The Sun. — London, England, 1828-04-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TI-17, PUBLIC JOURNALS, Sir Robert Wilson last night put sonic ques 4ions •to Mr. Pee!, on a subject of a very dis tressing nature. " Accordin g to positive ad vites," he said, " and which he had no doubt, were now become official, several thou sand Greeks, women and children, had been carried off to Alexandria by the fleet of Ibrahim Paella, and sold in the market as slaves. He understood there were in the whole nearly seven thousand thus dragged from their country and their friends, with feelings aggravated by the re flection, that this misfortune happened at the thainent, as it were, the question of th e i r f uture ireedom had been set at rest for ever." Mr. Peel said, " Instructions had been sent out to the Admiral to prevent the removal of any por tic»: of the combined Turkish and Egyptian fleets, both before and after the time of the battle, if by that removal they meditated a renewal of hostilities against the Greeks ; but of course, if they has intended to remove their forces from the ray' of Navarin, either to Alexandria or to Constantinople, every facility would have been afforded them for that purpose. On the 27th o r 28th of December, a part of the fleet, to the number of forty-five sail, including seventeen sail which arrived in the port after the battle, set sril for Alexandria, having on board the disabled and sick and wounded, too - ether tvith some toomen and children. 11 7 11 .5 at the number of' these captives zea , S :IC could not pretend to sag." He stated, " that on receiving this information ( ;overly.ntht made a communication to the Ad -111;.-af, and instituted a full inquiry into the 'whole transaction." The Right Hon. Gentle man afterwards seemed to throw the blame of the ad en our Officers. " If," he said, " the orders of Government had been strictly acted v:l•am, the removal from the Mores would not have taken place." He added, ho ever, that after the battle of Navarin our phya7,val force in the Mediterranean became greatly in. tired ; and were unable from their disableds 14. ato enter on the blockade in a manner accut alt with the wishes of Government. So fat so good—but 'hen Mr, Peel spoke of the difficulty of recover ing the persons so cruelly carried off into capti vity, as they might be disposed of by third par ties, this is sheer trifling. If the prisoners have l" come the property of individuals, the Pacha should be made to bear the expense of indemni fying those individuals. What ! arc the three .Allied Powers unequal to obtain the liberation of these unfortunate Greek captives, because, forsooth, they may have been sold in the market rtf Alexandria ? This is truckling with a yen geance.—Nlorning Chronicle. The interest which it is supposed the Coun try Gentlemen have in the preservation of' the Game Laws is the reason why those Laws con tinue not only to remain on the Statute-hook, but to be, carried into rigorous execution long Flirter both reason and experience have shown their barbarous impoliey. Now, what is in reality that interest? It has been urged, as an argument in support of those laws, in We House of Commons, by persons who did not bl us h a t uttering such absurdity, that, if' the Game Laws were abolished, or essentially altered, the Coun try Gentlemen would be deprived of the chief inducement they have to reside on their country seats, and they would, consequently, emigrate, and leave their "tenantry, as the Irish landlords have done, to all the evils of absenteeism. Th ose who use this argument pay so bad a compli ment to the intellect and common sense of those whose cause they affect to advocate, that we know not whether their zeal be more inconsiderate or sarcastic. That the opportunity of shooting some hundreds of wild fowl every year should outweigh every social, moral, and national con bideration with our " patriotic and high-minded Landed Interest and Aristocracy," as we fre quently hear them called, would sadly con tradict not only their claim to high principle and enlightened understanding, but even to common rationality of mind. But letting this pass, and supposing for a moment that our country gentlemen were beings so destitute of all the influence of civilization as to prefer to live upon their estates—not to discharge the duties and support the relations which their situation imposes upon them, but for the reason that savages prefer to roam the wilderness rather than live in towns and cultivated settlements—namely, for the wild pleasure of hunting and killing game ;—supposing, we say, this to be the case, let us see whether the Game Laws really pro duce to the country gentleman the amusement to which he sacrifices every other consideration. It is in the nature of all laws that prohibit the open and legal traffic in all articles on which mankind set either a real or factitious value, to encourage the contraband dealing in those articles—and the more severely the prohibition is enforced, the greater the premium upon the clandestine traffi c . In the particular instance experience has placed this beyond all doubt. Never were the Game Laws, we not only say, more rigidly but more vindictively enforced than at present, and never were the poachers so numerous, more despe rate, or better appointed and organized. If the sale of' game were thrown open, and all allowed to have a property in it on whose pro duce it was fed, the temptation to poachers would be essentially destroyed. Of course pro perty of that nature, as %well as domestic poultry, would be liable to be stolen, but the same law could punish a thief who stole a pheasant or a partridge as him who stole a duck or hen. By the great temptation to poaching being removed, the game, instead of becoming more scarce, would