, which Mr. Pitt sincerely wished had awaked the man who first uttered it, of " Heaven-born Minister." Why did not Mr. Resell, then, call Lord Lonsdale the " Heaven-born Lord"—Lord Lonsdale and the Yeomanry Cavalry the " Heaven-born Yeomanry ?" But we would call a little more attention to this selfsame Wm. Hasell, Esq. than mere derision svoule attract. He styles himself "An Independent Country Gentleman ;" whereas, he is in reality no thing more than a receiver-general of " Heaven born" taxes; to which situation he ,V;IS raised by this very family which he has been just flattering, in consequence of his services ill their elections ;and he may be seen twice a year, with his clerk and ink-horn, riding the county to collect the public money. Nay, he dares not either vote at, or can vass for, elections now, under dread of a penalty of MO/. and forfeiture of office. He cannot exercise his elective franchise as any forty-shilling freeholder is used to do ! And this is being an independent Country Gentleman !--Tirrics. There are now scarcely three weeks before the meeting of Parliament,—an epoch of some import ance to the country, we presume, as well as to the parties into which the country is divided. We hope there will be shown as much firmness by Ministers, as there appears fury on the part of their adversa ries. And yet we have been told there is method in the madness of the latter; for it is said to be pro posed by them,—as the House of Commons indicates more peculiarly the sense and feeling of the people, —not to try their strength there, but to reserve their amendments for the Lords. This, if true, would be to confess that they dare not throw them selves on their country for trial. In the House of Commons all interests meet,—the commercial, ma- nufacturimg, agricultural ; and a decision given, or a judgment passed there, is the result of a common conviction, or the prevalence of a well-combated The Paris Papers contain a long extract from the , 11ctrian Observer, in vindication of the conduct of that Government during the negotiations at Con stantinople. In order to refute the accusations brought by the Courier against Austria, of that Power having endeavoured to counteract the efforts made by the Allies for the pacification of the East, to written representation from M. Otterfels, delivered to the Porte four months before the date of the Treaty (of 6th July), is given in the Austrian Ob server. The Courier persists in maintaining that the despatch to 31.. de Ottenfels, reprimanding him for his conduct, is a genuine document. The French Papers also maintain that it is genuine. The Con stitutionne/, in a note on the article in the Observer, does not hesitate to say, that the oral communica tions of the Austrian Internuncio to the Porte were directly at variance with the wi itten representations, and cites the alleged reprimand as a p a roof that the oral representations were not such as the Austrian Court wished to have the credit of making, while the honour afterwards conferred on the Internuncio showed that his conduct wae in reality acceptable to hi s Court. Let us hear the Constitutionnel:— " Written representations may express one lan guage, and oral representations may not be exactly conformable to the former. We may appeal to N. de Ottenfels in proof of this truth. The proof that be did not act in conformity with the intentions which it was wished to have the credit of showing, is, that he was reprimanded. The proof that the obstacles which this conduct opposed to the regular march of things were not displeasing to Austria is, that she recompenced her Envoy. M. trOttenfels is far from being an incapable or igno rant man ; also far from being a maladroit states man. His instructions must, therefore, have been very ambiguous, if he could not comprehend them, or he must have well known the secret wishes of his Government, as he did not fear acting in oppo sition to its direct instructions." On the other band, the Austrian Observer distinctly affirms, that throughout the whole course of the negotiations, the Austrian Minister at Constantinople has uniformly in conformity with the instructions from his Govern ment, exerted himself to put an end to the hostili ties, in the manner the most prompt, the most ra dical, and the most satisfactory to all parties; and that the only difference between the Courts had re ference solely to the choice of means and not to the end. With respect to the alleged reprimand, the Austrian Observer says, " After the solemn and re iterared dnarations of the Turkish Ministers, that neither the accession of Austria, nor her exhorta tions, joined to the menaces of the three other Powers, would shake the resolution of the Grand Seigner, the Austrian Internuncio had doubts which were exclusively confined to the form of his con duct; and whilst he refused to present an official Note, of which the inutility was demonstrated even to evidence, before receiving positive instructions from his Court, he gave the Ambassadors of the three Allied Courts, by continuing incessantly to make the most energetic representations to the Porte, an incontestable proof of the real with which he laboured in the work of peace. When a know ledge of these events reached Vienna, the Inter- nuncio was reminded of his preceding instructions, and an end was put to his scruples of the moment, by a formal declaration, wade both to the Divan and the Ambassadors of the three Powers; not bitter reproaches, as the Journalists pretend, on the faith of a document maliciously invented. The exist ence of this despatch, fabricated at Pera; and which, after having passed from hand to hand, at last found its way from the portfolio of some diplo matist who is not known, into the public papers, ham been known to us these two months; and the trouble which the Journalists give themselves in contrast. ing it with the recompence lately granted to the Internuncio, appears ridiculous." The motives assigned to Austria by the Constitutionnel are contra dictory to each other. " We little expected," says that Journal, " to bear the Austrian Observer speak of humanity, when for five years she sheaved herself h indifferent to out rage d humanity in G reece , an d never ceased to snake herself the apologist of the Seraskier and the Paella, who carried destruction into that unfortunate country. The true solution" of that enigma is, that Austria dreads above every thing a war, which might endanger her power, and weaken the feeble ties which keep together the mass of he terogeneous States which compose the Austrian Monarchy." We believe thst Austria really dread s war, above all things, for the reason