The Sun. — London, England, 1828-11-05 00:00:00

, them an equal share of subjectiou to equal laws, and granting to them an equal share in the enjoyment of common liberties.—Tim4l. It is to be taken .for grailted, from the following paragraph, we suppose, that the new federation of Cumberland club-men have fixed their choice of a President. Well does such a " Master" deserve such subjects, and worthy are the subjects of the hief. It would be m atter of regret if his Royal Highness should ever be disturbed in the enjoyment of this fair sovereign t y by his accession to any Other ; for sure we are, that this alone is adapted to the ex ercise of those peculiar virtues in which he has no ri val. We are authorized to state that a communication has been received tram his Royal Highness the Duke of Cum berland, that he has been graciously pleased to accept the office of Grand Master of the Loyal Orange Institution. For the notification of this and other matters connected with the Association, a General Meeting is to be held in Dublin on the sth of November, on which day the Mem bers of the Grand Lodge dine together."--Dublin Even ing Mail.—lbid. Mr. Sheil's speech on Monday evening was dis tinguished by the energy with which he repelled the double stigma from his brethren, that they were hostile to England, and subservient to their priests. —The Irish Catholics bring no charge against the people of this 'country generally, but that of permit tidig the Irish Ascendancy to oppress there. Their amhition is to stand by. the side of England, but not to be trampled by her provincial dependents.— There is, nevertheless, another topic, with regard to which we have to complain of Mr. Sheil. When he alluded to the monstrous absurdity of withhold ing freedom from seven millions of men, because some dozen or two of a whole nation are fools enough to mingle threats with their cry for a redreis of grievant es, the learned gentleman affirmed of England ar iarge, that she was " bullied" by Russia, by France, by Miguel, by all the world, from whom she had silt - cored wrong;, but that Ireland only, upon whom she had inflicted wrong, must not dare to b illy her into an est of justice. This contrast, as affecting the people of England, is anything but correct. It is not the nation which has pocketted the affronts of foreign powers, it is not the nation which exhibits any spirit of preference for foreign dellotisna, over the joint rights of liberty and hu manity. With regard to the power of the priest hood over the Catholic community, we shall only say, that noblemen and gentlemen who assert their rights as British subjects with such determined and enlightened eagerness, are the last class of persons, no matter what their faith, from whom, in spite of reason and experience, we ought to anticipate a su perstitious prostration to the clergy. It is our fixed belief, that the grant of Emancipation will le e fol lowed by a visible falling off of the Catholic luity from its political (or rather politic) alliance with the church.— Ibid. Now that the alarm with regard to the prepon derance of Russia has given place to too low an idea of the resources of that country, the voice of sober inquiry has some chance of a hearing. We noticed at the time of its appearance, the publication of Col. De Lacy Evans, and endeavoured to show that the alarm of its author was as groundless as the measures which he recommended were unnecessary. To those who may entertain any doubts oa this subject, we can recommend a pamphlet which has just ap peared, under the tide of " A Few Words on our Relations with Russia," Bsc., which amply makes up in the dearness of its statements and cogency of its reasoning, fur its deficiency in point of bulk (52 pages). The author assumea that Mr. Canning was insincere in its pretexts with regard to Greece. " If (he observes) the sympathy professed for the Greeks had been real, they would hardly have been left for so long a time exposed to the ferocity of the Turks and Egyptians, who, by butchering or by starving, had already cut off the better half of the population. The suppression of piracy in the Levant might have been compassed, as in any other sea, by sending a number, not of line-of-battle ships and frigates, but of armed brigs, cutters, and steam-boats, to keep the main passage clear from the pirate vessels; and by refusing to either of the flags of the contending parties the right of search, which had given occasion to so many cap turel." He considers that his real object was to hinder Russia from meddling with Greek affairs, if possible; and when that should not be possible, to make a merit of co-operating with her. He cou .siders, too, that he did not fully contemplate the consequence of hie owe measure, and was not pre pared for the alternative of using force to compel the Turks to accede to the pacification of Greece. But Aough he did not expect a collision like that of Naearin, be would afterwards have displayed more tact then the present Administration has displayed. The present Ministry, he thinks, are about to com mit the country to a most unwise line of policy. efe alludes to the declaration of Lord Aberdeen, en the Pith July last, that, " in his opinion, the exist ence of Turkey as an independent Power, as a Power f weight and considerable influence in the stairs of Europe, was essential to the preservation of that balance whiell it bad always been the policy of this country to.preserve ;" and observes, truly, that i, is impossible to conceive that the Russians have any other otos. in view than permanent conquests h m otlieTur - 4, for why, otherwise, should they have engagedin the contest ? " To prove that the protection el 'the Servians is licit a sufficient motive, is not NvAfill the trouble of permit% a sentence. - The i rlaitu to the free navigation of the Dardanelles, although important to the Russian trade in the 33laek Sea, w,onld,alone have hardly brought on a war which must g44en a greater expenditure than the extension of their ' tri a l would compensate to their revenue in half a century; and that question ; night have been p ermitted to train on unsettled, a nd so far in favou r of Bessie as it h ad been ever ajnee the Tre at y of Akefmen, gait of the stipulatior _s Anotherofthe' This alleged di sre - rrea of f the Akermann, Treaty O „ the pare pf the Turk