be likely to become more plentiful. D omest i c poultry are not monopolized by a privileged class, and yet they arc more numerous than if they were, so that putting the question upon the mere selfish argument on which it has been . put, the abolition o f the present system of Game Laws would rather increase than diminish the field pleasures of the country gentlemen. But when other considerations are added, it appears to us astonishing how the Game Laws can con tinue to have a voice raised in their favour in the country. I n the first place, the Game Laws tempt vast crowd s of the peasantry, by th e premium which they hold out, to abandon h e paths of honest, regular industry, and b ecome lawless and hardened freelmoters, w h o , front habits of resisting the civil power s , grow familiar with all the crimes that fl our i s h in a vagabond existence. Hence a lead-. ing cause of the increase of enorm i t i es in the calendars at all Assizes—far beyond the increase of population. Again, the country gao l s are constantly crowded, especially in some counties, ' with poachers, who must be supported at th e public eXpence, and who, when discharged froth confinement, must become chargeable to their respective parishes ; hence a vast augmentatio n of county expellees, and of poor-rates, and thus are the burdens of the " landed interest" vexa tiously.iuereased by their own mistaken views of legislation. It is, therefore, in mercy to the landed interest, as well as to the country in ge neral, we would have the present system of Game Laws abolished. For what, indeed, can be said in their favour, when it can be clearly shown that to remove those disgraceful laws from the Statute-book, and to give such a right of pro perty in game as justice and equity point out, would be to increase that game—to diminish crime—to lessen the expellees of counties—to lower the poor-rates—and to close up one of the great sources of the demoralization of our pea santry ?--Morning Herald. A vessel with letters to the 6th of February inclusive, arrived yesterday from Bahia, but the mercantile communications mention nothing new. Every thing was tranquil : no Buenos Avers privateers had been seen off the harbour for some time. Three prizes taken by the Bra zilian squadron had arrived at Bahia. One was a Buenos Ayres vessel laden with hides, and bound to London. The idea of letting the Custom-house, adopted in other parts of Brazil, according to the new plan arranged by the Finance Minister, M. Calmon, had been car ried into effect at Bahia. The Renters offered 10 per cent. more than had been obtained by the Government, whilst under its own administration. A frigate had arrived from Rio de Janeiro, with a supply of new copper coin, in consequence of which the exchange on England, which had so long been depressed, owing to the extensive cir culation of base coin, had risen from 35 is 41. This is one of the most judicious plans adopted by the new Ministry of Brazil. Commerce, in many places, was actually in a state of stagnation, owing to the quantity of false coin in circulation, no one wishing to sell goods to receive so inade . plate a payment. On the Custom-house reports received arc the entries of two ships, with 1,200 :. , laves on board, from the coast of Africa ! New Times. The expected pamphlet of Lord Grenville on the Sinking Fund has appeared, and, for us at least, it has not by any means disappointed the expectations with which we looked for it. No man of the present, or recently expired age, has ever borne a more unsullied reputation than Lord Grenville, for the integrity and dignity of his political conduct. No statesman, we believe has ever taken more pains to deliberate before he formed an opinion, or pronounced it ; and even the obstinacy with which he was now and then accused of adhering to error, might be al leged in such a man as some proof of his since rity in embracing it. To the Sinking Fund, established, or rather revived, by Mr. Pitt, in 1786, Lord Grenville gave his warm and pro minent support ; and, so far as the public were acquainted with the sentiments of the venerable Statesman, his Lordship had, until very lately, persisted in the views of which he was originally the advocate. Successive discussions in and out of Parliament, and long experience of the extent to which the public debt had been in creased, while the machinery of a large nominal sinking fund continued to be in active operation, --these, aided by the circulation of many pow erful works upon the true nature, properties, and effects of a sinking fund, had much disturbed the popular notion entertained with regard to it, since the early days of Mr. Pitt. The ablest financial authorities in the kingdom, with Hamil ton's excellent essay for their manual, began to think, with something like unanimity, that a sink ing fund made up of borrowed money was not an instrument of any efficacy for redeeming debt, and began to tolerate many doubts upon the ques tion, whether diminishing the interest of the debt by taxes was a much more profitable expe dient than that of paying off the principal by loans. However, on the approach of those questions 'in Parliament, on the decision of which would, at least for sonic years, depend the character and tendency of our future finan cial system, and the degree of change which was likely to be wrought in that under which the nation has long been proceeding, it may be in ferred from a passage towards the close of Lord Grenville's Essay, that the Noble Lord earnestly meditated the prospect of taking a personal share in the discussion ; and sincerely do we re gret the distressing occurrence of bodily infir mity to which is owing, he gives us to under stand, the substitution of this, as he unjustly terms it, " powerless skeleton of an argument," for