above stated, and on account of the state of her finances. But, then, if she was so much in dread of war, w hy should she not cordially endeavour to effect such a termi nation of the hostilities between Turkey and Greece as w ould prevent a general war ? Austria knew wishes of the Allies previous to the signing of tie Treaty of the 6th of July. When that Treaty was signed, she was aware that it would not remain a dead letter ; she saw the preparations of the three Powers. Of all possible results, that of a war be tween Russia and Turkey, which would send a Rus sian army across the Friuli, was the one which she must have contemplated with the greatest uneasi ness. Having, then, every motive to prevent hostili ties between Turkey and Russia, and having known long before the conclusion of the Treaty what the intentions of the Allies were,- and having known that the Treaty, after its signing, was about to be carried into instant execution, why should she have intrigued to thwart the Allie s ? Why should she have secretly abetted the Turks in an opposition which she knew would bring the Russians upon them—the result which of all others she most dreaded ? Prince Mettemich has often been taken for a knave (we beg the Prince's pardon for using so coarse a term), but we never heard before that he was a fool, which acting in this way would cer tainly prove him to be. We can account for the conduct of Austria from the beginning of the Greek hostilities to this time, on one obvious principle —a regard to her own interest. She would have wished to see the Greeks put down by the Turks, because that would have at once taken from other Powers all pretext for an interference which might have a vciv awkward termination. She neveraffected any sym pathy with the Greeks; she never regretted the cruelties to which they were exposed. Though the accounts in the Austrian Observer, of the various engagements Between the Turks and Greeks were, upon the whole, the least mendacious (all accounts from the East are more or less dashed with false hoods, and we only mean to say that those in the Vienna Paper were the leant false), yet the colouring was obviously that of partiality to the Turks.— Austria made no mystery of her wishes. But when she saw that the Turks were unable to effect a subjuga tion of the Greeks, and that the Allies were determined to put an end to hoqilities—some of them from one motive, : , :lrae from another—the same policy which dictated the wish to crush the Greeks, must have led her to wish for the success of the Allies in overcoming the obstinacy of the Porte. Her con duct throughout was such as to give more weight to her recommendations to the Porte than those of the Allien could be expected to have. That she cordially co-operated with the Allies, we should therefore be disposed to believe, from a considera tion of what her policy would prescribe to her, even if we had not the distinct assurances, backed by written documents, which have been made. The assertions of the Courier, that Austria encouraged the Porte to resist th e d eman d s o f t h e Alli es down to the beginning of October, are entitled to very iittle regard, opposed as they are to probability—to the distinct declarations of the Austrian Govern ment Paper, and unsupported as they are by any proof. If there be any one Government in Europe, of which the policy may be anticipated on any riven subject, it is that of Austria. Her policy is anti-revolutionary. She is opposed to all innova tions. She hates political reforms, of a decided character, because of the example. She wishes every country to remain as it was at the Peace, or as near to the condition it was then in as possible. She has herself more to dread from innovation than any other Power, and we have thus a key to her conduct. But she is consistent at all events. — Morning Chronicle. Among the plans said to be in agitation for the prevention of robberies, and the improvement of the police round the metropolis, is one making it com pulsory upon parishes to establish and maintain a competent patrol. Such a plan well matured, and put vigorously in execution, is likely, no doubt, to be of considerable service; and as for the additional expense to parishes, it need not be an object, as there are few where, from a bad system of watching and mismanagement in other matters, a great deal more might not be saved than would be thus in curred. At the same time it will not do, we suspect, to leave the appointment and superintendence of these persons solely to parish officers or vestries, who, in general, next to a wasteful expenditure in unnecessary matters, are prone to exercise a marvel lous economy where it is least useful. Of this, the present race of parish watchmen is an undeniable instance. In many parishes, the guardians of the night are selected solely from the parish paupers, and are put upon the watch merely to take them off the poor—rate. To say nothing of the cruelty of exposing infirm and old people to perpetual exist ence in the night-air, and want of repose, it is ludicrous to suppose that such persons can be fit for duties which require health, strength, and activity. In fact, so many scare-crows stuckup at the corners of the streets -would be of quite as much use as many of the poor automata which we see there; and as neither the City Parliament nor the Parochial Parliaments seem inclined to alter the matter, it is high time that some higher authority interposed to compel what one would have thought common sense would long since have induced them to alter. —.Morning Herald. The departure of the Ambassadors of the three Allied Powers from Constantinople, is an occurrence which utterly extinguishes the hope to which our weak and faithless Administration had clung to the last, of the submission of the Porte to the insolent and unprincipled dictation conveyed to it by the Tripartite Treaty. By what means that Treaty is to be enforced, now that intimidation has been found unsuccessful, is a question of the deepest interest to mankind, involving as it does the strong probability of a general European war. Upon this question the greatest variety of opinions are ex pressed by individuals, and there are sufficient grounds for apprehen.,ion, that the opinions and de terminations of the three Governments, by whose concurrent voice it ought to be decided, 'do not approach more nearly to unanimity. The opinion or determination of the English Govern ment it is of course impossible for us to know, or even to guess. Probably we only share this ignorance in common with the most intelligent and influential Members of the Administration. We sincerely believe that there