s, sto But material riots • ia t he uneetstiatin elxp uu r i es eit may be. sions relating to the d.oebted h 4 n! l. 4 • 'l' k • in the Hatti Seherife, Treaty of Akermann ull • bea • out Iby the "ewe/ y which were resent et t he constructio which the - .l' . l ) ai r til l 'e v sto: o l l ) ) ti le t wt e them. But allowing that they d o , c ontend it would have been ;Difficult to p bring back , the Turks, by mere rernOrWreiteep to any terms which they had once admitted, if they had . n i o ne t in fact, disavowed the imputed meaning 0 ,, the Hatti Scheriff. Add to which, tha t the to at to of Akermaan itself relates principally two objects above cited as insufficient to pie cipitite l.ostilities. The Russiahe profess to expect to 'op reimbursed for all the expenses of OM war of the defeated Turks. But a sum of such magnitude they must know that the Turks, Hat any time, could not pos,ibly.pay at. the close of an ex hausting struggle. They must, therefore, intend to demand securities for the fulfilment of the conditions of peace which they prescribe. But what securities will be so good as garrisons in the principal fortresses of Europea n Turkey as far as t h e Baikal], and espea daily on the litre of the Danube? , .. , • It would be quite in accordance with their policy, the usual policy of military,Governments, to occupy these provinces tinder one pretext or another until occasion serves to annex them to the Empire, as pio • tected or incorporated States, like the Kingdom of Poland. Then would come the time for assuming such a military attitude towards the remainder of the 'Turkish Dominions as would threaten their indepen dent existence on this side the Straits; and, at a l l events, annihilate their importance in the political chart of Europe." The author here takes the bull fairly by the horns. Russia evidently intends what you say you will oppose. But why should you op. pose Russia? And can you prevent her from giving effect to her designs? Here the author evi. dently displays a more than ordinary knowledge o' the state and resources of Russia, and very fairl) balances the amount of advantages arid disadvantages which would result to ourselves from hostilities with that Power. " I should not be averse to a war with the Russians (he observes) from fear of its issue ; for I am well aware that we could distress them more than they could distress us, We might excite the Persians to break in again upon their Georgian frontier. We might support their enemies on the Bosphorus, and act against the line of their communications by Sea. We could make a still more severe impression upon them, by choking the principal channels of their foreign trade, by blockad ing at once Petersburgh, Riga, and Archangel in the north ; and Odessa and Taganrsig, and the en trance to the Sea of Azoph, in the south. Thus we shorald pretty certainly check their advance on Con stantinople, and throw them back on the Danube. 'rime contest in Turkey would be prolonged, while, by the stoppage of their foreign trade, their means of meeting their war expenditure would be dimi nished. Thus in the end we should probably com pel them, by mere exhaustion, to submit to terms." We should have hesitated to admit this position be fore the experianee of the last campaign; but we are now inclined to believe that this country could, if so disposed, really compel Russia to submit to terms. But before proceeding to such an extremity, it would be well to anticipate the consequences to ourselves. When we know the consequences, we may then ask why they should be hazarded. More than one-half of the foreign trade of Russia is also our own, so that in operating against Russia, we ope rate against ourselves. The value of our imports amounts to neatly one-twelfth of our total imports; but, observes our author, " the official value gives only a vague proportion. The true value of four articles alone of our imports from Russia, calculated upon the actual. quantities given in the Custom house returns, amounted last year to upwards of 3,500,000/., exclusive of freight, and all charges on this side. Every tyro in political economy knows, that the value of the imports from any coun try must be approximately balanced by the value of the exports to that; or to some third country. . . , To many persons the importance of our intercourse with Russia may be more clearly exemplified by the extent of employment which it gives to British ship ping. In the trade with the four great Russian ports, Petersburgh, Archangel, Riga, and Odessa, alone, are employed about 1,900 British vessels; or, in round numbers, about 323,000 teams, taking tile average burthen of such ships at 170 tons."— The author then proceeds to combat the posi tion of Lord Aberdeen, that we are called upon, front a regard to cetr interests, to maintain the integrity of Turkey. He maintains that itt the case -, of Russia, considered relatively to the other nations of Europe, arty armament for the maintenance of the balance of power would be un justifiable. In the first place he observes, that be fore a third party can interfere with effect when a nation has been invaded by a more powerful neigh bour, the grievance of conquest must be already deeply felt, and have excited as general enthusiasm to redress it. lie spews, fromja review of the History of Europe, that all combinations to prevent conquest Lave failed. Charles the Fifth roused a general re sistance, against which he failed. Louis the Four teenth was successful, till national resistance drove him back to his ancient limits. Charles the Twelfth foiled his enemies while they were aggressors, but repeated defeats forced the Russians to second the genius of their Chief. Tile Viola") foiled time coali tion armies, but were defeated when the nations of Europe Were wrung by the yoke of Buonaparte. " So (says our author) in the event of the Russians subjecting' the provinces of Northern Turkey to their dominion, the moment of their making the acquisi tion when the mass of the inhabitants—Walachians, Bulgarians, and GrAks look upon them as de liverers—is not the moment for attempting to wrest it from them. Wait rather for the time when Rus sian administration, enforcing more of order, and pro tecting property better than the senseless rapacity of an Oriental' Court, shall have* left some scope to in dustry, permitted