that force of living eloquence and reason which he might otherwise have addressed from his place in Parliament, to an audience at all times well disposed to hear him. In one re spect—and one only, but it is a consideration of no small value—this pamphlet of Lord Gren ville will be of high importance to the country. It affixes the authority of a name the most re spected, perhaps, of legislators for depth as well as accuracy of knowledge, to one decided view of one among the most critical questions in finance, and exhibits in that view the most entire abandonment of doctrines which had long flou rished under his auspices and influence, that any public man of our day has had the cou rage or candour to proclaim.' Lord Grenville confesses himself a convert to the utter ineffici ency of a sinking-fund,—nay more, to its mischief under the actual circumstances of Great Britain. Indeed, his arguments go to the con demnation of it under any circumstances, the main objection being, that whatever portion of the annuity is got rid of must cost the country an equivalent sacrifice in the shape of tax, and must therefore withdraw from the free and pro fitable disposition of' individuals as much money as it professes to bestow upon the State. It must be added, that after calculating the advan tage to be derived front Lord Grenville's name and reasonings to the cause which he espouses, there is no other quality in the matter of this essay than is to be found in more than one pre ceding publication on the same subject. As Mr. Pitt borrowed his mechanism of the sinking fund front Dr. Price, so does Lord Grenville admit manfully, that he is obliged to Dr. Hamilton for weapons by which it may be effec tually demolished. ! In fact, there is not a pro position in the pamphlet which cannot be traced to the work of that able economist ; even to the very plirases and titles in which many of them are conveyed. For the rest, the execution of' the Essay is (as might be expected from Lord Grenville) remarkable for correctness and perspi cuity, and force. We lament th e impossibility of inserting a long quotation from this in teresting little book, from which, however, we take the following passages, which treat of the futility of reducing the interest of, the debt by taxes, as forming at least a curious discussion " All direct benefit which results to the nation from the operations of this fund, is thus invariably purchased by a corresponding sacrifice, precisely o f the same description. And it may with no less certainty be shown, that in all these cases the bene fit and the sacrifice have uniformly been of exactly equal value. The benefit has consisted in the pur chase of certain public annuities, and in the conse quent release of the taxation appropriated to their Payment. The sacrifice has consisted in the cost of those purchases, and in the superadded taxation from which that cost has been defrayed. But under the laws of this institution, all these purchases have been made by free competition in the open 'market. Each portion of stock so bought was, therefore, at the period of its purchase, the precise equivalent of the money which was paid for it, and conse quently the precise equivalent also of the taxation by which that money was levied. This is self evident. When a shilling is the market price of a quartcrn loaf, those 'quantities of money and of bread are equivalents. They are freely exchanged against each other, and each of them commands the same quantities of other commodities; of beer, for instance, or of meat. And what other notion than this have we of equivalence ? Such is not only the scientific, but also the popular view of this subject. " ' The intrinsic value of a thing, (says Iludibras) Is just so much as it will bring.' Thus, then, do these operose and complicated transactions universally resolve themselves into simple exchanges of equivalents. They boast to have added millions to our wealth, to have removed millions from our incumbrances; and they promise to us a continual succession of similar and increas- ing benefits. But every gift which they have con ferred on the community, they had previously exacted from it. The water was drawn from the same reservoir into which it is poured back : some loss of it each of these transfers has produced; but what can either of them huve added to it ? Disap pointing- as this statement is, when contrasted with the visions which once dazzled the imaginations of the wisest, yet such we see must be the result, not of this sinking fund alone, but of every plan for buying up the public debts, at their market price, with the public money, whether raised by loans or by taxation. The system is one of selfceunterae tion in all its parts. The money Nvhici; thus re deems debt is all drawn from the wealtli'of the debtor ; and the mode of the redemption shuts out all possibility of his profiting by the transaction. Both these circumstances prove alike, and beyond denial, the utter inefficiency of the whole project. ' The great importance of this topic; in reference to the questions which now wait the decision of Par liament, has indeed alone led me to dwell upon it thus minutely. It is one example only of au uni versal and obvious truism. Every purchase made at the market-price, implies on both sides an equal transfer of exchangeable value. Ilow that price is adjusted by competition, and in what manner, by the very nature of that adjustment, it includes the due returns to the producers of the commodity, for the labour and skill, and capital, employed upon it, are things too well known to be here detailed. But when this adjustment has thus been made, the exchange of the commodity itself against its market-price is and must be an ex change of equivalents. We may thus, I think, very confidently