The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our readers will see with interest,but with regret,- that the House of Assembly of Jumaiea has taken a view of its own " constitutional" rights—or speaking . we suppose more near the truth, of the individual interests of proprietors and planters—quite adverse to those co nsiderations of policy which were enfor ced by Mr. Huskisson in his able and celebrated letter. The present state of the 'case is, that the I Government at home has rejected theßill which the Assembly thought fit to pass, and that the House of Assembly have refused to pass a nother more conso nant to the wishes of the British Parliament, and to, what are perhaps the predominant feelings of tin people of England on the relations between the Whites and Negroes. If the Assembly of Jamaica should unfortunately (for most unfortunate we are convinced it would be) force Parliament to legislate, since the Assembly will not, let the planters only ask themselves —where will be their remedy Times. Within these three days there has been circulated about town, a rumour of approaching changes in tin Cabinet, among which the secession of a Nobleman at the head of the Foreign Department, and of tilt Learned Lord not long upon the woolsack, were in cluded. We can assure our readers, that such re ports are wholly unworthy of credit. Respecting the former of the above Ministers, it would be an: fortunate for the reputation of the infant Govern ment, that an independent nobleman, the represen tative of Mr. Canning's liberal policy, should find any reason to abandon a post, his retention of which is a security to the empire, that .no great interest connented with European justice will be .sacrificed or neglected. And for his learned colleague, we should be sorry to see him deprived abruptly of a more ample opportunity than he has yet enjoyed, of fixing in the minds of the public a fair impression ot his powers as a Judge and a Statesman. We repeat our assurance to the public, that the reports alluded to are void of every shadow of truth.—lbid. Having failed to convince the Stamlard of what (on the part of a journal which aims at respectabi• lity) is always due to the public, in the assertion of constitutional principles, and in the r course to out national records for facts, we must no vadmonish it, for the sake of its own interest, not to be so disinge nuous as it has proved itself since Monday last in ar gument--not to be so very intractable in an error which is obvious to the whole world—not to refer to the Tudors and the Stuarts for precedents illus trative of the spirit of our constitution—not to build upon a joke of Swift's as a grave historical evi dence—not to affirm that during the war of the suc cession, Marlborough commanded but " occa sionally !" a British arniy in Flanders—and not to deny, with an utter disregard of fact, our having plainly stated in yesterday's leading article, that " Godolphin" (not Marlborough) " was, from 1704 to . 1708, Prime Minister of England," inasmuch as be was then "at the head of the Treasury and of the Government." Our motive for all these ex hortations is, that' we should witness with undis sembled pain the banishment of ss7ell a I :aper r;,: the Standard ought to be, froth the circles of educated and thinking readers, to those where the means of information are inaccessible as its uses are un known, and where teachless ignorance may securely entrench itself in desperate effrontery and false hood.—lbid. It was stated by Lord Palmerston, on Monday night, in answer, to a question put by Lord William Pawlett (during a noise in the House that prevented the question from being heard in the gallery), whe ther there was , any intention on the part of the Go siernment to make reparation to the Porte for the destruction of the fleet at Nayarit' ? that no such intention was entertained by Government.—Morn ing Chronicle, Already petitions pour in ou the House of Com mons from the Catholics of Ireland. On presenting several from the counties of Louth and Vestmeath, Mr. Alexander Dawson said, that " not fewer than four 'millionwrof people were assembled at the dif ferent meetings lately held in Ireland, one million of whom were capable of bearing arms." The persons capable of bearing arms are supposed to be one fourth of the population, and, therefore, the number of Catholics capable of bearing arms in. Ireland must be more than a million and a half. Mr. Dawson ob served, that " the Protestant Dissenters of this coons try have united like one man with . the - Catholics, in their prayer for relief." Mr. Dawson was not pre sent in the House on Monday night, when Mr. John Smith observed, " it has been pualicly stated in the Newspapers, and elsewhere, that the Dis senters have united with the Catholics on this occa sion, for, the attainment of their COMMOTI rights. I am authorised to say, they have done no such thing"—and he proceeded to read a resolution of the. Committee of Dissenters now sitting, agreed to that day, to this effect :—" This united Com mittee acting on their own best judgment, and on the recommendation of some of their Parliamentary Friends, have thought it expedient not to unite their application to Parliament with that of the Roman Catholics ; but they disavow any inference that.their acting separately or independently proceeds from any hostility to the claims of that numerous and re spectable body." Mr. John Smith stated, .at the same time, " that the immense majority of the Dis senting body is favourable to the claims of the Ca tholics; and among that majority will be found all ths, names; and they are not a few, w hi c h are emi nent in that body for talent and abili ty." Dissent comprehends all sorts-, of opinions from the well-or ganized and rigid Presbyterians down to the Ranters, and followers of Joanna Southcote ; and as it, is impossible that such a body should be united on any one subject whatsoever, it would be imprudent, perhaps, in any Committee, acting in the name of the Dissenters, to agree to make common laws with the Catholics. It does not follow, however, that Members of either House, may not deem it ap e _ • client, actingson their judgment of what justice de mands, to make. no distinction between Catholics and other Dissidents.; but to comprehend all equally in o ne - measure, for the removal of all civil disabilities on account of religious opin in pions.