some accumulation of wealth, and some springing up of public intelligence; in short, given some social consistence to the poor, divided, semi barbarous nations who inhabit those countries. They will be apt to gain ihose means of power, civil and military, which their new masters will have brought among them ; but they will not be the less careful of national distinctions. Trust the ruling powers of a sovereign country for sacrificing the interests of their vassal dominions to their own—trust the inso lence of its official agents for wounding the pride of die provincials ; they will take care that the con quered people shall nut cease to entertain the feeling of separate existence, and to nourish the hope of in dependence. Difference of language alone will be a sufficient dissolvent when political necessity ceases to act as a cement between the old territories of Russia and -its new acquisitions. These causes may be of slow, but they are of certain operation, and they mire at work among all the conquered nations which surround Russia Proper." Allowing the Russians to be so successful as even to obtain pos session of Constantinople, ." this extension of Rus sian dominion (he contends) would not, for time bet ter part of a century at least, add anything to its power of aggression, and might very con siderably weaken it, by lengthening its line of de fence." To levy taxes from these provinces is out of the question, so that they would only have pushed their frontier farther than their resources. But granting additional power to be commensurate with extension of territory, time Powers of the West of Europe have increased iu a inure than equal pro portion in resources. The author then examines the state of France, Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain, and ridicules' the idea of there being any thing to apprehend from Russia. What the author states with regard to the Russian army is well deserving of attention. No reliance, he observes, is to be placed on the numbers at which they are rated. "It is notoriously the system in Ruisia to give the officers very small nominal pay, but at the same time to leave very much in their heads, the pay, clothing, victual ling, the purchasing of horses, forage, &c., and the cantonment of time troops under their command. While from these branches of expenditure they possess facilities for improving . their appoint ments, they are almost compelled to take ad vantage of them to support the style in which they are expected to appear. Colonels, therefore, making returns to head-quarters may well be sup posed to state as high as they can time nominal numbers in their regiments, and to make the real numbers as sm a ll as w ill su ffi ce t o k ee p up appear ances, in order that they may receive allowances according to the former, and disburse according to the latter, appropriating to themselves the differ ence." He fixes the e ff ec ti ve strengt h o f th e Rus sian army, exclusive of irregular troops; under 400,000 men. " Until the present war the Russians never moved an army across their frontiers much exceeding 100,000 men, seldom one equalling that number; and now (says our author) that they have marc h e d 140,000 to 150,000 men into Turkey, the Emperor has been obliged to decree.: a levy of new recruits; a c i rcumstance -w hi c h C ol. Evans considers indicative of their immense re but which I regard as a s i gn o f t h e prev i ous deficitumcei' o f their embodied force, an d o f the effort which this: con test costs them.. The auth or b r i e fly sc Pointing out the exam ination of the possibility o f an greatstir v ey o s ll t s h tl e w les moral in f t o h r e ce w o ai f Russia,fits adva nce , an d con eludes with a 0 The force of any one. Presid ency o invasion of India, would be more than a Match f o r the utmost strength which Russia could carry be bearing on their o wn into Indi a ; supplies, and receiving constan and while our troops woul d t reinforcements, We Russians would be weakened u s they advanced. e recommend this able pam phlet confidently to. ti who wish to consider the questio n of a Rus.sta f t i t n } :a e r r coolly and dispassionately , We have only tr the truth observe, that we are thoroughly satisfied of _ truth of a position advanced by th e author, that " any one of the great Powers of Europe (putting out of time question their auxiliaries) could, on the occasion of any thream. fromm. Russia, r.me:.:e in defence quite as large an army as the latter could put in mo tion in attack." We are also satisfied that time operations of Russia in the East, while they ate not calculated to inspire the West with alarm, will be- of great bent-fit to the world. If out .Ministers from thy abetircl notions of nutintainieg Turkish interest, expend our resources in opposing the execution of tere." the designs of Russia, their conduct will he deserv ing of the utmost reprobation. We ha v e never joined the band of arraigners of Ministers, on account f their pacific policy; neither will we porting them, when we think them co j u o l i p ri r l i s , u in b- g Chron, the real interests of the nation. —Morning The good effects of the demolition of the little absolute Juntacalled the " Select Vestry," in the parish of St. Paul, Covent garden, begin to he al ready apparent. The snug jobs—the pleasant revels —the law charges—the tavern-bills —and all the other " select" contrivances to keep going the eter nal machinery of taxation, are in the way of an ex posure that must have very salutary consequences. The proceedings at Bow-street, on Saturday, show that parish accounts partake very much of the " libe rality" of the age. They are upon a scale of ex penditure that becomes the comprehensive notions of Select Committees of " Ways and Means." The vulgar attribute of economy cannot embarrass the financial operations of parish statesmen where they have no account to render'to any but themselves. There is no doubt that now the self-auditing trea sury of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, is overthrown, the System of finance in that parish will not be upon so magnificent a scale as formerly. It is very pro ' bable that what jobbers of genius call a paltry economy will step in, and vulgarize the ac counts so as not to leave them worth the finger• ing of any financiers of genteel accomplish