is not one of them who knows what to say or what to do—at least we are warranted in this inference, from the ever-varying language of all the organs of each of the conflicting parties which divide and distract the Cabinet. One day we are told that the battle of Navarin has accom plished all that the Treaty requires, and that no further operations either by land or sea arc either ne cessary, expedient, or justifiably. The next, that the occupation of the Principalities by the ar mies of Russia will be an excellent measure, fully warranted by the Treaty, and admirably calcu lated to bring the Porte to reason ; but that any advance beyond this would indicate ambitious views on her part, and is therefore not by any means to be permitted. And the following day it comes out through the same authorities, echoing in all these fluctuations as faithfully as they can the sentiments of Ministers, that the rapid march of Russian forces to Constantinople is the best possible method of ending the affair triumph antly. Believing, as we firmly do, that the present Administration has neither principle nor system, it would be inconsistent as well as idle in us to consi der any determination to be adopted by it as more probable than another. As to the opinion and in tentions of France and Russia, we are not so en tirely in the dark. Those Powers, through the me dium of an authorized and regulated press, have communicated their sentiments to the world; and whether it be of good or evil omen to the peace of nations and the welrare of mankind, the fact appears to be indisputable, that the sentiments of the French and Russian Governments, as to the measures which the Treaty of Intervention prescribes or interdicts in existing circumstances, are diametrically oppo site. The Moniteur, the ollicial organ of the French Government, has repeatedly declared since the atro city of Navarin, and since the cessation of diplo matic intercourse with the Porte in consequence of that atrocity has been distinctly foreseen, that no further measures of a warlike nature were either re ' quired or authorised by the Treaty ; that the de struction of the Turkish fleet had secured the liber ties of Greece, by cutting off the means of reinforce ment to her enemy, and had thus substantially ac complished all th e purposes o f t h e a lli a nc e ; th at ' there remained 110 further instruments of hostility ; that there existed no field of battle, which could be employed or occupied by either party, with a view to the defeat or the attainment of its objects; that in short, however resolutely Turkey might refuse compliance with the demands of the Treaty, no active warfare could be neces sary against her, and that with the consent or approbation of France none such should be at tempted. This is the language of the French Go vernment. The language of Russia is in a ll respects the reverse of this, and her conduct corresponds ac curately with her language. She has collected a powerful army on the confines of Turkey, and she boldly proclaims her intention, with or without the approbation or consent of other Powers, to advance that army upon the dominions of the Porte, and to continue so to advance it, till she compels the Grand Seignior formally to submit to the terms of the Treaty. Solemnly disclaiming all desire of aggran dizement, she construes the Treaty of Intervention to impose upon her these efforts as one of its strictest and most cogent obligations. Putting then Eng land out of the question, with her ambiguous and equivocal Government, which is barely able to carry on from day to day the domestic con cerns of the State, and which, so far as Fo. reign policy is concerned, is equivalent to no Government at all—putting England, for this very sufficient reason, out of the question, it appears cer tain that if Russia should invade the Turkish domi nions, as she has declared her intention and fully prepared herself to do, she will take this step not in unison with, but in defiance of the intentions and policy of France; not in conformity with the Treaty of London, but in violation of it, as it is construed by France. Thus the iniquitous Alliance falls to pieces, but not we fear without leaving behind it terrible traces—nor without sowing the seeds of great cala mity to the present generation, and providing for fu ture times a memorable and instructive record of the evils which so stupendous an instance of wickedness and folly could scarcely fail to produce.—Of the policy of the Austrian Government we do not at present wish to say any thing beyond the observa tions which we have already ventured to submit to the Public.—Morning Post. We took occasion to observe, the other day, in combating an extremely idle opinion, which some of our contemporaries have circulated, from ignorance and inattention, and others from factious motives— namely, that Russia would break through the stipu lations of the Treaty of the 6th of July, to gratify her views of territorial aggrandisement,—that there was in supplement of the physical force which the other parties to the Treaty might oppose to any such projects, were they contemplated, a moral force in the general voice of civilized Europe, which would not allow covenants, voluntarily and solemnly entered into, to be so lightly dispensed with. We present to our readers this day, a curious and interesting proof of the truth of our doctrine, from a quarter where it would least have been expected. Under the head of Policy of Austria, in another column, they will find two documents, published by a Court which has been so often represented as the decided enemy to every liberal institution, as the foe to all freedom of discussion, in answer—not to the reclamations of Sovereigns—not to the demands of Cabi nets—but to the still small voice of the press, emanating from a London Newspaper A few remarks appeared some time ago in the Courier, partly elicited by some discussions in a Morning Paper, partly by certain documents pub lished as genuine, but since denied in the Austrian Journals; and, in answer to these remarks, the Emperor of Austria does not disdain to submit a de fence of his conduct to the reading community of England and France. Nay, so anxious is he to avoid the chance of misinterpretation, that he con descends to plead his cause in French, as a more universally understood medium of communication than High Dutch. We are at a loss which most to admire—the wonderful force of the little engine which has called forth the defence we allude to, or the frank appeal of the Potentate who has thus fairly and fully placed himself before England and Europe, to explain the motives of his policy in