determine, that, notwithstanding all ex pectations, and all promises on the subject, the na tion can really have derived no direct profit from a system of buying up its debts at their market-price. Of its indirect consequences I shall hereafter speak. But the inevitable conclusion resulting from the pre mises which have been thus far stated, might, if it were necessary, be still further confirmed, by a re ference to similar t ransactions in private life—the best of all instruments for the discovery of truth in political economy. Suppose, for instance, that, in-' stead of our whole community, any one of the nu merous merchants or manufacturers has borrowed money at interest, which he can repay only with drawing a portion of the capital invested in his trade. This, if his creditor can demand the re payment of his debt, may be a necessary, but will it be a profitable operation ? Will he voluntarily resort to it, so long as no such demand can be made upon him ? What will be its consequences ? It will neither increase nor diminish the sum total of his wealth. He will owe less, but he will also have less. lie will cease to pay interest on the debt which he discharges, but he will cease also to re ceive profit on the wealth which affects that dis charge. This change in Isis affairs may probably subject him to loss; but how extraordinary would be the case in which it could produce to him count less and unrneasurable gains !"—Tisncs. The great importance of the subject of the hostile sentiments of Russia against the Otto man Porte demands a few additional rpmarks from us. The St. Petcrsburgh Journal, in publishing an extraordinary Supplement to the alleged Proclamation of the Porte addressed to the Governors of the Turkish Provinces, ob served upon it, that it was a document tvhich scarcely needed to be characterized. Now, so far from agreeing in the propriety of this obser vation, it appears to us, on the contrary, highly necessary that the document in question should be most particularly characterized—a necessity which becomes the greater from the false and arbitrary interpretation given to it by the St. Petersburgh Journal. The observations on the whole arc indeed of so erroneous and absurd a character as to be utterly indefen sible upon any ground of reason or of jus tice ; for thought we arc not in possession of the original text, the numberless ver sions of which are so completely at valiance with each other, still are we, justified in combatting the inferences so at dully and unfairly drawn front it, (even admitting for a moment its perfect authenticity), and in coining to the direct conclusion, that whatever may be the fact, the St. Petersburgh article, though conceding some unwelcome and undoubted truths, is writ ten in the worst possible spirit, whilst in its prin ciples and positions it is at variance with all rules of just policy, common honesty and sound sense. Upon what grounds, we would ask, can Russia regard this Manifesto as a Declaration of War ? The Porte has not avowed it, has not published it ; as far as Foreign Powers are concerned it has no diplomatic nor legal character. It is a confickntial communication, addressed by the Sultan to certain of his subjects, informing them of the critical situation in which the Govern ment is placed, and of the tempest threatening to burst upon them from day to day. If the results of' the numerous councils held during late years at St. Petersburgh, to deliberate on the relations existing between Russsia and the Porte—if the daily commands addressed in consequence of these councils to the civil and military authorities—if the administrative measures, the furnishing sup plies, the movement of troops—if the immense preparations which have been constantly carried on during a long period, were suddenly brought to light—whether through the infidelity of those employed or the imprudence of the Government itself—what would in such case be said of any neighbouring Power, who, supposing itself ag grieved, should declare in the face of the world that treaties were broken, that war had in effect commenced, and without demanding any expla nation, should proceed at once to open hosti lities ? The Turks have committed no hostile act, nor can the Sultan reasonably be deemed responsible for the language which he confiden tially holds towards his servants. This pre tended Manifesto, besides, even if' considered as perfectly authentic and faithfully transcribed, does not contain a sentence which can be con strued into a declaration of war. It describes the proceedings, hitherto unheard of perhaps in the annals of Empires, which Foreign Powers have countenanced against au independent State, whose only fault consists in the misfortune of being a prey to the revolt of a portion of its sub- jects; it details the threats, the insults, the op pressions, and the cruel aggressions which they have committed against the Porte, and to which it has only opposed an unexampled and calm forbearance ;---nothing which announces an in tention to avenge so many flagrant offences, no thing which the most rooted ill could view as a direct provocation—nothing which did not bear • the stamp of a strictly defensive system, or that exceeded what a Government, threatened with immediate destruction, owed to its people and its own preservation. The Pctersburgh Jour nal pretends that the Manifesto " announces to Russia the complete annulment of its Treaties with the Porte, by declaring that she has never considered the Convention of Ackermann as binding." The actual words of thi s Manifesto, according to the version of the St. Petersburgh Journalist, are these, " The greater part of the agreements (stipulated at Ackermann) have been duly executed, and conferences have latterly commenced with respect to the indemni ties and