ments. lodeed, the beginning •of this process was evideat on Saturday, when Mr- Corder, the new Vestry Clerk, objected, among other things, tp a charge of ISt. for the annual visit by the overseers, churchwardens, and others, to the pauper children aI Norwood ; in which was included W. for a dinner, and 31. ISt. fdr coach hire. To object to such a charge was considered unreasonable by Mr. Halls, the Magistrate, who very pithily observed to Mr. Corder, " These gentlemen were calPd from their homes—and they are not to be expected to wear out their "shoe leather in a walk to Norwood ;" to which Mr. Minshull rejoined, " I thirk they might have come home to dinner." But, 'if they had to come home to dinner, twelve persons would not have gone where six were the most that could possibly be necessary—namely the majority of the overseers and churAwardens; with the clergyman and a doctor. It appeared also that a lunch was charged, and 'that the party, who did not, like the twelve Apostles, " carry no scrip," rode afterwards rill the way over to Greenwich to dine, it being probable that there was_ no, white-bait to be had at Norwood.. Mr. Halls,lrowever, saw no objection to those twelve persons making a party of pleasure, and dining at the expence of the poor, for it is out of the poor-rate those things must be paid, if paid at all ; and the worthy Magistrate gave a reason why the charges ought' to be allowed, which was cer tainly novel, if not convincing. He shrewdly ob served, " you must show the charges are unrea sonsbk ; I see no item for rose-water or sauterne But we can tell Mr. linll3 that the charge for the dinner is altogether an illegal one—there - is no law authotising the overseers to make it;. on the contrary, it renders them legally responsible for a misapplication of the poor -rates, if paid out of that fund. We are not at ell surprised at the irritable feelings displayed on this occasion by Mr. Roche, late vestry-clerk and 'acting solicitor, who had law charges to the parish of 1081. beyond his salary, which law charges Mr. Corder stated were for the performance of duties which be was bound to exe cute for his salary while vestry clerk ! He stated that Mr. Corder was unfit for his office, and we have no doubt that every jobber in the parish agrees with hiert.—Morning Herold. After the full and accurate report which we gave of the speeches and proceedings at the public dinner on Monday last, it appears to us almost superfluous to add any thing in the shape of comment. We cannot refrain, however, from thinking that the country is now pretty well satiated, both of Bruns wick and of Catholic Meetings, and more disposed than ever to leave the adjustment of the gteat question in dispute to the prudence and loyalty •of the Government. Both parties have, in fact, made a considerable approximation to each other on 'va rious points during the last few months; and though neither, we fear, would have the candour to confess a charge, any third party not siding directly with either, and having a fair settlement 'of the grievances of Ireland only in view, would, in all probability; succeed,—not in satisfying both, but in thinning their ranks to such an extent, as to render opposi tion trifling and contemptible. That the Go vernment has some plan under consideration for the accomplishment of the peace of Ireland, there can not be the slightest doubt. We know, indeed, that such a plan has, in all its main features, the approba tion of the Once dissentient' materials of which the present Administration is made up—a plan, com s hining'the most perfect security to Protestant As cendancy in Church find State, with as much par ticipation in the civil rights of British subjects as ought to satisfy 'the Catholics—We say ought, for although it would not perhaps be difficult to deal with the poor half-starved people of Ireland, it is extremely difficult to know what would satisfy either the priests or the agitators. The former long, there can be no doubt, for the temporalities of the Church of Ireland, and hope to attain them through' the ambition of the Aristocracy, and the influence which they possess over the minds of an ignorant and degraded population, deeply alive to the manifold'injuries which hare been heaped upon it, and ready to embrace' any project whieh held forth a prospect of mitigating them. The latter are anxious . to resume their stations as Members of the Legislature of their country, and for that boon would undoubtedly sacrifice much; *they have committed themselves both with the priests and with the forty shilling freeholders, and these combined form such an obstacle to their acceptance of the terms which the Government means to propose, that it will re quire no ordinary sagacity' and firmness to bring it about. Of firmnesS,however, the Duke of Wellington possesses enough, and, some people think, more than enough. Our hope is that it may be successful in achieving the object which he has iu view, and that another year may witness every part of the British Empire as united in feeling as it is in interest. Then, indeed, may we laugh at the designs of Russia—re sume, without even a threat, the prOud station which we once oceupied smoltg the nations of Europe, and witness the 're-establishment of tranquillity in Ire land, and the growth of industry and commerce where misery and squalid poyerty only have as yet been exhibited ; birt let us add, neither of these objects can be obtained without the .exereise of the greatest firmness on the part of the Government, and a determination to sink all minor differences of opinion for the attainment of the one great object. — Morning Advertiser. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. LIVERI•001, Nor. 3.