the same Court, and by the same means, by which they were impugned. We are bound in justice to say, that so far as the documents go, the Emperor has succeeded in his object ; and we most sincerely hope, that having discovered the vast advantage of the weapon, he will not hastily lay it down ; but that he will, so far as the prejudices of his country permit, allow his j0u....1i4t..at50 to use it now and then, and with due moderation. He may easily judge how much real power it confers on those who have the will and the right to use it freely, by the effect it has produced on himself. The documents, especially the note addressed to the Porte in March last, will be perused with interest, without any re ference to the cause that gave them publicity. The latter shows clearly, that even at that early date, Austria, so far from thwarting, was honestly anxious to give every possible assistance to the re presentations of Mr. Canning and of M. Ribeau pierre. And the refusal of Baron de Ottenfels to concur in the first representations of the Allied Am bassadors, under the Treaty of 6th July, is, we think, very fairly and reasonably accounted for. The Azt,trirtn Observer positively denies that the note blaming the Baron was genuine, and asserts that it was fabricated at Pera,—New Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.— Thomas Stephens, a hackney- coach man, was re .examined on suspicion of having severely beaten and robbed a Mr. Salter, at two o'clock on the morning of Wednesday last, at the end of Bouverie.street, in Fleet-street. The additional evidence received was that of two young women, who came up while the prosecutor and a man re • sembling the prisoner were apparently fighting- together in Bouverie-street, and called to a watchman ; and of a boy, named 'Wilson, just arrived from Hull, in search of em ploy, who saw the prosecutor pass St. Dunstan's Church alone, about ten minutes before the robbery, and noticed that his watch-riband and seals were hanging very low down. Sir P. LAURIE committed the prisoner for trial. BOW-STREET.—Mr. Thomas, the constable of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, came to this office yesterday morn ing, to state that 31r. Grubb, the flash oyster-house man, against whom it will be remembered a penalty of 201. had lately been inflicted for selling wine without a licence, commissioned bins (Mr. Thomas) to apologize to Sir R. Bis.NIE for the appearances which he witnessed the other night, and upon which he had commented so severely. Sir R. BIRNIE—You allude, I suppose, to the night I sat up until nearly three o'clock, watching droves of per sons going in and out of this fellow's house? Mr. Thomas--Mr. Grubb is extremely sorry for the cir cumstance, and promises never to offend in the same way in future. Sir R. BIRNIE said he doubted that very much. Mr. Thomas.—Mr. Grubb has desired me further to say, that he has been entreated by a number of most re spectable persons to convert his oyster-rooms into an eat ing -house, and that he is about to adopt the suggestion, principally with a view to appease the anger of your Worships. Sir R. 131nNtr.-011 ! he is entreated, forsooth, by a number of respectable persons—and pray who are they? 1111 . . Thomas.—l really do not know, your Worship. Sir R. thought so; but how conies it that you, Mr. Thomas, should be selected to convey such a communication as this? Mr. Thomas said he had occasion to go to Grnhb's house for the purpose of billetting soldiers, when Mr. Grubb made the request. "I believe," added Mr. 1. " that he is now preparing to commence his new business." Sir R. BIRNIE.—I see how it is very clearly. B u t has he directed you to apologize for one night only ? b ec ause, to my certain knowledge, he has been carrying on a simi lar game every night since. Mr. Thomas said, if that was the case, it w as very strange, because he passed the house every night, and it had all the appearance of being shut up. Sir Ricuann BIRNIE.—Yes, that is the trick he resorts to ; every scheme is adopted to baffle the police ; b u t I can tell Mr. Grubb, that we are not to be hood-winked either by his artifices or his promises of amendment. Th e re is no eating-house wanted in Bow-street. Mr. Thomas.— Grubb assures me that his new establishment will be con ducted upon a highly respectable plan. Sir RictrAnn BM:CIE.-1 do not believe him ; an d a ll I can tell him, in reply to his message, is this, that unl es s he keeps order in his house, and observes the hours prescribed by law, the proceedings which have been commenced shall be rigorously followed up. Mr Thomas said h e wo uld communicate the Magistrate's determination to Grubb. I Sir RICHARD BIRNIE.—I find that Grubb is in a r rear with his taxes. Wh y , I won d er , do the parish-officers per mit this ? They are very ready in distraining upon the pro perty of other persons in arrear also ; why is he sheltered from such a step ? Mr. Thomas said he would speak to the parish-authorities upon the subject. Mr. Thomas soon after came forward with a patrol, named M'Donald, to charge six miserable-looking fellows, who said they attended upon the coaches at the theatres, with being thieves and vagabonds. Mr. Thomas and the other witness deposed, that they saw the prisoners ; during the previous Pun', opeuilig different coach-doors, with intent, as they firmly believed, of carrying away whatever they could lay their hands upon ; having no doubt of their intention, Mr. Thomas said he took them into custody. Sir Ricitaan Ihnsir. asked if any of tie prisoners belonged to the same gang he committed to prison un der similar circumstances about a fortnight ago ? Mr. Thomas replied, that the prisoners were not of that party. They were all new hands. " The proprie tors of the theatres," continued Mr. Thomas, " have par • ticularly requested me to rid the neighbourhood of all such persons." • . _ _ _ 111 Donald the patrol, said, that when a footman got down from behind his Carriage to attend upon his master's family, these fellows took advantage of the opportunity to open the coach-door and seize upon whatever they could gut bold of. Sir HICIIA RI) BIRNIE recommended footmen to sit with in-side their master's carriages while waiting at the theatres, as the surest method to prevent their being plundered. The prisoners, with the exception of one of them named Ash, on Those behalf a respectable person came forward, were sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction, there to he kept to hard labour. William Godfrey and George Staples, whose previous examinations we have already reported, were folly commit ted for trial, the former for stealing two