— The Dissen ters, no doubt, suffer little rao _ lice, from the Test and Corporation Laws; but' why should t he y allow themselves to remain brand ed. by the lasv as unworthy of trust ? The mem bers of the Church of England have the advantage of a re tiaion paid for by the nation ; w h ereas the oth e i religionists must pay their share of the na tional tax to the Church, and a separate tax for their .own Pastors. The Dissidents submit willingly to theY hold their brethren of the State Religion in high respect - but they do not see that their bre thren of the National' Church are better citizens than themselves, or possess any well-founded claim to a su p eriorit y ov er them in civil matters- If we • take the Presbyterian s of Scotland and Ireland (with other Dissenters) at three millions, the. Eng lish Dissenters at a t five and a half give in all be tweenB.lx millions, the Irish Catholics millions--this will fourteen and fiftee n millions of subjects of the United Kingdom who are m i gmatiw a as unworthy of trust by the law. We have no doubt that the number of English Dissenters i s u usuauy understated, a s compared with the members of tl The Establishment receives ment. who fre e sess i„ a ll those if the Presbytery no congregation , cxeeditfor pos instance, that out of London be Thus, for correct in their statement, out of one hundred thousand Scotch in London not above one thousand atten d any Chur ch, the ninety-nine thou sand arc ranked as a matte r of course among the followers of But this miserable system o f the 'Establishment. exclusion and preference create s bad bl oo d anti jealousy in every quarter of the British demi_ nions. Thus Canada is fast becoming another Ireland, in consequence of the mad attempt to establish the Church of England in a country where she is without followers. In a series of letters from Canada, from one of the Scotch settlers, published in the Glasgow.' Chronicle, we have •some striking instances of the immo fality to which this attempt has given rise. Large sums of money are spent on Episcopal Clergymen. ' From the :Society for Pro p a g ating the Gospel . Foreign Parts, each Clergyman of the Church of England receives two hundred pounds a year, and the consequence is, that that Church is rich in Pas tors, who are without flocks. Fi or nstance, it is stated, that there are five Episcopal Churches in the Niagara district, which cost the Society for.Propa ,g,iting the Gospel 1001. annually, at three of which the hearers are from twelve to fifteen on a good day, and the whole congregation of one of them is car ried away in two waggons, one of which 'contains three souls. The Presbyterians, indignant at the attempts at deception practised for the sake of poc keting money, are now . it seems making exertions t€, ascertain the number of persons belonging to other Communions, and to the Church of England, in each township, county, and district in both provinces ; and the following is given as a sample :—" I will no w quote the returns I have received from four townships in the Eastern District, giving a census of the people therein, made not more than a week ago, and to which the signatures of two Clergymen of the Church of Scotland ate affixed — POPULATION OF OLENGART, UPPER CANADA, IN THE YEAR 1827. Townships. Presbyterians. Episcopalians. Catholic s. Charlottenbu r g Lancaster 922 1019 Kenyon ‘ 4 597 490 Loehiel 4755 76 3823 " A few individuals, who belong not to any of the three denominations in the precedingstatement, are not included. ‘‘ Jowl MacKENzte, ARCHItIALD CONNEL." The writer has no hesitation in saying, that from the Ottowa to Detroit, the communicants of the English Church (that Church for which the im provement of the Colony was first retarded on ac count of reserves in land, and its morality is next sacrificed in the encouragement of a trade in or thodoxy) do not amount in all to the number of Presbyterians in these four Districts. Such is the vile system which is suffered to disgrace this great nation. The Schoolmaster is, however, abroad, and we trust he will ply his task so di ligently, that the tricks by which sects have been arrayed against each other, will be so universalry scouted, as to shame men in power from longer at tempting them. The Duke of Wellington is, we dare to say, not very strait-laced in matters of reli gion; and though he knows from hearsay, that there are thirty-nine articles of the Church of Eng land, it may be doubted whether he ever read one of them. The principle on which he opposes the repeal of the laws of exclusion, is, we dare to say, Just as intelligible as if he had compared the Catho lic and Protestant versions of the Ten Command ments with all the diligence of Mr. Peel. A discus sion of considerable warmth grew out of an observa tion by Mr. Villiers Stuart, " that he should ever steer his political course by reference to the conduct that might be pursued by the Government with re gard to the Claims of the Catholics; and be deter mined. by it in the opinion he should form of the Ministers Of the Crown, be their merits what they might in other respects,—whether they were the best . -Financers, the ablest Diplomatists, or the soundest Legislators, in every other department of public affairs." Mr. Stuart could not, of course, be understood to mean by this, that he would op pose the best financial plans, or the soundest legislative measures on account of their being pro posed by opponents of the Catholic ,claims; but that he would take their views respecting this para mount question, as a test of their general merits as Ministers. Mr. Whittle Harvey considered it a de lusion of the grossest kind, and of the most' mis chievous nature, to say that by the concession of the . Catholic claims Ireland would be pacified, and raised_ from wretchedness to tranquillity and prospe rity, ,But though the concession of the Catholic chums may not make Ireland tranquil and prospe , rous, if, as long ,as these claims are'not conceded, Ireland can never be either tranquil or prosperous, this concession iw is the foundation on which all our plans of improvement must rest. A , society, con stituted as that ,of Ireland is, must' for years after emancipation be in a most disordered state : but we mast itiWayg bear in mind, that - the - 400gev- Mimi is delayed,: the greater.must be the disorder against which we have to make'head. As Mr. S. Rice strewed, even in An economical point of view; the qnestion 'of concession to the