—Wind .water 25 minutes past eight. —Arrived the Alorgiatta, Feathers, from St. Petersburgh ; John Read, Rea, from ditto ; St. George, 'Fullmer', from New York, off; Ocean, from Waterford: CLICAILED OtilWAXIM—The Waterloo, _--, for New Brunswick ; Tickler, Graysorue, Bethke ; Pacific, M'Gowan, Jamaica ; Thomas Burrows, Dawson, Tor tola; Sanint Wright, --, New York ; Feter, florden, Rotterdam. ---- Mrs. FusELI, being in a greet rage, was ad vised by I.er kusband tl) swear, " tfartatEr, my dear, why don't you swear ? It will ease your nand." In digging a Catholic chum now erecting in Worcester, several l ar g e packages of grave in the burial ground of t he gloves, amounting to some hundreds of dozens were discovered about four fret below the surface. The hroele su ssffi.e ci so touch decayed as to be quite useless; ma n y w entire, however, to show from their fash ion whole were and working, that those by whom they were fabricated, must since t.' s l ept w i t h t h e i r f a th er s ;" but as t o how ha t v h e ey lo ll g catne depo s it e d i n so unfitting a situation , the only con jecture which can b ,, : formed is, that they were the concealed booty of some thief, to whom no safe oppor tunity occurred of turning his depredation to account...— , Bath Herald. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mrs. Elizabeth Eaton, of the Elephant public house, in Leadenhall•street, who complained on Saturday of haring been robbed by ilfary Anne Walters, one of her serrants, yesterday wrote a letter to the LORD PrlATort, of which the following is a copy : " My Lord,—The development of the guilt of -any ser vant Mary Anne Walters, in the examination before your Lordship last Saturday, inducea me most earnestly to solicit your Lordship's powerful influence with the Secretary of State, to obtain the immediate discharge of, the poor girl Ann Crawley, wno, after living with use wily four days, was, by the woman whu was charged - on Saturday, accused, and curlier sole evidence sonvicted. " I verily believe the charge was false; - that the accuser should have been the prisoner; and, under the full pet sua 7 sion of her innocence, I am induced to crave your Lordship's benevolent interference, which will much oblige, " Your most obedient servant, " ELIZABETH EATON•" The LORD MAYOR direeted Mr. Hobler to make out a copy of the depositions against , Mary Ant* Crawley, and to join to it a copy of the Sessions Paper in which the trial of Anne Crawley -is re- Corded, in order that 'his Lordship might go prepared to the office of the Secretary of State. Anne Crawley is now in the Penitentiary. Drinkwater, the officer, found in Mary. Anne 'Wal ters' box a bunch of keys, one of. which opened the lock of Mrs. Eaton's depository, in which the trin kets were kept, and out of which Ann Crawley was accused, upon the evidence of Mary Ann Walters; of - having stolen property, of . the plunder of which, It now appears, she was wholly innocent, YA respectable man who resides in Finch-lane Was brought - up, charged with having beaten an old watchman, named 13enbow. This tnrned'out to be one of the many instances which occur in the metro polis of the gross abuse of power in 'the nightly watch. Indeed, the encouragement given by the Magistrates to watchmen to act as tyrants, renders it hazardous in any man, however peaceable and orderly, to walk the public streets as soon as the au thority of . the watchmen commences. . The watchmen swore that the defendant was going along tl.:e street, carrying a bundle, at half-past twelve on Sunday morning. Witness thought it to be his duty to ask him a question about the bundle.; but the defendant, instead of giving a civil answer, used the most hot rible language, and, finally knocked him down with a desperate blow. . A butcher stated that he saw the knock-down blow. The defendant declared that the accusation was a most abominable falsehood: . 1 , 10 had called „at a shopkeeper's for some goods, whieb, as the hour was late, and he stood in need of the articles,. be pre ferred carrying home himself. The watchman asked him what he curried, and he immediately told him : whereupon the watchman seized bins, and told him he must go to the watch-house and account for him self, to the satisfaction of the authorities presiding there. He remonstrated with this arbitrary guardian of the peace, and assured him that he lived at No. 23, Finch-lane, where, if he would be. so good as to walk to that short distance, the most satisfactory proof that the articles were his own property should be produced. " No," said the watchman, " I'm but you shall go to the watch-house ;" and after some further skirmishing with words, the watchman struck him with a.stick, and dragged him off to the watch-house. The charge was immediately taken, and the defendant would have been obliged' to re main in the watch-house until Monday morning, had not a neighbour got out of bed to bail Alderman GARRATT (whe- sat for the Lord Mayor) said, that the conduct of the watchman was reprehensible. A gentleman, .who was passing at the tirne the watchman had the defendant in custody, stated that the defecidant answered the watchmaii civilly; told I him he lived at 23, Finch-lane, .asked hltit to go thither to ascertain the.fact, and instead of striking, WAS struck by the watchman, whose. condiiet was violent in the extreme.. It was further stated, that the watchman, while he was taking the defendant to the watch-house, offered to drop the 'whole business for the sum of Is. 6d. .• Alderman GARRATT said, that the poliCe'and the watchmen ought to be protected in the discharge of their duties, but not in the abuse of the power given to them. The Alderman their discharged the de repdant, without, however, strongly rebuking the watchman, who went away without having received' the necessary and expected diseourageuient lo insult and imprison the public. It is notorious that some of the Aldermen' are so fond of obliging respectable persons, against whom charges are made up for the purpose of 'extortion, to " settle" with the watchmen, that in some wards if a man ask a watchman -what o'clock it is, le runs the chance of lying in a black-hole all night. young man, named Beaumont, who' has been committing various depredations-through the country, was charged with having forged upon a Welsh bauking-house. He was sent into Wales, attended by two officers. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. . Yesterday a young man and a woman,. husband and wife, natives of Calcutta, and neither speaking a word of English, came to this Offiee,'..accompanied by a Lascar of-the same nation, Who ;acted for them as interpreter, to ask for the I!