horses, and the latter receiving the same with a guilty knowledge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday a person of respectable appearance, who stated himself to be a doctor of medicine, and gave his name Bevil, residing at East Acton, in Middlesex, was brought before Mr. CoNANT, the sitting Magistrate, from the watch,bouse of St. Ann's parish, Soho, charged with attempting to force his way at an unseasonable hour into the King's Head public•housc, its Crown-street, kept by a man named Rielly. The watchman on duty in that street stated, that about half-past eleven o'clock the night before, as Mr. Rielly was closing up his house, the defendant, accompanied by a female of the town, insisted upon gaining admittance, and endeavoured to force his way in, but he was not suffered to do so ; and as he persisted, Mr. Rielly gave bins in charge for creating a riot at the door, and had him taken to the watch-house. Mr. Bevil, in his defence, said, that he is a practitioner in medicine, being fully qualified as such by a regular di ploma from a foreign university; that he went at the hour named to this public house to visit a patient, the daughter of Mr. Rielly, the landlord, who is ill, and whom he has been attending for some time ; but as fur any riot or vio lence on his part, he totally denied it; and, in fact, he said he was taken to the watch-house in a most extraordinary manner, and without any charge whatever against him. The watchman repeated, that the landlord did give him charge of the defendant for a riot at the door, and that the defendant had a woman of the town with him at the time. Mr. CONANT said, that it was a most singular thing that if the defendant was going at such an hour, or indeed at any hour, to visit a patient, he should go accompanied by a female of the description spoken of; and it was more strange still, that if he went to visit the daughter of the landlord, he should be refused admittance by her father, and sent by him to the watch-house. He (Mr. Conant) would, however, send for Mr. Rielly, and learn how the matter really stood. A messenger was accordingly despatched for the land lord, who not being in the way, Mrs. Rielly attended in his stead, and said, that her husband did certainly give the defendant in charge to the watchman for attempting to force his way into the house with some woman. As for the doctor, if he were a doctor, coming to visit her daugh ter, she entirely denied it. Indeed, she said, they knew nothing of Mr. Bevil, except his having come to the house three or four times as a customer, and that on one occasion, about a month ago, he volunteered to write some prescriptions for her daughter, who at that time had a slight cold, but he never attended her since, nor was ex pected to do so. - The doctor still persisted that be did go to see his patient, but could not deny that he had a female under his care at the time already. The MaotsTitATE said, that the defendant's excuse was quite ridiculous by Mrs. Rielly's statement, but as he had committed no assault, he was discharged upon paying the office-fee. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—On Wednesday, Mr. Samuel Hodsdon, a farmer at Greenford, near Ealing, re ceived an anonymous letter, bearing the Harrow post-mark, which stated, that " seven nice fellows," including the wri ter, intended to break open his house. Mr. Hodsdon having reason to snspect that Joseph Hey wood, a labourer, who was some time ago in his service, and then worked for Mr. Quilton, of Harrow, was the writer, caused him to be apprehended and brought before Mr. Hosicncs, and produced a boy who saw the letter in the prisoner's hands, and heard him read it in a stable near Harrow, before it was sent. The prisoner did not deny the charge, and was committed for want of bait. HATTON- G AIME N. —Yesterday, William Crcc, pawnbroker, Gray's-inn-lane, was • summoned before Mr. ROGERS, upon an information laid against him by William Bryant, of haring demanded and received a rate of interest contrary to the statutes of the 39th and 40th of George 111. upon money lent. Mr. ROGERS having found, upon examining the infor mation that it was deficient in form, dismissed the case. Three several times was this same information laid before the magistrates at this office, and three several times was it distnissA upon the grounds of informality. Thomas Nicholls, pawnbroker, Gray's-inn-lane, was summoned upon a similar charge at the prosecution of the same informant. Mr. ROGERS having examined the information and the pawnbroker's duplicate, found that they did not exactly agree, and dismissed the charge. William Cheek, a butcher, was brought up by the parish authorities of St. Pancras, charged with deserting his wife and three children for the last six weeks, and leaving them in a starving condition. It was given in evidence that he was a notorious drunk ard—that he made considerable sums of money by his ways and his means—that he was in the habit of retiring to chop-houses to provide himself with what he quaintly termed common necessaries, while he abandoned his home, and left his family to starve. Mr. RoGFats ordered him to prison for one month, at which the unfortunate wretch seemed terribly chop-fallen. Joseph Procter was brought up by Bugg, the beadle of Clerkenwell parish, to have a child, which is yet in em bryo, affiliated 'to him. Catherine Barton, a very pretty and interesting young woman, swore that he was the father of a child of which she is now pregnant. Mr. Rocißsr---Have you any thing to say in defence of this charge?—Procter.—Your worship, she swears to it, and that is enough, I believe. However, your worship, I do not deny it; for, meeting her one day in Whitechapel, she looked leeringly at me, tipped me the wink, and I fol lowed her; that is all I know of the matter, your worship. Mr. Rocatas.—Then you shall find bail. Be imme diately entered bail, and both parties left the office in a coach. WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday David M'Kelvin and Thomas Holmes were finally examined before Mr. BENETT, on a charge of robbing Henry Richmond, Esq., Commissioner of Customs, whose residence is at Stain ford-hill. The prisoner Holmes had been only three weeks in Mi. Richmond's service as butler, and had given notice to quit in a month. M'Kelvin, aecordisg to his own account when apprehended, had lived as groom in the service of Captain Else. The prisoners were fully committed fur trial. UNION-HALL.