Catholics, connec ted as it is with the possibility of remedying the disorders of the country, is of the very highest im portance, The rebellion of 1798 was, indeed, begun by the Presbyterians, but had the Catholic Claims been conceded then, the Presbyterians and Catholics would never have unitedmq:bid. ...,...._ ___. __ We perceive that such of the-French Papers as are in the habit of arrogating to themselves the ex clusive appellation of Liberal, are busily engaged in re-echoing the school-boy quibbles of the " ancient" Lord Holland upon the words of the King's Speech. That the Administration of the Duke of Wellington would not, any more than the military character and achievements of his Grace, be to the taste of 1 the Liberals of the French school, we were quite prepared to expect. We expected also, that they would spare no efforts to depreciate his splendid re putation ; nor were we less confident that their ut most efforts would fail, In all respects our antici pations are realized. The Journal des Debats ascribes ignorance to the Premier of England, and traces it to the military habits and avocations of his life; assuming. as the proofs of that ignorance the expressions of the King's Speech, in which the Ot toman Porte is charaetarized as the ancient ally of England, and the victory of N9,varin as an untoward and lamentable occurrence. It is amusing to un ravel and expose the errors of the presump tuous, and we shall therefore show, that in every word of .this insolent tirade there is involved a gross blunder, or a wilful misrepresentation. The King's Speech is not exclusively the pro duction of the Duke of Wellington, any more than of Mr. Peel, Lord Dudley, or Mr. Huskisson. It is the joint production of an united and unanimous Ca binet—which, after many changes, England has at length obtained—being the first to merit these epi thets since weakness and confusion were east into her public Councils by the political demise of one eminent Statesman, and the reckless ambition of another. Military habits, like those of the Duke of Wellington—habits of assured success, and of never failing triumph—do not imply an incapacity for the duties or an unfitness for the cares of Civil Govern ment;—quite the reverse. History, experience, reason, loudly proclaim that the qualities which are subservient to eminent military and political success are not ottiy generally united in the same i;erson, but in truth they are the same qualities. To oiait the splendid examples which Grecian and Roman His tory furnish in every page, bow can we other wise explain the characters of Henry the Fourth, of Frederick, of. Peter, of Cromwell, of Wash ington, of Nap o leon, of our own Marlborough,— Yet how imperfect is this enumeration of the names upon which, even in modern times, flint s tress, vigour, and activity of intellect—a deep pe netration into human character, vigilant circumspec tion, and that clear foresight which' is dependent upon an acute and ac curate percept i on a the ten dencies of circumstances and of minds, have sited on ce the brightest militaly a n d c i v il g l or y. 0111' illustrious Wellington has attained without a back ward step to the summit of military greatness, whilst `Europe. the high qualities' his political knowledge and wisdom are from expe rience acknowledged by, all the Courts of Ti m e legitimate interference therefore • is , that lie ismiss with a yconeditilderetdo with all r ' enown. . we., , will siOgle.,word the objection to the to the. alliance .be_ ehrmircihchl alliance is and Turkey.applied twee: Englandaneient ' " a t .. This ‘ ancient, not embodied in ~ the form of express rreaties, but resting u p o n the firmer basis of a veil .u n d ers tood - community of interest. It is rncient with reference to the . power 'which it prin ipally affects, forit is coeval with.the existence of, tussia, as one of the .greatest European- nations. 'he French Journalists are however more especially enraged with the present Government of England for reptvliating the victory of Navarin, achieved with the assistance of the navy of 'France, and'in sinuate that had the triumph been over, instead of with, the French flag, a splendid page would have been assigned 'to it in the records of 'our national glory. The French nation will not sympathise .with this jealous and abject feeling. It knows - that our victories, over its. fleets have ever been obtained .in fair.and open warfare-that the present blow has been struck against an ally, pending a .negociation ' and in a moment of profound peace. - It knows also that the naval annals of England are . not so barren of achievements, that she need cherish - the recollec tion of a triumph won against a feeble antagonist, and in a cause, the justice of which, to say the least of it, is held in England to be equivocal. The French have not the same reasons for indif ference, but as a high-spirited nation they can not fail to perceive, that there is more real glory in being defeated, after a hard fought struggle by the invincible navy of England, than in the de struction of the Turkish marine, had they even ac- complished it single-handed. To foment an irra tional hatred and Jealousy of England in the minds of the French people is the,plain object of this in sinuation ; and we greatly mistake the character of that nation if it excite any other feeling than that of contempt towards its authors. To cast.a shadow over the first naval victory in modern times in which the fleet of France has had a share, is a motive which it will at once be perceived could never for a single moment have entered into the contemplation of an English 'Ministry. It would rather be the desire of an English Ministry to extol the naval - prowess of France, for with this. the naval glory of England is intimately connected. The Nile. and Trafalgar excite recollections which make Englishmen indif ferent to the doubtful and divided glories of Navarin. To these Frenchmen also will recur, not with the same triumphant feelings, but with feelings abiding in the bosom of every Frenchman who may hope at any time to compete with the naval heroes of Bri tain, which will sink every thing connected with the name of Navarin into the deepest shade. The - Liberal Journals of France so far forget themselves too, we perceive, as to assume a threatening tone up&a this occasion. Russia is to take prompt measures. • France is to' take 'prompt measures. Journalists and Governments .are fortunately not identified. - The Governments' of Russia and France know that the maintenance of national faith is in England a consideration subordinate to, no other. They know that the engagements of Eng land, even those which the present Administration of England may think questionable as to their justice —injudicious as ,to. their policy—will be fulfilled strictly and to the letter. .Violence, therefore, will not be resorted to—the peace of the world will not be disturbed, It is but Justice. to observe, that the Quotidienne and other respectable French Journals take a very widely different view of the question from that to which we have felt it our duty thus pointedly to allude ; and that their observations and feelings on the occasion. are in. perfect coincidence with our own, - and- those of his Majesty's Ministers, and the' Parliament and People of Briitain.