the affairs of Servia ; and as an amica ble settlement of these points could not be at tained, we were resigned to the unavoidable misfortune." When it is considered that the conferences here mentioned related to two arti cles of the Convention of Ackermann, the de finitive arrangement of which had been delayed —when it is considered, moreover, that these conferences were broken off, not by any act of the Porte, but by the departure of the Russian Minister, regardless of the desire of the Porte to avoid such an extremity—what candid person will discover in the language of the Turkish Government a disavowal of the Convention and " the complete annuhnent of the Treaties be tween Russia and the Porte ?" The grievances mentioned in the article of the St. Petcrsburgh Journal, as having accompanied what it is pleased to call the publication of the late Mani festo, are -altogether as frivolous as those coin plailted of in the former document. We cannot but admire the boldness with which the obstruc tions experienced in the navigation of the Black Sea, and the runt of the commerce of Odessa, are urged in the same journal, which only a few days before announced the rapid progress of that commerce, as _proved by the ❑umber of ships which arrived at and :,ailed from Odessa. With respect to the Russian subjects who were " com pclied to quit the territories of the Porte within fifteen days," it must be remembered that after the departure of the Ambassadors of the three Powers, au event much regretted by the Porte, the Turkish Government invited all the subjects of those Powers to put the►selves under the im mediate protection of the High Authorities; that all those who determined to avail themselves of this proposal, have continued to enjoy the utmost tranquillity ; that those who have been de sirous of Fiuittinr , Constantinopl e have quitted it in safety ; that certain indivitluals only without any pursuit have been compelled to emi grate, from a regard to public tranquillity ; and that the number of these, including the Franks of all nations, has not exceeded two hundred. And these measures of policy, which the most civilized Government would consider itself au thorized in adopting under circumstances much less dangerous, and the temporary detention of a few ships (for it is certain that the closing of the Bosphorus has not taken place), are de nounced as " acts of provocation which demand a complete and speedy reparation," by the Jour nal of a Government, the agents of which have been constantly overwhelming the Porte with the most haughty demands, and the most unbearable affronts, and whose ships have taken a part in the slaughter of Navarin.— The horrors of that day would alone have been sufficient to expiate the wrongs of half a century; and yet impartial history will record that the Power, the victim of that catastrophe, enter tained no hostile designs towards its enemies ; that so far from provoking others, its essentially pacific and inoffensive system of conduct would have promoted and maintained general peace, if the principles of modern Liberalism had not ex tended their influence to its shores, if an irre sistible fatality had not thrown it into the snares of the Russian, who now seizes with avidity upon the most favourable opportunity for the final execution of a design which has been meditated for ages.-__Morning Post. HANIBURG H PAPERS. H NOVER, Maack' 26.—The General Assembly of the States of the Kingdom, having terminated its deliberations for this year, was prorogued on the 19th. COPENHAGrN, MARCH 18.—The Danish Missionary Society has made an agreement with M. Jacobson, who is to receive 2,600. rix-dollars in silver, for conveying to Julianehoot the church which has been built here for Greenland. BRUSSELS, MARCH 30.—1 t is well known that in several parts of Germany the country people, giving way to vain illusions, have often assembled numerous troops to go and try their fortunes in va rious countries, especially Brazil. We have seen many of these poor people, arrived in this kingdom, overcome with distress before they could reach the port where they intended to embark. Some adventurers having attempted similar deceptions in one of our provinces, we publish the following document, of which we warrant the authen ticity : Extract of a letter from the Vice-Consul of Brazil, at Bremen, to the Prussian Consul, in the same city:— " At the present moment no more colonists can be re ceived for Brazil, the number of those who have already of fered being too great." A lamentable event has occur red in a coal-mine near Se raign. An explosion took place when 63 workmen were in the mine, of whom only 2 have been saved. Mmten 31.—An Austrian Cabinet Messenger, going to London, and a Russian Messenger, from London to St. Pc tersbnrgh, passed through this city last night. APRIL I.—We are assured that, from the sth of this month, the English mail, which has hitherto been brought to Ostend by sailing-packets, will he brought by steam boats, which will render the correspondence with England much more regular. It is added, that instead of twice a week, the English mail will come three times a week. The Hugue Journal says, that the Ist Chamber of the States General has accepted all the projects of law that were sent to it, except the 7th chapter of the 3d book of the Code of Proceedings in the Civil Courts. Another Russian Cabinet Messenger, from London to St. Petershurgh, passed through this morning. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DlARY.—Tuesokr, APRIL 8.---At the Court of Commissimters, Basinghall-street. Caldwell, J., Illandtbrd-street, tailor. II Cole, J., New Bond-street, chronometer-maker Cooper, E., Russell-street, haberdasher Dam and Ce., St. Thomas Apostle in Gandon, A., Somerset -street, bookseller COUNTRY DIAItY.