—On Thursday an individual named Densham, who described himself a horsedealer, attended at this office, for the purpose of applying for warrants against the two eons of a respectable innkeeper, residing in the Kent-road, whom lie accused of having robbed him of 3001. in Bank-notes, and three sovereigns and a half in gold. He stated that on Tuesday week he spent the even• ing at the house in question, and drank rather freely. In the course of the night, feeling rather drowsy, he leaned his head on the table in the parlour, and went to sleep. When he awoke, a short time afterwards he discovered that his poc ketbook, containing 3001., together with three sovereigns and a half, had been taken out of his waistcoat pocket, which he found turned completely inside out. Before he reclined his head upon the table, he described that the two persons whom he now suspected of having taken his money we r e in the room, and subsequently when he awoke and missed his property, they were still present. Conceiving it at first a joke played on him during his slumber, and that his money would be returned to him before he left the house, he did not take up the matter in a serious light; but find ing that all present disclaimed the slightest knowledge of what had happened, he then called in the landlord, and mentioned the facts to him, when he, having expressed considerable surprise on the communication having been made to him, questioned his two sons and two other indi viduals, whom he knew to be respectable, on the subject, when one and all assured him that Mr. Densham's pocket book had not been taken by them, nor had they observed any one approach him while he was asleep. Mr. Densham having been asked by the Magistrate whether he was certain that he had the money in his pocket a short time previous to his having missed it, re plied in 04 affilatiTt; at the same time apromin belief that the two persona against whom be applied for warrants were concerned in depriving him of his property. The MAGISTRATE observed, that there was considerable mystery attached to the case. He should scarcely conceive it possible that the sons of a man in respectable business would commit a robbery, under the roof of their father, on one of his customers; however, as it was necessary such a charge should he strictly investigated, and as he (Mr. Densham) suspected the two individuals, his appli cation should be granted. Yesterday all the parties were in attendance, at twelve o'clock, to go into the charge; but, owing to the absence of Mr. !Jammer, who was to have attended for the prosecution, the case was postponed. Before, however, the parties left the office, Mr. Spence, the solicitor for the two individuals charged, stated that there was not the slightest evidence to criminate his clients. They were most respectable young men, incapable of com mitting the offence with which they were charged. He (Mr. Spence) had heard that Mr. Densham was in the habit of falling asleep in public rooms, and that jokes had been played with bins during those times. Mr. Spence added, that ever since the transaction had taken place, the father of his clients had been indefatigable in his exertions, if possible, to trace some of the notes of which Mr. Densham described he had been robbed ; this fact showed that there were very slight grounds indeed for making such a charge against his sons. The room where the offence was said to have been committed was a public one, and strangers had access to it : therefore it was most probable the robbery was committed by some persons of that description, while the landlord's 80tI3 were absent from the room. The MAGISTRATE directed that the parties should all attend to-morrow (this day), in order that the whole of the cir cumstances connected with the robbery should be closely investigated. The office was crowded to excess by respectable-look ing individuals, the friends of the parties, all of whom seemed exceedingly anxious as to the result of the exa mination. NORTH AMERICAN BOUNDARY. The annexed articles, from the last papers re ceived from New York and Canada, present the best view of the facts connected with the dispute between Great Britain and the United States on that apparently interminable question, the boun dary of the northern frontier of the latter, which, originated at the peace of 1783, was referred under the treaty of Ghent, to the decision of Commissioners of both countries, in 1815, and still seems as distant as ever from settlement. The first article quoted gives the grounds of com plaint by the borderers on the sidelef the United States ; the second, those of the contiguous settlers in Lower Canada and New Brunswick ; and the last, the view of the question taken by the official Paper at Washington : NEW YORK", Nov. 25.—The Maine papers give distressing accounts of the situation of the American citizens settled on the territory in dispute between the United Slates and Great Britain, but which have been considered for a long time to be within the limits of the United States, occasioned by the aggression and oppressive proceedings of the colo nial authorities of New Brunswick. That Mr. Baker, the American citizen, whose arrest by those authorities for refusing to permit the Colonial mail to pass over his own land, has been published, had been sentenced to imprisonment for six months in the Fredericton gaol, arid to a heavy fine. That these colonial magistrates were in the habit of exe cuting precepts within the American territory, carry ing off property, and selling the same at auction ; and had even threatened to come with a posse and carry to the above gaol all who should oppose their measures. That a Mr. Dalton, in consequence of the existing state of things, had sold his farm in the settlement for less than one-third of its value, and left it ; and that the American inhabitants were un der constant fear, and dared not sleep in their houses. It is said these facts will be testified to on oath. We have conversed with gentlemen from Maine on the above subject, and are informed, that it had created much excitement in that State; that 'many expressed their fears that the Government were not aware of the injuries sustained, and that energetic measures to protect the American citizens in their rights had been delayed ; and that strong remon strances were in preparation on the subject. Such arc the statements made. Every one knows how dillicult it is to judge impartially on injuries felt, and that the language of complaint is always warm, and sometimes exaggerated. But if the injuries alluded to exist in any great degree, no just doubt call be entertained but that they have or will be promptly redressed by the Executive of the United States ; and that the aggressors will find that those who dis play the most prudence and magnanimity in pacific negotiation, can