—Morn ing Post. The Duke of Richtnond .preiented several peti tions on Monday, evening, from various parishes in the County of Sussex, praying for an inquiry relative to the importation of Foreign ,Wool, and for an, alte ration in the laws with reference to this subject. Inquiry, we are satisfied, cannot- be refused; and if it be gone into with good faith, with an honest desire to ascertain the truth, and with enlightened views upon the question, we are equally satisfied that such a modification of the existing laws will follow,as will protect the just interests of the .petitioners, who re present not their own grievances merely, but those of the numerous class to which they belong. We shall have frequent opportunities of recurring to this topic, and content ourselves for the.present with this general declaration of our sentiments, as to ,the expe diency of granting adequate protection to - one of the, oldest, as well as the_most important, branches of our domestic industry. We are neither so wedded to antiquity as to recoil with unreasoning terror from all change, nor so prone to change as to reeeive it Ivittitlle implicit Conviction of ifs, being n e ces s arily improvement;an ive - confess, when we, perceive 'an eager desire to disturb the ancient sources of our prosperity—to alter and reform those principles, under whose operation Eilgland has become what site is—we pause, and ask ourselves, are we,' of the present day, so • transcendantly superior to our fore fathers, that our'only task is, not to preserve, but destroy ?—New Times. There was no business transacted in the House of Lords last night. In the Honse of Commons Mr. Tierney took his seat. Mr. A. Dawson, Mr. Geo. Lamb, and Mr. Villiers. Stuart, presented each se veral petitions in favour of the Catholic CiaiMs. Several of the petitions presented by Mr. Stuart re gretted the . change of the Ministry. Mr. S. declared that he would ever be guided in his support of any Cabinet by its conduct on the Catholic Question, as 'their neglect of that question disqualified them for managing the affairs of a free country. Mr. D. W.. Harvey expressed his opinion that, the emancipation of the Catholics would by no means tranquillize Ire land, or remedy its evils, and that :it was only by a rigid attention to economy that either could be affected. He was determined to support any Minis ters, who advocated economy. Mr. Spring Rice contended, that economy, and the concession of the Catholic Claims, were intimately connected ; that to grant it would enable Ministers to dispense with the large body of troops at present necessary to the tranquillization of Ireland, and thus to economise on a large scale. On the motion of Mr. Lyttleton a Select Committee was appointed, to which all matters respecting private Bills are to be referred. Lord John Russell pre sented a petition from certain Dissenting Clergymen in London against the Corporation and Test Acts. Mr. Curteis moved. for a return of the excess of Land Tax'paid by Catholics This was done with a View to oppose. Mr, Bankes's Bill for the relief of Catholics from such excess of payment. Such op position appears to us, coming from, any quarter, as most frivolous and uncalled for. If the Catholics pay a single shilling more than the Protestants, that shilling is exacted from them by legal robbery. We oppose claims,which it would be dangerous and un constitutional to grant, but not such as it would be gross injustice to deny. The .Army, Navy, Ord nance, and Miscellaneous Estimates were ordere d be laid before the House.—lbid. DUNGARVAII OIAPEL-THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.—On a late =pion, the Parishioners of Dungarvan received from the Duke of DEVONSHIRE an acre of ground, rent free, and a donation of 300/., towards the erection ,of a Chapel thereon. We now feel pleasure in having to record a second donation of 300/. from the Noble Duke, for the same purpose, making a total of Six Hundred Pounds.—Waterford Chronicle. The Bromby, ROBB, of this place, arrived at Hull on Monday last, in five days from Aberdeen, and Captain ROBB gives the following melancholy particulars of the loss of a vessel on the passage. When off Souter Point, which bore S.W. by W. 15 miles distant, Captain 'Rona saw a vessel dismasted with a signal of distress flying, and immediately bore'down to her assistance. With great dif ficulty be succeeded in getting a warp on board, and pro ceeded with the vessel in tow, it blowing strong from W. and by N. intending to carry her to the first port, Whitby. The tow-rope having slipped, the smack tacked, and again took the wreck in tow, but had only had her astern about three hours, when a heavy sea struck her, laying her on her broadside, and no sooner had the vessel recovered, than it was overwhelmed by a nother swelling wave, when me lancholy to relate, it went down bow foremast, with all on hoard ! The Bromby Was put about, and every exertion used for saving the unfortunate crew, but only some light pieces of wreck were seen floating about the spot where the vessel disappeared. Captain Rosa describes the vessel to have been a new sloop, between 30 and 4.0 tons per regist e r, yellow sided, painted hawse boxes, with two white stars, one on each quarter of the stern, on the lower part of which was painted, the Eliza, or Elizabeth, of Newcastle. There were only two people seen on board, one of them between 20 and 30 years of age. --A berdeen.. Chronicle. seemingly a middl e - age d ma n, and the other a young man POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. —Yesterday a person of very re.. Speetable connexions, and lately a captain in the Merchant service, was brought up before the Loan MAYOR to answer a charge preferred against him by Captain Fowler, of hav ing obtained the sum of 42/. 