—MoND4V. APRIL 7. Foster, 1., Knaresbrough—Court-house. Leeds ll Frost, \V., Abergavenny—White Lion, Bristol l, Molincux, .1., Brighton—Old Ship, Brighton 1 Itolfc, W, Edgbaston—Boyal hotel, Birmingham Stenson, 0., Anglesea—White's Manchester Toone, J., Loughborough—White's, Manchester lO BERK ET,F.-Y HUNT DINNER.—The annual dinner of this celebrated Sporting Club, took place at the Plough Hotel, on Monday hit, and on no former occasion were its distinguished members entertained in so sumptu ous or splendid a style. At seven o'clock, about fifty gen tlemen sat down to a dinner, consisting of 270 covers. After the usual loyal, patriotic, and fox-hunting toasts and sentiments were given, the Chairman proposed "the health of Mr. INZYLLR, the spirited proprietor of the Plough, and success to his Original Berkeley Hunt Coach, which had on that day performed the journey from London of 100 miles, in little more than eight hours !" After this toast, which was received with general approbation, the guard of the Berkeley Hunt (who was in attendance) immediately performed " Bright Chanticleer" on the bugle, in excellent style, and both lie and the coachman received several hand some gratuities from the Members of the Club.—Chelten ham Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY—A ram 3. FRANCES V. FIELD. A gentleman behind the bar stated that a few days ago the Court had granted an ex-parte injunc tion to restrain the sale of the ship lireazel. It turned out that the ship was sold before the injunc tion was granted, and as the defendant was willing to bring the amount into Court to abide the result of the cause, the present application was that in bringin g it into Court, the injunction might be dis sel ved. Mr. TURNER appeared for the plaintiff, and con rented to this arrangement.—Order made. WELLESLEY V. THE PUKE OT BEAUFORT. There were three petitions in this matter standing 'on his Lordship's paper of to-day. The first was, that of Mr. Wellesley, which prayed the confirmation of the Master's Report, approving of the Reverend James Collett Ebden, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to be tutor of the children. The gentleman pro posed by the other side, was Frederic Ackers Daw son, Esq. of Brazenose College, Oxford. The second petition was by the other side, praying that the Court would refer back the report to the Master for reconsideration. And the third was a petition against Mr. W 1 ight, praying that he might be or dered to deliver up part of the property belonging to the children, that a reference might be directed to the Master to ascertain what compehsatiom he ought to make for the possession he had held, and that he might be directed to deliver up a key of a strong-room, &c. • COOKE AND COLLINGRIOGE. Mr. TulisLovE appeared on a petition presented b) Mr. 'William Cooke, who prayed that a sum a 10,000/. might be paid out of Court to After some discussion the petition was dismissed, with costs as to Mr. John Cooke, one of the parties, IN RE SIR GREGORY PAGE TURNER. Mr. PIIILLIMORE applied, on behalf of - the luna tic's committee, that an assignment of a house, for the use of the lunatic, should be made, at the pm-ice of 1,0004 ; and that it might be fitted up for his accommodation; the expellees to be paid out of the estate, subject to the usual reference to the Master. Mr. HORNE consented to the assignment being made, but opposed the rest of the petition. The order was therefore made as to the assignment only. The LORD CHANCELLOR proceeded with the list of lunatic petitions, and disposed of all such as were not opposed. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, APRIL 3. GURNEY V. BENI - AHD ANI) GOURDELAY. Mr. liourcu, moved for a special injunction to restrain the defendants in this case from conveying abroad certain valuable property belonging to the plaintiff.—lnjunction granted. ROBINS AND OTHERS V. SOULBY. Mr. BACON moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant, Elizabeth Soulby, from printing, pub lishing, or exposing to sale, a certain placard, simi lar to one invented,and for years sold exclusively by the plaintiffs. The VIGE-CHANCRLLOR requested to see a copy of the placards, and one of each was accordingly handed to him. They were exactly similar, and appeared to be copies of the notice usually exhibited in the window of every public-house in town, de clarative to the public, that " Real Devonshire Cider is sold here." His Honour, at the first glance, could hardly refrain from smiling at the ap parent insignificancy of the application, but he was assured . by the Learned Counsel by whom the motion was made, that although trifling in appearance, the matter was of very serious consequence to the plaintiffs. By the affidavits of the plaintiffs, it appeared that they had invented the plate, from which the copies of these peculiar placards for some years had been exclusively printed, and that it had been a source of considerable wealth to them; but that, in conse quence of the piracy of the defendant, they were fearful their trade arid profit would be considerably diminished. The VicE-ClimccELLOR said, " There cannot be the least doubt of the piracy—take the injunction." The Court at its rising was adjourned until the 13th inst. • LENT ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT, KINGSTON, Arm', S. _ MILLICIL V. OLDFIELD. Mr. MESSMER opened the pleadings. This was an issue directed by the Vice-Chancellor, to try whether a debt of 1,0001., proved under a commis sion of bankrupt, sued out against the defendant, was really due from the latter to the plaintiff, and whe ther that was sufficient in law to support a commis sion. After a long and uninteresting trial, the Jury found an issue for the defendant. OXFORD CIRCUIT.