resent unredressed wrongs and aggressions, when proved to be such, with the greatest energy. The strong arm of the n4 k on is able to defend the rights and redress the wrongs of all its citizens. One of our informants suggests the propriety of having one or two regiments of United States' troops posted in the neighbourhood of the territory in question, as the best means to put an end to aggressions, and to preserve the peace which all desire to see perpetuated. We make no remark on the suggestion, confident that the subject is in the wisest and best hands. (From the Quebec Gazette, Nov. 12.) CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES BOUN DARY LINE. A public meeting was held at the Court-house on Monday afternoon last, at which Mr. Vallieres de St. Real presided. The following resolutions were moved by Mr. Blanchet, and unanimously passed :- 1. That from the information before this meeting, as well as that before the general meetings lately held in the counties of Hertford, Devon, and Corn wallis, it appears that, in violation of the peace hap pily subsisting between Great Britain and the United States of America, and of the negotiations now pending for the admirable adjustment of the boundary between Lower Canada and the State of Maine, that State, or persons assuming authority in its behalf, have unequivocally intimated designs of forcibly possessing themselves of a large tract of fer tile and valuable territory heretofore considered as a part of the provinces of Lower Canada and New Brunswick, comprehending what may be designated as the Great Valley of the river St. John, to the ex tent of nearly 15,000 leagues in superfices in the vi cinity, and almost on the very margin of the river St. Lawrence, below this city. 2. That from information laid before this meeting it is represented that in prosecution of the design alluded to in the last resolution, of severing from his Majesty's dominions the Great Valley of the river St. John (in many parts whereof settlements, still existing and increasing, were made by Canadians long previous to the existence of the United States as an independent Power) surveys have been made, and townships or other subdivisions apportioned off under the authority of a Foreign State, whose sub jects or citizens have commercial settlements thereon, which are silently but progressively and rapidly pro ceeding towards - the entire occupation of a part of the territory in question; attempts have been made to interrupt the intercourse between Canada and New Brunswick, on the river St. John; and threats used by foreigners to disturb his Majesty's subjects or expel them from their possessions held under the crown and protected by the laws of Great Britain. 3. That measures be forthwith adopted to inves tigate the truth of: the allegations detailed in the foregoing resolutions, in order that, if after careful and dispassio na t e i n quiry, such designs, attempts, and threats, or either of them, shall be found really to exist, means may be resorted to, the most effica cious in resisting to the uttermost such encroach ments as are equally and most dangerously aimed against his Majesty's dominions on this continent, and as destructive to the future welfare and pro sperity, as subversive of the political existence of his Majesty's province of Lower Canada as a por tion of the British Empire. That it appears to this meeting, that in order to avert so great a calamity as the occupation of the territory in question by fo reigners must be productive of to the Britishipro vinces generally, and to this province in particular, an humble petition be prepared and laid at the foot of the th;one, supplica,itiis our mQvt grACious !~; reign that his Majesty may be pleased to take such TO Prirn measures as in his wisdom may appear expedient to secure the undisputed enjoyment of the territory in question to his Majesty's most loyal subjects ; and that petitions should also be presented to the Pro- Gee vincial Legislature, at their approaching Sessions, 1 heel praying th a t th e y ma y b e pl ease d t o t a k e th e eas e etiqu into consideration, and adopt such measures thereon net ferthc as the circumstances shall require. Al e Rus 4. That to carry the resolves of this meeting into the dis til effect, a committ ee o f seven p ersons b e appo i nte d, COUNT) of whom any three shall form a quorum, with power to correspond with th e ot h er comm itt ees a l rea dy ne ` w r by t event wbi, formed, or that may be hereafter formed, in other parts of the province for the purpos e s for whi c h this shortly. committee has been appointed, and jointly with said the pos..iN committees to take such steps as may be mutually ' , Preseing agreed upon its most conducive to the fulfilment of position, i the trust reposed in them. sludg e b y And that Messrs. Blanclict, Stuart, Vallieres, the deters Henderson, Lagueux, Laforce, and Neilson, do form the means the said committee. of Durhar (From the National Intelligencer.) The question respecting the north-eastern boun dary arises out of the treaty of peace of 1783, be tween the United States and Great Britain. Being still an unsettled question, provision was made in the treaty of Ghent, for ascertaining and fixing the boundary. Under that treaty, Commissioners were appointed to settle the question. They were not able to agree upon an adjustment. In that event, anticipated as possible by the framers of the treaty of Ghent, provision was made in that compact, that, on a disagreement between the Commissioners of the two Governments, they should report the fact to their respective- Governments, and that the question should thereupon be referred to the urnpirage of sonic Sovereign arbitrator. On that subject negoti• ations were commenced in London, before Mr. oag,iilieeaDditi, Rush's return to the United States, and have been ' continued by Mr. Gallatin, which are understood to have resulted in the formation of a convention s et. thing the preliminaries of the reference of this quee' tion according to the treaty of Ghent. As to the matter of fact, each party has been in possession of some portion of the disputed ground that is to say, the Governments of Massachusetts .