10s. under false pretences. Captain Fowler, the prosecutor, stated that be was some time ago in want of a chronometer, and having mentioned the circumstance at Lloyd's, he was introduced there to the prisoner. They went together to . Messrs. krodshain and Co.'s, where the uhronometer, as the witness understood from the prisoner, Was deposited for sale. The price asked for it was 45/. The sum the prisoner agreed to take was 42/. 103., the witness-paid him. No sooner bad he secured the cash, than he disappeared• When the witness went to demand his watch of Messrs. Frodsham, who were cognizant of the bargain, he was informed, for the first time, that they had a lien upon it for 451., and they posi tively refused to deliver it up to him. The prisoner was ordered to be remanded. The Solicitor begged that bail might be taken ; but the Lord Mayor declined receiving it. GUILDHALL.—A Solicitor attended : on, the part of Mr. Beauchamp, a pawnbroker in Holborn, to answer r, complaint made by a working jeweller named De Ligny, for taking more interest upon a loan than the law authorizes. The information appearing incorrect, the case was post poned till a fresh one could be sled, Mr. Pool, a mathematical-instrument merchant in Fal con-square, was brought up on a warrant, for using threats of bodily harm towards Ann his wife. Mrs. Pool, who had a child about two years old in her arms, stated that she had lately caused her husband to be held to bail, for assaulting her, and since that lirpe be had refused to support her. The ,ALDERNLA II asked the reason ? ":Because,", replied Mr. Poul, "whenever I enter my house I am iusulted by that wretch," (pointing to his wife, who was crying). " I beg, Sir, you will conduct yourself pruperly here. You must not use such indecorous language," said the Alder man. " If yop will hear,".replied Mr. Pool, "that she has stuck a dagger into my hody, you will have something to settle. Four times has she attempted to dome Mrs.' Stan ton over me ! Yes, four times." v if Oh, James, Oh, James !" cried Mrs. Pool, ‘ 1 will you charge me with that? Well, I have dope. You know you have not.slept in my bed these six months." " My life's in danger; I can never live with you again," said the husband, .drowning her, voice. Mr. Altlerman.ltanxgpopota. saw that &reconciliation could not be effected, and said that he understood Mr. Pool kept a country house, and that it was thought he could allow his wife, 15s, a-week. The Alderman' said, " You must give her the 15e. You must arrange with her be fore I discharge the warrant—that is my determination." Mr. Pool replied, that he had been deceived into marry ing her before he knew his right hand from his left, by promises of this and the other. He had married into a Scotch family, and had been completely " humbugged." " Pay me what you owe me, you old scoundrel," said Mr. Pool, turning to a fat old gentleman in the rear,—" the house full of furniture you promised your daughter—the money:" " Oh, you diabolical rascal," replied the old Scotch, gen tleman • and a war of words was about to commence, but the Alderman interposed; and eventually Mr. Pocil pro mised to pay the required.sum per week, and the partieti retired to draw up a deed of separation. Both husband and wife seemed to be tinder 30 }Tors of age. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. E. Button, a confec tioner, residing at No, 200, High Holborn, was summon.; ed to answer to three informations preferred against him by Johnson, the informer, for retailing wine without a beer licence. The defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of 101. upon each conviction. He gave notice of appeal to the Sessions. Thos. Jackson, who keeps a respectable eating-house itt Bow-street, directly facing this Office, was next charged with selling beer without a publican's licence. Mr. MiNsituu. fined the defendant in the mitigated penalty of 101. The defendant gave notice of appeal. The hardship of fining the proprietors of respectable eat ing,houses, merely for accommodating their customers with beer, is now so universally felt by that body, that they .have determined, it appears, to call a meeting for the pur pose of forwarding a petition to Parliament upon the sub ject, It is, indeed, quite , clear, that the Legislature never intended to inflict penalties in such cases. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday two young men, of respectable appearance, were brought from the watch-house of St. Ann's parish, Soho, for intruding them selves into the house of a respectable colournian, residing in Compton-street.--No case being made out against them they were discharged. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.— Wm. Rush, a cowman, was charged on Monday night with neglect of duty, and embezzlement. The cowman was committed to the House of Correction for 'seven days, as a disobedient servant, neglecting his contract. James Smith, a carter, was charged yesterday with hav ing damaged a carriage belonging to George Fuller, Esq., of Portman-square, by negligence and misconduct in driving. lie was convicted in the penalty of 40s. with costs, and a bill fot Si. 18s. will be carried to his master for repairs. WORSHIP-STREET.—PIaIip Newman and David Noble were brought up yesterday, charged with robbing the house of Mr. Sewell; at Upper-Clapton, of a set of castors, and other articles.—Remanded. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Fze. 5. 'AREAS CORPUS. PARTE CHARLES BAXTER, A BANKRUPT. A writ of habeas corpus having been obtained on a former day for bringing up the body of the bank rupt, who had been committed to Newgate by the Commissioners of Bankrupt for having given unsa tisfactory answers to the questions propounded to hint on his second examination under the commission, the bankrupt was now brought up. Sir J. SCARLETT (with whom was Mr. ARCH . . Bop)) submitted that he had been improperly com mitted by the Comtnissioneri. Mr. LAW and Mr. KNIGHT (of the Chancery bar) were heard ou the other side. After the Judges had conferred togother a few minutes, Lord TENTERDEN said that the question in this case was, whether or not the bankrupt had answered in a satisfactory manner. The Court thought it right to pause before they decided that question, the liberty of the subject being concerned in this matter. In the mean time the bankrupt must remain in cus tody. The bankrupt was then removed in custody. MANDAMUS. Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a writ of mandamus, directed to the trustees of the Liverpool Docks, di recting them to pay into the Bank of England, in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Exchequer, the sum of 61,6721., or such other sum as the Court might direct, to be carried to the credit of the account of Wm. Statham, Esq. Lord TENTERDEN— -Take the rule nisi, which will not be made absolute if the money is paid. WRIT OF PROHIBITION. Mr. F. POLLOCK moved for a- rule to show cause why a writ of prohibition should ,not issue, directed to the High Court of Admiralty, in the matter of the wreck of the Steam-vessel called the Irresistible. Lord TENTERDEN--.Take a rule to show cause, THE KING V. CARR. , This was a rule, calling upon the defendant to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him fora libel.—Rule made absolute. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—FEB. 5. OULLEy V. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. Mr. Ser gean t WILDE this day renewed h is appli cation for a ru le to show cause why a ll the pleas entered upon the record •in this case sho uld not be struck o u r, bearing dat e 1672, or Why the plaintiff should not be e xcept those which relate d to a deed at liberty to amend the declaration.—Rule granted. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—Fss, 5. IN RE MAZZUCHI. Yesterday morning this long:pending case, the investigation of which had occup ied the Court three days, by a special appointment , was brou ght to a ter urination by th u e pCooninthrnii;sioners giving their judg ment"occasion the Court was crowded to,excess,, and. an)9ng„Oe auditors several, respectable; merchants connected with the Royal Exchange were present, who appeared ft; )reel a deep interest in the result on behalf of Mr. One ceo. The insolvent havingleen sworn to his schedule (the amendtnents-having.been made relatSve to they, transactions with Brambrani), The CHIEF COMMISSIONER took a review of the voluminous evidence before him, and commenced by observing, that in this important case there were two points which required—consideration before tht. Court more particularly . looked at th ovidence, ad him to duced. They were these :,--First, had t : h o : c i oe n tin s n o ge l a ve :te tt edd t , ' and Mi. Gnecco•been engaged in an illicit t.:-,,, g _ N w %' action i ll t e h th t whether r e anyafnadi an d , s e con d l y , e t o c d o o e f n God of n y e :tradecci f o ' st as c e !. t ie wer e nw t ai entitle l e b fo e r t c o ntracting Nl.een th e fraodulently. The transactions embraced a period of upwarth re quire the Court to remand the insolvent at his suit p a ar d t e ie b : of four years ; and as an allegation had been made that the whole transactions had been-tinctured with , illicit traffic, it became the Court to take time to examine not only the evidence but the various do cuments put in, before they gave their ultimate opi nion upon the case. The 'Learned Chief Commis sioner then-readover the most material parts, of the evidence, and made his comments as he proceeded. He then alluded to the evidence of Mr. Blogg, Mr. Barrelli, s.;e,, tee. and said that their testimony, al though they were reluctant witnesses, went to.ne gative the statement made by Mttraiteehi, • and in almost 'every , material point to- coolirm the evidence of Gneecti, linder All the circumstances, the Court were hound to say, - that so far as it could judge, the credibility as to testimony was in favour of Mr. , Oneeco. ___ ___. . Mr. Commissioner Row, and Mr. Commis sioner Law ; having at considerable length delivered thek opinions, The CHIEF COMMISSIONER pronounced the insol vent entitled to be discharged forthwith. MURDER AT BATH. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (From the 2d Edition of the -Beak Journal.) We find, on further enquiry, a trifling inaccuracy in our former report, that the prisoner Gilham had confessed being the murderer, to Mr. Bourne the governor of the gaol, before he acknowledged it to the Rev. Mr. Marshall; and had stated either to him, or one of the 'prisoners, that he had kept the , stick which he used a month previously to the committal of his diabolical purpose. It has been stated, that when he burnt the stick, he likewise burnt his bloody clothes, The prisoner has a father;and mother, four brothers, and two sisters, of excellent character. The Rev. Mr. Joyce, the clergyman of the parish (Tap low, Bucks, near Maidenhead, Berks) where they live, addressed a letter to our magistrates, on behalf of the prisoner, shortly after he was taken . up o n sus picion, and spoke in the highest terms of him, adding that if he had wanted a servant, he would have. taken Gilham into his service without any written testimony of his character.--so great was his confi dence in his honesty. One of thebrothers of the priso ner, who has lived as gardener to the clergyman above named upwards of nine years,came to Bath on Satur day; for the purpose .of seeing the prisoner. This was the most heart-rending circumstance connected with this dreadful occurrence, except . the murder itself. His brother appears a respectable and steady young man, of a prepossessing a ppearance,..--dad was .over wheltned with remorse. He was denied an interview with his brother at the Guildhall or prison; but the Magistrates ordered that he should be apprised where he could see him on the following morning, at five o'clock, when he was sent off to Shepton Mallet gaol. Accordingly, the brother waited at Devonshire buildings until the chaise arrived, and the interview was more deeply affecting to those who witnessed it than language can describe, - The prisoner is a middle-sized man, about five feet six inches high, broad across the shoulders, and generally stout in his make; he has a light counte. 