-MONMOUTH, APRIL 1. James While, Thomas Britton, ling William Bale. mall, were indicted for breaking► and entering the dwelling-house of John Edwards, at Bassalleg, and stealing thereout 49 Watches, the property of the said John Edwards.—The Jury having returned a verdict of " Guilty," Mr. Justice PARK ordered sentence of death to be recorded against all the prisoners. At eight o'clock in the evening the assizes for this county concluded. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-TAUNTON, AFML 1. CRAM. CON.-HILL V. MORGAN. The.plaintiff in this case is a captain of a met-- chant vessel trading between Bristol and the West Indies. The defendant is a clerk in the mercantile house of Underwood and Co., of Bristol. He is now only 20 . years old, and his father has been dead for some years. The action was lirought to recover compensation for the injury which the plaintiff had sustained by reason of his wife having been seduced by the defendant. The parties eloped in the middle of June, 18'27. Joseph Blandy examined by Mr. CRowDER=---I am the brother of Mrs. Hill. I have known the plaintiff twelve years. He made his addresses to my sister in 1823, and married her with the full consent of our family in 1823. My sister is 93 years old, and Mr. Hill about the same age. I know the defendant, with whom I was particularly inti mate when we were at school together. I am 21 years old. When the defendant came to Bedmin ster to see his friends, I introduced him to mine. I introduced him to my sister, Mrs. Hill, and after wards to her husband. I was much in the habit of going with him in the evening to Mrs. Hill's house, while her husband was on a voyage to the *West In dies. When Mr. Hill was at home, he and his wife seemed to enjoy the greatest happiness. Mr. Hill is the Captain of the Codrington. His voyages ge nerally continued for six months. I never observed any thing particular in the behaviour of my sister and the defendant until the April of last year. I recollect the last voyage which Mr. Hill made pre vious to this occurrence. It was in the month of November, 1826. His wife accompanied him to Bristol, at which place he embarked. 1 was present at the farewell interview. My sister was extremely affected. She shed tears, and expressed her deter mination to accompany her husband on his next voy age. When Mr. Hill was gone, I continued to go to my sister's of an evening, in company with the defendant, until Good Friday last, when I perceived for the first time, some circumstances in the con duct of the defendant and my sister which excited my suspicions. I recollect the day of their elope ment. On the day preceding it, the defendant came to see me, asked the how I did, arid shook hands with me in a very friendly manner. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant NV!t,DE.—The plaintiff had been at home with his wife for about ill7her His i voyagesl ‘ va was generallytAvo otbeforeued f the or sx voyage f 1826 months. in the habit of going to my sister's house with Morgan, she used to sing. I ha v e heard her sng— i "Is there a heart that never lov'd, " Or felt soft woman's sigh ; " Lives there a man can mark unmov'd, "Dear woman's tearful eye ?" I don't recollect that Morgan was present when she ' sang this song. The circumstance which attracted my notice on Good Friday was, that my sister, Mr. Morgan, a Mr. Bennet, and myself, being walking in Leigh-woods, Mr. Morgan and my sister seemed to wish " to wander together." Wilmot deposed.—l am married to a sister of Mrs. Hill! After the elopement, when the par ties had returned from London to Bath, I went to Morgan, and having inquired of him where he had left the unhappy woman whom lie had taken from her friends, he said " that it was impossible to pal liate what he had done." He then gave me a direc tion to find her, but it was a wrong one. I after wards found her, and she consented to come with me to Bristol. When we arrived there, I saw Morgan, at the George, Temple -gate. Mrs. Hill entreated of me to allow her to speak to him. I complied, and left them alone for about a quarter of an hour. At the end of that time I went into the room, but Mrs. Hill had changed her mind, and would not come with me. I subsequently went at her request, to meet her at the George, from whence she accompanied me to my house. She has since that time lived under the immediate protection of her friends. Her husband has not seen her since the occurrence. The servants who resided with Mrs. Hill during the time in which her husband was at home, de posed that they seemed to be living all that time in the enjoyment of perfect happiness. Mrs. Mary Dean, who keeps a lodging-house at No. 19, Prospect-place, Bath, deposed that the guilty pair lend come to her house in June last, where Mr. Morgan, who went then by the name of Adams, took lodgings for himself and the lady. They lived together as man and wife. Mr. Goldstone said that he was married to the plaintiff's sister. When the plaintiff returned from sea, witness communicated to him, in the gentlest form possible, the misery which had be fallen him. The distress of the plaintiff upon that occasion was extreme. He fell into a convulsion, which lasted for half an hour. lie then became quite frantic. Two days after he had another fit, which lasted for three gours, and his distress on the latter occasion was greater than at first. He is now at sea, but up to his departure from England he seemed quite lost. A female friend (no relation) of Mrs. Hill, stated in confirmation of the other witnesses, that the pla;ntiff and his wife had never experienced the smallest perceptible diminution of their happiness. One of the trustees under the will of the de fendant's father, proved, that when he comes of age, he will be entitled to about 1001. a-year, and at his mother's death to about 6604 or 7004 After an eloquent and ingenious address, the Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence to the jury, who returned a verdict far the plaintiff-- Dameges, 1001. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 2. The coma►ission was opened here this day by Mr. - Baron VAUGHAN and Mr. Justice PARK. There are 130 prisoners for trial, and 40 calms, five of them special juries. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK, Ar,ui 2. William White and Richard Nicholls were con victed of assaulting Thomas Shenton, in Birming ham, on the 13th of January last, on the King's highway, with intent to rob him. In consequence of the prisoners' ferocious conduct in knocking down the prosecutor, and wantonly and severely kicking him while on the ground, The Learned Judge sentenced the prisoners to be transported, one for life, and the other for II years. Of the two special jury cases fixed for to-day, one was referred, and the other was not of public interest. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-YORK, APRIL 2. DAWSON t'. HANSON. This was an action brought to recover a compen sation in damages for a very violent and brutal assault. It was proved that the defendant attacked the plaintiff, and bit off his nose. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2601. COMPLIMENT TO THE LAW.—SOITIe wag, having ascertained that all the attornies of Knaresborough had left the town ou Thursday last, for York Assizes, ce lebrated the event by setting the bells a-ringing.—Lee4s Intclligencer, MURDER OF MR. THOMAS "JOLLIER, AT 13 U MON-111'014.T RE NT.-After a very patient and minute investigation, at six adjourned meetings of the inquest, held before Sir J. D. FOWLER, Coroner, into the myste rious circumstance attending this very extraordinary and melancholy affair, the Jury, on Saturday last, were una nimous in returning a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person •or persons unknown."—Derby Mercury. A countryman the other day was lounging about a• book-stall in this town, when he was asked if be wished to purchase any work. " No, Sir, I don't want to buy any work, I want to get something to do, and be paid for it : I have a shilling in my pocket, and I want a book; I had one once, but I lost it." Being desired to state w hat book be wanted, this searcher after knowledge replied.-- " I don't care what sort of book it be, so it isn't a thin one." After asking the prices of several, he at last saW one which had the appearance of being cheap ; it *al an odd volume of Xenophon in Greek. " Ah," said he, that is the book; that's monstrous cheap ;" ani there upon he paid his shilling, and took his book home. fie could neither read nor write. —Brighton Gazette. FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The work of re trenchment has already commenced at the War Office. It has been customary hitherto to employ the office mes sengers in folding the various printed forms after they are receivedu folds, envelopes, u m p thees &c., S tat o s n m e r 3a;be Office, required i t o by doublethe and elclerks k treblefor t their greater co nven i ence, and for expediting business. For this duty they were paid a certain sum in addition to their regular saldries, for working during extra hours. Lord PA LIT EASTON, however, has issued an order, that from the 25th of March they are to perform the work of folding, Sze., without extra pay, each man taking a week's duty in turn. Although this change may at first view ar pear insignificant to those who are not acquainted with the business of the office, it is one of considerable importance as it affects the regulations. BIRTHS. On the - Ist inst., the lad y of Dr. Davies, of Virginia terrace, Great Dover-road, of a son. On the 31st ult., the wife of Mr. Surel, jun., of Berke ley-square, of a son. MARRIED. In Canterbury, Kent, John Augustus Robert Jones, second son of John Robert Jones, of Biustels, coach builder to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, to Isabella Nicholls, only daughter of the late Samuel Nicholls, Esq., of Calcutta. On the 3d inst., at Camberwell, by the Rev. J. T. Do Boulay, Seth Middleton Ward, of Camberwell, to Emma Catherine, only daughter of the late John Harrison Thomp son, Esq., of the same place. On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Edward Esq., of Streatham, to Mary, (laughter of John Thy ter, Esq., of Brixton, Surrey. Y, the Rev. E. Bather, Artil y, eldest daughter of the Rev. S. Butler, D.D., Archdeacon of Derby, and Head Master of Shrewsbury School. On the Dith ult., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, John gyininon7, Esq., late of Paddington, to Charlotte Evans, widow of Mr. James Evans, formerly of Bath. deaAcotnSotf. S M AT.I;: 4 ;43 S S I Ia r erWsbUr I DIED. On the Ist inst., in the 24th year of his age, at Tor quay, Lieut. Charles Ensor, of the Royal Engineers, second son of John Ensor, Esq., of R o il c -ahy Hall, in the county of Norfolk. On the Ist inst., at Winchmore Hill, Edmonton, Eliza beth Anne, wife of George Henry Browne, Esq. On the Ist inst., at her house in Bryanston-street, Mrs. Anna Edgworth, daughter of the late John Edgevorth, Esq. county of Longford, Ireland, and first cousin to the late Abbe de Firtnont. On the 3lat ult., suddenly, of apoplexy, in Savile place, Mile-end, Mr. Robert Brockholes, late of Chigwell ro►w, Essex, aged 47. _- - - On Saturday last, at Lambeth, Mrs. Mandalay, wife of Mr. U. Maudslay. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, at the Stns °mot, No. 112, Strand. J on at the Au the and and I •ad Tim eoa Wic atgi earl .wi &al Ali fiv e I Uri et - ; lan vvat Bre wet pant and Nevi UN Rad ford coat Con and arri, luta 41441 t 44 fro, fog itcit Wkt bu r , fit i Fri 4 for of o unit at t Lao