„----------- and Maine on our part, and of the province of Neil 1-I PTFOI Brunswick on the part of Great Britain, have e xec' i ft r r ii,:37 t lt he E d : cised jurisdiction over it; and each party has b e en OAY disposed to strengthen its claim by further acts 0 1 . PUBLIC possession. In the mean time, between the Foreign, Let o of I Ministers of the United States and Great Britain SIONS an there has been a constant correspondence, at consi' derable intervals, however, but always in the VW; tone, having for its object the inculcation of mutua l 13 a ' ' Butt the of the expediency of the preservation the same state of things in the disputed territory a l , and Rice; existed at the date of the treaty of Ghent, and 0 re '' , Raisil avoiding all disputes which might grow out of the A bepo s agitation of it. Notes of ti With respect to the two Governments there is $ Lot at th e perfectly rood understanding upon the obvious pro' mangy to b, pricty, sill indeed necessity, of forbearance and rno porn ro4e a I deration on both sides, as to this question. And acts of a contrary character are acts of individual ci' tizens, without the authority or sanction of either ' not le Government, and of course are to be avoided ad aw aY Withi rebuked. seven fellom This is the general state.of the facts. As to the forfeited, a, particular case of General Baker, we can only se' as no even that if he stopped the mail, and did other obnoxiou s Th e sto , acts, "on what is technically and practically BritiO th e yard, 0 territory," by which we understand such territory " 1 of s ale. was in possession of Great Britain at the date of tilt C atalog Treaty of Ghent, and previously, then he was vie u listing what we believe to be the settled understand' --_______ ins between th e t wo G overnmen t s , and his c on dtie l lii will, of course, receive no countenance on the par r THE of the United States. Whether he was on that ter' ritory or not, is a question which depends upon eV ee t i ee, t r i dense not within our reach. will he hell We will only add, that we believe that measure 'lament, at will be taken, on the part of the United States, t c 4 4.1 hare, on ' ascertain the true character of the transactions 011 "'do c k ie t: the disputed territory, there being no dispositiO T OR, in tli here to connive at any acts of violence, contrary it i l i l health, a' the understanding which exists betw ee n G reat P' fired for al tain and the United States on this subject. you, Cent Mr. Row and I feel choice of tify so fl a t Zealous eff, rest!, Agr are so ex sers politic steipate in never he fi interest, a our Consti an d expeci Russell of which I trust yo u s aPPear n ,„ highest ob I 1 PALACE COURT, JAN. 4. West Ind The R OYAL THE s av fro , e 4 (Sun no t/ a e l li mPton zaAR Ns , via / 4 , ine o ol6e, s, 1111 "Y StrL C ARUS Qar b t ang. EXE TE tit er. A 11110 lOLYII and Bangor VERI I ‘ I ILF43I tordswest. NORWI The follow LYON V. «•isrrNEr. This was a case of some importance, as it wel t to decide whether the alleged acceptor of a bil l ' which he declared to be a forgery, was liable in psi' ment to the holder. The bill in question was 1 01 I It, and bore to be accepted by Mr. John Whitney' the defendant. It appeared that the brother of the defendant, $ William Wilson Whitney, purchased from the plaio' tiff his interest in a house in Westminster, for whio , he gave three bill; two for 101. each, and one 101 111., accepted by his brother, the present defendan t ; The plaintiff, on getting the bills, sent a person r ( the house of the defendant to ascertain whether the) were his acceptances, when the defendant acknoi/' ledged that they were. The two first bills, 01 ' coming due, were regularly paid, but when the thir d bill became due, 1111 application was made at til l house of the defendant, and the wife of the defend' ant said that it should be paid in a fortnight; sulr sequently, however, the defendant refused payment on the ground that it was a forgery. To support the plaintiff's case, a person of the name of Coney was produced. This witness un der' went a long cross - exa mination by M r . E ARL; as r` whether the - intimacy with the defendant was sad' , as that he could not be mistaken as to his identiri and he was desired to point him out in Court, which' after some little hesitation, he did, but admitted tho l the defendant's appearance was much changed 3110 May last, when the bill became due. Another witness proved having been paid th e former bill by the plaintiff. On the part of the defendant, Mr. EARLE, co'' ' tended, that before the, plaintiff was entitled to 1 , verdict, he should have proved the hand-writing u' the defendant. His Learned Friend had &el' much upon t h e eir r e . u E m ar st le a ) nce rea o d f a t l h e e tte d r ef f e r n om dan o r: wife ha v i ng told Coney, the plaintiff's witness, th e the Bill should be p ai d in a fortnight. In expla o ' tion of this, he ow defendant's brother, acknowledging that he had no t only forged the bill in question, but the other of° which he had paid, and entreating his brothei i pardon for his offence; and stating, that the presell . bill should have been paid, were it not that he boy been disappointed by his wife's sisters. In suppor t of his client's case, he called a witness to prov e that the letter which he had read was the hand' writing of the defendant's brother, William Wilsoc Whitney. Mr. FLANAGAN submitted, that such a letter cod not be received in evidence. Mr. EARLE then produced several witnesses t ° prove that the bill was a forgery. Mr. BRENT charged the Jury, and after half eo hour's consultation, they found a verdict for th; plaintiff. WoyMou Norwich Nottib n g ir4tter, W indsor nirtoingl ght. -1 4,:" C erpoo knutba lirightor C'anterbl Carlisle before Feu Derby, before Fot Glasgov fore Four. Manche fore Feur. Netting Four. Bristol ; Milford Taunter Windso i Liv erpo , TWo . Norwicl Five. Derby, before Six Edinhu i before Six Mch e beret an * Si x Notti ng , ' 111411 " 1;4 olyh ea h a , VI n re Si x, /'tLynn' e ota. tl e , fit r d t , ti a e! I) : )14 %g01% P '"re Sevi -itnterbturi' N st • 4 Tol BIRTHS. On the Sd i nst., the lad y of the Rev , A. P. Kel l y , ° Charles-square , of a son. On the 3 d inst., at Lavender.-hill, the lady of Coritl 4 Lloyd, Esq. , of a d aughter. 1 On the 2 d inst., at the East India College, the lady 0 Capt; l‘l 3d ichael' of a son. On the inst., in Great Corarn-street, Mrs. John Nl ( ' B r idges, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Maresfield, the lady of Wm. t'Y Esq., of a son. • - DIED. *La On the 29th ult., Mrs. Fowler, of Bayham-etreet,"Caa den Town, aged 53, deeply lamented. At his residence at Mile- end, Richard Carpenter, FA . ' aged 74. On the 3d inst., at his house in York-place, Pent° , Ole, Mr. John Hurst, late of Waterloo-place. On the 3d inst., in the 26th year of her age, S& Sophia, the wife of Mr. B. Edgington, of Homerton. On the 2d inst., at Terling's-park, Heat. ) Michael Ha kin Esq. aged 72. parr= and PUBUSHBD by M. OUN6f, at SUN Orr*, DO, We SIM* e fh e , 1111t4b11 Passeu % u4l'll the ' 414 °I th . Lu I i'