7 nance, and no person would suspect from his appear ance that he was so dreadful a villain as he has proved. He had lived five years, previous to his engagement with Mrs. Coxe, with the Reverend Vansittart Neil, and left that gentleman's service with an excellent character. According to the statement made by the. prisoner on Saturday, in his examination, he did not cut her throat standing. It appears that as deceased was coming down to the kitchen, Gilham and his wife were going up to the garret, anti that immediately they entered the bed-room, Gilham observed to his wife, that he had a pain in his bowels, and must go down to the water-closet, when he met deceased in the kitchen, and with a bludgeon that he had pre viously provided, and which he had in his posses sion for a month preceding, he struck the deceased violent blows on the top and front of the head, which felled her to the ground, and that,he then fell , on her person, and with a clasp knife he had in his pocket he perpetrated the horrid deed. The wife was surprised at her husband's not returning, and had some intention of going down after him, but fell asleep, and knew nothing of the dreadful affair until she was alarmed by the firing of the pistols. THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY.—We can assure the anxiously expecting citizens of Dublin that orders have been received for the vessel, apprepriated to that ser vice, to proceed to Holyhead on the 9th instant, the Mar quis of ANctxsEV being expected there on the 10th, to embark for this country, and assume a government to which the moat favourable anticipations are attached.— Dublin Warder.: HAMILTONIAN SYSTEM.--The classical books, printed with-a double (a literal, and a : free) trans lation,.: according. to the suggestion of the Edinburgh Review,inow embrace all the .lamguages usually studied in this country. For the , Greek tbere is the Anabasis of Xenophon—a book peculiarly adapted by its simple and elegant style, for this plan'of tuition. For the Latinr- Eutropies, and Cicere's Treatises " De Senectute" and: "De Amicitia." For the French—Voltaire's prose selec tions, commencing with the easier extracts,' and ascending to the more difficult authors, and the same for the Gerinan. A female of exceedingly respectable appear ance and connexions, who keeps .a lodging-house in Par liament-street, appeared before the Maros on Thursday, under the following circumstances seems that the cel lar under her house is inhabited by a family., who rent it, not from the. defendant, but front . bee landlord, and, that the flue from the fire-place leading into the chimney •9f her parlour, a little above, : had been obstructekby some repairs in the chimney, which caused it to smoke., The obstruc tion, not without considerable opposition from the defend ant, was removed, by the desire of the landlord, and the other day a boy, about twelve years of age, was sent up by the inhabitants of the cellar to, sweep the chimney. In the course Of ; the operation, a considerable quantity of soot and rubbish came down the 'ehimney into the parlour, which was let to some lodgers. The defendant, therefore, called to the boy to come down out of the chimney, asiaan date which he was by no means prompt in obeying. In order to intimidate hint into compliance, she threatened that if he did not come down, she would light a .fire. under him. he boy still continued his wOr}i., and the put he,r.threat into execution; and the boy , according to his own description, was nearly suffocated by the as cendin g volumes of smoke ; and, in descen din g was severely sc orched by the heat, The defendant s aid, that the boy Wilfully threw the soot down in to her parlour, and when she desired h d e sist, a him to defendant. as u she w expecting a gentleman sr two who occupied the parlour to come home to dinne r, he still. perse vered ; that sh e then made use of . th e threat before-men tinned, thinking to frighten him out of . the chimn e y ; and finding that to have no effect„ she put a handful of shavings in the grate and, lighted:, them. " , have no doubt, Madam," said she I%Tayor, t h a t thi s boy may have be haved himself very hupropcily ; o ce? but was God that th f e proper mode of correcting such an offe Good o h could you possibly have feund another momenes peace : in life, if that boy's de:ith, •wh , ich was extremely probable, had been the consequence?. The lady protested, and We sincerely believe her, that she had not the slightest •inten, lion or wish to do the boy any harm, bat she thought the smoke would frighten him down out of the chimney.,The Mayor held her to bail to answer, to a charge s Aspatilt upon the boy at the ,next. Quarter essions.,, Quid upon. observe, that this one of those l inspParli_ hic k. m o ustantly,occurrieg,here, of ,horrid cruel t tX„X: l'h u, ?:kf rOra he want of that degree of reflection 'wli‘sth a, lgr9Pel,M r n' utthy with our fellow-creatures would inrely puttee in very human Cprpldcle. -S)Cr r tq WEINOUTIT ELteTIC ttot 7 atfi E ei v i f r : mc u re T esi n c , oofni F Eß . lbaen Ngviist,hipnaorerealsdjothi% An indi vidu small lots, on each of which he erects worth about 4/, or 5/. annually. These I occupied by tenants-at-will, who consist bourers, several of whom sit rent-free, a mere Wile to the landlord. When an ele.. nund, the Worthy owner ; look about fa. candidate; and whate-,-er be his principh Tory, Whig, or Re.aical, they offer to hi number of • votes' for a specified sum, to b paid. S4Ould the candidate spurn at 1 compMmise," the vote-mongers laugh sleeves, and, nothing daunted, repeat the to his opponent. A bargain concluded, are immediately commenced, the houses , yards, garde ns , and out-houses, ar e ditld number of separate freeholds, which, with soleMnity, are devided to the tenants mid • the same stamp, who are paid a feW * shil perhaps only receive a little " bread and p enacting their parts in this piece of, mock( moment their votes are given, the deeds art and coram habiles testes put into the fire. These proCeedings (which might startle the con science of a genuine elector) are here SO unblush ingly practised, that a vote-trafficker feels• no anger in being twitted as a particepsfraudis ;ae id I have heard, tome, worthy ,burgessea speak with the greatest coolness. of Mr. Mr. or Mr. F hay ing got his votes off his hands, and Mr. come downleavily." During the last hard-fought struggle, such electioneering tricks were carried to great excess. al possesse4 ,mg to Wer .m out into a tenement ire generally of poor la• r only pay s mon COMeS r a wealthy whether tn a certain e instantly, he " base' in their same offer operations with their ed into a due legal persons of lings (or tale') for Ty. The returned This explanation, on the accuracy of iq iich you may rely, takes. away the efficacy of the unction which the Inhabitants put to their souls—Ah; it Wey mouth is always a contested borough. ; Tits reason is, that the vote-manufacturers must have a pur chaser.