•lttgistrate's, advice in the following case : • The Liscur stated very intelligibly that Ms two friends, the spplicants, "were brought over to this country from their native place 'in lithe, in the ca pacity of domestic servants by a Mr. John Beecher, a stilt•merchant, who promised to' send them back home again to Calcutta, by the first vessel after they should express a wish to return ; that more than tWo. months ago, they had expressed-this_ wish, par ticularly as the female found herself enceinte, .and was exceedingly desirous of giving:birth tp her off spring .amongst her own friends ; but to all their entreaties to be sent home, Mr. Beecher had lent a deaf ear, excusing himself from time to titne, under the plea that there was no vessel to be found bound for Calcutta, and that•he must wait' until he could hear of one, although it was well knoWn .thaf. wards of a hundred vessels had Sailed out there froth' the port_ of London since the applicants first 'urged him to send them home. Indeed, the Lascar said, to his•own knowledge there were several, anti one so late as last Monday morning. - The applicants said that.they were now fearful, for they had some reason to . think so, that Mr. Beecher was about to desert them altogether, without either providing for their pasitage home, or paying upwards of .200 - rupeeS that he owed them ; and. if he should so de sert them, they knew not on earth what to do, as they were total strangers, and had not a friend to support them, with the prospect, too, of the female, ere any great length of time, becoming a mother. The MAGISTRATti asked, if they had not better have applied to the Lord 'Mayor in the city. • The I.ascar said, that they had applied to- the. Lord Mayor, and produced to the Magistrate a letter which had been writt en f or th em to the Lord Mayor, stating their case; b u t hi s L or d s hip recotnmended them to apply at thi s o ffi ce , as Mr. Beecher, with whom they. resides within this district. • The MAGISTRATE said, that as faros the debt of 200 rupees went, be had no power to interfere, but as to sending the applicants home to their own country again, h e cons id er ed that Mr. Beecher was boundto do so ; and, indeed. he understood that a ll persons bringing natives from India . to NI; country, were compelled to enter into a bond to return thern again. He would, however, give the applicants. a letter to the Directors of the East India Company upon the subject, who would be most likely to see justice done by them ; and that was all he could do. The Luscar thanked the Magistrate, and said, that he had no doubt but the East India Directors would interfere on his Worship's application. HATTON.G.ARDEN. On Monday night a young man of the name of George Saunders, a recruit in the service of the Hoe. East India Company, was brought up by the parish authorities.of St. Mary, Islington, complained of for being about to leave the country, and abandon ing his child to the parish. • Mr. Ashley, relieving overseer, stated that the child, a female of about l 4 months old, whose ma ternal parent is dead, was brought to their hOusit that morning for relief, and information given them that the father had enlisted on Wednesday last, and in the course of a few days was to sail for India. The person who brought the child and gave the in formation was sister to the deceased mother, and was now present to corroborate the statement. Mr. LAING ordered the office to be cleared of strangers, and the defendant and witne , s to be taken .out, with strict injunctions that no person should be allowed to speak with them. After a short con ference with the overseer, it was understood that the complaint was dismissed, and an order made to I take the child into the NNorkhouse. . . UNION-HALL. Yesterday a miscreant, who gave his name George Brown, was fully committed for trial ry R. Ciiiim- Baas, Esq., and Sir W. Du CamPit:NY, Bert., the sitting magistrates, before whom he was charged under the following atrocious circumstances. Mrs. Martha Bi-own i an elderly and infirm Woman, seventy-two years of age, residing at No.l, Carlisle street, Upper Marsh, Lambeth, stated, that she has' an only son, who belongs to a - . large West - India trader, now lying at Gravesend; on the eve of its de parture on a voyage outwards.' Oa Monday last she received a farewell ,letter' from this -4 . ioting- man, which was brought her by some acquaintances of her son's, who reside at Gravesend, and came to town that day on business.. Anximis to do them a kindness for the trouble they , had in coming to her lodgings, she kept theni to dinner and tea. Imme diately after tea they' set- out for home; iind the evening being fine, she accompanied them as, far as the Elephant and Castle, where they were about to part, when one of her friends advised her to get the assistance of some person to see her home, us it was then dark, and accordingly he went in search of a person, to. whose care he thought he might commit her. The prisoner happened to be in his way ; and the complainant's friend having a slight knowledge of him, the pro . - posal of seeing her safe Jim-lee . was made. and ac cepted, he being to receive is. for his trouble. The prisoner was very attentive to,her until they reached • her residence, where she offered him the shilling, and was about to leave him, but having mentioned that her room was in the upper part of the house, he urged her to let him assist her up stairs, to which she assented, and when they came to her room she stuck a light, and offered to give Lim some supper for his attention. :The- prisoner sat down, and Mrs. BroWn going over to a dresser, took up a silver watch, saying "It is safe." This watch belonged to a favourite son who-died a short time ago, and left his mother this sole relic of - him, dear on that account to her far beyond its-intrinsic value. When she was going out with her friends, she left this watch as a.measure of greater precau tion, behind her, though generally in the- habit of carrying it about her person. Her expression , " it is safe" attracted the prisoner's attention to it ; and while she was busily preparing supper, he pre tended to snuff the candle, and in doing so extin guished it. She took it to light it again, and the prisoner left his chair. When . the candle was lighted, she immediately missed the watch.: and re -1 collecting the prisoner got up while the light was out, accused him of having taken . it. He affected the greatest indignation at the charge, said his cha racter was above suspicion, and declining to avail himself of the hospitality of a person, who could sus pect him of such an act, was..leaving -the room. Mrs. Brown got before him to call the assistance of the landlord ; and when at the.top of the stairs on the landing place, the prisoner seized her by the throat, and driving his nails through the skin into the flesh, compressed it so as effectually to ex clude the possibility of the poor woman making the slightest noise. He then twisted the strings of her cap as tightly as .possible .around her neck for the purpose of strangling her ; 410 while in the act of doing so, the convulsive struggles of the un rortunate woman in a state of suffocation,. caused ler to" fall out of the radian's hands, and she rolled down to the bottom of the stairs. , The noise made by the full brought out Mr. Mann, the landlord, by whom she was found in a state of total weltering in her blood. The prisoner..attempted to , rush by Mr. Mann, and bad got to the hull door; but not being able to undo the bolt before the land lord' overtook him, was stopped, and an officer sent for. James and Bell, two of the Bow-street patrol, who were in the neighbourhood at the time, were called in, and received the prisoner into cus tody. They proceeded to search him, but after a careful examination of his person were unable to find the watch, until James bethought himself trying the the fellow's boots. The ruffian resisted the search ing of this part of his dress, and a desperate scuffle ensued. At length James was proceeding to cut the boots off, when the prisoner, putting his fingers into one of them, drew up the watch out of it. Mrs. Brown, whose heed and body. suffered dreadfully :against tine stairs, exhibited her neck to the view of the Magistrates, when it presented a frightful spectacle, being lacerated in -a most ap palling manner. Her cap and some other parts of her dress were produced, and displayed unequivocal evidence of the miscreant's diabolical intention; be ing literally soaked is blood. To several questions put to him by the Magis trates, he returned so answer, feigning himself quite deaf. CONOLLY'S BANKRUPTCY. Yesterday beini'the day appointed for the exami nation of Chinks ConollY anumber- of bis creditors .attended, and exhibited very long fuces.. .Amougst them Wes the tradesinan who, in advising his son to induce the bankrupt to give extensive Orders, used to say to him, " - Call upon Cenolly, B o b; that's the man for us. His custom is w orth any money., Stick .it into him, Bob." Upon each of the former days debts to the amount of 11:,00 . 91. were . proyed„ Yes terday the debts proved ninpinted to. .1,709/. One. proof was rejected. The Commissioners who sat were—Mr.. Impey, Mr. Surtees, and Mr. Bathurst. Twelve O'clock was the hour appointed. for. the examination, but the bankrupt did not ' :inake his up. pearance. One of the Commissioners. asked one of the as iigneee to the estate, we believe, whetherlir. Conolly was present ?, 'The assignee replied in the negative. • " What said the. COMMISSION/IR, "do you sup pose that he has bolted-r'—(A laugh.) - • • The assignee said he could not say that; but Mr. Conolly Was not present, and , there seemed to be no expectation that he would make his appearance 'at all. COMMISSIONER—TIN! question put upon the se corid examination was not likely - to be relished by him. 'The assignee said, that as Mr. Conolly had ap peared at the first and second examination, perhaps he would attend upon this occasion. The Commissioners then proceeded to other com missions, and Conolly's was ordered to lie over till .three o'cloek, at which hour proclamation is made of bankrupts who abscond. Soon afterwards one of the Commissioners ob served that due care ought to have been taken to employ a Bow-street officer to prevent .the escape of the bankrupt. To this observation it was replied, that the *as signees had no power to apprehend the bankrupt until the night before, and that at that time heluid disappeared. At three o'clock Conolly was proclaimed_ and out lawed. . .The LoRD CHANCELLOR will meet.; and give his entertainment to the Judges, King's Counsel, &e., to-morrew morning, (the first gay of Term) in Lin coin's lun Hall, .instead of at his house in Ge4rge-stc,eti the latter being under repair. SURREY SESSIONS, Nov, 4-, COAL MENAGE. THE KING, ♦T THE PROSECUTION OF ARCHER, V. SMITI( ND WILCOX. The hearing of this case was resumed - before ° full bench of Magi:mites, RANDLE JACKSON, V L F' Chairman. Mr. BARNEWELL addressed the Court in defenc e d of the accused. The question in Phis case was, ha i the accused been guilty of any misbehaviour ? was the duty of the labouring coal-meters not mercy ; to measure the coals justly, but to see them delive tee in that proper condition to the buyers. But yet, i° ease a fraud committed by the coal-merchant, 0° meters might, for the purpose of detecting and er posing it, connive at deceptions, and even sign falg e tickets of metage, and take other such steps with view to obtain legal proofs of the intended fra n " , Might not the present defendants lieVe done the, things with that view, and reported their own doigrk: to their superior in office ? Such conduct would li ° within the line of their duty, and would be no viol°' tion el the Act of Parliament. It was no offesc‘ against the law for a coal-meter to deliver false ticket s of metage, provided he informed his superior office ( of the circumstance before the expiration of two dul t ‘• This, in fact, was the ca , e which would be proved ' a favour of the defendants. Their superior officer, M r. Turqoand, the land coal-rneter,Suspeeting some irr e. gularitiev iu Messrs. Horne's wharf, appointed the O gg defendants to that station, desired them to give ),"'' titular attention to what was done there, ro 81 1 ‘ )/1 and connive at any irregularities or improper conduct' to accept any bribe that might be-offered to they' and to report every thing to him-as it should hapPe lb On Thursday, the.l Ith September, and Friday , t lte d following day, they observed some irregularity, " t , s reported- it to Mr. Turquanctori theeveilings of the days.. On Saturday they were:induced to leave tl', wharf at seven in the evening, their lawful time be io. nine, and received some brandy to drink, at the eT t , pence of the proprietors of the wharf and on til' h return asked the wharf clerk for some gratuity, Ae t e as they . heard from an old coat-meter was used to ~ • given