(a dupe as the wise woald say); and if it be in the least degree likely that the course will be walked over, intrigues are set on foot to pr ocure a candidate from some quarter or other; a= id their attempts are almost always attended with sue cess. I cannot say. whether a high official person :Re 'de murred at the costly present offered to his s on, or whether he had a higher office for him in view '; but it is poisible that this consideration night hare entered into, if it did not actually influence, k is de cision. Great, however, as the ingenuity of the ' Wey mouth politicians may seem, in the way I halt "e al ready mentioned, it was far more daringly displ , 'eyed some years ago. : The lawyers, is making the wills of poor people, made the deceased bequeath a 1F , .iece of money, say sixpence or a shilling, which, by a vio lent stretch of law, was converted into freehold I :no perty. A person, therefore, who obtained a gi .ant to the fifth part of an " undiVided sixpence," 01 •to the 365th share of an " undivided shilling," clain ied a right to exercise the elective franchise in the ca l na city of freeholder. By these means several hundi •ed votes were created in the course of a day; ant 1 a candidate who did not regard the length of his v yer's bill could command a whole hoSt of freeholder and thus turn the scale against his most populs rival. But the House of conimons put a stop t 0 this abominable system ; becawse it was clear, this t once sanctioned, every inhabitant Of the county of Dorset might enjoy a freehold, which was not worth the ink with.which his title was written ; nay, if the. thing was necessary, the Messrs. Skinflints might convert the Esquimaux Indians into voters; and Captain Parry might have to report, in his next quarto volume of travels, that he met with a Wey mouth freeholder, who enjoyed , a right to the , 9,000,959 th part of an undivided shilling in that ex- cellent borough ! Such incredible audacity might induce all %ilk) valued the rights of Englishmen to " wink and shut their apprehension up. ' It is by such disgraceful tricks that the voice of independence, is stifled, or, at least, sunk under the fierce war of the . denationaliyedt . hucksters of freedom. At present the town is comparativeiy tranquil; lint a violent change is expected in the course of the week. The Recorder, G. Bankes,Esq., has bc+ts sent for ; and 60 special constables are to be sworn in to-morrow or Wednesday, who are to be paid:at the rate of .ss. per diem, during the election. The day of election has been fixed for Saturday, (the precept having been proclaimed this morning), to suit the convenience of Mr. Sugden,ayhose business in the Chancery Court will not permit him to be sooner at his post. He has just issued a circular, mentioning this fact, and declaring his hopes of ul timate success. In the meals time, his rival, Major Weyland, is busily engaged in canvassing; and his friends talk confidently of his success. PUBLIC SALES, FEB. 6. BY - MESSRS. WINSTANLEY AND SONS, AT - - THE MART. - I Docroas' Coltstows.—A desirable Freehold Estate, land-tax redeemed, consisting of a roomy dwelling-house, situate No. 15, on the east side of Peter's-hill, Doctors Commons, and a small house, with covered bricklayer's yard at the back; the whole of the premises are,let on lease for a term, which will expire on the 24th of June, 1829, at a rent of 601.—Knoeked down at Bso/. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARTI.--The beneficial Lease of the premises situate No. 76, on the north side of St. Paul's ~ j ay , yet - the salescy:: amoun t presented 7 . . . .r i°2,F It 1 1 : , i Church -yard ; a lease of the premises will be granted far 21 years, from 1827, at 2101. per annum ; the tenant to insure, and keep the premises in repair. -400/. PATER.NosUR-RoW.—The extensive Freehold Premises, cons i s ti n g of spacious warehouses, counting-house, and . dwelling-house, situate No. 27, Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row ; tile. premises are very eligible for the business of a pub lisher.-11901. ATE-STREET .- BAR aenldigils)ilieopreesituhoaltde on Es Estate, e c as ouß t si7 s t i Hi d : e gy o suo f fA ß TaE is d- hopsgate-street-within - let on lease for a . term of 21 years from 1824, at 150/., lessor bound to in been but , in sure.--19001. LlVERPOOL,Saturday's , :., . •, . ~ , , t°l 'a ly family, atobtulti ! c ° " trade.c e : b7the at t oth lss er t ''''', sl itct ulej ren show ofF E businessß. . - 7 n A ,9 l u t I: 0. Cottonugh t h ere has to- ; ' it i giv a er name rep to a young, gentleman,, a lady irtiedto_usue yes, to my little ; day, 3E a -watch b i t: he will cer- 41 . i c y l i cc i o in e d....- . 4 1 will instantly takrininute-of it r p: ne : p_ s hi e_ e n w t h.ay.e: observed, ir4ohurey )rinde& u se to reniembelise...7 Thi,u4 to ,i. BIRTHS. • in ' I " On the 2d inst. at th e B rewery, W a lh a - g reen, th e lady Oliver Stocken, E sq. o f a d aug h ter . On the 2d i nst. at Ast l ey C as tl e , Warwick s hi re, L a dy liarhara N ew di gate, of a daug h ter . The lady o f t h e R ev . At Liverpool, M rs. A. W. P ow l es , o f a d aug h ter. S. H. Laugotou, of a son. p *Cl ton u : ch to; 3 11' 1; ;h o ar n ies th l e ii s g t g l s i , in o s f t. ci a i t a l‘ p l e S A l t. R A9 lll ;Fn w eDr. a o g ivor N h e am w , arab Wool, of Somets-Place East) New -road. the h e I by :00,:ollinnn the ot joi.,9:to:ho'!npuoleitsg.mhutu,iie.a:rillE3EalenDalon..ealolleiflnateturhtretor,nrefrtesvhe.i.r94 ov. ly.t, at Malta, Lieu t enant - Colonel sou 'll f the 95th Regiment of Voot, muc h Y Y' ° a Sicera• regretted 1 his brother the nt h Inst. aged 18 months, Davidli t l ifiii i the inst. at his lin- Grove-pla *et. %of' -- • Bond-street`" ,sth not tizo su - , house, ,u6f?!-- rL raiok i l yeat i‘ h t re r. o3f W dl a iine4.ge ( a. la t te o o l f ;fid 7 ,n; , , Mall, aged '7l, Aliry, r tha iee Of the Rev. James Thomas Nand, Rector of Chenievt the county of Cambridge, and of Owsden, in sygiblit. On the 4th hist—Mary, the wife of James Curtois, listk 14aida Dill, Paddington, On the Slit ult. Wm. Wylly, E sq . l ate chief intim le island of St. Vincent. _ On the 3sl instant, Mr. Martin, Great Tovrer..streeli ;ed 65. 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