according to ancient custom ; and one-of the° -went so lar(tod'far, it ivould beadmitted) as tote" licit a bribe of the wharf clerk. But then the 4 0 c 6 ' tion was, whence did thii mistake of duty arise"; what was the motive, the anirma, with which it ' o ls asked ? If, in order to detect the existence of unc ? an illegal custom, was it an offence against the laW Surely - not—though undoubtedly it would have heel an offence if they lied asked it with the intention ° ,l keeping any- given money for their own use an d benefit ; and, in such case, the Court would be bne 4 to dismiss them from their office. But they 0 4)°) not have meant to retain the bribe for their 01 inasmuch as they had, before they asked it, g ive ; information to their superior officer of. the irregule t :,, ties they had witnessed at this wharf. It 'was e'd dent, then, they asked the bribe with the inteutiou f detecting the existence of the illegal practice °, giving bribes to persons in their situations. Dr le h were not, in fact, guilty of any misconduct ll' c t could call for the reprob a tion of the Court with oe ' imputing fraud to Messrs. Horne. lie would e °° ; tend that the accused had acted (though indiscreetlY;, not corruptly, and on this ground he should cell ° the Court to-acquit them, his clients. The Learned Counsel then called evidence is or port of his statements, to which Mr. Thessiger orb plied in an able and humorous speech, after ' , O il :, the Court retired to consider their decision, Bud t o turned with a dismissal of the charge against Oleo / persons uccused.—The Court then adjourned. THE .MARKETS. COUNTRY COltN MARKRTS 1)UHINO - 1 - 1113 VVEje i .: . ! Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Per Quarter, s. to s. •s.to4.s. to C. to 70 V 2 43 4 i Gainsborough -- 80 4a -- Grantham,--. e 8 81 36 44- V - 38 45 . 4 0 Grimsby 53 78. 96. 3 10 36 , 1. 38 Ilorneastle...:—. 63 84 ' 30 2O 30 40 0 00 6€1 84 7 8° 7850 4 36 4 3 4t , i 4 4 ,41 7 6 .: 1 -2 :4 6 , 4 ;p o i ' York— — lt Wov. 1. • Notwithbt4ndiug NO th ere was a N re gtt ,luhiem a n the itt of the buyers, yet the supply of Wheat at Market be i ': ll , very short, and the ftriners firm in their denial - Ai, S h .fi, were enabled to obtain an advance Of . 2e. per quarter, w'' ss but little business doing. Barley in gond demand , fully last week's prices. Oats, Beaus, and Pease, rti! l. firm at late prima. No alteration in Flour. 44 5 Wheat (per qr.) sos. 1)0s. Beans (per qr.) ....... 4e• Barley Oats U.,. 30i. J2a. Flour, flue (per CANTERBURY, Nov. 1. ge , of We had a good demand for Wheat, at an advs ° ' ~,‘ 4a l 2s. per quarter from this day week. The sale of . er o Barley was also extremely brisk, bnt Beans and ()Jo " i , without eariation in price. Sandwich Market Wl° , o l trernely dear on Wednesday last, 90e. being the gr A .. price asked for New 'White Wheat. Wheat,:white '76m. to fir Ni. ...,L•..,0 .., ---- red tilt. to '5e....... Old ...... ... —g. .-. 0. Barley, Malting 48.4. to 50e Oats Pease 3tle. to MU, 40s. to 4.8 e. Oki 3i9. W Grey 3d.. i gl tl Ctittirr a tt.—Wheat, per 751 b. 103.81. to I Is. 9cl-. , tie. 9d. to 71.. ; Oats, 4441 b. 3s. Id. S to 4c. 4 37 141AXTWICH.—Wheat, per 751 b. 113. NI. to 12s. 01. ; gas. cis. 4/2. to tie. lki. ; U cta, 5(413. is. 0.1. to se. 01. EXETER MARKE I S.—Oct 24. The supply of Cattle at our market keeps up, ands of that there is no scarcity of Beasts, either in number, Jel .i , good quality; and it will be found, by the average lr quoteal, that if any advance has taken place. It • the primest cattle, the inferior description having 01 7,1• 0 0 realised last week's prices. The pannier market rust' o e its high character, with a slight shade of improvem en .,ee the 'digs of the purchaser,' in those instances where arwily, 'according to the season, are brought in more plena: f In the Corn market a.trifling advance has taken 0 36 ,0 Vc"" good Old Wheat and Barley ; but Oats, Beans, an d remain almost stationary. 100 ° Beef (score) 6d. 6d. Wheat (bushel....9a. 6d- - Mutton (lb.) 0 41-0 Barley 4 6 0 UWA and Lamb ....0 6—o , Oats ''• • .3 Perk 0 s—o 61 Beans , 0 Geose(eath)... ...... 3 U—s U Butter (lb) O ll 5 0 0 Oucks(coup's) ....3 o—s 0 Eggs (13) 1 0 Fowls V :3 0 Potatoes (pack) ...0 BIRTHS, t ioic t On the '4th instant, at Stoke Newington,. Mrs. Riese, of a sou. ' ' r 1 4 P 'On the 4th instant, 'at Leyton, Essek, ` the lady 0- Sheriff Copeland, of a•son..- • ' On the 4th instant, the lady of Henry' 'llyndmiirly Fludyer-street, Westminster, of a daughter.: • tt i -On 21st ult., at the Reetory.house, Ch e veningt, lady, of the Rev . John Austen, of a-daughter, still-11, tO At his house, Fitzwilliatu-square; Dulrlin, th e Henry George. Heard, Bs+ of a son and•heiro _AtMilford, the lady of lieutenant. Struguell, ft• a *on. ° .t MARRIED. 'stet On - the 6th ult.., in the house orth'e British DJin'torr Munich, Yeats Brown, E 50.1., to the HonourableSt ll f filth daughter of Lord Erskine, His Majesty ' '' Extraordimary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the of Bavaria. pi On the Slat uh., at Listowel church , . the Re v ' Chute, ion of the Provost of 'l'rulee, to the daughter late John Boles Reeves, Eq. of Dublin. ff r On the 4th inst. at St. Mark's, Kennington, by tw e g e g Dr. D'Oyly, J. E. Johnson, Esq., of St. Jo vwc-ft' Cambridge, to Mary, the only surviving daughte r late Wm. Head, Esq., of Merton, Surrey. t On the 3d initant, at S 4. Dunstan's in the Wd 6 William Bennett, of Staudon, to Margaret, eldest ds"s of Win. Bawler, Esq., of Fleet-street, and stodou tam Herts. DIED. On the 30th ult., at Traprain, near llaidingfonti Lothian, Alias Bowden, after a painful illness, ‘'.4l°A endured with great resignation. I e' 4 1 , On the $d instant, of a rapid consumpt ion, in t year of her age, Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr. i' p ef Burton, of the:Excise-Mice, London, and grand-djine John Thornton, E q. , of Harnima On the 2d instant, after a long and severe illne m, bets, the wife of Edward Peale,Esq., of l'enenden-P near Maidstone. Ou the 3d ; St. Alban's, Irene, the wife° Ai the 3d instant, at e r Harrison, Esq. tu ,ti On the 27th ult., at Geneva, Joseph Henry 1 wort, of st.intClapham-commun aged 36. h ot' On h th E e s 3d .in, at Clift , on, the infant 41 00 Joseph lieete, Esq. 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